Year: 2020

The 2nd foundation for becoming more Intentional is to learn how to make change happen FOR you rather than TO you.  Change is a predictable process. It happens whether you are in control of it or not. When you learn the steps of change, you can Intentionally take the steps to ensure that predictable process creates predictable results for you.  The first step in the process or formula is Awareness. Being aware of a change needing to be made is only the beginning of this step. Awareness of all the influencing factors that created the present situation and why it…

The Intentional Success System(™) starts with four foundations.  Without a firm and solid foundation, a house will fail and fall. So with an Intentional Life.  The first and main foundation for an Intentional Life is to battle with and win against our fiercest enemy--our Reactions.  We are hard-wired, thanks to our fight or flight instinct, to react to situations in our life. By definition, a reaction is an out-of-control action we take based on something that happens to us.  It is impossible to be in-control and deliberate in our actions, in other words, Intentional, when we are reacting. This is…

To be fully Intentional in your life, it takes Systems Thinking, and a systems approach in all areas of life.  The universal principle of cause and effect says, simply, that everything affects everything. Take an action in one area of your life and it has an effect, intentionally or unintentionally, on some or all other areas.  As you become more Intentional, you will take the time to consider the consequences of the actions you take before you take them so the outcomes are as close as they can be to the ones you wanted.

This is the beginning of a series of posts to help create for you a deeper understanding of the concept of Being Intentional.  When asked, most people say being Intentional is doing things on purpose, with a plan, deliberately. They are correct. And yet, Being Intentional is so so much more.  Let’s start by looking at two graphics that show the depth of Intentionality. Then, in this series, we will take these systems apart, shine a magnifying glass into each one and help you learn the ins and outs of an Intentional Life in an in-depth and hopefully enlightening way.…