The Power of Strategy-Story-State

If you are looking for a great financial book that make learning how to manage and take control of your financial future then Money Master the Game is the book for you.  In the past I have struggled making it through most financial books on investment but in this book he makes the concepts easy to understand and puts it in a logical order that is easy to follow. Now be prepared it is over 600 pages long so it takes a while to get through but isn't your financial freedom worth that? He designed it so you could read a chapter a day and get through it in 6 weeks.  It has really jump started me into taking control of my financial future.  This book has helped teach me how to better plan in the now so that my money works for me instead of me having to work for my money.  That is right up this frugal girls wheelhouse!

Even though the book is financial based he also goes into great detail about his teachings of the Power of Strategy-Story-State that I would like to share with you today.

The premise is quite simple, if you want to change your life you have to change your strategy. You have to change your story and you have to change your state.

Strategy is having a plan for action.  The best way to develop your strategy is to find the best people with long term results and learn from them.  Study what has made them successful and model that behavior.  Learning from those that have been there will save you time and hopefully you can avoid some of the struggles they had to endure by listening to their advice.  Really listen and learn from their experiences.

Everyone has a story.  Is your story empowering you or disempowering you?  It is not conditions but decisions that determine our lives. Our stories control our emotions and our emotions drive all of our behaviors and actions.  Disappointment can drive us, or it can defeat us.  Let your disappointment drive you to find new answers and discipline your disappointment. Most of us know what we need to do, want to do, have the right strategy but we don't take action because we lack the drive or emotions to get us started.   You get to decide, you can use your story or your story can use you. Which story are you telling yourself? You want the story of empowerment. Those are the people who make change happen and get things done.  They grow, learn, and take strategy and attach a new story of "I can and I will."

State refers to your mental and emotional states. These are what color your perceptions and experiences in life.  You can change your state of mind by changing your physiology. I shared with you an example of this in my blog post Power Poses . Tony changes his physiological state each morning by taking a cold shower or a dip into his 57 degree pool to shake up his state of mind and get "primed" for the day.

When you change your state and your story, you will find or create the right strategy to get what your are committed to and focused on.  Put yourself in a strong, determined, and empowered state and this will breed the beliefs and stories that you can, must, and will achieve. Stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or fearful states. Use your body as a tool to snap yourself into a place of sheer will, determination, and commitment. An ice bath might just be the answer!

Are you looking to make a breakthrough in your life? A breakthrough is a moment in time when you finally decide to take action. Everything changes in a moment. It is when you finally make a decision and act upon it.  Maybe it is seeing a family picture and you decide you have to lose weight. When did you have your last breakthrough moment?

To create a breakthrough you need a new state with a new story and a proven strategy.
When you change your story (your belief) you will change your life. He preaches to divorce the story of limitation and marry the story of truth and everything changes. Get rid of your limiting stories and take massive action to find strategies that work.  Massive action is the cure to all fear.  Emotion is created by motion.

What has helped me in my own personal development has been to focus on what I want to become.  I I do not settle for just TO DO goals but also create and set TO BE goals.  The best investment you can make is to invest in yourself. Invest in yourself to become the best version of you, that you can be. Robbins preaches, "Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. " If you want to be great you must learn how to serve many. How can you add value to others lives? Make sure you are learning new skills.  You are the master of your own destiny.  Take the reins and design the life you want.  My three values that drive me are to Teach, Lead and Mentor others.

"Learn from every failure, act on those learnings and success becomes inevitable."