by Jack Canfield

Do you live in a state of mental and physical clutter? Do you have
a bunch of unfinished business lurking around every corner?

Incomplete projects, unfinished business, and piles of cluttered
messes can weigh you down and take away from the energy you have to move forward
toward your goals.

When you don't complete tasks, you can't be fully prepared
to move into the present, let alone your new future.

When your brain is keeping track of all the unfinished business
you still have at hand, you simply can't be effective in embracing new tasks
that are in line with your vision.

Old incompletes can show up in your life in lots of different
ways...  like not having clarity, procrastination, emotional energy blocks and
even illness. Blocked energy is wasted, and a build up of that energy can really
leave you stymied.

Throw-out all the clutter and FEEL how much easier it is
to think!

Make a list of areas in your life (both personal and professional)
where you have incompletes and messes, then develop a plan to deal with them
once and for all. Fix and organize the things that annoy you.

Take your final steps in bringing closure to outstanding projects.

Make that difficult phone call. Delegate time-wasting tasks that
you've let build up.
Some incompletions come from simply not having adequate
systems, knowledge, or expertise for handling these tasks. Other incompletions
pile up because of bad work habits.

Get into completion consciousness by continually asking
yourself...What does it take to actually get this task
completed? 

Only then can you begin to consciously take that next step of
filing completed documents, mailing in the forms required, or reporting back to
your boss that the project has been completed.

The truth is that 20 things completed have more power
than 50 things that are half-way completed.

Finishing writing a book, for instance, that can go out and
influence the world is better than 13 books you’re in the process of writing.

When you free yourself from the mental burden of
incompletes and messes, you'll be AMAZED at how quickly the things you do want
in life arrive.

Another area where you'll find incompletes in your life is in your
emotions. Are you holding on to old hurts, resentments, and pain? Just like the
physical clutter and incompletes, your energy is being drained by holding on to
and reliving past pain and anger.

Remember, you'll attract whatever feelings you're experiencing.
So, if you're stuck in revengeful thinking and angered in muck, you can't
possibly be directing energy toward a positive future. You need to let go of the
past in order to embrace the future. Letting go involves forgiveness and moving
on.

By forgiving you aren't releasing the other person from their
transgression as much as you're freeing yourself from their transgression. You
don't have to condone their behavior, trust them, or even maintain a
relationship with them. However, you DO have to free yourself from the anger,
from the pain, and from the resentment once and for all!

When learning to forgive, make sure to complete the cycle.

Acknowledge your anger, your pain, and your fear. But also own up
to any part you've played in allowing it to happen or continue. Make sure to
express whatever it was that you wanted from that person, and then see the whole
event from the other's point of view. Allow yourself to wonder what that person
was going through and what kind of needs he/she was trying to fulfill at the
time.

Finally, let go and move on. Every time you go through this
process you're learning how to avoid letting it happen again!

I'll be back in two weeks with another edition of Success
Strategies. Until then, see if you can discover ways to immediately implement
what you learned from today's message.

(For more insight on this subject, read Chapter 28 titled

Clean Up Your Messes and Incompletes in The Success
Principles)

Are you "stuck" in this area?

Send me your most pressing question about this topic,
then join
me for our monthly "Ask Jack Canfield" Tele-Clinic on May 6th!
www.AskJackCanfield.com

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