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Success Secrets from Alcemi - the essence of success
Discover a wealth of ideas for boosting your personal success and good fortune. Here you will find articles on different dimensions of success, revealing secrets you can use to live the life of your dreams.
Alcemi Essences are pure organic flower essences created to support a range of resourceful states in which you can effectively, successfully be your best.
There are many ways of defining success, but the only definition that really counts is YOURS! Whatever success means to you, Alcemi flower essences can help you achieve it.'Energize' is the featured essence this month. To buy 'Energize' and other Alcemi Essences click on The Range
March is said to either roar like a lion or skip like a lamb. Either way it’s a fairly energetic month when nature really starts to put a spring in its step, so we are featuring Energize as the Alcemi Essence of this month. When we are energized we have plenty of positive energy and anything seems possible.
When our energy is low we function below par and often lack the resources to effectively progress our projects. Unless you infuse your dreams and goals with positive energy they are in danger of withering on the vine. The energy and enthusiasm you put into something can be contagious. Others catch on and get fired up too, building momentum to make things happen. It takes energy to put out positive energy, but usually your own ‘batteries’ get recharged in the process.
From every perspective it really pays to protect and nourish your own energy levels - so here are some stragies for reving up your energy.
Can you recognise the energy drains and the energy boosts in your life? Do you know which you have most of? People, places, objects and activities can all radically affect your energy.
Although they are often oblivious to the effect they have, some people just seem to suck the life blood out of those around them. Energy vampires come in various guises. Some keep up a constant barrage of negative criticism, some play the emotional martyrdom game, some hog the centre stage demanding that everything revolves around them, some create a constant whirlwind of crises.
Is there someone who invariably leaves you feeling drained? Do you really need to have them in your life? If they can’t be avoided then protect yourself by reducing the time you spend with them as much as possible. Become more aware of your own reactions, so you can take responsibility for your side of the interaction and stop being drawn into destructive, energy depleting patterns.
What about people who leave you feeling on top of the world, or at least as if you could conquer the world? These are the people who draw out the best in you, who encourage your ideas, whose criticism is invariably constructive, who celebrate your triumphs wholeheartedly. They are usually fun to be with too!
When you recognise the difference between the people who drain and the people who boost your energy, don’t you know who you want more, and who you want less of in your life? Positive inspiring support and encouragement fuels everyone’s energy tanks - whether you receive or give it! Filter out the negative impact of people who drain your energy and make more space and time for people who bring out the best in you.
Two of the biggest energy killers are perfectionism and procrastination. In striving to get things ‘just right’ you are essentially measuring up against the standard of imagined perfection, so the emphasis will always on the shortcomings. Aim for excellence instead - it’s more energizing! While perfectionism only allows for one rigid pinnacle of perfection, excellence encompasses many peaks of possibility and mastery. Excellence is good, it’s better because it helps you evolve, and best of all it’s attractively compelling.
Perfectionism is usually daunting and breeds procrastination. Holding back till you don’t have time to do something perfectly lets you off the hook with a ‘perfect’ excuse to justify a less than perfect outcome. Unfortunately it’s a strategy guaranteed to rob you of really rewarding results!
Putting things off piles on the agony. Everything that creeps onto your ‘To Do’ list, and continues to hang around is like another sack of concrete to weigh you down and hold you back.
We can easily fool ourselves by appearing to be highly productive when we are actually procrastinating. It’s amazing what we can achieve by default when we are putting something off and distracting ourselves by doing something else. The trouble is whatever we put off is likely to be much more important. If it isn’t important, and you don’t really want to do it - then what is it doing on your ‘To do’ list? Either ditch it altogether or get someone else to do it.
If you are depleting your energy procrastinating about something genuinely important, chunk what needs to be done down into small simple steps. This can shrink the most daunting task down to more approachable proportions, so you can at least get started. With each small step it becomes easier to keep up the pace.
- Things we get stuck with or find a drudge but somehow feel we ‘should’ do
- Regrets or resentments we dwell on
- Equipment that doesn’t work properly
- Objects that carry unhappy or negative associations
- Diets that don’t suit and nourish us, low levels of physical fitness
These are just a few examples - anything we perpetuate or tolerate that makes life more difficult and less pleasant can leave our energy haemorrhaging away!
The key is not to find people or things to blame, but to raise your awareness. By recognising your energy drains you gain the freedom to deal with them and stop squandering one of your most valuable resources.
Be suspicious when you catch yourself saying “I should. …..” - ask yourself “Who says?” You might be surprised at the answer!
Regrets and resentments belong in the past, which you can’t change. You could invest the energy it takes to hold gripes about your past into shaping your brilliant future instead.
Faulty equipment is a form of self neglect! Get anything that isn’t working properly fixed or replaced. If money is tight at least make a start on the most irksome and inconvenient.
Sometimes we keep objects - furniture, ornaments, equipment, even clothes, that have negative associations or memories. These things may be so familiar we don’t consciously recognise the effect they have on us, but just having them in our personal environment can reduce our energy, Spring clean your personal environment with an energy audit - clear up your personal space so it only contains what is useful and / or uplifting!
Exercise and diet have a direct effect on your physical energy levels. Experiment to find the food and supplements you thrive on. Find a form of exercise you enjoy, that fits with your lifestyle, that respects and builds on your current fitness level. There is plenty of advice out there, so don’t just follow the latest fad, it’s worth finding what really suits and supports you.
Other things can lighten and brighten our day and our mood. - music, exercise, laughter, things that trigger happy memories, connecting with nature. Some people replenish their energies best by relaxing, some by being physically active - what works for you? Why not create your own personal list of instant energizers, your own energy boosting tool kit to draw on if you do hit a low patch. Include some things you can fit into a few minutes break, such as a stretch routine or a mini meditation. Remember to keep a bottle of Alcemi Energize to hand as well.
Energy naturally fluctuates, but the best way to sustain high energy levels is to invest the majority of your time doing whatever fires you up - because you care, because it’s meaningful and rewarding. There is always a small step, and often a big leap you could be taking towards your dreams - get energized, take the initiative and go for it!
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This article on building your energy levels is one of a series on success secrets – brought to you by Alcemi Essences – a range of pure organic flower essences, created to help you sustain a sense of wellbeing and enjoy success – however YOU define it.
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