Vacation Time - photo by D. Hennessey

Did you ever notice how many things you can get accomplished when you are short of time just before you are going on vacation? It seems that our minds become very focused and goals are quickly achieved when we have a time line we cannot go beyond to get our work done.

Personally, if I have lots of time to work on a project I am only likely to get it completed when I create a self imposed finish line as if I was going on vacation. So I create the finish line and work towards it. This has allowed me to achieve many things big and small in my life that I would simply have never done without a timeline and it has also made it possible for me to take vacations big and small.

But enough about me, below are three ideas that can help you keep your focus so you can get more of what you want accomplished in life whether it is nourishing your family or creating a global change or simply taking more vacations!

These three steps can make a huge difference.

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One

Write Down Your Goals and Review them Daily

Your daily to do list needs to be based on your goals or why else would you be doing what you are doing. To keep yourself on track write your goals down. If you would like some simple and FREE goal reminder cards follow this link to find out how you can get some goal setting cards.

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Two

Create a Not to Do list and Stick to it

Read about how to create a not to do list here

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Three

Review your Not to do List the night before you Work on it and Accomplish more

Read about why it is important to review your ‘not to do list’ last thing at night instead of in the morning.

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Now, in fact, I am preparing for a mini vacation with my family.

So, I will say ‘bye for now’ and I look forward to hearing what you do to keep your focus when you want to get things done.

Your friend on the journey,

David

Mini Inspirational and Motivational Cards by David Hennessey

You most likely have read over and over again the idea that the power of words is incredible in its ability to change your world from negative to positive. The whole positive affirmation concept is based on this including the Mini Motivational Cards I designed shown in the image above.

Unfortunately, when you use an affirmation no matter how many times you use it the affirmation will not work without you using a secret ingredient.

The secret ingredient is not visualization even though visualization is important. The secret ingredient is the emotional content you use in the visualization.

If you create a positive emotional image in your mind while you are repeating a related positive affirmation your mind is more likely to embrace what you are saying and help you create what you want in your reality. Without the emotional link you are often doomed to failure.

I wish when I was younger I knew about this because it is a very important idea that is often left out of personal development literature.

Now, perhaps, you disagree but the importance of positive emotional imagery is not my idea.

These ideas come from the work of Dr. Emile Coué, Author of How to Practice Suggestion and Autosuggestion which was written over half a century ago and from the work of José Silva, Author of The Silva Mind Control Method that began to be recognized in the 1970s.

Please note the titles of these books sometimes turn off people because they think the books are about controlling other people. In fact, both these books are about powering our own minds and not about controlling other people.

It is worth noting Emile Coué inspired the work of José Silva and Silva’s work I have read on his books has influenced positively over six million people to date in 111 countries.

What do you think?

All I can say is I have read both these gentleman’s work and I use it daily. I have recommended it to thousands of people at seminars so today I recommend you get copies of these books when you have time and, of course, if you have the interest.

Coué’s book How to Practice Suggestion and Autosuggestion is not easy to come in its original version. I found a dusty old copy in an old library in Canada. Most versions for sale are photocopies of the original but that is good enough to read and worth seeking out.

Silva’s work is easier to find and the book The Silva Mind Control Method is the best starting point in my opinion.

Have you heard of Coué or Silva’s work before?

I welcome your comments and feedback as always.

Your friend on the journey,

David

P.S. Coué’s work is rarely cited but I did find it noted in one recent best seller I read by Mark Victor Hansen called The One Minute Millionaire

Baou de St jeannette - photo by D.Hennessey

A few years ago I was walking along a logging road looking for the start of a hike with a friend in BC, Canada and on the side of the road we found a car crushed by the weight of a huge log on top of it. A sign was placed on the car with words that are still burned into my memory. It read ‘Expect the Unexpected’.

I am sharing this story because on a recent hike I had a similar experience. I hiked up and around to the summit of the Baou de St Jeannette (pictured above). After I rested I decided to check out another small trail near the summit that looked like an animal path. On the little trail I found the unexpected shown in the second picture below. It is as you will see by the third picture a bus stop that somehow made it up to behind the 800m summit of the Baou. I don’t know how it made it there. I smiled when I saw the bus stop and it reminded me of something else.

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..the unexpected - pic by D. Hennessey

My whole life has been like this I don’t expect but the unexpected arrives. When I was born I never anticipated moving to a new country as a teen. I never anticipated what would happen when I came back from ‘globetrotting’ , I never anticipated what would happen when a friend got cancer. Plus there are a whole lot more things I never anticipated and after all these unexpected events I now know to ‘expect the unexpected’ and be the best prepared I can be.

This is why I am very proactive in how I take care of myself and my family. When I go solo hiking I bring overnight items just in case. When my family and I eat we eat the best we can afford. I also am passionate about sharing stress management ideas with you and your friends since I believe that it is better to have a ‘tool box’ of techniques that work BEFORE an event happens than have to seek out solutions when things have already hit the fan.

Depending on where you are at in your life you will find value in my FREE e-workbook that I offer to new members of the WONDER Technique community. It is simply an example of my work.

To get a copy fill out the request form on this page. What do you have to lose? Your never know when these extra ideas can help you deal with the unexpected.

Your friend on the journey,

David