ENERGY IN WORDS

ENERGY IN WORDS

A small and simple thing that is very powerful in each of our lives is our choice of words. The words we use create our world and make us who we are. Words possess power, they create focus and release energy. As we hear the words we ourselves speak, we ensure their fulfillment through our emotions and behavior. Our words define our thoughts, our thoughts generate our emotions, these in turn determine our behavior. We can change who we are by changing what we say. As we enjoy these changes, we can make them permanent through repetition. As we change, our world changes. The simple truth is, as we change our words, we change our world and the way we experience life. 

STEER CLEAR OF DRAMA

STEER CLEAR OF DRAMA

As we journey through life, we meet people who seek to involve us in their storms, their conflicts, negative emotions and drama. They stink and stir up our lives.

Bring to mind a time when you were walking on the sidewalk and saw dog poop in your way. What did you do? You stepped around or over it. Now imagine another person who sees it but steps right into it. Don't let other people’s drama stir up and stink up your life. Watch for the storm clouds and the poop! Don't step in it. Do what you can to help, but stay clear of their drama and negativity.

BE STILL AND MOVE

      BE STILL AND MOVE

Meditation is considered by most to be a small and simple thing.  It is also something that can result in great things. A simple but powerful form of meditation can be done at the beginning or end of your day. Set aside 5 to 10 minutes for your meditation practice. In a quiet place where you are unlikely to be interrupted, sit very still and close your eyes. Then bring into your mind something you want to have happen in your life. Vividly imagine this event or goal. Take special care to experience the desired goal paying attention to what you would see, hear and feel. Make it as real as you can. When you do this, your subconscious mind can't tell the difference between a real or imagined experience. It will cause you to react and respond as if it's really happening. It will also embrace the experience as a goal and will initiate the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to make it happen, to make it reality. After your 5 or 10 minutes of 'mental rehearsal' or 'visualization', you will notice that you feel different. You feel better. Get up and go about your day or evening. You have now put into action a mighty force in your behalf. 

CHUNKING DOWN

CHUNKING DOWN

We have been addressing change and making simple changes in our lives. We are generally resistant to change, and are too intelligent to put in any work without a good reason. It's important to have a reason for making a change  because change usually means work. But without change...nothing changes! As we have recently been discovering, a small or simple step can generate a big result. When the decision was made to put a man on the moon, it wasn't done in one giant leap. It was a succession of small simple steps, that together, resulted in a great accomplishment. In their thinking, they started from the moon, the goal, and worked backwards. This is also effective when applied to our goals. What is your goal? What will it look, sound and feel like when you reach the goal? Now, working backwards, what steps need to be taken to get from your goal to where you are right now? This is breaking the process down into smaller, doable, steps. Breaking the journey down into smaller, simple steps is known as chunking down. Perhaps a different way to state it would be, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

MANAGING OUR THOUGHTS

MANAGING OUR THOUGHTS

Thought management is critical to making effective changes in our lives. Our thoughts are so powerful! If we don't manage our thoughts, our thoughts will manage us. Here are 7 ways to manage or control your thoughts. 

STOP

You are the boss, so as simple as this sounds, the first thing you can do is to send a command to yourself, say Stop (STOP!). A direct command, given with a firm order tone, will interrupt the behaviour, like stopping you in your track.

SWAP

You can replace a negative thought by a positive one; I like to do a double swap, so, not only swap one for another one, but swap one for 2 other ones. Keep a list of positive, happy, healthy, constructive thoughts, and swap away.

STORE / SHARE

You can store it AND this is only half of the strategy; remember, you do not want to store it, as in ignore it, you want to store it, and re-access later, by sharing it with a supportive person: a friend, a colleague, a coach, a mentor. Someone with an outside perspective, an objective one, who will help you move forward.

SWITCH

You can do something else: call a friend, watch a movie, go for a walk, a run… there are so many things you can do; here you want to select an activity that you can do straight away, once the negative thought comes in.

SHHH

You can go to sleep or meditate, to free your mind; you can either meditate on your own, in silence, or have your favourite music on, or thanks to a relaxation cd /track or, a visualisation, guiding you to think of something else and relax.

SPECULATE 

This comes from Dale Carnegie, who said in his How To Stop Worrying And Start Living book, “First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.” So, ask, accept and proceed.

SCRIBE

You can start writing; from head to paper, write about what you are thinking to free your thinking place. Whatever is it that you are thinking as long as it stays in your head, it is a jumbo-mumbo mess (!), so write it down; and write it exactly as you are thinking it.

JOURNEY vs DESTINATION

JOURNEY vs DESTINATION

In the process of change we are sometimes so focused on the goal or outcome that we totally miss the joys in the journey. How often have you been so focused on a destination for holiday / vacation that you didn't enjoy or even notice the sights along the way? Victor Frankl gives counsel I think relates to to this as well. He says, "Don't aim at success: the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run - in the long run, I say! success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it."

Perhaps he is reminding us that happiness isn't a time or place, it's a state if being, a state of mind. 

WHAT DID YOU CHOOSE?

WHAT DID YOU CHOOSE?

A simple thing that always brings great things to pass is that of making a choice. We always have a choice. Although it seems instantaneous, we still choose how to respond. We choose how to feel. We choose to feel angry. We choose to feel happy. We choose to feel sad. It was Victor Frankl who taught us the reality of our ability to choose. After years in a concentration camp, he learned and taught about our ability to choose. He taught us that, "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." He then clarified,"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." It's simple yet so powerful!

LET GO FOR CONTROL

LET GO FOR CONTROL

Another small and simple thing that makes a great difference is with the issue of control. When we seek success by controlling everything in our life and in every situation, we are actually making things more difficult. Constantly exerting control leads to tension and results in decreased quality of performance. Control isn't something we must do, it's something we allow. Here's the simple truth, the more we let go, the greater control we have. It sounds so wrong, even impossible. Small and simple things bring great things to pass. The key, the more we let go, the greater control we have. Rather than try and force a situation, allow it to be. Letting go brings more control. Loosen the grip on a weapon and your accuracy improves. The more you let go, the more control you have. All of our skills are much more efficient when approached with an attitude that allows rather than forces performance. The mantra one more time, the more we let go, the more we have control. 

THE BIG LITTLE CHANGE

THE BIG LITTLE CHANGE 

Today my routine day ended in a very non-routine way. My day ended with an unscheduled visit to my dentist. There, it was my privilege to experience the joy of tooth extraction. My dentist removed a molar that had served me well for several decades. In recent weeks, the molar had become a source of pain several times when I would bite down to eat. It had become abscessed two or three times. Ultimately, it was painful all the time and was constantly oozing infection. What had at one time been a reliable and valuable servant, was now an impediment and source of pain. In order to remain healthy, I had to have the tooth removed. It was a painful experience, but I'm now free of a source of pain and infection in my life. I can now press on with life. 

Like my tooth, at some time in our lives, we will all have to acknowledge that something that had once served us well is now impeding our life and our progress. It could be an old habit learned early in life. Perhaps a friendship that has turned infectious. Acknowledge that it must go, and remove it! A little thing, once removed, can be a big change in our life. A big little change. 

SIMPLE IMPROVEMENTS

SIMPLE IMPROVEMENTS 

A subtle, even small change, can often result in significant change and over all improvement. Something as simple as changing the way we tie our shoes creates new neural pathways in our brains. These new nerve pathways generate new feelings and thoughts. As we make these small changes, we push the limits of our comfort zones. The fear signal that comes up when you are outside your comfort zone is a signal to be "aware" and not "beware". Fear is part of the process of change. The simplest things in life feel uncomfortable until you get used to them. It's important to continue when we feel uncomfortable. It's so often not that we "can't"do things, it's that we "won't" do them. 

STRENGTH IN SIMPLICITY

STRENGTH IN SIMPLICITY 

Continuing with the theme, by small and simple things great things are brought to pass. At the core of the concept is simplicity. A small amount of water allows a plant to thrive. Too much water and the plant dies. A little sun and the plant thrives. Too much sun will kill a plant. When solving a problem, keeping the issue simple, the lowest common denominator, allows for rapid and effective problem solution. When we seek to elevate a situation to something much bigger or more complex than it really is, it suddenly becomes much more difficult to resolve.  It is in the simple that there is great strength. 

PREPARATION

PREPARATION 

“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.”               Abraham Lincoln

There is great wisdom in this quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln. It reminds us of the importance of preparation. A very important way to prepare when implementing new behaviors in our lives is to imagine ourselves behaving in the new way first. This mental practice allows the new behavior to become more natural before the actually situation or event. The simple act of mental rehearsal prepares us to be at our best. Take time to sharpen the axe. 

COMFORT ZONE

            COMFORT ZONES

One of the greatest challenges to making changes in our lives is dealing with Comfort Zones. What do I mean? We all operate, day to day, within parameters with which we are comfortable. They can be social, emotional even situational. In every area of our life, we have established a type of safety zone. This zone is made up of what we will and are willing to do in these areas of our lives. Much has been said and written about change and how we must get out of our comfort zones in order to change. I disagree! A wise and effective approach to change is to extend or expand our comfort zones. You don't have to jump out of the frying pan into the fire. Begin by walking to the edge of the pan. What I'm suggesting is that there is nothing wrong with taking baby steps towards change. It doesn't have to be all at once. Making changes incrementally will still get you to your desired outcome. By expanding your comfort zone, once change is achieved, it's already part of you and a natural response. 

BEGIN AGAIN

              BEGIN AGAIN

You've had one of those days. Between family and work, then add the car issue and maybe a sick pet, you're spent. You had little time to yourself. It's important to make time for yourself and for implementing the changes you've selected for your life. Even just a few minutes for yourself goes a long way toward helping you become the person you want to be. As you feel better you help improve the environment for all those around you. Most important is to remember, the sun will come up tomorrow and with a fresh new day comes the blessing and opportunity to begin again. 

NO ONE LIKE YOU

NO ONE LIKE YOU

Making changes improving our lives should be a very rewarding experience. As we take simple steps to accomplish the changes, we allow ourselves to relax more and be ourselves. It's so important to be genuine. Be the unique individual you were created to be. You possess a combination of gifts and talents that are unique to you and you alone. When you live true to yourself, you experience freedom. No more pretending to be someone you are not. No more looking over your shoulder in fear of being discovered by others to be a fraud. Don't be afraid of being yourself. It brings joy to your day and real happiness to your life. 

CAPTURE A MOMENT

CAPTURE A MOMENT

We each experience the world in a unique and very individual way. It isn't our surroundings or environment that determine how we feel or the dominant emotions in the moment. It is our dominant thoughts and personal perspective that ultimately determine our experience. We can choose our focus. There is a very basic law of the operation of the mind which states, that which you do send out shall return to you again. When we look for and expect disappointment, regardless of where we are, we will find it. When we look for and expect to see beauty, we will find it. Two people may see a toddler in the park. The toddler is covered in mud and dirt. One person may grimace in concerned at seeing an obviously neglected little child. Another person may see the child and smile in delight as they imagine all the fun the little person has been having. 

We are surrounded with choice moments every day. If we will learn, early at the beginning of this year, to look for beautiful, precious moments, in whatever surroundings we find ourselves, we will capture precious and memorable moments. Begin by seeking to capture a precious moment at some point every day. 

FIX IT!

                FIX IT!

Making changes as part of the New year involves learning new simple ways to change, and resolving old ever present problems once and for all

A man decided late one day that a very tall tree in the yard had to go. He was tired of cleaning up after it all the time.  His yard was a mess because of it.  So, he decided to cut it down. Now, he had a chain saw, but not the right size.  If you're going to cut down a big tree you need a big chain saw. He thought,"I have a small saw so it is going to take a long time."  Well, it got dark.  he was determined to finish the job. Then he stood up to see how big around the trunk was. He kept cutting away at that tree piece by piece.  He knew exactly where it was going to fall and when. Then he sat down. There was one problem, he didn't have all the facts. The first thing about taking care of a problem you have is to know the problem inside and out.  I mean if you are going to rid yourself of a problem that has been causing you trouble

get rid of all of it.The only way you can do it is to know all the details and as stated earlier, have the right tools.

So far he knew he didn't have the right tools.  That was causing new problems.  Like taking too much time. Finally he got to the very last chunk of tree and could hear the cracking sound of a falling tree. He couldn't believe it.  It was actually falling exactly where he wanted it to go, he thought with a big smile.

So, what was the problem?Have you ever cut down a tree? Ah, there was a problem.  You see, it was HUGE!" He never considered how big the tree was.  From the base

looking up he knew it was tall.  But he didn't know how tall.

When it fell exactly where he wanted it to fall, it fell "longer" 

than he thought it would.

It crashed and then all he heard was screeching car brakes.

It actually fell onto the highway.

Sure this is simply a story about a man cutting down a big tree, but it has a far reaching lesson we can all apply to our lives.

Four important steps when facing a problem

1.  Be prepared.

2.  Have the right tools.

3.  Find out ALL the facts.

4.  Be ready for it to be bigger than you thought. Because like trees problems can have deep roots and reach higher and wider than you imagined.

"How big is your tree?"

CHANGE IT!

                CHANGE IT!

It's amazing to me that as complex as we know the human brain to be, it can only process one emotion at a time. You can't feel two different ways in the same moment or at the same time. You may vacillate rapidly between two feelings but you experience only one feeling at a time. Knowing this, we can develop creative ways to change how we are feeling. If you are experiencing an emotion you don't want, do something you know, that for you, elicits a different feeling or emotion. If you find yourself driving and stuck in slow moving or even stopped traffic and begin stressing or feeling  anxious, try singing the national anthem out loud. Notice what that does to the way you are feeling. Try this or something similar. You can take control of your emotions.  The important thing to remember is that we can experience only one emotion at a time. Don't like what you're feeling? Change it!

VISION

            VISION

Decide for this year that you owe it to yourself to live an extraordinary life and inspire others to do so in the process. 

Decide the kind of life you want to have and more importantly the type of person you want to be. To have this desired life and to become this person, we must take control of our thoughts. Our thoughts always precede any action or behavior. It is also our thoughts that come together and create our vision or image of our desired life. If everything follows thought, if our world is shaped primarily by our visions and how we respond to them, then this gives us the power and choice to choose empowering visions. It seems to be the case that great achievements follow persistence of a vision. Time after time, those who have achieved great status, influence, and success in society, those who are both internal and externally satisfied, have all held on to a strong mental image. This sounds like and appears to be a small and simple thing, but it is those simple things that bring very big results!

EYE OF THE STORM

     EYE OF THE STORM

We continue on the daily journey of a new year. My recent writings have focused on making changes for the coming year. More important, I am emphasizing and sharing methods, tools, techniques that are very simple to implement yet bring great results. The informal theme has been,'by small and simple things are great things brought to pass'.

Our mind is very powerful yet tender and complex. It's subject to strain and stress both from within and outside, and too much unresolved pressure can result in poor functioning. Emotional and mental fatigue can be just as exhausting as physical or bodily weariness. A way to stay healthy and keep on going is to apply a very simple yet powerful technique. At least once a day return to that quiet place of communication with the subconscious mind or what some people call the 'Inner Self.' Simply take five minutes to rest quietly with your inner source of life and vitality. There is a point of inner calm and stillness deep within. Sit still, get quiet, and listen. This quietness, this calm center is the only place our subconscious or Inner Self can get to us. If we want to experience this peace we must put ourselves consciously in a position to receive it. This is a secret of renewal of strength; mental, physical and spiritual. Along with regenerating your being, as you sit quietly and listen, your subconscious will release to your awareness ideas and insights along with tremendous calm. You will also experience the confidence of a mind that has found its true center. 

Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. 

KEEPING EMOTIONS SIMPLE

 KEEPING EMOTIONS SIMPLE

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does!

The past few days we have been addressing the topic of change. We've also been addressing the fact that it is by small and simple things that great things are brought to pass.  We all want to be a better person in this new year and we'd like to be more successful as well. We allow ourselves to become overwhelmed when we think of personal change and generating success according to our personal definition. As human beings, so much of what we do and even the decisions we make we make based on how or what we are feeling. Our emotions are a major driving force in our lives. It's important to remember that our emotions are directly connected to our thoughts. We can control our thoughts if we choose to. By directing our thoughts we can control our emotions. As we choose our thoughts and consider our interactions with other people, it's important to remember that we all view and experience life differently. We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. Many people view this as a major obstacle to having a happy life. Every event and situation of life has within in tremendous potential for good and a positive outcome. We must first choose to look for it until we see it. The activities, events and happenings in our lives are all neutral emotionally. They do not have emotion or feelings attached or assigned to them. It is when we view, see or experience them that we generate and assign emotion to them. Why else can two people have the same exact experience yet have totally different feelings / emotions about it?  Here now is another small and simple action to apply in our lives that will bring tremendous results.  Our thoughts determine our emotions. Thoughts become increasingly powerful the more attention we give them. If you don't want to feel down or sad, don't give attention to the thoughts that result in those emotions. Give your attention to the thoughts that inspire you, the thoughts that result in happy or what you would call good emotions. It's amazing how doing this small simple thing results in such amazing changes and outcomes. After a brief period of practice, it becomes a natural response and you don't have to consciously focus on it as much. It's a small and simple thing, but oh the power for change it packs!

MY HAPPY PLACE

      MY HAPPY PLACE

Albert Einstein said,"imagination encircles the world." You have the ability to literally create and live whatever life you desire within your imagination. You and I actually use our imagination every day.

Unfortunately we tend to use our imagination against ourselves. We tend to vividly imagine all the things that can go wrong in our day and in our life. We vividly imagine what we don't want to have happen. We create in our minds scenarios of how other people are going to behave and act towards us. We create negative scenarios and expectations for ourselves ensuring that we will experience disappointment. Just as we can create a negative experience for ourselves, with this same ability, we can create neat, upbeat and good things for ourselves. I recently had to undergo an MRI. If you've never experienced an MRI, it can be very stressful if you're the slightest bit chlosteraphobic, which I am.  You are secured to a mobile table and then they slide you into a long and very narrow tube (the MRI Machine). It's so small, you can't turn around or move. You lay in this tight, small tube for around an hour. In this tiny enclosed space for that length of time, I could have experienced major anxiety and trauma, but I didn't, I used my imagination. I spent time walking along the beach in Destin Florida with my wife. We had so much fun. We then played at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida. We were having a blast and about to go on Splash Mountain when I was informed the MRI was complete. 

We can transform our lives by using the amazing gift of imagination to our benefit. Let's talk more about this ...tomorrow. 

POWER IN BELIEF

POWER IN BELIEF 

Bunker Bean was a timid weak boy. He didn't have much. His dad was an alcoholic. His Mom had died. When she was alive she had constantly criticized and corrected him. Bunker didn't have any friends. He was raised to believe he was a failure. That he would fail at everything. And it was true, he had failed over and over    

again. Until one day... while out walking he came across a fortune teller. Mesmerized by the idea of discovering his    

fortune he went in. But the fortune teller refused to tell him    

his fortune, instead she told him: "I can tell you who you were... it's true. Before you were you, you were somebody   

 else." She told him: "You are the reincarnation of Napoleon.     You are destined to achieve great things!" This news shocked Bunker out of his apathy. Could it be true? 

He went to the library to read everything he could about Napoleon Bonaparte, the great   

French Emperor. He bought posters of Napoleon and put them up on his walls. Read and listened to everything he could. 

He began to imitate Napoleon's habits, attitudes and behaviors. Years later Bunker Bean was a rich and    

powerful man. He had all the outward signs of a man with    

immense wealth. One day he ran into the fortune teller, she had aged and her gray hair indicated she was no longer working. He thanked her for changing his life.  He told her about how much he and his circumstances had changed. 

To his astonishment she laughed! "I lied to you all those years before just to get your money, you are not the  reincarnation of Napoleon!" 

Bunker was crushed. He sank back in to his old ways, full of   

doubt and disbelief about himself. But fortunately an acquaintance kept saying    

to him: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he!” Bunker then realised that everyone is capable of being a great achiever if they only believe they are. He went on to become even more successful. 

What you believe is incredibly important in what you can do. 

So too is what you don't believe is possible    

for you. These two forces of belief - 

 *  what you believe 

 and 

  *  what you do not believe 

act like an invisible force that propel you to success or failure. Whether you believe you CAN or you CAN'T ... You are right!

CHANGE VIA BELIEF

CHANGE VIA BELIEF

Your vision or mental estimate of yourself activates your subconscious mind and compels you to be all that you imagine yourself to be. Remember that of the two aspects of the mind, the subconscious is the most powerful. The mind is often compared to an iceberg. The conscious mind, our present awareness, is like the section above the surface of the water. The subconscious is like the section under or beneath the surface of the water. It is vastly more powerful. It controls and regulates your breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, blood temperature, all the body processes and functions that seem automatic. It is also the part of the mind where real change takes place. What you give your attention to magnifies and multiplies exceedingly. Think rich and riches follow, think poverty and poverty follows. The law of life is the law if belief. To believe is to sincerely accept something as true. Believe in the abundant life, the happy life, the successful life, and live in the joyous expectancy of the best, and invariably the best will come to you. Remember that conditions and circumstances are not creative, you, in your own thoughts, are creative; the creative power is in your thought and feeling rather than in the false and limiting suggestions of externalities. You are not a victim of circumstances or happenings, except as you believe you are. You go where your vision is. Hold a mental picture of what you want to accomplish and back it up with feeling and enthusiasm, and it will come to pass!

TO TERRIFIC AND BEYOND

TO TERRIFIC AND BEYOND!

So, how have you been? TERRIFIC I hope. 

We are greatly affected by every word we hear. Even the words that come from us! We hear every word we speak and it has a direct and immediate impact on our thoughts and feelings. Something as small and simple as a "word" can bring great things into our lives.  Listen to yourself, carefully with meticulous attention, and. become conscious of the amazing number of doleful, negative remarks you "automatically" make. Be honest with yourself and ask, "Do I believe that, or am I mouthing negativisms that I do not really believe at all? Practice saying exactly the opposite of what you might usually say, and note how much better it sounds and how much better you feel. Also become aware of the change in your posture. With confident and upbeat language comes healthy and appropriate posture. This in turn affects how we feel and the thoughts we choose. Keep track of all the good things that happen. Express gratitude for the good things you enjoy. Note even the smallest results, how much nicer and better life becomes. Finally, put the best meaning and construction on each person and every action each day....then, you'll begin to feel new enthusiasm for your job, greater respect and appreciation for yourself, and you'll start living more of a "terrific" life. 

TRANSFORMATION BEGINS

TRANSFORMATION BEGINS 

I know that by small and simple things great things are brought to pass! So many of us want a better life, better relationships and even simply want to feel better but we don't take steps to have those things because it takes so much work. Well, that is the fallacy! It is in this type of thinking that we have been mislead. We have bought into the idea that we won't see or feel any real change in our life until we've put in a great deal of work for a very long time. That's just malarkey!

I am going to show you, or rather your going to show yourself, that small and simple things can bring amazing results. 

Beginning right now and for the next week, every time someone asks you,"How are you?" I want you to respond by saying,"I'm TERRIFIC!" Yes, it may seem odd or awkward at first, but you will begin to feel different very quickly. By different, I mean you are going to begin to feel better, more upbeat. Also, when you awaken in the morning, and every morning, I want you to sit up in your bed, and before you do anything else, I want you to say to yourself, aloud, "I FEEL TERRIFIC!" 

Begin now with this small and simple thing. I promise you, if you will do it, you will experience results rather quickly.  Respond to everyone with,"I'm terrific!" And sit up in bed first thing upon awakening and say out loud,"I feel terrific!" I'll share more powerful small and simple things tomorrow. 

NEW YEAR WITH CHANGE

NEW YEAR WITH CHANGE

We have all embarked on a new year. Many of you are thinking that the day didn't seem any different than previous days. The reality is that every day is pretty much the same. It is within our power to make the day different. When we make our days different, we make our lives different. It sounds simple because, well, it is simple. Small things, small actions, can cause great things to happen. We all know that doing the same things again and again will result in the same result or outcome again and again. If we want a different outcome, we need to do something different. To change the final answer in a long mathematical equation, we need only change one element.  To change our lives we need to change one simple thing we do every day. Are you ready for change? Are you seeking change? Is it really that simple? Can a small simple change result in a major life change? YES! Over the next few days we will explore the power of small simple actions.