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Sonja Ridden
 Apr 18, 06 - 3:58 PM |
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude - Living on Purpose - April 2006 - Pt 2
Step 1 – Challenge your beliefs Take a good, hard look at the things you believe and especially at the beliefs that have kept you tied to the tarmac. Take off your parents’ (teachers’ or other people’s) glasses that are tinted by their own experiences, expectations and issues and put on glasses that are not yet tinted. Then determine whether it is really true that you are unreliable, can’t do anything right or are responsible for everybody else’s wellbeing or whether this is something you’ve simply accepted as ‘a given’ because you’ve been told it so often? Be sure to view all your beliefs through your new glasses and decide for yourself which ones to keep and which ones to discard. Step 2 – Explore, read, discuss and grow The more dysfunctional the beliefs you have held in the past, the greater your challenge to discover and embrace healthier and more empowering ones. In order to make the desired changes it is essential that you broaden your world. You can begin the broadening process by reading about the areas in which your beliefs had been restrictive and unsupportive; by opening your mind and discussing your beliefs, thoughts and ideas with trusted friends and mentors and by giving yourself permission to see yourself and your world through glasses that have not yet been tinted. To learn more about this, click here Step 3 – Replace your old beliefs with new and empowering ones As you discover a new and exciting world of knowledge and become convinced and convicted that some of the beliefs you may have held for a long time are either inaccurate, are not your own, have not served you well in the past, have tied you to the tarmac or kept you cruising at an uncomfortable and unsatisfactory altitude, be sure to replace them one by one with new, helpful, empowering and supportive one’s. Step 4 – Allow your new beliefs to help you soar Now that you’ve replaced your old beliefs, allow your new ones to help you take off and fly. Be prepared that your first few attempts may be frightening, unsteady and not entirely satisfying. Expect your first take-off or rise to higher planes to be pretty scary. Moving outside ones comfort zone always is! Step 5 – Choose your friends Having discarded your old and dysfunctional beliefs you may also find that relationships and friendships with people who’ve kept you ‘stuck’ no longer fit for you. Be sure to now surround yourself with supportive people, friends and relatives who want to see you fly, who cheer you on as you roll along the tarmac and who applaud every take-off and every rise, no matter how wonky it may be. Step 6 – Stick with the process Remember that all new things are difficult. Overriding old programming takes time and so does trusting your new beliefs. The more you practice, however, the better you will get at it and in time, you too will take off as elegantly as a 747 and fly as majestically as an eagle. SERVICES Counselling Click here for information Coaching Click here for Information Corporate Click here for Information UPCOMING WORKSHOPS APRIL SPECIAL A special price applies to those who register for the mini-seminar YOUR ATTITUDE – YOUR TICKET TO SUCCESS before the end of April Click here for information Making Conflict Work For You Click here for Information Rescheduled Creating Your Second Family - Embracing Your Second Chance Click here for Information. WORDS OF WISDOM The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds. (Albert Schweitzer) It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which more than anything else, will determine its outcome. (William James) What we believe is based on our perceptions. What we perceive depends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think. What we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality. (Zukav) This the last of human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way. (Victor Frankl) SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER To subscribe, click here scroll down the page and type your name and email address in the NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION BOX THANK YOU!!! Many thanks to all those of you who have sent your kind thoughts, loving words and prayers in response to my last newsletter. I very much appreciate your thoughtfulness! Sonja |
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