Thursday, February 21, 2008

Finalizing Your Breakthrough Goal

You've probably identified several areas in your life you could improve upon. By choosing just one area at this time you're not eliminating future possibilities, you're just focusing on one goal for now. Within the areas that you've identified answer these three questions.



1. Why must I achieve this goal?

2. What will it cost me if I don't achieve this goal?

3. Am I willing to do what is necessary to make this happen?

4. Do I really want this or does someone else want this for me?



The answers to these questions will determine which goal you'll choose. If you're going to achieve your goal you must truly want to take the action necessary to make it happen. If you have a hard time answering any of the questions for each goal, that may not be the right one to focus on right now. You want to create momentum in your life so choose the goal that will give provide you with tremendous feelings of satisfaction and accomplishment. Once you've chosen your goal write it down. Congratulations, you are now on your way! Tomorrow we will convert our goals into a 30 day plan.



Written by Lora Rouse

Taken from the book "Unstoppable Women" by Cynthia Kersey

http://www.unstoppablewomen.com/

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Getting Ready For The Unstoppable Women Challenge

When you accept and complete the Unstoppable Women Challenge, you are building a foundation that will impact virtually every area of your life. If you can make one change or create a single result in just 30 days do you think that in the future you could build on that success and do it again? Sure you can, so let's get started.


Just like anything else in life that is worthwhile, it will require a bit of preparation to get started on your Unstoppable Women Challenge.


The first step is to identify a goal that will excite and inspire you. We will walk through a process to help you do that. Don't worry, it's not hard and is even kind of fun! Then over the next few days we will break down your goal into a series of daily, manageable steps that will make the changes you will be making seem natural and energizing.


The Unstoppable Women Challenge can be used for any goal or dream whether it be big or small. Some goals or dreams such as getting your diploma or starting a business can not be achieved in just 30 days, although you can make significant progress that propels you forward, putting you on the path to success!


The Unstoppable Women Challenge can be used as a model to achieve any goal or dream - personal or professional - whether it takes one day, one year, or ten years to achieve it. It works as a personal catalyst to jumpstart you into action. If your goal will take longer than 30 days then once you've completed your first 30 day challenge redefine your goal for the next 30 days and continue on your journey.


To get started you will need to complete the following four steps:


1. Identify what you want to achieve.
2. Convert your breakthrough goal into a 30 day goal.
3. Learn how to plan your daily "one step."
4. Identify a way to help another women along the way.


To identify your breakthrough goal, you need to do a reality check. To help you identify what you really want, you need to assess your life as it is today. What's working and what's not working in your life. There are 8 key areas that you will want to access and rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5.



1. Physical - appearance, overall health, fitness level, healthy diet, regular exercise, optimal weight, flexibility, strenth training, energy to do what needs to be done.

2. Financial - Current income level, good credit, balanced budget, current savings, current net worth, level of debt, clear investment strategy, financial security, enough money to do what you want.

3. Professional -Passionate about career, advancing in your industry, growing professionally, challenged by your work, doing what you want, expert in my field, performing at a level of excellence.

4. Personal - Have fun in your life, take great vacations, travel to places you want to go, take time for yourself, live in a nurturing environment, love where you live.

5. Relationships - with your famly, spouse, children, parents, siblings, romance, great friendships, mentors to learn from, spend your time with people you love and care about.

6. Mental/Emotional - Personally growing and learning, not easily angered, happy, whole and complete, fear does not control my life, no unhealthy addictions, live with gratitude, feel loved and supported, practice forgiveness.

7. Spiritual - Actively growing spiritually, regularly pray/meditate, involved in a spiritual community, expanding faith, regularly express love to others, live in peace.

8. Giving Back/Legacy - Contributing time to others, donating money to causes you care about, feel like your life matters, making a difference, clarity on your life's purpose and passion, actively support a cause you care about.



Once you've accessed where you are at you need to identify 3 areas of your life you want to improve. For a complete set of Unstoppable Women Challenge forms, go to http://www.unstoppablewomen.com/n and sign up, get the forms and help another women.

To help define what is important to you, write down your hopes and dreams in each catagory. What would you like to change, improve, or achieve? Try to have a mindset of complete faith and optimism. Ask yourself these questions. If you didn't have to worry about how it was going to happen and if you knew it could not fail and had no limitations, what would you want for your life in these top areas?
What do you really want?
What are you not willing to settle for?
Do this for each catagory and then after you've done some brainstorming and reavaluation, you can finalize your breakthrough goal. Then we will finalize your breakthrough goal. Check back tomorrow. . .

Sunday, February 17, 2008

How Any Women Can Achieve Any Goal She Wants In 30 Days!

Do you want to achieve a breakthrough goal in your life? Then take the "Unstoppable Women Challenge." Commit to take just one step a day for 30 days to change your life and help another women. Whatever your goal, this book will help you achieve it. Whether you're trying to develop a healthier lifestyle, start a business, go back to school, run a marathon, create financial wellness or just find additional time to spend with your children and husband, this book and series of blog posts are designed to jumpstart you're life into action in just 30 days. You can purchase Cynthia Kersey's book or go to her website at http://www.unstoppablewomen.com/ and follow along with my future postings.


This may sound like a bunch of hype but it's not. It's a simple process of creating a series of unstoppable moments that are single steps forward that will ultimately result in personal transformation.


I know that a lot of women have tried to set goals in the past and failed miserably. They become too busy, overwhelmed or just give up too quickly.


The reason why most people are unable to sustain any real change is because we get discouraged and give up. We start blaming ourselves and then we feel bad for giving up. What we're going to do here is try a new approach. You see, these ideas will not require you to make a drastic change in your daily life, so it will stop the cycle of giving up. We will create lasting change one step at a time. The first step is to focus on just one area of your life and take a single step at a time in reaching your goal in that area.


What does it mean to be an Unstoppable Woman?


It means finding the courage to make a change or achieve a goal in your life that may or may not resemble your present circumstances. Regardless of your current situation, you don't allow fear, self-doubt or someone else to stop you and you consistently take one stop forward refusing to give up until you achieve your goal.


It doesn't require anything superhuman to be an unstoppable woman. It just reqauires you to take one step forward after another. When these steps are strung together you will have a serious of actions that place you closer to your goal.


Women create countless unstoppable moments in their lives day by day. Women always seems to be able to pull it all together when the going gets tough. Despite our busy lives and numerous responsibilities at home and work, we can always find the time to help a friend or family member in need. We are masters at finding ways to get things done, but now it's time to devote some of that energy into making positive change in our own lives.

This is a 30 day process that works for every women whether you're 20 or 70 years old. It takes into account our busy schedules and responsibilities yet still provides a way to achieve amazing breakthrough changes one step at a time. I will touch on each step in my blog. It may not be entry's everyday so if your're in a hurry to achieve your goal I highly recommend buying Cynthia Kersey's book, Unstoppable Women or visiting her website to help another women.

WOMEN HELPING WOMEN - The Unstoppable Foundation focuses on a wide variety of women-related issues including housing, education, health and personal empowerment. The Foundation raises money and awareness for women’s issues by developing unique programs and partnering with established non-profit organizations to grant funds, tools and resources to empower women worldwide. For every 10 women who sign up for the Unstoppable Women Challenge, an Unstoppable Women Challenge Scholarship will be donated to a woman or women living in transitional shelters. Go to http://www.unstoppablewomen.com/ to sign up and help another women.


Are you ready for the journey to becoming an unstoppable woman? Give yourself the gift of investing 30 steps to create a difference in your life and help another women do the same.

Written by Lora Rouse
Concepts taken from the Unstoppable Women's Challenge
by Cynthia Kersey