Action Follows Attention
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Your First Step: Addressing Your Mindset
When you want to achieve a goal or fulfill a vision, you create a plan that includes steps to take you there. But there’s something else you need to address before you even begin working your plan. Learn what this step is, why it’s important, and how you can ensure it will support your success.
~ Linda-Ann
How to reprogram your mind (for positive thinking)
Brendon Burchard describes how your mind creates its programming. By giving your attention to negative thoughts, it develops into a habit. To become more aware, you can take control and decide what to think. He explains how to become aware of what you’re thinking about. Then redirect your attention to focus on what’s positive.
Brendon Burchard is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, personal development trainer, thought leader in human motivation and business marketing. Visit http://brendonburchard.com/ for his free eBook and video series on the secrets to changing your life and reaching high performance in all you do.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
What Habits Are You Cultivating?
Like everyone, you have habits that make your life run smoother. You don’t have to think about whether you put your right or left shoe on first. Brushing your teeth is part of your morning and evening ritual. When you drive to work, you follow the same route you’ve followed for years. Habits free your mind to attend to more important details, like planning your day, deciding on dinner and formulating that email to an important client.
But not all habits are helpful. These are ones that don’t give you the results you want. They may be physical habits, such as eating too much at a meal which causes you to gain weight. Or they might be mental habits of self-doubt that undermine your success. Some are outdated, formulated to help you when you were younger but no longer serve a purpose. Procrastination, perfectionism and seeking approval fall in this category.
Habits develop by what you pay attention to and repeatedly act on. You make small decisions each day, that compound over time. They create pathways in the brain, and you eventually operate on them automatically.
You can choose what your habits are, by consciously deciding on specific actions and following through on them. Or you can drift, and choose the easiest course. Taking the path of least resistance may be the simplest in the short run, but it will probably detour you from your desired goal. And this, too, may become a habit.
Just as you exercise your body to make it stronger, you have to repeatedly choose constructive actions and thoughts you want to make into habits if you want a better life.
Athletes train their reflexes and to build muscle-memory. This allows them to respond more quickly to specific situations, such as a starter pistol or ball coming at them. They perform in the way they’ve trained to achieve maximum results. They’ve drilled the reaction into their bodies. In a competition, they don’t have to think about how they’re going to respond, they just do it. Each movement was considered and implemented ahead of time to result in a specific outcome.
Are your habits positive or negative, beneficial or self-sabotaging? What routines have you created for yourself? Do they further your success or have they undermined it? What behaviors have you cultivated in your life? If you want to make a change in your life, practice different thoughts and actions. The Law of Attraction will then begin drawing better conditions to you.
Here are some tips to help you create new habits.
Decide on your outcome. Do you want to have a healthier lifestyle, more friends or greater success? What do you have to do to achieve that? Develop a series of steps that will take you in the direction of your goal.
What do you have to let go of? Whenever you invite a new idea into your life, you have to let go of something else. If you want to exercise more and be healthier, you have to leave the comfort of the sofa. To reduce weight, you have to reduce portions and avoid fast food. For greater prosperity, you have to release the belief in lack.
Compare each choice to your goal. Ask yourself, “Does this bring me closer to it or push me farther away?” It may be tempting to ease off if you’re overwhelmed, but you will ultimately pay the cost of a delayed or sabotaged achievement. Persist each day, one decision at a time. Those decisions build up to create the habits you want.
Be careful about what you say to yourself. The statements you make to yourself will either support and encourage you, or undermine your progress. Pay attention to what you’re saying to yourself about your intention, and make it positive. Habits are created by what we focus on, because action follows attention.
Ultimately, to create a new habit, you have to break the old one. Then you have to substitute the new decision in its place. When you’re consistent and persistent in your actions, you’ll develop your new habit within a short time.
It may not be easy, because your subconscious doesn’t like change. But your determination and resolve will persuade your inner mind to support you on your quest. Stay the course and soon you’ll have cultivated a habit that produces the results you’re seeking.
Affirmation
I create habits by what I pay attention to and act on. My decisions now align with the success that I deserve and create the habits that bring the outcomes I desire. I easily make the necessary shifts, knowing that the Universe is on my side. My thoughts, words and deeds now reflect the path I choose to take in creating the life I want.
As a speaker, personal and professional development coach and hypnotherapist, Linda-Ann Stewart empowers business and professional women who are stuck, immobilized or overwhelmed get focused, prioritize and break through so they generate more business and create consistent income. If you’d like some help in reaching your goals, email her at LAS@Linda-AnnStewart.com with “Complimentary Consultation” in the subject line.
Eliminate the Resistance to Your Vision
To bring your goal or vision into reality, you have to take action on it. You have to make it a priority or it will remain a daydream. If you’re not moving forward on it, you may be encountering some inner resistance. Learn how to undo that resistance and get moving towards your dream.
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As a speaker, personal and professional development coach and hypnotherapist, Linda-Ann Stewart empowers business and professional women who are stuck, immobilized or overwhelmed get focused, prioritize and break through so they generate more business and create consistent income. If you’d like some help dealing with your resistance, email her at LAS@Linda-AnnStewart.com with “Complimentary Consultation” in the subject line.
Zig Ziglar on Setting Goals, part 3
Legendary Zig Ziglar humorously describes how we we tend to postpone and procrastinate goals. We can always find a reason not to put them into action. But they’re just excuses. Unless you take action on your goals now, and make them a priority, you’ll never get to them.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Zig Ziglar on Setting Goals part 2
Legendary Zig Ziglar humorously describes how we we tend to postpone and procrastinate goals. We can always find a reason not to put them into action. But they’re just excuses. Unless you take action on your goals now, and make them a priority, you’ll never get to them.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Make Self-Talk Your New Best Friend
Everyone carries on conversations with themselves. Unfortunately, most of these conversations are carried on just below conscious awareness. You don’t even realize what you’re telling yourself. Learn a secret to using self-talk to coach yourself for encouragement or through a stressful situation.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Linda-Ann Stewart helps business and professional women who are stuck, immobilized and overwhelmed to focus, prioritize and break through so they generate more business and create a consistent income.
Zig Ziglar on Setting Goals, Part 1
Goals are important if you’re ever going to get anywhere. The legendary Zig Ziglar talks about power of choice and how important they are for your goals. He describes how to set a goal and establish a plan of action. His formula is simple and easy to follow and if you follow it you will accomplish your objective.
Get Motivated and Take a Step
Sometimes it’s hard to get moving on a goal. You want it, but you can’t get motivated enough to take the first step. Learn some ways you can increase the intensity of your desire, and take your first steps.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart