Mindset Secrets

5 Ways to Effectively Make Changes

Over 80% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned within a week. If change were easy, we’d all be wealthy, fit, and happy. It’s frustrating when you know what you want to do, but you can’t get yourself to do it consistently. If the new behavior would obviously benefit you, you would think the change would easily happen?

When you know why making transformations appears challenging, you can make effective changes much easier.

Over 80% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned within a week

Reasons why making changing remains challenging:

Habits are strong and pervasive. The average person has far more habits than they realize. Each morning, you wake up and follow the same routine. You take the same path to work. You think the same thoughts as you did the day before. Much of your day and night is a repeat of the last 500.

When you feel bored, you soothe yourself in the same 2-3 ways each time. You only eat a few foods regularly. You talk to the same people.
Habits avoid thinking. They’re done automatically. Anything that minimizes thinking seems to be your brain’s preference. The fewer decisions, the better.
To change, you must be certain that change is in your best interest. Otherwise, your habits will always win.

Change is hard because it’s uncomfortable. You already know how to lose 25 pounds or how to find a better job. But the thought of taking the actions necessary to accomplish those goals creates discomfort.
What you’re doing is already working, sort of. Your brain is preoccupied with your survival. Our brains are programmed to resist change, because what you’re subconsciously doing is keeping you alive. Your mind believes any change could potentially lead to death. You might be unhappy today, but you’re still alive!

Most of us prefer misery than facing uncertainty.

You’ve tried to change in the past and failed. If you’ve tried to change several times and failed, part of you says, “Obviously, I can’t change. What’s the use in trying?” I use tell my self why brother, nothing I do makes a difference. I learned I was no longer the same person I was when I started. There is always a small stretch, it may subtle. Same with you. There is no failure. Only learning and feedback.

It is possible to change. The primary issue keeping you from following through on your plan to change is attempting too much, too soon. Smaller changes are easier to accomplish and to maintain.

Smaller changes are easier to accomplish and to maintain.

Now let’s shift into how you can change with ease…

5 Ways Change is possible when you apply an effective approach:

1. Be prepared to change. Expect that change will be challenging. Your odds of success improve if you’re prepared. Have a plan.
2. Start small. To minimize the discomfort that change creates, only change a little each week. Meditating for two minutes each day is easier than starting with 60 minutes. The key is to get in the habit of doing the new behavior each day.

To minimize the discomfort that change creates, only change a little each week

Have patience. It can take months to make a change permanent. It’s often quoted that a new habit requires 30 days to instill. That’s not true. Studies show that it can take anywhere from a few weeks to several months, depending on the habit and the person.
Be willing to change yourself and face the consequences. Changing yourself is scary, because you don’t know what the results will be. Accept that your life will change in some way. Discomfort isn’t always a bad thing.
Expect to relapse. Falling off the wagon is to be expected. Attempt to enhance your approach and keep going. Aim for 90% compliance. That’s all you need. Perfection is an illusion that will only serve to destroy your confidence.

Change requires patience with yourself. Understand why it’s so challenging to change and choose to make changes slowly and incrementally. Imagine how much you could change over a few years if you changed just a tiny amount each week. The results would be staggering! How much have you changed over the last few years? Give slow change a chance.

Comment below with one thing you want to change this year?

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3 Easy Ways Positive Self Talk Helps You Conquer Your Goals

by Ann Rusnak

Do you feel like you always talk yourself out of success? When you start to set goals for yourself, do you suddenly experience nagging thoughts about how you won’t live up to the task or how you simply aren’t qualified to carry it through?

If you ever experienced either situation, you need to change the way you respond to your inner dialogue. Instead of obeying your negative commands, you can use positive self-talk to counter the negativity and overcome nearly all anxious thoughts.

Setting Goals and Sticking to Them with Positive Self-Talk

Do you initially feel excitement when you first set goals for yourself? Are these thoughts then followed by self-doubt and self-defeating thoughts that stop you in your tracks before you even get started?

It can feel difficult to make the most of your life when you constantly talk yourself out of releasing your inner success. It can feel frustrating and discouraging to have these thoughts constantly plaguing you. Many of us, in fact, don’t even realize we have them! All we know is that we don’t have the confidence to stick to our plans and reach our goals.

Positive Self Talk For Encouragement!

Positive self-talk provides an effective way to set goals and ensure that you stick to them, even if you never did this before. You decide what goal is important to you, and then you plan the logistics of how to attain this goal. When self-doubt starts kicking in, you will respond with effective positive affirmations that prove your success without surrendering to the negative pressure. Since you’re reading this article, it’s clear that you’re no quitter and you’re certainly not a failure, so start believing in yourself!

Re-Programming Your Mind With Positive Self Talk

Effective affirmations are essentially positive statements that re-program your mind for the positive. The moment a self-defeating thought enters your mind, you can counter the negative with a motivating statement. An example of a positive affirmation is: "I choose to believe I am worthy of great success," or "I decide to see myself in the winner’s circle." What this does is replace negativity with thoughts that will help you move toward your goals instead of further away from them.

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Positive self-talk is easier to implement than you might think. You may not be aware of the severity of the negative dialogue currently within your mind.

However, once you conscientiously focus on using positive self-talk, you will suddenly realize the ways you self-sabotage your goals from the minute you made them.

This process can open your eyes to exactly how much this inner conversation interfered with your life. You’ll feel hopeful that you can now set goals and surpass them.

Through positive self-talk you can easily set long and short-term goals for yourself. And when you use affirmations, you’ll possess accessible tools to help you push yourself further than ever before. Learning to quiet negativity with positive thoughts is a great move toward setting and attaining future goals with ease.

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Attract Prosperity and Abundance through Intuition

by Ann Rusnak

Can your intuition lead you to business success?

For the past 7 years, I’ve been exercising my intuition muscle and about 95% of what I do is now based on my intuition. I give my head that symbolic "V8 Juice Slap" on the forehead and say why didn’t I do this sooner? My life became incredibly awesome and keeps getting better since honoring my intuition.

Intuition is a tool that all of us have and is one of your greatest assets. This gift from the Universe enables you to see and feel things beyond the ordinary.

We all have that little voice that tries to tell us things from time to time.

As we get older, we often learn to ignore that little voice. We turn to logic and focus on being practical while dismissing decisions given by the heart.

But we’ve experienced a lot over the years, and there is some part of our brain (the subconscious) that has accumulated a tremendous amount of wisdom. Intuition is powerful and connected to your inner wisdom and insight. Listening to that little voice can be a good thing.

When you trust it, your intuition can steer you down a positive path to make wise decisions that can lead to great abundance.

Here are the 5 techniques that I use to connect and develop my intuition.

5 Easy Actions That Develop Your Intuition:

Meditate for a few minutes each day. One characteristic of intuition is that it has a soft voice most of the time. It can be challenging to notice it if our minds are busy with other things. Meditation is a great way to clear the mind and make room for our intuition to come shining through.

A simple technique to clear your mind is to simply count your breaths and attempt to stay focused on your breathing. Avoid letting your mind wander.

Record your dreams. Our dreams can be full of useful information. Many psychologists believe that we work out our challenges in our sleep. It’s difficult for most of us to remember our dreams. Studies show that we average 5 dreams per night, and most of us are lucky to even remember one.

After you get in bed, tell yourself that you want to remember your dreams in the morning. Keep thinking this to yourself until you fall asleep.
Keep a notebook and pen near your bed. A voice recorder can work well, too. As soon as you wake up, start writing. Dreams tend to fade from memory quickly.
Review your dreams and see if there might be any information you can use in your life.

Follow your intuition. The surest way to shut down your intuition is to never follow it. Start using it in situations that have minor importance. It could be as simple as taking a walk and asking yourself which way you should turn at each intersection or fork in the road.

Show your intuition that you’re listening and responding. You’ll be more likely to hear from it in the future.

Relax your mind. Many people find that their best ideas come while their mind is relaxed. Some examples include, while taking a shower or soak in the tub, walking, driving down the highway, mowing the grass, taking a shower, and/or listening to the rain. Think about the times you’ve had great ideas. Try to put yourself in similar situations more frequently.

Keep a journal. Take a few minutes each day to write in a journal. Sometimes, putting things down on paper opens a floodgate of ideas and inspiration. Study what you’ve written. You’re likely to find insights you haven’t considered.

Keep your journals in a safe place, so you’ll feel more comfortable with being honest and thorough.

Being in touch with your intuition can help you identify and solve the challenges in your life that are causing stress. It also releases your imagination and creativity. Your intuition is a great resource, but it’s important to nurture it. Start with smaller things. When your intuition has proven it’s reliable, use it to make bigger decisions.

Your intuition is a tether to your subconscious. It’s your ultimate source of wisdom and creative energy. Make your life easier and richer by utilizing all of your resources.

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I Trust My Instincts

by Ann Rusnak

(For greater impact read out loud)

I follow my instincts. I rely on both my feelings and thinking to make important decisions.

My instincts reflect my knowledge and experience. I take advantage of what I have learned and the challenges I have overcome.

My instincts help me when I need to make quick decisions. When there is little time to consult experts or research a topic, I can take action based on my own insights.

To tap into my instincts, I slow down and relax.

I listen to what is going on inside of me. I pay attention to nonverbal signs. My physical responses and sense information provide me with essential clues. I give in to my curiosity and gather information with an open mind.

Sometimes I sleep on a difficult dilemma. I often wake up with answers that amaze me.

There are some areas where my intuition is especially strong. I count on my hunches when I am confident in my expertise.

Instinct guides me in addressing my deepest needs. I give my body the food and exercise it requires. I follow the spiritual practices that pacify my mind. I welcome people into my life who share their love and friendship with me.

My instincts and conscience work together. I choose actions that bring me peace of mind.

Today, I connect with my intuitive side. I draw on my feelings as well as facts and analysis. My instincts guide me along the path to fulfillment.

Inner-Reflection Questions:

How does it feel to listen to my inner voice?
How doI balance instincts and reasoning?
What is one example of how following a hunch paid off for me?

You too can change your beliefs about intuition. All you need to do is discover your true inner ME. The Magical Essence that makes you unique. Your inner ME is meant to shine, meant to sparkle and achieve great things. I invite you to begin the journey of discovering and unlocking your dreams by joining the Free Facebook Unstoppable Success Group Unstoppable Success Group for Women Entrepreneurs

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How Limiting Beliefs Surprisingly Affect The Quality of Your Life

by Ann Rusnak

We all carry around numerous limiting beliefs. They profoundly affect your life in so many ways, and none of them are good and will keep you from reaching your full potential.

Your beliefs about yourself and your life have more power over your existence than you can imagine. Personal ideas and values you’ve held for a long time can block the way toward a life you desire.

You’re probably familiar with the idea of how limiting beliefs prevent the success you desire. But, were you aware of how they also create a negative impact in other areas in your life?

5 Ways Limiting Beliefs Affect the Quality of Your Life

Limiting beliefs spoil your experience of living.

You will do fewer things over the course of your life when you’re constricted by your limiting beliefs.

Close your eyes and imagine how much your life would be fuller, richer without them.
What beliefs did you identify that kept you from the scenario you just imagined
Rewrite those limiting beliefs as a empowering statements

You unintentionally harm those around you.

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. You affect others, including friends, with your limiting beliefs by sharing your misinformed advice. Even worse, you’ll likely teach your children false ideas that limit them. Limiting beliefs, the gift that keeps on giving, generation after generation. Is this the type of inheritance you want to pass down?

What beliefs do find yourself repeating to your children that your parents told you?
Examples: Money does not grow on trees. You got to work hard for success. No rest for the wicked. Money doesn’t buy happiness.
Start paying attention to what family motto’s you’re repeating.

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You’ll be ineffective.

Limiting beliefs cause you to get off track and look for alternative path, if you look for one at all. Even though you may be on the best route to achieving what you want, your beliefs can convince you otherwise. You spend a lot of time, even years, following a less direct path in an effort to follow your false beliefs. You will save some time, grief and frustration by dealing with your limiting belief instead.

Get very clear on what you want and focus on the outcome
Trust your intuition, it knows the right actions to take and don’t give into the belief that want to override it.
Take small steps in building the trust to follow your intuition

You fail to grow fully as a human being.

View your life with the purpose of eliminating your limiting beliefs and experiencing everything in the world that appeals to you.

If you only did those 2 actions, what kind of life would you have lived over the course of your lifetime?
Write out a vision for your life with no limitations. Let your imagination go.
Are you on that path right now?

Sabotaging your business profits and marketing efforts

People often start a business in hopes of living the life of their dreams. You bring those same beliefs into your business and they will profoundly influence the results you achieve for your efforts.

This is why working harder can leave you feeling stuck no matter what you do.
Your beliefs have you working against yourself.

Good news! You can eliminate your limiting beliefs and replace them with beliefs that empower you.

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Make replacing those beliefs fun by focusing on how your new empowering belief will make your life easier and enable you to enjoy the success you deserve and desire.

To Your Unstoppable Success

Inspirational Video: Declare Your Independence from Limiting Beliefs

by Ann Rusnak

July 4th celebrates the day the United States of America declared it’s independence from Great Britain.

The thirteen colonies pretty much had it with King George’s levying a series of unfair taxes, hiring German mercenaries against them, along with other oppressive rulings.

On July 4 1776, they wrote a document declaring their God given rights and listed list the charges against King George III, to demonstrate how he violated the colonies rights and was no longer fit to rule them.

In what would be perceived as an act of treason, they signed their names to the document that became known as the Declaration of Independence.

You can think of your limiting beliefs as a tyrannical king in your life. Violating your rights to enjoy a vital fulfilling life God intended for you.

Your limiting beliefs hold back and suppress your true potential. You’re not alone, we all possess some limiting beliefs about ourselves.

This month in the spirit of independent, join me in rewriting your history and declaring your independence against limiting and false beliefs.

Begin your declaration by watching the video below.

When you completed viewing this video, go read, this article on how to create your Declaration of Independence. You’ll learn how to put together your Declaration of Empowerment over those beliefs and begin to start your own personal revolution for the life you truly desire and deserve.

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Do You Desire to Follow Your Heart and Trust Your Instincts?

by Ann Rusnak

Do You Desire to Follow Your Heart and Trust Your Instincts?

Giving a talk last week, somebody in the audience asked what steps I took to reach the point where my life is awesome.

Good question on his part… First step was taking responsibility for my life. Not easy and very scary.

Secondly was learning to trust my instincts and follow my heart.

Do you struggle with being able to follow your heart and trusting your instincts?

I started reflecting back on circumstances where I didn’t follow my instincts. That little tiny voice in my gut. (Guiding Universal Thought™) Guess what? My instincts were right. How about you? How often are your instincts usually right?

Learning To Trusting Your Instincts

There are several good techniques that can help you better grasp the process of trusting your instincts. Some of these common solutions might work for you.

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These strategies can help you trust your instincts:

Stick with your gut feeling. Following your heart and instincts are very similar things. It’s important to go with your initial thoughts. This is because it’s likely a thought that’s coming from within and not something you’ve had time to think endlessly about. You’d be amazed with how many times you just end up going with your initial feeling anyway.
Write down your thoughts. It might help to engage in a free writing session. Pick up a pen and just write your thoughts down as they come. Try not to put the pen down. It doesn’t matter if you start writing some things that don’t pertain to the subject. After reading your notes, you’ll probably get a better idea about your base instincts.
Keep yourself in a relaxed state. It’s always best to do your thinking while you’re relaxed. That way you know you’re not making any strained decisions. Do what you can to relax yourself, whether it’s deep breathing, a warm bath, or meditation techniques.
Avoid changing your mind unless there’s a valid reason. Occasionally, you’ll know that your initial instinct was wrong. In this case, if you have a valid reason to change your mind, you should do so. However, if you don’t have a good reason, just follow through with your initial thoughts.

Now Start Following Your Heart

Sometimes following your heart instead of your mind can seem like the "weak" thing to do. This is not the case; following your heart is following the core of your beliefs… your Magical Essence… and is usually the best thing you can do.

When you follow your heart, you’re usually happy. Happy people enjoy their lives and are usually healthier in the long run. If you want to be happy, you must learn how to follow your heart.

You can begin following your heart by keeping these tips in mind:

Trust your subconscious thoughts. It can be tough to stay in touch with your subconscious thoughts, but they make up your initial instincts and they’re close to your heart. You know that the truth will be revealed to you if you give yourself enough time. Learn to trust yourself.
Go with what feels right. Don’t be afraid to take action towards the things that feel right. If something feels off to you, you can stop and explore the reasons why. It always starts with a feeling. Go in the direction of your positive feelings.
Avoid over thinking. Sometimes your mind can get away from you and start cycling through negative thoughts. Take deep breaths and get back into a positive mindset so that you can see your true path more clearly.

You’ll find that most of the time your instincts and heart are correct in the end. Even when they’re not, banish discouragement and keep practicing. Maintain a positive attitude and keep trying and soon your heart and instincts will be your guiding lights.

What are your thoughts on following your heart and trusting your instincts? Share them below.