1. Principle #7 Release the Brakes

2. What does this mean? wantoutside comfort zone “Everything you want is just outside of your comfort zone.” -Robert Allen Multimillionaire, author, and motivational speaker

3. What is a Comfort Zone? A comfort zone is that place where we feel safe and secure – a place where we can avoid worry, fear, or failure.

4. Where’s the Edge of My Comfort Zone? When you feel fear, uneasiness, or butterflies in your stomach, you are on the edge of your comfort zone

5. Quick - Write In your notes, list five things that you would do if you knew you could not fail. If I knew I could not fail, I would: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone 1.Change the way you talk to yourself - use positive language such as “I can…, I am…, I will…” 2.Visualize your life the way you want it 3.Change your behavior

7. Choose Your Endless Loop think aboutbring about “Whatever we think about, we bring about.” Thinking About what we don’t want Talking about what we don’t want Getting what we don’t want do Thinking About what we do want Talking about what we do want Getting what we do want

8. Silent Reading Read about setting goals on pages 79- 88 in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy. Take down one page of Cornell notes.

9. Affirmations Affirmations are statements that describe goals in their completed states Examples: Goal: To be a successful business owner Affirmation: I am a successful business owner. Goal: To be able to vacation in the Bahamas with my family. Affirmation: I am sitting in the Bahamas with my family. Goal: To get good grades. Affirmation: I am a 4.0 student.

10. Tips for Affirmations 1.Start with the words “I am” 2.Use the present tense 3.State it in the positive 4.Keep it brief 5.Make it specific 6.Include and “-ing” action word 7.Include at least one dynamic emotion or feeling word.

11. Affirmation Practice Examples: Goal: I want to own a new car by the time I am 21 Affirmation: Goal: To be at the top of my graduating class Affirmation:. Goal: To have a family by the time I am 28 Affirmation: Goal: To be the best player on my team Affirmation:

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