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You Can Create the Life You Want (A Free Report)

July 22nd, 2010

Shelia

Years ago I put together a binder that changed my life. Over the years I’ve shown this binder to many people and shared my story. Many were inspired to create similar binders and they too experienced great results. Many have suggested that I share this idea and so now, finally, in this report, I am sharing this simple process that has helped me to create a wonderful life.

This report outlines the construction and use of what I call your “Personal Catalog.” A Personal Catalog is a binder you create and use to collect and review all that you choose to have in your life.

When I first began creating what I call pages, I had no idea how powerfully they would affect my life. I had been indirectly introduced to the idea of a vision board.

A friend of mine told me of a class she attended where they were instructed to paste pictures and words of things they liked on a poster board. She showed me her poster board and I really liked it and the idea. She said the point was to put it where you could see it and that would help you have the things on the board in your life.

Looking back I realize she didn’t really understand the whole idea and to her it was just something fun she did in a class. I also realize through hind-sight that I didn’t really know what I was doing either but fortunately I had always enjoyed putting pictures and words together so I ran with the idea.

I have since learned that what you put your attention on expands in your life, especially that which you envision using your imagination and all of your senses to the point of feeling it as real.

The first step in creating what you want is deciding exactly what you want. Creating a personal catalog can make this a fun and engaging process.

Download your free report here.
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You Can Have Time Freedom – Right Now! (A Free Report)

July 1st, 2010

Shelia

This report provides a step by step plan for creating and enjoying time freedom in your life – effective immediately!

Recent polls show that “time freedom” is the number one thing that people want more of in their lives… more important than both money and sex.

We all want it and yet it has become a very rare commodity. Our lives are fast and full and much demands our attention in today’s busy world.

“I want it all!” is the common declaration that created the busy world we live in. “I want to look great, live in a great house, have a wonderful family, travel, entertain, AND have the time to get a massage and read a book and go sailing on Tuesday afternoon.”

Is this possible?

It’s the “Dream.” It’s what drives our economy.

Do you REALLY KNOW what you want in your life? Have you defined it clearly and deliberately? If so, have you clearly defined a plan for how to have what you want in your life?

The first step in creating time freedom is deciding exactly what you want. This step is often overlooked or not given its due because we believe we don’t have the time.

Download your free report here.
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Recovering Attention

June 30th, 2010

Shelia

To increase the amount of attention you have available to invest in what you want, you may need to recover some that you’ve invested in other stuff (i.e. that phone call you’ve been meaning to make, that mess in the garage you’ve been meaning to sort through, that pile on your desk you’ve been meaning to file, the stories you have running on a repeat loop – yes! all of these eat up your available attention).

Here are a few questions to ponder…

1. What tasks are consuming my attention even though I’m not focusing on them specifically? (i.e. things needing to be done… filing, taxes, gardening, repairs, cleaning, apologies, thank you’s, etc.)

2. What stuff could I give away, discard, or return?

3. What needs repaired or discarded? (i.e. sewing that button on that shirt)

4. What stories do I have that I could let go of? (i.e. “I can’t believe she said that! Who does she think she is? The very nerve of her!” repeat… or “He said he would clean it before he returned it! Look at this mess! I’m never loaning him my stuff ever again!” repeat…)

Public storage is a booming business because our stuff fills every crack and crevice of our space. Have you ever cleaned out the garage or your closet and felt freer, lighter? That’s attention detaching from the stuff and returning to your attention bank account.

Ever finally made that call or said what was on your mind and felt energized? We spend more attention on those “I’m gonna” thoughts than you might imagine. Just do it or decide not to… either way you recover the attention (hint: the relief is in the decision).

Download this simple flowchart to help you organize your stuff. Use it when answering these questions (and others like them) to help you recover attention so you can re-invest it in what you want. The flowchart is based on David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity and his system for getting out of your mind and managing your stuff more effortlessly…I highly recommend his book!

As you go through your day, notice what you give your attention to… you will likely be surprised just how little of it is what you want.

Take my What You Want Challenge and I’ll mentor you free of charge!
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You’re already creating what you want…

June 28th, 2010

Shelia

You’re already creating what you want. Unfortunately, you’re also creating what you resist. The blending of what you give your attention to becomes your life and you can’t resist something (i.e. your body, your job, your relationship) without giving it your attention. Read my article Resistance is Futile, What You Resist You Empower for the full story.

Download your free copy of the Just A Thought About That™ (JATAT) Guidebook to learn three simple questions you can ask to get very clear about what you’re really resisting (you might be surprised) so you can stop giving that your attention. Of course, the JATAT Guidebook also tells you how to stop giving it your attention.

Download the PDF Formula for a Preferred Life and pass it along to your friends and family.
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How to Have What You Want

June 21st, 2010

Shelia

I’ve been studying and teaching how to have what you want for over two decades and now base everything I teach on one simple formula:  

Decide what you want and give that your attention.

This may seem obvious, and it is, but how many of us actually do it?

Your attention is your creative energy, whatever you give your attention to becomes more prominent in your life. Quantum physics is even demonstrating that the act of observing (i.e. directing attention toward) literally changes that which is observed… changing wave functions to particles and back to wave functions when attention is removed.

Can you get the power of this? Attention is the commodity we use to pay for our reality. If you don’t like your reality, stop paying for it with your attention.

Which do you give more attention to, what you want (i.e. freedom, health, harmony, safety, etc.) or what you don’t want (i.e. fear, doubt, lack, drama, etc.)? Which ever it is, you’re empowering that to show up more in your life.

Notice your thoughts as you go through your day. Do you want more of what you think about? You’re empowering your thoughts with your attention – literally asking for more of that!

Make a list of the main things you want in your life right now then set an intention to give the things on your list more attention. You may be surprised just how little attention you give to what you want.

The importance of getting very clear about what you want, cannot be overstated. When you know what you truly want and you focus on that, not only do you empower more of that in your life, you increase your effectiveness and reduce your effort.

Think of something you truly enjoy doing; something you can’t wait to get back to. Do you become more focused in getting done what you need to get done so you can get back to doing what you want? How does that differ from when you’re not engaged in something you enjoy and you have nothing you want to do that you’re working toward?

Here’s another example… Which is more efficient, to go to the grocery store with a list in the order the items appear in the store, or trying to remember what you need as you wander the aisles? Clarity makes all the difference.

Without a focal point (i.e. what you want), managing your attention becomes a much greater challenge. Read my article, The Power of Clarity, for more on this subject.

When attention is not managed deliberately, it becomes scattered and ineffective like the far reaches of a flashlight beam in the dark. But when attention is focused and directed deliberately (easier than you think), it becomes ultra-effective like a laser beam. Both the flashlight and the laser direct light, but one is much more focused than the other, and therefore much more powerful.

Symptoms of poorly managed attention include (but are not limited to): ineffectiveness, boredom, frustration, exhaustion, procrastination, lack of motivation, lethargy, inertia, weight gain, accelerated aging, poor health, insomnia, fear, dread, anxiety, anger, resentment, divorce, loss of libido, etc.

Effects of deliberately managed attention include (but are not limited to): contentment, satisfaction, passion, happiness, clarity, joy, peace, compassion, right livelihood, positive outlook, self-esteem, accomplishments, success, fulfillment, etc.

The choice is yours… decide what you want and give that your attention. I can help.
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As an Attention Mentor, Shelia Norling teaches simple methods of managing your attention and thoughts so you can create a life you love. Take her What You Want Challenge at www.ChangeYourMynd.com and she’ll mentor you free of charge! While you’re there, download her free JATAT Guidebook and learn a simple shift in perspective that allows you to have what you want, effective immediately.

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