The Power of Visualisation

"Visualisation is so much more of a powerful tool than most of us realise. If we visualise a successful outcome, then it is much more likely to happen as we are drawn to that conclusion."

-- Ros Taylor

The Law of Will Power

"My willpower is about having the confidence and mindset to know that I can and will finish. Willpower definitely grows the more you achieve the little things despite adversity. And the more I believe I’ll gain more confidence as I proceed, then the more I know I can continue on increasingly challenging roads to achieve even bigger things. So willpower grows over time."

-- Ros Taylor

Core Habits That Lengthen Your Life

"Core habits to lengthen your life are sleeping for seven or eight hours, healthy eating, moderate alcohol consumption, exercising three times a week as well as brushing and flossing your teeth."

-- Ros Taylor

First You Need To Love Yourself

"Acceptance is the key to everything, whatever it might be, and is the key to change. You’ve got to be able to love yourself a bit to be able to move on."

-- Ros Taylor

It Is All Right To Be Wrong

"One of the things I’ve learned in life is that it’s ok to be wrong. I just make decisions, and I make lots of good ones and I also get things wrong but I’m not the sort of person who beats myself up; as long as I’m generally heading in the right direction and learn from my mistakes I’m un-phased."

-- Ros Taylor

Getting It Out of Your Head

"If your mind is active with issues of the day, keep a notepad by your bed to jot ideas down. You will then relax and sleep with a clear mind. There is always something therapeutic about writing things down. Getting it out of your head and down on paper objectifies and clarifies."

-- Ros Taylor

Important of Sleep To Willpower

"Sleep is important to our functioning and to willpower. Sleep deprivation – getting less than six hours a night – impairs how the body and brain use energy. The prefrontal cortex is especially affected and loses control over the regions of the brain that create cravings and the stress response."

-- Ros Taylor

The Steps That Get You There

"Visualisation builds a bridge between you and the future and allows you to think and feel positively about the achievement of your goals in advance and the steps you need to take to get there."

-- Ros Taylor

That Is What Life is All About

"Failures turn out to be part of the learning experience; they’re not failures so much as negative learning results and you move forward and try something different. Sometimes it can be hard having setbacks, but that’s what life’s all about.”

-- Ros Taylor

Make Sense of Your Goal in Your Head

"So the dream goal is the aim, but before that there are many midterm goals, which are big achievements but ones I might be able to reach monthly or yearly. But then equally important are those day-to-day goals. It really does help to write those goals down to be able to make sense of them in your head. And I think it’s an approach that’s tried and tested and really does work."

-- Ros Taylor

You Need A Sense of Direction in Life

"Goals are what give you direction in life, and by setting goals you provide a target. This sense of direction is what allows your mind to focus and, rather than waste energy shooting aimlessly, allows you to hit your target and reach your goal."

-- Ros Taylor

Focus Your Abilities and Talent

 "You can have all the potential in the world but without focus your abilities and talent are useless. In the way that sunlight can’t burn through anything without a magnifying glass, you can’t achieve anything unless a goal is focusing your effort."

-- Ros Taylor

Why You Need to Think of Your Goals

 "Without goals you are unfocused and the chance of being successful is severely reduced. So, before embarking on your Willpower Challenge, let’s look at the purpose of goals and then assess your goal planning skills."

-- Ros Taylor