Powered Up! Life Skills

Everyone knows anything worth having in this life is going to require a little hard work. But this doesn't always mean you have to work yourself to the point where you are totally exhausted and barely able to stay awake.

High achievers work hard, but they also find ways to work smarter and not harder.

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Mastering Your Mindset And Attitude

• Fundamentals

◦ Mindset = Attitude

◦ Mindset can be (pos) or (neg)

◦ Success seekers find opportunity in challenge

◦ Only people with success mindset can achieve

• Clear Focus In Mind For Goals

◦ Most people have vague definition of success

◦ Very few people have an action plan

◦ Goals must be defined and broken down

◦ ex) $40,000 more income per year is $119 more per day

◦ Relate your goals to a deeper meaning or a "because"

◦ Use deadlines to enforce your goals to happen

◦ State your goals in the positive (what you plan to do)

◦ Review your goals daily

• Isolate Yourself From Negativity

◦ Negativity erases motivation

◦ When you buy into negativity it breed more negative thinking

◦ Negativity is bound to impact you, plan for it

◦ Limit your exposure to negative people

◦ Increase your time spent with positive people/groups

• Motivate Yourself With Mantras

◦ Feeling motivated comes and goes

◦ There will be times when you have no motivation

◦ External sources of motivation are not reliable

◦ Key to self motivation is using "mantras"

◦ Select mantras that are geared towards success

◦ Mantras make you feel stronger and increase self esteem

◦ Mantra example "I have the ability to succeed"

• Read Success Mindset Books

Books are one of the best tools for success:

◦ Time Warrior by Steve Chandler

◦ E-Squared by Pam Grout

◦ The Power of Story by Jim Joehr

◦ More at https://kit.co/ArdentSkills.com/powered-up-business-entrepreneurship

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