Hello 21-day traveler, 🙂
So here we are at Day 8 of our program – 21 days of action, accountability and extreme achievement! Time is moving and it waits for no one. If you’ve fallen behind with your daily action steps, get on up and keep moving. If you’re ahead or on task, fabulous! But as long as you are still in the game, you are exactly where you need to be.
CELEBRATE THAT! 🙂
Talking about celebration…yesterday was the day you were to complete the first phase of your 21-day goal. Benchmark # 1 was to be completed…how did you do? Take stock, make necessary changes in strategies and let’s keep it moving.
Now we’re on to benchmark #2…due next Wednesday, June 1st.
Today’s exercises: [# 1, 2 and 5 are recurring, to be done daily]
1) Spend at least 30 minutes on specific action steps connected to your goal. If you can invest more time, do so. You are working on the second benchmark – due to be completed by Wednesday June 1st
2) Do the daily forgiveness ritual to remain accountable. Doing this exercise daily will allow you to start each day with a clean slate and with all the energy, focus and lightness you need to achieve your goals at the highest level possible.
3) Imagine you are an expert in goal-setting and achieving – what would be the top three tips you would provide your audience or clients?
4) Share these tips with your accountability partner and with another person in your work or family life
5) Relaxation/imagination exercise – [additional information is here about why this is important]
A) Spend 15 minutes today in a relaxed – super relaxed and comfortable chair or position. Get your mind to be as empty as possible…using deep breathing as your tool.
► Deep diaphragmatic breathing is what you want. Filling your diaphragm as you to breathe in more oxygen will expand your stomach area; so with hand on tummy you should be able to tell instantly whether your breathing is deep enough. If your stomach expands (pushes out against your hand) you’re good, if your chest expands and/or your shoulder rises, you’re breathing shallow and will not gain the relaxing benefits of deep breathing
► Visualize your muscle groups from bottom to top, tightening and releasing a few times and then relaxing into a calm stillness.
B) In this relaxed position, after a few minutes of controlled deep breathing, sit peacefully for as long as you can up to about 15 minutes.
C) Then immediately following this relaxations session, venture into some imagination playtime.
► Allow your imagination to visualize your optimistic state of mind working for you as you see yourself producing more of what you intend to produce more of each day on this journey…writing, helping, sales, studying, researching, coaching, speaking, building, bonding…whatever your goal is, imagine your optimistic self in a state of blissful productivity. Keep this ‘movie’ in your mind going, filling in all the details you can inject and keeping it inspired, light and entertaining. See yourself taking the actual steps needed to achieve the specific daily goal you have for today. See yourself taking these steps again and again. Pause the movie a few times and insert a few deep breaths to be sure you remain relaxed.
► TODAY — add some scenes to your personal movie. Imagine yourself as the expert mentioned in step 3 above. See your self not only walking the walk of daily action but also talking the walk as well. Imagine yourself telling others about your top three tips on how to achieve goals at the highest level possible.
Today, imagine what you know, know what you know, do what you know and share what you know. It’s a very empowering process. 🙂
Wishing you an abundance of productivity, wisdom and joy,
♥~
P.S. This message is a part of the 21 Days of Action & Accountability – a free event. Day 1 was Thursday May 19th and previous preparation exercises can be found here.