Designing Your Life Today

Making a Decision to Thrive The Biggest Roadblock Between You and Achievement Power Episode #344 - Getting to where you want to be is all about making a decision to thrive.  When you choose not decide on your personal success, you create invisible roadblocks to achievement.  On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council discusses why making a decision to thrive is completely in your hands.  As simple as it sounds, making a decision to thrive is not so simple.  Find out what is involved in making a true decision that will move you forward and get you the results you truly want.  Using the right method to make a decision will remove the biggest roadblock between you and achievement.  Also, find out how you can win a copy of Pat Council's newest book, Start Winning: How to Achieve Like the Top Eight Percent.  Celebrate the 7th year anniversary of Designing Your Life Today and win in more ways than one.  Each show this month will get you focused on persistence and clarity.  Make the rest of this year count by giving

There's Great Power in Being You Make No Excuses for Being Yourself Power Episode #343 - If you stop and take a look at your life, you will discover that there's great power in being you. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares to powerful reasons as to why you should never make excuses for being yourself. She discusses understanding the power behind being who you are and knowing what you stand for. How you display yourself to the world is actually your brand in your personal and business life. As you listen to today's show you will understand the importance of taking responsibility for delivering your best brand and most authentic one. Whether you like it or not, people will use certain words to describe you. By deciding how you want to be perceived, you can create a strong personal brand that works for you. Find out why displaying low confidence is neither cute nor humble. Also discover the value of displaying high confidence while having a purpose and clear vision for how you want to be perceived.

The Power of Accepting Your Good Why You Should Tune Out Negativity Power Episode #342 -  There is a lot of power in accepting good things into your life.  On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares three reasons why you should tune into the power of accepting your good and tune out negativity.  She shares her revelation in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and all of the frenzy that surrounded the Category 5 storm.  Discover why it is so important to open your mind to the best that life has to offer you and why you should put your focus on the good that can come your way.  When you understand the power of accepting your good and what it can do for your life, you will be inspired to start receiving and not turning away the things you deserve. Also, find out about the next give away during the podcast.  Pat’s newest book “Start Winning: How to Achieve Like the Top 8 Percent” is up for grabs.  Be sure you do not miss out on getting a free copy.  Tune in and get a power action that will help you paint a more

New Thoughts bring New Conditions You are in the Success Zone Power Episode #341 - New thoughts bring new conditions and now you are in a position to take charge and win.  We are at the end of our series on positioning your life for success and wealth.  If you have been following the series you now have more insight on being in position for success.  Summer is almost over and we are nearing the end of the third quarter, so it’s time to move towards achieving your goals for 2017.  On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council does a quick recap of August’s shows and gives a sneak peek into the giveaway’s during September.  September is the anniversary of Designing Your Life Today, so listen in and find out what’s coming up.  Pat also shares some wisdom about how to change the conditions of your life.  New thoughts bring new conditions.  Give yourself a reason to start building the life that works for you and those closest to you.  Replace the old thoughts that do not serve you with the new thoughts and change the

Having a Great Relationship with Yourself Five Ways to Release Your Greatness Power Episode #341 - Have you ever thought about what it means to have a great relationship with yourself? On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council discusses how to have a great relationship with yourself. Discover five ways to release your greatness and start winning. Discovering ways to have a better relationship with yourself can lead to less stress, more confidence and a higher self-esteem. It can also help you to be more productive when it comes to accomplishing goals and dreams. When working to have a stronger connection with yourself, acceptance is key. Find out the value of acceptance and how it can position you to receive the lifestyle you've always desired. Releasing your greatness is all about you tapping into your authenticity and being the best you possible. On Designing Your Life Today, find out the five ways to release your greatness and take the time to make commitments of achievement to yourself. Do you have a pers

Positioning Yourself for a Comeback 4 Simple Strategies for Getting Back on Track Power Episode #340 - Positioning yourself for a comeback does not have to take days, weeks or months. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares four simple strategies for getting back on track. Discover how to quickly assess your situation and put yourself in a position to make a comeback and achieve your goals on time. Today is "Tone it Up Tuesday" on Designing Your Life Today. Pat Council has been sharing her fitness journey and today she shares what to do when you get off track. She also shares her own personal minor setback and the 4 simple strategies she used to overcome it. The four strategies shared on today's show can be use for positioning yourself for a comeback in almost any situation. As Pat discusses her fitness goals, she shares specific tools you can use to get on track and stay on track. Discover ways to combat stress, a lack of sleep and learn how to make eating right simpler. Find out what factors to con

How Wisdom Positions You to Achieve Guaranteeing the Best Results Power Episode #339 - Just because you have a formal education, doesn't mean you are safe when it comes to job security or achieving other goals. Discover how to use a powerful success secret. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares how wisdom positions you to achieve. There are times when you really want something, but you are not sure how to go about achieving it. Life is full of choices and whether you want to make choices are not, if you want to be bold and win big you will have to learn to make the best choices. Understanding how to make the best choices is what guarantees you the best outcome. The question is are you making decisions that give you the best results? If you want to achieve your goals or simply live a better life, there are two things you must have: 1. Critical thinking and 2. Wisdom. Pat Council will discuss critical thinking briefly, but today's podcast is all about how wisdom positions you to achieve. Discover the

Winning is a Choice Why You Should Never Quit Power Episode #338 - When it comes to living the life you want, you must make a choice. Living a quality life is all about understanding that winning is a choice. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares to powerful reasons as to why you should never quit and two simple strategies to help you harness your winning energy. Getting the life you want is all about winning, but in order to win you must understand the true meaning behind winning. Choosing to win is about making the decision to allow the abundant life to come through you. When you quit you are saying no to the very things that you desire. Saying no to winning limits possibility thinking. Winning is all about moving forward and allowing growth to take place, so that you can build confidence. Building the confidence that you need to win will make you aware that you are capable of achieving things you never thought possible. Remember you are here to serve your purpose. Knowing that you are here to se

How to Find Your Key to Success Success is Personal Power Episode #337 - When it comes to goal achievement and getting your desired outcome, it is more personal than you might understand.  On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares how to find your key to success. Finding your key to success involves 3 things, but we are only going to discuss one in detail.  Although, all three are important, discussing your divine plan is a great place to start.  This key that involves your divine plan which unlocks your path to success is personal , because it starts with understanding your relationship with yourself.  This involves taking the time to connect with your personal divine plan for your life.  It is all about connecting to the truth about your destiny.  For example, being a part of a networking company can be profitable, but not if you are connected to the right company.  You might find yourself in the middle of a struggle, because the company you are a part of is not a part of the divine plan for your lif

Mindfulness Brings Fitness Finding a Place of Peace Power Episode #336 - On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council talks about finding a place of peace and how mindfulness brings fitness. She continues to share about her fitness journey and one of the discoveries that she made that will benefit you, also. If you are person who stays up late, have a hard time slowing your mind down or you're simply stressed out, you will enjoy today's Designing Your Life Today. As you listen to this podcast, you will learn what to do about stress that causes weight gain.  Pat discusses mindfulness and how it can benefit you when used effectively. After adding it to her daily routine, she discovered how valuable mindfulness can be when it comes to achieving any goal, especially physical fitness. Engaging in mindfulness can benefit your life in several ways and today’s show shares those ways. The value of engaging in awareness will surprise you. You will want to start practicing mindfulness, once you understand the benefits. The

Positioning Yourself to Win Are You Speaking Your Own Demise Power Episode #335 - Winning doesn't just happen, you have to position yourself to win. When it comes to goal achievement, it is important to pay attention to your words and not speak against your goal. The objective is to speak for your success. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares four questions you want to ask yourself to ensure that you are positioning yourself to win. We all have goals that we want to achieve, but sometimes it doesn't work in our favor. What do you do when you don't get what you want? How do you handle situations that do not work out favorably? Sometimes, we forget about the power we have to speak in amazing life into existence. Work is still required to achieve a goal, but the words you say to yourself and about yourself can determine whether you follow through until you win. As you listen to Designing Your Life Today, take the time to write down the answers to the four questions that are mentioned. This will let y

Five Ways to Position Yourself for Achievement What Must Be in Place Before Success Power Episode #334 - Setting a goal is actually a small part of achieving your desires. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares five ways to position yourself for achievement. Learn how to set the right foundation that will help you stay focused and come from a position of strength when it comes to goal achievement. The five strategies shared in today's show will help you realize that you can achieve any goal you truly desire. You will be inspired to take your life to the next level by taking steps to position yourself for achievement. Today's Designing Your Life Today provides guidance for getting on and staying on the success track. Find out what it really means to have clarity and how to use commitment to push you forward. If you've ever wanted to take control of your destiny and boldly achieve, then listen to designing your life today. Get an understanding of the true meaning of faith and why you need it to positi

Freeing Yourself From Old Cycles Positioning Yourself to Receive Power Episode #333 - Freeing yourself from old cycles is by far one of the best things you can do if you want to create a positive flow in your life. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares a specific strategy for freeing yourself from old cycles. Are you holding on to your glory days? Are you focus more on what went wrong in the past? Do you harbor ill feelings towards someone from a previous relationship? Be sure and listen to today's show. You will be inspired to let go of the old cycles that prevent you from moving forward and achieving your best life. You will also discover that these cycles are also preventing you from receiving some of the things that you desire. Learn to let go and set yourself free and start living of bold and exciting life. You can't get into position to achieve and receive your best, unless you have freed yourself from old cycles. As Pat discusses three ways that you may be preventing yourself from moving for

Positioning Yourself for Fitness Keep Your Fitness Flowing Power Episode #332 - When it comes to positioning yourself for fitness, having the right tools in place will make it easier for you to stay on track. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares four things you can do to position yourself for fitness. Discover simple things you can do to keep your fitness flowing. As Pat continues on with her fitness journey, she shares the latest results and some of the things that she is doing to ensure that she keeps going. If you want to increase your weight and put on muscle or lose weight and tone of your body, these four strategies will help you to get inspired and stay focused on achieving your fitness goals. Getting the right workout clothes, eating real food and the right foods is a big part of the fitness battle. Learn how to have a clean mind, which will give you the mental toughness you need to stay on point when it comes to physical fitness. Find out ways you can remove excuses that many of us, with

Conditioning Your Mind for Success Affirmations That Position You for Success Power Episode #331 - Conditioning your mind for success is necessary if you want to achieve your goals. One of the best ways to condition your mind for success is to write out affirmations that inspire you. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares what it takes to condition your mind for success. In order to receive the things that you desire in life, you must be in a mental condition to receive them. Every goal that you achieve has to come through you. This means that belief is absolutely necessary if you are going to win. The best way to strengthen your belief is to work on conditioning your mind for success. Pat Council shares five powerful affirmations that will help you on your journey to conditioning your mind for success. Strengthen your mind so that you refuse to think of failure, but instead you will embrace your own power. Learn to reinforce the idea that you are in achiever who is capable of being extremely succes

Mentally Creating a Successful Life Why You Should Picture Achievement Power Episode #330 - Mentally creating a successful life is necessary if you want to improve your position and achieve your goals. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares the importance of mentally creating a successful life and a few simple strategies to help you do it effectively. One of the best ways to position yourself for success is to develop the discipline to watch your thoughts. If you want to create a prosperous lifestyle, the best way to do that is to start by mentally picturing it. Psychologists believe that the imagination is one of our strongest mental abilities. As you listen to today show, you will discover why. Learn to conquer life's problems by creating mental pictures that provide solutions. When you take the time to picture achievement, you will become a consistent achiever. Instead of thinking that you cannot have things or that your life will not get better, learn to start mentally picturing a successful lif

Creating Winning Circumstances Positioning Yourself to Win Outside Power Episodes#329 - When it comes to creating winning circumstances, it is well within your control to do so. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares a simple strategy for creating winning circumstances. When it comes to positioning yourself for wealth and success, it is important to pay attention to what is going on in your outside world. Your environment plays a crucial role when it comes to you achieving your goals and getting the things that you desire. On Designing Your Life Today learn the importance of outer cleansing. It is a simple technique that will allow you to create the flow necessary for clearer thinking and massive achievement. Being willing to release the old to make way for the new will unblock anything that stopping your success from happening. Find out what today's power action is and get started on it immediately for faster results. Put your life in order throughout her cleansing and discover how much easier achi

Taking Fitness Seriously How to Set the Right Tone Power Episode #328 - Taking fitness seriously will not only help you achieve your fitness goals, it will also boost your confidence for achieving other personal goals. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares five things you can do for setting the right mindset to achieve fitness. After not exercising for two months, at the instruction of her chiropractor, Pat decided to get back into shape. It was harder than she thought. This is when she realized she had to get serious if she wanted to achieve her fitness goal. For the next few weeks on designing your life today, Pat will be sharing how she made the adjustment that has led to her losing 12 pounds so far. By listening to the strategies that Pat is used and is still using, you may be inspired to become serious about your own fitness or to adopt a bounce back ability mindset. Today on Designing Your Life Today discover the most important starting point for any fitness journey and how to set the right t

Positioning Yourself for Wealth and Success Creating a Quality Lifestyle Power Episode #327 - If you want to achieve or create a quality lifestyle, then you must start by positioning yourself for wealth and success. On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council explains what having the right position in your personal life means. You must position yourself on the inside, as well as on the outside. The questions to consider are: 1. How do you get the right positioning for success? 2. What could interfere with getting the proper positioning? 3. How can you position yourself to get the things you desire? These three questions are answered throughout this Designing Your Life Today podcast. Find out more questions to ask yourself so that you can determine if you are in fact positioning yourself for wealth and success. If you've been working to create a quality lifestyle, then understanding the thought process that goes into making it happen is extremely important. Positioning yourself for wealth and success is necessar

The Biggest Customer Service Mistake A Simple Way to Boost Your Income Power Episode #326 - If your business income is not where you want it to be, building your customer base is necessary.  On Designing Your Life Today, Pat Council shares one of the biggest customer service mistakes you could be making.  Whether you own a small business or you are a network marketer, this tip can boost your business.  The simple tip is returning phone calls.  Find out the impact not returning phone calls can have on the growth of your business.  Pat also discusses other types of business phone calls you will want to address.  Get insight into how you are dealing with others and how you are doing business.  Many times we don't return phone calls because we do not know what to say to someone we don't want to do business with.  On Designing Your Life Today, Pat shares a simple strategy for handling those unpleasant calls you may not want to deal with and how you can restore or improve your credibility.  If you have the credibil