How to Change Your Life

If you had the magical power to change yourself into what you would really like to be, would you exercise that power? Of course you would. First you would have to strip away the fantasy and get down to the nuts and bolts of what you would really want of yourself. Most people, for a number of reasons, never get past the fantasy stage. Some are not aware they really could make the change, while others are too lazy. After all, change requires effort.

Let’s get serious for a moment and ask ourselves some hard questions. Are you the sort of person you really want to be? If not, I challenge you to write down what sort of person you want to change into. It may seem that you need a magic wand — so be it, you possess a powerful magic wand, it’s called “choice”. Write down in detail and include the physical, mental and personality traits you want. And one more thing, include your spiritual self.

The largest stumbling blocks to a change in life is lack of belief. The belief factor can usually be overcome by a convincing argument, peppered with facts and garnished with persuasion. Clear away again the accumulated debris of self doubt and procrastination that prevents you from being honest with yourself and objective in your aim. Libraries of the world are full of stories of enterprises with humble beginnings, expanding into giant corporations and business empires, by insignificant people daring to do - finding they could - and becoming great. These are stories of overcoming seemingly impossible odds, using limited means, and in the end the underdog triumphs.

Goals are the result of bringing dreams, ideas and ideals into tangible and examinable form. Goals without the means to achieve are only useful for flights of fancy; a occasional pick-me-up. Without a plan we see the goal but a section of our life is missing; we are without the bridge or mechanism to cross from fantasy to reality.

You must get your goals into written form, otherwise you will continue to play mind games which belong in adolescence rather than adulthood. Plan your dream so that you can nail down the goals and the means to achieve them. When you write it all down, it cannot escape from your grasp and will not become fleeting, waste moments. I cannot stress enough the need to solidify you dreams with the written word and the need to do it quickly before the vapour of smoke vanishes and recall is lost.

Goals need a map or track to follow. Maps provide information, prevailing conditions, direction, Remember, life goals are identifiable but intangible. So we need a charted course to fi nd the way. Our map to achieving our goals must be as explicit and clear as possible with as much detail packed in as we can manage.

Many a man has failed because he did not plan well, and, as the saying goes, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Spend time visualising a map and the form it should take, so it will remain a clear reminder of the task ahead. You need a life map to the end of your life simply because that is the intelligent thing to do.

The good and the bad will come along, but we move the bias towards the good because we have planned and mapped out our future.

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