Empower Newsletter – October 2014
Welcome to the October 2014 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on the importance of articulating ‘how you will know when you get what you want.’
Do you know?
‘what will be happening when you get it!’
In the October 2011 Newsletter I wrote about how important it is to know what you do want, as opposed to knowing what you don’t want. Put simply, this is because what you focus on is what you get! So instead of focusing on not being unhappy focus on being happy or instead of focusing on not being fat focus on being healthy, exercising and eating healthy.
Once clients have articulated what they do want the next step is to be aware of what will be happening when they actually get it.
This may sound weird but it is not uncommon to have never given it a second thought. It can be quite challenging to articulate what it will feel like, or what will be different when it happens. This is because we may not have thought about it or experienced it before. How do you know what you don’t know?
We tend to gravitate toward the familiar and unless we actually know what will be happening when we get what we want we continue to make the same choices and do the same things we have always done. Those very actions, or non-actions, that have given us the results we have achieved in the past. And we all know ‘if nothing changes, nothing changes.’
By knowing what will be happening when we get it enables us to see that we have choices along the way instead of blindly choosing the familiar.
Some common examples include wanting to be happy, feeling worthy, having confidence or wanting to belong.
Some questions to ask yourself include: – What will be different when I am happy, worthy, confident or when I belong? What will I be doing and thinking? What sort of activities will I be involved in? What kind of people will I be associating with? What sort of conversations will I be having? How will I be feeling when I get it? And how will I know it’s time to feel it?
If you are having trouble answering some of these questions a great method is to think of someone you do know or know of, that already has the results in the area you want and then ask yourself what they would do, think, feel or act in that situation.
After answering these questions you will start to notice different things you haven’t noticed before. Your awareness will expand, your choices will increase and you will start realising your desires before you know it.
Definition
Articulate
1. using language easily and fluently; having facility with words.
2. expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness.
Something to Ponder
Being able to articulate to your mind as clearly and concisely as possible activates a portion of your brain called the Reticular Activating System, or RAS for short. The RAS is the part of your brain that is responsible for attention among other things. By clearly articulating to your RAS what is important to you, it will look for ways, both consciously and unconsciously, to make that your reality.
Enlisting the RAS in the pursuit of your goals really increases your chance of successful attainment.
Quote of the Month
“Suspecting and knowing are not the same.”
~ Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief ~
Affirmation Corner
I easily articulate what will be happening in my life when I get what I want.
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October 2, 2014 8:51 am
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