Your Personal Success Routine: A 30-Day Challenge

The other day, I was speaking with someone who kept talking about how busy he was. In fact he was so busy that he didn't even have time to do the simple things, that take just a few moments, yet can improve your sense of balance, accomplishment and bottom line.

Trust me when I tell you this isn't a criticism. For I know all too well how easy it is to get pulled into "busyness". Just ask my husband, he'll tell you what's it's like living with a recovering Type A.

Here's the problem though with allowing yourself to be hypnotized into thinking that "busyness" = accomplishment.

Does this apply to you?

* You're working harder and accomplishing less.

* Your actions aren't aligned with where you really want to go.

* You waste precious energy on stuff that really doesn't matter.

* When you don't give yourself time to observe, think, learn, plan and align, you are forever trapped in that state of "busyness", with no improvement in sight.
 
As Albert Einstein once said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing, and expecting different results."

We open ourselves to do things differently and get better results, when we give ourselves a little time every day, before jumping into email and frantic activity for reflective thinking.

This is your sacred time to meet with yourself to objectively observe what's happening in your life and business, to recognize opportunities, what's working and what should be discarded. This is time for you to align with Right Planning and Right Action, so you can take the shortest and most enjoyable route possible to your desired destinations.

By doing so, you can achieve more while doing less, because you're immersed in RIGHT ACTION. You can reprogram your habits by adopting better ones.

Start by committing to connect with something every day that:

• Expands your potential

• Helps you stay pointed to your greatest goals and dreams

• Gives you tools and insights to help you grow and to see things in a more empowering way.

By the way, this is what The Daily Discovery Series, (a component of The Business Owners Guide to the Universe) was designed to do in "little time bytes". But whether you use Profits with Purpose tools or something else, know that even small daily steps, applied consistently, lead to big results. So the small steps are definitely worth taking!

Now think about what you're doing to help yourself succeed. Do you have a daily routine that helps you get more of the right things done?

Most of us have routines, but we may not recognize that they are no longer working. On the other hand, your personal mantra may be to fly by the seat of your pants and just see what happens. Bottom line, you can't grow beyond where you are, if you don't shake things up a bit.

To get different results means we need to think and act differently if what we're doing now, is not giving us the results we really want. So, if you want to get more of the stuff that really matters done, then you need to consciously align with what's most important to you before jumping into the same old "busy work."

You don't need to devote a lot of time to reflective thinking and or what I call 24KT Planning, because if you do it every day, it becomes second nature and it gets easier as you put your success routine into practice.

Here is a 5-step routine, I've designed specifically for people who need a shorter success routine, in order to apply it consistently.

In just 12 to 15 minutes, you can see a dramatic difference in your life and business. Time invested in reflective thinking and planning, will save you hours upon hours of wasted time and energy, because when you align with what you want to accomplish every day, you align with: empowering thoughts, the stuff that really matters to you, and the best route possible from where you are. So you get where you want to go faster with fewer hassles and detours.

Let's look at the 5 steps in this Daily Success Routine that's designed to be done in as little as 12 to 15 minutes.

1. Breathe deeply, pause and relax. Give yourself time to tap into your innate peace and wisdom.
2 MINUTES

2. Now from this centered space, feed your spirit with constructive affirmations to set the foundation for the best day possible. 2 1/2 - 3 MINUTES (If you're a "Business Owners Guide to the Universe" subscriber, you can see the 3/19/08 "Daily Discovery" message for more help.)

3. Read The Daily Discovery Series or something else that inspires you, helps you grow, or see things in a constructive light. This is how we grow beyond our concept of what's possible. This is how we shed old habits and expand our potential. 1 to 2 MINUTES

4. For a bigger boost, think about how the message may apply to you. What will you commit to do today to help yourself and others? What tools, talents and resources can you use? Is there a better way?
2 1/2 to 3 MINUTES

5. Review your TO DO LIST. Prioritize starting with the best thing you can accomplish today, given your most important goals and unique talents. Consider what you can delegate, outsource, move or delete. Be playfully present. 4 to 5 MINUTES.

TOTAL TIME: 12 to 15 Minutes

Try this for 30 days. Make it your own "Personal Success Routine". Then see if at the end of the month, you don't realize the value of investing just a few minutes each day, to save hours, months and years of wasted energy and activity that keeps you stuck in the status quo and apart from your greatest goals and dreams.


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Thank you for visiting. Move boldly toward your greatest goals and dreams, fully confident that you can be, do or have whatever you desire and above all enjoy your one- of-a-kind journey.

Until next time, all the best!




Laura Cardone, President of Profits with Purpose