Stay Away From The Crazy Makers In Your Life

                                             "When people undermine your dreams,
                                                predict your doom, or criticize you,
                                remember they are telling you their story, not yours."

The road to success or where you want to go, is most likely going be a very lonely and bumpy one.
It seems like this road is also going to constantly be under construction.
In other words, going from where you are today to where you want to be in the future might not be an easy one. But who said it was going to be easy?
Remember, anything worthwhile in your life, is going to be upstream.

On the other hand it is not going to be impossible either. People are remarkable and they are capable of accomplishing remarkable things in their lives.
You have to have a certain amount of grit, perseverance, persistence and patience to get to where we want to go. But if you believe, have faith and take action, you will get there.

This bumpy road often consists of negative friends and relatives, a society that does nothing to support our dreams and our vision and backstabbing bosses and co-workers, just to name a few.

On your way to your goal you also have to deal with your own doubts, lack of faith, sometimes a shaky belief system, the imposter syndrome, your own past pulling you backwards and also all kinds of distraction pulling you sideways instead of forward towards your goal.

Distractions are everywhere. We are constantly pulled in all kinds of directions.
Our phone is probably one of the worst distractions, because we carry it with us 24/7 and a lot of people are also making themselves available to others, 24 hours per day.
TV, the internet, other people's emergencies and drama count for a lot of unnecessary obstacles on our path to our dream.

It's easy to allow yourself to get pulled into other people's drama.
All of a sudden, instead of focusing on your own goals and dreams, your mind is now being busy trying to process and make sense of the crazy making behavior of friends, family-members or co-workers.
In other words, where focus goes energy flows.

A lot of us make the mistake of sharing our dreams and goals with people that are not going to be supportive of where we want to go. Instead they might even try to sabotage our efforts in a sneaky way that we won't even notice for a while.

Some people are actually driven by the fear that you might actually success, so the will always be ready with a word of discouragement. They try to plant seeds of fear and doubt in your mind and as you begin to make progress, they will double down on their strategy.

You don't even know that this is happening, but all of a sudden you feel drained of your energy, having a hard time getting inspired and motivated to continue on your path.
In other words, it is like a small hole in a tire, it might take many miles before the tire goes flat.

So, stay away from crazy making people because they have a tendency to make you feel.....CRAZY.
And they will absolutely slow down your progress towards your dream, if you allow your brain to be hijacked by their constant drama.

If you are not sure that your brain and your focus have been hijacked by some kind of a crazy maker,
I have an amazing book, that you might want to check out.
Dealing With The Crazy Makers In Your Life - written by Dr. David Hawkins



                                                "Some people will pretend to care
                                  so they can get a better seat to watch your struggle.
                                           Every helping hand isn't always to help."


Invest in people who invest in you.

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Stop Giving Your Power Away By Reacting To People And Situations

                                      "When you react, you are giving away your power.
                                When you respond you are staying in control of yourself."
                                                                 - Bob Procter

Have you ever felt like giving a particular person a piece of your mind?
Like when someone cuts you off in traffic maybe? Or takes your parking spot right in front of you?
Or cuts in front of you in line instead of patiently waiting like you are?

We have all been there and I am sure that a lot of us would like to get angry and upset with the person that has wronged us at that moment. But does it really help us to react with anger and give people a piece of our mind? Well, it might feel a little better for the moment, but in the long run it will only hurt us.
Better to respond than to react. I know, sometimes that is easier said than done.

About 15 years ago I did exactly that, I reacted or should I say overreacted, to a situation that I thought was unfair. I gave somebody a piece of my mind. Yes it felt good for about a minute or two, but later I regretted it very much, and I decide right then and there, that I would never do that again.


                                       "Between stimulus and response there is a space.
                                       In that space is our power to choose our response.
                                        In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
                                                          - Victor E. Frankl


About a month ago I was on a flight from Houston to Frankfurt. When I fly overseas I always pay extra for a window seat because the flight is about 9-10 hours long and I like a little more privacy, comfort and room on such a long flight. On this particular flight I had paid for the window seat but I did not get it. I got a seat between two people instead. In my opinion the worst seat that I could get. I was puzzled and aggravated that I was not going to get my window seat that I had paid extra for. I thought about it for a few minutes and then I decided to talk to one of the flight attendants.

I explained the situation in a calm but asserted way that I had paid extra for a window seat and on my ticket you could clearly see that I was given seat A, with is a window seat. But on my boarding pass I had been given a different seat. She looked at my ticket and then see asked me where on the ticket it showed that I paid extra for a window seat. I was looking and looking and could not find the charge anywhere. My ticket didn't show the amount anywhere. I knew I had paid it but where on the ticket did the payment show up. I told her that I never fly or have ever flown across the Atlantic without having a window seat. I was nice and courteous as we were both looking at the ticket trying to find the charge. She told me that the plane was fully booked and that there was nothing that she could do and she suggested that I contact the airline afterwards, to get my money back. I realized that there was nothing more that I could do at this time. I wasn't going to get my window seat and it definitely wasn't the flight attendant fault, so I went and sat down in my seat.

After a few minutes the flight attendant came back and apologized for what had happened and suggested again that I should contact the airline afterwards and I told her that I would, to make sure that this would not happen ever again in the future. She was very nice and she was really trying to assist and be helpful. I knew that she was, and I was very nice and polite to her the whole time even thought I felt upset with my new seat assignment on this flight to Frankfurt.

But at that time I deicide to let the whole situation go. I was not going to have a terrible flight for 9 hours, because of this new seat assignment. The choice was up to me. I could not control the situation but I had full control over how I reacted to it and what kind of flight I was going to have
After a few minutes she came back again and talked to me, and I told her with a smile that I had decide to let it all go and that I was planning on have a great flight over to Frankfurt. You could tell that she seemed surprised. She smiled, thanked me and walked away.

I sat down and started to get settled in for the flight. Got my book and reading glassed out. Hooked up my earphones and got my pillow and blanket organized.
All of a sudden the same flight attendant comes running over to me, "I have a window seat available, do you want it? You have to decide right now!"
"Do I want it" I said....."of course I do." She said "come on lets' go, hurry up!" She grabbed my carry-on and started walking, and I quickly followed her …..and there is was on my right hand side.....an empty window seat. WOW, I was so excited!!!! She put my carry-on up and than told me to have a wonderful flight. I was so grateful and told her thank you, many times before I settled into my window seat.

I don't know how she found this window seat for me on a flight that was fully booked?
But what I do know for sure is that if I had been rude to her, reacted with anger for not getting my window seat in the first place, she would never have helped me and I would never have gotten the window seat in which I was now sitting.

Maybe a higher power had something to do with it?

Let me tell you, I had an amazing flight across the Atlantic. I was so grateful the entire flight. I don't know how she managed to find that window seat, and I didn't really care because I knew if I would have reacted instead of responded, I would have had to fly sitting between two people instead of enjoying my window seat.

My point is.....it never pays to get angry, upset and give people a piece of your mind.
Remember my story the next time you are tempted to react instead of responding.

Reacting is reflexive.
Responding is informed
Reaction arrives from a wounded - driven state.
Responding arises from a purpose - driven state.
Which one serves your higher purpose?

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Negative Self Talk Can Destroy Your Dreams

                                              We cannot become, who we want to be,
                                                    by remaining where we are.


I want to succeed, but I am afraid of failing.....Does this sound like you?
A lot of us have 2 conflicting thoughts.

Negative self talk can destroy your ability to create the life that you want.

Your thoughts and emotions are influences by what you focus on.
The more you focus on what is important to you, the less thoughts and feelings of fear and worry will hinder you from taking positive action towards what you want.

You will also be more empowered to confront your negative thoughts with act of courage and those actions will reframe your thoughts.

Where focus goes.....energy flows.


Question to ask yourself

What action is this negative thought keeping me from taking?
Write it down.
Study the thought. Question it.
Then redirect your focus to what is really important.

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Quit Talking And Begin Doing

           "Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.
            Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.
          Moment by moment, little decisions by little decisions, we are shaping our future.
                                                        So, let's choose wisely."
                                                                    - Buddha

BE COMMITTED

Would a marriage work if you were 70% committed to it?
Would a child thrive if you were only 70% committed to it?
Then, why would your purpose show up fully in all it's glory if you are only 70% committed to it?
Sometimes, we keep one foot in and one foot out in hopes that we can cover all bases.
Unfortunately, that dilutes the potential for your dream to readily come true.
It's time to commit fully or step out completely.

If you desire to create something, you have every ability to bring, what is needed as a resource in many ways, into your life to provide for the accomplishment of your dream.


MAKE A DECISION

"It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines, whom you become.
Rather, it's what your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you and what you're going to do about them, that will determine your ultimate destiny."
- Tony Robbins


 YOU HAVE THE POWER

"I've continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant.
I've learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright."
- Tony Robbins


"You can't change your genetics, but you can change your attitude, your persistence, your environment, the people you listen to and hang around with, and the things you do.
You can change, so if you want,  just get started."
- Craig Ball



GREAT AFFARMATIONS TO USE

Somehow this will all work out fine

The solutions I seek are on their way

All is good

This will blow over in no time

I trust that everything that I need will be given to me

The money I need will come to me with perfect timing

I am choosing to remain open to opportunity today

I believe that only goodness can come to me today


Only YOU can change your life.
No one can do it for you.

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Stop Trying To Get Love From People Who Can't Give It To You

                                                   "Some people are not capable of giving
                                                      what you're trying to get from them."
                                                                   - Sonia Friedman

I don't think that I am lying when I am saying that we all want love. We all want to be seen and heard and we want to feel that we matter.

When we want love, we sometimes adjust ourselves to that person that we are with, at the time.
We adjust ourselves so that we can get love from this person.

We want love, so in order to get love from our parents, we tried to keep them happy and later in life we try to keep a partner, spouse or a friend happy, so that we can get love.

Sometimes the problem is that we don't get love no matter how happy we try to make them, and in the meantime we sometimes end up losing ourselves.


            "Don't lose your dignity and self-respect to make people love and appreciate you,
                                                     when they just aren't capable."


We try and we try to make them happy.
If we don't get any love back, we try even harder because we don't think that we are trying hard enough.

What we don't realize is that sometimes there is no love to get from this person, and best thing we can do is to move on.
Learn that it's OK to be ourselves, and that we don't need other people to love us, because we can learn to get love from ourselves.

When we love and respect ourselves, than we won't try to get love from places where we can't get it (parents, spouse, siblings, friends).

Stop betraying yourself.
When there is no love to be found,  just move on.


                  "Stop putting an effort into those who show no effort towards you.
         There is only so much you can do before you're wasting your energy and time."


Learn to love yourself first.
Then if you find someone that loves you, that is just icing on the cake.

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Life Doesn't Demand Perfection. It Simply Requires That We Show Up

                                         "Let today be the day you give up who you've been,
                                                             for what you can become."
                                                                     - Hal Elroy

Life doesn't demand perfection. It simply requires that we show up.

No matter how much experience we have, we all will feel doubt, nervous and anxious when we are creating new things and when we share ourselves in front of others.

When you are feeling nervous, anxious or afraid,  I want you to realize that it doesn't mean that you are not good enough to do what you are about to do.
Quite the opposite. It usually means that you are doing exactly what you should be doing.

Never forget that we are all, work in progress.
We are always growing, expanding and improving.

Courageous patience is the willingness and the ability to get out of your comfort zone and to stay the course in the face of uncertainty, doubt and fear. And to be able to remain on the path after experiencing criticism from others.

Make a habit of preparing yourself in advance for the inevitable disappointments, obstacles and setbacks that you will experience on your way to your goal.
Never be surprised when they occur. Because they will.

Instead resolve in advance that you will bounce back quickly, get back on track, rather than break and remain in pieces.
You have to continually encourage, inspire and motivate yourself.

Take excellent care of yourself, both physically, mentally and spiritually.
Not only will you be healthier, but you will be more productive.

You will also be ready when great ideas and opportunities come your way, so that you can be ready to take advantage of these ideas and also the success.

You must keep on moving. Momentum is everything.
The less you move, the less you are able to move. Take daily action steps towards your goal, because action leads to more action.

There will be seasons of uncertainty, and that is absolutely normal.
These seasons of uncertainty are a natural part of life. If you are experiencing a season of uncertainty right now, remember this, these seasons don't last forever.
This too shall pass.


                                                   "The biggest adventure you can take
                                                      is to live the life of your dreams."
                                                                   - Oprah Winfrey

Time To Re-Charge My Batteries

                                      Time For Vacation

It is time for me to take two weeks off to work on some brand new projects and recharge my batteries.

I won't be writing any blogs or newsletters from May 6 through May 17.
During this time I will also limit my presence on all social media.

I will return again, full force on May 20.


                                                Karin Glannstam - Life Coach & Author
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Do You Want Your Dream More Than Your Drama?

                                                  "Our beliefs become our thoughts.
                                                    Our thoughts become our words.
                                                      Our words become our habits.
                                                     Our habits become our values.
                                                    Our values become our destiny."
                                                                     - Gandhi

Do you want to be free?
If you do, then you have to let go of your old limiting beliefs that are holding you back.

Taking scary steps out of your comfort zone and into the unknown, is the best way to uncover your own limiting beliefs or BS and bring it to the surface. Once it is brought to the surface you can investigate and examine it and then take some forward action.
By taking action you will make progress and you will also discover your own limiting beliefs or BS.

Once you have discovered your own limiting beliefs or deep-seated fears, the important thing is to keep moving forward, and not to retreat into an endless practice of self-analysis.
After a while you must stop processing your blocks and start taking some action, to be able to make the changes in your life that you so desperately want.

Don't get stuck and obsessed over your own issues and BS.
Are you someone that have already attended enough seminars, read a massive amount of books, already filled up 20 journals, de-constructed and then re-constructed your inner self , been to countless retreats as an excuse not to get out of your comfort zone and take scary leaps forward into the unknown?

It is absolutely crucial that we reflect and learn about ourselves, but it's equally important that we don't remain in self-analysis as a way of not taking scary action in our lives.
We actually have to do both.
Work on our own limiting stories and at the same time, take huge forward action.

A lot of us choose to hold onto our limiting beliefs about ourselves, about money, about relationships, about our own worth, about other people, about the world, and about our own capability to create change.

If you want to be free, all you have to do is to let go of those old limiting beliefs, your own BS, or your own old and outdated stories.
It is as simple as letting your own BS go, so you won't get trapped for the rest of your life.

Unfortunately so many people choose to stay stuck in their old stories because they get false benefits from them.
They get to keep the identity of a person without power to make change. They get to blame things that are outside of themselves, like their parents, siblings, spouse, the economy, the society, the political situation. They are often stuck in excuse mode.


                                                        "Get rid of all the excuses.
                                                                 You're equipped.
                                                      You already have everything
                                                   You need to fulfill your destiny."
                                                                  - Joel Osteen 


In other words you don't have to put yourselves out of our comfort zone and risk failing, looking like and idiot, being criticized, losing our money and also becoming different from our friends and family. You start asking yourself this....."What about if they don't like the changes that I am making, maybe they won't love and support me anymore?"
I get it.....this is some scary stuff !!!


In the end, 
you have to want your dream more than you want to hang onto your false beliefs, your excuses and your drama.

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Don't Overthink, Just Let It Go

                                             "Let go of who you thought your life should be,
                                                 and embrace the life that is trying to work
                                                       its way into your consciousness."
                                                                   - Caroline Myss

                               


Is it time to unload some messed up things, people and situations in your life?

Why are you hanging onto these people, situations and things?

Are you afraid that you won't find something better?
Is that why you are still with that man/woman that you have absolutely zero in common with and he/she doesn't support your dream? And remaining in this relationship, you have now gained an extra 50 pounds.
Time to let them go.

Why are you still at a job that you hate and where you know you will never make more money than what you are making right now? No opportunity for advancement. And besides that it constantly stresses you out and it makes you go shopping for things that you don't want. And eating things that you really don't want to eat, but doing this calms your nerves.
Does it feel safe and secure? But at the same time you are bored out of your mind. Is it worth staying where you are and never taking the opportunity to find out what you are really made of? What your gifts and talents are? What you have to offer the world that no one else has? You know, you only live once. You don't get a do-over.
Time to let it go.

Are you staying with a group of people because they are on the same level as you?
Maybe broke, miserable, angry, addicted, gossipers with no goals and no vision for the future. Why are you still hanging out with them? Are you afraid to break away, because if you do you must get out of your comfort zone and stop doing the same old things that you have been doing for the last 10, 20, 30 or even 40 years? And you have to start doing things that scares the crap out of you?
Time to let them go.

How about all that clutter in you house, why are you hanging onto broken lamps, furniture, rugs, curtains that you will never use again.
How about you closet. Isn't it about time you got rid of the clothes that you wore in high school, or the suit that your dad wore when you were a kid. Why are you hanging onto these things?
Time to let it go.

Yes, I know that you want things to get better in your life. We all want that.
But in order for something better to show up in your life, you must first create a space for it.
In other words, you first have to get rid of that crappy job before you will get a new one. Or at least start looking for a better one, starting today. Yes, you have to get rid of people that are not supporting you and your dream, before you can attract some better ones into your life.

Get rid off clutter in your life.
Clean out your closet, your house, your car, check on your friends. Decide who can stay and who needs to go.

Check on where you spend your time.
Do you really want to continue to give your time every Tuesday to this volunteer group, if they don't appreciate you? Do you want to show up on Wednesday mornings for this networking group if they are not supportive of you? Do you want to continue to spend time with groups or people that are not taking you in the direction of your dream?

First you must create a vacuum, before something better will show up in its place.

The tricky part is that you first have to let go of what isn't working. What you can see, hear and touch.
Then trust that the Universe will bring you something much better. Something that is more in alignment of who you are. Something that you haven't yet seen, heard or touched.

You have to believe it before you can see it.
Be convinced that the Universe will bring you something absolutely awesome.
It's called Faith. You must believe that what is in front of you is better than what is behind you.


Have the guts to do what is needed, not what is convenient.

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Without A Vision For Your Future You Will Return To Your Past

                                                 "The only thing worse than being blind
                                                         is having sight but no vision."
                                                                   - Helen Keller

If you don't know anything about Helen Keller, allow me to fill you in a few facts of her.
She was an American author, activist and lecturer. She lost both her hearing and her vison at the age of 19 months of age due to illness.

I love this quoted because it is so true for most of us. We don't have a vison for our own lives.
Yes, we want to be happy, marry the love of our lives, make a lot of money, travel the world, be healthy and have a lot of energy. I think most of us want this.

But have you ever sat down and really figured out how you were going to create this? Or did you give up and just allowed life to serve up whatever it wanted to serve you?

I know I did for a very long time. I just went with the flow. Or in other words, I went along with what most of the people around me wanted me to do, be and have.
Finally at 48 years of age. Yes, you read it....I was 48 before I figured out what I wanted to do with my life. And it took a total breakdown of my life for me to finally get started in the right direction.
It was no pretty sight.

And to get out of this big fat mess that I had created for my myself, I created a vison for what I wanted the rest of my life to look like. What I wanted to do ,be and have.

Yes, .....you have to create a vison for your life.

I was in bad shape back in 2010 when the life that I had been living up until then was rapidly falling apart. So fast that it make my head spin until one day in 2012 when I sat all by myself in small apartment in Sweden, with my 2 dogs by my side, very little money and no job. Starting over in a country where I had not lived in for 25 years. This was not a pretty sight and it took a lot of soul searching to finally start digging myself out of this hole that I was sitting in at the time.

You can read about my story of what happened in 2012 in my first book.....Bounce Don't Break - how to successfully get back on track when life knocks you down.
Here is the link to order it.....
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=karin+glannstam&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

I say it again....what got me out of this huge mess and being able to move on with my life was to create a Gigantic Vision for myself and the way I wanted my own life to look like, from now on.


                                             "Sometimes life is about risking
                                                everything for a dream no one
                                                           can see but you."


Again, it all starts with a vision. A clear specific vison of where you want to go, do, have and become.

The vision has to be crystal clear, because how can you hit a target that you cannot see???

Setting a vison and some goals is no easy task and the reason why is, that most of us have never done it and no one ever taught us either. They don't teach this in school, and if they did, I must have missed that class. So you have to actually learn something new. Learn how to set goals and a vision for your life.
I can't tell you enough how important it is to create a vision for what you want. If you don't you will end up like I did for a very long time, you will be living the life that someone else planned for you, and guess what they have planned for you.....
Not Much!!!

When people ask me what I do, I answer....."I work with blind people."
They look at me a little surprised and sometimes even curious.
Then I say, "These people that I work with have perfect eye-sight, but no vision for their lives."


Don't allow yourself to become a blind person.
A person that is totally capable of seeing, but with no vision for your own life.

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Don't Listen To People Who Tell You What To Do

                                              "Don't listen to people who tell you what to do.
                                   Listen to people who encourage you to do what you know,
                                                              in your heart is right."

Have you got anyone around you that is telling you what you should do, or what you should want?

If the answer is YES, you are not alone.

There are plenty of people out there that will quickly tell us what we should do or not do. What we should want and not want, regardless of how we feel about it.

Sometimes these kinds of people will make our head spin.
Unfortunately if we spend too much time around these people, we will start telling ourselves what they are constantly telling us, even if we don't feel that way down deep inside.

If we are not careful we might get stuck, stay stuck for years or sometimes even a lifetime in situations that will cause us pain, because we rather defend these non-truths, then upset or disappoint anybody.

A lot of people will rather do what is expected of them instead of giving themselves permission to be, do and have what they want and what will make them truly happy and fulfilled.

When we have a big dream for our life it's important that we don't engage to much with people that don't support our dream. Unfortunately those people can often be the people that are the closest to us, like family-members and friends.
What do we do then?
We might not want to share our hopes and dreams with these people, especially in the beginning, because that is when we have all the fears and doubts ourselves and we don't need others to help us stack their fears and doubts on top of ours.
Keep it to yourself.
Only share with people that will be supportive of what we are wanting to accomplish.
Also remember, never take anything personally. A lot of times it isn't about our fears and doubts. It's almost always about the other person's fears, doubts and insecurities.

Instead find people that are supportive and that are themselves going somewhere in life.
Hire a mentor or a coach.
Read books.
Listen to podcasts and webinars online.
Attend live seminars.
Join some groups with likeminded people.


                                            It's hard to imagine a more stupid
                                and more dangerous way of making decisions
                                      than by putting the decisions in the 
                                               hands of people who pay
                                               no price for being wrong.
                                                     - Thomas Sowell


You have to decide what is right for you and the life you want to live. 
Only you know. 
No one else is walking in your shoes.

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A Goal Is The Vision Of The Future - Your Future

                                                  "Goalsetting is the first step in turning the 
                                                         invisible into the visible."
                                                                - Tony Robbins


Last Wednesday morning I had the privilege to be the featured speaker at the Houston CrossRoads Business Building Breakfast.
The subject was..... Never give up, set a goal and then go for it.

I love to talk about goalsetting because it is so important to have goal(s) and sadly very few people actually take the time to set a vison for their life. Instead they wander around with no particular destination in mind, and in the end any road will take them there. It's called the road to nowhere in life.
Make sure that you don't end up on that road.

Why do we have to have goals?
Here is a powerful quote by Jim Rohn that will answer that question.


                                                  "If you don't design your own life plan,
                                       chances are that you'll fall into someone else's plan.
                                             And guess what they have planned for you?
                                                                           Not much!


Dreams and goals can become like a magnet. The stronger the goal and the higher the purpose, the stronger this magnet will be that will pull you forward towards your dream.

Goals can pull you through all kinds of down days. They pull you through difficult times and they will pull you through crisis and setbacks in your life.

Goals will pull you in the right direction, which is forward instead of down into the past, or sideways into the busyness of every day drama and confusion, and other people's demands and the craziness of our society.

Just remember.....never let other people plan or design your future. You must plan it yourself. You decide what you want and what is best for you. You are the one that has to live with the results of your decisions and your goals.
Never take advice from people that you wouldn't want to trade place with.
What do you want your future to look like?

Goal setting is quite a task and it might take some time to figure out what you want and then getting your goals written down on a piece of paper or in a notebook.
Invest the time that it will take in figuring out what you want. It is your future that we are talking about.
Do not go another day without goals and a plan of action.


Some people will give up on their goals because......
The goal wasn't a good or great goal. Maybe it wasn't their own goal?
They give up too soon before they reap the rewards of their efforts.
And here is the number one reason people give up so fast...…
They have a tendency to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.


Only 5% of people have specific, written down goals.
Are you part of this group?


What big dream would you go after if you knew you couldn't fail?


                                               "The only thing worse than being blind
                                                      is having sight but no vision."
                                                                 - Helen Keller

                                             Karin Glannstam - Personal Success Coach

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Leader Of The Pack

                                                      "A leader is one who knows the way,
                                                                        goes the way,
                                                                   and shows the way."

I love dogs, (and cats ). All kinds of dogs, it doesn't matter. Mostly through my life I have had Labrador Retrievers. Right now I only have one dog and her name is Lady. My beloved dog Nikki, passed away in October of last year. She was 12,5 years old. She got to travel three times across the Atlantic, and she lived both in Texas and in Sweden. Lady has also lived in Sweden and she has flown over the Atlantic twice.

I don't believe that there are any bad dogs, only dog owners that don't understand their own dogs. I am a huge fan of the TV series "The Dog Whisperer" with Cesar Millan and I think he really understands what dogs need.

                                  "Americans are very big about loving the dog first, 
                          so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations,
                                a lot of people believe it's going to hurt their feelings.
                                They're actually looking for you to be the pack leader."
                                                             - Cesar Millan

I love all dogs, but I have to admit that I have great respect for any kind of Pitbull. The reason why is I don't have any experience with these type of dogs. They have gotten such a bad reputation in the media and there have been plenty of horror stories involving some type of Pitbull. They are a very powerful breed and you must learn how to handle them. I have been wanting to learn more about this breed, and of course I wanted someone that knows the breed to teach me.

A few months ago when I was out networking, I met a great woman by the name of Lynda Smith. She is our own local dog whisperer here in The Woodlands area. Let me tell you, she knows dogs!!!!

Lynda is the owner of Happy & Behaved Dog. She will come to your house and train you and your dog. She offers private and group sessions with your dog and she also offers private boarding.

Two weeks ago Lynda and I ran into each other again and while we were visiting, she mentioned to me that she was going to get a Pitbull that she was going to keep and it was going to be part of her permanent pack. Linda has 11 dogs at her house. So I recognized a great opportunity to be able to learn more about Pitbulls and asked Linda if I could come over to her place and learn about Pitbulls.

So last Friday I was introduced to one Pitbull and two Pitbull mixes, plus a lot of other great dogs.
What an amazing experience!!!

Linda had total control over all her dogs. They are very well behaved and well balanced.
My experience in getting to know and understand the breed was amazing.

If you need any help with your dog(s) call Linda Smith at 939-404-7050. 
The name of her company is Happy & Behaved Dog.
Your Live and Local Dog Whisperer.

                                         Karin Glannstam - Personal Success Coach
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Your Dreams Matter - You Are More Powerful Than You Think

                                                    "You were given this life because 
                                                      you are strong enough to live it."
                                                                     - Unknown

You have a dream that was given to you to share with the world. Your gifts and talents are needed. Someone out there is looking for exactly what you got.

Nobody needs to approve of your dream. It was given to you.
Hold it, cultivate it, nourish it and work it.

Don't give up just because things are hard. You are not given anything in this world that you can't handle. You are capable of so much more than you can imagine.

It's time uncover those dreams that you buried in the back of your head many, many years ago.
They have been 'on hold' long enough.
Dream big!
Get the excitement back in your life. Create a vision and then be courageous and act on it.
Never allow those dreams to die within you.

Here is something to think about

Imagine that you had no limitations. 

Imagine that you have all the time, unlimited amount of money, all the friends and contacts that you need, all the education, all the experiences and all the resources. And you can be, have and do anything that you want in life.

What would you like to have, be and do?

I am very excited to announce that my 4th book..... 
Your Dreams Matter.....is now published and ready to order.
It is available on Amazon. 

Here is the link to order..... Your Dreams Matter   https://www.amazon.com/Your-Dreams-Matter-Powerful-Think/dp/1799154130/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=karin+glannstam&qid=1554730505&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmrnull

You are more powerful, capable and gifted than you allow yourself to be.
Make today your turning point.
Today is the time to do something different.
It doesn't matter what your past has been. You have an amazing future in front of you.
I believe in YOU!!!


                                                     "The biggest adventure you can take
                                                        is to live the life of your dreams.'
                                                                       - Oprah Winfrey


I want to let you that I will be the Featured Speaker at 
The Houston CrossRoads Business Breakfast, this coming week.

Where: Corner Bakery Café, 9311 Katy Freeway
Time: Wednesday April 10, 7am.
Topic: Never Give Up! Set a goal and go for it.

Here is link
https://www.servicesca.org/upcoming_speakers.htm

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Go After Your Dream

                                                  "The biggest adventure you can take
                                                     is to live the life of your dreams."
                                                                - Oprah Winfrey


Happiness and feeling alive happens when we grow.
Life is about growth and taking steps into the direction of our dreams.

It's about having faith that it will work out. Life requires courage, boldness, faith and also knowing in our heart that our intuition will always guide us and that we will be supported.

You are far more powerful, capable and gifted than you allow yourself to be.
Make today your turning point. Today is the time to do something different.
It doesn't matter what your past has been. You have an amazing future in front of you.

                                                            Live Your Dream !

                                                  "Life is either a daring adventure
                                                             or nothing at all."
                                                              - Hellen Keller

I am so excited because my 4th book is going to be published soon.

Your Dreams Matter - you are more powerful than you think

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If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get

                                                            "Ask for what you want
                                                            and be prepared to get it."
                                                                 - Maya Angelou


Back in 2013 I had just started attending networking groups to spread the word about my coaching business, learn new things and meet new people.
I remember one meeting in particular. At this meeting the owner of the networking group happen to attend the meeting and at the end of the meeting he told us than if anyone wanted to get some help with their business, he was willing to meet with us one-on-one and assist us in any way that he could, for free.
There was only one requirement, we had to ASK for his help.

I knew I needed all the help that I could get, so I immediately took him up on his offer and walked up to him and asked if he would be willing to meet with me, and he was. The following week we meet for a 3 hour long one-on-one meeting, where he answered many of my questions and gave me a lot of insight and great information that I still use in my business today.

What is my point here?
Many people are afraid to ask.
It's not going to kill you if you ask for something.
Many people don't want to ask because they are afraid they will get a NO.
How about if you get a YES!!!
People don't like to be rejected, so they never even consider asking anyone for anything.


                                                                     "If you don't ask,
                                                                        you don't get."
                                                                      - Stevie Wonder


I have heard about sales people turning rejections into a fun game. Every morning they start a game to see which one can get to 10 rejections first. That person will win a price. They hurry up and get started making phone calls and who ever manages to get rejected 10 times, is the winner.
After doing this for a while, rejection isn't that bad and they start looking at rejection as part of doing business and part of life.

If you knew that you would succeed and win a great price on your 10th attempt of doing a specific task, but to get to the success on the 10th try you had to go through being rejected 9 times, wouldn't you do it???


                                                       "You get in life what you have the 
                                                                     courage to ask for."
                                                                     - Oprah Winfrey


Tip!
Don't be afraid of rejection. You will get used to it and it won't kill you.
If you start asking for what you want, you will probably get it.
Develop a new habit of asking for what you want. Like any new habit, it will take a while to get use to doing it. Hang in there, and eventually you will become a pro.
Ask Boldly.

But remember, if you don't ask, the answer will always be NO.

ASK....ASK.....ASK.....ASK!!!

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