Category: Action

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Plan So You Don’t Use Up Your Luck

Posted on January 8, 2022

Not planning is easier in the moment. You have more fun time, free time, or stress free time. But, sometimes things then happen that you would have foreseen with a plan. So now you hope and pray you get a little unexpected intervention or luck.

That’s one way to live your life. It’s a little more dramatic, exciting and stressful. And if you enjoy stress and uncertainty, maybe that’s the way to go.

However, if calm, relaxed and controlled is what you would like more of, then get planning. It will force you to THINK about the whole picture a bit more. Then you can assess what you will need to OVERCOME and how you might be able to do that.

Then take these thoughts and quickly WRITE them out. Writing brings clarity to your thoughts and allows you to REVIEW your thoughts in note format. Then you can challenge what you wrote and even confirm certain assumptions or guesses.

Now you have the ingredients for a PLAN. Take those written notes from your initials thoughts and challenges to overcome and organise them a little better on a new page. Chronological order is good. Timeframes, cashflows and the effort required will become much clearer.

You will now need less luck and divine intervention. There will be less stress because you have a roadmap. You know where you’ll eat, get petrol and arrive. You can enjoy the journey much more rather than feel anxious throughout.

Then you can use your good luck when you really need it. Not simply because you didn’t want to put the effort into a plan.

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CategoriesActionHealth & FitnessProgressReframe your thoughtsWeightWeight loss

Start But Don’t Stick?

Posted on January 7, 2022

Goals were written and you started off great! But then the wheels came off. Your great new habits have been slowly becoming one-offs rather than habitual. With that, your confidence has taken a hit and old habits are creeping back in.

What happened?!?!

  • Did you write your goals down?
  • Were they specific?
  • Did you put the process element in your diary?
  • Did you set up your environment to win?
  • Did you review your goals 1, 2, or even 6 times per DAY?
  • Have you been reviewing and tracking HOURLY or DAILY?
  • Do your goals align with your values?
  • Have you adjusted your self-perception?

This last one tends to catch a lot of people out. If you’ve spent a long time saying you’re not sporty, it can be pretty hard to stick with walking, running or more engaging activities and sports.

Years of saying ‘I’m not a reader’ or ‘I don’t read’, will make it difficult to read a book per month.

You will likely benefit from adopting a mantra that reflects the new you that you are becoming. Mantra’s like, ‘I am a runner’, ‘I am fit, active and healthy’, or ‘I am a reader’ and ‘I am a well read person’.

If you’re good at starting new initiatives, habits and activities, that’s great! For many, that is the hardest part. You just need to become the outcome. Become a completer/finisher. State with strong intent, ‘I am disciplined and results driven.’ Fall in love with the process. And then, like a miracle, you’ll become who you decided to be.

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CategoriesActionReframe your thoughtsTime

Doing More v Doing Differently

Posted on January 6, 2022

You may not have spare time to do more. But you could change what you are currently doing with some of your time.

What would you be willing to stop doing for 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes each day? What would you sacrifice so you could use that time to work towards a goal you would like to achieve?

It doesn’t take long to start learning, doing and succeeding. Your efforts will compound each time and you will see the benefits if you look for them.

What will you give up to become the person you would like to be? You don’t have to do more. Simply do differently.

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CategoriesActionFinancialHealth & FitnessProgressReframe your thoughts

The 7 Simple Steps

Posted on January 4, 2022

The 7 Simple Steps to Shift from Uncomfortable to Unstoppable are:

  1. Think
  2. Overcome
  3. Write
  4. Plan
  5. Act
  6. Review
  7. Celebrate

These are the 7 Simple Steps. Use these and you will be able to Achieve Anything.

If you would like to know more, I go deeper into each step in my new book – Achieve Anything. This is now available for pre-order on Amazon and most other international online retailers. The launch date is the 23rd January.

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CategoriesActionGratitudeThink About It

Approaching A Milestone

Posted on January 3, 2022

Milestones can be very exciting markers. Approaching a milestone, hitting one or even looking back on one can be quite exhilarating. In a week, I will have written a daily blog for 730 consecutive days. That is 24 months or two years.

That is 730 days of thoughts to help you, and me, get clear on what positive means and how to think better to feel better with all that goes on in this world.

I hope I have helped you get clearer, become more positive and stop and think a bit more without simply reacting to things because that is the easier way. And I hope you are gearing up to achieve anything you want in 2022.

I appreciate your interest in thinking better and feeling better. Hopefully you will enjoy the changes and improvements we have planned for the months and year ahead. #Letsgo! #achieveanything

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CategoriesActionReframe your thoughtsThink About It

Happy New Thinking!!!

Posted on December 30, 2021

Think better, feel better.

Really make an effort on thinking better in 2022. Use the six chairs and learn to understand other opinions. You do not have to agree with them. Though a little effort trying to understand the viewpoint goes a long way to a better life and society.

Happy New Thinking!!!

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