5 Ways to Shift your Perspective for Life Improvement

We all need ways to improve health, wealth, business, families and relationships.

Here are 5 ways to improve your life in any of the above categories.

1. Focus on concrete behaviors more than abstract goals. An abstract goal may be something like, I need to get in shape. A concrete behavior is something like focusing on walking 15 minutes today, 20 minutes tomorrow, and 30 minutes the next day.
2. Focus on taking baby steps. I know this is a bit of a cliche but there's tremendous value in not trying to do everything in one day. I have been working at transitioning over to more of a whole foods and raw plant food diet. I know I can't do this overnight - my system would reject such a radical change. It's a process and I have to work  at integrating more of this food into my daily diet. Seek tiny successes as opposed to massive leaps.
3. Create new behaviors that make old ones obsolete instead of resisting, pushing back or trying to change old ways of doing things. I have learnt this over time, and it's so important to integrate new, more healthy behaviors while dissolving old patterns of thinking and behaving that no longer serve you. Otherwise you're just going to replace what was there with the same again because these systems are hard wired into our body/mind and therefore behavior.
4. Ask yourself what's the underlying assumptive base for you wanting to change whatever it is you're seeking to change. Often we seek change for the wrong reasons. For example is your need to change the result of a 'fight/flight' response to something that is causing you a lot of discomfort. I think it's better to observe where this comes from. Then you can go about changing the core assumption which will be better for your all round growth.
5. If you keep getting the same results perhaps it's time to shift your focus for a new perspective. A great way to do this is to ask yourself some different questions that will allow you to see your problem in a new light. Often by shifting our awareness we immediately create an opening for relevant change to take place. If you're having difficulty finding the right questions, or posing of yourself the difficult questions needed for growth, seek help. A coach is a great way to help you gain perspective on the areas that perhaps you may be overlooking.

Growth can be immensely challenging, so be patient with yourself. It takes time and perseverance. Reward yourself for the tiny successes. Its those small successes that add up to the bigger ones. Change, especially behavioral, communicative and relational is a process of connecting the dots for more relevance, greater purpose as well as more joy in what you do.