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The last of the four foundations from a more Intentional Life is your Comfort Zone (CZ).  For some, a place of security and confidence, for others a place to hide and be complacent.  We should strive for a better and bigger life by always having something outside our CZ pulling us to stretch ourselves to newer heights.  But, be careful. Stretching too far outside at one time can cause us fear and panic which we will react to by going back inside our CZ afraid to venture out again.  The secret to enlarging your CZ properly is small steps every…

The change formula is only the beginning of the change cycle.  Do you want the change to be temporary or permanent? If permanent, this is where the 3rd foundation comes into play.  The Cycle of Mastery (COM). When you look closely at the first step of the COM, you see the first three steps of the Change Formula.  They are the attitude adjustment process. Since Attitude is the ‘foundation’ of everything, it has to start with what kind of attitude you have toward the skill, habit or action you want to create or take.  The end of that attitude adjustment…

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…