Getting Clear

Today I had a man standing behind me waiting to order in a cafe. He changed a note while he was there and told the lady exactly what amounts he wanted his change in, to the very last cent! I said to him that he was very thorough, and he replied 'You've gotta be clear on what you want'. And I was cheering inside when he said these words to me!

It is very true, we have to be clear on what it is we want, because if we aren't we will be sending out mixed messages and won't create what we truly want. Here are some hints & strategies I've implemented in business and life that have helped me build success:

1. Writing your desire down: Whether this is writing a list of the things you want, setting intentions for the day, or journaling a story to yourself about the success you want, all of these methods focus upon what you want in a direct way. Being able to uncover these specific details breaks down boundaries and gives attention to how this can be created.

2. Letting go of the past: I say this because I have found it is easy to let past failures and limitations still effect us in the present. But here is the secret... They are past experiences that hold no power over the moment unless we choose it! Even if you don't believe that what you want is possible right now, start focusing on it anyway. I dare you to try this for the next week and see the results unfold. Yes, I had been very good at this before as well, but after uncovering the power of this principle I had to rethink some concepts I'd been holding onto.

3. Setting yourself goals: Ok, I'll admit this one sounds boring... but is really important! Goals help track progress and, if set correctly, can fill in the rungs on the ladder in how to get to where we want to be.

4. Put yourself in a state of being: Let yourself experience the joy of what you want now. This can be in many forms such as visualising having what you want, going out and test driving the car, rewarding the evidence that comes indicating you're on the right track. Being ready to accept what you want into your life at every moment brings it closer to you quicker!

A final note from Anthony Robbins on focus "Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives".

The Frog Race

This story was passed onto me when I was breaking away, achieving in the sporting world. Now being in the personal development industry and providing to others success education I see how relevant this message is to all. May it bring you the same inspiration & wisdom!

The Frog Race

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a climbing competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.
A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants. The race began. No one in the crowd really believed the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.
Heard throughout the race were statements such as, “Oh, way too difficult”, “They will never make it to the top”, “Not a chance they will succeed”, and “The tower is too high”.
The tiny frogs began collapsing, one by one - except for those who, in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher. The crowd continued to yell, “It is too difficult! No one will make it”!
More tiny frogs got tired and gave up. But one continued to climb higher and higher. This one refused to give up!
At the end of the race, all had given up climbing the tower except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top!
All of the other tiny frogs wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it. They asked him how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal.
They were shocked to find out that the winning frog was deaf!

Remember to always trust your inner voice and be deaf to those around you who choose to see a smaller picture.

The Ripple Effect

Today I am asking you to stop and think about the influence you have on your world. We have all thought about how we have been effected by our environment before - the person driving in front of us too slow, a boss giving us a hard time, or a friend who brightens up the day. But rarely do we think about the influence we have. It's like a ripple, starting with us and radiating out into the world.

A friend told me a story once about someone whose life was not going well. He felt like he didn't have a friend in the world and had nothing left to live for because no one was ever nice to him. So on this particular day he had decided enough was enough and he was going to end his life. On the way to the cliff top that he was going to jump off, a complete stranger, smiled at the man and wished him a lovely day. That act stopped him from jumping and his life went on to turn around, he met the love of his life and had a family. He had said he wished he could tell that stranger the impact that their smile and kind words had on him that day.

You never know how much your influence may mean to someone.

So smile...it’s contagious!

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.

Constipation of the mind

At first procrastination and constipation may seem quite different and strange to discuss. But today I am asking you to take a closer look. Procrastination is the art of delaying action when the opportunity is there to do so. Before starting my business I suffered from this in my studies at University and I must say I really cheated myself. Instead of planning out what study I would do for the whole semester, I would do this in lots, then I would miss a few items of study, then I would need to add in extra hours, and in the end I was staying up till 3am to finish an assignment due in the morning.

Once I had started my business the layout was made in a similar fashion. I planned out week by week and wrote down tasks and action I needed to take each day. The strange thing was, I completed everything… and added in tasks along the way! This was a rewarding feeling I must say, but the main difference between my studies and my business was that I enjoyed doing my business. When studying it was if I had to force myself out of bed to get behind a text book, and now I am bursting at the seems with excitement throughout my day running my business.

When thinking about constipation, it is a blockage of the body systems. And what do we think procrastination is? To me the best way to put it is constipation of the mind… A blockage between oneself and the outcome residing in the mind! In my case, I did not enjoy my studies, lacked motivation, and did not take it upon myself to change this. Other blockages that come to mind common in society are belief in oneself, worthiness, belief in the universe providing it and like me, people simply don’t enjoy what they do, yet continue to do it anyway! So next time you find yourself on the couch, making excuses to not do something, stop, and ask yourself ‘Why am I avoiding this really?’ because constipation of the mind is the worst kind and might be the one thing you need to overcome to have the life of your dreams.

Courage to take the journey

A wise man once said "It is not the destination that counts, instead, it is the journey". There are many paths we can choose to take in life. These paths can lead us in the direction to what we desire, and others can lead us away. Sometimes the hardest path to walk is the one that gives us everything we dream of. It is easy to stray from this path in times of uncertainty and doubt... it's easy to listen to the naysayers, easy to fall down and stay there. It is even easier to justify these actions, to blame others for these experiences we face and lose direction of what is most sacred to us.

It takes true courage to persevere in these times, to hold onto the belief that you have within your heart, to stand up for what you believe in and to face these challenges with the knowing that this is part of the journey, and makes it worthwhile. Giving oneself the permission to take this journey is the first step to living it. I encourage you all to give yourself the permission to take you journey, unlock the courage inside you and do what is necessary to walk this path. Here are some things that have helped me along my journey.

1. Get clear on what you want: This not only helps you understand what you want and why, it helps establish a connection between yourself and your vision. By doing so, it will assist you in knowing the steps you will need to take to get closer to what you want.

2. Be the person you will need to be to have what it is you want: Many of us hold the belief that once we have what we want we will be a different person. The truth is we need to be a different person to have what we want. It comes down to the basic principle that if we want our external world to change, we first need to change our internal world (ourselves). For instance, in order to lose weight, one must change their lifestyle first, not the other way around. If we are unwilling to create change (or allow it into our life), then our results in life will stay the same.

3. Feel the feeling of having it now: Imagining ourselves surrounded in our vision has 2 main purposes. Firstly, it heightens our energy level to a place where we are able to manifest what we want. Lets face it, if a goal doesn't get you excited enough to get off the couch, you wont have the amount of power required to create it. Secondly, it changes our mindset to potentially see things we had not previously considered. A hidden way to take a step forward or move around an obstacle perhaps.

4. Put in place support systems: With success and change comes new challenges and obstacles to overcome. This is normal when creating new results and to assist you in times of doubt surround yourself with systems that enable you to keep moving forward. Surrounding yourself with like minded people who assist you along the way, keeping yourself reminded of why you want to achieve this particular result & continually recognizing the positive progress you have made so far are some ways of doing this.

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