clarify.

This piece is based on one I wrote a few years ago:

Often when we are seeking to make a change or need to shift directions or just feel stuck in old patterns, we just get hung up on the “how” and the actual “what” gets lost in the process.

We know we want to get “there” but how do we get “there” from “here”? Consider this strategy of simply focusing on the “what”:

• Clarify: Get clear on the “what” - the change you want to make or that which you are seeking to create.

• Simplify: Identify the simplest path and/or the most succinct way to articulate it.

• Visualize: (super important): Close your eyes and see “it” as if it already happened. See and feel as many details as you can imagine including: where you will be, what it will look like and smell like. Who you will be with and how it will feel. Get so clear in your vision that it almost seems like it already happened and you are simply remembering it.

• Materialize: Begin to look for signs everywhere that confirm “it” is happening. Notice the smallest details that suggest your vision is materializing before you, coming into your life. Once you begin to see evidence, look for more confirmation that “it” is coming.

I love this practice but it takes lots of discipline to follow the steps all the way through on a regular basis without doubt derailing the process. You may need to practice this many times, but stay with it. Trust yourself!