Dated:
August 22, 2009 – 4:05 pm
Inspiration is far more powerful and productive then force and manipulation. When you are inspired, you are naturally in action, which produces exponential results. When you are afraid that what you want is not coming, you become forceful and that makes everything you try more difficult. All fear is an illusion. There is very little in your life that is actually dangerous.
Awareness makes you flexible which reveals new options and leads to power. I call this The Game Changer. Using The Game Changer process, you will get into a clear-minded place. You will realize that all is well, everything you want is coming and there is no need to push or force. One of the master skills in life is to relax and let it flow. From this naturally blissful place, inspiration arises and you find yourself in massive action towards your most cherished dreams. Goals that you had put off in the “someday” category suddenly become today’s priorities.
Dated:
August 21, 2009 – 3:22 pm
If life went exactly as planned, you wouldn’t learn anything. If life didn’t push against you, you wouldn’t grow or evolve. The contrast is what you need to know how to create the vision in your head.
What gets in the way is our opinion. “This shouldn’t be!” the Drunk Monkey screams. But if you look at the history of your life you will see that all great obstacles were necessary to get you where you are today. Destruction is the beginning of creation and creation is the beginning of destruction. When you create, you push up against the status quo and that creates opposition.
If you are feeling opposition to your goals, then you are on your way.
Dated:
August 20, 2009 – 12:17 pm
As the economy squeezes most people today, many are rethinking their lives. Many of my clients are discovering that they are success-aholics. Addicted to the success that was so easy to achieve during the boom times. Yet, now that things are different, life isn’t so easy and many are reconsidering their priorities.
Many success addicts find themselves working twice as hard for half the results today. If that’s you, then it’s time to channel some of that energy into other areas of your life that will bear more fruit.
In my Inspired Action Coaching process, I ask people to prioritize the following 10 categories:
- Physical Body
- Spiritual Relationship
- Mindset
- Family
- Primary Relationship (spouse/partner)
- Business
- Personal Finances
- Social Life
- Contributions
- Recreation
Then I ask you to rate your level of satisfaction in each category on a scale from 1-10. One being not satisfied and ten being totally satisfied. Finally I ask you to create two or three objectives in each category that, if they were achieved, would make that category a 10.
Doing this exercise on a quarterly basis creates creates more balance, peace and satisfaction. A little side note: After doing this exercise with more then 8000 people for over 16 years I can tell you that most people achieve 70% of what they write. Isn’t that encouraging?
Dated:
August 18, 2009 – 11:02 am
Seems easy enough. Choose to make life easy, right? Wrong! Be honest. How many times have you chosen something knowing it would make your life difficult later? Consider that action is hardly ever a choice.
Notice today how your reactions to life’s situations are automatic. Most of the time you can not choose to make life easy because you are unconscious of what is running your life… The Drunk Monkey!
The Drunk Monkey, which is also called the personality, the ego or your unconscious mind is an unexamined set of habitual ways of viewing the world. These various points of view are the source of your action.
The only way out of this automatic reaction mode is what I call, “The Game Changer Process”:
- You need to become aware of your reactions.
- Once you become aware of what doesn’t serve you, you naturally become more flexible.
- Your flexibility opens up a whole new set of options.
- Options give you power.
Try it today. Notice how your behavior is automatic. See the source of your action as “the way you are seeing the situation”. Begin to see your life’s situations in new and interesting ways. Feel your new power to choose a life that is easy.
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Dated:
August 17, 2009 – 9:55 am
Has it ever occurred to you that your personality is a hindrance to getting what you want out of life?
It is amazing how many sales people, executives and entrepreneurs believe that their personality is their strong suit and fundamental reason for their success. I propose that your personality is actually the glass ceiling that has held you back from achieving the profound happiness and success you have been searching for.
Why is your personality the glass ceiling?
The “you” that you are… just like the “Matthew Ferry” that I am, is nothing more than an accumulated set of habitual ways of dealing with the world. I am not actually Matthew Ferry just like you are not actually your name. Your personality began forming in early childhood as a way of manipulating the people in your environment to keep you around. The personality is based in fear.
I don’t know about your life, but I can tell you that so often I have relied on my personality to get what I want and so often I have been disappointed with the results. Because my personality is not flexible and therefore it limits and stops progress. When confronted with an unknown situation the personality reacts with fear or anger or hiding.
The habitual way you deal with the world is what stops you from achieving profound states of happiness and success. The habitual way of dealing with the world is your personality. Today, notice how there is a set of habits running the show and not your conscious choices.
By the way, I am doing one of my transformative free webinars on Wednesday at 3pm. If you want to get inspired and take action, then join me here.
Dated:
August 17, 2009 – 12:08 am
