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Be sure tour “Why” is your true “Why” State your “why” and follow up with the question, “Why is that important to me?” Question each answer you give until you come to the real, true, authentically motivating “why.” It will sound like this: “I want to make more money for our family.” (Why is that important to me?) “Because one of my main reasons for being is to make my children safe, happy, and healthy so they will live happy lives.” (Why is that important to me?) “Because I love them and their happiness is the heart of my own happiness.” You discover your actual goal is to give your children happy lives, which will make you truly happy too. Happiness is not an indulgent goal —it is, in fact, the root of all goals. We all want to be happy. Find the belief and conviction beneath theWhy” Tap into the emotional foundation of your “why,” and you will find an authentic wellspring of motivation to succeed. A “why” such as, “I want to go on holiday more often” may come down to the belief, “Life is too short to live it unhappily.” It may also come down to your conviction that, “I want to be in control of my own life and in charge of my own happiness.” Don’t be afraid to acknowledge your own true thoughts. FIND THE HIDDEN COMPETING GOAL Sometimes the irresistible force of our goal meets the immovable object of a subconscious opposing goal. We optimistically launch a new year with a fitness regimen intended to energise us, but our grand plan crashes by March. Why? Because our morning cinnamon roll and coffee, reinforced by our afternoon chocolate bar, and nicely rounded off by ice cream after dinner, form a comfort tripod that supports us through our day. Take it away and we topple over. We want comfort and support more than energy. It’s an internal goal conflict. Our goal has competition, and the conflicting goal wins so often that our first goal fails. When you are standing firm on the foundation of your defined, refined goal, you will be unstoppable simply because your goal has no internal competition, and has the commitment of both your head and your heart. Daily and purposefully engaging in the Seven Critical Business-Building Activitie s will enable you to achieve your goals without the bullying of big-goal intimidation. When your systemmelds with your everyday life, at each mountaintop moment, you’ll marvel. How did this happen? It happened one day at a time, as you lived the mission that has brought success to so many. Sometimes it’s not easy, but it’s always simple. Practice the Seven Critical Activities regularly—it is the proven system by which your goals will become reality.
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FIND THE TRIGGER ACTIVITY When it’s dawn and it’s shivery cold outside, everything conspires to keep a running enthusiast in their warm, comfortable bed. But if they can just lace up those running shoes—the shoes that make them feel buoyant and fast—they will open the door and run out into the break of day. Once the shoes are on, the run is almost inevitable. Their breath will exhale in clouds and they might pull a cap over their ears, but the energy will kick in, the warm bed will become a memory, and their legs and lungs will take them through their kilometres. The daily training takes its effect—the runner’s body is strengthened. The hardest part? Lacing up those running shoes. Find your “running shoes” moment. Is it when you pick up the cool pen and business calendar you bought especially for making appointments? Is it your glance at the framed copy of that residual cheque? Is it the university banner on your wall where your child is going someday? Is it the motivating playlist that always amps you up? The instant you pick up the phone and punch in a number, you are up and running. You’ll know what to say and what to do. The Seven Critical Business-Building Activities form a system that runs like clockwork. If you find you’re resisting it ... CLARIFY YOUR “WHY” If you’re resisting the system by avoiding and justifying and forgetting and stalling, or if you’re strong on intention but weak on follow-through, then your “why” may be superficial and you need to reevaluate it. When your emotions and your mind are synchronised, nothing impedes your pace. It’s crucial to get your “why” down to truthful bedrock and simple clarity. Sometimes your “why” is really a “should,” but you don’t realise it. You can’t “should” your way to success; you’ll fight yourself every inch of the way and won’t understand why. “I should” is not a “why”: it’s a burdensome belief weighted in guilt. An out-of-focus “why” canmake us hesitant to act, and a superficial “why” will fail under pressure. Here are two ways tomake sure yours doesn’t.
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19 MARCH 2017 | MELALEUCA.COM
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