1% per day… (51 days to go)
Sunday, August 16th, 2009I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine last week, and he mentioned something he read in Kurek Ashely’s book - “How would love respond?“. (FYI - this is a great book and if you’re looking at investing $20-$30 to begin to turn your life around, this is an excellent way to start. I suggest you pick up your own copy by clicking here……[end of shameless plug])
Seriously though, I’ve been to one of Kurek Ashley’s live seminars, walked across searing-hot coals without getting burnt, and totally transformed my life. Kurek doesn’t get all the credit, however he certainly started me on my journey, and what a ride it has been so far - life ROCKS!
So back to the point: The theory is that you choose an area of your life (for example, your finances) and then each day you do something that will improve this area of your life by at least one percent (1%). This kind of leads on from my previous post about the 30 day plan.
After a year….you guessed it, you should have improved in the region of 365%! Now that’s quite a major change, even taken over a whole year. When you look at all the things you did that made up each one percent, they probably weren’t big things or very difficult to carry out.
It could be as simple as:
- making a phone call
- talking to someone
- thinking something about someone or something
- Trying something new
- Ending a bad or dis-empowering habit
- Doing something good for someone else
- The list goes on….
The thing I like about this approach is IT WORKS! Not only do you actually improve the areas of your life that you set out to, but you also begin doing something much more important. You start to think yourself rich. Now by rich, I don’t necessarily mean money, I’m talking about wealth in the holistic sense. You’re having a thought that you may not have normally have had:
“What can I do today in order to improve my finances/relationship/friendship/health/etc by one percent?”
By asking yourself that single question on a daily basis, you are beginning to form a pattern. Keep working at it and soon that daily pattern will turn into a habit, which means it becomes part of your every day life, just like waking up and going to sleep. This habit happens automatically, so you are automatically improving your life! 
So I hear you ask, “Well if I can turn this into a habit, couldn’t I repeat this process with other strategies and turn them into habits”? OF COURSE YOU CAN! Imagine living your ultimate life - everyday, and all you’re doing is doing the same stuff you normally do?
So swap for you negative thoughts for positive thoughts. Get those dis-empowering thoughts and actions and replace them with empowering thoughts and actions. Spread the love. Make hapiness you mantra. Enjoy it and stay positive…
