#462 How To Achieve and Have The Mindset of Success

How To Achieve and Have the Mindset of Success

We hear it everywhere: “You need the mindset of success.” But what does that actually mean? And more importantly — how do you get it?

In this episode of the Personal Development Unplugged podcast, I’ll take you beyond the vague definitions and straight into a practical process you can use right now. We’ll cut through the fluff and create a real mindset of success — one where your mind and body are fully aligned toward a specific goal.

You’ll discover how to:

• Get ultra clear and specific about what you really want (not what you don’t want).
• Write it down in a way that seeds your unconscious mind.
• Identify the empowering beliefs that fuel your success.
• Step into the physiology and psychology of having already achieved your dream.
• Anchor it all with a simple word that triggers your success state whenever you need it.

This isn’t about “thinking positive.” It’s about aligning your thoughts, feelings, and actions so you naturally move toward your goals.

By the end of this episode, you’ll not only understand what the mindset of success is — you’ll have it.

Key Takeaway: Success isn’t vague — it’s specific. Write it down, embody it, and live it.

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Key Takeaways (bullet points)

• Success without specificity is meaningless — define exactly what you want.
• Writing your goals down engages your unconscious mind and makes them real.
• Shift from “I don’t want X” to “I want Y” to avoid reinforcing negatives.
• Empowering beliefs like “I’ve got this” or “I deserve this” fuel motivation.
• Visualisation plus physiology creates a success state you can step into now.
• Anchor your mindset with a single word to trigger confidence and focus anytime.

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Your Call to Action

• Share this episode with someone who’s chasing a dream but needs a success boost.

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Paul

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And the transcript WARNING if you're a lover of the written word this may make you frustrated, or angry - you have been warned - is it an 'ism

The mindset of success. What is that? What is that mindset of success? Do you know? I don't.

 

I do. You see, people talk about it, don't they? Talk about this mindset of success. But do they ever explain exactly what it is? And more importantly, do they explain how to get it? You know, just think of success.

 

Go on, do it now. Do it now. Think of having a mindset of success.

 

Did that inspire you to go and do something? I didn't think so. Because it's too bloody vague. Have you ever looked at the definition of success? It's pretty vague too.

 

Here's one. One. It said, success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.

 

How is that motivating? How is that a mindset of success? If that's the definition of success. There's another one, by the way. And I got to move something just to read it too.

 

It says the satisfaction of tangible accomplishments. Bloody hell. Tangible accomplishments.

 

Is that something that buzzes you? Is it really? Does it buzz you at all? I didn't think so. So let's just stay with this because it's quite obvious really, when you think about it, if everything is so bloody vague and therefore general, you're only going to get a general mindset of general success, which is absolutely pish all, isn't it? Nothing. So I want to go through one of my versions, because there's never just one, is there? You know, we can manipulate and morph and do all sorts of things with different processes.

 

But this is the one that came to my mind. I wanted to go through it with you. So it's the mindset of success with some other stuff as well, because I want to make it happen for you.

 

And how do I do that? I want to include the mind and the body. Mind, body aligned to a special and specific result. Yeah, mind, body aligned to a special, specific, listen to the word, specific result.

 

Because if you aim for a specific result, that's what we're going to get. And our aim now, my intention is to formulate that mindset of success. But specifically, so let's repeat it.

 

Just before we get into the real nitty gritty. It's the mind and body aligned to a specific result. So before anything, anything that you and I need to do, we need to be specific about the goal that we want, the thing that we want, our goal, our desire, our dream.

 

So be specific. But here's the thing people do when they're specific, they could be so specific in what they don't want. Thinking, I'm being so positive, Paul, because I don't want to be anxious anymore.

 

I don't want to be unconfident. I don't want to be, I don't know, fear of missing out of anything. I don't want to have that anxiety.

 

I don't want to have whatever. And you see, when you say to yourself, I don't want unconfidence. The first thing that comes into your mind is all the pictures of being unconfident, the feeling of being unconfident.

 

When you say to yourself, I don't want to be anxious anymore. There's only one thing you think of is anxious. Because your unconscious mind doesn't really process its negatives very well.

 

It's that thing like don't think of a blue tree or an elephant in the room or whatever. Because the first thing you do is what room? What tree? I told you not to think about it, but you did. And guess what? Don't think of it again.

 

He got me. Unless you're trained not to. So it's all about knowing what you really want.

 

And to do that, you have to write the bloody thing down. Remember, writing the bloody thing down really, really works. So as you can see, the camera didn't work that time.

 

I guess I didn't press the right button. But anyway, I'll press it right now. So you got to write that bloody thing down.

 

Because when you write things down, it means more to you, you have to think about it, that internal voice of yours, you have to visualise things. Because what you're visualising is that you're beginning to visualise what you want, because you're thinking about what I want. And specifically, exactly.

 

Where do you want it? With whom do you want it? When do you want it? What exactly is it? What context? All of that. And when you write it down, you're sowing the seed. And we're going to need this later.

 

So that's why I want you to write down because you're going to have to refer to it. So take a little bit of time, take time out. You can just pause now if you wish.

 

Because when you do this, you're able to start thinking of, well, what were the possibilities that come my way from having already got this? So you go to the end of your dream, end of your goal, having got it, what will it enable me to do? So you're now getting the add-ons, not just the end of the goal, but what that goal is going to bring to your life. Now we're getting really specific. So we're getting specific, the where, the who, you know, what skills have I got to do it? How do I specifically want to be? In what specific context? And when I'm like that, what will it enable me to do? So do write that down, please do write it down.

 

Now, if you knew, and if you know now that this is totally possible, no shadow of a doubt. So you know now that it's totally possible, no shadow of a doubt, no ifs, no buts. What is the belief that you would have and have to have to achieve that goal? Think about it now, what would it be? Maybe something like, I don't know, I've got this.

 

I deserve this. I'm good enough for this. This is so right for me, I can do this.

 

Simple, supportive belief. But when you think about a belief, and you're thinking about specifically what you want, and you think of a belief that I've got this because I deserve it. It starts to feel empowering, doesn't it? There seems to be energy in it.

 

Think about it just for a moment. So as you take that time to write down what you specifically want, and then as you start to just imagine just a little bit, you say, well, what is that belief, that lifting, motivating belief, positive belief that I would have to have while doing this goal, achieving this goal? And write that sucker down. And when you write it down, feel the energy of it.

 

Feel the energy, say the words inside, and say them how you would be saying them. I've got this. I deserve this.

 

This is me. This is what I'm on this planet Earth for. This is all part of my life.

 

I'm going to succeed. Now, any one of those would boost me up, put them together. So you might have more than one.

 

It could be a set of powerful beliefs. Don't restrict yourself just to the one. Have as many as you like.

 

You know, how many would you have to have to really empower you so much that you just knew you'd have to succeed? Yeah, that's the difference. Now then, let's go back. If you know now that it's totally possible to achieve this dream, this goal, this desire of yours, how would you be having the achievement, this dream? How would you be? Let's put it another way.

 

Let's put it the way I was getting confused. How would you be having achieved the dream? That's better, Paul. You got it now.

 

Let's get our communication right. How would you be having already achieved this goal? Let's go to the goal and then some. So you've achieved the goal and you've carrying on because it's only a continuum, isn't it? One goal leads to another, to another.

 

So I get that one I was really specific about. And now the opportunity is coming. How would I be? And then as you think about that, think about that, look at your notes, look at the notes of your specific goal, exactly what you want, where, with whom, with that powerful set of beliefs, read them out that support you.

 

And then there's a warning here. I want you to close your eyes. So don't do this without, you know, if you need anything that needs your attention, driving anything, it's a no-no.

 

So you can just pause and get this all together. And then I want you to close your eyes. That's all I want you to do, close your eyes and see yourself.

 

Having already got this dream, having already got this desire, having already got this specific goal of yours. You've already got it and you have it now, have it now. And as you just feel yourself there, what would you see when you've got this goal? What would you see? How would you see the world differently? Think about that.

 

How would you see the world differently? What would be the pictures in your mind? How would they be different? Yeah. How would they be different now? What's that internal voice of yours saying to yourself? Are those positive beliefs really resonating now so much that they actually go into every cell of your body? Maybe there's a smell and taste of success because you've already got this dream. And how does it feel? Feel the feelings of how you've already got this dream and you're moving on through life with achieving even more because you're an achiever now.

 

You're successful in the things that you do. You make decisions, you plan them, you notice exactly what you want specifically and you go get it and you see the world differently now. That internal voice of yours is motivating you with an inner belief and set of powerful beliefs and a feeling.

 

How do you breathe? How do you breathe? Just feel it all. And as you feel all of this, let that belief, as if it's like in stereo around you, just reverberate. Reverberate.

 

Remember all the skills that you have and you've accumulated across the whole of your life. Accessing anything you need, skills, behaviours, emotions. Think of the emotions you have now and really feel everything about that.

 

Everything about it. Notice how you can be different, so different now, having achieved that dream. And as you feel it so intensely, you can intensify that feeling just by winding up even more, double it.

 

And as you double that feeling, let's ask your unconscious mind and your conscious mind to learn. To learn from this, learn from the physiology and the psychology because we've done the mind, we've done the body, we've done the emotions, we've done the beliefs, we've done the psychology and physiology of success. And that's what this positive mindset is about.

 

Alignment, mind and body in total. And as your unconscious mind begins to learn from this, begin to notice how you would be able to act as if you had this already. To have this belief, to have this mindset, to have the emotions, the behaviours, the skills.

 

So you think and behave this way. And as you think and behave this way, to go through the whole process of achieving that dream and goal. Maybe as you think about that now, the dream and goal that you deserve to have.

 

Because it's yours with all this mindset, the physiology and the psychology of this positive mindset. Maybe there's a word that comes to mind that will really anchor this down for you. So every time you hear it or say it or read it, because you're going to write it down, inspires you to carry on and actually trigger these feelings.

 

Trigger these thoughts, trigger these emotions and behaviours and skills and this alignment to success. So what's that word that comes to mind that's really going to empower you? Trigger off all of this. And as that word comes to mind, just say thank you so much.

 

But say it in your head, louder and louder, with more passion than you can stand. And as you do that, just open your eyes. Feel so grateful.

 

And with that wonderful feeling and that word, write that word down now. And as you write that word down, begin to schedule. Begin to schedule your days of what you're going to start doing to achieve this goal.

 

Because now you have, you do have, now you have the mindset of success. Yeah. And there's so many other things that I have in my separate processes on that pawcluffonline.com forward slash podcast.

 

There's all the hypnosis tracks for acting as if, getting your confidence, planning, goal setting, all that stuff in so many different ways, that you can now structure, achieving that goal. But with this positive mindset, say that word, and just go get it. Yeah.

 

And if there's, here's a thing, sometimes things come up along the way, and you go, oh, there's maybe a little clash of values, or there's a little bit of, you know, imposter syndrome, or there's a little bit of overwhelm. Let me know. Email me, feedback at personalsdevelopmentunplugged.com. Let me know what it is.

 

Let me know, very briefly, what type of dream and goal you want. Let me know where you are. Let me know what your feelings are.

 

And let me know, just that little thing that's maybe holding you back, and we will crush it. Together, we will crush it. I will create a new process, a new episode, or direct you to one that already exists, so you can get it just like that.

 

So with this mindset of success, the real one, hopefully I've explained it in sufficient detail, that you can really get it now. Maybe just rewind this, if you can rewind something, you can kind of just pull that little slider back, and go through it again, go through this visualization again. But make sure you write that sucker down.

 

All of that stuff. Because if you miss out a step, guess what? There's a step missing. And then you go for, well, I nearly got it.

 

Well, we don't want a nearly, a shoulda, a coulda. I want you to go, yes, I did that. And when you get that, I did that.

 

What else can I do? What else am I going to achieve? There you go. Please do that. And please share this.

 

Please share this with everyone who you believe has a dream and just needs that little bit of encouragement, that little bit of motivation, because I'm not motivating you, by the way. You're motivating yourself. No one can motivate you.

 

No one. But I can give you processes to motivate yourself. There you go.

 

Was that good? I enjoyed it. I was seeing things in my head, beliefs in my mind. I did it a little bit when I made some notes about this too.

 

So I hope you enjoyed it. I don't think there was any swearing this time, was there? There was some swearing on my notes, but I don't think I used them. Did I? Anyway, maybe next time I'll come in with some colourful language, if that's okay.

 

I swear sometimes. So enjoy and have more fun than you can stand. Wallow in happiness.

 

And maybe your unconscious mind can also add a little thing to give you happiness for no reason. So you'll be going along your day and suddenly feel, oh, I feel happy for no reason. Bugger you, Cluffy, you've made me happy again.

 

And I'll say, no, I didn't. You did. Enjoy and fly.

 

Warning, you are now leaving the unplugged mind of Paul Cluff. It's time to fly and run. Be brave, my friend.

 

Personal development unplugged.

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