Thursday, July 22, 2010

What are your Energetic Investments?


It's the smallest changes we make that have the biggest influence in our life. It's the changes that come from within that dramatically change our reality.

This is exactly how it happened for me, the smallest change I made within myself had a dramatic impact on how I'm able to create success now.

One day I was writing out my budget for the fortnight and started to fall into the trap of feeling like I was getting no where, I had all these 'expenses' and felt helpless in creating the results I desperately wanted. I thought back to all the concepts I'd learned since getting into personal development, and one stood out in my mind very clearly 'What you think about, you bring about' (from The Secret). In my life this was exactly right. I had been focusing my energy on 'expenses' and feeling lost... and guess what... that's all I was creating! From there I took it upon myself to create the life I had been dreaming of no matter what. Then I asked myself the question, where is my energy going? Clearly with money I was caught up in expense land and had not even considered money as an investment. So I changed the way I thought about using money from an expense to an investment. Thinking about things as an investment emphasizes the decision making process and that you get value from making this decision. I was choosing to invest money into things like food to sustain me and my education to grow as a person. Doing this changed the energy I placed on money into a positive and I'm now able to create more of this in my life as a result.

I didn't stop with money, I started to look at all areas of my life as an investment. Everything is energy. A thought, an action, a conversation, a dollar bill = ENERGY

Take the time to think about your investments. Grab a pen and write out:

What do you invest your time in?

What are your finances invested into?

What are your emotional investments?

What relationship investments have you made?

What investment have you made into your own happiness?

Now look over your answers and ask - What is my return on my investment? Does this bring me closer to what I want out of life?

By doing this you can start to recognize where you can turn around your whole life, just by changing the investment you had previously made to one that better serves you. For instance, start investing energy into being grateful for what you're happy about instead of investing energy into being resentful for what you're unsatisfied with.
This concept has made dramatic changes in my life and I hope it does the same for you.

4 comments:

  1. Oh so true Liana! If it were only money then due to inflation and overpriced commodities as a race we would be poorer!(lol) The energy of investment as you know is not money and we all posses vast riches of wealth waiting to be spent. If the true value of what has been given was recognized most would realize the depth of their personal wealth and have a richer life now, a more satisfied life. A lovely post, thank you. :) Cheers Andy.

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  2. Hey Andy, your very right indeed, if we all realised our worth and wealth, the world would be magical for everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Great post Liana. Many expend energy that could be best served elsewhere or not at all.
    Once you become aware of where you're putting your time in and to what purpose, it becomes second nature and you don't have to think about it again. Reprogramme the autopilot!

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  4. Very true Howard! Taking over the navigation for a while to get you to the destination you want to be. Thanks for sharing

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