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Dare to Dream!

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:30:40 +0000

If you’re feeling a bit jaded about your life, the advice of a 6 year old could change everything quickly. I listened to her and immediately got a motivational buzz. It happened when I had the good fortune of falling in behind her, her mother and her sister on way to junior school.

As they walked she asked how old her Mom’s friend was. Her mother replied ‘very old, 81’. The daughter continued ‘that’s not old. I’m going to be 900’. The mother responded that it not physically possible to live to 900. ‘Well’ said the daughter ‘I’ll die, ask God to make me alive again, and then I’ll come back.’ ‘Then you’ll be like an angel’ added the little one. ‘Yes’ said her sister ‘I’ll fly everywhere’. They both laughed spreading their angel arms in imaginary flight.

They weren’t the only ones doing some enchanted flying. The conversation got me soaring too. It brought a deep smile to my being but also reminded me of a fundamental principle of success and motivation – we need to dream – actively. Moreover we need to dream beyond the constraints of what we personally believe is possible.

George Bernard Shaw said ‘The reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adjusts the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’ Dreaming big dreams is the state of mind that nature intended for us. Being jaded is not.

Encouraging your imagination to soar in a positive way is the doorway to doing something worthwhile. It also has an instant physical benefit since the brain releases chemicals that induce states of well being. It’s about giving the nervous system a bath in happiness. Whether you get to turn your dreams into reality or not, simply entertaining them in your mind gives your body a shot of happiness power.

You might say to yourself ‘all this dreaming stuff is fine for others but not me’ or maybe you’re feeling a bit lazy to change your thinking – even a little afraid of challenging life in this way. This is not an unusual response. In my early adult life I significantly held back these feelings myself.

At the time I regularly took my clapped out old car to a chap called Mannie for repair. He was 40 and active and so I was stunned when he suddenly died of a heart attack. I remember standing in his reception area realising I had no guarantees how long I’d be around either. Suddenly I was imagining myself standing before the ‘guy in the sky’ accounting for MY life so far. I didn’t like what I saw.

I had been holding back from living fully. I’d let my choices be formed by what I thought others might say. I’d wasted precious opportunities by trying to keep everyone else happy. I’d given away my power too many times by saying yes when I really wanted to say no. Worst of all, I’d done my level best not to take scary risks.

But Mannie’s early death gave me a new perspective and I became 100% resolute that I would do whatever it took to live a life that I would be proud of – to say yes to my dreams, to live fully. My life changed that day and I never looked back. And yours can too.

Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela’s and Thomas Edison all have one thing in common. They achieved brilliant things because they dared to entertain brilliant dreams. They held fast to the notion that they could succeed irrespective. Their accomplishments are testimony to the power of dreaming, and whilst your name might not be destined for the hall of fame, take inspiration from Martin Luther King who said that ‘not everyone will be famous, but everyone can be great’.

So this week do your life a favour, invite your inner 5 year old to tea and ask him, or her, what great things he/she had in mind for you. Reconnect with your childhood dreams – your own business? A gorgeous partner? Making a difference? Live to 900? And as you do, consider that living to 900 could be as unthinkable now as walking on the moon was to our grandparents. Impossible? Not so!

Go on, dare to dream, dare be genuinely great.

By Cat Glennie

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Setting up shop – Day 3

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:12:28 +0000

Today we are going to SET UP SHOP! Getting yourself organised and ready for the journey is an exciting and important first step in the process.

I want to make sure:
1. You know what tools and downloads are going to come your way.
2. You have everything handy that you need for your challenge.
3. You create your work space the way you want it to be.

So, it’s time to make sure you have everything set up and ready for the next 90 days!

Let’s get you super-organised so you know exactly where all your documents are. It will make the process easy and efficient.

GETTING STARTED ON YOUR TOOLBOX
Here is what you will be receiving during your 90-Day Life Makeover program:

Life Makeover Manual

My Life Under Construction Workbook

30-Card Deck of downloadable Mind Makeover Cards

Pretty Powerful MIND MAKEOVER CARDS are designed to help you get your thoughts to become powerfully positive!

Develop trust & respect in yourself
Become a goal-getter
Attract desired people & experiences into your life
Love & appreciate yourself!

Each card will inspire and motivate you towards thinking purposefully and powerfully.

Start your day with a success strategy!

Make up your mind

Monthly Audio Downloads

Mind Massage Download – Relaxation time for Mind, Body and Soul
Mind Makeover Download – Dare to Dream
Turbo Charge Your Success Download – You Deserve It

The Pretty Powerful audios bring you easy-to-follow guided exercises that will help you relax, recharge & revitalize your MIND, BODY & SOUL.

Restore your energy
Calm your thoughts
Improve your concentration
Increase your motivation levels
Lift your mood
Get more accomplished with less effort
Allow your body to achieve optimal health and well-being
Stimulate your creativity
Improve your confidence
Start living a stress-free life

By spending just 20 minutes by yourself each day, relaxing – you can start to enjoy a balanced, happy, confident & stress-free life!

Create Your Day Cards

These cards will be used in your Create Your Day morning routine – sure to get you into action!

Nightly Reflection Cards

Nightly Reflections Cards allow you to ponder over a question posed and reflect on
the good night message – to be used in your Evening Routine.

Daily Coaching Emails

WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR JOURNEY

Although you will receive everything that you need as a download from us, you might want to stock up on a few extra tools to make your journey even more enjoyable.

We suggest the following:

CD player and earphones
Journal for reflective writing
Coloured pens
Scrap paper
Eye mask (for when you doing your relaxation exercises)
A little box called your Worry Box, in which we will store some notes
A diary or notepad to write down your TO DO LISTS
A notebook called your Gratitude Expressions booklet – to record what you are grateful for
A rock, keyring , or item that you can carry with you in the day (in your handbag) that will become your gratitude reminder
A candle to light when you go through your evening routine

CREATE YOUR WORK SPACE

My “PC WORK SPACE”

The one thing that a super-organised woman like you would like to avoid is creating a situation that will require a filing frenzy after a few weeks of receiving your Pretty Powerful manuals, workbooks and tools.

Your “MY SPACE”

Creating a space in your own home that is dedicated (even if it is only for a short while) to practicing your daily exercises and routines is a critical element to incorporate into your daily life.

To read more about the full program click here

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Success Strategies – How Keeping an Open Mind Can Help You Improve Your Life

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:27:19 +0000

Although not always thought of in terms of success strategies, keeping an open mind can make achieving your life goals much easier. Most people tend to look for a plethora of step-by-step techniques, instead of a general concept. However, this idea can be just as powerful as any other method for success. In fact, it allows you to consider, experience, and implement new techniques that you might have not otherwise tried. Therefore, it is an asset both on its own and as a supplement to any other strategies you may use. This welcoming attitude will help you in achieving your goals in the short-term, as well as throughout your entire life.

Once you figure out what areas of your life are not working as well as you would like and, therefore, have outlined what you wish to improve, you will undoubtedly start noticing synchronicities, or occurrences that seem like coincidences. This is because, when we have only a vague idea of what we want to improve, we have no real focus or means to do so. Therefore, when we decide on things we wish to achieve, it is much easier to see opportunities that can lead us to our goals. Whether they are job prospects, social opportunities, or even success strategies that we might have not otherwise have thought of, these synchronicities can only help us if we are open to considering them.

Keeping an open mind means at least considering everything that comes into our lives as a potential opportunity that can further our success. However, the problem that most people run into is that these opportunities often do not appear in the form that they are expecting. Sometimes, when we are too intently focused on the ultimate outcome, we can miss the variety of ways we have to get there. This narrows our chances of success because we are severely limiting our options. There are many success strategies that can present themselves and help us achieve our goals if only we give them a chance.

Some synchronicities might seem completely unrelated to your current goal. For instance, you may want to find a new job but meet someone out of the blue in an unrelated field. However, in time, you may realize that they have a friend who is hiring for the exact position you want. The same principle goes for success strategies that may come into your life. If you keep an open mind throughout your improvement process, you have a much better chance of achieving your desired outcome.

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