Clarity is Power!

I didn't come up with that saying but I really love it.  I find it empowering and enlightening.

I will tell you with all of the passion I have in my body:  you need to understand this, internalize it, and live it.

Let's start off by thinking about a vacation.  Let's pretend we are taking a weekend trip to Paris!  Sound good?  "Paris is always a good idea." Said the incomparable Audrey Hepburn.

We get our airline tickets and off we go!  We land at Charles De Gualle Airport.  And we realize that we are in the middle of nowhere, France.

After we spend a great deal of time trying to arrange transportation into Paris, we find that the Westin is booked.  We try to find a hotel nearby and after a couple hours of trying to find a place to stay, we get there, check in, and pass out.  Day 1. Shot.  

The next morning, we find a little cafe and have breakfast.  Then we head off to the Eiffel Tower.  It's Saturday.  We have to stand in line for endless hours and finally go up into the tower.  Beautiful.   But all we can think about is food!  We are starving, having missed lunch while standing in line!

We get a taxi and try to find a restaurant. Because we did no planning, we don't know where to tell the driver to take us, so back to the hotel we go!  Baguette and cheese for dinner!  Yum, but what about the great restaurants in Paris?  Where are they?  We certainly don't know.  So off to bed and back to the airport in the morning.  

Wow!  A whirlwind trip to Paris and we didn't see much, eat much, do much!  

If we had done the necessary planning, we could have seen the Louvre, walked along the Seine, who knows what else!!!

Clarity is power my friend.  When you get clear on what you want you you can accomplish it so much more effectively. Why go to Paris without a plan?  Why start a project without a plan?  

Remember, a goal without a plan is just a weak wish.

If you have something you want to accomplish and you just randomly run around starting and stopping at various times and points, you will accomplish nothing.

So what must we do about this?  We must

get clear.  Know exactly what you want to do before starting.

What is it that you want to do?

What is the final outcome that you want?

What do you need to learn before you start?

What are the steps that will get you to that final outcome?

What amount of time will it take?

Write down your goal!

Write the steps into your 365 Planner!

Get clear on what you need to do before you start.

Don't waste time running around in circles because you didn't do the necessary planning!  Make that goal - or that trip to Paris count!

CLARITY IS POWER!

So what does it feel like???

Wow.  Amazing.  More exciting every day!  THAT is what it feels like to see my book in print!  To hold it in my hands and turn the pages and realize that I did this!!!!!   I almost feel like I gave birth!  

Ok no more bragging!  I just wanted to share that with you because I want you to know how excited I am about this project and how AMAZOIS it feels to have set a goal, done some research, set a deadline and made it happen!

It makes me ask, "What's next for this girl?"  The momentum is quite the energy revver!  I think I made up a word, but who cares!!  I wrote a book!!

What does this have to do with you, you ask?  WELL my GORGEOUS creature, here is the simple truth:

If I can do this, YOU can do it.  There is no magic here.  I just took my own advice and did it.

Honestly, this has been a dream of mine for years!  Many years!  I've written two unpublished books in the past.  I hated them when they were done.  Then false start after false start after false start, I tried to start a work of fiction.  Only to get bored with my story after several weeks and pitch the idea.

Then after some inspiration from Cara Alwill Leyba, I found my subject.  Once that happened everything fell into place.

Now, I'm asking you to let me inspire you!  So tell me this:  What is your lifelong dream?  Do you want to write?  Teach?  Learn?  What would you do if you weren't doing what you're doing now?  Do you have your dream job?  What do you love?  People?  Animals?  Children?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL??

Make a list.....

There's MUCH more to come....

Super cute...and Brilliant!!

Hello my friends!  I am super excited to share with you that both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the 365 Brilliant Days Planner are available on Amazon.com!!

Volume 1 will cover January thru June 2015
Volume 2 will cover July thru December 2015

So who needs this planner?  YOU do!  If you are:
Entrepreneurial at all
If you love to stay organized
If you want to get organized
If you have goals you want to meet
If you need to set some goals
If you want to learn to set goals, or
If you want to become organized for the first time!
If you could use some daily inspiration to keep you moving!
.....this planner is for you.

Also, each day includes an area for journaling.  Most of us have tried journaling.  Most of us go buy a pretty blank book, write in it for a few weeks - or a few days - and the book ends up on a shelf or in a drawer, along with the other pretty books we started writing in.  Here's the difference with "365" - your journal and your planner are in the same book.  Every day.  On the same page as your appointments.  And also on the same page are the following;  your to do list, your people to contact, your errands to run.  All in the same place.  Every day.  That alone is empowering.  This is a book you'll never want to let out of your sight.  This book IS you!  And you will never feel more accomplished than you will once you dive into this!!

I don't want to leave out this important section... "Today I am Celebrating..."  What???  That's right my loves.  Every day,  and I mean EVERY DAY I want you to choose something to celebrate!  Some days it will be a big accomplishment!  Some days it will be that you got home in one piece!  Some days it will be that you didn't harm your boss!  There is always something to celebrate with a glass of champagne, or sparkling water!  You will have many things to toast to once you begin living what you've planned for yourself rather than just letting life happen randomly to you.

I worked very hard to make this available going into DECEMBER, because I truly believe that it is the perfect gift for yourself, or for any female friend you have!  Personally, I will be giving both Volume 1 and Volume 2, wrapped in a cute ribbon with a girly pen tied to it, to several of my friends. So, why not give someone you care about the gift of confidence and empowerment!  Everyone uses some type of planner.  This one just comes with the added benefit of personal growth!  Plus it's super cute!!

Any woman from ages 16 to 70 will love this, I promise!

Also, I want to share with you that I will be offering a Goal Setting Workshop where you will learn to set goals in all areas of your life track them in your "365."  I will offer live, in person workshops for those who are nearby as well as "phone-shops" for everyone else!   More info on this coming soon!

In the meantime, I hope I've given you some good ideas to consider.  Please let me know what you think.

With Passion and Brilliant Love,

Donna!