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11
Powerful Ways to Expand Your Life This Year
2. Become the person who would achieve your goals. As you develop the skills, knowledge, relationships and demeanor of the 'future you,' your goals will be the natural byproduct of your growth. Spend an extra hour each day in the study of your chosen field. 3. Give more than you must. Nothing advances until somebody does more than they are paid to do. Always deliver more value than others expect. Don't require others to acknowledge your generosity. Give with 'class.' 4. Make time for what you love. If you don't live fully, you deny the world your potential contributions. Your 'play' sometimes contributes as much as your 'work.' What you love reveals the value you bring to the world. 5. Refine your Inner Circle. We define ourselves through our key relationships. Explore the mix and depth of those with whom you spend most of your time. Release those who limit you and connect with those who can help you live more fully. 6. Resolve your unfinished business. Either deal with it or discard it. Say your apologies, face your fears, pay your debts, express your gratitude and get on with living. Don't let yesterday drain value from today and tomorrow. Break out of the limited world of your past and start to grow. 7. Rethink existing habits and routines. Describe your typical day and then reconsider every aspect of it. Change or expand the places you go, people you see, things you do, and the time you devote to each. Try new things. Learn a new language, go someplace different, do some things you'd typically pass by. Find out what your possibilities really are. 8. Lighten up. Stop stressing over things that only matter to you emotionally. When life isn't fair to you, get over it quickly. Take your misfortunes as 'course corrections' rather than 'catastrophes.' Let go so you can grow. 9. Tighten up. Sloppiness in life allows more variables to creep in and spoil your plans. Stay on target, increase your self-discipline, master the art of self-motivation. Sometimes details matter a lot. 10. Profile yourself. Keep a journal of your goals, concerns, fears, and dreams. Review it at least once a year. Look for patterns that reveal your core values, natural velocity, natural intelligences and recurring situations. Realize how life ebbs and flows for you. Notice the natural cycles of life. Know yourself. 11.
Invest in yourself. Set aside a portion of each year's income
to acquire new tools and teachers to increase your potential. Refine
your systems, get expert coaching, attend special conferences, cultivate
a study group, appoint a board of advisors. You are your only true
asset. Send part of today ahead to the person you'll be in the future.
About
the Author His breakthrough work, The Acorn Principle is the result of a two-decade long study of applied behavioral science and achieved bestseller status online as well as through traditional channels. Mr. Cathcart's weekly e-Letter delivers concise, inspiring weekly emails, offering very specific self-development tips and exercises, with crisp calls to action. He is president of Cathcart Institute, Inc., a research and consulting firm in Lake Sherwood, California, and is one of the nation's leading professional speakers. Among keynote speakers Jim Cathcart is a world leader and past-president of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and winner of numerous awards including the 2001 Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. Mr. Cathcart's presentations consistently receive rave reviews and are customized for your audience. |
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