How to Transform Your Life in 6 Minutes a Day
Oh, you’re busy? Weird,
I thought it was just me.
No matter where you are in life at this moment, there is at least one thing that you and I have in common: We want to improve our lives and ourselves. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with us, but as human beings we’re born with a desire to continuously grow and improve. I believe it’s within all of us. Yet most people wake up each day and life pretty much stays the same.
If success and
fulfillment were measured on a scale of 1 to 10, it’s safe to say that everyone
would want to live every aspect of their lives at a Level 10.
Here’s the catch: To
create the Level 10 life that you ultimately want, you must first dedicate time
each day to becoming a Level 10 person who is capable of creating and
sustaining that level of success.
But who has time for that, right? Luckily, there is a method to do it in as little as six minutes a day.
Enter the life SAVERS, a sequence that combines the six most effective personal development practices known to man. While someone could invest hours on these practices, it only takes one minute for each -- or six minutes total -- to see extraordinary results.
Minute 1: S is for silence.
Instead of hitting the
snooze button, and then rushing through your day feeling stressed and
overwhelmed, invest your first minute in sitting in purposeful silence. Sit
quietly, calm and peaceful and breathe deeply. Maybe you meditate. Center
yourself and create an optimum state of mind that will lead you effectively
through the rest of your day.
Maybe you say a prayer
of gratitude and appreciate the moment. As you sit in silence, you quiet your
mind, relax your body and allow your stress to melt away. You develop a deeper
sense of clarity, purpose, and direction.
Minute 2: A is for Affirmations.
Pull out and read your
page of affirmations -- written statements that remind you of your unlimited
potential, your most important goals and the actions you must take today to
achieve them. Reading over reminders of how capable you really are motivates
you. Looking over which actions you must take, re-energizes you to focus on
doing what’s necessary today to takeyour life to the next level.
Minute 3. V is for visualization.
Close your eyes and
visualize what it will look like and feel like when you reach your goals.
Seeing your ideal vision increases your belief that it’s possible and your
desire to make it a reality.
Minute 4. E is for exercise.
Stand up and move your
body for 60 seconds, long enough to increase the flow of blood and oxygen to
your brain. You could easily do a minute of jumping jacks, push-ups, or
sit-ups. The point is that you raise your heart rate, generate energy and
increase your ability to be alert and focused.
Minute 5. R is for reading.
Grab the self-help book
you’re currently reading and read one page, maybe two. Learn a new idea,
something you can incorporate into your day, which will improve your results at
work or in your relationships. Discover something new that you can use to think
better, feel better and live better.
Minute 6. S is for scribing.
Pull out your journal
and take one minute to write down something you’re grateful for, something
you’re proud of and the top one to three results that you’re committed to
creating that day. In doing so, you create the clarity and motivation that you
need to take action.
Start today.
How would you feel if
that’s how you used the first six minutes of each day? How would the quality of
your day -- and your life -- improve? We can all agree that investing a minimum
of six minutes into becoming the person that we need to be to create the lives
we truly want is not only reasonable. It’s an absolute must.
