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If You Haven’t Done What You Want To Do Yet, It Might Be Because Of This.

By Amira Alvarez Actions matter. And if you take enough of the right actions (which depend entirely on the goal you’re working towards), you can have anything you want in life. But if you’re only focused on the ‘outer game’ aspect of taking action (making the calls, writing the email, finding the new…
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March 7, 2019Coaching, Goals, Growth, Unstoppableintensive, unstoppableElizabeth Knapp

Actions matter. And if you take enough of the right actions (which depend entirely on the goal you’re working towards), you can have anything you want in life.

But if you’re only focused on the ‘outer game’ aspect of taking action (making the calls, writing the email, finding the new hire, putting the proposal together, etc) and you’re not looking at the ‘inner game’ elements that are at play (the stories you tell yourself, your beliefs and fears, etc), you may often find yourself stopping short of your goal… or not getting started at all.

Coming up with the action plan can be easy. (I help my clients do this all the time!) Although it may not always feel like the easy part, it actually is.

Let me explain…

If you want something, you ask yourself what needs to happen to move you towards it, and in what order… and then you go and do those things. You move the needle forward.

Yet, if you haven’t done what want to do yet, you don’t always know what that needle moving action is. You come up with all sorts of other actions that look good but aren’t ‘the thing’… and you talk yourself into it.

This is what your subconscious mind does. It distracts you with easier actions that don’t move you forward.

Plus, on top of that… as if that wasn’t enough… when you go to take the right actions your subconscious makes them feel so hard, so impossible, so overwhelming…

Why?

Because your subconscious mind wants to keep you exactly where you are right now. It doesn’t want you to change. It thinks no change = safety. (Which isn’t true by the way!)

It sabotages your ability to start and/or finish those simple and straightforward actions.

This looks like…

Not getting help.
Procrastinating on doing the work (even if it’s productive) or making decisions.
Being “too busy” to dedicate time to planning or moving through your blocks.
Endless research or getting ready to get ready.
Taking another certification course. (You don’t need that credential to get started!)
Getting sick, feeling worn out and tired.
And so many more ways that you “legitimately” stop yourself…

So watch for this. This is your subconscious programming leading you to self-sabotage your best intentions.

How do you stop yourself? Do you know how to tell?

It’s the excuse you’re using for not achieving what you want out of life and in your business.

Here’s Mine, How Does It Show Up For You?

By Amira Alvarez What’s your flavor of ‘not-enoughness’? We all have one… for me it was always about being smart enough. Getting the grade, the pat on the shoulder, the award. Proving my worth based on what I knew or did well. Maybe yours is just the classic not good enough. Or maybe…
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March 6, 2019Business, Coaching, Growth, UnstoppableunstoppableElizabeth Knapp

What’s your flavor of ‘not-enoughness’?

We all have one… for me it was always about being smart enough. Getting the grade, the pat on the shoulder, the award. Proving my worth based on what I knew or did well.

Maybe yours is just the classic not good enough. Or maybe it’s not pretty enough… not capable or talented enough… whatever it is, it boils down to this belief that you’re falling short of who you ‘need to be’ to gain love, safety, and security, as well as to truly achieve success.

As you take the steps to claim your goals for this year (personally, professionally, or financially), you’ll see every failure or misstep as a reinforcement of your ‘not ____ enough’ belief.

When the marketing campaign doesn’t convert.
When the talk or presentation doesn’t get the reviews you hoped for.
When the proposal you worked so hard on gets rejected.
When you step on the scale after a week of dieting and it hasn’t budged.

All of these things will reinforce the story you’re telling about your ‘not enoughness’… but really, the story you’re telling yourself is at the root of these things happening.

This is your subconscious programming at play.

The way we perceive the world around us is a direct reflection of what we believe to be true about it.

If you believe the Universe is out to get you, you’ll see example after example of this throughout your day, because that’s what you’re looking for. So if you don’t believe you’re good enough in one way or another, what you’re putting out into the world reflects this, and influence what you receive in return. You have to identify and interrupt this cycle.

I want you to give something a try this week:

Identify your own flavor of ‘not enoughness’. How does it show up for you?
Start paying attention to how it shows up for you throughout the day today. How many times do you associate things happening to be a direct result of your ‘not enoughness’? What is the story you tell yourself when these things happen?
Create an alternate story. If you were already enough, what might be different? How might you have shown up differently, and what outcome might you have created?

How To Make What You Want Inevitable

By Amira Alvarez How do you make it inevitable, whatever ‘it’ is that you want? You do the work. Whatever it is you're going for, making it happen isn’t magic. You can’t just wish it, hope it, or ‘vibrate’ it into being… that’s not how it works. ;-) But let's be clear... it's…
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January 31, 2019Business, Goals, Growth, Unstoppableinevitable, law of cause and effectElizabeth Knapp

How do you make it inevitable, whatever ‘it’ is that you want?

You do the work.

Whatever it is you’re going for, making it happen isn’t magic. You can’t just wish it, hope it, or ‘vibrate’ it into being… that’s not how it works. ;-)

But let’s be clear… it’s also not just any work or doing everything now.

It’s not about getting mired down in the overwhelm of all the tasks.

And it’s certainly not throwing darts and hoping something you’re doing will produce results

You need to know exactly what will cause the needle to move and go do that.

This is the Law of Cause and Effect at play.

What causes do you need to put into effect for what you want to become an inevitable outcome?

And how do you shorten the time it takes and make it easier? Do you know?

If you’re at all questioning whether you’re doing what it takes to get the outcomes you want, please check out my brand new offering:

This powerful group experience will lead to phenomenal successes, such as:

Creating a true quantum leap in your income, increasing your sales, expanding your impact and reach, and setting your business up for the level of success you desire with far more ease.
Finally feeling clear-headed, organized, and focused instead of scattered, burnt out, and running on the perpetual hamster wheel of never enough time and never enough money!
Achieving those life goals, like travel, a nicer home, feeling truly confident in your body, and creating more connection and intimacy in all of your most important relationships.

Are you ready to finally move the needle and get the results that you want in your life and business?

Master the Law of Cause and Effect

Create an action plan that works.

Execute on it with much more ease.

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How Often Do You Ask Yourself This Question?

By Amira Alvarez When it comes to making a true quantum leap... living the life you dream of, traveling the world, buying that second home, having the hot body, and increasing your income significantly… what are you waiting for? I’m serious. I really want to know… what are you waiting for? If you…
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January 29, 2019Business, Creating Easy, Goals, UnstoppableElizabeth Knapp

When it comes to making a true quantum leap… living the life you dream of, traveling the world, buying that second home, having the hot body, and increasing your income significantly… what are you waiting for?

I’m serious.

I really want to know… what are you waiting for?

If you answer this honestly for yourself, it can be a game changer. Especially if you ask yourself this question on a regular basis… and get 100% honest about it.

What are all the reasons why really going for it right now ‘isn’t possible’?

List them out. Right now. What are your reasons?

For most people, there’s a list of external things that lead you to believe now is not the right time…

I’m already too busy, I can’t add anything to my plate,
Things are just fine right now, I’m doing great (but you actually want more).
It’s not in my current plan, that’s for next year… the year after… the five-year plan.
I need to get this certificate, update my website, do xyz first.
It’s not the right time because of my kids, my commitments, my current obligations.
I don’t have the time, the money, the support, or the thumbs up from my partner, etc.

And the list goes on.

These ‘reasons’ are common and we tend to fall victim to the mindset that something outside of us needs to change before we can make things happen.

I’m going to get real with you today because that’s the kind of coach I am: that’s all bunch of bull crappy. (And I say that with a huge amount of love.)

I know it FEELS really true and I don’t want to discount your experience. That said, I also don’t want to perpetuate this state of “things can’t happen because _____” when it’s simply NOT TRUE.

Nothing outside of you has to change for you to make a quantum leap. Nothing outside of you has to change for you to make MORE MONEY with MORE GRACE and EASE. And nothing outside of you has to change for you to have MORE TIME, FREEDOM, JOY, and IMPACT.

Nothing.

What has to change is the INTERNAL operating system that influences everything you say, do, believe, and create. That internal mindset directly impacts whether or not things work externally… it affects EVERYTHING.

But what happens is an endless cycle of the reasons and waiting… inside of getting out of your own way.

So, I want you to tell me… what are you waiting for?

And I want you to tell me by clicking here to book a 15min chat with me, so we can get you unblocked. If you’re serious about having the life you want, it starts with this.

Right now… regardless of your ‘reasons’.

Click here. :-)

Is This Limiting Your Growth?

By Amira Alvarez As Leland Val Van De Wall says: “The degree to which a person can grow is in direct proportion to the amount of truth that he can accept about himself without running away.” Sit with that for a moment. How much truth can you accept about yourself without running away?…
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January 24, 2019Coaching, Goals, Growth, UnstoppablemetricsElizabeth Knapp

As Leland Val Van De Wall says:

“The degree to which a person can grow is in direct proportion to the amount of truth that he can accept about himself without running away.”

Sit with that for a moment.

How much truth can you accept about yourself without running away?

If you’re not tracking or looking at your numbers… around revenue, marketing metrics, fitness goals, and everything else… you’re not accepting the TRUTH about where you stand.

And because of this, you’re limiting the amount of GROWTH you can experience.

Directly.

If you want to make a quantum leap in ANY area of your life, especially income, you HAVE to look at the numbers. You have to be willing to see things for what they are in each and every moment so that you can make INFORMED decisions about what’s working and what’s not.

It can be scary, I know.

But I also know that it can turn you on.

(Yes, number and spreadsheets can turn you on!)

Because nothing is sexier than achieving your goals, right? Especially those big juicy desires you hold… the six or seven figure income… that dream apartment on the upper east side… the ‘round the world trip or vacation home… or the amazing team and the streamlined business that helps you live out your purpose and gives you time for your passion projects and family.

THAT’S all sexy.

And knowing the numbers makes it inevitable.

THIS Will Get You Consistent Results

By Amira Alvarez Do you feel like you’re not getting what you want? And instead, you’re getting things like frustration… tension… inconsistent results? Do you feel like you’re constantly sabotaging yourself and your success… somehow getting in the way despite your best intentions? Do you wish there was a way to hold yourself…
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January 22, 2019Coaching, Goals, Growth, Unstoppablebeunstopable, Growth, metricsElizabeth Knapp

Do you feel like you’re not getting what you want?

And instead, you’re getting things like frustration… tension… inconsistent results?

Do you feel like you’re constantly sabotaging yourself and your success… somehow getting in the way despite your best intentions?

Do you wish there was a way to hold yourself accountable, so you can finally call in EVERYTHING that you desire… right now, not someday?

There is a way… but it’s not always what most like to hear.

It’s metrics. Numbers. Tracking. Spreadsheets.

(Try to stay with me on this, it’s worth it!)

I know many smart, successful, powerhouse women who shy away from the numbers. They ‘aren’t good with numbers’ or ‘don’t like spreadsheets’. Or, they’ve delegated that portion of the work to someone else, and they ‘keep apprised’ but don’t really own it.

???? this ???? has ???? to ???? stop ????

You have to pay attention to the numbers, because the numbers don’t lie.
They are what hold you accountable.
They show you exactly what is and is not working.
They give you insight into what you need to do next.
Metrics matter.

I know this may not be your favorite thing, but it needs to be. You need to shift your mindset on this. You need to fall in love with the numbers, and you need to do it NOW to start experiencing the results and success that you want.

Talk soon…