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LIVE YOUR DREAM!!!… There’s No Other Way to True HAPPINESS…

June 2nd, 2010 Kathy Baker

WOW!!!  You can’t help but be swept up in the excitement and elation of Jessica Watson’s return on Saturday 15 May into Sydney Harbour, after 210 days (that’s 7 months!) circumnavigating the world, non-stop, solo all on her own, at 16 years of age.  Just 2 days short of her 17th birthday.

Success comes from strong, clear intentions and dogged determination to succeed.  It also comes from loving what you do with a passion, following your Life Purpose and Living Your Dream.

Unsteady on her feet and supported by her Dad and Brother, as she transitioned from her “sea legs” to her “land legs”, and as the world watched her, Jessica returned to a tumultuous welcome home before a human “sea” of gathered faces near the Sydney Opera House, plus a worldwide media and public audience…

What makes it even more extraordinary is Jessica’s humble response, with great composure, that – “I’m an ordinary girl who believed in her dream. You don’t have to be someone special, or anything special, to achieve something amazing. You’ve just got to have a dream, believe in it, and work hard…”

Here are some Live Your Dream Tips from Jessica’s amazing “tender age” Life Journey:

-  Have a Dream and envision it, and plan for it.

-  Live Your Dream – and act upon it – make each step happen, break it down into the small steps, no matter how small, just take the next step.

-  Gather people around you who support your dream.

-  Stick to your dream unwaveringly.

You will learn so much from the process.  And you will grow incredibly…

If you are on the right track, heading in the right direction, the “wind at your back” factor will kick in, and you will be supported by people who totally “get” what you’re on about, and you will be propelled forward, in leaps, bounds… waves and swells, even 5-10 metre waves, beyond your expectation…

This amazing quote featured during Channel 10’s program coverage:

 “20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”  Mark Twain

Live Your Dream!…

To Your Success!

Kathy

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“Persistence” is a Major Success Characteristic You Must Have…

February 25th, 2010 Kathy Baker

“PERSISTENCE” is a vital key characteristic that differentiates Successful People from others.  It’s a major personality trait you must have to SUCCEED, and need to cultivate and develop further ongoing… 

Persistence is a key part of the Success game.  Unstoppable people have persistence.  You’re not going to get anywhere without it.  If you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it.  You have to be in it for the long haul…

Winners know how to get beyond problems and obstacles.  ‘NO’ does not exist in the Success Mindset.  Successful people find their way around obstacles.  They see them as a challenge – it fires them up even more… 

And that’s what you want to have and practice…

Embracing your dreams, carrying them through by taking inpired action persistently and consistently, until you get there… whatever it takes… 

Especially if you’re running your own business, and wishing to build and grow it further.  And achieve the Freedom and Lifestyle you so desire…

And, you may have the dream of building your own successful Home Internet Business, and you know how much focus and persistence that requires. 

As Brian G. Johnson says – “People DO NOT fail at Internet Marketing, they simply GIVE UP before the magic happens.”

Can you relate to that?  Think about your efforts to attract new clients, grow your database, or attract web traffic and build your subscriber and customer list…  Just keep persisting and taking action, and you’ll get there…

I’m sure you’ve heard it said that “The Money is in the List”, and certainly your success is dependent on the size of your list and how many people you can reach with your offering. 

When you persist and show the way, share your special talents and gifts, and provide value to others, they will follow you, join your list, want to hear from you, and buy your products, in growing numbers.

The video here is a wonderful, really fun, light-hearted example of PERSISTENCE and shows where one guy, through his own solitary efforts at first, starts a mass dance party to ”Unstoppable” by Santogold at the Sasquatch Music Festival.

I think it demonstrates perfectly that “sticking your neck out”, taking the lead, showing the way, persisting, and not giving up, reaps rewards…  Then seeing the power of what you can create if you stick in there, with the potential to influence the crowd, and create an unstoppable wave that then gains it’s own life and momentum, often exponentially…

It’s a perfect and entertaining example of just how Success can happen…

ENJOY!  I’m sure you’ll smile :-) …

Success starts with just one person who has an idea, creativity, the motivation, and takes action.  One person who has a clear vision, who is willing to go it alone, and to keep going it alone until things start to happen and gain momentum, no matter what obstacles stand in the way.

And as the video demonstrates, with persistence, things will start to happen.  You just have to stay focused, keep going and persist.  It’s certainly not always going to be easy, but it’s oh so very worth it.

The rewards in the form of regular healthy income on your own terms, even passive income, and the Financial and Lifestyle Freedom that it brings is worth every moment of your focus, effort, time, commitment and patience.

To Your Success!

Kathy

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Kathy Baker
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!! Gratitude and Appreciation…

January 1st, 2010 Kathy Baker

HAPPY NEW YEAR to YOU ALL!!!  And here’s to a fabulously successful 2010, and brand new decade ahead!

This is an amazing time of the year to reflect back on what has taken place and gone by during the past year 2009.

And cast forward to the amazing year 2010 and decade before us – and all the possibilities and wonderment yet to come to fruition…

It’s also a wonderful time to express Gratitude and Appreciation for what we have —and joyfully weave in forecast Gratitude and Appreciation for what is yet to come – as if it is already here – a vital ingredient in mastering the successful Manifestation process.

For me, the last few days have been quite surreal…  Partly prompted unfortunately by my carelessly twisting/spraining my knee earlier in the week, forcing me to take it easy, and stop jumping around like a jack-in-the-box.

The celestial message: take it easy, relax, kick back, take time to reflect and review…

Not that I don’t already try to do this, but there has been an added “twist” – no pun intended!  Hehehe ;-)

Last night, New Year’s Eve was absolutely amazing! 

After 2 consecutive days of 38C and 37C hot conditions, as predicted by 8.45pm the changed conditions came through with brooding, ominous dark clouds impregnating the still daylight savings sky, boding the storms to come (threatening the traditional New Year’s Even Midnight fireworks display).

By 9.15pm, the storm erupted brilliantly, with much needed rain, thunder and lightning.  I’m a very biased lover of thunderstorms, and find them mesmerizing, so that was like an added bonus for me.

Midnight approached – the exhilarating countdown into the New Year and a brand new decade – and the thunderstorms continued, and thankfully, the fireworks proceeded as planned.  YIPPEE!!! 

Again surreal – 360 degrees around me (my home is just 5 kms south of Melbourne’s Central Business District, and one block away from the seaside boardwalk), we watched the fireworks explode brilliantly into the now dark midnight sky, intermingled with lightning and fireworks, all round.  How amazing and glorious!  I’ve never seen or experienced the combination before. 

A pleasing example of Mother Nature doing her natural thing, and kindly allowing human-made fireworks to share center stage with her on this very special occasion.  Graciously, room for all, eh?…

What a gift.  What a brilliant experience to witness.

So, as I said this is a great time to say Thanks, and express Gratitude and Appreciation…

For me, the amazing opportunity I have to:

-  Operate from my Home Business in Internet Marketing, sharing information in Self Improvement, Success Mindset and Law of Attraction, with other people.

-  Live My Life on Purpose…

-  Help others along their journey of achieving self-transformation and helping them enhance their lives.

-  Reach a much wider audience with this wonderful information I wish to share.

-  “Make a difference” in other people’s lives.

-  Attract, connect and work with wonderful likeminded people who are on the same wavelength, share insights, goals, and aspirations.

-  Enjoy more great Joint Venture Partnerships to collaborate with likeminded individuals so that together we can make a difference in People’s lives.

And much more…

I invite you to take this time to express Gratitude and Appreciation for what you have, and what you wish to have for now, into 2010, and beyond…

Write it down in 2 columns, or in 2 sequential sections, if you wish. 

New Year is an incredibly cleansing pivotal time to review, let go, and refresh and re-align where you wish to go. 

Take the best advantage of this time, and set yourself on the right course you desire…

I wish you the very best for the New Year and Super Successful 2010!

To Your Success!

Kathy

P.S.  As my Happy New Year gift to you, here’s a link to the classic “Think and Grow Rich” by Napolean Hill – http://bit.ly/8qeYFO - Enjoy!

P.P.S.  Have a TOTALLY FABULOUS 2010!!!

P.P.P.S  More lovely rumbles as more thunderstorms brewing right now Jan 1 2010 evening, as we speak…  Here it comes, rain falling right now, rumbling continuing…

Kathy Baker
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Are You Passionate About Your Success?

September 28th, 2009 Kathy Baker

The 100 Day Challenge – Let’s Do It!

It’s not too late to make the most of the next and final 90-100 days of 2009!…  It’s never ever too late to ‘make a difference’ in your life…

We all began this year at GO!  We did our Intentions Planning earlier in the year – http://www.yoursuccessmasterynow.com/intentions/50/  

And now we are well on our way to achieving our final outcomes, and the most important end-of-year assessment round-up. 

The big difference in how much we’ve achieved Our Success will be determined by what we’ve done along the way en route during the year.  Goals set, actions taken, and results realized determine if you get to call this year 2009 a Success, or otherwise.

September 23rd just passed few days ago, and was an important date as it marked the 100 day countdown of 2009.

So, we’re now looking at the 90 Day/last quarter period of 2009.   So, let’s gather and recoup, and make the most of this period.

With that in mind, I have put together a number of questions for you to consider as you progress toward the finish line for 2009:

1. What specific results have you achieved so far this year?
2. Are you healthier, wealthier, and wiser?
3. Are you winning, losing or just holding ground?
4. What results are you committed to achieve by the end of the year?
5. How have you grown and what have you learned this year?
6. Is there any unfinished business that needs to be tended to in your life?
7. Are you actively pursuing what’s most important on a daily basis?
8. What habits do you need to change to ensure better results?
9. What is the key issue that inhibits your ability to perform at your best?

You must live to answer and honor these questions, because when it comes to the last 90-100 days of the year, every day and everything you do counts.

With that in mind, I wanted to share with you an exciting opportunity to finish the year strong – it’s called the 100 Day Finish Strong Challenge!

And you can learn more here:  http://bit.ly/br6PY

One thing we all have in common is that we all love a challenge. For some it could be a goal that puts you to the test, an obstacle that says you can’t beat me, a belief system that is begging for a breakthrough, or even a mountain that just dares you to climb it.

Whatever it is, you’re attitude should be BRING IT ON, as there’s nothing quite like a good old fashioned challenge to see what you’re made of, to push the boundaries and tests your limits as it is ONLY when we overcome these trials that we get to reap the sweetest rewards.

Gary Ryan Blair, otherwise know as The Goals Guy has put together the most comprehensive approach to goal setting and performance enhancement.

The 100 Day Finish Strong Challenge is a structured 14-week performance improvement program to achieve a number of challenging goals and finish the year strong.

You will be provided with a performance plan, a disciplined implementation process, daily measurement systems, and a very unique accountably tool along with specific tactics and strategies to attain your goals.

So what are you waiting for? The clock is ticking and if you want to seriously improve your life and corresponding results, I encourage you to check out the 100 Day Finish Strong Challenge today as it will be one of the smartest decisions you’ll make all year.

I wish you a great and hugely successful home stretch during these last 90-100 days and encourage you to dream big dreams and take the necessary actions to make them reality.

To Your Success!

Kathy  ;-)

P.S.  Make sure you make the most of this last 90-100 days of 2009.  It’s not too late to ramp up your plan for success.  You can make use of the 100 Day Finish Strong Challenge to help you achieve your Goals.

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Prosperity Affirmation to Help You Manifest Faster

July 17th, 2009 Kathy Baker

Here’s a Prosperity Affirmation Prayer for you that I’m sure you will enjoy, and I trust will be helpful to you.

Thank you to Author of “A Complaint-Free World”, Will Bowen, for making this available.

Make sure you read it aloud with “feeling”, conviction and intention, every day for 30 days, and note the difference it will make in your life.  Not only in how it makes you “feel”, and the way it gets you positively focused, but also observe the things that start to shift and happen in the next little while…

 Enjoy!
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                    Prosperity Affirmation                           

(Read aloud every day for 30 days)

I am the source of all Wealth.  I am rich with creative ideas. My mind abounds with new, original, inspired thoughts. What I have to offer is unique, and the world desires it.

My Value is beyond reckoning. What the world needs and desires, I am ready to produce and give. What the world needs and desires, I recognize and fulfill. The bounty of my mind is without hindrance or limit. Nothing can stand in the way of my inspired creativeness.

The overflowing power of God or Universal Life Source Energy (whatever your beliefs may be) overcomes every obstacle, and pours out into the world, blessing and prospering everyone, and everything through me.

I radiate blessings, I radiate creativity, I radiate prosperity, I radiate loving service.  I radiate Joy, Beauty, Peace, Wisdom and Power.  Humanity seeks me and rewards me. I am beloved of the world.  I am wanted wherever I go.

I am appreciated. What I have to offer is greatly desired. What I have to offer brings a rich reward.

Through my Vision the world is blessed.  Through my clear thinking and steadfast purpose, wonderful new values come into expression.

My Vision is as the vision of the mighty ones.

My faith is as the faith of the undefeatable. My power to accomplish is unlimited. I, in my uttermost God or Universal Life Source, am all wealth, all power, all productivity.

I hereby declare my Financial Freedom, NOW and henceforth forever!___________________________________________

Be sure to make a commitment to reading this aloud for 30 days.  And take note of what you
observe happening as the days go by…

And as good things start happening, make sure you express gratitude and appreciation.  There’s nothing more reinforcing of a continuing flow of good things than appreciating every morsel with gratitude.

Please do let me know about your progress, and give me your feedback about what you experience -  you can do so by leaving a comment below.  I’d love to hear from you.

Have Fun!  And I wish You Much Success, and Many Blessings!

Kathy   ;-)

P.S.  Keep an eye out in the next few days for some great Manifestation, Law of Attraction, Visualization and Prosperity tips and resources I’ve been gathering, reviewing and checking out for you.  Stay tuned…  Coming very soon!…

Kathy Baker
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Do You Have the 2 Essential Sides of Success for Achieving Online Business Success?

April 17th, 2009 Kathy Baker

Are you serious about pursuing Your Dream, Your Passion, Your Life Purpose, of running your own highly successful Online Business from Home, with all it’s freedom and benefits, then listen up to this very good advice…

You need to have the 2 essential sides that create Success… 

So, what are the 2 essential sides to achieving Success in an Online Business, I hear you asking?

And how can you ensure you have BOTH for yourself?

OK, let’s delve into this important subject…

If you look at anyone who has broken through and is seeing great Success… they have BOTH sides.

However, one without the other ends up leaving you frustrated and struggling.

The first side is straightforward.

A detailed step-by-step plan you can follow, from beginning to end, to get started and build your online business.

Without the exact steps, you find yourself constantly in a fog of doubt, uncertainty and frustration. Obviously not what you want.

However why do some people, even with a great step-by-step plan, still don’t see the results?

The second side is the missing ingredient.

It’s your Mindset towards Your Success…

Kevin Wilke of Nitro Marketing says from personal experience, his BIGGEST breakthroughs first started with a shift in his Mindset.

He went from repelling Success to ATTRACTING it to him.

Even to this day, he says he’s always investing in increasing his Mindset to Attract greater and greater Success into all areas of his life.

And, as you look at other people with great Success in life, they say the same thing… Success is 90% in your mind.

Maybe, with all the clutter, commotion and overload online, it’s beginning to block your mind from allowing you to break through to Your Success as well.

The problem arises…

In the past, you would have to piece together programs.  You would learn the step-by-step, ‘How To’ from one program.  And then listen to audios or read books from other people on Success Mindset.

That’s because there never was a program that SEAMLESSLY combined BOTH.

Where the Mindset to Success, along with the steps to succeeding online were woven together masterfully, so they support and enhance each other.

Wouldn’t it make sense to follow a program that gives you both, together, as a complete system?

Dr. Joe Vitale delivers…  He has just released his brand new program that gives you BOTH – the Success Mindset and the Step-by-Step Plan.

As you may already know, Dr Joe Vitale is the #1 best selling author of the Attractor Factor, appeared on the hit movie and book The Secret, and has written over a dozen books and audio programs on the Mindset to Success.

In addition, with Hypnotic Marketing, Hypnotic Writing, and his Hypnotic Business Coaching programs, he has personally helped tens of thousands of people become successful online.

Now, for the first time ever he is combining both into one seamless program called the Hypnotic Business Blueprint.

If you want to receive the absolute BEST Joe has to offer for BOTH sides to success.

So you attract Success and have the training to instantly take action and turn it into your own online business.

To Your Success!

Many Blessings

Kathy   ;-)

P.S. Picture yourself eliminating the fear that’s holding you back… and replacing it with the Success Mindset where you Attract Opportunity and Success throughout the process… and ending up with a LASTING online business that thrives!

Kathy Baker
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Are You Interested in Applying Law of Attraction to Create Online Business Success?

April 17th, 2009 Kathy Baker

There’s a brand new program just about to go public that enables you to take your interest in Success Mindset and Law of Attraction and apply them to help you build the Business of Your Dreams?

 

That’s if you’ve ever had the desire to have the Home Business of Your Dreams…


Well, let me give you a very special ‘heads up’, and tell you about the launch of the HYPNOTIC BUSINESS BLUEPRINT… a product that shows you how to
build an Online Business, step-by-step, from SCRATCH…http://budurl.com/HypBizBlueprint

…but with a ‘Mindset’ that ATTRACTS Success and Wealth. 

It’s where the Law of Attraction meets Online Marketing!

I know how important the Law of Attraction and Success Mindset are to you, so I wanted to share this new resource with you.

 

NO one in this industry has ever put this kind of emphasis on a Business Building product.  It combines the essential ‘Success Mindset’, together with Law of Attraction principles, and the right Action Steps to help you build a successful Online Business in 30-60-90 days, depending on your commitment, and chosen timeframe.

http://budurl.com/HypBizBlueprint

This is a new home study course with a step-by-step guide to building an Online Business from scratch, combined with Success Mindset and Law of Attraction principles to a level that’s never been done before.

 

It’s where you can take your interest in Law of Attraction principles and practices, using and applying this special Business Building System to achieve the Success you desire to Live the Life of Your Desires and Dreams.

http://budurl.com/HypBizBlueprint

 

I’ll keep you up to date as this exciting new program goes public.
 

To Your Success!

Many Blessings

Kathy ;-)


P.S. Picture yourself eliminating the fear and obstacles that are holding you back… and replacing them with a ‘Success Mindset’ where you ‘Attract’ Opportunity and Success throughout the process… and ending up with a LASTING Online Business that thrives!
http://budurl.com/HypBizBlueprint

 

Kathy Baker
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Do You Fancy Yourself as a Social Entrepreneur?

March 26th, 2009 Kathy Baker

A vitally important part of the Law of Attraction process is genuinely ‘feeling’ and ‘expressing’ Gratitude and Appreciation, and engaging, with integrity and right intentions, in the ‘Giving’ and ‘Receiving’ cycle.

I’m sure you’ve become aware of Oprah Winfrey’s “Big Give” and how important and huge the wave of “Giving Back” and helping others has become.  And, which bring back enormous reciprocal benefits to you in turn…

I’m sure you also would have come across recent terms that have entered our everyday language, like SocialPreneur or Social Preneur, or even SpiritPreneur, and SpiritualPrenuer…

“Giving Back” and “Causing Good Things” to happen in your Community have become part of our evolving consciousness to a higher level, and a growing part of our day-to-day vernacular, and desired way of “being”…

Do you fancy yourself as a Social Entrepreneur?  Have you wondered how you may become involved?

If you have, then I thought you’d really like an early “heads-up” about a new breed Social Community Network that allows you to do just that exactly… and takes Social Networking and Social Media Marketing to its next, new evolved level… 

 

It’s a project I’ve been involved with very closely in its recent development, so I can speak about it first-hand with integrity, and I highly recommend.

 

Cagora is a new social Community Network and Marketplace that is opening up officially with a public launch in April 2009.

 

Cagora, the company behind this new style of Community Network website, is a one-stop Learning, Meeting and Marketplace – a network of over 25,000 Local and Special Interest Communities, each acting as a one-stop Community for that particular topic, for example, the city of San Francisco (local), or an interest like Law of Attraction (special interest).

 

I’m sure you’ll be hearing a lot of ‘buzz’ about Cagora in coming months.  So you’ll want to check this out really quickly right now.  And, you’ll want to register for your fr-ee account and do that RIGHT NOW today!…

 

Cagora is being touted as possibly the next Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc. Wouldn’t you have liked to have been in on those ventures when they were just starting up?

 

Note:  The name Cagora comes from Agora, which was an open marketplace and public assembly in ancient Greece.  The “C” represents Community, and the name Cagora represents a Community Marketplace online similar to the Ancient Greek Agora.

With Cagora, you can actually “Do Good” and earn an income at the same time… The cornerstone of Cagora is the ‘Double Feel Good Factor’… earning an extra income for yourself while at the same time “doing good” for others (80% of profits go back to Members and nominated Charities and Community Groups).

It’s an innovation in Internet Marketing called Community Networking and Community Marketing where you use the power of “Community” to also build your business.

Rob Anderson is the person behind Cagora, and I’ve had the great opportunity to work closely with Rob over the past 7 months in bringing Cagora to launch. 

 

See my recent blog post about my involvement.

 

I’ll keep it as simple as this for the time being.  There are many other layers and benefits to Cagora, which I will outline for you further later on.

 

But for now, the main thing is, you should get in there right NOW, and register.  There are big incentives to do that right now (double commissions and life-long bonuses).

 

You have nothing to lose by doing so – it’s a “no-brainer”!  This time next year, you’ll be kicking yourself if you don’t do this now.

 

If you get in now, I will work with you personally, and help you make the most of your involvement with Cagora.

 

Let me know what you think.  And when you register, email me or leave a comment below to let me know that you have, and I’ll be in touch.

 

Blessings

Kathy ;-)  

P.S. If this post interests you, you may also be interested in these posts -http://www.yoursuccessmasterynow.com/category/attracting-likeminded-people/
http://www.yoursuccessmasterynow.com/category/community-networking/ 

Kathy Baker
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Intentions and Enjoying “Being in the Moment”…

March 21st, 2009 Kathy Baker

Clearly focusing your Intentions on enjoying “being in the moment” certainly is a great way to ahieve a positive attitude and ultimate Happiness.

 

 And that is so easy to do while enjoying another absolutely, perfectly, glorious Saturday in Melbourne…

 

In my opinion (and I’m certainly not alone) Autumn in Melbourne, Australia is the best season of the year.  Beautiful, glorious, mild days, warm temperatures, but not the same intense heat as during Summer.  This extends pretty well through to the end of April (hence daylight savings extension to end of 1st week in April).

 

The gardens are having their 3rd flush of growth and flowers.  Amazing how forgiving the gardens have been.  Everything is green again, with little sign of the burnt effects of the heat wave a month ago (and the devastating Victorian bushfires).


It’s so easy to “Be in the Moment” when you appreciate wonderful nature all around you.  New fresh green growth, beautiful flowers opening before your very eyes.  Breathing in a fresh ocean breeze as it plays across your face, and tousles your hair, as you walk up onto the Beacon Cove boardwalk for a walk along Port Melbourne and Sandridge beach.

 

So easy also, when you focus on the sensations, the experiences, the tastes in abundance all around during “Marvelous Melbourne in March”…

 

March here is also the month of Festivals galore…  Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Antipodes Greek Festival, Moomba WaterFest, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Melbourne French Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Ballarat Begonia Festival, Australian Grand Prix, and the list goes on and on… something for everyone’s tastes and interests.  And all throughout Victoria too…   

 

When I worked with Melbourne City Marketing (in my corporate life before starting my own business working from home), we used the umbrella branding slogan “Marvellous Melbourne in March” to tie everything together, get the best bang for our marketing buck, promote a jolly good time, and take advantage of a great excuse to have one big month long party…

 

Look around you…  Go out and “experience” and you will find yourself wonderfully in the moment…

 

Enjoying your surroundings is a fabulous way to “Be in the Moment”… 

 

It’s so great for de-stressing and re-fuelling.  It makes working not seem like work at all, but a great pleasure, play and passion, and just flows…  just like writing this blog post, and much more… 

 

Enjoying what you do = greater productivity, because everything just flows much faster, and with much greater ease…

 

Many Blessings

 

Kathy ;-)

 

Kathy Baker

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Have You Set Your Intentions for 2009?

February 10th, 2009 Kathy Baker

“Dreams and Intentions” are more powerful than Resolutions.  They come from the heart and spirit, from your passions…  “Desired Achievements” are more meaningful and powerful than Goals…

OK, we’re now well into February, the second month of the year.  Have you set your Intentions for 2009?
As you may have already noted, I’m a strong believer in setting your Intentions as a way of driving your goals, or preferably your ‘Desired Achievements’, supported by taking effective Inspired Action (rather than the frivolous, paper-thin, and short-lived New Year Resolutions palaver).

If you’ve already set your Intentions at the end of last year, or in early January, that’s great!  You could also use this opportunity to do a quick refresher review from the vantage point of the second month (still early) of the year.

If you haven’t set your Intentions yet, it’s never too late!  There’s no time like Right Now to take action and kick-start your new plans so you hit the ground running to achieve greater success in 2009. 

Really, any time is a good time to focus on getting clear about your Intentions and setting them in motion.

My intention and purpose is to help you with that.

Let’s make the most of this over the next few days as we progress into February and 2009.

How will you get what you want in 2009?  What have you/will you commit to doing differently in 2009 to achieve more success and Abundance in your life?

Here are a few guidelines and tips to follow, reality check questions you can use as criteria, and a Working Sheet process to use – see point 11.

1.  Identify and Set Your Intentions

Be very clear and decide what you want and desire.  Once you do, with real crystal clarity, you engage your mind and sub-conscious and the Universe can step in to set in motion, draw to you and manifest what you want.

2.  Be Very Clear About Your Reasons WHY You Want These Intentions

Your Reasons WHY will keep you on track, give you focus, direction, and the fuel and power to drive through and surmount the obstacles.

Reality Check Questions – Do you have a burning and compelling desire to achieve your Intention?  Does this Intention create passion in your heart and soul and a “fire in your belly”?

3.  Integrity and Authenticity

Make sure your Intentions are driven by what YOU want and desire and come from a place within you, are about you, right for you, and fulfill your life purpose. Not what other people think or want.

If your Intentions are driven by seeking the approval of others, you’re likely to find ways (subtle and not so subtle) to sabotage yourself, derail and not achieve them.  If your Intention is because of someone else on any level, it’s often because it’s a ‘should’ rather than a true desire.

The greatest service you can pay yourself is to be true to YOU by being authentic and in integrity

4.  Be Very Specific

Really get into all the details and note them down.  Visualize, imagine, and describe how it “feels” to have achieved your Intentions as if Right Now!

5.  Get into the ‘Emotion’ of Your Intentions

Get all your senses involved.  If you can’t get emotionally excited and energized by what you’re aiming for, it’s highly likely you’ll find a way NOT to achieve your intentions.

 
By making your Intentions very specific and energized with emotion you create compelling ‘Desired Achievements’ (or goals) to shoot for that propel you towards what you want and equally attracts the desired outcomes to you.

6.  Always Dream Big

Big dreams and ideas require you to grow in order to achieve them.  You’ll attract the people, resources and opportunities into your life you need to make your Dreams and Intentions manifest.

7.  Set Intentions that will Stretch and Grow You

Intentions facilitate your personal growth and the person you become through the process and journey.  In many respects they’re a means to an end to your personal development. 

What you learn and new skills you acquire propel you further forward.  Remember to “push the envelope”.  Become a bigger person.

Reality Test Questions – Will this Intention make me stretch, develop and grow?  Will it show me how to become a bigger person on the road to achieving it?

8.  Realistic and Achievable

Don’t overestimate what you can achieve, otherwise you’ll set yourself up for failure and disappointment. 

Conversely, don’t underestimate either.  You want to challenge yourself, “push the envelope”, and extend yourself beyond your current limits of innovation and performance.

By setting Intentions that are achievable (not mediocre), you place yourself in Integrity.  You experience and savor success and achievement.  And success enables and generates further success.

9.  Get the Balance Right Between What is Achievable and Stretches You

Don’t set yourself up for failure.  Do aim to drive yourself that extra step or steps.  When you set Intentions that are achievable but stretch you at the same time, you are also in Integrity.

10.  Provide Value and Service to Others

When your Intentions involve service and contributing to others it also accelerates the achievement of your Intentions and goals.

It introduces a “wind at your back factor”.  People, opportunities, resources and circumstances naturally appear and are attracted to initiatives and activities that make a difference in people’s lives.

Reality Test Questions – Will achieving this Intention provide value to others?  Will it genuinely help me to grow as a person and fulfill my life purpose?

11.  Write Down Your Intentions

It’s vitally important to write down your Intentions.  If they just remain in your headspace and thoughts, they tend to dissipate, dilute and lose potency and shape.   

As Mark Victor Hansen (co-author of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series) says – “Don’t just think it, ink it!”

On your computer is absolutely perfectly fine – great in fact!

 Also, write down your Reasons WHY you want this specific Intention

.  WHY is it so important to have this in your life?

Then underpin and expand on your Intentions with specific Desired Achievements (or goals and objectives), and target timeframes.

Draw up a List of your Intentions under the following headings, or adapt the List to suit your specific needs and preferences.

Business / Career Intentions and Goals

            Business Development
            Career / Professional Development
            Financial Goals

Personal Intentions and Goals

            Health and Wellness
            Relationship/s
            Leisure time
            Personal Development
            Social Responsibility/Giving Back/
            Making a Difference

Under each heading, set 3 to 5 Specific Desired Achievements (or goals) with timeframes.

You can also use and adapt the Work Sheet you can find here. 
12.  Make your Intentions and and Desired Achievements (or goals) Measurable

What specifically, how much and by when (set a timeline due date).  Add them to your Work Sheet.

Reality Test Questions – Does your Intention (and its target date) frighten and excite you simultaneously?  Does it “push the envelope”? 

 13.  21 Days – 90 Days

It takes 21 days to form a new habit – of practicing that new habit every single day.  If you miss a day, you have to go back to day 1 and start over again.

It takes 90 days to reinforce that new habit and integrate it into your way of being.

For further information and guidance, refer to two of my articles -

90 Day Action Planning – to Kick Start or Boost Your Business or Personal Project

90 Day Action Planning – Guiding Questions to Help With Your Business, Career, or Personal Life Plans

I also will be covering some further tools to help you implement Your Intention Setting and Achieving process in upcoming blog posts.

Enjoy the process of setting your Intentions for 2009.  Make it fun!  And, then let’s get on with achieving them and making 2009 your best year to date.  Please let me know how you go.  I would love to hear from you.

Blessings and Gratitude!

Kathy

Kathy Baker
‘Your Success’ E-Newsletter
ALL Interactive Solutions
http://www.YourSuccessMasteryNow.com
http://www.allinteractivesolutions.com/ 
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PS:  Also look out for my new e-book “How To Take Effective Inspired Action and Overcome Procrastination” which will be out very soon.  I will let you know when it’s available.

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