The other day I asked a client to journal about what she really wanted in her life. I encouraged her to write about what kind of home she wanted, where she wanted to travel and what she really wanted to do in her life. When we looked at her homework, incredibly enough, she had written about all the reasons why she couldn´t have the kind of life that I had achieved! We were both a little stunned as she became aware of what she had done.

Robert Schuller said, “the only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” No truer words have been spoken. So much is possible, until you decide that it´s not.

I have coached many people through this process and it is interesting how negative they can be about what they want. They say something like, “I´d really like to be free to travel the world, but……. and then they proceed to tell me exactly why they can´t have what they want.

One of my dearest friends, Monique MacDonald, says constantly in her Discover Your Sacred Gifts workshop that everything after the “but” is crap. The lesson: Say what you want without the excuses. I want to travel the world. I want to be a millionaire. I want to have a beautiful home in Costa Rica on the beach, overlooking the ocean. I want to have a wonderful relationship. Period. Nothing else needed.

The “but” that usually follows sentences like these is your cop-out, your concern that you will disappoint yourself or you won´t get what you really want. Stop making excuses. Stop copping out on what you really want in life.

Get serious and committed to what you really want. Watch your “buts” in your life. Notice how often you use the word “but” to minimize or discount what you really, really want as you create your amazing life.

Remember, dreams are possible if you allow them to flourish and be nourished. Creating your amazing life is simply getting clear on what you want and then going after it like a dog after a cat. We´ll talk more about this subject, but today is a good place to start watching your buts.

It´s easy to get caught up in the busyness of life and forget how to play. It´s why I love when my partner Greg is in town. He just left a few minutes ago after spending 6 days with me in Sedona. And boy did we play. Alot more pictures will be uploaded onto my Facebook account this weekend but here we were last night at a haunted restaurant in Jerome, an old mining town about 30 minutes from Sedona. Interestingly, a $20 bill disappeared from my wallet last evening and somehow showed up this morning. Were the ghosts having fun or was it the combination of a margarita and the wine?

From the moment Greg arrived, we played. Dinners out at neat restaurants, a fabulous train trip through the Verde Canyon, hikes and incredible swimming holes we discovered in the middle of the desert. Yesterday we went tubing down the Verde River which was a lot of fun and a first for me. This morning we had the most amazing breakfast at a restaurant on the Oak Creek River. We watched a white-tailed hawk land in the river right in front of us and beautiful yellow finches play in the trees above us. It was one of the most beautiful settings I have ever seen. We stayed for 3 hours and just talked and soaked in the scenery while we ate the delicious food.

I´ve got 5 days to get some work done before my girlfriend Brenda arrives on Tuesday to play again for a week. Its definitely something to look forward to.

If you´re not sure what you would do with six days off to play, then it´s time to start thinking. There is nothing greater for motivation than flipping through some travel magazines, checking out packages at Expedia or going online to www.internationalliving.com and subscribing to their magazine and daily postcards.

If you´re just working because you don´t know what you would do if you had time to play, then today is the day to start your imagination going on your amazing life.

Challenges, problems, obstacles…they seem to be pretty much everyday occurrences for most people. And no matter how amazing we are, how strong, spiritual, connected or in tune, we all can do with a helping hand once in a while. Sometimes, we need it on a daily basis.

This spring I was invited to be part of an anthology called Overcomers Inc. True Stories of Hope, Courage and Inspiration. Myself and 35 other authors contributed stories that are inspirational and motivational – real stories of overcoming all sorts of challenges. It´s been a real honor to work with amazing authors from all over the world but also to work with a marketing team that is second to none.

Kathleen Gage, CEO of StreetSmarts Marketing, is at the helm of the marketing team and what a blessing to learn how to take a book to market from one of the best. Kathleen specifically works with spiritual entrepeneurs and conscious entrepreneurs so it´s a match made in heaven.

You´ll be hearing lots more as we get ready for a late October launch but in the meantime, you can download a free e-book called, “Overcoming Adversity with Grace”. Don´t you just love that title because all of us have overcome adversity – gone through hell, had a nervous breakdown, bit off all our nails, not slept for a week or gained 20 pounds! How about overcoming adversity with GRACE! What a novel concept!

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