Tips for dealing with the present, the past and the future

Tips for Dealing with the Present, the Past and the Future

This simple but very powerful review process is used to shift your thinking, behaviour and attitudes.  

I have counselled, coached and mentored with thousands of people.  The most common theme, I find is people find reasons (excuses) to make changes until sometime in the future, and yes I have been guilty as well. Living in the Now or Present, needs to opened up and needs regular check-ins...

So....Be in the present: When you want to be happy and successful 

• Focus on what is right, meaningful or purposeful now
  
• Use your purpose to respond to what is important now
  
• The present is all that you have, make the the most of today, who knows if tomorrow exists, do you really know????
  
• Work and live as if today were the last, confronting I know.... but it will shift your attention onto action, if it doesn't then you need to go back to the first point
  

Now...Learn from the past: When you want to make the present better than the past

• Look at what happened in the past, don't over-analyse yourself or your business, its not an autopsy
  
• Learn something valuable from it, ask what can I learn from that experience
  
• Let go, it only really appears in memory, don't hold regrets, if you do, you're in victim mode
• Do things differently in the present, take responsibility, be accountable, be authentic
  

And...Plan for the future: When you want to make the future better than the present

• Visualize what a desired future would look like at work, home, social, family,etc get it clear
  
• Make very specific plans to make it happen, it must be targeted, realistic and achievable  
  
• Put massive amounts of action into the plan for today, not tomorrow, remember, we are in the present
  
• If you start procrastinating, you operate in the fear paradigm, its real in your head I know, but it may not be in reality, most fear is created in our lives and in our business.  Trust me I've done it.....

Have you got it yet?  Good.

The future is not tomorrow its here. Too many pepole stil haven't got that important nugget.

Enjoy this small coaching present and pass it on.  Giving is a great way to improve business and the world we live in.

Journey well,
Matt Cartwright
Inspiring People, Inspiring Business, Inspiring Results 
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