Now, people can fake confidence,
a lot of the time they believe it to
be arrogance. But really, I think ar-
rogance is rude. Confidence is ac-
ceptance. Acceptance of who you
are, where you’re at, and know-
ing where you will go. It isn’t that
you’re better than anybody, but
that you will be better than you
were yesterday.
Everybody is on their own path
and their own journey that you
really don’t know about and may
not understand. And that is OKAY!
You don’t have to understand it,
you don’t have to change it. The
most important thing, when deal-
ing with people, is to leave them in
a better state than when you found
them. Give them a smile, a wave.
Say hello or have a nice day.
Okay, Leslie, what does this have
to do with my goals!? EVERY-
THING! Being negative, living un-
der a cloud, talking about people
or putting people down, will not
build you up! Having people re-
member you as a nice, friendly,
kind person (even if you are shy
and just smiled at someone, you
don’t need to strike up a half hour
conversation) they will still know
you are a genuinely good person.
THAT is what you can control.
When you find yourself gossip-
ing, find yourself comparing your-
self to others, find yourself putting
people down STOP IT! Focus on
yourself and accept others for who
they are and where they’re at. Be
the kind of person that you want in
your life. That is what will attract
people to you. That is what will
make you a happy memory in their
lives and will make you someone
that they want to be around.
Focusing on your Goal is not what
will make it your reality. Focus-
ing on yourself, every single day,
as selfish as it sounds, focus on
your daily routine to improve your
health, how you feel, being proud
of you, focus on how you interact
with people, the vibe you put out
to the world, the message you give
yourself and others, THAT is what
will get you there.
If you were to close your eyes.
Okay do it. Wait, read this para-
graph and then do it.
Close your eyes and picture you
achieving your goal. Whatever it is.
Speaking in front of a crowd, filling
up your online program, traveling
the world teaching teens about the
possibilities in life, a fancy schman-
cy website that everybody goes to
for the latest and greatest tips and
tricks! Whatever it is and however
shallow it may be… picture you…
YOU… achieving your goal. Your
hair, your outfit, the twinkle in your
eye. How do you move? How do
you walk? What sort of things do
you say? Are you happy? Are you
in great shape? What do you look
like as this person who achieved
their goal? How many people are
looking up to YOU, just for being
authentically you?
Now, what are you going to do to-
day to get there?
Leslie Klatt is the founder of Lavish Life brand - coaching people in life and
business to balance what they have to do with what they want to do to create
a rich and fulfilled life. She works one on one with clients who are just starting
businesses to get them started on the right foot, all the way up to multiple 6
figure income earners who are ready to get organized, set priorities, goals and
take their business to the next level. She has a published yearly planner "Lavish
Life Planner", multiple workbooks, that walks you through priority setting, de-
fining success, mapping out goals and scheduling a balanced life. She is a wife,
a mom of 2, an equestrian, a farmer, a lover of all things Martha Stewart and a
balanced lifestyle coach.
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