Ignite Your Life!
Where have you come from this past year? What have you accomplished? Don't
like the answers? Wish you had better ones, more fulfilling ones? You can -
just one year from now! You have within yourself the power to decide that when someone asks you just
one year from now, "What did you accomplish in the last year?" you will
respond, "Let me tell you - I was on fire!" You aren't getting any younger, and neither am I. If nothing changes, next
year you will be one year older and still stuck in the rut wondering when
you will achieve your dreams. But you can change! Here are some thoughts to apply so that you can take control of your world
and ignite your life! Decide what you want this year. What is it - exactly? You will never pursue
it, nor get it, if you do not know what "it" is. Crystallize it in your
mind. See it. Know it. Put some sort of physical reminder where you will see it every day. Maybe
you want to lose weight. Put a picture of someone who looks the way you want
to, or perhaps a picture of yourself from when you weighed what you want to
weigh again. This will keep it in your mind each and every day. Increase your positive self-talk. Stop telling yourself negative things, and
I include thoughts, not just verbal talk. Instead, start telling yourself
positive things. "But Chris, those thoughts just run around in my head. I
don't put them there!" Well, catch them. Take them captive and throw them
out! When you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts, stop and ask
yourself what the exact opposite would be. Then begin to think it. Let the
positive thought expand and take over the terrain of your mind the same way
the negative thought would have before you ran it out of town! Act. Yes, act. I don't mean join a theater group. I mean get some action
going in your life. Want to get out of debt? Ask the boss for 5 hours of
overtime a week. Over a year that would be 250 hours (I give you two weeks
for vacation. Aren't I nice?). If you normally make $15 an hour, you will
make $30 (or something like that - go with me here). $30 multiplied by 250
is $7500. Your action will move you toward your goal. Worrying about money
won't. If you want to lose weight, go to the gym on a set schedule. Whatever
you do - act! Just make the action something that will propel you toward
your goal. If you do the above - if you decide what you want, put a physical reminder
of it where you will see it, increase your positive self-talk and take
actions that will propel you toward your goals, you will ignite your life!
And next year when someone asks how you have been your eyes will light up
and you will boldly say, "Man, I have been on fire! Let me tell you all
about it..." About The Author: Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of
Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn
their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and
achieve their dreams. To see Chris "live" at the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Event as he speaks on
the subject of Secrets of Influence go to
http://Chris-Widener.InspiresYOU.com/ or call 800-929-0434.
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