{"id":17,"date":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/?p=17"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:24:35","slug":"your-past-failures-are-not-important-to-your-success-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/your-past-failures-are-not-important-to-your-success-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Past Failures Are NOT Important To Your Success Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Yesterday is Gone. Today, You Have a Choice \u2013 Choose Success.<\/h3>\n<p>For those who continue to dwell in the negative past, the present and future are pretty predictable \u2026 it\u2019s like living in an old worn out movie rerun.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s the same story and the same characters, and while you may still root for the happy ending, the script ends the same old depressing and tired way &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026 and you turn the movie off with the same feelings and beliefs you had before you lived it again \u2026 life is unfair, the world is unjust and the good guy never wins (or he\/she wasn\u2019t good enough, educated enough, had character or personality flaws, or was too average \u2014 YOU fill in the blank!).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For those that choose <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">success<\/span>, that move forward in life, embrace new opportunities and apply ACTION to the new things they learn, everyday is an exciting rebirth positively filled with possibilities (as well as the results and fulfillments of their previous actions).<\/p>\n<h3>Success Is A Choice<\/h3>\n<p>Your future is an OPTION,\u00a0one that you have more choice over than you currently realize. The more you let go of your past failings and start embracing the opportunities that are in front of you right now, the better and more successful your present and tomorrow will be.<\/p>\n<p>As Will Smith\u2019s character teaches his son in \u201cThe Pursuit of Happyness\u201d, a simple kitchen gadget can turn into a time machine &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 And to activate your dreams, all one has to do is push the button\u2026<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forget the past. Move forward in your mind, heart and emotions. As you do, your thoughts about yourself, your world and your place in it will change\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 and your past failures and feelings about them will gradually be so overshadowed by your daily <em>success<\/em>es, they will no longer be a source of agitation or frustration to you. Yes, those negative things in your past happened, but your emotional and mental charge around them<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 simply disappear<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <strong>and they no longer LIMIT or DEFINE you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Success Brings New Challenges Along With It<\/h2>\n<p>As we move into the success we desire, the better life we see for ourselves, the part of us that doesn\u2019t like change may rear its ugly head and attempt to sabotage our efforts.<\/p>\n<p>When we know about this phenomenon and are prepared for some resistance, we can break through it with confidence and persistence.<\/p>\n<p>A little humor about it all can really help turn the corner!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And at the end of the journey to a more successful life,<\/p>\n<p>when all the resistance to get there has been worn down,<\/p>\n<p>when all the barriers to get to that point have finally been broken\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Victory takes a sweet stand\u2026<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dwell in it<\/p>\n<p>Relax in it<\/p>\n<p>Savor it<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate that victory and YOURSELF, the one who CHOSE to take the journey to <strong>success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">and COMPLETE it<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>You have a unique gift to give to the world.<\/p>\n<p>You <strong>ARE<\/strong> a unique gift to the world.<\/p>\n<p>We thank you for sharing it<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 and we look forward to your next victory!<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left;padding: 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1280\/2012\/10\/shades-1.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><strong> Barbie Zabel<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eznewyou.com\/empower\/teamglow.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nTeam G.L.O.W. 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Today, You Have a Choice \u2013 Choose Success. For those who continue to dwell in the negative past, the present and future are pretty predictable \u2026 it\u2019s like living in an old worn out movie rerun. Yes, it\u2019s the same story and the same characters, and while you may still root [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1296,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6,2,7,8,20],"tags":[49,9,113,10,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,57],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barbies-game-plan-for-your-success","category-blogging","category-bootcamp","category-get-motivated","category-marketing-tools","category-personal","category-robs-garage","category-the-success-mindset","tag-advice","tag-barbie-zabel","tag-empower","tag-empower-network","tag-empowering","tag-personal-development","tag-personal-growth","tag-positive-attitude","tag-self-esteem","tag-self-improvement","tag-success","tag-success-mindset","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/barbiezabel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}