90% are you KIDDING me?

YIKES!  I was just watching “Design Star” and one of the designers did a terrible job –

When it came to the part of the show where they have to defend themselves or face elimination, the judges asked her what grade she would give herself…

Now, she obviously thought claiming how badly she had done was the only way to go, so she gave herself a 60% as a grade…

Okay…no big deal, we all have bad days and at least she claimed it…

Now here’s the part that made me leap from my chair to come write this post…

She was eliminated, and during her final interview, she talked about how upset she was with herself for putting in a 60% effort because she is normally a 90% person…

90% — Are you kidding me?

Listen, you aren’t always going to get amazing results with everything you do, but do you want to be someone that gives 90% or 100%?

Seriously, is 90% acceptable to you?

Now, please realize I know that there are days where your 100% will be significantly different than 100% on other days –

For instance, I was feeling under the weather the other day, so my 100% was hardly the same as it is when I am at peak and feel great…

But the fact of the matter remains…

This is YOUR LIFE and you are either going to invest yourself 100% or less than 100% — so which is it going to be for you?

This may seem like tough love, but it’s because I know the path to you having an extraordinary life is by putting yourself 100% into your life — remember, this isn’t about results…it’s about how invested you are!

Leave a comment on this one and pass it along to anyone you thing might benefit from it!

I value you 100%!

Go Big!

Kristen

Success in 15 minutes a day — will you commit to yourself?

Experiment time!

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

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I Challenge you…

I have a challenge for you this weekend!

Here’s the deal…

I want you to live and extraordinary life!

• This isn’t just about money
• This isn’t just about love
• This isn’t just about health
• This isn’t just about purpose
• This isn’t just about fun
• This isn’t just about spirituality
• This isn’t just about Joy and Relationships and Creativity…

This is about your COMPLETE LIFE!

There are too many people wandering around, settling for mediocre, accepting a version of themselves that is less than what they want and can be, do and have!

So I have a challenge for you…

And it’s not going to be what you’d think…

• I’m not going to ask you how you can move forward toward your goals this weekend…
• I’m not going to try to inspire you to believe you can be, do and have all that you desire…
• I’m not going to give you tough love and ask you to claim responsibility for everything that happens to you from this moment forward…
• I’m just going to ask you to do 1 thing and this 1 thing will be the start of greatness…

What is it then?

I’ll tell you…

I challenge you to do 1 thing for yourself this weekend!

Just decide to do 1 thing…

Take 1 moment to appreciate yourself in some way…

I PROMISE you it will be harder than you think…

I PROMISE you that this is the start to your extraordinary life!

When you appreciate yourself — you appreciate other people more

When you give to yourself — you have more to give

When you love yourself — you become boundless love

Leave me a comment and let me know what you are going to do for yourself…

Don’t wait…don’t hope that you’ll do this…commit now!

Accountability is the sure fire way to turbo charge your results and I will hold you accountable to this…

Your life depends on it!

Go Big!

Kristen

This is going to make some people angry…

I have to write this post even though I know it’s going to make some people angry…

In fact I know that I will probably get a bunch of people riled up enough that they choose to never visit the likes of me or my blog again…

BUT I have to write it…

Why?

Because this one thing is causing people to live in misery and feel alone and defeated and I can’t stand it anymore…

That being said, it’s tough love time and this IS coming from a place of love…

Here we go…

Being a victim is only going to rob YOU of your life!

• I know bad things have happened to you, in fact some horrible things may have happened to you and I am not asking you to ignore that.
• I know people may not always be there for you or know what you need or consider you as they barrel through their lives…
• We (understandably) hold onto these things to protect ourselves from getting hurt again…
• Then we start to look for them even when they aren’t there…
• We stop communicating and sit around looking for proof that we aren’t important to the people in our lives or that we’ll never get what we want because we are too old or fat or thin or young or alone or stretched for time or money or, or, or…

At some point, being a victim only hurts one person and that is you!

All of the hurt that has happened in your life is only hurting you more if it defines every moment forward…

All the pain and alone serves to keep you alone because you won’t risk connection and communication…

The cost is great…

The cost is everything…

If you are ready to create the life you desire…

A life without limits…

A life with abundance and prosperity and love and laughter and adventure…

Then eventually you are going to have to stop hoping someone or something will come fix your life for you…

You’ll have to stop resisting love and connection and risk…

You’ll have to stop waiting for anyone you are going to give your love to to PROVE that they love you just because you’re you…

You’ll have to see that blame isn’t helping you anymore and that holding onto the pain of the past is keeping you in the past and keeping you from your life…

You are going to have to wake up one day (and only you will know when that day is) and decide that what has happened is over and you can start again NOW…

I’m not saying that the pain doesn’t suck and I’m certainly not saying that it is ok for people to knowingly hurt you and cause you pain…

I am saying that pain happens and you can become more because of it and you can still love and have everything you desire once you stop looking for proof of how awful and painful and lacking your life is…

I say this for you because I care…

I say this knowing that you shouldn’t do this UNTIL you are ready…

I say this risking that it will cause you to think I am blaming you and telling you that everything bad that has happened to you doesn’t matter (even though that couldn’t be further from the truth.)

I say this because we ALL need to hear it…and that includes me…

This is the key…

Everything bad that has happened to you up until this moment — it’s time to get over it!

Do it for yourself and no one else…

Do it to clear yourself so you can begin to live again…

I am not blaming or pointing fingers…I believe in everything that you are and I want you to experience yourself in your full glory…

I say this from my heart…

Are you ready to let go of the past?  Leave me a comment and let me know!

Go Big!

Kristen

3 Steps to Attract Money Fast (Part 2)

I know you want to get to the 3 Steps to Attract Money Fast, so let’s dive right in…

Last post we talked about the 3 C’s and how they may be natural but they only make the situation worse. Today we’ll get into the 3 G’s. As I said last time, The 3 Steps to Attract Money Fast require you to step out of your comfort zone and go against survival instinct.

I told you these 3 Steps may sound ‘Woo Woo’ and even completely ridiculous, but if you are here reading this, I’m assuming you are ready to try them and give them an honest shot the next time you need to attract money or anything fast.

The 3 Steps to Attract Money Fast aka The 3 G’s:

1. Gratitude
2. Give
3. Generate

1. GRATITUDE:

Gratitude is the way to abundance. It’s as simple as that.

Do this right now…no matter how awful things may seem in your life right now…it’s time to get grateful.

I can hear you kicking and screaming, ‘Are you crazy Kristen? Nothing in my life is going right and you want me to be grateful?’

Yes…that’s exactly right…I want you to be grateful and I GUARANTEE you that you have at least 3 things you can be grateful for.

Time for some tough love…

Your life might be terrible right now, but when you sit in Complaining and Self Pity and any of the other awful emotions you may be feeling, you prolong the struggle.

So I ask you this…

What do you have to be grateful for right now?

Part of you is probably yelling at me, ‘NOTHING…I have NOTHING to be GRATEFUL FOR!’

Here, let me help…

• Are you breathing right now?
• Can you read?
• Can you walk and run and talk and laugh?
• Can you think and imagine?
• Can you hear and smell and eat?
• Do you have someone (anyone) somewhere that loves you?
• Do you have someone (anyone) somewhere that you love?

I promise you that if you are reading this right now you have something to be grateful for…in fact, I believe you have at least 3 things to be grateful for.

What are they? You can answer in your head, on paper or post them here.

Even if it doesn’t make sense to you…the FIRST STEP in the 3 Steps to Attract Money Fast is to get grateful.

What are 3 things you are grateful for? I don’t care how small they are…think of each of them…really focus on them individually…why are you grateful for these things?

Focus on them, feel them, breathe into them and then for each of them say, ‘THANK YOU’.

If you are thankful for being able to breathe say, ‘I am so grateful for my breath and for my body that breathes without me having to tell it to, THANK YOU.’

If you are thankful for your imagination say, ‘I am so grateful for that I can imagine what if feels like to have a full and abundant life, THANK YOU!’

You get the idea…

Do it now…

I don’t care if it seems silly…DO IT!

Just by doing it you will change your state…

You will literally shift from an awareness of lack to an awareness of abundance. Remember you attract what you focus on!

Now you are ready for the second step in the 3 Steps to Attract Money Fast…

We’ll talk about the 2^nd G next time…until then, place a comment and let me know what you are Grateful for…

I am grateful for you!

Go Big!

Kristen

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