I am lucky in love. I am lucky in business. I am lucky in money. I am lucky in all my relationships. I am lucky in spiritual insights. Luck is my nature. Everyone recognizes and appreciates my luck.
I Was Hit By Lightning…..
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I was hit by lightning! Not really but yesterday I realized what this last year did for me and what it can definitely do for you if you approach it right.
Short background. I had not run since about 2001 but had missed it so very much. In September 2011 I started running again. In November 2011 I ran my first 5K in 10 years. I am very slow and always have been but that’s ok.
My goal was to run in the 2012 New York City Marathon (26.2 miles). I paid my entry fee, figured out my plan and diligently began to execute the plan. I was ready. Well, it didn’t happen (but that’s another whole story as you guys know).
Saturday just for fun I ran in the same 5K I did last year. I knocked 12 minutes off my time since last year. For me that is phenomenal.
My take away points from that are that I can succeed in anything by developing a plan. Then all I need to do is diligently execute that plan and I (we) can score big time like I did in my race.
Simply knowing what to do and then doing it with the attitude of knowing it WILL work is something I completely embrace. What about you?
I know that as I was progressing through this plan all I “worried” about was what I had to accomplish that day or in that section. Your life can be like that too. Break it down (I like the phrase “chunk it down” because we actually are creating small chunks) and then go to work on a small chunk. I never imagined I would have taken 12 minutes off my time. That is kind of unheard of even for a slow old person like me! I just went out to see how much I had progressed and I was blown away. Interestingly enough, all the components were the same – same weather, same time, same location at the start, same course etc. The only thing that was different was me!
Have a plan, make it manageable and you can achieve anything! You need a team though. I have had a phenomenal team this past year and attribute the majority of my success to that team – BUT, you know what? It was me out there at 2 a.m. running or running for 6 hours every Sunday in the San Antonio heat, not the team. I followed the plan they helped me lay out. That’s what coaching is all about.
Do you want to knock 12 minutes off your time (the equivalent in whatever life event you’re working toward)? Stay tuned for the upcoming program(s).
Enough for now – back to basking in my glory – for about 10 more minutes and then it’s out the door again…LOL.
Terrie
Your Dreams and Where on the Emotional Scale You Are..
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Part of planning to achieve your dreams is to specify what, exactly, they are. We talked about that in our last post.
And we also mentioned that you had to know where you are NOW in order to figure out how to get where you want to go, right?
Today’s Abraham quote aligns with that perfectly:
In your moving yourself up the Emotional Scale, your business will begin to prosper in new and profound ways! Your business, your relationships, your finances cannot grow beyond your emotional response – nothing can grow beyond your emotional response. Everything matches your Set-point of emotions on every subject that exists.
— Abraham
Excerpted from the workshop in Tampa, FL on Saturday, December 6th, 2003 # 628
That last sentence is so important – “Everything matches your Set-point of emotions on every subject that exists.”
When setting goals (which unfortunately we don’t always connect to our dreams and that’s why they often are not achieved but that’s for another day), we often tend to be so objective about it and look only at the facts. But it’s really what’s invisible and inside of us that’s key – our emotional set-point, our feelings about these goals. You can “wish” for something all you want but if when you “stop” wishing for a few minutes and realize that you have to “wish” because you do NOT HAVE whatever it is you’re “wishing” for, then you’re attracting more of that lack – more absence. And you know what? Often times that’s because that’s where we’re comfortable. Comfortable is a damaging word for sure – it keeps us from growing beyond where we are right now.
Take some time to look at how you FEEL about where you are and how you FEEL about where you want to go. If there is a sensation of discord, then look more closely at the specific emotions behind that discord. Is it fear? If so, fear of what? When we examine our fears we find out so much about where we are and what is keeping us there. Also, when we begin to examine the fears and get specific about them then we can see that whatever is behind them is not really so frightening at all. When you get specific, you can evaluate where you are and what you want to do about that one particular specific thing.
So your action step today is to determine where you are emotionally in regard to your dreams. If it’s “that was a great dream I had but there’s no way I could ever achieve that because I’m too old” or something like that – stop and examine all the parts to that one sentence and see if it’s really true.
Write all these things down too. It’s important to connect the hand and mind to help you analyze and feel them better. Keeping a record will also help you later when you want to change these feelings and emotions or when you want to measure your progress!
Terrie
What Are Your Dreams?
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Can you turn your dreams into goals? Are they the same?
I think that your dreams are the beginnings of your goals. The reason they really aren’t goals yet is because they aren’t specific enough and maybe not attainable right now. If you are a couch potato but your dream is to be in the Olympics, that’s not very attainable RIGHT NOW, is it?
But if you take your dreams, make them very specific and then “chunk” them down (meaning break them into chunks) and develop a plan to get there, these individual goals become attainable. Your dreams really are alot of goals put together and visualized as having been accomplished.
Do you know a way to take your dreams and bring them into reality? Or do they just remain dreams – far away and only available when you’re not actually living in the “moment”?
You need a plan. I have a method for you to create your own plan, have a coach and make your dreams come true.
But if you just started with the tip I gave you here, you’ll be so much farther along than you were a few minutes ago.
So go ahead, write down your dreams – don’t be afraid to commit them to writing. You do NOT have to share them with anyone and in fact, I discourage sharing them at this point – many people are well meaning but say things that may cause you to question your dream. You don’t want that right now.
After you’ve written down your dream then go ahead and write down what it would take to get there. Write it in as many steps as necessary. The smaller the steps the better.
Do it now! Get a head start on the New Year (I never understand why we wait til the New Year to make resolutions – we waste so many opportunities the rest of the year).
Terrie
Everything Is Always Working Out For You…
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Read today’s quote with enthusiasm. Although it has a soothing and calming effect, it is really filled with joy and energy. Make this your mantra – know that you can’t get it wrong! Everything always is working out for you. I know that every time I look back at things in my life – especially those I’m not happy about “at the time” they occur, lo and behold, really good things come/came from the events. Perfect example was my not getting into medical school the first time I applied. I was devastated of course. But as time went by, I was diagnosed with epilepsy after a long period of “having spells” that no one could figure out. If I had been in medical school at that time, I would have probably flunked out or dropped out because the experience was not enjoyable at all (and no, I don’t think I would have been diagnosed earlier). So, I finally was diagnosed and started on medication and my seizures were controlled. I continued to apply to medical school and got in! At the time, the seizures and the diagnosis were not fun or enjoyable in any way BUT the result was great – everything was controlled by the time I started my medical education and that was one less thing I had to worry about.
There is no risk for you out here on the leading edge, ever. And when you come to understand the true nature of Well-being in which you have come forth—then you can relax and begin to enjoy this magnificent adventure which is your creative life experience. We are not here to guide the specifics of that which you choose. You get to choose that, and you can’t get it wrong. We are here to assist you—only to assist you—in finding vibrational harmony with your desire; knowing that when you find vibrational harmony with your desire, you are, in this moment, a joyful Being. And that is our dominant wish for you.
— Abraham
Excerpted from the workshop in Kansas City, MO on Saturday, June 1st, 2002 # 626
Remember that things are always working out for you. Say that over and over and over. I have a secret saying which, of course, I am not going to share because then it wouldn’t be a secret but it’s essentially the same concept and whenever things don’t seem to be going my way (which really means that my perception of what’s happening doesn’t fit in the narrow confines of what I’m expecting – how constricted could I possibly be), I start saying that and everything DOES turn out great.
Try it, you’ll like it. Think back over your life and see how it’s worked for you.
Terrie