Annette's Favorite Phrase ...

Annette’s Favorite Phrase, “Because I Can” I just thought the picture was cute!

You know, things are certainly not what they seem you know? We all have struggles, we’ve built patterns of thinking that have become so imbedded, we operate as if those thoughts aren’t even there, kind of like on auto-pilot, flying around in the subconscious, and that’s when things become mediocre. What does mediocre look like? Here:

• “This is my life, there’s nothing more.”

• “Ho-hum, I’ll beat the grind day-in and day-out.”

• “Tryin, scrapin, hopin’ to make a buck.”

• “LIFE IS HARD because that’s what I’ve been taught, that’s what I’ve witnessed, so it must be.”

This is how many people think- – and I know this simply because this is what I’m told by them. And I can relate because I subconsciously do the same. Here’s what I used to think…

“I am not worth it.”

Oh, you don’t believe me? Hahahahaha! I know. I realize what the perception of me is, “Annette the forever drill sergeant, the tell-it-like-it-is, there’s nothing she can’t do miss she eats perfectly (crock-of-$hit by the way), operates on all cylinders 24 hours a day, relentless on everybody and getting the best out of them, while standing tall, proud, and so sure of herself.”

I put on a pretty good show-eh? The reality is, we all have the same thoughts, but knowing how to see, hear and change them is what defines us. Here’s the key to seeing and hearing: repeat and re-do. You’d be amazed at what you’re saying but aren’t aware.

Personal example of myself:

Beginning 22 years ago I would unknowingly say this in my head-

• I don’t believe I can “make it” in the college universities

• I can’t even pass an SAT test. By the way….what the hell is an SAT?

• Sounds like something too “big” for me to be able to pass

• Ahh, forget it; I’m working at 15, screw all these academics!

And then….

• OMG I feel so left behind

• I feel so umm, stupid

• I’m not smart

• What will other people think when they find out I don’t even have an associates degree….and I’m 32 years old?!?!

• Ahhh, forget it; I’m working, and pretty good at it!

But all these things equaled one thing: “I am not worth it to even try.”

And now….

• (Breath of relief) I have one more semester at the junior college and I’ll have my associates of science degree- -YAY! I’m 41 yrs old now, it only took 20 years to get it!

• I don’t feed into the “looking down their nose in disdain” reaction to when I share with people my “extensive“ and glorious academic record, nor do I feel like an a$$ when they immediately ask me, “Oh what 4-year are you going to? What are you going to be when you get your bachelor’s degree? Don’t you want to get your degree just to have it?” I smile and simply say, “I’m going to do what I’m doing now, be free from punching anybody’s time clock, I like my freedom to work when I want to, and if I ever get a calling to go get a bachelors degree, I will.”

• I am worth it to finish what I started so long ago.

• I don’t have to measure up to anybody but me.

• I can look in the mirror and be proud of myself

What changed all this? I’d sit in the quiet like when driving, before I fell asleep, even while in the middle of teaching a heavy interval during a class—I finally listened to my thoughts you know? I heard them, repeated them out loud just to make it “real,” and then I “un-did” the negative pattern with new words. And this resulted in the birth of my favorite phrase, “Because I can!”

I’m inviting you to join us here ….because you can.

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I’m inviting you to gather information here with the “Belly Fat Loss-How RESET Works!” free report….because you can.

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Q. Why get a walk on your treadmill when it’s been covered in dust and clothing and you just don’t wanna?

A. Because you can

Q. Why finish something you started and abandoned, so long ago?

A. Because you can

Q. Why join us on the next RESET Challenge that will shrink the belly fat in 5 days?

A. BECAUSE YOU CAN

Serving you….because I can,

Annette

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