Want to change your life?

Well, firstly... you're not alone. 

The Self-Help industry is booming and globally is worth billions of dollars each and every year .  What that tells me is a couple of things. 

1. There's a strong demand among the population for a life that's more... "Meaningful'    "Passionate"  "Purposeful"  "Energised"  "Focused"  "Balanced"
2. People are prepared to pay for it.
3. Most of what's available is not working (or at least not for long).

I like the simple approach to doing things (although friends of mine often say I take the harder road).  I've found that the more straight forward a solution is to implement then the more likely it is that a client will actually develop the resolve to stick with it and make meaningful changes to their lives.

Here's my simple tip to change your life.  You don't need to spend heaps of money to make it happen either.

If you want to change your life, the first (and most important) thing you have to do is change the quality of your thinking. 

What do I mean by this?

Good question kemo sabi.  The quality of your thinking can be measured in a number of ways, perhaps the most common is whether you are thinking optimistically or pessimistically... glass half full or half empty?  Optimisitic thinking can be learned and the draw card for learning this style of thinking is strong.  For example, optimistic thinkers report higher scores on life satisfaction tests, they experience fewer illnesses and some studies have demonstrated that they even live longer.  What's more the time thay they are on this planet for is characterised by a positive emotional state rather than a negative and depressed state. 

My favourite thinking model is the Circle of Influence vs the Circle of Concern.  Using this simple model to 'check in' on the quality of your thinking (especially when anxious or stressed about something) helps you to determine whether your thoughts are focused on the things that you cannot influence (thereby robbing yourself of your power to act), or on the things that you can influence (creating personal empowerment, action and motivation).  This second state is far more empowering and often goes a long way towards alleviating the situation or circumstances that caused you to worry or be anxious in the first place. 

Remember massive change requries massive action and the pre-cursor to massive action is the simple belief that it's both possible and worthwhile.

Now I know simple doesn't always mean easy but if you start becomming conscious of the quality of your thoughts you go a long way towards making something marvellous happen.  And even if nothing changes, looking on the bright side of a bad situation can take some of the sting out of that situation.

All the best and let me know how you go with your thinking.

 Sean