The Sweet Smell of Success

So far, for this month, we've been doing 2 simple things to help bring us closer to our ONE goal:
1. Focus on your ONE goal (not a whole list of New Year's Resolution; just ONE goal).
2. Develop the daily habit of focusing on your ONE goal.

[If you're just joining us, scroll down to previous posts to read through the "how to" part. Just jump in where you are now, don't worry about missing time between then and now. The important thing is to just get started!]

Just focusing on ONE goal, twice a day, for a few minutes. Up to this point, no other commitment or thought needed. Maybe you're wondering, "How am I going to get to my ONE goal by just thinking about it and not doing anything?". Even though it may not feel like progress right now, we're working on building the foundation, one step at time, just like building a new house, one brick at a time, so that it lasts a lifetime.

I've learned three important key elements to making any kind of change become a permanent change:
1. Make the change into a habit, by doing it EVERY day.
2. Let your sub-conscious mind take over and work on the ONE goal for you... so you won't have to.
3. Involve as many of your senses as possible when visualizing your ONE goal (seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling).

We'll talk more about these key elements on another posting.

For now, on with today's assignment.

ASSIGNMENT: Adding the Sense of Smell to Your ONE Goal (5 minutes)

Sound a little hokey? Humor me and try it anyway, then tell me what you think...

1. Take 2 minutes right now, to think about any smells associated with your ONE goal. For example, a new car would have that "new car smell", a vacation on an island would have the scents of the salt water and suntan lotion, going to the gym would have the smell of...well, a sweaty gym, a new job would have that "new job smell" (whatever that would be!). You get the idea.

Can't think of a smell? Go and find something else in the house that you can substitute (like a lemon or orange, or something from your spice cabinet, a candle, a perfume or cologne, etc.) I like using essential oils when I'm visualizing.

2. Every day, from now on, visualize your goal by closing your eyes, relaxing, and as you breathe deeply, imagine with each breath that you're smelling the "sweet smell of success" associated with your goal. Try to actually use the scent if possible (although I don't think anyone has bottled the smell of "New Car" yet!). Take a minute to really experience the scent, let it fill you up as you're thinking about your ONE goal.

That's it for now. Let me know about your experience by posting a comment or dropping me an email.

See you tomorrow.