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01/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Successful Goal Achievement Requires Adaptability

Change is inevitable – it’s one of the few constants in life that don’t change.   As you pursue your goals, you will have to make changes in order to get new results.  That’s why adaptability is an essential quality for you to have if you want to empower yourself to successfully achieve your life goals and business goals.

Adaptability Requires You To Shift

Adaptability is the ability to change according to new circumstances.  That includes the ability to adapt to changing demands, changing environment.

It requires a level of willingness to let go of old ways of doing things, of how you think things should be.  As you work on progressing your goals, there will be unforeseen challenges which appear.  It’s up to you to empower yourself to make the necessary adjustments.  It will require you to break through old patterns, to shift your thinking and adjust to these changing circumstances.  

Resistance Erodes Adaptability

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26/06/2015 by Lisa McDonald

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“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances.  It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances.”
– Andrew Bernstein

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24/06/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

How Stress Reduces Your Ability to Achieve Your Goals

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What Is Stress?

Stress is the body’s reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional adjustment or response.  It’s a person’s physiological response to an internal or external stimulus that triggers the fight-or-flight response.

This primitive response was designed to aid our ancestors survival by preparing the body to tackle or run away from threats.  And as such, served an important purpose – our survival.

How Stress Affects Us

In the wild, once an animal is away from the threat, its body calms and it returns to normal.   However humans are different.  We differ to animals in our response in two key ways: [Read more…]

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22/06/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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19/06/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Your Time Is Valuable – Use It Wisely

How do you spend in time in your day?

Your time is a very valuable thing, so you should use it wisely.  Your time is  something which can never be taken back or given back, and it can’t be refunded once it is given.   Therefore it’s important for you to be mindful of how you are using this precious resource in your daily life – Especially so if you want to empower yourself to transform your results, achieve your goals, and have a life which inspires and fulfills you.

Here’s a short video which has some wonderful reminders of the preciousness time.

Are you making the most of your valuable time?  Are you doing the things in life which are most important to you?  Please share your comments on this topic below.

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