July 4th celebrates the day the United States of America declared its 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.

You have the capacity to be extraordinary, to live your passion, to realize your full potential.

What determines the life you experience is how you see, feel and think about yourself.

You are made in the image of the creator of the universe (I like to use God… use whatever make you feel comfortable.) You were placed on the world to play BIG.

You have God-given abilities to achieve what you desire and imagine.

What holds you back are limiting beliefs running through your minds.

You have God-given abilities to achieve what you desire and imagine. What holds you back are limiting beliefs running through your minds.Click to Tweet

Here is a fun way to turn those limiting beliefs around

Create your own Declaration of Independence or Declaration of Empowerment from limiting beliefs.

When you do you can start your own personal revolution for the life you truly desire and deserve.

Putting Your Empowerment Declaration Together

Grab a piece of paper and write down 3 or 4 limiting beliefs keeping you from achieving your desired results.

Maybe you see yourself as worthless or not deserving your dreams, you may want to include something like this in your Declaration of Empowerment:

I (your name) choose to see my worth. I am worthy of seeing myself as a wonderful person, a great person who experiences life to the fullest. I see my self-worth in my work. I express this in the way I carry myself, in my posture, my tone and the way I talk and write.

Your Declaration of Empowerment is a statement you decide to believe about yourself and your life.

Here’s another example

I, (your name), feel great and energized. I feel alive bursting with confidence and excitement. I feel great joy and at peace with myself. I’m so happy and grateful for all I have.

I am the center of my universe! I have the power to create whatever I wish. My own God-given success in the form of rich ideas and rich results now appears.”

Your Empowering declaration is for your eyes only! 

Read it in the morning when you wake up and right before you go to bed.

I also found writing out my declaration once a day for 30 days made the new beliefs shift faster in my mind.

This month in the spirit of liberty, rewrite your history and declare your independence against the tyranny of limiting and false beliefs.

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Stay Unstoppable,

Along any personal-development journey, it eventually becomes obvious the biggest enemy in your way is yourself.

Your limiting beliefs, self-defeating habits, and negative thoughts will create barriers between here and where you want to go.

We often ask too little of ourselves and doubt our ability to succeed in the future based on our previous struggles.

These techniques will help you break through your limits:

1. Decide what you will no longer tolerate. You put up with a lot from yourself. The late-night snacking, procrastination, and making excuses for not taking important action may be common scenarios in your life. Breaking the promises you made to yourself. When you accept poor behavior from yourself, you’ll get poor results.

• Make a list of all the things you will no longer do or accept. If you want to rise to a new level in any endeavor, it’s important to eliminate attitudes and behaviors that get in the way.

2. Define your goals. Make your goals bigger and better and stick with them. Think about the worst parts of your life and start there. It’s the lowest-rated parts of your life that create your limits and stifle your happiness.

• Raise your standards. Most people set goals that are too small. Set bigger goals and then figure out how to attain them quicker. With a good enough plan and hard work, you can accomplish a lot quickly.

3. Define the five most important behaviors for your future. What are five things you can do each day that will transform your life? Look to your goals for guidance. A few examples:

• Cold call or email at least 10 potential clients each day.
• Eat less than 2500 calories.
• Perform 50 pushups.
• Talk to one new person that could either be a potential friend or lover.
• Spend at least 30 minutes practicing the piano
• The things you do each day matter. If you look at your average current day, it’s easy to see why your life is exactly as it is. What can you do each day that will guarantee that next year will be amazing?

The things you do each day matter. If you look at your average current day, it’s easy to see why your life is exactly as it is.Click to Tweet

4. Find a quality mentor. A good mentor is one of the best ways to rise above yourself.

• Your ego will hide many of your weak spots from you. Your mentor will spot them for you.
• We often dismiss our greatest gifts. A mentor will see them and encourage you to embrace them
• A mentor will be able to see the truth.

5. Evaluate each day in writing. At the end of the day, make a list of the things you did right and those things you did wrong. Promise yourself to do fewer of the wrong things and more of the good things going forward.

6. Learn. Determine the three things you need to learn this year to have a great year. Where are you lacking? What skills do you want to develop or strengthen? You should always be learning something, but ensure you’re learning what will matter the most.

7. Enhance your ability to focus. If you can’t focus, you can’t accomplish much of anything. Try using a timer, learn to meditate, make lists, or try another method. The ability to focus comes with practice.

We’d like to think there’s a secret to succeeding – a quick trick and suddenly make our dreams come true. But nothing replaces digging in and getting to work on yourself.

Raise your expectations and personal standards. Evaluate yourself daily and find a mentor for help. You are your greatest enemy. Break through your self-imposed limits and success will be yours!

Stay Unstoppable,

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 weekClick to Tweet

Reasons why making changing remains challenging:

1. 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.

2. 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.
3. 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.

4. 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.Click to Tweet

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

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

1. 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 weekClick to Tweet

3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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?

Stay Unstoppable,

P.S.

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