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Empower Yourself Through Any Setback
Everyone faces challenges in business and in life. Even positive experiences such as getting a promotion or finding Mr. or Ms. Right can present you with challenges. For example, a new position brings new responsibilities and sometimes new headaches. A new love interest poses the challenge of learning compromise with another person when you're used to doing things your way.
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TOP SHELF TIP NO. 53
"Everyone is wise until he speaks."
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The key to overcoming any challenge is to empower yourself through the event. Life's challenges and adversities can be one of the most inspiring, creative and resourceful periods of your life, if you only take the steps to focus on the positive and not the negative.
This week Promotional Consultant Today will discuss tips to help you gain confidence to face life's challenges head on and turn them into opportunities for growth.
Accept That Challenges Are A Learning Tool
Challenges educate you about yourself. They define your values and clarify what's important to you. During any challenge is the perfect time to re-create your life, because challenges force you out of your comfort zone. When people get into a comfort zone, they don't like to mix it up.
Most people will stay in their comfort zone even if there's not a lot of pleasure because there's not a lot of pain either.
But when you get uncomfortable, you find that you have resources, gifts and talents that you haven't tapped. During times of challenge you have the ideal opportunity to turn the events around and create the life or professional situation you want to live.
Be Mindful Of Your Self-Talk
Unfortunately, most people have a pre-programmed, download of emotions that dictate how they react to challenges, changes and transitions. When you are in the midst of a challenge and trying to overcome these pre-programmed emotions, you need to watch how you speak to yourself.
For example, if you got fired from your job, you may hear yourself saying, "I'm a lousy employee." "No one will ever want to hire me." "I have no marketable skills." Such negative self-talk will only keep you in a negative state, causing you to sabotage your own efforts. Therefore, focus on building yourself up through affirmations. Some examples of affirmations for a job loss example are: "I am a committed, dedicated employee." "I have an excellent employer with benefits." "I am a knowledgeable person with a great deal of experience in my field." "I am honest and have integrity and maintain that in the workplace."
Make sure your affirmations focus on the skills or traits that will help you overcome your current challenge. Write your affirmations down on 3x5 cards and keep them with you at all times. Say them first thing in the morning and before you go to bed at night.
Also, anytime during the day when a negative thought enters your mind, start saying your affirmations. Soon you will believe your new self-talk and you'll have confidence in yourself again.
Tomorrow we'll look at visualizing and supportive environments.
Source: Tamara Vaughn is a speaker and author of the upcoming book, The PowerShift Principle: Empowering Yourself through Life's Challenges. She is the president of SuccessNRG, Inc., a company designed to foster personal growth and self-empowerment in others. Her experience includes 17 years practicing law, and 10 years of life coaching, seminars and workshops. | |
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