| We don't have to do anything, but we can choose | | | | we choose to do something we put ourselves in |
| to do plenty of things. The shift is in our | | | | control. We don't realize how much power over |
| perception and attitude. Feeling like we have to do | | | | our lives we give away just by the way we |
| something dis-empowers us. The have-tos drain | | | | phrase things. |
| our energy. Choosing to do something, however, | | | | You don't have to stay in the role of victim. Stop |
| is empowering. The ability to choose what we will | | | | telling yourself you have to do something. |
| and won't do gives us energy. | | | | Everything in life is optional except for dying. Feel |
| Sometimes we don't have many choices available | | | | the power you bring into your life when you |
| to us, and then it is a question of choosing our | | | | choose to do the things you do. |
| attitude. Attitude is very powerful and gives us a | | | | Coaching Question |
| lot of control over our lives. A positive attitude | | | | Do you have to do things or do you choose to? |
| allows us to live our lives very differently to a | | | | Daily Action |
| negative one. | | | | Notice how often you say that you have to do |
| Coaching | | | | things this week. Rephrase it to I choose to and |
| Take note of the language you use. Words are | | | | see how different it makes you feel about your |
| very important and make a big difference to how | | | | tasks. |
| we feel about the things we do. By saying we | | | | Quote |
| have to do something, we feel like we don't have | | | | "Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not |
| a choice, that it is forced on us. By saying that | | | | a place we must find." Dr. |