WOOOHOO! Do you know what day it is?
Yes, it is still HUMP day even though it is a short week for most people since Monday was a holiday.
For those who read my blog often, you know I am a HUGE fan of Carrie Wilkerson and Lysa TerKeurst. Put the two together and talk about motivation….
Lysa TerKeurst shared this quote recently:
‘You steer where you stare.
Okay, we all know this in our head, right? Think about when you were learning to drive a car. I was great for looking at things all around me and as a result, the car went in the same direction. I was also learning to drive a clutch at the same time. The two definitely did not mix well. It made for may heated driving lessons with dad. We all had to learn to focus on where we wanted to go. I used to do the same thing when I was walking. Looking at something on the right and the next thing I knew, I was walking towards it, cutting off anyone who was next to me or in my path.
It is the same, If you are focused on envy or fear or scarcity or lack… it will be near impossible not to VEER towards those. The Universe will bring you want you are focused on. Positive brings positive. Negative brings negative.
When I started this new “eating plan” which was very limited to help control my candida, I focused on the things I couldn’t eat. Everywhere I turned, there was fruit, seafood, dairy and the dreaded gluten. With the help of my Weight Watchers leader, Michelle, I started looking at food differently. I focused on the things I could eat. As a result, I went from feeling deprived and sad about what I couldn’t have to enjoying what I could have. The result, the other stuff went away (okay, maybe not but I wasn’t looking for them now).
Apply this to just about anything in your life. I have positive mantras I read every morning. Some mornings, I don’t want to be bothered and the result is I lose focus. When we focus on positivity, abundance, tiny successes, encouraging scripture, and affirmations, we do well! When we focus on negativity, the end result is a “shitty” day, right?
We need to face FRONT! Thirty-One Gifts founder Cindy Monroe says… ‘I spend more time looking through the windshield than the rearview mirror. Why would I focus there? I’m not going that way!’
Don’t focus on what you’re leaving behind…focus on what you’re running towards!
Dana Wilde, Train Your Brain, shares positive mantras every day so we can adjust our brain and our vision. It takes time but it can happen. Steer the boat (or your thoughts) in the direction you want to go and it will happen. Maybe not overnight but it will happen.
I have changed my focus in my weightless journey and the pounds are slowing coming off. Inching my way back to goal. In my business, I no longer talk about “no one wants to party”, I am thinking positively and taking steps to make it happen. The truth is, I can still have a successful business without parties (I proved it in April when I had no parties but hit my personal goal), it is just easier when you have them.
I dare you to adjust your brain, your vision and your focus today! Share with us the change you are going to make then let us know how it changed your day so we can celebrate with you. OR share a struggle so we can help you overcome it.
Have a ThirtyOne-derful day!
Hope Wissel 