Success Requires Focus

Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus

~ Graham Bell

You can have a lot of great ideas and dreams, but until you begin to focus your attention and energy on them, they remain unrealized. The key to success in any project or goal is putting your focus where you want it. This means focusing your time, your energy, your focus and your money on the outcome you want to achieve. Without that focus, you are likely to remain stuck--floundering around--despite those great ideas and dreams.

This week: Determine some area of your life where you need to increase your focus. Just for this week, concentrate your attention and energy on this area or specific task. Commit some time to it, maybe an hour a day or whatever you can manage. At the end of the week, notice what has happened. Have you made progress? Do you feel less scattered? Consider how you can increase your focus next week...

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in coaching people to success with her solution-focused approach For more information go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ or check her out on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/getunstuck .

Learn to Use the Power of Your Mind to Heal

"We can tap our own healing forces by learning to use the power the mind has over the body. Healing is part of self-realization, a process of becoming whole and healthy."

~Dr. Gerald Epstein

I've watched this process occur as my husband has healed from his burns. Sometimes determination is one of the greatest healers. And when you realize that your mind can help heal you, it empowers you to live fully.

Yes, you have to actually take some action to make it happen, but your mind holds the key. When you activate your own healing energy and direct it to heal you, you become powerful in a humble way. You are working with your own energy to manifest an outcome with your physical body, and your mind is intimately intertwined in this process.

This week: Experiment with using your own healing energy in some area of your life. Imagine yourself sending your breath into some place of dis-ease or pain. Allow your mind to quiet, and to allow peace to wash over you. Settle on down into a place in your mind of safety and relaxation. Notice what happens in your body--even if it is for only a moment. Practice increasing the length of time you feel it by relaxing even more. Be one with the universe. Be one with the energy that surrounds you. Love yourself. So be it.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in helping people realize their own internal and external healing resources. She specializes in getting rid of "emotional clutter"--those negative emotions and limiting beliefs that keep us STUCK. For more information, go to her website at http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com

Be Around People Who Can Support Your Energy and Inspiration

"Be around people who can keep your energy and inspiration high. While you can make progress alone, it's so much easier when you have support."

~Dr. Joe Vitale

It is so important to be in environments and around people who can support your energy and creativity. There is a synergy that comes from collaborating and being supported by others of like mind. When you are around others who encourage you to "dream big" and support you to be your best, not only is the process much easier than doing it alone, the outcome is often of much higher quality. This, by the way, is one of the reasons that having a coach allows you to become your very best--your coach helps you keep your energy and inspiration high.

This week: Think about an area of your life where you could use some support and inspiration. Is there a project you've been procrastinating about? Do you have a dream you haven't dared make come true? Solicit support from someone to help you. It can be a friend, coworker, mentor, teacher, or family member. Make sure they are people who can keep your energy and inspiration high, and can help you be your very best. If you don't have anyone in your life like that, consider hiring a coach, even for a short time. The small expense will greatly increase your productivity.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in helping people achieve goals they had not thought possible through her solution focused approach and cutting edge techniques. For more information about how to get unstuck and begin to "dream big" go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .