7 Tips to Achieve Your Goals

As we move on from the holidays and settle into 2014, it’s common practice to set goals and resolutions for the new year. However, as many of us can attest to, many of these goals, especially long term ones, will fall by the wayside as the weeks and months pass by. This week we’ll be examining 7 simple tips for sticking to your goals and accomplishing them.

#1  Live up to your own expectations. Set your own goals, not those someone else’s. By setting the bar yourself, you will be more motivated to reach your goals and push yourself beyond your initial expectations.

#2  Write your goal down. Be specific and always keep it visible as a reminder.

#3  Reward yourself to celebrate achieving small milestones. Motivate yourself with a small reward for each step you accomplish toward achieving your goal. This can be something as simple as taking yourself out to lunch, taking a break to do something you enjoy, spending time with friends and family, or buying something to help with the next stage of your goal.

#4  Eliminate distractions and avoid taking on too many activities all at once. Stay focused on the task at hand to avoid getting sidetracked. Break the task down into small incremental steps to keep your goal realistic and don’t multitask.

#5  Get all the facts. Weigh all of the facts before you come to a decision in order to make the most informed choices possible.

#6  Dream big. Set your sights high, even on the outrageous. Better to set the bar too high than too low.

   

#7  Be willing to fail. Accept the fact that you might fail, learn from your mistakes, and get back on the horse. It’s better to regret something you have tried then something you haven’t tried. 

SOURCE:  Dale Carnegie Digital Tips

Dale Carnegie Training, www.dalecarnegie.com

Final Thoughts on 2013

Everybody is feeling it.   But unlike years past, 2014 has everyone literally buzzing and filled to the brim with excitement as we anxiously prepare for the new year.  Many of us are feeling an uncharacteristic expectation of something BIG is coming.  

Not only that.  In the  last few months of 2013 many have been experiencing intense dreams, waking up at 2 a.m. and 3 a.m.,  feeling anxious and heart racing like they just finished a marathon.

What is it that we all collectively are feeling these last hours of 2013? 

Could it be that we are collectively fed up with how things have been going in our lives?  Could it be that we finally are getting it?  Could it be that we are finally letting go and allowing it to happen?

Could be!

If you read my two previous blogs entitled Pondering 2013 (Part 1 & Part  2), you already know that I've begun my process of "letting go and allowing" a few weeks ago.

But as I sit here and watch the news feed on my Face Book, I see I am not the only one finally releasing ALL the people, situations, and other similar freeze dried bullshit from their lives early in the game.


And can't help but notice numerous Face Folk posting about the waking up at 2 and 3 in the morning; complaining of the odd dreams, the anxiety, the restlessness, etc.    Naturally, we all know these are all part of the Awakening process or the Ascension process as some call it.  

I am going to take this opportunity to say to all of you who are new to the experience and those who are less familiar with the process 

WELCOME to my End of the Universe! 

We've Been Expecting You!

To Help you all out, I've listed some links to articles I've written/posted here on my blogs.  Be sure you read ALL the way down to the very end!

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Honestly, I think I've said All I need to say with regards to what's on my so-called mind!  At least for now here in 2013!  

Oh I do have two last things to add.  

My motto going in 2014 is: 

The Freeze Dried Bullshit that Happened in 2013 STAYS in 2013!

To bring that message home I've adopted a theme song for 2014.  Click HERE


*LOLOLOL*

I don't know about all of you, but for me 2014 is going to be ANYTHING BUT the 

As promised!  Here are links to my articles that pertain to this process.    Feel free to print them out, share them with friends and family! 

The Spiritual Awakening, Ascension Process, The Transition, What EVER...

http://juliakcole.blogspot.com/2010/06/spiritual-awakening.html

http://juliakcole.blogspot.com/2010/06/12-signs-of-your-awakening-divinity.html

Some Tips and helpful hints on Working through the process:

http://juliakcole.blogspot.com/2010/06/working-through-awakening-process.html

http://juliakcole.blogspot.com/2010/06/working-through-awakening-process-part-2.html

And I thought I would add this article as well.  It goes along with what I've been ranting about for the past several weeks! *LOL*   It's entiled Instead.

http://juliakcole.blogspot.com/2011/01/instead.html

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Dreaming Dreams I Dream When I Dreamt And Why I'll Never Let My Dead Mother Drive Me Anywhere Again!

Okay so all my friends know I have these really outrageous dreams.  Very lucid!  Very odd and Very real outrageous dreams.    Salvador Dali wishes he had dreams like mine!  *LOL*

But all kidding aside though, my most recent dreams were of me travelling with my mother (deceased by the way) in our old 1973 Chevy Impala.  Burgundy with a white vinyl top.  Still looking brand spanking new.   (see picture below)

At first I didn't recall any of the events that led up to me being in the car with my mother.  It wasn't until I put myself into a deep meditation that  I remembered anything said other than me screaming WATCH OUT!  What is up with all these damn dead squirrels???!   

Naturally, before meditating  I went on line in search of some sort of interpretation. I looked hi & lo for something--anything that would help me make sense of this new addition of odd dreams and give me a starting point.   Normally I'm really good with dream divination,  but I was having issues solving this one.    Guessing it was because I was so freaked out about the dead squirrels.   It was sick and disgusting!     At any rate,  after doing some in-depth research and meditating on the matter, the answer finally came.

My mother never liked me.   In fact, she despised me.  I know this because she told me so on numerous occasions.  I was too much like her mother and my father--two people she hated the most.  The very same two people she believed responsible for her misery.   

You see, Mother was never one to take responsibility for her self, her actions, words, and deeds.  Ever!  Somebody else was always to blame.       And that somebody usually was me!

During meditation, I allowed the entire dream sequence unfold in my waking state; it was then I began remembering it was my mother who had been running down the squirrels!  I'll spare you the gory details.  But trust me when I say... YECCCHHH!!!!!

It wasn't until after further contemplation of the dream that it occurred to me that mother was actually trying to warn me of something.   

Common Definition of Squirrels in your Dreams:

To see a squirrel in your dream indicates that you are involved in a loveless, pointless relationship or an unprofitable business project. You are pursuing empty and fruitless endeavors. Alternatively, seeing a squirrel in your dream suggests that you are hoarding something. You are holding on to too much and need to learn to let go. On the other hand, a squirrel means that you need to reserve your time and energy.

To dream that you are trying to run over squirrels with a lawn mower suggest that you are trying to change your beliefs and alter your ideas in order to conform to others. You are looking for some form of acceptance.

My mother really lived this interpretation.     During the course of her long life, she was involved in numerous loveless and pointless relationships; as well as unprofitable business projects.  She was a hoarder on many levels.    She never learned to just let go!  Of anything!!!

Running over all those squirrels was her way of telling me stop trying to change who I am and what I believe  all in order to conform to others!  No one is ever accepted 100%.  So get over it and just be your Self!    hmm! This coming from a woman who never accepted me.  But the whole message rang so true and so loud I couldn't ignore it.    In fact, now that I've written it all down, I feel better--relieved--content.  Somehow whole!

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Being a passenger in the car usually denotes someone else controlling your life.   In this case, it was mother's way of "driving her point across."


And too, with respect to the type of car she drove--well in life,  that was her pride and joy.  Mother really loved that damn car!  She really did!  Buying that car, driving that car...well let's just say it was one of the very few times I saw my mother sincerely and genuinely happy.   So it was only logical she show up driving that puppy!

In either event, I've made a solemn promise to myself that from this point forward, I'll just  do what I do during my awakened state--I'll either walk, call a cab, ride a bike or take the bus if I need to get anywhere in my dreams!!  

Excerpt from The ZEN of Duct Tape:  An Empress Is Born!

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SPECIAL NOTE FROM JULIA:    The best, and no doubt the most accurate, interpretation of your dreams comes from doing it your self.  Taking the time to reflect, ponder and analyze not just the dream itself, but the feelings it brings, the events in your awakened state that transpired and/or are transpiring, etc.   All this lends to the truth behind your dreams.

Yea, checking out the definitions are fun and entertaining.  But if you want a deeper meaning, you'll need to dig a little deeper and go the extra mile to uncover what it all really means for you!


Until Next Time...

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

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Like you, athletes have a talent they wish to share with the world -- a dream they desperately want to fulfill.   Like you, they face numerous challenges in order to fulfill  those dreams.  And like you, they fair better when they have the unconditional loving and compassionate support from people in their lives.   

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Ask yourself these questions.  Where would any top athlete  be without their coach staying on top of them?  Lending support?  Dragging them out of their comfort zone?  

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Why get a coach of any kind? Be they life coach or Empowerment coach or what have you?

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If you are still asking yourself … Why get a coach of any kind?   Well,  chances are … you already know why, but are still unsure about taking that next step.   That’s okay!  You’re not alone!  I know first hand how scary it is!   

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And as an added bonus to our  one on one chats (telephone or online chats)-- you will receive daily emails from me filled with all sorts of great stuff.   

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