CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER PART 2

Focusing daily on your goal will help you develop the momentum to achieve it. We recommend that you create a WHY statement for each of your goals. This is the real reason why you want to achieve your goal and needs to include strong emotions that will inspire you.

Nobody wants to lose weight because they want to fit into some of their old clothes. This is just a bonus for losing weight. The real reason that they want to lose weight is to look more attractive. You know it and we know it. So, write this in your WHY statement and describe how you will feel when you lose the weight you desire.

Once you have written your WHY statement you need to test it. Read it out loud and note how it makes you feel. If it inspires you to take action right away then it is a good WHY statement. Make it emotionally stronger if it doesn’t inspire you as much as you want it to.

When you are happy with your WHY statement we recommend that you read it at the start of each day to inspire you to take action. Be sure to write your goal down and read this each day too. Getting the right start to your day is very important.

Express gratitude for what you already have in your life every day. This will help you to feel good about yourself and motivate you to focus on your daily goal tasks. It will not be difficult for you to come up with things that you are grateful for. Use a journal and write 3 things you are grateful for each day.

Be grateful you are alive and have the energy to change your life. Think about the people that you have in your life and be grateful for them as well. Look around you to see your possessions and be grateful that you have them. The list of things that you need to be grateful for is endless.

Commit to working on your goal tasks each day. You can plan your tasks for the next day on the night before. Try to complete all of the tasks on your daily “to-do” list. Sometimes this will not be possible and you must not beat yourself up if this happens. Just re-schedule any unfinished tasks for the next day.

Any goal that you set for yourself to change your life for the better needs to be challenging. If you set goals that you know you can easily achieve then this is a waste of time. Achieving easy goals will not fulfill you and make you happy. This is just business as usual.

One thing that you can guarantee with any challenging goal is that things are going to go wrong. Some things will not turn out as you expected them to for example. Or you may find that doing something different is difficult for you. When these things happen, you need to be able to overcome them and move forward to achieve your goal.

You need to develop your “mental toughness”. What does mental toughness mean? It means having inner strength and resilience which will enable you to push through obstacles and setbacks, not letting them get the best of you. How can you develop your mental toughness and make it a part of your life?

Setting any challenging goal will require mental toughness. Challenging goals will require you to push yourself and your boundaries. Most people never change their life for the better because they do not want to step outside their comfort zone. Any challenging goal will force you to push through the boundaries of your comfort zone. This will make you grow as a person.

Expect failure and embrace it. You are going to make mistakes when you pursue challenging goals and this is fine. Failure is a necessary part of success. Don’t let failure make you give up on your goal. Instead, learn from your failures and move on. Many people dwell on the mistakes they have made in the past. If you do this you will never succeed.

Procrastination is a success killer. The most important thing you can do is to make a start with your goal. Don’t wait for anyone or anything to get started. Prioritize your tasks so that you tackle the most important ones first. Build momentum by completing the easiest tasks before you tackle the larger tasks.

You need to develop your persistence levels to achieve a challenging goal. Whenever you are faced with a setback, don’t let this overwhelm you. Think about how you will solve the problem and then take the appropriate action. If you ever feel like giving up, read your WHY statement to motivate you to carry on.

Any goal that you set for yourself to change your life for the better needs to be challenging. If you set goals that you know you can easily achieve then this is a waste of time. Achieving easy goals will not fulfill you and make you happy. This is just business as usual.

One thing that you can guarantee with any challenging goal is that things are going to go wrong. Some things will not turn out as you expected them to for example. Or you may find that doing something different is difficult for you. When these things happen, you need to be able to overcome them and move forward to achieve your goal.

You need to develop your “mental toughness”. What does mental toughness mean? It means having inner strength and resilience which will enable you to push through obstacles and setbacks, not letting them get the best of you. How can you develop your mental toughness and make it a part of your life?

Setting any challenging goal will require mental toughness. Challenging goals will require you to push yourself and your boundaries. Most people never change their life for the better because they do not want to step outside their comfort zone. Any challenging goal will force you to push through the boundaries of your comfort zone. This will make you grow as a person.

Expect failure and embrace it. You are going to make mistakes when you pursue challenging goals and this is fine. Failure is a necessary part of success. Don’t let failure make you give up on your goal. Instead, learn from your failures and move on. Many people dwell on the mistakes they have made in the past. If you do this you will never succeed.

Procrastination is a success killer. The most important thing you can do is to make a start with your goal. Don’t wait for anyone or anything to get started. Prioritize your tasks so that you tackle the most important ones first. Build momentum by completing the easiest tasks before you tackle the larger tasks.

You need to develop your persistence levels to achieve a challenging goal. Whenever you are faced with a setback, don’t let this overwhelm you. Think about how you will solve the problem and then take the appropriate action. If you ever feel like giving up, read your WHY statement to motivate you to carry on.

All of us experience negative thoughts from time to time. It is how you deal with these negative thoughts that will determine your success in life. To change your life for the better, you need to control your thoughts.

You will need to practice controlling your thoughts but you can do this. If you are thinking about completing one of your tasks to move you closer to your goal and you experience negative thoughts about this, the best way to deal with this is to neutralize the negatives with positives.

For example, if you have to complete a task that you have never done before, you may experience a negative thought like “you will never be able to do this”. Deal with this right away by thinking “I can achieve anything” or something similar that will neutralize the negative thought.

Your thoughts are responsible for everything that you have and don’t have in your life today. Thoughts are very powerful, and if you don’t work on controlling them then it will be very difficult for you to achieve your challenging goal.

All of us experience negative thoughts from time to time. It is how you deal with these negative thoughts that will determine your success in life. To change your life for the better, you need to control your thoughts.

You will need to practice controlling your thoughts but you can do this. If you are thinking about completing one of your tasks to move you closer to your goal and you experience negative thoughts about this, the best way to deal with this is to neutralize the negatives with positives.

For example, if you have to complete a task that you have never done before, you may experience a negative thought like “you will never be able to do this”. Deal with this right away by thinking “I can achieve anything” or something similar that will neutralize the negative thought.

Your thoughts are responsible for everything that you have and don’t have in your life today. Thoughts are very powerful, and if you don’t work on controlling them then it will be very difficult for you to achieve your challenging goal.

All of us experience negative thoughts from time to time. It is how you deal with these negative thoughts that will determine your success in life. To change your life for the better, you need to control your thoughts.

You will need to practice controlling your thoughts but you can do this. If you are thinking about completing one of your tasks to move you closer to your goal and you experience negative thoughts about this, the best way to deal with this is to neutralize the negatives with positives.

For example, if you have to complete a task that you have never done before, you may experience a negative thought like “you will never be able to do this”. Deal with this right away by thinking “I can achieve anything” or something similar that will neutralize the negative thought.

Your thoughts are responsible for everything that you have and don’t have in your life today. Thoughts are very powerful, and if you don’t work on controlling them then it will be very difficult for you to achieve your challenging goal.

We have already stated that you need to express your gratitude every day as part of your empowering routine. Expressing gratitude is usually overlooked by most people, but it is so powerful and will help you to change your life for the better.

These days, too many people focus on what they lack in their life. Their friend has just taken delivery of a new car so they want a better new car. They are influenced by social media and advertising and want many things that they don’t have at the moment.

This is not a good way to live your life. If someone that you know has something new then so what? They may have gone into a lot of debt to buy that fancy new car for example. At the end of the day, the car will get them from one place to another just as your car will. It is not worth creating mountains of debt to be the same as them or better.

The biggest problem with always wanting new things is that you are never fulfilled. A new thing can make you feel good for a short while, but all too quickly you will be chasing after something else. Developing an attitude of gratitude is the answer to this.

When you are grateful for what you have the Universe will bring you more things to be grateful for. This is the opposite of chasing down every new thing that you see. So, if you want to change your life for the better, start being grateful for the people and things that you already have in your life.