I believe the world is a place where the challenges that cross our paths are really sent as opportunities to initiate positive radical life transformation.
We can take challenge two ways. Either as an interruption to our present situation or as an invitation to take a new path to a better future.
Challenge can be difficult – we didn’t invite it in, but it came anyway. However, we can learn to harness the energy of challenge and use it to ignite passionate, radical action.
Whether that challenge relates to fitness, relationships, health, wealth or some other – I believe that no matter how big it is, it can be broken down into manageable daily steps and a total transformation or victory can be won in less than ONE Year.
Radical life transforming goals can seem too big to face and we find it hard to believe in our ability to really get there, to really win our victory, and it is all too easy to give up on our dreams. And that’s when I have discovered the incredible power of a single day and how to use it to our best advantage. After all the building blocks of ONE Year are just 365 individual days.
We can’t do anything about what we didn’t do yesterday and we have no guarantee of tomorrow. The only thing we can take into our tomorrow is what we do today.
I used to take the smallness of one day as a reason not to take action.
‘It doesn’t make that much difference if I start my diet today or tomorrow, or put into action a financial solution next week rather than today. Take it easy – enjoy today, put off until tomorrow the things that seem a little too hard to face right now.’
Now, however I take the smallness of one day as my most powerful advocate, because there is something I can do today that will take me a little closer to my goal. That huge goal (the thing we would love to transform by this time next year) sometimes seems out of reach or impossible or simply unachievable and we can soon lose passion and motivation and just give up. NO! NO! NO! The power of a single day comes to our rescue. Because today is so small, it is possible to do something today (even if it is only a very small step) towards your goal. And if you do something every single day consistently for a whole year, I guarantee you will win your victory.
As a child growing up I learnt the power of daily commitment. I played the clarinet and most kids practiced now and again and then gave up, but my parents wisely suggested I practice in the morning before school when there are no distractions – half an hour every single day. I was by no means the most gifted musician, but through daily practice over many years I progressed to Grade 8 distinction and became a top player in my area. Learning a musical instrument is a perfect example of seeing no obvious progress from one day to next – but look back over ONE year and the progress is spectacular (If you practice every day).
I have learnt this simple truth to be so powerful and effective in my life and it can be yours too. I have conquered major challenges in less than ONE year in many of the following areas and are working on some of the others doing something every day towards my goal:
- Weight loss
- Fitness – running
- Back injury
- Wealth (in progress)
- Self-development
I have began my journey of rediscovery, of transforming my life in all the most important areas of my life. Do you want to join me on my journey and achieving major transformation in less than ONE year? I know you could do the same.
I cannot tell you how exciting it is to realise I have found the solution to the biggest challenge in my life, my wealth. I consider this to be my top value - not that it is more important than other aspects like health, self or social, but if you sort out your wealth challenge, you then have the time and you are free to focus on these other aspects of life too. Success in my biggest challenge provides energy and motivation to succeed in all the other challenges too.
Instead of waking at 4am every night in a cold sweat worried about my future, worried what would happen if I got sick and could not work – the nightmare could get even worse and we could lose our home. Now I wake excited about my future – my dreams of time and money freedom restored and the knowledge that I really could transform that failed 40 year plan in just ONE year. WOW!
The power of a single day. The ability to achieve in ONE year any of those seemingly insurmountable life challenges. This is SO empowering!
