Gaining MOXIE means getting yourself to a place where you BELIEVE that you have the ability to control the course of your life.  It's the least you can do for yourself as this is YOUR life!  Its time to stop giving your excuses more power than your dreams!  Start now... with number one.

Reading is powerful, it increases mental stimulation, helps you focus, hones critical thinking, increases vocabulary and memory. It is a powerful form of stress relief, a safe and healthy escape from responsibilities and is the only form of time travel that works.  

Become a reader

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Stop smoking

There is no single action an individual can take to more powerfully affect their overall health, effective use of time and financial security than quitting. It's time, No Excuses. It's your life, time to take it back.

Take control of your financial life

We can't complain about our financial situation if we don't know where money is going and why. Take a day, review insurance policies to lower rates, same with utility companies. Cancel cable and get Netflix and apple TV and start being honest with yourself about spending.

Because you'll make better choices, it's relaxing and forces you to focus, you'll save a TON of money, you'll meet your family again, everyones behavior will improve, their diet will be better and its a very sexy skill.

Learn to cook

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We have no hope of getting our Moxie back if we don't even know why we are doing it!  Create a Mission statement for yourself, read it every day.  With every decision you make, if it doesn't align with your mission then don't do it!  BAM!

1  Create your mission statement

3  Take control of the food

If you are not willing to invest in you, why would anyone else?  Until we are clear in our understanding of our incredible worth, we cannot harness our power.  Be incredibly mindful of what you are providing your body as fuel, because if it's not real food, it's not fuel.

We often use "too busy" as an excuse, mostly for being disorganized. I'd like to see us incredibly productive, organized with plenty of time because we are in control of it.  No need for excuses, if you don't want/need to do something then don't.

2 Take control of your day

4  Take control of your thoughts and inner voice

Thoughts control how you feel, but you are not usually the one generating them, your mind is, and you need not believe them.  Control your thoughts, control your destiny!

Your closest friends, usually no more than 5, have a powerful affect on your choices.  Smoking, obesity, happiness, etc. are contagious.  Choice wisely and edit when necessary.  Surround yourself with healthy powerful supporters.

5 Create your tribe 

6  Learn to say no

Nothing zaps our time or energy faster than being obligated out of our own dysfunctional politeness.  Not knowing how to say no commits you to fulfilling the goals of others instead of your own.  If you're not dying to say yes, then it's a no.  

It is impossible to be happy if you are not grateful.  No matter how glorious or mundane... name them.  The sun is out, I have clean sheets, I HAVE sheets, my amazing friends and role models, I have a farmers market close to me... three... different ones every day.

1  Name three things you are grateful for.

2  Decide not to spend your day trying to be likable.

We all want to be liked.  Being your authentic self will ensure you are liked by the people you really want around you, not those you must perform for.  Trying to be likable is a racket... and its tiring, let it go.

"Busy" has become a tendy status symbol.  If we were really honest with ourselves, we are probably just poorly organized... be honest.  Keep a list as things come up that need done and prioritize. 

6  Commit to being productive instead of busy.

You cannot be in a position to make powerful and significant decisions for youself and others if you are not the most empowered edition of yourself.  Even the most simple decisions will suffer if you are not your best self.

7  Eat to win.

4  Be mindful of the Four Agreements.

1. Be impeccable with your word.

2. Don't take anything personally.

3. Don't make assumptions.

4. Always do your best.

3  Take five minutes to set your intentions for the day.

9  Cut out your distractions.

If you "need" to attend to Facebook, TV, etc.  Dedicate specific time of day and amount of time.  Do not allow it to interrupt your productivity.  They say it takes 11 minutes to get back into the "zone", if you pop over to fb only five times during the day thats an HOUR of lost productivity! And get a do not disturb sign... and use it.  

8 Give yourself 20 minutes dedicated to enriching you.

Color in a gorgeous adult coloring book, read a book, sketch that new office in a shed for your backyard escape, make a vision board.  This is not FB, mag and TV time as they take you away from yourself and make it about others... this is for you, and about you, not them.

Its the simplest way of paying it forward... forward your unconditional kindest.  Don't underestimate its value, you never know what it may mean them... and you!

10  Smile at a stranger.

Every! morning!  Compliment something.  Skin looks good, nice outfit choice, you've got this, you are a great mom, I've got great ideas brewing... You ALWAYS have something worthy of a compliment, claim it, out loud and in the mirror.

5 Compliment yourself in the mirror every morning.

Be very specific about what you REALLY want to accomplish... not just "do"... Laundry is a do (and it's not going anywhere), finishing a report or completing meal planning for the week for health and better family time is an accomplishment.

Time to get your MOXIE on!

 

Moxie requires that we have taken control of ourselves, our day and our health. We are going through our day being proactive and not reactive, achieving goals, even the smallest ones and knowing that the decisions we've made are in everyones best interest.  

We all have two lives,

the second one starts when

you realize you only have one.

This is YOUR story, you are the lead... Own it!  It's time for you to give yourself permission to be that lead.

It is impossible to be happy if you are not grateful.  No matter how glorious or mundane... name them.  The sun is out, I have clean sheets, I HAVE sheets, my amazing friends and role models, I have a farmers market close to me... three... different ones every day.