Face Any Personal Challenge With Three Key Questions
By Julianna Suranyi

Whenever I find myself facing a personal challenge I always focus on three core questions. I ask myself who I am, what I stand for and how I choose to "do" me (do is active – be is passive). Next time you are faced with a challenge, whether it is a choice you have to make or a job you'd rather not undertake, ask yourself these important questions to determine your best course of action.

Who are you right now?

This is not about who you want to be in the future. It's not what you have stuck on a vision board for the next five years, but who you are right at this moment. Who you are right now will be your foundation for where you can go.

Choose five of your great qualities and tell yourself that no matter how tired, frustrated or overwhelmed you are, you remain, for example, strong, intelligent, thoughtful, caring and vibrant. In asking yourself who you are, be truthful with the answers to the following: a) Do you aim to achieve goals – not dreams? b) Will you grow and develop in the areas that you need to in order to seek more capacity to add value to these goals? c) Will you ask for advice, information or knowledge to assist in this growth? This is important because fear and ignorance are not bliss, they are ego without restraint – and not seeking answers will erode your positive development.

Clarifying who you are will place your personal challenge in the context of how you see it and how it should be assessed – as a problem, an opportunity or a logical next step.

What do you stand for?

Will you action decisions that may or may not be liked, if it means that you will keep your core stability? Will you keep your belief that you were born to be doing exactly what you are doing – even when criticized, condemned and challenged by society? If not, it may be time to reassess what you stand for.

By knowing where you stand you will remain on track to fulfill the goals that you have set and they will remain an anchor when you're faced with any hurdle.

Clarifying what you stand for will give you the strength to determine your course of action for your personal challenge – is it undertaking research to find out more about the situation or making a decision to support or decline a person or offer?

How do you choose to "do" you?

How you choose to "do" you is perhaps the most significant of all decisions in challenging times and in challenging situations.

Identify your strengths, recognize when you are using them and call on them when you are being challenged. Some great strengths that many of us have are directness, warmth, love and humor. How and why do we use them? – With directness we are never misinformed of where we all sit with each other – With warmth we are able to breach the hardest defenses – With love we stay honest to our core beliefs and with people that mean the most to us – With humor we are able to move any ill will aimed at us when under attack

Your strengths may be your ability to see the bigger picture, your organization, your compassion – write them down and they will stay clear when you need to call on them.

Clarifying your strengths will allow you to resolve how you deliver your response to your personal challenge and will determine the ways in which you share your reasons for overcoming your challenge with those around you.

It has never been more important than at this time in our humanity to know who we are, what we stand for and how we choose to "do" us. Never more so than now are we constantly subjected to scaremongering from the media, our wider community and those around us who perhaps do not know who they are, what they stand for and how to "do" them.

By not knowing the answers to these three questions – who you are, what you stand for and how you choose to "do" you – you are vulnerable to being subjected to others' opinions, whims or movements that actually pull you AWAY from where you are meant to be and where you are meant to GO.

Be true to yourself because no tough time, personal challenge or environmental element can ever take your sense of self and humanity away – that is your choice and yours alone to identify, keep and grow when you focus on these core thoughts.

Professional Psychic and Intuitive Profiler Julianna Suranyi helps thousands of people around the world with personal guidance, behavioral change and spiritual growth online, corporately and in the media. For direction and clarity in your life sign up for her free newsletter or ask her about your future now: => http://www.julianna.com.au

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Fear is a killer of dreams and life, when taken to extremes.

Let me expand a little more on the issue of fear, and what it is, and better still, what can be done to overcome it.

Essentially, I see fear as a robber of dreams, and life. I know that may seem extreme, but think about it.

Fear can range from a mild aggravation to a full blown state of life changing circumstances, where a person is scared to leave the house. I wish it was not so serious for some people, but it can be quite bad, or worse.

Naturally, if you really have serious issues, it may pay to also seek professional help, but I am concentrating on the cases where it is not quite so bad, and will reflect on some of my experiences at this stage.

I have certainly had times when I felt almost numb or paralyzed by fear, and that is not a good thing. However, having been very shy, and generally on the timid side as an adolescent, I certainly had my concerns.

I have also experienced situations in my life when I was absolutely terrified, and that was when things changed for me.

I realized that if things were to change for the better, they would be up to me. In fact, in just about (if not every) case, it is always up to us. I know it is easy to blame others, but that is nothing less than a cop out. Sorry of that is blunt, but it is true.

We need to be honest with ourselves, if we are to se the results that we want.

This is where the issue of the right attitude comes into place. I really want to state clearly that having the right attitude can and does put your body into a terrible vibration, and causes a massive reduction in your ability to think clearly, logically, and openly. It is a preamble to anxiety and a state of constant stress. It is an emotional state caused by doubt. This is where I encourage you to quiet yourself, and take some reflective time.

I know it is easy to say, but with practice, you will be amazed at the results of quieting the mind.

It is a time of reflective introspection, and I really enjoy the time I spend in quiet meditation, to help myself centre, and reduce my stress. I also find I am better prepared this way, to sleep well, and come up with solutions to problems as I sleep.

I welcome you to try it and see for yourself.

I have also listened to audios by Bob Proctor that have helped me to relax better and see answers to my problems, and reduce my stress, and increase my prosperity.

I wanted to highlight a very important point today, and that is the 7 emotions that being negative, we need to learn to control, and better still, reduce from our life. Whilst it may seem quite hard at first, it actually becomes easier with time and practice, and is an important consideration to set in motion, for your day.

As you will probably notice, I have been working on creating a piece of useful content, on a daily basis, to help make your day and life more positive, fruitful, and enjoyable. After all, to succeed in life, we need to be as free as possible from vices that take from our joy and good intent.

These emotions are:

• Fear
• Jealousy
• Hatred
• Revenge
• Greed 
• Superstition
• Anger

Now looking at yourself, can you see any of these emotions?  It's OK to be honest. In fact, it's essential, as only when we see everything for what it is, we can then really see that we have work to do.

Can we periodically see these results ourselves, or experience these emotions from time to time? Of course. However, the clincher here is that we understand these emotions, and more importantly, what to do to immediately reverse these emotions, and place ourselves on the right track. After all, we are human, and mistakes and emotions will happen.

However, being able to recognise these emotions means we are better placed to control ourlselves, and remove the offending emotion! I certainly have had times when I was very fearful, and it was through a determined effort to reflect and consider that I realised fear is a wasted emotion, It does not help us at all. All it does is create a hollow feeling, and take from our energy in a destructive way.

Jealousy, as another example, is imagining we can not achieve whet others have done, or more. The fact is we are powerful beings, with massive ability. We just need to learn to focus that energy, in constructive ways.

All this an more is the best way to move forward.

I look forward to expanding on these traits tomorrow.

I recommend you take the time to read from the selection of books below, or look at the course on Success in Six Minutes.  I regularly read and take the advice from the above course. It has helped me reach goals I though initially too difficult to achieve. 

The fact is we can achieve anything we want. We do not even need to know the exact way to get there, except that we wish to start.

Think of this like a road to a new city you have not been to before. You know to follow the signs and your map. You work the rest ut as you go.

Life is very similar…

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I think it is very important to be doing that which we are passionate about. It is so sad to see and hear of people who are doing jobs they hate, working with people they do not like, and all to earn a living. Certainly, we all need to earn a living, but let it be doing something you enjoy, love, and feel passionate about. At least, that way, your work can become a little more like play, rather than just work!

Think about it.

I am including an email I received from Bob Proctor, from the Six Minute Success Program, as it really resonated with me… 

I hope it gives you as much inspiration as it did to me.

Monetize Your Passion. In an effort to raise money for homeless children, Rich is giving his book to you for free. Please read this story and then click on the link at the bottom to get your copy.

One Giant Leap

It was a Monday night in October 2008 when I felt a strange pain inside my chest. My body was telling me something and I needed to listen. For five years, I had been a top dog at a major coaching company. I had a prestigious title, got a ton of recognition, coached incredible people, and was making good money even as the U.S. economy was sliding down the tubes without touching the sides.

The problem was that I no longer felt aligned with the company energetically. Okay, I am being nice. The truth was that the company had dismal direction from its owners and it was extremely painful to work there. This was a pathetic, sad, fear-based environment, and I felt like I had zero integrity staying. All the prestige, recognition, and money may have satisfied my ego, but they meant nothing to my body and soul. That's why I felt like I was manifesting a cancerous tumor.

Though this was the first time my body had reacted so intensely, in my heart I knew I was in a dead-end situation for a few years. Even so, I stayed.

I stayed call after call, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year even though it didn't feel good at all.

Why did I stay so long in a situation that felt so bad? Why did I stay when I could not change it and saw that it would only get a lot worse? Quite simply, I stayed out of fear. At that time, I did not have a solid backup plan in place. I had recently started my own coaching business "on the side," but it was barely producing any income. As I dreamed more often of being the master of my destiny, my excitement level would rise, but then doubt would kick in to discourage me. "I must be crazy even to consider jumping ship in a bad economy!"

Back and forth I went for months wrestling over the decision, with my ties to money and security winning out over my desire and my self-respect taking a nose dive. I'd take small steps forward, and then halt in my tracks wondering, "How is this going to work?" I had no idea back then how to answer that question.

Still, the moment I felt the awful feeling in my body, I knew what I had to do. My fear was being overridden by my biology. I completed all my coaching calls for the week, then called my employer and respectfully quit. I decided my life was too valuable to do that job anymore. I remember thinking that if I lost every dime I had on pursuing my passion and building my own business it would not matter.

With that, I took a giant leap of faith into an uncharted abyss. And I have to tell you, it was the most amazing thing I ever did! The feeling was exhilarating.

The pain in my body vanished.

Looking back, I realized that by quitting I was simply practicing what I preach. I took the advice I had been giving to my clients and did it. The organization did not feel good and feeling good has got to be a top priority in life and in business. Since I couldn't change the way that company was going to feel, I had to get out.

More importantly, I wanted, no needed, to stretch my wings and see what I could accomplish using the skills and insights I'd been honing in a way that would be a win-win-win-doing what I loved every day, creating financial freedom for myself, and being insanely happy making a difference for other people.

After a well-deserved vacation, I went ahead and created a vision of what I wanted and how I could make the difference that I felt I was here to make. In my heart and gut I knew there was so much more for me to do in life. I had a crazy amount of energy, passion, and love inside me that was ready to explode like a nuclear bomb. I knew my life's purpose was to be of service and that coaching was the vehicle. Fortunately that much had become clear to me at my old J-O-B.

Next, I took action-and lots of it. I immediately improved my website. I created products that could be sold online. I developed alliances and set up joint ventures. I built up my email database. I offered free coaching calls to get new clients. Truthfully, I worked my butt off for several months in a row.

Also, I worked on myself. I exercised intensively, stepped up my nutrition, and worked daily to strengthen my self-confidence. I knew my success was contingent upon both what I was doing and who I was being as a person. I evaluated my past choices to see where my life had turned in a wrong direction, discovering in the process that every job I'd taken in the past was a "safe" one that guaranteed me the lifestyle I wanted, even though the price had been selling my passion short.

Today I feel fortunate that the energy of my former job was so draining that I was forced out of the situation. If the dynamic had been better I probably would not be on the path I am on now. By the time I took my giant leap, I was ready to take control of my life and begin making a huge contribution. I was ready to create a situation in which I would not know the difference between work and play. I was also done making other people wealthy while I put my own dreams on hold. I was no longer concerned about what people might think or say about my choices. I was ready to find real happiness, end toleration, and live life at the highest level possible. I was ready to live the life I wanted and deserved.

For me, passion is a lifestyle. My life is about having balance and earning as much as possible in as little time as possible so I have time to take of myself and to focus on the most important relationships in my life. Nothing makes me happier than creativity. My days include shooting videos for my blog, writing books, and developing content for my next teleseminar. The rest of the time, I am sitting on the beach "working" on my tan while devising the master plan for my business.

Listen, I don't claim to know too much, but I do know one thing: none of us are getting out of this game alive. We are going to die one day. So we really need to ask, when are we going to really live? Why do we stay in situations we don't love?

In my case, I stayed because of fear. But as soon as I made the decision to leap, as soon as I just said, "This is the move I am making," that fear melted away.

I took one giant leap. and the net appeared.

Rich German

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Again, I have included this email, as I found it so inspiring, and hope to help you as it did to me as well.

Remember to be all that you can be and know you are a success, and a passionate human being, aiming for the sky.

 
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