Living the life full of energy and motivation I think we all have one physical ‘happy place’ where strive to return to when inner peace is desired. For some it could be their birth home where everything looks and feels familiar and welcoming. It is where our childhood has passed, where we’ve experienced some of our best childhood memories. For others it could be a favorite place for vacation where we’ve had so much fun, laughs, and simply good time together with people that we care about and love. And yet, for some it is temporary place of residence where we’ve lived for a brief period, but where we’ve felt at home, at peace, where we felt that comfortable and warm feeling inside, where everything was different, yet peaceful. It does not matter where life takes us, where we move or relocate to, when we think of comfort and inner peace, we always remember that one place that is engrained deep in our memory. I think it is very important for people to have such place of comfort inside, in our mind, which they can visit at any time by reaching into our memory bank and retrieving those memories that we so cherish, that help us to feel warmth and comfort even if we are not physically there. It’s especially important to have such ‘happy place’ in your memories or in real life where you can go to anytime when facing difficult and challenging times in life. If you are unable to reach your ‘happy place’ by physically going there, you can get there though meditation, or simply by reviewing images of such place in your mind through your memories – visualizing yourself visiting your ‘happy place’, or by reviewing captured images on your camera. Try bringing up images and memories on your ‘happy place’ when faced with life’s challenges and you should feel a sense of peace and comfort somewhere deep inside of you and give you the motivation and inspiration that you may need to help you find new ways to overcome any tough situation that you may be facing. If you physically live at or near your ‘happy place’, when faced with difficulties, or if simply need a boost of motivation, then go visit your ‘happy place’ in person, get recharge and inspired to face and deal with anything that live may throw your way. For some such ‘happy place’ could be visiting a beach early in the morning before crowds get there, enjoying powerful, yet calming waves hitting the shore washing away small particles of sand back to the ocean. Wherever that ‘happy place’ may be for you, visit that place virtually in your mind or in person whenever needed and live the life full of energy and motivation. I hope you enjoyed reading this module as much as I enjoyed writing it, and hope that you found it to be very useful for you or someone else that you may know. Please feel free to share this post if you know someone who may benefit from reading it same way you did
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Life is unpredictable, but you are the one in control Many if not all of us strive for a better life for ourselves and these around us – our family and close friends. But whenever we get to the top many people forgot who they really are and where they came from. Why? Because, association to a different, less than exceptional lifestyle becomes unacceptable, at least that is what it seems like to me when observing individuals who have achieved great success and wealth in life. Of course, I am going to caveat this statement by saying that not every person who finds great success tries to distance themselves from their past, from who they really are. Why is that? Typically, this is because it is not popular to expose your true self, your challenging past, that may be much different from those in the new and successful circle of friends. All of the sudden your old, less successful friends become forgotten, even though they were the ones who supported you and encouraged you to work harder, seek opportunities, overcome challenges, and not giving up when their support was desperately needed. What happen now? You are still the same person on the inside, but with more expensive outer image you wish to present to everyone one around. Here’s the sad part in all of this, life is very unpredictable, and you never know what tomorrow holds. Today, one may be extremely successful and wealthy, then unexpected changes take place in one’s life, changes in business, career, economy, etc. and all that wealth and success evaporate into nowhere. Then one begins to look around in search for support among old friends, but that support is no longer there as result of one’s actions. At the same time new friends also disappear, because, they no longer want to associate with someone who is unsuccessful or has necessary financial resources to maintain prestigious and luxurious lifestyle. So, you are back to where you once were, but now the support you once had is no longer there. Now, look at this situation from a different perspective. If you find yourself in a situation where things are not going as expected in your life, you are broke, all of you once friends abandoned you, you don’t see an immediate opportunity to reverse the situation where you are now, struggling to make a living every day. What many people do in this situation is to focus on the negative and everything that is wrong in their life, thereby, attracting more of the same. How can one expect for their situation to improve with such thinking and negative mindset? Here’s what important to remember when you found yourself in such situation – remind yourself who you are, the strong person that you are. Remind yourself about all of the challenges you had to overcome in the past and how you managed to find your way out of difficult situations with strength, determination, and extreme desire to succeed. You’ve done it before. Yes, perhaps last time your specific situation or challenge was different, however, it was you who had to claw your way out of it and find success in what initially seemed as impossible. That is what many people forget when they are faced with challenges or after suffering a defeat in their personal and professional lives. They forget and, therefore, need to remind themselves that they are strong, and capable of achieving success regardless where they may find themselves today or regardless how difficult their present situation may be or appear to be. Many people were able to achieve great success and wealth after finding themselves at the very bottom, and it wasn’t because someone came and rescue them, it was them finally realizing that the only person capable of changing/improving your life and your situation is you. The point in two, what initially seem as completely different situations, is the importance of remembering who you really are, no matter the situation, lifestyle, or the amount of success you had achieved. It’s also very important to remember where you came from and who was there fore you when you needed support and guidance. As mentioned earlier, life is very unpredictable and today you may be standing on top of the pedestal, swimming in wealth and success, and tomorrow you may be at the bottom of that same pedestal, looking for help and a way to make a living. Lastly, remember that you have what it takes to create change in your life no matter how challenging your situation may be. Believe in yourself, have confidence and strength to keep going by reminding yourself that you can and will be successful every day, and opportunities to make a difference in your life will present themselves when time is right. I hope you enjoyed reading this module as much as I enjoyed writing it, and hope that you found it to be very useful for you or someone else that you may know. Please feel free to share this post if you know someone who may benefit from reading it same way you did
Finding and harnessing motivation within our own mind Do I want to attract positivity or negativity towards myself? That is the question that we all must answer every day when we wake up and begin with our day, week, month, year, and the answer that we give largely depends on the answer to even bigger question – What do we truly want for ourselves? Of course, you are going to say - “Well, of course I want good things happen for me every day,” but did you ever stopped and asked yourself if decisions and choices that you make align with what you think and do? Or, are you hoping for one thing – positive change in your life, your career, your financial situation, but thinking and focusing on all reasons why it’s impossible or difficult to achieve the things that you truly want? Unfortunately, many of us self-sabotage our goals and dreams. Instead of focusing on all possible reasons why it will happen for us and plans on achieving that one thing we’ve been dreaming about, we look for everything that may not be working out for us today, all problems and obstacles that we may be facing today. But why? Why not make a decision to only focus on what we truly want for ourselves and those that we care about, tuning out the noise of daily problems that we all face in one way or the other? Here’s the thing, if we focus on what is wrong or bad in our life, we will only attract more of the same. So, if we are constantly negative and complain about the things that are not happening for us, we should not expect for things to magically change for a better, because, everything beings and ends in our own mind. Similarly, if we focus on the positive, expecting and truly believing that good things will happen for us very soon, even if we don’t exactly know or see how, then somehow our life begins to realign in a positive direction over time. Don’t take my word for it, try it for yourself, especially if you are going through some challenging time right now. Try to change and focus your mind, your thoughts, and your actions in the positive direction. If you want to achieve something that you’ve been dreaming about, tell yourself that you will, but more importantly, believe with every cell in your body that you will achieve it, and remind yourself of this every single day when you wake up and before going to bed. Take action, regardless how small that action may seem to help yourself get closer to your goal achievement. So, if you wish to write a book, begin writing, even if it’s just few sentences each day, because, any action is still better than standing still hoping for things to change. Finally, have fun with what you do. If we lack motivation or no longer enjoy what we are doing or pursuing every day in a professional, career, or personal development arena, then we should really ask ourselves – Is this something that I truly want for myself? Do and focus on the things that excite you and bring you a feeling of joy, happiness, and satisfaction, because, if you do what you enjoy every day, you would have no reason but to be happy and appreciate every single moment as you navigate your way through the rollercoaster of life. I hope you enjoyed reading this module as much as I enjoyed writing it, and hope that you found it to be very useful for you or someone else that you may know. Please feel free to share this post if you know someone who may benefit from reading it same way you did
What are you going to do today to live the life you had always dreamed of in the near future? Are you going to wait until December 31st to create and write down your goals on paper, then being acting on your goals on January 1st? Or, you are going to create and work towards accomplishing your goals, bringing your life’s aspirations and dreams closer to their fulfillment and eventually reaching them? I hope it’s the latter. Because, many of us live our lives hoping to change our circumstances, our lifestyle, our future for a better every day without actually doing anything about changing our present and taking action, whatever that action may be, and regardless how big or small that action is. We wait for a better time to act. But the truth is, there’s no such thing as a better time. We will always be busy, there will always be problems that we must deal with, there will always be people in our lives who will support us, and those that will try very hard to point us in the wrong direction. So, why wait? Why not begin working on changing our present and future today, regardless of how challenging our present situation may be? Even the smallest and easiest step or action that we can take now is still a progress and change in our present state of affairs. The point here is not completely changing our life in one day, one week, or month, the point is to start doing something that creates a motion, creates energy and drive in creating change. Then, with time and continuous effort, goal-setting and follow-through on goals set, again regardless of their complexity or size, things will begin to change, our life will begin to change and point in the direction where we want to go. It may take a long time to get there, or we may reach our goal(s) much sooner than anticipated. What’s important is to keep moving forward, keep ourselves focused, energized, motivated and focused to stay on the path that we are on, heading in the direction where our dreams eventually become a new reality. So, how do you stay focused on the path to goals’ accomplishment and not getting derailed and pulled in the wrong direction as we go through life?
Create the life you want to live today and stop waiting for a better or ‘right’ time. Actions that you take each day are either help you to build the strong foundation for the future of your dreams or weaken that foundation piece by piece at a time should no action be taken. The route you take and the choices you make each day are the decisions that we all have an opportunity to make as we go through life. I hope you enjoyed reading this module as much as I enjoyed writing it, and hope that you found it to be very useful for you or someone else that you may know. Please feel free to share this post if you know someone who may benefit from reading it same way you did
Making a difference in lives of those in need Unconditional giving is giving something of value to other individuals or a group of people without expecting anything in return or expecting a payback at a later date. I personally believe that many of us often forget about the possibility of giving something unconditionally just to help another parson that we want to help and care about. We often wait for something in return, because, in our mind that is how things are supposed to be. However, it’s far from reality. If you are giving something and expecting a payback, it’s not unconditional giving, that’s called a loan or intentional giving. So, be sure that you fully understand the difference between the two before acting, as you always want to make sure that perception that you are fiving of yourself to others is the one you intend to give, the one that represents the real and honest you. Be honest with yourself always. If you truly, genuinely want to help someone in need, then please do so, as even the smallest gift of generosity could often help another individual to change his or her life for a better, even if it is only for a short period of time. Many of us go though some tough times in our lives, and many face difficult times today. But, by being aware of people around us and their unique wants and needs vs only focusing on what is going on in our own personal world, can help us to be that source of hope and positive energy that other people are seeking every day. When someone reaches out to you offering help and/or support when you are going through some challenging times in life is a very powerful feeling, it is uplifting, motivating, and encouraging. It gives us that needed step to try harder, push ourselves to improve, develop, and grow personally and professionally. So, why not help? Why not offer your genuine unconditional help today to those in need, give someone else a reason to smile and create a happy future? You are awesome! Know it and believe it, because, you are! I hope you enjoyed reading this module as much as I enjoyed writing it, and hope that you found it to be very useful for you or someone else that you may know. Please feel free to share this post if you know someone who may benefit from reading it same way you did
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