Do You Make This Life Changing Mistake?
Probably the best piece of advice I’ve read lately when making life changes is to STICK TO ONE.
One what?
One life change at a time.
Pick the one life change that will have the greatest impact to your life.
The bonus is that this one life change will positively impact other key areas of your life.
If you lose weight, you become healthier and more attractive.
If you reduce your debt you also reduce your stress.
If you become happier you will become more successful and improve your social life.
Don’t ever try to lose weight, reduce your debt, become happier AND learn to play the piano. Ever.
Pick one life change and write down a few mini goals to support that one change.
If you are using the My Life Changes Tracker, define who you are, define your most important core value and then define one major goal with a deadline. Then define the mini goals that will support that one major goal.
If your core personal value is Health then decide to lose 20 pounds by January 1st 2012.
Then make it a goal to not keep sweets in the house.
Then make it a goal to plan healthy meals every Sunday.
Then make it a goal to bring fruit to work as a snack.
Turn those mini goals into habits and you are on your way.
One life change at a time. Attack the one area of your life that will have the greatest impact.
Go ahead. I’m sure you already know what it is.
Now attack it with a laser like focus.
The Secret To Making Life Changes
July 4, 2011 by Terry
Filed under Breaking Bad Habits, Goal Setting, Mind
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.
See How Easily You Can Discover Your Core Personal Values
May 17, 2011 by Terry
Filed under Breaking Bad Habits, Goal Setting, Happiness, Zen Forever
What behaviors from others drive you crazy? What INFURIATES you? Which behaviors force you to draw a line in the sand?
These are the questions you should ask yourself. These are the questions that will point you to your most cherished core personal values. They are the opposites to what you really stand for. It’s usually pretty easy to figure out what you don’t like.
Have you seen a boss humiliate someone in a meeting?
Does sitting in traffic piss you off?
Does the greed of Wall Street enrage you?
Are you feeling like a prisoner in your cubicle?
Is the stress in your life killing your health?
Now think about what values are the opposites of these feelings?
How about respect?
Joy.
Freedom.
Health.
Peace.
Compassion.
Giving.
Your values are your moral compass, a source of energy and most of all they motivate you.
My most cherished value is freedom. Freedom inspires me to build a life where I can work anywhere in the world. Where I can make my own rules. Where I can share my dreams with others.
What are your core personal values?
Do You Know Your Deeply Held Values?
June 7, 2010 by Terry
Filed under Breaking Bad Habits, Goal Setting, Mind
One of the best tools in My Life Changes is the ability to define your core personal values. Across the world, people share universal values such as honesty, compassion, loyalty, love, passion, courage and peace. Your personal values reveal what matters most to you in life. They are qualities that you admire in others and hope you live life by. As you define your core personal values you find personal motivation in them. Your values are a foundation to your life’s meaning and purpose.
Most value driven companies are the most successful in the world. Apple values innovation above almost all else, and this has led them to be the number one IT company in the world. So why aren’t you defining your own values? With clear values we make choices that lead us to behave from personal integrity and strength rather than blind emotion or societies shallow influences. If you truly seek meaning and purpose in life begin to define your personal values. My Life Changes provides the best tool on the web for this.
Please take some time to read this post by Donald Miller a terrific author who talks about defining values.
How to Discover Your Core Values and Why it Matters
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Your Personal Values – The Quick And Easy Way To Happiness – The Cutting Edge Series
The cutting edge a series of articles aimed at waking individuals up. Life is too short to let it pass by.
Your personal values represent what you stand for, desire and admire. They are your spiritual and moral qualities. You cannot set clear goals, break habits or make good choices without them. A few core values are health, love, gratitude, wealth, joy and harmony.
Most people are ignorant, lost, or firmly connected to their personal values.
Goal Setting And Value Identification Lead To More Meaning and Purpose
July 15, 2008 by Terry
Filed under Career, Goal Setting, Mind, Popular Posts
Life seems to hurtle by us these days. To keep up with our frantic-paced life, our ever-changing technological society has given us radical tools to work, plan and supposedly become more efficient.
Computers, cell phones, iPhones and pagers are just a few examples of gadgets that keep us connected, sometimes 24/7. Information whizzes by us at a mind-numbing rate from Internet news sites, work computer systems, E-mail at work, E-mail at home, not to mention pagers, to do lists and pop up reminders. All in the name of efficiency. Work demands that we do more in less time and the global village keeps us all connected with instant news. More and more of us are reeling from information overload, feeling exhausted and possibly headed for burn out.
Keeping New Years Resolutions – The Very Best Method
July 15, 2008 by Terry
Filed under Goal Setting, Mind
If you really want to grow and develop as a person it takes more then just setting goals haphazardly. It takes a step-by-step, but optimality simple approach that will bring a rich, joyful, wealthy and healthy life leading to balance and sustainability.
