What do you do every morning when you wake up? Shout for coffee in bed? Hit snooze on your phone a billion times? Check emails? Watch the morning news?

OR do you do what millions of other people do? Lie around wondering what they are going to do today?

Sure there are a lot of people that have solid routines in the mornings, but there are more people that don’t know what to do. They just wake up, have breakfast, get dressed and figure out what to do for the day on their way to work.

Now sure if that works for you, you can do it, but I have a different way of getting my head ready for the day..

Every morning when I wake up I have 2 things that I do to plan out my day before getting out of bed. Let’s see what they are…

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It’s a viable question..Isn’t it? We march through our days in a routine like manner that just repeats itself day after day after day. It’s true..every single word of it. The average person has a schedule that depicts a boring life: You roll out of bed, have breakfast, get dressed, go to work, come home, watch tv, eat and sleep.

Great life? I don’t think so… Why not change something to get a different result, a different outcome to your day?

A lot of people fear change I know, but it’s the only way to get ahead and once you have taken the first step forward, you won’t be looking back. You can start with something small and work towards something big, it’s totally up to you.

So the next time your buddy wants to go for drinks after work, don’t say you are tired. Come on. Man up. Go have some fun, get to bed late. Who is stopping you? Be a bit more social.

If you don’t want to stay out to late, why not get up a bit earlier everyday or change your cereal each week or wear something totally out of your comfort zone(watch the compliments roll in) and go to work looking like a boss. Haha. Just a figure of speech, but you should catch my drift.

Why not go out with your friends every night for the next week, do different things, go out with different people. Have lunch at a different restaurants. Don’t conform to the norm and do what everyone else is doing.

You want to set trends, not follow them to the T. You were born different from every other human being on this planet, so why follow them in what they do?

Are you scared that someone might say something? Let them… Who cares? I don’t. Don’t be boring and live your life the same day after day. In the end, you won’t be as happy as you thought you’d be. Get out there and live a little.

Change is inevitable.

So tell me…Is your life boring?

Day 3 of My 60 Day – Everyday writing challenge

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Quotes do wonders for people that lack motivation. By merely reading a few words written by someone famous or wealthy, people flip their switches and go into overdrive. Suddenly they throw around ideas as if they were on sale at the one buck store. They are able to work for 36 hours straight without blinking and have the will power to conquer anything in their paths.

Why is this? Well…

Everyone has the ability to motivate themselves. However, very few people really know how. They need someone else to tell them what to do and how to do it… Imagine if every person in the world were able to motivate themselves? A lot of people would be without work, wouldn’t they? It would be great though. The world would be a different place…

Anyway, let’s get to the quotes and see if you can flip the switch this week and get some things done.

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Last year everyone thought that it was going to be a life changing year. I mean the world was suppose to end twice; wasn’t it? Well now it’s the 13th January 2013 and we are still alive. If you didn’t do what you wanted to do last year(unsure of whether the world was going to end or not) then it’s time that you start living your life the way you’ve always wanted. Start doing things differently than you have for the past few years. Get out of your comfort zone and start living.

I have compiled 11 quick steps to encourage change in your life and even though they don’t delve to deeply with explanations and examples, they should be able to give you a sort of backbone to work off of. Let’s see if I can somehow encourage you to take the next step and change your life for good.

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A while back I mentioned that I was interested in doing a writing challenge. My writing challenge that I mentioned in April 2012(feels like yesterday) was inspired when I saw Corbett Barr’s Every day for 30 days challenge. I decided to go for 60 days though because I like stepping it up a notch.

2013 is going to be a big year and everyone has so much planned, so I decided that it was time to get this challenge done and dusted.

I’m looking forward to writing something everyday for the next 60 days and then maybe it will become so much a part of my routine that I extend the period.

So first off, Happy New Year to everyone reading this and I would like encourage you to follow me on my quest to successfully complete this writing challenge.

When will this start?

Tomorrow. 13th January 2013 and it will be ending on the 14th March 2013.

So till tomorrow, have a good one.

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This is an article I wrote for COTN Voices and decided to repost here as I wanted everyone to read it too. You can view it on the COTN website here.

Whilst sitting at the Global Leadership Summit this past weekend, I realized that I have not made enough time available to spend with those around me that matter. Sure I see them once in a while, spend the odd night here and there saying hello, but when was the last time we actually went out for dinner? Went away for a weekend? Spent an entire Saturday watching movies and having a barbecue?

I can’t remember….

Craig Groeschel said it well. Life isn’t about the things you acquire on your way to the top. It’s about people. Spending time with those that you love.

Take a second and reflect back on the past few months. Have you made sufficient time for those around you?

It’s a valid question used to evaluate your current situation. Are you really happy? Are you living the life you always wanted? Are you content with what you have and who you are? I’m sure you are staring at the screen wondering why you are reading this, why it has such a diverse effect on your current situation and why the heck you need to face these questions now…

I thought so…

You see, we are all authors. We are born authors. Each of us write our own life stories day by day. The good, the bad and the ugly are put into our book we call, “Life.” We choose our paths that we end up walking on and we make decisions that affect our tomorrows. It’s all up to you. If there is anybody to blame for not being happy its you.

You need to take a moment and think about all the things that make you unhappy at the moment. Is it:

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My alarm goes off at 6:30AM, I roll out of bed after only getting 4 hours of sleep. I can barely open my eyes as the light peers through my windows, I feel like I am sleep walking on my way to the kitchen, walking into a room of pitch black darkness, hitting my toe on the sofa’s foot as I pass by heading to the sliding door to retract the curtains and bring some light into the room.

As I pull back the first sheet, once again my face is hit by the bright light coming from outside, I am right about now pulling one of those funny “flinch” faces as I move toward the other side of the room to open the other sheet.

I sit down on the sofa and switch on my TV. I flip the channels my way to the news and a story on Malnutrition is being rapped up on CNN. I immediately find myself trenched in guilt. Guilt pertaining to complaining about materialistic things…

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This is an article I wrote for COTN Voices and decided to repost here as I wanted everyone to read it too. You can view it on the COTN website here.

I was walking down the aisle in Woolworths the other day when a little boy caught my attention. He was standing next to his father that was unpacking a few things from his trolley and kept asking questions which his father answered with a simple “Yes” or “No”….well that was until he asked, “Dad, why aren’t we rich?”

I was stopped dead in my tracks, how could the kid ask that to his father in public? I was wondering what the outcome of this could be…would the father ignore the kid? Would he tell him to keep quiet?

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This is one of the most irritating things I’ve come across lately. Be it in meetings, social gatherings or even greeting exchanges, people struggle to look you in the eye when talking to you…

I don’t know if it’s because of guilt, insufficient self confidence or simply just a way to show that they aren’t interested…in the end I don’t think they know how much it actually counts against them.

Why do I say that it counts against them? Well I feel that it’s disrespectful when people don’t look you in the eyes when they talk to you. There is obviously certain scenarios where the person is busy with something else and can’t look at you, but in the cases where you are meeting face to face, eye contact is crucial.

Not only will you portray respect, self confidence and interest, but authority in some ways too. It is also proven that if you look at someone your attention is focused on them and therefore your mind draws up everything said in the conversation.

My opinion is that it’s very important to look someone in the eyes when you talk to them. This applies to business too. People want to be looked in the eyes.

What is your opinion? Let me know.