Personal Power. Life always offers us so much to learn. Everyday. One thing that was perhaps the most pivotal in my learning was getting how commitment to “seemingly” small daily practices every single day could impact the whole quality of my life in the most extraordinary ways. How the act of let’s say creating daily affirmations, setting daily and weekly goals, and even juicing fresh vegetables, with the grander context of my long-term goals, has markedly shifted the whole course of my life.
Several years back I began with small overtures like committing to creating gratefulness for 3 things when I first wake up and juicing at least 3 days a week. Now I spend at least 1 hour, and often longer every single morning, with a whole host of Spiritual, success and healthy lifestyle practices to “create” my day. When I first began, spending an hour or more would have seemed an utter impossibility, but by beginning with one new daily practice and staying with that one small commitment every single day, I’ve evolved my daily practice over time.
Why? Why would I, why would anyone spend an hour or more meditating, and/or studying new success theories every single morning?
For me, I recognized how my thoughts and actions were predicated by what you thought about what I was doing. I cared about what you thought I was doing more than I cared about what I wanted to be doing. This was NOT good. Ha! When I recognized this, I got that “you” were driving my “one wild and precious” life! I thought, good grief, I give my power away everyday! I was NOT the “master of my fate,” I was not “the captain of my ship,” “you” were, and as long as you were, I would NEVER access my personal power. So I began with one small commitment and grew upon it by adding new commitments to my routine, as I recognized a consistency growing with the daily practice I had already begun.
I have exponentially altered the quality of my life by beginning with 1 small commitment, and adding to each one over time. Now, as I said above, I have a morning ritual that sets me up for success everyday. Before this, I lived the reactive life. I cared about what “you” thought in ways that limited me. Now, I live the created life. Now I care what I think. My vision and my purpose drive me. My commitment to healthy lifestyle practices frames me. My mission to contribute and be of service inspires me in the face of “seemingly” insurmountable obstacles. And this all began for me in one moment that I chose to own my personal power with one small overture, practiced every single day.
Join me in my 7-Days to Change to reclaim your personal power, with small, seemingly benign overtures. It is the small, seemingly benign overtures made every single day that make all the difference. As one of my mentors Darren Hardy of Success Magazine says:
“Small, smart choices + consistency + time = radical difference”
