Learn Powerful Meditation Techniques - 21 Keys To Building Your Success Plan Step-by-Step Guide

Starting point is 00:00:00 We appreciate your interest in today's meditation life skills podcast. We sincerely grateful for your support. To deepen your practice even more, please visit Meditationlifskills.com. Five steps to using visualization to get what you want. What do you want to get out of life? More importantly, how do you intend to go about getting it? We all have so many wants. Some are very simple, such as wanting to lose five pounds in time for swimsuit season.

Starting point is 00:00:27 While others, such as changing to a new career, are more important. complex. What's interesting is that you can use the very same technique to get precisely what you want, whether your goal is big or small. Visualization is the technique of picturing a goal in your mind in detail so that you can manifest this change in your life. Sound hard? Really, it's not. By following these five simple steps, you'll get exactly what you want in almost no time at all. Engage fully in the vision. You absolutely must put yourself into the visualization as fully as you possibly can. Use all your senses and emotions to experience this vision in a way that is real to you. There can be no holding back here. Experience different viewpoints. What does this

Starting point is 00:01:12 visualization feel like to you? Experience it first as yourself so that you can connect emotions to actions. You want to feel every part of it. Now step back and experience it again as if you're watching yourself succeed from outside of yourself, like watching a movie. Why? This helps you to see details you might miss otherwise. Live the success. When you're done with the visualization, it's time to live the part. Become the person you saw at the end of the vision. How does that person move? Think. Act.

Starting point is 00:01:46 Reenforce the message. Visualization needs backup to be successful. The world is full of negative influence, some of them finding root in your own mind. Keep yourself talk positive, use affirmations, and look for ways to constantly reinforce the vision in your mind without tearing it down. Make the vision tangible in a way you can see it. Creating a dream board or collage will set out your visualization in a place where you're constantly reminded of the experience.

Starting point is 00:02:14 Seeing it over and over will also reinforce your goals and strengthen your resolve. By following these steps, you'll find you will find your dream becoming more and more solid. Of course, you're going to have to put in the work to achieve what you want. However, by using visualization, you'll get clear where you're going and how to get there. The five-step plan, which will help you set up the perfect morning routine. What is one thing you can do to improve your life significantly? You begin by starting your day off with a morning routine.

Starting point is 00:02:46 A morning routine puts intentionality into your day. It gives your morning form, design, and function. Imagine yourself traveling through each step, calm, cool, and collected. You know exactly what's needed of you. and when. There are no surprises to leave you scrambling, nor are you likely to forget what's important. If it seems intimidating to form a routine to do all of these things, take heart. Really, there are only five steps you need to worry about to make your day come off without a hitch. Understand what it's all about. Embarking on a new routine is hard work, especially as you work to build this routine into

Starting point is 00:03:21 something which will be habitual. It's easy to go back to the old ways you've always done things, especially if you feel tired or discouraged. This is why your first step involves understanding your purpose. Know why you're striving to have a better morning and speak these words out loud every morning when you first get up to remind yourself of them. Are you looking for higher productivity, a calmer day, more confidence? You'll need to figure out if you don't know before beginning. Implement your routine in baby steps. You can't change around your entire sleep schedule or make profound changes about your mornings all at once without burning out quickly. This is why it's important to work out a plan in advance, or you know what changes you're making

Starting point is 00:04:01 and when. For example, if you normally get up at 9 a.m., but want to get up at 7, you'll want to make small changes that work toward your goal. So for the first week, you might get up at 8.45, and the week after, 8.30, etc. Commit to consistency. You're not going to succeed in building new habits if you don't do the same thing repeatedly. Realize you can't do this in half measures. Commit to doing this routine every single day. Work out an evening routine. Your morning will go better if you use it with an evening routine that sets up a regular bedtime.

Starting point is 00:04:35 You can also use evenings to do prep work for the next day, such as laying out your clothes. Create your routine. The key to making your routine is to address all of your needs, so some things you might do for physical health, exercise and eat right, while others might benefit you spiritually, meditate and pray, mentally, learn and self-talk, or emotionally, journal and affirmations. The goal is to bring yourself into harmonious balance every day. Together, these five steps will help you create the perfect morning routine. Now you're ready to start your day outright.

Starting point is 00:05:09 Six changes to your schedule to help you manage your time like a pro. You've learned some tricks on how to manage your time, whether you've learned from a boss, a friend, or on your own. yet putting those tricks into action is a different story. You have to learn how to make a schedule for yourself, which sounds about as daunting as being your own boss. Take out your self-starter hat and get ready to learn how to manage your time all on your own with these six hacks. One, leave wiggle room between your time blocks. Friends, meet buffer time.

Starting point is 00:05:40 No one should have a fully stacked calendar with no time in between for a break. Block out buffer time on your calendar in between meetings and tasks. Your future self will thank you when your days are more productive, and the hours are less exhausting. 2. Organize yourself. This is a big life change for some people because organization habits don't always come easily. At first, it may feel like you're spending extra time trying to stay organized, but the payoff is worth it. Here's a staggering statistic. On average, Americans waste about two and a half days a year looking for misplaced objects.

Starting point is 00:06:16 Don't be part of that statistic. Find a place for your belongings and always put them back where they belong. This goes for computer files, too. Create a simple filing system and save new documents to the correct location. Three, make use of the 80-20 rule. Have you ever heard of the Pareto principle, otherwise known as the 80-20 rule? This principle says you can get 80% of the work done in 20% of the time. Similarly, 80% of the results come from 20% of the actions.

Starting point is 00:06:46 It can be applied to many things. in life, so it's a great concept to apply to your usage of time. Get in the habit of noticing what tasks get the most results. Spend more time on those actions and cut out some of the responsibilities that take up time but don't produce the outcomes you're looking for. Four, stop waiting. Every once in a while, you'll inevitably have to wait for something, at the grocery store in the doctor's office and traffic. Instead of actually waiting or deferring to your phone for entertainment, do something productive with your time. Listen to a podcast you've been dying to try out. Read a book on an interesting topic, or write in your journal. Turn waiting time into productive time.

Starting point is 00:07:28 Five, organize your tasks and blocks. Batch all your similar tasks together. For example, don't check your email every time someone pings you. If it's urgent, go right ahead. But otherwise, set a time block every two hours or so to plow through all your emails at one time. This keeps you focused, which is a more efficient way to do work. Six, try to do less. This may sound like a slacker approach, but it's not. Believe it or not, we take on way more than we need to, meaning we take on more than is beneficial to our work.

Starting point is 00:08:02 If you find yourself planning parties, chatting with your coworkers, and dabbling in another department's workload, you may have spread yourself too thin. By doing that, you're not helping yourself or your peers. In the end, you could wind up letting people down because you over promise and under-deliver. Five things you can do immediately to build confidence in your actions. There comes a time when the pressure is on. It would be best if you made a decision, but you're afraid to act. There's not a lot of time to figure out the next steps, and you're

Starting point is 00:08:31 stalling out because you're suddenly unsure. You're not sure you can even make the right decision, much less act on it. What do you do? The problem isn't so much what needs to be decided. Instead, When this happens, you need to figure out how to find the confidence to act. But where can you gain unwavering self-belief fast? Give yourself a pep talk. Hey, you've been here before. You've had doubts, made decisions, and in the end, things turned out just fine. Remind yourself of a little previous history where you know you did well.

Starting point is 00:09:03 Now use a little logic. If you've done it before, it's clear you can do it again. Choose your companions. Do you have a support system? If those around you are more likely to criticize than cheer you on, walk away. You don't need others running you down right now. Instead, seek out support from someone you know who believes in you and will be encouraging. Give them bonus points if you ask them to help you remember all the good stuff you've done in the past, and they come through for you. Sometimes we

Starting point is 00:09:31 need to hear it from someone else. See yourself succeed. Why not try a quick visualization of the outcome? By picturing your success, you'll find it easier to make the decisions to set yourself in motion and will feel better about the potential outcome. Let go of the Drek. Sometimes you need to get all those thoughts and emotions out of the way so you can do what you need to. Quickly grab a sheet of paper or open a file on the computer where you can type. Now, write down everything you're feeling right now, especially focusing on worries and fears. Try to explore why you're feeling this way.

Starting point is 00:10:05 Be honest and raw, not holding anything back. When finished, tear up the paper or delete the file to let it go. Once you've processed the emotions, you can feel free to settle down to what needs doing. This is the most time-consuming idea on this list, but it's so worthwhile. If you have the time, go for it. Act. Finally, it's so easy to start dithering, especially when you're feeling a time crunch. Don't fall into procrastination or stall out entirely.

Starting point is 00:10:33 Instead, realize there comes a time when you need to take the plunge. Trust your instincts and jump right in. How to Get Motivated at a moment's notice. One of the keys to getting you to take action and keep you going each day is motivation. You'll have times where you feel like you have no drive to do anything at all, no matter who you are. Even the most productive and accomplished people will have periods of low motivation. The way they cope with this down period, on the other hand, keeps them going ahead and allows them to achieve great things. If you find yourself stating, I don't have any motivation, you'll delay on tasks that

Starting point is 00:11:09 need to be completed. You'll eventually put things off and abandon your assignment or activity. Researchers have identified several straightforward techniques to get you more engaged and motivated at work, allowing you to work smarter rather than harder. Some of these motivational suggestions take a few seconds to implement. Others need you to get up and move around for a few minutes. They're all based on the findings of recent scientific investigations. Declare to yourself that you are looking to begin over. Have you ever wondered why everyone makes promises on January 1st? It is, after all, a new year. It is, however, an arbitrary moment in most people's lives. Although January 1st is an excellent day for making new commitments,

Starting point is 00:11:51 it isn't significantly better than July 28th. Here's the thing. You can restart your life at any time. You will experience a rush of energy as a result of doing so. According to a study by Wharton's School of Business, intertemporal markers encourage us in two ways, by making a moment of the making people disconnect from past failures and by promoting a big picture view of life. These factors make us more motivated to sequester away our losses and get things done. Grab some chocolate or another dopamine-stimulating treat. Another sensible and quick way to boost your motivation is to indulge in some chocolate. Chocolate's benefits on the brain are well studied, not to mention it's tasty and readily available.

Starting point is 00:12:33 It stimulates the secretion of dopamine, which raises your heart rate and boosts your motivation. It also has a modest antidepressant effect since the stimulants encourage your brain to promote happy feelings. Remember why you needed to be motivated in the first place. According to LifeHack, if you feel a lack of motivation when you want to type an article, try to think about why you want to do it in the first place. The reasons you do something are the driving force behind everything you do. It's only when your reason is strong and emotional enough that you'll do whatever it takes to accomplish the task. So what motivates you to accomplish what you do?

Starting point is 00:13:07 do? Do you understand why you desire to attain your objectives? Make sure your justifications are compelling and passionate. When you lack motivation, consider why you want to accomplish it. Thank you for being a part of this special community, as we all learn to bring more compassion and peace for ourselves and to the world. To deepen your practice even more, please visit meditation, lifestyles.com.

Learn Powerful Meditation Techniques - 21 Keys To Building Your Success Plan Step-by-Step Guide

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