Where is the current direction of your life going to take you in the next few years?
What if you live to be 100 years old (more and more people do), when looking back, what will you be able to say you accomplished?
What kind of person will others say you were/are?
I know that these are challenging questions to answer, and I also know that once you DO answer them you may find yourself wanting to change your present course of living.
But don't take my word for it, test it out for yourself. Take a moment, right now if you can, and ask yourself the three questions above. Then come back here. It's OK, I'll wait. :)
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Did you do it? If not, do it now.
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Ok, if you did, the rest of this will be much more useful.
You may, or may not, have been pleased with the answer you got from yourself about the direction of your life. If everything is on track to get you to where you want to be by age 100, then keep learning and progressing as you are already doing.
If, on the other hand, things are not looking as bright as you'd hoped, fear not. The first step in changing something is in realising that there is a change to be made. Now you know. The second step is to figure out exactly what you want out of your life and what you can do next to get moving in a direction more aligned with your goals and dreams.
In other words: CLARITY
I've been going through many changes and improvements in my business over the last few months, most of which have demanded uncomfortable changes in my own person and mindset, and I consistently seem to find that the changes come about only after I have managed to clarify what I want the END RESULT to be like.
To go from thinking and behaving like an employee to thinking and behaving like a true business owner takes coaching, practice, focus and a little bit of time too. Going from a certain body weight to a significantly larger and more muscular frame takes training, discipline, focus and time. You have to be able to imagine yourself as that new person and believe that that's who you are becoming. The more clarity you have in regard to your VISION of who you want to be and what you want to accomplish, the easier it becomes to make the transition.
It's all about comfort.
You're probably comfortable right now with the way your life is. Otherwise you would want to change. Or the discomfort you feel about where you are just isn't great enough to force you to do something about it yet. Once it becomes too uncomfortable, you will get up off the couch and do something to make changes. Then, when you do change, if you're comfortable there, you stop trying to improve. You only get going when you realise that you really want more.
The gap between where you are and where you want to be is the discomfort you feel. The more you focus on it, the more you feel it. Those who give up on their dreams don't look or think about them anymore because it's painful to do so.
The trick is, get comfortable at the higher level.
What does that mean?
It means that the more you imagine yourself being the person you want to become and living the life that you want to live... the more comfortable you will become thinking of yourself as that person. And the more comfortable you become at the higher level... the more uncomfortable you will be where you are now because you feel you should be living a much GREATER life! The one you constantly imagine yourself living!
And since your unconscious/subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between a thought that you imagine or a memory that you have actually lived, anything you imagine becomes "real" and the life you live in your mind will be accepted as what is "normal" for you.
Once your clear vision is accepted as what's "normal" for you then you will feel much more freedom in moving yourself forward towards what you are now comfortable imagining as true and the resistance you once felt blocking you will now be behind you to prevent you from going backwards. Just like all the champions, you do have to be un-comfortable with where you are first. Then you can get yourself going through thoses stages of discomfort and pain to higher and higher levels, where the true comfort you desire awaits you. The trick to living well is to enjoy every moment of the process and the journey while you are going through those growing pains. To smile and laugh your way to the top!
I hope all of this wasn't too confusing... if you just want the basics, here they are:
Develop a clear vision of the end result you desire (the clearer the better), get really comfortable with that vision by imagining yourself in it every day and move forward by following the hints and inspiration you get every day. If you can focus on your clear vision every single day and act quickly on the inspired ideas and suggestions you get, there is no reason why the true essence of whatever you most desire cannot be achieved given time.
So what's your vision?
CHB
P.S. That's a pic of me with bodybuilder Johnnie Jackson. I'm still way off the mark but moving forward with a clear vision and having lots of fun at the same time!
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