Oh, you’re busy? Weird, I thought it was just me.
No matter where you are in life at this moment, there is at least one
thing that you and I have in common: We want to improve our lives and
ourselves. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with us, but as human
beings we’re born with a desire to continuously grow and improve. I
believe it’s within all of us. Yet most people wake up each day and life
pretty much stays the same.
If success and fulfillment were measured on a scale of 1 to 10, it’s
safe to say that everyone would want to live every aspect of their lives
at a Level 10.
Here’s the catch: To create the Level 10 life that you ultimately
want, you must first dedicate time each day to becoming a Level 10
person who is capable of creating and sustaining that level of success. continue after the cut...
But who has time for that, right? Luckily, there is a method to do it in as little as six minutes a day.
Enter the life SAVERS, a sequence that combines the six most
effective personal development practices known to man. While someone
could invest hours on these practices, it only takes one minute for each
-- or six minutes total -- to see extraordinary results.
Just imagine if the first six minutes of every morning began like this:
Minute 1: S is for silence.
Instead of hitting the snooze button, and then rushing through your
day feeling stressed and overwhelmed, invest your first minute in
sitting in purposeful silence. Sit quietly, calm and peaceful and
breathe deeply. Maybe you meditate. Center yourself and create an
optimum state of mind that will lead you effectively through the rest of
your day.
Maybe you say a prayer of gratitude and appreciate the moment. As you
sit in silence, you quiet your mind, relax your body and allow your
stress to melt away. You develop a deeper sense of clarity, purpose, and
direction.
Minute 2: A is for Affirmations.
Pull out and read your page of affirmations -- written statements
that remind you of your unlimited potential, your most important goals
and the actions you must take today to achieve them. Reading over
reminders of how capable you really are motivates you. Looking over
which actions you must take, re-energizes you to focus on doing what’s
necessary today to takeyour life to the next level.
Minute 3. V is for visualization.
Close your eyes and visualize what it will look like and feel like
when you reach your goals. Seeing your ideal vision increases your
belief that it’s possible and your desire to make it a reality.
Minute 4. E is for exercise.
Stand up and move your body for 60 seconds, long enough to increase
the flow of blood and oxygen to your brain. You could easily do a minute
of jumping jacks, push-ups, or sit-ups. The point is that you raise
your heart rate, generate energy and increase your ability to be alert
and focused.
Minute 5. R is for reading.
Grab the self-help book you’re currently reading and read one page,
maybe two. Learn a new idea, something you can incorporate into your
day, which will improve your results at work or in your relationships.
Discover something new that you can use to think better, feel better and
live better.
Minute 6. S is for scribing.
Pull out your journal and take one minute to write down something
you’re grateful for, something you’re proud of and the top one to three
results that you’re committed to creating that day. In doing so, you
create the clarity and motivation that you need to take action.
Start today.
How would you feel if that’s how you used the first six minutes of
each day? How would the quality of your day -- and your life -- improve?
We can all agree that investing a minimum of six minutes into becoming
the person that we need to be to create the lives we truly want is not
only reasonable. It’s an absolute must.
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