January 09, 2010
The Challenge:
This weekend marks the first “birthday” of The MindSetGame.com! Looking back at this year, we’ve covered challenges that help us with four key areas necessary to achieve our dreams (discipline, direction, imagination and attitude.) With the right mindset and a little focus on these key areas, we can all achieve huge success. As a birthday treat, we should all take a moment to celebrate something in our lives with a reward to ourselves.
This task is worth 15-points on your scorecards.
Thought Provoking Questions:
What did you give yourself?
Do you make it a habit to give yourself rewards for achieving specific goals?
The Lesson:
When you achieve something, even if you feel it is small, you should always associate a reward to it. Celebrating your wins will give you satisfaction and motivation to keep going. If it’s a small goal, match the reward so you are not giving yourself a BIG reward for something that can be accomplished quickly. This approach will also help you break your larger goals into small ones so that you get to celebrate along the journey to achieve your dreams.
Have fun this week and enjoy your celebration. Also, if you have ideas for future challenges please send them in. Thank you all for your continued support and involvement!
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” - Oprah Winfrey
October 18, 2009
The Challenge:
As we grow older we sometimes lose the ability to think outside the boundaries that have been somehow implanted into our minds. Often times, the part of our minds that becomes the most limited is our ability to think creatively. This week, purchase or download a coloring book picture. Get creative and color the pages from the coloring book.
This task is worth 25-points on your scorecards.
Thought Provoking Questions:
Did you color the pages according to their colors in real-life (the sky is blue, etc.)?
If so, why did you feel compelled to keep the colors standard?
The Lesson:
It is human nature that as we grow older we begin to see things the way society tells us how to see things. We look outside and see the sky is blue and we never question or experiment with any other color again. Don’t feel bad about misplacing your ability to think outside the norm, it has been engrained in you since early elementary school when someone told you your color choice was “wrong.” Today, as you look to bring your creative mind back, take a chance and use your imagination to go against that which society has told you to be the correct answer.
The next time you have a problem that needs a solution; remember to question the perceived setbacks and rules that hinder you from finding a creative solution. Do NOT assume boundaries that don’t exist. In corporate culture this has been labeled “thinking outside the box” but whenever a boss says this phrase they probably don’t get what it really means to be open to any and all ideas. In doing so, they end up limiting what could have been a limitless resource.
“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” - Albert Einstein
September 13, 2009
The Challenge:
This week, we are going to work on creating moments of déjà vu for ourselves by collecting 25 images of things that you want to experience in your life. The images can come from anywhere (magazines, online, etc.) and can be about anything, such as homes, gardens, people, travel, places, toys, etc. Place the images in a computer folder or box.
This task is worth 50-points on your scorecards.
Thought Provoking Questions:
How did you feel when you saw the image of what you wanted to experience in real life?
How often are you going to look over these images?
The Lesson:
An amazing power lies in our ability to visualize our future, the clearer our image the more likely we are to experience a déjà vu moment. If you’ve ever had déjà vu, you know exactly how weird it feels when you experience something that you dreamt about. Typically, déjà vu occurs by happenstance from an unknown power showing us images of our future life experience. It happens more frequently for some than it does others BUT there is a way to visualize your future so clearly that you begin to experience déjà vu more frequently.
By collecting images of things you want in your life and looking them over frequently, you can invoke a sense of well-being that helps you attract these visualizations into becoming real. It sounds far-out doesn’t it? Think about this in basic terms, you likely would not take a vacation to place if you did not have pictures of what it would look like when you got there. You are doing the same thing with this exercise; you are building a visual of your destination. NOTE: the key is to feel all the emotions as though you already have what is in the images.
“You become what you think about most of the time.” - Earl Nightingale
July 28, 2009
The Challenge:
Getting back on schedule after our short break, hopefully you all backed up those computers. This week, let’s use our imagination to dream up everything we would do if we were suddenly handed $300,000. The only stipulation is that you have to spend every penny of it. Write out as many things as you can think of and then imagine yourself doing them.
This task is worth 30-points on your scorecards.
Thought Provoking Questions:
Did you have an abundance of things on your list? Or did it get difficult to spend every penny?
How did you feel when you visualized yourself doing the things on your list?
The Lesson:
You may be asking yourself, why did I need to spend every penny? Simply, by creating a list of everything you want without worrying about how to pay for it, you are formalizing your list of wants within your mind. The more often you think about these items and visualize yourself achieving them, the more effortlessly your mind will bring you closer to fulfilling your desires.
If you want to take this challenge even further, print up a bunch of “play” checks and actually write the checks to the actions you hope to achieve. The more fun you have with this, the happier you will be, so replay this challenge whenever you are feeling down. Lastly, for those analytical folks like me, pretend you will receive and must spend this money every day for the rest of your life so you don’t need to over-think as if this was the only $300,000 you will ever get.
“Not what we have BUT what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” - Epicurus