PART 2

The second phase of this process is clearing out.  It is time to create some space in your life for all the new, good things to happen in the new year ahead.  Sometimes clearing out can bring up a lot of emotion because we’re literally digging up old issues and situations when we’re clearing out.

To begin, think of one to three specific, measurable goals that you would like to accomplish by the end of 2010.  These goals are not written in stone but just for the purpose of this exercise, go ahead and jot down one to three specific goals.

After you have your goals in mind, it’s really important to look at how to congruent your life today is with what you want to create.  Are your actions contributing to your desires?

For example, I have a coaching client; she has a very extensive résumé, a lot of television credits, costars and guest stars primarily.  Her goal is to break into that series regular round, and it has eluded her for years.  When we took a look at her career, we found that she was saying yes to every single job opportunity that came paid or not paid, and there was not a spare moment in her career for the next level, which would be series regular.  She had to actually start saying no to things in order to create the space for the series regular roles to land.  This action is really scary because we’re stepping out of what’s familiar and stepping into a place of trust.

Take a look at your goals and identify what specific habits or actions you take that are not inline with those goals.  Think about environments you are in that don’t support the results you’re trying to generate.   What do you need to do, say, or who do you need to be in order to eliminate those actions? The key to creation is identifying your successes so that you can honor them and build on them, but more importantly, so that you can identify what habits, beliefs, and patterns work for you and apply them to what’s not working.