End Stress Over Success. Start in 3 Easy Steps.

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How do you feel when you get a win in your business? When I first started working with my Internet Franchise, I was DETERMINED to be successful! I attended training, listened to audio seminars. Free time was spent at the Barnes & Noble Self Employment sections so I could learn to be better at Sales - Leadership - Enterpreneurship.

I created a goal that I would reach a specific level of success in a specified period of time. It was a SMART Goal (Specific - Measurable - Attainable - Realistic - Timed). I created an action plan: Result producing activity on a daily basis which would lead to a weekly activity goal and to monthly results.

I was ready. I engaged in my plan of action. I got to work.

And it happened...all of my attention, work and intention created success!

CRAP! Now What!?

I didn't feel ready, willing or qualified to receive the success. I hadn't read enough books. I didn't know the right words to say. I wasn't sure what to do NEXT. And I actually RESISTED the success. My worry over screwing up the success I worked so hard to achieve actually created challenges and problems that I could never have anticipated.

The problem was - I was so busy preparing for the success that I forget to prepare for the next step after the success. I think I didn't really believe the work would turn into the results. And of course, I worried that it wouldn't. ;-)

We start off when we are born knowing that anything is possible. And then we got told NO a lot. We have high expectations set for us by our parents, teachers, babysitters and more. We are judged and reprimanded into conformity. We are taught not to dream too much.

And so we forget that we can have ANYTHING we want and are willing to work for. And actually, with enough positive attention and gratitude we don't have to work that hard.

Success with ease is so much more wonderful than success with stress. For me this is a proactive practice. I have not found it to be automatic yet but it is much more so now than when I started. Here are the 3 steps that helped me get more ease in my journey and success.

Step 1 - Spend 7 days in a row with no BLAMING, COMPLAINING or JUSTIFYING. 
We have no idea how much time we spend doing these three toxic habits. Our minds go constantly with negativity...even when we aren't really paying attention. Even though I was positive on the outside, I had a steady stream of self-judgement going on when I was going through my daily tasks. I began by talking nicely to myself. Then I started talking and thinking nicely of others. This is a daily practice still after many years and it completely shifted my perspective and the ease in which I live my life.
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 Step 2 - Create a GRATITUDE list each day of what I was grateful for.
What are you grateful for? This may be a hard list for you to start...but once you begin you will realize you don't have enough time, ink or paper to finish the list. Once I got practiced I realized I couldn't write quickly enough to get it all down. It felt a little at first like the prayer my mom would say with you before you went to bed. "God bless Mommy and Daddy and Rufus and Grandma and Grandpa..etc". You may need to start out big before you can go small. And then you will realize that even the smallest beauty is a blessing.


Step 3 - Write a SUCCESS LIST and include everything I had ever done that had a positive result.
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Do you have any idea what you have done??? Start with today. What did you do RIGHT? Who were you nice to? Who did you help without expecting something in return? What win did you get at work or home? What did you help someone accomplish so they had less struggle? Now go to yesterday! Go back as far as you can. You may find that the memories get a bit spotty the farther back you go. And you may need to start with the big ones - Got that job; Married the (wo)man of my dreams; Bought a house; Had a child; Got a degree in college. Write them ALL DOWN. Don't skip anything...even the small stuff.

When I believe it will all work out ... it does. When I believe it is possible it is. When I know it has wings it has.

This also takes BELIEF and FAITH. Faith in yourself. Faith in the process. Faith in the probability of success. Faith in the Universe/God/Spirit.

We are all here for something special. We all hold something special inside of us. I believe that we did not come here to live a life of mediocrity, stress and struggle. When we open our eyes and look to live a legacy of making the world a better place with our own unique gifts, the EASE will follow.

How does success show up in your life? What are some of your most proud accomplishments? 



The inspiration from this post was received from the All That Ease Podcast, episode 2 entitled  Podcast 2 - Two Peas in a Podcast (direct download link)
Gratitude is the key to shifting your life experience from
Struggling to Challenging.#livewithease
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