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Marc Reklau
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January 14 - January 25, 2022
2 Self-Discipline and Commitment
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” Zig Ziglar
Visualize the benefits you will have at the end of the road: For example if you want to go running at 6 a.m. in the morning and you just don't seem to make it out of bed - imagine how good you will feel when you are at the fitness level that you want to be at and how great you will look. Then jump out of bed, put on your running clothes, and go!
What is your word worth? Take your commitments seriously! Because not keeping your commitments has a terrible consequence: you lose energy, you lose clarity, you get confused along the way to your goals, and even worse you lose self-confidence, and your self-esteem takes a hit!
3 Take full responsibility for your life
Who are you blaming for your life situation right now? (Your partner? Your boss? Your parents? Your friends?)
The most important thing is to make decisions. Whether the decision is right or wrong is secondary. You will soon receive feedback that will help you to progress. Once you have made a decision, go with it and take the consequences. If it was wrong, learn from it and forgive yourself knowing that at that point in time and with the knowledge you had, it was the best and the right decision to take. YOUR ATTITUDE + YOUR DECISIONS = YOUR LIFE
The most important thing is how we RESPOND to what happens to us in our lives. And that is a CHOICE!
Read Viktor Frankl’s book “Man in search of meaning”.
5 Choose your thoughts
don’t get stuck in negative thoughts. Replace them with positive thoughts such as “everything is going to be all right” every single time they come up.
Thoughts create emotions, which create behavior, which create actions, and those actions have consequences in your daily life. THOUGHT → EMOTION → BEHAVIOR → ACTION
For just 10 minutes a day ignore what seems to be real and act as if your wish has come true. (See yourself spending money, being healthy, more successful, etc.)
7 The Importance of your Attitude
Your Attitude is crucial for your happiness! It can change your way of seeing things dramatically and also your way of facing them.
Did your wife leave you? So will you be unhappy forever or will you go out and meet new people?
8 Perspective is everything
Action Step: Write down at least five situations in your life that you thought were negative, however with time you clearly saw that you got something good out of it.
9 Have patience and never ever give up!
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill
Every failure is a great moment in our life, because it allows us to learn and grow from it!
Success is the result of right decisions. Right decisions are the result of experience, and experience is the result of wrong decisions.
11 Get comfortable with change and chaos!
Action Steps: 1) Do something that makes you feel slightly uncomfortable every day. 2) What will you change tomorrow? Your daily routine? Exercise? Eat healthier?
13 Watch your words
The words that we use to describe our experiences become our experiences!
14 New Habits, New Life!
It takes about 21 days to implement a new habit.
What 10 habits are you going to introduce? It's not necessary to introduce BIG changes. The usual habits my clients introduce are: • Exercise 3 times a week. • Focus on the positive. • Work on your goals. • Walk by the beach or in the woods. • Spend more time with your family. • Eat more vegetables. • Meet with friends. • Read 30 minutes a day. • Spend 15 minutes on “alone time” a day , etc.
Find out what your most important values are that bring you joy, peace, and fulfillment. From the list of values (you can download it on my webpage for free) choose 10. You may find that you can group values. Then narrow them down to your top four values.
18 Honor your past achievements
What great things have you achieved in your life so far?
Action Step: 1) Write down a list of the biggest successes you’ve achieved in your life! 2) Read them out loud and allow yourself to feel fantastic for what you have accomplished!
19 Write down your goals and achieve them!
"People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them...
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The goals have to be yours, specific, stated positively, and you have to commit to them. Another important point: When pursuing your goals, reward yourself for the effort put in, and not just for the results. Self-punishment is not allowed! Keep in mind that you are much further than you were a week or a month ago.
20 Next!
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. Sylvester Stallone
21 Avoid energy robbers
22 Manage your time
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter F. Drucker
24 Say “NO” to them and “YES” to yourself
25 Get up early! Sleep less!
The first benefit of getting up an hour earlier is that you gain around 365 hours per year.
26 Avoid the mass media
“The news is glorified gossip.” Mokokoma Mokhoana
28 Face your fears!
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt
“Fear, my old friend! What are you doing here again? Do you want to warn me or do you want to paralyze me? What's your game?”
29 Eliminate everything that annoys you
