Jack Canfield and his book The Success Principles: How to get from where you are to Where you want to be came up a lot last weekend at the conference I attended. This Thursday, Asenath gave me her copy to read. She told me to take it slow, pick one and work on at a time, but really…we all know that given a challenge-I jump in with both feet, running shoes tied~ Let’s GO! This time, I invited Alex to do this self-imposed challenge with me. Each day we would take the principles, one by one, and integrate them for a total of 62 days. After completing this intense life boot camp, we would be able to create a more solid foundation for 2014. He said yes and I sent him this picture with instructions for the day’s lesson. “Ok, Coach-when does this need to be done by?” Dinner time. Time to shake up the old foundations that are not serving us to begin setting a stronger one. No time like the present!
This challenge will be a two-fold process:
- Working on our own junk to move forward
- Implementing these ideas and concepts with parenting the girls, keeping notes on what worked or didn’t work, and refine into an Ebook for 2014 for other parents to use.
Nothing like a little more stuff to do as the holiday season encroaches!
The first 21 days are laid out as “The Fundamentals of Success.” Digging deep into limiting beliefs and behaviors before applying action. If I was to ask you if you take 100% Responsibility for you life, what would you say? Most of us skirt the issue by laying blame, get defensive, or justify why bad things happen and our life is in the crapper. Inertia keeps us cemented into what is known and it takes great will to choose to change our circumstances. It is scarey to face the unknown, but wouldn’t it be better to try a little bit to see what’s on the other side? It is your choice to stay in the failing marriage, horrible job, your health, etc. By not choosing to get out, you are choosing to stay. Thereby, you are responsible for the way your life is going, even if you didn’t take an actual action!
From this point, I challenge you to stop blaming, complaining, justifying, or being a victim of your circumstances. The only thing you can change is you, change your behavior if the outcome is not working for you. Shift your perception to find the gift in the difficulty. Finally, pay attention when your life is speaking to you to stand up and change. Those clues will eventually lead you to where you need to go when you stop focusing on what your can’t change (other people) to focusing on what you can change (yourself).