Reclaim Your Power: Uncommon Strategies to Overcome Feeling Powerless

2023-05-26 ~ adminlife

Take Charge of Your Life and Career

Feeling stuck in a rut or powerless in your career is a common experience for many people. But it doesn’t have to be that way! By adopting some uncommon strategies, you can regain control of your life and career, and ultimately, reclaim your power. Are you ready to take the plunge and transform your life? Let’s dive in!

Before you can start to plan your success goals, there are many things that you need to understand before you can be sure that the goals you set are really the ones you want.

One of those things is to determine if there are any Limiting Beliefs that can stop you from actually achieving those goals.

I have a self-study Limiting Belief Program that you can go through to determine what your Limiting Beliefs are and how you can remove them.

You can read more and register for the program at Limiting Beliefs Program on my Confidence and Life Coaching website.

Start your journey on your path to success by identifying ad removing your Limiting Beliefs so that you make the journey a lot easier.

Prioritize Yourself: Put Your Oxygen Mask on First

You’ve heard it on every flight you’ve taken – “Put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others.” This simple yet powerful advice applies to your life and career as well. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you’ll struggle to help others effectively. Here are some ways to put yourself first:

Set boundaries with colleagues and superiors
Schedule regular “me time” for self-care and reflection
Invest in your personal and professional development

Remember, you can’t pour from an empty cup. By prioritizing yourself, you’ll be better equipped to excel in your career and support those around you.

Focus on What You Can Control: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

It’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae of office politics or the latest company gossip. But focusing on things you can’t control only serves to drain your energy and leave you feeling powerless. Instead, concentrate on aspects of your life and career that you can influence:

Your attitude and mindset
Your daily habits and routines
Your relationships and network

By shifting your focus to what you can control, you’ll feel more empowered and better equipped to tackle the challenges that come your way.

Surround Yourself with Positive Influences: Your Network is Your Net Worth

The people you surround yourself with have a significant impact on your well-being and success. To reclaim your power, make a conscious effort to cultivate relationships with positive, supportive, and ambitious individuals. These connections will not only inspire and motivate you but also provide valuable resources and opportunities for growth.

Set Your Own Course: Chart Your Path to Success

Don’t let others dictate your career trajectory. Instead, take the reins and set your own goals and objectives. This involves:

Regular self-reflection and introspection
Setting short-term and long-term goals
Continuously evaluating and adjusting your career path

By taking charge of your direction, you’ll feel more in control and empowered to make the choices that align with your values and aspirations.

Play to Your Strengths: Unleash Your Inner Superhero

We all have unique talents and abilities that make us shine. By focusing on your strengths, you can maximize your potential and positively influence your life and career. To do this:

Identify and develop your strengths
Address weaknesses through learning and growth
Cultivate self-awareness to recognize opportunities for improvement

By playing to your strengths, you’ll build resilience and adaptability, which are essential qualities for thriving in today’s fast-paced world.

Reclaim Your Power: It’s Time to Take Action

Ready to take back control of your life and career? With the guidance of a Life Coach, you’ll learn how to prioritize yourself, focus on what you can control, surround yourself with positive influences, set your own course, and play to your strengths.

Don’t let feelings of powerlessness hold you back any longer. It’s time to take action and reclaim your power! Are you ready to transform your life and career? Contact us today to get started!

To talk about any aspect of success or working with a Life Coach to help you to achieve success, you can book a 45-minute call by clicking on the blue button below.Don’t try to do all of this by yourself, ask and receive the guidance that can get you moving towards your own success.

Nothing happens until action is taken.

To your success.

Michael.

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Staying Positive When Everyone Around You Is Negative

2023-01-25 ~ adminlife

You are surrounded by negativity. It isn’t any wonder though. Social media and reality television tell you how to think and act. You can easily get caught up in all the doom and gloom.

You feel drained and negative thoughts will fill your mind when you are immersed in negativity daily.

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You can consciously decide to eliminate or reduce the negativity. You can take practical steps each day to immerse yourself in positivity.

When there is negativity all around you, there are some strategies that are available to keep you staying positive.

Don’t take things personally. It is very easy to get yourself wrapped up in what other people think of you or say about you. That is their opinion, nothing more. It is a reflection on them if they are hostile towards you. Don’t let it bring you down.

When you find that you are taking things personally, observe what you are thinking. When you observe your thoughts, you can catch yourself before you get yourself too caught up in them.
Look at the situation from both sides and see if you can understand the other person’s actions.
Is there a way to challenge your beliefs to see if they are true?
Don’t worry about what others think, just focus on yourself.

Don’t compare yourself. You will destroy your mood when you compare yourself. Your talents and your gifts are unique to you so it is pointless to compare yourself to others.

You need to embrace what makes you unique and then take advantage of those distinctive traits and features.
Focus on what you want to achieve and focus on the journey.
Everyone has different backgrounds, stories and experiences. Even if it looks like someone has it all together, they may be fighting their own personal battles.

Be with positive people. People who are negative are contagious. Their negativity will rub off on you if you stay around them long enough. Positive people are also contagious. To uplift your mood, you need to spend time with them.

Find people who will make you feel good and will uplift you. You should feel happy and positive when you are around them.
When you have things in common and similar interests, your conversations and experiences will be more enjoyable.
Going to events, seeking out new hobbies and volunteering will help you to find new friends.
Just because people seem different from you, don’t write them off, be open-minded. Embrace people’s differences and keep an open mind.

Look after your physical and mental health. It is crucial that you take care of your physical and psychological health. It is hard to stay positive if you are not taking care of yourself. Ensure that you are eating right, getting enough sleep and exercising regularly.

Ask for professional help if you are struggling with mental health issues.
Eat a balanced diet and consult a nutritionist to get a comprehensive diet plan.
You should try to get around eight hours of sleep a night. At least one hour before bedtime, disconnect from your electronic screens. You are more susceptible to stress and anxiety if you are not getting enough sleep.
Get exercise as exercising releases mood boosting endorphins. Small amounts of exercise can make a big difference in your mental health. Try for at least 30 minutes of daily exercise. Walking, swimming, cycling or any activity that you enjoy is good.

What is your passion? It is much easier to stay positive when you are passionate about something. Pour yourself into something that you are passionate about.

You are more likely to remain engaged and see the world in a positive light when you are passionate about something.
You will have a sense of purpose which is linked to feelings of happiness and well-being. When you immerse yourself in your passion, you have more purpose.
Your resilience increases when you are passionate about something. It is a lot easier to bounce back when you suffer a setback. This gives you a powerful reason to keep going even when things are rough.

Practice gratitude for what you have. The good things in your life are easy to take for granted. When you take time to think about your blessings, it is hard to stay negative. Reflect on the good things each day, no matter their size.

Life is appreciated more
You will be a lot more happier as gratitude and happiness go hand in hand. Grateful people are 25% more content than people who don’t practice gratitude.
You are more resilient when you practice gratitude. It is a lot easier to bounce back from difficult times when you are grateful for all the good things in your life.

Don’t despair if you are surrounded by negativity. There are lots of things that you can do to keep yourself positive. Take things slowly and be grateful for all the good things in your life. Seek out positive people to be around. Keep an open mind when you follow these tips, with just a little effort on your part, you will feel better in no time.

To work together to help you get moving in the right direction in your life, click on the blue button below to book a 45-minute, no obligation “Get to know you” call.

Going alone on creating a better life is difficult. Find out how working with a Life Coach can make the journey to success and a better life easier.

Book the call now.

To your success

Michael

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P.P.S. you know that living a life that is in balance is important. When you can balance your work, family, health, relationships, fitness and money, you feel better and can achieve your goals. You have the support of your family and friends which makes life worth living.

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Does Success Scare You?

2022-06-22 ~ adminlife

To many people, the thought that some people may be afraid of success sounds very odd. People can understand fear of failure, but having a fear of success sounds very preposterous.

Why would a person not want to be successful? How about you?

A common block to being successful consistently is a fear of success. People will achieve 90% of a goal and throw it away at the last moment.

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These are short, usually under 5 minutes but they can enable you to listen to confidence and motivation advice and tips while driving or relaxing.

There are many symptoms and components in the fear of success.

The many causes of the fear of success.

The fear of change. You are programmed to avoid change even if your life is less than ideal. Even if you are really dissatisfied with your life, you are still surviving.

Your brain is thinking about what could happen if there are changes in your situation. For your brain, alive but miserable is a lot better than possibly being happy but you could end up dead.

A fear of having greater responsibility. With success comes responsibility. You usually have to become much more responsible if you want to experience more success. More is expected from you when you are more successful.

When you start a business that becomes successful, you may now have employees relying on you.
A real estate empire may sound really great, but now there are tenants, debt and taxes that you have to deal with.

You have a fear of standing out. Many people do not like attention, while some love it. When you are successful you are noticed and there will be people that will dislike you. They may have feelings of jealousy and being mediocre in their lives.

You may feel that you would rather just blend into the background than be in the spotlight.

People that fear success have many common characteristics and symptoms.

They self-sabotage. This is experienced by many people. You are making great progress but suddenly things start to fall apart. You start to make mistakes and poor choices. You can usually see this happening to others but it is more difficult to see in yourself.

Goals keep changing. You change your mind on your goal just as you are close to being successful. With these constant changes you will never make any progress. You need to choose a goal that appeals to you and stay with it.

They procrastinate. A common signal that you are afraid of being successful is a sudden lack of motivation. One of the primary destroyers of making progress is procrastination.

Manage your fear of success with these techniques.

Find the cause. Find out what you are actually afraid of and determine the cause of this fear. Once you understand your enemy, you will have a chance to work around it.

See how your thoughts and behaviour are changed by your fear. What is your fear actually doing to you? What symptoms do you have? How do these affect your thinking and behaviour?

Don’t avoid your fears, face them. When you avoid your fears you are heading towards failure. Develop a plan and a strategy to work around your fear. Become resilient to fear by giving yourself a pep talk or ask a friend for help. Do what is necessary to keep making progress.

If you don’t know why you can’t achieve success, consider that you may be afraid of success. Do any of the symptoms resonate with you? What do you think of your success in life up to now? Have you been underachieving?

When you consider the source of your fear, a fear of success can make sense. Making sense of something doesn’t make it the most desired option. Achieve the greatness that you deserve by overcoming your fear of success.

To work together to help you get moving in the right direction in your life, click on the blue button below to book a 15-minute, no obligation “Get to know you” call.

Going alone on creating a better life is difficult. Find out how working with a Life Coach to remove your pain points, can make the journey to success and a better life easier.

Book the call now.

To your success

Michael

P.S. you know that living a life that is in balance is important. When you can balance your work, family, health, relationships, fitness and money, you feel better and can achieve your goals. You have the support of your family and friends which makes life worth living.

Check out my programs at Confidence and Life Coaching by clicking on the logo below:

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4 Thoughts People with High Self-Worth Have

2022-01-19 ~ adminlife

The most confident and happy people we know are the ones who have high self-worth. But how did they get that way? Are some people just born with a better sense of value? Or do they make a practice of acting a certain way, which helps to keep them feeling positive about who they are?

When you talk to people with high self-worth, you find that they have a lot of things in common. Those who feel good about themselves tend to think a certain way. Let’s look at a few of the ideas which keep people feeling worthy even when life might be difficult.

They Understand Where Mistakes Fit

Everyone messes up now and again. The person with self-worth recognizes this. They take responsibility for the action and understand that just because something went wrong, it doesn’t change who they are as a person. They still value themselves even when they make a mistake.

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They Don’t Get Caught up in the Trappings of Life

Who you are has a whole lot less to do with what you have than you might think. It doesn’t matter how much money is in your bank account, whether you are wearing the right clothes or if you have the “right” education. Your value has a lot more to do with who you are inside than who you are outside. You can still be worthy even if you have very little in the way of possessions or money.

They Don’t Chase Happiness

Who you are has very little to do with whatever emotion you happen to be feeling in the moment. If you are not happy, it does not mean that you are not worthy period. You’re going to feel what you’re going to feel. Individuals with high self-worth realize this and accept their emotions for what they are: a reflection of their emotional state and not of personal value.

They Take Responsibility for How They Feel

When you have strong feelings of self-worth, you do not need other people to define you. This also means you need to drop any victim mentality. They say no one can make you feel anything without your permission. This is more true than you might realize. It’s up to you to decide who you are. No one else has this right.

Of course, there are other things people with high self-worth do. They practice empathy, especially with themselves. They love their job and set goals that make sense to them. The common thread? They do things that honor them. They don’t make compromises or get caught up in doing what they think they ‘should’ but instead focus on what’s right for them.

You can do this, too, by merely paying attention to your choices and holding fast to who you are.

To work together to help you build up your sense of self-worth click on the blue button below to book a 15-minute, no obligation “Get to know you” call.Going alone on creating a better life is difficult. Find out how working with a Life Coach can make the journey to success and a better life easier.

Book the call now.

To your success

Michael

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