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Sometimes, I wonder if you really understand what it takes to win. The win is so worth it but will you allow yourself to get there?
You have these big dreams, big ideas, big plans and you want it so bad, so very bad but right now, it feels tough, doesn’t it? It feels like you are pushing ... Views: 1351
Lets cut straight to the chase here and it may hurt and make you angry with me for stating the obvious but I have to do it because honey, surely you are tired of this merry-go-round thing you seem to be doing…
You claim to want a freedom lifestyle…
You claim to want to impact and change ... Views: 771
Don’t you understand that the dreams you have are just so different from most people? Don’t you see that you cannot keep comparing yourself to other people when you are simply not of this world!
You ARE different! You have always suspected it and now you can completely confirm that it is ... Views: 661
Hey! Pay attention to these words, listen to what I am saying…
Stop reacting!
Stop allowing someone else’s action determine who you be today…
Stop looking around in fear, worried that your world is coming to an end because of the actions of anyone…
Stop reacting with all the other ... Views: 721
You wake up and you already want to go back to sleep
You make yourself get up but you know you want to do anything but what you have to do that day…
And you have obeyed all the rules about what you are supposed to do to have a happy existence…
You have the religion, gone full immersion ... Views: 802
You are so capable…
So full of drive and determination…
So full of big ideas and you know you are born for more…
Born to dominate in your chosen field though at times, you are uncomfortable with the idea of domination because really, all you want to do is make money doing what you love ... Views: 612
So, you sit there with your computer in front of you, wondering what to write about.
And if you are completely honest, you will realise that you have discarded about 10 ideas because you wondered if they were good enough, sweet enough, attractive enough to everyone out there when really, the ... Views: 802
You know why I meet every single goal I set for myself, the money goals, the impact goals, EVERYTHING? Because it is not optional.
When I set the goal, there is no room for ‘erms, buts, maybes’! It is simply happening and that is that!
I make a decision and once I have decided?! There ... Views: 826
I see you going around thinking that unless you are perfect in all of your ways then you do not have the right to win.
And it is just a silly excuse!
A silly crazy excuse that keeps you from even giving your dream and vision a great big go!
You can tell yourself that you made a mistake, ... Views: 705
You forgot who you are, didn’t you?
You forgot that you were born for great things…
You let it go because of the disappointment.
The disappointment of living so long and still not getting the dream of your heart…
You started to lose faith, you felt abandoned by Spirit…
And you ... Views: 786
What if…
What if you just let it be fun?
What if you stopped taking it all so seriously?
What if you let the real you, the heart of you, the part that is full of desire and fun and joy, what if you let it all out?
I know, I know you think that business, life should be taken ... Views: 763
We are living in a bright new age for women. Though we have not yet reached true equality, the opportunities now are well and beyond those even a few decades ago. Our daughters can be anything. But along with such benefits come the stresses of life, which can have a serious impact on their self ... Views: 1353
Do you ever do this thing where you keep holding back on doing the thing you are great at, while staring at the thing you think you want to be good at?
Let me try to explain…
For a long time, I would look at the prophets, seers, healers that would come round my church and think that I had ... Views: 692
In the last few days, I have been led to focus on releasing elements of my past…
It is as though every book, every blog, every EVERYTHING that comes my way is directing me towards releasing the drama of my past so that I am powered forward to my chosen future…
And I am so thankful that Spirit ... Views: 729
You feel held back, stifled…
You look at that person over there, getting every single thing you want and you feel the green-eyed monster coming up to play…
You feel annoyed that you are just not there yet and it eats at you…
The jealousy that you can stifle temporarily until you see them ... Views: 634
I know…
I get it…
You feel as though you have just about enough money to get by, at the moment…
And the crazy thing is that it really does not even matter how much you are earning, you could be making millions at work and still feel as though you do not have the extra you need, to do what you ... Views: 811
Renee L Richardson, M.Ed.
Knowing the "Love" Within:
1/6/2017
So many times, we find ourselves sitting on the wayside of love, extremely disappointed, hurt and totally exhausted; simply because we failed to receive the love of which we have given. Were our expectations too high? Did we ... Views: 1135
There you are, sitting on your awesome arse, waiting for a shot of powerful inspiration.
There you are, with so much to say and yet you hold back because you are worried it will not be great enough!
There you are, wishing, waiting, hoping that whatever you do finally come out with, will be the ... Views: 771
OK, so I admit that I use that word and phrase quite a lot in the work that I do. People want to feel called, I want to feel called and yes, I admit that I am called but you know what?!
I still have a choice!
I still have a freaking choice as to whether I do the work I feel called to do ... Views: 721
Simple Answer – NEVER!
Your life is your life at the moment and actually, it is the life of most entrepreneurs – at least the ones who are honest about it!
If you want to make money doing what you love, if you want to impact people with your product, service, if you want to ... Views: 721
As I write this, I am taking a group of people through the EMPOWERED TO WIN bootcamp and also working with more than the usual number of private clients and something that I know more and more to be true is that most people do not understand the level of discipline required to live a rich, ... Views: 791
Man, one of the most freeing things that happened to me in 2016, was just releasing the need to look good, to get it right, to be perfect all the time. It held me back sooooo much and I imagine it is doing the same thing to you.
There are so many things you want to experience, so many ... Views: 755
Just because you have always acted a certain way does not mean you have to continue acting in that certain way. The moment you decide, truly decide to drop the act and become whoever you want to be, you can.
There is a distance between the vision of who you see yourself being and ... Views: 716
Most people, and I am sad to say that I used to be one of these, think that you can give things a go for a little bit and then quit if it gets too hard, quit if it seems impossible, quit if all your friends seem to be happy to settle for nothing, just simply stop and settle for the okay ... Views: 774
Honey, you went through some bad shit!
You went through it and you kept on walking, you kept on doing what had to be done to hold everything together and no one honoured you for it!
It was a horrific thing that you went through…
You carried the weight of it and no one saw just how much ... Views: 754
It is the last day of the year when I write this and I wonder what you are creating for next year. Surely not more of the same old stuff. The same reactive stuff where you wait to see what happens and react to it accordingly. Surely not that!
I just spent hours reading, dreaming, creating, ... Views: 735
You say you don’t want to be greedy…
And so you downplay your goals…
Making them smaller and smaller each passing year…
You don’t see that you are living from a place of lack.
You think that you getting yours means someone else has to lose theirs…
And as you say, you don’t want to be ... Views: 706
What was your immediate response to that headline?
An indignant ‘YES, of course I do’ followed by an uncertain, more silent ‘NO, I am not sure that I do, actually’…
And guess what? The ‘no’ rules you at the moment if you are not at the income level you want to be at.
That silent ‘No’ is ... Views: 881
Go on, take a deep breath and consciously choose to breathe in peace and as you release the breath, let the tension in your body go.
You just got through the Christmas period, you spoke to family, cooked with family, tried not to kill family, tried not to talk too much about your dreams because ... Views: 711
If one was in a position where they have just learned to drive, it doesn’t mean that they will know what car they want to buy. This can come down to the fact that there are so many car manufactures out there.
What they can do here is to ask their friends and family for their advice when it ... Views: 1153
I see you all stilted, trying to be proper, trying to say the right thing, do the right thing, BE the ‘right’ thing…
Let go, Let loose, Dance naked in the rain…
You are so scared to be seen…
So scared that you will not be liked…
So scared that you will end up in hell…
Wanting to know the ... Views: 2120
You feel tense, anxious, fed up with the struggle…
Year upon year, the struggle remains and you wonder when you will be free…
And you will be free as soon as you choose to do the work to be free!
Your finances have been a stronghold round your neck, constricting your creativity, keeping you ... Views: 670
One of the hardest things you will face in this quest for unlimited success and freedom is your past history. It is such an all-pervading thing and in some ways, you do not even realise just how much your past story holds you back because you have always lived this way. And everyone in your ... Views: 1122
The resistance feels strong within you. So strong that you keep holding back on saying the words that you want to say. YOU think no one cares and so, you stay stuck doing work that you do not really want to do because you think that that would make you safe.
Except you are bored to ... Views: 921
Of course, there are always reasons to stay stuck, to stay broke, to keep doing what you have always done, to avoid the pain of facing yoru financial situation, to not grow the business you desire…
There are always reasons and there will always be reasons…
The question to answer is ‘Do you ... Views: 661
I can see you…
I can hear you…
Your silence speaks so loud…
You want so much more than this…
You have such great ideas inside of you and yet, you think that no one will care. And so, you keep them hidden inside. You downplay you all the time. You do what is expected and yet, you crave more, ... Views: 656
You are not your mum…
You are not your dad…
You are not your brother…
You are not your sister…
You are not your friend…
You are not your pastor…
You are whoever the fuck you choose to be!
You have this picture in your head of who you want to be…
And you have this other picture of who you ... Views: 670
They said I was lazy and I suppose I was…
I did not want to cook, to clean and do all that boring stuff that a ‘woman’ was supposed to know how to do…
I took it to heart…
I made it mean something because I did not suit them…
It hurt because I let it hurt…
I forgot that I was me…
And ‘me’ ... Views: 692
You have been dithering and procrastinating for a while about this decision…
Wondering if you are giving up too soon…
Wondering if you are throwing in the towel like a little whiney bitch…
Wondering if this will make you a quitter…
And you do not want to be a quitter…
You used to be ... Views: 640
I used to wander aimlessly through life wondering what I felt motivated to do…
Wondering why I did not feel inspired to do what I said I wanted to do…
Wondering why I did not get my own version of the ‘Because I want to’ Life!
I had bought into a lie…
A lie that in order to do something ... Views: 707
Lets be honest, you have been worrying and worrying and staying stuck in indecision as to what to do next and where has it got you?
Worse off, right?!
The hole keeps getting bigger and bigger…
You are still not living the life you want to live but you are definitely worrying more and more ... Views: 744
Man, my money story used to be one of disaster…
It used to be one of getting so far, thinking everything was alright and then realising that everything was going down the tubes again…
I thought that was going to be my story forever…
Except I saw the light and realised that sitting on my ... Views: 611
The darkness is real…
In this entrepreneurial journey, there will be times when you sink so low, you wonder if you will ever come back up for air…
There will be times that you wish you did not care so much…
There will be times when you feel as though the darkness is going to eat you up and ... Views: 650
You have an identity…
A way you see yourself…
A way you look at the world…
And there are only certain things you are allowed to do when you act within the confines of that identity…
You can only eat certain foods which can be a good or a bad thing…
You can only belong to a particular ... Views: 609
I love my princesses.
That kinda goes without saying but this morning as I write this, I have been watching them on YouTube expressing themselves. And it is awesome to watch because they are fearless! They have not yet learnt to judge everything before they let it out into the ... Views: 772
YOu hold yourself back so much…
Scared of what people will think of you…
And then you look at your bank balance and you see that there ain’t much there…
And you know it is because you are not boldly gong after everything you want…
You are being held back by worries that you might just ... Views: 737
This morning, I had one of those moments of clarity that appear like a light being switched on after years of creeping around in the dark. It was instantaneous and it was on a subject that I thought I had conquered previously but I now realise there was even a deeper level to it.
And it ... Views: 620
I see you thinking, thinking, thinking some more…
“Will this work, will that work?”
“Can I do that or would it be too much?”
“Am I allowed? Will the gods of business and all things entrepreneur curse me for trying to do this thing over here?”
“Maybe I will break my business if I do ... Views: 695