Hello—-

Do you reallllllllly want know what the SECRET is to success?

It is ATTITUDE–Yes—attitude is EVEYTHING!

It is not how many steps you have to climb (come on–we all have steps and twist and turns-right??)—It is that you DECIDE to climb, navigate etc—–and —-are you ready???—-it is  HOW you do it! 

ONE -  STEP – AT -  A - TIME.

ONE—- ONE  MORE —-ONE  MORE  AGAIN…………………………!

NEVER GIVE UP—the miracle is right around the corner.

Here’s to YOUR forward focus!

Gail

I wonder if as January has ended and February begins that any of you are becoming remotely aware that you MAY be falling into that same old comfort zone regarding some of those goals you set and  have not yet achieved.  Maybe you are finding yourself saying, I’ll do it tomorrow, or I just don’t know what to do or how to do it or how do I even begin anyway?

What if I told you that there was an instantaneous way to get momentum and extend that comfort zone and easily become comfortable with your uncomfortableness?

I don’t know about you..but I love to be comfortable! Many times we STAY where we are because we are uncomfortable making changes and the unknown is daunting. I KNOW!  Have you ever wanted to go swimming and the water was a bit too chilly—yet as you slowly ventured FORWARD the water somehow felt less chilly. Why, you ask? It is simply because you took the risk  and stepped forward and  literally in a few short moments you became comfortable with that which you were uncomfortable with just a few moments earlier.Yes, with each step forward you took you actually expanded your comfort zone to include that which you had previously been uncomfortable with!

Just the other day I finally took action on something new which had been a bit daunting to me. I kept moving this item forward on my to do list for over 2 months. I was uncomfortable and was unsure how to proceed. For me it was the old pattern of ”take no action if you don’t know what to do” that crept in. This of course only increased my discomfort every time I looked at my to do list! I finally just decided that I would not end the day without completing this. The funny thing is that completing this brand new thing actually only took me less than an hour and it has opened up a whole new avenue of business for me!

So, what is the one thing that will instantaneously extend your comfort zone??? BEGIN the thing that daunts you….JUST BEGIN ….you do not need to finish it, JUST BEGIN NOW! Although I think that you will be surprised at just how much you accomplish as your comfort zone is extended and your discomfort magically disappears!

As Yoda says in Star Wars, “Do or do not, there is no try.”

Here’s to doing!

Gail

What is is for you? The stick? Or the carrot? Or some combination of both? What gets you motivated?

Have you ever stopped to think about the process of motivation? How do you know it’s time to get motivated to do something? Have you ever felt a lack of motivation and then suddenly something shifted and you got a jolt of energy? Do you then want to bottle that motivational magic?

In NLP we do quite a bit of work with helping people to overcome procrastination and engage their motivation strategies. In fact the discovery that we actually have unconscious strategies (or programs) that we “run” in different situations to create behavior is one of the key distinctions that makes NLP so much fun!

How about engaging in a fun exercise now???

Ok, go ahead and think about it this way. HOW do you know it’s time to be motivated? Interesting question —right??? Or even better, WHEN you are motivated HOW do you even know you are? Is it something you feel? See? Hear?

Can you remember a time when you were motivated? A specific time? As you recall that time, do you have a picture? What about a feeling somewhere in your body? Do you have any sounds or music that kick in? Are you saying something to yourself or can you remember someone else saying something to you?

Assuming you have a picture, a sound or a feeling what happens if you take that picture, or sound, or feeling  and shrink it down and push it far away and make it really dark and tiny out on the edge of the horizon?

Whoaaaaaaa! Chances are you don’t feel so motivated any more do you?

Now bring that picture, or sound, or feeling  back in at 100 miles an hour and make it big and bright, or loud, or intense and bring it right in front of you. More motivated or less? Typically people feel more motivated by doing that.

WOW again!

The point of this short exercise is to demonstrate the power of your MIND and the ability each and every one of us has to affect our inner world.

So today think about that!

Here’s to you!

Gail