FREE. The Best Kept Goal Setting Secret EVER!

Get your friend to ask you questions. That’s it.

Ok, let me explain. You have written down your goals. Now you need to find a great way to keep on top of them. You absolutely need to FOLLOW UP!

You are all psyched to lose weight, save money or have less stress in your life.

Here is what you need to do. Find a good friend that will ask you a set of 5-10 questions each night that are relevant to your goals. Then have them phone you every night and ask you the questions. They in a sense become a great life coach for you. To make it fair, do the same thing for them. An example of questions might be.

Did you at eat foods filled with sugar today?

How long did you walk today?

How much time did you spend writing today?

How many minutes did you waste today on something that adds 0 value to your life?

How much money did you spend on stuff you really don’t need today?

If you get sick and tired of the questions then GREAT! That means you will want to make a change. Once you begin changing the questions get much easier to answer.

So think about. The main cause that we fail at our goals is lack of follow up. Right? Right.

Now go find that friend (or coach) that will follow up with you. It’s a simple solution to the biggest reason why we fail at our goals.

Don’t Think About It Just Do It

The moment we make a life change decision our mind gets in the way.

Excuses , self doubts, rationalizations all creep into our heads to try and stop us from achieving our goals.

I’ll get to it tomorrow.

It wasn’t a great idea anyways.

It’s not THAT important, I’ll get tested next year.

You are stronger than your mind. You are smarter than your mind. Don’t listen to it and just do it.

Lace up your running shoes. Throw that extra money into savings. Don’t buy the sweets. Leave the office at a regular hour. Call up your friend.

Ignore it, don’t argue, just do it. You’ll see it makes all the difference in the world.

Make 2012 A Great Year

My Life Changes was developed to help you live by your core personal values. As I have previously written my most cherished value is freedom. By keeping this value in mind I strive to live a life stress free, free from money worries, free from health problems and free from work related stress.

It’s not enough to just set goals. Your goals must be aligned with your personal values. And these values that you cherish should drive you to better and bigger things every day. Whether your value is freedom, love, wealth, health or peace these values should evoke a feeling deep down in your core that drives you live the life you believe you deserve.  So wake up every day with your value behind every action you take.

My 2011 was a pretty good year.  I became more disciplined with my money, had good health, visited Disney World, finished my Dale Carnegie course, was invited to speak at a conference in Florida and bonded with my Dad.

For 2012 I look forward to better health as in deeper sleep and less weight. I would love to become a spiritual teacher (meditation, mindfulness, peace) and will work towards this. I will clear out a bunch of junk and simplify my life. I’ll continue with elliptical running machine and begin to weight train again. I will spend more time listening to sounds of nature and less time in the artificial world of computers, smart phones and the Internet.  I will cut down on information overload.

I hope you have all taken some thought as to what your 2012 will look like and would love if you used the tracker to write your vales and goals down.  Welcome to this site and I wish you all the best in 2012 and beyond.

Best Always

Terry

5 Ways To Reduce Stress And Find Joy And Be More Optimistic.

Stop paying attention to bad news. Get off the Internet. Read a book. Find the simple joys in life. Take in the cool crisp air of the morning. Don’t let the media influence your morning. Tune out. Find the beauty in life. Chop all the bad news out and you’ll find slices of joy you never knew existed!

Meditate. Find peace in the present moment. Learn to still your chattering mind.  There are so many ways to meditate these days. There is the traditional method of sitting still and paying attention to your outer breath.  Or download an app for your smart phone. I recently downloaded “ Meditation 4 Inner Wisdom” and loved its relaxing flow.

Don’t worry about stuff you can’t change. Work is incredibly demanding these days. Greece is falling apart. Winter is coming. I can either let these stressors roll around in my head like a mouse on a flywheel or pay attention to what I CAN change. What can you change in your life? Write it down and start making those changes. Let the rest of it go. Are you worrying about stuff you cannot change?  Let it go today and change what you have control over.

Exercise. I’ve been trying to lose 20 pounds with no results. I eat well but haven’t been eating fewer calories. Simple math. If I wish to continue to eat the same amount of calories I HAVE to exercise more. Today I got back on the elliptical running machine and did some weights. AND!!  And what? And exercise is one of the very best ways to reduce stress. It’s a double win! Let’s start an exercise routine today! One of the very best decisions you will have made, at any stage in your life.

Write your goals down. We constantly dream and plan in our heads. We stand around the water cooler and talk about living in a warmer climate, having more money or working in a dream career. Get those thoughts out of your head and onto paper! Make them concrete. Take the next step towards making them into reality. What is your biggest dream? What is the very next action you need to take to make your dream a reality? What is stopping you? Write it down today and write down the next step you need to take. Now you are on your way!!

I’m Laughing At Money Worries As I Follow My Plan

The whole point of overhauling my finances was to stop worrying about them and make sure I’m set for life. I’ve paid off my small annoying debts and set up a recurring bi-weekly payment on the line of credit.

I’ll let you know from time to time how my good to great life is progressing. I’ll also keep you updated on the weight lose program.

Making life changes isn’t about losing some weight or paying off a debt. It’s about incorporating a new lifestyle. It’s about making changes that make you feel great about your life ….forever. It’s about making new behaviours. It’s about creating new habits.  Life long habits. Is there any other way?

This is why I’m taking a stand on my life and going for the gold right now. I’ve taken what I feel are the two most important areas of my life and focused on them. The rest will be cake. Believe me.

I’m also using the My Life Changes tracker to chart my progress.  Love it.

Let me ask you again. What specific area of your life do you want to change? Is it related to your core personal values?

And finally … why aren’t you doing something about it?

Advise To People That Don’t Lose Weight Or Never Get Wealthy

Aright! In my last post I wrote I about losing weight and get rid of some small debts.

I would love for you to follow me on this journey. I promise to inspire and motivate you.

I now weigh 210 pounds (mind you I carry this weight really well) and would like to go down to 190.

I have about 4600 dollars in silly debt which I will eliminate ASAP, but I will also create an emergency fund AND I would like to buy a second house in Florida. Woot!

Not too difficult right?

As someone who writes regularly about making life changes should be a piece of cake.   Right?

Let’ see how it goes.

I’ll give you a glimpse of what’s working and what isn’t.

So come along for the ride. I’ll be using the tracker and all the My Life Changes tools available to help me.

And if all else fails it will be time to make THE PLEDGE!!

THE PLEDGE is all tested and ready to go.

DO you need a pledge? Think about it.

Admit it ….you do.

What Really Matters To You?

Welcome to all of you that have joined My Life Changes! I’ve taken a break from writing but am back in the saddle again and am going to chronicle my own life changing journey to inspire and motivate you.

After reading the book “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” ,  I’ve decided to focus on two key goals in my own life. Goals that really matter! Weight loss and debt reduction. The book taught me to focus and commit to improving what is truly most important to me.  Usually it’s best to focus on one at a time, but I think I can manage two.   I’ve been spinning my wheels in these two areas and it’s time to take a breath, plan and hit the gas pedal.

I would love to lose 20 pounds and get rid of two small nagging debts by Dec 1 2011.  I also look forward to setting up a savings account for emergencies

I’ve written extensively about weight lose and debt, now it’s time to conquer these two key goals before even THINKING about another one. Come along on the trip with me! Yes I’ll motivate and inspire you in other ways, but I’ll always let you know how I’m doing in these two areas.

Sounds easy right?  Uh huh. Making life changes and creating a new lifestyle is never easy. It takes commitment and constant follow up until the new goal becomes a habit.

What really matters to you? Pick an area in YOUR life that matters and come along for the ride with me.

The Secret To Making Life Changes

Willpower. Once you realize you only have so much will power everything becomes clearer. So stop beating yourself up about not being able to change.  The thing is that we only have so much will power in our mind and body to make changes. Will power runs out like a muscle that becomes tired.  It’s extremely  important to ask yourself the following questions.

During the 24 hours I have each day, what do I truly, truly, truly wish to focus on? If you find yourself eating crap, watching too much television or shopping needlessly you have run out of will power.

How do I combat information overload, constant advertising and simple distractions like mindlessly surfing on the Internet?  With will power.

So…..

What can I do to help you get more will power ?  Usually creating a vision , keeping that vision in mind and  making sure you live according to your core personal values should be enough….right?

Wrong. You need a little push from me.

You need to make a pledge to either yourself or someone else.   You will pledge money, something valuable or your self respect. And this pledge will be mandatory.  Stay tuned.

I have just given you a bit more will power.

Give Me 5 Minutes And Chris Rock And I Will Help You Get A Career

Job

Job (role), a regular activity performed in exchange for payment

Career

A person’s “course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)”.

Do you have a job or a career? I have two careers. One is to improve business processes utilizing large scale information technology. The other is to help people make important life changes. I never think of them as jobs.

How do you define what you do? I hope you at the very least have a career.

I love the way Chris Rock defines a Job vs. a career.

It’s hilarious yet oh so true.

If you do not have a career, begin to make a few life changes to create one.

It’s never too late.

Change Your Life For 5 Dollars A Month

The deluxe version of My Life Changes is a cheap 5 dollars a month. It’s really, really cheap compared to the cost of developing it.

For 5 dollars a month you get E-mail reminders, Private journal, Archiving, a motivating timeline and no Advertisements!!

We spend 5 dollars on a coffee at Starbucks or a Happy meal. Why not consider 5 dollars a month on My Life Changes?

It would really help me add more tools to this website and give you all these great options!

I’ll even give you this cool link to a hilarious comic about where not to spend your hard earned money.

This is how I feel about buying apps

Thanks!

Terry

Owner My Life Changes

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