Unlock Your True Potential

Feeling stressed out and stuck in a situation, or in life itself, and thinking that you don’t have the skills to do what you really want?  Here are 5 steps to unlocking your true potential to create the life YOU choose.

1 – What’s your PURPOSE?

What is the point of doing anything if there is no purpose behind doing it?  Do you ever feel like you are just going through the motions in life and that you want something more in order to be truly happy?  Perhaps the way you are living out your roles in life is inconsistent with what is really important to you in terms of your values.

Ask Yourself:

• When do I feel most alive and fulfilled?
• What am I bringing to that moment that makes it so fulfilling?

Find your purpose and inject it into everything you do.  You may even make money doing what you love!

2 – Manage your ENERGY

Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are right.”  It may be obvious to most of us that if you have more physical energy, you are more likely to get things done as opposed to sitting around on the couch dead tired.  But what may not be so obvious is how your emotional energy creates your reality.  When you can focus on thoughts that find the gift in a situation, observe what that does to how you are feeling.  Don’t just jump on the negativity bandwagon because those around you are doing it.

Ask Yourself:

• What is another way of looking at this situation?
• Thinking of a difficult time in your past, how did that situation help you to grow?

Change your thoughts to change your mood to change your life.  You may even have people asking you if you ever have a bad day!

3 – Become SELF-AWARE

If we can recognize when our thoughts and behaviors are based on our conditioned self, we create the opportunity to do something different next time.  Most of our minds are running a mile a minute and are full of thoughts that originate from our surroundings and the influence of family, friends, society and our past experiences.

Ask Yourself:

• What can I do to take a break from the constant stream of thinking that distracts me from the present moment?

Practice self–awareness and you will uncover a deeper part of You with unlimited potential.  Watch your confidence soar as your skill set multiplies!

4 – Make CHOICES that serve you

Many of us are running on autopilot.  As we encounter situations throughout the day or are presented with the challenges of life, we often react in the only way that we know how.  In that sense, we aren’t even making a choice at all.  Practicing self-awareness will help you create choices where you can make decisions based on your values rather than a conditioned belief system that is not serving you well.

Ask Yourself:

• During what situations am I just reacting to life, and what choices do I really have?

Choose something that creates more fun and excitement for you and take back the controls!

5 – EXPRESS your True Self

How many times do we keep ourselves small or avoid taking a chance because we are too worried about what others may think?  Each of us has God-given strengths and gifts to use in this world, but often we suppress those gifts because we think expressing them might be selfish.  Consider reframing your thoughts about selfishness like this:  Selfishness is putting yourself first at the expense of others.  Self-Love is putting yourself first for the benefit of others.

Ask Yourself:

• What is something new that I can do to start expressing more of the real me?

Put on your own oxygen mask first by expressing yourself.  Watch your stress disappear into peace of mind because you are finally investing in YOU!

If you feel stuck in a situation or in life itself, all you need is a little PEACE – Purpose, Energy, Awareness, Choices and Expressing yourself.  A little PEACE can go a long way in reducing stress, doing fun and exciting things for you and your family, increasing your skills to accomplish the things that are important to you, feeling satisfied and happy every single day and making money doing what you love!

Lou Daddea