The Changes You Want- “Coffee House
Conversations”
Everywhere you go, you hear people talk about the changes they want to make
in their lives. Certainly while your getting your coffee or tea at the
coffee house you do.
“I want to lose weight.”
”I want a better job.”
“I want to make more money.”
Maybe for you it’s travel, education, meeting someone or improving a current
relationship. We all have goals and changes we want that go unresolved. So
we talk a lot about wanting them to change. How often does anyone really do
anything about changing? In fact, after a while you’ll start hearing the
wants turn to complaints. Then the complaints turn into reasons why success
is not possible. “I don’t have the time or money or ability.” There are an
endless number of reasons.
As a life coach, people are always telling me why they are stuck and why
they can’t do certain things. “I don’t like to workout.” or “I’m too
forgetful.” Basically what they’re telling me is, “I have no control over my
own behavior.” Here’s one we have all heard from someone, “I’m not a morning
person.”
What if I offered a “non-morning person” a million dollars to be a morning
person tomorrow morning? Most people would say, “Well, for a million dollars
I could be.” So in truth, it’s not that you are not a morning person, or
that you don’t have the time or any of the other reasons you give that
prevent you from the changes you want, you simply haven’t found the
motivation.
With the right motivation, and it doesn’t have to be money, you can change
and create winning actions in your life. You are not locked into any
behavior. Stop placing limits on yourself and talking about the changes you
want and the reasons you can’t achieve them. There is no definition of you
other than the definition you give yourself.
We all have the power to redefine ourselves and create the lives we want.
Let me show you how powerful you are. Take a sip of your coffee or tea and
let me ask you this: Right now, could anything stop you from taking that
sip? Oh, you don’t have a coffee or tea? Then get one or imagine you have
one. Barring a sudden, catastrophic natural disaster, the answer is no,
nothing can. The only thing that could stop you from taking a sip is…you!
In fact, nothing can stop you from going to the gym, eating right, getting
an education, looking for a better job, paying attention to your
relationships, not spending money on your credit cards or doing the things
you should to make your life better. Nothing can stop you from anything you
want to improve in your life except you. You are the only obstacle in your
life.
We need to stop blaming outside factors for our behavior. There is no
boogeyman keeping you from creating the life you want. We also have to stop
looking for shortcuts. We tend to fall into the trap of wanting instant
gratification and there are plenty of folks trying to sell this junk. I hate
to be the one to tell you this but there are no magic pills that will make
you thin, cure your life in seven days, get rich over night or have great
abs in two weeks.
There is only one sure way to success and that’s doing the work. This means
we must get into action. Get motivated to change right now! Motivation is
power and we have established here that being powerful is as simple as
taking a sip of coffee or tea.
So enjoy the rest of your coffee or tea and smile while you take that sip,
because right now you are powerful and right now you’ve decided to get into
action to achieve the changes you want.
About The Author- As a life coach, Devlyn has made helping people
find ways to improve their lives his personal mission and passion. He is a
public consultant, a private counselor, an author and creator of Tools To
Life. He has hosted his own radio shows called "Tools To Life" and "Love
beat" and has been a guest on over 150 various shows. You can read his
articles and advice all over the Internet. Devlyn has often been referred to
as "America's Leading Life-Coach." For Free E-books and more information
visit devlynsteele.com Send Questions To: CoachSteele@ToolsToLife.com
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