How often do you find yourself wondering what others may be thinking of you? This is pretty draining
at times isn’t it! To live your life fully, means being authentic with yourself and having the courage to
be real with others. In others words ‘just be your true self’ and life becomes much easier with total
peace of mind and fulfilment.

Coaching Tip

I love the saying by Dr. Seus….”Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Take on the practice of never leaving a conversation without making sure you are clear. What this means is to make sure you say what you need to say so that you never feel like you are holding onto unfinished business. You will always have this nagging feeling in the back of your mind which will affect your body and other areas of your energy flow in life.

Practice saying what you need to say by being open and real, especially with the closest people in your life. Remember to always speak coming from your commitment to the relationship with love, respect and dignity.

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Annette Stanton

Australia’s Leading Life & Business
Vision Success Expert ~ Coach ~ Author ~ Speaker

Author of the Highly Acclaimed Book…The Power of Vision –
The 7 Secrets to Personal, Business & Financial Freedom (Now in it’s 2^nd Edition)
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I was having a coaching conversation yesterday with a group of small business owners who were in the process of defining what Success really looked like to them. One business owner had realised that Success was not the tangible things alone that she had been striving for… for years; her real desire was the intangible that brought out her best.

Coaching Tip

It’s interesting and certainly exhausting how we are all chasing something in life that we think will make us happier, more successful or whatever your hopeful reasoning is. You may be moving so fast in the busy pace of your own life that you find yourself skimming over the surface. Notice how much you may be putting the important things off in your life until you feel more successful. Decide today what real success looks like to you from the inside out and live it today. Yes, you can be, do and have anything your heart desires.

Please feel free to pass this “Inspiration of the Day” on to your friends, family and colleagues. 
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Wishing you an Inspirational Day!

Annette Stanton

Australia’s Leading Lifestyle & Business
Vision Success Specialist ~ Coach ~ Author ~ Speaker

Author of the Highly Acclaimed Book…‘The Power of VISION’ – The 7 Secrets to Personal, Business & Financial Freedom (Now in it’s 2^nd Edition)
http://www.annettestanton.com.au/the-power-of-vision-by-annette-stanton

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For example, you may have set up a goal of wanting to spend more time with your family, but you keep allowing work to get in the way. In this situation the natural habit is spending extra time doing work.  The first step in changing this habit is to design a new behaviour (action) that will allow you to spend more time with the family. For example, you might allocate Sundays to doing something special with the family, plus you could agree to turn off the phone so that you can fully enjoy the experience. Make sure you communicate this plan to your family, so that they can keep you accountable to your commitment.

I work with many people who want to also have a life outside of work, yet the recurring pattern I see and hear is that they never seem to get on top of things and before they know it, time goes by and they miss out on a lot of what’s important to them. The most common things my clients say they want to spend more time on are: ‘exercise for my own health and energy’, ‘spend quality time with my wife/husband’, ‘time to listen and play with my children’, ‘quality time with my family’, ‘time out for myself’.

Notice how easy it is to spend time doing the unimportant things first. You may be concerned about the paperwork that has built up and think that ‘if I just get on top of this one, then I will make time for me and my family’. What do you notice happens?

There are 3 Steps to Changing your Habits

Step 1 – Awareness

The first step to change is becoming aware of your habits and what your triggers are. Most of the time we are so busy ‘doing’ life that we do not take time out to become aware of who is it we are, what is it we are doing, how we are doing it and why we are doing it. You will never become aware if you keep on doing whatever you are doing, without becoming consciously aware of your actions. Awareness is the first major step towards change. Once you register your awareness, then you can go to step 2 to accept and release your habits.

Step 2 – Accept + Release

When you become aware of your habits and triggers, it is only then that you can accept and release the habits that do not support you in your life. You accept and release a habit purely by stating that this habit does not support you in your life and you choose to now let it go. It is easy to be attached to a habit because this is the only way you consciously know how to manage your life. The good news is that you taught yourself through habit in the first place and you can choose a new habit at any time. It is normal to feel as though you are stepping into the unknown, because that is exactly what takes place in the releasing of habits. This takes us into step 3 of re-creating a new habit to replace the old habit.

Step 3 – Re-Create

This is the fun part, of re-creating your habit. It is important to remember that when changing a habit you must replace it with a new, consciously supportive habit. Consciously choose the new habit you would like to start practising in place of your old habit.

Let’s say your old habit is ‘not listening to people fully’ and you are always ready to speak over them, even before they have finished saying what they wanted to say.

You then may decide for your new habit, that every time someone speaks to you, you will stay totally present, listening to what they have to say – and that you will only answer them after they have stopped speaking. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Try it yourself and notice what happens. The next time you are speaking to someone, you will probably jump right into the conversation and repeat your old habit. You then might walk away, noticing that you did it again and didn’t fully listen. The second time you notice, you want to jump in and you catch yourself. Great; this is the power of becoming consciously present to your actions and reactions. The third time you will become fully conscious and choose your new habit at the beginning of the conversation.

To speed up the process of re-creating yourself, take on the practice of visualising yourself living the new habit in its perfect form now. See yourself being the person you want to be and see yourself having the results you truly desire.

What are your re-occurring Habits?

Start to become aware of your habits by choosing your re-occurring patterns from the list below. Then choose your top 5 habits and begin to change these in a way that supports you in your life by using the 3 steps above.

- Lack of money
– Relationship problems
– Career I do not like
– Not sure of what direction I want to go in
– Health problems
– Never enough time to do the things I want to do
– Always feeling under pressure
– Not always being honest
– Lack of energy
– Family problems
– Lack of confidence
– Lack of commitment
– Being overweight
– Being argumentative
– Always worrying about something
– Giving too much to other people
– Sense that I have to get ahead
– Plan to get fit but never do
– Always wanting to be in control
– Feeling of being lonely
– Comparing myself to others
– Feeling of not being worthy
– Weak and submissive behaviour
– Aggressive and domineering behaviour
– Not allowing other people to support me
– Not being organised
– Not doing what I say I’m going to do