AMY HANSEN

Mantras are a powerful way to tell your mind what you want to believe.  You repeatedly tell yourself a phrase that motivates you to believe something particular so that you can take action and move through what’s been holding you back.  Usually, these blocks are fear, worry, and doubt that prevent you from achieving your goals in life.  Here is a mantra you can use to help you believe that your success is inevitable.

Everything Is Working Out

The first part of the mantra is to believe that everything is working out.  Believe that everything is working in your favor.  Sometimes it may not seem that way, but there’s usually a lesson to learn in the obstacles of life.  Look for those lessons and know that you will get through it.  The proof is already there because you’ve made it this far in life.  Things may not have gone exactly as planned, but you’ve persevered, learned a lot, and grown along the way.  Trust...

You must create the thought of achieving your goal in your mind before it actually becomes your reality.  That first initial thought of what you want to achieve solidifies it as entirely possible.  But, often you get hung up in all the worries, doubts, and fears along the way that cause you to question your ability to achieve your goal.  Visualizing the point when you’ve achieved your goal is extremely powerful.  It creates that subtle knowing that your success is inevitable.  You will achieve your goal.  It’s going to happen.  Here is a quick six step visualization to help you achieve your goal.

Specific Goal

Think about the goal you want to achieve.  Make sure it’s specific enough so that you know when you’ll have achieved it.  Vague goals will only give you a vague visualization.  Ensure that your goal is tangible and includes measure.  Be specific and get clear on the exact goal you want to...

You’re not always going to be motivated to achieve your goals.  There will be times when you don’t feel motivated to do much of anything.  But, that’s when you have to recognize what’s causing the lack of motivation.  Perhaps it’s fear, worry, self doubt, procrastination, or any of the other likely suspects.  Or, it could just be that you’re feeling a bit run down and need to take a break so that you can relax and regroup.  Here is what to do when you lack motivation to achieve your goals.

Lack of Motivation

First, acknowledge what’s causing your lack of motivation.  Figure out if it’s fear that’s holding you back from working towards your goals.  Ask yourself if you’re afraid of taking action towards your goals because you’re unsure of the outcome or how it might look if you fail.  Maybe you’re just procrastinating because you don’t want to do the difficult...

Sometimes you have a dream that seems so far fetched that you question if it’s even possible.  You start to second guess yourself and wonder if you should even try to achieve that dream.  This is when dreams remain a dream.  Instead, challenge yourself to push through and work towards achieving your big dream.  Here are four things you need to achieve your big dreams.

You Are Capable

A dream is put on your heart for a reason.  You are fully capable of achieving your big dream if you have the courage to go for it.  The truth is, you’ve made it this far in life.  You’ve encountered many challenges and some how, you’ve managed to make it through.  You’ve figured it out one way or another.  It might have been messy and not perfect but that’s life.  The same goes for going after big dreams.  It’s not going to be all rainbows and sunshine.  It’s going to be difficult. ...

Often you dream about something you want to achieve and it just remains a dream.  Maybe it’s because it seems too far fetched, that it’s not possible or that it requires too much time and effort.  Either way, your dream sits on the sidelines, gathering dust, never to be realized.  But no more!  It’s time to turn your dream into reality!  Here are five steps on how to turn your dream into reality.

Get Clear On Your Dream

First, take time to fully flesh out your dream.  Close your eyes, allow your mind to wander, and dream.  Tune into your soul and what you want.  Visualize your future and what you want to make happen.  Make this visualization vividly clear on what exactly it is that you want to achieve.  Be specific so that you know without a shadow of a doubt what your dream consists of.  Define why this dream is important to you and what it will mean for you to achieve it.  Deeply connect with...

Big dreams are scary because you don’t know what will be required of you to make it happen.  Your inner critic speaks up and starts giving you all the reasons why you can’t or shouldn’t go after a big dream.  This leaves you with either small dreams that are easily achieved or worse yet, leaving your dreams on the sidelines collecting dust because you’re too afraid to go for it.  Here is how to know if you are dreaming big enough.

Effort

If you can easily achieve your dream with little to no effort, then you’re not dreaming big enough.  Big dreams require a lot of time and attention.  It requires a lot of work on your part.  It’s not accomplished in an hour or a day.  It takes much longer.  The finish line of achieving your dream is often so far out in the distance that it can be hard to see.  For that reason, it can be difficult to stay motivated when you aren’t super close to making it...

It takes a lot of effort and hard work to achieve your goal.  Along the way, you’ll learn a few things.  Each lesson you learn will help you to improve and achieve your goal in the future.  Here are five lessons to help you achieve your goal.

Keep Taking Action

First, take one small action step towards achieving your goal each day.  Sometimes that action makes you take a step backwards and that’s okay.  It happens.  But, you can’t get down on yourself when it does.  If you do, you’ll just remain stuck and stop taking action all together.  Instead, keep putting one foot in front of the other and eventually you’ll get there.

Stay Focused

Next, stay focused.  It’s important to keep your head down and put blinders on.  Stop worrying about what other people are doing or what they think because it doesn’t matter.  What matters is where you are and what you’re doing. ...

Making a daily to do list helps you stay organized and on track.  You feel a sigh of relief when you can get everything out of your head and down on paper.  Your mind stops stressing about trying to remember everything.  But, if you’re just taking action on the simple, easy tasks that you’ve written down, you might not be making much progress towards achieving your goals.  Here is how to use a to do list to achieve your goals.

Make A List

First, write down everything you need to do in order to achieve your goal.  Make an exhaustive list.  You probably won’t have everything you need written down because the path to achieving your goals often changes.  Make your list based off of what you know and can think of right now.  Don’t edit your list, just create a list of tasks that you think need to be accomplished.  Include things to research, items to buy, tasks to complete, maybe you need to ask for help,...

Life gets busy and you get so caught up the day to day that you forget about your dreams.  Maybe you’re feeling frustrated, unmotivated, and uninspired at the moment.  Or, perhaps you’ve just been too busy to put much focus on the big dreams you have for your life.  But, this is how your dreams become forgotten and never achieved.  No more!  It’s time to reignite your excitement for your dreams again.  Here are four steps to reconnect to your dreams.

Set A Dreaming Date

First, set a dreaming date.  Choose a location that allows you dream and be in the silent stillness.  Pick a place where you have peace and quiet that will allow you to dream without distractions.  Think of somewhere that inspires you, where you can be alone with your thoughts.  That might sound scary, but that’s the perfect spot to fully let go of all your current stresses and just allow yourself to dream.  Find a spot that allows...

Often you become swept up in the fear, worry, and self doubt when you’re trying to achieve your goals.  It almost consumes your thoughts.  You begin to wonder if you’re ever going to achieve your goals.  But, what if instead of doubting yourself, you began to become curious.  Curious about what success would look like for you and how achieving your goals could change your life.  Here is how to become curious about your success.

Success

Become curious about your success and what that would mean for you.  Envision your future and what you want to achieve.  See yourself in the future and truly visualize what you want to make happen.  See your success and all its glory.  It’s yours for the taking.  But, first you have to give yourself permission to dream and be curious about what is possible for you.  Take the time to spend a few moments dreaming about your success and be curious enough to push past the...