How To Achieve Your Goals

Dr. Isabella Santorini asked:


Inspired action occurs when someone acts efficiently and easily, to create a greater result than they normally would have been able to. Have you ever found that you’re in “the zone” in a certain project, where get more done in less time, with less effort than you ever have—and it’s enjoyable?

Then you’ve experienced Inspired Action. This is the way we’re designed to work. We each have a unique collection of talents that are just waiting to be used. We want to use our natural gifts and we have a desire to do so. When we act in harmony with these talents, life becomes easy.

This is the secret of Inspired Action: to act upon our drive to use our abilities. We possess endless energy to act upon our greatest desire. But most of the time, we’re far too concerned about doing other things that we think we “should” be doing. This is not to say that we should ignore our responsibilities. Instead, we can add the use of our abilities to every day life.

When we learn about Inspired Action, a common misconception is that in order to take inspired action on a consistent basis, we can just pick from an infinite list of whims that catch our attention at any given time. This is not so. Taking inspired action day after day relies upon our attention to following our bliss. When we’re doing that, we’re tapping in to our natural drive. Inspired action comes from tapping into what is within all of us: a desire to express our talents.

In using inspired action, which is enjoyable and productive, keep yourself focused upon using your natural gifts. But don’t limit what your gifts are. Talents are so natural and easy for us, it is easy to overlook them. For instance, I would never have considered that I was a good organizer had I not been paying attention to what I have a longing to do and an aptitude for. Now that I’ve realized that I have a talent for organization, I incorporate it into my day, looking at ways to further organize my life for more efficiency and enjoyment.

Another erroneous belief is that we’re good at only one thing and that should be our profession. That is a sure way to squelch many talents that we have that don’t fit easily into a job. We have many abilities and the more we use them in every area of our lives,

the more talents we discover. Be open to more and more as you go along, making sure to notice when you’re enjoying something. That is a great sign of you using your innate abilities.

In closing, the main crux of the secret of Inspired Action is to act using your unique abilities. Notice your many talents throughout the day and make it a point to use them.



Kyler

Holly Cox asked:


I love you! These three words mean so much…some of the time. At other times, they can merely be hollow words with nothing evident in sight to back them up.

What they often mean is “I love you as long as I get that warm fuzzy feeling inside when I’m around you or when I think of you. Just don’t ask me to demonstrate my love by asking too much of me.”

When we equate love with internal feelings of bliss, it becomes dependent on our “loved” ones pleasing us on a consistent basis and asking very little in return. It’s easy to feel “love” when it does not make many demands on us or our time.

Too often, we work harder to please relative strangers than those we say we “love.” When we feel secure in our relationships, we tend to take them for granted and forget the importance of demonstrating our love on a day-to-day basis.

Love, in the truest sense of the word, is an action verb. We can say “I love you” and truly feel like we mean it, but the proof of our love is in our actions.

To see how our love stacks up in terms of action, we can ask ourselves these questions:

1. How do I demonstrate my love through action?

2. How do my loved ones experience my love?

3. If I didn’t say the words, could they tell by my actions that I love them?

4. Do I demonstrate my love even when I don’t feel “loving?”

5. Do my loved ones have to please me to “feel” wrapped in my love?

6. What actions from others do I experience as “loving?”

7. Do I only show love when I am “feeling” loved?

8. Who in my life demonstrates their love for me through their actions?

9. Are there people in my life who say they love me without providing any evidence of this love other than mere words?

10. What can I do differently to demonstrate my love?

11. Do I show love for myself in my actions - even when I don’t “feel” deserving of this love?

When we reflect on these questions, we can heighten our awareness of our own ability to put love into action- with others and with ourselves. We can DECIDE to love when we see it as an active force rather than merely a feeling. True love exists when our actions match our words!



Oscar