No one can predict the future, we can only assume scenarios. What matters in the end is the relationships we built, impact we created and person we became.
Here´s 3 key updates we can control:
Connect for inspiration – every person I meet is an opportunity to learn.
Create for legacy – I find ways to bring a piece of my dream into today.
Grow for impact – All that happens supports my journey of growth.
Make conversations matter. Create to learn and see everything as an opportunity to grow. That´s one scenario for becoming future-proof.
Would love to dive deeper to find ways to apply it in your team? Let´s talk.
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I created this video to uplift and inspire ourselves. So that every morning we could align ourselves to our calling. Watch this every morning to shape an empowering destiny.
Every morning my thoughts shape my destiny.
Thoughts become words,
Words become actions,
Actions become habits,
Habits shape character
And my character creates my destiny.
Today I choose the thoughts and words
That empower me to live in alignment with my best self.
Thoughts and words that inspire me to take action
And create goodness in myself and around me.
I am here. Present in this moment.
I am in my optimal state.
Whichever I decide to do, I do well.
I am in alignment with my calling
And committed to my mission.
Creative ideas come easily and frequently.
I meet the right people and we have the right conversations.
All that happens, is part of my journey of development.
I live fully, love openly and my actions matter.
I am expressing my best self
And the world is grateful for it.
Every little cell in my body is happy.
Every little cell in my body is well.
Today the world has a lot to offer me.
I am ready to receive that
And give my best to bring more
Goodness, kindness and love to the world.
This or something even better for the highest good.
Creative and productive mornings lead to creative and productive days. These are 6 morning habits that can transform your life:
Silence
Spend some time in silence, focusing on your breathing and being in the present moment. Letting go of all the thoughts that come to your mind and just sensing your body, the air. It can be in forms of meditation, prayer, deep breathing or just reflection and gratitude for life.
Affirmations
Clarify what you want in your life, why you want it and what you need to consistently do and be to experience the life you really want. Create sentences, that have the emotional charge to create powerful beliefs about life.
Some examples that I have in my affirmation list:
Creative ideas come easily and frequently.
I am in alignment with my purpose and mission.
I meet the right people and we have the right conversations.
….
Read your affirmations out loud and incorporate your physiology to create a stronger mind-body connection.
Visualization
Top athletes use visualization to enhance their performance by imagining how they perform. Clarify what do you really want in your life. What are your big goals, deepest desires and lifechanging dreams?
Visualize yourself having achieved that dream and also visualize yourself doing and enjoying the work that needs to be done to achieve it. That last part is something that we tend to forget, but it is a vital part, because actions and great work is the vehicle that transports us towards our dreams.
Exercise
Exercise gets your blood flowing and supplies your body with fresh oxygen. For intense mental work you need to balance it with physical movement. What´s your favorite sports? Yoga, running, walking, lifting, cycling, swimming, skiing, dancing? It only takes a minute to do 10 push-ups or jumping jacks.
I wake myself every day doing Sun salutations, it´s a series of stretches that wake my body. Another popular option is 5 Tibetan rites. Living in a Nordic climate means that my morning exercise has to be weather-proof and that´s why I can guarantee a good wake-up with these exercises every morning.
Reading
If you were to read 10 pages a day, then in a year you have read 3650 pages. That´s about 18 books. If you would read 18 books in the next upcoming 12 months, would that have a positive impact on your life?
When choosing a book, ask yourself: “What do I want go gain from this book? How do I want to apply it?”. During your morning reads, try to get a specific idea from a book that you could apply the same day.
Scribing
Writing is a powerful tool for creating clarity in life to reflect on your discoveries, ideas and achievements. It´s like therapy with yourself. You can write about what you are grateful for, what you want to improve in your life, plan for actions you want to take or just keep a diary where you mark the interesting things that you experienced during the previous day.
Many creatives use morning pages to clear their mind. With morning pages you just write 3 pages of whatever comes to your mind. Don´t worry about spelling errors, your handwriting or the structure of thoughts, just write. It can be difficult in the beginning, but once you get it going, you´ll be surprised about the writing flow you´ll begin to develop.
I made a sticky note for each habit and kept it in my sight so that it would be easy to remember to apply all habits in the morning. Before going to sleep at night, I set my exercise clothes, affirmations page and diary ready. This way it was easier to start with the habits in the morning, because everything was already set and ready for action.
I would personally recommend start applying these new habits while being on vacation or on weekends, where you don´t have to rush anywhere. And once you get it going, then adopting it to your normal workdays. You can also choose one habit to start with and after you get used to that, start adding other habits.
If your new year goals look the same as they did on previous years, then try this. Imagine yourself travelling to the future and looking back to things you have created.
What do you really want to see in that story?
Set exciting goals
If there is no emotion or drive behind your goals, then you might as well send those wishes to “Nice to have list” and keep your focus on things that really excite you.
What are the topics that really excite you?
Train your skills
If your tired of setting those “I will earn a million dollars” goals, that have never worked, then turn your focus on training your skills.
What area do you want to master? What do you want to become good at?
Which skill do you want to train?
Start with tiny habits
Did you promise to quit smoking and get fit again? Start with little habits, make them regular and build upon these habits.
What is the small step you can start doing today to develop a habit of creating the life you want?
What works for you?
Share your experience: what really works for you when setting goals to create progress in life?
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