Yesterday I ran 8 miles for the first time in my life. In a row. Next week, I will run 10. And on February 18th, I will run a half marathon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As I reach each of these milestones, getting my body to do things it's never done before, I realize what a great metaphor it is for all areas of life. If you're afraid of starting your own business because you've never made money as an independent before, I can assure you the fear evaporates when someone hands you that first check. (After that you just have the fear of whether you can do it again.) Asking your boss for a raise is only impossible until you set the meeting with his secretary and show up for it. By taking just the first steps toward your dream life, the rest will fall in place. You may show up for those first steps with your knees knocking, but you will have started the process of amplifying raw possibility into probability, and then into reality.
Each of us is a perfectly designed possibility amplifier. Design the reality you want to create, and then take the first step. The universe will be right there with you.
...gets reported on a lot of blogs! In town for the Newspaper Association of America marketing conference. Well, actually, I'm not attending, because I'm no longer in the newspaper business. I just left my job as vice president of new initiatives for the Miami Herald to go back into business for myself. And yet I find myself here because my boyfriend is still in the newspaper business, so it was a great excuse to come and see all my friends.
Are you considering stepping off the treadmill? It's kinda scary and exciting all at the same time, isn't it? If you really have a dream, some of the steps to getting there are really big, aren't they? For some time I've felt like I've been in two different universes, one foot in each. Finally now I've got them both planted in one universe, a new universe, and it feels really good. It took me a couple of months to get here, and sometimes I feel the other universe tapping on my shoulder, whispering job offers in my ear, promising regular paychecks and health insurance.
But I believe that what I'm doing is the right thing, that what I believe I can create, I can. One of the techniques I'm fond of for stablizing belief is acting as if it's already so. Here's why: as Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of the Biology of Belief, told me in my recent interview with him, the subconscious mind is just a computer. It sees everything. It has perfect knowledge of all of the possibilities. The conscious mind applies filters to all of that information, and sometimes not to our benefit. The more we facilitate the subconscious mind's ability to compute by lining up our conscious mind with what we want, the easier it is for the subconscious mind to get it done.
Stay focused! Don't let anyone steal your belief in yourself!
If you're in transition, too, I'd love to hear about your adventures. Leave me a comment here, or drop me a note at kim@kimmarcille.com.
Does a marathon sound like a really far-fetched goal to you? If so, let me suggest that that's the very first reason you should run one! By reaching as far outside your limits as you can, you set new, broader limits for yourself. And of course, being the Possibility chick that I am, I think we don't have any limits, anyway, just the ones we impose on ourselves.
I became inspired to run a marathon while I was in New York for a conference recently, during the same weekend the New York City Marathon was happening. I ran in the crisp, autumn mornings in Central Park surrounded by marathon runners, it was very inspirational. On Sunday, we were able to see the wheelchair racers and the first few women come in before we had to run and catch our plane. My editor, Stephanie Gunning (www.stephaniegunning.com), actually ran in this marathon. She finished in exactly the time she thought she would, and that was even MORE inspirational to me. She makes it sound like running a marathon is EASY and FUN! (As you may know, it is my belief that creating the life of your dreams should be just that: easy and fun!) Keep an eye on my newsletter, I'll be sending out a link to an audio interview with Stephanie about how her marathon experience has changed her life soon.
I told you yesterday that my goal was to run 20 miles this week as part of my own marathon training program, and I just wrapped up that goal! Yay! (Note to self: Celebrate!)
Care to join me? Stephanie recommended and I am following Hal Higdon's marathon training program at www.halhigdon.com. Check it out, and Amp It Up!
Have you thought about the team you have constructed to help you make your dreams come true? Watch this video to find out about some teams you might not have thought of, but which are all critical to your success.
Hi, I'm Kim Marcille, and welcome to my blog! I'll be posting periodically here with the latest ideas I have for amping up your life, your dreams and your belief in the possible. Please send me your comments, I'd love to hear what you're doing to make your life a juicier, more fulfilling place to be. Have an Amped Up Day! --K.
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