Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

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


THE CHALLENGE

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


THE PROMISE

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


THE TIPS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


THE SECRET

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will inspire you to surround yourself with the kind of company you can be confident about keeping around.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"Who should I be hanging around with?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question when allocating your time to friends and acquaintances and you will soon become more aware of the company you keep.


THE TIPS

The people who you choose to surround yourself with play more of a role on your future than you may first realize.

Ask yourself the question "Who should I be hanging around with?" to take an inventory check on your intimate friends.

This question should gear your thoughts towards "why" you hang out with the people you do versus "who" the people actually are.

For example, do you have friends that are there for you through thick and thin, both good times and rough times?

Do you have friends that inspire you to chase your dreams and go after your goosebumps?

Do your friends help you realize a bigger vision of yourself?

How have your friends made you feel competent and capable lately?

Even though we all have the ability to think and feel independently on our own accord, the people that you surround yourself with still play a major determining part in your life.

From the moment that you wake up and continue on throughout the day you are surrounded by the energy of family, friends and even co-workers.

The energy that you feel from other people stems from the individual "agreements" that have made in each relationship.

Most of your agreements are formed and acted upon subconsciously, which is to say that you are not even aware that you formed them or of your behaviour.

One example is the many parents that unconsciously play an "overly-nurturing" role to their child.

They have formed an agreement that subconsciously states that they are the nurture providers and the child is the nurture receiver.

Nurture can be a good thing, however, when the parents form an "identity" about the role they play over the years this will lead to two things:

1. It will make the parent always feel the need to protect or provide for their child and they might lose some of their sanity when the child leaves home or no longer needs their help . i.e. Empty nest syndrome.

2. It will make the child subconsciously feel the need to be protected and/or provided for by their parents and very possibly manifest into issues of responsibility in their own intimate relationships.

So even though the intention was pure and formed with love the relationship agreement has since become dysfunctional.

Roles and agreements themselves are not inherently good or bad, the problem is continuing to believe and subscribe to them without questioning their effectiveness.

A dysfunctional agreement, role or relationship is one that no longer serves or supports its main purpose.

In a functional relationship both the conscious and subconscious agreements should be in alignment with helping fulfill your greatest dreams and desires.

Do the roles and responsibilities of the people that you hang around most support your highest aspirations? Do you support theirs?

What do you love most about the company that you keep?

By asking yourself "Who should I be hanging around with" based on your highest aspirations will make you more aware of allies you can align yourself with to assist in your achievements.


THE SECRET

Do you plan or aspire to be wealthy? If you answered yes then you better have wealthy friends!

Did you know that researchers estimate that you will earn an income the equals the average amount of your 5 closest associates?

Said differently, people tend to make the same average income of the people that they spend the most time with.

Are the people that you surround yourself with people that are worthy of your time?

The trick is to do anything at all possible to avoid people that belong to the "same-old'" crowd.

These are the people who you meet up with every so often and each and every time you ask them what's new and exciting they answer "the same-old".

You must avoid these people like the plague, not because you are better than them, but because they don't really want to see you happy.

It is not that they don't want to see you succeed because they might, but subconsciously to them if you are anything else then what you are now then it means a change to the relationship agreement that they have with you.

If you change the person that they knew and were used to then your relationship agreement would be different, and for most people change is scary because of fear of the unknown.

Don't let other peoples self-limiting beliefs, doubts and apprehensions determine your future, make it a point to surround yourself with the best team possible.

Either your friends are pulling you up to their level or they are dragging you down to theirs.

Do your 5 closest friends inspire you, make you laugh, or offer an insistent hand to help achieve your dreams?

Said differently, do the people you choose to surround yourself with help you move towards the "biggest" you possible?

Is that so hard to ask for and too unreasonable to expect?

Are you blessed with friends that are there for you every time, every day without question and without fail?

If you already have friends like this make it a point to go out now and celebrate the value of their friendship because it is priceless.

If you don't yet have friends like that no worries, make it a point to find at least one person to build a brand new amazing and supportive relationship with before the years done.

The good news is that the value of one positive and supportive relationship greatly outweighs the effect of several negative and non-supportive relationships.

There are many ways that you can meet like-minded people and farm for those fabulous new friendships.

One way is by joining a local offline group such as found on www.meetup.com where you can find people near you with the same interests and hobbies.

Another way to connect with people is by joining an online group, such as found using an Internet search on "yahoo" or "google" groups.

Alternatively, you could find someone that you admire or that is doing something that you'd like to learn more about and reach out to connect with them.

Ask if you can help them, assist them, volunteer your services in return for them to mentor you.

One last idea for finding that supportive relationship to nurture your dream is to find and work with a Life Coach.

A coach can help you get in touch with your values and what is really important to you before you spend the time and energy to attract new friends.

Like energy attracts like energy, so if you are a miserable person chances are your friends are too because who else would want to put up with you?

With a simple shift in attitude you can begin to attract amazing new abundant friends and acquaintances into your life.

It is your responsibility to "be" the type of friend that you yourself would love to be friends with and be around.

In some relationships you might be the jester or joker, always playing pranks and keeping people laughing and having fun.

In other relationships you might take on the role of being the brain, the analytical thinker that always has thought provoking questions.

Yet in another relationship you might play the role of cheerleader, encouraging and motivating others to do their best.

These are only some of the various examples of roles that you play in your relationships, there are many others so try and discover the ones that work best in your relationships.

Ask yourself the question "Who should I be hanging around with?" to uncover gaps in your circle of friends and to find missing pieces of the puzzle.

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.