What do you want 2010 to bring you?  Blog your comments back to us.

It is amazing what one day can do to change your perspective.  As you take a moment and celebrate your plans for this new year some ideas that can make this year go so very well for you.

It is called the Wheel of Life.  A simple process to assure progress in every area of your life.  Like a wheel, your life will role easily based on steps that you take each day to assure progress.

Cut copy and paste the following list into your word processor.

Wheel of life
Spiritual
Physical
Mental
Family
Financial
Social
Career
Tithing your talent

Next to each idea write down what is one thing you would like to accomplish in 2010 in each area of your life?  This needs to be written in a way that is simple and doable.  Go ahead dream big, take a big leap in your thinking of what you want to see happen.  What if you knew you would succeed at what you really wanted?  Yes just write it down.

Take each goal and make a next step list of how you will go ahead and make it happen.  Goals need to be specific where intentions are just ideas. 

Hold your self accountable by figuring out how and who will help you stay focused.  Find that accountability partner to make sure you have someone that keeps you on track that will not hold you back.

Make this year your best year ever.  Let us know how we can support you in being your best.  You can email me at mcgrane@mcgrane.com

Happy new year and new you!

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With all the coming together or in laws and out laws I am sure you have some amazing stories that tested you. The question is did you pass the test?

You may find yourself wanting to give someone a piece of your mind. Or just blurt out all the things you have wanted to say all of your life to this person.

Instead of lowering your standards take higher ground and be the person you have always wanted to be. I know you probably think you need to straighten them out. What will that accomplish? Who really wins?

Now is the time to show them whether they know it or not all that growth and maturity you have grown into.

My Dad always said it takes no skill to cuss someone out. So be the person, yes you.

You say you are having a hard time getting past their behavior or actions? Maybe they spilled something on your new outfit or ground food into your new carpet. Get over it!

If so focus on what unites you together instead of divides you. It may be as simple as you are both human beings on the planets. Enjoy

Give them love back. Just do it!

Share with us some of your funny stories.

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Runners in marathons and long races will visualize walls at certain points in the race, and use them to break up the race.  They will concentrate on getting to the next wall, or point, instead of the finish line.  Once they get close to a wall, they use all there effort to break through the wall and continue on with the race.  This keeps the mind fresh which helps them to stay motivated.

Incorporate this technique into your daily life.  If you have a long day ahead of you, break up the day and set up walls that you need to break through.  You should set the walls close to the times where your most difficult tasks need to be completed.  Focus on breaking through the next wall, not the end of the day.  This will keep your mind fresh and keep you focused on the tasks at hand.  Once you break through a certain wall, set up a new wall to demolish.  Imagine yourself being in a marathon and not a sprint.  We don’t want to tire ourselves out within the first couple of hours, so we set up walls and short term completion goals for the day that we need to reach and ultimately pass.

In doing this, you will keep your mind fresh which in return will keep you motivated on breaking through to the next wall.

Remember, don’t picture the finish line, just picture that next wall that you need to knock down…

I was talking with someone who said they had a really hard problem with “shutting down” when it was time to go to sleep. They couldn’t stop thoughts and worries from running through their head and it was causing them to stay up late at night. This would obviously cause them to be tired the next day and not be able to accomplish what was needed for the next day. They also weren’t a pleasant person to be around. This person told me that they were so tired that they were mean to people and would “snap” easily at the smallest inconvenience. This is a major problem because it is affecting their daily life and their interactions with people.

So how do we fix sleeping problems? How do we make it easier to “shut down” at night and get a fulfilling nights rest. Before you go to sleep, make a detailed list of what needs to be done for the next day, so you can stop worrying about things while trying to sleep. This will also save you time in the morning because you will already have a detailed agenda in place. Try and relax your mind and let everything go. I know it is easier said than done, but if you continue to worry all the way up to the time you go to sleep, then you will have a hard time falling and staying asleep. Try and pin-point the factors that are causing you to stay up. What can you do to fix these problems?

We all need to “shut down” after a hard days work. We need to take all the thoughts of the office and work and turn them off. Concentrate solely on falling asleep. Make where you sleep as comfortable and quite as possible. Shutting down is very difficult for some, because they are so invested in their work.

Overall, you need to turn off all things that are hindering you from sleeping. Turn off the outside world and concentrate only on falling asleep.

Do you have sleep issues?

What are some problems that have risen because of your sleep issues?

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If you are, you should be doing the opposite. You should be judging yourself with the blessings that have occurred in your life. Instead of feeling blessed about having a nice house, big car, and a vacation home, you should be happy about having a warm home, with a great family, and wonderful friends. I know having nice things makes you feel like you have accomplished something and makes you feel a sense of power, but it isn’t what life is all about. Life has an abundance of opportunities that do not require a dollar amount, and the best part is there is no sales tax.

If not having nice things brings you down and makes you feel insignificant to others, then you are not realizing how blessed you really are. Instead of looking around and judging yourself with how much you own, judge yourself on the things that required no purchase. Sometimes we take the little things that are present in our lives to lightly and do not realize just how lucky we are to have them. I’ve met poor men that feel like the most blessed and luckiest person in the world, not because of how much money they had, but because they have an amazing family. I’ve met rich people that feel incomplete and empty because their whole life they have been working so hard to be successful, they lost sight of what is really important.

So if recently you have been measuring your success with how much money you make and how many material possessions you have, take a step back and realize that if you lost all those things who would still be there for you?

Your Family.

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