Have You Got a Mentor (or even a few)?

Despite some of the best information available on how to accomplish any task, most people still tend to ask their friends, neighbors, co-workers and siblings for advice on key issues they may be facing. 

So why  not turn to people who are experts in the field...who have already accomplished exactly what you want to do?

You could easily find dozens of mentors to help you on your path -- and surprisingly, many of them will help out just for the enjoyment of helping someone else succeed. 

Create Time For Your Life and take time NOW to jot down those questions you need answered along with the kind of help or contacts you might need a mentor to provide. Once you've determined your needs, you can more easily search out appropriate mentors in your field. When you find them, take a risk and ask them to help. 

To your Success in 2014!

Opportunity

I have a new gratitude statement for you today - and this
one is VERY powerful because it shifts your awareness
from awareness to prosperity...

Here you go...

Today I am grateful for opportunity!

Opportunity is EVERYWHERE. Even if you aren't tuned
into it right now, it is everywhere. The trick is to shift your
awareness and expect to see opportunity all around you.

Today, decide to see small and large opportunity in the world
around you. Discover it in your life and in the lives of others.

And when you do - CELEBRATE IT!

When you decide to see opportunity all around you - you
instantly shift from lack awareness to prosperity awareness
and you become a magnet for your desires...

So, remember your new gratitude statement...

"Today I am grateful for opportunity!"

You are Extraordinary!


You CAN create prosperity magnetizing intention statements fast.
And I'll show you the exact way to do it in this gift from me to you...
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How to Relight Your Motivational Fire

Can you recall times in your life where your motivation has peaked and troughed? Times when you felt a high level of motivation, when nothing could stop you from pursuing a goal or staying committed to a cause that was important to You? However by contrast can you remember too often the times when your motivation waned, your resolve felt weak, and you couldn’t seem to focus on a goal you said you really wanted.

So why is it that we can sometimes take a goal to its end, and other times it loses its flame?

The secret is to understand your own internal personal motivators, and how they tie to the goals you set. Plus there are certain "truths" about how motivation works and why it subsides. And most important of all it is understanding that  within these truths there is a process for reestablishing your sense of motivation that you can use anytime to reignite the flame of a goal.

If you would like to learn more about what really motivates you then contact Viv Black at:

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A complementary 30 minute Skype Coaching Session will kickstart you and relight your fire...

Join me on a 21 Day Habit Challenge!

         21 Habit Challenges for 21 Days

Do you know that it takes about 21 days to form a habit? This requires practice and determination. Getting started is the trick.. especially if you want to change an old habit into a new one. This is why giving yourself a challenge for a minimum of 21 days is a great way to improve all areas of your life.  Soooo....Try taking a moment to think ‘Who do I want to be in 3 years?’ What kind of habits would you like to have? Do you want your new habits to influence your lifestyle and consequently your life ? If the answer is yes...then join me and start today!

Below i have listed 21 Challenges! Now pick one or more challenges and stick with them!  Keep a log, challenge your friends and stay inspired!

Be aware though that picking too many challenges at the same time can easily result in a failure of all of them.

21 Day Habit Challenge

Write an "I-Like-This-About-You" note/text/email each day for someone (Level 1)

We are so often focused on the negative stuff that we forget to mention the good. By sticking to this challenge,You surely will make people’s day, 21 days in a row!

2. Talk to one stranger each day (Level 3)

This is a great one to Knock anxiety on the head! Have you ever resisted the temptation to talk to someone because you were afraid and said to yourself that you actually don’t want to talk to her/him anyway? Not anymore! After 21 strangers you will understand people are just people and there’s nothing weird in speaking to someone you don’t know.

3. Re-evaluate one long-held belief each day (Intermediate)

Questioning your own beliefs is a great way to rid yourself of bullshit while continually adapting to new knowledge you’ve taken on since putting old beliefs together.

4. Take a 30 minute walk each day (Easy)

Walking is healthy, relaxing and inspiring. And it is both easy and free! A great exercise while walking is to observe other people and think about what the differences and similarities are between you and them. This will definitely increase your empathy and your observing skills! 

5. Try a new recipe each day (Level 2)

If you want to learn how to cook you need to practice, practice, practice. Forcing yourself to try a new recipe each day is a great way to learn of more techniques and ingredients. It also makes it easier to drop bad food habits you might have and turn them into healthy ones!

6. Refrain from alcohol or drugs for 21 Days! (Depends!)

Do you have a social circle where there hasn’t been a sober night out for years? Can you try to have fun without ingesting chemicals to alter your doors of perception? This is a great challenge to learn how to stand up for yourself against peer pressure.

7. Write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days (Level 3)

Ever wanted to write a book? Do it. Do it in 21 days. 

8. Watch a documentary each day (level1)

Always wanted to know everything about a certain topic? You are in luck, it’s the digital era! There are more documentaries online than you can possibly watch in a lifetime. YouTube, Google Video, TruthTheory.org and TopDocumentaryFilms.com are some of the great sources. 

9. Read a chapter of a book each day (level 1)

We all know we should be reading more often but somehow we are glued to the same computer screen you are staring at right now. Clicking buttons. The solution is to take some time each day to read one chapter. Just one. Easy right? Do it somewhere cozy or outside. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, turn on some ambient music. 

10. Study a topic you’d like to master each day(Hard)

Always wanted to know everything about Animal Behaviour? Psychology? Physics? Philosophy? Educate yourself without school! Pick a topic, plan at least a lecture or an assignment each day and become a genius!

11. Media-fast for 21 days (Level 2)

Don’t watch any television and stop following the news. Limit yourself to reading a maximum of 5 blogs this whole month. Log out of Facebook, Twitter and StumbleUpon. Stop the information overload and try living simple. You will be amazed how much free time you have left!

12. Pick one bad habit you already have and ditch it for 21 days (Hard)

Are you a smoker? Do you like to see the negative side of things? Do you practice self-hate? Do you eat fast food? Do you play too many video games? Quit them for 21 days, and pick another challenge instead!

13. Inspire yourself each day (level 1)

Studies have shown that people who are inspired are happier, nicer, productive and will not stray away from their chosen path if life gets difficult. So print a quote and tape it to the mirror. Have an inspirational video as your starting page. Use an inspirational mantra for meditation. Get a principle to live by. In short, get your dose of inspiration each day!

14. Think of an accomplishment you’d like to achieve for each year of the next 21 years, a year each day. (Level 3)

This is great shock therapy. You can’t answer these questions without facing your life as it is right now and how it is likely to unfold. This one also gets harder progressively. It’s a great way to reflect!

15. Take the stairs every chance you get (Easy)

Take the stairs every chance you get for 21 days.  It is healthy, it doesn't look silly and it will add up over a lifetime :)

16. Keep a journal (Level 2)

Great for memory, reflection and especially satisfying to look back to in the future and remember the good old times when you did these challenges!

17. Don’t lie for 21 days (level 3)

This is quite the challenge. Stop deceiving yourself and others, speak from the heart. This one goes great with cultivating right intentions, because if you master that, there won’t be any need for lying!

18. Doing something that scares you every day(Hard)

Fear is the one thing keeping you from being the best version of yourself. The only way to overcome your fears is to face them head on!

19. Don’t complain for the entire day (Hard)

This one will likely take more than a few days to work up to achieving. Even if you’re a highly positive person, it’s difficult not to utter one negative sentence for a 24-hour span. Don’t be down on yourself if you can’t make it past an hour — as with everything this takes practice! This one is also great practice for becoming conscious of your thoughts.

20. Meditate each day (Intermediate)

Learn why you should meditate, learn awesome variations on meditation and enjoy..The best moments are just after waking up and just before sleep!

21. Practice (at least) one completely selfless act each day (Easy)

Go out of your way to help someone else out who may or may not deserve your kindness. Take out your neighbor’s trash. Give a few coins to a homeless person. Do something that takes real effort on your part while brightening the day of the receiver.

Ok...what is the date today? What is the date 21 Days from now?

Pick two or three challenges maximum and schedule them into your daily routine.

Good luck and keep me posted!!

 

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Do you think you "Should" or do you know you "Can"?

Don't you sometimes find that all the stress you feel in your life at this moment is caused by arguing with "what is". This kind of thinking is just a way of wanting reality to be different than it actually is!

A lot of the time, the  only reason we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with "what is". 

When our mind is perfectly clear, "what is" is what we accept in this moment.

Create Time For Your Life and start paying attention and you'll notice that you think thoughts like this all the time. 

How often do you use the word SHOULD? Whenever the word 'should' shows up, that's what is going on. As in "I should be thinner, my friend should be

less sensitive, my spouse should be more attentive." 

Wanting your reality to be different than what it is in this 

moment, is just hopeless.  You could spend the rest of your life trying 

to teach your dog to use litter tray...Just coz you think it "should" doesn't mean it "can"..

However this doesn't mean you can't try to create changes with certain things ...

Accepting "what is" doesn't mean you have to settle for the way things are, it 

just means you give up all the "resistance" and inner struggle by "wishing" it were different. 

So drop your "shoulds" and start asking "how can i"? And take Action!

8 Ways to Simplify Your Life...

-Limit your things  to what you really need and cherish.

-Spend time in nature instead of shopping!

-Clear out clutter (internally and externally).

-Just say "no".

-Get help - pay others to do some of your work or chores so that you can

 have more leisure time.

-Eat simply and healthy.

-Release complicated, unhealthy relationships.

-Let go of worrying about the future and "be here now".

What could you change/release in your life to create more simplicity?

Create Time For Your Life and look for a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation

that you are making progress HOWEVER YOU  MUST LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how

large or small, write  it in your Positive Journal. It will

only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow

How to get more organised and focused..

Is your mental energy freed  up to focus 100 per cent on the daily action which will take you in the direction of your dreams?

Well have you tried taking the time to sit down and list your short and long-term goals? Even if you are the sort of person who hates to do this...please trust me on this one.. If you don’t want to call them goals..then just name the three things that you want to have in a year's time and three things you want to have at the end of your life (ie: you would like written or said about you in your epitaph). 

Organisation is really all about clarity. When you know what is most important to you, you can organise your time, space and life. When you know why you want it, it will take the distractions away.

Try prioritsing action steps that need to be taken each week in order to bring you closer to the above goals. Put them in order of what you really want to get done and what it would be nice to get done. Make this to-do list the night before. This will also help you sleep better. 

Do you have a  list of the people in your family and life who you absolutely love and want to ensure that you are actively nurturing these relationships?

Well make sure you put them into your week to call, see or connect with as much as you can....Seeing them adds to your positive energy and actually fuels you up. List the people who you like to contribute to and make seeing them a part of your week as well. Lastly, list the ones that networking with will help in some way to enhance your work/career/brand.

 Ensure you allocate time to each of these categories every week.

How s your personal space? Why not spend one day organising your desk, workspace, dresser, cupboards, drawers and your phone and computer. Delete, discard, and recycle what is no longer useful. When you know where EVERYTHING is, it will free up so much time.  

Researchers say, "When your environment is cluttered, the chaos restricts your ability to focus. The clutter also limits your brain’s ability to process information. Clutter makes you distracted and unable to process information as well as you do in an uncluttered, organised, and serene environment."

Are you a delegator or a control freak? The only way to have balance in your life is to manage your time. If you give up the need for perfection in everything and you trust and allow other people to do a few things for you, you will free up a lot of time and hence be able to consciously create balance in your life. Good enough is better than nothing and perfectionism can be an obstacle. Allow others to do things for you by trusting that they will do them well if YOU take the time to communicate CLEARLY. Learn to make powerful REQUESTS and practice saying “no” often to what you don’t want to do.

Do you commit enough time each day to nurture your soul by plugging in or centering?

This is the time you sit in silence with yourself and you are still. Try watching  some videos on YouTube to help you do this better if you don’t already have your own practices. This will help you to find your inner balance. Having what you desire is not just about doing and taking action, it is more about who and how you are “being”. 

Try the “see-be-do-have” model – you have to first see where you are and what you want clearly. Clarity! Only then can you “be” the person you need to be in order to plan and do the actions that iare required to have what you so want. 

Step 1 to 3 help you to "see", steps 4 & 5 are both about "doing” and step 6 is about "being". To me," being" is the most important part, so take the time to sit with yourself, plug in, relax and allow your internal balance system to guide you forward.

Go on ..Create Time for Your Life today...!

Who Says You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks?

I bet your first thought as you saw the title of this blog was “I’ll read this later.”

Well let the urge to change to a new task pass you by and take a minute to read this right now. It’ll save you countless hours.

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

1.Identify the most important thing you have to do today.

2.Decide to do just the first little part of it — just the first minute, or even 30 seconds of it. Getting started is the only thing in the world that matters.

3.Clear away distractions. Turn everything off. Close all programs. There should just be you, and your task.

4.Sit there, and focus on getting started. Not doing the whole task, just starting.

5.Pay attention to your mind, as it starts to have urges to switch to another task. You will have urges to check email or Facebook or Twitter or your favorite website. You will want to play a game or make a call or do another task. 

6.But don’t move. Notice the urges, but sit still, and let them pass. Urges build up in intensity, then pass, like a wave. Let each one pass.

7.Notice also your mind trying to justify not doing the task. Also let these self-rationalizing thoughts pass.

8.Now just take one small action to get started. As tiny a step as possible.

9.Get started, 

10.The rest will flow.

Is your glass half empty or half full?

Do you make positive plans or negative plans?

Do you plan for a good outcome or a bad outcome?

Presumably you would prefer a good outcome ...so why drag the present moment into a negative feeling by planning a future negative outcome?

If you don't know what the end of the film is going to be..I bet you always plan for a happy ending...we always hope for a happy ending...well it s the same in life...if the ending turns out not to be the one you desired..then deal with it and move on..

But don't spoil the journey to the destination by worrying about the outcome!!

After all..happiness is a journey..not a destination!

Would You Like to Grow A Prosperous Business?

Would you like to grow a prosperous business? If so, then it is important to have a vision of what you want your business to look like. If you truly want to Create the Life of Your Dreams, then you can't get to where you want to go without a clear vision of what you want!

First of all ask yourself this...Are you interested in achieving the results you desire or are you committed to achieving them?

Few of us take the time to set a clear direction for our business, even though this is one of the most critical components to accomplishing anything that is important in our lives!

Sooo.....What is a vision?

Creating a vision is:

1.   The process of developing a picture in your mind of what you want for your life in the     future.

2. Translating it into the written word.

3. Picturing it in your mind.

4. Developing it even further into specific action steps.

Did you know we can have visions for all aspects of our lives?

e.g. business, health, finances, relationships, career and more.

Visioning uses both mental and physical tools of your mind and body, such as the thoughts and actions to create and realize your goals.

There really is power in defining, declaring, and then committing to what you want your life to look like.

Your vision is the articulation of your desired future!

A clear vision will help to set a desired course for you. Without this direction to guide us,
we often fail to acquire the quality of life we want and expect.

CREATE TIME FOR YOUR LIFE THIS WEEK:

1.Write down what you really want  your business and life to look like.
2.Think about the best vision you can imagine.
3.Don't worry about how you're going to make it happen.
4.Instead focus on what you REALLY desire, and be as specific as possible!

Here are some questions to answer when creating your vision.  And add anything else
that is important to you.

• How many people do you want to serve?  
• Who are you working with?  
• What is your area of specialty?  
• Are you traveling and speaking to potential audiences?  
• Are you meeting with clients in person or remotely?  
• What products and services do you offer?  
• What does your daily and weekly schedule look like?  
• How much money are you making?

How vividly can you create your vision of your ideal business?
How clear can you get?

Take time this week to create your vision for your business. 

To your success....

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10 Ideas to Be the Best U Can Be

Are you stuck in a negative story?

 

About five years ago  i kept telling a story about a particularly stressful event in my life.  The story about this event -the version i kept choosing to tell -- was very negative.

I didn't realise I had "embedded"myself in this particular page !

 

Over time i finally decided , "I’m going to stop telling this version of the story.  I’m going to tell these events as a new story."  It wasn’t that the events hadn’t happened, it was just that i had finally come to realise the lesson learned from them and wanted to share the story from a taller branch.

What a difference it made to my life and my outlook on things.

So today, I invite you to identify any story you’ve been telling about your life about limitation, lack, or indeed holding back --of a recurring negative story of how things don’t work out for you, that keeps you limited or struggling.  I think every one of us has something like that in our history..

What if you just decide that that version is no longer your current story?  That’s the story of your past.  

Create Time For Your Life today and re-frame that old story as a new story about how you received a wonderful lesson from life.  

 

So what was the gift inside that particular struggle?  What new story will you tell to share that gift?

 

Do you make-up "Happy" or "Unhappy"endings?

Don't you agree that our mind definitely works in mysterious ways? For many of us...maybe even for you...when we are ready to create greater success in our lives, then our mind always looks into the past to find a reason or reasons as to why it won't work out for us.

When looking to create things like more security, love, and success, your mind might even show you pictures and tell you stories about the failures of your past. It is always looking to "build a case" for why "it won’t happen now."

You might even find thoughts floating around which seem to tell you that "thinking" about your past failures will even "protect" you if your future ventures fail.

This is because you kid yourself  that you will be able to control your reaction to a future let down if you keep imagining what the scenario "might" be!

Sooo...Hit the pause button right there!

Here’s what to tell yourself when you catch that kind of thinking happening:

Start by using the phrase:

“Up until now...”

Literally say to yourself —even out loud —that: "up until now ....those circumstances may have been the case, but starting now, I am creating new results."

"Starting now, I am inviting a new experience of freedom, love, happiness, success "...or whatever it is you are creating.

Then become aware ... as your old thinking disperses, making room for
more positivity in your life.




And one last thing..

If you really are having great difficulty doing this.. Then remember this...

 If you are going to "make up" a story in your mind about how things are going to work out..then you might as well make up a "happy ending!!"  After all....It`s your fairy-tale!

Are you paddling with or against the current called life?

Just like when you are kayaking on a river or lake, if you are moving with the current, it is much easier. You can sometimes even just sit back..relax..and let the current do all the work for you.

However when we are working against the flow, we are using what’s called our “will power” . This is actually very small.. a tiny version of what we are capable of, as opposed to when we are aligned with the flow!

Have you heard the phrase.."what you resist persists"?

In other words if you keep pushing against something it will seem to push back even stronger...

Sooo ...why not choose to Create Time For Your Life today and "go with the flow"?

When we ask for and expect positive things to happen, then we are empowered. When we adjust our desires and expectations to always be in the flow of good, then we can only create nothing but good...

The current of your river is always trying to align you with the positivity... dont resist it and you will flow right with it.

sooo..here 's to us all flowing with the current.... remember..."happiness is a journey..not a destination!"

What are you thinking about?

Have you ever noticed that the things you think about...you start to see more and more of?

For instance ..if you’re feeling peckish or thirsty..you start noticing the cafes on your journey! Or if you would like to buy a fancy black sports car then suddenly all you see are shiny black sports cars everywhere. Perhaps someone close to you has passed away...you can't help but seeing signs for crematoriums!

This is because the things we concentrate on expand...
Most of us have a tendency to think about what’s missing and what’s wrong in our lives because we want to fix what’s missing and we want to fill what’s wrong. However a far more powerful way of making changes is to think about on what is good in our lives and what is actually here. Because in truth, there really is nothing missing except in our perception.

So right now, in your life, what can you be happy about?What can you appreciate?

Create Time For Your Life today and think about the good things and by the Law of Attraction you will find that you will attract much more of the good that is yours for the taking.

Create a great day today!

Are You An Avoider?

I don't know about you but I find that being constantly busy and getting things done has become a way of life. Most of us are always planning, reading, re-doing, writing and sorting through things..Nowadays we plan for everything..even our leisure time! However sometimes there are some things on our "to do" list that we just point blank don't get around to do...and this results in us becoming "An Avoider"!
The result? The longer we avoid it..the larger the task or making a decision becomes, which results only in us avoiding it even more!

Did you know that "the word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and children"? said Ivan Turgenov!

Sooo ..what to do?

It s difficult to motivate ourselves to get unstuck in times of avoidance - mostly because sometimes our "avoidance" seems illogical!

However think of your decision to get "unstuck" along the lines of "jumping into the pool" rather than "wading in" slowly!!

When you find yourself stuck..ask yourself these questions..

1. What am I trying to achieve but can't because I am stuck?

2. Can I see all the possibilities?

3. If a negative outweighs a positive could I look at my dilemma in a new way?

You could try this...

What are your choices?
A versus B then B versus C

What factors will affect your decision?
List them in order of most to least importance ..be honest!

Family or friends
Money
Status
Time
Happiness
Weather
Others happiness
Well being
Safety
Work/studies

Now give yourself 1 minute max to
Put your option A B or C beside each
Factor..by pitting your instincts against the clock you will be able to gut check what is most important to you!

4.How sure am I about my decision?
Can I put my beliefs to the test?

Do you feel better, worse or the same ?
Would you be proud to tell your closest friend about this decision?
Is it likely you might change your mind later?
Is there any obstacle that could get in the way of this decision?
Are you prepared to handle the consequences of your decision?

5. Do I have a concrete plan?

If the answer is no..try the following:

Set a date and time when you will have made your decision to get it done..
be it making a decision or implementing an action!

Ask yourself what needs to happen in order for you to meet your goal. List every task you can think of ! (In no particular order)

Now.. Put these tasks in an order of that you can do NOW, LATER and MUCH LATER

Now take the first action!

You are on your way!

Congratulations! If you have followed this plan then it means you have taken control of your issue of Avoidance!

"Create Time For Your Life" today.
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How are you going "to be" today?

If you want to try something different from your normal daily time management routine ..why not try this?

Today, before making your “to do” list, make your “to be” list.

Create Time for Your Life by thinking about how you want "to be” today! So....write down how you wish to express yourself to your world today. Would you like to be organised, aware of your thinking patterns, entertaining, brave, considerate? Well make a list of your "to be's" , and then write down your " to do 's" beside them..By doing this..there is a much higher chance of you completing your "to do's" with a positive attitude and perhaps from a different angle than normal which may inspire not only yourself but everyone else around you!

To being fabulous!