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Setting Goals & Thinking Positively to Live The Life of Your Dreams

 

 

Successful people know how to succeed and what it takes to succeed.

So what is it? What do they know that you don’t?

Everyone knows that hard work pays off and that practice makes permanence.

But what separates you from someone who is doing the very thing you want to do, too?

Now, of course there is DNA involved in some of that, talent can be passed down from generation to generation, however, I’m talking about post amputation, and how one person adjusts to this new life better than others. What separates THOSE people?

I would agree that mindset and visualization is a huge factor.

I know we all come to amputation differently, and our circumstances are all totally different. Even our support system looks different from one person to the next, but those aren’t what make it or break it for us.

You have seen stories of people overcoming the worst odds and overcoming horrendous circumstances to find success.

What is their secret sauce to breaking free?

It is their grit and their determination for their situation NOT to define them, and not to inhibit them and their desires.

That comes from having an intense desire to achieve, to prove people wrong, to dream despite where they are right now.

They don’t allow their circumstance to define their future and their life. they rise above those circumstances, DESPITE them!

HOW?

They have a desire and a yearning to prove the world wrong.

They want to live.

They want to reach their goals.

They want to LIVE the life they still want.

It truly comes down to the fight within and then making a plan and then executing that plan.

Mindset matters!

When things start to get hard what do you do?

Do you buckle down and press in harder or do you cave in to the pressure?

Do you write down your goals and no matter what, keep forging forward despite how today feels or do you cry “Uncle” and say it just isn’t meant to be?

That is the difference.

Each of us will have great days, those are the days we can easily see us reaching our goals and the days that feed us happy thoughts and optimism.

But, the really champions are made on the hard days!

The hard days are when sickness knocks you down, or when your leg hurts too much to want to put on your socket. It’s the days when a setback happens like an infection or a revision surgery and dreams get deferred. Where are you on THOSE days? Did you give up or adjust your timeline? Did you see this moment as the roadblock to giving up, or just the next challenge you are ready to hit head on?

Everyone has those days, but those that want to succeed find a way to get through them.

Mindset matters! Self talk matters.

I believe we all have the fight within us, but our priorities are different.

We all have a desire to succeed, but only some want it bad enough to keep getting up when they get knocked down.

When we have our bad days, or days of struggles, that is when we choose the path. Do we want our goals and dreams bad enough to fight through the hard days, or does that just exhaust us and we raise the white flag in surrender?

Same goes with how we see ourselves. When we feel great about how we look, how clothes fit, and feel good about who looks back at us in the mirror, we feel on top of the world, but the moment we have an uncomfortable feeling or a change in perspective we become harsh with ourselves and show zero grace. That’s when I find negativity can destroy all we have been working towards.

In the end, we all have ebbs and flows in our views of ourselves, our looks, our accomplishments at the moment. One moment we feel amazing about what we’ve accomplished, like walking a mile in our prosthesis, to all of a sudden feeling inferior because we allowed comparison and negativity into our minds.

This is self destructive behavior, and we can all fall into it.

What will you do to set yourself up for success in the midst of the hard days?

 

 

It’s time to set a plan into action.

It’s so easy to see your end goal and how easy it’ll be to get there…. on GREAT days, even good days, but it’s what we do and how we handle the bad days or the hard days, when life takes a turn and tries to take you down.

Set goals!

Add in baby steps to achieving those goals. Have a game plan not just a final achievement that you want to fulfill.

Ask yourself, what will it take to achieve that.

How long will this goal take? What will each week look like, and even break down the goal into daily activities to help you get there.

When we break goals down into baby steps or daily achievements we do two things:

*we make the BIG goal attainable

*we have a plan in place for every day to keep us accountable and showing us attainable small goals that will also lift our spirits and keep us mentally strong on the road to the BIG goal. This will help you keep a more positive mindset throughout.

I would also use post-it notes around your home of positive comments for you to see so you remember, even on the tough days, what your mind was thinking about you and your goals on the good days. Does that make sense?

We can all find success, but success looks different for each of us. Stop comparing yourself to others, there is no one like YOU!

Set the goals you dream of and stay focused. You deserve that! You can do this!

Remember we all have a warrior spirit within us, we just need to unleash it and use it to do great things!

Don’t give up, Dear Warriors, keep pushing forward to the dreams you want and for the life you want to live!

You are strong enough and capable enough! Don’t ever forget that!

And as always, until next time,

Be Healthy,

Be Happy,

Be YOU!!

Much love,