Magic In Your Mind

The numbers are frightening – there are millions of people out of work or crossing their fingers they won’t find a pink slip in their next paycheck. More have watched their retirement funds slip away as the stock market plunged. More Americans than ever can’t make their mortgage payments and face foreclosure. Who wouldn’t be afraid in this economic climate?

Do you wish you could close your eyes and wake up on the other side of this mess? If you did, you’d miss one of the greatest opportunities of your life. Did you know that more millionaires were created per capita during the Great Depression than ever since? There is no better time than now to figure out your life purpose, set goals, and design a life blueprint. And the best part is that the process won’t cost you a dime.

How satisfied are you with your life? Think that ‘just getting by’ is the best you can hope for in this economy? That this is the worst time to make any major life changes? Nonsense. You may not have much control over the economy, but you do have control over your own life.

You should be happy with your job, your relationships, your health, and feel that you are fulfilling your life purpose, no matter what the economy. In fact, you’re more likely to ride out the bad times if you’re secure in the fact that your life is on the right track. The problem is that most people don’t know how to set short-and long-term life goals, and they wind up reacting to individual situations and they flounder. They have no life plan. No wonder they don’t feel secure and fulfilled.

Think of your life as a building project. No architect would attempt to build something without a blueprint, so why would you approach your life plan without one? The details may change over time but it will always remain the building block on which you can focus your energies and base your decisions.

The best way to start creating your own blueprint is to take stock of where you are right now. Begin by simply making a chart. Write down the ten most important categories in your life. They can be career, relationships, spirituality, health, or whatever is important to you.

Next, make two columns next to each category. In the first one, write down where you are right now in your life in that area. Be brutally honest in assessing your current situation. For the second column, close your eyes and think of where you’d like to be in three years if no obstacles were in your way. Think hard and big and write down everything you can think of. No idea is too big or impossible and the more uncomfortable or daunting the dream, the better. Each future vision should make you gasp.

Now review the list and rate how difficult it would be to achieve this goal. Use a scale of one to five. If all your scores are low, you’re probably not reaching far enough in your goals and should try the exercise again and this time, reach higher. Interestingly, you may find that some of your biggest dreams really aren’t that hard to attain. Some though, may seem impossible. Don’t worry about that, simply by thinking frequently about your visions, results will begin to appear, slowly but surely.

Congratulations, you’ve begun the process of creating your own life blueprint. You’ve started with visions and goals that are unique to you and your life. It’s the first step in taking control of your future and creating a purpose driven life. While it may not seem it, that’s the hardest part of creating the life of your dreams. Next comes the process of achieving your goals, keeping the promises you’ve made to yourself and staying motivated — and that is actually easier than you think.

For help with your goals, go to http://www.keepanypromise.com and sign up for a FREE 1-hour teleseminar. Karim H. Ismail?s 12-step process will kick-start your life blueprint and help you attain your dreams.