Thought is power. Conscious, directed thought is a super-power. Any accomplishment, action or change in your life is the result of a thought. If you think negative thoughts, the results will be negative. That’s why it’s essential to learn how to direct your thought-power into positive channels. Begin with a positive, healing, self-enhancing thought — a statement such as, “Today I am smiling more often, thinking more deeply, and feeling more gratitude than ever.” You can say something like, “Today I am better organized, more efficient, and even more prosperous than ever.
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2, Jun, 2012
Conscious Practice of Gratitude
Conscious practice of gratitude is changing my attitude and I’m feeling the benefits! I’m working a 28-day gratitude makeover program, inspired by Rhonda Byrne’s book, “The Magic.” I finished Day 7 and am on to Day 8. Gratitude has been my mainline, my go to emotion since I got into recovery in 1995, and it always gets me through any rough spot, crisis, or difficulty. When we celebrate every single thing we possess, earn or receive, knowing that life is a gift, the positive energy generated from this practice opens doors and reveals opportunities.
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26, May, 2012
Does Life Imitate Art? Or Is It the Other Way Around?
Because I’ve been stressed out and feeling overwhelmed lately, I treated myself to a walk in beauty today! And guess what? It worked! Instead of booking an appointment with a therapist — something I’m not knocking, by the way, since I’ve benefited tremendously from therapy — I visited the Indianapolis Museum of Art, a gorgeous place set on 152+ acres of wooded land near the city’s center.
First of all, I was bowled over by the fact they don’t charge admission. I didn’t have a lot of time, so I concentrated on two of the exhibits.
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13, May, 2012
Optimism as Venture Capital: Invest Today!
Optimism is capital, it’s premium metaphysical real estate, the domain of Kickass Personal Transformation. When you invest in optimism, you get back heavy returns. How you think about yourself, life, and others determines the quality of your experiences, your worldview, and your impact on the rest of humanity and nature, so why not engage in a proactively positive outlook? The process is simple, effective, and can be initiated instantly by harnessing the power of the present moment. Cultivate your “now” awareness, and begin creating thoughts and feelings of joy, love, and the certainty that good things are coming your way.
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5, May, 2012
Action, Creativity, and Genius
You don’t have to be born a genius, a gifted person, in order to be creative, but you do need to develop your own creative genius. The key to creativity is action. A person who thinks of innovative, exciting ideas, and then doesn’t act on them, is an imaginative person, but not a creative person. The act of creation brings something into being. Creativity and genius are the product of thousands of hours of action — practice, study, training. And the amount of encouragement, motivation, and opportunity you receive influences your creativity and your product.
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26, Apr, 2012
Never Give Up: Another Aspect of Mindful Badassitude
Relentlessness. Tenacity. Doggedness. All are aspects of mindful badassitude — a throwdown, no-holds-barred pursuit of happiness, success, and fulfillment of goals and dreams. Some days, life caresses me like a tropical breeze, ruffling my hair and soothing my skin as I make snap decisions, pleasant phone calls, and unexpected opportunities. Other days, life dishes out tough love, battering me like a typhoon, tossing my self-assurance on the rough seas of opposition, rejection, and self-doubt.
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16, Apr, 2012
When It Takes a Badass to Stay the Course, Be a Badass!
I’m visualizing a badass, successful day today, full of hope, beauty, laughs, and prosperity. Visualization opens doors, but action walks me through those doors and into the room. I believe in the power of affirmation, positive self-talk, and visualization to achieve my goals, and I have seen dramatic results in my life. But none of those processes can deliver without a solid action plan in the moment.
When I began my journey of kickass personal transformation, I’d been a hardcore drug addict for nine years. I was indigent, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and had been living much of that time as a street person.
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13, Apr, 2012
Express Yourself!
On the path to personal healing and transformation, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to acknowledge your feelings. Every moment of every day, you experience emotions. It’s very important to become aware of these feelings, to monitor them and be open about them.
When you’re aware of your feelings, allowing yourself to register them, you recognize opportunities to communicate more effectively. When you experience uncomfortable feelings such as sadness, uneasiness, anger or frustration, tension and stress will compound if you isolate and keep everything to yourself.
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30, Mar, 2012
Mindfulness: A Listening Exercise
In a few minutes, I’m gonna take myself a badass, meditative, transformative hike through the gorgeous spring landscape, drinking in the sight and scent of flowers, watching the apple blossoms break into individual petals and spin through the air, borne aloft in clouds of glorious delicate confetti! That’s what I think of as my Green Meditation Cardio Blast.
Meditation can be practiced in a number of ways and it doesn’t have to be complicated.
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26, Mar, 2012
Fun is Power!
Fun inspires, heals, and empowers. No kidding. Fun and a sense of humor will propel you toward your goal more quickly, and give you inspiration, motivation, and a sense of well-being along the way. Remember, fun is not something you look for outside of yourself. It’s something you own, embrace, and develop within as you live life in the present moment.
it’s easy think that fun and happiness are things that we might wish would happen to us; things that mysteriously come from some source outside of us — but that is a mistaken belief. It is totally up to you whether you enjoy life and feel positive about yourself and your future.