2012 – THE YEAR I TURNED MY LIFE AROUND

How many of you would love to get to this time next year and be able to say 2012 was the year I absolutely turned my life around? I would guess almost everyone. What do you need to do to make this happen?

Albert Einstein defined INSANITY as “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”

Ask yourself “How many of my 2011 New Year’s resolutions did I follow through with?”

For that matter reflect back on 2010, 2009 etc and see how many of this year’s resolutions are re-hashed versions of previous year’s resolutions? Perhaps they appear on the following list.

1. Lose weight and get fit & healthy
2. Improve my finances
3. Find a great relationship……..or………make my relationship amazing.
4. Find a career that I love and makes me happy
5. Spend more time with……….. (insert friends, family, kids)
6. Put myself first and go after my dreams.
7. Do the same things over and over and expect a different result OR live the same life I am now but pretend I want to change it.

Ask yourself how many of these resolutions did you achieve, for many of you I suggest number 7 was one that you definitely achieved with spectacularly ordinary results.

I can honestly say I lived the first 35 years of my life exactly as I have described to you, not really happy with what I was doing, who I was or the relationships in my life but “HOPING” that it would change “one day”. I lived by the “some day I will definitely change my life for the better” mantra and now realise just how destructive this was to my happiness, fulfilment and my life in general as it kept producing the same results of unhappiness and mediocrity.

It doesn’t mean I didn’t achieve some amazing things in this time, because I did, but it does mean I didn’t really enjoy the success of any of them because I felt so ordinary about myself. My fears and doubts certainly took the achievements away from me. I didn’t really believe I created any of these successes, I thought they were just luck.

Look back over last year and ask yourself “What could I have done differently that would have had me achieve all of my dreams and goals?” The key is to then take those things and do them now for 2012 so you do not end up in the same situation next year, looking back with the old “would have, could have or should have” thought process.

THERE IS ONLY ONE THING STANDING IN THE WAY OF YOUR DREAM LIFE AND THAT IS YOUR FEAR AND DOUBT THAT YOU CAN’T REALLY HAVE ALL THAT YOU WANT.

While you let that fear hold you back then you will DEFINITELY NOT have the things you would love in your life.

What is the worst thing that would happen if you went for it and chased down all of the dreams you have for your life? You could fail, but as you will see from our blog on “REFUSE TO FAIL & SUCCESS IS YOUR ONLY OPTION” failure only occurs when you give in and refuse to try anymore.

I have spent too many years and too much energy convincing myself that “I was just unlucky” or “other people have it easier than me” or some other version of that same ridiculous story to ever again make the mistake of not putting my butt on the line and absolutely going for what I want in my life.

As a result I have turned around many things in my life.

1. I have an amazing marriage with a wife I love to death
2. A beautiful relationship with my two awesome daughters
3. A career and business where I am living my purpose everyday
4. Living on the Sunshine Coast 2 minutes from the beach
5. And many other awesome things too long to list here.

I make this list to show you that not very long ago at all, none of these things were a reality, or even a possibility because of who I was and my lack of belief in myself.

NOW I really am living my dream because I went out there and took some chances to make my life amazing. There are still many goals and dreams I am yet to achieve but I DO NOT GIVE UP ON MYSELF NO MATTER WHAT.

Make 2012 the year that you turned it all around so next year you will look back and say “THAT WAS AN AMAZING YEAR FULL OF AWESOME ADVENTURES AND I GAVE IT MY ALL”

………… or you can be back here again making empty resolutions and kidding yourself that next year will be different……it is TOTALLY up to you.

Happy New Year and may 2012 be THE YEAR YOU TURNED YOUR LIFE AROUND