Make way!

The leaves falling from the trees is always the signal that new growth is just around the corner. In some climates Mother Nature can seem to take her time when winters are long, dark and cold. But the point is that we must shed what is no longer needed in preparation for something fresh and new.

What do you need to shed to allow more growth in your business, your relationship, your life? For me, I am finally unclenching my hands and allowing the last of the “what if’s,” “how’s” and “why’s” to drop away so that I can focus on the manifestation of my dreams. I have embraced a mindset of possibility. I will never know whether I will succeed or fail if I never try. I will never know the best ways to produce growth if I don’t roll up my sleeves and learn how to do it. I will never know vast levels of achievement in my business if I don’t embrace an attitude of “why not!” and jump in with both feet.

Take a moment today to dig deep and determine what thoughts, habits, relationships or beliefs might be holding you back from achieving your greatest potential. Now is the time. Take a lesson from the trees and shed all the things that are getting in the way of allowing new growth in your life.

Thanks for reading and be well.

© 2009 Dr. Shannon Reece

What a difference a week can make!

Thank you again for your patience while I took some much needed time to focus on my business. The past week has been very productive and I have concluded that it is time to jump in with both feet. I think I have been trying too hard to avoid making any bad decisions about my business strategy, to the extent that I was paralyzing myself. I simply needed time to figure out the steps and the right order in which to implement them. I made it and am on track.

I will be bringing you along on this journey, so hold onto your seat and let’s go! Beginning this Wednesday, there will only be 100 days left until the end of 2009. I intend to make the most of that time and get more done than I have in years. I am grabbing hold of a personal challenge and you can too. What have you been wanting to accomplish but haven’t started? Do you want to lose some weight, pay off debt, start a business? It’s okay to think big, as long as you are committed to doing whatever it takes to get the job done. If you are ready to rock, take the next two days to write down your personal pledge.

I am committed to strongly positioning my business and earning a multiple five figure income in the next 100 days. Wow! Now it is out there in cyberspace, so I have no choice but to get it done. I can’t wait to cross over into 2010 and set my next personal challenge! Join me on this adventure and please share your challenge with me. We can be accountability partners.

I will be sharing my successes with you every few days as I go along and hope you will let me know how you are doing too. Thank you for reading and be well.

© 2009 Dr. Shannon Reece

Follow the yellow brick road.

Do you think the Wizard of Oz would have been nearly as popular if Dorothy had taken the advice of the Good Witch and followed the yellow brick road? Imagine the story line, “And so Dorothy followed the yellow brick road and nothing happened. The end.” The book would have wrapped up after about twenty pages and most people would be using it as a cure for insomnia. Instead the author had the good sense to depict Dorothy as a curious, normal young woman who wasn’t necessarily keen on following the path of someone else’s design. Dorothy was a trailblazer.

Are you trailblazer? Or do you prefer to do exactly what others tell you to do. I suppose if you don’t have any desire for adventure, the safe and predictable path is the way to go. But how boring! More importantly, you should have the courage to direct the course of your life. Regardless of what you may have been conditioned to think, you are your best advisor when it comes to making decisions about your path. Sounding boards are great, but their role is to bounce your ideas around, not impose theirs on you.

Be prudent when accepting the advice of others. Take the time to evaluate whether or not their suggestions resonate with your deepest desires. That small voice that speaks from your core can be your greatest guide if you are able and willing to listen. Unfortunately, it can easily get blocked out by the noise of the world around us and all the conflicting messages that come our way.

What is your ideal life? Create the picture in your head and include as many details as you can. Are you living your ideal or is your life something vastly different? What is it worth to you to make the necessary shifts in mindset and move toward your ideal? I am here to tell you that anything is possible if you have a belief and burning desire to achieve something specific that is in line with your deepest purpose. Be a trailblazer in your own life and discover the adventures awaiting you off the yellow brick road.

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Thank you for reading and be well.

Is your life everything you thought it would be?

As a little girl I had dreams of marriage and children and the home with the white picket fence in suburbia. Amazing how dreams shift over the years! It would be great to have those things, but my life was designed for something else. So when many my age might be feeling like they are approaching the halfway point, my life is just beginning and I would not trade that for a second. Instead of children, my clients are the ones I nurture and watch fly. No matter what form it takes, there is nothing more fulfilling than helping someone reach their potential, discover their greatest joy, or embrace all of who God created them to be.

It is strange to look back over my life and be thankful for all the really tough times that brought me here and made me the strong, independent woman I am today. To encourage me, my mom would often quote the verse from Joel 2:25 where God says, “I will repay you for the years that the locusts have eaten...” It is a promise that I held tight to during my struggles and I have been watching it unfold before my eyes. Where some might be heavily laden with regret about the past, I am dancing in the light of my present circumstances.

I listened to an interview this evening with Anne McKevitt who turned hardship into making things happen in her own life. She said that it often takes failure to bring about success. I agree! How else would we learn anything of value? We are the only ones who have the power to make change, and create the things that we want in life. According to one guru, if you don’t do it, it won’t get done. My advice to you is to take what you have learned from the tough times and determine how that can be used today so you can get out there and start living your life like you mean it. Let go of the dreams about how you thought your life would be, and embrace exactly where you are! You will be amazed how liberating and motivating that can be.

Thanks for reading and be well!