Part 2 - The Garden of Your Mind

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Sowing good seeds to produce a healthy garden in your mind and heart must be considered from multiple perspectives. The changes in your routine and habits will always affect your inner thought life for better or for worse. 

Now that you have your vision written, look at just a few influences (or seeds) to analyze and see if what you are doing is in alignment with your vision or the “garden” you wish to produce. In other words, the influences in your daily life can be but are not necessarily all bad things.  You must be willing to ask yourself frequently about what habits may be “good seeds or bad seeds.” However, it will also be important to assess which ones are pushing you towards your destiny and which are just time stealers or inhibitors of healthy growth in the garden of your heart and mind. 

·        Entertainment – movies, media, video games, television

·        Reading Materials – magazines, newspapers, books, articles, social media

·        People – friends, family, class-mates, co-workers, etc. (albeit, you cannot always control some of these influences, you can limit the time you spend with them or work on being an influencer instead of being influenced)

·        Music – paying close attention to the messages they are sending

·        Social Media – limiting time spent unless it aligns with your vision and monitoring what you allow yourself to be exposed to

·        Education or Insights – YouTube, audiobooks, courses, training or seminars. Are they pushing you toward your destiny?

Excerpts and insights* from Chapter 4 of "Your Journey to Greatness Through Routine: A Guide to Creating a Success Routine"
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• 7 Actual Case Studies
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• Assessment Questions at the End of Each Chapter

*Certain portions have been added to actual book excerpts by the author.
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Michelle L Steffes is a Certified Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Executive Coach and Author of two books: "Reframe & Rewire" (also available on Audible) and "The Machine Inside Me." Discover more and contact her through her website, IPV Consulting.