1 Step to Adding Beauty, Brains and Brilliance to your life. Part 3. Brilliance.
Do you FEEL LIKE being BRILLIANT today? The reason I ask you this is to illustrate to you that being BRILLIANT on any given day or at any time of day, is 100% YOUR CHOICE.
Every choice, every decision you make will create your day, and create the feelings you experience. And those feelings will create your life! So you must ask yourself this: Will your thoughts create beautiful, empowering feelings? Or will they create dull, negative, auto-pilot feelings? And most importantly, what kind of life will those auto-pilot feelings bring you compared to the the life the empowering feelings will bring you?
Over the past 2 weeks we have discussed adding BEAUTY and BRAINS into your life, and we have found ways to do that by examining our behaviors and attitudes. Hopefully you were able to choose something (or 10 things) that you could add to your life right away that result in BEAUTY. And hopefully you have found several ways (or 5 ways) that you could use your beautiful BRAINS, as well!
This week, we come to Part 3, which is where we talk about BRILLIANCE! So let's dig in.
The definition of BRILLIANCE is this: "To shine brightly. To act intelligently. To utilize all of the facts available in order to make the best possible choices." Does this sound like you? If not, we have some work to do, my love! Fun, glorious, empowering work!
In order to live your life with BRILLIANCE, there is only one step you must take. And it is this: TAKE ACTION! Once you have narrowed down what it is that you want your life to look like, it is time to TAKE ACTION and make those things happen!
For example, you may have decided that you want to add BEAUTY by getting into shape! You have used your BRAINS to decide that the best way to do that is to begin to work out. The BRILLIANCE here is to TAKE ACTION by joining that gym, or scheduling time to begin running or walking.
Another example, you may have decided that you want to add BEAUTY to your life by doing a better job of managing your finances. (Been there!). You've used your BRAINS to get clear on what your expenses are and possibly even created a budget! The BRILLIANCE here will be to stick to that budget! Take action by scheduling a meeting with yourself once each week - or once each payday - to review your bills and expenses and spending habits to be sure you are on track.
How about this: You have decided to add BEAUTY to your life by paying more attention to how you look, how you present yourself each day. You've used your BRAINS to clean out your closet, put outfits together and you've even gotten a makeup lesson! The BRILLIANCE happens when you take action by making sure you allow yourself enough time each morning to get ready for your day!
BRILLIANCE is all about showing up for yourself. When you take the appropriate action to make the decisions you've made come to life, you are living brilliantly. You are living your life on purpose. You are designing your life and building it into what you truly desire.
I remember a time, not too long ago, when I used my BEAUTY, BRAINS and BRILLIANCE in order to create something I truly wanted in my life. I had made the decision to write my first book, which was a journal. I had no idea where to start, but I was sure I wanted to do this. So here is what I did:
BEAUTY: I decided that creating this book was what I really wanted. I wanted to write something and feel the sense of pride I knew I'd feel once I accomplished this!
BRAINS: I needed to get in touch with someone I knew who had written several books. She wasn't a close friend at the time, but I knew she'd help me. I signed up for a class she was offering. I invested the time and money in myself. And boy, did I learn from her!!!
BRILLIANCE: Once I learned what I needed to do, I took action and scheduled writing time into my planner. I knew that if I scheduled the time, it would get done. Then all I had to do was show up for myself at those scheduled times and the book would come to fruition.
And it did. And was it perfect?? Absolutely not! It was double the size I needed it to be! As thick a book as Harry Potter! But because I had gone through this process, I was able to go back through and rework it a little differently so it would come out to the perfect size!
Yes. There were days when I did not want to write, and in those days, I gave myself a break by not expecting too much progress. I still sat down at my scheduled times and began writing. Some of the challenging days resulted in 2 or 3 pages. Other challenging days resulted in 50 pages. But I SHOWED UP. I TOOK ACTION! And because In did that, I learned what I needed to know and I'm now working on my 6th book!
So tell me, what have you decided to do? Have you begun to show up for yourself to begin to make it happen? Do you need some help? Well, I'm here for you.
Love,
Donna
Just visit www.brilliancefactor.com or email me at thebrilliancefactor@gmail.com and We can talk about how we can work together to bring your dreams into fruition!
