I posted a question to my tribe recently on Facebook asking people to tell me, “If you could have any one thing that you don’t currently have, no matter the cost, what would it be and why?” Given the time of the day that I posted this I was pretty surprised at the rapid fire answers that started coming. I was even a little more surprised at some of the answers that people gave. Here are some of them in random order:
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closure.
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Financial freedom because I do not like feeling as if I am a slave to the bank!
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Stress free life
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security for my children
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Answers
And the list goes on. As I reflected on all of the answers it become clear to me that as a whole our programming is backward or out of order. It appears to me that most of us have a formula for getting what we want that looks like this:
DO-HAVE-BE. An example would be something like, “I will continue working long hours (DO), so I can pay off my debt (HAVE), so I can be financially free (BE)!” The problem with this is that we are focused on “doing” things based on our current results and that leads us to more of the same.
In order to change our situation we must live by the formula of BE-DO-HAVE. The example in the same situation above would be, “I am financially free (now it is time to act as if you are-this is the BE part), I am doing (this is the DO part) the things that a financially free person has done, and I will HAVE financial freedom. This change in the formula changes the focus off of your current results to the focus of the new results you desire.
As simple change in mindset allows us to generate the results we are looking for in life. But let’s not confuse the word simple for easy. This process is about reprogramming your thought process, your self image, your feelings towards things, and that can be difficult at times. Staying focused, keeping things simple, and asking for help is bound to lead you down the path of having what you want in life.
If you would like to learn more about the BE-DO-HAVE formula and achieving more in your life then take a look at my Conceive, Believe, Achieve class that I offer. It’s time to focus on you and getting what you want out of your life!
To your success!