AMY HANSEN

One of the biggest things that holds you back from achieving your goals is yourself.  Your mind wants to keep you safe in your current comfort zone.  When you try something new that’s unfamiliar your mind starts telling you all the reasons why you shouldn’t continue.  This is when you give up on your goals.  The self doubt becomes too overpowering and ends up winning.  You are left stuck in your current comfort zone, never achieving your goals.  Learn a process to help you break through the self doubt by changing the beliefs that are preventing you from achieving your goals.

Identify The Beliefs

The first step is to figure out what beliefs are holding you back.  The best way to do this is by journaling about what you want to achieve and what’s getting in your way.  Think about the blocks that come up in your mind that are preventing you from moving forward.  Perhaps that’s you’re not good...

The hardest part about achieving goals is having the discipline to stay motivated and continue to take action toward reaching your goals.  Life often throws things your way to get you off track.  It is said, expect the unexpected.  Life is full of unexpected events.  If you knew everything that was going to happen, life wouldn’t be that fun to live.  This is why you must have the discipline to keep working towards your goals even when times get tough.  Do not let roadblocks, hurdles, or simply life events stop you from going after what you want most in life.  If it’s important enough to you, you will find a way to make it happen.  Life throws challenges at you to see if you’ll give up.  Keep going and never give up!  Here are three areas on how to have discipline to achieve your goals.

Daily Action

You must have the discipline to take daily action towards your goals.  Do at least one thing every day to...

Often times when you create a vision board it’s about the end result.  It’s getting the fancy car or dream house.  But, that’s not always very motivating.

For instance, if you have a vision board with six pack abs and then look in the mirror at yourself with no abs, you most likely feel unmotivated.  Six pack abs may feel almost impossible even after all the hard work you’ve but in by eating healthy and exercising.  You’re not seeing immediate results and that may cause you to give up and throw in the towel.  This is why you should create a motivation vision board instead.

Rather than creating a vision board about the end result, make a motivation vision board that includes who you need to be and what action steps you need to take in order to achieve the desired end result.  Here are four things you need to include on your motivation vision board.

Future You

The first step in creating your motivation...

You are a few weeks into the new year.  By now, some of the new year’s resolutions are getting thrown out the window.  It’s hard to start something new.  But, if you want any chance of achieving your goals this year, you’re going to need a process and be willing to stick to it.  Use this four step process on how to achieve massive success this year.

1. Identify Your Goal

The first step is to get really clear on what your goal is.  Think about what exactly it is that you want to accomplish and make happen this year.  Make your goal specific.  For example, don’t just say you want to lose weight.  Give the goal some measure by saying you want to weigh x number of pounds or lose this many pounds by a particular set date.  The true test is that anyone would be able to know if you’ve achieved your goal because you’ve made it specific and given it measure.  Then, write your goal down.  Studies...

A new year is the perfect time to reconnect to your dreams and set some new goals for yourself.  Last year may not have gone as planned, but this year can be the start of something amazing.  Sometimes you just need believe it is possible.  In order to help you do so, here are four steps to dream big in the new year.

1. Permission To Dream

Give yourself permission to dream.  Schedule in time to be fully present where you visualize your future goals and dreams.  Take time to get really quiet.  You could sit in silence and close your eyes or go outside for a slow walk.  Allow your mind to wander and dream about everything you want to create and make happen your life.  Nothing is too big or too small.  Give yourself permission to let the ideas flow.

2. Journal

After you’ve taken time to dream, grab your journal and write down what came up for you.  Make notes of your ideas and future goals.  Let your creativity...

Statistics show that you’re more likely to achieve your goals and dreams when you write them down.  Speak your goals and dreams into existence by putting them down on paper.  A fun way to do this is through a dream letter.  Here is how to craft your dream letter.

Begin Dreaming

In order to get yourself in the right head space, begin by spending part of the day dreaming and goal setting.  Envision what you want this year to look like.  Take time to visualize the future.  See yourself at the end of this year and what you've made happen.

The Letter

Grab a few pieces of paper and craft a letter to yourself as if it is New Year's Eve and you’re looking back on the year.  Start by writing down what you accomplished.

Feelings

Next, include how achieving those goals made you feel.  Perhaps that’s excited and proud as you knew you could do it!  Get really energized about that feeling of successfully...

It’s so important to take time to set your intentions for the new year.  This means setting goals and getting excited about what’s to come.  Set yourself up for success in the new year by getting clear on what you want.  Here are these three areas to help you set your intention for the new year.

Goals

Start by choosing one goal for the new year.  Think about what you want to accomplish.  This could be one big goal that you’ll break down into smaller milestones.  But, imagine this time next year and decide what you want to have made happen in your life.  It could be buying a new house, losing ten pounds, launching a vlog, etc.  Perhaps it’s learning a new skill like how to speak a foreign language or starting a new hobby such as learning how to knit.  Set one goal for yourself for the new year.  You’re more likely to achieve your goal when you write it down.  Write your goal down on paper and...

At the end of the year you get to reflect back on the experiences you’ve had.  The good and the bad.  What fun adventures you had.  What you achieved or didn’t achieve.  But, also you get to see what you’ve learned.  Each year comes with new opportunities to learn and grow.  Here are five lessons from this year.

1. Life Is Uncertain

If anything, this year has taught us that life is uncertain.  You cannot predict the future.  The only thing you can do is face what happens with courage and continue putting one foot in front of the other.  Have faith and believe that there is nothing thrown at you at that you can’t handle.  The truth is, life has always been uncertain.  This year was especially proof of that.

2. Be Present

Life can change in a moment.  Nothing is guaranteed except the present.  It’s important to be present to what’s going on around you.  Be present to...

As this year winds down, it’s time to reflect.  Think back to where you were earlier this year.  If you journal, go back and see what you were writing about.  See what feelings come up and what was going on in your life.  Look through pictures from this year and recall the memories.  It’s important to reflect on what you want and don’t want to carry forward into the new year.  Grab a pen and a piece of paper.  You’re going to want to use these in order to write down your thoughts and responses as you reflect on this year.

Feelings

Remember experiences from this year.  Come up with one word that describes how you’ve felt.  This could be a feeling of success, loss, doubt, hope, etc.  Next, figure out what caused you to choose that word.  It could be due to certain events that took place.  Reflect over what has happened in your life over this year and how you’re currently feeling...

Think about the things you do for pure joy in life.  These are the activities that you can get lost in.  You become so engrossed in these activities that when you check the time, hours have passed, yet it barely feels like any time has passed at all.  Doing things for pure joy is a way to play and have fun.  It makes you feel good and reenergizes you.  Find pure joy activities that you truly enjoy, that light you up, inspire you, and ultimately make you feel more fulfilled in life.  Here are four areas you can create more pure joy in your life.

Hobbies

Hobbies are a great way to add more pure joy into your life.  Maybe you enjoy knitting, painting, or building things.  You can feel quite accomplished when you create a finished physical product with your own two hands.  Think about the last time you were so deep into project that you wouldn’t quit until you saw it through to completion.  These are the activities...