As a student and teacher of influential language patterns for over two decades, I love setting intentions. The other day a gentleman named Ed emailed me one of his intentions: To believe in my ability to consistently produce the results needed for success, regardless of the Market or my circumstances. Very powerful stuff. I really like how Ed is accountable for his success, no matter what. This is a trait of a high producer. And, yet something in his intention caught my attention… The word “consistently.” Check out the perspective I shared with Ed about the concept of “consistency.” Hey…
Author: Matthew Ferry
Matthew Ferry
Matthew Ferry is a spiritual teacher, master coach, and best-selling author. Since 1993, he has helped thousands of high-performing professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives transcend fear, quiet their minds, and create what he calls Enlightened Prosperity™—success without stress. His signature methodology, The Rapid Enlightenment Process™, has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal for Advanced Social Sciences. He is the author of Quiet Mind Epic Life, creator of the Mental Journey To Millions, a 2x TEDx speaker and best-selling author.
About a week ago I sent you an email titled Yes, you are that powerful. (If you missed it, click here to read it on my blog.) After reading it Ash Stevens had a major ah-ha moment. And, she agreed to let me share it. Before you read her email below, I want you to think about an area of your life where you are stuck… or tolerating… or just not satisfied with how it’s going. For Ash, it was with her husband. As you are about to witness, she took my words to heart, took responsibility for the way…
My son is forgetful. For example, he has developed a nasty habit of forgetting things at home that he needs at school. Which in itself, isn’t really an issue… except he has an accomplice making sure this habit stays intact: his mom. Every time he forgets something, she saves the day. She brings him whatever it is that he needs – whenever he needs it. So, he has learned that he has the luxury of being forgetful. Meaning, he doesn’t have to be responsible. And what I am noticing is that it’s really screwing him up. He’s figured out that…
“Have you set your goals yet?” “What are they?” “How are they coming along?” “Why don’t you set bigger goals?” Any of this sound familiar? If you’ve done any personal development work, you know the routine. You set goals. You achieve some of them (you hardly acknowledge it). You don’t achieve others (you beat yourself up…). Then, you set the same goal (or some version of it) again. This is the typical way. And, it works…. kinda. Today I want to give you the inside track on setting and achieving goals. It’s the ins and outs of making sure you…