Showing posts with label do you want results. Show all posts
Showing posts with label do you want results. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

I want RESULTS, How do I get them?

Welcome back to our discussion on how to achieve results. Every person is here on their own journey; so results are as unique as fingerprints, snowflakes and yes… even you. However, Madison Avenue and Hollywood constantly bombard us with what it means to be successful or have ‘positive’ results in our lives.

Results are up to each individual to define for themselves. In my last installment I asked the questions: “Why are you here? What do you stand for? What is important to you? In your last breath what will you look back upon with pride?” in answering these questions we will find the foundation of our VISION.

Vision is the starting point, and arguably the most important step in achieving results. There are 4 distinct steps to results:
- Vision
- Clear Intention
- Committed Action
- Results
You can truly have anything in the world if you will follow these four simple steps. Notice I did not say easy. We are all human and can be distracted by the world around us, or more often by the conversations, and limitations we place upon ourselves.

Over the next few weeks we will explore each of these steps. Depending upon your feedback we may go deeper into a topic for a deeper cut. But now, let’s begin with Vision.

Your vision statement is your self-defined roadmap, along your self-defined journey through life. If you don’t define your vision, your path, the world, your friends, family, and even pets will do it for you.

There are different ways to discover your vision; journaling, talking to a spouse or family member, praying, mediation, brainstorming, the list is endless. But remember to craft your vision for yourself and not to please someone else. In the end a vision should be:
- Concise
- Empowering
- Convey what’s important to you

For example my vision is: “I am a stand for unity and growth, by celebrating love, humility and accountability.” You may be thinking WOW, or Great, while others may be thinking what does that mean.
Following the above guidelines; it is concise, short enough I can memorize it and not stumble over it should someone ask me… “hey Gabe, what’s your Vision?” It is empowering. This motivates me to create the world of my dreams. A world that is united and people are challenged to rise above their circumstances by my love, my humility, and my responsibility to hold everyone accountable for the current situation in life.

A vision is the core foundation from which life, results and happiness can spring. It is the blueprint for your dreams.

How do you use your vision? Just as an architect uses a blueprint, you get to look at the actions you take in a day and determine if they are supporting your vision. Only you can define your vision and choose to implement it in your daily life.

I ask you. Do you want results in you life? Yes? Then work on your vision, take time, dig-in and find out what really matters to you. If you need any help send me an email at beqivana at gmail dot com. Next time we will take your vision and learn how to have clear intention towards achieving results.

Thanks for Reading!
Gabe

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Do you want RESULTS in your life?

Are you living the life you have always dreamed of? If you think back 3, 5 or 10 years… are you now living the life you imagined? If so, congratulations and I will ask you a powerful questions: What’s Next? If you are not living the life you always dreamed of: Why Not? What’s Stopping You?

Take a moment, turn off the T.V., take a couple of deep breaths and pause. Connect with this very moment you are living. What are you sensing? Smells, faint sounds, feelings… what do you notice.

Close your eyes, take 10 long deep breaths, and then come back to this article.

Great! Welcome back to yourself. Many times we get so busy, so wrapped up in what’s going on around us, focused on yesterday or tomorrow, instead of noticing what is actually going on in our bodies and our lives in this moment.

Life is perfect in this moment. Nothing can ever be wrong in the present moment. In fact judging, using the term right or wrong only places judgment and stress into our lives.

You might be asking, sure I’m not living the life I have always wanted, but what can I do about it? The first and most critical steps to living and achieving is defining your VISION.

Why are you here? What do you stand for? What is important to you? In your last breath what will you look back upon with pride?

In order to answer any of the aforementioned questions you must have a Vision. This is the first in a series of articles designed to lay out the step by step process to creating the life you have always wanted.

Are you ready for the journey? GREAT, let’s get started. Take the questions asked above and anything else that comes to mind and write. Pen to paper; write what you think of as you go over those questions. No right or wrong, do not judge the process, just spend 20 minutes in quite and write what ever comes to mind.

My next installment will be on how to craft a Vision, what it means, why it is important, and how to use it as a powerful tool in creating the world you have always dreamed of. Don’t you deserve it? Of course you do! So get to writing, send me and email (beqivana@gmail.com) if you have any questions. Good luck and enjoy the journey!

Thanks for reading.
Gabe