Why would anyone want to take over the world?  After all, that is not what caring, compassionate, and unselfish people do, is it?  That type of activity is reserved for fascists and dictators or for the arrogant and egotistical, right?

Wrong.

Kind, loving, and respectful people are constantly taking over the world and I’ll prove it to you.

What Does It Mean to Take Over the World?

Someone who is aiming to take over the world has a goal of having an abundant and seemingly limitless amount of power, control, and influence.  Once accomplished, this person will have the power to direct resources as needed to accomplish any given task at any given time.  If you manage to do this you have completely taken over the world.

How do we go about accomplishing this?  Before we answer that, let’s first answer…

Where Is the World?

Contrary to popular dogma, the world does not exist outside of you.  Instead, it actually exists within you.  Yes, within you.  By taking over the world within you will be able to have power over your thoughts and ideas, control over your habits and attitude, and be a greater positive influence in your society.

How Is This So?

Our brains function as data processors, taking in information from our surrounding environment.  It then processes this environmental information producing an output that we know as our experience, perception, or reality.

Just like our personal computers we have an operating system.  The operating system that we use to process information is our belief system.  Our belief system processes all of our environmental stimuli (input) and creates our experiences, shapes our perceptions, and forms our realities (output).

Our experiences are a product of how we interpret our environment.  This is why two people in the “same” environment can react in opposite ways.  For example, one person sees challenges, the other sees opportunities.  One person sees poverty, the other sees riches.  One man sees trash while the other sees treasure.

Understand?  This is why our world is created from within us.  We can control our output by changing our belief system.

How Do We Change Our Belief System?

We can change our belief system by increasing our education.  This will renew our ideas, stretch our imaginations, and expand our worldview.  We must learn!  And we can learn from a myriad of things whether it be from a conversation, other people’s experiences, a book, etc.  The list is endless.  But no matter what form the opportunity to learn comes, you have to take responsibility for using it to reshape your reality.

On the Quest for Domination

A single mother of two working a full time job decides to go back to school and get her Master’s degree to: (1) demonstrate to her children the importance of education; (2) increase her earning potential and raise the quality of life for her children; and (3) prove to her children that there is indeed nothing you can’t do if you want to badly enough!  She is creating her future.

Fed up with his negative life circumstances, a man changes his entire philosophy from one of criminality and deception to one of legality and honesty.  Instead of continuing to blame everyone else for his mistakes he realizes that he must take responsibility for his life because no one else will.  Despite his past life blunders he refuses to let those obstacles restrict him from achieving his newfound dreams of becoming an author, publisher, and public speaker to inspire the lives of youth and adults alike.  He is changing his reality.

A business man, earning $500,000/yr is striving to double his income in the next 2 years.  Not because he doesn’t think $500,000/yr is a lot of money, not because he needs a new car, and not because his house isn’t big enough; but because he firmly believes that he is actually worth $1M and $500,000 is merely half of his earning capacity.  Why should he settle for half a million?  He alters his philosophy.

These people have one thing in common: they are all taking responsibility.  They are changing how they process their life experiences.  They are changing their realities and creating their own circumstances.  And most importantly, they are all taking over their world!

Don’t Change Other People Change You

Some people are out to change the world by changing everyone else.  This is a short path to frustration.  Instead of trying to change other people, change you.  We can influence other people but we won’t change them.  Each of us has to take over our own world. I’ve seen so many people who are waiting for their boss, their spouse, their friend, the President, or whoever, to change their world.  Don’t count on it.  The best thing about changing you is that you don’t have to wait on anybody.  You can take over your own world right now.

Pop Quiz…

Where does your world exist?  (Hint:  Answer B is wrong)

(A)  Within You

(B)  Outside of You

Now that you’ve passed that difficult quiz, let me give you …

One Major Reason Why You Must Take Over Your World

It’s your responsibility.

Go dominate!