Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you feel more grateful for your life and act with more appreciation of your life.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"What problems am I blessed with?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question as many times as you have problems this week and the promise is you will laugh more and experience more gratitude in your life.


THE TIPS

Whenever you find yourself upset, unmotivated, ungrateful, pessimistic, doubtful, or just having an old fashioned "bad day", stop for a minute and ask yourself "What problems am I blessed with?" to help you shift gears and move away from that state.

People often mistakenly believe that the "grass is greener" on the other-side of the fence.

We are tempted to feel like people have more than us, live better lives than us and that no one has to go through the trials and tribulations we do.

We can also feel like failures in our own lives, like our problems are bigger than our ability to overcome them.

Applying today's mindset of "what problems am I blessed with" can help you put things into a more positive perspective.

First, instead of focusing all your energy on resisting a negative situation or something that you don't have be prepared to do the opposite.

That is to say, practice your ability to surrender to the current state of your affairs, learn to yield to situations and empower yourself.

You may have difficulties at first trying to surrender and uncover the "good" out of a "bad" situation but trust that this ability will only grow with practice.

With time and practice you will begin to see the "truth" behind reality, that situations, circumstances and even problems are not inherently good or bad.

The concept of good or bad are just mental images that we affix to a people, places and things.

That is to say, nothing is either good or bad by itself, there is no such thing as a "bad gun" or a "good lottery", these are subjective terms we've applied.

Take for instance a sporting event such as a Football game where the two teams are competing against each other.

During the play the offense wants to do something that moves their team forward and closer to their goal, such as run or pass and catch the ball.

However, simultaneously and parallel to that reality is the reality and objectives of the opposing team, who does not want to allow the other team to advance, run or pass and catch the ball.

Pretend that the offense snaps the ball and the quarterback drops back and releases a long-bomb.

If the receiver catches the ball the team on offense will jump up and down thinking that was a "good" play and the team on defense will jump up and down thinking that was a "bad" play.

If the defender deflects the pass and stops the team on offense the team on defense will jump up and down and think it was a "good" play and the team on offense will think the opposite.

There are two realities both containing "good" and "bad" existing in one outcome.

Only one reality will unfold and yet both outcomes will manifest.

Circumstances in and of themselves are not good or bad but rather our assessment and action towards them.

Learning to view your situation in more neutral perspectives will increase your ability to respond versus react to problems and situations.

When we react to a perceived problem it doesn't serve us, however if we choose to respond to a perceive problem then we can move forward.

When problems start to happen ask yourself the question "What problems am I blessed with" and list at least 5 problems that you are happy to have.

The more basic you can breakdown your happiness the more things you will find to be grateful for.

Start with your breathing and notice your breath. Breathe is the essence of live because we need it to survive, are you happy you are breathing to begin with?

Next consider your senses, do you have all of them in good working order? Many people with disabilities would give anything to be able to experience life with your level of sense.

What about your physical body, is it too in good working order?

Move down to your belongings, do you have a shelter over your head? How about a vehicle to drive to work?

Now think about your problem in terms of someone else's shoes. How many people on Earth at this very moment would love to be you?

I bet there are more people that you can imagine!

If you woke up relatively healthy under a roof in a bed and ate breakfast before you drove to work then congratulations, you've just lived the dream life of thousands of immigrants who would love to have the opportunities you have.

Life is a blessing in disguise, the sooner you practice seeing through the illusions the longer you can appreciate it's true beauty and wonder.

Asking yourself "What problems am I blessed with" will help you realize that there is nothing in life that you must "do" but enjoy being you.


THE SECRET

Even though the numbers are only approximate the following written by an anonymous author puts today's motivating mindset into perspective.

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following.

There would be:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 would be Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would
be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
ONE would be near death; ONE would be near birth
ONE would have a college education
ONE would own a computer.

When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, you recognize that you are indeed among the fortunate......


And, therefore . . .
If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare,
especially in the United States.


If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.

Ask yourself "What problems am I blessed with?" and remind yourself to be thankful for all your blessings in disguise.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will put a new spin on the way you think long-term about your life.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"What am I giving up by seeing only the short term?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question during as many decisions as possible this week and you will begin to see life from more of a long-term perspective.


THE TIPS

A great question to ask the next time you are faced with a decision that you must weigh the consequences is "What am I giving up by seeing only the short term?"

The point of this question is to get you to consider both the short and long-term implications of your decision.

Many times we hastily make rash decisions without considering the effects until after it's too late, or sometimes not considering them at all.

For example, if you were offered a choice between having $1,000 cash in your pocket this very moment or waiting a full year and receiving $1,500, the majority of people would go with the quick money.

What would you choose?

90% of people would choose the smaller amount even though they would get 50% more if they waited and even when they had to do nothing in addition to claim the larger amount.

How does this play out when it comes to saving and investing your money?

The person who picks the $1,000 is more likely to have less savings and investments than the person who chooses to wait for the $1,500.

While there is nothing inherently wrong with choosing the smaller amount to enjoy sooner, the long-term implications of choosing this, means that over time you will find it more and more difficult to choose the larger amount later.

We are constantly building neural networks in the brain, hard-wiring the brain with choices and decisions into associations and identities.

An identity is simply a pattern of thought that you have bought over a period of time.

By continually focusing on a smaller result you may receive the reward sooner but in reality you are strengthening a long-term identity that will hold you hostage and keep you playing small.

This is because when left to it's own choice, the mind has the tendency to want to do the minimal to get by, to avoid rocking the boat and to stay in your comfort zone.

What this translates into is the automatic sacrifice of long-term rewards for a short-term gains.

An example that illustrates this is picturing a hockey game where one team is 100% motivated by defense and no one ever attempts to score on the other team.

While this strategy (if you want to call it one) would lead to short term results, i.e. feeling good that the other team would have a very tough time scoring, the long-term implications are that they would never win a game because they are ignoring the bigger picture and not doing what it takes to win.

How often are you faced with situations that play out like this hockey game?

How often do you continue to allow yourself to play defense only, to not take risks and try and score a goal?

For example, if you are currently single it may seem easier not to talk to that handsome man you run into at the supermarket every week.

It may seem easier not to expose yourself to the possibility of being rejected or having to participate in an awkward conversation.

However, ask yourself "What am I giving up by seeing only the short term?" to help you break-free of the tendency to remain in your comfort zone.

Perhaps answering the question in this example you might come up with answers such as: "I am giving up the chance to find a significant other" or "I am giving up the potential of meeting my future husband, the father of my kids, or passing by the companion I've been searching for all my life".

When you come up with answers adopted from a long-term perspective it helps reframe the current situation and make new decisions.

Taking time to consider new answers and information is important if you are looking to break-free from an old habit.

In life you have a choice, either attempt to acquire something smaller sooner or wait to develop something that is larger later.

Apply this weeks motivating mindset to areas such as relationships, finances and weight loss and you will be surprised at what type of long-term results you can achieve.


THE SECRET

If you aren't growing in an area of your life then by the contrary you must be dying.

Who would you like to grow yourself into? What areas of your life are important to you? Where are your values placed?

If you aren't sure who, what or where a good starting place is to examine your current history, results and actions.

How do you spend your time right now? Where have you been placing your energy, attention and focus?

Answer this question openly and honestly and you will shed some light on what is most important to you right now.

After you're aware of your life values your next goal is to ensure you devote the proper time and attention to supports these areas.

Developing patience with yourself and with the people that you care about is just as important as experiencing the actual growth itself.

Continually asking yourself the question "What am I giving up by seeing only the short term?" helps you realize the validity behind the saying "patience is a virtue"

Beware that time is an ongoing illusion that is capable of hiding the small steps we take and the incremental growth we make.

It is easy to make the mistake of believing that you haven't accomplished anything.

It is easy for the results of your efforts to be obscured by the present reality.

Understand that your present reality is merely a reflection of the choices you made previously in your past years, months and days.

In order for your new decisions to take affect and to see external results, you must patiently wait for days, months and even possibly years.

Keep in mind that just because you cannot see the change happening doesn't mean it isn't.

For instance, have you ever seen first-hand the drift between the continental plates?

What about ever witnessing your fingernails growing?

You probably didn't notice either because they both happen at an average growth rate of 0.1 mm each day (1 centimeter in 100 days).

Yet these forces continue to happen undetected as we speak and one day, sooner or later, you may be forced to respond to this growth.

You will probably choose to cut your fingernails when they get too long or there may be an earth quake or tsunami from the plate tectonics colliding.

Seen or unseen everyday life is unfolding before your very eyes.

The direction that your life unfolds takes place in the small and seemingly unimportant choices that you make every day.

Take a moment to write down the skills, talents and higher visions that are unfolding inside of you right now.

You may have heard the say that "Rome wasn't built in a day" well neither should the gifts that you offer the world.

Buying into rewards that are smaller sooner is only an illusion and is not a shortcut that leads to long-term success.

Ask yourself "What am I giving up by seeing only the short term?" to help you realize your long-term vision.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will give you a whole new outlook on life.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question whenever you are talking to yourself this week and the promise is you will open up your mind and help put a positive spin on the perspective of your life.


THE TIPS

Since you woke up today what "stories" about yourself and your life have you bought into?

Stories are represented by the self-talk, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, assumptions, attitudes and paradigms that you filter your world through.

Pay attention to how the story makes you feel.

Does the story make you stronger or seem to prolong your success longer?

What's important is whether or not the story was "supportive" or "non-supportive" towards the fulfillment of your higher self, or higher purpose

Struggling repeatedly, unable to break-through or have been making the same mistake over and over are all symptoms of a non-supportive story.

Whenever you are consciously aware of your story ask yourself "how do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?"

This week let's focus on the seemingly "negative" stories that we often tell our self.

Stories something along the lines of "ugh, I'm so tired... I don't sleep well the night before big presentations and now today work is going to be a nightmare"

Or your story could sound like "today's test at school is going to be hard because I'm not good at math"

Your self-talk could say something such as "I will never lose those extra pounds"

These are just some of the stories that people tell themselves on a daily basis, however the variations and possibilities are "unfortunately" endless.

It's unfortunate because there are NO species on Earth besides humans that tell stories to them self.

In fact humans are the only species that mentally second guesses its' own natural intuitive abilities and tells stories to itself.

The only thing worse than telling stories to yourself is believing the stories you are telling.

The next time you find yourself in the middle of a story, ask yourself the question "How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?"

Let's play out the application of this mindset using the above example "ugh, I'm so tired... I don't sleep well the night before big presentations and now today work is going to be a nightmare"

Upon realizing that you have caught yourself in the middle of this non-supportive story you can now instead ask yourself "how do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?" and begin brainstorming all the possibilities that you could be wrong.

Using the example of the being tired, you would try and recall previous examples where you were able to perform even though your energy and focus were not optimal.

Or you could ponder how without being psychic you could know "for certain" that the presentation would be a nightmare if you haven't yet experienced it?

Are you taking into consideration that everyone is given an opportunity to learn and grow from their experiences?

Have you considered that even if you were an absolute and complete failure prior to today, you can use all your experiences of failure to create new and better ways to get what you need done.

For example you think back and remember that you always struggle with the opening of your presentation, but using this information positively by taking time before the presentation to remember the first few lines. You may not remember them all or improve your presentation 100%, but at least now you have a history of conscious improvement that you can be proud of.

It is up to you to use your previous challenges to bring awareness to the areas in life that you need to prepare more.



THE SECRET

So you might be wondering how exactly do you know whether or not to believe a story?

The best advice is adopted from Henry Ford quotes who said "whether you believe you can or you can not, you are right".

This means that whatever story you are telling yourself is the only one you are going to believe and no one else will be able to convince you otherwise until you've first considered it yourself.

Since the process of story telling is self-serving you may as well try and consciously ensure that the story serves the self.

Make sure that the story frames the situation in the best way possible and puts you in a position to move forward.

A great question to follow-up the question of "How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?" is asking yourself:

"What if the whole story or parts of it turned out to be fabricated?"

Believe it or not the likelihood of you turning up new information that out dates your old information is quite high.

This is because the reality we experience is only as good as the senses we perceive it with.

Many technologies were invented because we can not capture the entirety of reality with just our natural senses.

For example things like infrared, ultra-violet, microwaves, infra-sound are all things that exist but are not detectable by our senses.

We cannot see in infrared, spot ultra-violet light or hear infra-sound normally but they all can become a part of our reality with the right equipment.

With technology we can now see in the dark with night vision goggles and apply sun block to screen out invisible but harmful UV rays.

Yet these are things that in which were not possible only a few short years ago.

So imagine if we always thought it would never be possible to see in the dark simply based on the history of not being able to see in the dark before?

The discovery of floatation and buoyancy was not derived by pondering the science of sinking.

You only limit future experiences by believing the stories of your past because the feelings of these stories keep you from your higher self which is always found in the present moment.

The present moment brings with it choice. Choice to choose what you story you will voluntarily believe.

The more lucid and liquid like your beliefs around the stories that you tell yourself the more your attitude will be able to adapt to accommodate the growth and changes in your life.

Develop the conscious awareness within yourself to be like water, fluid and flexible in your thinking and learn to go with the flow and change states as needed.

One of your greatest goals in life is to consciously decide how to apply previous experiences in any given situation to achieve the best results.

The best results in any given situation are those that move you towards your goal in the quickest and easiest way.

Be patient with yourself at all times and be certain to reward yourself whenever you uncover any unsupportive belief systems and stories.

You can develop a fluid a flexible way of thinking by asking yourself "How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?" and following that answer up with "What if the whole story or parts of it turned out to be fabricated?"

Everyday you have the gift and freedom of complete control of writing and re-writing your story to suit your lifestyle and life aspirations.

It is not your role to "read" or live the story of your life but rather it is your responsibility to write or create the story of your life.

You are the storyteller of your destiny so make sure that write your life as a storybook fairytale!

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you find more energy and feel more alive.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"What's one way to get more energy into my life?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question during every opportunity during the week and the promise is that you will find more energy to renew yourself and feel more refreshed overall.


THE TIPS

First thing when you get up tomorrow morning ask yourself the question, "What's one way to get more energy into my life?"

Said differently, "what is one area of my life that I can change today that will immediately result in me having more energy and enthusiasm?"

Whether comparing a molecule, a mountain or a mole we all have one characteristic in common, we are all made up of energy.

Energy is the building block of life, it is the battery power for living and yet many of us are running on less than half-capacity.

Researchers are discovering that the saying "you are what you eat" is more and more true and less and less just a cliche.

You've probably heard that energy is always changing form, moving in and out of form and can never be created or destroyed.

So when you really stop to think about that, it means that if you put in fattening food with high calories and low-nutritional value into your system what do you expect to get out?

Have you ever put in a dozen oysters into your blender and expected to get out orange juice?

Hopefully not, because you'd probably be considered crazy right? That is because in life, you can only get out what you put in.

Yet many of us still buy into this illusion when we consume junk food and expect our energy levels to be operating at optimal.

How was your energy this morning when you woke up? Did you get out of bed feeling amazing? Are you feeling recharged and ready to tackle a new day?

Take a moment and think about where you got the energy that you have for today...

If you guessed it right you said from the choices and decisions that were made in past yesterdays.

If you had a healthy meal previously you would have more energy than if you had to face the consequences of poor past choices.

The good news is that everyday brings the gift to start making healthier choices.

Therefore, today is the most important opportunity you have in terms of putting in the best quality energy that will help you achieve tomorrow's goals.

To be in the best position to achieve tomorrows goals you need to maintain good physical shape by regulating the food that's put into your body.

When you are shopping next at the grocery store, thinking about what to make for your next meal remember to ask yourself the question "What's one way to get more energy into my life?"


THE SECRET

Journeying on the road of life requires a lot of energy and since it's always best to properly prepare for a long and challenging trip.

Your responsibility is to fill up on premium gas first by eating healthy, nutritional meals and getting the required amount of rest for your body.

However when it comes to the energy you need to fully function there are more than just your basic physical type of energy to consider.

Most people believe that your physical "meat and potatoes" energy is the only energy at work on a daily basis but it is important to recognize your other sources of energy.

Another significant form of energy is what is referred to as emotional energy.

Without emotional energy your life would not be enjoyable and you wouldn't ever feel excitement or enthusiasm.

This is the type of energy that is responsible for your feelings, such as love, happiness, and joy.

Believe it or not practically everything that you say and do is largely determined in some way by an emotion, either positive or negative.

The importance of emotional energy is often under-valued and the effect that your emotions have on your physical energy is often under-estimated.

Have you ever felt happy or normal until you were consumed by guilt, anger or another negative emotion that quickly consumed all your energy?

How about have you ever felt tired but then thought of an exciting idea, project or adventure and then suddenly felt the rush of energy fill your body?

This is your emotional energy and it either works to hold you back or help motivate you forward.

You can start to reclaim your emotional energy by healing old wounds, finding positive and inspiring friendships and reducing the clutter in your environment.

The third and last type of energy is what is known as mental, it is the type of energy we use to solve problems, learn new things and make important decisions.

Your mental energy is primarily responsible for the quality of your life because you require mental energy to deal with the problems and challenges of everyday life.

In fact, the reason why most people fail to live the life of their dreams is because they burn up enormous amounts of energy at the physical and emotional level, and as a result they have very little energy left over for the critical mental activities of planning, learning and problem solving.

Just imagine the type of life you would be living if you never planned or didn't know how to problem solve!

Your number one priority one goal in life is to effectively utilize all three types of energy levels to support your ability to live the life of your dreams.

Peak performance happens when the engine of your life is firing on all cylinders. Be a mental mechanic and find out the areas you need to tune by asking yourself:

"What's one way to get more energy into my life?" and then work your but off to implement the changes to see significant improvements in your results.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will help you transform yourself into the person that you always knew you would be.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"Who am I becoming?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question as many opportunities you have this week and the promise is you will instill more pride, passion and purpose into your everyday living.


THE TIPS

First thing when you get up tomorrow morning ask yourself the question, "Who am I becoming?"

Relax and allow your mind to wonder freely while taking a few moments to ponder your answer.

When you picture your future self are you happy, proud or excited about the person that you are becoming?

As you reflect this question for some of you it may feel uncomfortable, you may feel the urge to pass judgement, or simply feel this is a question that doesn't seem to make any sense.

Some of you may not be able to answer the question, which is ok too, and if this is the case for you then it is important to realize that the asking the question itself is often more important than the answer.

"It's the question that drives us" --- Trinity (The Matrix, 1999)

We are all unique and the answers that each and every one of us comes up with will be different, however, as individuals there are a few things that we all share in common.

One such example is that regardless of what your race, height, weight, IQ, EQ, career, education, relationship or socio-economic status is we all have the same set amount of hours in a day to work with.

We each get 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute and each second passes by at a constant rate of one second per second, no matter what!

Therefore the person you are becoming is becoming so at a rate of one second per second every day.

You might be tempted to dismiss the power of each second, after all you might think to yourself "what good could possibly happen in one second"?

Like for instance who would want a one-second massage, one-second marriage or one-second shopping spree right?

However when you stop to really think about it, this second right now, not the second that just past, or the second from now, is really the ONLY second we EVER have.

Every second that passes is part of yesterday, the second that has "yet-to-come" will always belong to tomorrow.

The second known as "now" brings the gift of choice, and with it the power for any personal or life transformation.

This eternal second is shared by all, a gift, a present, the gift of the present moment.

When you ask yourself "Who am I becoming" do you notice that you are becoming someone who is increasingly friendly with, and passionate about the present moment?

Anything that you can ever do or anything that will ever be done to you will happen in the present moment.

The best way to give yourself the best chance of becoming a better you is to first learn how to stop looking at the old you as a reference point.

Your results today indicate your previous habits and your habits are a result of the accumulation of yesterday's choices.

The old you is a result of your old choices and decisions, and cannot be the result of the new choices and decisions that are available to you in this moment.

Even though you can see it with your own eyes, the old you is just an illusion, a fictional identity that only exists in our imagination.

It is fictional because we have the ability to change who we are, make our identities completely up, and start all over again if we want to.

No matter what type of person you think you were, no matter what your weight or age, and no matter what results you've gotten in the past you can use the moment that arrives in this second to become better.

Every second you have the opportunity to learn something about yourself, about other people and about life in general that can make the journey interesting and entertaining.

By choosing to learn about yourself, others and life you will inevitably become a better and brighter person.

The person who you want to be in the future can only become so if you choose to be that person now.

Every moment from now until your very last second you have the ability to choose to build a bigger future.

If you choose to do something new in the moment you set yourself up for something new and better in the next moment.

If you choose to do something that you've always done before, you will continue to get the same results you've gotten before.

Albert Einstein said "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result"

Become the new you by deciding today to invite the new you inside your head for a chat.

Then ask the new you the question "Who am I becoming?" and allow your ideal self to imagine what it would be like to triumphantly live your dream lifestyle.

Do you picture yourself as confident, competent and cool. Can you imagine how it feels to be a bold and brave adventurer?

Make it a goal to increase the amount of times you "visit" with the new you, even go as far as to write down the conversations you have with your higher self.

Delegate the new you to make the important choices in your life, decisions like whether or not to go to the gym, smoke a cigarette or invest in some new education.

Remember to celebrate any and all decisions made by the new you, regardless of the outcome.

When it comes time to make an important decision again, allow the new you to choose.

Let the new person with the experience of holding off even just that one cigarette answer the question "Who am I becoming?"

Life is constantly unfolding second-by-second, moment-by-moment and with it you are becoming the person of your choice, so remember to choose wisely.


THE SECRET

Even though your worth is priceless you must still proactively and persistently build yourself to increase your value.

What are you consciously creating that is helping to grow yourself, your valued skills and your service to others?

What are you doing on purpose right now that will cultivate you towards being the person you aspire to be?

Take a moment to ask yourself what you are deliberately doing today that is increasing your value?

One way to accelerate your success is to create an intention for the day, a conscious daily intention.

Choose either an affirmation that inspires and excites you or pick a personal declaration that you feel passionate about fulfilling.

An example of such an affirmation might be: "I am a strong communicator"

An example of a similar declaration could be: "I choose today to become the very best listener in all of my conversations"

Do you already keep a success journal to record all the things you are grateful for, and all the reasons you have to celebrate?

If so, a journal would be a great spot to also record your affirmations and your declarations.

Feel free to refine, evolve and tweak your affirmation and declaration statements until they accurately reflect the power behind your personal intentions.

How will you know when you are reading the "right" affirmation or declaration?

While there is no right or wrong answer, a good indication you are on to something is you feel a surge of energy, a rush of exhilaration, or even a nervous fear of excitement just from reading it.

Your job next is to take that powerful personal statement and read it over and over as many times as possible with the enthusiasm.

Read it first thing in the morning when you wake up. Read it last thing at night before you go to bed.

Try this assignment for at least one whole week and at the end of the week ask yourself "Who am I becoming?"

You have the power to become the person you always dreamed, figure out first who exactly that is and then put in the effort by choosing to be like that person now.

Take today's tip to heart and the total effort required will be less than you imagined and the reward you receive will be beyond your wildest dreams!

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will add energy and happiness to your life as quickly as you can apply it.


THE CHALLENGE

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

"What am I tolerating?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question throughout the days of this week and the promise is that you will manifest what you do want faster, attract better situations and favored opportunities will arrive more freely.


THE TIPS

If you are ready to clean and clear out old stagnant energy that is holding you back and ready to move in fresh new energy to support you then you will want to read on carefully.

Today's tip is all about identifying and becoming aware of the things in your life that steal your energy.

The only way to build your own energy up is to first learn how to reserve and grow your own energy.

If everytime you encounter a situation you automatically react rather than respond than the situation is a toleration.

Take a moment to reflect over all major aspects of your life, areas such as your career & job, personal & spiritual fulfillment, family & relationships, health and wealth.

Look over these different parts of your life and remember to ask yourself the question, "What am I tolerating?"

As you find answers to this question you will likely begin to generate either feelings, be with the feelings and write your experience down in as much detail as possible.

Try to be kind to yourself and avoid the tendency to immediately place judgement on your situation.

Looking over sometimes sensitive areas of your life can make you feel both positive and negative, mixed feelings are common.

Identifying mixed feelings will also help you uncover areas of your life that you are tolerating.

Simply put, a toleration is the big and little things you put up with in your life without realizing how much they are costing you.

An example of a toleration could be the numerous sticky notes that might be plastered on your desk, in your day-timer or on your fridge.

Everytime you look at one of those post-it notes, whether you specifically read a message or not, you have expended some mental energy.

One might not think it's a big deal, but throughout the day this subliminal sign language steals your precious energy acting like a perpetual to-do timer.

Each time you walk by it interrupts the moment you were in to signal to your subconscious, here is a "to-do", and "look-at-this", "this could be important"!

You then have a choice to either re-read the message again for the x number of time, or choose to ignore the note until it catches your attention next.

Unaddressed post it notes, unfinished projects, unwanted interactions and even unspoken words can remain hidden in background of tolerations.

Then out of no where they seem to break up the moment you were in prior by taking your time and attention to re-address something you continue to not address.

Whenever a tolerations allows you to lose the moment you also lose energy and cannot gain "momentum".

If you want to build yourself up and become the person you know you are capable of then stop the vicious cycle of energy and attention spent unnecessarily.

Honestly, openly and seriously ask yourself "What am I tolerating?" and then be prepared to do some habit renovations.


THE SECRET

Not sure how to uncover your tolerations?

Take note of all your thoughts and feelings and be sure to record any ideas that come up for you during this exercise.

When you think about how you spend your time and what your day composes of where does your energy seem to soar skyward and where does your energy sink down?

For example an area of joy in my life is my love for long baths and hot morning showers, therefore just thinking about a bath or a shower could potentially add excitement to my day.

However, I've recently noticed that my energy can also sink down when thinking about showers when I recall the details of a particular water test I viewed.

This test demonstrated how the chlorine, a chemical used to treat the water, is pumped into the water system of the city I live in and is immediately subsequently sucked up by human skin.

Of course this demonstration didn't make me feel excited about showering anymore, in fact, I sometimes shudder at the thought of how much chemicals I've absorbed.

Bombarding chemicals into my body is not a positive feeling, yet it is a choice I must consciously make everytime I draw a bath or take a shower.

So for me a major area of joy in my life has now somehow become a dangerous deal and to solve the problem I must purchase a special water filter for my shower head.

Easy right? Easy minus the fact that cleaning and clearing tolerations can only be paid with the currency of time, attention, and work.

The only problem that most people find with putting in time, attention and work is actually putting in the time, attention and work.

Hence the reason tolerations exist in the first place, because they conveniently wouldn't correct or go away themselves.

Do you get caught up in simuliar situations that desperately require your time, attention and work?

Ask yourself "What am I tolerating?" and record all your answers in a master journal.

Day-by-day and one-by-one is the way to take time to tackle your tolerations, so be patient with yourself and positive with your progress.

Most importantly, remember to celebrate as you strike each one off your list!

Are you committed to becoming even incrementally better? If so, by taking your tolerations into full consideration you will quickly become exponentially better.