My favourite quotes about Goal Setting.

If you do nothing to achieve your goals, your destiny is coming,

if you take action, your destiny is coming.

There is no escaping the future so make it remarkable

Author unknown

The purpose of goals is to focus our attention.

The mind will not reach towards achievement until it has clear objectives.

The magic begins when we set goals.

It is then that the switch is turned on and the power to accomplish becomes a reality.

Author unknown

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I am responsible

To release my potential from past restrictive programming of my subconscious,

it is extremely important that I give myself the right to be me and to function as I choose.

It is not possible to have sound self-esteem if I am not true to myself

or give up responsibility and accountability for my own life

as I seek to achieve fulfilment of my needs and goals.

I want to allow myself the freedom to choose

without building a prison for myself with “have to’s”, “can not’s” and “they won’t let me’s.”

I recognise I am functioning from my own free choice and I can either:

recognise myself as important, valuable and interesting as a person,

or see myself as an absolute incompetent, who is unworthy and unneeded.

I can choose to be kind, loving, helpful, loyal and compassionate,

or to be lazy, cowardly, mean and disloyal.

I can choose to be happy, free and succeed in each undertaking

or to fail and feel unimportant and less than others.

If I allow myself this freedom,

I must recognise I am responsible for my decisions and actions

and be willing to accept the consequences they bring.

I know I am the one who will answer for my every action,

and will profit or suffer accordingly.

Therefore, before every important decision, I ask myself:

What ought to be done for me? Will it injure myself or others?

Is this in accord with my beliefs and goals?

Is it in alignment with reality as I see it?

Am I willing to fully accept the consequences?

To be truly free and to grow in self-esteem,

I must not give up my growth, pursuit of fulfilment or happiness to anyone.

I choose to treat myself with dignity

and proceed to move toward full love, wisdom, freedom and joy,

knowing I am the authority over me.

Author Unknown

About Us
LifeStyle Refocus is a Melbourne based personal assistant, corporate concierge and lifestyle management consultancy. We are all about saving you TIME. By taking care of your “to do” list so you can spend time doing the things that are truly important to you. We conduct workshops on ‘Managing your Time’, ‘How to have a Productive Day’ and ‘DeClutter and Take Back Control.’


For more information go to www.lifestylerefocus.com.au or contact Michele on 0437 311 802.

New Habits to Your Responses

To make changes to ensure we have the ‘The Power To Choose’ in our own life we have to develop some new habits. I recommend the following two new habits to start.



Stimulus and Response
Understand that you are choosing your reaction to the stimulus presented to you. You have the power to choose. Pause to ensure you are making the right choice for you, your values and goals.


> Are you going to yell at the driver that cut you off in the traffic or how are you going to react?
> What about that extra bit of work your boss gives you with a tight deadline? Will you spend the next few hours working yourself up because you are annoyed or will you just focus and get it done?


Evaluation
Every choice we make has consequences which can be empowering but if we make a bad choice we should not blame ourselves but reflect on that choice so we are always aiming to improve.


> Will we make a choice to hang out the washing or play with the children?
> Will we make a choice to start that new course or just keep wondering?


About Us
LifeStyle Refocus is a Melbourne based personal assistant, corporate concierge and lifestyle management consultancy. We are all about saving you TIME. By taking care of your “to do” list so you can spend time doing the things that are truly important to you. We conduct workshops on ‘Managing your Time’, ‘How to have a Productive Day’ and ‘DeClutter and Take Back Control.’


For more information go to www.lifestylerefocus.com.au or contact Michele on 0437 311 802.

The Power to Choose – Time to Reflect

We have discussed the power to choose and now it is time to reflect and think about the choices you should be making, lets start by answering the following questions:

> Imagine you are near the end of your life – look back – what do you regret not doing?

> What would you like to change in your life?

> What makes you happy? Really think about this question, it is important. What does make your happy?

> Make a list of the 100 things you would like to do?

From the list of what makes you happy you can you begin to see what some of your choices and goals may be?

Take the time to ponder what lies ahead in your life journey.

About Us

LifeStyle Refocus is a Melbourne based personal assistant, corporate concierge and lifestyle management consultancy. We are all about saving you TIME. By taking care of your “to do” list so you can spend time doing the things that are truly important to you.

Taking Action with out Choices!

We now recognise we have the power to choose so the steps to take ACTION are as follows:

Know your outcome [Set your goals]

We often know what we don’t want. Know your outcome and you have a target. Be clear about what you want to achieve today. Don’t leave life to chance.

Take Action

You have the power to choose. You can choose to act today - go for that walk, eat that apple, call that friend, join that program, finish that book, clean out that cupboard, and give away those clothes …

You don’t have to be great to get started,

but you have to get started to be great.

Les Brown

Evaluate

Evaluate and answer honestly. Notice if what you are doing is moving you in the direction of your goals or away from them. Are you on track? We need to be aware, ask questions and be honest about the answers

Be flexible

If we are off track we have to have the behavioural flexibility to get ourselves back on track by changing direction. We may need to:

> Stop

> Tweak

> Get advise

Being flexible makes a big difference to achieve out goals by adjusting, tweaking and improving.

About Us

LifeStyle Refocus is a Melbourne based personal assistant, corporate concierge and lifestyle management consultancy. We are all about saving you TIME. By taking care of your “to do” list so you can spend time doing the things that are truly important to you.

For more information go to www.lifestylerefocus.com.au or contact Michele on 0437 311 802.

The Power to Choose

All you need is within you now.



You have the resourcefulness you need for whatever you decide to choose. You REALLY do have the:
> Courage
> Passion
> Determination
> Fire


We can do anything if we have a compelling reason and the focus. We will conquer all fears; if we have a big enough reason we would get it.


Some of my favourite action quotes

“An ounce of action is worth a tonne of theory.”

Friedrich Engels

“Action will remove the doubts that theory can not solve.”

Tehyi Hsieh

“It’s not what you know, its what you do with what you know.”

Author Unknown

There is always a way
Even if it is not true, act like it is and usually you can find a way to achieve what you want to achieve.
> You can push through the tough times
> Persist a little longer
> Search a little harder
> Keep going
> Failure is giving up
> Everything else is progress

By believing there is always a way you give yourself every opportunity to experience success!

About Us
LifeStyle Refocus is a Melbourne based personal assistant, corporate concierge and lifestyle management consultancy. We are all about saving you TIME. By taking care of your “to do” list so you can spend time doing the things that are truly important to you.

For more information go to www.lifestylerefocus.com.au or contact Michele on 0437 311 802.

Want to give up - think you are too old to try something new?

Age isn’t always a factor in your success or failure. Consider these famous examples:



> Actor George Burns won his first Oscar at 80


> Golda Meir was 71 when she became prime minister of Israel.


> At age 96, playwright George Bernard Shaw broke his leg when he fell out of a tree he was trimming in his backyard.


> Painter Grandma Moses didn’t start painting until she was 80 years old. She completed over 1,500 paintings after that; 25 percent of those were produced when she was past 100.


> Michelangelo was 71 when he painted the Sistine Chapel


> Physician and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer was still performing operations in his African hospital at 89


> Doc Counsilman, at 58, became the oldest person ever to swim the English Channel


> S.I. Hayakawa retired as president of San Francisco State University at 70, and then was elected to the U.S. Senate.


> Casey Stengel didn’t retire from managing the New York Mets until he was 75.


Sourced: Glenn Van Ekeren, The Speaker’s Sourcebook, Prentice-Hall, New York, NY


> Bryce Courtney the well known Australian author did not write his first book until his was 55. On his website it states “At the age of 55 I decided to take the plunge. I had been telling stories since the age of five and had always known I would be a writer some day, though life kept getting in the way until I realised that it was either now or never.”


> Mary Wesley was in her 70s when she published her first novel. She went on to write several bestsellers, including The Camomile Lawn


About Us


LifeStyle Refocus is a Melbourne based personal assistant, corporate concierge and lifestyle management consultancy. We are all about saving you TIME. By taking care of your “to do” list so you can spend time doing the things that are truly important to you.


For more information go to www.lifestylerefocus.com.au or contact Michele on 0437 311 802.