By
Domenic Certa – Founder, Institute for Self-Achievement
(Editor:
Chiquita Jolliff – Administrator & Achievement Coach – Institute for
Self-Achievement)
While it's easy to
be busy and crank out tasks on our to-do list, it's a bit more difficult to live
by choosing what we want for our self in terms of health, happiness, career,
money and relationships. It requires inner strength, consciousness, alignment
and to have a clear understanding of what we want.
Making conscious
choices is one of the best ways to become much more effective.
This allows us to
make the most of our time and to reach our goals with less effort.
We can walk boldly
in the right direction and be more powerful in what we do, instead of running
around in a fog,
It starts with
knowing what you want and knowing only you are in charge of making it happen.
The truth is that,
in every moment, we have the ability to make a choice; and that’s all we have
to do in any moment…make a choice.
The Doubt That
Nags at You
So what are you really
going to do in 2010? Are you really going to stop an unhealthy
habit? Are you really going to learn to play an instrument? Get
out of debt? Are you justtelling people these things to sound
good or to pump yourself up?
Are you hearing
that voice like so many other people this week? Starting January 1st…. I’m
going to do it, No…Monday, January 4th.… I’m going to start. Yet you
know yourself so well. The doubt is there and it nags at you; deep down you
feel the doubt is going to win. The year 2010 will come and go and you will end
up as unchanged as you were the year before. How sad. And, it doesn’t have to
be that way.
Goal vs.
Agreement
At The Achievement
Workshop, I teach people the difference between a goal and an agreement,
understanding this difference is the critical link between temporary and
permanent change. This gives them the opportunity to get up on their feet and
take a few steps. When you make an agreement that supports your goal and keep
it no matter what, you are on your way to a happier, healthier, conscious and
aligned lifestyle. In the beginning, when you are not so sure of this new
method, support is the ingredient that we add to get you through your first
fumbling steps.
I invite you to make your first
choice the choice to attend The Achievement Workshop and start your new
year with your feet on the ground making one choice at a time.
Reflections
on the Principles of a Course in Miracles
by
Marianne
Williamson
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our
darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of
God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all
meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God
that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let
our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the
same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.”
One of the
first things most people realize is the old adage, "If it is to be, it is up to
me." That is, for you, the fact that your success, happiness and your journey
is up to you. This doesn't mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that
you take responsibility (response ability...the ability to respond) for your life
and your career. You see, no matter how you put it together, you are always in
charge.
When
I observe myself and the people I know and meet, it is easy to see that we have
so much potential that is still waiting to be released and that it’s possible
for us to achieve so much more. One of my greatest responsibilities to myself
is to be the best me that I can be and since I can’t change anyone except me, my
quest is simply to work on myself. To me, working on myself means...
Job competition is fierce out there in the world of work. It seems that there is always someone ready to jump right in if you make a mistake. Our life is busy, we get caught up in the day to day stuff and sometimes become unaware of the impressions that we leave on people. Some people will even think that we don't care.
