Changing Your Direction

If you want to change the direction you are going, start with a few simple steps:

1. Drop the news!  Stop turning on the TV every morning while you get ready for work or school.  If you have a subscription to a newspaper or news magazine on your iPad, unsubscribe!  Most of the coverage is negative and and unimportant anyway.  Do you know what is important?  Your family and friends.  Talk to them.  It is amazing what you will learn.  If you are THAT hungry for what is going on in the world, as someone at work what their favorite news story of the the day was. 

2. Stop going so fast.  The funny thing about moving fast is, if you are heading in the right direction, you will get there quicker, but if you are heading in the wrong direction, you get there just a fast.  Repeat this quote to yourself often:  Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. 

3. Check your compass.  I don't mean that you have to carry an actual compass everywhere you go, but you do have to stop every once in a while and make sure you are moving towards you ultimate destination.  Make sure your daily habits are helping you move step-by-step towards your goal.  If you notice that they are not, change direction.

Start with these three simple things and let me know how much you have achieved!  I love to see your comments. 

Giving thanks

Never underestimate the power of giving thanks. One you realize everything you have is all you really need, your life will be better. Give thanks for things in your life today.

15 Minutes to Focus

If you start your day with 15 minutes to focus on what you want each day, you will get it.  Sounds too simple?  Maybe that is why so many people don't do it? 

It is the Law of Attraction.  Simply put, what you think about, you create.  If you start your day with clear, positive thoughts, your day will be better...every time!  I am not saying that everyday will be perfect, but it will be better than if you did not take those 15 minutes.

Don't tell me you don't have 15 minutes.  We all have 15 minutes.  They should be your first 15 minutes of the day (or soon after you get up).  Here's what you do:

Find a quite place, free of your significant other, spouse, kids or anything else that may break your thoughts.  It may be right in bed before your feet actually hit the floor.  You may want to have some music on in the background.  That is fine, actually it's recommended.

Now, start thinking about all the things you are grateful for.  No matter how bad things are, we all have something that were are grateful for.  Maybe it's your family?  Maybe a friend or job?  Maybe it's a pet?  Or maybe it's that you actually woke up this morning?  If you have nothing else (which I find hard to believe) you always have that!  Spend just 5 minutes going over those items.

Now spend the rest of the time thinking about what you want.  Start with how you want your day to go.  What you want to accomplish today.  Then picture it all happening perfectly.  Then start thinking about "other" things you want to happen.  Things that may now happen today, but you want in the future.  Do you want to make more money?  Maybe you want to have some more free time?  Or, maybe there is a job out there that you have always wanted?  Picture those items clearly each day for the next 30 days and you will be AMAZED with the results!

That's it!  I told you it was simple.  You may not believe me, but I promise if you put this practice into place, you will not be disappointed.

Good luck and please let me know how it goes!

Don't Let Them

Don’t let them tell you…

That you can’t win.

  That you are ugly.

    That you can’t beat your disease.

      That you’re not worth it.

        That you’re too short.

           That you’re too slow.

 That you’re too fat.

   That you are not smart enough.

     That you don’t deserve it.

       That you don’t belong.

         To stop trying.

           That it’s hopeless.

             That it has already been done.

    To stop day dreaming.

      That it’s too hard.

        That no body cares.

          That it won’t make a difference.

                                    No.

You tell them…     Watch this!

Believe in yourself and the rest of the world will too.

It's Your 5 Minutes

I love the story about the man who went to a job interview...and said nothing.

To my best recollection the story goes like this.  The man walked in to the CEO's office, introduced himself and sat down.  The CEO was a very busy man.  Every time he interviewed someone, he said the same thing.  "You have 5 minutes, use them how ever you want to convince me you are the right person for the job."  "Your 5 minutes start...now."

The man just sat there with a pleasant look on his face.  He did not say a word.  A minute went by.  Then another.  Finally, the CEO could not help himself.  "What are you doing?", he asked.  "You only have 5 minutes and you have not said a word?"

The man politely said with a smile, "They are my 5 minutes and this is how I chose to use them."

The CEO smiled, put down the report in his hand and said to the man, "So, tell me about yourself."

I do not know the rest of the story, but I can almost guarantee the man got the job. 

No one controls your time, unless you let them.  No one controls your outcome, unless you let them. 

How are you going to spend your next 5 minutes!

Decisions - They Make All the Differerance in the World

We are our decisions. Who we are today is because of the decisions we made yesterday and last year. There is no turning back. You can only move forward.

Life is like a runaway train with no breaks. You can not stop it, but you can change the rails and make it go in a different direction. Where do you want it to go?

Most people choose the easiest path. When faced with a tough decision, they do what will cause them the least pain at that moment. We are faced with decisions like this everyday. The difference between successful people and the rest of the world is that they make the tough decisions consistently. Notice I didn't say the right decisions. Successful people will be happy to share with you how many times they failed when they made the wrong decisions in their life. They will also tell you that they would do it all again. The difference is they did what most people would not and they moved forward, over and over again.

They said no to the pushers in their school or neighborhood. The worked a few more hours each day to make their dream come true. They chose not to listen to their critics.

When you are faced with a tough decision in your life, there are two questions to ask yourself. Depending on the situation, there are only these two questions:

"Why not?"

or

"What if?"

If the question is if something is possible or not and others are telling you that it cannot be done, ask yourself, "Why not?".  Why can't I do that?  What would happen if I tried?

If the question is whether or not you are going to do the right thing, such as not taking a hit of that joint when your friend asks or getting out of bed an hour early to go work out, ask yourself, "What if?"  What if I made the right choice here?  What would happen?  What would the out come be?

History is filled with people who did just that. And because they made the tough decision...they became great. Are you going to be one of those people?


Here are a few examples of people who made the right decisions:

- Michael Jordan - He was cut from his high school basketball team
- Abraham Lincoln - He failed in business and politics a total of 9 times
- Albert Einstein - He failed his math exams in school
- Dr Seuss - He was turned down by 23 publishers
- Nelson Mandela - Was imprisoned for 27 years


There are hundreds of stories like this in history. Will you be one of them?

Inspiration

This is a fun video!  Enjoy and remember...it is what is in YOUR head that matters!