Fear will lock up your imagination.
To think your way out of a situation you want to get out of, or to think your way into a scenario you want to set up, you need to manage fear. Fear wears many hats. You'll know you're operating from fear when you're not experiencing Positive Emotions. Do something different to elevate your state of body and mind and you'll get creative again, plus have some fun too.
Remember to see the obvious, too!
We so like to entangle the issues of our lives. Sometimes things are actually quite simple, and we think they ought to be more complicated. 'The Obvious' may be staring you in the face, right now. Are you ignoring the simpler option, and looking for something more abstract or sophisticated? The simple may just do the trick and take you from where you are, to where you want to be, much faster and more easily.
You need to ask for what you want.
You cannot expect those around you to be mind readers. You need to find ways to communicate what you want. Be direct, up front and specific when making requests from others. They then have three options - Yes, No, or a Counter Offer to your request. Everything is negotiable, and very little is set in concrete, until the last conversation is had, and agreement is reached. Even then, there is opportunity for review, a little way down the track.
Watch inspiring movies or listen to inspired people.
We are so much more energized and productive when we feel great and when we associate with energized productive people. So hang out with your highest energy friends and hang out with people you admire, even if it's by reading, listening or watching on a video.
Here's one you can start with - Andy Andrews
I recently read his newest book Mastering The Seven Decisions
Your mental state has a powerful effect on our physical state.
SouthWest Airlines has a mission statement that says “People rarely succeed at anything unless they are having fun doing it.” Ask yourself often, "What would you do if you won the lottery tomorrow and could do anything you wanted?", and explore all your responses to that question, then take action.
You can have a purposeful life that brings you a sense of fulfillment.
It is up to you to look for that, and to then take the steps toward creating a designed life experience, and toward fulfilling your life's purpose. Begin by starting at the end. At the end of your life, what is the footprint that you wish to leave behind? What will you be proud of and what are the personal victories that you will have achieved, over yourself?
Failure is mankind's most neglected resource.
Any situation stops being a failure as soon as we attempt to learn from it. And we don't even have to actually learn anything. The attempt alone is enough. Once you've taken the action, the constructive process has already begun. And that activity begets more activity. And here's a profound thought. When you stop or quit, nothing happens. [Taken from "The Class Of '03 Must Be Willing To Fail: An Unsolicited Commencement Speech" by Steve Young]
Self-empowerment can only come from within you.
Quit looking outside of yourself for answers. If you were 100% responsible for how your life evolves and for how it all turns out in the end, then what one thing would you take on board for yourself, today? Just for one day, be completely accountable for results you produce and all the circumstances that show up. Personal power is yours to own!
Get everything in alignment.
Does your environment align with your thoughts and align with your daily habits etc.? If something is out of whack with what you say you're about, or with what you say you want to create then everything is out of sync. Begin looking at the areas that need attention so that you're not rolling through life on a set of square wheels.
You are here to live out the dream in your heart.
Listen to your intuition as best you are able. Increase the possibility of that, by limiting the impact of the distractions around you, and the cultural expectations foisted on you. Find lots of quiet and still times, to just be with yourself and to be in nature. Listen to what your heart is wanting to express, and begin to take actions that follow your heart message more closely. It is important to do that responsibly and gradually, so that you increase self awareness throughout the process of that journey, back to you. You have a unique gift, it's your job to find it and contribute that to the world.
Get a little help from your friends.
Are you still doing it all alone? Find some connections who are up to similar things to yourself and become 'accountability buddies'. Make promises to each other and hold each other to account for achieving what you said you would. It need only be as simple as an email to each other at the end of a day and perhaps a brief phone call at the end of each week. If you find yourself being distracted or procrastinating, that would make a great difference with your progress.
Catch yourself complaining.
When you complain, who is actually doing the complaining? Who does it help, when you complain? Could we replace a complaint with a question, action or a statement, at that time that we notice ourselves wanting to complain? Something like, "Well if I don't want this, then what do I want?" or, "Goodness, that's not like me to do something so silly". Get creative, next time you catch yourself complaining, replace the complaint with an empowering statement, action or question.
Take a break and walk away.
As Leonardo Da Vinci once said, "Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer; since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose your power of judgment. Go some distance away because the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance, and a lack of harmony or proportion is more readily seen."
Listen to your hunches and intuition.
When I look back, at pivotal turning points in my life, I notice the number of times I'd not listened to my inner voice, and instead, took action based on a well-meaning advice from friends. In retrospect, and with 20/20 hindsight, I see it may have served me better to stick with my initial 'gut instinct'.
In the words of Kim Basinger, "I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely."
Expect good fortune.
Live from the perspective that the universe is conspiring, right now, to bring you exactly what you want and need. Expect a miracle every day. Feel the joy of living in that knowledge or belief, and often do things or take actions to maintain that state of being for yourself.
Get the right tools for the job.
Once you are clear about where you want to go and you've got set targets for your goals, it's time to start looking for everything you'll need for getting the job done. It may include specific times for visualization, conversations with certain people, the right speed for your computer, a new web domain, a good head set and microphone etc. Begin listing the resources and set yourself up for success. Your lack of resources must never become your reasons for not moving forward.
Get your goals into action mode.
After setting a broad, intended outcome for a goal, for example, I choose to create a shiny, bright and highly organized office space with all my tools and information at my fingertips; get yourself super focused with action based targets. Something like, by the end of the week I will have 10 email in-box folders organized, 5 files cleaned up in the filing cabinet, and a new office chair. Structuring short term activities like that will help you be specifically targeted toward the completion of your larger vision goals, and you'll see them more readily as a done deal.
Seize opportunities when they present themselves.
I know you have 20/20 vision in hindsight. I'm certain that there have been many times in your life when you've looked back and said to yourself, "I wish I had acted on...". What could you put into practice these days, so that you have fewer of those experiences and more of the, "Gosh, I'm so glad that I....", type experiences in your life? Get to work on manifesting those now!
Take action, now!
Are you frustrated by a situation in your life right now. Rather than stewing, brooding, complaining, wondering... what action could you take today that would transorm that entire area of your life before another day goes by? Get right to it and take that action, with the proviso that it is an action for the highest good of all. :)
Ramp up your sense of personal purpose!
If you're dragging your feet, and finding daily life uninspiring, or your personal projects are just not moving forward at sufficient pace then get back in touch with why you're doing any of what you're currently doing.
Get reconnected with your original insights, the ones that got you started, and the ultimate outcomes you want to achieve. Create a new display for yourself, to remind and energize you each morning.
How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?
Get everyone to know about this event BEFORE 8:00pm on the evening of 29 MARCH.
JOIN ME - by playing a part in this one-hour event at 8:00pm (your local time) on Saturday 29 March. 
You can even stay at home, it's easy to participate...
GO TO IT NOW!
With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning off their lights, and unique events such as weddings by candlelight, the world took notice.
Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.
External issues are never the source of not being successful.
When you look at what's not happening in your life, that you'd like to see happening, take a longer and harder look at how you are the source of what is happening, and that the results showing up in your life are 100% your responsibility. When you really look, you definitely can see how it all originates from you and is sourced in the choices you did, or did not, make.
Your brain logs things that you aren't even aware of.
Every day, surround yourself with words and pictures that represent your visions and ideals. Increase the number of great thoughts and ideas that enter into your immediate environment by creating a vision board, listening to empowering audios, viewing inspiring movies or motivational videos, engaging with like-minded friends, using a variety of tools for increased abundance.
Get back to basics.
Sometimes it is easy to get distracted and prodded or pulled, by various demands, coming from many sources. At times like that, it is worth while just taking stock and reviewing your personal goals, then cutting out several activities that are simply not serving you. Go 'back to the drawing-board' and take a look at what MUST be in your life, and which are all the unnecessary little extras that have crept into it!
Sit down and do nothing.
When was the last time you were truly silent and completely 'with yourself' and your surrounds? Are you able to sit still for longer than 30 minutes without feeling driven to get up and attend to something that comes to view, or that occurs as a job that 'must be done now'. Practise sitting still and being still for 30 minutes, for several days in a row, this week. If you think you can't, all the more reason for you to get the hang of this! :)
