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Many people, particularly as they accumulate years of work experience, find they have a growing desire to put passion into their life and career. My observation about why this takes place is that as we grow in life experiences a lot of the excitement or “newness” diminishes. We simply have been there and done that enough that our threshold for what will rock our world continues to go up. It’s increasingly harder to get that same level of excitement.
As we recognize that this element of excitement is missing, it can trigger us to go in search of something we can feel passionate about. We often look around us seeing others in careers that bring them incredible joy – something they are passionate about – and we want that same feeling for ourselves. We remember how it feels to have something in our lives that consumes our thoughts and makes the hours flow quickly. The biggest issue with going in search of your life and career passion is: HOW do you discover your passion?
All too many people think that your passion just comes to you like a thunderbolt from the heavens. In other words, we think for some people it just magically appears. This leaves the rest of us to feel unlucky because the magic hasn’t happened. Finding your passion is something we all have access to. It might seem magical, but it is simply a process, like most things in our lives, and requires turning off the TV and taking some actions.
Here are 5 simple steps that will lead you to your passion:
1- Start first with what you already know you’re interested in. Sit down and write out a list of all the things you have some interest in trying, but never have. Your whole process requires self honesty and it starts here. Don’t list anything just because of someone else’s interests. If you aren’t genuinely interested, don’t list it. It’s also important to create this master list as it will live on perhaps for the rest of your life. As you try things on the list, you may eliminate some and add others.
a. You must realize that this is a discovery and experimentation process. You need to proceed with a certain playfulness and curiosity. You are going to try these things, probably for the first time, and you have no idea how they will turn out. In fact, you need to assume that while you may enjoy many of those activities, most of them will not turn into a passion.
b. Because most of the activities you try will not turn into a true passion, you need to develop self-patience with no self-judgment. Have fun with the process. Be open to new discoveries. You will find your passion, just be patient and trust the process. Don’t criticize yourself if it doesn’t happen immediately.
c. You do not need to limit your list to only things that seem related to a job. When you find a passion, you may well be able to turn it into an income opportunity, if you choose.
2- Make goals. You can’t just make a list. You have to take action. Like all great goals, they have the characteristics of 1) being specific 2) having a time for completion 3) and are actionable. A bad example: I will solve world hunger. This goal is missing all of the key characteristics. A good example: I will enroll and take glass blowing classes starting no later than Sept 2010. Setting goals for your drive to passion means you will hold yourself accountable for making something happen in your life.
3- Get curious and go in search. Your biggest asset on your quest to find passion is to get curious about your environment and what other people are doing. Ask questions. Let one thing create a thread to others that you continue to follow. There are an unlimited number of things out there that people are doing and others who are inventing more things to do. Surround yourself with people who are passionate about the work they are doing or with people on a quest like you. Having others in your life, who are excited about life, will drive your process forward. It’s great to have daily doses of inspiration.
4- Record your results. To get the most out of your exploration, you need to spend time in introspection. You need to think about each action you take and your reactions to them. This will help you understand what works for you and what doesn’t. What you learn about yourself as you move forward will help inform your next steps. Consider keeping a discovery journal. If you do best debriefing your actions by talking, consider asking a person who is also going through a quest for passion to help you. You can ask each other deep probing questions and deepen the learning.
5- Repeat. Don’t try something just once. Give any new endeavor a chance to capture your interest by getting past the new start up roughness. Continue to move through the steps exploring, experimenting and learning until you discover the passion you are looking for.
Discovering something you can feel passionate about will greatly enhance your life and career. It is not magical nor is it difficult, but it does take effort. As long as you stay open about the possibilities and continually entertain new things, you will find the passion you want in your life.
Copyright (c) 2010 Dorothy Tannahill Moran
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“The more I learn about myself, the more I know myself”
Have you ever had one of those moments when everything falls into place in your mind?
I was invited to Vegas for a three day, all expenses paid weekend! Who would say no to that? In these three days there would be conferences and workshops to attend giving information about our company and for us to learn what we could to help our businesses grow. There would be around six thousand attendees, there would also be the founders of the company and a lot of millionaires in attendance, many of which we had met briefly in the past. I’d stay at the Paris Hotel! I’d never been to the Paris Hotel before and I was sure it was going to be a fabulous weekend, I just knew it. I went with a friend of mine, her husband, and his family, in all a total of seven.
In these three days I learned more about myself then what I went there to learn. Things fell into place and I could see where I was wrong and where I needed to progress. My mind turned into a whirlwind of strategic planning. If I was to be successful or have all the abundance I knew I’m capable of, I was going to have to make some serious changes to the way I was currently looking and living my life. I was also going to have to change the way I thought and change many habits that were no longer serving me in my best interest. Some of these habits were serving me all right, straight into an abyss, drowning myself into a bottomless hole.
I made mental notes of these changes I needed to make. Primarily my thinking patterns. Thoughts such as “The people I’m here with are way out of my league.” Or “These people have so much more life experience then me, how will I ever relate to them and vice versa?” Or “I feel so small and insignificant around these people.” On and on my thoughts would go. It wasn’t until about twenty four hours into this experience I began to notice my thought processes. It came into my conscious mind. Now I was in trouble, because I know once something comes to your conscious mind or awareness, you have no excuses not to change. So as the weekend went on I would notice these thoughts and silently correct myself. These people were where I wanted to be, if I was to emulate them I’d have to find a way to poise and position myself around them. Get as much information from then as I could, and use it to my advantage. I figured if they were where they were, they were doing something right and I wanted in on it.
I also would make notations to my behavior around these people. I noticed myself being too shy and not making eye contact properly. I’m good at hand shakes, but eye contact is just as important. I would find myself going off alone instead of asking someone to accompany me for conversation. A perfect example; Our second night there I was invited to go and look around on the strip. I was still a new-by to Vegas, so I thought it would be a great chance to see the sites. My favorite site was bare-none the Bellagio Water Performance. How spectacular it was, the people who put that together were pure geniuses.
We went as far down as the MGM Grand and we started back up towards the Paris Hotel. On our way to the hotel we seen a cute little outdoor bar with karaoke. The younger lady I was with said with a smile, “Let’s go get a drink and see these people make fools of themselves.” The older lady I was with was game for a drink and to rest her feet. But me and my mouth said, “No, I’ll just keep on heading up to the hotel.” The two ladies looked at each other and both simultaneously said, “Oh, come on, lets just rest our feet and have a good time watching.” I thought for a second, “Ok” I said. I gave in since they were pleading – I really didn’t know why I didn’t want to stay. I ended up having a lot of fun and great conversation. I was glad I stayed in the end.
My point is I automatically discounted myself to be with these ladies, who were quite entertaining. Why would someone sabotage themselves in such a way? Because it’s what we have going on in our heads. It boils down to what do you think of yourself on a regular basis. I was perfectly comfortable around them as we watched drunk person after drunk person try and sing, it was great!
My learning experience set my life in motion again. It became crystal clear of where I wanted my life to go. It also became crystal clear where I didn’t want to be. With this new lease on life I came home from a fantastic weekend and began living my life the way I wanted it to be. Yes, I have to remind myself constantly of what my ultimate goal is and WHY I want to work so hard to get there. It’s in my gut, its in my soul, and it burns with desire. I will not give up until I reach my goal and nothing will stand in my way…
Mendy Baker
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is an integrated, holistic, approach to becoming more successful in every aspect of your life. Indeed, if it didn’t apply to all aspects of life, could it really be considered holistic?
The philosophy behind the 7 Habits is that there are a number of self-evident natural laws, or principles, that exist, and when we align our view of the world, our paradigms, with these principles, that we will see far greater success in our lives.
To help understand these natural laws, and what steps we can take to align ourselves with them, Stephen R. Covey researched 200 years of success literature, and discovered common threads and trends apparent in them all, and found the same trends and laws appeared in ever major religion, culture and society around the world.
As Stephen likes to say, he didn’t invent this stuff, he just took the time to identify and document the steps, and put them in the order we need to follow to unlock our own success.
One critical point Stephen did find was that part way through the 20th century, the direction of success literature shifted – instead of focusing on character development, the literature began focusing on personality traits, and while there is a place for such literature, it left a gaping void in the foundations. Without character development, the personality focus leads to short lived, and often unsustainable, results.
‘Our first energies should go to our character development, which is often invisible to others, like the roots that sustain great trees. As we cultivate the roots, we will begin to see the fruits’ ~ Stephen R. Covey.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fills in that void, teaching us how to step towards a well rounded and successful life.
Key concepts:
Principles – Self-evident natural laws.
Paradigm – The way we see, understand, and interpret the world.
Habits – Stephen R. Covey Identified 7 Habits, that when lived, will allow us to find greater personal and professional success in our lives, to become effective people.
Effectiveness – Is getting amazing results today in such a way that allows us to repeat those results again and again over time.
‘When we align our paradigms with these principles we see amazing results.
When we understand these principles, we are empowered.’
~ Stephen R. Covey
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Go in search of the process of exhibiting the power to form a large aggregate of real and personal property. Have a state of well-being and live the good life.
Life is better when we use practical understanding. There is an enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training, but you must empower your common sense to get the commonplace better.
Put your orderly and logical mind into daily practice. You have ability to make intelligent choices and reach intelligent conclusions. You are in an interesting condition right now, you are pregnant with possibilities, you are very successful.
Have a process of manifesting the knowledge, know-how and acquaintance, dynamic explanation and estimation of attention. Also, have interchange of cogitation through mental and intellectual networks. Enhance your intuition and mentality, and the exercise of your powers of logical reasoning. Increase the strategies that set you on your way of thought and execution needed for your exit strategy.
Give to birth to a state of being inspired, the quality of being earnest and decided. Have an earnest and fervent feeling, the state of being able and the ability you require to attain a desired end. It is in your best interest to do things that result favorably according to plans and desires.
Have productive, relentless and firmness of purpose. Press beyond the depth of limitations; go for your state of living a long and healthy life. Have abundance possessions and be excited about it. Be enthusiastic and full of life. The state of good fortune and especially of financial success is yours; live the good life.
What it takes to do all things right and live the life of ease is in you. You are too-much. You are full of the type of ability you need to see a state of succeeding fully in accordance with your desires, in your mind`s eye. All you need to feel happy and live in comfortable circumstances is within you.See with eyes of possibilities and abundance.
Enjoy a strong and healthy growth. Let honesty and integrity, dominate your way of life. Be eminently good and merit moral approval.
Let your life constitute the ideal of moral propriety. Do things the right way. Bring your state of being morally excellent to light and be the light where you are. Let your way of thinking be in accordance with The Divine Mind.Have the ability to make intelligent choices, reach intelligent conclusions, and use your common sense with effectiveness as you live the good and higher life.
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We live in a stressful world where it can be difficult sometimes to keep up with the financial demands that living requires. Today is a “New Age” a new time for Americans to start “Giving Without Boundaries.” With our ever changing economy forcing people to make important decisions regarding their finances, healthcare and more- people need hard to find resources more than ever now. From the poor to the rich – everyone is affected by a floundering economy. But, our nation’s poor carry the brunt force of economical downfalls. Those said, as I put together the pages of my “Giving Without Boundaries” help-guide – I am reminded of the heart-felt giving of one: “Mama Brown” of Oakland, California, a real estate professional who made a promise. Ms. Brown kept it to send disadvantaged kids to college. Such acts of kindness can make a difference in a poor child’s life. Mama Brown, who made less than $50,000 per year at the time she made the promise – said, ‘ she never heard a child say that they wanted to grow up to be a drug dealer.’
Should we follow in Mother Brown’s footsteps, then we do so with a spirit that won’t be challenged. We keep our eyes on the main course and objective which is to help where help is needed. As I put together the pages of this guide – I have come across many brave acts of kindness that present as a constant reminder of how each of us can begin helping others by starting with the words: “We Can. We Will. And, We Shall.”
It’s a very noble concept to make a difference in someone else’s life. From homelessness to the “Green Movement” to helping those with Muscular Dystrophy and other diseases -all of us can do something to help out where needed. Even something as giving as taking out a sick neighbor’s garbage – can put a smile on a sick person’s face. From helping fellow-man to helping preserve energy- there are so many ways that you probably never considered before. I hope this new help guide will be informative enough to open your eyes to various giving opportunities that you may have never thought about before.
As we look beyond our own personal needs to reach out to help others there are many ways to begin the help process. Oftentimes the cost of helping others can be free. The Giving Without Boundaries help guide will be a great starter home to examine which benevolent causes you’d like to serve. This comprehensive guide will open the door to your getting to know many charities, their mission statements and how they can best be served. Take your time and plan your volunteer attack. If you’re a college student – you might want to base your giving methodology around career interests and internship opportunities. And while you examine the pages of this book – some charities may be familiar to you and others will open your heart to new ways of giving. Remember to keep track of the companies and or organizations that you choose to support by copying the forms at the back of this book for your own personal use. Soon you will find that giving to others is an excellent way for youth to gain working experience while helping out another. It’s also a good way for young college graduates to gain valuable training and experience towards getting the career they most desire.
By writing this guide I have discovered that all one needs to do to make a significant difference in someone’s life is be able to see the need and then open their heart towards assisting. A free spirit towards a new found gesture of helping your fellow man or woman, child, animal or your living environment is fulfilling. If “What Goes Around Comes Around,” one day your giving ways will be returned to you in kind. Few of us know what are true life destiny will be. To get a jump start on your future – do unto others and see how good the results will feel to you.
For instance, when you help a homeless person by giving them some food and they smile at you, nothing is more gratifying to the heart. Or when you mentor a young teen who does not know how to reach out for answers, your wisdom may be the key to what they have been seeking in life. If you rescue an animal with a bruised limb, you feel happy to help where it is most needed. The results of your efforts will indeed breed great fruit however you choose to use it; for you have now planted a seed in that teen’s life to make a difference. To see an adult read for the first time is a glorious turning point for a better future for that individual. All of these things have the tendency to make us want to do more in the name of humanity. While I am speaking along these lines, I’d like to share a very memorable personal experience. Later you will read some ways that other’s changed the course of their own destiny to help another. Whether it’s momentary or a long term commitment to volunteering at a food bank or a hospital – giving without boundaries always leads to duplicitous success. One of the most thoughtful things a person did for me was the quintessential meaning of “Giving Without Boundaries.” One stranger’s unselfish act touched me in a way that changed my life forever. And, he is the inspiration behind this forthcoming book. Here is what happened.
My start in life was not always that pleasant. I was the sixth of sixteen children. My father left the home when I was a small child. With a small army of children to care for – my mother never had time for me. My maternal grandmother died when I was only ten-years old and my paternal grandmother died earlier than that. Needless to say – I was very lonely in a large family. For many years I worked hard and wondered when someone would simply care about me. And then later in life, I discovered that many people had opened their hearts to me who were not family members. So with this admission – I am glad to say that I have been touched by the kind acts of individuals who have helped me from the heart. Some of these people did not know me; but, they saw a need and they provided answers where I thought there were none. And one kind act has the measure of staying with me for the rest of my life. And, that is the act of “Giving Without Boundaries” that I wish to share with you.
A few years ago -I was working as a business consultant in downtown Oakland, California. My boss had sent me on a rush assignment errand in downtown Oakland, California. So, I ran out of my office on a beautiful sunny week day leaving my purse beneath my desk in a locked drawer. After I had finished the chores for my boss I was tired. Rather than walk back to the office, I caught public transportation. So, on this gorgeous spring day I walked to San Pablo thinking that I’d just simply catch AC Transit back to my business office. My assistant had told me she enjoyed taking bus rides in the city, I thought this would be a great day to ride the bus back to work. Later, I sat at the bus stop next to a homeless man who was sleeping on the bench. The unkempt stranger was wrapped tightly inside a mouse colored tarp as he slept on the splintered wooden bench. Soon as I sat next to him he opened his tired blue eyes and said hello. I rose immediately and apologized for having interrupted his sleep.
“I’m sorry. Didn’t mean to wake you up,” I stated. The tired man smiled at me through red, tired eyes. Next, he rolled back over to continue his sleep. It was a nice sunny day in Oakland, California and I was glad that it was not raining on this poor man. Soon the green, white and orange AC Transit bus pulled up to the red curb. And that is when I realized that I did not have money to get on the bus. The driver opened the electric door and I told him, “I forgot my purse. I am sorry you had to stop. Just keep going,” I stated. Right before the driver closed the door – the tired, elderly homeless man sat up and he fought to fish a wrinkled dollar bill out of his dirty plaid shirt pocket.
“Take this ma’am,” he stated. Tears rolled instantly down my cheeks. This was the nicest gesture I’d ever seen. “I can’t do that…” I said, worried that this man might need his money for food later. “I insist,” the kind man stated. Everyone from the bus driver to passengers on the bus was moved by this kind man’s gesture and we all waved to him from the bus. Suddenly a spark had come to his eyes and now he was sitting up waving frantically to us as the bus traveled further down the busy street. When I got back to the office it was hard to forget the nice man. Later, I told my co-workers about the nice homeless man at the bus stop and what he did. On the following day -when some of my work team went back to the bus at the same time I was there the day before, we traveled bringing blankets, water and food hoping to see the nice man – but he was not there. For a week we all went back to the bus stop hoping to see the nice man that we never saw again. That stranger’s generosity formed the nexus that changed my life. His kind gesture will remain glued to my heart forever. Now each time I help people like that kind gentleman helped me I am reminded how of what we are all capable of doing for our fellow man.
Today as I was sitting in my rocker contemplating the nice man I mentioned above – I pondered what my next book would be about. It was not long before I knew that I wanted to write a book about giving back. Some of the best memories of my life have to do with giving. There are many ways in which we can make a difference in somebody’s life by just taking the time to help. I am not a rich person, and like most Americans I am but a paycheck away from being tested. I am struggling and trying to hang in there like everyone else, but I am committed to finding some time in my life to reach out to others like others have reached out to me. As you read the Case examples that are the introduction to my help suggestions see which organization fits best and donate your help today.
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Ok, so everybody would like to be rich, or at least richer. There are numerous ways in which this can be done, however there are certain things you must do and understand first in order to be able to maximise your potential for getting rich. Contrary to what you might think, I am not going to give you a list of money making ideas or schemes. Instead, I am going to talk about how to begin changing yourself into a person that is able to be rich….Interested? Then let’s begin.
* Coming in at number one:
Understand what true wealth is and the true nature of money.
Everyone knows that being rich means nothing if you do not have your health. This is obvious. However, you are rich right now in so many ways that if you tried to count them you would be here for a long time. (Which incidentally is no bad thing). So look around you. Really take a look. Everything you have makes you rich. Your clothes, table, chairs, roof over your head, certainly your computer. How many things have you got? Every single one of them is worth something, and I don’t just mean monetary value. The value of something is how much good it is doing for you.
Money does not actually work as a noun. It doesn’t exist on it’s own. Even our £5 notes are actually IOU’s from the queen! The truth of money is that is represents a transaction. And through this transaction you receive something, and it’s value applies every time you use it. This value includes the pleasure you get, the usefulness, time saved and many other things. Realise that wanting more money actually means you want more transactions, or more ways to save time, or more pleasure. Now the possibilities get bigger, and more possibilities means more opportunities.
* Rule number two:
Learn to appreciate what you have got.
This does not mean that you shouldn’t strive for more, but until you appreciate what you’ve got than you are not basing your desires in reality. Until you know where you are, you cannot move forward from where you are without the possibility of just going round in circles. Be grateful every day for as many different things as possible. Your hands, your feet, your bed, your partner, your food, your money – however much you have. Everything. The more grateful and thankful you are, the more you will attract to yourself things to be grateful for.
* Rule number three:
Stay positive and only focus on things that you have got.
Never focus on anything that you lack. The more you think about things you do not have, the more you will find things that you do not have. And vice versa. Positive energy is a very powerful force, much more than you realise. Believing that you will achieve your goals is much more likely to get you there than focussing on all the reasons why you might not get want you want.
* Rule number four:
Realise that money is everywhere!
Money is a representation of potential transactions and worth. These transactions can bring positive changes to your life as more possessions, more time, more pleasurable experiences and enable you to build towards the future. It is value transferred from one person to another. This is limitless. There is plenty of money for everyone. You can get richer,
* Rule number five:
Understand that it is value, not time, that will earn you more money.
By this I mean that exchanging man-hours for money (as in a regular 9-5 job) is the least efficient way to earn money. Why? Because there are only a limited amount of hours that you can work. However, exchanging value for money can bring in earnings any time of the day or night, as long as the thing has value. So what have you got of value that you can exchange for money? What knowledge do you have that could help other people? The internet is an incredible way to sell your knowledge to people all around the world. And once you have set it going you can then provide something else of value, layering your output again and again, increasing the opportunities for bringing in money without working any extra time.
So, I hope you have found this useful. It’s good to know that there are steps that can be taken everyday towards getting richer, is it not?
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This is my favourite question whenever I speak to people about decision making.
Imagine yourself to be a train driver! You come to a point where the railway track is split into 2 tracks; 1 which is defunct and the other which is the functional one. You notice that on the defunct track a child is playing while on the active track there are 15 children playing. What will you do & why?
Most people say that they will take the train to the defunct track and not the live one. Reason – well, they would like to save 15 lives against 1. I just laugh at them! My answer to this scenario is – I will take my train to the live track. I have good reasons for that.
First and foremost, think about the lonely child playing on the defunct track. It is probably playing there because it knows the track is not being used and can therefore play there without worrying about the train. If the train were to be taken onto the defunct track, the child will lose its life for no fault of its own.
The second reason is even more logical. The train will be carrying hundreds to thousands of passengers. I you take the train to the defunct track, chances are that the train may be derails, which will risk the lives of all passengers in the train. So, in the end, you might end up killing more people that you wanted to save.
Life is all about taking tough decisions. Whether you are talking about personal life or professional life, if you are not able to take decisions pragmatically and quickly, you end up losing far more than you can think of. We are not here to win popularity contests; therefore, tough decisions have to be taken.
Key to decision making is to think from the head and not from heart. The moment you start think from the heart, you stop being practical. Emotions take priority and you end up in a soup!
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As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.
Wow, this is some powerful words! Has anyone truly contemplated this in their minds? The bible says that the heart is the most deceitful of all, but I have to disagree. The truth is, what is in your heart is your REALITY.
If you have hate in your heart, Does it show forth in your life? The same goes with love. What treasures you store up in your heart, will ultimately reflect what kind of person you are. The fruit we bear, is also that which is inside of us.
An orange tree CANNOT have lemons on it. If we happen to see lemons on the tree, then by forced interpretation, we MUST accept that it is a lemon tree. Look around you. Most people are trying to believe that lemon trees are actually orange trees. This is how most businesses operate. They may be a lemon tree, but they use a sales pitch that makes you believe they are an orange tree. Now look at the fruit, and see if it still holds true.
Did you know that buried deep within everyone’s heart is the mechanism of love? It is actually written in your DNA. A lot of people who are not so loving simply have their heart cluttered with other things. Their heart needs an adjustment or a fine tuning. People who are judgmental of others, never stop to realize that there is “GOOD” in all things.
Love is the first mechanism of the heart. If you will recognize love in all things, then the heart will respond with compassion and forgiveness, instead of judgment! I know this to be true, because I have witnessed it a thousand times over in my own life. When I observe a situation, rather than judge, the “love” in the heart mechanism automatically kicks in instead of judgment, then I am able to react differently when I observe.
Take a look at your life. Has someone hurt you, abused you, taken advantage of you, etc? How did you react to the situation? What is stored in the treasure of your heart? Is it love? Is it compassion? Is it revenge? Is it anger? Think deeply here.
Whatever you have stored, will be how you react in your own life. The heart does not lie. If you have a bunch of negative treasures, then negative outcomes will show forth in your life. If you want to change your life, then change begins in the storage facility of your heart. Put in good treasures, and you will reap good rewards.
Put in bad treasures and you will reap bad rewards. If you have ever wanted to change your life, then this is the greatest help I could ever give! Change your heart, and you can change the world! Yes, you heard me correctly.
Change always begins inwardly before it can manifest outwardly! I am on a quest to help others realize this. I want you to start today by just saying, “I am Love!!” By that one statement, you have made the greatest change you can ever make in your life. Love eradicates anger, fear, jealousy, and the like. By starting here, you are on your way to changing your entire life and others! There are many people who can help you begin changing your life. I am one of them.
A good way to judge what is hidden in your heart is to monitor your own reactions to all that happens in your life, good or bad. Remember, the heart doesn not lie. Your reactions is your heart revealing itself easily enough for you to see that which is buried deep. This has everything to do with the circumstances we bring to pass in our own lives. I advise you to study the wise ones. And they come from all walks of life. Not just from one religion, but all. Keep your mind open.
What do you want others to see in you? Negative reactions? or positive ones? I choose positive.
So remember your reactions is a spiritual mirror that reveals what is hidden inside. It cannot lie. We cannot deceive ourselves into believing opposite of what our hearts is revealing. Now that you know this, what are you going to do?
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The mind, an incredible source that can grow with every passing second in time. Every function and movement we assume, passes through our mind. I want to talk about overcoming the sense we call fear, and how fear can restrict us in so many ways from starting our own businesses from home, to our everyday lives and relationships. I know some people might be thinking, well who are you supposed to be, Dr. Phil or something? Naw, just a man who is very involved in his sub-conscious, and enjoys relating with individuals who develop more than just their bank accounts, but their whole thought process and life purpose.
I remember I was seventeen years old when I finally stopped and analyzed the world and my surroundings, only to find myself angry and a little fearful of the terms in had just come unto, but it was that anger that first started my conscious mind set. Before I really start hitting on fear and trust, I want to present something very mind blowing to me. I come from a predominately low income environment, about 90 percent of my friends do as well, now the reason I am saying this, in our environment something unintentionally is being produced. Products of our environment are being produced, let me throw this scenario to you real quick. How is it when you are surrounded in a state a loss, or poverty, or hardship, to much wealth, or death, or lack of education, or the best education, etc, etc, that you lack the motivation to progress and be fruitful to your environment. Why is it someone can be practically throwing something beneficial at you, something designed to help you and others, but you immediately dismiss possibility, even though possibility exist in everything. You fear the result of engaging in a new process or possibility, and question, and ultimately lose trust because trust was never established to start with.
So I brought up low income environments because this is where is can speak from the best right, now you have struggled all your life, your friends struggle, some of your family struggle, but you choose to live the same life because you fear success, because success means you must venture out of your comfort zone to achieve it even though you know by achieving your success, many will reap the benefits because you will help them. I know so many people like that right now, and lets get something straight, I am not judging, I am simply stating what is happening in our communities and everywhere. So I join a company who are offering to help me start up my business from home or on the economy, now I never fully trust this company from the beginning because something just didn’t seem right from the get go, but I choose to enter this agreement anyways. I offer up my cash, they offer up their services, I get the short straw because I didn’t read the fine print and educate myself enough to know exactly what I have come encountered with. Now the first thing everyone will do, we all do it, is blame the company or person, or service, it had to be their fault right? But remember, there is possibility in everything, so did I fully educate myself and was I fully aware of what I agreed to before I signed up? It’s a hard question to ask yourself, and a hard thing to put yourself at fault, so the cycle continues of never trusting people, and the fear continues to dominate your choices in life from previous encounters.
Now let me ask another question, why is it, we would walk around and automatically not trust a person or company, etc, from the get go, from the first time we see them? Now lets look at this question from an ethical point of view, if we are supposed to love our neighbors, our brothers, our sisters, and treat them the way we want to be treated, than is is fair for me to say trust should be given unless proven untrustworthy. How am I ever going to learn to discern between what I can trust and what I can not if every situation I am presented with, I come into it believing everything is fake and everyone is out to deceive me. Do I ever think to myself that there a people in this world that love me who do not even know me at all, or know me on a personal level, and who live their lives helping others in hopes that that person they helped will help someone else, and that person will help another. Why would a company or business be any different, could it be that if that business is willing to help you out in what ever way their are offering, that maybe by helping you, in the long run you might help them in return, could that be possible? Of course, and these are people who have stopped the fear of being done wrong, and stopped mistrusting people from the start, because it is easy for them to discern between the two now. By learning to trust, and living life without fear from educating ones mind, body, and soul, we lose the fear of starting new relationships, and venturing into uncharted waters. With out trust their is no love, fear leads to mistrust, without love, why are you doing what you are doing? My personal belief is, you will never be as successful as you can be in life or business, relationships, etc, if you can not get over the fear of trusting. That’s why when you have a business that is doing good for people or presents a genuine service or way to help people, you don’t have to sell that product or company, it will sell itself. All you will have to do is present it to people, get people to see what you have and how what you have can really help them as well as others. And educate yourself, your mind and mindset is everything, know exactly what you are being presented with and do the same when you are presenting to another what you offer.
I am with a company named Carbon Copy Pro, the company itself was founded with the basis of helping others, from individuals who have been through it before, they had lost money, been burned, chased dreams, but then they found possibility and they mastered it, as I found possibility in them when I came across this company. I knew what a great thing I had come across because I had been burned before, and I had already made a vow to myself to educate myself so I could give up the fear of trusting others. When I advertise and market for my business, I don’t advertise crazy claims, and try to BS people, or throw fancy numbers into play about how much you could be making with this or that, because I know, if I relate to you, be personal, tell you my story, build a relationship, you will automatically trust, why would you not. You will go to my site, you will read and see people’s stories, you will learn how much you can make, how this can help you and others, a great company or product will sell itself because its intentions are good. That’s really what I wanted to touch on, by learning to transform my mindset and thought process at a young age, I am able to know when I am being presented with something beneficial, and that way of thinking grows my business and my life in general. I like to thank anyone who has took the time to read this article, and I also urge those to check out Carbon Copy Pro and educate yourself on this possibility, remember anything is achievable in life, it is attainable by maximizing possibilities and making a decision to turn something from possible into reality. Ones reality is simply determined by what they choose to believe, best wishes to all in business and life, and have a wonderful and prospering day.
My Wealth Of Freedom, this is the name of my business, it is the perfect name for me because the wealth i achieve through my business contributes greatly to the freedom i have to enjoy with my family, friends, and love ones. My name is Charles Walker, I am 21 years old and married to a very special women. I am a member of the United States Coast Guard and currently serve on active duty. I do hope readers of this article will continue on to learn about Carbon Copy Pro and see if this possibility is right for you and may help you and yours. You can learn more about our awesome company here, http://MyWealthOfFreedom.com/thankyou
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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
~Winston Churchill.
Well, we know the theory. Of course, it’s said, don’t worry about tomorrow, each day’s its own worries (Matthew 6:34) – but I often wonder how practically we ‘install’ such truth into our daily lives.
This is where the worn cliche either transforms us or ever eludes us – just why do some get it right, not worrying for their futures any more than living for the moment?
This is as compelling as it can be tormenting.
There is no delicate way of saying it and, of course, there’s no way of over-complicating such noble-an-art as this.
We can only ever practice life, with power armed at the ready, one gentle but sure step at a time.
The future will always be there – in our peripheral vision; it need not become, ever, the prime focus.
Remembering Back as We Forget the Future
John Wesley said famously,
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry,
because I never undertake more work than I can go through with calmness of spirit.
There is a tangible closeness of concepts here.
Railway wagons being shunted along a long rake are notoriously quiet. Unless we have our ear to the tracks we’ll often not know. Many people have been unsuspectingly killed as a result.
Yet, we can imagine here an approach to life that is productively calm and quiet – serenely quiet. It harries not, simply because the fuss is not worth it.
This approach is about cramming more into the present second by relinquishing any encroaching notion of the near past or soon-to-be-coming future.
Wesley is telling us that he attained and maintained “calmness of spirit,” even though he managed to achieve much more than we can do justice to by presenting it here.
We redouble our living moments when we get past our futures, only seeing them in the fleetingly reflective hindsight, which all of us should engage in. This way we’re actively forgetting the future and only see it from the aspect of the meaningful past.
Getting back to our railway example, shunted trains are difficult to stop – once we have the rolling stock moving, the momentum carries it slowly forward. We’re to be the same. Our fervency of focus is presently on the acute hour – and incrementally each ten-minute slot, and then each minute, to the second.
It’s the only rational way to treat time and life.
© 2010 S. J. Wickham.
Steve Wickham is a Registered Safety Practitioner (BSc, FSIA, RSP[Australia]) and a qualified, unordained Christian minister (GradDipBib&Min). His blogs are at: http://epitemnein-epitomic.blogspot.com/ and http://inspiringbetterlife.blogspot.com/
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