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Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change. I would like to share a powerful self-improvement ritual that will ensure that your business consistently grows every year.

I am a big believer that, at the beginning of every year, you need to set goals for yourself and check in to ensure that you are making progress.

The ritual that I am going to share with you involves more than just setting goals. It’s about taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture of your business and your life.

If you want to achieve success, you need to assess the direction of your business and your life, in order to ensure that you are gaining ‘altitude’, as Eben Pagan says.

Are you ready to learn about a game-changing ritual for your business and your life? Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change.

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Every 90 days I schedule a meeting with my team, and I create a specific format for it. If it’s only you in the meeting, schedule it in the same way.

Here is the meeting format that I recommend you follow. Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change:

1. Review The Vision For Your Business

A clear vision gives a business and a team a sense of direction and inspiration. In my business, I make an effort to ensure that everyone on my team is in alignment with my vision, and that we discuss what that vision is on a regular basis.

Not only that, but if the vision changes in any way, we talk about the ways in which we will need to adapt our business processes in order to ensure that we are constantly growing and expanding.

Keep in mind that it’s important that you continually check in with people to ensure that they are still on board with your vision.

2. Review The Values For Your Business And Your Life

Values are critically important for your business. Not only that, but you want to make sure that there is alignment between the values that you adhere to in your life and the ones that you promote in your business.

What does your business stand for? If you have a team, you need to communicate to them which values are most important to you.

3. Give And Receive Feedback

Feedback is a great way to develop a sense of awareness about where we can improve, so that we are consistently making progress. A lot of people forget this step in their business because they don’t create a ritual to assess themselves and their team.

There are three people on my leadership team, including myself. These are people that I trust and whose opinions I value. Like any relationship, disagreements can come up within a team, and if they aren’t expressed openly it can cause resentment amongst team members.

Each person in the team shares what he or she feels they believe that they are good at, and what they can improve. I then reflect upon what I believe that I need to improve upon, and then I allow the other members of my team to do the same.

My job is to shut up, listen, and take notes. I want my team to be honest with me. The goal is to help each other grow and improve. This is a great trust-building team exercise.

4. Analyze Your Business

As a group, my team and I then brainstorm the areas where we feel that our business has done well. We celebrate and acknowledge our accomplishments over the last 90 days, and the areas where we think we can make improvements.

We also talk about any ideas or suggestions that the team or myself may have for moving forward into the next quarter.

5. Set Goals & Actions for Next 90 Days

Things change throughout the year, so you need to be flexible. In my team, we reassess the goals that we had during the previous quarter, and then for the next quarter we decide what we want to focus on.

I always try to make sure that my team and I have goals in multiple parts of our business, and that each individual has a goal that they are moving towards.

When everyone has a goal, it allows him or her to brainstorm creative ways that they can achieve it. I also make sure that there is always a reward for achieving a goal and make sure that the goal is S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely).

6. Inspire Personal Growth and Development

Every quarter I want to make sure that my team is learning and growing, whether that’s in the form of reading books, attending seminars, taking part in courses, etc.

These are things that I support my team with because I want to invest in them, like I invest in myself. By giving the people on my team the opportunity to develop new skills, that in turn supports the growth of my business as well.

My team then shares their ideas with the group, and then for the next quarter we determine how we are going to commit to learning. We make sure that everyone on my team has goals that they are moving towards.

I highly recommend this ritual. If you want to succeed in business, you need to work on it, not in it. Take it seriously and commit to mastery.

You need to be constantly checking-in, assessing, evaluating where you are at, and where you want to go. This is what the most successful companies in the world do.

Act as if you are bigger than you are. Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change.

Are you ready to take your life and your business to the next level? In the words of Frank Ocean, “Work hard in silence. Let your success be the noise.”

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My Evening Ritual – How To Go To Sleep Happy And Fulfilled Every Night https://projectlifemastery.com/my-evening-ritual-how-to-go-to-sleep-happy-and-fulfilled-every-night/ https://projectlifemastery.com/my-evening-ritual-how-to-go-to-sleep-happy-and-fulfilled-every-night/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:54:36 +0000 http://projectlifemastery.com/?p=1144 This blog post is going to reveal my exact process for going to sleep every night with a big smile on your face, allowing you to really feel happy and fulfilled after your days activities.  This is sort of a follow-up to my popular morning ritual video blog that has now gotten over 200,000+ views […]

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evening ritualThis blog post is going to reveal my exact process for going to sleep every night with a big smile on your face, allowing you to really feel happy and fulfilled after your days activities.  This is sort of a follow-up to my popular morning ritual video blog that has now gotten over 200,000+ views on YouTube and is by far my most popular video.

While having a morning ritual is important to starting off the day and really getting the most out of it, an evening ritual is almost equally as important as it really allows you to absorb everything that happened that day and celebrate it.  You can be constantly achieving your goals and making progress in your life, but unless you take the time to really celebrate that progress, then you're missing out on a lot of meaning and fulfillment you can be experiencing right now.

I'm hoping that this video inspires you to take a few minutes for yourself each night and really give yourself that sense of joy and happiness that we need for a fulfilling life.  As Tony Robbins says, the two skills in life are 1) The Science of Achievement, and 2) The Art of Fulfillment.  While most of us are focused on achievement, we often forget about fulfillment.

If you're successful but not fulfilled, then you're a failure.

This evening ritual will give you that sense of happiness and fulfillment each day that you are missing.  It will help you pull the most from that day and allow you to make everyday more incredible than you ever thought possible.

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My Evening Ritual

I'm going to break down what I do specifically below.

1. Evening Questions

focusThe first thing that I do is make sure that I'm in a quiet environment where I can really take the time to reflect on the day.  The first thing that I do is what are called “Evening Questions”, which are similar to the Morning Questions outlined in my morning ritual.

I learned about the power of questions through Tony Robbins, who talks about how questions control what you focus on.  Whatever you focus on you feel.  For example, what determines whether or not you would label today as GOOD or BAD is based on what choose to focus on.

Let me ask you, were there things that happened today that you could feel happy about?

Of course there is!  Even if you think today has been horrible, there is always good if you find it.  Perhaps you could be happy about the fact that you're alive, or that you have your health, or you were able to get certain things done, or you went for a walk.  Whatever it is, you can ALWAYS find something to be happy about each day.

Let me ask you again, were there things that happened today that you could feel upset about?

The answer is again, of course!  Today could have been a great day, but if you focus on how you didn't get a certain task done, you were late for a meeting, you didn't close that sale, you procrastinated, you ate junk food, etc… then you will most likely feel upset.

The truth is, there is GOOD and BAD in each day, and what you decide to focus on each night before going to sleep will determine how you feel about that day.  Doesn't it make sense then to take the time to recognize and acknowledge the GOOD that happened that day?  It is there, you just have to look for it.

If you did this, then guess what happens?  Every day becomes GOOD!  Imagine how you would feel about your life if every day was amazing.  The truth is, IT IS!  Every day is amazing – there is no such thing as a bad day.  But it starts with your focus, and these Evening Questions will help you to be able to do that.

Here is a list of Evening Questions that I ask myself:

What was great about today?  What did I love?
What have I given today?  In what ways have I been a giver?
What did I learn today?
How have I grown today?  In what ways has my life improved?

It's important to make sure that you really FEEL the emotions of your answers.  Do this with a smile on your face and actually feel happy, proud, excited, loved, etc… this will give you that juice and fulfillment that will make you appreciate the day.  You can't just intellectually know that it was a good day, you must feel it.

I also usually answer these questions OUT LOUD, not just in my head.  I find it's more powerful for me and really internalizes things.

2. Journaling

Next I take out my journal and begin writing down all of the successes, accomplishments and magic moments for that day.  I usually make a list and really go back through the day and remember each thing that I got done and the most powerful moments that I want to remember.

Most of our lives go by so fast that we forget to really take in and appreciate the little things.  At the end of your life, you aren't going to remember everything, you will remember certain moments.  Unless you capture these moments and successes, you will forget about them fast.  I like to make sure that I suck the most juice out of them so that I can really celebrate my life.

A life worth living is worth recording.
Jim Rohn

If you make a list of all the accomplishments and magic moments for that day, then add up these lists each week, then each month, you will have a massive list that summarizes that month that you will always be able to look back upon and remember.  You will be able to recognize what you were doing with your time and celebrate that.

journalingHere's an example:

Accomplishments:

Worked out today.
Ate healthy.
Called John.
Finished taxes.
Updated website.
Read for 10 minutes.

Magic Moments:

Had a great talk with my girlfriend.
Had a great business meeting with Nick.
Watched an entertaining movie.
Received a nice compliment.

And so fourth.

Sometimes I also write a letter to myself and talk about the day in detail.  I find this useful if I had a challenging day or am going through a difficult time, as writing everything out allows me to collect my thoughts and changes my perspective on the event.

Again, find what works for you and do it!

3. Celebrate!

celebrate successReally taking the time to celebrate each day and what you've gone through is a powerful way to give yourself some positive reinforcement.  Most people beat themselves up way too much.  Each day, they didn't get enough done that they wanted to or procrastinated or were lazy, which prompts them to feel guilty and bad about themselves.

This is a horrible thing to do to yourself each day and sets yourself up for MORE failure.  What happens is, you end up giving yourself PAIN for not being enough, instead of recognizing and celebrating the GOOD that actually happened that day.

What gets rewarded, gets repeated.

The more that you celebrate each day and everything that happened, the more you will do those things and the more fulfilled you will be.  This is called CONDITIONING, and eventually you will develop new, empowering habits.

How do you celebrate?

Celebrating is simply giving yourself pleasure.  It could be as simple as acknowledging yourself, patting yourself on the back and saying “Good job!”, or meditating and feeling grateful for the day, praying and giving thanks to your creator, or putting on some music and jumping up and down.

The goal is to give yourself a REWARD.  Give yourself PLEASURE.

Often, as a reward I also allow myself to watch a movie or go out or mess around.  This way I've EARNED that free-time to just chill and enjoy myself, instead of reactively distracting myself and not getting anything done.  You want to be PROACTIVE about rewarding yourself and celebrating.

4. Accountability Call

I mention in my morning ritual that I have an accountability call that I do each morning with a friend to briefly talk about what we're going to get done that day.  I've found this works wonders with holding myself accountable and following through.  Well, I also do a call with that same person in the evening too.  The evening call will be us talking about the days events, what we got done, what challenges we had, what we learned, etc…

I even sometimes incorporate some of the above pieces in the phone call, as we often celebrate together and coach each other to ensure that each day was amazing.

I highly recommend finding someone that you can do this with, but it's not necessary.

Create Your Own Evening Ritual And Commit To It

That's it!  Now it's time for you to create your own evening ritual.

Also, I will note that there are many additional things that you could add to your evening ritual that may not be listed above.  For example, the evening can be a great time for you to exercise, or read a book, or go out and socialize with friends.  You can even do your planning in advance for the following day.  Maybe you prefer to simply just relax in the evening, which can be important too as you allow yourself to recharge.

This is just what works for me, which may be different for you.  My advice is to find what works for you and is going to help you really enjoy each day and be fulfilled.

And finally, make sure that you fully COMMIT to doing your evening ritual everyday.  Perhaps start with a 30 day challenge and use a whiteboard or calendar like I use in my video.  If you do it consistently for 30 days, I can guarantee you it will become a habit and be something that won't require any thought or discipline.  You will just be doing it automatically, and your life will further transform.

Have an OUTSTANDING night!

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Have you ever wondered how some people wake up happy, vibrant and full of life?

You know these crazy people I'm talking about – they're energetic, productive, confident, and passionate.  They move about the day as a force to be reckoned with. And no matter what happens, nothing seems to phase them. They're a beacon of joy and energy, and as a result, people are naturally drawn to their radiance.

What makes these people different from the rest is NOT a “natural ability” or an inherent talent that they were born with. They possess no clear advantage over anyone else.  The difference is that they've made a CHOICE to be this way.

These people have DECIDED to live their life the way they want and have cultivated a consistent, daily ritual that makes them the way that they are.

You are what you repeatedly do everyday.

You are defined by your RITUALS – what you do on a consistent basis.

If you're always miserable, unhappy, anxious, living in fear, etc… it's because you have RITUALS that may not even be aware of, that are creating these emotions in your body on a consistent basis.  You've literally TRAINED yourself to be this way through practice and conditioning.

Can you change?  YES.  

Can you be happy, confident, and passionate each day? YES.

How? DECIDE.

My Morning Ritual

I want to share with you below my most powerful video yet.  In this 35-minute video blog, I will take you through my ENTIRE MORNING RITUAL – what I do every single day to set myself up to win.

How you start the day is how you end the day.

This is EXACTLY how I do it – my secret to self-confidence, happiness, and vitality.  By doing this morning ritual, I feel literally UNSTOPPABLE everyday. It creates a powerful momentum and allows me to start off the day with energy, be productive, focused, healthy, and happy.  As a result, negativity doesn't seem to affect me much and I'm able to live my life PROACTIVELY, instead of out of reaction.

If you sew the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards.

The notion behind having a Morning Ritual is to gift the most scarce resource you have, which is time, to YOU.  To make you the most important thing in your life, and to ensure that you're at your best.

Let me ask you… if you REALLY LOVE someone, how do you show them that love?

no one is going to love you if you don't love yourselfThe most obvious answer is that you spend time with them.  Well, how much time do you spend time with yourself?  I'm talking about real, quality time – time that is spent GIVING to yourself and becoming more as a human being.

Not only that, but you might do things to make that person feel INCREDIBLE – perhaps compliment them, tell them how much you love them, or celebrate together.  Again, how often do you take the time to compliment yourself, love yourself, and allow yourself to feel incredible?

Most of us are too busy beating ourselves up – and I'm sure if you did that to someone else, you wouldn't be in a relationship with them very long.

Doesn't it only make sense to nurture the most important relationship you have, which is with yourself?  This Morning Ritual, or “Hour of Power” if you would, accomplishes that.

If you want to take your life to a whole new level, then create an empowering Morning Ritual that you'll stick to everyday and COMMIT to it.  Make it non-negotiable.  I don't care if you have to wake up earlier or sleep less, just do it – no excuses.  If you actually do this, I promise you that life will never be the same again.

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I'm going to break down my Morning Ritual here for you guys and go more into details on what I outline in the video.

1. Smile

This is the first and most important thing to do the moment your eyes open.

First, it reminds you to be HAPPY and APPRECIATE the fact that you're alive – it's an act of gratitude. Second, it is engaging your physiology, which changes your state.  There are over 50 muscles in your face, and most of them are being used the moment you smile.  You will begin to feel good immediately.

2. Stretch

Next, stretch out and loosen up your body while still in bed. You want to make sure your muscles are ALIVE and AWAKE for the beginning of an incredible day.  You need to get out of zombie-mode and get the blood-flow circulating through your body.

3. Breathe

Every cell of your body is made up of oxygen, which it is starving for first thing in the morning. Most of us have impaired breathing while asleep, and so taking the time to consciously take in deep breaths from your diaphragm will begin to fully oxygenate your cells and start getting rid of waste that has accumulated while asleep.

Not only that, but the brain needs oxygen – so you're instantly providing your red blood cells with more oxygen, which go through the river of life, and then is transported to your brain.  You'll instantly feel more alert and energetic.

I usually start the day with a certain breathing pattern, where I inhale at a count of 5 seconds, hold for the count of 20 seconds, and then exhale at a count of 10 seconds.  Alternatively, I'll immediately get out of bed and go for a walk outside, in which case I'll do something called Breathwalking.

4. Drink Water

For most of us, our bodies are severely dehydrated the moment we wake up.  Your cells not only need oxygen, but water as well.  70% of your body is made up of water, and so it only makes sense to fully hydrate your body so that it can be start off the day at a peak level.

I personally drink Kangen Water, which is filtered, ionized, alkaline water.  A Kangen Water ionizer isn't cheap, but it's well worth the investment for your health in the long run.  At least make sure you're drinking filtered, purified water for now.  Sometimes I'll add in some lemon to further alkalize the water, or mix with my water some Greens powder and make it into a Green Drink.

And don't just drink a sip of water – literally down 1-2 glasses. You have no idea how much your body needs it.

5. Move Your Body

The fastest way to change your STATE is through MOVEMENT.  When you change the way you move, it immediately begins to change how you feel.  Emotion is created by motion.  And the word E-MOTION really just means “Energy in Motion”.

The way you use your physiology biochemically changes how you feel.

So, it's important to engage your physiology immediately.  I like to use something called a Rebounder, which is a mini-trampoline.  It's also known as a Lymphasizer, since it stimulates your lymphatic system, which immediately begins to eliminate waste.  Not only that, but every cell of your body gets stimulated and massaged. It gets your metabolism going, you start to feel energetic immediately, and it boosts your state.  There's SO MANY other amazing benefits to rebounding, which I'll be sure to talk about in a future blog post.

Any form of exercise or movement will do.  During summertime, I'll step outside and immediately go for a walk near the water.  Or I'll start doing jumping jacks, sit-ups, or jump on a treadmill.  Just do whatever you prefer, but again, the key is to GET MOVING!

6. Engage Your Emotions

The next most powerful way to change your state is by changing your FOCUS.  This allows you to start off the day feeling remarkable through flooding your body with positive emotions.

Whatever you focus on, you feel.

You want to make sure that you're controlling your focus first thing in the morning, and directing it towards the way that you want to feel. The way that I personally do that is by asking myself a series of Empowering Questions, which change your focus, thus changing your state.

Here's the questions that I ask myself everyday:

What am I happy about in my life right now?
What am I excited about in my life right now?
What am I proud of in my life?
What am I grateful for in my life?
What am I passionate about in my life right now?
What am I committed to in my life right now?
Who do I love?  Who loves me?

You have to make sure you really FEEL the emotions, not just intellectually answer the questions – but FEEL it.  I do this by asking the follow-up question, “What about this makes me happy?” and “How does this make me feel?”

I also like to do this process OUT LOUD, not just in my head.  When I speak it out loud and use my body, I am engaging my state further and it will intensify the feelings.

These Empowering Questions are taken from Tony Robbin's Awaken The Giant Within book, which I highly recommend.

7. Your Driving Force: Vision & Purpose

Everyday, I like to make sure that I'm reminded of what my VISION and PURPOSE for my life is.  This is what really motivates me and gives me juice – it reminds me of what I'm made for and what I want my life to ultimately be about.  Also, by simply taking the time to read your vision or goals for life, you will begin move towards it.

Where focus goes, energy flows.

I have my Ultimate Vision for my life written in my Life Planner, in my iPhone, as well as a spreadsheet on my computer.  Your Ultimate Vision is simply what you want your life to be about – the ultimate plan and vision of who you want to be and what you want your life to look like.

Your Ultimate Purpose is the reasons WHY you want this – why you're committed to living your life this way and why you want to make this vision a reality.  This is what will create the fuel and drive to move forward.

I also read my Identity (who I'm committed to being), along with my Code of Conduct (the standards I hold myself to each day), as well as my Values and Rules for my life.  This might sound complicated to you, it's all stuff I will share at a later time in another blog post.  It's all based on Tony Robbins Time Of Your Life program and his RPM Life Management System.  It's what I use to design and manage my life.

The key is to make sure you're reading and focused on your goals and who you want to be each day.  Focus on what you want and you will move towards it.  It could be just taking a few minutes to visualize yourself achieving a goal or staring at your vision board each day.

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8. Feed Your Mind

I'm always learning new things, whether it's reading a book, listening to an audio program, or going through a video program.  It's important to feed your mind with POSITIVITY, rather than turning on the news and feeding it with the negative.  The act of consciously taking time each day to do this will do wonders for your state and help you develop yourself as a human being.

I commit to reading at least 10 pages of a good book a day.  Through this simple act, I've read hundreds of books.  And I have so many more sitting on my shelf to read and go through.  I like reading books that will help me at the current state of my life that I'm in – whether it's self-help, spirituality, health/fitness, finance, business, biographies, etc… anything that will improve the quality of my life.

By the way, 10 pages a day equates to 300 pages a month – that's a book a month, 12 books a year!  Think about how much better you'll be in your life and the results you'll produce just by making this simple action a daily habit.

9. Plan The Day

To be as productive as possible throughout the day, you need a plan.  Like I said earlier, I use my RPM Life Planner by Tony Robbins, but find something that works for you.

Having a plan for each day of your life helps you be PROACTIVE instead of REACTIVE.  You aren't just reacting to the demands of others, but you're consciously designing and creating your day, while moving in the direction towards your goals and dreams.

When you talk about something, it's a dream. When you envision it, it's exciting. When you plan it, it's possible. But, when you schedule it, it's real.
Tony Robbins 

I usually capture all of the things I want to get done that day.  Then, I chunk them into specific outcomes that I'm after.  For example, I may have an outcome for my physical body, for my businesses, or for friends/family, or my social life.  I make that outcome compelling, then write down why I want it.  I then categorize my capture of “action items” under each specific outcome, and then prioritize them.  The most important actions, I schedule in my calendar for specific times so I know what I'm doing and when.

I'll be sure to share in-detail my planning method in another blog post.

10. Accountability Call

Every morning, I have an “Accountability Call” with a friend that I've been doing for over a year now.  I've found having an accountability buddy to make sure I'm following through each day does wonders for being productive and making progress in my life.  When you run a home-based business like I do, it definitely helps having someone you're accountable to (since I don't have a boss…).

Our calls are usually around 5-10 minutes.

The structure goes as follows:

Did you get done yesterday what you committed to?  How was your day?
What did you learn yesterday?
What are the top 3 outcomes and top 3 actions you're committed to getting done today?

Simple as that.  We want to make sure we're improving each day and making progress in our lives.

Also, we try to make things simple – instead of talking about EVERYTHING we're going to do that day, we pick the top 3 highest leverage outcomes/actions.  This is following the 80/20 rule, which is the notion that 20% of your actions will produce 80% of the results.

Now, the kicker is, if one of us DID NOT get done something we committed to, we then owe $20 to a charity.  By having this consequence, it creates further leverage and accountability for ourselves.  We've ended up donated A LOT of money to charities over the year, but it's also something you can feel good about since it's also to a good cause and making a contribution. 🙂

11. Workout/Exercise

The final important piece of my Morning Ritual is to make sure that I'm exercising and hitting the gym each day.  For me, if I don't exercise early in the day, I never get around to it.  My day ends up filling up with work and demands, and my physical body gets left out of the picture.  That's why it's important for me to do it BEFORE I start my work.

Once I've completed an intense physical workout, I feel physically unstoppable.  It gives me this “high” and it starts my day off as a success.

I'm usually in the gym for 60 to 90 minutes each day, but that's only because I love it and because I'm competing in the WBFF fitness competition.  For others, you have to find a workout program or form of exercise that is right for you.  It could be walking outside, jogging, weight lifting, swimming, or even yoga.  But, strengthening and improving your physical body is something that has to be made important in anyones life to have a balanced, happy, healthy life.

Create Your Own Morning Ritual And Commit To It

That's it!  That's my complete Morning Ritual as it stands today.

It has changed and evolved over the years.  It used to be much longer, but now I've made it simple and customized it to the way that I like it for now.  It may change tomorrow, who knows.  I'm always changing it up, to make sure that I don't get too bored with it.

Now it's your turn.  You don't have to create the same Morning Ritual as mine, but create SOMETHING.  Make it specific to you and make it something that you will enjoy.  This is what works for me and it's based on things that I've learned over the years, so it may be completely different for you.  Just use mine as an example, take what works, and discard what doesn't.

The key is to make sure you COMMIT TO IT NO MATTER WHAT.  I suggest doing a 30-day Challenge where you commit to doing something like this everyday for 30 days straight, or perhaps even try it for a week.

If you actually do take the time to do this each day, I guarantee you that your life will transform and go beyond to a level you've never before imagined for yourself.  And in my honest opinion, NOTHING you do throughout the day is more important than doing something like this for yourself.  

Give yourself this gift – you deserve it.

The truth is, you already have a morning ritual that you may not even be aware of.  It could be you wake up, drink coffee, turn on the news, check your e-mail, or visit Facebook.  But, are those things really empowering you?  Are they nurturing your body, making you happier, or bringing you closer towards the vision of who you want to be?

If the answer is “No” and you're looking for a change, then perhaps this is for you.

I hope you enjoyed this lengthy, detailed blog post and video – I really wanted to be completely transparent with what I do each day and hopefully it will benefit you.  If it does, I would love to hear what you think and what your experience is.  Be sure to leave a comment below.

Otherwise, have a FANTASTIC DAY!

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