Bring Dreams To Reality

How To Bring Dreams To Reality
By Annette Colby

STEPS TO ACHIEVING YOUR DREAM

Having a Dream . . . a Passion . . . a Vision . . . is like having a reason for living — a reason for being. Our dreams provide a strong sense of purpose and the motivation to great each new day with enthusiasm.

The dreams we truly desire for ourselves are how we create life. The time arrives in all lives to create a new potential. We may ignore the signs, but they are there. They can be felt inside when the body constantly tells us we’re not happy, we don’t feel good, we don’t have enough love or spirit flowing through us.

The life currently being led, the available levels of joy and abundance, were created from one set of beliefs, thoughts and strategies. We’ve outgrown an old way of being. Another potential reality can be created if we are ready to cultivate new beliefs, thoughts and strategies.

To do so requires willingness to take ourselves on an adventure into the unknown.

Can the secrets of achieving dreams be broken down into a series of steps? Well, it isn’t always as simple and neat as a set of defined steps, but there is a general process for success:

DREAM FROM THE HEART.

The imagination is the place from which we begin. From imagination born within the core, we are the catalysts of possibility. The life we wish to live can only be imagined by self, can only be created by self. It is inspired by the passions, desires, feelings and intuitions existing within.

The body is the guide leading us into alignment with living a potential higher then the one currently being lived. We dare to believe a better life exists outside the beliefs which form our comfort circle. We dare curiosity, adventure and the risk of finding out if angry lions, tiger and bears really do or do not live outside the boundaries of the comfort circle.

Every human being has the ability to paint a new life. We are the canvas, the paint and the paintbrush of our life. If we don’t like the way we feel in the life already painted, it is time to pick up the paintbrush and paint a new life. We don’t need to know exactly all the details of what a new life would look like.

Start somewhere. Begin with a feeling of excitement. Bring decisiveness and willingness to the canvas. The rest begins to unfold.

We can begin painting the doorway to a new and better life. A life in which we feel good. Only self can begin to imagine what feeling good would look like. If it’s unknown, guess. Pretend. Make something up. We get to paint an entire new life and do it poorly.

If it turns out not looking and feeling quite as expected, we’re still holding the paintbrush and the paint. We can adjust, modify, paint over something not quite right. Of course, the choice is always available to begin again.

Set aside some time to reconnect with your heart’s dream. What has been placed on the back burner that now can be brought forward? These dreams are the ones we want for ourselves — not for our spouse, not our family, not anyone else. Ours alone. When we let other people determine our definition of success, we sabotage our own future.

Dreams and desires bring excitement and life to our body. We learn how to stay focused on what is wanted, how to remain in a place of feeling good. We learn how to connect with spirit, bring spirit into the body, how to fill ourselves with power.

We are here to create. To do this, dreams must have excitement and importance. They are not going to be easy to achieve, and an internal leader must be able to refocus on the vision when times get tough or obstacles are encountered.

DECISION.

Decide to achieve this. This may seem basic but many people never decide and commit fully to their dream. They simply keep “thinking” about it. Or the first obstacle appears and they give up. Make a commitment to self that this is what is wanted. Right now is not the time to worry about how to make it happen. This is the moment of developing an internal leader who will carry the vision and come back to it time after time.

Honor the commitment to self. No one can let us down more than we can. Make a commitment about what is wanted and choose to honor and stand behind it 100 percent. No matter how challenging, how fearful, or overwhelming it may seem, decide you are going for it! Why? For no other reason than because you want it — no should’s, have to’s, or weak choices. Decide and commit.

What do I want to have?

How will I generate daily feelings of excitement around this dream?

What am I prepared to do to maintain excitement even in the face of doubt and discouragement?

BELIEF.

Believe in the outcome of the dream. We may have no idea how to get what is wanted, but it is essential that we believe, ultimately, we will have what is wanted. We don’t need to know exactly what to do. The first steps are acknowledging the dream, being excited by the dream, developing a committed relationship with the dream and believing we are worthy of having it.

Use affirmations, pictures, positive thinking, motivational tapes, prayer, self-love, visualization and whatever it takes, to reaffirm this dream and the belief we can have what we want. Using these techniques daily is required to slowly, but surely, change thinking patterns, create new beliefs and give dreams momentum.

It’s okay to have fear. Fear often means we are headed in the right direction. The fear signals that this is something that is wanted. It’s just that we don’t know how to get what we want, so fears pop up to stop us from risking failure. Acknowledge fear as part of the journey.

VISION.

Great achievers have a habit. They “see” things. They walk around with pictures of what they are wanting to create. They already see themselves as having what they want. Everything starts out with a dream. Visualize success. See the light at the end of the tunnel before even starting. Create an inner dialog of success and allow self to already feel the feelings of achievement.

Imagine the difference between these two scenarios. The first person, Gail, walks around with a clear vision of herself having already achieved her goals. Multiple times each day, she pulls up her dream and spends time with the physical excitement of imagining a successful outcome.

Each day she speaks loving words to herself, and leads herself with strength, kindness and compassion. She plays with her dream, offering it a relationship of love. When obstacles occur, she may fall flat, but at some point her internal leader remembers the vision. Her focus and attention are drawn back to feeling good combined with what is wanted.

A second person, Ben, hasn’t yet developed he ability to hold strong to a vision. The first obstacle comes along and knocks him flat on the ground. Ben stays there, accepting his defeat. His dream is buried as decides the failure is proof he can’t have what he wants. His inner dialog is self-critical.

He feels frustration, anger, discouragement, disgust and the hopelessness of “What’s the point?” Both Gail and Ben are going to run into obstacles. Both will meet with disappointment, fear, failure and other obstacles. There is no avoiding them. Who is more likely to achieve their dreams, Gail or Ben?

ACTION.

Decide where you are at now, and what seems like the right place to begin. Action means starting at the right place at the right time. Action steps may mean first spending time imagining what is wanted, what a joyful life would look like.

Action steps may require writing the dream, defining meaningful positive affirmations, allowing time each day to visualize the dream, adding exciting emotions to the dream, or breaking down an overwhelming change into smaller, manageable steps. It might take weeks or even months of doing these steps before we are ready to move on to the next level of action.

ENJOY THE PROCESS!

Each person has within them individual ideas of what is exciting. An exciting idea does not come from left brain logic. It comes from deep within, from center. It has no logical basis. It is an idea of creation. An exciting idea which brings more life, more energy. Perhaps our ideas lie in the creation of a flower garden, a home redecorating project, a self-initiated business or the physical embodiment of spirit.

The size of the desire is irrelevant. Relevance lies within excitement. Does the idea stir up passion, bring more life, bring a twinge of awakening? Our purpose to stay true to inner desires, come back as often as possible to the excitement of carrying those dreams. We allow ourselves to intentionally feel good, right now, even as the dream is but an illusionary reverie.

Remember no one is making you do this. This is your dream for yourself. Other people may support us, and then again, they may not. Remember, it is not their dream and not their obligation to make it happen for us. We have to believe in our dream, summon the excitement for ourselves, stay true to the process of creation.

Creating our dream will require much effort, emotionally, spiritually and physically, to get what is waned. Fall in love with the journey itself — not just the outcome. Fall in love with yourself for having a dream.

POSITIVE NOTES

I dare to dream of a new life.
I dare to stay true to my dream.
I dare to feed excitement my dream and my body.

Dr. Annette Colby, RD Nutrition Therapist & Master Energy Therapist

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Who's Showing You The Ropes?

Why You Need A Mentor
By Jason Johns

Years ago, I decided I wanted to play the guitar. Keen and eager, I rushed out and bought a guitar, amplifier, effects pedals and a few books. I got it all home, plugged it all in and then made a noise that sounded like a herd of cats all caterwauling out of tune.

After some days and weeks of struggling and irritating my family I decided that I needed to learn properly. The best way to learn properly is to get someone who is already an expert to teach you.

So I went out, found someone who was an expert guitarist in the style I wanted to learn and studied with them. I also watched my favourite guitarists playing; watching exactly how they played and moved their hands. I, of course, copied them (though I now realise it’s called modelling!).

With an expert teaching me, I soon became much better at the guitar and was no longer banished from the house when I wanted to play.

I could probably have taught myself guitar from books and from fiddling with the guitar, but it would have taken me a lot longer than it otherwise did. Through using a mentor, I sped up the learning process and avoided a lot of the pitfalls, bad habits and mistakes many self taught guitarists pick up along the way.

Later on in life, I worked as a consultant for a large computer corporation. Again, I was learning the ropes and was given a mentor; an expert who already knew the system and the company. My mentor advised and guided me through my career as a consultant. He saved me a lot of trouble and made me aware of all the loopholes in the companies processes and procedures, which helped me get more pay rises and a better company car!

Whatever area of your life you want to develop in, it is important that you have a mentor. Whether this is in your career, your personal life, your business or your hobbies. A mentor can speed up the learning process and help you to become the expert and success you want to be.

So how do you find a mentor?

Well, you may know someone who is already an expert and could approach them and ask them. You could join forums on the Internet and find experts there (though check their credentials first). Search for websites of people in the area you want to learn from. You may find they have books to help you or even provide a one to one coaching service. You can also read biographies and auto-biographies of people you want to learn from and model them.

Sometimes you may have to pay a mentor, whether with money or through providing them some service or help. Other times people will be happy to mentor you for free just to help you out. When you become an expert you too may want to give something back and mentor other people.

If you are looking for a business mentor, then often local chambers of commerce provide mentors free of charge. Professional bodies will often be able to put you in touch with a mentor too.

A mentor will save you a lot of time and effort in the long run, and it is well worth your time and effort to find one to shorten your learning curve. Whatever area of your life you are working on, business, personal or pleasure, find yourself a mentor to help propel you forwards to the level of success you desire.

Jason E Johns is a personal success coach, working with people like you to help you acheive your dreams. He runs seminars, works one to one with people, and has produced a wide variety of products to help you create your dream life. Visit http://www.livingmotivation.com for more information or http://www.stateofhypnosis.com/emailcoaching.html to get your very own success mentor.

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Life's Not So Tough!

Accept It, Life's Not So Tough!
By Rodger Ruge

Life is about self-discovery. The paths we choose in life, the experiences that shape and mold our future, all lead us ultimately to define who and what we are. We hope this process is a constant evolution and that we are constantly challenging ourselves to achieve higher levels of personal growth.

But do you really believe in yourself?

For some, their role in life seemed preordained from birth. You know the type of person I'm talking about. Those few who just seem to fit perfectly into whatever they have chosen to do. The role they are playing, whatever that is, is natural, flawless.

For these people everything in life seems quite literally to be second nature. Flowing like water past every form of resistance, seemingly guided by some force beyond our understanding, their success in life is effortless. Why is this so for some and not for others? Why do most of us struggle?

Have you ever considered your grandest vision of who and what you wish to become? Do you really know what your role in this life should be? Have you fully accepted yourself and the path you have chosen? Without acceptance of who and what we are it is impossible to achieve any measure of success.

It has been my observation that the one thing that holds us back is our lack of acceptance. No tricks, no magic, just a true resolve and belief in reaching whatever goal we have set for ourselves. The problem is we are often steeped in the fear of failure. It is this fear that keeps us from acceptance and success.

I will tell you that I was not one of those people who found everything in life easy to achieve. My path has always been difficult. I've had many struggles and many failures in my life. I've had to work harder than most at everything I've ever attempted because I was lacking the one critical element I needed to move beyond my self-induced limitations.

I struggled because of a fear that I was not worthy to fulfill my destiny. This fear caused me to be unable to accept the grandest vision of myself.

It has taken me many years of introspection to conquer this fear and overcome the lack of belief in myself. However, once I began to practice acceptance, to allow myself to believe in my inner strength, the quality of my life changed dramatically. Suddenly I had limitless potential and the results have been profound.

Acceptance boosted my self-confidence. With this new found gift I experienced a large growth in my abilities. I was able to cast aside feelings of inadequacy and an ego shrouded in fear, by simply accepting my grandest vision of myself.

I have accepted my skills, my abilities and my natural gifts. I believe in myself! I believe in my limitless potential.

If you really want to begin to improve the qualtiy of your life then make a resolution to begin right now practicing the power of acceptance.

Accept yourself, your talents, your gifts and your abilities. Everyday, reflect on your amazing talents and skills.

Stop limiting yourself and start believing in your inner strength and you too will find that life is not so tough!

Rodger Ruge is a retired police officer, stress management trainer and author of The Warrior's Mantra, Barricade Books Inc, June 2005. For more information please visit Rodger's website at http://www.readyforce.net

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It's Never Too Late . . .

It's Never Too Late for Time Management
By Ann-Marie Latoski

There is always enough time to get everything done, and everything always gets done on time. Really!

I have been involved in numerous projects and deliverables, from large product launches to presentations on business cases, strategies, policies, etc. Many a time, I sat and watched others scurry, scramble, and fret over the timeline.

Meanwhile, I left the office at the usual time or not too long after – certainly when I chose to. I’d hear the next day about the Herculean efforts of those working into the wee hours of the night to get things done. I used to wonder what was wrong with me.

I began to justify myself (to myself). I’m very organized. I can get to the heart of it. I focus my attention. I do my work when I’m in the office and don’t spend time socializing. Not too long ago, I realized there was more to it than some talent that I alone possessed.

I began to consciously know that things would get done when they needed to, and I allowed it to happen. I knew wherever I ended up at the end of the day was where I needed to be. Things were getting completed faster. If I knew I had to finish a proposal before a meeting, I would be done exactly on time.

I felt very free, and even a little guilty, looking at everyone else still stressing over their workload.

I believe everyone can feel this freedom. It starts by knowing yourself, knowing your work, then thinking, feeling and acting differently. We are each unique in the strengths we possess and the role we play. Once we have our goals and know our priorities it comes together when needed.

More often than not, it does get done on time, meaning when it is required or in a time that suits the larger project. If we change our definition of “on time” to reflect need rather than dates, we take the pressure off, and generally improve the quality of what is delivered.

Are you going to tell me about the time your report was late? Late by whose definition? It got there when it got there. What about the time you missed a meeting? What did you really miss? Was it anything that couldn’t be made up? What about the presentation you had to give? Well, you delivered what you had, didn’t you?

What happened the day you were sick, or on vacation? Did the office continue to function? What about the time you worked overtime and/or overboard to deliver something, only to have it sit unused by the recipient for another day or week? What truly were the consequences? Were you and others able to adjust? I’ll bet you were.

Our shifted perception gives us flexibility and a level of confidence in our ability to do our jobs. This self-assurance allows us to work in the moment - the true key to effective use of time. When we aren’t distracted by:

- an external influence such as a neighbor or the “you’ve got mail” signal, or

- the internal sabotage of what we were last working on, or have to do next, we have infinite space in the moment to concentrate on what we are doing.

So know yourself, know your role, and your tasks, prioritize accordingly, then set yourself up for success. Live and work in the present, and let the future take care of itself and you’ll find it all gets done on time.

Ann-Marie is a dynamic leader, speaker, author and coach. As former Marketing Director for the printed SuperPages in Canada, Ann-Marie is known for her vision, passion and business success. Her first book, Sweet Success and Integrity is full of practical wisdom and guidance for surviving life at the office. Visit her at http://www.amcoaching.ca

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Moving Towards Or Against . . .

Towards Or Against Your Desires?
By John Halderman

Are you moving towards or against what you want?

Every action you take supports something, some result.

The question is - are you taking the actions that support the results you would rather have in your life?

If not, are they supporting something opposite of what you want or are they neutral? Either way they are not supporting your desires.

If you have all the same thousands of thoughts tomorrow as you did yesterday -- you will be the same as yesterday.

Us humans have the type of brains that we have for a reason, so that we can change our lives. We don't need to keep doing and living the same over and over.

To get anywhere, a group of small steps put together in the same direction lead you to your destination. But if your thoughts and behaviors do not lead down the path of your desire, where are you going? You will at least be delayed by the inconsistency of your actions or even halt any progress all together.

There is always a reaction to every action, everything you think and do leads to something. Is it what you want or not? What you live with now is the result of previous thoughts and actions.

Everything is perpetuated when you continue to take the same actions.

So, desiring something different is great, but you need to adjust your thinking and your actions in order for anything to be different.

In order to see and live something different, you must gradually take more action towards what you want and less against. You will always be supporting something, which will it be?

The way to begin change is to take a look at what you are doing each day and make appropriate adjustments that support your desires. If you leave this up to, 'when I think about it', you will soon forget about it.

To succeed, set up a small system to interact with on a daily basis, something you can schedule and plan into your day, something you will be more likely to get into a routine with, something to interact with, utilizing more of your senses.

Take the time to think about what you did and what you thought about, at the end of each day.

With this you begin to see that you have a choice over your thoughts and actions rather than continuing to let everything be automatic.

Write your discoveries down and analyze them - do they help move you towards or against the life you want?

You can do this at the end of the day just before going to bed or first thing in the morning. Do what works for you. If you find you can't remember enough in the morning, better do it at night.

Don't let frustration with failure to immediately change get you to stop your efforts. At first you might automatically revert back to how you have done it before, as this is your habit. And habits want to remain as they are. You must be persistent.

At first you may not even notice that you have not changed your action until when you sit down to analyze the day. After as while you will begin to notice during the day whether you have reverted back or stayed on track. At some point you will catch yourself as you are doing what you don't want to do, and then you become aware just before you do it, enabling yourself to choose to do it differently.

Stick with it. Small daily adjustments in how you think and act can lead to huge changes in your life if you persist. Failure never meant stop, it means - try again!

Changing your life to be how you envision usually does not happen with one large event; rather it is the compilation of small changes you make in your thinking and action.

Remember action - reaction? Doing something towards change once in a while will give you once in awhile results.

Start with something small and not very emotionally charged and you will find that your small successes will lead to more confidence and determination enabling you to increase your personal power over your habits.

Personal growth is your responsibility - you decide to go towards or against what you really want each day.

Copyright 2005 John Halderman

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Break Through Procrastination

Procrastination Breakthrough: If You Intend to Do It, Do It Now!
By Bill Marshall

If there is one quality that successful people have, it is a bias towards taking positive action. Once they reach a decision that they are going to do something, they take action. And they take it fast. They don't beat around the bush.

They have trained themselves to avoid procrastination like the plague. Whether it's writing an article, doing their taxes, getting organized, or making a purchase, once they decide to do something, they take some kind of immediate action.

This does not mean that they are rash. They think through their decisions. But once the decision has been made, they know it's time for intelligent action at the soonest possible opportunity.

Some years ago, I read a self-help book (I think it may have been one of the lesser known titles by Napoleon Hill), where the author explored the virtues of adopting the motto: Do it now! Since then, I've used it almost daily to great effect. Of course, you can't do everything "now" -- wouldn't that be great! But when you recognize that a goal is important, there is almost always something you can do within a very short period of time.

Recently, it occurred to me that some people may find the "do it now" mantra a bit too pushy. Some people may think that it implies that they should take action without thinking. As I mention in the previous paragraph, that's certainly not the case. So, to gain wider acceptance of this idea, I've added the phrase "if you intend to do it..."

What this really means is that if you have gone through the decision making process, and you have decided to take action--then just get started. As soon as you get started, you begin to build momentum. Once you build momentum, you find yourself taking one step after another in the direction of your goal.

If you persist long enough (whether a few minutes, or a few years if it is a big goal), you will eventually reach the end destination: the attainment of the goal.

Here is an important thought: all we really have is now. Yesterday is gone forever. All you can profitably get from yesterday is to learn from it. Tomorrow (even the next moment) is only a promise. You can plan for tomorrow (and you should!), but you can't act in that moment until it arrives.

There is one, and only one moment in which you can live and act. And that moment is now.

So, take in the relevant facts. Go through an intelligent decision making process. But once you have reached the point where you "intend" to take action, then get started as quickly as possible and follow the task through to completion.

Do this consistently and the odds that you will achieve great success will significantly improve.

Copyright (c) 2006 Bill Marshall - All rights reserved.

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Pick And Choose

But I'm Already Doing the Best I Can!
By Kim-Marie Ward

Can you count how many self-help or motivational articles you've read, or how many books you've purchased or borrowed on the subject? Have you tried self-help seminars, maybe even ordered videos or the complete CD set sold by the latest and greatest motivational guru?

Yet, even with all that storehouse of knowledge, and all the effort you can manage, nothing has changed. You haven't found your dream job, taken that exotic vacation, become rich beyond your wildest dreams and your family isn't as bonded and beautiful as the smiling families at the end of one of those reality nanny shows.

It can be frustrating and leave you feeling even worse about yourself than you did before, because now you have the added guilt of having failed at one more "sure-fire" method to becoming your elusive ideal.

But maybe it isn't you - at least, not from your current perspective.

Have you ever noticed in restaurants, how the dishes are all the same size, no matter who orders the meals? A waif-like woman will receive a plate of food filled with exactly the same proportions as the tall, muscular construction worker at the next table. When the wait staff comes to clear their plates, they may find she's only eaten half of her meal. "Is there anything wrong?" the waiter might ask. "Oh, no," she'll reply and pat her stomach delicately. "I'm just full."

At the next table, the construction worker has not only cleaned his plate, but he's eaten all the breadsticks, the appetizer, and he's asking for a dessert menu as he's eyeing his date's dinner with obvious menu-envy.

Does this mean that the waif should feel like a failure because she wasn't able to eat all the food? Should the construction worker feel like a failure because he's still hungry? Of course not, and you know that, but the concept is too often forgotten when it comes to measuring personal success.

One size does not fit all. It isn't true of pantyhose, restaurant meals, diets, prescriptions, hobbies, or any host of things. And the "one size fits all" approach is definitely not true for sure-fire success programs either.

The next time you decide to try a new motivational program or self-help seminar, or even revisit one that you have an inkling could work for you, keep one thing in mind: One size does NOT fit all.

By all means, listen to what the coaches or instructors have to say, and learn as much as you can, but don't put unnecessary pressure on yourself if some of those great ideas don't fit you or your lifestyle.

Modify. Take what works for you from this program, and something that worked from that program, keeping track in a journal or in a computer file. Implement those things that are workable, that make you feel better about yourself, or that give you enough incentive to take on a little more.

Develop your own methods from the lessons you've learned. Over time - weeks, months, years (only you can know the pace that's right for you) - you'll see that you've developed a program that truly works for you.

And who knows? You may be the next great motivational guru and we'll all be racing out to buy your books, CDs, and videos.

Or best case scenario, you'll come to know yourself a little better and when that happens, you begin to accept yourself as you are and when you find yourself saying "I'm doing the best I can," it'll be evident.

Instead of that little phrase feeling like a cry of failure, it'll be a statement of your success.

*The suggestions here refer to motivational and success types of programs. Diet, exercise, mental wellness, or any programs requiring an expert's care should be followed according to the advice given by those professionals. This is not to be construed as medical advice.

Kim-Marie Ward is a freelance editor of both non-fiction books and fiction novels, a ghostwriter, and has written several articles for various ezines and newsletters (online and in print). Kim is an author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Fiction Writing. Stop by and visit her portfolio at: Kim-Marie on Writing.Com.

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Stop, Look, And Listen . . .

Stop All That Doing! (Take An Action Vacation)
By Jamee Tenzer

Do you secretly thrive on keeping a lot of balls in the air? Is your success measured in part by how much is accomplished on any given day? Do the endorphins flow when appreciative friends and family ask; “how do you do it all?!”

If so, your practical approach to action is one of your strong suits. You make plans. You make lists. You think ahead. Let’s face it, you make things happen. Whether you are writing holiday cards in October, creating a 5-year plan for your business or taking your vitamins daily, you are employing your gift for doing.

You, my friend, are a “do-er.”

But what happens when your talent for doing stops working in a particular area? Instead of moving ahead at your usual speed, you find that your efforts are mysteriously thwarted. Instead of shifting easily into drive, you are stuck in neutral.

Or, the nightmare scenario, you find yourself in reverse! If you are used to achieving results on a regular basis, you may get mentally immobilized when your attempts to move forward, begin to fail.

When this happens, our sense of focus gets fuzzy and our momentum is suddenly out of sync. In my coaching practice and in my own life, I have found that when this happens, it is not because I have failed to do enough. It is because doing has become a habit instead of a tool. This is a sign that it is time to take a breath, take a break and take an Action Vacation.

Before I continue, I should tell you that taking action is at the very core of my coaching practice and at the center of my motto; Inspiration/Action/Success. In my experience, if we are willing to identify and take action toward a stated goal, we will eventually achieve that goal or another more desirable one.

Action is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal and I spend a good portion of my practice, coaching my clients to take action even if they are not sure it is the right action. Any action creates energy and out of that energy, possibilities and options abound.

So, given my enthusiasm for action, why would I be suggesting that you take a break from taking action? I am suggesting this because there are times when the only way to move forward is to stop, temporarily. And it’s not as easy as it may seem. For some of us, perpetual motion is like a cozy sweater we cannot live without or a big mug of hot chocolate on a wintry evening. We are so comfortable in motion, that we don’t notice when what we are doing is not working.

Even when we are faced with exhaustion and failure, we refuse to stop and rest. We just do more! Why? Because, we know that in the past, checking off that list has worked and so we trudge onward, hoping for a better result. Like the Energizer Bunny, we “keep on going” and getting nowhere.

So, how do we untangle this snarled ball of string? It can be tricky, because inherent in the do-er makeup, is a desire to create structure, goals and a framework for daily life. Dropping everything, giving up or moving to a mountain top is not going to solve the problem for us or relieve the anxiety that we feel.

That is why the Action Vacation solution works on a number of different levels. It has a beginning, middle and end. It involves making a plan. And, it yields results.

Here is the 10-step process that you can implement when it is time for a much-deserved Action Vacation.

1. At the top of a blank piece of paper write down the one thing that is not getting done or moving forward no matter how hard you try or how much you do about it. This may be a goal, a process, a relationship shift or any other “problem,” that is stuck.

2. Write a list of everything you have done about the problem.

3. Take a moment to sit back and appreciate and acknowledge yourself for how hard you have worked.

4. Then take a moment to acknowledge that your best efforts have not created the result you want in this area.

5. Write down anything that is still left to do about the issue. Maybe you could do more of what you have been doing, or try something again. Make sure you get all the ideas out of your head and onto a piece of paper. Set it aside.

6. Commit to an Action Vacation. Decide how much time is appropriate based on the issue. It may be 1 week, 1 month, a day or even an hour.

7. Take a moment and close your eyes. Visualize putting the problem inside a balloon. Let the balloon go and watch it fly away taking the problem with it.

8. The hardest part of the Action Vacation is dealing with the little voice inside your head. We all have a little voice, an ongoing commentary about our life and decisions. The little voice does not go on vacation and it doesn’t want you on vacation either. It may want you to start doing things again. It has been trained to do, remember?

The voice may tell you that it is the wrong time for an Action Vacation or that the problem will get worse if you stop working on it. When that voice speaks to you, it is ok to listen, but remember it is operating from fear.

Remind the voice that you are on an Action vacation, and you will focus on that issue as soon as the vacation is over. You may have to do this a number of times before the voice begins to fade. You are re-training your mind.

9. During the vacation, you may have new ideas, thoughts and perspectives about your issue. That is great. Write them down but don’t do anything about them.

10. When the Action Vacation is over, take a look at the issue again. Evaluate it and notice if anything has changed. Review any new ideas that you thought of during your vacation and take a look at the list you made in step #5.

On a new piece of paper, write down the issue, and make a list of action steps that you can take. This is your new game plan and now you are in your element. Start crossing off that list.

We are so lucky. We have been given a toolbox for taking action in life and the ability to use it. Our lists and plans are usually not a burden, but an opportunity to do what we do best and utilize our strengths.

However, when we find that satisfaction has been replaced by confusion, stress, anxiety and hopelessness, an Action Vacation is food for the “doing” soul.

Jamee Tenzer, Founder of Life Works Coaching, is a professional career and life-balance coach specializing in working with women to create action and success in all areas of work, family and personal development. The foundation of Ms. Tenzer’s coaching practice is based on the principle that anything is possible through taking action.

Ms. Tenzer operates from this perspective as she works with clients to take action towards the goals that inspire them. Her practical sensibility, professional background, and ability to motivate clients as they face obstacles, proves to be a powerful combination. Prior to becoming a coach, Ms. Tenzer enjoyed a successful career as a talent executive and producer in the entertainment industry.

For more information or to schedule a complimentary session, please visit http://www.lifeworks4ucoaching.com

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Interesting Viewpoint . . .

I thought I would post this article today, the author presents some interesting points. What do you think?

Why is Goal Setting NOT Working for Me?
By Richard Blair

There over 4,000,000 articles on goal setting on the internet, that’s 4 million. Yet with all this information available, people are still not getting it in their life. There must be something missing.

YOU CANNOT READ ALL 4 MILLION ARTICLES

Time restrains do not permit that. If you could find 3 or 4 with the best parts used to make one good treatise, you might up your odds. That’s kind of like the down and out street person looking for something in the garbage.

What is the missing link?

NUMBER ONE MISSING LINK

You must be totally honest, first to yourself, then to all others.

This is the most skipped over need in almost all goal setting articles. No you cannot use little white lies. You cannot scam your way to success, failure is always waiting for you at some turn in the road. All your efforts will be lost. You will be back at ground zero. You cannot build on shifting sand.

FACT NUMBER TWO

Do not be frivolous. Do not start asking for things that you do not really want.

It alright to ask for big things, but it is wise to work your way up to bigger things as you begin to taste the fruits of success. Small successes will reinforce your voyage on your way to bigger successes.

FACT NUMBER THREE

Everyone is using goal setting whether they know it, or whether they understand it or not.

Your sanity is preserved by the fact that your subconscious will lower your goals to a point where you will try to feel comfortable. Understand it or not, your very soul has this build in to help you survive, and maintain your sanity.

I repeat you are using goal setting now whether you know it or not. You just do not understand goal setting at a conscious level.

FACT NUMBER FOUR

A negative attitude will leave you dead in the water.

If you are serious about improving, you must continue a trial and error path, and realize failure is but a stepping stone to success.

If you can grasp this concept, you can begin to see the need for going slow until you feel goal setting working in your life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
You can contact me at dickfoster1@verizon.net, I welcome all requests. I will, as soon as humanly possible respond to any and all request or comments.

Some gurus want to make this out to be a mystery, and put together a lengthy document to justify their price.

The more complicated equals more dollars for you to spend. I’m not saying these programs don’t work, but most don’t work for the average person. All 4,000,000 different sites can’t be right! Some are blatantly misleading and incorrect.

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Old Me - New Me?

Before we get to today's message I just wanted to point out a great article on Solomon Broad's Blog, Articles For Success. The post is For Success in Life and Business Surround Yourself with These Five People. Now back to our regular programming . . .

Beliefs: Discover Consequences of "Old-Me-Dragon" Beliefs
By Johan Horak

"It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse anything but the very best you will often get it." - W. Somerset Maugham

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." William Shakespeare

A story about the old-me dragon and the new-me.

Peter get's up in the morning with a spinning head. There's a fight between the old-me dragon and the new - me.

New-me: "I will from today become the person I deserve to be."

Old-me dragon: "I can't do this. I'll look stupid."

New-me: "If they can do it, so can I."

Old-me dragon: "No. I am to old to learn new skills."

New-me: "So what..I know it will not be easy.. I prefer to be the person I deserve to be."

Old-me dragon: "No. You'll waste your time. Your family will not support you."

New-me: "I'll never know until I give it a try."

Who will win?

The old-me Dragon plays the old "powerless and weakening" tape beliefs over and over. Old-me Dragon clutters up your ability to change your behaviors. And you need an escape from old-me beliefs.

"Man is what he believes." - Anton Chekov

If you agree with Anton then you can change.

The consequences of dragon - beliefs and habits.

1) Your dragon believes distort understanding of your power in the present.

It's human nature to follow the path of least resistance. No matter how great your ability, how large your genius, or how extensive your education, your achievement will never rise higher than your believes.

2) People who fail often stay focused on the pain instead of the gain.

Most people attempt change with a sense of dread and fear because they unconsciously believe the change will only be temporarily and all their efforts will be in vain.

3) "Only other special people have the ability top stop old habits."

You don't realize how you sabotage yourself by this attitude of self-deprecation or self-effacement.

Escape from these limiting old me dragon beliefs and habits.

1) Give yourself permission to believe in yourself - one of the greatest gifts you have.

2) To change your beliefs - envision the rewards you have to gain from creating a positive habit. You need a crystal clear picture. Write down at least three or more specific reason why you want to change a bad habit.

3) You can have the same feeling of mastery by eliminating a bad habit.

Mastering your new beliefs are not exclusive to special people - you are special. You can feel great about the way you eat and the energy your body is charge with. You can look great when you look down at your fingernails and see attractive, healthy nails. You can feel great about going out to eat with friends and after dinner not needing that cigarette.

4) Reprogram your mind and bust any bad habit. You need to take charge of the caliber of information you feed your mind. You need to create a new and more empowering program.

You literally create a new path of least resistance - a new tape recording to replace the old dragon beliefs and habits.

And your subconscious will immediately start to act on the newer and stronger program, as it becomes common thought in your mind.

"Be the master of mind rather than mastered by the mind." -- Zen Saying

Johan Horak, is the publisher of Habit Busting Secrets: "Learn how to break ANY habit -- in 21 days (or less) guaranteed!"

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. How you can "Improve Your Health" Automatically!
. How you can "Achieve Greater Success" Automatically!
. How you can "Lose Weight" Automatically!
. How you can "Lower your Cholesterol" Automatically!
. How you can "Reduce your Cancer risks" Automatically
and much, much more!

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The Accountability Factor

5 Simple Steps to Make 2006 the Best Year Ever!
By Fracka Future

So how was your 2005? Was it by far the best year of your life? I mean over the top, you can’t wait for more? If you are like most people, you probably answered no.

If you had the choice of spending the same 365 days and just surviving it or having the best year of your life, which would you choose? Of course you would choose the best year of your life! You know what you would prefer, you always get the same 365 days each year, so what is getting in the way and how do we get it out of there?

First, let’s start with the question, how did you do on your Top 3 goals in 2005? Most people don’t even have a top one goal, let alone a history of what they did on their top 3 goals. Well, let’s turn that around right now.

Step 1: (Spend only 30 seconds on this. REALLY!) Pick your number one goal in each of the following categories. Physical, Financial, and Relationship. STOP! Do it now. We are talking only 30 seconds and then write the goals down.

If you had achieved these 3 goals in 2005, do you think 2005 would have been your best year ever? If you answer is anything but YES, redo Step 1 with bigger goals.

We have done it. In only 30 seconds. Can you believe it? Finally, you are starting your new year off with actual targets that will make your 2006 the best year ever.

How much better do you feel knowing you now have clear targets to go after? It kind of takes the anxiety out and allows you to get down to business. You know what you want, now let’s get you there with Steps 2 through 5. Remember, you have only 4 and ½ minutes left.

Step 2: Turn your Top 3 Goals into your Top 3 one year goals. If you can not complete your Top 3 Goals in one year, reduce them down to where you can complete them in one year. Make sure you don’t reduce them down to the point where they don’t inspire you, but just enough to make them one year goals.

Step 3: Choose 3 people to hold you accountable to your top 3 Goals, one person for each goal. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. We jump from goal to goal never achieving any of them. Once you achieve one of your goals, the new ideas that you will start having will be 1000 times greater then the ideas you are having right now.

Just know that these goals you just wrote down ARE the ones that are truly important to you, because you were not given enough time to think about choosing them. They were already there.

Step 4: Get out a blank piece of paper. Choose one of the persons that will be holding you accountable. Write 'Dear . . .' at the top of the paper. Followed by. I, promise to consistently make progress on for the entire year of 2006 until it is achieved. I will give you monthly updates on my progress. Sign your name on the bottom. Do the same thing with your other 2 goals.

Step 5: Give those papers to the respective persons and post your goals in a location where you can review them daily. Update your new accountability buddies on your progress and look out 2006.

Congratulations on completing this exercise. I hope it took you 5 minutes or less. It is actually better the quicker you do it. It prevents all the second guessing that naturally takes place.

If you skipped over these exercises you will never understand their power. It’s like the difference between imagining you are standing at the edge of a cliff and actually standing at the edge of cliff.

Once you achieve any of your top 3 goals, you will be flooded by ideas that are 1000’s of times better than before you started on these goals. You can not imagine what you will have access to once you complete just one of these goals. Good luck on your best year ever!

Fracka Future, founder of Accountability Buddy, is dedicated to helping people achieve that which is most important to them. Accountability Buddy uses technology you already know to remind you, track your goals, and build a team of friends to help you achieve your goals. For a two-week free trial visit http://www.accountabilitybuddy.com/new_year.html.

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Goal Achievement At It's Best!

Have a look at the Goals-2-Go Blog where they have blogged about a goal setter extraordinaire. This guy wrote down a bunch of goals when he was younger and . . . well I'll let you see for yourself. Totally blew me away when I read about him! Here it is:

World's # 1 Goal Achiever, John Goddard

It would be appropriate here to have an article on writing down your goals, don't you think? When you read the following article, think about what John Goddard might have been thinking when he made his list of goals.

You Gotta Have Goals!
By Robert Crutchfield

I’ve always found it interesting that a ship cannot be steered unless it is moving at a certain minimum speed. Those who navigate everything from small to massive ships call this “steerage.” Steerage is the exact point at which choosing a ship’s direction becomes possible.

Of course a ships’ pilot also has charts, other publications, and a variety of tools to help him know in great detail where the ship should go. As people, goals are what give momentum and motion to our movements, goals are how we know where to go, how far we have been, and how far we have yet to travel.

Goals are the human equivalent of the navigators charts,and tools.

Where do we get our goals ? The best goals come from within ourselves. Goals that come from external sources are rarely truly motivating, or effective. Goals also require some thought. Developing good, life changing goals requires digging deep into what really means anything to you, and what you genuinely want to accomplish.

I want to spend the rest of this article, discussing some things you should look for, in goals that will have true power in changing your life.

GOALS SHOULD BE ATTAINABLE

By attainable, I mean goals have to be realistic. After all goals are a tool to use in achieving success, they are not meant to be pipe-dreams ! Improving your sales 500% in the next year for example would be an example of an unrealistic goal. On the other hand a 20% sales increase, may be very much within your grasp.

GOALS SHOULD BE SET HIGH

Look at our previous example. A one year sales increase of 20% could look pretty good if last year sales,were flat. The same 20% increase in sales would look pretty pathetic if last year, sales doubled. Only goals that are set high will drive you to success.

Whatever you are trying to accomplish your goals should be set toward the top of what is possible, not the bottom. At the same time don’t be too hard on yourself, if you don’t always make it all the way to your goal. In fact if you always easily make your goals, I guarantee you aren’t setting them high enough!

GOALS MUST BE MEASURABLE

“I want to sell more widgets.” or “ I want more free time this year.” are powerless goals. “I want to spend 8 more hours a week with my family.” is an example of a goal with life changing power. It is specific, identifiable, and measurable. You in fact will be able to know the exact moment this goal is reached. What a rush!

Try this, show your goals to a mentor, coach, or colleague. If they can’t tell you exactly what you want to accomplish without further explanation, revise your goals.

GOALS MUST BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL

Making more money won’t drive you to success, if what your really want is more time with your family. Goals that matter mean more to you than anybody else. They are tied directly to what you want, to what makes you happy. If you cannot get absolutely passionate about your goals, if they don’t have you jumping out of bed in the morning, they’re wrong.

Other people may be able to define your goals if you let them, but they will never be able to define your true happiness. Without what makes you truly happy, you can never be truly successful.

GOALS SHOULD HAVE VARYING TIME HORIZONS

Powerful life changing goal making involves short, mid, and long term goals. Different people have different ideas on the time frames involved, but here is how I look it.

Short term goals can be accomplished this month. Mid term goals can be won within a year. Long term goals are things like earning a college degree, that can take more than a year to attain. Its also important that at least some of your short, and mid term goals build on each other to reach your long term goals.

GOALS NEED TO BE VISIBLE

Making goals will not do any good if they get shoved in a drawer, or buried on your hard drive somewhere. Make a list of your goals, and put them somewhere you will see them at least daily. Better yet put each goal on a separate index card, and post them all over the place so you will constantly be reminded, of one goal or another.

All of us take in way to much of other people’s garbage everyday. Why not counter this “negative programing” with reminders of what it it that you want ? Want to do even better ? Get yourself an “accountability partner.” Somebody you trust , and share your goals with. The best accountability partner would be somebody with similar goals.

If your really lucky you can find a mentor who has gotten what or where you want. In fact this does not even have to be a single individual. A support group, or personal “board of directors,” would have an even more profound, powerful impact on your ability to reach your goals.

GOALS NEED TO BE REGULARLY REVIEWED

Circumstances change, goals get achieved, new opportunities crop up. Beyond all this we can’t loose sight of the fact that goals are intended to keep you focused, motivated, and moving forward on those things you use to define your personal success. Short term goals should be reviewed at least monthly. All others need a good going over every 60-90 days.

CONCLUSION

Its nearly impossible to get what you want, unless you know where you are, where you are going, and how to get there. That’s why everybody needs goals. Good, powerful goals are the roadmap to your success, no matter how you choose to define it.

Believe me, nothing creates more powerful more life changing goals than beginning with what you want the most. Search your heart and figure out what that is. Find out what it takes to get there. Develop high, specific, meaningful, goals you can be passionate about daily. Then all you have to do is, go get it tiger !

Robert A. Crutchfield is President of Kingdom Relationship Ministries. He works as both a minister and a life/success coach. He is a Brainbench Certified Trainer, and holds the Competent Leader designation from Toastmasters International.

His articles on a variety of subjects have been read in dozens of countries. For more information and a free personalized report to help with your goals, visit him at http://www.kingdomrelationships.org.

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"Imagine how your life would change if you could put it on AUTOPILOT and reach all of your goals automatically!"

Now you can with "The Power of Positive Habits," the new book that #1 NY Times best-selling authors Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, John Gray Ph.D. are all raving about!

Read this book and discover:
. How you can "Improve Your Health" Automatically!
. How you can "Achieve Greater Success" Automatically!
. How you can "Lose Weight" Automatically!
. How you can "Lower your Cholesterol" Automatically!
. How you can "Reduce your Cancer risks" Automatically
and much, much more!

Order this program now. Start plotting the auto pilot course to your dreams! 100% Money Back, Satisfaction Guaranteed As Usual

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Are you missing out? Want shortcuts to your goals?
Great Attitudes Create Great Results!
Al Smith is also the Editor and Publisher of
FREE Motivational and Goal Achievement Ezines.
Blast through Procrastination, Inaction, and Distraction
with Consistent Focused Action!
For success tools at your fingertips,
Subscribe Now to The Realgoalgetter Chronicle
at http://www.realgoalgetter.com/ezines/.
From The Realgoalgetter Group of Companies;
dedicated to helping you live a long, passionate, joyful life.
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Money Attitudes

How To Make Money
By Saleem Rana

Something that is never taught in all our years of education is how to make money. Yet this is a complex subject. Your life and well being depend on it.

The more you study of it, the more you will have of it. While it is not possible to talk in detail here about how to study money or the many ways that one can make money, it is possible to grasp the direction you need to take.

The starting point is to make a study of it. Then you have to practice what you have studied. It doesn’t matter where you begin your study—whether it is learning how to manage your money, or how to invest it, or how to create an enterprise that will begin to attract more money into your life.

Then you have to get rid of any money issues that you have — any subconscious blocks about it. If you don’t have enough money, there is some way that you are resisting having more and even repelling it. Since money is such an emotionally-charged subject, most people have huge resistance to getting more. While they claim to want it, they also hold contradictory and conflicting beliefs about money. You have to get clear that you want more money.

As in most things in life, you can’t get anywhere unless you take a position. You have to take a position in relationship to money. If you are trading stocks, you have to take a position—do you want to go long or short in a given market? If you hold a job, you have to take a position on it — do you want to rise in your company or look for another opportunity? If you are an entrepreneur, you have to take a position — what do I want to sell, to whom, and for how much?

The position is a point in space and time. The ideal space is here. The ideal time is now. In other words, you have to be fully present to your opportunity here and now. When you think of the past, you have to relate the events then to where you are now. When you think of the future, you have to relate the imagined events to where you are now.

Here and now, then, is your only point of power.

How do you get what you want? You have to do something. And in order to do something, you have to be something. This, then, creates what you have. If you do like a professional marketer, for example, then you will have the rewards of that profession. Similarly, if you do little or nothing, then you will have little or nothing.

Your action determines your results. And your actions spring from who you are as a person. You have what your actions bring you.

Who you are is actually a highly-intelligent and capable being, and if you come from that position of personal self-acceptance, then you will learn what to do, begin doing it, and start having more of what you want.

When you set your intention, you will perceive your vision in three-dimensions, and you will begin to act in ways that bring you more of what you want.

Do you see how simple it all is? Why then do people struggle with money? It is because they do not study and practice it; they do not have enough emotional clarity about money; they do not take a position in relationship to the marketplace; and, they do not believe that they are worthy, do not act, and, consequently, do not get what they want.

Saleem Rana is a psychotherapist in Denver, Colorado. Do you want to acquire the mindset and behavior of the rich, copy exactly what they are doing to achieve financial success, and stay wealthy all your life! You can find out more at http://theempoweredsoul.com/SelfImprovementBooks/wealth.html

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The Quitting Zone

The Quitting Zone
By Linda Anderson

Have you ever had a goal, worked really hard to achieve it, persevered through the ups and downs along the way, and then at some stage it all seems too hard and you doubt whether you will ever achieve the goal and so you give up?

This is "The Quitting Zone".

The funny thing about The Quitting Zone is that it almost always occurs just before you will succeed. The difficulty is that you cannot see that success is close ... hence why quitting seems like a great option at that point.

The Quitting Zone is a very common stage people go through when striving to achieve a challenging goal - so how do you pass through the Quitting Zone and get to the other side?

* Re-clarify - Take time out to remind yourself why you want to achieve the goal ... what will be the positive impact. How much do you want it?

* Don't fight it - If we accept that The Quitting Zone is a natural phase then there is no need to s