10 Tips to Inspire Your Best Life
Living, Loving, Laughing and Learning are the ever so IMPORTANT elements of a truly pleasurable and quality existence during this human phase we ALL call life! The 4 L’s are the key ingredients in the recipe for successful living! Practice L,L,L, & L every day and you will be well on your way to being in your joy zone!
Even though YOU might participate in much of this already, here are 10 tips to support YOU on YOUR quest to be happier and healthier!!! ENJOY…
1. Be the change: Lead by example! You must play the role of the leader in your own life in order to be truly successful at anything. Without actually doing, practicing, playing or engaging in the activities that you desire to be exceptional at, you never will be. It requires a diligent, patient and focused effort in a persistent way to become an expert in any chosen field, hobby, career, sport and/or any other activity that you thrive to excel in and prosper. How do you expect people to follow your lead if you are not practicing what you are preaching? Walk the talk.
2. Become a philanthropist: This is hands down the best way to FEEL fulfilled as a human being. GIVING BACK TO OTHERS! Whether it is a small random act of kindness, sharing of your time/energy or a monetary contribution, start today and you will live a much more fulfilled life. I promise. I know. I live it. According to the handy dandy online Wikipedia, Philanthropy is the effort or inclination to increase the Well-Being of humankind by charitable aid or donations. Invest at least 10% of your life energy into giving back to others and watch what happens. The Law of Attraction will bring you the same. Just imagine if you invested more…
3. Connect the dots of your future: You have the “Power of Choice” to shape your own destiny single handedly. You control your future and don’t let anyone ever tell you any differently! You are the grand architect of your own UNIVERSE so by choosing positive, well thought out, informed and good gut decisions for every decision, you will start to gain momentum in the right direction of living the successful life of your dreams! The better you become at making good choices instead of bad choices, the sooner you will get to your desired destination. Something I use frequently for clarity, focus and to rethink future strategies is the One-to-Ten tool. As an example, you have two choices in front of you. Give them each a rank of One-to-Ten and the option with the highest rank, ten being the highest is the option you decide to go with. Anything under a rank of 5 don’t bother doing at all! Simple, easy and effective!
4. Choose your circle of influence wisely: This is just common sense. You become like the people you surround yourself with. If you hang with some rotten apples, the likelihood of you becoming rotten is fairly high. If you chill with goody goodies, then you will most likely be somewhat the same. If you shine like shining stars that you admire, respect and strive to be like, you will be the real you! I personally choose to spend the majority of my time with my personal mentors. Those who I can learn from, inspire me to be great and teach me how to be all that I can be. Those who have the intelligence to know that it’s raining outside and the wisdom to go inside so they don’t get wet!
5. Embrace your dark-side: Reclaim your right to be who you always wanted to be in this world and learn how to confront your demons, fears and negative past experiences. We all live a life of polarity. We all share in many dualities such as Good/Evil, Light/Dark, High/Low, Ebb/Flow, Positive/Negative and Yin/Yang in varying degrees. They are opposing forces that are interconnected and interdependent giving rise to each other in turn and the sooner we all realize this, the sooner we can all learn from it. Without one we can’t have the other. Break free from the chains of the old you! Break free from the parts of you that you disown and distinctly dislike! Break free from regrets and emotions that you repress! Forgive yourself! Embrace your dark-side! We cannot change the past! We can however learn from it, move on and use those incredibly valuable life lessons to shape our future! Find the courage to speak your truth, get rid of the old and take back your power to “Be the Ultimate YOU!”
6. Clean up your key chain: Simply start turning over your new leaf by going and grabbing your keychain to get rid of the keys that are no longer of use to you. Put them in a safe archived place just in case you need to come back to them for any reason. Out of site, out of mind. Then follow suit by hitting up your closet and giving all of your old clothing, shoes, jewelry, costumes and/or uniforms to goodwill or any other philanthropic initiatives. Do the same for your home, yard, garage, locker, files and/or office. Why do you need all of that old crap? What are you saving it for? Why should having stuff around that you no longer need or use confuse you? Clean your clutter, wipe your slate, focus your mind and breathe again! Trust me, it feels really good to do this once in awhile, so open up your schedule, book a solid day off within the next week and focus on nothing but the aforementioned! Remember, LESS is MORE! More time, energy and focus on what is genuinely important to you as well as needed in the present and future…
7. You are what you consume: Yes it’s true. You are what you eat, drink, smoke, inhale, breathe, inject, snort, absorb and/or consume! Period. It’s a very simple science. Consume crap and you will feel like crap. Consume healthy choices and you will feel like a zillion bucks! Use common sense, smart decisions and the One-to-Ten tool mentioned in point #3 above for everything that you consume and you will be well on your way to having loads of spontaneous energy, invigorating vitality, super human strength, a brilliant focused mind, a ripped lean midsection, a firm sexy butt and a healthy life with longevity so you can lead by example for your children, your grand children and your great grand children…
8. Make your own vision board: Gather yourself a piece of large bristol board, 5-6 magazines that you truly enjoy, scissors, a glue stick and your creative energy. Now start cutting out images, photos, words, letters, numbers and ideas from the magazines that can support you in visualizing your dreams and stick them firmly to your personal vision board! Focus on your emotional, mental and physical dreams! Focus on the items you want to physically obtain! Focus on the relationships you want to emotionally foster. Focus on the career you will most mentally enjoy! Focus on how you are going to be giving back to others! When your masterpiece is completed, date it and then hang it somewhere where you can be reminded of accomplishing your goals and fulfilling your desires. When you actually attain those wants and needs, it is time to create a NEW vision board for the next batch of milestones. Believe me, from experience this really works well. I love witnessing my goals manifest right before my eyes. Some goals take longer than others, however if you have razor sharp focus on your most important goals, they will become a reality sooner than later! Try it… you’ll like it. ;-)
9. Follow NEW mentors:Follow leaders, experts and gurus who have achieved things that you want to achieve. Follow mentors who have done things that you want to do. Follow mentors who have learned things that you want to learn. Follow mentors with integrity, compassion, intelligence, wisdom, experience and good morals. Then become the mentor and have people follow YOU…
10. Dance like nobody’s watching!!! Express yourself fully, get your funky groove on, ignite your inner flame, get your creative juices flowin’ and certainly don’t care what other people think of you! Not everybody is going to resonate with you and your message. Some will. Some won’t. So what! Focus on being the best person you can be with integrity. The ONLY person YOU have to impress is YOU! My sincerest apologies, however I have to go dance NOW! I highly suggest you do the same…
“Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.”
~ Albert Camus
Engage in the above tips on a daily basis and your newly transformed lifestyle will be enhanced tenfold! With practice you will reprogram yourself very quickly to attain and maintain the person who you truly want to be. Do what you want to do! Say bye-bye to the old you and welcome the NEW and IMPROVED YOU NOW! Have an open mind, an open heart and create your own future with what you have learned from past experiences, both good and bad. Be brave, passionate, grateful, humble and above all be honest with yourself! We all have bad habits, negative experiences and a dark-side, so NOW is the time to challenge yourself and strive to live in YOUR JOYZONE and make the world a better place! Be legendary and shine your light!
Healthy regards,
James Erdt
PORT BODY BLISS
Inspiring Joy, Abundance and Healthy Active Living!
