The current global economic situation reminds me of the movie The Never Ending Story and the ‘nothingness’ that was engulfing the land.
One of my students emailed me, a very successful female executive who has a very analytical mind, and said she felt there is a major re-shaping of forces starting to emerge, similar to the industrial revolution.
I have a huge belief in the human spirit. In all the thousands of people I have trained and coached over the last 20 years, I have not met ONE person who goes to work to deliberately mess-up (yes, we all mess up - I have!). I have also not met one person who does not want to be the BEST that they can be.
It is time to decide, clearly, specifically and passionately what YOU want to do to be what YOU want. Please take what you have decided, clearly, specifically what you want to do, to be what you want to be, and go through the following set of exercises:
1) Make a list of everything "I WANT" – write down what you want. You need to write this down and this is probably a most physically demanding exercise. When I did this exercise 20 years ago, it was a life defining event for me, and it started me on my journey, of helping people and organisations to be successful. I got writer’s cramp! But for me it was worth it. I am sure it will be for you too.
2) Now taking the same list, write down "I CAN". List down. You have to write down "I CAN" in front of everything – this is an essential part of the imprinting process.
3) Now write down "I WILL" in front of your list. You may start at this stage to get responses in your mind, such as, "Yes I can." If you do, write down whatever comes to you. (If you didn’t have any thoughts there is nothing wrong with that.)
4) Now write down "I AM" and make a list. The "I AM" statement is very powerful, as you are declaring things for your life into being. Unfortunately you cannot take a shortcut. It does not seem to work unless you go through the stages of I WANT, I CAN, I WILL, I AM.
5) Now the final one. Write down "I BELIEVE" and list down, writing "I BELIEVE" in front of everything on your list. If you believe it you can achieve it! Do not doubt yourself. You can do anything you want, if you want to do it badly enough.
Very well done. You can be really proud of yourself for completing that. It is a big challenge, and a lengthy task. Congratulations!
Do something nice for yourself to celebrate. This is a success, and we should celebrate success. I suggest you keep your list and before you go to bed, read the "I AM" and "I BELIEVE" lists.