Sleep and Grow Rich by Dr. Gary S. Goodman

Author:Dr. Gary S. Goodman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: G&D Media
Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

You’re Awake, You’re Alive & You Feel Fantastic!

Obviously, sleeping is wonderful. It is restorative and restful.

The moment you awaken, however, is an even greater occasion. Here is the real opportunity. We get a chance to greet the day; to set the stage for prosperity.

Just like the saying—you only have one chance to make a good impression—the same can be said about rousing yourself from slumber. You get one chance to do it right; to poise yourself for success.

I’m going to share with you several ways to do this.

Inspirational speaker Esther Hicks proposes that we meet the day with thanks.

Say thank-you for another chance to do well, to succeed, and to be happy. You’ve just hit the reset button on your life and this day is a clean slate.

Pausing to appreciate where you are, what you have, the people in your life, and the people not in your life, your specific abilities and challenges. All of this is empowering.

We don’t have to succumb to the negative habit of wishing we had gotten more sleep or disparaging what is to come. Just lie there, eyes opened or shut or somewhere in-between.

Then say, “Thank you,” aloud or silently. By doing this you’ve launched the day in a way that will bring you even more for which to be grateful.

I like a phrase shared by one of my employees. She, in turn, heard it somewhere else, making it impossible for me to give its author full credit.

Upon achieving consciousness say, “I’m Awake, I’m Alive, and I Feel FANTASTIC!”

You won’t miss the irony in this statement if you’re hung over from too much partying or working the night before. It can even bring a smile to your face because of the possibly huge disconnection between your aches and pains and your spoken sentiments.

This is good because laughing at yourself and your situation will lighten you up, which is partly the aim of these affirmations.

The late Zig Ziglar, one of my favorite self-improvement authors, advocated doing something other than awakening and simply rising. Anyone can do that, and most do, without enthusiasm.

He said our goal is to quickly move from grumpiness or indifference into energized positivity. It is only from becoming aggressively enthusiastic that we’ll be able to succeed.

So, his tonic is to wake up, put your feet on the floor, and start clapping your hands!

It sounds outrageous, doesn’t it?

But harken back to that nursery school song, “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands!”

As kids, we loved doing it. So why not do it as grown-up kids?

I can tell you from personal experience that it works. As a professional speaker on the road, waking up in hotel rooms, I found again and again that ignoring my jet lag and applauding perfectly sets the stage for a wonderful day.

Within hours, I usually hear that applause coming back to me from grateful audiences, because I earnestly shared information with them, instead of drolly rolling it out.

Clapping and other techniques succeed, in spite of our feelings that they are goofy.

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