Have you ever felt like you are heading down a dead end street, trying to reach your goals? When we attempt reach massive goals it can often become a sure fire way to burn out, if we try to do it all alone. No matter how sure you are in yourself at the beginning, unexpected obstacles will creep in and it's how you handle them that will ensure your success.



One very effective way to ensure your success in reaching your goals is by learning how to work in unison with the universal laws. By asking for help and believing that you will have the resources and help required, you'll effectively eliminate a lot of the pressure that you might feel if you carry the load all by yourself.

If you turn every endeavour into a partnership effort with the universal mind, you can't lose. By knowing how to interact with the universe by implementing the universal laws in your life, you'll begin to manifest resources, help, knowledge and anything else you may need that otherwise was out of reach. This will then enable you to relax and "know" that all is in a divine state of grace and as it should be, and at the same time maximising your skills and moving forward efficiently.

In the book by Jerry and Esther Hicks "Ask and It is Given," they describe an exercise called a "Placemat Process." This process was invented by Esther through necessity, they were travelling a lot for business and Esther found herself feeling overwhelmed by everything she needed to do on a daily basis.

She worked out a basic way to divide up her duties by asking the universe for help. While relaxing in a cafe, she took a placemat and turned it over blank side up. She then took a pen, and divided the mat in two columns, in one she wrote "universe" and the other "me."

She then listed everything she wanted to manifest from the universe in the column marked "universe," and in the "me" column she listed what she felt comfortable working on herself. According to Esther, this exercise was extremely effective. And the universe answered every point she wrote, plus her focus was freed up to take care of her action tasks. This is indeed a very powerful partnership!

You can now utilize this exercise yourself, by taking an A4 sheet of paper and write down your action tasks, and those which you feel that you need help from the universal intelligence. What tasks feel to large for you to handle? What parts of your life and work projects are confusing or stressful at present? And what others do you know you'll handle with no problem? Make sure you "hand write" these tasks on the paper, as the act of writing has magic in it, as opposed to typing. Once you've completed this, fold the paper up and put it somewhere safe and just surrender and trust that the process will work.

You can do this in other ways as well if you you're not in a situation to write your goals down, for example you could meditate on them, use self-talk and mental focus, or imagery to bring the change about. But the best way if you can find your way clear of doing it, is to hand write these points out.

Looking at the big picture, it's not the act of the listing exercise that counts. The point is to gain clarity in your life, know your limits and where you need help. Plus, it also helps you to bring "focus" back into your mind, as we often move so fast in life that we skim over those beautiful little things we take for granted. So by focussing on our goals on a daily basis, we'll positively move towards manifesting that very thought.

If you do this regularly, you'll invoke processes that will make your life tonnes easier. You'll begin to enjoy your work and life again, and you'll attract all sorts of synchronistic events and much needed resources into your life right when you need them. This may all be beyond your understanding, but just know that this process truly does work.