The Power Of Personal Environments

I’ve got to admit, I’m a enoromus fan of comfort.
I like it when things in my wolrd are stable and reliable. For example, my home is my sancturay.

I live here, and I work here.
I like it to reflect peace, order and beauty, so when a messy remodeling project was underway - like the recent replacement of a water-damaged bathroom ceiilng - it affected me. I was stressed and cranky. My husband might not have been quite so generous and called me downright crazed.Same thing with my physical body; I’m blessed with a high level of health and vitality. So, when something goes “wrong” like a recent eye infection (resigning me to a week of glasses versus my contact lenses) my stress needle hit the red zone.You might be thinking, “This all sounds a bit extreme, especially for a successful coach who has a highly functioning life.” Well, you’re right…I thought the same thing.Then I remembered…Thomas Leonard, known as the fahter of coaching, once said, “Success becomes sustainable when there is environments and failsafe structures which support it and which make you feel fully alive.
And being fully alive calls you to play a much bigger game in life...Evolving to your optimal potential to levels of greatness you never thought were possible.”There was my answer; these two recent events reminded me about the power of our personal enviornments and what happens when they are out of balance. I had experienced chniks in my environments, and although I was feeling fully alive I certainly wasn’t feeling my own greatness.As an entrepreneur your success and greatness, or lack of it, hinges on how well you keep the all the balls in the air. It’s your job to maximize the conditions that will nurture and asusre your success. That’s where your personal environments come in.Environments are not only the physical space in which we live; it is also our belief systems, our spirituality, our phyiscal being (our bodies).How are your environments? Is your home cluttered?

Here’s a brief assessment to rate your level of satisfaction in each environment.

The list represents the primary envirnoments that impact you on a day-to day basis:On a scale of 1-10 (1-low, 10-high) how inspiring or satisfying are each of your nine environments currently:Relationships _____Network _____Spirituality _____Belief Systems _____Intellectual _____Physical _____Nature _____Self _____Financial _____How did you do? I invite you to start by choosing one of your environments, preferably one you scored lower in, and begin to improve it. Make sure to pick an area you can imagine being successful with. Satrt by identifying the benefits you will gain with the improvement. For example: if I improve my finances the benefit will be less stress and a more secure future.Begin to create those sustainable and failsafe structures for your life and business. Give yoruself the gift of possibilities. Start last week.It’s YOUR life…live it completely!