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How to Use the Power of Visualization for Remarkable Business Success

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Creative Thinking, Dream Big - Start Small, Life Skills, Stepping Forward.

When you use the power of visualization you experience fully what you want from your life and business. How do you want all aspects of your life to be like 5 years from now? 

When you engage the power of visualization you’re more likely to achieve your Big Dreams.Creating a dream business can be exhilarating! Yet, service professionals like coaches and therapists often struggle with putting down on paper a business proposal that’s actually going to work for them. The reason? Usually, it’s because they focus on creating a to-do list that seldom gets done. If you want to turbo-charge your business, unlock the power of visualization.

What is the power of visualization? It involves using all of your five senses to make an experiential dive into what you really want from your business. In your mind’s eye, you experience it – you see it, feel it, smell it, and taste it. When you engage these senses in your business goals and plans, you become empowered in an extraordinary way. How do you do that?

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Overcoming Procrastination with Mindfulness in 3 Simple, Easy Steps

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Life Skills, Mindfulness, Self-Leadership Skills.

Some days it feels like you’re drowning, because you want to do a task but you can’t get started. Mindfully practicing the following steps to overcoming procrastination will change your life.

Some days it feels like you’re drowning. You know you want to do something, but you can’t get started. You feel too overwhelmed. What makes us feel like that? 

It’s not a flaw in your character. It’s a chemical process in your brain! Neuroscience explains why we procrastinate. And when you understand why, then you can find ways of naturally working with your brain chemistry. 

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How to Cultivate Inner Goodness — The Missing Value We Absolutely Need

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Life Skills, Self-Leadership Skills.

Cultivating inner goodness as one of our core values makes us capable of living more meaningfully and spreading goodness outwardly to our community. What I love about my community of people is that you want to make a difference, living a meaningful life that’s filled with purpose. To do that we focus on one of the most important elements to fulfilling your potential — being wholly connected with your core values. Over time you’ll find that you refine and re-define what your core values are. In youth, you may focus on ambition. In later years, you may focus on resilience. In my list of core values, I left out one that I believe we need now more than ever: cultivating inner goodness.  

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Power Up Your Leadership —The Strongest Way to Go From Good to Great

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Embodied Leadership.

You can power up your leadership by unlocking the wisdom within, healing the disconnect between mind and body, and embodying the way you want to be. Leadership is not just about having the right title or position, but about the ability to motivate and inspire others to reach their full potential. It requires a deep understanding of oneself and the ability to tap into one’s inner wisdom. But to power up your leadership skills you need to attend expensive seminars or classes, right? 

No, that’s not the place to start! Of course, learning from extraordinary leaders is part of the process of powering up your leadership skills. But if you don’t pay attention to this one thing first, then you’ll not fully benefit from any training you attend. What one thing?

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How Defining Your Values Gives You More Energy for What Matters Most

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Life Skills, Self-Leadership Skills.

While you can’t create more time, by defining your values you can increase your energy and the mindful way you use time.Does it feel like you never have enough time or energy? While you can’t create more time, you can increase your energy and the way you use your time. How? By defining your values – identifying what’s most important to you. They are your source of intention, power, energy and motivation. On the other hand, if you’re trying to do something that doesn’t matter, you’ll give it up and this creates negative energy zappers, “Here’s another project I quit, failed at, and left unfinished. I’m such a loser. I can’t get anything right”

Your energy comes from four main sources — your body, emotions, mind, and spirit. The good news is that you can systematically expand and renew your energy by intentionally eliminating practices that deplete you while increasing behaviors that support you.

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