A life-long process for achieving a balanced and fulfilled life, accepting nothing less than the best. If taught at school,children would graduate with self-belief and reachable goals rather than a lack of life skills.
It is Monday morning which for many is greeted by groans of "yet another week at work". How about another approach?
Think about the opportunities you can create this week.
What one new thing can you learn or start this week?
What can you do differently this week to make your work more rewarding?
Can you introduce a new idea or skill to your employer to make you stand out?
Whose company do you enjoy in your work?
Be grateful for the knowledge and skills you have developed which give you work.
Show gratitude that you have work with so many people unemployed or too ill to work.
Are you going home to a warm bed and food on the table?
Be grateful if you have all your limbs and senses, even if you don't.
Be grateful that you are alive for one more day on this amazing planet.
However bad your life might seem, if you live in the Western developed world, you have the good fortune of being in the top 12.5 % of the world economically. There are millions who are much poorer than you and yet they find something to be happy about. It's Monday. Chance to start with a blank sheet of paper and create something special this week.
Antonia Harrison is a leading Hypnosis, NLP and Personal Development Coach helping clients to Freedom and Personal Change on Skype worldwide.
Self-explanatory. Writing down things to do on a list makes it easier to prioritize them because the overwhelm becomes clarity. From a list of tasks with deadlines you can choose which to do first and feel a sense of achievement when they are ticked off. Having some dreams in your head might feel good but they will need some action from you if they are going to become reality. A whole project might require a plan of steps. If you don't write down what you want to achieve it is more than likely that you will only complete the daily tasks because our brains can only cope with so much activity at a time. Whilst is satisfying to tick off mundane everyday tasks when complete, it is even more satisfying and rewarding to tick off goals when achieved. Preferably ahead of deadline. Antonia Harrison is a leading Hypnosis, NLP and Personal Development Coach helping clients to Freedom and Personal Change on worldwide.
I love this quote about challenge, taking ourselves out of the comfort zone:
“I have realized; it is
during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most.
That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is
like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe!
But it's
only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases
the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And
meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers
and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out
of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the
unknown. Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken,
that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly
I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a
smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in
me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower.
But I'm not going to
die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming
back.”―C. JoyBell C.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.” - Mark Twain
For those
of us fortunate enough to live in the most economically developed countries, there
really is no limit to what we can do but it is somehow easier to find reasons
(=excuses) for why we can't, why we didn't. We say we tried but couldn't.
"Do or Do Not. There is no Try." - Yoda
Every now
and then we produce a burst of activity and start to make progress towards our
life’s goals but then, life gets in the way.
The point is that if we don’t achieve what we want, we are hurting
ourselves, denying ourselves a life of “what can be” by accepting “what is”. Some truly tremendous achievers refuse to
even consider reasons why they can’t.
They look only for solutions and learn how to improve.
Listen to
Nick Vujicic, the man with No Arms No Legs No Worries:
Now tell me
again, what you “can’t” do?
I believe
Nick Vujicic is a tremendous inspiration to millions around the world with his
positive attitude, his “can-do” approach and his wonderful sense of
humour. He shows us how the impossible
becomes “I’m-possible”.
Everything
we do, or don’t do, has an impact on other people. Failing to provide financially for our
families has obvious consequences to lifestyle and what we can offer our
children. Sometimes what we could
develop is a skill, a gift we have, and if we don’t we deny others a piece of
our ability and unique flavour.
It is said
that everyone has a book inside them. E
L James wrote “Fifty Shades of Grey” as an e-book and just hoped that some
people would like to read it. It has
exploded into an international phenomenon and helped millions of women come out
of their sexuality shells.
The talks
over at TED (www.TED.com) bring new ideas in Technology Education
and Design.
These talks are available to view on the website and share with
others. Learn something new, be inspired and spread
the word.
We live in
a world of opportunity where a shared message can go viral and explode around
the world in minutes. It is up to us
whether we wish to be heard or just want to settle down in front of the TV and
put it off to another day.
What will
you do differently today to impact your tomorrow?
Antonia
Harrison is The Lifestyle Liberator offering Freedom to live without bad
habits, addictions or fears using powerful Hypnosis, NLP and Personal
Development over Skype anywhere in the world.
Visit www.AntoniaHarrison.com
