It All Starts With You
I help people who are either doing well in life and feel they want more due to a lack of fulfilment or those whose backs are against the wall and are in deep despair. But to make important life changes, it all starts with you. So, this week, I want to invite you to think about you, exactly as you are right now.
Do you feel that you need to become someone, or get somewhere, or gain something material to validate who you are and what you are in life?
I have a secret to share; the greatest gifts available to you are already inside you, just waiting to be uncovered. Once you uncover these gifts, everything in your life will flow naturally. When you start with yourself, the world around you changes – it all starts with you.
What are you seeking in life?
If you long for unconditional love, first love yourself unconditionally.
If you wish to be accepted as you are, have the strength and courage to accept yourself as you are.
If you desire to live a life with value, then value your life.
Everything begins with a choice.
We make hundreds upon hundreds of choices each day. Some choices are easy and insignificant, such as will we have porridge or fruit and yogurt for breakfast this morning.
Other choices are huge and greatly impact our lives, like whether or not we should buy a house, a car or other investments.
But nothing starts until we make the choice, whether it’s our breakfast selection or how we spend our hard-earned money. When you think about it, our choices have a great deal of power. Sometimes that power paralyses some people, and their inability to decide can cause tremendous problems for themselves and others.
Or we make choices unconsciously, like whether to exercise or not, or eat the cake or not, without considering the impacts of those choices. One choice will keep us on our path to be healthy and the other will counteract any effort we are making to live a healthier lifestyle.
Is it time you learnt to make decisions with authority and confidence?
And make the right choices consciously that will finally let all the pieces fall into place as you move forward towards your goal?
To take ownership and become responsible, empowered as stronger decision makers, you can adopt these strategies:
- Study it out – Often, the reason we fail to make a choice is because we don’t feel we have enough information. To become informed, do your research and gather the necessary information and then making the right decision will become much easier.
- Understand your goals – If you are completely sure about your own goals and the direction you’ve set yourself, then making an informed decision becomes a lot easier. If you’re not sure what you want and why you want it, then it’s all too vague. When a choice presents itself, you’ll find yourself indecisive and stuck.
- Check your mood – Bad decisions usually happen when emotions are fuelling them. Check-in on your emotional state before making a decision. If you’re upset, it’s hard to think clearly enough to make a good decision. Wait it out a bit and give yourself a little breathing space to become more objective to help you make a better decision.
- Don’t let your past dictate your future – We’ve all made uninformed, bad decisions. We’ve all messed up a choice that has caused an impact or outcome that we would have preferred to avoid. That doesn’t mean we will always make bad decisions. However, we are responsible for learning from those experiences and moving forward. You are not a bad decision maker; you simply made a bad choice on that occasion.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could see into the future? We would make decisions with complete confidence if we knew what tomorrow would bring. All we have is the information of today and the experiences of the past to base our choices and decisions on. Along with what we want in the future, in our life, health, relationships, career and in all areas of our lives.
If you avoid making choices or the right choices, you’ll avoid making progress. And your dreams will stay dreams.
You are the creator of your life and every choice you make every day will either move you away from your heart’s desires or fast track you towards your dreams. You might want to be healthier, happier and enjoy fulfilling relationships, or buy a house, car, and enjoy holidays of a lifetime.
I offer you my 3 Golden Nuggets to help you uncover your greatness by digging deep for the treasures that already exist within you, so you can live a happier, healthier, and fulfilled life.
Golden Nuggets
1. Ignite your greatest love affair
There is one person you will have with you your entire life. One whom, if you love, will always reciprocate. One that needs your love more than anyone else. And that person is YOU.
I wonder, do you give your love freely to others and do not give yourself the same love? Or do you willingly stand up for others that you love and fail to stand up to your inner critic that puts you down?
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Now is the time to love yourself, and to build this relationship. To reward that voice in your head every time it compliments you, to show yourself appreciation, and to allow and help yourself to find the enjoyment in life you desire.
When you love yourself, you will find it easier to love others and the world around you. And they in turn will find it easier to love you. You will be open to receive the love that is meant for you.
What is the one thing that you can do to show yourself love and create loving thoughts towards yourself?
2. Shine bright
Now is the time for you to let your true self shine and to share your gifts with the world. You are unique and there is so much beauty that dwells within you, you need to be seen and heard for being you.
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Be strong and courageous and ignore any criticism you may suffer in showing your true self to the world. The negative opinions don’t matter; by being your true self, you will attract the right people into your life and repel the people that don’t matter. You will soon be surrounded by those who love you for who you are.
3. Value life
We have been sold the idea that material possessions define us. But in reality, these don’t define you, YOU define you. If we fall into the materialistic trappings of life, these things do not lead to long term contentment, but often they leave us feeling empty after the novelty has worn off. We can have all the material things and money in the world and live a lonely and unloved life. We just have to look at celebrities that are no longer here to see that.
The majority of us, through our work, trade our time for money, which we then use to purchase things. It can feel like you’re just spending paper notes or numbers on a bank statement, but the truth is that whenever you buy things, you are literally spending your time.
You may not realise this, but when you buy things, you are valuing these purchases as much or more than the time it took you to make this money. Time which could possibly have been better spent with your loved ones, enjoying life, helping others, and doing what is important to you. And once you realise this, that money is your time, you start to view money differently.
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Instead, you think of all the more meaningful and exciting ways you could have spent your time. You start to value your time more than unnecessary, superficial purchases which depreciate in value. You realise that these “things” do not define people, and that your time is worth more than them.
Your life, in its essence, is purely a collection of moments in time. Where you spend your time, you spend your life.
Have clarity and focus on what is most important to you. One way or another you are going to spend your time. But it is how you spend your time that will make the difference between your greatest life and a mediocre life.
Spend your time wisely. Spend your time on what is most important to you. Spend it in a way that will ensure your greatest life. And naturally, you will have one.
So, let’s summarise those Golden Nuggets again:
- Ignite your greatest love affair
- Shine bright
- Value life
I invite you to join our FREE 5 Day Challenge “How to Live Your Greatest Life”
Are you a person who lets the world and others define you? Or are you a person with a deep, constant hunger for more? A need to do more, achieve more, and be more in your daily life than you ever thought possible? If you’re ready to forge your own path, you belong in our 5 Day Challenge – “How to Live Your Greatest Life”.
If you don’t change anything now, will you be proud of your life when you look back in 5, 10, 20 years?
The key to success in 2021 and in the years to follow lies in your hand and mind, emotions and actions. We are in for a great 5 days of self-exploration, self-discovery, learning and fun! At the end of the 5 days, you’ll have clarity, a plan, and you’ll feel motivated and empowered for your happiness and your future – To Live Your Greatest Life!
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