Assumptions

“The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.” - John Seely Brown

How many times have you been wrong about yourself? Your world? You assume certain things are just GOING to happen and they don’t do they? Prejudging yourself based on false beliefs will only limit you. Do not assume that just because it was true a moment ago that it will always be true.

Affirmation – say: “I will let go of the negative assumptions I have about myself.”

Limitations

“Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.” - Denis Waitley

When you focus on all that you can not achieve you will not reach success. Truly happy people, truly successful people focus on possibilities. What do you center on in your life? All that you can’t do or all that you might be able to do?

Affirmation – say: “I will focus on the possibilities in me, instead of my limitations.”

Focus

Are you going 90 miles an hour? Doing a million things, yet nothing gets accomplished? STOP and focus. If you need to make a to-do list and prioritize! For heaven’s sake stop doing what is in front of you at the moment…it’s distracting you. You must do the important things first and everything else can wait.

Affirmation – say: “I will focus my attention on the most important matter at the moment.”

ReCHARGE!

Try to take some time for yourself today. Perhaps it means spending time with your family, going to a ball game or gardening – maybe you can curl up with a good book. Every day doesn’t have to be filled with productivity. Life doesn’t stop or end with days filled to the brim with crazy activities.

Affirmation – say: “I will take a leisure day to recharge!”

Celebrate

Today, celebrate life and the little things in life. We worry so much about the big events that we fail to see the wonder of the every day journey.

Affirmation – say: “I will enjoy the day for the here and now!

Find the easy way

Are you trying too hard and making things more complicated than they need to be? Are you so busy looking at the challenge that you miss the solution? Focus on what you’ve accomplished and the possibilities. Start with the basics. You didn’t just pick up a book one day and start to read. You started with the alphabet. But, just because you couldn’t read, didn’t mean you couldn’t tell a story. What can you do in the mean time? What positive steps can you take while you figure out that challenge?

Affirmation – say: “I will look for the easy solution.”

Uniqueness

Do you find yourself comparing yourself to others? Wondering if you are the same or if you are too different? Stop worrying about others! You bring so much to the world. You are not dull, boring or predictable – you are unique and that is what makes you stand out.

Affirmation – say: “I celebrate my uniqueness, even when I may seem similar!”