HAPPY, happy New Year friends! I hope you’re looking forward to 2018!
The holiday season is almost over. Hopefully you’ve done more than put on a few pounds. 😉
It’s was a good time to catch up with family and friends. It’s also a great time to GET CLEAR about what is important to you in this coming year.
Forget the idea of it being a struggle. Don’t just go and re-live last year. (more…)
Audry Hepburn is quoted as saying “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible.’” She may have a good point here.
Is it that the thing we are facing is impossible? Why are we so quick to dismiss things and simply say, “It’s impossible”? Could it be that we are secretly saying we don’t believe in ourselves.
[shareable cite=”Abe Stone”]Could it be that we are secretly saying we don’t believe in ourselves, when we say, ‘It’s impossible.'[/shareable]
What are we really saying? (more…)
I don’t ever want to hear another success or personal development quote again. When I get FRUSTRATED by seeing so many cliche quotes and sayings out there, I FEEL that way.
If I was to follow them all, I’d never DO anything.
But then, all you need is just the right one to CONNECT to exactly the results you’re looking for.
If there is one I’d have to pick, it would be:
[shareable cite=”George Addair”]’Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the OTHER SIDE of fear.'[/shareable]
Bet you anything, thing tripping you up is the word “WANT.” “I’m easy going. I don’t want anything,” would just be an excuse for not FACING your fears.
It is like that sometimes. Remember my story about rollercoasters? I didn’t WANT TO FEEL the fear of dropping and rolling.
What most people don’t realize is that there is an amazing reward when overcoming most fears. What we think we want is rarely what we DEEPLY DESIRE. It’s just beyond your fears.
[shareable cite=”Abe Stone”]What we think we want is rarely what we deeply desire. Move beyond your fears.[/shareable]
It’s hard to describe until you’ve DONE it, but the bliss of swimming effortlessly in the water, the happiness of having and raising children, the rush of riding a roller coaster, the accelerated heart rate at the moment of a first kiss are worth any fear or apprehension.
You may or may not have been interested in any of these things, but if you’re like most of, I know you’ve ENJOYED the EFFECT or you will.
Do that thing you’ve wanted to do or take up that CHALLENGE you say you don’t want. You’ll love connecting to the BLISS you’ve been missing.
[reminder]See you on the other side of fear. I’d love to hear YOUR story.[/reminder]
I love Will Smith’s story.
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[shareable]I free myself from all destructive fears and doubts. #affirmation[/shareable]
That new job might not work out. That girl or guy may not like you back. For you that fear is so big and so real it is holding you back as if there were a wall in front of you.
The list is different for everyone. Doing something we’ve never done is one of the biggest things that most of us fear.
Be fearless today. It doesn’t mean you’re not afraid. You just won’t let fear control you!”
– Abe Stone
When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.”
– Tony Robbins
What prevents people from starting a dream is not fear. It’s the lack of attention, sustained motivation, and discipline. Because if we have all those things we can overcome fear.”
– Brendon Burchard
The fears we don’t face become our limits.”
– Robin Sharma
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”
– W. Clement Stone
Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer.”
– Tony Robbins
It is when you finally learn that your fears are all in your mind that your real life begins.”
– Brian Tracy
Fear only becomes powerful when you give it your power.”
– Robin Sharma
Fear is a liar, doubts are thieves, and excuses are killers.”
– Robin Sharma
Being scared is part of being truly alive. Accept it, and walk through it. You are larger than your fears and bigger than your doubts.”
– Robin Sharma
Being fearless precisely when you are most scared is the best hack.”
– James Altucher
[reminder]What is your favorite quote for overcoming fear?[/reminder]
It’s frustrating when something happens TO YOU, or worse yet someone DOES something to you and you’re stuck, you don’t KNOW what to do. You might not like this but it comes down to what you BELIEVE about that situation.
In the past I’ve actually been stuck for days trying to figure out what to do, because I felt that the other person had the CONTROL or the circumstances were impossible to go against.
Feeling powerless just plain sucks. So, what can you do to get past an obstacle you feel powerless to overcome? Taking is RESPONSIBILITY is one simple way to CHANGE this belief.
Responsibility for what? Watch the video to find out.
Take care,
Abe
P.S. I’m going strong on Instagram. Definitely join me.
Did he say, “YOU CAN’T do that. You won’t make any money that way”? Maybe she laughed when you told her how much you wanted to try something out.
Stop and consider the fact that you are on a different PATH than they are.
Sure, it may not work, if they did it… but you are not them.
Heck, they may have tried and it didn’t work.
There’s a story in which business professors Gary Hamel and C. K. Parahalad wrote about a group monkeys that had been put through an experiment.
They placed the monkeys in a room with a pole, and at the top of the pole there was bunch of bananas. Every time one of the monkeys climbed up, they sprayed it with cold water just before it reached the bananas.
Each one tried several times until they all GAVE UP.
They then replaced one of the monkeys with a monkey which had not been sprayed with water. As it climbed the pole, the other monkey, who knew about the water, pulled it down.
The new monkey eventually gave up.
Then they switched another new monkey with another one which had been sprayed. The same thing happened, but the new monkey who had come just before it joined in pulling this second monkey down.
They eventually exchanged all of the monkeys, until none of the original monkeys which had been showered with water were left in the room.
Though they DIDN’T KNOW WHY, all the monkeys would still pull down any NEW monkey which tried to go for the bananas.
Just think about it, WHO is stopping you? Remember, they may have their story but now it’s time to live your story.
Stop listening to the naysayers.
Expect to have to PERSIST past obstacles.
Go bananas! 😉
If the pain of spending time in a dead end career or a harmful relationship isn’t bad enough, at what point will you be willing to start over, and do something new? I don’t think it’s usually easy saying, “Oops, I guess that’s that. I’ve gotta start over.”
The times it has happened to me I was forced into it but I’ve learned a few things that do make it easier.
00:30 – You Face What Jane in The Mentalist Faced Regularly
01:00 – 3 Tools You Can Use If You Get This
01:34 – Do You Have a Lot of Sunken Cost?
02:17 – Experiencing Divorce
03:00 – Speed Up Failure
03:30 – The Detachment Connection
04:16 – Acceptance Is Magic
05:10 – If You Get This Right The Rest Will Follow
05:30 – Quote from – Guy Vinley
05:45 – Affirmation to Move You Forward
Success is not a destination. The following definition made me so happy when I first heard it years ago: “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”
It’s being in the process, the journey that qualifies you as successful or not. To many people give up and don’t do anything because it looks to difficult.
00:18 – Is This a Guy/Girl Thing?
01:06 – It’s Starts Out With These Things You Do About Others
02:30 – Don’t Be Stingy With This One
03:13 – Use This If You’re New To Goal Setting
04:02 – Do You Know What Transformational Means?
04:22 – Quote from – Arnold H. Glasow
04:37- Affirmation to Move You Forward
