6 seconds of courage is all you need to accomplish any of your goals, dreams and desires. I saw the movie “We bought a zoo” a while ago and although it was a good movie and very entertaining, my favorite part of the movie was the line; “All you really need is 20 seconds of courage.” As I thought about it more and more I realized that you don’t even need 20 seconds of courage, all you need is 6 seconds of courage. What does that statement mean to you? I’ll tell you what it means to me and hopefully we can come up with a definition and utilization of 6 seconds of courage so that you will be accomplishing MANY more of your goals, dreams and desires.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

To begin the discussion of 6 seconds of courage, I want to ask you a question. How long does it take to dial the telephone and say hello to a potential customer? How long does it take to ask for a referral from someone who might know people you could help with your product or service? How long does it take to ask a closing question in a sales situation and then another and another, etc.? How long does it take to dial the phone and say hello to someone you’ve been putting off talking to; perhaps 6 seconds or less? On the personal side: How long does it take to apologize to a loved one in order to enhance the relationship? How long does it take to begin exercising when you said you would? How long does it take to say hello or something witty to the attractive stranger? (ONLY IF YOU’RE SINGLE) How long does it take to get out of bed in the morning at the time you said you would? How long does it take to start the chore or activity you committed to do; 6 seconds or less?

THE START

It has been said that the thing that stops most people is the START! To create the start, you need to muster up 6 seconds or less of courage. How do I do that, you might ask. There are a number of ways to “just start” to MASTER the practice of your 6 seconds of courage. I will list a few of them for you to start practicing the habit of 6 seconds of courage. Remember, what you practice you get good at and you need to practice creating 6 seconds of courage.

TALK YOURSELF INTO ACTION

Of all that we will discuss about your 6 seconds of courage, the main point is that you NEED to talk yourself into taking some action that the 6 seconds of courage has you start. Once you’re in the middle of the situation the 6 seconds of courage propelled you to be in, you will then have the opportunity to complete on the intention or the goal that you needed the 6 seconds of courage to start the action to fulfill on your goal, dream or desires. You’ll know what to do and what to say once you’ve put yourself in the position you need to be in.

HOW TO

How do you talk yourself into taking the first action step? One way is to tell yourself: “I don’t know what it will look like but I’ll…..The …… is what you wanted to accomplish at the end of the event you needed the 6 seconds of courage to get started on the event. We Human Beings seem to put a lot of attention on what a situation will look like, and a LOT of times we “make up” that what it will look like will be negative or painful. We need to focus our intention on what we want the positive pleasurable outcome to be and continuously keep bringing our thoughts and actions to what we want the positive outcome to be rather than the negative way we imagine it will be prior to taking action.

PRACTICE

One way that everything we want to master will occur is when we practice it. Write out the statement: All I need is 6 seconds of courage a number of times and place them everywhere you will see them such as; your desk, next to your phone, in your car, in your briefcase or purse, everywhere you will call yourself up to the 6 seconds of courage you need to take the first action step, then the next etc. Remember ALWAYS, your actions (sowing) need to be ABUNDANT so that your results (reaping) will be ABUNDANT. Practicing abundant sowing toward what you want in your life using your 6 seconds of courage and it will have you master the positive effects of the Law of the Universe called Sowing and Reaping!

CEMENT 6 SECONDS OF COURAGE INTO PLACE

Take on your new declaration of: “All I really need is just 6 seconds of courage,” and take the actions toward the intended outcome you want to create for the next 30 days straight and watch what you’ll create toward your goals, dreams and desires. TRY IT YOU’LL LOVE IT!!!