SUCCESS BASED THINKING by Dr. Dung Tirnh
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uccess is not determined by the size of a bank account, a title or a position held. Success is having a sense of purpose, passion, and positive personal relationships - people. I call it “PPP”. Success begins in the mind. Achieving success is a pattern of thinking, a belief system, which removes barriers that prevents us from achieving our purpose, passion, and positive personal relationships in life.
• "I can" and "I can't" are stories constructed in our minds by parts our brain (the medulla) who's primary purpose is "security and protection", Not Growth and Success. We acknowledge our Fear, say "Thank You for sharing", and move forward with our plans for success.
Faulty thinking and untrue beliefs hold us back from achieving success in both business and life. They limit our ability to grow and expand. Most of the time, we are our own enemy to achieving success. Thinking correctly and embracing truth creates freedom in our life and expands our horizons. God has principles that govern this world, and being aligned to those principles opens the door to fulfilling our purpose in life.
God is orchestrating His Master Plan. Our goal is to find where He is moving and be in the current of His work. Because He is sovereign, there are no accidental opportunities. Every meeting is a Divine appointment and every circumstance we face has already been known by the Father before we were even born. Our job is to be prepared and grab opportunities as they come.
We are created by God in love, and we each have a purpose destined to us by God, with a specific set of talents/spiritual gifts given to us. When we recognize, develop, and implement our God given spiritual gift, it is when we find Purpose and Passion in our life, our reason for living. And to fully survive in society while putting our talents and gifts to work, we need all of these ingredients: Purpose, Passion, and People.
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Key Paradigms of Success: These are "truth concepts" that we can use to filter events and opportunities that we are faced with each day. It will allow us to move beyond a mind state of fear and doubt, and move forward with decisions for growth and success. • God is Sovereign
Dung Trinh, M.D. arrived in the United States at the age of 5 as a Vietnam War refugee. His childhood education was at a Buddhist pagoda in Vietnam and having never heard of God before, his first introduction to Christianity was when a Christian church in Orange County sponsored the whole family to be flown to the US during the war. Through a series of ‘God circumstances’ during his high school years, Dr. Trinh became a follower of Jesus, which he believes was the most important decision of his life. He has served on the Board of Directors of various organizations over the past several years and founded ‘Tongue Out’, a nonprofit organization which provides free health care to ‘the least of these’ around the world including Vietnam, Haiti, Peru and Mexico. His activism stems from his deep faith in God and appreciation of his parents’ sacrifices for their four children.
• Everything that is thrown at us in life is already "Father Filtered". God allows trials in our lives for a purpose - to allow our character to be refined and grow. • God's ways are not our ways, His plans are not our plans. • All things (good and bad) work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes. • Where God guides, He provides (famous Pastor Chuck Smith quote)
Dr. Trinh can be reached at dung.trinh@alzoc.org .
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