One of the most profound moments in literature is in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Alice is walking and comes to a fork in the road. She’s not sure which way she should go, so she asks the Cheshire Cat, “Which road should I take?”
The cat asks her in return, “Well where are you going?”
“I don’t know” Alice replies.
“Then it does not really matter,” the cat tells her, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
An indispensable part of life is to know where you are going. If you don’t, you will find yourself wandering down any road that presents itself to you.
When you have no clear destination, the decisions along the way don’t matter. This is why the fastest way to reinvent yourself is to establish a destination—or, in other words, to establish a list of personal goals.
Moving forward is good; moving in a specific direction is better. Personal goals put a clear direction to your movement. This is why personal goals are vital to any personal reinvention. Most of us are familiar with feeling constantly busy, on the move, and booked with appointments—yet nothing seems to get accomplished.
Personal goals give you a way to organize and direct all your movement into a specific direction so that you can accomplish what you want.
Personal Goals Put You in The Driver’s Seat
The essence of reinventing yourself is taking control of your life. Personal goals allow you to be in the driver’s seat. Goals allow you to take control of your time, energy and effort. Instead of just reacting to things that happen into your life, you take control. You decide where your energy is spent.
Nothing will help you reinvent your life like taking ownership of it via your personal goals.
Goals Inspire During the Mundane
Life is not a movie. We don’t experience a continual stream of magical experiences, one after another. There is a lot of dullness stuffed in-between the highlights of life. That’s OK. This is where our personal goals rise to assist us.
Personal goals can inspire us by reminding us of the bigger picture in life. We can compare that to what we are currently engaged in at any point in time. In other words, personal goals help frame how the smaller aspects of life play into the larger mosaic. Reflecting on how your day-to-day life fits in with your overall goals can thereby give you daily inspiration. Having this is pivotal in reinventing yourself
Goals Help Organize What Is Important
On a day-to-day basis everyone is bombarded with choices. How do you decided when to say yes and when to say no? With personal goals, that decision becomes easy. You can ask yourself: Does this activity align with my personal goals? Does this help me achieve my personal goals? The answer to those questions can help you decide what to invest your time in. It gives you a way to identify what is important to you.
Goals Allow Us to Enjoy Life
Ultimately, life is to be enjoyed, and nothing is more enjoyable than success. Personal goals not only define what success will look like for you, but also will give you the road map to achieving it.
What many people fail to realize is that personal goals will also allow you to enjoy life even when the goals are not accomplished. The ability to learn, progress, and develop yourself when you have not accomplished your goals will bring you an enjoyable personal maturity. These are the many ways that personal goals can bring a greater degree of purpose and fulfillment to your life.
Personal goals are a non-negotiable ingredient in any personal reinvention project. Thankfully you can start with something simple. Start your journey by making your first personal goal: A goal to develop a complete list of personal goals. And now you off!
Procrastination makes people feel elated initially. They don’t have to deal with a situation or task at that moment in time. But, for most of these situations, there will come a time when it needs to get done. The feeling of elation turns to panic. Then panic becomes a rush to figure out ways to handle the situation.
When you compare this to people who don’t procrastinate, they may not get that initial surge of elation. However, they also don’t have to worry about the panic setting in. All things being equal, these non-procrastinators will not be as stressed out.
It’s proven that stress can lead to disease. The resources that your body needs to fend off disease will be diverted to handling your stress. Short-term stress is not likely to impact health as much as stress that is constant. However, people who procrastinate do it with all (or most of) their tasks. Therefore, they are likely to be stressed out longer term. They are the ones more at risk of getting stress related disorders.
Procrastination can often impact others in the procrastinator’s social circle as well. For instance, your kids may be depending on you to fill out a form for them to go to away camp. If you miss the deadline, your kids won’t be able to go to camp. Most kids will not be happy with this outcome.
If you don’t learn to overcome procrastination at work, it could impact others in the organization. For example, if you are responsible for a certain aspect of a project and miss the deadline, it may cause others on the team to miss their deadlines. Be aware they will know you are the bottleneck. This puts you in an awkward position that could eventually lead to your dismissal.
Procrastination can cause you some financial pain. You may wait to the last minute to file your taxes. But, when you do so, you may not find the necessary information needed to reduce your tax liabilities. You will end up paying more than had you taken the time to look for all your legitimate deductions, etc.
If you are worried about not getting that initial surge of elation, just remember that the good feeling you get from handling your situations on time will last much longer. It lowers your stress and makes your friends and family happier with you. It does take some effort to break the bad habit of procrastination. But, it is entirely worth the effort.
You have probably heard of Brian Tracy, he is a pretty big name in the self-help market, and the reason why you should not miss his black Friday sale that have all training you ever need to stop procrastinating.
Here’s what brain scientists say make some people wealthy and successful
This Saturday John Assaraf (New York Times Best Selling Author and founder of NeuroGym) has gathered six of the world’s top brain science and success experts to help you unlock and ignite your brain’s fullest potential on …
Over the past seven years, well over 1,000,000 people have flocked to this amazing live online training event to discover the latest, cutting edge research on how to eliminate limiting beliefs and habits. How to recognize and squash subconscious fears and how to upgrade your self image and self worth so you take more inspired action.
Here’s why you should attend:
The world’s top brain science and success experts have found a series of “invisible processes” that happen in the human brain that either lead you toward success in life… or hold you back from getting where you want.
You’ll discover how to:
Tap into your subconscious mind so you can rewire it for greater success
John and his team of experts are going to help you remove all these mental and emotional obstacles that are standing in your way of success. And you’ll learn how you can change your brain and your life and start earning the kind of income you’re truly capable of.
All you have to do is show up and you’ll learn how the latest brain science can help you get over your limiting beliefs and any other mindset or emotional obstacle that may be holding you back from earning more money and living the life of your dreams.
This live event only takes place live once a year. And it’s happening tomorrow.
So click the link below and grab your seat right now so you don’t miss out:
If you’ve ever felt like you were capable of more in life but felt like something was holding you back… then The All New 7th Annual Live Brain-A-Thon might be the event that changes everything for you.
Learn how toBe Wise, Selfish & Real with Sarah Marshank
Do you sense a deep stirring from within… an urge to discover “what’s next?” in this next phase of your life?
The answer will only come from learning to be “wisely selfish,” according to Sarah Marshank, author and spiritual teacher. Uniting Self and Source, slowing down, listening and getting raw and real are the keys, says Sarah.
On Saturday, August 4, Sarah will illuminate a path forward so you can discover what is yours to do,during a FREE video event for women: How to Be Wise, Selfish & Real: A Spiritual Path for Complex & Creatively Wild Women.
Sarah’s powerful story — from escort to “monk” to grandmother — and her teachings are uniquely suited to help you artfully create the next phase of your life.
And to do so without reservation, embodying the fullness of your wild creativity… embracing your contradictions… thriving in the messiness of a life well-lived.
During this revelatory hour, you’ll:
Discover how to dismantle the outer and inner structures that keep you from experiencing your true Self and connection to Source
Learn how to take time to be in loving presence with your internal voices/selves and listen for what they need — so you can discern the best choices for you, right now
Learn ways to trust yourself and how to stop seeking outer approval or permission
Discover how to embrace all of your complexities and contradictions… and your desires and passions
Understand how to bring Source into the nitty gritty aspects of life — your daily decisions and choices
If you long to open to a new phase of life rooted in your authentic Self, aligned with Source… don’t miss this inspiring hour with Sarah Marshank.
If you’re feeling a sense of urgency to make your unique contribution to help and heal our world, let Sarah Marshank help you begin to create the next phase of your life.
Access the sacred qualities of the Enneagram to transform your life
The Enneagram is far more than a personality typing system…
It’s a practical and mystical path for discovering and embodying the deeper qualities of your body, heart, mind, and soul.
And when the depth teachings of the Enneagram are paired with holistic, experiential practices, you can actually begin to transmute your patterns (physiologically, cognitively, and emotionally) into the sacred aspects of your type…
July 25/28, renowned Enneagram teachers Russ Hudson and Jessica Dibb will share their experiential depth approach to the Enneagram that encompasses the rich and nuanced levels of the 9 types, including the Three Centers, Virtues, and the Holy Ideas — during a FREE virtual event, Discover the Experiential Depth Approach to the Enneagram: Exploring the Territory Beyond Your Personality Type.
A cutting-edge teaching on the higher aspects of the Enneagram with correlating experiential exercises designed to help you embody the teaching
The sacred qualities of the Enneagram point beyond the level of personality — and how they can transform your orientation to life, your relationships, and your capacity to express your gifts
The transformational power of the types when experienced through all three centers — belly, heart, and head
The core Enneagram work — not as mere descriptions of the types, but as a method of transforming the type patterns into profound expressions of human potential and spirit
The Holy Idea of Inner Freedom and how it relates to the Virtue of Humility, along with an experiential practice to taste the integration of this Holy Idea in our lives
When you embody the sacred essence of your Enneagram type, you’re able to more freely activate your soul’s purpose, share your gifts, and love with all of your heart… which is SO needed in today’s world.
They have pioneered an experiential depth approach that will help you truly navigate (and apply) the profound realizations available through the Enneagram.
Do you have a mental list of things about your life, your relationships, and yourself that you’d like to change?
Would you like to stop getting stuck in the same self-sabotaging patterns — and experience more steadiness, confidence, and peace, no matter what’s happening around you?
There are times in our life when we feel like we’re at a turning point…
… like we’re standing at the threshold of attaining greater success, wisdom, and purpose, but either don’t know the next step to take or are too uncertain to take it…
What we do know is that how we’ve been living, working, and loving just isn’t enough anymore. We’re being called to something more significant, more authentic, and more meaningful.
If you’re ready not just for more change, but for profound transformation, then I have a very special invitation for you…
On Saturday, June 16,New York Times bestselling author Dr. Barbara De Angelis will show you how to transform yourself and your life from the inside out during a FREE virtual event: How to Make a Soul Shift: 3 Keys to Create a Life of Authentic Purpose, Unshakeable Peace & Lasting Fulfillment.
Barbara is one of the most renowned teachers of our time in the field of personal and spiritual development. She’s known for her eloquent yet down-to-earth guidance, and passionate, inspirational presentations.
For over four decades, she’s helped millions of people live with more fulfillment and freedom by showing them how to operate from true mastery at the deepest level of who they are… the Soul level.
During this uplifting and illuminating free hour with Barbara, you’ll discover:
A transformative practice you can use to stay clear, conscious, and centered — even in the most challenging of times
The surprising ways you may be sabotaging your success and happiness and how to start experiencing true soul accomplishments
How to get off of your emotional roller coaster and shift from micromanaging to life mastery, and from fear-based control to conscious choice
How to create more abundance and confidence by shifting from positive thinking to positive vibrating
The symptoms of “spiritual homesickness” and how it explains so much about your thoughts and emotions
Invaluable tools for experiencing everyday grace and practical spirituality
We’re living in what is undeniably a very unsettling time on our planet. Barbara says that now, more than ever, the world needs each of us to live our highest consciousness and accelerate our own process of transformation.
This online mini-workshop will help you do just that, and give you the life-changing insights and breakthroughs you’ve been hoping for.
Barbara will share her invaluable wisdom and proven techniques to help you make your own soul shift, and live with true emotional and spiritual freedom.
Discover the Deeper Essence of Yoga for Your Healing & Transformation
Are you ready to journey to the birthplace of yoga?
Move beyond the poses and off the mat to experience yogis, swamis, swaminis, and world-renowned yoga teachers sharing their wisdom directly from the foothills of the Himalayas on the banks of the Ganges River in celebration of the UN’s International Day of Yoga.
Immerse yourself in a one-of-a-kind experience with a global community of sages, musicians, scientists, and beloved teachers from around the globe — to discover yoga practices, guided meditations, and healing breathwork for restoring, balancing and invigorating your body, mind, and soul.
This day-long Yoga Day Summit is like no other online series — with yoga teachers gathering from diverse traditions, joining together for this one event to expand your knowledge of the world of yoga, from its ancient roots in India to today’s global movement of transformation.
This is why I’m passionate about inviting you to join The Yoga Day Summit — an online event that will offer you an unparalleled opportunity to experience and celebrate the beauty, power, and depth of yoga as a vehicle for living a divine life and creating a world built on Oneness.
On June 21 (the UN’s International Day of Yoga!),The Yoga Day Summit will host more than40sessions — including exclusive videos with yogis on the banks of the Holy Ganges River.
This special gathering will share more than 50 yogis — sages, musicians, scientists and beloved teachers from around the globe — includingH.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, Faith Hunter, Kia Miller, Tommy Rosen, Douglas Brooks, Bruce Lipton, Nikki Meyers, Michael A. Singer, and others — as they tap into the thousands of years of energy, power, and transformation experienced at these holy sites.
We hope you’ll participate in this special online gathering presented by The Shift in association with UPLIFT and Parmarth Niketan.
During this inspiring day-long summit, you’ll discover:
Interviews from the banks of the holy Ganges River with some of India’s most respected spiritual leaders
Viewing of The Power of Mantra, a new film by UPLIFT which highlights the healing and transformative science of sound and chanting.
Deep wisdom on the various streams of yoga traditions
In-depth conversations with some of the world’s leading yoga teachers demonstrating how the ancient wisdom of yoga is spreading across the globe & addressing modern global challenges, one person, one breath at a time
That yoga can help you awaken to your deepest essence — inspiring you to take compassionate & effective meaningful action
Exciting ways yoga can help transform culture, societal structures, & business
The most hopeful grassroots developments we’re experiencing through yoga today
Ways yoga can awaken you to a natural intelligence that will guide your life, moment by moment, & help you contribute to a more peaceful world
How yoga is awakening the Sacred Feminine and Conscious Masculine around the world
Interviews and musical performances by top kirtan musicians
How yoga begins and ends with love and helps you find profound states of love in yourself & in your relationships
Four stages of consciousness: Ego, Self, Divine Godhood, & Truth
How yoga was intentionally sent to the West (planned centuries in advance) by great saints to help harmonize humanity
And much more!
If you’re ready to live as a beautiful expression of the Divine every day, join the extraordinary presenters to discover complete yogic lifestyle — one that sees the sacred in all things and honors all the world as a divine reflection.
P.S. Here’s what a few participants from last year’s Yoga Day Summit had to share:
I loved being able to visit India again via internet!! What a wonderful Yoga time!! Felt like I was truly there!! — Judy, Parker, AZ, U.S.A.
I loved the broad scope and depth of the summit. The variety of topics covered and the number of interviews guaranteed that everyone went away with some new information or insight. I look forward to next time. — Theresa Portell, Chicago, IL U.S.A. / Athens, Greece
I loved the yoga day summit and fell in love with yoga and its principles all over again. — Loraine Headcorn, Kent, England
I was thrilled to hear the expansive and divergent aspects of yoga. I have been a practice really for over 40 years and was still deeply inspired. — Shoshana Leah, Pahoa, Hawaii, U.S.A.
I loved the depth and variety of content beyond asana. I felt so connected to Ma Ganga and Mother India in seeing her and hearing more about Her. I can’t thank you enough! Jai Ma! — Frances C., La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
As a species, humans are resistant to change by nature. Because of that resistance, it takes us a while to break a bad habit or implement a new one – up to as long as a month. During this transition period, it is easy to fall back into our old ways, unless we consciously keep ourselves on track until our new change has taken hold as a habit.
In the case of healthy habits, not only can introducing them increase our resistance to disease now, but they also improve life later down the road. That means taking fewer prescribed drugs in the future, maintaining independent living longer and more longevity as we age. But the road to change can be bumpy if not done correctly.
Do you like food that is not good for you, Food that is high in calories and fat, If so, you are not alone… and it is not your fault! We are genetically engineered to gravitate toward that kind of food from our ancestral days. Hunting, gathering and exploring the surrounding area took a lot of energy and so food with a lot of calories and fat provided the energy.
But the food today is different than it was eons ago. Today processed and fast food lurks around on every corner, inviting you to come in … and while you are there, super-size everything making for even more fat and calories. But that isn’t the end of the story. Food is addictive. So, if you succumb to eating a lot of processed and fast food, that is what your body becomes accustomed to eating, what it prefers, and in fact, what it craves.
However, the opposite side of the coin is also true. If you start eating healthy, it too over time will become addictive also. The trick is to make small incremental changes over time and not a big change all at once. That way your body will slowly change and adapt to your new way of eating. What gets people into trouble and they fail is they try to make too much of a change in too short a time. Don’t quit eating bad food cold turkey – slowly start eating less bad food and more good food over the course of say a month.
Healthy Fitness
The same rationale of change also applies to exercising. At the start of each New Year, people make all-or-nothing commitments in the form resolutions where they are going to conquer the world fitness-wise – exercise five days a week, run a marathon in a month, etc. But after the first time or two in the gym, they are so sore they can hardly move. They take a few days to heal up and never return to the gym again.
Instead, they should have started slowly by doing some short easy workouts a day or two the first week and gradually increase the frequency, workout time and type of workout over the course of the first month.
Building healthy habits is a process of setting an attainable and realistic end goal with several milestones of mini-goals along the way. Be sure to reward yourself in a positive way after reaching each milestone as it provides the mental boost to continue forging ahead to the next one.
Were you aware that journalingcan be as powerful as meditation, yoga, or psychotherapy for helping you uncover new possibilities for your life and life’s work?
You may be surprised to hear that your personal writings can be a powerful spiritual practice that frees you from stuck energies and liberates your deepest gifts.
In fact, many of our greatest innovators (and today’s cutting-edge leaders) keep detailed journals of their ideas, plans, and visions, where they can be nurtured and incubated until they are ready to hatch.
If you’re ready to discover how to write in a way that opens you to your higher wisdom and true genius, I have a very special invitation for you…
You can join bestselling author Mark Matousekfor a free virtual event — Writing to Discover Your True Gifts: 3 Essential Questions to Uncover Your Unique Genius — taking place on Wednesday, February 28 (replay on Saturday).
In this free online event, Mark, a respected spiritual author, journalist, and memoir teacher, will share three decades’ worth of experience and insights to show you how to use writing as a tool for accessing your true gifts.
During this free video workshop with Mark, you’ll:
Recognize that genius is your birthright and that YOU have an area of uniqueness that you were born with
Discover a powerful way to inquire into the ways that you abandon yourself, conspire against your gifts, and collaborate with all the “no” voices in your environment
See how to think like an artist — prioritizing meaning over money, going your own way, and thinking outside of the box
Embrace the centrality of courage, originality, and imagination as a path to claim your true gifts
Explore the liberating force of desire as the essential energy for your life… and for accessing your gifts
Save your seat here to discover how to write in a way that uncovers unconscious patterns, heals wounds from your past, and reveals and releases limiting ideas about who you are and who you are meant to be.
Here’s what others are saying about Mark Matousek:
Mark Matousek’s writing instruction is transformative. His classes will change the ways in which you examine your life, and how you think about yourself as a writer. He approaches your work with a deep sense of empathy, allowing him to help you tell your story in your voice… No matter what stage of the process you are at, time spent with Mark will yield extraordinary results. — Libuse Binder, Author of Ten Ways to Change the World in Your Twenties
Mark Matousek is a truly gifted writing coach. With an interviewer’s ear, he listens deeply and hears what people have to say. With the determination of a midwife, he helps them give birth to themselves through their words. As my “book whisperer,” he is showing me that writing is truly a spiritual path, leading not only to publication, but personal transformation. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from him! — Gwenyth Jackaway, PhD, Associate Professor, Fordham University
Did you know that for every aspect of your being — your body, mind, and even your spirit — there are medicinal herbs that can heal and nourish you?
Countless research studies support these healing plants’ plethora of benefits, from increasing stamina to supporting digestion to addressing chronic illnesses, autoimmune diseases, and diabetes –– and SO much more.
That’s why I’m excited to invite you to a complimentary online mini-workshop with renowned herbalist, speaker, and author Holly Bellebuono on Saturday, February 17 (replay next Tuesday):
Holly has spent 23 years teaching the art and science of herbal medicine. She’s a gifted teacher, renowned for taking complex botanical healing concepts and making them accessible and straightforward.
During this self-empowering 60 minutes with Holly, you’ll discover:
Simple, yet unusual, ways to include medicinal herbs in your daily life for your nourishment, health, and healing
Ways to grow yourskills and deepen your confidence in using herbs to support your health and that of your family and/or clients
Herbal “actions” (what a plant does) and how considering these actions can make creating herbal formulas easy
“Overlap” actions, and how 4 key plants can produce countless remedies for any number of health issues
Holly’s 4-tier Formula, a common-sense approach to pulling from hundreds of medicinal herbs to create a simple and effective formula for any illness or symptom
Three simple kitchen ingredients that can be crafted into surprising and effective natural medicines for you and your family
More than anything, you’ll access an approach that simplifies crafting herbal remedies, while also helping you to add more and more herbs and herbal knowledge to your natural medicine cabinet!
If you’d like to discover how to create herbal remedies that offer broad-spectrum results relevant for any number of health issues, symptoms, and diseases from medical herbalist Holly Bellebuono, don’t miss: Keys to Herbal Healing: Discover a 4-Tier Formula for Creating Effective Herbal Remedies.
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