Empower Newsletter – September 2016
| Welcome to the September 2016 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on changing the way we think to get us what we want!
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| Did you know? |
‘our thinking produces our behaviour’
After a few very strenuous days my muscles were stiff and I was aching all over. I found myself thinking about having a day off from my exercise routine and it was not something I wanted to do. I was not injured just feeling sorry for myself. Lucky for me I was able to turn it around by changing what I was thinking. Instead of looking for all the reasons for not doing it, I started to look for and see all the reasons why I wanted to.
Is there something in your life you would like to change or do differently but don’t know where to start? If there is, here are a few more ways you can change your thinking to produce different behaviour which will in turn help you attain the results you want.
Start with the end in mind! Ask yourself questions like, “How do I want it to be? “What do I need to do to get what I want?” In my opinion this thinking is the best and quickest way to get you where you want to be, not only in relation to making a change but also for anything you undertake in life.
Another way is to create pain around not making the change! This works because we move away from pain, and if we are not changing our current situation, we have already attached more perceived pain to making the change. To reverse this start looking at all the painful things that won’t happen and all the painful things that will continue to happen if you don’t make the change. If you create enough pain around not changing, it will push you to make the change.
For you, changing something may be as simple as realising that ‘the past does not equal the future.’ This means that just because it didn’t work out the way you wanted it to before doesn’t mean it will happen again. If you do just one thing differently, you will end up with a different result!
It may take changing what you believe about someone! Is your current thinking going to get you closer or push you further away from what you want? After all everyone is doing the best they can with the resources they have available.
How will you change your thinking to get what you want?
| Definition |
Thinking
- The process of considering or reasoning about something
- A person’s ideas or opinions
- Using thought or rational judgement; intelligent
| Something to Ponder |
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
~ Albert Einstein ~
| Quotes of the Month |
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
~ Steve Jobs ~
“The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.”
~ Wayne Dyer ~
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Affirmation Corner |
‘I am the architect of my life; I build its foundation and choose its contents.’
Newsletters | Di | 
August 31, 2016 5:26 pm
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