Part of what keeps many of us from growing is knowing that the stressors in life grow with us. Because of this we often avoid growing and progress out of fear. When what we really need is to learn how to manage our stress. One thing that most psychologists agree on is that stress is our own reaction to what is going on around us. In other words, stress is a story that we tell ourselves or what we focus our attention on rather than being a set thing. For example, one person may find performing in front of a crowd very stressful, while someone else, an actor say, may find it to be exciting and something they look forward to.
So it looks like one of the fastest ways to grow is by learning how to handle previously stressful things without getting stressed. How is that done? Well I'm not entirely sure. I will give you a couple of methods that I use, but I'm still learning and working on this one. One of the things that I've found that helps is to delegate some tasks. The more focused you can be the less stressed you will be. Identify the tasks that you don't have to personally handle and start delegating the ones you dislike the most. Find ways to afford it. It pays for itself quickly.
Start meditating or set aside some quiet time for yourself every day. This allows you to create/find answers to your pressing problems. Learn to see problems as opportunities to grow and improve. The best way I know of to do this is to start changing your language and call them opportunities. When you learn to call them opportunities rather than problems you learn to look forward to them rather than wanting to run away from them.
I am grateful for a fun safe trip to New York City, wonderful meditation CDs, a check from Immunotec for $284.79, my friend Auggie who is now a general contractor and sleeping in my own very comfortable bed.
I acknowledge my self for calling the Pittsburg, CA police, sending Auggie the list of things to look at the apartment building, taking a riding lesson, getting unpacked and working on my online business.
Things that may affect my energy today are looking for a housekeeper, doing laundry, writing letters for my autoresponder, contacting Immunotec to get permission to use articles from the Focus and meditating.
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Tips on creating the life of your dreams.
You CAN have everything you want!
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
The power of focus
What I learned today is when I get in a tough situation where I can't see things being resolved favorably, I need to focus. I need to focus on exactly what I want to have happen and focus only on that. I need to not worry about how it will happen or what the other people will do to make it happen. Just focus on the people that have to be involved and what I want as my outcome and focus on that to the exclusion of all else.
I am grateful for receiving a full months rents from all my tenants, finding Veretekk, a new resource for business promotion, the apartment building is at break even, Dad is letting me show him what I've learned about online marketing and he is thinking bigger.
I acknowledge my self for paying the bills, doing the banking, researching Veretekk, joining Veretekk silver and showing Dad how to get started marketing on line.
Things that may affect my energy today are doing more research on Veretekk, meditation, healing work for AJ,
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Tips on creating the life of your dreams.
You CAN have everything you want!
I am grateful for receiving a full months rents from all my tenants, finding Veretekk, a new resource for business promotion, the apartment building is at break even, Dad is letting me show him what I've learned about online marketing and he is thinking bigger.
I acknowledge my self for paying the bills, doing the banking, researching Veretekk, joining Veretekk silver and showing Dad how to get started marketing on line.
Things that may affect my energy today are doing more research on Veretekk, meditation, healing work for AJ,
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Tips on creating the life of your dreams.
You CAN have everything you want!
Friday, August 05, 2005
Connecting the dots
I was quite surprised today to find that I really do think about and approach things from a very different perspective than do other people. I start by getting clear about my objective. What do I want, what are the results that will bring me. How will I know when I have achieved that? Then I start looking at what I am doing to see if it is getting me closer to what I want. If it is I do more of that if it isn't then I change and do something different.
I am always looking to connect the dots. Remember those dot to dot pictures you did when you were a kid? You had a page full of dots that had numbers by them and you started at dot 1 and drew a line to dot 2 and then to dot 3 and so on, until you had revealed a picture. Then I got so that I could just look at the dots and where they were placed and see what the picture was going to be. That ability to see what the picture will be when all of the dots are connected is what empowers you to choose a more accurate and faster path to your goal.
So how do you learn the skill of connecting the dots? By asking yourself when you start a task will this action directly and immediately bring me the results I am looking for? Let's say your objective is to create an income of $5000/month from your online business. You sit down to add pages to your site and ask your self, "Will adding these pages to my site directly bring in more money?" If you don't have anything for sale on your site then the answer will be NO! It doesn't matter how much traffic your site generates if you don't have any products for sale there more traffic can not create more sales. In that case you need to look at doing something else. If you have products for sale on your website then the answer will be yes. Go ahead and add those pages unless you know of something else you could do that would make a bigger difference.
I am grateful for my Mastermind group, my coach Sandi, that my recurring online business expenses are all now paid for by recurring online sales, that in spite of technical issues I was able to get on the Mastermind call and greate new ideas for teaching.
I acknowledge my self for explaining to Sandy how to import and manipulate pictures on her computer over the phone, thinking differently than others do, having the patience to teach kinesthetic learners over the phone, understanding how things work and staying focused on doing those things that lead to my goal.
Things that may affect my energy today are my Mastermind call, talking with my coach Sandi, meditation, writing and spinning.
You are Magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Tips on creating the life of your dreams.
You CAN have everything you want!
I am always looking to connect the dots. Remember those dot to dot pictures you did when you were a kid? You had a page full of dots that had numbers by them and you started at dot 1 and drew a line to dot 2 and then to dot 3 and so on, until you had revealed a picture. Then I got so that I could just look at the dots and where they were placed and see what the picture was going to be. That ability to see what the picture will be when all of the dots are connected is what empowers you to choose a more accurate and faster path to your goal.
So how do you learn the skill of connecting the dots? By asking yourself when you start a task will this action directly and immediately bring me the results I am looking for? Let's say your objective is to create an income of $5000/month from your online business. You sit down to add pages to your site and ask your self, "Will adding these pages to my site directly bring in more money?" If you don't have anything for sale on your site then the answer will be NO! It doesn't matter how much traffic your site generates if you don't have any products for sale there more traffic can not create more sales. In that case you need to look at doing something else. If you have products for sale on your website then the answer will be yes. Go ahead and add those pages unless you know of something else you could do that would make a bigger difference.
I am grateful for my Mastermind group, my coach Sandi, that my recurring online business expenses are all now paid for by recurring online sales, that in spite of technical issues I was able to get on the Mastermind call and greate new ideas for teaching.
I acknowledge my self for explaining to Sandy how to import and manipulate pictures on her computer over the phone, thinking differently than others do, having the patience to teach kinesthetic learners over the phone, understanding how things work and staying focused on doing those things that lead to my goal.
Things that may affect my energy today are my Mastermind call, talking with my coach Sandi, meditation, writing and spinning.
You are Magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Tips on creating the life of your dreams.
You CAN have everything you want!
Thursday, August 04, 2005
See the best in every situation
Yesterday was a reminder for me to look for the best in every situation. I have a difficult situation with a tenant I have been working for some time to resolve. Yesterday the tenant took their problem to an attorney.
When I received the call from their attorney I could have chosen to see that as an escalation of the problem and become defensive. Instead, because I had meitated on a peaceful resolution and on opening our heart chakras, when the attorney called late yesterday, I was able to discuss the situation with her very calmly and tell her good things about my tenant and explain my desire to work things out.
It isn't yet settled but I know that my attitude made a huge impact on the sittuation. I will continue to meditate on a peaceful and fair resolution and on opening our heart chakras.
I am grateful for Lucy from comunity housing, Perla's attorney calling me, being able to help Sandy with her book, good reading skills and being good at learning my way through new situations.
I acknowledge my self for cleaning the kitchen, paying the bills, meditating, responding openly and freely with Perla's attorney and calling Leo.
Things that may affect my energy today are meditating, calling Sandy, working on my book, healing work and attending a marketing teleclass.
Remember YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
When I received the call from their attorney I could have chosen to see that as an escalation of the problem and become defensive. Instead, because I had meitated on a peaceful resolution and on opening our heart chakras, when the attorney called late yesterday, I was able to discuss the situation with her very calmly and tell her good things about my tenant and explain my desire to work things out.
It isn't yet settled but I know that my attitude made a huge impact on the sittuation. I will continue to meditate on a peaceful and fair resolution and on opening our heart chakras.
I am grateful for Lucy from comunity housing, Perla's attorney calling me, being able to help Sandy with her book, good reading skills and being good at learning my way through new situations.
I acknowledge my self for cleaning the kitchen, paying the bills, meditating, responding openly and freely with Perla's attorney and calling Leo.
Things that may affect my energy today are meditating, calling Sandy, working on my book, healing work and attending a marketing teleclass.
Remember YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Planning pays off!
This tuff situation is not yet fully resolved, but I can feel the results of all of the planning and preperation that I put into it. The progress I made today is very good.
I put on my support and meditated on healing the rift between myself and the others involved and on opening my heart chakra before I made the calls. It realy paid off with me remaining calm, confident, friendly and supportive. I am celebrating the rapid conclusion of this situtaion.
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
I put on my support and meditated on healing the rift between myself and the others involved and on opening my heart chakra before I made the calls. It realy paid off with me remaining calm, confident, friendly and supportive. I am celebrating the rapid conclusion of this situtaion.
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
Planning for success
I am grateful for Leo my very helpful tenant, Paul's help in deciding strategies, friends to chear me up and chear me on and remembering to use my tools.
I acknowledge my self for meditating before making touchy phone calls, getting clear about the outcome I want, making no judgements about the situation, looking for win/win results and being willing to listen.
Things that may affect my energy today are phone calls to resolve a difficult situation, meitation, helping a friend, relaxing and spinning.
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
I acknowledge my self for meditating before making touchy phone calls, getting clear about the outcome I want, making no judgements about the situation, looking for win/win results and being willing to listen.
Things that may affect my energy today are phone calls to resolve a difficult situation, meitation, helping a friend, relaxing and spinning.
YOU are magical,
Dianne
Magical YOU!
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