Use your Challenges.

Life often presents us with seemingly daunting challenges and obstacles. Yet, when we emerge on the other side of these challenges, we often realize that we have discovered invaluable lessons and new opportunities for growth. The experiences that we initially discount as negative often serve as the catalyst for our personal development and eventual success.  

When we reflect on our past, it is apparent how often adversities have been instrumental in shaping our character and resilience. While we were enduring these challenges, it may have felt like life was conspiring against us. Only in hindsight can we recognize how these experiences have better equipped us with the strength and tenacity necessary to pursue our aspirations. 

What are the three greatest challenges that you have overcome in your life? How has overcoming those challenges better prepared you to succeed in the future?

Success or sabotage? Adversity is a gift in disguise. When we cultivate an awareness of our potential for success in every moment, we empower ourselves to overcome obstacles with grace and determination. 

Is this going to be an incredible day? Approach each moment with optimism and determination, knowing that greatness awaits those who choose to see the beauty in every circumstance.

Value the Challenges.

The gift is not always what it appears. The seemingly negative circumstance is often exactly what one needs to provide the character and tenacity to receive all that is truly desired.

If you look back on your life and review all of the difficult and challenging moments, you will most likely be able to see their value in your life and how they facilitated effective change when you needed it the most (though it probably did not feel like it at the time).

Instead of walking through the day as a reactionary and one that is a victim to circumstance, consider taking a different approach. What if you lived as if everyone is conspiring together to see that you succeed? What if every circumstance was cleverly designed to give you all that you desire? Adapt this way of being for today and notice the number of positive "coincidences" that seem to find their way into your life.

Success or sabotage? Success is a reality for those who can see it in all circumstances, not merely in the distance, but in the midst of the present moment.

Is this going to be an incredible day? Look for the evidence to suggest that it is so.

Remember your Gifts.

So much of our time is spent awaiting "better times." We exert a great deal of energy resisting the present because it is not the circumstance that we truly desire. If you take the time to examine these times in your life, however, you will see that it is those moments that truly define who you really are. Look at a person in the midst of adversity and you will the truth of their being. The essence that is YOU at the core, comes screaming forward.

Often, we forget what we have already endured (the storms we have already survived). The obstacles that we have previously faced are often much larger than those that we face today. All of the gifts, skills and genius that we used in the past to overcome obstacles are still present; if anything, we have become stronger and more skillful because we have flexed the muscles in our previous "workout."

Take some time today to remember one of the greatest obstacles of your past. What challenges did you face? How did you overcome the obstacles? Apply the skills that you used to overcome your obstacles of the past to the ones that you face today. How can you use these gifts/skills to be even more effective?

Success or sabotage? Are you able to acknowledge and take note of the power of adversity in your life?

Is this going to be an incredible day? Remember who you are as defined by your successes. how could this day be anything but incredible?

Use the Adversity.

So much of our time is spent awaiting "better times." We exert a great deal of energy resisting the present because it is not the circumstance that we truly desire.  If you take the time to examine these times in your life, however, you will see that it is those moments that truly define who you really are.  Look at a person in the midst of adversity and you will the truth of their being.  The essence that is YOU at the core, comes screaming forward.

Often, we forget what we have already endured (the storms we have already survived).  The obstacles that we have previously faced are often much larger than those that we face today.  All of the gifts, skills and genius that we used in the past to overcome obstacles are still present; if anything, we have become stronger and more skillful because we have flexed the muscles in our previous "workout."

Take some time today to remember one of the greatest obstacles of your past. What challenges did you face? How did you overcome the obstacles? Apply the skills that you used to overcome your obstacles of the past to the ones that you face today. How can you use these gifts/skills to be even more effective?

Success or sabotage?  Are you able to acknowledge and take note of the power of adversity in your life?

Is this going to be an incredible day?  Remember who you are as defined by your successes. How could this day be anything but incredible?