No pain, No Gain = No Power yo!!

Throughout my life, my ego had always complained about how hard things are especially if I wanted to accomplish something. I would complain to my family, my friends, my professors back in University years, or even to myself. These complaints always ended with "dude, no pain, no gain".



That very phrase ticked my ego off every single time it was mentioned. I never understood why. Well, I understood why it bothered my ego, and that was because it tried to stop it from growing by telling it to shut up. But that's another topic. It ticked ME off because I felt that every single thing I wanted to achieve in my life had to have pain involved.

Is that true? Is every achieving anything life a result of PAIN?! Is pain involved in any process? Is it mandatory that we feel that way if we want to reach our goals or become successful in any area of our lives?

For years and years I had battled through every process and tried to find out if all these questions were true. Year after year, goal after goal, I was convinced that that belief was true. It became part of my subconscious to the point that the instant the thought of success and achievement sprung in my mind, the next thought was immediately "PAIN". Isn't it amazing how our minds learn so fast in applying patterns? That by itself was a pattern of thought which lead to a certain emotion, and hence killed the original thought.



Could it be? Could it simply be true that I am going to have pain inflicted on me every single time I want to achieve success? And who was going to inflict that pain anyway?

The answer was simple: It was not true. It is only true if I had chosen to think that way. And if that was the case, then the person inflicting pain on me is no other than myself, my thoughts, my mind. It is a choice. We choose to believe or think in a certain way.

It hit me hard today that the belief "NO PAIN NO GAIN" is a very disempowering belief. 50% of the words used in that belief are negation words. 25% is a negative term. This leaves only 25% of the belief remaining positive i.e. GAIN.

Where is power in that? How can you empower yourself that way?

One of the main factors to change and positivity is the wording we use. If we constantly use negation vocabulary, then we are training our mind to live by them. However, if we constantly use vocabulary in the positive sense, then we are training our minds to live by positive ways & means.



The second thing which makes that belief very disempowering is that it is linking pain to achievement and success in our lives. The most successful people around the globe have constantly mentioned that we MUST enjoy the process. Part of enjoying the process is linking pleasure to the process itself and letting go of the outcome.

Just. Have. Fun.

One of the awesome things you could do is be flexible. Being stiff is not going to help you achieve your goals. Watch the video below and you will know what I mean.



The more flexible you are, the more acceptant you will be of any circumstances according around you which could be perceived as "PAIN". This will enable you to become proactive and not reactive to anything.

Imagine how things would be as you linked them to pleasure. I'll leave you with that imagination and let you decide.