that a five-year plan will always work, but in this particular case it did. Our goal was achieved because we
kept talking about it. We followed the plan, not always with 100 per cent capability, but we always spoke about it, focused on it, and affirmed it. We had a goal and we worked hard to develop a mindset of success. The result was that everyone improved their performance, established where their weaknesses lay, and began to improve on them. Very soon the power of the mind encapsulates all that you’ve learned, all that you’re striving for, and you are putting all that in place in your subconscious mind. Our positively expectant thinking and words started rubbing off on people in and around the football club and in no time we all had
and stood in front of the microphone. “Ladies and gentlemen, never, never, never, never, never give up”, he said. Then he just turned around and walked off the stage. There wasn’t any applause when he
started to walk off because everyone was wondering what they came for. But by the time he got to the curtains on the other side of the stage, there was a thunderous applause that went on for several minutes. When you really think about it, it’s not a bad thing to do. I haven’t tried a speech like that myself yet, but one of these days I will. At North Melbourne Football Club we
followed that ‘never give up’ principle that Churchill spoke about. We all made sacrifices that flowed on to our families as the board members even mortgaged
Our goal was achieved because we kept talking about it. We followed the plan, not always with 100 per cent capability, but we always spoke about it, focused on it, and affirmed it. We had a goal and we worked hard to develop a mindset of success.
the belief that it was going to happen on the last day in September in 1975 — and that’s the way it was. By doing that, I’m not saying it’s
going to happen but there’s a much higher chance that it will if you follow these principles. There’s no trick or secret to success. The books are out there and they tell us what to do. By simply applying what was in the books, the results were outstanding. Even though the actual goal may not be reached the first time around, if you keep persevering you’re well on your way to receiving that sort of success somewhere along the line. I always remember the story about
when legendary English Prime Minister Winston Churchill was asked to speak at an undergraduate function at Oxford University in 1941. After his great introduction, he walked across the stage
their homes to get some capital behind the club. It wasn’t substantial amounts of money, but it was enough to give us the impetus to do what we had to do. We gave it everything. We worked with a shared vision and the dream of making this goal a reality. We wanted to change the attitudes about the North Melbourne Football Club and we wanted to set the club on a different path. Since that first premiership in 1975
and up until this story in 2016, the North Melbourne Football club has gone on to win four day premierships, three night premierships, played in eight grand finals, and has appeared in 15 finals. The club is a well-respected member of the AFL. There is no doubt that we always had the ability and the potential to be great, but we just needed to change our thinking, set a goal, stick to the plan, and never, ever give up.
KEY LESSONS The Napoleon Hill books have stood the test of time. I learned from these books about how to set the goals and put them in place. I learned how to actually use the subconscious mind to help me. I learned that once you set your goal, you need to affirm your goal at least twice a day by saying your own personal affirmations. Hill tells you how to do that and it really
does keep you on track. There’s no doubt in my mind that the subconscious is just so powerful. It’s so powerful that we can do anything. In fact, the subconscious is so powerful that an ordinary player can think his way to becoming a much better player because of the positive attitude that he applies to the game. As an example, if a player runs 100
yards in ten seconds, it means he runs ten yards in one second or one yard in one-tenth of a second. If that player has conditioned his mind this way and can make a decision one-tenth of a second earlier than his opponent, he is going to be one yard ahead. If you have two players starting off at the same place and one player is one yard in front of the other player, that one yard will make all the difference. It’s about the attitude, focus, and power of the mind. It simply depends on how positively you’re thinking and it always comes back to exactly what we’re talking about – the power of the mind.
This is an edited extract from the book, From Brilliant and Broke to Inspired and Abundant, by Andrew Jobling and published by Exisle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-95875-0 n
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almost 30 years. He now passionately spends his time writing, speaking and helping people all around the world to believe that, no matter how unlikely something may seem, with desire, decision and daily action, anything is possible.
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