Discovering Your Core Values = Personal and Emotional Freedom

Tag: Happiness,Personal GrowthBeth Banning

Who’s Responsible for Your Life?

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Does it sometimes seem like you’re trapped in your present circumstances and you have no control? Would you like to be able to make clear decisions and know you’re in complete control of your destiny?

True personal and [tag-tec]emotional freedom[/tag-tec] can only be found when you learn to “respond” rather than “react” to situations in your life. Making sound decisions and having control of your destiny are dependent on your ability to respond to situations in ways that are in harmony with your [tag-tec]core values[/tag-tec]. We call this skill “response-ability.”

This is in sharp contrast to simply reacting to what happens in your life. We define reacting as re-enacting old patterns of unconscious behaviors over and over again.

“You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” ~ Jim Rohn

Once you are able to identify the things that are important to you and live in harmony with what you value, you become response-able. This ability to respond opens you to a whole new world of options and solutions that will bring much more joy and satisfaction into your life.

Choosing Response-ability

It’s important to realize that you CAN make choices that affect how your life plays out. When you understand that you have the freedom to create your own reality, you give yourself the power of responsibility.

This week, identify one thing you can do in relation to this awareness and take action. If you need support figuring out what actions you can take, click the link below.

Remember, the shortest path to a happy life is found through conscious choice.

With love,
Beth and Neill

To find out how you can create true personal freedom in your life, enroll in our

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Who Else Wants to Build Self-Confidence?

Tag: Motivation,Personal Growth,Self EsteemBeth and Neill

Here are some basic definitions of confidence:

a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

Confidence. Certainly it is something we’d all like to have, right? It can be compared to hiking along and coming to a deep, steep ravine. You are on one side and your destination–what you want–is on the other. You need a way to bridge the gap.

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Imagine you have three options. You can choose to swing across using the rope that’s hanging there, use the rickety footbridge swaying in the breeze, or use a walking stick to help you scramble down into the ravine and up the other side. No matter which you choose in this analogy you’ll most likely get to the other side, but a strong sense of self-esteem, and confidence will surely be needed.

Two Important Steps that Lead to What You Want

Let’s say one of the ways you’ve chosen to achieve one of your important goals is by focusing on positive, supportive beliefs about yourself. That’s fabulous… But the next and often overlooked step in building self-confidence is bridging these beliefs with your values. In our Pathway to Personal Freedom eCourse, we talk about personal values in this way.

“Awareness of your personal values helps you avoid feeling confused, and avoid the stress that comes along with that confusion…

“We’ll make a rather bold assertion here that most of the distress people feel is a direct result of not being clear about what they most deeply value, and then behaving in ways that are contrary to these undiscovered values.

“We can’t emphasize this enough and will actually bring it up again and again: understanding your personal values and living in harmony with them is key to a life of healthy self-appreciation, good self-esteem, and a strong sense of self-confidence.”

Try It and Then Decide

Go to our website, and download our complimentary Values Exercise at http://www.focusedattention.com/store/thank-you/free_Values_Exercise_registration.htm

Once you have it, choose any area of your life you been working to improve–where you would like to feel more confident. Then do the Values Exercise.

When you’re finished and have your list of values, come up with at least two actions you can take to improve this area of your life that are in harmony with your values. Then set a specific time to have completed these actions.

After you’ve taken these actions, ask yourself: “Do I feel more confident about this area of my life?”

Remember, the shortest path to a happy life is found through conscious choice.

Until next week…
Beth and Neill