A Challenge: Not For The Faint of Heart
Don’t tell me that you can’t, because it’s simply not true. Tell me that you won’t, or that it’s not a priority for you or, or that you simply don’t want to do it. But don’t tell me that you can’t. People in far worse shape under far more tumultuous circumstances have done far greater with far less…so please don’t tell me that you can’t.
Lose weight? Get in the best shape of your life? Start eating healthier?
Don’t tell me that you can’t. I already know that you can.
Restore your marriage? Embrace personal growth to strengthen your relationships?
Rekindle the spark?
Don’t tell me that you can’t. I already know that you can.
Leave a job that makes you miserable? Build a career around your passion? Live with
greater purpose and in greater alignment with what you love?
Don’t tell me that you can’t. I already know that you can.
I don’t say these things to be rude, obnoxious or crass. I say this because I know that if
you’re truly going to make positive changes in your life this year it starts with you
saying, “Enough is enough! I’m not willing to lie to myself any longer. I’m not willing
compromise on a life I desire anymore!”
In other words, it’s a choice and a decision that you make based on a desire for
change. That desire won’t come unless you’re willing to take responsibility for your life
and the role you’ve played in arriving to this point.
Put your foot down, take complete responsibility of your present circumstances and
demand more of yourself for the future.
Don’t tell me that you can’t, because it’s simply not true.
Here are 16 ways to develop the mental makeup that will make you unstoppable this
year:
1. Dominate your mornings. Give yourself at least an hour of time to yourself to get
your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical faculties going and ready for the day.
2. Build balance into your daily practice. Don’t wait for it, hope for it and wish for it.
Build it. Business, financial, mental, physical, nutritional, spiritual, relationships and
lifestyle—ensure that you have something you do daily for each major facet of your life.
3. Begin and end your day with gratitude. If you begin with gratitude you’ll end with
abundance, Gratitude always precedes more to be grateful for.
4. Listen less and talk more. Yes, you read that right. Instead of mulling through
limiting, disempowering beliefs, identify what you want across all facets of your life and
speak it into existence. Each day, affirm it to yourself as if you already have it.
5. Be incredibly intentional and deliberate. With your time and with your planning,
make sure you’re charting out a path and a plan that is directly in line with what you
want most.
6. Prioritize and protect. Always be clear of your priorities, always block out time in
your schedule to tend to them, and always protect that time with a vengeance.
7. Remain curious. If you stay curious, your curiosity will spark growth. It will keep you
exploring, discovering, learning and growing. All of which make you feel truly alive.
8. Don’t take yourself too serious. Have fun with yourself. Joke with yourself. Laugh
at your blunders and imperfections. Have a fun relationship with yourself.
9. Be diligent enough to always assess your performance. Not in the sense of
being overly critical but in identifying your wins and what you did well, identifying your
losses and what you could have done better and identifying what you learned and can
do better next time.
10. Be humble enough to make improvements. Once you’ve done your assessment
don’t let your pride get in the way or prevent you from making improvements going
forward.
11. Be enamored with your potential for growth. While it may be uncomfortable at
first, daily personal growth should excite you as much as anything else in life.
12. Take time to connect with a source that is higher than you. Strengthen your
faith. Appreciate the enormity of the universe and the existence around you and explore
what it all means to you. Don’t leave your spiritual philosophy unread or unpracticed.
13. Take time to breathe. Our lives are made up of a series of shortened breaths.
Make it a daily practice to focus on your breathing, opening up and contracting your
diaphragm.
14. Be deliberate with you associations. You can’t have relationships by default if
you expect to live with great purpose. If you want to make a million dollars you must
deliberately surround yourself with those trying to make a million dollars. If you want to
do work in third world countries you must deliberately surround yourself with those
wanting to do work in third world countries. Decide what you love and surround yourself
with others who share a similar passion.
15. Read everyday. Be it 5 pages of a good book or 50 pages, be certain you’re
stimulating your mind and absorbing new information everyday.
Perhaps most important…
16. Share your growth with others. True significance is accomplished through
sharing your worth with others. Any act that serves two or more people is an action you
should do more of. Contribute meaningfully in the lives of others.
Taking inventory and developing awareness is crucial for growth. For a deeper, more in-depth opportunity to look at how you can possess the strategy to achieve anything you want and the blueprint to improve it, check out this upcoming free online course starting in early December.
About the Author: With an incessant focus on high performance training and mindset mastery, Pete Kohlasch dedicates his life to challenging and inspiring others to live into the best version of themselves. Pete’s focus is on creating the most innovative, impactful and transformative growth experiences for his clients and fans. Creator of Personal Accelerator Blueprint and Winning Mindset, Pete understands the psychology and strategy behind creating sustainable success and is excited to share it with you.
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