Life by Design

Forget Job Security - Take ownership and design a better life The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember:  Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career! — Earl Nightingale For better or worse, the days of having a steady income at a 9–5 job for decades are dying. Entrepreneurs and freelancers understand this more than anyone. Creating your own career naturally leads to defining your own day to day activities and creating a workable, scalable plan for your retirement years. Because those later years depend so heavily on the financial decisions you make now, your career choices carry a heavy weight. Richie Norton recommends you ponder over these questions and self-reflect to change how you get paid in life. — When do you get up in the morning? Why? — When do you come home? Why? — If you had a different job…you...

Be aware of yourself Be aware of yourself but don't be judgmental. By looking inward but not judging yourself you can change and adapt yourself to be a better you. By being judgmental of yourself you are going to make yourself feel worse than you already do, so be conscious of this.  Your thoughts, your words, your actions. By thinking about all your conscious and unconscious motives in your daily routines. What moves you and what makes you tick? Once you recognise the underlying patterns, you can set yourself free. Once you see, you can correct. Step up and take control. Focus on your inner self, your thoughts, words and actions because this is what shapes your current life situation.  A healthy mind leads to a beautiful life - Germany Kent Your Mind is like a factory. The ingredients you are putting into it will be used to make the final product. Your life.   The key to your happiness is in your hands, so stop giving it to others - Richi...

Does Visualization and Meditation assist Goal Setting? Both visualization and meditation have been proven to have a wonderful impact on our overall mood and sense of happiness and fulfillment (Meevissen, Peters, & Alberts, 2011, Peters, Flink, Boersma, & Linton, 2010). Research has also begun to show that visualization can help to promote and improve goal-setting behaviors (Taylor et al, 1998).  Emotions play a crucial role in goal setting. Research has shown that when we connect our goals to our values and attach them to emotional outcomes, we’re more motivated to succeed and feel positive about it in the process (Austenfeld, Paolo, & Stanton 2006). Using mental imagery of what we want our future to look and feel like is also powerful in supporting goal setting. Oyserman, Bybee, and Terry (2006) found that asking participants to use mental imagery to envision their best possible future self-enhanced their motivation to identify the goals needed to create th...

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