Monday Motivating Mindset
THE HYPE
This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you navigate towards a more fulfilling life.
THE CHALLENGE
Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"How did I get to where I am at right now?"
THE PROMISE
Ask yourself this question as soon as possible and you will become more appreciative of your life's experiences.
THE TIPS
No matter who you are on this planet the quality of your life experience will depend on three things.
1. An ability to ask yourself questions. Quality questions about you, the environment you operate in and the world you live in.
2. An ability to answer your own questions honestly, without judgment or attachment. Let the information speak for itself and lead you to the truth.
3. An ability to recall and apply the answers you discover at the appropriate time.
If you are missing any one or more of these things at any given time then your chances of success are slim to none.
The better the questions the better one's life potentially. A great question to ask yourself to gain more perspective on your life is:
"How did I get to where I am at right now?"
Where are you on the road of your life. If it was represented by an oval race track, how far along the race are you already?
Are you winning? Are you even aware that you are hurling through space of time in the race of your life against time?
The car company Volkswagen were wise beyond their time when they stated in their commercials that "On the road of life there are passengers and there are drivers."
When it comes to feeling alive and in control of life are you a passenger or a driver?
Passengers like to watch other people while wishing they could be, do, or have more and are often jealous or envious of others.
Drivers on the other hand prefer to grab the bull by the horns, take control and steer their own destiny.
So why do people avoid popping the hood from time-to-time and taking a look at our engines?
For some passengers it's because they don't know how.
Yet when you think about it... No one is more qualified to figure out how to drive the custom make and model called 'you'.
Other passengers are reluctant to stop for for directions because they feel they can't afford to waste the time.
However, the logic in that statement is like saying you are too busy to stop for gas, because you are too busy driving.
Sooner or later this delusional thinking is going to catch up to you.
When is the last time you took a look to see where your life was heading?
Drivers ask them self the question "How did I get to where I am at right now?" because it can lead to increased self-awareness.
The better you know the vehicle you are driving the better you can tweak it to perform right?
Therefore the mark of a good driver is their ability to investigate the merits of the beaten path and the road less traveled.
Aristotle said that "the mark of an educated or mature mind is its ability to entertain a thought without accepting it".
Become an observer of your self and begin to write down the skills, habits and attitudes that have brought you to this point in your life.
Good, 'bad', or indifferent the more information you uncover the more you will empower yourself.
The more empowered you become the more you will be able to renovate skills and replace unwanted habits.
If you are already successful or have a list of talents, skills and abilities then perhaps it is time to share them?
Is it possible to find a mastermind group to share your wisdom with, or become a mentor to lend your experiences to somebody who needs you?
If you don't have a big list of assets, or even if you felt you didn't have any at all, isn't it possible to grow some?
The best part about life is that no matter how long you have been on cruise control you can always start driving immediately.
THE SECRET
The true measure of a person's life, regardless of race or religion, is whether they lived in alignment with their purpose.
Did they do the work they were designed to do on this Earth? How well did they faithfully express their energy, passion, love?
There are three ways to measure a person's alignment with their purpose, acceptance, allowance and appreciation.
Acceptance can be regarded as the ability to look into your past and accept the things you cannot change.
A person must get comfortable with past failures and release their regrets before they can really grow.
Allowance is the ability to look into your future and be fully in the moment without resistance.
One of the most crucial ways to let go of resistance is to find a way to forgive. Forgive yourself, whoever, or whatever hurt you at all costs.
Appreciation is the ability to be alive and feel at peace in any moment.
Feel gratitude for all of your experiences and place your intention on perceiving your past in a powerful way.
It is not looking into your past that is important part but the ability to be able to do so freely without identifying with it.
Can you experience your past in a detached manner, away from the feelings or at least associating yourself with them.
Successful people are not afraid to take stock of their inventory of habits, skills and experiences.
They reduce or eliminate judgement regarding their past and put a hold on all assumptions about the future.
You will learn to become grateful about life's ups and downs after realizing that both the 'good' and the 'bad' are needed.
If there was no 'tall' there would be no measure for 'small'. If there was no 'black' there would be no reference for 'white'.
If there was no 'up' the direction 'down' would lose its current spatial significance.
The true nature of reality is that we require all opposites and polarities to balance this universe. It takes all sorts.
Your courage is required to look in the past and clear any unprocessed emotion that is blocking your success.
Your commitment to clarity will help clear confusion and create a path to take you to the next level.
A great question that encourages self-discovery is to ask yourself:
"How did I get to where I am at right now?"
