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14/10/2015 by Lisa McDonald 4 Comments

Improving Your Results – Are You Ready For A Life Makeover?

Are you living the life you want?  Are you getting the results you want out of life?  If not, then it may be time for you to take fresh steps towards consciously creating a new life, one that is more aligned with what you want.  Having a life makeover is one way you can remodel and kick-start your life.

What is A Life Makeover?

A life makeover is a holistic approach to reshaping your life, so that you can bring more of what you want into your life.  It’s a process of  [Read more…]

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08/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

3 Ways Fear Stops You Achieving Your Goals

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Fear can be defined as:  an unpleasant emotion concerning the outcome of something or the safety of someone, caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.  It can be based on the perceived threat of physical, mental, spiritual or emotional harm.

As you pursue your goals, you will have to stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone, in order to make progress.  This includes exploring, implementing and letting go of old habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.  As you move beyond your comfort zone, your old comfortable ways  will be challenged, making your uncomfortable and increasing the potential for the unpleasant feelings of fear to arise.  It’s essential to breakthrough your fears if you want to be successful.

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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.  

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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.

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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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03/06/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Are Your Beliefs Preventing You From Achieving Your Goals?

Your beliefs shape your whole world.  They shape your thoughts, your feelings and your actions.  Are your beliefs preventing you from achieving your goals?

What Are Beliefs?

Beliefs can be defined as the ideas a person accepts as being true or real.  And conversely, the ideas a person accepts as being false or unreal.

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