Showing posts with label goal setting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goal setting. Show all posts

Monday, November 24, 2008

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Monday, November 10, 2008

"Success In Life is Becoming Who You Want To Be"

Here are some more great quotes on success:

"Success comes in cans, not can'ts." -Brian Tracy

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." -Arthur Ashe

"God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest." -Swedish Proverb

"You enhance your chances for success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power"-Zig Ziglar

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." -Benjamin Disraeli

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -Thomas Edison

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."-Herman Cain

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Life Is A Journey: You Must Set Goals!

Goal Setting
A journey requires goals. Think about it, what do you really want? If you do not know, how can you receive it? Once you identify what you really want, write it down and if you have it already; fantastic! If you do not have what you really want, then establish it as a goal. Choose what you really want to be your experience.
To choose is also to begin.”
-Starhawk



Goal Setting Exercise:
Take a few minutes to reflect on what exactly you wish to do, each day, each week, month and year. Now, take those thoughts and list 3-5 goals. Here are some examples of some goals:

1) I wish to spend more time with my family.
2) I wish to exercise.
3) I wish to work and have a successful career.
4) I wish to find love.
5) I wish to have more money.

Go back and revise your goals and be as detailed, objective and finite as possible. List your goal and then describe it as you imagine it would feel like if you were doing it or having it at this present moment.

1) I wish to spend 3 hours a day, one on one time with my family, playing, laughing and having fun together at the park.

2) I wish to exercise for 30-60 minutes 3-5 times a week, including walking, bicycle riding, weight lifting and swimming.

3) I wish to work in an environment that allows me to strive, not just survive, I wish to be successful and promoted to manager within the year.

4) I wish to meet my soul mate and be involved in a loving, caring, sharing and passionate relationship with this person and partner.

5) I wish to make “$ XX” dollars a year.

Now, go back and review your list again, read it out loud, how does the list make you feel? Do you feel good and happy when you read it and imagine yourself doing it or having those things right now? Good, that means you have identified good goals for you at this time. If you feel anxious or uneasy about your list, then go back and re-write the goals over and over until you do feel good. You should perform this exercise again, once you meet these goals and establish more goals. Once you get the hang of this creative process you will see your life unfold in front of you.

Excerpt from "Acquired Hope" book, more references and free resources on Acquired Hope website

Saturday, January 12, 2008

How to Set and Achieve Goals

Setting goals is important to achieving success in any and all things. It is also important to write them down. This technique works by two powerful ways.

First, when you write down a goal, you are making a committment to yourself, and people who make committments are signficantly more likely to follow through due to psychological triggers.

Second, writing goals down also give you a visual affirmation. So not only do you have the affirmation in your thoughts, you also have a visual affirmations and having repeated the affirmation and created various sensory forms of the affirmation also make that affirmation more powerful and likely to be met.

Click this link for some more tips and ideas on how to set goals and achieve them and enjoy the new abundant, efficient NEW YOU!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Effective Actions: Overcoming Procrastination Worksheet

Becoming successful, abundant and efficient in actions requires a certain level of focus, goal setting and overcoming procrastination. I recently found an "Overcoming Procrastination Worksheet" that I would like to share, and don't forget to reward yourself for accomplishments, no matter how big or small!

You can write these 9 steps on a piece of paper and fill them out for tasks that you need to complete.

1) The most important task for me to do this week is:

2) I will begin this task on (date):

3) The estimated length of time to do this task is:

4) Reasons why I have not done it so far:

5) Solutions to each of the above reasons:

6) Steps to complete the task are: (length of time for each step)

7) Benefits that I will acquire from completing task:

8) now, visualize working efficiently and completing the task, get into the feeling of its completion.

9) On completion, I will reward myself in the following way:


Try it!

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Important Secret to Success!

We are all aware of how important it is to set goals in order to obtain and measure results and success. But are you doing this?

Are you writing your goals down?

I read this the other day in a book: "Set a goal and WRITE IT DOWN. Whatever the goal, the important thing is that you set it, so you've got something for which to aim-and that you write it down. There is something magical about writing things down. When you reach that goal, set another and write it down. You'll be off and running."

Writing our goals down appears to be a written declaration to ourselves to commit to reaching it. Studies have shown that people who write their goals down, as opposed to just thinking them are far more successful in reaching them.

Fascinating......

Start today by committing yourself to attracting abundant health and wealth to you. Write out a goal. Something like: "I (name), make a commitment to myself to focus on achieving success, optimal health and abundant wealth. My goal is to increase my income to ($) a month, create a new business, find a new business opportunity, attract a wealth-generation system, create passive income..... (fill in the blank...)."

Additionally, studies in psychology also show that people are far more likely to reach their goals if they write them and then make them public. So take your written declaration and goal from above and post it on this blog.... send it on an email to your family and friends...post it on your fridge.

In fact several weight loss programs use this technique to get millions of people to commit to losing weight. It works, it is that effective!! Once you write it down and tell people about it, you will be more likely to stick with it and reach your goals... be successful in obtaining abundance and wealth!

Do not skip this or underestimate it's power and importance!!!!

Practice the Art of Allowing

The art of allowing means several things. It means being receptive to allowing all the good and abundance that is flowing to you. This is where you take the foot off the brake and put it on the gas....your flow of increase opens up when you understand this concept. You begin to allow things to happen instead of subconsciously impeding the flow.

Be flexible and receptive. This means practicing the art of allowing. Be open minded to the people, ideas, thoughts, intuition, inner guidance and desires you feel within you. Desire is Power seeking expression, the universal mind is seeking to celebrate and express itself through you. Allow it to happen. This means acting in accordance to your inner knowing, eliminating judgmental and biased views of others and working on the creative plane as opposed to the competitive plane.

Keep in mind that situations, ideas, people, and conditions change. If you keep your blinders on, you'll miss many opportunities that can assist you to perform your goals with speed, ease, comfort and joy. You must keep your eye on your goal and believe in the concept of infinite opportunities. When you believe in the infinite possibilities that are open and coming to you, and practice the art of allowing, you open up the flow of abundance and prosperity to you.

Part of allowing it being grateful for everything and bit of abundance that comes to you. Starting your day with gratitude. Practicing gratitude is a tremendous way to raise your thought vibrations and attract more of what you desire to you. The law of gratitude works when you think and feel thoughts for all of the blessings that you have and that are coming to do. Always include gratitude as a part of your daily affirmations.

Enjoy your abundance and have fun allowing it in!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Genius Quote: light your fire!

"One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire."

-John W Foster

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Free Ebook "Think and Grow Rich"

I have posted a free ebook of Napolean Hill's famous book "Think and Grow Rich" on my Acquired Hope website.

Please stop by and enjoy a copy!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Inspirational Quote and Daily Action

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
-Marcel Proust

Today’s Inspired Action:
Do not let your condition or current situation frustrate, scare or consume you. Live in hope. Choose to see faith, not fear.

Excerpt: "365 Days of Abundant Hope" www.AbundantHopeBook.com

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Being Congruent: Your Attitude

Being Congruent: Your Attitude
As obvious as this sounds, it goes very very deep, so you may want to read this several times. Adopting and living with an abundant attitude is something that you believe and live at your very core. I love the way Bob Proctor explains attitude in his program, "Attitude is the composite of your thoughts, feelings and actions".

You must choose to live with an attitude of abundance, so that all of your thoughts, feelings and actions are those that reflect abundance.

Now comes the deep part. You must keep your attitude and core beliefs in alignment, we call this congruence. Have you ever said something that was really positive and inspiring, but yet in the back of your mind held onto feelings of doubt, fear or anxiety? If you use positive thinking, great, but if you use positive thinking and yet feel feelings of lack, fear or doubt, you are not feeling positive and ultimately your positive thinking will get you no where. You must truly align your thoughts, feelings and actions into positive, high vibrations. It is not until you master the art of being congruent with an abundant attitude, that you will be able to realize true success.
Congruence is the condition that all parts of you are in alignment. You must align these three key parts.

•DESIRE: The first key part is desire. You must want it. You must want abundant wealth/health/whatever you desire so badly that you are willing to make changes. You must want abundance and wealth in every cell and fiber of your being.

•DESERVE: The second key to becoming perfectly aligned and congruent is to deserve it, this is self-acceptance. This is also your self esteem, you must believe that you deserve success/health/love/your goals/wealth and abundance in all good things.

•BELIEVE: The third key part is belief. You must believe, with faith and purpose that you can achieve a great success and wealth. Part of this is developing hope and faith, I like to call it Acquiring Hope, as for all of us, it is a learned process and skill (http://www.AcquiredHopeBook.com)

You must be congruent on all three of these key factors-to your core. If one of these key factors is diffused, you will be ineffective in achieving success and wealth. For example, if you want to experience success and even feel that you deserve it, but after several weeks or months you do still not have it, you may begin to question your beliefs, maybe you believe that it is not true, that this process does not work, that you are not doing something correctly. Two out of three does not cut it. You are no longer congruent. You will not be able to choose your results or attract things that will make you successful.

Every part of you must buy in to these concepts and an attitude of abundance; you must want it, believe it is coming to you and believe you deserve it- in your mind, body and soul. When you have these three key factors in alignment, you are a power to behold. This process may take months or years to happen, most times it does not happen overnight or all at once.

For some of us, it is a result of going through a bad experience that forced us into a position of a matter of survival. Then one day, we realize that “my day is here” and everything falls into place, and the tools and resources that we need in order to advance our recovery are shown to us and we are now willing to accept them, practice them and habituate them in order to transform our life of lack into a magical experience of a life of abundance. The seed was planted, and now it is ripe and ready to bear fruit. Obtaining success and wealth results from having an abundant attitude and being congruent.

The more aligned you are with the things you want, the more powerful you attract them. The things you congruently want have no choice but to be attracted to you. People who are congruent are attractive, magnetic-even charismatic. When you are fully congruent, you are irresistible. –Mark Victor Hansen.

Enjoy your abundant and congruent you!


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Life is Meant To Be Abundant!

This may be an abstract concept for many. It took me awhile to accept it when I first heard it, and I had to study and study the concept until I believed it myself. It goes against what many of us have been told or taught all of our lives. Whether you were raised in a family with a poverty mindset or grew up experiencing continuous financial issues or if you are currently still trading your time for money in your job as you try to pay off your debt. The truth is really that there is no such thing as lack or limitation, there is enough money in the world for all of us to be rich, wealthy and prosperous. This is the truth for you even if it is not in front of you at this exact moment. If you do not believe this, you push against it and it then wealth cannot come into your experience. You will remain poor and unsuccessful.

So mastering the secret to success and the ability to choose your results starts in having the mindset and belief that life is meant to be abundant and there is an abundance of opportunity for you! You were meant to have everything and anything that you desire. Learn to reject thoughts of scarcity, limitation, lack and poverty. Fill your mind with thoughts and images of wealth, prosperity, success and the luxuries of financial freedom. When you do, you will start the magnetic process of attracting wealth to you. You will magnetically attract resources, money, people opportunities that support you and provide you with everything that you need to live a life of abundance. You can start to realize a result of success and wealth, you can choose a result that is different than the one you currently have.

I used to think that wealth and prosperity belonged only to people that I considered exceptional or better than me. I grew up in a family with a poverty, scarcity mindset, that there was never enough to go around. My parents used to say, "life is not fair", "life is hard", "money makes people mean". The truth is, that none of those statements are true. They are purely excuses and limiting beliefs, a conditioning that was probably passed down to my parents from their parents or other external influences like schools, newspapers, television or society.

Life is meant to be abundant!!!! Endeavor to believe it and live as such!

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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Reaching for Abundant Health: When It Is Not Yet There

Research shows that out of all the health care problems in the United States, nearly 80 percent relate to chronic illness or disability. There are over 290 million people in the U.S. who have a chronic illness or medical condition, some statistics state 1 in 5 adults! We are many in numbers. We come in every age, shape, size, color, ethnic and socioeconomic background. The medical community is well equipped to manage our acute episodes; however, it is not well equipped to give us the kind of support we really need to lead fully functional lives. Nearly everyone is seeking better health.

My books "Acquired Hope" and "365 Days of Abundant Hope" are intended for anyone who is coping with an illness, addictive disease, disability or injury-related condition and everyone who is seeking better health, higher levels of function and anyone who is seeking to experience a life of good health.

If you do not have optimal health or levels of function, you can improve this! By learning this step by step process, we can stop our physical problems from getting worse and lead happier, more fulfilling lives. By acquiring hope and learning these techniques, we can recover. We can obtain and maintain higher levels of health and function!

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.”
-Edward Gibbon

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Friday, November 2, 2007

Powerful Goal Setting Success Tip

Powerful Goal Setting Success Tip:

We are all aware of how important it is to set goals in order to obtain and measure results and success. But are you doing this? Are you writing your goals down?

I read this the other day in a book: “Set a goal and WRITE IT DOWN. Whatever the goal, the important thing is that you set it, so you’ve got something for which to aim-and that you write it down. There is something magical about writing things down. When you reach that goal, set another and write it down. You’ll be off and running.”

Writing our goals down appears to be a written declaration to ourselves to commit to reaching it. Studies have shown that people who write their goals down, as opposed to just thinking them are far more successful in reaching them.

Fascinating……Start today by committing yourself to attracting abundant health and wealth to you. Write out a goal. Something like: “I (name), make a commitment to myself to focus on achieving success, optimal health and abundant wealth. My goal is to (fill in the blank…).”

Additionally, studies in psychology also show that people are far more likely to reach their goals if they write them and then make them public. So take your written declaration and goal from above and post it on this blog…. send it on an email to your family and friends…post it on your fridge.

Do not skip this or underestimate its power and importance!!!!
For more success tips: www.ChooseYourResults.com

ABC's of an Abundant Attitude

The ABC’s of An Abundant Attitude
Our attitudes are a collection of our thoughts, feeling and actions. In order to have an abundant attitude, one that is focused on the infinite abundance around us, one must be congruent and positively focused in all three aspects of our attitudes. We must live with abundant thoughts, abundant feelings and abundant actions. When we live with an abundant attitude, we become better attractors. We become unstoppable. We tap into the infinite power via the law of attraction. We succeed, we grow, we expand our awareness.

I have created my ABC list of living with an abundant attitude. Create your own, post it here, read it daily and see how you will increase your ability to attract good things to you and achieve your goals and dreams at an accelerated rate.

A: Avoid negative thoughts, feelings, people and actions.
B: Believe in yourself and in your dreams.
C: Consider things from every perspective.
D: Do not give up. Do not give in.
E: Endeavor to live your dream life.
F: Focus on your goals and your plans.
G: Give back. Give willingly. Give thanks.
H: Hold your dreams in your mind.
I: Inspire your actions.
J: Just do it.
K: Keep moving forward, always advancing.
L: Love yourself first and foremost.
M: Make things happen, act with purpose.
N: Never act without integrity.
O: Open your heart, it only opens from the inside.
P: Practice with discipline. Make good habits.
Q: Quitters never win, winners never quit.
R: Read, study, learn new ideas and concepts that are in alignment with your values.
S: Stop procrastination and act today.
T: Take control of your life and destiny, act from the inside out, not the outside in.
U: Understand yourself and others and practice allowance.
V: Visualize your dreams and goals.
W: Want it more than anything, feed your desires.
X: Xcellerate your efforts, be efficient. (ok, I cheated a bit here!)
Y: You are unique and special, know that you have much to contribute, ignore the desire to compete.
Z: Zero in on your target, focus on your goals. Enjoy your abundant attitude, your acquired abundance and your fuller life. Share this article, an abundant attitude is a contagious one!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nicole Matoushek, MPH, PT
Author of “Acquired Hope: A Journey of Advanced Recovery and Empowerment” and “365 Days of Abundant Hope” Http://www.AcquiredHope.com

Inspired and advancing life goals and success with: Http://www.AcquireAbundance.com

Life As A Journey

Life as a Journey
Life is a journey, a journey filled with off road stumbles and on road bliss. This journey can feel like it is all uphill for those who are coping with a chronic illness, addictive disease or injury-related condition. But life is a journey.

He who chooses the beginning of a road, also chooses its destination.”-Anonymous

For every journey, a roadmap is helpful in order to get to the destination timely and see all the sights and do all the activities along the way, which one has planned. Many of us travel or have traveled on our journey of life, without such a road map. We all need direction at some time, although many of us don’t typically ask for directions. But how will you know where you want to go if you do not have a goal or destination in mind? Or if one has a destination, but no road map, one may circle around endlessly, reaching the destination long overdue or even worse never at all. Everyone should have a road map for their journey of life. On this road map, it is important to establish what you really want, who you really want to be, your purpose and how you will travel.

A man without a plan for the day is lost before he starts.”
-Lewis K. Bendele

Learn and Seek Information
Often times we need a teacher or mentor for some guidance. We all do. Those who are most successful at living the life of their dreams seek information and seek guidance. I recommend everyone do this, life is a marathon, and we are in the process of learning the entire way, we are always evolving. Please visit www.AcquiredHope.com and www.AcquiredAbundance.com for information, free resources and programs to help you live the life you dream.

Goal Setting
A journey requires goals. Think about it, what do you really want? If you do not know, how can you receive it? Once you identify what you really want, write it down and if you have it already; fantastic! If you do not have what you really want, then establish it as a goal. Choose what you really want to be your experience.

To choose is also to begin.”-Starhawk

Identity Statement
It is really important that we establish who we really want to be. We have an opportunity to be who ever we want. We are the creators of our universe, we become what we think and focus about. So it is really important that you create and think about who you really want to be. Take a few minutes to reflect and think about whom you are today and who you want to be. If it is a match; fantastic! For many of it, it is not a match. It is important to establish objective, detailed and finite goals of what you really want.

Ultimate Purpose Statement:
During our journey, it is important to have an ultimate purpose. A journey is more gratifying and enjoyable, if and when there is an ultimate purpose and a direction or vision. Every business organization knows that when they establish their Mission Statement. If one wanders without direction, one can get distracted and easily led off track. Therefore, having an ultimate purpose statement to guide your journey will keep you on the safest and fastest road to your dreams. In our journey of life, we as humans have three general purposes:

1) To know true happiness and joy. This means our life’s mission is to live our lives to the fullest and to strive to reach our fullest potential.

2) To know that we are all connected, as one God force or energy source. To give back to mankind to advance life.

3) To learn how to co-create our reality with the help of the universe or Higher Power. To learn how to apply the power of positive thinking and guide our thoughts to manifest the experience that we desire.

Rules of Conduct:
With any journey or trip, one must have rules or conduct or laws to abide to determine how one will get there. When one is driving a car, one must follow rules of traffic in order to maintain organization, efficiency and not to do harm to others. When one is performing at the workplace, there are rules of order and discipline. The same rules apply in life. It is important to know what rules of conduct guide you and your direction. You should establish your rules of travel or your rules of conduct. When you are following your set rules, you will know you are living or being who you really are.

Having Faith
No one can tell you when or how or when your goals will be achieved or your journey will be complete; you must leave that up to God or the universe or Higher Power, most people believe in a Higher Power of some sort and by some name. But go into each day believing that you are on your journey of life, become who you want to be, adhere to the rules of conduct and following your road map to your destination. Live one day at a time and live each day to the absolute fullest. Be efficient and complete with your actions. Reward yourself for small accomplishments. That will not only make this process more fun, but will help to keep you positive, hopeful and continuing to practice the process that you are learning in this book. Acquiring hope and acquiring health is a process.

Imagine that you are traveling from Florida to California in the darkness, you know that if you can see the 200 feet in front of your car in your headlights, you will reach your destination. Life is the same principle; it unfolds bit by bit in front of your eyes. Live each beautiful day, knowing that there are many other beautiful days coming your way. With each day unfolding step by step and mile by mile. Live in the moment, let go of the past, and don’t worry about the future.

Yesterday is a cancelled check, tomorrow is a promissory note, today is the only cash you have-so spend it wisely.”-Kay Lyons

Define your destination and all the sights and experience that you wish to have along your journey and have the faith, everyday, that it will happen for you.