Your Vision Reflects What Is In Your Heart

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

~Carl Jung

Your vision is closely linked which who you REALLY are in your heart of hearts. Your vision needs to reflect your values--what is most important to you. You can only know this by connecting with the wise part of you, inside yourself. Too often we try to set our vision according to what someone else wants, whether it is a member of our family, close friend or even our target market. When you focus on what others want and make that your vision, you can lose the authenticity of that vision. The more the vision reflect what is inside YOU, the more it awakens your passion and becomes clearly expressed in everything you do.

This week: Spend some time connecting with YOUR vision. Look inside yourself and connect with that wise part of you that knows what is most important to you. As you think about your vision for your life or business, allow yourself to allow the passion you feel INSIDE to awaken and express itself. Capture it in words or pictures.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in helping people create lives of meaning and authenticity. She encourages people to connect with the inner resources inside themselves, and, in fact, the name of her company is Inner Resource Center, LLC. She has spent the past 30 years helping her clients grow--in their lives and in their businesses. For more information go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/

Get What You Want in Life by Deciding What That Is

The first step to getting what you want out of life is this:

Decide what you want.

~Ben Stein

It is so true that you need to DECIDE what you want your outcome to be. So many of us go through life complaining that it isn't what we want it to be. But the first step has to be not only to envision what you want, but to DECIDE that you will pursue it.

This week: Think about the outcome you would like to have in your life. How do you want to be living right now? Get a clear picture, and fill in the details--what you will see, what you will hear, what you will feel, even what you will smell and taste. Make it vivid in all of your 5 senses. Then, take the first step: DECIDE what you are going to do to get there.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert at helping people create lives that express their purpose. She is the owner of Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She specializes in helping people overcome the "emotional clutter" that often blocks success and happiness. For more information or to sign up for free monthly coaching challenges, go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .

Fear Is Preparing You to Take Action

"When you feel fear, ask yourself this question. What positive action is this fear preparing me to take?"

~Ralph Marston

Sometimes we allow ourselves to be stopped by our fear. We think it must signal danger. We worry about negative results. Fear can actually signal that you are ready to move outside your comfort zone. When you can face that fear, you can stretch yourself beyond your limitations and achieve things you didn't know you could.

This week: Pay attention to what causes you feel fear. Are you worried about failing? Do you think you can't do something? This week allow the fear to be a signal that there is a positive action you are getting ready to take. Identify it. Ask yourself: "What positive action must I take to overcome this fear?" Take that action. Notice what happens to your fear. Does it disappear when you think about it as signaling a positive action? Notice how empowered you feel.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in helping people overcome their limitations using her solution focused approach. For more information or to get her monthly tips and coaching challenge, go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .

Don't Just Wait--Take Action

"While we wait for tomorrow, we must act for today."

~Mani Sivasubramanian

This is especially true for us now. While we may be hoping that things will get better in the future, we must still take action today. In fact taking action is a way to take charge of your future. While things don't always work out exactly the way you might plan, taking an action to create the future outcome you are seeking is really the only way to ensure that you are moving toward it.

This week: Ask yourself: "What outcome have I been waiting for?" What do you want to have happen? Ask yourself "What action can I take to help create this outcome?" Take action, even something small each day. The more action you take, the less waiting will be involved.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in helping people achieve their goals using her solution focused approach. She specializes in helping people take charge of their lives by eliminating "emotional clutter"--those negative emotions and limiting beliefs that we sometimes stockpile from past experiences. For more information, go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ to find out how she can be helpful to you.

The Relationship Between Vision and Action

"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."

~Joel Barker

In order to have the sort of results that are meaningful, we need to combine both vision and action. When you combine a vision--how you would like things to be--with action to make it happen, the sky is the limit. And when that vision and action are powered by passion, we really can change the world.

This week: Pay attention to the vision you'd like to achieve. Develop a plan and begin to take some small action. Make sure that both your vision and action come from a space of excitement, anticipation and passion. Imagine what would happen if you continue to take actions toward this vision. Also imagine others who share your vision taking action and driven by that same passion. See how powerful this "movement" becomes?

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach, speaker and author at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She helps people create meaningful, authentic lives by getting rid of "emotional clutter" from the past, and helping them discover the resources necessary to transform their lives. She is the creator and author of Discover Your Life's Purpose: 7 Steps to a Life of Meaning & Authenticity. Find out more at her website: http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com .

Help Love Grow

"Love is like a mustard seed; planted by God and watered by men."

~Muda Saint Michael

Love is sacred, but must be nurtured in order to grow. We water it by giving it to others, noticing it when others water it too. Love needs to be shared in order to grow.

This week: Express your love and caring to others around you. Even if you don't have a special romantic love interest, nurture love by expressing it to those you meet in your every day life--the clerk in the store, the man in the street, your co-workers. Give them your love by smiling, by saying "hello," and by acknowledging their presence with warmth and caring.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and trainer at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She has 30 years experience helping people create lives where they can experience joy and love--sometimes for the first time ever. Find out more about her plan for getting rid of the emotional clutter of negative emotions and limiting beliefs by going to her website: http://www.emotionalclutter.com/ or http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .

Find Your Inner Peace

"Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence."

~from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

The beginning lines of this poem always remind me to slow down, to take a moment to find peace within myself. In our busy lives, it is especially important to take a break from the noise and the haste. It is important to give yourself the time and space necessary to go inside yourself and reconnect with your inner peace. For it is from this inner peace that we are able to create solutions to our life's challenges, and connect with that wise part of ourselves that knows what we need most to be happy and successful.

This week: Take just 10 minutes every day somewhere peaceful. Turn off the T.V., radio and iPod. Shut the door on interruptions. Breathe deeply and connect with your inner peace. Although this may seem difficult, do it anyway. Notice what a moment's peace can do to replenish your spirit.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and trainer at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She is committed to helping people overcome the obstacles to their success and happiness, and to create lives of meaning and authenticity. For more information or free personal growth resources, go to http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com .