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Archive for November, 2008

Monday, November 10, 2008

With all the research into goal-setting, success, wealth and yes, the Law of Attraction, there’s more information now than ever in history on how to reach your goals quicker and easier than you ever thought possible.

 

no-speed.jpgACCELERATE YOUR RESULTS

 

The subconscious mind is your most powerful tool in achieving success in any area of your life. Everything you are and will be is a result of your thoughts.  Your thoughts become your feelings.  Your feelings become your results.  In order to change your life, you’ve got to change the way you think.  This is where current research in Quantum Physics comes into play.  I won’t bore you with the details, but trust that these proven techniques will accelerate your results:

 

 ○ Write your goals out and read them daily
 ○ Visualize yourself having already achieved your goal - again daily
 ○ Create a vision board featuring pictures and words that represent you reaching your goal - review it daily
 ○ Repeat affirmations of success - take a negative belief about your success and turn it around into a statement of belief - repeat this several times a day
 ○ Inspire yourself by reading biographies of successful people, personal development books, audio and programs
 ○ Surround yourself with a powerful support network - this means limiting the amount of time you spend around negative people, environments and information - consider turning off the news

 

When you do what the successful do, you too will be successful.

 

 


We all have a set point in our minds which keeps us within our normal range or our comfort zone.  If you make a change in your life which takes you out of that comfort zone, this will send a signal out to your nervous system which your brain interprets as potential danger.  It will then prompt you to make the course corrections necessary to return you to your normal state. 

 

This works in a very similar way to the thermostat in your home, you set the temperature to whatever you want.  The heat or air conditioning will come on as needed to keep the temperature at the set point. 

 

temperature.jpgSo, how then do you change your temperature, or rather change your comfort zone? 

 

You can send messages to your subconscious mind to change your set point.  This is done by visualizing with the use of emotions what you want your new reality to be.  Your subconscious mind cannot decipher between reality and an imagined reality. 

 

With consistent and persistent daily visualizations, you will soon have a new set point/comfort zone which will move you closer to achieving your goals.

 

 


Jack Canfield’s Key to Living the Law of Attraction
- A Simple Guide to Creating the Life of Your Dreams -

 

Of all the books available today on the Law of Attraction, this is the best (in our opinion)!

 

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What can you expect to find in this book? Practical, easy to apply steps to using the Law of Attraction to attract the kind of life you want.  It’s not just about ‘thinking’ what you want into existence, it’s about the action part of the Law of Attraction as well. If you’ve struggled at all with creating the life you want, then this is the book for you.

 

Prepare to be amazed at the results you’ll achieve when you follow Jack Canfield’s guidance on creating the life of your dreams.   Here’s a peak inside the book:

 

1)  Understanding what the Law of Attraction really is …

 

2)  How we’re all made up of energy and all connected …

 

3)  How our thoughts affect us and our environment …

 

4)  The turbo-charge element in the Law of Attraction - our emotions …

 

5)  How to focus on the positive element of every situation …

 

6)  How abundance in all areas of our life is our natural state of being …

 

7)  Defining your purpose in life …

 

8)  How to clearly define your dreams …

 

9)  Tools to consciously apply the Law of Attraction into your life …

 

10) How to use the power of affirmations - the right way …

 

11) How to visualize your way to success …

 

12) Using the 2nd most powerful emotion - Gratitude …

 

13) How prayer and meditation factor into manifesting …

 

14) Taking action - without it you’re just wishing …

 

15) The amazing power of belief …

 

There’s alot of content in this tiny book - don’t be deceived by it’s size.  Consider this the condensed version of everything that works!

 

 


Wednesday, November 5, 2008

It’s okay to have big goals. In fact, dreaming big is far better than thinking small.  It takes you out of your comfort zone and develops the confidence and self-esteem required to actually live your dreams.

 

abc.jpgHowever, big goals can often make you think it’s impossible.  Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will your dreams.  Chunk your goal down into smaller, shorter-term goals.  If your goal is to run a marathon and you’ve never even made it one lap around the track, well, that marathon may seem way out of reach.  Make a smaller goal to run 10 laps around the track by a specific date.  That’s more believable and achievable to your subconscious mind.

 

Once you’ve reached your first shorter-term goal, take another chunk out of the bigger goal.  By breaking down your goal in this way you’ll gain momentum through continual success.

 

Any dream worth dreaming is worth working for.

 

 


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Have you ever spent time learning about the amazing power of your mind?  One of the incredible tools you possess is called your Reticular Activating System. 

 

reticular-activating-system.jpgSimply put, your Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a filter that sorts through the four hundred billion bits of information that your brain processes every second.  You are only consciously aware of two thousand bits of this information each second, so your RAS decides which bits of information to present to your conscious mind.

 

The RAS sorts based on matching the information presented with information already established in your mind, this is the information that it assumes is important to you. 

 

The exiting part of this, is that you can reprogram your mind to sort the information based on what you want to achieve.  If you spend consistent and persistent time each day visualizing your goal and feeling the feelings of having already achieved your goal, it will start to become familiar to your subconscious mind. 

 

Your RAS will then start to sort the information presented based on your goal.  Soon, you will start to receive information on how to go about reaching your goal, and be on your way to achieving success.

 

 


Monday, November 3, 2008

Ever hear the expression in sports that the best defense is a great offense?  All of the really good sports coaches understand, and so do Life Coaches.  What it boils down to, is simply taking on the challenges, the issues, problems and concerns head on.  It is simply then a case of ensuring that you are consistently living a win win life. 

 

tug-of-war-with-dog.jpgExpressing gratitude for what you have, for the loved ones in your life, for the warmth of the love and endearment you are experiencing on a daily basis are the goals, home runs and touchdowns of life.  Once you develop the ability to challenge your adversity with wins you have a simple formula:

 

Adversity combined with action and the tools taught through your studies of Personal Development will always equal one of two things, if not both:

 

1.  Success, or

 

2.  Gratitude.

 

Living your life with a win win philosophy, regardless of the challenges, trial or tribulations will always empower you to create a win.  Feel free to join us for a free tele-event where we will be sharing the philosophies of overcoming adversity and developing a successful future.

 

 


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