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Noah St. John

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Founder of SuccessClinic.com

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I had just finished speaking at an industry conference for 500 entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. As I was leaving the stage, a man from the audience rushed up and said that he wanted to hire me as his executive coach.

Related: How to Smash Mental Barriers and Reach the Level of Success You Crave

I asked him what he wanted to accomplish.

He replied, “Noah, I’m totally stuck. I’m only making $4 million a year.”

Naturally, I laughed — and told him that most people would love to be “stuck” at $4 million a year!

He said, “No, you don’t understand.” He explained that he owned a software company that had grown very quickly to $4 million per year in revenues. Yet for the previous four years, its revenues had not grown at all.

He told me that he had hired every big name “guru” and marketing expert to try and break through this income ceiling. In fact, he’d spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to fix the problem — yet even after spending all this time, money and effort, his company was indeed “stuck” at $4 million per year.

Related: 10 Things Successful People Tell Themselves Every Day

Since 1998, I’ve used the phrase head trash to describe why so many smart, hardworking entrepreneurs hold themselves back from the level of success they’re capable of. But what does it really mean — and how exactly does head trash stop you from making the money you want to be making?

Simply put, head trash is that voice in your head that says things like, I’ll never be successful. Why isn’t my business growing? I can’t do it because …

While the actual words that this nasty voice use vary from person to person, there are four distinct ways that your head trash is stopping you from making more money.

1. You hear that voice in your head that says, I can’t do it because …

And then you fill in the blank:

• Because I’m too old.
• Because I don’t have the time.
• Because I can’t afford it.
• Because I’ve made too many mistakes
• Because I didn’t go to college (or “the right” college).
• Because I don’t live in the right city.
• Because I’m a woman.
• Because, because, because …

Related: 5 Ways to Rewire Your Brain to Be Positive

2. You make yourself “right.”

We humans have a nearly infinite capacity to prove our own beliefs. Psychologists call this confirmation bias: the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one’s existing beliefs.

For example, if you believe that you can’t grow your business because you’re “too old,” guess what? You’ll find ways to prove that you’re too old to grow your business.

If you tell yourself you can’t do it because you “can’t afford it,” you’ll find that you don’t have the money to do the things you want to do.

If you believe you can’t do it because you’ve made “too many mistakes,” you’ll keep beating yourself up forever.

Related: Why Negativity Ruins More Good Ideas Than Anything Else (and 5 Tips to Avoid It)

3. You keep making yourself “right” by not taking action or sabotaging your success.

When you don’t take out your head trash, you’ll tend to do one of two things:

Not take appropriate action. The most common symptom is procrastination.

One thing I teach my clients is that procrastination is not simply “not doing things.” Procrastination is, specifically, not doing things that you know will be good for you.

The irony is, there are tons of articles online about “how to overcome procrastination.” Yet most of them ignore the basic truth: that procrastination is primarily a manifestation of making yourself (i.e., your head trash) right.

Sabotage your success. What happens when your head trash tells you, I can’t do it — but then you, um, do it?

Meaning, in spite of that negative voice, you actually achieve your goals?

Sociologist Thomas Merton coined the term “self-fulfilling prophecy” to describe “a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true.”

In this case, your self-fulfilling prophecy could take the form of sabotaging yourself in order to make yourself “right” — i.e., “See, I told you I couldn’t do it!”

Related: 7 Ways Focused Hard Work Crushes Self-Limiting Beliefs

4. Since you believe that negative voice and make yourself “right,” you either don’t take action or sabotage your success — which ultimately means you don’t get the results you desire in business or life.

Calvin Coolidge is said to have written: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

The crucial question, then, is: What causes persistence?

Persistence is a behavior that occurs when you believe in yourself and in your ability to achieve your desires. In other words, when you listen to the voice in your head that says, I can do it instead of the one that says, I can’t do it — it doesn’t mean you’ll always get everything you want.

Yet, it does mean that you will persist and not give up, in spite of the hurdles that life throws at you.

For example, remember that CEO who was “stuck” at $4 million in revenues? Two years later, his company had gone from being stuck at $4 million for the previous four years to more than $20 million in revenues.

The surprising takeaway is that it wasn’t marketing, customer service or financial management that was holding this company back. By his own admission, this CEO’s head trash was costing his company upwards of $16 million per year.

The question is: How much is your head trash costing you?

Whether it’s costing you time, energy, relationships or money, head trash can affect any area of your life or business. Worse, it’s often very difficult to identify our own blind spots — which is why most entrepreneurs need some help to take out their head trash.

Related: Feeling Stuck in a Rut? Here’s How to Burst Out and Thrive.

Here’s a simple exercise to identify how much your head trash about money may be costing you right now, and a simple decision that can have a lasting effect on your legacy.

1. Write down five negative beliefs you have about money.

You may have dozens of negative beliefs about money (in fact, I’ve identified more than 85 negative beliefs about money that my clients have shared with me). But start with just your top five.

2. List how those beliefs are affecting your ability to make more money.

For example, if you believe, I can’t afford it, list all the ways that belief is holding you back from making more money. In addition, list the ways you’re either not taking action or have sabotaged your success because of those limiting beliefs.

3. Decide that you’re going to get rid of your head trash about money.

After doing this exercise, you may find that your head trash about money is costing you a lot more than you think.

That’s one reason that simply deciding, right now, that you are going to get rid of your head trash about money can be one of the most important things you can do for yourself, your loved ones and your legacy.

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Noah St. John

GUEST WRITER

Founder of SuccessClinic.com

August 10, 2018 7 min read

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Do you ever procrastinate? Do you sometimes put off doing things you know would improve your life and/or business?

Related: Finally Stop Procrastinating With These 4 Simple Steps

When I ask this question in my keynote speeches and live workshops, 80 percent of the hands in the audience go up. The rest, of course, are waiting until later to answer the question. (A little procrastination joke for you, there.)

Now, most people would agree that procrastination will not only not bring you closer to your goals; procrastination will, in fact, often prevent you from reaching your goals in the first place.

The logical question, then, is: How do we stop procrastinating? The problem with that question is that humans aren’t logical. (Just ask Mr. Spock.)

The question behind the question, then, is what are babits and how can we change them? In the late 1990s, a group of neuroscientists at MIT discovered that habits are formed in the brain, a process that The Power of Habit author Charles Duhigg calls “the habit loop”:

First, the cue

The first element of the habit loop is the cue. The cue is the thing that causes a habit to happen. You could also call it the stimulus.

For example, let’s say that you’re sitting at your desk, and you’re thinking about doing that “thing” that would help you grow your business. You might be thinking, “You know, I really should write that article … or call that prospect … or craft that sales pitch … or finish that training video …”

So there you are, thinking about doing that action that would actually help you make more money or grow your business.

Related: 11 Ways to Beat Procrastination

Next, the routine

Then we come to the next element of the habit loop, called the routine. That’s the thing you do after the cue occurs.

In this example, you are thinking about doing that activity that will help you make more money. So, what’s the very next thing you do after the cue occurs?

Here’s where it gets interesting. The human brain is highly efficient. That’s the good news. However, it’s also the bad news. Why? Because your brain is so efficient, when it finds a way of doing things, it doesn’t want to change.

Which means that when you start doing something (e.g., form a habit), your brain tends to want to keep doing it, even if you — the owner of said brain — want to do something different.

For example, you consciously know that procrastination is not a good habit, and that doing this habit is, in fact, costing you time and money. However, because your brain is so efficient, your brain is essentially saying, “Hey, I’ve got a good thing going here. Why change?”

So, you have the cue (you think about doing that thing that will make you more money), and then you do … something else. Watching cat videos on YouTube, checking Instagram, turning on Netflix, going to the kitchen to grab a snack, checking Instagram again … the distractions — er, possibilities — are endless!

Related: Procrastination or Contemplation? Why Procrastinators Will Rule the Business World.

Then, the reward

The third element of the habit loop is called the reward. After you do the routine, the MIT neuroscientists found that the brain releases “happy hormones” including endorphins. Endorphins interact with the receptors in your brain that reduce your perception of pain. Endorphins also trigger a positive feeling in the body, similar to that of morphine. It’s like your brain says, “Ahh! Thanks, I needed that.”

Think about that for a moment. When you are doing something you enjoy — something you are used to, also called a habit — your brain actually feels better. And that is the very problem! Because over time, if you keep doing this habit, you’re going to tend to keep doing it (unconsciously) — even though you know consciously that this habit won’t get you where you want to go.

But, guess what? Your brain doesn’t care! Because your brain produces a reward (e.g., endorphins) for doing things that feel good, your brain doesn’t want to start doing things that might make it uncomfortable (and therefore might cause pain).

Bottom line: When you try to change your habits using the old method of “willpower,” you’re really trying to fight your own brain. Do you see now why that almost never works?

Related: 7 Surefire Techniques for Overcoming Chronic Procrastination

Why willpower is not enough

Traditional success teachers focus almost exclusively on the “how-to’s” of success — that is, how to change your behavior in order to get different results. And that’s perfectly logical, right?

However, my experience over the last 20-plus years of coaching thousands of entrepreneurs just like you from around the world has shown that when people try to use those traditional “how-to” programs to change their habits, it’s like trying to drive a nail in the wall … using a chainsaw.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a chainsaw — if you want to chop down a tree. However, if you want to drive a nail into the wall, it’s the wrong tool for the job.

The point is, while there’s nothing inherently “wrong” with trying to use willpower to change your habits, scientific studies have shown that willpower is a limited resource — one that is, ironically, ill-suited to the job of habit change.

Related: 4 Reasons People Procrastinate and a Cure for Each One

Why you’re closer than you think

The great news is that you’re closer than you think to being able to break the procrastination habit without using willpower.

How do I know? Because my guess is that you’ve already spent lots of time, money, and effort on all those traditional “how-to” programs.

From now on, stop trying to use willpower to change your habits, and instead use my “R.I.S.E.S. Method”:

1. Recognize your cue. What is the stimulus that triggers this habit? Over the next seven days, notice exactly what happens in your life that causes you to procrastinate. For example, do you procrastinate because you feel fear? Do you surf the internet because you feel lonely?

2. Isolate your routine. What exactly do you do after the cue happens? For example, when we feel fear, we tend to run away from the thing that’s causing us to feel that emotion. So, if you’re afraid of calling that prospect, an easy thing to do is surf the internet, so you don’t have to confront that fear.

3. Sense your reward. For instance, procrastination may cause you to feel safe, so you don’t have to face your fear of what might happen if you actually did that thing you’re thinking of doing. What’s the reward you get from doing this habit?

Related: The 6 Factors That Lead to Wasted Mornings (and How to Curb Them)

4. Expose your belief. Every habit produces a corresponding belief — for example, a chronic procrastinator might believe, “I work better under pressure.” What beliefs are you holding onto that are stopping you from letting go of this habit?

5. Substitute a better routine. Rather than mindlessly surfing the internet, what if you actually called that prospect or finished that report? What would happen if you actually did the thing that scares you?

Of course, when you do this, you’re going to have to face your fears and challenge your beliefs. And that’s decidedly uncomfortable — which is why most people won’t do it.

However, if you want to reap the benefits from breaking the procrastination habit, you may find that, in the words of philosopher and author George Addair, “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”

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Noah St. John

GUEST WRITER

Founder of SuccessClinic.com

August 17, 2018 7 min read

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Asking an entrepreneur if she feels stress is like asking a fish to tell you if it ever gets wet — it kind of goes with the territory.

However, just because stress is normal doesn’t mean it’s something we want to keep experiencing.

Related: Get Back to Center: How to Deal With Stress in the Workplace

Every entrepreneur has her own reaction to, and definition of, stress. For example, some entrepreneurs break into a cold sweat when they hear the word “spreadsheet” — whereas others never met a pie chart they didn’t like. (Fine, I admit it: I’m raising my hand on that last one.)

Yet, there’s another, more sinister problem with stress. While intermittent doses of stress can lead to inventive leaps or creative solutions, chronic stress — the never-ending, day-in-day-out, migraine-inducing type of stress — can lead to serious health issues, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, depression and heart attacks.

Another issue with stress is that as entrepreneurs, we generally don’t have an hour to sit around and stare at our navels. We’ve got work to do, dammit!

Related: How to Beat Stress and Boost Happiness (Infographic)

Therefore, here are six 60-second stress busters you can do the next time you feel that freight train of stress coming on — and yes, each of these take just 60 seconds or less:

1. Create a “stop doing” list.

I was speaking at an industry conference with Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great. In his keynote, Collins said that every entrepreneur (and person, for that matter) should create a “stop doing” list to go along with their to-do list.

As entrepreneurs, it’s natural to experience “job creep” — that painful disorder where we tell someone to do something, discover he can’t do it as well as we can, and then say, “Oh, just let me do it.” (You’re nodding your head right now, aren’t you?)

To create a stop doing list, ask yourself three questions:

1. What activities should I stop doing today?
2. What activities make me feel happy when I do them?
3. What can I do today that will move the needle toward my goals?

The truth is, there comes a point where you simply can’t keep adding things to your to-do list, unless you enjoy visits to the ER.

Related: Stressed? Here Are 5 Quick Relaxation Hacks You Can Do Almost Anywhere

2. Lower the bar.

Let’s say you wanted to be a world-class high jumper and you came to me because I’m a famous high ump trainer. I tell you to set the bar at 8 feet off the ground because, well, that’s where the world’s best are — and you want to be the best, don’t you?

What are your chances of clearing that bar? Exactly: slim and none.

But, what if, instead, I asked you to step over a bar that’s, say, 2 feet off the ground. Then you gradually worked your way up until you were clearing a bar that’s a reasonable height (say, two-and-a-half feet for guys my age).

My point is that in life and business, we often set the bar too high (“My book’s gotta be a New York Times bestseller! We’ve gotta make 500 percent of our quota!”) While there’s nothing wrong with having lofty goals — in fact, every mission-driven entrepreneur is driven by them — never hitting your goals can be a particularly painful source of chronic stress. Therefore, lower the bar once in a while and give yourself permission to be, oh I don’t know … human.

Related: 9 Ways High-Performing Entrepreneurs Handle Stress

3. Don’t believe everything you think.

For most of human history, the majority of human beings believed the Earth was flat. (And for you hold-outs out there, please see this.) We also believed things like:

• Bloodletting cures diseases.
• Women couldn’t lead.
• Digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

The point is that just because you, or even a majority of people, believe something, doesn’t make it true. You don’t, for example, have to be perfect. You don’t have to make everyone happy. You don’t have to hold onto pain to show how strong you are.

If your beliefs aren’t serving you, the great news is that you can change them. See tip №1.

Related: 12 Research-Backed Practices for Enjoying Life Regardless of How Much You’re Stressed at Work

4. Put your worries on the clock.

The next time you feel the stress train about to come into the station, set a timer for 60 seconds (or five minutes, if you’re really exuberant) and worry.

Yes, I said: Sit there and worry.

It’s funny, because when you force yourself to worry, it’s actually quite hard to do. We so often try to push worry aside that sometimes, it keeps trying to get our attention — like a 3-year-old who keeps saying, “Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom …” (Why do you think he does that?)

So, go ahead and give worry your full attention for 60 seconds. You may just find that once you give it attention, it will stop tugging on your pants leg and go on to something else.

Related: A Brain Surgeon’s Tips for Handling Stress Head-On

5. Smile more.

Yes, it’s corny. But, hey, it works. Numerous scientific studies have shown that the mere act of smiling releases “happy hormones” including dopamine and serotonin.

And in case you’re thinking I’m saying the old “fake it ’til you make it” — well, not exactly. In his 1985 book Telling Lies, Dr. Paul Ekman describes 17 different kinds of smiles, including the fake ones we’ve all done when someone tells us to “Cheer up!” (Don’t you just hate those people?)

So, while you can sort of fake it, better to simply find a reason to actually smile. (See, I told you there was a good entrepreneurial reason to watch cat videos!)

6. Breathe (properly).

An ancient proverb says: “The secret to long life is to keep breathing as long as possible.” (Hold on, that was a birthday card I got for my brother.)

Anyway, it’s likely that you’re going to breathe at some point during the day. (Thank you, Captain Obvious!) Yet, strange as it sounds, many people aren’t breathing properly. Try this:

1. Breathe in through your nose for a count of three.
2. Hold your breath for a count of three.
3. Exhale through your mouth for a count of three.

Feels better instantly, doesn’t it? Handily, the body has a built-in stress reducer, and it’s called your breath. However, studies have shown that many people practice shallow breathing, which can actually increase stress. Therefore, make it a practice when you feel stress to consciously practice deep breathing, which will instantly make you feel better.

While you’re at it, do these other 60-Second stress busters throughout your day even if you don’t feel stressed — and reap the rewards of lowering your stress in 60 seconds or less.

It’s true…

I used to say this sentence all the time before I realized how damaging it is.

Then one day, I finally understood why I could never say this sentence again if I wanted to have a successful life and business…

Since then, I’ve built a multiple 7-figure coaching business while helping my clients build multiple 6, 7 and even 8-figure “Freedom Lifestyle” businesses without the hassle.

Watch today’s video because I reveal the 1 sentence you must never say if you want success…

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The great news?

Creating a “Freedom Lifestyle” business does NOT require creativity or willpower…

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And I can teach you that system, just like I’ve taught my clients who I’ve helped to build multiple 6 and 7 figure businesses, in my new program called

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Imagine…

What will you do when lack of TIME…

Lack of ENERGY and lack of MONEY are no longer issues for you?

Will you…

• Take more vacations
• Spend more time with family and friends
• Do more of the things you really want to do

Well all of this and more is possible when you Get Unstuck Now…

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In the Death Crawl scene from Facing the Giants, the football coach pushes Brock, the team captain, further than Brock would ever have pushed himself.

Watch the scene to see the coach do something monumentally clever…

He blindfolded Brock.

Why?

Because he didn’t want Brock to give up before he gave it his “very best.”

Watch Facing the Giants Death Crawl scene here…

Would you like to be the kind of person who doesn’t give up on yourself…

Who reaches beyond what you think you can do…

And who achieves more than you ever thought you could?

Well I can teach you how to do that, just like I’ve taught my coaching clients who I’ve helped to build multiple 6 and 7 figure businesses, in my new program called

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What will you do when lack of TIME…

Lack of ENERGY and lack of MONEY are no longer issues for you?

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• Take more vacations
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• Do more of the things you really want to do

Well all of this and more is possible when you Get Unstuck Now…

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What IS stress free abundance?

Stress-free abundance is where you have more than enough TIME…

More than enough ENERGY…

More than enough RELATIONSHIPS…

And more than enough MONEY to live the life you desire.

Yet a better question might be…

Watch today’s video to discover How to Live a Life of Stress-Free Abundance…

Pretty much everyone wants to live a life of stress-free abundance…

Yet most entrepreneurs feel stuck, isolated, confused, and overwhelmed.

However, in less than 90 days from now, you could be living a richer, happier life..

Having more success in your business and personal life…

While working LESS than you are right now.

How do I know?

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If you’re in business, there’s a constant need to get more sales…

But how do you get more sales without being pushy, needy or salesy?

It’s true: I used to struggle with getting more sales…

Because no matter how hard I tried not to, I still found myself “pursuing” rather than “being pursued.”

Yet imagine how AMAZING it would feel if you could STOP pursuing…

And start being the one being pursued!

Well it can happen for you, too, when you follow the proven Inner Game and Outer Game Strategies I teach my coaching clients…

The exact strategies that have produced more than half a BILLION in sales.

So watch today’s video because I show you how you can get more sales without being pushy, needy, or salesy…

Most business owners want to increase sales and conversions…

Yet many entrepreneurs feel stuck, isolated, confused, and overwhelmed.

However, in less than 90 days from now, you could be living a richer, happier life..

Having more success in your business and personal life…

While working LESS than you are right now.

How do I know?

Because my clients regularly double their income while working LESS…

Sometimes in just a matter of weeks.

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Having more success in your business and personal life…

While working LESS than you are right now.

How do I know?

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Many of my clients have faced the problem of needing to declutter your life, so if you’re facing this issue of overwhelm and clutter, you’re definitely not alone.

But the question is: WHY do you need to declutter your life in the first place? Why not just “let things be”?

One of the main reasons it’s essential to declutter your life, is that if you have clutter, it’s hard for something better to come in.

Have you ever noticed that when you declutter your home or office, you feel better? I know you’ve noticed this.

For example, after one of my coaching clients decluttered her office, her business DOUBLED in less than 90 days.

Another coaching client came to me complaining of clutter. I encouraged her to declutter her life.

She did so, and found $150 worth of gift cards that she had lost two years earlier. Wouldn’t it be nice to get paid to declutter your life?

Here are 5 simple ways to declutter your life…

1. Don’t complain that you have to declutter your life.

Instead, be grateful that you have something (a home, an office, a body, a life) to keep clean in the first place.

2. Remember that when you declutter your life, it’s a continuous, not a one-time, act.

One of my college professors was a practicing Buddhist monk. He would often remind us, “Half of life is cleaning.” That’s a good reminder for all of us.

3. Dump your head trash.

Think about the negative things you say to yourself regularly: “I’m too old to change… I’ve made too many mistakes… I probably can’t do it…”

Remove those thoughts from your head just like you would remove the trash from your home.

4. If you’re stuck, get some help.

If you are really stuck with decluttering your life, bring in someone to help you — for example, a professional organizer, business or life coach, even a friend who enjoys organizing things (yes, these people do exist!). There are plenty of resources to help you. Don’t feel like you have to do it alone.

5. Use Afformations®.

Afformations® are empowering questions that can help you declutter your brain as well as declutter your life.

For example, you can afform: Why am I so good at organizing? or Why do I love being organized?

One of my coaching clients had so much clutter in her office that she couldn’t even see the carpet. After I helped her install this Performance & Profit, she began to use Afformations®and systematically declutter her life.

She told me it took 17 garbage bags to clear the clutter from her home office.

But guess what happened next?

In less than 4 months, she had made enough extra money in her business that she was able to replace the carpet that she couldn’t even see before.

To start your practice of Afformations® and start to declutter your life, get the first 2 chapters of The Book of Afformations® FREE at www.afformationsbook.com

Noah’s Note: When you clear the clutter, you make room for better things to come in.

I believe in you!

Noah St. John, Author The Book of Afformations®

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We humans are goal-oriented beings. We think about something we want, and then take steps to get it.

Whether it’s a car, a house, a spouse, or a ham sandwich for lunch (sometimes all in the same day!), we are constantly setting goals and taking steps to achieve them.

However, there’s one counterintuitive thing you should NEVER do when setting goals.

Whether your goals are for health, wealth, love, or happiness . . .

When you set your goals, don’t look in the mirror.

Why?

Because when you look in the mirror, what do you see?

You see yourself, naturally.

But what do you REALLY see?

For most of us, we see our own faults, insecurities, failures, shortcomings, what’s WRONG with us, what we think we CAN’T do, what we tell ourselves we SHOULDN’T do.

STOP.

Stop setting your goals by looking in the mirror.

I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t feel good about yourself. Of course you should.

What I am saying is that rather than looking in the mirror to see what you’re capable of, look to your Future Self.

This is the habit I call Stepping Into Your Best Future.

The mirror shows you what you ARE — or, more precisely, what you THINK you are (which are usually very different things).

We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, but underestimate what we can do in a year.

We tend to overestimate others and underestimate ourselves.

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking, “I can’t do it because…”

What’s hard is to keep working, even when the results aren’t what you expected or wanted.

Your Future Self is calling.

Will you answer?

Noah’s Note

When setting goals, don’t look in the mirror.

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