Awesome advice for Mary Phillips!

I’ve been standing in front of audiences for many years, Mara, but I certainly will never forget what it was like when I first started … pretty darn scary!

The mind is a powerful tool. Suggesting Mary shift her thinking from feeling nervous to feeling excited and anxious to share her awesomeness is the BEST advice ever!

Regarding goals …

Without a doubt, the only way I can accomplish any major goal is to break it down into “baby steps”. It’s fun to envision the big picture and the positive results but taking it one tiny step at a time works for me.

Hey Mara,

Terrific episode and great tips – I have two additional tips for achieving goals that have helped me immensely:

1) If possible, share your goals and your progress toward them publicly. Some goals might be too personal or intimate for this, but what you’ll often find, especially with a good network of close/intimate friends and family on Facebook or other networks, is that people will check in on you and encourage you (especially if you ask them to). It’s like having an accountability network instead of just a partner – and it effectively utilizes the “Principle of Commitment/Consistency” to, as Tony Robbins says “Get Leverage On Yourself.”

2) Identify the obstacles that normally set you back from achievement and do whatever you feel you must to keep yourself from running into them. If you know you’re prone to going off on surfing tangents (as I may) when you’re supposed to be doing internet research, make a note to yourself to remind you to stay on task. Mine is a post it stuck to my monitor that says “ONLY FOCUS BRINGS VICTORY.”

Thanks for the stimulating video and may you and your loved ones have a Happy New Year!