10 Things BETWEEN You and a Great Life

10 Things BETWEEN You and a Great Life"

1. Unfinished business: Free yourself from the past by
identifying and cleaning up your unfinished business. Call an end to
whatever you started - a project, a diet, a feud, a commitment - by
dumping it, delegating it, or doing it.


2. Ignoring the Present: Today is a result of all the Today's that
came before it. A well lived present will naturally produce
wonderful future. Save a rupee today, and you'll have a rupee
tomorrow. Eat 500 calories less today, and you'll lose weight
tomorrow. Only what you do TODAY can affect tomorrow.


3. No Priorities: Never trade what you want at the moment for what
you want most. If you just react to the next thing that gets your
attention, you'll never have enough time for what is important.
Don't schedule your time around your priorities. Schedule your
priorities around your time.


4. Betraying yourself: Telling lies to yourself is the most hurtful
form of disrespect. Write out the ways in which you have been
untruthful to yourself, and how you can change that. "I will no
longer pretend that what I put into my mouth doesn't matter." "I
will no longer pretend that overspending my budget is ok."


5. People Pleasing: If you always say yes even when you want to say
no, you will find yourself unhappily going through the motions of
living, giving control of your time, energy, and spirit to anyone
who asks for it. Free yourself by learning to quietly assert your
boundaries.


6. Accepting Energy Drainers: Everyday crisis and problems ARE
NOT "just the way it is". Choose to put life on your schedule.
Make a conscious choice to simplify your tasks, organize your
environment, and set up your life to support how you want to live.


7. Complaining Instead Of Asking: You will only get as much as you
ask for. Complaining is passive, not active. Choose to consciously
educate people on what you need by making a request instead of
complaining.


8. Low Reserves: Without reserves to back you up, you will make
decisions based on your LACK…lack of money, lack of time, lack of
energy. And that will cause you to make mistakes, and miss
opportunities. Systematically eliminate things from your life until
you have a built-in reserve of time and money; then build from there.


9. Hiding your weakness: Let your weakness help you be more
truthful. Educate people. "I'm really impatient; please let me know
if I skip over something you don't understand." "I'm not good with
secrets; please don't tell me anything that you don't want me to
repeat."


10. Wishing Instead of Planning: START! Do something! If you
just sit around *wishing* that things would be better, it's not
likely that they ever will be. As my mother used to say, "wish in one
hand, pour peas in the other…see which fills up faster." Create a
plan, and get into action.