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Why New
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It’s
a brand new year and many of you are excited about starting fresh
and turning your life around in 2008. That’s fantastic! I know
that 2008 is going to be an exciting year. I can feel it coming! Have
you made your New Year’s Resolutions? Are you clear about what you
would like to see change in your life in 2008? Good! You’re on the
right track. You know what you’d like to accomplish and where you
want your life to go. I've
got some bad news and some good news for you. Which would you like
first? Okay, let's start with the bad news. The bad news is that New
Year's resolutions don't work. Did you know that 80% of the
resolutions we make fall by the wayside within a few weeks or
months? That’s pretty sad, isn’t it?
So, would you like to know why New Year's resolutions don't work?
Great! I’d be happy to tell you. It’s because they are based on
sheer willpower. If willpower worked in and of itself, we'd all be
slim, rich and famous. The problem with willpower is that it
operates only in the conscious mind and in too many cases our
conscious minds are in conflict with our unconscious minds.
When you decide you want to change your life and become more happy
and successful, often your unconscious mind will go into resistance.
If you’ve avoided dealing with your deep, unresolved emotions,
your unconscious mind can become like a rebellious child that says,
"Until you give me what I want, I'm not going to give you what
you want!" Have you ever experienced that?
The first step to making 2008 the best year of your life is using
your imagination. In the last 20 years we’ve learned that
imagination is much more powerful to the unconscious mind than
willpower could ever be. Imagination is the ability to see, hear,
feel, smell and/or taste yourself already experiencing what you want
to achieve. It’s what children do every day when they are playing
imaginary games.
The next step for making 2008 the best year of your life is
developing your willingness. Willingness is a quality of
surrendering to your Higher Self. Your Higher Self knows much better
than you do what needs to be healed in order to achieve your dreams.
When you pay attention to the messages your Higher Self is giving
you, it always shows you what needs to be healed in order to achieve
your goals and dreams. Having
the quality of willingness means you are willing to heal any
emotional issues that arise on your journey to creating the life you
want. Remember what we said about the unconscious mind going into
resistance like a rebellious child? Those emotional issues that need
to be dealt with could be your fears, your poor self-esteem or the
unresolved traumas from your past. When you don't have the
willingness to resolve these issues, they will often derail your
train to success.
The last step for making 2008 the best year of your life is
developing your persistence. Persistence is just your natural
stubbornness turned to a positive use. When you turn your
stubbornness into persistence to stay on track with your dreams, it
becomes very valuable. Did
you know that the only thing that keeps you from achieving your
goals is giving up before you get there? When you stay focused
and persistent on what you want to achieve over time, you’ll
always find the way to succeed. 2008
can definitely be the best year of your life! When your conscious
and unconscious minds start working together, watch out world!
You’ll be a very powerful, successful human being! |
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