TEN-DAY MENTAL CHALLENGE
During the next ten days, REFUSE to hang on to any crummy thoughts, feelings, questions, words or metaphors. When you catch yourself focusing on the negative - and you will - immediately ask yourself questions to get you to a better place.
START WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING QUESTIONS.
THE PROBLEM-SOLVING QUESTIONS
What is great about this problem?
What is not perfect yet?
What am I willing to do to make it the way I want it?
What am I willing to no longer do in order to make it the way I want it?
How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary to make it the way I want it?
WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, ASK YOURSELF THE MORNING POWER QUESTIONS.
MORNING POWER QUESTIONS
What am I happy about in my life right now? What things make me happy?
What am I excited about in my life right now? What things make me excited?
What am I proud of in my life right now? What things make me proud?
What am I grateful for in my life right now? What else should I be grateful about?
What am I enjoying in my life right now? What else could I enjoy?
What am I committed to in my life right now? What is it that makes me committed?
What and Who do I love?
JUST BEFORE YOU FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT, ASK YOURSELF THE EVENING POWER QUESTIONS.
This will do wonders to keep you feeling good.
THE EVENING POWER QUESTIONS
What have I given today?
In what ways have I been a giver today?
What did I learn today?
How has today added to the quality of my life?
How can I use today as an investment in my future?
FOR THE NEXT TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS, FOCUS COMPLETELY ON SOLUTIONS AND NOT ON THE PROBLEMS.
If you have a lousy thought, question or feeling, don’t beat yourself up. Just change it immediately. If you dwell on any of these for more than five minutes, however, you must wait until the following morning and start the ten days over.
The goal here is ten consecutive days without dwelling on a negative thought. Anytime you dwell too long on the negative, you must start over; no matter how many days in a row you’ve already met the challenge.
The power of this Ten-Day Mental Challenge is truly amazing. If you stick with it, it will start a parade of benefits in your life that won’t stop.
Here are just four things it will give you:
It will make you see all the mental habits that you hold back.
It will make your brain search for powerful, helpful alternatives.
It will give you a tremendous jolt of confidence as you see you can turn your life around.
It will create new habits, new standards, and new expectations that will help you grow and enjoy life more and more, everyday!