7 Lies That Prevent Powerful ResultsWritten by Kathy Gates
Everyone has something in their life that they would like to change. Nobody's life circumstances and environment are perfect. But what do you tend to tell yourself about these circumstances? Often it's easy to fix blame on others. Consider, however, that your feelings are not caused by your cranky boss, or construction on street, or your inconsiderate friend; but rather your feelings are caused by what you TELL yourself about your circumstances.One writer gives following example: Imagine that a friend is quite late to meet you. Depending on what you THINK (i.e., she was in an accident, she's rude, I wanted to do something else anyway), you might be worried, annoyed, or relieved. These feelings (ignited by thoughts) will then dictate how you react, i.e., calling police, having angry words for her, or being glad she bailed on you. What you think about your circumstances may keep you stuck in a bad situation. That is why recognizing lies you tell yourself is very important. These lies prevent you from being as powerful as you really are. Lie #1. Expecting Quick Results. It's true, we have all seen our lives change in a heartbeat - sometimes an upturn, and sometimes a downturn. But generally success is a longer road that takes daily work to make it a reality. It will happen. Don't expect it to happen overnight, but expect it to happen. Don't give up. Powerful Results come from taking baby steps, one after another, day after day, until you reach your goal. Lie #2. Complaining is OK. The Law of Attraction states that life reflects back to you whatever you expend. If you have a habit of complaining, you will attract more complainers to you. Or as Bible puts it, "you reap what you sow." One of my favorite cartoons shows character contemplating Spring, and she says, "Time to go out in garden to see if bulbs I didn't plant, didn't come up." Powerful Results come from planting seeds for what you want to grow. Lie #3. I'll Work on That Later Winners recognize that it doesn't always matter how hole got in boat. It matters that it gets fixed so that you can get on with fishing. However, it DOES matter if you keep running over same rock day after day, and you are patching same hole over and over. It is important to find SOURCE of hole and stop allowing it to happen. Powerful Results come from creating a lifestyle that supports your desires.
| | 4 Super Reasons You Will Love "Easifying" Your LifeWritten by Kathy Gates
Are you someone who wants a simpler life, but who associates simplifying with giving away everything you own, and going back to baking your own bread? Unfortunately, that attitude can scare you away from making simple (pardon pun) kind of changes that can make your life so much easier, better, and happier. Instead, let's agree that simplifying means whatever you want it to mean in your own particular life. For me, it means eliminating stuff around me that I find neither useful nor beautiful, and trust me, other people would not always agree with my definition of useful or beautiful. However, it also means setting up systems to make sure that I have easier ways to handle some age-old problems in future. To me, simplifying means "ease-i-fying" (ok, so there's no such word, but maybe there should be!). Easifying defined would be, "minimum effort for maximum pleasure:" Easifying simply looks at problems of everyday life, then poses creative - easifying - solutions. Here are 4 super reasons that you will love easifying your life. 1. Less Stuff, Fewer Problems: With less stuff cluttering up your life benefits are easy to see. You'll have less stuff to clean, (yippee!), less stuff to have repaired (more cash flow!), less stuff to dispose of (environmentally good!), and less stuff to find (halleluiah!) Just pick one room in your house and look around it. How much of that stuff are you really enjoying and getting use from? How much of it is an aggravation for cleaning, repairing, losing, fixing, disposing of, etc.? I'll bet you a paycheck (not really!) that it's at least 75/25. 2. Less Effort, More Energy You'll have less fear and worry associated with carrying around a lot of stuff. It will simply require less effort. By simply combining things into one (aerobics and weightlifting at same time), by setting up a system to do work for you (a bill paying system), by eliminating a task altogether (delegate it to someone else), you'll be calmer, not stressed with day to day logistics of stuff. An example I love to use is freedom that comes from not smoking. It's not freedom from habit that most people notice first. It's no more worrying about having enough cigarettes, no more fears of not being able to find a lighter. You'll feel more in control of your time, your space, your energy.
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