Opinions, beliefs and convictions..oh my! We take action once we become convicted. If you believe you should eat healthy but don't, you do not have a conviction. If you are convicted then you do eat healthy and possibly even work in the nutrition field. You are are convicted that health is a priority and that action needs to be taken to be healthy. What convictions do you have? You can create a conviction for any belief you have. This is a powerful tool.
Have you ever heard a vegetarian say they became one when they watched a video on how animals are treated? This video was a solid reference for action. What about seeing obese people and how it affects their movement, health and life? You can build your references to make any belief into a conviction for the betterment of your life.
What beliefs do you have that you are convicted of? Happy Memorial Day!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
More Meaning Please!
What meaning do the events in your life mean to you? What beliefs do you have that have shaped how you see and interpret the world around you? Your friend may interpret a job layoff as the worst thing imaginable while another may see it as an opportunity. In Awaken The Giant Within, Anthony Robbins states that, "Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy." We have the awesome capability of seeing the world however we choose to see it.
A belief is a feeling of certainty explains Robbins. If you are certain you are sexy it's because you have backup evidence such as, "I have a great body." or "Men's heads turn to look at me when I walk by." These are how your beliefs are formed. You may have a fear of flying because of a movie you've seen or stories that you have heard, yet, flying is one of the safest ways to travel. We form our beliefs based on certain evidence we've picked up along the way.
I've been trying to reshape my body to be more toned. Except that I was basing this upon my weight on the scale. I was pretty bummed about the stand still my weight was at even though I was exercising every day. Finally, I lost 2 pounds and was so excited. My belief is that 114 pounds was too much for me while 112 made me feel so good about myself. My supporting evidence is that when I was 15 years old I was 114 and my family told me that I needed to lose weight. Therefore, this evidence became a belief based upon this number. As I was working out I was gaining muscle. So, my body was looking better, more toned, but my belief was stuck on the scale weight. How can I destroy this type of belief? What would it take to be happy with exactly where I'm at? Or will I always be looking for something different? The choice is really mine, and yours, to believe whatever the heck you want to believe.
"It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean." Anthony Robbins
A belief is a feeling of certainty explains Robbins. If you are certain you are sexy it's because you have backup evidence such as, "I have a great body." or "Men's heads turn to look at me when I walk by." These are how your beliefs are formed. You may have a fear of flying because of a movie you've seen or stories that you have heard, yet, flying is one of the safest ways to travel. We form our beliefs based on certain evidence we've picked up along the way.
I've been trying to reshape my body to be more toned. Except that I was basing this upon my weight on the scale. I was pretty bummed about the stand still my weight was at even though I was exercising every day. Finally, I lost 2 pounds and was so excited. My belief is that 114 pounds was too much for me while 112 made me feel so good about myself. My supporting evidence is that when I was 15 years old I was 114 and my family told me that I needed to lose weight. Therefore, this evidence became a belief based upon this number. As I was working out I was gaining muscle. So, my body was looking better, more toned, but my belief was stuck on the scale weight. How can I destroy this type of belief? What would it take to be happy with exactly where I'm at? Or will I always be looking for something different? The choice is really mine, and yours, to believe whatever the heck you want to believe.
"It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean." Anthony Robbins
Monday, May 2, 2011
Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain - Charissa Duskis
Do you want to lose weight or do something great with your life? Most of us do and all of us have great ideas that we haven't yet manifested. You may be driven to act based upon these dreams and goals yet find yourself too afraid or self-sabotaging yourself. In short, your short term vision is clouding your long term vision.
Anthony Robbins in, Awaken the Giant Within, explains that our motivations are directly linked with pain or pleasure. He says, "The problem is that most of us base our decisions about what to do on what's going to create pain or pleasure in the short term instead of the long term." How many times have you overeaten for the pleasure of now, instead of only eating what your body requires for energy and health? Pushing past the short term pain is what's required to reach our long term desires.
What action have you been putting off? I was beginning to gain weight because the pleasure of eating and not exercising outweighed my desire of fitting into my jeans. It wasn't until all my jeans were tight, I felt sluggish and tired did I decide the pain of weight gain was too much! I started counting calories, eating organic, healthy foods and exercising everyday. Now I feel amazing and am glad I pushed through the short term pain of exercise and discipline with my food. What short term pain are you avoiding that would bring about the long term change you desire?
Anthony Robbins in, Awaken the Giant Within, explains that our motivations are directly linked with pain or pleasure. He says, "The problem is that most of us base our decisions about what to do on what's going to create pain or pleasure in the short term instead of the long term." How many times have you overeaten for the pleasure of now, instead of only eating what your body requires for energy and health? Pushing past the short term pain is what's required to reach our long term desires.
What action have you been putting off? I was beginning to gain weight because the pleasure of eating and not exercising outweighed my desire of fitting into my jeans. It wasn't until all my jeans were tight, I felt sluggish and tired did I decide the pain of weight gain was too much! I started counting calories, eating organic, healthy foods and exercising everyday. Now I feel amazing and am glad I pushed through the short term pain of exercise and discipline with my food. What short term pain are you avoiding that would bring about the long term change you desire?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
More Pleasure Please!
"No pain, no gain!" No wonder it can be so hard to motivate ourselves. Living from this belief is only prohibiting us from living our dreams. In Awaken the Giant Within, Anthony Robbins explains that, "Everything you and I do, we do either out of our need to avoid pain or our desire to gain pleasure." Action needs to be taken, however, it is only taken when we decide that putting off whatever we are procrastinating about is too much pain to bear.
"What are some of the experiences of pain and pleasure that have shaped your life?" Anthony asks. The pain and pleasure we associate today is predicted by our past. Growing up I learned that studying hard and getting good grades was a source of pleasure. I would study almost every night for hours knowing that I would have much pleasure by being a good student. There was pain associated with all of that studying but the predicted pleasure outweighed that pain. Some other questions to ask yourself about how you associate pain and pleasure: "If you're single, do you look upon marriage wistfully as a joyous adventure with your life's mate, or do you dread it as a heavy ball and chain? As you sit down to dinner tonight, do you consume food matter-of-factually as an opportunity to refuel your body, or do you devour it as your sole source of pleasure?" questions Anthony.
I've begun to see how I am fueled by my fear of pain and my desire for pleasure. There is a trade-off of how much pain I will allow into my life for how much pleasure the payoff may be. I work out intensely every day for the pleasure of looking and feeling good. I work a 9 to 5, 5 days a week job for the money that I believe brings more pleasure into my life. When the pain of working out or working too many hours becomes too much then I stop because the payoff isn't worth it. I wonder how many other ways I'm influenced by pain and pleasure? I would love to be a motivational speaker but the pain of public speaking is too much. What if this didn't define my life and I had the choice regardless of the amount of pain? How can I reprogram the pain associated with public speaking to pleasure? In regards to food, what if you associated more pleasure by pushing your plate of food away when you know you've had enough to nourish you and associate pain with eating harmful, fattening foods?
What associations do you have with pain and pleasure? How are you motivated? What would you like to change? List a fear of yours and ask yourself how you can turn this into a pleasure. Anthony says that "The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors." Begin choosing for you!
"What are some of the experiences of pain and pleasure that have shaped your life?" Anthony asks. The pain and pleasure we associate today is predicted by our past. Growing up I learned that studying hard and getting good grades was a source of pleasure. I would study almost every night for hours knowing that I would have much pleasure by being a good student. There was pain associated with all of that studying but the predicted pleasure outweighed that pain. Some other questions to ask yourself about how you associate pain and pleasure: "If you're single, do you look upon marriage wistfully as a joyous adventure with your life's mate, or do you dread it as a heavy ball and chain? As you sit down to dinner tonight, do you consume food matter-of-factually as an opportunity to refuel your body, or do you devour it as your sole source of pleasure?" questions Anthony.
I've begun to see how I am fueled by my fear of pain and my desire for pleasure. There is a trade-off of how much pain I will allow into my life for how much pleasure the payoff may be. I work out intensely every day for the pleasure of looking and feeling good. I work a 9 to 5, 5 days a week job for the money that I believe brings more pleasure into my life. When the pain of working out or working too many hours becomes too much then I stop because the payoff isn't worth it. I wonder how many other ways I'm influenced by pain and pleasure? I would love to be a motivational speaker but the pain of public speaking is too much. What if this didn't define my life and I had the choice regardless of the amount of pain? How can I reprogram the pain associated with public speaking to pleasure? In regards to food, what if you associated more pleasure by pushing your plate of food away when you know you've had enough to nourish you and associate pain with eating harmful, fattening foods?
What associations do you have with pain and pleasure? How are you motivated? What would you like to change? List a fear of yours and ask yourself how you can turn this into a pleasure. Anthony says that "The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors." Begin choosing for you!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Having your choice
How many choices do you make a day for you? Or does it usually feel like your choice is based upon other people and trying to please them instead of yourself? How many of your choices have been influenced by other people's agendas or because you don't want to piss anyone off? How much more fun would life be, given that choice was yours? Tony Robbins, in Awaken the Giant Within, asks us to ask these questions, "How am I going to live the next ten years of my life? How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to? What am I going to stand for from now on?" The choice is ours to create our lives. How much fun can we have doing that?
"Different actions produce different results." states Tony. The actions that you are taking today are shaping your future. What could you do differently that would be expansive for your future? Possibly, there is a habit that you'd like to change. What new experiences could you have without this habit? Maybe you would like to be a pilot, live on an island, or learn how to cook. A lot of us make excuses to limit our lives ie. not enough money or time. However, these are only limiting you from having more of the life you require. What choice can you make now to live your dream life?
As you all know, I want to share Pure Qualities (my self-help program) with others on a massive scale. I took the time today to contact a lady that I believe has the connections I'm looking for. I'm super excited! She wrote me back and has already given me some direction. What's next?
As you all know, I want to share Pure Qualities (my self-help program) with others on a massive scale. I took the time today to contact a lady that I believe has the connections I'm looking for. I'm super excited! She wrote me back and has already given me some direction. What's next?
Thursday, April 14, 2011
What do you want to show up in your life?
“We all have dreams…We all want to believe deep down in our souls that we have a special gift, that we can make a difference, that we can touch others in a special way, and that we can make the world a better place.” emphasizes Tony Robbins in Awaken The Giant Within. His goal is to bring us into awareness of our dreams and how to achieve them. He explains that we need to raise our standards, change our limiting beliefs and our strategy. Then, we need to master different areas of our life.
What are your standards for you? Is it possible to raise them higher and bring about the change you desire? What limiting beliefs do you have about you? If you want to be a famous singer but believe that you are not good enough or that no one wants to hear you, then how will you achieve this? Lastly, if your strategy is not working for you, then how about changing it? These are the questions to begin your journey with success! Tony says, “You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action!”
There are 5 areas of mastery that impact us the most; emotional, physical, relationship, financial, and time mastery. For example, the first mastery, emotional, is the first area Tony points out because it is vital to the other 4 areas of mastery. He asks, “Why do you want to lose weight? Is it just to have less fat on your body? Or is it because of the way you think you’d feel…?” Almost everything we do is to change the way we feel. Mastering these areas of our life will give us the space and energy to live our dream lives. How awesome is that?
As I begin to answer these questions for myself I realize that I am not living my dream life. I have limiting beliefs. I believe that I have to have a certain amount of experience before people will hear me. I desire to be a motivational leader through writing books and blogging in lines with Pure Qualities, my company, a tool to bring more love into the lives of others. The truth is that I have a lot of self-help, motivational and inspirational knowledge and experience. I even created a motivational program based on the qualities of love. However, my limiting beliefs stop me from talking about all I’m doing. So, what would it take for my dream life to manifest? What dreams do you want to manifest? Furthermore, are you willing to go on this journey with me to dive into the 5 levels of mastery?
Charissa Duskis
Awaken The Giant Within, Anthony Robbins Chapter 1 recap
Monday, March 28, 2011
Synchronicity
Do you ever get a gut feeling that you should call a friend to find that they were having a hard time and needed you? "Synchronicity alters events to bring in more meaning." It is not a small happening or coincidence. For example, Chopra explains, "Two people meet, and one has the answer to a problem the other hasn't been able to solve, and in the process a tiny seed of an idea is given an enormous opportunity to grow." There is a greater power at work. When miracles occur in your life it is not a coincidence. Chopra says, "If pure chance were at work, the odds would be millions to one." In order to experience more of these synchronizations in your life, go where you are guided.
We all have a knowing and we can magnify our knowing if we want to. It's as easy as becoming conscious and aware of this knowing. Some call it intuition. This morning I got a light feeling to park in one spot than another. I don't know why but I trusted my knowing and parked in the spot that felt right at the time. Other times I have not trusted my knowing and things didn't go so well. It's your choice on whether you want to hear it and follow it. Synchronicity exists and it is powerful life force to bring more of what you want in your life.
Stay tuned for the next book, Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins. This book will teach us, "How to take immediate control of your mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny." How does it get better than that?
We all have a knowing and we can magnify our knowing if we want to. It's as easy as becoming conscious and aware of this knowing. Some call it intuition. This morning I got a light feeling to park in one spot than another. I don't know why but I trusted my knowing and parked in the spot that felt right at the time. Other times I have not trusted my knowing and things didn't go so well. It's your choice on whether you want to hear it and follow it. Synchronicity exists and it is powerful life force to bring more of what you want in your life.
Stay tuned for the next book, Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins. This book will teach us, "How to take immediate control of your mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny." How does it get better than that?
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