As we continue on our journey of personal growth and self improvement I would like today to talk about the importance of visualization, and in particular of visualizing victory.

Have you ever had that little voice inside your head saying:

“I’m not good enough?”

“I′m not okay”

“I need people′s approval or permission”

These are some examples of the negative recurring flaws that have been programmed into our minds.
We have allowed them to crawl into our minds and take up home there. Over the years they have grown and now it nearly feels normal to beat yourself up over and over again. We may not even be aware that we are replaying the same song over and over again and lessening our true magnificence.

Each and every one of us was born with a victory outlook. No one had told us at birth that we cannot do that, yet every day we allow that little voice inside our head to influence our capabilities.

Remember if we see ourselves as losers were just going to create a ‘lot more instances of self sabotage and even strife.

To shatter these negative influences I suggest that we visualize victory. Where does this visualization take place you may ask and I will tell you - your mind’s eye?

So let’s start - with what are your visions do you have any? Do you have a vision for yourself for your family or your finances, for your potential? What is holding you back from becoming the vision that you have?

So let’s start visualizing seeing your self richer, healthier, in better physical shape, stronger and happier. Remember conception comes before birth. So let’s begin by spending a minute or two every day seeing the best you, hearing people come graduating you on your achievements because you are ready for it NOW.

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When you have made the decision to take on the life change of personal growth and set your first group of goals actually getting started - taking action - can often be the most difficult step. We all know how easy it is to do it all in our head where we can to dream and plan without really having to actually do anything. A lot of people grind to a halt here spin their wheels and avoid taking action. Planning and dreaming could make you think that you’re doing something about your goals, but if you never really take action like taking a step forward like stepping up to the plate then you’ll never achieve them. To see measurable progress, you have to push yourself out of your comfort zones and take action.

When your motivation and courage combine and you start to move ahead what generally happens? You recognize it’s WAY harder than you guessed it would be, right? It feels like you’re trying to sprint uphill. You keep stumbling across hurdles and humbling circumstance, facing setbacks and delays, grappling with fear and anxiety, and brawling in the daily battle to stay focused and motivated.

This is the time most normal people would throw in the towel. They say to themselves that “it isn’t meant to be” right now, so they set their goals dreams aside and promise themselves that they try again later. Or sorrier, they reconcile themselves to live a life of meritocracy because they don’t believe they have what it takes to succeed. They’ve “failed,” so they’re not going to try any more.

Have you done this? Most people I know have!

Still, this does not have to be the ending of your life movie. You can pick up your dreams, dust them off and try again. But this time you should know about a little something called the Momentum Factor.

Here’s the thing, the difficult stage I just described is what happens at the beginning when you’re trying to gain momentum. Most people quit during this phase because they think it’s ALWAYS going to be this hard. What they don’t realize is that every effort they put toward the achievement of their goals will build on the previous efforts. With every step forward the way gets easier and easier. Eventually, they’ve put so much energy and effort into the way that momentum begins to take over. All of a sudden they recognize that they don’t have to push so hard to keep moving forward. It actually becomes fun . . . even easy to achieve their goal.

You too can have this! All you have to do is keep moving forward. Keep working toward your dreams and never ever quit. Momentum WILL take over eventually!

If you want to get momentum working even more quickly for you there are a few ways to do it, but they can be summed up in one sentence:

Be willing to work harder, faster and take bigger risks than you have in the past.

The reason how come momentum may be held up some of the times is because a lot of people take really tentative steps towards their goals. It’s that they are afraid to genuinely give it their all, so they curb much of the energy and power that they could be devoting toward their goal. Even if they’re not aware of it, they may feel more comfortable working at a slower pace, so they avoid taking big risks and instead take baby steps.

There’s not a thing wrong with this approach if it suits you! However, if you want to make faster progress and build momentum quickly, think about taking bigger steps and giving your full energy and focus toward making it happen. By doing so, you’ll push through the difficult beginning and find yourself coasting before you know it.

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Have you been hurt?

Have you been emotionally wounded?

Have you lost a sense of trust?

Are you one of those people who haven’t found what they truly need yet?

Everyone, you, me, is influenced by our past.

We all have been.

Both the stuff we consider good and the stuff we think is crap.

We know this.

I believe that a lot of people are carrying this mental weight this fear and pain of a past relationship or past wound with them to the present day.

This mental baggage has colored WHO they can be today.

It has exhausted their power and their energy today.

This is limiting their true greatness and constraining their natural gifts.

Maybe you’re bringing a past pain from your parents to today.

Maybe you’re bringing past pain from an old relationship.

Maybe you were hurt by a friend and now you have trouble trusting others.

When we carry our past wounds to today, WE are the person who gets hurt, NOT the person who we thought hurt us.

We become disempowered and lose the moment.

If you’re reading this right now, you can use this very moment to change YOUR life.

You will be able to tap into the POWER OF FORGIVENESS.

You can make a decision, right now, to drop 10-20 pounds or more of mental weight.

Mental baggage.

Forgive your Mom. Forgive your Dad. Forgive your brother. Forgive your sister.

Forgive your friend or whoever you thought hurt you.

Most importantly stop hurting yourself. You have lots of folks waiting for your gifts.
They need you to drop the past wounds and focus on developing your talents.

Yes, it isn’t always easy. Though, we should LOVE OURSELVES enough to let go and go forward.

Most people would be surprised if they truly saw how much ‘old stuff’ they were holding onto.

“The unexamined life isn’t worth living.” was said by Socrates

What can you let go of?

How can you step into your God given gifts, talents, and power?

Personally, I think the world desperately needs men and women of STRENGTH.

Strong, courageous, and fearless people who are ready to unleash their greatness.

How about tapping into the power of forgiveness today. Give it a try.

There are new levels of power, education, and profit that want to enter your life right now. First though you need to clean up a bit and so make ‘mental’ room for it.

I believe in you. You and I know your best days are ahead of you.

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I have recently finished reading a birthday gift that I was given it is called “Bonds That Make Us Free” by Terry Warner. I enjoyed the book even though at times it was a bit too repetitive for my liking. Hey who is perfect! I’m the first to put my hand up to say that I’m a work in progress model - and there is a lot of room for personal growth. This book reminded me of concept that you are currently in the “Best of All Possible Situations.” While the saying goes that the other farmers grass is greener is always greener I think we must look for the balance and be grateful for all that we have.

I believe that the concept of appreciating where we are now can be retraced to Søren Kierkegaard’s parable of The Two Artists:

” Suppose there were two artists, and the one said, “I have traveled much and seen much in the world, but I have sought in vain to find a man worth painting. I have found no face with such perfection of beauty that I could make up my mind to paint it. In every face I have seen one or another little fault. Therefore I seek in vain.”

On the other hand, the second one said, “Well, I do not pretend to be a real artist; neither have I traveled in foreign lands. But remaining in the little circle of men who are closest to me, I have not found a face so insignificant or so full of faults that I still could not discern in it a more beautiful side and discover something glorious. Therefore I am happy in the art I practice. It satisfies me without my making any claim to being an artist.”

…the second of the two was the artist.

Touching on our forgiving the offenses we sometimes take from friends, family, and co-workers, the book’s author Terry Warner puts it this way:

“Unless we change in our hearts toward the people we struggle with here and now, we are condemned to struggle with whomever we may find ourselves associating with.
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It doesn’t say that our situation could not be better. Many of us have serious needs, like too little to eat or broken health; even those of us who are fairly comfortable could benefit from positive changes in our circumstances. What the principle says is, in matters that affect our happiness, we are in the best of all possible situations.
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We cannot be liberated from our burdensome feelings toward certain people unless we forgive these very people; without this, we leave unfinished the task by which we ourselves can be transformed. For wherever we go, we will remain accusing, self-excusing individuals who, fantasizing, think a change of circumstance will make a fundamental difference. Instead of leaving our problems behind, we will take them with us.

When happiness is the issue, the best possible situation for us is the one we’re in now, and the people around us are the best we could be with.”

The journey of personal growth and development is like riding a rollercoaster one minute way up high and then the thrill and excitement of shooting down to raise againSo lets pause and be grateful for all that we are and have.

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Many Prophets of Doom don’t like the Law of Attraction
During my studies of personal growth and self improvement I had come into contact with certain people who seem to have made it their mission to dispute and dispel the Law of Attraction. Here is why I think that they’re wrong.

What is the Law of Attraction?

To start with I asked myself what is it that I believe the law of attraction states - simply - that you get what you think about. Others say it in a different way - like attracts like. The basic assumption behind the law of attraction is that it is indifferent and neutral and doesn’t get emotional like people. And whether you’re consciously aware or not of thinking negative or positive thoughts, the law of attraction will give you what you think about.

Here’s why I believe the Prophets of Doom don’t like the law of attraction

Those who disagree with the law of attraction say that it is blasphemous to agree with a construct that states you can virtually attract what you want by using your mental powers. There are claims that it goes against every biblical principal set out in the Bible.
Well I think they’re wrong but I’m not a biblical scholar.

Because we all have the power inside ourselves to either own either a positive or negative mindset. And with either of these, your mind-set dominates what direction your life will take. Take for example, when something that appears to be bad happens, a person who looks on the event or situation as a positive has a greater tendency to see it as a learning experience. Yet someone with a negative attitude will become pessimistic and wild and take out their problems on everything and everyone around them.

What do you think?

Do you believe you can attract good things with your positive thoughts? Or do you believe it’s all a myth and a crock and there’s no validity to the law of attraction?

You are what you think…

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Part of my journey in personal growth, development and self help
has required me to spend time looking inside me and being honest
with the most important person in my life - ME.

For years I have shone at and been outstanding in
taking actions and having thoughts that
COULD NEVER have brought about positive results
and personal growth.

Years yes many years.

As you read this I bet if I said to you that I’m probably not
the only one who has every done this you could think of a few
people that you know that might also in the same group.
Perhaps even yourself!

I’m sure of that.

Today so many people have become experts at
repeating over and over again lame, limiting beliefs and
destructive, negative based thinking.

It’s like a record that plays over and over again - one where
the needle is stuck in the same groove.

The results are always the same. Not the success that was expected.

So let me share one simple idea with you today.

***Go Back to Step Forward

“I really lack self approval.” <=== Trace that belief back,
where did it come from?

“I don’t have much self respect.”<===Trace that belief back,
where did it come from?

“I need to be perfect before I start my business, all the
ducks must be lined up and the traffic signals go.”
<===Trace that belief back, where did it come from?

When we feel these limiting beliefs begining to arise in us,
if we can just relax, be patient for a second, and trace back this
thought/belief and see where it came from, it might surprise
us.

You, me, all of us have picked up and stored mental garbage over
the years.

Now is the time for change.
We have to let go of this mental garbage and replace it
instead with thoughts and beliefs of POWER and WINNING.

The key is self awareness.

Having the courage to dig deep inside of you and see where
all this mental garbage came from.

Hit the delete key on the garbage and replace it with mental
treasures.

One of the best ways to start feeling better about yourself,
to start seeing your self respect rise, is to start
Getting small, tiny victories in your life.

You see, procrastination destroys self respect and self
confidence.

Disorder in your home/office destroys self respect and self
confidence.

Take tiny, tiny, tiny actions, consistently, and watch the
good in you soar.

Let small victories start helping YOU start believing more in
yourself. You are worth it.

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Growing up do you remember hearing, “You are what you eat.” Meaning, a healthy diet and lifestyle makes you a healthier person. But were you ever told, “Think and Grow”- You ?

An optimistic, will naturally see the best in every situation. A pessimistic will find it difficult to see anything good come from a tough situation. So what side of the coin are you?. What is your dominant personality or are you just a fence sitter who believes that they are realists but in truth all they are doing is catching splinters in their backsides from turning from one view to the other.

FIND THE GOOD

Sometimes it’s hard to find something, anything good or positive in a bad situation. We’ve all been there, when it seemed like things couldn’t get much worse than they already were. And yet, just when you think you’re about to see the light of day again, something else bad happens that light that you saw at the end of the dark tunnel turns out to be an express freight train coming straight at you.
What do you do when you beliefs and hopes are tested by “life”? How can you keep holding on to hope and the trust that something good can come out of something bad?
First, you must find something good. No matter how bad things get, there is always someone who is much worse off than you. Start by looking deliberately for the little things that are positive in your life. Concentrate on those only.

SHAKE IT OFF

When something bad happens, are you the type of person that tends to take the weight of the world on your shoulders and bottle it up inside? The more you do this, the greater your risk is of health issues and/or bodily and emotional harm.
You have to decide to shake it off and keep moving forward just one step ait a time . Because if you don’t, if you choose to hold all that negative energy inside yourself, it will build up until you literally explode. Find a way to release the negative thoughts and feelings and make room for the positive ones.

Remember…you are what you think. If you think negative thoughts, you’ll attract more negative energy. If you maintain a positive mindset, you’ll be more likely to attract positivity.

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In personal development communication is an important skill.

We need to be able to express our wants, desires, needs and feelings to others so that we can help others and get help from others.

There are different forms of communication such as

* Visual
Including the sights we see or the way someone looks at us;

* Auditory
Including sounds, the words we hear and the way that people say those words to us (unless you specifically want variety in form);

* Kinesthetic
Or external feelings which include the touch of someone or something, the pressure, and texture

* Olfactory
Which is smell; and

* Gustatory
Which is taste.

Amongst these is the written word and here spelling play an important part of our communications.

Here is an example of how important - enjoy

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Once you build up a negative attitude it is unbelievably difficult to change it. Negative attitude is the most gluey of things. Often, many people who get trapped only succeed in becoming more and more negative with time.

This trap, a negative attitude trap, is frightening. It’s a horrible monster that can, at the very least, be annoying.

So how do you avoid falling into its trap?

Number 1, stay optimistic. Even when you don’t feel hopeful, there is always hope in every situation haven’t you heard that every dark cloud hides a silver lining? Find whatever bit of positiveness that you can and hang on to it for dear life. Know that nothing is impossible and look for the best in every situation.

Next, don’t jump to conclusions. Drawing conclusions or making uninformed snap decisions can really cause you to become negative and pessimistic. Wait and gather all the information before you decide to make a decision. Listen with your heart not your head.

Finally, practice being positive. Possessing a positive attitude does not come overnight. If you work hard at it each day though, you can win and achieve a better, more shining attitude over time.
The negative attitude trap is a horrible place to be in. Be cautious. If you feel yourself being overly pessimistic and rarely seeing the sunshine for the clouds, perhaps it’s time to add a little goodness to your life. The best way I believe in adding goodness to your life is to do something for someone else especially when they don’t expect it for example pay the toll for the car coming behind you at the toll booth make someone’s day special. The more you give the more you get.

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Are you interested to improve your everyday living and to achieve personal success? To improve living you must firstly have the ability to take control. Our life is personal, and different, to each and every one of us. The way we make choices adds to our personality. In life we have our inner coaches, counselors, etc that help us to achieve in life. We also have helpful experts in the world who will take the time to help those who don’t have the motivation or are finding it difficult to start their journey of personal growth and self development.

When you′ve got ability you feel joyful. A joyful person will look at each incident, experience etc in life as something they can learn from. When it hits the fan this person will not allow the bad or negative to weigh him or her down. They will take the bad, see new light and continue learning from his or her mistakes. There is a world of difference between failing and being a failure.

We hear bad news each and every day. Like the US is battling hard with the economic free fall as well as other countries. This is out of our control. Therefore, we should look at this in a new light. For instance, you can say “I do not have control over the world, yet I have control over my actions.” Once you see that you can only change you, you will live happier, with less stress and free of chaos.

If you want to live happier, you will need to build your energy. To build energy you will need to eat proper, exercise and take good care of YOU. You will need to associate with positive people and learn to help others as well as yourself. The more effort you put into helping others, the more you will get back from your efforts.

Next, you want to consider your health. Exercise, eating right and avoiding harmful chemicals and substances are a start to improving your health.

Once you get your health in check, you can move to build self-awareness. Self-awareness is the process of evaluating yourself. When you can sit back and look at you, you have self-awareness. What can I do to change bad habits? How do my bad habits help me?

Remember, to laugh as you evaluate yourself this keeps you from going insane.

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