The FIRST STEP to getting ahead in Your Life - Financial Freedom - J V Crum, III
A lot of people get stuck in life. I've been thinking about that this afternoon. This happens for a number of reasons, but the main one is where my Conscious Success Formula begins, and that is with becoming more Aware of what is True right NOW. It is hard to make any real progress in life until you stop playing the inner game of avoiding what is true - of being aware of what is actually occurring.
This is true whether it be a behavior pattern. I usually coach people about money, but as I'm in the final stages of loosing a lot of weight and really getting in great shape, I'll use myself as an example (and if you are wanting to loose weight, heads up and pay attention!).
On November 10th, 2007, just last fall, I was 270 pounds. Today I weighed in at 203 and by the end of August 31, 2008, just next month, I will be at 185. How do I know - drive, plan, strategy, discipline - and all of that begins with being aware of what is true.
Here is what I mean in practical ways. I had to stop kidding myself that eating 4,000 to 5,000 calories a day was going to work if I wanted to be in shape. Then I become aware of the fact that I have some natural food addictions (most people do) - in my case they are to sugars and white flour (very common, actually), Another awareness came from reading a couple of books, both of which I recommend to many people: Bruce Lipton's "The Biology of Belief" and John Robbin's "Healthy at 100".
These two books made me aware that it is possible to live past 100 and what is necessary to do that. Once I had that information, I started thinking - do I want to die in my 60's or 70's from being overweight and eating unhealthy foods (sugar, white flour, fried foods, fats etc - and LOTS of it) or did I want to make a LIFESTYLE CHANGE?
Once I was consciously aware of my situation - and my options - that I had made a choice to be overweight and now I could make a choice to be in great shape and healthy, I looked in the mirror and got honest with myself. I was going to die early from being overweight or I could make a decision and choose another path. I decided to change my eating and exercise patterns and create a life long approach that would make me both healthy and fit, yep, for life!
Notice that every bit of this comes from being aware - the first step in the Conscious Success Formula (more on this in future blogs). The FIRST STEP to moving ahead is becoming aware of what is true in your current situation. This blog I used my own loosing weight as an example.
Next week I'll apply this to how you use Conscious Awareness to rapidly move yourself forward financially. I wanted to share about loosing weight because I know that many other people have this same problem.
If you have any comments about this, you are welcome to add them.
Best to YOU!
J V Crum, III, MBA
CEO Conscious Millionaire Institute, LLC