HILLIGraphy - Creating Your Own Life (Part 3)

Here's the continuation of Chuck Hillig's essay. Previous posts can be found here and here.

Creating Your Own Life (Part 3)

There are steps you can take to work toward changing your beliefs:

First, specifically list exactly what these old unproductive beliefs have cost you (emotionally, financially, physically, etc.) in both the past and in the present. Next, if you don't give them up right now, graphically describe what these old beliefs will probably cost you in the future. Finally, create and extremely compelling picture of the very positive changes that your new beliefs will bring into your life. Every day, vividly imagine yourself living in these exciting new realities. Remember that, if you don't change them, your old beliefs will just keep producing the same old results. New beliefs will begin to attract new results.

In order to begin changing your beliefs, though, you'll have to carefully examine your priorities. Are your goals specific enough? If they're not, the universe won't know just how to respond to your. For example, would you ever go into a restaurant and ask the waiter to bring you "whatever?" Wouldn't you, instead, place a specific order for what you wanted to eat? Since the same is true for the universe, your clear statement of your goals is, in effect, placing an order for Life to bring it to you. Consequently, the more precise and descriptive you are about your goals, the easier that it will be to attract them onto your path. For example, your goal should not be to "find a job." Instead, you need to be very specific in describing the kind of job that you want to attract. If you fail to do this important step, then you're surrendering your right to consciously choose the results that you want. When you do that, your vagueness and lack of clarity will invite the universe to bring you "whatever."

Secondly, you absolutely must make a convincing argument to yourself exactly why you want to achieve this new goal. If your "why" is big enough (i.e. both persuasive and compelling) then the ways and means for you to succeed in accomplishing it (i.e. the "how") will, quite mysteriously, show up for you. However, if your "why" isn't big enough, you won't likely be able to attract that energy into your life. Naturally, you'll also need to honor and respect your own values here because they must be in alignment with your goals. For example, you may discover that the "why" about getting a particular job has much less to do with the money you'll receive than it does with having a better opportunity to grow, share, contribute and serve.

Next, you need to decide what price that you and your immediate family are willing to pay in time, effort, resources, etc. in order to accomplish this goal. If you're not willing to sacrifice for your goal, then you probably don't want it badly enough.

The fourth step is to decide on a specific timetable in which to achieve this goal. Remember that there's no such thing as an "unreasonable goal;" only, perhaps, an unrealistic time frame in which to accomplish it.

The fifth step is particularly important: you need to write down your goals in long-hand each and every day. No exceptions! Your inner mind needs to know that you are absolutely 100% committed to having these things in your life. Writing them down makes it more real.

Finally, create a daily, short-term plan that focuses your energies towards achieving these long-term goals, and then follow through on the plan. At the end of the day, review your progress and be willing to make any mid-course adjustments to it in order to make tomorrow's plan even more effective.

Every day, learn to practice the art of focused concentration on what you passionately want in your life. Essentially, focus is "controlled obsession" while obsession is "uncontrolled focus." Remember, too, that there are the same 24 hours in every day for everyone so set your own priorities. If you just want to have an average life, then start spending major time on minor things.

Coming up in Parts 4 & 5 - successful people vs. unsuccessful people