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Your Asset List

2/25/2014

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Your Asset List

​Sometimes in life we fall into patterns that seem to slow us down or even bring us to a complete halt.  These are the times when we can feel defeated or overwhelmed.  And we make the mistake of listening to those negative voices either from within or without and think we can't do something. It's times like these when making an Asset List will help get you through.

If you have been to one of my motivational speaking engagements, you may have heard me talk of a Victory Log (or Victory Wall).  This is a tool I use to write down in a specific journal (or post-it note my wall) all the victories, large or small that I achieve.  I sold X amount of books.  I got new subscribers, I lost weight, I got a new gig, I got a letter of thanks or an awesome review...  You get the idea.  I write these down and when I'm feeling unaccomplished, I go back and look at all these victories and I am replenished again.  I know that I can face whatever challenge because look at how far I have come!  An Asset List can be a similar tool to use to help you through those "stuck" times.

If you were to go to a bank and request a loan, the banker would want to know about your financial assets, to make sure you are "worthy" of this sum of money.  So you would write down your assets to assure the banker that, yes, you can repay the loan because, clearly, as it states on this paper,  you are worth more than that sum.  An Asset List is similar in how it is directly related to you.  It clearly puts in black and white how valuable you are. What are those great qualities about you?  What things can you do that come easily that to others may be a challenge?  What are your talents?  Your skills?  Your gifts?  Your experiences?

They are all right there, but sometimes we forget how wonderful we are, or sometimes, we have never taken the opportunity to look close enough.  There's a story about a man who owned some property.   The land was flat and dry and nothing could grow on it.  One day a business man came along and asked if he could do some testing of the land.  The owner said, "Sure," and scoffed at the man, warning him that the ground was useless.  Well, the business man puttered around for a few days and ended up tapping into one of the largest veins of oil ever found!  Of course, both men became quite wealthy from that big ole' hunk of useless ground.  They never would have found it had they not scratched below the surface.  Had they not looked at the land from a different angle.

What will we find if we scratch below the surface?  What treasures would we find if we only took the time to search your beautiful heart and complex brain and worldly soul?

I'd like to recommend that you do just that.  Get pen and paper and start writing, in no particular order, all the wonderful assets of you!  Some of you will be able to pour out lists and lists, but for others, you might need some encouragement.  So ask for help!  Ask those people around you what they think your assets are and then write them down!  Keep your list close by and review it regularly and alway keep adding to it as you grow and change and learn new skills.

Whenever you need a boost, take a look at your Asset List and remind yourself how valuable and unique you are and then go face whatever challenge is intimidating you!  You can do it!  If you can't do it personally, you can find a way to get it done!  I believe in you.  You need to believe in you too!!

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