I’m still standing

“One thing is for sure. Nothing in life is easy or certain. You'll be fighting until the end. And when you've overcome all chaos has to offer, those who had it easy will struggle. By fighting through it, you are giving yourself a skill some just do not have. When the world, and the realm, erupt into chaos, you'll be the one standing with a sword still in your hand. Be proud of yourself. You're more of a warrior than you know.” - Lori Goodwin

When life smashes you in the face, as it will from time to time, say, I’m still standing.

These three words create an impenetrable shield of armor for you and your psychological house.

Your psychological house is comprised of five primary areas being the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical and financial.

These three words above provides us with the shield against the infamous X factor in your life that will do anything to derail, undermine, influence and ultimately convince that you should pack up your suitcase and quit.

However, if you are quite aware, you will instantly notice its piranha behavior when your life begins to go sideways.

Understand that the veil of “how” behind the X factor is relentless and will never cease pestering you with doubts. It will never leave you alone. As soon as it knows that it has deposited even the smallest seed of doubt, it will continue to push forward.

It is beyond unabated promptings.

So here is the question.

Why is it that two individuals can be exposed to the same information and ultimately experience such different results?

One would enjoy massive results while the other would be wondering why they were not achieving the same amazing results.

One could also argue that the application of the information was very different. Also, intelligence might be a determining factor. Possibly, even awareness could enter the equation.

However, the reality is that some people change and others remain the same.

This is very frustrating for most people as they really have good intentions of taking their life and business to the next level.

So, what do they do?

They take more courses.

They hop from seminar to seminar hoping that results will show up however nothing ever really changes.

A person's X factor just loves creating this phenomenon.

It loves to manipulate, dictate, control and derail anyone's quest for success.

The truth is that one of these individuals embraced the information as it resonated with their inner core.

They actually internalized it with feeling and emotion and as a result, a burning desire arose within.

They felt alive and vibrant.

The explosive emotion in their mind, body and spirit created a volcano of powerful ideas.

The blood flowing through their body was electrified with passion and purpose.

Yes.

They woke up and experienced an explosive psychological impact.

The status quo in their life just died and they flipped the switch in their brain from default to design.

However, that psychological corpse is always lurking and scheming devious methods of getting back into one's head.

The psychological cemetery is full of dead hopes, vanished dreams and lost goals.

Our only defense is to continually feed our awareness with holistic knowledge that kills any chance of resurrecting that corpse.

It’s all about crushing the illusion that present circumstances control our lives, happiness, success, prosperity and peace of mind.

The X factor in our lives is that little monkey on our shoulders continually creating this illusion 24/7 and 86,400 seconds of each day, especially when life smashes us in the face.

My purpose is to empower, train, lead and mentor as many people as I can in this lifetime in order for them to discover what they love, love what they do, develop what they love, nurture what they love, master what they love and in turn share their discovery with as many people as they can.

This wasn't always the case for me. I finally discovered my purpose after I was able to slay my X factor and really begin to win for life.

Identifying your X factor is the first step towards being able to manage and ultimately defeat it.

Your own personal X factor is anything that immobilizes, derails or prevents you from growing intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, physically or financially.

Essentially, it is clearly knowing what you want but that little voice inside kills your dreams, goals and many awesome possible life experiences that are dormant in your psychological vault.

What a travesty.

Life is to be lived according to your terms and nothing outside of you should stop you.

Nothing!

You can do whatever you want in life as long as you do not violate the rights of any other human being.

Period!

Well, how do you identify your X factor so you can begin to slay it and win for life?

You need a very sharp, fine tuned sword and your sword is awareness.

Awareness is not necessarily genetic, as some might believe.

Awareness can be developed like any other skill but it requires persistence and discipline in order to manifest it into your life.

Awareness is the only antidote for fear, panic, anxiety, doubt, in security and all the maladies that one can ever encounter.

“You can only be aware if you’re strong and have your wits about you.” - SAC

How do you create awareness?

You begin to listen instead of hearing.

Hearing is not listening.

Listening implies that you are an active participant in the interaction of ideas. When you are an active participant, you don't jump in and interrupt. You listen and then process the dialogue in o order to contribute to it effectively. You listen to that inner voice that has been calling you for many, many years.

It has tried on numerous occasions to bend your ear but you were never quite ready.

It was saying, I’m still standing.

Are you ready now?

Just say, I’m still standing.

Carpe momentum.

Franco Cianflone

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