How to Overcome Obstacles Using Reframing Practically

Can your hear it now? “This cup half-full, half-empty bull manure doesn’t help, when I have a real problem. Positive thinking doesn’t help to overcome obstacles that are real.”

I think I’d have to agree with you, that you can’t leave it to positive thinking. Action is needed and thinking about a problem with positive reframing may hold the answers to your questions and the solutions to your problems. The mind is powerful when you learn to be in charge.

In this Video:

00:10 – A Question From One of You
01:53 – Three Areas You May Want to Try Reframing In
03:03 – Three Principles at Play When Reframing
05:07 – A Practical Positive Reframing Tool You Can Use to Solve Problems Today
06:34 – Quote from Wade Boggs
06:50 – Affirmation to Rewire Your Thinking

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How to Reevaluate Your Plan To Reach Your Goals and Dreams

The worst thing is nearing your deadline and then throwing in the towel because you didn’t meet it. A lot of us do that when we reach the end of the and evaluate where we’re at on your plans for the year.

Why wait till the end of the year, when you don’t really have enough time to do anything about it? Take some time now to see where things stand and up your game before the end of the year. Check out how I’m doing this.

In this Video:

00:45 – Just This Might Make the Difference in Reaching Your Goals
01:27 – 5 Tips To Set You Up for Success
02:52 – Hot Tip: Use Reminders
03:54 – My Personal Plan For Accountability and Change This Year!
04:42 – Quote from Larry Elder
04:57 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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3 Cheats You Can Use To Get Unstuck Using Questions

It can be embarrassing to be in a group of friends and have someone call you out with, “That’s a dumb question.” That probably hasn’t happened much since you were a kid.

As adults we still do ask questions that aren’t very helpful. Except, most of them we ask ourselves.

In this Video:

00:30 – I Bet You’ve Asked This One
01:40 – The Three Tips for Not Asking “Dumb” Questions
01:59 – This One is Also Great for Conversations
02:20 – You Get What You Ask For
02:37 – A Coaches Secret Question
03:21 – Quote from Tony Robbins
03:26 – Affirmation to Help You Rewrite Your Questions

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Why You Need a Crisis to Change – Or Do You?

I was shocked when I read this line in a post yesterday, “Your brain isn’t just resistant to change; it’s lazy.” I thought about it a bit more and I realised, in a way, it is true.

You have an autopilot control in your brain that is well able to take you as safely as possible through life. It does this in response to the world around you and more important in alignment with the mental image you have developed of yourself and your life over your lifetime.

Last week someone I’m close to pulled back from our relationship. At first I tried to communicate but she responded with the comment, “I’m just having an off day, don’t take it personal.”

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Please Take My 2014 Reader Survey

I want to make my blog better and more relevant to you and your needs and interests. To do that, I need to know more about YOU. In order to do this, I have created my 2014 Reader Survey.

Would you please take a few minutes to fill out my survey? By doing so, you will ultimately be helping yourself. Why? Because you will be helping me make my content even more interesting and relevant to you.

Your input is important to me. The survey is easy to fill out. The survey results are completely anonymous. I can’t tell who said what. Really! And it will only take 3 minutes of your time.

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3 Easy Steps to Save Yourself From Stress and Burnout

When it comes to joy-killers, stress has a way of zapping any energy reserves you may have. Fun or pleasure may be the last thing you are able to think about, while the concerns that are stressing you are still in your head.

A friend of mine texted me the other day asking if I had any tips for relieving stress. She is self-employed and runs a small English teaching business. Of course she also puts a lot of care and time into raising her family, keeping in good communication with friends and relatives, and investing in her marriage. Any of these things could take up all her time. (more…)

How To Solve Problems in 6 Steps

Often, we may experience emotional hijacking when problems show up, especially if they catch us by surprise.  Whether personal or work related,we are often so overwhelmed by the thoughts and feelings of the moment, we may not see the solutions clearly. How do we keep that from getting us stuck?

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” 
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Albert Einstein

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