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?"

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you stop worrying and start living.

THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"What should I stop doing?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question at least once a day and you will reduce stress and get more done.


THE TIPS

At the end of your evening tonight, or first thing tomorrow morning, ask yourself the question:

"What should I stop doing?"

If you want to get more done it may seem a bit counterproductive to ask yourself this question, but stopping is actually an important part of the process of change.

Everything in our lives is like a door that can open new possibilities for us.

In order to fully move into any new part of life, or create a new reality for our self we must first close the door behind us that holds our old identity.

This is because in order to start one thing one must first stop doing something else, even if that something else was nothing.

For example, in order to be reading these words right now you are giving up the opportunity to do nothing.

You are also simultaneously giving up an opportunity to do something else like read a cartwheel if you were so inclined.

Some people refer to this as an 'opportunity cost', or what you have to give up when you commit to do something else.

Everything has an opportunity cost, the relationships we are in cost us other potential mates, our jobs cost us other opportunities to work somewhere else.

Subconsciously and consciously we are constantly trying to choose the best opportunities to take advantage of.

We decide what is most important in our lives by rewarding it with our time and attention.

Here is where the majority of us make a major error in judgment.

We mistakenly give up the opportunity to do what we "want/desire to do" in place of what we feel we "have to do".

Are you guilty of settling for less than you deserve in an aspect of your life? Chances are you have.

Answer 'yes' or 'no' to the following questions to see if you are spending your time wisely.

- Do you currently believe that "you have to do something", but realize that the something is draining your energy?

- Do you feel trapped by doing things the old way, pressured to perform a certain way, or have obligations that stress you out?

- Are you in a role you are no longer committed to, stuck in an unrewarding relationship, or working a jobs that is not fulfilling?

- Do you seem to find yourself "going through the motions" day in and day out?

If you have answered yes to any of the above questions then it might be time that you take something off your plate.

A great way to start the process of becoming more aware is in the consideration of the question:

"What should I stop doing?"


THE SECRET

Asking yourself "What should I stop doing?" is a great way to empower and enrich your current efforts.

Human nature is that we all want to get more done with as little time, money and energy as possible.

In life this is called 'Return on Energy' and in business it's called 'Return on Capital Expended'.

Whatever you call it at the end of the day the bottom line is that we all want to return more than we have to put out.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be more effective and efficient in whatever you do.

After all, who willingly wants to waste their time, take longer than needed, or spend more money than necessary?

Absolutely no one. It's safe to say that 100% of the population would never consciously choose to do any of the above.

Yet how is it that most of us end up overwhelmed, frustrated or broke? What happened?

Were we that off base and delusional that we missed all signs of disaster?

Have you ever heard the old saying "It was the straw that broke the camels back?"

Its an old adage symbolizing a story upon which a camels back gets broken, seemingly all because of a single piece of straw.

Of course, we know it was the accumulation of straw over time that created those dire circumstances.

The same thing happens to us when we pile too many projects on the plate, the system is bound to breakdown.

Our when we take on projects, relationships, goals and jobs that are meaningless.

A part of the problem is that we say 'yes' to way too many things that we could be politely saying 'no thanks' too.

It doesn't help when we fail to see the pattern behind the mistakes that we repeatedly make.

If you are continually failing at something and not feeling motivated to move forward this is a sign to check your commitment.

Perhaps you are no longer interested in investing your time and energy into this, only you can tell. Be honest with yourself.

Every goal to be better, to reach higher, to obtain a new income level will require a new level of you.

You decide what experiences and memories you will fuse into the you that exists right this moment, and which aspects of your life to leave behind.

There is not enough time in our lifetime to spend it doing things that act in direct detriment to the loved ones in our lives.

Therefore it is a good practice to put only the things we truly value and the things we are really passionate about 'on our plate'.

Find areas where you feel over-stressed and discover roles where you are not 100% comfortable or committed.

Take time to record your roles and responsibilities every day. Be thorough and don't leave anything out.

Resolve to become more confident and committed to the roles you decide to keep.

Eliminate whatever roles that you can, and delegate whatever roles that you cannot eliminate.

Delegate and eliminate all the areas in your life that do not bring a good return on your capital, time or energy.

In a case where you have been attached to doing things a particular way for a long time, you may not be able to escape this separation pain free.

Unfortunately, sometimes when you finally decide to take your medicine you may have to amputate your foot in order to save your leg.

The best way to avoid a terrible situation like this is to ask yourself right now "What should I stop doing?" and then immediately begin to cut it out of your life.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help lead you back to a balanced lifestyle.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"How am I spending my attention?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question as often as possible to become more aware of your thoughts, emotions and actions.


THE TIPS

Time is our most precious resource.

Time cannot be replaced, renewed. or reversed.

The wealthiest person on this planet is one who has "free" time. Time to spend on what he or she desires.

The only thing that we can use to create, build and change anything in this world is time.

The only currency that we spend our time with is attention.

The next time you are about to devote any time or energy into a situation, a great question to ask is:

"How am I spending my attention?"

The only way to solve a problem is to give it some attention.

The only way to show love to someone else is to devote your undivided attention to them.

The only way we ever do anything in this world is through spending attention.

Yet were you aware that how everybody spends their attention is different?

Attention isn't a single unit of measure, rather it is broken up into three different but related "modes".

The modes in which people spend their attention is by either thinking, feeling or doing.

We spend our attention by choosing to feel some way, think some way, or do some thing.

Throughout the day we relate to the information around us by using one of these modes, usually a combination of two.

Picture three separate "dials" sticking out of your back with the values 0 to 10 on each of them.

A persons' thinking-dial might be turned up to 10, their feeling dial to 7, and their doing dial at 3.

When given something that requires our attention, let's say a problem to solve, we always approach it using our preferred mode.

A person with their thinking and feeling dial turned up like in the example above would be inclined to sit and think about the problem.

Where as the person with their "doing-dial" turned up would be inclined to do something about the problem and think or feel later.

There is no right or wrong way to give your attention in a situation, although the most beneficial way will always stem from being aware.

The next time you are giving attention, considering options or problem-solving ask yourself: "How am I spending my attention?"

When you answer, try to be more aware of the effects of what you are thinking, feeling or doing about the situation.


THE SECRET

What is your default dial?

Do you have a tendency to think, feel or do too much?

People tend to become very dominant using one particular dial, and support that strength with a secondary dial.

When we spend our attention primarily in one or two modes, naturally the third one becomes neglected.

There is no getting around the fact that we make our decisions with two of the three dials turned up.

People will therefore always have a "strong" dial, a "support" dial, and a "weak" dial.

As time goes on this leads to an over-compensation of two dials and an under-utilization of the third.

It is important to focus your attention on all three and avoid overlooking the importance of the dial you tend to ignore.

This is important to be aware of because we are only as strong as our weakest link.

For example, a person who acts primarily without thinking will not see the bigger picture behind their actions.

A person on the other hand who thinks and feels without action, will inevitably run into problems with procrastination.

You can tell which is your strong dial and which on is weakest by observing how you tend to react to new situations and potential problems.

Do you dive-in head first and figure things out along the way? If so, you are a do'er.

If you tend to be more reserved and analytical about the situation then you are a thinker.

Do you wait and see what your gut feels like before responding? If this is you then you are a feeler.

The goal is not to change your mode of spending attention, as that will only result in frustration.

Awareness is the main goal, for only once you have become aware of something can you decide to change it.

Become aware of what dials you use, how they affect your life, and how you can benefit from using your weakest dial more often.

A great question to gain awareness of your behaviour is to ask yourself: "How am I spending my attention?"

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will inspire you to reclaim the confidence to move forward in your life.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question and it will help you breakthrough tough mental roadblocks and limiting-beliefs.


THE TIPS

Ask yourself the question "What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?" to help you move forward whenever you feel stuck.

This naturally does not feel good because being stuck is the opposite of the reason we were born on this planet to begin with.

Human beings are born to express themselves and they primarily do this two ways.

First, all human beings aspire to accomplish something that they value.

We want to contribute to something meaningful that we can be proud of.

Second, humans also desire to feel valued by the people that they value.

We want to feel like important members within our circle of influence.

No matter what tribe, community, race or culture you belong to, these two yearnings are universal.

There is a very specific reason that we are hardwired this way.

When we are contributing (being valuable) to something we value, the human body rewards us by generating feelings.

The feelings that people most commonly experience when doing the above are peace, passion, enthusiasm and joy.

When we accomplish something of value the human body rewards us with favorable emotional states.

Some of the common terms that people use to describe these emotional states are: bliss, fulfillment, happiness and success.

So if everyone wants to contribute to some thing of value and also to feel valuable, then what is the problem?

There are two reasons why the majority of people you know are not expressing the feelings or experiencing the conditions:

1. We cannot uncover or discover what we wish to contribute.

2. We know what we wish to contribute but cannot uncover or discover a way to contribute it.

Ask yourself the question "What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?" and see what category you fall into.

The more you give yourself permission to ask yourself exploration questions, the more of yourself you will uncover.

The more of yourself that is uncovered, the more informed you are about yourself and what you are meant to do.

The more informed you are about what you want to do, the more informed you can become on how best to do it.

Start your path to success by simply asking yourself: "What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?"


THE SECRET

Just because you ask the question: "What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?" doesn't mean that you will give yourself an honest answer.

The mind is known to be tricky. This trickiness can sometimes be described as if there were a little angel and little devil on your shoulders.

Sometimes the angel answers and sometimes the devil, the universal question that plagues us all is how to tell them apart.

For example, you have an important goal to manage your weight but somehow you just aren't going to the gym.

This would be a great opportunity to ask yourself the question: "What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?"

However, the little devil on your shoulder may answer the question before the little angel and it might say something like:

"You shouldn't exercise (even though you know you should) because... [insert cleaver excuse here]"

The excuse might come in the form of a reasonable sounding thought like, "what if the people at the gym make fun of you?"

Entertaining a thought like this may hinder your confidence to move forward and sabotage your desire to go to the gym.

The next time this happens and you aren't sure whether it is the little devil answering ask yourself this follow-up question:

"How do I know this to be true?" and give yourself time to debate both sides of the story.

In the example of the gym excuse, asking yourself "How do I know this to be true?" is a great follow-up question.

If you insist on believing that whatever is holding you back is true, the next best question to ask yourself is " What would happen if it wasn't true?"

In the going to the gym situation you might discover through simple brainstorming that other possibilities exist.

For example, you might see the possibility that you could befriend a work out buddy or even better, a future mate that understands your unique challenges.

The excitement of this possibility might even help you breakthrough the limiting-belief about people at the gym that held you back in the first place.

Give yourself permission to explore your roadblocks and belief barriers, and with practice the mind will become your greatest problem solving ally.

If you need help getting started, asking a honest friend or hiring a coach that you trust is your best bet to get a realistic view of your current results.

When you have determined a realistic view of your situation ask yourself the question: "What is really keeping me from accomplishing what I want right now?" to take yourself to the next level.

Be open with process and honest with your progress and you will eliminate any barriers that stand in your way.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will turn you into a lean mean achievement machine.

THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:

"Am I happy with what I have procrastinated?"

THE PROMISE

Asking this question at the beginning and end of your day and you will begin to organize your life around your highest priorities.


THE TIPS

Do you procrastinate? Do you feel that procrastination is a bad thing to do?

Is procrastination a dirty little secret that you keep from your high performing peers and partners?

How do you feel about procrastination? Is this something that you have been struggling with for a while?

What if you were told that procrastination was not only needed, but should be welcomed and encouraged?

The reality is that procrastination happens in life just like change happens.

Avoiding change is not natural, and doing so will keep you playing small, struggling to adapt and coping poorly with life.

Just like we must learn to deal with change, if we want to be successful under any standard we must first learn how to properly deal with procrastination.

Procrastination is something that people use as a tool to succeed, and it is also something that people who struggle with use to beat them self up.

How do you view and use procrastination?

Do you feel that procrastination is a bad thing to do? If so, consider this...

There are simply not enough hours in each day to accomplish all the tasks that we need done.

This is not a bad thing, think about this for a minute and realize if you only had one task to complete all year it would be pretty boring and uneventful.

Generally speaking each of us has more packed onto our plate than we could ever hope to handle in one sitting.

As a result we choose to procrastinate something when we decide to do another thing.

The root of the word "decide" is from the Latin word "decidere", which translates "to cut off."

When we accept to act upon a particular course of action, we have decided to cut off the alternative, even if just temporarily.

Human beings can only focus their energy and attention on one thing at a time, especially if they expect that something to grow.

Procrastination is not only needed but it is a valuable tool that allows us to direct and discriminate our decisions.

The true problem with procrastination is when we procrastinate the critical and important stuff.

For example if we want our career in life to take off, we tend to focus on it above anything else, including our families.

Sometimes we have to temporarily sacrifice in order to produce the desired long-term benefits, like being able to retire early and spend time with your loved ones.

Asking yourself "Am I happy with what I have procrastinated?" will help ensure that you are committing your time and attention in the right areas.


THE SECRET

Ask yourself "Am I happy with what I have procrastinated?" at the end of your day to get a snapshot of your daily success.

Ask yourself "What is the benefit of my procrastination" is a great follow up question to gauge your intentions.

Do you feel like you were able to move forward directly due to the actions that you have decided to take today?

If you fell short of your goal and spent time on the usual attention eaters, relax and try not to be too hard on yourself.

If you do not feel good about what you have procrastinated write it down and record your thoughts.

Keep track of your priorities as well as how you spent your time.

Time management is really how well you can manage the priorities of your life.

The fact is that everyone would be living the life of their dreams if fear wasn't such a cunning adversary.

Fear works in mysterious ways that cause people to focus on perceived problems and potential barriers.

This become a big problem because we constantly attract into our lives that upon which we focus on.

So by focusing on potential problems they soon turn into actual problems that hold us back from our goals.

The best way to combat procrastination is by taking the time necessary to figure out two important things:

1. First you need to really figure out what you really, really, really, want.

What do you want to manifest in your life, what type of people do you truly want to connect with, what type of experiences would you most enjoy?

The big tip here is to avoid forming desires and dreams that fall into the "must-be-nice" or "wishful thinking".

2. Second, once you have figured out what you really, really, really want, your next task is to figure out why.

Why do you want what you really, really, really want? What would having or accomplishing your dream or desire give you?

The big tip here is to keep asking yourself the question "why" and drilling deeper until you have uncovered a value.

A value is something that is core to your being, an expression of the energy and life that is within you.

Imagine how allowing the expression of your core being would feel like for you.

When you align yourself up with your values, you can more easily express yourself.

Asking yourself "why" you want something connects you with your thoughts aund feelings, the automatic guidance system that will reveal the answers.

When you know what you want to express in yourself and why you want to express it, the answer of "how" to express it will also show up.

This is important because many people try and figure out "how" they will accomplish their dreams first, rather than after figuring out what those dreams will truly provide them.

Obstacles arrive when people try and figure out how to get something rather than determine why they want it.

When we don't have the why built behind our behaviour, the logic of how and fear of change tend to trump our ability to move forward.

The bigger the why, the smaller the how.

When you take the time to figure out what you want and why you truly want it, you will quickly witness yourself doing everything and anything to make it possible.

Ask yourself "Am I happy with what I have procrastinated?" to see how on track your time management skills are.

Balancing your procrastination away from the urgent and towards the critically important is the key to life management.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you overcome limiting beliefs and build unstoppable confidence.

THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:

"How did I grow today?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question every day and you will gain confidence, momentum and belief in your own abilities.


THE TIPS

Just before you go to bed today sit down in a quiet place and ask yourself the question: "How did I grow today?"

Paying attention and acknowledging your own growth is a very important skill that you must develop.

After all, only you have a vested interest in your own growth, after all, no matter where you go you'll be bringing yourself.

Unfortunately for whatever reasons, talking about and celebrating growth is a massively over-looked life skill that is not often learned.

Instead we are often taught to conform to the norms and told not to brag or show-off.

Have you ever heard this phrase said right after a compliment was given to you?... "Don't let it get to your head now!"

It's like we aren't allowed to enjoy our celebrations for too long or else it makes us a bad person.

We avoid attracting attention to ourselves to avoid looking conceited, cocky or over-confident.

As a result many of us grow up not knowing how to properly work with positive praise or how to learn from criticism.

This then leads us to experience growth as difficult, a struggle that remains for only positive people to pursue personal growth.

When it comes to living your life you are doing it such a way that is either helping you grow or die, and the best part is the choice is entirely up to you to decide.

Choosing to grow move you towards your hopes, dreams and the life that you know is possible for yourself.

Ask yourself "How did I grow today?" to map and track your rise to the top.

Look for strengths and successes that were revealed throughout the day, if needed keep a pad of post-it notes near you throughout the day.

Write down any challenge that you overcame, any problem that you solved, advice given, advice taken, or anything that you see as growth.

Find a journal to record all your observed strengths, achieved goals and documented growth.

Your "growth" journal is an invaluable asset in gaining self-confidence and building momentum.

Before you go to bed for the night take a few minutes and journal the answer to "In what ways did I grow today?"

List the ways that you grew today, find at least one way each day and as you get better try and come up with at least three ways per day.

Before you start your day in the morning take a minute to reflect in your journal and take notice of yourself as an amazing being that's always growing.

Celebrate your previous growth, strength and life lesson's by reading and remembering them.

Picture your previous successes in detail and remember how it felt to succeed, feel it as if it were happening again.

From that elevated state of emotion you can begin to tackle your day and any challenges that come along with it.

Whatever the result at the end of the day take a moment to record your new observations and successes.

If you commit to doing the steps laid out in this success cycle you will gain massive confidence within only a couple weeks.

Your self-esteem will improve as you repeatedly write and review the recent victories had over your challenges.

The more you stick to the simple process above the more capable and confident you will see yourself.

Ask yourself "How did I grow?" as many times as possible and watch yourself grow exponentially.



THE SECRET

When asking yourself "How did I grow today?" it is important to remember that growth doesn't always come from winning first place.

Your growth can also be derived from experiences taught from nature or lessons learned from strangers.

Growth often comes from unexpected places, a perfect example of this is your mistakes.

Many people think that growth only comes from acing tests and achieving goals, but failures can help us grow equally, if not more.

The absolute truth is that true growth can come at any place by anyone at anytime, it is only our judgement about the situation that negates the opportunity.

Read that last sentence over again because it is huge!

Every single one of us we're meant to enjoy the experience of our lives, but the single biggest problem for all is that we get in our own way!

The good news is that if you are responsible for being your biggest problem, then you must be equally equipped to provide your best solution.

To become a solution you must first take an honest look at how you are choosing to "grow" right now.

How are you spending the moments of your day, are they spent in ways that allow you to grow?

Are you choosing to move forward in your life on a moment-by-moment basis?

Are you aware that every single moment can and will reveal the path to your joy?

The trick to allowing the path to unfold is to first perceive yourself and your world with full unconditional love.

In order to learn from your mistakes you must be willing to let go of any attachments, expectations, or beliefs that don't serve your highest self.

This is undoubtedly the hardest step for most people to do, primarily because humans have a tendency to judge or label every single situation.

Instead you need to find a way to love yourself no matter who you are, who you were, what happened, what might happen, what should have happened, etc.

Always remember that when it comes to growth, it doesn't matter when, where, or how you start, the only thing that matters is you start.

When people realize the truth, beauty and simplicity of growing they even fall in love with their imperfections.

This symbolizes the first step on a never ending journey back-to-bliss as an unfinished masterpiece in the making.

After you've fallen completely in love with yourself you start to count both your wins and failures as growth opportunities.

You realize that you are always on purpose and that every moment offers the ability to increase knowledge and improve yourself.

What's even better about the whole process of growth is that you don't have to learn all the mistakes yourself.

The ability to learn from the mistakes of others is the magic bullet train to shortcut your fast track to success.

Do you have a support team such of mentors, heroes, coaches, mastermind groups, business partners?

Find people that hold the vision of your higher self for you at all times, eliminate naysayers and negative people at all costs.

This is your life to grow and you can choose who you want to enjoy that process with.

Asking yourself "How did I grow?" alone or in good company is the quickest path to a successful life.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you cut through the confusion, push past procrastination and propel you to peak performance.

THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:

"What is stopping me from getting started now?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question at every obstacle, roadblock and dead-end that you come across and you will experience big breakthroughs.


THE TIPS

Close your eyes right now and picture something that you really, really, really want.

Close your eyes again and don't open them until you can clearly picture what you desire.

Once you have a definite picture in your mind ask yourself the question: "What is stopping me from getting started now?"

There will be many different reasons why you aren't getting started, but chances are high they fall into two categories of answers.

One, you will either come up with the answer that you don't know what you want, or two, that you know what you want but don't know how to get it.

If you came to the conclusion that you don't know what you want that is impossible because every human on this planet has hopes, dreams and desires.

Just because up to this point in your life you aren't "consciously" aware of any of your goals doesn't mean that you don't have any.

We all have a purpose on this earth, you wouldn't be here if this wasn't true because the Universe operates on the Law of Cause and Effect.

There is a cause that is deep seeded inside yourself, a unique solution that only you were brought to this planet to express.

Throughout your live your goal whether accepted it or not is to become more like the person outside that you envision inside your mind.

That means, being the quality of person that you and only you know that you are capable of unfolding into.

Sadly somehow along the way though the majority of us become overwhelmed or frustrated with the process and give up growing.

Little do we realize that all the challenges were put in the way on purpose, to create the value of achievement and accomplishment.

In fact, if you were able to instantly manifest your biggest goals, wildest dreams and ultimate desires then those targets wouldn't be very valuable.

When there is no risk then there is no challenge, and when there is no challenge it equals a very poor payoff.

This is because when you achieve a worthy goal you are rewarded by the chemicals produced in your brain that make you feel happy, content, fulfilled.

Therefore, every hope, dream, desire and goal must have an inherent degree of risk associated with accomplishing it.

The bigger the perceived reward the more risk and challenges those courageous and brave are willing to go through to make it happen.

The next time you are faced with a challenging goal or project ask yourself:

"What is stopping me from getting started now?"

Have you given up on your hopes and dreams because of a story that you have been telling yourself?

We tell ourselves stories that usually start with I would love to____________ and then end with "if only", "but because" or "but I can't".

We tend to re-enforce and justify these fictitious stories with real life emotional examples and experiences that tell us we are right about giving up.

Consequently these stories separate you from your true desires and continue to keep you playing small.

If you have conclusive evidence, experience and examples of why your story is "true" why not take a brief moment to only pretend for a moment that it wasn't.

If the story you've been telling yourself has not been true then ask yourself: "What is stopping me from getting started now?"

The bottom-line basic truth whether you like it or not is that nothing is stopping you from getting started right this moment except yourself.

Even if you cannot complete the full task you can certainly move confidently in the direction of your dreams and desires inch-by-inch.

List everything that needs to be done, break the tasks down into more manageable chunks and then tackle the most important ones first.

When it comes to accomplishing anything, achievement expert Brian Tracy says "by the yard it is hard but inch-by-inch it's a cinch"

Therefore the most important skill in manifesting your dream life is learning how to get out of your own way and just get started.


THE SECRET

Deep down everybody wants to feel worthy, deserving, loved and lovable.

Each member wants to contribute to causes that are close to their heart and be respected in the lives of loved ones.

Have you ever stopped to think how is it that we can end up so far away from these goals? What truly stops us from doing what we want to do?

Asking "What is stopping me from getting started now?" will uncover any areas that you might need to work on.

Once you find out what is stopping you from getting started you must focus all your time and energy into solving it.

If you are procrastinating, confused, or feeling alone, then realize that you are completely normal and that we all do it out of fear.

Fear is something that we all experience and is the number one block that stops us from getting what we want.

Some common examples are fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection, fear of the unknown and even fear of looking foolish.

However if fear is what we all have in common then what separates the top-performers from the under-achievers must be their ability to deal with and overcome fear.

From now on whenever you start to feel the fear holding you back, then you should immediately regard it as a sign you must forge ahead.

Whenever you reach a barrier to your success you must not give up and instead learn how to climb over the wall.

We tend to think that nobody has ever experienced anything quite like the challenges we personally have been through.

However consider that despite your physical structure and experiences being unique, you have the exact same physical and mental capacities that anybody else had in history.

You were born with the same problem solving prowess that people like Galileo and Gandhi, Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon Hill had.

Think about that for a moment, no one ever knew for sure how to achieve any of the great accomplishment in the history of the world.

Sir Edmund Hillary didn't have a "Climbing Mount Everest For Dummies" to guide him step-by-step up to the summit.

No one "knew" how to get to the moon, it was something so monumental that it had truly never been done before.

The truth is that your problem, even if your problem is figuring out exactly what your problem is, has most likely already been solved by somebody else.

That is why 12-step programs like Al-Anon are so popular, simply because they show people that they are not alone with their problems.

A great idea is to find a friend who has experienced something similar, a mentor you look up to, or a coach that can act as an unbiased mirror.

With a success team in place and armed with all the ability you'll ever need, trust yourself to come up with the answers when you ask yourself:

"What is stopping me from getting started now?"

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help frame the ongoing information in your life into a context from which you can be successful.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:

"How does this information relate to my life?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question and it will help you get clear on what matters, what affects you and what you should do about it.


THE TIPS

Information happens.

Humans are constantly bombarded by information whether we like it or not.

We get our information from the sources that are closest to us, such as friends and family members, acquaintances and loved ones.

On top of the information that we choose to listen to, we are also exposed to messages from various media such as news, radio, television and the Internet.

But just because information happens, doesn't make all information beneficial or essential.

Your duty in life is to learn how to disregard all non-essential numbers such as age, weight and height while keeping the important information in front of you.

The next time you are in front of a statistic or a story ask yourself "How does this information relate to my life?"

The next time you hear a far-fetched story don't discount it as simply nonsense, investigate it first.

A good way to determine whether it's fact or fiction is to first trust the source and then verify the facts by asking:

"How does this information relate to my life?"

This is a great habit to get into because it helps filter the ever-increasing amount of new information that continually comes into our lives.

When it comes to information there is neither good or bad information, only information that is beneficial and not beneficial, essential and non-essential.

The helpful information comes in the form of the new scientific discoveries, brilliant ideas, technological innovations and medical breakthroughs.

The unhelpful information comes in many forms such as negative gossip, pessimistic prejudice, biased rumours and unrealistic expectations.

The problem that the majority of us have is sifting out the gold nuggets of truth without experiencing information overload.

For example, you meet an old friend who happens to be a seller for the "latest and greatest" energy health drink.

If you are like the majority of people you would have already turned, said good-bye to your friend and ran the opposite way.

However, although you may run like Forrest Gump to avoid being caught in these situations does your avoidance answer this one question...

What if that person really did have the previously undiscovered cure for your ailments? Don't you owe it too yourself to find out?

But how do you avoid being "sold", and ending up with useless stuff that you'll never need?

Asking yourself "How does this relate to my life?" will help you sort through the clutter of meaningless and find the meaningful.

Make it a point to only accept complete information that will make you decisively richer, wiser or smarter.

Find and filter information that will allow you to work less and get more done so you can spend more time with loved ones.

Your purpose, as the conscious being responsible for your life, is to seek out and pass along only the best information that will inspire, educate and entertain.

Asking yourself "How does this information relate to my life?" is a great way to determine if the information is helpful or not.


THE SECRET

Start asking yourself "How does this relate to my life?" and you will begin to better recognize whether or not the information could be beneficial.

Asking the following three questions whenever something new comes to your attention will immediately help you establish relevance:

1. What is it?

2. How does it affect me?

3. What should I do about it?

If for instance you hear about a great new cell phone, your next question should relate to how it affects you.

i.e. clearer reception, longer battery life, qwerty keyboard... How if at all does each one affect you?

Lastly, the question you need to ask is "What should I do about it?" in order to find your next action step.

Perhaps there is a sale coming up that you want to make note of, or maybe you need to wait a few months til your existing plan ends.

The goal is to drive your information from fuzzy and vague to definite and decisive knowledge that you can take action on.

Let's take a look at the whole process using the energy drink example mentioned earlier.

The first question to ask yourself is "How does this relate to my life?"

Suppose you are looking to lose that "last 10 pounds" and since you are open to new ideas you have decided to listen and obtain more information.

In order to keep the information relevant to your needs and avoid buying something that you don't need, ask yourself the 3 follow-up questions.

These questions will help to further establish whether it is relevant and allow you to be better informed to make a decision.

1. What is it? - Your friend might answer that it is the top of the line, best of the best, ProductXYZ patented with Substance123.

Since this really doesn't give you the type of information you need to make an educated decision, continue on with question #2.

2. How does it affect me? - Your friend says that ProductXYZ is specifically for people like you, and offers a testimonial of someone similar.

Now you have more evidence that this might work for you, but still, you aren't sure what kind of commitment you might have to make, so continue on to question #3.

3. What should I do about it? - Your friend explains that you can buy a trial bottle and they'll call you in a week, if you happen to like it you can buy more then.

Now you are more informed than if you would have walked away in the beginning, and more educated than had you bought without asking these questions.

Other potentially helpful questions that you could ask in a situation like this are:

"What are the alternatives to ProductXYZ?"

"So this Substance123 that makes ProductXYZ so great, what makes Substance123 so different from the competitors?

"What happens if I don't do anything about it?"

Always remember, the details behind a persons answers are less important than the inherently feeling you will get.

Does this new information that the person is offering make you better informed?

Does it feel like it is truthful, does it feel like this is right for you?

Call it your gut instinct or intuition, but if you trust yourself to "feel" the truth, then the truth will speak for itself.

Again, one of the primary questions to ask yourself when seeking the truth is "How does this information relate to my life?"

The better that the questions are that you learn to ask translates into the better answers that you will receive in return.

The better answers that you obtain means the more informed your decision will be.

The more information behind your decision also equates to the more comfortable you will be making them.

The more comfortable you are with dealing with new information the better you will be able to make use of it.

The better informed decisions that you make the more you will also learn tips, tools and techniques that can help others.

The more you help others reach their goals and dreams the faster that you will reach yours.

When you find good information that can make a difference, acknowledge your blessings and cherish it for all it's worth.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you strengthen the currency of your creations, that of course being your thoughts.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"What can I control?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question whenever you feel like you are losing control and the promise is you will be uplifted to new possibilities.


THE TIPS

Believe this or not, that majority of us have days that we wished we never would have woke up.

It doesn't matter if you are young, old, rich or poor, spiritual, not religious or in-between, lifes' bumps happen to the best of us.

The next time you think you are having one of those days, ask yourself "What can I control?" to bump yourself back in the game.

First and foremost you must take a look at where the apparent control of the situation is placed.

Are you putting control of the situation in your court, with the empowered desire to move forward through the situation positively and grow?

Or... are you putting control of the situation outside yourself, with the dis-empowered desire to do anything productive or positive?

Real productivity and true growth happen as a result of realizing the degree of control you have.

The more you recognize your own relationship with control, the more you can produce the personal power needed to realize your goals and dreams.

The more goals and dreams that are realized the more that you in turn grow as a person.

Therefore, if you have a great relationship with control then naturally you will grow faster.

However, if you have a poor relationship with controlling yourself in situations then naturally you will struggle more.

Ask yourself "What can I control?" to ensure you are not playing the blame game or justifying your reaction.

For example you are playing the blame game if something upsetting occurs and you immediately react to the situation and accuse others involvement.

Blame holds you back from moving forward, hinders your ability to find a true solution and puts the power in somebody else's hands.

You simply cannot control the actions of others and if you thought you could, it is your fault for being misguided, mislead, or mistaken.

When you are faced with adversity, which is a natures best teacher, it is better to reframe than to justify or blame.

The sooner you adjust incorrect assumptions about control the quicker you can reclaim your power.

The next time you feel like you about to lose it, ask yourself "What can I control?" to figure out where your energy and attention is best spent.



THE SECRET

Control is something that you can never lose no matter how much you give it away.

Take time to practice asking yourself the question "What can I control?" and you will eventually come up with only one answer.

The only thing for certain in any given situation is that you always have control over your attitude.

Your attitude is controlled by your beliefs.

Beliefs are the stories we tell ourselves and assumptions we make about ourselves about others in the world and about how we expect things to be.

We get our beliefs as a by-product of living, they almost happen without much conscious effort in making them.

They were usually something that was witnessed, modelled, or experienced by you when you were younger.

Chances are great that you learned many of them from your primary caregiver, which for most of us is your mother.

Beliefs are like software programs on your computer, written in specific languages designed for different purposes and processes.

The belief programs themselves, just like circumstances and situations are in real life are neither good or bad.

However, these beliefs programs either move you forward or hold you back, help you or hinder you.

How can you tell if you have any belief systems that fall into the category above?

Easy, are you feeling bliss, joy, happiness, love, fulfillment or any positive emotions?

If not, and you are experiencing negative emotions like, guilt, anger, pain, shame or suffering then there is definitely a bad program in your beliefs.

Most of these negative emotions come from having attachments to certain outcomes and situations.

When we feel that the outcome or situation is not in our control then we tend to worry.

If you can control something in a situation then you don't need to worry about it because you can do something about it.

If you can't control something in a situation then you don't need to worry about it because you can't do anything about it.

Worrying about what you can and cannot control is a genuine waste of your precious time.

Each moment and every second the only goal you should be focused on is finding the best way to move forward in your life.

Once you find the area of control that will make the biggest impact towards your desired outcome then focus all of your time and creative energy on it.

The next time you don't like a particular set of circumstances remember that your ability to choose the next best course of action is solely yours.

If you are reacting emotionally to a situation then you are definitely not building your ability to respond.

A great tool to help you develop response-ability and gain new possibilities is to ask yourself "What can I control?"

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you live a full and rewarding life.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"How am I spending the prime-time of my life?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question every day this week and you will become more aware of where your time is spent and how to manage it more effectively.


THE TIPS

No matter who you are or where you are, no matter what you do or how you do it, no matter your background or your beliefs we all share one common unit of measurement... Time.

Time is the single most precious resource on the planet. You can drill for more oil, you can pan for more gold and mine for more diamonds, but you can never do anything to get more time.

Everything you do in life requires time to do it yet time can never be replaced or replenished.

Time happens to every one at a rate of one second per second regardless of how you choose to spend it.

It is a fact that you will always find, make and spend time on the activities that you place the highest value on.

However, because humans are usually conscious only about 10% of the time, we often subconsciously spend our time in lower-payoff activities.

Ask yourself "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" to get a better picture of how you are painting the masterpiece known as your life.

As you ask and answer the question more often you will become more conscious and aware how you are spending your precious time.

Make sure that you are organizing and allocating an appropriate amount of time on your highest value activities.

High value activities are those areas in your life that provide a return on investment for your time and energy.

Such areas offering a return on energy could be a rewarding career, a fulfilling friendship or a rewarding relationship.

Another high payoff activity would be following your dreams, chasing your goosebumps and pursuing your passion.

Time is the only unit of currency that you can use to pay for your high-value activities. No other substitute will work.

Time can only be redistributed from the manner and means in which you are currently using it.

Just like you only have two hands to carry things, and when both hands are full in order to pick something else up, you have to first put something down.

In order for you to open the next door when opportunity knocks you must first close the current door.

Before you can do anything new or get into something, you will have to get out of something else and stop doing the old thing.

Accordingly, you must learn to be productive and proactive about the manner that you allocate your time.

If you fail to plan effectively your matters of time, it is only a matter of time before you are effectively planning to fail.

The goal of time mastery is to continually tweak your lifestyle so that you cut out the areas that no longer support your joy and re-organize your time so it is spent achieving peace, harmony and balance.

Every new moment that unfolds brings with it the gift of choice to move closer towards or further away from this goal.

Ensure that you are only taking on the opportunities move you further towards immediate joy and further away from future regret.

On a regular basis your job is to stand back and take inventory of how you are spending your time.

Sometimes you will have to take a pause for the cause, stop the clock and do some serious soul searching about where you are going.

Life will only start to make sense and feel good when you begin to organize it around the specific goals, dreams and aspirations that you desire.

Evaluating your activities in the light of what is really important to you, is the essence of time-management and the basis of life-management.

Asking yourself "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" will help you allocate the right attitude towards your highest value actions and activities.


THE SECRET

The very act of taking a moment to think about your time before you spend it will begin to immediately improve your time management.

Asking yourself "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" during three specific times of the day will make your daily motions even more masterful.

The first time of day to ask yourself the question is during the first hour that you are awake.

Some experts refer to the first hour that you wake up to as the "Golden Hour" because it has such a profound impact on the rest of your day.

Wake up and within the first hour ask yourself "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" to find ways you can become more grateful.

If you have heard of the Law of Attraction you know that like-energy attract the same.

Therefore your efforts of gratitude during the golden hour will set the tone of energy that will return to you throughout the rest of the day.

The next time of day to ask yourself "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" is during your most productive time of the day.

The most productive time of the day differs from person to person and sometime varies throughout their lifetime.

However, most people know there most productive time of the day because of the way that they tend to feel in this state.

During your most productive time of the day you will be mentally alert, physically poised, energetic, enthusiastic, and ready to tackle anything that comes your way.

For some people this is first thing in the morning, coinciding with their golden hour, for others it will be later in the day after coffee, for others still maybe early evening.

Take notice at what times of the day you seem to be most on your game and mark it down throughout this week.

Once you have a weeks worth of history take a look to see if you can spot the time of day that you naturally reach this state of mind.

Once you have identified the time of day, try and organize your highest payoff activities and actions around this time to ensure that you are working on your best when you are at your best.

The last time of day to ask yourself the question of "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" is around 7pm-9pm every day.

The time from 7:00pm to 9:00pm is also regarded as "prime-time" and this can be confirmed by your television guide.

The T.V. networks schedule their most popular shows for this time because that is when the majority of people watch television.

Although just because the majority of people do it, doesn't make it right, in fact, spending your prime-time watching T.V. is probably not the best thing to do.

The prime-time of your life between 7:00pm and 9:00pm can be spent a number of ways that yield a higher payoff.

For example, re-allocating watching the T.V. and putting it towards to your family, loved-ones or even yourself is time better spent in the long-term.

You could even use this prime-time of your life to learn a new skill, join a networking or hobby group, or just find some quiet time for yourself.

However in order to get your time management under control you must first decide very clearly upon your priorities.

You must decide on the most important things that you could possible be doing to give yourself the most amount of joy, happiness, and fulfillment in life.

Ask yourself "How am I spending the prime-time of my life?" as often as possible this week and you will be soon enjoying the time of your life.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will revolutionize the way you see, act and feel about your day.


THE CHALLENGE

Your mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself: "Am I feeling joy?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question and you will uncover the roots of the problems that have been plaguing you and discover answers that will lead you to a life of pure bliss.


THE TIPS

Whenever you arrive at a fork in the road a great question to ask yourself is "Am I feeling joy?"

A fork in the road could be represented in your life as: making a decision, taking a course of action or choosing to be, think or feel a certain way.

Whenever you notice that you are at a crossroads ask yourself "Am I feeling joy" and then listen carefully for an answer.

Excitement and nervous energy are both excellent clues that you are following your joy.

If you aren't feeling enthusiastic, excited or even nervous about something than chances are likely that you won't put yourself fully into whatever situation demands your attention.

It is important to put your full attention into a situation because where your attention goes your energy flows and the results will show.

You reap what you sow and you get out what you put in, so if you were not happy enough to fully put yourself into a situation than why does it make sense that you would expect to be happy when you are finished?

If you put in an orange, a banana and an apple into a blender you wouldn't expect a chocolate milkshake would you?

It doesn't make sense to be upset at the fruit for not turning into chocolate right? Yet that is what we do when we go into a situation grumpy and ungrateful and expect it somehow to be magically transformed into an adventure of pure bliss.

Some people might feel overwhelmed at the realization that the same emotions that you put into a situation are primarily responsible for the type of energy and feeling you will get out of the situation. If this is you then you may take a while longer to deal with your new found responsibility.

But you don't need to make things unnecessarily overcomplicated for yourself by trying to look for, identify and manage a dozen emotions. The feeling you are looking for can be answered in one question: "Am I feeling joy?"

If you are not feeling joy in this moment then there is not a problem with the circumstance because circumstances are neutral, rather there is likely a problem with your internal joy meter.

A circumstance like someone breaking their arm seems to be a 'bad' scenario if you are the one who broke it, however, if you are the Doctor's office that is employed when circumstances like this happen, then the event would be viewed as 'good'.

Since this is the same event it cannot have both mutually exclusive feelings attached, unless the emotions that are generated are only subjective, meaning that only the person experiencing, not the actual experience, produces the feeling.

How can you change your beliefs about a situation in a way that allows you to be happy?

A master of their emotions allows them self to embrace every situation and find a way to accommodate the change or circumstance rather than resist the current.

Accepting and allowing joy in any situation is a sign that someone didn't get caught up in the current of emotion and is capable of going with the flow.


THE SECRET

Your joy meter is the automatic feeling of exhilaration when you are doing something you love.

Other questions to stimulate your thinking could be "How could I be feeling joy in this moment?" and additionally, "In what ways could I be feeling more joy?"

If you aren't quite sure how to tell if you are doing something that you love you can always learn to follow your fear or chase your goosebumps.

The goosebumps that can stand up on your skin even when you are merely discussing a idea that has your full attention is a great indicator that you are following a passion.

Alternatively, while most people associate fear as a bad thing, it can also be used in a more positive and productive way by indicating your feelings about a situation.

Just because you are nervous and anxious doesn't mean that you will fail and are not meant to succeed. Fear is just a way of telling us that the circumstances in front of us are important.

Successful people feel the same fear that unsuccessful people do, sometimes even stronger and yet they still manage to go through with it anyway.

When you are enjoying yourself you are living fully and completely in the moment, your face is lit up with a jubilant smile and, you are likely to lose track of time. If more people lived this lifestyle we would not have the mental pollution and poverty that plagues us today.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you live with more focus, joy and gratitude.


THE CHALLENGE

The Mindset challenge I am proposing this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:

"In this moment, what is most important for my success?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question before every activity or challenge you come across this week and the promise is that you will be clearer about your actions and inspired to do more with your life.


THE TIPS

Before you get out of bed tomorrow, lay there awake and ask yourself "In this moment, what is most important for my success?"

There is no "right" or "wrong" answer to this question, only an answer that will either move you closer toward or further away from your goals and dreams.

If you want to supercharge your successes and activate the Law of Attraction to bring you more positive results then the default answer to this question could be..."feeling gratitude".

Being in a state of gratitude is always the best action in every moment because the feeling of being appreciative for your life will automatically attract more to be thankful for.

What can you be thankful for as you ask yourself this question?

Regardless of whatever it is that you are grateful for make sure that the rest of your daily actions are also guided by that question and aligned with that feeling.

After you have grounded your day in gratitude then ask yourself the same question as you make your way out of bed, ""In this moment, what is most important for my success?"

Keep asking yourself the question as often as you can to guide you closer toward your dreams and to make sure that those dreams come true, be sure to book some personal "you" time.

The first hour of your day is an ideal time to give yourself some quality time alone.

"In this moment, what is most important for my success?"

Some ideas that you can utilize this hour with are: visualize the goals and dreams that are important to you, look at a vision board, affirm positive intentions, read a book, meditate in stillness, or quietly review your long-term goals.

Take this time to set the tone of your day, ensure that you are focused on your goals and to help amplify the Law of Attraction to bring you what you do desire.


THE SECRET

Ideally the earlier in your day you make time for yourself the better, however you are not limited to specifically utilizing the morning.

Experiment making quality time for yourself in the afternoon or during the evening before you go to bed. Find out the best time to activate your peak mental and physical state.

To speed up the time lag between your dreams and your results you should find the time to do this exercise twice a day.

Also, if 60 minutes seems too long or you don't feel that you have time in your day then try starting with personal time of 15 minutes. Gradually increase your time to 30 minutes, 45 minutes and then to an hour.

Thinking that you do not have time to slow down and find out what is most important for you in each moment is admitting that you would rather continue to be blinded by your behaviour then to be motivated by your mindset.

It is only an illusion that you can continue to do what you are doing and get what you want.

To get what you want you must do what you've never done, otherwise if you have already done it you would have already had it.

Most people do not develop the habit of putting their dreams and goals in front of them and then they wonder why nothing ever happens.

Skipping your personal quality time is like skipping breakfast and wondering why you don't have any energy. It seems silly to wonder why if you haven't had any food right?

Similarly it doesn't make sense to think it is strange or mysterious that you don't have the results you desire in life without first finding the time to make the important goals an important part of your every day.

Ask yourself the question "In this moment, what is most important for my success?" to help keep you on track.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will get more serious about having fun in the game of life.


THE CHALLENGE

The Mindset challenge I am proposing this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:

"What would you trade for $50,000?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question after every activity or challenge you do every day this week and the promise is that you will be well on the way to discovering your purpose and living your passion.


THE TIPS

When you wake up tomorrow, ask yourself the $50,000 dollar question: "What would I trade for $50,000?" and see what kind of answers your mind comes up with.

First off your mind will typically try to determine the value of the offer in question... In this case how much is $50,000 worth to you?

Your mind may or may not think that $50,000 is a lot of money depending on your background and how much money you earn a year.

For example, if you earned a million dollars a year then $50,000 may seem like a little less money than to a person who earned $20,000 a year.

However, when determining what to trade for the $50,000 your mind will come up with logical answers, such as you are willing to trade any monetary amount under $49,900.

Why not trade $49,900 for $50,000 if you can make a profit off $100 right?

In fact it makes dollars and sense to trade money for money as long as you make money right?

But what about when it comes to trading $50,000 in exchange for non-monetary items?

What personal belongings of yours would you trade for $50,000?

Would you trade your eye-sight in for $50,000? What about an arm or a leg?

How about just a thumb or your big toe?

If you are like most people you probably realize that it doesn't make much sense to trade ANYTHING of yours for $50,000, especially a body part that you use often.

If you wouldn't trade $50,000 for any body part of yours then ask yourself this question...

"What would you trade for your life?"

You may agree that what your life is worth cannot be replaced in monetary terms, in fact there is no amount of money that can replace the value of your life because it is priceless.

So why have you been asking yourself this seemingly straightforward question?

Because what you have done with your yesterdays and what you plan to do tomorrow is exactly what you have been trading your life for.

Since you began your first job, entered your first relationship and accepted your first agreement you have been trading your time in for the wages and emotional returns that you have received.

Have you been trading your life in for $50,000 per year? $500,000 per year? How about a few million dollars every year?

It isn't your yearly revenue that is important but the reflection of happiness, joy, excitement and wonder that the way you spend your time brings back to you.

It is senseless to trade the priceless emotions of your life for any amount of money which is why it is so important to align your heart with your mind and follow your passion's in life.


THE SECRET

To gain more instant insight into your attitudes, behaviours and habits ask yourself...

"What am I trading for life right now?"

Look at your results, your lifestyle, your behaviour, your relationships, your finances, your investments and your risks.

Be honest with yourself... is this how you pictured life could be? Are you excited to trade your time in today for exactly what you are doing with it?

If you had one day to live, would you continue to do what you were going to do today? Would you continue to do the same thing you plan to do this week, this month or this year?

When you realize what you have been trading for your life next ask yourself, "is it worth it?"

If it is worth it keep doing what you are doing and know you can now act with added confidence that you are doing what you enjoy and love.

If it is not worth it, stop and ask yourself, "what would I rather be doing with my life?" and then immediately resolve to work towards making that the guiding force in your life.

Do what you love and love what you do and stop treating time like its worth what you paid for it.

We may not get to choose how long we get to stay as tourists on this shiny blue planet but we have every say as to how we choose to enjoy our visit.

Inescapable Truths

"Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." — Edward Stanley

Question
Whether you like it or not you will soon have to deal with one of two pains.

The pain of self-discipline.

Or the pain of regret.

Self-discipline you feel at first.

Regret you feel forever.

What are you doing today to move yourself forward?

Four Rules of Time - By Brian Tracy

There are four rules of time.

The first is that time is perishable.

This means that it cannot be saved. In fact, time can only be spent. Because time is perishable, the only thing you can do with it is to spend it differently, to reallocate your time away from activities of low value and toward activities of higher value. But once it is gone, it is gone forever.

Time is Indispensable

The second rule of time is that time is indispensable. All work requires time. No matter what it is you want to do in life, even looking out a window or sleeping in for a few extra minutes, it requires a certain amount of time. And according to the 10/90 Rule, the 10% of time that you take to plan your activities carefully in advance will save you 90% of the effort involved in achieving your goals later. The very act of thinking through and planning your work in advance will dramatically reduce the amount of time that it takes you to do the actual job.

The Currency of the Future

The third rule of time is that time is irreplaceable. Nothing else will do, especially in relationships. Time is the only currency that means anything in your relationships with the members of your family, your friends, colleagues, customers and coworkers. Truly effective people give a lot of thought to creating blocks of time that they can then spend, without interruption, with the important people in their lives.

Spell the Word Correctly

There is a question: "How do children spell the word 'Love?'" And the answer is "T-I-M-E." It is the same with your spouse, as well. The important people in your life equate the amount of time that you spend with them, face to face, head to head, knee to knee, with the amount that you actually love them. Grow Your RelationshipsThe more time that you spend with another person, especially a member of your family, the deeper grows your understanding and affection for that person. If you get too busy to spend time with your children, you eventually lose contact with them and they go off into their own personal world of school, peers and other activities.

The Key to Goal-Achievement

The fourth rule is that time is essential for accomplishment. Every goal you want to achieve, everything you want to accomplish, requires time. In fact, one of the smartest things you ever do, when you set a goal, is to sit down and allocate the exact amount of time that you are going to have to invest to achieve that goal. The failure to do this almost always leaves the goal unaccomplished.

Action Exercises

Here are two things you can do immediately to put these ideas into action: First, decide today to redirect and reallocate your time away from low-value tasks and toward high-value activities.

Second, make a plan to spend more time face-to-face with the most important people in your life. The more you think about the use of your time, the better you will become.