Ryan Renfrew

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What uuuuup? Damn it’s great to be alive isn’t it?

Hands up if your fed up and pissed off hearing about all this 20eleven goal setting?

ME, I AM!

Let me get this clear… goal setting is the bomb, I believe goal setting is THE single best thing you can do for yourself. FACT!

I heard a great quote from the legendary Zig Ziglar today.

“Give me a store clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. But Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk”

But guys… we are almost 3 weeks into 20eleven. If I read another goal related post my head will explode. I my self wrote a goal related post only last week Goal Setting Gone Wrong…and for that I apologise… “My Goals for 2011” style posts are getting  to be soooo twenty10. I know they are great, and by doing so we hold ourselves acountable and all that but lets save it for 2012.

So why am I RANTING about goals? Simples….

Reviewed our 2010 goals – Check
Identified our 2011 goals – Check
Working towards our 2011 goals – Hmmmm some more than others.

We are all human. I get it!

Setting goals is easy. Making them happen is a totally different kettle of fish. And now that we are 3weeks deep in this new year the glitz and glamour of our big new shiny goals has faded away to reveal a BIG, grey, daunting challenge. That’s why I believe we now need to shift the focus from the ‘end zone’ or ‘finishing line’ to the now, the present, the imeddiate and the whats right in front of us. We need to take action… I mean really take action. Getting down n’ dirty in the trenches and grinding it out, its not attractive, its not sexy but hey, that’s what needs to be done in order for our goals to become reality.

So what now…how do we get through the trenches victorious?

Affirmations

Those positive expressions of images, words, sounds and feelings.

Affirmations are very powerful because they can change your thoughts and therefore your reality. Since limiting beliefs – mental and emotional blocks – originate in your subconscious thoughts they are an excellent tool in interrupting old thought patterns that hold you back and programme new ones that will excel your way of thinking.

If you object to positive affirmations, that’s a clear sign that you have some limiting beliefs and ironically would benefit from them.

And here comes the science bit… (feel free to skip over if it bores you shitless.)

Positively stating that you can do something is a conscious stimulant to the upper cerebral brain regions. The more you stimulate and use the upper regions of your brain, the more neural interconnections are made and the more your subconscious believes that the goal has already been achieved. Now that your subconscious is fooled it begins to work on your conscious mind and will come up with ideas, strategies and a plan that will seek out potential opportunities it achieving that goal.

In all cases, positive affirmations can make hugely positive changes I all areas of your life.

So whats the best way to use affirmaitions?

Read aloud your positive affirmation, read it at least 3 times. Each time, vividly imagine the meaning of the affirmation, and feel what you are affirming is possible in your life. Intensely repeat your statements over and over throughout your day, especially before drifting off to sleep and before climbing out of bed in the morning. You can even jot a few affirmations down on a 3″ X 5″ card to read throughout your day.

Have a look at some of the affirmations I use. I don’t use them all everyday, I select the ones that are appropriate to me at the time.

• I am now becoming more productive and efficient in everything that I do.

• I have great purpose, and I am now exercising the unlimited possibilities available to me in the world.

• I am freeing myself now of fear, worry and anxiety, and I am at peace with myself.

• I greatly believe in myself and my abilities, and I am now progressing steadily.

• I am learning and growing daily, and I now find value in each new experience that happens to me.

• I am now directing total health for my entire being and all my bodily cells.

• I am secure now with my home, my work, my family and those around me.

• My attentiveness and observational abilities are now improving every day.

• I am now achieving emotional stability and balance in my life.

• With boldness and confidence, I am now taking action toward my goals.

• I am now taking action toward developing myself every day.

• My physical skills and abilities are now distinctly improving every day in every way.

• I am now achieving my correct body weight, and I am consciously improving my posture every day.

• I now love, forgive and accept myself as I am.

• I am coping, adapting and responding now to changing situations with ease.

• I am prosperous now in all things, and I always have everything I need from the abundant universe.

• I am progressing constantly now, and I accept full responsibility for everything that happens to me.

• Every day in every way, I am now feeling better about myself and my daily accomplishments.

• I am now very youthful, healthy, strong, enthusiastic, happy and full of confident energy.

• I now feel warm and loving and accept everything I create in my life.

These are not set in stone affirmations for everyone. You can make your own that suit your goals, in fact personalising your own affirmations makes them work so much better.

Have affirmations worked for you in the past?
How many times a day do you use affirmations?
If you are new to affirmations, what is your first one gonna be?

bLAZE yOUR tRIAL

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