Trick or Treat…
Happy Halloween!
Have a safe and fun Trick or Treat…Remember what it’s like to be a kid and have fun!!
The key word is FUN!
In fact…demand of yourself some fun this weekend!
Go Big!
Kristen
Happy Halloween!
Have a safe and fun Trick or Treat…Remember what it’s like to be a kid and have fun!!
The key word is FUN!
In fact…demand of yourself some fun this weekend!
Go Big!
Kristen
I’m all fired up right now!
I’ve been getting tons of comments to my different posts and that’s AWESOME!
BUT…
About 1 out of every 4 comments gets me all riled up…
Why?
I’ll tell you why…
Too many people are wasting their energy on what everyone else is doing…
I’ve literally received a bunch of emails saying pretty much the same thing which is essentially this:
“Why should I live at 100% when nobody else does?”
I’ll tell you why…
BECAUSE IT’S YOUR LIFE!
Stop waiting for someone else or something else to change before you change…
If you do that, you’re going to have a life full of waiting…
This isn’t about anyone else…
This isn’t about the people who don’t care and don’t respect other people and don’t live anywhere near 100%. This isn’t about the government or what your parents didn’t do for you or who let you down.
This isn’t about anyone else…
It’s about you!
One of the most powerful quotes is “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
This applies to everything!
If you want your relationships to change…
Change who YOU are in the relationship.
If you want your money situation to change…
Change how YOU think about money.
If you want your health to change…
Change how YOU deal with your health.
If you want your LIFE to change…
Change how YOU live your life.
You are the creator of your world…that’s it.
There are always going to be less than desireable people, situations and events in your life…
But here’s the exciting part…
You can control how YOU react to these people, situations and events…
Get over it, stop waiting and stop giving your power away…
You can live an extraordinary life and you can start living it RIGHT THIS SECOND but you have to claim it…you have to decide that you are extraordinary no matter what other people are doing or believe.
You are extraordinary!
You were born that way…
1 step at a time is all it takes and the first step is to CLAIM it and decide that in this moment your life is yours and you decide what to do with it and how to act and react NO MATTER WHAT IS THROWN AT YOU!
You are extraordinary…
Are you ready to claim it?
This might make you uncomfortable…
Some of you may be so uncomfortable you choose to stop coming here…
Some of you may be so uncomfortable that you comment or email me with 1 more attempt to give power to anyone other than yourself…1 more email of “But the government” or “But everyone else” or “But my job” or “But my finances”…
Stop looking for buts…you will always be able to find them and as long as you do you will stay stuck EXACTLY where you are…
Sorry it’s harsh…but it’s true!
I promise you that no matter how terrible your situation is…
There is at least 1 person who has triumphed over worse…
I’m not minimizing your pain or the fact that there are some careless people in this world or that the economy is tough right now…you have right to all of that…but it’s not helping you anymore.
Stop clinging to it…
It’s no longer an option to define your world by anything outside of yourself…
Leave me a comment right now and tell me if you are ready to let go of what everyone else seems to be doing and claim your life…
Tell me EXACTLY what you are ready to let go of so you can step into your extraordinary self…
Do it now…your life can’t wait any longer!
Go Big!
Kristen
Let me tell you a story…
Years ago I was doing a production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ — picture this…
It is the night when every investor in the theatre guild comes to the show — lot’s of pressure with this particular show and the thing that NEVER happens to me happens…
I’m sick as a dog and more than that…I barely have a voice and the part I play sings the entire story to the audience for 90 minutes…
YIKES!
I’m a trooper…I’ll push past the point when most people are smart enough to stop…but this was different.
I called the producers to my dressing room and told them my voice was almost completely gone and that I didn’t think I would be able to deliver 100%…
They insisted that I go on and agreed to do whatever it took to make that happen INCLUDING lowering some keys, changing a few endings and having some people double my voice in certain sections…
IT WAS CRAZY!
There was a point right before stage when I felt so defeated that my head dropped down and I watched tears hit the floor in front of me…
It was right at that moment that the stage manager walked around the corner…
He put his arm around me and asked me if I was ok…
I told him that it was killing me that on this big night I was no where near 100%…
And then he said it…and this thing he said changed my life in that moment and then again the next day…
This is what he said, “Kristen, relax…you need to realize that your 50% is most people’s 100%.”
WOW…
Ok…here’s how it changed my life that night…
It gave me the courage to go out there and know that for that night, 50% was going to be enough.
Here’s how it changed my life the next day…
I realized that I NEVER again wanted to live my life at 50% just because I could get away with it.
Here’s the thing…
Sometimes all you have is 50% and that’s enough!
BUT
When you have 100% to give and you only give 50% because no one will notice…
Who are you really hurting?
Are you getting away with something or are you stealing from yourself?
Leave me a comment right now and tell me if you are ready to give 100% even if you can get away with less…
Leave me a comment and tell me why you MUST live at the 100% version of yourself…
Do it now…this is your life and you deserve for it to be extraordinary!
Go Big!
Kristen
It’s Sunday, so I’ll keep this short…
I want you to start to do something every day and I promise you that you’ll be shocked at what you find…
So what is it?
3 Times a Day for 30 Days, set an alarm and when it goes off, stop what you’re doing and ask yourself these 3 questions…
That’s it…
It seems absurdly simple…
But the results can change your life…
Don’t judge yourself if you were focusing on something that wasn’t helping you move toward your ultimate life…
Just the awareness and decision to make another choice will be enough…
Here’s the deal though…
YOU HAVE TO DO IT!
Decide now to set an alarm for 3 specific times each day, schedule it or you won’t do it and this is ULTIMATELY important, and then DO IT!
Think about it, 90 seconds a day can change your life…
Are you in?
I want you to leave a comment now telling me if you will commit to doing this 3 times a day for 30 days…
If you are just going to TRY to do it…don’t bother!
I know that sounds rough, but this is your life and I’m only asking you to commit to 90 seconds a day…
Leave me a comment and let me know if you are ready to commit to this…
Do it now and you are 1 step closer to your extraordinary life!
Go Big!
Kristen
The other night I sat around talking with 2 of my closest friends.
We were talking about losing people you love and the process you go through afterward to reclaim your life…
We all agreed that when you go through losing someone who is very important to you, there is a healthy amount of ‘The small stuff doesn’t matter’ that follows…
And that’s a good thing!
However, one of my friends made the very good point that there is a flip side to that when you are suddenly faced with the reality that we are all going to live and then we are going to die and that flip side is the natural impulse to wonder why any of it matters.
Then she said the most amazing thing…
She said, “I feel like I’ve lost the constant hope I used to have. I’m still looking for it, but if I’m being honest, I’ve lost my hope.”
When she said this her eyes were so clear and honest and real…
I said, “Isn’t that just hope showing up differently?”
“What do you mean?” she asked…
“Well, you’ve lost your hope but you are still looking for it…so you have hope you’ll re-discover your hope…”
Her eyes lit up…
“Yeah, funny…you’re right.” She seemed relieved…
Here’s the deal…
When it seems like you’ve lost your hope, for whatever reason…
Ask yourself if you still truthfully feel that you are looking to have hope again…
Sometimes emotions show up in different ways than we are used to…
They have to re-design themselves so that we’ll notice them and feel them and not always recognize them…
Have you lost hope?
About anything…you can lose hope in one area and not another…
So, have you lost hope?
Do you feel yourself looking for it…wondering if you’ll find it right where you left it?
Then let me give you the good news…
You still have it…
It is never too late for hope…
It is never too late to believe that things can change…
It is never too late to live an extraordinary life…
You can do it…one step at a time!
Don’t hesitate…
Leave me a comment and tell me where you have hope!
Go Big!
Kristen