What does your ideal mastermind team look like? Affirmation #138 from the 210 Day Affirmation Challenge created by Lifestyle Freedom Club that we are looking at today reveals some great characteristics of your ideal Mastermind Team.

Add these characteristics of your your Positive Mastermind Team to those that considered in the previous article Is Your Mastermind Team Empowering You and you have an excellent description of the right team for you.

Let’s quickly review the characteristics of a Positive Mastermind Team:

• Their words are always positive and encouraging (even when they may offer differences of opinions. There is always a right way to bring correction.)
• They believe in you
• They believe in what you are doing and are enthusiastic about it.
• They expect you to succeed.
• They help you to decide on what may work best for you and your business (or project).

Now let’s add the attributes found in affirmation #138

Honor:
This is a Master Key in any positive relationship. One of the greatest examples of this attribute I have seen on the internet is that of Bob Burg. (Follow him on twitter at Bob Burg on twitter) and I am sure that you will quickly see what I mean. He treats everyone with the greatest of respect and honor.

Honor is a grace that disguises the men and women who’s first life focus is to make a difference in the lives of others from those who’s focus is to enhance their own lives first.

Honor is communicated by how you treat another person with your words AND your attitude. Because it is an attitude of the heart, no words no matter how articulate will convince another person that you honor them (when in your heart you don’t).

When you are honored by another person or group you will quickly detect this by the way you are treated and spoken to.

Integrity:
Integrity is another master key in any positive relationship.

You most definitely want to surround yourself with people of great integrity. How can you best you that? By making sure that your heart is full of integrity.

Love you and your dream:
You definitely want to surround yourself with people who believe in you and in your dream.

It is also important to surround yourself with people who LOVE you and your dream.

Is there a difference? YES!
You need both. Those that love you and your dream WILL believe in your also. However there will be those who believe in you, but really don’t have a strong interest in your dream.

They can still “cheer you on”, but you also need people of like mind who have a genuine interest and love for your dream. These folk will be able to better contribute to your plans with ideas and solutions that will help you move to new heights.

Resource:
Every affirmation in this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge is authored by John Di Lemme, founder of the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club

Do check out Bob Burg’s books:
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What is the number one reason that one tree may stand tall in a storm or rebound after a storm while another will fall completely?

The root structure. A tree with a deep root structure can weather any storm while a tree with little or no roots will soon be pulled out of the ground by the wind.

The same will happen in yours and my life. When you take the time to build deep roots into your life you will be able to withstand the attack of the enemy (the storm).

Today we are at Day 95 of following the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge that I am involved in and blogging about. Affirmation #95 is all about building your roots.

How to build your champion root structure. Deep roots are not built overnight. It takes:

Time.
The author of this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge (and of all of the affirmations), John Di Lemme, teaches that reaching your desired success is a 2-5 year process. I believe this completely.

When I arrived on the mission field (back in 1976 , one of the first things I was told was that during your first 5 years as a missionary you are more a liability than an asset. After taking this time to develop yourself in the language, culture and your vision you become an asset. It is also interesting to note that those who survived beyond the five years became the leaders.

Consistent daily action
Let’s take the example I mentioned above of a missionary. To become fully fluent in the language and culture it takes more than just time. It takes DAILY learning, disciplined study and consistent practise.

Determination and Focus
This daily discipline can sometimes become difficult especially when you don’t see immediate results. The results of your daily actions are the same as the results of nurturing a seed. You don’t see a plant growing from the seed, or even shoots coming up in the first day or so.

You need to be determined and focused to continue to nurture that seed until you see the evidence of its growth. And you don’t stop there right? Yes, it is exciting to see some shoots coming up, but you continue to nurture it until it grows into a healthy mature plant or tree.

Expectation and Faith
What motivates you to continue to nurture that seed every day? You EXPECT to see the results of a healthy plant right?

What motivates you to nurture your dream DAILY with personal development, learning the necessary skills and practising them? You EXPECT to achieve your dream. You have FAITH that you will reach your goals.

Yes there is an enemy out there who’s mission is to destroy your hopes and steal your dream. You can only withstand his attacks as you build your roots with your daily champion plan of learning and training.

Resource:
Get involved with this 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge TODAY:Go to the Lifestyle Freedom Club Blog, then click on the menu at the top that says: “Affirmation Challenge”.

You are designed to conquer! This means you were created to function by faith in this world. To be able to do this effectively you need to build faith into your life which in turn will displace and demolish fear.

If you have been reading this series of articles, you will know that my strategy for conquering anything is by displacement. I am fully convinced that this is the absolute best way to conquer any obstacle in your life.

You don’t want to focus on the obstacle or the problem (which is negative).
You want to stay focused on the solution (the positive).

Fear is the biggest, obstacle and enemy that is out to stop you from achieving your dream and your life purpose.

• Fear paralyzes.
• Fear distorts your focus on your dream.
• Fear intimidates and makes you feel inadequate.

  Faith does the absolute opposite. This is because fear is actually counterfeit faith.
  Fear is faith in evil and in negative possibilities.

  • Faith liberates you.
  • Faith clarifies your focus on your dream.
  • Faith empowers you and gives you a great sense of security..

    Today we are looking at Day 93 of the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge that I am involved in and blogging about.

    Today’s affirmation is very short, but very powerful. We are simply declaring:

    I am a fear demolisher

    Sounds great right? But how can you be so certain?

    Focus on building your faith and it will grow stronger and stronger.

    Focus on building your faith and it will become like a bulldozer that will demolish fear. The stronger your faith, the stronger the bulldozer and so the easier it will be to demolish fear.

    Remember that faith is the the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 in the Bible).
    
    Today’s Challenge:

    • Build your faith every day by reading, listening to and watching positive inspiring teachings (such as the teachings by John Di Lemme which you can download for FREE in mp3 and mp4 formats right here), and watching inspirational movies (such as Coach Carter, Front of the Class, Facing the Giants)
    • Read good positive, challenging and inspiring books.
    • Speak positive and challenging words to yourself every day (such as the affirmations from the 210 Day Affirmation Challenge)

    Make sure you are building your faith every day and you WILL become a fear demolisher.

    I am a fear demolisher

    Do get involved with this 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge Today:Go to the Lifestyle Freedom Club Blog, then click on the menu at the top that says: “Affirmation Challenge”.

    Your life will never be the same. You owe it to yourself to take this action NOW because:

    

    

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    ** You may dream of taking a camping trip in Europe ** You might dream of going skiing in the Swiss Alps. ** Your dream might be to become a teacher or a public speaker ** You may want to havine a house overlooking a lake or the sea
    Many of your dreams will give more power to your why.]]> Besides discovering your why (or your purpose in life), you will probably find you have many dreams you would like to pursue.

    These will be things you want to experience, to do, to be or to have.

    For example:

    ** You may dream of taking a camping trip in Europe
    ** You might dream of going skiing in the Swiss Alps.
    ** Your dream might be to become a teacher or a public speaker
    ** You may want to havine a house overlooking a lake or the sea

    Many of your dreams will give more power to your why.
    You may have discovered that your purpose in life is to give children with learning challenges some extra opportunities to discover their strengths. You also dream of owning a large ranch somewhere in Texas.

    Is there a conflict between your why and your dream? Of course not. A ranch in Texas would be a great place to invite a group of children with learning challenges to spend a week of their summer. There would be a host of possibilities of being able to provide extra support for children if you owned a large property.

    Your why gives you a powerful reason to pursue your dream.

    Another example might be:
    You know your why is to provide support for families that are care givers to an older generation.

    You may also have a dream of building a million dollar business. Your why would certainly give power to this dream. There are so many things you could do to support families if you had the funding of a million dollar business.

    Your dream to build a million dollar business is much more likely to succeed when your focus is not on earning money, but on why you need money. (In this case your focus would be on providing support for the families of care givers). You could provide them with extra help, retreats and many other practical things that would certainly help make their lives so much easier.

    Can you see how powerful your dream can be when it is driven by your purpose in life (or your why)?

    Now its time for YOU to consider your dreams:

    • Take out a sheet of clean paper, or open a clean page in your journal. Yes NOW is the time to get started with making a difference in your life!
    • Write down your why at the top of the page. (If you have not yet discovered your purpose in life, take a look here to find out how to find your why).
    • Next write down your dreams, leaving 3 or 5 lines empty between each dream.
    • Now go back and look at each dream in the light of your why. Note how each dream could support your why.

    But what if your dreams seem to conflict with your why?

    I have a fascinating true story to share with you about this in the next post

    Please share an experience you have had with your dreams and your why below, and then check out my story here

    

    

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    Could this mean that we actually do things in life without being ACTIVELY involved?

    Absolutely!

    Many people spend their days on this planet involved in so many tasks and projects, but they are rarely ever ACTIVELY involved in what much of what they are doing.

    The Passive Person:

    A passive person is simply a bystander of life. He or she watches life and the world go by while dreaming of better days. The passive person has usually become resigned to their lifestyle which they don’t enjoy but simply put up with.

    They get their “buzz” from dreaming of the day when their circumstances will magically change. Passive people tend to scoff at the idea of having a real purpose and goals for their lives. Consequently they never have any defined idea of what they really want in life.

    Making dreams become a reality is not a part of the mindset of a very passive person. Such folk do not have a mindset for living, because they are not really living. They are simply existing.

    The Active Person:

    What does it mean to be actively involved?

    1. When you are actively involved in something it means your project has your complete attention and you have more than one of your five senses occupied.

       Note: This does not mean you will be obsessed with your project to the exclusion of other important things in life. It simply means that while you are working on your task, you will be fully involved

    2. You will have a clear vision of where you are going because you have set goals and created a work plan for each day. Consequently your attitude will always be full of expectancy.
       
       
    3. Everything you involve yourself in will lead to the fulfillment of your dreams, because that is what you expect to happen. Your goals and daily work plan will help you fulfill your dreams as you follow your plan of action each day.
       
       
    4. Difficulties and obstacles will cross your path of course since these are a part of life. However because you have a purpose and direction, you will soon find a way to turn any difficulty into a new opportunity.

       When your focus is fixed on your purpose it will be easier to see the bigger picture when difficult things happen.

       When your mind is active it is easier to creatively seek solutions to obstacles.

    5. An active person is always interested in learning new things. They are genuinely interested in the world and the people around them. They seek to be actively involved in everything they do. Their minds are most always active.

    As you read through this post, you may have discovered an area of your life that is still a little passive.

    Make it your goal today to activate this area. This will empower you even more to become actively involved in fulfilling your dreams.

    And never forget:

    

    

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