When I was 13, I wanted to be Beyoncé

When I was 13, I wanted to be Beyoncé. I watched her documentaries and got a glimpse of this beautiful, ambitious woman who was so sure of what she wanted. Now after 9 more years with myself I can say finally say that for the first time in my life all I want to be is Everlecia; a beautiful, ambitious woman who knows what she wants. 

It took time to figure out who I was, and after I've spent some time alone with myself I have got the chance to fall in love with the reflection in the mirror. The part that you guys can't even see looking right at me. 

The last 3 years all I can remember was never feeling good enough, pretty enough. But these days I'm comfortable in this skin. I had to learn that the inside is mere reflection of the outside. I had to work on the inside first...  

Now I'm happy to be the bookworm,  "Daddy's lady" who thinks crying is a healthy way of life, who believes in the unrealistic, and who's a hopeless romantic above anything else.  

How to Get Closer to Your Dreams?

We all have dreams but why don't we all attempt to follow our dreams?

I think I have the answer and it is certainty. The reason we hesitate to follow our dreams is that we aren't sure if we'll reach them or not. Because think about if we all were 100% certain that chasing our dreams would get us the life that we desire, no one would delay another second. But it's the doubt and fears which keep us right where we are; far from our dreams. 

I believe you have to create a sense of certainty in your head that your dreams will come true. "Fake it until you make it",  which means seeing your dreams come true way before they happen. And as you develop a sense of certainty that it will happen, you also increase your faith. 

You may know where you want to go but no one knows how they'll exactly get there. So you MUST grow faith and realize that everything will fall into place as you move closer to your dreams.

Today, choose to focus on one step that gets you closer to your dreams. 

And it starts with you focusing on the first step it takes to getting closer to your dreams then when the next step comes along give all of your focus to that step and so forth.

- @Everlecia 

Facing Fears and Burdens

    In Les Brown's Live Your Dream, he suggests the action of taking the time out to reflect on your personal burdens and fears. The same burdens and fears that has kept us from achieving our biggest dreams and  aspirations.
    The unique aspect that I loved about Brown's suggestion that made me eager to actually try the process he suggested was that right next to the fear/burden he said reflect on how you should rid yourself of them.
     I know the important of knowing your fears but thinking of a game plan to help rid yourself of those fears, thats on a whole another level.
    I decided to take it a step farther and write down next to my fear and burdens how I am currently ridding myself of them or wish to. And my own personal list  is what I want to share with you, because even though you and I are two different people, we may have similar fears and my plan to rid mine can help you as well. And if you come up with ways to rid yours and write them below you can help me too.  
    Even though I have just only created my list, it already feels liberating knowing what I have to do to rid my fears. And unconsciously I have already been doing some of the things on my list already without event thinking about it.

                                        Ridding Burdens and Fears

• Fear of failure cure: ACTION cures fear, doing the things I am afraid of doing. 

• Low self-esteem cure: Practicing self-confidence, and focusing on my positive attributions more.

• Guilt cure: Remission of sins instead of forgiveness of sins, remission means they are wiped away completely and forgiveness means that they are merely only covered up.

• Love cure: Focusing on the type of love and support I want, instead of what I don't have. 

• Lack of capital cure: Using every resource I have wisely, and attracting the money that I want in my life. Also creating passive income where I make money even when I don't work.

• Circumstances cure: Being grateful for where I am and seeing and visualizing where I will be. 

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CEO: Writing my first book Part 1 "Book Cover"

I wish we got to see more of the grunt work that it took for our greatest idols to get to the top. I think it would make a lot of us, who are on the path of greatest a little less anxious. The media exploits so many of our idols as overnight successes, it causes many of us to think that we too could be the next overnight success. As if it's easy to move to Hollywood and move up the ladders of success. 

I wish the cameras would start rolling before the notoriety.  So we could see some of the nights of restless working, and breakthrough tears that we hear so of our most successful idols talk about. 

It's why I am choosing to share my journey. Maybe someone will be inspired by my growth, on my journey to becoming a published author. 

Brainstorming for my book cover. I'm such a visional person, I always make cut outs so I can see things together before it actually comes to life. 

CEO Tips: Ensuring Daily Results in Your Life

Daily Debrief Notebook

A Daily Debrief allows for self-reflection. Where you take a look over your day and figure out what you did well and not so well so you can improve tomorrow. This is the key to progression, because you don't get to where you want to be with big spurts all the time because a lot times it's the things you do daily that get you there. Such as this form of self-improving. 
This simple tool has been life changing for me. I feel compelled to share it, it was introduced to me by Harv T. Eker in  his book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. And t's something that is so simple and so easy to do, all it takes us continuous effort to see how much it can improve your life.
What to do on a daily debrief?

Well: one thing you did well

Not well: one thing you didn't do well

Well: explain what you did to create the situation

Not well: explain what you did to create the situation

Goal: make you become accountable for your life and make you aware of the strategies that are working for you and the ones that aren't. So you can become closer to your major goals in life.