From Struggle Comes Strength

When I started yoga, I used to hate the downward facing dog position. It was uncomfortable. It hurt. We did it too much and we held it too long. This was back in December. As time passed I realized that it didn't hurt so much anymore, and it wasn't as uncomfortable...eventually, it actually felt really good...as a matter of fact, it became one if my favorite poses.

Something similar happened in the cardio kickboxing class that I attend. We had to do this exercise called a burpie which is when you squat down with hands your hands touching the floor, jump back into push up position, jump back to that same low squat and then stand up and repeat…down back and up…down back and up. When we were instructed to do burpies  I would suddenly feel the need to adjust my clothing or boxing gloves, or leave the room to get a drink of water. If I didn't do those things I would only do a few burpies taking lots of breaks in between or I would do then in super slow motion...

Then one day I realized that the burpies didn't feel so dreadful anymore. I didn't feel as tired or out of breath. Suddenly, I was able to complete the entire set of burpies without complaint or any of my aversion tactics.

Had the exercises changed? No. I had changed. I was not only able to endure but to master these things that I'd once thought or felt to be impossible....

I had become stronger.

This week I challenge you to examine an area of struggle in your life. I encourage you to go through it instead of trying to get around it and give it some time. Eventually, that struggle is the very thing that will make you stronger. ;)

The Carpenter

While facilitating a training the other day one of my participants shared a very powerful observation about her husband who is a carpenter. She said that the finished product of a beautiful and smooth piece of wood that we may see as furniture or a piece of artwork only got that way after being continuously rubbed by the rough friction of the sand paper.

Now let’s relate this beautiful analogy to our lives. You may be going through something that feels SO rough right now… and this thing or this situation may have been going on for a while…but know that this experience of friction is merely a necessary part of a process that is going to make you come out more smooth and beautiful in the end. So hang in there my friend and get ready to shine!

Fear Is A Force Field

Good Morning! Ok...here is ONE more sneak peek from my upcoming book, "MOMENTUM: Daily Meditations from the Minds of Millionaires".  After this you'll just have to wait until May 1st for the release of the rest of the book...

Chapter Two (Week Two)

Fear is the Force Field

Imagine the fortune that you desire sitting in a vast field right before your eyes. Picture your dream home, the educational opportunities for your children, your cars, gold bars, silver coins, your real estate investments, unlimited cash, vacations...or whatever a fortune looks like for you. Now imagine trying to walk toward it, but being forced back and unable to touch or enjoy any of it. That invisible barrier between you and your fortune is your fear. Fear is the force field around your fortune. Courage is the kryptonite that can deactivate the powers of that force field.

Millionaire Meditation Moment

“Courage is not the absence fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”

Ambrose Redmoon

Day Eight

“What do you spend time worrying about? Are your concerns congruent with wealth accumulation? Or do you spend time thinking about issues that are impediments to becoming affluent?”

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D

Millionaire Meditation Moment

What we focus on will come to fruition, so why not focus on what we want instead of what we don’t want. Fear often causes us to worry about what is getting in the way instead of how to make a way. Shift your focus from fear to freedom. Instead of thinking “I can’t,” ask yourself, “How CAN I make this happen?”