Natalie M Bonomo - Your Greatest Potential!: Master Your Thinking

YOUR
GREATEST
POTENTIAL!

MASTER YOUR
THINKING

NATALIE M. BONOMO

Copyright 2018 Natalie M. Bonomo.

Interior Image Credit: To co-author Michael Bart Mathews of IL for his endorsement and insert in Chapter 4 titled We Become What We Think About. To reviewer Fred Rodriguez of CO for his endorsement. To Dr. Joseph Ewens of SC for the hawk reference photograph. To Sara Durham of CO for the author photograph. Internal sketches and hawk pastel painting were created by author, Natalie M. Bonomo.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-2397-7 (sc)

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-2415-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019903402

Balboa Press rev. date: 04/09/2019

SPECIAL THANKS

For my husband, Jim Erickson, my world, my best friend, and the love of my life. Your wisdom, passion, and commitment to living the principles within Your Greatest Potential! speaks volumes and has made an extraordinary impact on my life. You have been a blessing to the readers and to me by editing and being a voice in my writing.

With thirty years of professional experience as a leader, coach, mentor, and role model, you firmly walk the talk. A master of continuously raising the bar and holding yourself accountable, you are a poster child for living a balanced life filled with purpose and being the change you wish to see in the world.

The universe holds countless examples of the lives you have touchedthrough your words, your actions, and your physical, life-altering impact to others as a Doctor of Chiropractic. I am a better person and have achieved greater heights because of you. Thank you for your endless support, encouragement, and inspiration. It is an honor to share my life with you and work side by side as we achieve and exceed our dreams and inspire others to do the same.

CONTENTS

What I Learned Throughout the Process of Writing
Your Greatest Potential!

This book is full of light, energy, awareness, self-actualization, faith, action, and results. It was impactfully written as an eye-opener and your personal guide to use by way of writing your own roadmap, as you answer the questions in each section titled For Your Journal. This book is your mirror image or self-reflection within your own thoughts, as well as your keys and guidelines toward awakening the sleeping giant within your mind. While learning to understanding all that you seek, the Universe can and will provide, if you control and balance your thoughts, feelings, and actions while discovering your greatest potential. Michael Bart Mathews , author of Financially Speaking: The Best Improvement Starts with Self-Improvement and Time to Get SeriousFinding Your Moment of Clarity: Discover Your Power Within

There are so many rays of light in this book that will reach out to many groups of readers: newlyweds looking at ways to strengthen a relationship; a student caught up in a place of overwhelming school studies, activities, and new love; those finding better ways to help refrain from the temptations of drugs and alcohol; young and old who are troubled with not having self-esteem in shining light against thoughts of suicide and mental abuse; entrepreneurs, growing in this place we call the work force, and understanding the importance of how to speak and take control of their ideas; and those needing help as they go through marital challenges. There are so many directions of light in this book! Fred RodriguezWakinyan HokshilaThunder Child , Sundance leader and spiritual advisor

For anyone seeking clarity and direction in their life to overcome obstacles, large or small; align body, mind, and spirit; and maximize their abilities so they may live a blissful life and make an extraordinary difference in the world. If you enjoy the teachings of Wayne Dyer, Abraham-Hicks, Napoleon Hill, Stephen Covey, or Tony Robbins, youll love this book!

Achievement is a subject I hold near and dear to my heart. From a young age, I set personal goals to raise the bar for myself and strive for mastery. Over the years, I have chosen to surround myself with other high achievers. Learning from their behavior and from studying the best of the best, I have discovered the common principles, practices, and Universal laws high achievers have followed to realize their greatest potential. These principles have absolutely nothing to do with what street you grew up on, who your parents are, or where you went to school. You can strip away everything from the surface outward and still skyrocket to the moon. What matters most is whats inside. YOU have everything you need within you now to achieve your greatest potential.

With a decade of teaching martial arts and twenty-five years as a training and organizational development professional, I have coached, mentored, and trained countless individuals using the principles I have learned and applied myself and found to be successful. While it appears that many have what it takes to achieve their dreams, not everyone with goals and aspirations is successful in achieving them. Many people have dreams that deflate over time because they are lacking the know-how to move from where they are to where they want to be. To complicate matters, there are a multitude of resources available that show the rags-to-riches approach to achieving your dreams, but what is missing are the in-between stories about hardships and hurdles that everyday, ordinary people must wade through, and the actions they take before they ever begin to see the fruits of their labor.

With gratitude for those who have led by example, taught me, and inspired me, I am committed to giving back for others to benefit. I will share examples from my own successes and failures that are relatable to mainstream society seeking an extraordinary life. But more importantly, the purpose of this book is to lead you through an introspective journey filled with examples from your life, so you may relate the principles to your personal experience and grow from them. Ultimately, you are your greatest teacher.

Your Greatest Potential! is a guidebook outlining practices to open your mind to an effective way of thinking and assist you in breaking paradigms that are misaligned from your innate desires, allowing you to replace old practices with new ones that serve your greatest purpose. You will discover whether you are truly marching to the beat of your own drum. And if you find you are not, you will learn what you can do to take charge of your life and increase your ability to attract what you truly desire. Lastly, by participating in the For Your Journal exercises embedded in each chapter, you will establish a concrete plan that is thoughtfully DESIGNED JUST FOR YOU by you as you move forward to achieve your greatest potential.