by Penny Dablin

1. Where are you now? Fully define your problem from all angles –
   really understand where you are now. And take full responsibility for the
   problem – whoever else might be involved, you can only change
   your behaviour and your outcome. And only
   if you take complete responsibility for your actions.
2. Relax and accept that this is how the situation is, right now. Resisting
   it will only make it more difficult to overcome. Accepting the situation as it
   is, is the first step to being able to change it.
3. What do you want? Fully define the ideal, best possible solution to your
   problem. This is blue sky thinking – the sky is the limit! Ignore any
   perceived difficulties to having what you want. Ignore any objections that
   you come up with.
4. Identify any limiting beliefs that could be stopping you moving towards
   your ideal outcome. Are these beliefs True? Can you absolutely KNOW that they
   are true? Who would you be without these beliefs?
5. Create empowering beliefs that would support you in achieving your ideal
   outcome and make them into PPPP affirmations – Present tense, Positively
   worded, Personal and Powerful.
6. What resources do you currently have? These could be skills, knowledge,
   belongings etc. And what skills or knowledge can you develop?
7. Who do you know who could help? Relatives, friends, acquaintances, colleagues at
   work. You never know who might be in a position to help.
8. Who else might be able to help? People you don’t yet know but could contact –
   libraries, social groups, trades unions, professionals, friends of people you do
   know.
9. What is one tiny step you could take towards your ideal outcome? A tiny
   action you could take right now?
10. Take that step…

Then repeat steps 9 to 10 until the outcome is achieved. Repeat any of
the other steps as necessary. Be willing to modify and update your goal if
that seems more appropriate.