Motivation Magic - 7 Days to Changing Your Life

In only seven days you will be motivated. You will have the will power and energy to not only reach for your dreams, but to grab on tightly and enjoy the ride. The Motivation Magic  system is simple and easy to implement, but can go a long way in helping you create your ideal life.

 

Begin the system on a Monday and wrap it up on Sunday. You can repeat as many times as you feel necessary, and I hope you feel it is necessary every week!

 

 

MONDAY - PLAN YOUR WEEK

Success always starts with a clear and specific plan. Most people wake up on Monday and have no idea what they will accomplish during the week, the month or even the entire year. This is why it's crowded at the bottom, and it's time for you to climb your way to the top.

 

What do you want to work on this week? What goals do you want to give attention to? What do you want to accomplish at work? Give each day a simple, yet specific plan of action. At the end of the week you will have progressed much farther than ever before, simply by knowing how you wanted to spend your most scarce resource, time.

 

 

TUESDAY - DREAMS

Dreams are important for many reasons. They give us something to look to, even when times are difficult. If you have a rough day at work, you can close your eyes and picture your dreams in your mind. You can rise above the short-term setbacks because you know you have long-term success to look forward to.

 

Not only do they help you deal with failure, but they also motivate you constantly. Even if you fall short of your ultimate goal for the time being, you will still advance forward.

 

Take some time after work to think about your dreams. This may be a totally new experience for you, and if so, enjoy yourself. Think big, and don't worry about how or if it will happen. Let the excitement of your dreams take over. Everyone needs to have a dream, and it's time that you create yours.

 

 

WEDNESDAY - 30 MINUTES TO SUCCESS

I am a huge fan of reading. I have witnessed first-hand how much of an impact reading can have in life. The more you learn, the more you want to learn. It's a wonderful cycle. As you understand more about the world around you, your own eagerness and motivation take over as you become curious and enthusiastic about really living your life.

 

Get up earlier in the morning, take a book to work with you for your lunch break, or read before you go to bed. Whatever your method, read! I cannot say enough about the importance of this tip. But you are reading this newsletter, so I'd say you are doing a great job so far!

 

 

THURSDAY - HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

Human beings are great creators of excuses. If something doesn't get done, you'll hear ten reasons why it wasn't their fault. Instead of crippling yourself with excuses, be honest with yourself and begin to make real progress in your life.

 

If you aren't reaching your goals, or are living a life that you don't want to live, throw away your excuses and take full responsibility for where you are. It is the choices you make every day that decide where you end up. If you want a different life, make different decisions. Nothing can change until you take an honest look at your life and your dreams.

 

 

FRIDAY - HAVE SOME FUN!

While planning, working, and keeping persistent are important to getting what you want in life, you must not forget the importance of fun!

 

All work and no play is unhealthy and can steal the very motivation you have been trying to develop. Take some time to let go of worry and concern and just have fun.

 

Go to a movie, spend time with your kids or simply relax your mind and body. You'll come back to your work with a renewed energy and vitality that will keep you going strong for days to come.

 

 

SATURDAY - YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL!

While working on improvement, don't overlook what you have already achieved. It is easy to get wrapped up in tomorrow without realizing how well today is going. The successes you have experienced in the past will help to motivate you in the future.

 

Think back to a time when you achieved a goal, when you felt great about yourself. These times can serve as a springboard to your future goals and dreams. Reading the success stories from others is a great way to increase confidence and get motivated, but a better method is to think about your own victories.

 

 

SUNDAY - RELAX AND REFLECT

It's been a long and eventful week. Now that it's over, let's examine what you did well, and what needs improvement. Make a mental or written list of things that you felt good about. It could be a meeting you had with your employees, or an evening with the family. What did you do that made this a success? What can you learn from that?

 

Now think about situations that could have been handled differently. What would you change? How could you have approached the problem differently? What can you learn from your mistakes?

 

This quick and easy program to motivation can help you take control of your life. It can give you the energy and drive you need to live the life you have always wanted to live. Because the tips are easy to use, you will have no trouble implementing them into your pattern.

 

Wishing you the very best...

Lessons to learned in reaching goals

Today I'd like to share with you a personal lesson that I have learned on reaching goals, especially those hard, stretching, and long-term goals.

By applying this lesson in my own life, I have achieved my goal of financial freedom in about two years. My definition of being financially free is simply that I have a stable income to cover all my expenses and live comfortably without actively working much(perhaps only 3-4 hours a week at most). This may not sound much to you, but it offers me the freedom of living my life the way I want and the free time to pursue hobbies or things that interest me.

The funny thing is, I may have known this lesson all along, but never put much faith in it. Only until one day I decided to give it a try, did I really begin to see the amazing results and its true power. The lesson is very simple, but I believe only very few people actually doing it, so the value of it is largely ignored by many people.

The lesson is: to reach a hard, difficult, long-term (>1-year) goal, you need to write it down daily.

There are two important parts to it: one is writing it down, the other is "daily". It doesn't matter if it's a piece of paper, or on your computer, or your iPhone, etc. You must write it out in some way, instead of just keeping it in your head. There are many science proven benefits of doing this, but I only believe what works for me personally. And so far, I can say for sure, it has worked wonders for me.

I think that many people actually have tried this before, but didn't get much result. See, that's the trick, that's where the second part comes in, which is probably even more important than the first part. You need to write it down DAILY. 

Find a time of day when you have a few minutes to yourself, and just write it down, don't think much about it, just let it out on paper, or your computer, or somewhere. Do this for a few days in a row, you may not feel and see much difference at first. Most people who tried this would stop here. I guess that's why it didn't work for them.

But stick to it, and give it some more time, maybe a month or two, I assure you that you will start to see some changes, some results in terms of ideas you start to have, people you start to know, things you begin to notice, which all pull you towards your goal.

My experience is that I started to see it working about 2 months after doing it on a daily basis. Then after another two months or so, when I wrote it down, the goal itself was no longer a wish, hope, or future possibility, but has become a sure thing. I started to truly see and know that I could do it. That's how powerful it is.

I could write more and more, trying to convince you that this works, but I think the best way is that you simply try it for yourself. Give it a test for a few months. I can't guarantee it will definitely work for you. But I know it has worked for me, and for many people I know, so I strongly feel that it will also work for you.

How to Reach Hard Goals?

1. Know your end result. 

2. Have clear step-by-step plans. 

3. Always see your progress. 

In order to help you do exactly these three things to accomplish your goals. GoalsOnTrack is designed to it. To learn and know more, Click Here.

Life Transformation: The Secret To Creating Your Best Self

“You do something that you could never have imagined yourself doing, become something you could never have imagined yourself becoming, and, ultimately, live a life greater than you could have ever imagined yourself living.” ~Dr. Judith Wright

At the most fundamental level, every self-improvement blog post or self help book is about life transformation.

How can you transform from the person you are today to a person who is happier, healthier, more fulfilled, more productive, in better relationships, having more self-esteem, and feeling more self-confident?

Even the smallest positive life changes transform us in some way, pushing us forward on the personal evolutionary scale and fostering some level of self-awareness and growth.

But what if you could transform on a level that afforded so much more than incremental change? What if personal transformation propelled you from living a better life to living a spectacular life?

Recently, I had a guest expert speak to students in my Path to Passion course about the kind of transformation that leads to spectacular living. Dr. Judith Wright is an educator, renowned coach and speaker, lifestyles expert, and author (with her husband Bob) of Transformed!: The Science of Spectacular Living.

Dr. Wright was kind enough to speak with me about her book and the process of life transformation that leads to exponential, significant change and growth. Here’s what she had to say: