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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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Tips for Being Happy

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:14:33 +0000

To experience happiness we need to feel powerful. Psychologists say that perceptions of power and control, the belief that you can make the changes you desire are critical to mental health and success. In fact depression is an expression of powerlessness.

Expressing your power is an act of peace.Unfortunately most people never give much thought about personal power when considering how happy they are in their world.

Instead many mistakenly (and subliminally) believe that acting powerful is about overpowering people.

But genuine personal power is a sacred moment in which we allow ourselves to stand in the centre of who we are – allowing this place to inform our behaviour in the moment.

And when we stand in this centre, we say YES to ourselves, YES to life and YES to joy.

In our childhood we learn powerlessness.
As adults we need to reclaim it & retrain it.

When we are small children our parents and society teach us to limit our thoughts and energies so as to abide by a set of social rules. They do this to make the collective ‘safe’, but in truth this is a place of sacrifice. We are trained to block our power, shrinking so as not to make others feel insecure or out of their comfort zones.

This is how the Course in Miracles frames it:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

Since happiness is the pursuit of all, and powerless is a road we all walk on – how can we go about changing powerlessness to powerful?

Here’s a tip for helping you raise your levels of personal power.
1. For two days fill in an hourly chart, rating your feelings of personal power out of 10.
2. Note what events trigger an increase or decrease in your sense of power.
3. If you have a decrease, tap your finger lightly on your throat and say ‘I am willing to release the pattern that has created this condition’.

This simple process will go to work on the unconscious patterns deep in your being. The more you take these three steps the greater the effect.

By taking these simple actions you will be taking a step towards being a happier more successful you – a version of you that is able to stand in your centre and say YES to being yourself.

There is a part of every living thing that wants to become itself, the tadpole into the frog, the chrysalis into the butterfly, a damaged human being into a whole one. Ellen Bass

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

To get started immediately at $35 per month click below to start receiving you comprehensive daily coaching emails and all the associated tools. Please note that you can opt out at any time.

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Success Strategies – Using the Law of Attraction to reach your goals

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:46:58 +0000

While there are many success strategies that have proven to be very promising, finding ones that work for you is most important. What works for one person might not work for another. We all have different sets of circumstances and goals. Some of us are single and wish to focus primarily on bettering our careers, while others have a family and want to achieve more of a balance in their lives. Because of this, there can never be a one-size-fits-all approach to success – as achievement means different things to different people.

In order to sort through the myriad of tips, tools, techniques, and success strategies for leading a better, more fulfilling life, we can use the law of attraction to intuitively draw ourselves to those methods that will work best for us.

Simply put, the law of attraction states that whatever we choose to focus on expands. So by focusing on what you do want in your life – you get more of that. By focusing on what you don’t have – you get to be right and have more of that in your life. The law of attraction can be employed by anyone of us: worriers, pessimists, and optimists alike. The problem is that many of us are focusing on the hope that things will get better, or we unconsciously focus on what is wrong in our lives. This only leads to further struggle as we are funneling our energy into attracting negativity into our lives!

On the other hand, if we choose to fully experience successful outcomes for the various success strategies we employ, and we focus on our goals, setting targets, and taking action steps – we will be much more likely to be drawn to success strategies that will prove most helpful.

Instead of wasting time on success strategies that will not bring us the most benefit, the law of attraction (by focusing on positives outcomes) can bring us right to the ones that will. It may seem like just a new-age term for a simple attitude adjustment, but it is actually a very powerful technique, used by many people throughout the world. Business executives and stay-at-home parents alike can all use this method to create the life they have always imagined. It’s simple – focus on productive, energizing and positive thoughts about you and your life – and the law of attraction will help make this a reality for you.

You can use the law of attraction for whatever area of your life you want to improve. It does not cost anything and, in fact, will help you become more efficient at achieving your goals. As women, we are innately intuitive beings. As the law of attraction is practice of intuition, this will help to expedite your results even more, making this one of the most effective success strategies for improving your life.

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Success Strategies – Taking Small Steps to Realise the Life of Your Dreams

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:02:52 +0000

Many times, people think that achieving the life of your dreams requires lots of effort and big sacrifices as there are many success strategies promoting such ideas. However, this way of thinking might actually prevent you from achieving your aspirations. Instead of planning for a major overhaul of your entire life, it is much more effective to simply make sure you take one action step in your desired direction every day. No matter how small it may seem, it will keep you in the right frame of mind to continue pursuing your dreams. Much like the mindset needed to run a marathon, rather than a sprint, sometimes a slightly slower pace or a small change can mean the difference between finishing strong and losing steam halfway into the race.

In terms of success strategies, focusing on simply putting one foot in front of the other can, at first, seem far too easy. Therefore, it is helpful to remind yourself of what you are striving towards, but not be controlled by it. Living and breathing your heart’s desire is the quickest way to make sure you do not achieve it. It seems paradoxical, but think about the areas of your life that have been crippled by biting off more than you can chew.

Unfortunately, as women, we are subject to these pitfalls even more so than men. Especially in this day and age, we are all told that we can, and should want to, have it all. However, this immense pressure tends to do more harm than good. The no pain no gain mentality is simply not effective when it comes to your success strategies. If you think about any major accomplishment, it was most likely achieved by a series of small, seemingly insignificant occurrences. A good example of this idea of compounding is a small leak from a faucet. These small drips are barely noticeable at first but, eventually, they build up enough to fill an entire bucket.

This makes it clear that even the most minor changes will have a major impact. Also, this allows us to forgive ourselves if life gets in the way or if we are just not feeling particularly motivated one day. Rather than forgoing any action altogether, taking a tiny step towards our goals will allow us to take a breather, while not needing to feel guilty about it. Without the guilt that so many women are ridden with, we can stay positive about achieving our goals, making this one of the more effective success strategies.
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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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The Secret of Success You May Not Even Think About

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:53:30 +0000

Unfortunately, knowing the secrets of success is not something that we’re born with or that we can take a magic supplement for. As much as all of us would like to think that we can go to a super market and pick up a bottle of accomplishment pills, the truth is that we are where we are in life. That won’t change easily. That isn’t to say that you cannot be in control of your own success. Sometimes knowing the secrets of success means knowing that there are some things that you can’t control at all. This acceptance of not being in control is a secret of success that most people don’t even know about and even fewer actually abide by.

Most of us live with the need to always be in control, and we think that the secret of success is somewhere in that control. That’s just human nature. Well, we all need to take a little advice from Forrest Gump. Life really is like a box of chocolates and you don’t ever know what is going to come up next. You can’t ever discover your own secrets of success if you spend your time trying to control every detail of your life. Stuff happens. That’s not your fault and it certainly isn’t your problem. Know that the only way you can truly learn the secrets of success is by only understanding what you can be responsible for changing.

After you realize that one secret of success is knowing what you can’t control, you have to start figuring out what you can control. Doing a little self analysis is part of the secrets to success anyways, so having to sort through these matters shouldn’t be difficult. Anything that affects the actual way you live your life will most likely be in your control. Your personality, your life habits, and your reactions – those are all things that you have power over. Managing those properly is one of the secrets of success that you will need to master most in life.

Secrets of success can be controlled, but they can’t affect every part of your life. Sometimes you will simply have to sit back and watch something go wrong. Accept that and move on. If you lift your spirits, you’ll be able to fulfill the secret of success much sooner than when you live with a pessimistic attitude. Don’t get frustrated and don’t get discouraged. In time, patience and acceptance will prove to be two of the greatest secrets to success for you.

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Finding Secrets of Success for the Working Woman

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:07:09 +0000

In the present world, everyone seems to be running around with something to do at all times. Women have moved from being quiet housewives to being workaholics, taking the business world by storm. If you are one of these corporate hot-shots, then chances are you have no time to figure out the secret of success. You probably had a hard enough job finding time for toast this morning, right? Well, finding the secrets to success does require some attention on your part, but we’ve thought of a few that you may be able to reference quickly and get back to your real job. Here are some secrets of success made just for the working woman.

Success comes in two parts for working women – success with themselves and success in their jobs. Let’s tackle the inner parts first. If you really want to find the secret of success for your personal life, you have to realize that taking time for just yourself is not a bad thing in any way. In fact, to find the secrets of success that are custom fit for your life, you have to take a look at yourself away from the work force. Your position and your personality are two completely different aspects of you as a whole. You must look at them on an individual basis. That is one of the best secrets to success you’ll ever find.

Another one of the secrets of success involves you taking a close look at how much you are helping others. Rather than just looking at yourself (although you must still do that to an extent), you also have to look at how your life impacts other people if you ever want to find the secrets to success. If people don’t like you, they are definitely not going to want to be around you which could send your self worth spiraling down. Being a good person is a secret of success that is obvious, but it is extremely necessary to mention.

Finally, secrets to success in the work field are entirely based on where you work. Having passion is one secret of success that remains true across the board though, so be sure to have a drive for what you’re doing. Also be willing to take risks as they can often lead to great rewards. Be unique in your office, so much that people have to take notice of you and respect what you’ve accomplished. Getting noticed is a secret to success because it allows you to develop both the confidence and reputation you need for prosperity.

So remember that the secret of success for you, as a working woman, lies in your ability to separate yourself from your work and to allow yourself time for yourself. Only then do you need to implement the secret of success in the workplace – that is, to make sure you are liked which makes you influential, and remember to take occasional risks – high risk can equal big rewards! Take yourself to the next level – personally and professionally! You can have the edge – that is your secret of success!

For more information on how to implement the secrets of success follow this link.

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Knowing What to Focus on Is the Secret of Success

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:04:27 +0000

Success is a powerful word that has definitely made an impact on the way we think. Success is something that we all admire in others and strive for in ourselves, yet very few of us know the secrets to success that actually work. The truth is that the biggest secrets to success involve knowing how to look at your life in the right way and to do goals setting in alignment with your dreams and aspirations. With the proper focus set, you can find more accomplishments in your life than you ever thought possible. Let’s take a look at these secrets for success so that you may see some triumph in your own life. Follow this link for more information on how to get a 90-day life makeover program with daily support to realise your goals setting.

Believe it or not, the very first of the secrets to success actually involves you focusing on the bad in your life. Just focus on the bad long enough to say, “This is why I messed up” and move on. Most people will either skip this look entirely or they will stay on it for too long, and then they end up feeling really depressed about their lives. Depression is not one of the secrets for success. Do yourself a favor and take a quick five minutes to run through your mistakes. Reflect and take note of what happened and why it happened and then go to the next secret of success.

As implied earlier, one of the secrets to success is actually to focus on the positive parts of your life. This should last for a very long time. The longer you stay proud of what you’ve accomplished in your life, the more the accomplishments will start to come in. This positive outlook is one of the secrets for success because it allows you to examine all that you have to offer the world, thereby making you want to offer even more to it. Learning to love yourself a little is a secret of success that cannot be overlooked.

The next secret of success involves focusing on the positive side of any bad situation you get into. Rather than sulking on what happened, try feeling sorry for whatever person hurt you. This sympathy can actually leave you feeling powerful, and power is another one of the secrets to success. Indeed, if you put yourself in such a high position that being hurt no longer affects you, you’ll be on your way to triumph in no time. Find your secret of success and apply it religiously in your life until you actually see the success you’re striving for.

And finally, when you start with your goals setting process, which will form the foundation for your success strategies to reach your ultimate dream destination – make sure that you add in actions that are 20% out of your comfort zone. You need to extend yourself a little in order to move forward. If you do the same thing in the same way, you cannot expect a different result. So plan new actions that stretch you out of the ordinary, employ new ways of getting things done that make you build up a sweat, because trust me, only then will you start to see real change in your life. 20% out of your comfort zone is a key secret of success to developing effective success strategies that will help you reach your goals!

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