The Power of Daily Actions
Principle 4: Keep Your Focus
What you focus and feel about expands and grows; therefore, the key to obtaining what you want for your life is to stay focused. Granted, there are many distractions in our lives that may get us off track. But if you want to achieve your goals you must keep your focus on what is most important to you.
Perhaps the key to success and happiness is focus. The Law of Concentration states “Whatever you dwell upon grows.” What do you want in your life? An abundance of money? Awesome relationships? A meaningful and rewarding career? A strong, healthy body? Whatever you desire you may have. Start today by focusing on what you want and consider the following four steps to keep your focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want:
Step 1: Write, in present tense, what you want. For example; “I am so thrilled and relieved now that I am financially free.” or “I am so excited and joyful now that my relationships are sound and healthy.” Will it feel awkward to read these statements? Sure it will, at first. Soon though you will begin to believe them and live them. If you have resistance to these statements start out by stating your desires with “I intend;” for example, I intend to be financially free,” “I intend to have a strong marriage,” etc.
Step 2: Read your statement everyday and while you do that get a picture in your mind of you experiencing the completed goal. What would that look like, feel like, smell like? Allow yourself to feel the feelings.
Step 3: Notice every time a part of one of your goals comes into your life and be thankful for it.
Step 4: When you think of an action you could take, take it - Do it now, today!
Many of us get confused and think we are focusing on what we want when actually we are still focusing on what we don’t want. There is a simple way to know which you are doing. If you feel good while thinking then you are focusing on what you want. If you feel bad then you are focusing on what you do not want. Choose thoughts that make you feel good. The results will begin to change your life.
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