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4 Steps for Eliminating Negative Thoughts

Do you ever wonder why you struggle to attain many of the things you desire? I've found that one of the main adversaries to personal success is our negative thinking.

There's a good chance that if you haven't yet accomplished something you desire, it's simply because you've got some Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) running around in your subconscious mind.

These ANTs can and do undermine our efforts to get what we want. They are the enemy of all who seek to create and live a better life.

Here are four things you can do to begin exterminating your ANTs:

1) Develop Awareness

This is pretty obvious, but before you can get rid of your Automatic Negative Thoughts, you need to know what they are. Begin practicing the skill of watching your thoughts, so that you can see what negative messages you're giving yourself on a regular basis.

2) Evaluate the Thought

Once you become aware of an ANT it's time to evaluate it using your conscious mind. Ask yourself, "Is this thought helping me in any way? Does it point to something I need to change, or is it simply keeping me stuck in old patterns of thinking and behavior that no longer serve me?

3) Focus on What You Want

Your conscious mind can only hold one thought at a time, so after you've identified any ANT you should shift your thinking so that you focus on what you want, not what you don't want.

Learning to interrupt and eliminate any thoughts you have that focus on lack, worry, or limitation will dramatically improve the quality of your life, and help you attract whatever it is you desire!

4) Be Persistent

As with any skill, this will take time and practice to master! Be persistent and consistent.

I've found that if you work on this process every day, you'll eventually be able to guide and direct your thinking so that it continually supports you in the achievement of anything you desire.

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Kim Smith has been a full-time Life Success Coach since 1997. Combining a burning desire for continued personal growth, with an unwavering search for purpose and meaning, Kim has dedicated himself to helping others live more passionate lives.

His knowledge, expertise, and experience in the areas of goal setting and personal achievement allow him to help his clients accomplish more than they ever thought possible. Kim's contagious, upbeat attitude makes it easy for those he works with to begin to realize their true potential. His style is positive, outgoing, warm and caring.

Kim holds the Vision that everyone can tap into their unlimited capacity for personal growth and achievement to live a happier more fulfilling life. His Mission as a Coach is to help others harness the power of their own minds, and use that power to design and live truly extraordinary lives.

Kim has worked in a variety of different careers during the past 20 years. His experiences include: the start up and daily operation of three small businesses; Sales; Management; Corporate Training; Customer Service; and Manufacturing and Design.

In 1992, Kim came upon a "crossroads" in his life, feeling empty, unfulfilled and yearning for more. Finding motivation and encouragement in the works of Anthony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Brian Tracy and many others, he was inspired to return to school to study the psychology of human behavior. He received his Masters degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1995. Soon after he discovered "Coaching" and immediately knew that this was the path he should follow. He became introduced to the work of Robert Stuberg in 1998 and began being personally coached by Robert Stuberg in 1999. Kim continues Master's level Coaching with Robert and has become one of the founding Coaches at Success Systems International.

Kim is constantly seeking to expand his training and coaching credentials on an ongoing basis. As a graduate of the "Coach Training Program," at prestigious Coach University, he has coached CEO's, Managers, Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Athletes from around the world, including Australia, Belgium, and London.

Some of the characteristics that make Kim's approach to coaching unique are:

* He works only with a very limited number of clients who are serious about taking their lives to the next level.

* He is consistently happy, upbeat and positive.

* He is exceptionally well versed and educated in the field of personal success and achievement, spending the last 10 years studying, implementing, and refining the principles of success and happiness (which includes reading more than 200 books focused on Happiness, Success, Spirituality, Psychology, Finance and Personal Achievement).

* He knows how to truly listen.

* He has applied what he has learned to make tremendous changes in his own life, "walking his talk" and "practicing what he preaches."

* He incorporates fun and humor into his life and work.

Kim is an avid runner and marathoner, and often describes Coaching as "personal training for the mind." When he's not coaching, running, or playing basketball, he can be found reading up on the psychology of personal achievement and success.

He shares his life with his wife, Christine, and their two Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers, Kayla and Maggie.