A message from Sandy. Are you where you want to be at this point in your life? Consider all aspects………health, happiness, success, finances, relationships, and attitude. You may answer yes to some, on track with others, and totally derailed with the remainder.

What we have at this moment, we have attracted to us, by the person we have become. We are responsible, not our circumstances for where we are. It is how we choose to see the world and the choices we make every day. How we choose to spend our time, what we choose to focus on, what we choose to put in our mouths, and the friends and acquaintances we surround ourselves with.

We work perfectly to produce the results that we achieve. If you want different results, simply change how you see things, change your mind, change your thinking.

Some tips on changing direction:

1. Engage life——-literally………absorb everything, be curious, seize each day, notice and respond to everything that happens. This is where your ideas, future projects, personal opinions, and philosophy come from.
2. Ask yourself each day……….”What did I learn, and how did I make a difference for someone else today?”
3. Establish a set of disciplines that will give you the energy to act on your ideas. Some examples would be,  exercising, adequate sleep, better eating habits, improved communication in relationships, how you spend your spare time, and what you think about.
4. Don’t major in minor things………..Drama, Drama, Drama………………robs you of energy and the will to act on the really important things.
5. Get out of your own way………learn to spot where you sabotage yourself. Think of failure, as feedback. Think of the process as a ladder, learn from the feedback–move up a rung on the ladder.
6. Learn to work harder on yourself than you do anything else.
7. Bring something extra to everything you do, it may be a positive attitude to work everyday, or going out of your way to help someone else.
8. Have faith! To paraphrase Mick Jagger, “You don’t always get what you want, but you get what you need.” Stand back and watch what happens.

Where are you on your ladder? Some rungs I imagine you have mastered, and others you are still working on. Never stop climbing.