Improving Any Area of Your Life!

bycwelliver

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7 years ago

You CAN improve any area of your life. So in this particular post I am going to go over briefly just how YOU TOO CAN MAKE POSITIVE LIFE CHANGES, Just because that is my niche and a subject that I am very passionate about.

But before I begin I must share a very short story with you.

I was 52 years old, and my life was spiralling out of control. I had watched my weight go up year after year, even to the point that I didn't look forward to my annual physical (because my doctor was also a friend) and I knew that each year he was going to level both barrels on me and pull the trigger. The joint decision was finally made that a weight loss surgery would be very benefical and I started the process. At my highest weight at that time I tipped the scales at 440 pounds (and I mean tipped the scale as when I stepped on and got my fortune the card often said would two of you kindly step off).

The problem was that a full gastric bypass was not a possibility for me, as I had been involved in a serious car crash as a teen and had my spleen removed and the entire area where that surgery is performed was loaded with scar tissue. But my surgeon explained an alternative to me known as the "gastric sleeve" the only draw back was that with that particular surgery it was only expected that I would lose between 55-60% of my excess body weight. 440-230=210X.6= 126 pounds now that of course would have been an improvement but 314 pounds still would have had me as morbidly obese.

But, I went ahead with surgery as planned hoping to at least get a jump on the necessary weight loss. Well just like the doctors had predicted I got down to about 310 pounds and my weight loss stopped dead in its tracks. Of course my friends and family were ecstatic for me but that simply is not where I wanted to be (my personal goal was originally 260 pounds).

So I began doing some research, and had played around with hypnosis when I was younger. Well that was the best decsion of my life. I studied, and studied, and studied and eventually became certified as a hypnotherapist, and all the while I was developping my own program to rid myself of the additional excess weight. Well, over the next year or so with the help of my own self-hypnosis i was able to not only reach my goal of 260, but once I got there I set a new goal of 230, and successfully reached that goal. Now nearly six years later I still maintain my weight within 5 pounds either way of my 230 pound goal.

Now I have told that very personal story that I might exhibit to my readers that you truly can succeed at modifying any behavior and making long lasting life long change.

The key to any success of course is to follow a plan. Follow a prescribed plan of action. And this ties into anything you desire in your life, if you will simply commit to yourself that you will succeed.

So let's take a look at the steps to any success in life.

You must first have a burning desire to make that change, you have to have a good enough WHY, or what's in it for me.

Second, you must have faith that you will be successful in accomplishing your objective.

Third, you need to acquire any specific knowledge necessary to help you to achieve that success.

Fourth, you must convince yourself at the subconscious level that you will achieve that success, there has been much written over the years about the power of affirmations, and affirmations are very useful in the process of convincing yourself that you deserve that success.

Five, using visualization is another effective way to get yourself to your goal, no matter what that goal might be.

Six, commit to a definitive plan, Benjamin Franklin once said, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Well no truer words were ever spoken. So lay out your plan for success and tyhen follow that plan.

Seven, make the decision that you will not give up until you reach your desired objective.

Eight, do not procrastinate, start now, start today, for tomorrow never comes.

Nine, and once you have started then pursue your dream with persistence.

Now that formula having been laid out once you understand it and can implement it you can truly succeed in anything in life.

You are here at Wealthy Affiliate because you desire a better life, you have not quite gotten to the level of success that you desired on your own, but know that it is within your reach. Know that the tools necessary to help you to achieve your success have been painstakingly assembled for your benefit, the steps are there for you to follow, so now it's time as the Nike slogan went to, "Just Do It"

Much Love and to your future prosperity and success.

-Dr. Carl Welliver, PhD