Russ Beauchene
04/02/2007
Creating Your Own Life
To change your life you need to change you.
And it's easier than you may think.
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04/02/2007
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Hi {!name_fix},
Welcome to my Creating Your Own Life newsletter.
The purpose of this newsletter is to explore how we can make
changes in ourselves which will create changes in our world.
We will do that by making simple changes in our thoughts,
words, actions and expectations.
As we change our beliefs about ourselves and the world, our
lives WILL change.
Our lives WILL change from the inside out.
Here, we will find the tools and techniques to help make
those changes happen.
I hope that you enjoy it.
Russ
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Hi {!name_fix},
Welcome back.
I hope you have had a chance to look at how much habits play
a part in your life.
If you want to make changes in your life you are going to
have to change some of your habits.
The first time that I looked at the idea of changing a bunch
of my old habits it just seemed overwhelming.
I wrote an article a while ago that shows how I made it
easier to change some of my old habits.
Here it is again.
To paint a house.
By Russ
One of the "regular" jobs that I have done is house
painting.
People see me doing a big project and ask me how I can stay
so cheerful and happy when I am working on a job like that.
I just smile, because they don't know that I don't really do
any big jobs. To me, a ten room job is no different than a
three room job.
The first thing that I do is look at the whole job to get a
"feel" for the house and what it needs. I like to become
friends with the house. Then I pick a starting point. It
might be a ceiling or it might be a wall.
I am no longer painting a house. I am painting a wall.
There is no ceiling, no other walls and no other rooms.
Just a wall.
When I am done with that wall, I have finished a job.
I feel good. I have a sense of completion. I have finished
something that I started.
Now I get to pat myself on the back. I done good. I can take
a break, have a cup of coffee, take a quick walk or start a
new wall.
My choice.
It is the same way with each wall or ceiling. I only do one
at a time. I get to feel a lot of completions. I get to feel
good about myself a lot.
Next thing I know, the room is done. I finished an even
bigger thing that I started. At some point, I will finish
painting one wall and notice that the whole house is done.
Sometimes I am surprised to see that it is all done.
Now I will go back and look at it all and see what little
touch up need to be done. All done.
I've got to be careful not to strain my arm patting myself
on the back.
Now I get to really celebrate. I get paid.
How do I do my web site?
I see the whole site I want and become friends with it.
Then I do just one page of it.
Next thing I know, my site is done.
Now I get to celebrate. I get to see it on the web.
How do I do my newsletter?
I have my template set up for my news letter.
I write one article.
I find one site to recommend.
I find one thing at a time.
Next thing I know, my newsletter is done.
Now I get to celebrate. I get to share it with people.
How do I do my life?
I talk with one person at a time.
I make one phone call at a time.
I eat one meal at a time.
I laugh at one joke at a time.
I show one person love at a time.
I help one person at a time.
Now I really get to celebrate. I get to live a full life.
How do you do your web site?
Or your newsletter?
Or your job?
Or your life?
How often do you get to celebrate?
Do you deal with the whole house?
Or one wall at a time?
Your choice.
This is the same way that habits need to be changed.
Pick one habit and work on changing that one.
Don't try to change them all at once.
It doesn't work.
Just make one change at a time.
When that one is solidly in place, work on another one.
Before long you will start seeing major changes in your
life.
Next time we will look at HOW to make changes in those old
habits.
I still highly recommend that you get "The Power of Positive
Habits" to help you on your path.
You can get it here:
http://rdb1645.habits.hop.clickbank.net/
I have read it a couple of times and use the info in there.
Let me know what you think about all of this.
Feedback is important to me.
Have a great day.
Russ
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I am always open to any questions, ideas, comments, rants,
suggestions or anything else.
I also agree to disagree.
Go ahead and challenge me and make me back up what I am
talking about.
Feel free to get in touch with me.
I DO answer all e-mails.
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Russ Beauchene has a web site called:
http://www.creatingyourownlife.com
It's about making the changes in ourselves that we need to
make in order to get what we want in life.
You can contact Russ at:
http://www.creatingyourownlife.com/contact.html
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