I first met Ankita when she emailed me her story of how everything on this site, through the newsletter, the e-course, the articles, etc., has helped with the transformation she experienced in her life.

To quote the first paragraph from her initial email:

“Well, to start with reading your posts and articles have impacted me in a capacity that no other self-help book has ever done... I have traveled huge distances in my short life- from being a complete pessimist to a point wherein I have shifted beliefs to create the life I want to experience. Thanks to it, My journey has been awesome.. And it shall continue to be because now I know that we actually create our own reality.”

She then went on to describe how applying all the information she learned helped her to get a dream job with one of the best consulting firms in the world and not only that, it turned out to be a piece of cake for her!

Naturally, with this kind of 180 degree transformation story with the person getting exactly what they want, I was curious to learn more about it so in keeping with the tradition of all reader success stories, I sent her a list of questions to help better frame her story and save time on both ends. Below are the answers to those questions.

I want to thank Ankita for taking the time to answer these questions to tell her story. I really appreciate it!

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Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself Ankita?

I am identified generally from my loud voice and my big smile! I like to consider myself ZESTY. I love- Life, Friends, Family, Parties, Music and all good things that come with these. I love gossiping especially over Coffee. I love to party and dance my ass off to some great music. In a nutshell-I am crazy, loud, gossipy, fun, have a good sense of humor, laugh at the drop of the hat, love to be loved n love to live!

How did you come to find BrianKim.net?

It was many months ago. I was reading some motivational stuff online and just browsing through I landed on this site. I read a couple of articles and signed up instantly and ever since then this has become a regular exercise.

You wrote a very impressive sentence that stood out to me in your email: “I have traveled huge distances in my short life- from being a complete pessimist to a point wherein I have shifted beliefs to create the life I want to experience.” Do you mind giving us a little background on that period of time when you were a complete pessimist? What do you think in your opinion contributed to that?

Well until a year ago I was a doom & gloom pessimist. I constantly complicated things for myself. I always complained about the inequities of life, took the opposing view in any positive conversation and always looked at the worst side of a situation.

For the answer to “what cause this pessimist or negativity” I would like to relate to your articles on How To Maximize The Power Of Your Mind. As you wrote in the Day 3 of the article, “Most people are always thinking in terms of negative thoughts and as a result, their attitudes and actions match those thoughts accordingly”. I completely second that and this is coming from my personal experience: The more you feed your subconscious mind with negative thoughts about yourself and others the more it dominates/influences our actions and thoughts. It’s like a vicious circle.

Can you expand on the second part of the sentence in the previous question, on how you have “shifted beliefs to create the life I want to experience”?

When I saw “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne and read your articles specially the How to maximize the power of your mind (5 days), It s made me open my eyes and consider how I may negatively be contributing to various aspects of my life. I realized that I was focusing on the negatives in my life. I understood that thoughts are pure energy and the moment i understood the power of my THOUGHTS, I dedicated 100% of my mind to positive thinking.

You mentioned that you got your dream job and I want to congratulate you on that! Can you take us through what you did that made it so easy for you?

I got a job with one of the best consulting firms in the world and honestly I have had no previous experience to boast of. This job had been my dream and I worked towards it. I created a visualization board and put the logo of the company. I studies day and night and I kept visualizing myself giving the interview and it turning out to be a piece of cake contrary to the beliefs of my peers and miraculously it did happen. All my 5 rounds of interviews went so smoothly that I knew it right there and then that I have made it. During all my interview rounds, it felt like De-javu (Thanks to my visualizations).I was amazed with the power of the conscious and subconscious mind! It was like I was placing my request to the universe and it was being delivered. I don't know how it happened, but the universe made sure I received that job!!

Given all that you’ve experienced, what have you learned about the power of the conscious and subconscious mind?

I realized that our mind is nothing but a blank slate at birth which gets filled up with what it sees and understands through experience. Your articles helped me to understand that mind can be classified as:

Conscious mind: That part which is only functional and responds when you are wide awake.

Sub-Conscious mind: The part which is always functional but you never get to know its presence

Since the mind reflects habitual thoughts, it is therefore our responsibility to influence our mind and brain with positive emotions, thoughts and energy as the dominating factors in our mind.

What kind of things did you do help you when you started feeling low and that voice of doubt crept into your mind?

I agree Fear and doubt are the two most limiting emotions EVER. And it is caused because of the negative self-talk which leads to limiting actions and behaviors. Everyone will always have fears and doubts at some point and the trick is to make them your bitch and use them to move you to action. When I faced such moments, I reassure myself of everything positive that I want to happen in my life. I thought that these are just traces left behind from my old subconscious, trying to fight its way back in my life. At such point, I made the maximum use of all resources available to me: Like THE SECRET DVD, A FEW ARTICLES FROM BRIAN KIM WHICH I HAVE PRINTED OUT AND KEEP WITH ME IN MY BAG etc which help me to fight my negative emotions. Also, another favourtie is this song below:

This is the Best rendition of this song I have heard, and this artist is Amazing! This song lifts my spirit every time I listen to it! This was a Flawless and Awesome Performance and she perfectly conveys that your strength knows no bound when you do one thing: BELIEVE, you can fly... and you will!!

You mentioned you’re applying what you learned to other aspects of your life. Do you mind sharing what those are?

I visualize a life of abundance.. I see good times ahead- Strength. Vision. Dreams. Love. Friendship. Goals. Life. Accomplishment!. I believe that There is a new World out there.... one of my making. One of my dreams. And one that I will conquer. I BELIEVE it and FEEL it. This feeling of being invincible, wide eyed, care free and optimistic helps me move forward and enjoy this journey. I am applying my learnings to lead a healthy, happy life abundant on all aspects.

What kind of advice do you want to give those who started out like you, who are currently complete pessimists?

Well to all those who are recovering pessimists or are predisposed to a pessimistic viewpoint, I would say: Identify the irrational thinking behind your negativity. Pessimism is not born of blindness; it is because of your constant focus on failure and other negative feelings. Surround yourself with positive people and feed your mind with positive thoughts. Please read Brian Kim’s articles everyday and they will certainly make your journey of self improvement a lot easier. Challenge and channel your perspective: When something doesn’t go well, find a way to reframe it in a more positive perspective.

Any last words of advice you want to give that was not covered in these questions? Learning how to stop being negative is not rocket science. Follow Nike’s advise and ”JUST DO IT”. If I could then so can YOU!

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I want to thank Ankita again for taking the time to write and share her story. I really appreciate it!

We always love to see people make that 180 degree change in their lives. It’s a beautiful thing indeed!

And in ALL those stories, as in Ankita’s, the protagonist always stumbles on valuable information whether through books or through a mentor, changes his/her thinking, applies what they’ve learned, and gets what they want, and in turn creates the experience in life they want.

And they are never, EVER the same afterwards.

A couple of things I want to point out from Ankita’s story is the power of EMOTION and CONSISTENCY.

It’s easy to see from her writing she’s a very energetic and passionate person and she describers herself as such. With that kind of energy, it’s easy to polarize in terms of thinking – whether negative or positive.

You’re either going to go down the dark road and reap those seeds or vice versa.

Prior to this, her energy was polarized toward negative thinking but she soon changed that and you can see what happened as a result.

EMOTIONAL ENERGY, positive or negative, penetrates the subconscious mind and begins to influence your life in ways you can’t even begin to imagine.

For Ankita, she injected POSITIVE emotional energy and she was CONSISTENT in it through various activities such as visualization and reading of articles she kept in her bag.

As a result, all that helped to influence her thoughts and actions that were conducive in helping her get the dream job she wanted. All her mannerisms, words, actions, the vibe, etc., she gave to the people interviewing her were conducive to the visualizations she had that she was CONSISTENT in practicing.

As a result, she got it – much to the amazement of friends and families who thought she couldn’t get it, a dream job with one of the top consulting firms in the world and in this kind of bad economy too!

I also want to point out CONSISTENCY will also squash any lingering effects of negative thinking as well from the past. As you can see from her story, she felt her old ways starting to creep back up but she maximized all her resources CONSISTENTLY to keep it from coming back to life.

You can tell that her life will never be the same. Just look at what she wrote:

“I visualize a life of abundance.. I see good times ahead- Strength. Vision. Dreams. Love. Friendship. Goals. Life. Accomplishment!. I believe that There is a new World out there.... one of my making. One of my dreams. And one that I will conquer. I BELIEVE it and FEEL it. This feeling of being invincible, wide eyed, care free and optimistic helps me move forward and enjoy this journey.”

Everyone who has ever experienced significant change in their lives can relate EXACTLY to those words.

It’s what we all came to realize when we knew our lives would never be the same afterwards.

That we truly do have the power to make our lives exactly as we see it.