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how to tap into the potential that we all hold within us
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How To Tap Into The Greatness That Lies Within Us All

In this post I will be discussing the actions you need to take to unleash your true potential and start living the life you were made for.

Greatness lies within all of us… But, tapping into that greatness is a whole different ballgame.

Today, I will be discussing the actions you need to take to unleash your true potential and start living the life you were made for.

Here are 6 steps you can take to turn off your self-limiter and activate your true power:

1. Figure out who you are

To stand any chance of happiness, you must be your true self.

You need to decide what values in life are important to you; truth, integrity, honesty, kindness, compassion, determination, and perseverance.

Whatever those values are, write them down and make it a point to live by them.

Find a role model you admire – fictional, real-life or historical, it doesn’t matter. Write out what qualities you admire in them and then emulate those qualities and they will start to become habitual.

This is also useful when you’re in a situation that requires you to make a difficult decision. Ask yourself what the person you admire would do. Make your decision based on this rather than what’s easiest or what will give you short-term gratification.

2. Find your purpose

Essentially, your purpose is to live a fulfilling life doing what you enjoy and helping others.

However, figuring out what it is that you actually enjoy, as opposed to what you think you should enjoy, is sometimes tricky.

So, pay attention to what brings you joy or really gets you excited.

I offer my clients an exercise called ‘the three most important things’; they write out all the things they would like to experience, all the skills and characteristics they would like to develop and how they would like to contribute and serve others.

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This is a great starting point to figure out what your purpose is.

3. Set goals to achieve that purpose

When you are confident in your purpose, you then need to set inspirational goals that will help you to fulfil your purpose.

Earl Nightingale believed the definition of success was the gradual progression towards a worthy ideal. It is not reaching the goal that makes you successful, it’s working towards it.

Your goals need to be big and inspirational, they need to be able to motivate you to get up each day and take the necessary actions to progress towards them. When you’re inspired, you’ll do what it takes to reach your goal.

To set really clear and effective goals, write them down every morning and carry them with you. Then, write them out again before you go to bed and read them several times before you to go sleep so that your subconscious mind can absorb them whilst you sleep.

4. Create a plan

If you’re going to reach your goals, you need to break them down into stages.

Create an effective plan that is quite simple to do and work out how long it should take to achieve your goal.

Decide what you need to achieve in 12 weeks.

I found this works best for me as it’s enough time to make significant progress and get things done, without having to look too far into the future.

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Once you’ve got your 12 weeks or quarterly plan, break it down into what steps you’re going to take this month toward your objective.

I advise my clients to set 6 actions they can realistically accomplish within that timeframe.

Write these out on a piece of paper and tick them off as you accomplish them.

Subconsciously, this gives you a visual representation of your progress and helps build your confidence and gather momentum.

5. Create a ‘power life script’

To help keep you motivated and inspired, I find it useful to create a power life script.

Essentially, what you need to do is write out a vision for your perfect life as though it’s a movie script.

Include every detail about how you are living, who with, your lifestyle, how you spend your time, etc.

Read through it first thing every day or use a voice app on your phone, record it and listen to it whilst you’re out and about.

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You don’t even need to pay attention fully, as your subconscious mind will absorb it.

Think about all of the qualities you would need in order to achieve that life – would you have to study more? Improve your knowledge? Your skills?

Do whatever it takes to become the person you need to be to live the life that you desire.

Many people think that they will become this person after they get a fancy car or a big house, but that’s not true.

You need to become that person first, in order to attract those things.

6. Overcome your fears

Fear is a natural instinct that protects us from life-threatening situations.

However, fear can also prevent us from doing things in life that are not life-threatening and may in fact benefit us.

We do this because we have been conditioned to believe certain things and to act a certain way.

Anything outside of what we’re familiar with often causes fear to arise, it’s what Bob Proctor calls the ‘terror barrier’.

The terror barrier is related to self-image – the poorer your self-image, the less confidence you have and the more difficult it is to push through the terror barrier.

Any time you are trying to fulfil a goal that requires you to stray into new territory, you are bound to run into the terror barrier.

When this happens, you have a choice – you can step back into safety and continue to experience the same results year, after year OR you can be courageous and experience the growth that you have been seeking.

Everyone who has ever accomplished anything has had to confront and push through the terror barrier.

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November 8, 2022

Career  ·  Direction  ·  Entrepreneur  ·  Wealth
How To Become A Money Magnet And Attract More Wealth Into Your Life

Do you ever wonder how some people just seem to attract wealth without (seemingly) any effort? People want to work with them, new opportunities appear all the time and they always have an abundance of money. They seem to be money magnets.

Well, I can tell you why some people are like this… They have either learned consciously or unconsciously, the secret to becoming a money magnet.

Luckily, it’s no secret to me and in this blog post, I will explain 7 steps you can take to attract more money into your life.

1. Set an inspirational financial goal and make a committed decision to accomplish it

How much money do you truly aspire to have?

If you haven’t already, decide on a sum that really excites you; even if it seems impossible. Don’t worry about how you will get there right now, because as I like to say… You can never connect the dots moving forward, only looking back.

Even if you are in debt, I can show you practical ways to get out of it and start creating new income sources that will enable you to progress towards your goal.

Personally, I have had many ups and downs in business. I started with nothing but an idea and still built two companies; selling one of them for £2.25 M. But, then the financial crash happened. I lost almost everything and struggled to earn any income.

However, I picked myself up… With no money at all, I started a company that in just 9 years I grew to a value of £30M. So, don’t worry about where you are now; you just need to have a goal and be committed to it.

Decide on that magic number. If you don’t have a specific number in mind, calculate how much money you would need to pay off all your debt, cover all your bills and live the life you dream of.

When you settle on a number, write it down as a single powerful statement in the present tense.

Write it as if the money you desire is already in your possession. For example: “I’m so happy and grateful now that… I make £1M a year and I’m able to enjoy the life I really want.”

Carry this reminder with you at all times. Every time you read or even touch it, it will remind your subconscious mind to focus on where you want to go. Focusing on a big financial goal inspires you to change your money mindset because the excitement of achieving your dream pulls you forward into your desired financial future.

You then need to make a committed decision. The crucial first step in any plan to improve an area of your life is to make an irrevocable decision to commit to it. That is why whatever goal you set yourself needs to be inspiring enough to make you get up in the morning and reach for it.

2. Replace self-limiting beliefs

As we grow up, we start to form certain beliefs about money that we take from our parents, friends and the general environment. For the vast majority of people, these tend to be quite negative beliefs.

“We can’t afford that.”
“Money doesn’t grow on trees.”
“Money won’t buy you happiness.”

The insinuating effect of these things we’re told growing up is that money is in scarce supply. Or, there is something wrong with wanting it, earning it or being financially fortunate.

If you want to become a money magnet, you have to recognise the false beliefs you have about money and replace them with beliefs that serve your purpose. 

Take a few minutes to evaluate the following questions to see what shifts you may need to start making in your mindset:

  • Do I believe that I deserve to be wealthy?
  • Am I comfortable talking about money?
  • Do I really believe I can create financial freedom?

If any of your answers are ‘no’, ask yourself where those beliefs came from and if they are genuinely true. Most of the time, you’ll find that there is no supporting evidence to these beliefs; you’ve just been operating on autopilot because it’s part of your conditioning.

Your beliefs shape your reality. In order to change your reality, you need to first change your belief system. Rather than…

“Money is the root of all evil.”

Change your perspective and embody the belief that…

“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”

3. Become the person you need to be to attract what you desire

If you want to become a millionaire with a certain type of lifestyle, you need to find what character traits you need to become that person and then write them down in as much detail as you can.

Do you need to be knowledgeable? Financially savvy? A good decision-maker? An inspiring leader? Think about the sort of person you need to become and start acting like that person in every situation.

Look at the method actor Daniel Day-Lewis for example; he is renowned for putting an unbelievable amount of effort and work into his roles prior to filming. He turns himself into the character, including adopting the whole mindset of that character and is utterly convincing in every role.

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The lesson you can take from this is: Before you attract the things you want, you need to immerse yourself in who you want to be.

4. Use wealth affirmations

One effective way to create new empowering beliefs is to use wealth affirmations, which help to imprint those new beliefs on your subconscious mind.

You can either deeply relax and repeat these to yourself in a meditative state or do this in the mirror instead. You must say them with feeling and conviction to genuinely believe them.

It may seem silly at first but, if you do this consistently on a daily basis, over time you will start to believe it and your mindset will begin to alter.

However affirmations will only work if you do them properly. The reason they are usually ineffective is that there is a conflict between what you’re saying and what you actually believe in your subconscious mind. There is no use looking in the mirror and repeating “I am a billionaire” because the likelihood is, you’re not! Your subconscious mind will simply not accept it and the affirmations will be a waste of time. In order to truly believe your affirmation, it should sound something like this…

“Every day I am learning more and as my knowledge increases, my wealth increases.”

If done properly, affirmations can be extremely powerful.

5. Make personal development a priority in your life

There is a saying I love…

“You can choose in life either to follow the goddess of wisdom or the goddess of money; but if you choose to follow the goddess of wisdom, the goddess of money will follow you.”

I believe that studying and learning are the foundation of building wealth and becoming a money magnet. So, make sure you spend time each day developing your awareness by reading or listening to personal development material.

Also, start spending time with successful people.

There’s a well-known theory that your net worth is usually the average of your 5 closest friends – the people you spend the most time with. The reason for this is that being around clever, successful people is one of the fastest ways to learn and improve.

So, if you want business and wealth opportunities to present themselves to you, being around the right people is crucial.

6. Be kind and generous

It has been scientifically proven that being kind to other people (and animals) makes us happy; it even has beneficial health effects. The memory of doing something kind for someone and how that makes us feel makes us want to do it again.

Embrace this philosophy and don’t just do things because you want to be prosperous – do them because it’s the right thing to do. But, as a benefit, it creates a cycle of generosity and happiness.

You reap what you sow, so whatever you put out to the world is going to come back to you many times over. This cycle will ultimately lead to great prosperity for you. 

The compensation, financial rewards and other benefits that you receive from developing the practice of kindness and generosity will exceed all your expectations.

So, make it a habit to leave every person you encounter with the impression of increase…and be prepared to be amazed.

7. Be grateful

When you express gratitude, your energy will immediately shift. It’s impossible to feel negative when you are in a state of genuine gratitude; it instantly puts you in harmony with the universe, so that the good in everything gravitates towards you.

When you have a challenge in life, whether it’s financial, business or other, rather than adding energy to the problem by focusing on it, instead focus on what you’re grateful for.

When you change the way you look at your problems, the problems themselves will actually change – sometimes they will even dissolve altogether…

The more you focus on what’s good in your life, the more things you’ll attract to be thankful for.

I hope you find these tips and advice useful, but awareness alone is not enough. You need to apply what you learn, and it can be hard to do it by yourself.

If you feel you may benefit from some coaching or mentoring, just get in touch. I have been studying mindset and personal growth for two decades and have used what I’ve learnt to build several successful businesses. If you have an open mind and are willing to learn, I am confident I will be able to help you succeed and start living a life you love.

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I can help you build a business that delivers the income, freedom and fulfilment you truly desire.

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November 1, 2022

how to create more time in your life by leveraging
Career  ·  Direction  ·  Entrepreneur  ·  Personal Growth  ·  Wealth
How To Create Time Through The Art Of Leveraging

If you are looking to be more successful in life and have more time and wealth, then you need to learn to harness the art of leveraging.

The more you use leverage the wealthier you can become.

Now I’m not necessarily talking about borrowing a load of money and getting into debt until you drown under its weight.

That can be an effective (but often risky) way of building wealth and something a lot of people use to get rich in real estate.

But leverage does not just refer only to borrowing money.

In fact, there are seven forms of “leverage” and the more of the seven that you use then the wealthier you can become.

Leverage is simply the ability to control a lot with a little. It gives you the ability to utilize more than just you.

Through leverage, you can effect change much more rapidly.

Leverage equals speed, or velocity. The more leverage you have, the faster your journey to wealth.

So, what are the seven forms of leverage? Well, here they are:

1. OPM (other people’s money)

If you want to become wealthy, you need to both invest and use money from other people – this will move you towards your goals faster.

OPM lets you buy assets earlier, at a faster rate and control a large amount, rather than saving a whole amount.

2. OPT (other people’s time)

There are numerous companies, small businesses and individuals that will sell you their time – so why aren’t you using it? I have an accountant, lawyers, an insurance broker, a financial advisor, a social media team and a website manager.

I use all of these people’s services, as they save me time and money. They save me money because they free up my time to make more money.

3. OPW (other people’s work)

This is similar to OPT, but now you employ people to leverage their time. Apple, for example, leverages the time and effort of 147,000 staff members.

OPW (and OPT) essentially allows you to capture the time and effort of many.

It allows you to produce quickly, what you couldn’t produce alone in numerous lifetimes.

4. OPE (other people’s experiences)

One of the best resources or leverages available to you is the experiences of others.

It’s an enormous waste of your time to try and learn everything you need to know by trial and error.

You can learn from the experiences, knowledge and mistakes of others. This may be via a mentor, OPT, OPW, books or seminars etc.

Making costly and time-consuming mistakes just isn’t worth it.

5. OPI (other people’s ideas)

OPI refers to learning and copying good income-producing ideas.

Franchise and networking businesses are examples of how you can use the power of OPI – take a successful product or service and follow a proven business model.

Your technology might change and systems may alter, but the fundamentals won’t.

The process is tried, tested and proven to work. You just have to learn it and diligently apply it.

6. Scalable production & distribution

Whenever you are looking at investing in a business, you should always ask whether the product or service can be easily scaled for both production and supply.

For example, a book can easily be scaled as it can be printed as many times as demand requires.

And, with an electronic book, production and distribution are even easier and cheaper.

7. Scalable customer base

A local shop by itself doesn’t have a scalable customer base – it can only service customers in its local area.

People from all over the world may want your product or service, but if they don’t know about you or can’t get to you, then it’s as if you don’t even exist.

But, the internet has given businesses a true global customer base for virtually no cost. The more the customer base is scalable, the more valuable the company is.

Companies that deal in non-physical products have both scalability of production & distribution and a scalable customer base.

I hope you can see that leverage is essential to creating wealth. Those who want to become wealthy or are on the path to wealth must focus on understanding, mastering and fully utilising leverage.

I hope you find these tips and advice useful, but awareness alone is not enough. You need to apply what you learn, and it can be hard to do it by yourself. 

If you feel you may benefit from some coaching or mentoring, just get in touch. 

I have been studying mindset and personal growth for two decades and have used what I’ve learnt to build several seven-figure businesses. 

If you have an open mind and are willing to learn, I am confident I will be able to help you succeed and start living a life you love.
 
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October 25, 2022

how to be more confident and improve your life
Career  ·  Direction  ·  Entrepreneur  ·  Personal Growth
Ways To Be More Confident And Achieve More In Life

Confidence is often cited as the number 1 reason for people not achieving the results they want in life. Below I discuss 8 ways to increase your confidence levels and help you attain the life you want.

From working with numerous clients, I have realised that the number one issue holding people back from achieving their desired life is: confidence.

Many people believe that confidence is a personality trait; you were either born with or without it.

That’s not true.

Confidence is a mental state that you can develop IF you’re prepared to put in the work.

Building your confidence is a crucial step in progressing towards whatever you want to achieve in life.

Confidence enables you to…

  • Go where your heart tells you
  • Have the strength to overcome adversity
  • Exude an aura that attracts people to you
  • Increase others’ trust in your ability
  • Instil a feeling of safety when people follow your lead.

Babies are born with natural confidence… So, why do some of us lose ours?

As children reach the age of three or four, they start to become self-conscious.

We realise that being ourselves isn’t enough to hold on to unconditional love – instead, being something else or acting a certain way is the only way that you get the love you crave.

This soon develops into a belief system that if you are somehow different to how you naturally are, you will be deserving of love.

It’s a cruel cycle and it affects all of us to some degree.

And, this cycle will never end unless you take action to free yourself of any self-limiting beliefs and build up your confidence.

The question is, how can you do that?

Here are 8 tips you can follow to help build your confidence…
1. Clean up your self-image

We all have a mental picture of ourselves printed into our subconfscious minds.

That image determines the results we get in every area of our lives – we cannot outperform it.

However, you can change this image over time.

Each day, you can use visioneering, affirmations, journaling, life scripts or other tools to upgrade your self-image.

The key is to practice seeing, thinking and feeling the way you want to become and the new image will begin to take root.

2. Dress for success

It’s amazing how much more confident you feel when you shower and put on fresh clothes. Don’t just dress for success, stand tall with your shoulders back, walk briskly, give firm handshakes and smile.

Your mind follows the physiology of your body and it is a scientific fact that simply smiling will lift your mood.

Even if you are faking it at first, you’ll soon start to feel more successful, presentable and ready to take on the world.

You’ll talk to people more positively, people will take notice of you and this will grow your confidence tenfold.

3. Get to know yourself

Even if you think you know yourself well, scientific studies might say otherwise.

Often, we have beliefs about ourselves that do not serve us well.

The next time you feel insecure or like you’re incapable of something, look at the situation from a new perspective – recognise that it’s not a beneficial belief to harbour.

If you do this a few times, you’ll start to see that many of your limitations are not limitations, but symptoms of negative beliefs.

I have two exercises I ask my clients to do which really help with getting to know yourself, email me if you’d like to try them out.

4. Train your mind to see the good in everyone and every situation

Are you looking for the good or the bad in people?

If you train your mind to look for the good in people, even if their words and actions indicate that they don’t see the good in themselves, you will soon see a difference in your confidence.

The good that you find in others is a reflection of the good that is within you.

Doing this will build your confidence to see that you are a worthy person, deserving of success.

5. Make sure your goals and values are in harmony

Have you ever asked yourself what your values are?

When you take time to think through your fundamental values and then commit yourself to live your life in alignment with them, you will feel a surge of mental strength and determination.

You will feel more centred and sure of yourself, what you are doing and where you are going.

The goals you want to accomplish will no longer feel out of reach.

6. Change a habit

It’s not easy to change a habit.

That is why you have to start with something small, like waking up 10 minutes earlier or meditating for 10 minutes a day.

If you do it for a month, you’ll be eager to continue or improve.

Two years ago, I began introducing one new habit into my life every 6 weeks.

After a year, I’d implemented 10 new habits that are now part of my daily routine.

Introducing these habits in a disciplined way had an incredible effect on the way I felt about myself.

I felt proud of what I’d achieved and in turn, felt more confident – you can do the same.

7. Get physical

Exercise is one of the most empowering things you can do for your self-esteem.

When you exercise, endorphins are released which trigger a positive feeling in your body.

It doesn’t have to be extreme, you could simply add a gentle walk into your day – this will make you feel better physically, mentally and emotionally.

Maybe if you do fancy something a little more intense, you can do a short, high-intensity workout, which will elevate your heart rate and increase your strength in the main muscle groups.

You can find these types of exercises online, or I’d be happy to share my workouts with you.

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8. Take action

Study self-development regularly, so that you better understand the natural laws of the universe, how your mind works and the great potential that lies within you.

It’s the most important thing you can do to become more knowledgeable and increase your self-confidence.

Uplift yourself with daily affirmations, you could say “I am confident” or “I am strong”.

Read a book, watch a video, listen to a podcast – do whatever it takes to enhance your knowledge and your confidence.

Block out some time in your day for this and you will soon see changes in the way you think.

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October 20, 2022

How to set inspirational goals
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How To Set Goals That Will Inspire You Every Day

Goal setting is crucial for success in life - but you need to set the right goals that will truly inspire you. These are C-Type goals - scary goals that you have no idea how to achieve, but will help you achieve success.

Have you ever set yourself a goal only to give up on it or forget about it a few weeks or month later?

Well, first of all, congratulations!

You clearly have the desire to do better and achieve more and, just by setting that goal (especially if you wrote it down), you have done more than most people ever do. You’re already one step ahead.

And don’t get disheartened, its fairly usual for people to give up on their goals before completion and that’s usually because they haven’t set the right sort of goals to begin with and are, therefore, doomed to failure.

Dr Maxwell Maltz explains in his best-selling book Psycho Cybernetics that everything in nature is a goal seeking organism.

For plants and animals their goal is to survive and procreate and they are programmed to do that. 

But we are more than that.

Humans, alone of all the creatures on Earth, have the imagination, intellect and ability to set our own goals beyond basic survival and procreation.

And, if we do not set meaningful goals, we will become discontented and unhappy.

We will not be fulfilling our purpose which is to learn and grow. In fact, as nothing in the Universe can stay still – everything is in a constant state of vibration: an ‘ocean of motion’ as my mentor Bob Proctor likes to say, you have to be going in one direction or the other. If you are not growing, you’re disintegrating. That is a Universal law and a scientific fact.

Now to deal with the question of why most people fail to accomplish their goals:

There are essentially two types of goals End Goals and Means Goals.

Bob Proctor breaks them down further into three different types of goals:

A-type, B-type and C-type goals.

A-Type Goals: these are something you have already done and know how to do.

They are means goals not proper end goals.

So, for example, let’s say, three years ago you bought a new BMW. You decide it’s time for a new one so you set yourself a goal of buying one.

Now, that’s fine, nothing wrong with that per se.

But it’s not a real goal. Because, you already know how to do it.

The real purpose of a goal is not to acquire more stuff (that’s a nice by-product) it’s to help you learn and grow as a person… to develop the potential that lies within you.

B-Type Goals – these are something that you know you can achieve by doing certain things and following a plan.

For example, a company setting a goal to make incremental improvements to increase its revenue by 5 or 10% p.a.

They know it can be done – they just have to do certain things to achieve it.

And whilst these B-type goals may play a role as milestones in your journey, they are not really powerful.

And it’s because when most people set goals, they set A or B type goals and they are not truly motivated to reach them. And, as soon as the going gets tough, their goals fall by the wayside as they opt for the easier path.

To be really inspiring to have the motivation to stretch yourself and really grow as a person you must set a C-type goal.

C-Type Goals – these are fantasy goals, something you’d really love but have NO idea how you would achieve. 

It’s C-type goals that can really inspire you and motivate.

They are what Earl Nightingale called ‘a worthy ideal’.

So, how do you set a proper C-Type goal.

First, ask yourself:

Are my current goals making me excited and energized?

Do my goals belong to me or do they belong to somebody else?

What do I really, really want?

Now ,when you set a C type goal.

You won’t know how you will achieve it, you just have to really want it, be able to imagine it vividly, hold it in your mind and be willing and able to do what it takes to achieve it.

Remember it’s the journey that’s important – it’s how you will grow as a person as you move towards your goal that counts.

If you have a defined purpose and are moving towards it then you are already a success even if you haven’t achieved it yet. 

Once you are working towards your goal you are already successful.

You know where you’re going. You will feel happy and fulfilled – and that will put you on the right frequency to start attracting more and more of the good you desire into your life.

Emotional desire will give you the willingness to decide to pay the price needed and when you make that decision your wishes turn into a goal.

It will help you get over the hurdles you will invevitably face along the way.

Emotional involvement will change your behaviour, your behaviour will change your results and better results will lead to you accomplishing your goal.

The laws of the universe dictate that it is guaranteed to happen.

So, set yourself a C-type goal now.

Whatever it is that you really want with no thought as to what you think is possible and don’t give a second’s thought to how you will achieve it, because at this point you just don’t know. 

As Steve Jobs said:

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever, you can only ever connect the dots afterwards.”

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October 13, 2022

The power of writing
Career  ·  Direction  ·  Life  ·  Personal Growth
Writing Down Your Goals Helps Maintain Your Focus On Them

The act of committing your goals to paper, rather than typing them up, helps your brain to keep them at the forefront of your mind.

I was talking to a client a while ago who was doing an exercise which required her to write down her goals.

She asked me if there was any difference between writing them down on a piece of paper, or typing them.

I must admit I’d never considered it before. As a rule I tend to do a mixture of both (I’m old fashioned and love the act of writing!)

So, I did a bit of research and was amazed by an article I found looking into the neuroscience of writing.

Here’s a short extract from it which discusses why writing is so much more powerful than typing:

“The truth is, your subconscious mind works better when you are constantly building new neural pathways in your brain and then reinforcing those pathways through neuroplasticity.

How do you do that?

Every time you do something that makes your brain work it builds those neural pathways, then every time you repeat those same actions, it reinforces those pathways.“

What does that have to do with your goals?

Everything!

Neuroscience has proven that when you write something out that takes deep thought like your goals, you build over 10,000 new neural pathways in your brain in one sitting. 

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Whereas when you type your goals out on a computer, you are only building 600 new neural pathways.

If you do the basic math, that means you are building 16.6 times more new neural pathways when you handwrite your goals on a piece of paper, compared to typing them on a computer.

That also means that you will get significantly better results when it comes to keeping your goals on the forefront of your mind.

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October 6, 2022

Career  ·  Direction  ·  Life  ·  Personal Growth  ·  Wealth
Are You Letting Your Paradigms Limit You In Life?

We all have long held paradigms that control our thoughts, feelings and behaviour. So how do you change these to get the results you want in life?

During Covid, mainly just to get out of the house I will admit, I took an Aston Martin DB11 for a test drive. Due to Covid restrictions, no one could come out with us, so I had to figure out the controls myself as I drove.

I was unfamiliar with the cabin equipment in the DB11 but I knew the car had awesome power (don’t ask me what the horsepower is – I know next to nothing about cars. I just like Aston Martins!)

We drove out through onto country roads where I was hoping to put my foot down and have some fun. The car surged forward from 0-50 and then it started to feel strange. I kept pressing the accelerator but it just wouldn’t go any faster. I pumped the accelerator, again and again, try as I might it wouldn’t go over 55 mph. I started to panic a bit. I thought, “Shit, I must’ve broken something.” It just felt wrong. Thoughts of having wrecked the handbrake went through my head. And I started getting anxious over how much that was going to cost to fix.

I pulled over to check everything, to find out why it wasn’t doing what I knew it was easily capable of – 200mph apparently.

I checked the handbrake but that wasn’t on. Phew! But I knew something was up. After a quick investigation, I found a second short stalk under the indicator lever that I figured I may have accidentally flicked when I was trying to indicate. I’m not entirely stupid, so I quickly figured out it may be some sort of cruise control or limiter. And yes, that’s what it turned out to be.

You could use it to set the speed you wanted to go up to and it would make sure you never went higher than that. I’ve never driven a car with one of those before. Why on earth they put such a device on an Aston Martin or why anyone would want to use one I have no idea. Surely, that’s the sort of thing they put on Volvos. But there you go, it had one.

Anyway, I quickly turned it off and we proceeded to have an afternoon of joyful uninhibited driving. If I were ever in a position to buy a DB11 I certainly won’t be choosing that limiter option.

So why am I telling you this?

Well, I was laughing about it afterwards with a friend and it made me realise that having a hidden limiter permanently switched on is exactly what most people do in their own lives. They operate within artificial limits and don’t even realise they’ve subconsciously set these limits themselves.

Usually, they just sense something is wrong; that they know deep down they are capable of so much more; that they have much greater power within them, but they don’t understand why they can’t utilise that power to get up to speed.

Humans beings are all limited by the paradigms that control our thoughts, feelings and behaviour.

We all have our own unique set of paradigms. They are partly genetic but mostly they start to accumulate from the moment we are born.

Thinking Into Results

But the good news is, those paradigms, although powerful, are not objective truths. They can be removed and replaced with new self-empowering paradigms – you can literally choose what you believe and at what ‘speed,’ you live your life.

If this resonates with you, then you need to examine what beliefs you may have that are holding you back and work on banishing them.

Like that DB11 – you have immense power within you. You simply need to learn how to turn off the limiter so you can soar.

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September 29, 2022

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Fail Your Way To Business Success

I want you to fail your way to success.

Sound odd?  It shouldn’t.  

Does anyone remember learning to ride a bicycle? I do, but I didn’t just jump on top and begin riding it, I first had stabilizers, then when those came off, my dad began holding the back of my saddle. When he finally let go, I would fall off- but I would always get back up. Eventually, riding becomes second-nature, and you can’t even remember the struggle.

The same goes for driving- you bunny-hop your way through the first lesson, crunching your gears, you’re terrified!

I was definitely no exception- I was horrified during my first lesson, and yet, these days I go rally driving for fun! 

 

I’m driving extremely fast through forests with big trees on one side, and a 200-foot drop on the other, sliding on gravel very quickly, and very confidently.

Life is about the consistent progression of learning, it’s a series of lessons. You make mistakes, you learn, and you move forwards. Life throws you a curve-ball so you learn how to hit it out of the park- and remember, it’s happening for a reason.

In business as in life, you will make mistakes, and you will, at times, fail.  What you must learn to do is learn from those failures, and grow – don’t give up, perservere. 

One day you will be able to look back at those failures and see how much you have grown.

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September 20, 2022

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The Most Successful Businesses Have Focused on Systemization

You don’t have to serve fast food to benefit from ‘McDonaldising’ your business…

McDonald’s is a great example of superb systemization. A Big Mac in London tastes the same as a Big Mac in New York or Sydney.

The food will look the same. The patty will taste the same. The bun will be the same. The gherkins and onions will even be cut the same.

There’s a repeatable process for everything, so the restaurants can deliver the outcome customers expect time and time again.

Now, you might not think you want to run your business like a cheap fast-food franchise, but do you know who else has systems?

  • L’Enclume
  • Le Manoir Aux Q’uat Saisons
  • Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
  • The Fat Duck

…and every other Michelin star restaurant you’ve ever heard of.

Go to any of them, and you can enjoy a fantastic meal. But the meals they serve you aren’t created according to the whim of the chef that day – they all have systems in place.

chef arranging disk of food

Gordon Ramsey isn’t the head chef at his restaurant in London. He’s not the one cooking your food. Neither is Simon Rogan, Raymond Blanc or Heston Blumenthal. In fact, they don’t even work day to day in their restaurants.

They develop the menu, they design the experience, and they then put systems in place to ensure all their ideas and standards are consistently met.

Systems, processes, and procedures accomplish everything.

Compare that to what you’re doing right now. Many of my service-based clients re-invent what they do for every client as they want to offer a high-quality bespoke service.

But the truth is, the highest quality service come from careful thought, preparation and systemization.

Systemization allows you to serve your clients at a higher level, more consistently and predictably than anyone else.

The right systems can also help get YOU out of the day-to-day of your business.

If you don’t already do it, start systemizing your business now.

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September 1, 2022

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Focus On Defining Your Goals To Achieve Fulfillment In Life

Imagine someone stopping you in the street and asking you: “What is your goal?”

How would you respond? Have you set any goals yet? Have you written them down?

Growing or developing ourselves and contributing to society are all part of our spiritual needs. And acting on these needs is the surest way to find fulfilment and will help us achieve success in both our business and personal lives.

There are three main categories or “buckets” we can divide our lives into: experiences, growth, and contribution.  Below are the most important questions we can ask ourselves to help us define our goals and find that elusive fulfillment we all strive for in our lives.

The three most important questions we can ask ourselves are:

1. What do you want to experience in life?
2. How do you want to grow and develop yourself?
3. How do you want to contribute to the world?

Answering these questions will give you an insight into who you really are and what you want in life.

Now, take some time to go through the following exercise to help you define your goals.

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Action:

First, get a piece of paper (the act of physically writing rather than typing helps you to think more thoroughly about what you are writing!)

Then take no more than 90 seconds to answer each of the 3 questions above. The point is not to overthink it but let the answers flow through you. This is how you will hear the answers that instantly come to you, straight from your heart.

Keep on writing for the full 90 seconds and do not stop. At some point, your critical mind shuts off and you start writing what matters. And remember there are no right or wrong answers here.

Once you have done that then spend a further 2 minutes writing out absolutely everything you can think of that you want in life no matter how big or small and no matter whether you think it’s obtainable or not.

Do not expend any energy on how any of your goals can be accomplished just fantasise about what it is you really want. The only qualification is that you must really want it.

I recommend that you keep this list and review it monthly and tick off the ones you have acquired.

write a goal list

Now that you have looked at the experiences you want, how you want to serve and contribute and what you want to acquire in life, you can start formulating your C-type goal.

Choose one or two of the goals choosing those that are the most important to you as you will start to work towards those.

Your goals should be formulated in the present tense and described in as much detail as possible so that it really comes alive and leaves no room for ambiguity.

Goal Card

The next step is to encapsulate your goal in one concise sentence so that it fits on your goal card. Ideally, you should be writing a new goal card out every day and carrying it around with you in your pocket so that you touch it and pull it out and read it several times a day so it becomes embedded in your subconscious. It is especially powerful if you read it out aloud just before you go to sleep at night.

Action Steps

Write out six action steps you can take to start moving towards each of your personal and professional goals and then number them in order of priority and start taking action to complete step one.

It doesn’t matter if you have no idea how to achieve your goal. Just keep it in mind by constantly referring to your goal card, and start taking small steps towards it. 

Remember, the only thing hindering you is your imagination!

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August 25, 2022

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