Is Your Life Controlled by Fear and Worry?

Our fears impact us physically, mentally and emotionally. They enhance our negative thinking and impair our normal perception, rationality and comprehension and sometimes its even enough to make you feel sick.

Fear, and all of it's cousins, doubt, worry and anxiety may be the worst enemies of the human species.

Most people self-limit themselves. Most people do not achieve a fraction of what they are capable of achieving because they are afraid to try because they are afraid they will fail.

Fear of failure is one of the greatest fears people have and it's closely related to fear of criticism and fear of rejection. Fear of failure immobilizes you. To overcome this fear, you must act. When you act, act boldly.

The Law of Feedback states:
There is no failure; there is only feedback.

Successful people look at mistakes as outcomes or results, not as failure. Unsuccessful people look at mistakes as permanent and personal.

Buckminster Fuller wrote, “Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence only of trial and error experience. Humans have learned only through mistakes.”

List Making
Funnily enough one of the things I use when fear raises its head in my life is lists.

Making a list of the good and the bad, the pros and the cons, the for and the against ... depending on what it is you're working on allow you to really think about what it is you want to do and why you want to do it.

Developing your Why
It's possilby the thought that's put into the why you would want to do the thing that gives the power to take the actions you need to take to do the thing your thinking about doing.

The Worst and the Best
There's a couple of really good questions to ask yourself as you review your list:

• What's the worst thing that could possibly happen?
• Can you live with that?

Once you've answered these questions then the only other thing to think about is ...

Who's it good for?
Ultimately is it good for you, the people involved and the world around you?

How can you utilize these things to overcome your fears in your life and move yourself forward to getting the results you desire.

Remember: Successful people overcome their fear of failure.

We're all unique and special with our own set of talents and skills and the Universe is simply waiting for us to recognize this so it can create the synchronicities necessary for us to achieve the wonderful live we really deserve. So what are you waiting for ... get out that paper and write that list!

Love to know what's on your list! Pop it on the blog ... putting what you want out there makes it happen sooner and faster.

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
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Discovering the Power of Choice

There are 3 simple steps to the process of discovering the purpose of your life ... My wish is you take each step and truly think about them and come out with a blueprint list that inspires you to feel excited about your life.

Understanding the principle of choice
Norman Vincent Peale has this to say about the power of choice. “The greatest power we have is the power of choice. It's an actual fact, that if you've been drooping with unhappiness, you can choose to be joyous, instead.

If you tend to be fearful, you can overcome that misery by choosing to have courage. The whole trend and the quality of anyone’s life is determined by the choices that are made”. Choosing is the most important activity of your mind, because by making a choice, you're proclaiming your desires to your subconscious mind.

Once the subconscious mind gets to know your desires, it's going to do anything to manifest them in your life. The choices you make in your life become your goal. And, if you are sincere in pursuing them, there's every reason why you'll accomplish them.

Indecision, on the other hand, not only creates frustration and anxiety, but can also confuse the subconscious mind about what you want.

But it's important that the choices you make are made by you, in accordance with your true desires, purposes and aptitude. A lot us of let others make choices for us, or make our choices according to what we think is ‘correct’, even if that means that we go against our wishes.

What's right for someone else may not be right for you, and the way to know this is listening to what your heart says.

So, to begin with, make a list of things which interests you; things you enjoy, which make you feel good, which inspire you to surge ahead, no matter what obstacles you face.

Do you like doing something creative, or something artistic? Do you enjoy nature, do you like the sea? Do you enjoy helping others? Do you get pleasure out of making a difference in other people’s life?

What ever it is that interests you, go ahead and make a list under the following headlines:

Things you love to do:

______________________________________

What is it that you love in this thing and why?

__________________ ___________________

How you could do this for money, and make a living out of it?

______________________________________

Remember: this is all about the things YOU love to do, the things that make you feel great when you're doing them. This is how people get to a place where they never feel like they're working at all.

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

3 Magic Bedtime Questions

For many people, life zooms past, particularly once they reach their working age.

Everyday, it's the same flash routine of waking up, going to work, coming back from work, and sleeping.

It's no wonder why you'll ask yourself, "How did I get old so fast? Where did all the time go?"

The problem is in the routine work. The human mind has this habit called deletion. Anything that keeps repeating, memory does not record, simply because it's not worth taking notice of.

So how can we slow down our experience of time and not let our lives slip by in a flash?

The answer lies in developing mindfulness ... a heightened state of awareness of one's thoughts, feelings, and actions. But if you can't do that yet, you can start off by practicing the 3 Magic Bedtime Questions.

As you lie in bed at night, ask and answer these three questions before you fall asleep:

1. What is one thing I am grateful for today?
2. What do I look forward to tomorrow?
3. What would I like to dream about tonight?

Why do I call these simple questions magical? Well, let me tell you the logic behind them.

What is one thing I am grateful for today?
This question requires you to think through your day to find something you're grateful for.

As you do that, not only will you find something to be grateful for, you will also have recalled your entire day. In Neuro-Linguistic Programming, we call this recapping experience.

Imagine putting your daily experience into a bottle, putting a cap on it, and labelling it, "The day I met Jenny".

Having many of these bottles in your mind, sorts your memories into significant experiences, rather than having them as one large clump called, 'My Working Years ... 20 to 50 years old.'

What do I look forward to tomorrow?
This question requires you to look forward in time and imagine what's going to happen tomorrow.

When you have something to look forward to, it creates a natural anticipation and drive. You'll feel motivated the moment you wake up. It'll be the first thing that pops into your mind.

What would I like to dream about tonight?
Now this question reveals your innermost desires because you naturally choose to dream about what you want and wish for.

This clarifies your direction and purpose.

Perform the 3 Magic Bedtime Questions nightly, and time will slow down. You'll remember more about your life, and have greater clarity of mind to do what counts, before your time runs out.

Understand: by incorporating these 3 magic questions into your life you'll be setting in motion the Power of Synchronicity.

If you add journaling your answers into the mix the synchronicities in life will take that power to the max ... fasten your seatbelt and get ready for the ride of your life!

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

A Great Way To Generate All The Motivation You Need To Get Fit

If you're having trouble getting motivated to keep to your fitness program ... or if you haven't even got off the starting block yet, there's a tiny, inexpensive device that can provide you with all the motivation you need to get out and start moving your body around a bit more.

The pedometer, as it's known, can also make you WANT to do it and can even get you to ENJOY doing it! What ... ? ENJOY exercising??? Surely some mistake? Well, no actually. Please read on.

What is a pedometer, you may well ask?
It's a small, compact device used for measuring the number of steps taken. And, as well as measuring the number of steps taken when walking, whether that be as you're wlking round the block, the office or the house, climbing the stairs, mowing the lawn, or doing the shopping.

How Does It Work?
It's small enough to clip to your belt and is fitted with a pendulum which measures one step each time your foot makes contact with the ground.

How Much Does It Cost?
Sometimes pedometers have been given away FREE as part of campaigns by local health authorities to get people moving their bodies more. If you can't find such a campaign in your area, you can buy a pedometer with a reasonable number of features for as little as $20 or even less from some markets or online.

What Exactly Does It Do?
Some very basic models merely count your steps, while others include calories burned, distance walked, speed you've been walking and how long your routine has taken.

Other even more expensive models may include some really fancy things like:

- a soothing voice to tell you how many steps you've taken
- a pulse monitor - a stopwatch
- a radio and headphones so you can listen to your favorite radio station
- a step filter to achieve greater accuracy
- a back light so you can see your pedometer in the dark.

How Do I Set Up My Pedometer?
First you need to enter your height, weight and average stride length.

To work out your stride length, most instruction guides prompt you to count out a number of steps and divide this number by the overall distance you've covered. Once it's set up, just follow the instructions to activate the settings you want to use, clip your pedometer to your belt and off you go.

How Do I Take Readings?
At any point after you've started your routine, you can stop, flip open the pedometer and take a reading. Of course, you shouldn't do this too often as this will interrupt the rhythm of your walk.

You can work out the progress you're making by checking the number of steps taken, the distance you've traveled, the calories you've burned and so on.

How Does This Provide Me More Motivation?
The great thing about wearing a pedometer is that you begin to think about the number of steps you've taken towards your daily target.

It creates a 'walking mindset' and you suddenly start to look for walking opportunities.

If you had to be dragged kicking and screaming to take up a fitness routine, the pedometer is possibly one of the single most important devices you can use to start enjoying exercise.

It's so easy to use and it can transform the way you feel about getting fit. It can take you from resisting the whole idea of exercise, to your really looking forward to it and wanting to do it more.

Why?

Because, after using it for a while, you begin to realize that it's really easy to create opportunities to 'walk' into your daily life which makes it easy to incoprorate excercise into your schedule.

Something you thought was going to be such a grind becomes simple. Did you ever think that was possible?

Well it is. Just get hold of your pedometer and keep wearing it. It can have a really positive effect on your fitness and health.

Remember: the fitter you are the easier it is to say positive and upbeat. The more positive and upbeat you are the more opportunities you'll attract and the more success you'll have.

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

The Time and Place is Now!

And Live in the Present ... it's a Gift
Live in the present, but know where you are going. Be right here and celebrate and capture the magical moments of your life.

Hold on to them as the treasures you get to take with you into your magnificent future. Life is not just lived in the moment but also created in the moment.

Now is the best time to design the next ten years of your life. Let your thoughts and knowledge serve you through action. Action is what eventually determines you destiny.

Move confidently in the direction of your choosing and don't get seduced by the popular belief that some day things will come your way or some day your luck will change.

YOU are the source and the creator of your own prosperity
It it all starts with a sense of immense gratitude for everything you already have exactly where you are right now.

One of the greatest privileges you have in life is that you can start right now with exactly what you’ve got to create anything you desire as the ultimate resources to life are within you.

Living in a place called somewhere really won't serve you long term although it might feel good as a short term escape or excuse. Having to consistently delude yourself that you'll act on your true desires 'Some day when ... ' will only create unnecessary burdens.

When is the Right Time Now
When you turn your 'some day' philosophy into a 'same day' philosophy you can start to adopt the mindset where you take action on your ideas immediately with exactly what you've got and exactly where you are.

What someday and somewhere really comes down to is you falsely admit to yourself that what you need is not available to you. This creates a belief that you're not in control of your life but that you are waiting for something else somewhere else before you can take charge.

To Take That Action
Ironically, you will only get full access to your true resources when you take action exactly where you are with exactly what you've got, despite your excuses.

Remember: True happiness and gratitude never relies on external conditions but is purely determined by your evaluation of where you are now.

Now contains the seed of the rest of your life. Plant it with joy and water it with gratitude and rejoice in your life for you are its creator.

There Is No Place and Time Like Now

Many people in our culture today are busy running around trying to arrange our lives to be somewhere else.

We all want to be somewhere else geographically or financially or in our relationships. And on top of this many people also live by the 'some day' rule. 'I can do it, ... but just not today. I'll do it when …' are some of the excuses used to stay in our comfort zones.

The problem is that both someday and somewhere are undefined and illusionary.

The Time and Place
Somewhere doesn't exist and someday never comes, although you keep hoping it does. This can be very disempowering and is responsible for a lot of disappointment and frustration for a lot of people.

The truth, however, is that right now is all you've really got. Tomorrow is never promised to you and learning to fully live in and for the moment is a vital distinction to make in creating a great life.

To Be Grateful
Being grateful does not mean that you loose your drive or purpose, but allows you to slow down and really enjoy the ride. Not only is it healthy to want more from life, but it's also required to be truly fulfilled and knowing where you are is critical in getting where you want to be.

Using someday as an excuse to soften your problems won't create long term success and fulfilment.

Be honest with yourself. A little pain can be very useful as it can be used to move you to action. There's always something you can do right now to turn your ideas into reality. There is always one small step you can take.

To Take Action
One of the most powerful resources you have is resourcefulness. This means that right now you have all you need to achieve whatever you desire and that you have the ability to take action with exactly what you've got and exactly where you are.

You don't have to wait for 'some day when' or 'when I am ...' before you take action on your dreams and goals.

The smallest idea acted upon can make all the difference as it immediately makes your idea real and smothers someday because you used your will to consciously take charge.

To Pursue Your Dreams and Goals
It's important to realize that the purpose of pursuing a goal or a dream is not just in achieving it but even more so in the experience of achieving it.

You don't travel for the purpose of reaching a destination but for the purpose of travelling. Whatever dream or goal you're pursuing you'll probably spend more time in pursuit of it than actually achieving it and most goals are an anti climax when you actually achieve them anyway ... unless ofcourse you set another goal and start pursuing that!

Remember: The process is where the true fulfilment comes from and the actual experience is what makes you become something instead of accumulating something. If you can't be happy and grateful without your goal then changes are that you won't be happy and grateful with it.


Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!

Using the Body to Strengthen the Mind Part 2

The Importance of Breath
The most vulnerable portion of the “Flow State” triad (breath, movement, structure) is breathing.

Proper breathing is degraded by stress before you can detect it in posture or muscle tension. This is one of the reasons breath control is addressed in most religions and spiritual disciplines, whether this is through pranayama (yoga), exercise, hymns, ritual prayers, dance, or sacred postures.

Utilize the Power of Total Concentration
A good yoga teacher, for instance, will place the student in a posture sufficiently extreme to force total concentration. When the student learns to relax and focus, that posture becomes relatively easy, and a more extreme posture is given.

The point is to teach the student to monitor their own internal process. Fine martial arts or breathing meditation teachers use similar techniques.

The student learns to recognize the early signs of strain, and to dissipate them. NOTHING in life creates more stress than lack of oxygen, and learning to remain calm in the midst of oxygen debt will teach you to remain calm when the children are screaming, when your boss is on the rampage, when someone cuts you off on the freeway.

Or when you have a writing deadline, or when insecurity and fear hammers at the door of your resolve.

Create Centredness and Achieve Excellence
Deliberately practicing a physical discipline to enhance this quality of calmness and centeredness, while simultaneously working toward goals balanced in body, mind, and spirit, exposes you to the currents of life while helping you develop the skills and strategies necessary to excel.

This, over time, leads to excellence, even in a purely mental arena.

Remember: proper breathing under stress is a key to reaching your maximum potential as a mental, spiritual, and emotional being. Seek one of these techniques out and integrate it into your life. It's one of the best investments you could ever make in your future.

Love life and live it creatively and on purpose!

Leanne
PS If you’re looking to feel great about yourself and your life check out our fabulous audios at www.YourSuccessfulMind.com/FeelingGreat MindRight Programming Tools to put you back in the driver’s seat of your life!