At least for the biggest part… are 

choices creating your life.

Have power over your life by the choices you make.

Often we make choices out of the influence social conformity?

Are you aware of wich information you use to make decisions?

Are you making contemplated choices?

How will it turn out for you?

Had the method on how you made your choices been successful for your?

Is the outcome of your choices going to be good for you?

Do you make choices that are good for your health?

Are your choices and the action up on them aligned with what you want to accomplish?

Do you feel free to make your dreams come true?

Do you experience the freedom to do what is important to you?

Do you make choices out of the influence of social conformity?

Or do you make choices based on what you want or need?

How do you create your freedom?

Are you using your freedom to work towards your goals?

A quote from Albert Einstein in 'Out of my later years':

“Everything that is truly great and inspiring has been created by an individual who could work in freedom.”

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Go for it

What do you love to do?

Do your daily habits help you to achieve what you want?

Are your habits useful to you?

Do you know where you are working towards?

Is it clear to yourself what is important for you?

Are your habits aligned with what you want to achieve?

What do you need to achieve what you want?

Would you like to develop a new useful habit for yourself?

Let me know what is keeping you from your goals.

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You have more control over your health than you think.

Lead a healthier life and more fulfilled life by using your skills.

Use your skills to create the life you want.

When you start with you might find out that some things are easier than you expected. 

Which skills can you use well to achieve what you want?

What skills would you like to develop?

If there is a skill or a goal that you like to achieve and you don’t know how to do it, but you wish that you could. Seek information and take small consistent steps toward that goal.   

Active consistent practice of your new skills can help you to improve your health and achieve what you want.

What can you do for your health?

What can you do to achieve the things that you want?

This moment and the next will determine whether you make your goals come true.

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Are you aware of how you are being influenced and by who or what?

Do you let influences shape your life?

Influences are pervasive.

Are there influences that are shaping your life?

Influences from outside, can form how you perceive yourself, other people and situations.

Are you aware of the influence of persuasion?

Advertising is good example of persuasion.

Thoughts, feelings and behavior can change as a result of the influence and persuasion? 

What is your frame of reference?

How do you make your decisions?

Are you making decisions on your own values?

Being aware of influence is important… especially when it comes down to your health.

Is it good for you?

Time is one of the most precious things we have.

Because it is passing by we have to give it our best.

It is important to think about what we really want in life.

How do you reach what you really want?

To reach the things that you desire, you need to take action.

You need to take action in your own way!

What do you really want?

What do you need to do to reach what you want?

What steps are you going to take?

What is your first step?

Sharing your dream and how you plan to achieve it can be the first step towards your goal.

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Do you feel safe?

Recognize that you are safe or unsafe.

In recent years, people often tell me that they feel unsafe.

They worry about their safety.

They feel like they have no control.

Feeling like you have no control is a trigger for stress.

Feeling unsafe all the time causes too much stress.

Constant negative stress can be detrimental to your psychological and physiological health.

Recognizing whether you are safe or unsafe gives you control.

Being aware, alert and prepared gives you control.

Taking control of your situation, your feelings and your well-being can help reduce stress.

Being aware of and recognizing the unsafe situations, gives you control.

Prepare for situations by, for example; making sure you have an emergency kit. 

Paying attention and being alert on the street gives you control.

Recognize and be aware that you are safe, when you are safe will give you peace of mind.

What can you do to gain more control and peace of mind?

What is your strength?

What are you good at?

What are your good qualities?

Which skills can you use well to achieve what you want?

What skills would you like to develop?

What gives you strength?

How do you renew your strength?

What if you push your limits and gain new strength?

Do you want to build up your strength?

What is your strength?

Add a comment and share your strengths!

Take action to improve your health.

By taking action you can change and improve a situation.

Set a goal!

Why do you want it?

Is it what you really want?

What do you need to achieve your goal?

Can you visualize it?

Make an action plan.

Different steps, which can be adjusted later to optimize.

What habit can you set to get closer to your goal.

Take the action steps.

You will soon see results.

Keep track of your actions and results.

Above all, keep track of your successes.

Add and share in the comments what your experience is.
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Is social media influencing your health?

What is the influence of social media on your thoughts, feelings and behavior.

Is the content of social media damaging your psychological health? 

Do you feel like it's affecting your life?

Is the massive amount of content good for your well-being?

Many people read, watch or hear things on social and news media, almost non-stop. Day and night.
Constant negative stress can be detrimental to your physiological health and ultimately to your physical health.

It becomes a part of your frame of reference and therefore how you perceive and interact.

Are you selective in what you watch and read? 

Do you protect yourself from harmful content?

Social connection is a primary basic need, however it is important to protect your mental and physical health.

Are you aware of the difference between the influence of social media and real life?

One of the most powerful ways to achieve what is important to you is by reminding yourself 'why you want it and why it is important to you.'

The powerful motivation to achieve your goals comes from your passion for what you love to do. It is therefore important that it is your own goal, your passion!

Why do you want to achieve it?

What drives you? 

What are the steps you are going to take?

This moment and the next will determine whether you make your goals come true.

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Your thoughts on your powerful drive.

How do you manage your time?

Your time is valuable!

Are you aware how precious your time really is?

You can manage your time without being stressed.

Is there a healthy balans in your live?

Do you know what is really important to you?

The tasks that really have to be done and the tasks that can wait.

If you think about it then... there will be things that you don’t to really need to do.

Making a list of priorities, long term and short term is a good option!

Are the amount of task and the time that you can spend to do them realistic?

How do you manage your time?

Please share and add a comment.

Do you ever try new things? 

Things that feel like a new adventure.

Doing new things and broadening your horizons creates excitement and fresh energy.

You discover new things and possibilities.

General health is most important.

It is important to take care of your physical and mental health.

We all know that exercise and healthy food and drinks have a positive effect on our health.

The most important thing is to choose what suits your personal health and preferences.

We are all unique and therefore what is good for us and what benefits our health can be very personal.

It is important to choose exercise, food and drinks that are good for your specific health and that match your preferences.

Choose a way of life that you feel good about and that benefits your physical and mental health.

This way it is possible to work on your goals and dreams.

Keeping track of your results, is a tool to help you build confidence and achieve more successful results.

Keep track of your strategies and results.

By keeping track of your successful strategies and results:

You are priming them to build your confidence.

You will have quick access to them for future use to ensure you achieve even better results.

Please do, share your experiences or questions!

Do you think in possibilities?

Do you keep in mind that it is possible that you will get what you want?

When you align your choices and actions!

Are you looking at what you can do to make your dreams come true?

Do you experience an obstacle as something you cannot overcome?

Or, do you see an obstacle as a new opportunity to explore other options? 

How have you overcome obstacles like that before? 

It is possible!

Often, deep down we know what steps we need to take to accomplish what we want.

How do you really feel about your own health?

Are taking care of your overall health? 

Do you have the feeling that you are in control of your own well being?

Are you making choices that are aligned with a healthy lifestyle,

that is fulfilling for you?

How do you see your role in taking care of your health,

when it come down to making healthy choices?

You know what is good for you and deep down you know what to do,

to live a healthier and happier life.

What is your goal?

Do want to take care of your health?

Are there dreams that you like to fulfill?

What do you need to do reach your goal? 

What is important to you in order to reach your goal?

What's your plan?

What are the specific steps you will take?

Can you describe the steps in as much detail as possible?

What do you need to prepare?

Can you imagine the actions that you will take?

What is your first step?

To give you accountability to make sure,

that you are really taking that first step towards your dream.

Share your goal and the first step in the comments below.

What if?

What if you just take a step?

What if you make your dreams come true?

What is stopping you?

What is keeping you from fulfilling your dreams?

It can cause stress if you are not doing the things that you love.

Stress can block creative activities.

There are many possibilities for you!

Do you know that you can do many things.

What are good at?

What is giving you energy?

What is making you happy?

What do you need to do what you love?

What are the steps you are going to take?

Please add your thoughts or ask a question.

It could be your first step towards your dream life.

How do you save your energy?

Paying less attention to things that bother you helps to save your energy. 

Focus on what matters for you!

Centre your attention on what is important to you.

Focus on what brings you closer to your goals.

When you make a plan ask yourself:

Is this working for me?

How is this going to turn out for me?

Is it good for me?

Help your neurons:

Give it your best!

Most of all enjoy!

What keeps your energy level up? 

What goals give you energy?

Please share and add a comment!

What would your life look like if you made your dreams come true?

Do you want to make improvements in your life?

What would you like to improve? 

Do you really want it?

Here is how you start:

You start by doing it right now.

An Olympic medal winner once took the first step.

What is your first step?

To give you accountability to make sure,

that you are really taking that first step towards your dream.

Share your first step in the comments below.

How do you assess your performance?

Where have you surpassed yourself?

What is your personal record?

Do you appreciate your own achievements?

Do you notice that your sense of self-confidence has grown?

You can build on that for your next plans and experiences.

Are you ready to bring your performance to the next level?

Your moment!

Is this moment how you want it to be?

How do you make the most of the moment?

This moment determines the next moment through your thoughts, emotions and actions. 

Are you aware of your own influence on this moment, the next and ultimately your future?

Do you consider carefully what your next moment will be like?

This is your moment!

You have a big influence on how you day and eventually your life turns out. 

This moment and the next will determine whether you make your dreams come true.

Sharing your ideas on this, or asking a question could be your first step towards your goal.

Do you have an example of how you make the best of the moment and how it brings you closer to your dreams please add a comment below.

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How do you relax?

Do you take time to relax?

Is there a balance between rest and effort?

A balance between effort and relaxation is good for your health.

Relaxing helps to prevent burnout.

What helps you to fully recharge?

What do you enjoy?

How do you come to yourself?

When you are relaxed and recharged,   

how do you maintain that relaxed feeling?

Do you have an example of how you hold that relaxing feeling?

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What is your perspective?

What is your perspective on your own life?

How do you see yourself?

If you wish that things were better in your life… 

then it would be good to look at how you see yourself.

How do your see your role in your relationships and in society?

How do you judge about your own functioning?

Is it someone’s else’s perspective or is it truly yours?

Are you happy with it … ? 

Your perspective is also influences how you feel.

Is it serving you for your own good?

Can you think about your beliefs as if you seen them from the window of a plane from above?

Appreciating the good things in our lives contributes to our happiness.

We will feel more abandoned.

Being present in the moment and being aware that someone is making a kind gesture and showing your appreciation gives a feeling of happiness.

A small gesture can make a big difference.

Kind gestures add value to life and have a positive ripple effect.

The positive effect of small gestures and appreciation goes far beyond what we can see.

The positive effect lasts all day long and will also have a positive effect on other people.

Appreciating a gesture is valuable for the person making the gesture and for yourself.

There is an article about the Positive Psychology of giving thanks from:

Harvard Health Publishing

Harvard Medical School  

Do you have an example of how appreciation has a positive impact or do you want to share an experience, please leave a comment below.

Our mindset is forming our lives

therefore changing our mindset

means that we can change our lives.

You have the power over your mindset

The mindset is the way we think

You have the power over your way of thinking

Therefore  you have the power over how you think

Are you aware of your thoughts? 

Are they positive or negative?

You can change negative beliefs.

Negative beliefs are a mindset, a way of thinking.

These negative beliefs can block us from what we really want and what is important to us.

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Add and share your thoughts on this.

Do you make yourself strong and powerful for what is important to you?

Make yourself strong for what you want to achieve.

Plan the steps you want to take, adjust when needed and keep going. 

Train yourself in the field of your interest. Training helps you to master and it gives you the strength to keep going. 

Take good care of yourself along the road. Focus on what is important for you. 

Make sure you save your energy for the final sprint toward achieving your goal.

Sifan Hassan born in Ethiopia, came to the Netherlands as a refugee when she was a teenager and after working on her dream and not giving up. Every time regaining her strength, she accomplished at that moment what most people thought was not possible.

After winning Gold in the heavy challenging Olympic Marathon in Paris. Sifan said, she was very tired before she started the marathon due to the previous challenges and she had slept very little the night before the Marathon. 

Her training and inner strength gave her the power to persevere and even manage to save energy for the legendary final sprint towards fulfilling her lifelong dream. 

Watch the video if you like on the official Olympics YouTube channel.

YouTube

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Perfection...? 

Doesn't it feel better to focus on your progress?

Achieving your goals is all about continuing to work towards your goals step by step to achieve them.

There are things that can distract you from what you want to do.

An example of this is perfectionism:

It can lead to someone ultimately not working towards their goals.

Feeling like everything has to be perfect can have several causes.

Are you a perfectionist and is it not working for you?

Do you know what the underlying causes are?

Please add a comment below.

What does success mean to you?

Success has a different meaning for each person.

For some, success means winning a medal at the Olympic Games. 

For others, it means practicing a sport at a sports club with a physical disability.

There are many possibilities.

The challenge is to find what suits you and what you enjoy doing.

Success is a broad concept.

What do you want to be successful at?

How are you going to achieve 'your' success?

What are your goals?