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.

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will make you look at yourself in a new light.


THE CHALLENGE

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

"What would the new me do?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question during every personal challenge this week and the promise is that you will laugh more, love yourself more and learn to relax more.


THE TIPS

If you are quitting a habit or building a new lifestyle ask yourself "What would the new me do?" in order to see yourself in a new light.

Seeing yourself in a new light is important, especially if you are interested in personal development and self-improvement because you are most likely self-critical.

This means that you are constantly critiquing your own actions, behaviours and results against a standard that you've set for yourself.
Whether you are conscious of it or not, you have a certain standard of performance that you measure yourself against in all areas of your life.

For example your relationships, health, finances and career are only some of the areas that you hold yourself accountable in an effort to improve yourself.

We try to improve our self because deep down we are all good people that just want to be loved, to love and to contribute to something better.

Yet for a however many possible reasons our lofty goal doesn't get realized and we somehow end up feeling scared, alone and afraid to live.

Somehow we are not able to find the self-discipline, the strategy for success or the willpower to stay the course.

But what exactly happens to our best intentions that have us ending up in self-sabotage?

What happens is we tend to think about all the mistakes, the failures the missed opportunities of our past, present and future.

We tend to think about things that don't empower us, and think about our self in ways that don't empower us.

Even in brand new situations we tend to associate our old negative sense of self.

For example someone might not think they are good at talking to people, based on years of their old negative sense of self reminding them of all their failures.

No matter how many new people this person meets they essentially pre-determine their future by imagining a negative outcome.

Even in a situation where the feedback was positive this person would tend to dis-associate any feedback that doesn't resonate with this negative self-vision.

This likely applies to many situations in your life, and if this is you, today's question will help you build a new database of positive experiences.

All you have to do is look for the good in everyone and in every situation and you will attract more of that to you.
For every situation you're in this week (including those that are frustrating or seem completely negative!) write down what is good about that situation.

When you do this notice how it immediately changes your perspective and opens up your mind to new possibilities.

Today is a new day, and instead of allowing yourself to think negatively think about your higher self, your ideal self.

Once you have a picture of the ideal person you want to be then ask yourself "What would the new me do?"
If you are quitting smoking, be present with the craving to smoke and ask yourself, with this craving... "what would the new me do?" and then make a decision from the person who has X amount of days smoke-free.

You are powerful and you can change any habit you want to, instantly if you have a strong enough desire.

It is in the moment and from each moment-to-moment that our destinies are shaped by our choices.
Whenever you encounter a situation that you are emotional about or find yourself reacting to, try and think about your ideal vision of yourself.

Picture you in all your future glory and greatness and from that state ask yourself "What would this new me do?"


THE SECRET

Can you picture yourself in the future, one month from now, one year from now, five years from now?

How about when you are picturing yourself in the past, yesterday, last year, when you were young?

Are you able to appreciate and accept all of your memories?

Are you passionately creating new and exciting memories?

When you picture your past or future self are you receiving attention, affection and adoration?

Or do you tend to criticize yourself, beat yourself up, or think that you should have done something different, if only...

Regardless of whether it is your past you are thinking about or your future you must learn to think about it positively.

The best question to get yourself in this new mindset is: "What would the new me do?" and then think from that state.

One of your greatest challenges in life is to be able to uncover the wisdom in every situation and apply the new found lesson to help you grow.

Where we go in the mind we follow in the body and where we cannot go in the mind we rarely go in reality.

For example, if you cannot picture yourself in a relationship with a certain person you probably wouldn't be in one with them right?

Yet on the opposite spectrum of visualization you got dressed this morning didn't you?

Well chances are you pictured the outfit you are wearing at least once before physically dressing yourself in it.

The visualization of your future self in a positive light is critical and important.

When we picture a happy, joyful and playful future we put ourselves in a positive state.

Then, by virtue of The Law of Attraction, we attract the same situations as we were visualizing our future.

Remember you are a masterpiece in the making and your future is constantly unfolding something new... if you only allow it!

Apply these ideas immediately to your thought process this week and instantly watch your new found future unfold!

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 appreciate yourself more, attract healthier relationships and be an overall better person.


THE CHALLENGE

Your mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself: "Would you date yourself?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question and you will gain a more accurate reflection of yourself and a better understanding of your fears.

Next time that you have a few minutes alone to think ask yourself "Would I date myself?"

You might be wondering the relevance of this question if you already have a significant other but, regardless of relationship status, a careful consideration of this question can provide insight into what you contribute to your relationships.

If you answered "Yes" that you would date yourself, then the next question is why? What kind of reasons came to mind that make yourself a worthy prize?

When taking a personal inventory the answers you learn might even surprise you!

Could you fall in love with yourself? What traits of yours are you most proud? Are you a constant source of support? What about your communication skills? Are you always finding good things to comment about your significant other?

Do you find yourself thinking "I wish my partner..." or "If only my significant other...."? If so, these might be the best signs that you need to look in the mirror first.

"What would you change/improve if you were dating yourself?" "What specifically do you love about yourself?" If you aren't excited about dating yourself then how do you expect anybody else to be?

It is important to note that your partner or significant other must also agree with your self-assessment. If you think you are the worlds best communicator and your partner thinks otherwise, then any adjustments made would be based on a false assessment and thus likely prove counter-productive.

A relationship should for the most part be 50/50 in terms of contribution. What strengths do you contribute? Do they equal your share of the 50%? How do the strengths that you identified help make the relationship strong in your partners opinion?

Use what you've learned from this exercise to build on your strengths and identify any areas where you might have the opportunity to provide more value in your relationships.


THE SECRET

Looking at yourself through an open and honest mirror requires courage and willingness to see yourself objectively in a new way.

It is the mark of a true leader to be able to acknowledge their shortcomings and build upon the strengths that they recognized for.

If for some reason you cannot uncover any areas of improvement for yourself then look at the areas of resistance, friction and conflict in your relationships.

In what situations do you feel most uncomfortable? Pay attention to your discomfort because there is always a hidden gift within.

Your discomfort often shows you the areas in your life that you should review and revise any belief systems that no longer continue to serve you.

"What do you need to improve within yourself so that you become a more effective attractor of your desired results?"

Put yourself in the other persons shoes, see things from their perspective and appreciate the gift of awareness as an opportunity to be the change you want to see in the world.