Jack Canfield’s Reflection on clutter
The
Cycle of Completion: Making Way for Success
Do you live in a state of mental and physical clutter? Do
you have a bunch of unfinished business lurking around every corner?
Incomplete projects, unfinished
business, and piles of cluttered messes can weigh you down and take away from
the energy you have to move forward toward your goals.
When you don't complete tasks, you
can't be fully prepared to move into the present, let alone your new future.
When your brain is keeping track of
all the unfinished business you still have at hand, you simply can't be
effective in embracing new tasks that are in line with your vision.
Old incompletes can show up in your
life in lots of different ways... like not having clarity,
procrastination, emotional energy blocks and even illness. Blocked energy is
wasted, and a build up of that energy can really leave you stymied.
Throw-out all the clutter and FEEL
how much easier it is to think!
Make a list of areas in your life
(both personal and professional) where you have incompletes and messes, then
develop a plan to deal with them once and for all. Fix and organize the things
that annoy you.
Take your final steps in bringing
closure to outstanding projects.
Make that difficult phone call.
Delegate time-wasting tasks that you've let build up.
Some incompletions come from simply not having adequate systems, knowledge, or expertise for handling these tasks. Other incompletions pile up because of bad work habits.
Some incompletions come from simply not having adequate systems, knowledge, or expertise for handling these tasks. Other incompletions pile up because of bad work habits.
Get into completion consciousness by
continually asking yourself...What
does it
take to actually get this task completed?
Only then can you begin to
consciously take that next step of filing completed documents, mailing in the
forms required, or reporting back to your boss that the project has been
completed.
The truth is that 20 things completed
have more power than 50 things that are half-way completed.
Finishing writing a book, for
instance, that can go out and influence the world is better than 13 books
you’re in the process of writing.
When you free yourself from the
mental burden of incompletes and messes, you'll be AMAZED at how quickly the
things you do want in life arrive.
Another area where you'll find
incompletes in your life is in your emotions. Are you holding on to old hurts,
resentments, and pain? Just like the physical clutter and incompletes, your
energy is being drained by holding on to and reliving past pain and anger.
Remember, you'll attract whatever
feelings you're experiencing. So, if you're stuck in revengeful thinking and
angered in muck, you can't possibly be directing energy toward a positive
future. You need to let go of the past in order to embrace the future. Letting
go involves forgiveness and moving on.
By forgiving you aren't releasing
the other person from their transgression as much as you're freeing yourself
from their transgression. You don't have to condone their behavior, trust them,
or even maintain a relationship with them. However, you DO have to free
yourself from the anger, from the pain, and from the resentment once and for
all!
When learning to forgive, make sure
to complete the cycle.
Acknowledge your anger, your pain,
and your fear. But also own up to any part you've played in allowing it to
happen or continue. Make sure to express whatever it was that you wanted from
that person, and then see the whole event from the other's point of view. Allow
yourself to wonder what that person was going through and what kind of needs
he/she was trying to fulfill at the time.
Finally, let go and move on. Every
time you go through this process you're learning how to avoid letting it happen
again!
I'll be back in two weeks with
another edition of Success Strategies. Until then, see if you can discover ways
to immediately implement what you learned from today's message.
