Power of Intention - February 2002

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Harness the Power of Intention- February 2002

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1. Welcome to Live Your Best!

2. How To Harness The Power of Intention

3. Invitation to Live Your Best!

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Dear Live Your Best Subscriber,

This month, we focus on the power of intention, and how

it can help you create lasting change quickly and easily.

Try it out for yourself!

If you have articles or topics you'd like to see, please

email your suggestions to me at coach@maximalhappiness.com.

I hope you enjoy this issue, and I'll see you again

in March.

Warmly,

Rachna

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How To Harness The Power of Intention

By Dr. Rachna D. Jain

The second principle of “Live Your Best” is to align your

actions with your intentions. This is fairly simple concept, and

is also extremely powerful. When you bring your intention and

your actions together, you are able to accomplish GREAT things,

with less effort.

In this article, I'll share with you some information on how to

play with intentions in order to make your life run more

smoothly.

There are four steps to harnessing the power of intention:

1) Ask for what you REALLY want.

There are two components to this step. First, you need to

get really clear on what you want, and, also, on WHY you

want it. For example- you might say, “Hmmm… what I

really want is more money.” Well, why do you want that?

Maybe so you can take a nice vacation, or pay down some

loans, or to save for your children's education. In order to

harness the power of intention, you will then to state that

you would like more money for the purpose of taking a

vacation, or paying loans, etc. Thinking about more money,

and linking it to what you really want, improves the

impact of your intention.

2) Clear out any resistance to what you're asking for.

In this step, you will need to “clear out” all the reasons for

why you can't have what you're intending. Very often, we

put something out in our minds, “Hmm.. I would LOVE to

work a 4-day week”, and then we immediately “take it back”

by saying, “Oh no. I couldn't LIVE on a 4-day week”. So,

therefore, our intention is unclear. We really want something

that we're thinking is not possible. So it doesn't come, and

we look at this as proof of how we can't get what we

really want.

Try this, instead: Pick something that you would

really like to have happen- something small, like getting a

great parking space, or doing something without hassle. State

a clear intention: “I intend to find a great parking space,

easily”, or “I intend to complete my bill paying quickly and

easily”, and then allow yourself to hold, just for a bit, that

this really is possible. See what happens. I often use this

technique to find great parking spots- even my friends

have noticed!

3) Allow what you've asked for into your life.

Sometimes, we ask for new events or experiences to come into

our lives, but don't have the mental or physical “room” for

them. One of my clients, “Mary”, really wanted to find a

wonderful man to date. However, Mary had booked herself so

solid with work commitments, classes, friends, and family

obligations that she had little time or energy to invest in a new

relationship. She agreed to restructure her life in line with

her true priorities. Once she had made some room for him,

a wonderful man showed up. Mary demonstrated a solid

commitment to her goal, and changed her behavior to reflect

her true priorities. This is the power in aligning your actions

with your intentions.

You might also think of it in terms of taking a road trip.

If you know where you want to go, but continually take

actions which move you farther from your destination, you

will never get there. The easiest trips occur when you know

where you're going, and move directly towards your goal.

4) Notice and be thankful when what you've asked for

shows up in your life.

This step is really important. When you have stated an

intention, and it shows up in your life- remember to notice

this and be thankful for it. The more focus you place on

noticing and being thankful, the easier and easier it is to

successfully create the life you really want.

You can create the life of your dreams. Start by intending

to do so! See you next month!

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Invitation to Live Your Best!

Create an intention for this next month and take

all the steps you can think of to align your actions

with this intention.

You'll be amazed at what you've accomplished in

just a few short weeks!

If you'd like to learn more about how coaching can help you

create your best life, I'd love to speak with you.

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