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.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help sky-rocket your confidence and success.


THE CHALLENGE

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

"What did I learn?" or said differently, "How did I grow?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question after every activity or challenge you do every day this week and the promise is that you will gain insight, build self-esteem and celebrate more wins in the game of life!


THE TIPS

Self-talk is the name for the dialogue that all of us hear talking inside of our heads.

The voices can sometimes be encouraging in nature, however for most people their self-talk seems to be a negative chatter.

Some people call this negative chatter the "mono loco" or crazy monkey inside their head. Other people have used the analogy of an "Angel" and a "Devil" on your shoulder, whispering "good" or "bad" things into your ear.

How often do you recall hearing these voices? For most of us it is all of the time.

You will usually hear the voice try and stop you before you start a job, while you are working on the task and even when you have completed the work.

The voice will sound like fear, doubt and uncertainty which if listened to will leave you feeling weak, afraid and powerless.

The voice tends to take away our personal power from the situation, it will tell you what is missing and what you could have done differently instead to make it better.

The crazy monkey is never satisfied and it usually looks for perfection.

Winning first place, breaking new ground, shattering new personal records and undertaking new adventures do not matter to the crazy monkey. The mono-loco wants you to fail so it can remain safe and unchanged inside of you.

Listening to the monkey's self-talk will leave you weak, tired, frustrated and feeling like a failure no matter if you just finished winning a Gold in the Olympics.

Next time when the monkey comes to chat regarding your experiences, ask yourself today's question... "What did I learn?" or "How did I grow?" and it will help you find the "wins" in your world.

Finding and celebrating the small victories helps ensure you are focused on the elements of an experience that will allow you to grow.

Even if the only thing you figure you have found out is a new way of doing something "wrong" then asking yourself today's question will help find a way to reframe the situation so that you feel good about it.

The more you ask yourself these questions the more you will develop a mental database of memories in which you are a winner.

The more instances and examples you have in the back of your mind where you learned something the more you will feel like you are growing with each new experience.

Self-esteem is basically how you like, trust and respect yourself, and in life the more you build a base of learning and growth the more you feel confident to handle new situations.


THE SECRET

The secret to instilling today's habit to build a life of confidence and adventure is by keeping track of your progress.

You can keep track of your progress many different ways such as:

Writing it online such as a web blog or video blog. Keeping track by e-mailing yourself or recording a video to your blog whenever you come across a win.

Do you carry a cell phone with you most of the time? Why not try to text message yourself notes as they happen? You could also use the "notes" feature that is found in most mobiles.

You can also use good old fashion sticky notes or can create a special "winners" journal for yourself to record all your victories.

Feel free to experiment to find the method and combination of tools that work best for you.

Your job is to log all instances of winning and answers to the questions so that you will have a diary or record of your achievements.

If you ever feel like a loser all you need to do is revisit your journal for a whole history of wins.

After asking yourself the questions and recording the answers your final job is to party!

Celebrate your growth along every step of the way because your growing should be the adventure of your lifetime not the destination.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help put an end to the spring cleaning fever and welcome in fun under the summer sun.

THE CHALLENGE

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

"Do I love this?" or asked differently, "Does this _____ support me right now in feeling great?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question every chance you get every day this week and the promise is that you will live more freely with less headaches and hassles, and be ripe and ready for opportunity.


THE TIPS

If you want to create a new habit, a new life or a new belief a great tool to assist that change is to first change your surroundings and environment.

You don't need to throw away everything and start over again, the idea is to use this weeks questions "Do I love this?" and "Does this ______ support me right now in feeling great?" as you check and double check for any "clutter" in your environment that can be removed.

Clutter represents items on the still-to-do list, tolerances and unconscious agreements we have made with our self.

Clutter zaps our emotional energy, our creative juices and takes up needed space.

When you clear the space for new things the universe works like a vacuum to fill it.

Clearing clutter will help make new room for new relationships with work, money and can even help you attract a dream mate if you so desire.

Be sure to check the bathroom, kitchen and your office for clutter as well.

When you look in the environments where you spend your time every day, do they reflect what is most important?

If it doesn't excite you anymore, or you don't adore it like you used to then perhaps it is time to have this move on from your life.

This could mean a new job or relationship, but I am proposing a smaller start to your de-cluttering days.

Check your closet, the number one culprit of clutter and confusion.

Provide people that would love your wardrobe a chance to get some free demos before sending them to the consignment shop, or provide a donation to your thrift store.

Clearing out the proverbial closet will make you feel good.

Making good use of your clutter will make you feel even better.

The new clothes, relationships, money that will come into your life as a result will make you feel the best!


THE SECRET

Have you de-cluttered your bedroom?

The bedroom is one of the most powerful influences on your subconscious and affects your sleep more than you probably realize.

Make sure your bedroom helps bring your mind to a peaceful, relaxing, or joyful state.

Avoid crazy colors that play on your emotions every time you experience them.

Check for symbols of what you are NOT seeking, be sure they are NOT represented anywhere.

Immediately remove any symbols of low worth, dis-organization and toleration you have around.

Surround yourself with symbols of what you most want more of.

Seeking friends? Try hanging pictures of the ones you are already thankful for.

Seeking love, surround yourself with items from your imagination that you adore.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

Apply today's Motivating Mindset and you will gain power and confidence in dealing with any fears that hold your life back.


THE CHALLENGE

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

"Is It True?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question every chance you get every day this week and the promise is that you will gain courage and grow greatly in the areas of reasoning and emotional control.


THE TIPS

The seeds of fear, worry and doubt grow to produce pain, drain and anxiety.

The good news is that fear, worry and doubt are beliefs... and you can still choose your beliefs.

If you can choose your beliefs then you can change them.

A belief is basically an evaluation of information relating to a person, place or thing.

You can always change your evaluation of something by considering new information.

The best way to gain new insight when feeling the same fear, worry or doubt is to ask yourself:

"Is It True?"

Reflect further with questions such as:

Is this situation true? Is this the only way of adding up the facts? What are all of the facts?

Fears, worry and doubt are often evaluations of information that are incomplete, inaccurate and incorrect.

What beliefs have you accepted that perhaps aren't true?


THE SECRET

Unfortunately there is no easy way to determine what information that we accept as part of our lives and use to make decisions with has been completely misinterpreted.

Gently laugh at yourself for fostering your limiting-beliefs and give yourself the present of presence when consciously choosing not to continue feeding false fabrications.

Questions to follow up with are: "How do I know this is true?" and "Could I be making any false assumptions?"

The questions are only as good as the answers that you come up with.

You must be willing to gain new information if you want to move past old thought processes.

Your fear, your worry and your doubt all reside in belief systems that you can rebuild and renovate to rule.

"There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings." --- Dorothy Thompson

All you need to do is change the way you evaluate something, because then you also change the way you feel about it.

When you change the way you feel about something, even just a little bit, your belief about it has also changed.

Remember to celebrate the small wins in your belief breakthroughs.

You are stronger and more powerful than you can believe.

Seek the truth.

Ask and thou shall find.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

Apply today's Motivating Mindset and you will gain the power of clarity and control.


THE CHALLENGE

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

"Who am I" as well as... "What do I want"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself these two questions every day for this week and the promise is that life will move you closer to your answers.


THE TIPS

Asking the question "Who Am I?" and "What Do I Want?" are two fundamental questions that everyone should ask themselves yet most people avoid.

The biggest roadblock in-between people and their desires in life is their inability to ask for it.

Wayne Gretzky said "you always miss 100% of the shots you don't take" and when it comes to your wants, you never get what you don't ask for.

When it comes to asking what you want in life, try not to over-complicate it.

Begin by asking yourself, "what makes me happy?" and "out of all my strengths what do I enjoy most?".

These are merely clues to what you want in life, it is your job to fully investigate where the answers lead you.

The only way you can investigate the journey of your happiness is to know who is travelling with you.

The only way to know who is travelling with you is to ask yourself the three worded question: "Who Am I?"

Yet the majority of people in the world neglect to answer this question until it is no longer possible to ignore it.

The reason most people fail to ask themselves this question is because they fear the answer.

Some fear that the answer they find will cause them to feel like weak, inadequate, misunderstood or maybe even like a mistake.

So they avoid asking themselves this question and pretend to live in balance and harmony without it.

Which paradoxically begs the question, "how can anyone be in harmony and balance if they are not getting what they want?"

This is equally ponder-some when people say they are getting what they want and yet they don't care to know who they are.

Believing you know what you want in life without first knowing who you are seems a little backwards don't you think?

It's like a Dog trying to Meow because he thinks it would make it happy, yet can't perform to it's level of desire because the expression of such is not programmed into its genes.

When the dog realizes that it is a dog it will stop trying to make itself happy trying to conform to it's previous perception of itself.

This is why it is important to understand what you want most in life as well as knowing who wants it.


THE SECRET

The question "Who Am I?" brings perspective into your life and the question "What do I Want?" will bring control.

Control gives you confidence.

The more control that you feel in your life means the more confidence you will act with day-to-day.

Perspective is having vision.

Gaining perspective is like a rising plane because of the ability to see things in a bigger scope and anticipate future problems.

Without control you will never gain perspective.

Without perspective you will soon lose control.

It is just as important that you get perspective as it is to gain control.

Ask yourself these two questions and give yourself permission not to know the answers right away.

Believe and know that just by asking the questions the formulation of the answer will inevitably arrive with persistence.

Remember to keep an open mind about the delivery of your answers, they never come typed up in an address envelope with your name on it.

Answers are found in synchronicity, coincidences, chance occurrences and what some refer to as blessed events.

Your answers are out there, all you must do now is seek and thou shall find.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

By applying today's Motivating Mindset you will live with less stress, more fun and generally feel better about yourself.


THE CHALLENGE

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

"Who Am I Now" or asked differently... "How Does This Build Me"


THE PROMISE

Do this every day for this week and the promise is that you will build a person that you are proud to look back at in the mirror.


THE TIPS

Asking the question "Who Am I Now?" or "How Does This Build Me?" is a question that can be asked whenever you become aware of a situation.

Becoming aware of a situation occurs whenever you notice your behaviour or thoughts.

The goal is to bring awareness to the choices that you have in your life, everyday and in every moment.

Before you eat your favorite calorie filled breakfast or before you decide to skip breakfast ask yourself "Who Am I Now?"

Before you pull out another cigarette from your pack, ask yourself "How Does This Build Me?"

The more you practice asking yourself these tough questions the more you will begin to give yourself permission to find the hard answers.

Finding the hard answers will inevitably build you up.

Skipping the hard answers will eventually tear you down.

You have a choice to decide which answer you will settle for.


THE SECRET

Choose the easy path and you are destined to live a hard life, one that only becomes noticeable the further you travel along.

Choose the seemingly hard path and you will find that life becomes easier as you go along.

The path is only seemingly hard because it is an illusion.

See past this illusion enough to act with blind faith and your prayers, desires and dreams will be answered.

Seeing past this illusion requires you to bravely and courageously respond to situations rather than react.

When you react to a situation you are not fully present in the moment.

When you respond to a situation it is because you are operating from the moment.

Before you react to a situation that has you emotionally charged, take a moment to ask yourself

"Who Am I Now" or asked differently... "How Does This Build Me"

Try asking yourself this question during every thought or reactive behaviour you become aware of.

At the end of the day if you have asked yourself the question more than twice give yourself a big hug, high five and pat on the back.

Be happy to ask yourself the question. The answers, real concrete answers, will come in time. Be patient.

If you were brave enough to find the answer that has enabled your response in a situation, congratulations send us your story to share!