See yourself being successful
February 3, 2010 by admin
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Visualize every day
New Year’s is typically the time when Americans voice their wishes to change their lives. Some of the most common changes include losing weight, getting healthier and stopping bad habits.
Most people start out with the best intentions to change, but stop trying to make these changes within the first two or three weeks. The reason for this is because they have not fought through the tough part to create new habits.
This week, I will talk about step six, which is “Visualization/Power of the Mind.” I define this as the practice and ability to mentally project positive outcomes with conviction and truth. In other words, being able to close your eyes and see a result come true and believe it.
This step, in my opinion, is the hardest step to grasp. Very few people in the world understand what this means. Most people are just robots who go through life aimlessly without knowing of this power source in life.
Let me give you a couple of examples. Back when I was training for the Mr. Colorado competition, I would take a few minutes every morning, close my eyes and visualize myself up on stage. I would mentally see the crowd, see the judges and smell the back stage pump-up room. I could see the head judge giving me the winning trophy. I did this every day for 16 weeks. After about four weeks of doing this, I began to truly believe I was going to win. I changed my belief system, because I reprogrammed my mind. This kept me motivated and determined to keep training harder.
This visualization technique resulted in me creating positive affirmations and a positive “law of attraction.” I believe this technique manifested the actual event to come true.
Another example is when I was recovering from my darkness, after my car accident and broken neck in 2005. After hitting rock bottom, I had to learn these tools all over again, except this time my life depended on it. Looking back on it now, I see my Mr. Colorado training experience was nothing compared to over coming the hell of the winter of 2005-06.
First, I had to create a gratitude list. This was very hard because I felt I had nothing to be thankful for, but I had to reprogram my mind to be positive or I was going to die. So, I started my list by being thankful for a roof over my head, food in my stomach and people who loved me. I thanked God everyday for those three things for a long time. It helped me to focus on positive not so much negative.
The second thing I did every day is, look for someone to help that was hurting. This helped me to get out of myself on a regular basis. The third thing I did everyday was, force myself to speak positively to other people no matter how I was feeling. I may have been dying inside in negativity, but I would smile and say, hey it’s a good day today. I heard a slogan one time that said, “Fake it until you make it,” and that is what I did. It was all about reprogramming my brain chemistry to think and function differently.
And the fourth thing I did is, spend time in the morning and at night visualizing myself being happy, successful, fit, healthy, being in good relationships and being close to God. In reality, I didn’t have any of those things at the time, but I mentally saw myself living this abundant life. I used the same technique I used training for the Mr. Colorado. I did this every day for six months and these things started to happen to me. A year and a half after the actual accident itself, I was in a great romantic relationship, had great friends, was making good money and was closer to God than ever before.
You may think you can’t change your life but you are wrong. It does not matter what your circumstances are, you can make things turn around if you take the time to speak positively at all times. Visualize your life and where you want it to be on a daily basis. Tell yourself three times a day that life is good and it’s a great day. No matter how you truly feel that day, fake it until you make it.
Tell yourself you are worthy of being happy and joyful. List five things you are grateful for every day. No matter how you truly feel. Find someone to help each and every day. If you do these six things every day, I promise your life will get better.
Kent Paul is a former Mr. Colorado (1998) and any questions can be sent to kp@kpaulfit.com.
Kent Paul’s seven steps to win in 2010
Admit desperation
Accept you need to change
Surrender to expertise
Set short and long term goals
Obtain much knowledge on the journey
Visualize everyday
Establish an accountability system
Success due to ‘good vibes’
December 5, 2009 by admin
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By Andrea Milner
A Kiwi mother-of-two says a technique called “vibrating” and feeling good can improve your financial situation, and is telling how in her first book.
Lisa Folland’s The Attractive Mum looks at how using the principles of the “law of attraction” can improve self-esteem, relationships and even the financial situation of everyday mums.
Struggling to cope with a lack of sleep, motivation and “me” time, Folland says she discovered the key to turning her life around.
“I was exhausted and overwhelmed with two babies under 2 so I decided to get my life back on track.”
She says it’s about attitude, setting goals, healthy eating, exercise and looking after your finances.
Along with tips from typical Kiwi mothers, the book also has interviews with several well-known women about how they have juggled family and business success.
They include fashion designer Annah Stretton and TV presenter, business owner and designer Sally Ridge.
They embody the characteristics of an Attractive Mum, says Folland - confident, happy, healthy and fulfilled.
A former school teacher, Folland credits “the law of attraction” for helping her publish the book for less than $500 “as people and opportunities presented themselves and helped make my dream a reality”.
Having lost her mother to cancer, Folland is to donate half the profits from the sale of the first edition to charity Look Good Feel Better.
Pre-pave your day with positive energy
October 1, 2009 by admin
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Having a bad day? Think positive, says author Elisabeth Fayt.
Most people spend more time worrying about what to wear in the morning, she says, than they spend thinking about what they want to accomplish.
But a happy, successful life is within reach; you just have to plan for it.
“Decide what you want,” she says.
“Prepare it. Seal the deal with gratitude. Let it go.”
Those simple changes — thinking positive, giving thanks — are enough to align the universe in your favour, Fayt says.
“Nothing can come to us until we are grateful for what we have.” Fayt knows a thing or two about achievement and the law of attraction. She’s an internationally respected motivational speaker, author and the founder of RNR Wellness, a successful national chain of spas that focus on in-room hotel service. She recently released her first book, Paving It Forward: 120 Pre-Paves That Will Put You in the Passing Lane
Fayt, 45, says she prepares her entire day before she even opens her eyes in the morning.
“As I get in the car, I prepare safety,” she says.
“When I go on a date with my husband, I prepare that we will have a wonderful time.”
Hard to believe it’s so easy? It shouldn’t be, says Fayt, especially if you’re one of those people — and there are many of us — who wake up at precisely the same time every day, before our alarm goes off.
“The fact that we can wake our bodies at a certain time every day is living proof that we can control our subconscious minds,” she says.
“Just as you can stop biting your nails, you can stop negative thoughts.”
Fayt has been interested in the power of prayer and spirituality since she was a small child growing up in Waterloo, Ont. Part of a devout Catholic family, she went to church every day and considered becoming a nun. (She gave her first motivational speech in church at the age of eight.) She completed a degree in psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University, and then was drawn toward the knowledge of Indian mystics, in particular the work of Paramahansa Yogananda, a man who she describes as her spiritual teacher.
“That gave me the background, the philosophy that our thoughts create our reality,” she says.
She spent several years in India, but returned to Canada when she realized her life was meant to be about serving others.
These days, that means speaking at retreats and seminars around the world — often with her family in tow.
“I go where people need me,” she says.
Following that spirit, however, is what has made her so successful, she says. And now she wants to pass on what she has learned to others.
“Every dream I have ever had has come true,” she says. “And everyone can have that.”
Elisabeth Fayt — elisabethfayt.com
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