Personal Power - Day One

A few months ago I listened to 'Personal Power' by Tony Robbins which is a series of CD's you listen to over 30 days to change your life. When I listened I found much of what was said extremely useful and things you might know to be true but never actually tell yourself and think about and we need to think about the obvious sometimes.

Whilst I thought they were an amazing tool I only listened to them whilst I was doing something else or late at night when I was really tired and would fall asleep listening to a disc and never get to the end. At the end of the discs are daily tasks which you must do in order to allow the discs to work properly. I never did the tasks and therefore I never followed through. One of the things the discs teach you is the need to follow through.

Over the last few months I have achieved many things and my life is way better and I also now know the potential I have the ability to untap and all it needs is enough drive and motivation. That potential doesn't just mean financial and a career but includes everything like self-esteem, weight, health and relationships whether family, platonic, romantic or just with people we come across in our day-to-day life. I made some decisions that I followed through with and others I did a bit of followint ghrough with but because I didn't do the discs properly I wasn't consistant enough. I believe that by doing them properly I can achieve far more of my goals.

For the next 30 days I'm going to record my notes from Personal Power along with my progress from the days and weeks prior to that and how well I've stuck to my decisions and what impact they've made.

NOTES - DAY 1

Motivating factors – Change caused by inspiration or desperation
Driving forces – Fear of failure & Desire for pleasure
Choices – Don’t choose short term pleasure and have long term pain.
Choices – Choose short term pain and experience long term pleasure.

Know your outcome in any situation, short or long term.
Focus on goals and what you want to accomplish however small to let your brain know.
Even if you’re talking to a friend, if you want to make them feel good then focus on this.

If you try but fail then you get an education and you know what doesn’t work so you make progress.
If you don’t try then you’ve already failed. This is ultimate failure.

Taking action is easy as all you need to do is decide. Strive for your goals with determination where failure isn’t an option.

Demand more from yourself than others expect.

Only way of dealing with pain and fear is to face it.

Start small and build up every day facing your fears and build yourself up just like any muscle.

There is no point in continuing to take action if it's not taking you nearer to your goals. Don’t get tunnel vision as success depends on flexibility.

Flexibility is power. Change your approach if what you’re doing doesn’t work. Keep changing what you’re trying until you succeed.

How long does a baby take to walk? They fail at first but they keep trying without fear of failure. Why do babies lack this fear of failure but ultimately succeed when we, as adults, don’t?

Don’t panic when you’re off course. Keep changing your approach once you realise your current approach isn’t working. Don’t take random actions though. Use role models. Somebody who’s already achieving the results that you want. No need to reinvent the wheel with trial and error. Do what’s already worked for others.

Knowledge is not power. Knowledge is only the potential for power.

Find people who have had similar problems to you…
Overweight – now slim
Single – now with type of woman you like
Financially – nothing to good income
Job – doing something they enjoy
Friends – keeping friends that are trusted and loving

Most things in life are simple. We need to design our lives rather than getting caught up in day-to-day things like watching soap-operas and reading gossip columns.

Don’t, constantly, play computer games looking for success. Get it from your real life.

Failure can be your best friend. Most people who succeed have had such failure that it’s caused them enough pain to be driven to succeed.

Don’t always expect to achieve things straight away or learn a skill overnight. Sometimes practice makes perfect. Nobody looks at a keyboard and instantly starts to touch type fast but many of us learn it because we spend so much time practicing without realising it.

When you succeed – don’t party
When you fail – don’t ponder
No matter what position you are in – you must keep trying to succeed!

Personal power is a good business programme because it trains your main business tool… you!

Turn your successes into habits.

Listening to something and writing down key elements (as I’m doing) improves retention by between 75% and 90%.

If life is worth living then it’s worth recording! Keep a journal/blog to see how much you grow as a person and how your emotions and goals grow over the years.

TASK

Think of two actions that you need to do which you’ve been putting off and DO THEM. If you do them you will feel better because you actually followed through with system. Something that would change your life… DECIDE once-and-for all and follow through.

1) No eating at PC or alone after 11pm.
2) Go to bed by 1am unless out doing something! Get up by 8:15 every day. By wasting your evening you're also wasting the following day regardless of whether you sleep in or not because you will not function at your best.

Having made these decisions…. Stick to them… follow through and live today with passion! Failure to stick to these decisions is not going to be an option this time.