A common thread in todays’ world is how busy we all seem to be. As you grind your teeth, sweat that next deadline and do your best to get through email and return calls, do you wonder if it’s possible to think about abundance and joy, let alone have that experience?
Occasionally you meet one of those rare people who appears to have life figured out AND is enjoying it - Amazing! How do they do that having some of the same stuff to deal with that you do?
Just for a moment, with nothing else to pay attention to, see if you can imagine the experience of having these 7 habits fully developed in your life:
- Build every day with the raw materials of your values and the vision of the future you want to live. For this habit to be developed, DISCIPLINE is the practice.
- Live life moment by moment. PLANNING is a habit to master since the next moment is upon us. Choose how to use it, or let it pass and deal with the next… oops, that one just went by.
- A part of abundance is wealth. What you have and need to live now, and what you will need in order to accomplish what you are going for. The skill for this is FINANCIAL GOALS, a practice that will get you to and through your retirement years.
- Sweep away tired uninspiring goals and replace them with an inspiring life purpose, from which an endless supply of relevant goals will emerge. The practice to develop here is REGULAR REVIEWS.
- Fight fear with action and get yourself an accountability partner who will hold you to account to accomplish your desires. INTEGRITY is the practice of saying what you will do, by when, then doing just that.
- Nourish yourself and others in small ways every day with simple things; like cleaning up your vocabulary and never complaining to anyone who cannot make a positive impact on the object of your complaint. How many of us “Tell The Truth” in a negative way about our financial situation? This is complaining and only ensures that things stay as they are, or get worse. ANTICIPATION or POSITIVE EXPECTATION are skills well worth the time and practice to develop.
- Finally, CELEBRATE everything you can. There is much to celebrate if you look for it. If you have trouble with this one, start an appreciation journal and commit yourself to write in it daily.
Live life by design, think about your credit, your budget, the impact of financing, saving, and investments on your long term planning. Biggest of all, is your plan abundant enough to live a joyous life?
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