{"id":1779,"date":"2025-02-20T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:04:03","slug":"mindset-shifts-to-your-god-designed-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/20\/mindset-shifts-to-your-god-designed-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindset Shifts to Your God-Designed Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever thought about the \u201cPower of Clarity?\u201d Clarity, concerning our life, will help solve so many of our problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This idea came to me recently when a friend of mine asked me: \u201cWhat is your podcast about?\u201d I found myself going on-and-on, and in too much detail, trying to explain what I talk about on my weekly podcast. I recognized my explanation was far too complicated. I realized I needed to have a sentence; one short sentence to explain Mornings with Monette. I paused and challenged myself to articulate my podcast\u2019s purpose in one concise statement. It came to me right there. You talk business and mindsets on your podcast. You talk about these areas from a Biblical, Christian perspective. So here is my sentence: \u201cMornings with Monette empowers women to design their dream life through Biblical business and mindset strategies, one intentional decision at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Do we have clarity about who we are and what we do? This got me to thinking, we need to spend some time on this. This will help us in so many ways. If we can narrow down and define specifically what we are about, this will help us prioritize our time. This will help us in our decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how about you? If someone were to ask you to narrow down, what you\u2019re about, can you do it? Have you taken the time to define yourself? That\u2019s what I want us to spend time on today. Especially here at the first of the year, as we are looking at the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I looked up \u201cclarity\u201d and this is what I found: \u201cClarity plays a pivotal role in achieving success and staying motivated by providing direction, focus, and confidence. When goals are clearly defined, they act as a roadmap, enabling us to prioritize tasks, make effective decisions, and take consistent action toward achieving their objectives. Clarity enhances motivation by fostering a sense of purpose and confidence, even in the face of challenges. It also helps overcome obstacles by turning them into opportunities for growth and innovation. Ultimately, clarity aligns actions with long-term aspirations, ensuring progress and fulfillment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s get started<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most powerful ways to get our brains to work for us is to ask it questions. Over the past few weeks, I have been coming up with questions for myself to get my brain out of the autopilot of routine. I\u2019ve been re-evaluating everything I can think of. I believe that if we don\u2019t check ourselves, we can fall into the trap of conserving brain calories and we end up like zombies\u2014experiencing our lives, but not really conscious. Do you do this? Where you are driving in your car to a destination, you\u2019ve driven this so many times, that when pulling into the parking lot, you kind of wake up and think: \u201cWow I just drove here?\u201d It was like I was in a self-driving car. Has that ever happened to you? I believe this is how so many of us live our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Power of Asking Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was introduced to the power of asking ourselves intentional questions a long time ago. We all unconsciously ask ourselves questions daily. And we answer those questions. The problem is most of the questions are self-defeating. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. \u201cWhy am I not good enough?\u201d\u2014This reinforces feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. \u201cWhy do I always fail?\u201d\u2014This assumes failure is inevitable and discourages growth or effort.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \u201cWhat\u2019s the point of trying?\u201d\u2014This promotes hopelessness and prevents progress toward goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. \u201cWhy do bad things always happen to me?\u201d \u2014This fosters a victim mentality and limits problem-solving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Most people don\u2019t even know they have these thought loops going on in their heads; that these are their default questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I want to challenge you to think about your thinking! Once you recognize these thought loop patterns, you can change them. I say this all the time. I am a Bible believing Christian and the Bible gives us scripture that addresses this very thing. That we are to take every thought captive. Here is one scripture, 2 Corinthians 10:5, which reads: \u201cWe demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These self-defeating questions come from the place of believing we are worthless. So many people buy this lie. Scripture tells us, as believers, we are children of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    John 1:12-13, \u201cYet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God\u2014children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband\u2019s will, but born of God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This verse powerfully counters the enemy\u2019s lie of worthlessness by emphasizing that believers are deliberately chosen, loved unconditionally, and adopted into God\u2019s family through faith in Jesus Christ. Our worth is not determined by our actions, but by God\u2019s immeasurable love and grace. We must hold on to this truth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Redirect your Mind with Intentional Powerful Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019m going to give you some examples of what I\u2019ve been asking myself since the start of this year. You can come up with your own questions for yourself, I\u2019m just going to give you some examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What are the desires I have for my life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Monette what do you really want? One of the things I wrote is: \u201cI want a thriving successful podcast.\u201d I then asked myself: \u201cWhat are new things you could be doing to make this happen?\u201d I then brainstormed a bunch of answers like, I want to figure out how to get my listeners email addresses to build a more intimate relationship with them. How can you do that? I then started writing things like, for Christmas a gift I received from my son, was that he created and designed an amazing website for my podcast. It was such a cool and thoughtful gift. I started thinking, I can start gathering email addresses there. Do you see what I am doing here? I am making my brain work for me, by asking myself questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here are some other real-life questions I\u2019ve asked myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n