Life works two ways. You either let life create you or you create your life. It’s a question of are you in control or are you being controlled?

Your life is in your hands. Who you are is completely up to you. Break out of the habit of letting other people tell you who you are. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be.

When you need answers, turn to yourself. Only you can tell yourself what you’re capable of and what you’re not. You set your limits and you can also break your limits. Don’t be a victim to letting the world create who you are. The world is full of possibilities but you have to believe in yourself.

With faith comes freedom. The freedom to choose your life, the freedom to expand your knowledge, and the freedom to break through others opinions.

If you’re told over and over that you’re not smart. That you can’t do it. That you will amount to nothing….then what happens? You start to believe it and that’s who you become. Joe Girard’s dad beat him everyday telling him this same exact thing. He started to believe it and went down the wrong path until one day he turned to himself for answers and support. That day he broke through his limits and went on the become the World’s Greatest Salesman (Guinness Book of Records).

You see, life shouldn’t be about letting the outside create who you are on the inside. Life should be about letting who you are on the inside create what you have on the outside. Warren Buffet said he knew he was going to be rich before he became a billionaire. He said this because of who he was on the inside, and that created what he has on the outside today. You can do the same. Believe in yourself and create the life you’re meant to live.

You deserve the best. There is nothing stopping you at all. The longer you procrastinate…the longer you dream without taking action…the longer you listen and see with your eyes instead of following your heart…the more you hurt yourself and your future. Take the steps today to guarantee success for tomorrow. Take life by the horns and guide it in the direction you want.

Feel empowered. Feel great. Life is not meant to be hard. We only make it hard. You are a creator…the greatest creator in the world. Because without you, life wouldn’t be possible at all. Think about that one. There’s powerful meaning behind it.

Yesterday I started the Embrace Your Power Challenge. So far so good!One thing I noticed right off the bat is that if we want to accomplish BIG things and stay productive throughout the whole day, we need to have energy. We actually need lots of energy!

I woke up feeling a bit tired today, but I didn’t let that stop me. Here’s some ways I boosted my energy levels to have a productive day. I’ve also included other tips to get more energy in your life.

Get more energy through emotions

Bringing out strong emotions increases your energy.

Imagine this: You’re watching T.V. and ready to fall asleep on the sofa because you’re so tired…and then all of a sudden breaking news comes on and you realize you’ve won a hundred million dollars! What would happen to your energy levels at the point? It would skyrocket, right? Your powerful emotions will make you jump up and down and you’ll completely forget how tired you are. Emotions are the key to boosting your energy!

When you need more energy, imagine something to bring out strong emotions. It could be getting the new car you want or something that happened where you felt incredible. Feel those emotions like its real and watch your energy level increase. It really works wonders!

You can also read Get Yourself To Take Action to learn more about using your imagination to encourage you to take action.

Breathe deep for energy

Do you know why we start yawning? It’s because our brain isn’t getting enough oxygen.

Take time out every hour or so to take deep breaths. Breathe deep through your nose, hold it in for a few seconds and let it out through your mouth. Breathing properly not only rejuvenates the brain, it also does the same for your muscles and organs.

Water is the energy of life

8 glasses of water a day is what experts recommend. Most of us aren’t even getting half of that! Water is the key to life and it’s very important if you want more energy.

Start by drinking one more glass a day than you usually drink. So if you drink zero right now, drink one today. Then two tomorrow and three the next day until you get to 8 glasses a day. And 8 glasses equals 64 oz (typically 4 average size water bottles).

Not getting enough water can also cause headaches.

Sleeping re-energizes us

Not getting enough rest might be why your energy levels are low at times. The rest we get is related to how much energy we have. Experts in this subject recommend 7-9 hours of sleep a day.

Here’s what’s interesting that some of us might not know. Now I’m not an expert myself, but I know we have 5 different stages of sleep. The first stages are “light” sleep and the last stages are “deep” sleep. We usually cycle through all 5 stages in 90 minutes and then start it all over again. When we wake up during light sleep, we wake up feeling refreshed and good. Waking up during deep sleep makes us feel tired and groggy. Try to time your sleep for 7 and a half or 9 hours so you wake up during light sleep and wake up with lots of energy.

Use you body to get energy

Exercising on a regular basis can give us the extra energy we’ve been craving. It pushes blood throughout our whole body and brain. It helps us stand up straight and breathe in clearer and deeper. With the extra oxygen and bloodflow, we release tons of energy that’s been buried within us.

Weighlifting and cardio are great ways to boost your energy. Try it for a month and you’ll notice a HUGE difference in your life. If you want more energy, you need to exercise a regular habit.

Music and energy

Music has so much energy in it. It’s great for pumping us up and giving us more energy. Listen to it loud, listen it to it hard! Sing with it. Dance with it. Feel the music.

Some might be better at doing this than others but you can get good with enough practice. Just focus on the music and be in the zone. It will take your mind off being tired and help you absorb the energy from the music to use in your own life.

Eat the right stuff

Eat natural things like fruits and vegetables (spinach is great). What we put in our body determines our energy levels. Stay away for fried or junk foods. It makes us tired and lazy. Also, don’t eat huge meals all at once. Spread it out into 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day. Our body uses massive energy to digest food so if we eat too much, there goes all our energy.

Focus on getting more energy.

When we’re tired, we focus on how tired we are. Instead shift your focus and intentions on attaining more energy. Apply the knowledge from this article. If you keep thinking about how tired you are, you won’t look forward to your day.

5 more tips to get more energy

1. Enjoy nature. Take a walk in the park or the beach to relax yourself

2. Get your vitamins and nutrients. Gingko Biloba is also good for improving bloodflow.

3. Think positive and let things things go. Stress is a energy drainer

4. Smile and laugh more. Good feelings and energy come with smiling and laughing.

5. Enjoy your life! Live with passion and purpose. When you love what you do, you’ll feel energetic and alive.

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You are what you repeatedly do…so value your time, find your great work. Recognize the activities you do to procrastinate…Notice them, and stop them. Think of something you want.  Reclaim your dreams. Things will always get better. Reach for the stars. Remember that you will not live forever. Smile and let go. Have simple pleasures, connect with nature. Keep trying, never give up. Be open to change. Stay healthy and ask questions. One of the key things that you need to remember is to never be discouraged; failure is a part of life, and it happens naturally…be comforted by the fact that you made an attempt. Believe that you deserve good things. Open your mind to the possibility of great blessings. You are meant to be happy. The universe wants you to be happy and share that joy with everyone. Be true to yourself. Breathe deeply. Have something to be excited about. Release your fears and the stress of unwanted thoughts. Sing a song, it will put a smile on your face and make you feel different. Get creative. Be active.. Be childish and play ar0und. Have fun. Be grateful and kind. Meditate. Follow your gut feeling. Take chances. Be optimistic. Find happiness in the job you have now. If you’re going through hell, keep going. Be in love…He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gates open. Reference old material. Play a game to stimulate your mind with strategy. Sit and observe. Enjoy the art of imitation. Build a list of inspiration. We run best in the end. Do what you love. Take action, make mistakes, be productive. Be in a good mood. Stand out. Be a gentleman (or woman). Be sweet. Be confident. Always be comforting and caring. Offer to help. Give you and your soul mate pet names. Be romantic. Be a good listener. Challenges make life interesting; however, overcoming them is what makes them meaningful. The bad news is time flies, the good news is you’re the pilot. We do not remember days, we remember moments. Every story has an ending, but in life, every ending is a new beginning. Life is a climb, but the view is great. Control yourself. People too weak to follow their own dreams will always find a way to discourage yours. Life isn’t about finding yourself, its about creating yourself. Keep going after you can’t. Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many years you’ve lived. Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. Two people can look at the same thing and see two different things. Its not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts. You can keep going long after you think you can’t. You cannot discover the purpose of life by asking someone else – the only way you’ll ever get the right answer is by asking yourself. Our life is what our thoughts make it. Trust yourself.

No matter what you think of yourself, I know one thing for sure. The world needs you. You are special. No one is like you. The world is tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. We need someone new, someone just like you.

The sad thing is that many of us live our lives not knowing how special we are. We are capable of anything we put our mind to. Yes, we may have weaknesses. We may not look the way we want to. We may even hate everything about us. But just a simple shift in your mind can change your whole outlook towards yourself.

No matter where you are today, accept it. Don’t run away from it. When you accept who you are today, then you can create who you will be tomorrow. You’re creative. You’re the genius in your universe. What you think, how you think, and how you do things are unique. If you don’t use this uniqueness to your advantage, then you are missing out on so much.

When you accept yourself and your ideas, then you can start creating greatness. That’s what great people do. They believe in themselves and act on that belief. From that belief, they create the world that they imagine. Look at great people like Bill Gates. Would you ever dream of a computer that only had black background and green ugly font turning into something that basically runs the world today? Not many people did, but Bill Gates accepted himself and his ideas and turned it into something great. I’m sure people thought he was crazy, but his acceptance made him a success.

Accept who you are. Accept the beauty in you. Accept the difference that makes you YOU! Live your life the way you want to live it. Accept your ideas no matter how much others don’t support you. Be strong. Be confident in yourself. This confidence makes you love yourself and what you do. Others may hate it but so what. You determine how you feel, and what you feel. You see the world how you want to see it.

So you’re overweight? Accept it! And accept the fact that YOU can change that too.

So you have bad grades? Accept that too! And work on getting better ones. Go find people to study with. Go talk to your teachers. Accept yourself and move forward without looking back. That’s how you grow.

You hate looking in the mirror? But the things you find unattractive, others may love. Accept yourself. Love yourself in order to be loved by others. You feel like what you have is different, but at the same time what you have is special because it’s different.

Believe in yourself. Hold your head up high. Speak your mind. You’ll be amazed how far you’ll go by accepting yourself and doing what you love.

Life is what YOU make it. It’s not a big secret, it’s just the plain truth. How you want your life to be is absolutely your decision. You are the master of your destiny. There is nobody that creates your life for you. It is only you that has this power.

You choose the thoughts to think. You choose the decisions to make. You choose the people you’re around. You choose your life and how you want it to be.

What is life?

Life is a journey. A journey where you go from point A to point B — from birth to death. What you do in that journey is all up to you.

There is no absolute answer to what life is or what your purpose is. The purpose of your life is what you want it to be. How do you pick your purpose? You follow what makes you happy. If helping people makes you happy, then do that. If you love to act, then go out and act. If you have a passion for debating, then get out there and be a lawyer.

Life is meant to be lived joyfully. We all find joy in different things and that’s why we all create a different purpose.

If you’re afraid to follow your happiness, then remember there is no one on Earth that can stop you from pursuing your dreams and making them a reality. The greatest enemy you can have is yourself because you’re the only one that can stop yourself. You can blame other people. You can blame the economy. Shoot, you can even blame me! It doesn’t matter who you blame….you harness the power over your life when you learn that you are the only one to blame.You are responsible for your failures and your success.

I can tell you what to do. Your parents can tell you what to do. Even your friends can tell you over and over. But the final decision always rests in your hands.

Is life meant to be hard?

Absolutely not! Life only becomes hard only when you are disconnected from yourself and the world. You know this is the case when you feel negative emotions like anger, fear, or jealousy. Your mind can’t function right when you feel this way. It also creates additional stress on your body. Why live that way?

Don’t hurt yourself and make life hard. No one is inside you forcing you to feel that way. It’s a choice you’re making. Stop choosing to feel this way? Have self-control and change it around. Be your best friend and cheer yourself up instead being your own enemy and pounding yourself to the ground.

Life becomes easy and satisfying when you’re in connection with yourself and the world. You feel happy and ready to take on everything. No one can stop you because you know what you’re capable of. You know you are the master of your life. You choose what you do, who you see, and where you go.

Whether life is hard or easy is only a matter of choice, and that choice is yours to make.

Live like you want to

Define yourself and what you want: Figure out what you want your purpose to be. Think about what makes you happy and satisfies you. It should make you feel alive! Give it some strong thought and write it down.

Commit yourself to it: Commitment is a big step. It’s a decision you make and never go back on. It’s something you should feel proud of doing. I can’t tell you how to do it. There’s no steps to it. It’s a decision you have to make within yourself. A lot of people fail because they aren’t committed enough — like failed marriages for instance.

Make the fire burn: Once you’re committed, you’ll feel amazing. It’s up to you to keep this feeling alive. It’s the joy you’ve been waiting for so don’t give it up. Think about your purpose everyday. Don’t just think about it though. Dream about it. Talk about it. Take it with you wherever you go! It must be a part of you.

Follow through: So many people are stuck because they don’t take the proper action. If you’re committed enough, then acting on your purpose shouldn’t feel like a chore. It should be exciting and entertaining to you. If you’re being lazy or procrastinating, then you’re not  really committed!

When your purpose, commitment, and passion are strong enough, then the action will be strong too.

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