Are you a toe dipper?

Before you answer, let me explain what I’m talking about…

There are 3 ways to enjoy the ocean water.

1. You can walk to the water’s edge and get your toes wet as the tide comes in or what I call ‘Toe Dip’…

OR

2. You can Slowly walk into the water, stopping at different levels to let your body get used to the chilly temperature before moving forward…

OR

3. You can simply jump in.

Here’s something to think about…

Picture a child at the beach running back and forth as the tide comes in and out – they run gleefully toward the water and when the cold touches their toes they come screaming and run away as the tide chases them back up the beach.

It’s such a fun thing to watch but it’s also a great lesson.

If you ONLY ‘toe dip’ you never allow yourself to get used to the water’s temperature — which means, you never really get in the water.

BUT — if you slowly move forward into the water, 1 level at a time, and at each level allow yourself to get used to the temperature, before you know it, you are swimming and loving the water!

This is exactly the same in life – if you retreat at the first inkling of change, fear, or even at the first shift in your senses, then you are losing out on any great change or movement in your life. But, if you move forward one level at a time — push your comfort zone and then let your belief sets expand to the new level you are living in, then, before you know it, you have completely transformed your life!

So I ask you again – are you a toe dipper?

If you answered ‘yes’ or even if you answered ‘sometimes’ the next time you feel that unfamiliar feeling, I want you to give yourself a chance, let yourself get used to each new level and keep moving forward — and every once in a while, do something really fun and just jump right in!

You’ll be amazed at what this change will bring you!

Leave me a comment — I can’t wait to hear what you have to say!

Life Mastery is Yours!

Kristen

“Are you your own advocate?”

You may have heard that you need to be your own advocate when it comes to your health care, and that is so true…

But, I want to take this a step further…

You need to be your own advocate in EVERY area of your life…

• With health
• With money
• With relationships
• With business
• With your home or your car
• With your dreams
• With EVERYTHING…

Take care of yourself, ask questions, when you instinctually feel that something is important — make sure it happens…

I know that sometimes it is easier to just go along with things even if they don’t feel exactly right, I know that being your own advocate will sometimes cause you to have to push your comfort zone…

But please do it! Right now, commit to being your own advocate in EVERY area of your life…

Trust yourself…

Always hold your best interests in your heart and act from there…

Can you do that?

Leave me a comment and let me know!

Go Big!

Kristen

What a hot button topic…

Some of you are angry that I ever said you could live at 100% all of the time — and that’s ok, but I would like to clarify something on that –

I think the anger came because it seemed that I was saying you should push yourself too hard all the time and wear yourself down –

Please understand this…

That is NOT what I’m saying!

You can’t run a race horse 24/7 — so when I say you can be at 100% all of the time, I mean that you can be 100% present in whatever it is you are doing — even if what you are doing is recovering and sitting on the couch drooling on yourself…

That’s my point — be present in whatever you are doing 100%

Now, some of you weren’t angry at all and got a big wake up call — COOL…

And from those people, one of you asked a great question and that is the purpose of this post…

The question was something to the effect of, “Why do we choose less than 100% even when we know choosing that way will keep us from our dreams?”

Aha! Like I said, GREAT question…

And my response…

(Well, I’ll be honest, I’m going to write a lot more on this later…)

I want to know why YOU think we choose less than 100% even when we know it isn’t going to get us where we want to go…

So, leave me a comment — and rest assured, I will be writing a whole post on this question, (and I’ll give you a hint — comfort zone, fear of change, fear of success and subconscious blocks all play a role)…

Can’t wait to hear what you have to say!

Go Big!

Kristen

1. Think out of the box
2. Get out of the box
3. Don’t get trapped in the box

You get the idea…

Well I want to make sure you are clear on 2 very important things when it comes to living out of the box…

1. The ‘Box’ isn’t the same for everyone

2. The ‘Box’ will change for you if you are really living out of it

Here’s the deal…

If you look at what most people would think is ‘Out of the box’ but it doesn’t push your comfort zone at all, then guess what?

That’s their box not yours and if you spend your life living out of someone elses definition of what the box is, you won’t ever live up to your potential.

On the other hand, if what someone else defines as “Out of the box” pushes your comfort zone so far that it will break and you try to live out of that box, you will be TOO uncomfortable and it will backfire.

So what do you need to do?

Figure out what “Out of the box” is for YOU!

Which brings us to the second point that you need to know…

Once you start living out of the box, the definition of “Out of the box” will consistently change for you because you are stretching and growing.

What does that mean to you?

That means — stay aware and keep adjusting your view of what “Out of the box” is to you!

Living “Out of the box” is essential if you want your life to be about growth and progression, but without these 2 important points you can get lost!

Leave me a comment — let me know what “Out of the box” is for you!

Go Big!

Kristen

Does that make sense?

Get used to being uncomfortable…

We all know we need to be uncomfortable to grow right?

And yet, so many people cling to their comfort zone even though they are miserable and desparately desire change…

Now hear me on this…

There is a difference between pushing your comfort zone

And BREAKING your comfort zone…

Pushing is good…

In fact it’s GREAT!

But BREAKING it is bad…

Every day I want you to look for ways to push your comfort zone…

Get used to being uncomfortable and your world will start to change in ways you could never imagine…

When you are uncomfortable ask yourself “How is this an opportunity to grow?”

Remember, the goal isn’t to change your life overnight…

The goal is to change your life one step at a time –

If you grow 1% a day — and by that I mean you push your comfort zone once every day –

• How different will your life be 1 month from now?
• How about 6 months from now?
• What will your life look like in a year?

Welcome the uncomfortable, because it is the key to the extraordinary!

Leave me a comment…if you are someone that normally doesn’t comment because it makes you UNCOMFORTABLE then you know what you need to do!

Go Big!

Kristen

That doesn’t mean life has to be painful…

But there will be pain…

I want to talk about 2 specific types of pain — these aren’t the only types, but they are the 2 kinds that determine a lot about the life you design — or don’t design…

So what are they?

1. The pain of discipline

2. The pain of regret

Now don’t get me wrong here…

You know I am all about creating a life of flow and ease and not forcing your life…

Which leads me to the pain of discipline –

Let me rename it to– The pain of consistently pushing your comfort zone in order to move you toward your goals…

That’s really what it is…

Just discipline to be disciplined can rob you of a lot of joy…

And so many of us see crazy strict discipline AND will power as the only way to get what we want — but the pain of that random and meeningless discipline is EXACTLY why we consistently choose NOT to follow through.

That’s why we need to redefine it IMMEDIATELY so that you can start to thrive…

Here’s what I want you to do…

Throw out discipline and will power –

You heard me…

Throw it out!

Now before you get all giddy, here’s what I can tell you…

What I am going to ask you to replace discipline and will power with will make you VERY uncomfortable…

BUT it will also bring you results!

Replece discipline and will power with choosing to consistently push your comfort zone in order to move you toward your goals…

Every day…

Don’t just do things to be disciplined…

Do them, because they make you uncomfortable AND will move you toward what you want…

Doing this will save you from the worst pain of all…

The pain of REGRET…

Are you ready?

Leave me a comment and tell me how you will push your comfort zone this week…

Go Big!

Kristen

There are 39 days left in 2009…

I thought an experiment to see how far you can move forward while still enjoying the holiday season was appropriate!

First let me ask you this question…

If I told you that you could significantly move your life forward between now and January 1, 2010 and it would only take 15 minutes a day…

Would you commit to dedicating 15 minutes a day EVERY DAY for the next 39 days?

I’m going to assume you answered ‘Yes’!

So this is what we are going to do…

Starting today and going through Dec. 31, 2009 I want you to do 1 thing each day to move yourself forward…

Here are the rules:

• You MUST do 1 thing each day
• The ‘Thing’ you do MUST take 15 minutes or less to do…
• The ‘Thing’ you do MUST push your comfort zone
• The ‘Thing’ you do MUST make you feel like you have somehow moved yourself forward toward one of your goals

Got it?

It is up to you if you are going to focus on one area of your life to move forward for the next 39 days or if you are going to focus in several directions…

Either way, you WILL see a huge difference IF you absolutely commit to do this AND you follow through.

To help you out, I want you to leave a comment now stating that you are taking part in the challenge and what your focus is.  I also want you to tell me what it is you will do today.

This is another case of you are either in or you aren’t…

I know it’s tough love…but if you are just going to try to commit 15 minutes a day, you aren’t going to get where you want to go…

15 minutes…to move toward the life of your dreams…

• I KNOW you can do this…
• Commit to it now…
• Leave a comment…
• Tell me you’re in…
• Tell me your focus…
• Tell me what you will do today!

Have fun with this!!

YOU ARE EXTRAORDINARY!

Go Big!

Kristen

P.S. Accountability is the key to success…get into my group program and I’ll hold you accountable and get on the phone with you every month to make sure you are on the right path.  Let’s shift your success from a maybe to a definite!  The monthly call is coming up so get in now…

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I’ve been coaching people for years to find their passion and turn it into a business. I have coached people just starting out and I have helped current business owners maximize their businesses to multi million dollar businesses and there was one thing that all of my clients had in common…

They were Entrepreneurs by choice.

But now things are different…

People who never thought about starting their own business are suddenly forced to think about it. People are getting laid off or living under the impending doom of being laid off or at the least having their pay significantly cut and it is turning people into Entrepreneurs not out of choice but out of necessity.

There is a tidal wave of people who feel that they have to attract money fast AND they can NO LONGER rely on their job to do it.

• I see great possibility in this time…
• I see the opportunity for many to actually discover something they love and turn it into a business…
• I see the potential freedom for all of these people…

BUT I know there are lessons they will need to learn and because many of you are now entrepreneurs by necessity, I want to help you shorten the learning curve as much as possible.

• I know you feel like you need to attract money fast…
• I know you feel like you lack the luxury of time to discover what it is you really want to do…
• I know you are seriously pushing your comfort zone…

Whether you are an entrepreneur by choice or necessity, I know you are going through all of this because I went through it too and I can help you avoid some of the mistakes I made and shorten your journey where mine was long and painful.

I have received more emails than I can count from my subscribers telling me about this opportunity and that opportunity and that they don’t know what to do and which direction to go and how not to make mistakes. I know if you have someone guiding you openly and honestly you are more likely to start to succeed quickly!

So let me give you 3 tips right now:

1. I know you feel rushed, but you MUST take a few minutes to decide what areas of focus actually excite you. I promise you that when you start as an entrepreneur, if you start in an area you love, your chances for success increase by almost 80%.

2. Do your due diligence! There are 8 million people out there saying they have the opportunity that will make you a millionaire or financially free or an extra 10k per month. Some of them are legit and many are not. Do your due diligence. Find out everything you can about them and their success rate. Ask people you respect if they know anything about them. ALWAYS talk to someone at the company first before you dive in. How you are handled now is a great indicator of how you will be handled if you use their system or product or coaching.

3. Stick with 1 thing! I talk about this a lot in my coaching…I call it the ‘Something Shiny’ Epidemic. This is where you are so excited about an idea that you are sure is going to make you the money you need fast that you jump in, BUT the second another opportunity comes to you, you are lured to it because it seems like it might get you money faster. Trust me…I lived like this for a while and all this did was put me in debt. It wasn’t until I took a second to only look at opportunities that excited me THEN did my due diligence and THEN chose 1 and STUCK WITH IT that my life turned around. Learn from my mistakes on this one!

Leave a comment — I always love to see what you’re thinking!

Go through the ‘Finding your purpose’ exercises I have in the different posts on the blog, go through the exercises in the Free Report and reach out to me and the other people in the Law of Attraction Key Community.

Your time is now and I am excited to help you on your journey!

Go Big!

Kristen

‘What is Kristen?’

I’ll tell you…

We spend more time justifying why we haven’t done something than it would take us to actually do the thing we haven’t done.

When it comes to attracting money or finding our purpose or taking steps toward the life we desire, we to procrastinate.

Why is it so easy to say things like, “I’ll do it tomorrow?” and then wake up tomorrow feeling terrible because we let another day go by without doing whatever it was?

We do this with little things and big…and either way the message is the same…when we let another day go by without doing something…big or small…the message we send to ourselves is, “I SUCK!”

Vice Versa when we do actually take action on something proactive…big or small…the message is also the same, “I ROCK!”

So what gives?

First of all…I am going to stand up and say that I think most of us have quite a few things on our ‘Lists’ that we keep putting off because quite simply they don’t really need to be done.

I know crazy thought right!?

I realized this the other day as I was changing the date for when yet another task was due in my Outlook Calendar…I realized that I had been changing the date on that specific action item for over a year.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Over a year??!! So I asked myself one simple question…

‘Will doing this move my life forward or make me any happier or better off than I am right now?’

I was met with a resounding, ‘NO!’

And so I did the most amazing thing…

I deleted it…and felt like 5 lbs lift off me.

So, I tried it with the next thing that popped up as a ‘To Do Reminder’…I asked myself, ‘Will doing this move my life forward or make me any happier or better off than I am right now?’ and this time the answer was ‘Yes!’

UGH…it was a yes…and it was going to push my comfort zone…but it was a yes and now that I knew it was a yes if I didn’t take action I would really send myself the ‘I suck’ message…so…I gritted my teeth and did it…

It took 5 minutes…

And when I was done (it was a phone call) there was no doubt in my mind that ‘I ROCK!’

So that’s my new thing…with everything…I ask myself some form of this question:

Will doing this move my life forward or make me any happier or better off than I am right now?

This works with attracting money, discovering your purpose, making plans, possible opportunities, who you spend time with, how you spend your time, what clothes you wear…EVERYTHING

Life changing…

Your thoughts? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about this…

Also, I have had some of you email me wondering if I really would keep my promise to email you back.

And I PROMISE once again…I WILL email you back and I WILL respond to all comments you leave here!

I am here to help you along your journey and I’m also here to make it as enjoyable as possible!

Go Big!

Kristen

Most people look at the weekend as a time to escape from their lives (something I’ll address at a different time)…

I want you to look at it as a time to take Inspired Action and step into the life you desire and want to create!

I’ve said it 8 million times and I’ll say it again…

If you want the Law of Attraction to work for you instead of against you, you MUST take Inspired Action!

Now here’s the deal, most people look at the things they are dissatisfied with and they do one of 2 things:

1. Ignore it (Bad Idea)

2. Try to FORCE it to change by taking action (EVEN WORSE Idea)

I know I said for the Law of Attraction to work for you Inspired Action must be taken…just make sure it is Inspired Action and not just ANY action.

If you are trying to force something to change or ‘think’ your way out of something you can chalk that up to ‘Just any action’.

When you feel an instinct to do something THAT is Inspired Action.

Here are the tricky things about Inspired Action…

• Inspired Action doesn’t always seem completely practical
• Inspired Action will often make you push your comfort zone

I want to give you a trick…

A way for you to take Inspired Action EVERY DAY…

Yes, I said it, I want you to take Inspired Action every day, EVEN ON THE WEEKEND!

If you are serious about designing your life instead of living it by default, then the weekend can be a time for fun and doing the things on your purpose list (check out the posts from earlier this week if you haven’t written your purpose list yet).  The weekend can be a time for increased attention to creating the life you desire.

I want you to imagine taking 1 step (just 1) of Inspired Action every single day…

How different will your life be a year from now?

What about a month from now?

Or even by the end of the day?

Are you getting excited yet?

The best part is that you can do this 1 step of Inspired Action at a time!

Here’s the trick to help you…

Every day (even on the weekends) I want you to look at your current primary goal (target) and ask yourself this one question:

‘What 1 step can I take today, that even if it pushes my comfort zone, I KNOW will take me 1 step closer to ————– (fill in your goal here)?’

Now here’s the key to this trick…

1. It has to be 1 step and 1 step ONLY of Inspired Action

(Call Jimmy to talk about our Joint Venture is 1 step, Get new website up is multiple steps.)

2. You HAVE TO TAKE THE INSPIRED ACTION!

The cool part is that most of the time the step of Inspired Action will take less than an hour and will move you forward more than 10 hours of JUST ANY ACTION.

Seriously, 1 inspired action phone call will normally change your life faster than 10 hours of organizing your office.

If you can actually change your life in 1 step of Inspired Action a day and in 1 hour or less a day, when is the best time to take the first step?

Now or NOW?

Go Big!