We celebrate our freedom with parades, rodeos, parties, barbecues, carnivals and even fireworks. We have a special Holiday for this. Our Freedom is a powerful, extraordinary thing that I feel we often take for granted and do not realize the real cost of. I also know that we live in the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave,
but are you taking Full Advantage of the Freedoms that are truly Yours?
What I have found in my own life, as well as in the lives of hundreds of clients is that we have become complacent in focusing on what Freedoms we have and how we are doing our lives! When we become complacent and lose our focus, we do not make good decisions or choices in how we spend our time and what we put a priority on and this affects our personal freedom. I challenge you to “Claim Personal Freedom in the Land of the Free!”
What does Freedom mean to you? When you stop and really contemplate the many freedoms that we enjoy
every day it is astonishing! Yet, do you find yourself feeling bound or even restricted by things? We can easily feel restricted by money or lack of money, or perhaps even time or lack of enough time to accomplish everything we have planned to do.
Isn’t it time to Break Those Chains that are Binding us and keeping us from feeling true freedom?
I feel that Personal Freedom must begin with a few areas that I regularly discuss and teach about. Here are some of them:
- Your Thoughts/Things You Think
- Your Emotions/Feelings/Attitude/Way You Feel
- Your Choices/Making Decisions/Accountability
- Speaking Your Truth/Owning Your Voice
- Ability to Take Committed Action
When we OWN our Freedom, we have tremendous success. We are capable of doing so much more. This must begin with having the Clarity and Focus of what Freedom means to you and how you want to own it in your life. We must take ownership of our Freedom, because if we don’t, other things will take ownership of us and we then feel Bound and Chained to things and we start to second guess ourselves and doubt that we have our own answers or that we know what to do next.
“Freedom is the opportunity to Be More than you were before. To Have more and to Become More. It is the Absence of Fear and it comes from Within!” –Kris Barney
Our choices are so important. Besides our thoughts, emotions, actions and choices, there is a huge effect going on in our world of our addictions. When I say that, you are probably thinking of the traditional ones that we go to like:
- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Pornography
Although those are the first ones we think about and are horrific when they take over our lives, today I want you to think about some less obvious addictions that also take over our freedom and have a profound effect on our lives. Here is another list for you to consider:
- Social Media; Facebook/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/etc
- Sleeping too much or checking out of life
- Food/Soda/Candy/Coffee/Energy drinks/etc.
- Cell Phones/Technology
- Gaming
- T.V.
- Audio Books
- Anything that is consuming your time to extensive amounts or making you feel you have to do it.
For some of you this might sound crazy, but if you are spending excessive amounts of time in these areas or doing these things, it is something you need to look at to “Claim Personal Freedom in the land of the Free.”
My question for you is this: What are you giving up or missing out on because this is taking up so much of your time? How is it affecting you and your success? When you can answer that and it is a positive answer that is empowering you to be better and have more, than you do not have a problem. If not, then you have an area to work on.
True Joy is Freedom. Freedom can create Joy. But remember, Freedom is ALWAYS a choice! Are you ready to choose Freedom?
Confidence and Worry do not co-exist. You must choose the one that best serves you. One is owning your Freedom, the other is owning your bondage. You are at choice! What will you choose?
Join Bill and I in our Episode today of: “Claim Personal Freedom in the land of the Free.” Let’s see if you could dial in your own Freedom and take it to a higher level. Let’s take your Personal Freedom over the TOP today!!