How’s the grind feeling for you this week? Is it exciting and life-giving? Or is it feeling more overwhelming and stressful?

In the midst of the busyness and endless to-do’s of the workweek, and it can be easy to lose track of what is actually the ultimate goal that we’re striving towards.

This is where the importance of vision comes in.

I’m discovering an utterly fascinating dynamic.

As I return to the business world from my 2+ year global odyssey of self-transformation, I’m finding that the success lessons taught by many eminent business leaders are the very same principles I’ve learned my spiritual journey simply distilled into a different language and applied in a modern context.

One of these such people is Jay Abraham. Jay Abraham is a legendary marketing consultant and business strategist who’s helped clients create over $20B in new value over his career. I personally find Jay to be a very enlightened fellow and his now famous Strategy of Preeminence has totally transformed my approach and orientation to my business life.

I really appreciate all the responses to last week’s article Inspiration: Why Failure is Just a Story You’re Telling Yourself. I’m glad you guys really enjoyed it!

The quality of the self-talk in our minds in the present moment is a direct reflection of what’s possible in our life going forward.

So how exactly do we harness this power of self-talk to transform our life trajectory? One easy way is through loving-kindness meditation. 

Loving-kindness meditation is quick and simple. The science shows it increases positive emotions, decreases migraines, decreases chronic pain, decreases symptoms of PTSD, and activates empathic processing in the brain. It’s also effective even in small doses. Super high performers such as Tim Ferriss have touted its benefits.

Take some time this week or this weekend and try this 

13-minute loving-kindness meditation.

Have you ever been moved by a powerful speaker?

Think Oprah Winfrey, or Steve Jobs, or even Coach Boone from Remember the Titans.

Or, the political examples of Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, and Mahatma Gandhi. These figures literally possessed the ability to move millions and shape history with the power of speech. 

Speech, when directed with consciousness, clarity, and energy, holds the tremendous potential to motivate, inspire, and impel the world towards action.

With a bit of awareness, you too can harness this transformational power within yourself to alter your life completely.