Whenever I happen to wait at the amtrak station in wilmington downtown, I always tend to pick up one of the free weekly magazines or local newspapers that silently sit near a corner of the station and enjoy reading it on my way back home in the bus..and today is one such day. Its a magazine called ‘Living Well’ and the topic that caught my interest is “Imagine Living The Life You Always Wanted — quoting — Six prereqs of change’ by Joe White, the president of Get Life Coaching.
As I didnt want to let go these invaluable words that help create the life we always wanted, I thought I will record the essence of it in my blog… and here ya go:
1. You Must Take Full Responsibility For Everything That Has, Is and Will happen In Your Life:
You cannot be a victim of life and create the life you want. You must take full responsibility. It begins and ends here. Regardless of what has happened to you, you are in control of what you do, think and feel at this moment. Since this is the only moment you really have, doesnt it make sense to make this the best moment it can be??!!
2. The Level of Thinking That Has Created Your Problem Is NOT The Level of Thinking Needed To Create The Solution.
This is a paraphrased Albert Einstein quote. Too often we spend far too much time and energy focusing on the problem. All that does is offer us more of the same. You wont find your solutions in the neighbourhood of your problems. We must ask better questions to create a better answer. Raise your thinking!
3. Let Go Of It!
Why hold on to the past? How does that serve you? It doesn’t. So let go of it. You have better things to do than to live in the past. There is no future there. Understand what happened, learn from it and let it go.
4. Take Action Now!
Hate Procrastination. If you want to change you must do whatever it takes to change. Not just talk about it, but do it. What do the following words have in common: should, could, want to, need to, ought to, someday I will? None of them implies action has actually occured. Tomorrow never comes. Just do it now.
5. Stop Lying to Yourself
Ouch! I know but when you tell yourself you cant do something or you’re not strong enough, or you are afraid, that you believe it. The truth is that in each one of us is amazing strength, courage and faith. Tell yourself the truth. If you dont believe it, keep telling yourself until you do. Do you think you really believe half the crap you say to yourself? Did you believe it when you first said it years and years ago?
6. Dont Quit
Life rarely happens on our time schedule. No matter what has happened before, no matter how many times you have failed, this is a new moment. You just need to realise it. With this new moment, come new choices and oppurtunities.
So Believe in the possible, not the impossible.
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