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- The 12 Hour Workday! Enough is Enough! How-to Create More Work-Life From: articleannounce
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- How to develop integrity as a leader From: articleannounce
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- The Secret Formula for Success From: articleannounce
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- Don't let Patience turn into Bitterness From: articleannounce
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- Is Performance always a Competition From: articleannounce
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- The Universe follows the Law of Attraction From: articleannounce
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The 12 Hour Workday! Enough is Enough! How-to Create More Work-Life
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The 12 Hour Workday! Enough is Enough! How-to Create More Work-Life Balance Now.
Are you tired of working 10 and 12 and 14-hour days? Do you
want more time for yourself or your family? It's okay to
admit it! And, admitting that you need or want more time
for things other than work does not mean you are any less
professional or any less committed to your work. It simply
means that you are setting healthy boundaries to protect
your priorities and avoid becoming expended, depleted, and
overwhelmed.
Today, in a work world where competitive pressures are the
name of the game and huge work loads the norm...In a work
world where we face constant change and corporate cultures
that tell us that we must constantly do more, be more, and
bring in the sales or else...it is no wonder that a growing
number of workers are saying "enough" and seeking more
reasonable and balanced alternatives.
In my work as a career coach and career marketing
specialist, I am in daily contact with people in all
different phases of career transition. While many still
pursue careers on the traditional corporate ladder, and
most of these clients find this an extremely rewarding path
for a variety of their own reasons, there are a growing
percentage—and the number seems to be growing every
year—of individuals who have made a conscious
decision to buck the trend and take a step off that ladder.
These clients tell me that they want to regroup and carve
career paths for themselves that allow for more flexibility
and for what has been coined "work-life balance." The
changes aren't always as dramatic as you might imagine.
Often the solution is as simple as negotiating a more
flexible work arrangement within the corporate structure
If the above sounds like you, but you are hesitating to
make the move because you aren't quite sure you fully
understand your options and how to make them work for you,
the following explanation of some of the more popular
flexible work arrangements may be just the inspiration you
need.
Flex Hours - If you are happy working a 40-hour week, but
prefer not to work the typical five or six days per week,
negotiating for a schedule based on flex hours may be just
what you are looking at. For example, with a flex schedule,
rather than working five eight-hour days, you might work
four ten-hour days and take a full three days off for
yourself. Of all the options, this one has the potential to
be the least disruptive. You will still be working the same
number of hours; you'll just do it in a different
configuration.
Job Sharing - Although not common, job sharing is becoming
more popular and more accepted. This is a good option if
you love your job and want to remain on the same rung of
the "ladder." However, it does require, in most cases,
taking a cut in pay, so it may not be for everyone. Job
sharing entails taking a job that might normally require
40, 50, 60 hours per week and essentially cutting the
responsibilities down the middle to be shared by two
people. This arrangement requires constant communication
and cooperation, but it can be effective under the right
circumstances.
Portfolio Career - If you are ready to leave the corporate
world behind, or at least leave some of it behind, a
portfolio career may be your best option. While many of us
have been raised to believe that a full-time job is really
the only secure work arrangement, a portfolio career may
actually be more secure because it involves multiple
streams of income. If one source dries up, you always have
the other sources. What is a portfolio career? It is a
career that is built around your skills and interests
through a variety of part-time jobs, which may include some
combination of part-time employment, self-employment,
freelancing, consulting, and temporary jobs. If you truly
enjoy flexibility, freedom, and variety in your work, and
can tolerate the unpredictability, you may want to consider
a portfolio career.
The culture of the business world tells us to maximize
everything, push the limits, and pursue more. The three
flexible work arrangements described above might be the
perfect solution to help you avoid overwhelm and the many
negative effects of overload. You do, of course, have many
other options as well. Consider phased early retirement,
turning down a promotion, relocating to shorten your
commute, telecommuting, moving laterally or even into a
downward position. The choice is yours.
While you might experience resistance as you begin to set
clearer boundaries between your personal needs and work,
always remember that you and only you are in charge. If you
know your priorities and you truly want to create more
work-life balance, you can't just wait for someone else to
come and make the changes for you. You must make them
yourself!
About the Author:
Nationally certified resume writer and career coach,
Michelle Dumas is the director of Distinctive Career
Services LLC. Through Distinctive Documents
http://www.distinctiveweb.com and her Executive VIP
Services http://www.100kcareermarketing. Michelle hascom
empowered thousands of professionals all across the U.S.
and worldwide. Michelle is also the author of Secrets of a
Successful Job Search http://www.job-search-secrets. com
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How to develop integrity as a leader
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How to develop integrity as a leader
Every once in a while you run across a book or find a book
that really affects you. I found this in Henry Cloud's book
'Integrity', so much so that I taught a whole ethics class
based on it. That class was exceptionally well received and
many of the students decided to write a letter to Dr. Cloud
thanking him for his insights. Here is a summary of what a
reader can find and learn about Integrity in Henry Cloud's
book.
Henry Cloud discusses the many challenges posed to
institutions today. Strength is a condition precedent to
achieving goals. Oddly enough, many people hit performance
ceilings which are below their aptitude. Occasionally,
employees succeed and fail almost simultaneously. Despite
the travail, it is important to establish trust through
having heart and real passion for the job. Tough problems
are resolved in an organization by focusing on them
dispassionately and applying an interactive and disciplined
approach consistently until successful resolution is
reached.
Avoidance can be very destructive because opportunities do
surface. A disciplined approach will provide the necessary
focus to seize opportunities when they arise and resolve
problems constructively with a minimum of organizational
tension. This is also very supplemental with the
Performance IQ® system used in my company to assess the
aptitude of performance across the workforce of the
organization. Based on that knowledge, interventions, like
coaching and training, can be planned, targeted towards one
or more of the twelve drivers we assess and then
implemented utilizing modern learning methods.
Dr. Cloud makes it clear that "integrity," as he uses the
term, is much more than mere "honesty." Throughout the book
he separates and illuminates six essential qualities and
character traits that lead to success in the business
world. He describes the desirable character that . . .
1) Creates and maintains trust
2) Is able to see and face reality
3) Works in a way that brings results
4) Embraces negative realities and solves them
5) Causes growth and increase
6) Achieves transcendence and meaning in life
The six dimensions are well sequenced and are interrelated.
Ignorance or failure of one dimension can lead to overall
nonperformance. The "gap" in a person who lacks the
wholeness of character is bound to result in failure in
three specific ways: (page 38):
1. Hitting performance ceiling that is much lower than ones
aptitude
2. Hitting an obstacle or situation that derails you
3. Reaching great success only to self destruct and lose it
all.
"You will see how these character traits supersede gifts,
talents and ability, and how the ones who have them succeed
and the ones who don't, ultimately fail." (Page xii) In
talking with a wealthy businessman who is a personal
friend, Dr. Cloud heard his friend comment on how he
chooses to invest his money in businesses.
"I did not invest in those businesses. I invested in the
people. I never invest in businesses I don't know anything
about, but I will invest in a person. If I know their
character, their history, how they operate, what kind of
judgment they have, what kinds of risks are acceptable to
them, how they execute, and things like that, and I know
them well, I will invest. But I don't buy businesses I
don't know anything about." (Pages 29-30)
Early in this book, Dr. Cloud gives us his expanded
definition of integrity as it applies to the business world:
"And, the origins of the word we can see in the French and
Latin meanings of intact, integrate, integral and entirety.
The concept means that the `whole thing is working well,
undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted.' When we are
talking about integrity, we are talking about being a whole
person, an integrated person, with all of our different
parts working well and delivering the functions that they
were designed to deliver. It is about wholeness and
effectiveness as people. It truly is `running on all
cylinders.'" (Page 31)
The author offers a very clear and helpful metaphor for the
type of impact that this kind of person of integrity has on
the lives of those with whom she or he interacts. Dr. Cloud
posits that each of us, as we move through the waters of
life, leave behind a wake, like that left by boats as they
pass through the ocean. There are two aspects to the "wake"
that we leave behind - the tasks we have performed and the
relationships we have built. "We leave a wake of people
behind us as we move though their lives and their
organizations. . .
So, we must ask ourselves, `What does that wake look like?'
Are a lot of people out there water-skiing on the wake,
smiling, having a great time for our having `moved through
their lives'? Or are they are there bobbing for air,
bleeding, and left wounded as shark bait?" (Page 18)
In Building Trust Through Connections, Cloud offers:
"The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and
connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the
ones you care about will find someone who will." (Page 70)
Applying this principle alone in most companies today would
dramatically reduce the costs of employee theft, turnover,
recruiting, retention and succession planning. In the
chapter `In touch with reality" Dr Cloud starts with the
story of the CEO of a dog food company who obstinately
tries all possible ways to increase the sales of the
company's product except in finding out what his ultimate
customers really want. When finally explained to the CEO by
an employee "Sir... the dogs don't like it", reality
finally dawns. Dogs bark, but reality bites!
In sharing What People In Touch Look like, Dr. Cloud
recounts an incident that happened on a retreat for CEO's,
when a young "superstar" was given an opportunity to
receive feedback from a more senior CEO.
"One of the more experienced guys looked up and said, `Want
some feedback?' He said it in a way that left you wondering
whether he was going to give sage advice or rail at the
young man for being out to lunch in some way. There was
just no way to tell from his poker face. But I will never
forget the young superstar's immediate response: `By all
means. Give me a gift.' He saw the feedback, whatever it
was, as a gift because it could give him some reality that
he did not know. I remember thinking, `We will be watching
this guy's accomplishments for a long time.'" (Page 116)
Cloud then ratchets up the significance of this insight by
suggesting a challenging way for us to put this principle
of inviting feedback to a practical test: "If you want to
know your comfort level in this matter, think of going to
the people you work with or are in close personal
relationships with and give them 100 percent permission to
be totally honest with you in answering the question: `What
is it like to be on the other end of me?'" (Pages 116-117)
Most business leaders I know will find something of value
in this book that they can internalize and begin to apply
immediately - for their own benefit and for the benefit of
all those who are "surfing their wake."
About the Author:
Axel Meierhoefer is a published author, educator, coach,
consultant, and the founder of Axel Meierhoefer Consulting
LLC (AMC LLC). His motto is" Helping others help themselves
achieve success". If you would like to be notified of
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The Secret Formula for Success
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The Secret Formula for Success
We have been looking at success from a number of different
angles. Sometimes you just run across someone with a nice
little formula that works for what we are interested in or
want to say.
During a recent trip to Sedona I participated in a number
of sessions that had to do with creating business success.
Laural Langemeier taught us about the lack of education in
financial matters in our schools, colleges and
universities. She made it clear that you need talent for
what you want to do, but you also need to surround yourself
with the right people to get good advice. For me one aspect
was the relevance of talent. Laural's site at Live out Loud
is a great resource and I have completed their coaching
program myself.
Besides talent, we all have heard that it takes massive
action to move things from where they are to where they
need to go. Many people speak and write about it. One of
the most elegant ways I have seen recently is a story, or I
should say a fable or parable. In Life's Golden Ticket
Brendon Burchard explains how one can loose the right
perspective on taking action because he or she is afraid to
make mistakes or receive punishment when something goes
wrong.
Taking massive action is very important for me and I am
hoping to invite you to do the same. I am currently trying
to find people who want to take action with me, and help
make AMC LLC into a better, more profitable company with
the aim to serve our clients even better than we currently
do, especially through an e-commerce presence.
One thing that Gina Gaudio-Graves taught me is the
importance of passion. If you think about it, why would you
ever start something or do something for a prolonged period
of time if you are not passionate about it. Actually that
reminds me of an earlier article in which I recalled a
sentence Henry Gold said not too long ago reciting the
definition of insanity. Remember, insanity is doing the
same thing over and over and expecting different results.
What we really want to do is spending time on the things we
are really passionate about. Then these things will not
appear to be work or chores but something we really enjoy
and don't mind to use our valuable time for.
The final part of a formula for success is called
association. You can also call it networking. Everybody
these days is talking about it and it really makes a
difference. Whether you are a member at LinkedIn, Plaxo,
MySpace, Xing, or other networks, it is important to be
connected if you want to become successful. Kevin Nations
is one of the foremost networkers in the United States and
he does everything he can to get peoples contact info and
then stay in touch with them.
Taken these aspects together, what are the 4 components of
success?
1. Passion
2. Talent
3. Action
4. Association/Networking
When you put it in a formula, what you get is this:
P + T x A² = SUCCESS
All you need to do is take it and go out and apply it. Take
your passion and apply your talent to it. If you are
passionate about it, you are probably already talented in
it, or can become a great talent quickly. Then you take
massive action and throw in lots of networking with
everybody you can, and you can't avoid success. If you use
the positive energy I always recommend, and you will feel
when you do something you are passionate about, you will
become an attraction for others.
Try it and let me know how it worked for you.
About the Author:
Axel Meierhoefer is an experienced performance coach,
author, educator, consultant, and the founder of Axel
Meierhoefer Consulting LLC (AMC LLC). His motto is" Helping
others help themselves achieve success". If you would like
to get his latest FREE special report go to
http://www.meierhoefer.net/welcome. or send an email tohtm
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Don't let Patience turn into Bitterness
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Don't let Patience turn into Bitterness
The subheading to this article could read:
"How the little guy gets squashed by the establishment"
You might say: "So what's new. We know that that happens
all the time." - And you are probably right.
Let's start at the beginning: This morning I was sitting at
the breakfast table reading the newspaper when I ran across
an AP-article about an accountant in a small town bank. The
story said that he is a teacher of accounting now, and that
he uses his own story to teach his students.
Don't you sometimes hope the little guy wins?
Are you sometimes frustrated that the establishment, being
it the city administration or government, a corporation, or
a large organization seems to get away with things you, as
a private person, never would?
Not all battles are the same, and not all of them are worth
fighting. In one of our communities here a single student
wrote a letter to his school demanding that the paintings
and sculptures of a warrior Indian be removed form campus.
He feels they are offensive and portrait Indians as
war-mongering. The school board recently decided to keep
the name "Warrior" but remove all signs of the Indian head
from everywhere, including letter head, athletic gear,
everything. After 80 years of tradition and pride to be a
Warrior, one student's letter is enough to get the whole
community up in arms. In my view it's a huge waste of
energy and time.
I myself am involved in a fight on a smaller scale. As a
former employee of a company that went bankrupt, a group of
my friends and I are still hoping to get some of the
compensation the company owes us. We have been waiting and
fighting for 3 years now.
Then there are the other fights, like the one I read about
in the paper, of the teacher named Dave Welch. In that case
I really hope the little guy wins. Here is what happened.
During times of massive corporate scandals at Enron,
WorldCom, Tyco, etc. Mr Welch refused to sign the financial
statement of the bank he was working for. As the accountant
he has to attest with his signature that all the numbers
are correct. He suspected that things weren't all clean,
and so he didn't sign.
The federal government, in the form of the US Congress, had
passed a law to protect whistle blowers, like Mr. Welch,
from repression in case they found or suspected something
was wrong. The article I read in the paper this morning
speaks about the fact that the protection as originally
intended doesn't really seem to exist. Of a total of 1091
cases, the little guys only got a favorable ruling 17
times; that's less than 2% - some protection, if you ask me.
As you can imagine, after being fired from his bank for not
signing the financial statements, Mr. Welch didn't find
work in his little town. Even when he applied further away
the fact that he was a whistleblower has been seen as a
risk for employers. He had to sell his farm, lost all his
savings, and now is a teacher instead of an accountant. He
did the right thing under the law. He spoke up when he
suspected wrong doing, but nobody is willing to enforce
this law. The courts have ordered the bank 4 times so far
to pay Mr. Welch his back pay and rehire him, at least
temporary, or give him a severance package.
Each time the bank refused and appealed the decisions. This
case is probably dragging on for years to come.
Does that mean I advocate to keep your mouths shut and
overlook blatant mistakes or fraudulent behaviors? No, not
at all. What I think anybody in this kind of a situation
needs to be aware is this: Don't expect any help because
the laws passed in the last 8 years are predominantly in
favor of business. Even in cases where they appear to
protect the employee, they get interpreted by government
administrators in ways that avoid consequences.
If we are lucky, we might get better government after the
next presidential elections. Even if that happens, it will
take years to correct the many problems that have come from
an overly pro-business atmosphere.
I am a business and leadership coach and consultant. I
depend on clients form this niche. Still, I believe we need
to recognize our core values and apply the rules and laws
equally for all. A bank can increase it's legal budge from
$100.000 per year to $400.000 per year to fight a little
guy like Mr. Welch. Good leadership and working with a good
coach and consultant would mean to find a way to solve the
issue, review the data, admit wrong ding, if that is
warranted, and safe the legal fees. With the legal fees the
bank spend the last 5 years they could have helped a lot of
their customers and create new larger profits.
I believe there is a great lesson to be learned from this
story: When you know you are right and you are patient
enough to look, you will find others who agree and will
take a chance on you. Here is how the story ends:
Mr. Welch applied for a job as a teacher at Franklin
University in Ohio. The article reads: "At the end of the
interview Mr. Welch was shown into the office of Paul Otto,
the schools president at the time.
Mr. Otto is a blunt-spoken long-ago Marine who sits on two
corporate boards. He'd heard about Mr. Welch. The case, Mr.
Otto said, reminded him of an article he'd written a few
months before the interview, on the need to challenge
corporate authority.
He invited Mr. Welch to take a seat across a coffee table
in a desk-less office. "Let me ask you," Mr. Otto said,
"did you refuse to certify the banks financial statements
or did you sign them and then blow the whistle?"
"I refused to sign," Mr. Welch said, unsure which was the
right answer. It was good enough for Mr. Otto, whose
article preaches this message:
"The greatest failures resulting from unchallenged
authority have occurred when people reporting directly to
the CEO lacked the courage to challenge their boss."
Mr. Welch got the job."
As mentioned at the beginning, he could have gotten
frustrated and bitter with the justice system, the labor
department, the community that expelled him, although he
didn't do anything wrong.
Good thing he didn't. He is still patiently hoping that the
intent of the law will ultimately give him the back-pay the
courts have ordered the bank to pay several times by now.
More importantly, he is using his story to encourage other
future accountants to be vigilant and stand up for what is
right.
Having strong confidence, the willingness to stand up for
what is right, and be firm in your convictions isn't just a
lesson for a little guy, an employee or a lower level
manager, but for executives and leaders among all of us.
And just because things might not go our way immediately
doesn't mean we should give up. I hope very few people have
to give up their farm, their job, their community, and
their friends, to fight for what is right.
Mr. Welch's story inspires me to keep going and not turning
bitter. I hope anybody being involved in similar situations
will see that being strong, full of positive energy and
patience is the source of the power it takes to persevere.
About the Author:
Axel Meierhoefer is an experienced performance coach,
author, educator, consultant, and the founder of Axel
Meierhoefer Consulting LLC (AMC LLC). His motto is" Helping
others help themselves achieve success". If you like to get
on his VIP E-mail list to receive more articles, or if you
like to receive his FREE special report, go to
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Is Performance always a Competition
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Is Performance always a Competition
When we have some time to take a breath, read a newspaper,
watch a TV show, and relax, we find a continuation of what
is common in the work place. A lot of what is presented and
written about is describing how well - or not so well -
others did, organizations did, sports teams did, - in a
nutshell, how well they performed.
Every walk of life seems to be inundated with competition.
We feel we constantly have to compete with others, show
that we are worthy and that we deserve to advance based on
our performance.
As you have seen in many articles and writings, I call
myself a Performance Coach. When we say our motto is:
"Helping other succeed", or "Helping other help themselves
achieve their goals and dreams", we actually want to help
them to improve their performance.
On first glace that seems to be pretty obvious and easy to
understand. When we look into the meaning of the word
performance, we can learn a number of things, but also get
a little more confused. Here are some samples:
Kernerman's English Multilingual Dictionary says
performance = the doing of something.
Fair enough. We probably can all agree with that. The
questions is: what is the something and how well is it done?
The Encyclopedia Britannica looks at the legal aspects and
offers this explanation:
Performance in law, is the act of doing that which is
required by a contract. The effect of successful
performance is to discharge the person bound to do the act
from any future contractual liability. Each party to the
contract is bound to perform promises according to the
stipulated terms.
I guess that means: If you do what you promised in a
contract, you performed as expected and are entitled to the
compensation that was promised to you. Wouldn't it be nice
if things were that simple? You tell your boss what you are
willing to do, and when you do it, you are good to go? In
most cases that won't work, because we all have come to
understand that what was originally promised is seen as the
minimum requirement and sets the basic expectation.
The first lesson to learn from is this: Don't over-promise,
so the foundation of the expectation regarding your
performance isn't too high. Then, over-deliver and surprise
those who need to compensate you.
A word of caution: You want to find realistic values when
applying this lesson. If you play low-ball and then blow
everybody away by your final delivery, you run the risk of
loosing trust. Give realistic figures, set realistic
expectations, and then try everything you can to best them;
that is the approach that will help you in the long run.
Back to the definitions: Webster's Dictionary gives us
these choices for the term:
Performance =
- the execution of an action
- something accomplished
- the fulfillment of a claim, promise, or request
- the action of representing a character in a play
- a public presentation or exhibition (a benefit
performance)
- the ability to perform
- the linguistic behavior of an individual
With all these version of performance in mind, we want to
see if it always has to be competition.
I say = NO!
What we want to achieve is a way to act and do things in
our way. That is the way we want to be known for, the way
we are proud of, the way we acknowledge for ourselves, the
honest way we are and we act. Remember the saying: "How you
do something is how you do everything!"
Our performance should always be the best we can do. That
requires to give our actions some thought ' and don't
forget, what we say is an action too, so give that some
thought as well.
The recent tendency to turn everything into a competition
makes life and work appear as if someone has to loose for
someone else to win, and naturally, the winner is always
seen as the better performer.
In some cases when that argument of someone or something
being better doesn't necessarily apply, other reasons for
awarding a winner to a competition are thought. You might
recall the recent award of a huge contract by the US Air
Force to the American company Northrop-Grumman. They have
created a new tanker airplane for the military that won in
4 out of 5 critical performance areas. In addition it has
the shorter take off distance with the same take off
weight, meaning it can take off from shorter runways all
around the world.
When our troops are involved in battle, they don't always
have the luxury of perfectly prepared airfields with never
ending runways, so this point has global importance. Still,
Boeing tried to make the argument that they should win the
contract anyway, because some of the parts and work is
going to be done by a company outside the United States,
namely Airbus.
What does that mean for our initial question? Well,
performance is not a matter of who wins the competition
(assuming there even is one), but a matter of integrity.
You don't just want to perform to you highest level when
others are watching (or judging, like about the tanker
plane), but always. You want to be able to provide your
best effort all the time, or the best of your team, and the
best of your company.
Yes, you may not always win, but that is because others try
their hardest too, and every once in a while their best is
a little better than yours. Rather than finding reasons
outside yourself, you want to look at what can be learned,
and do better the next time around.
If you live and work in an environment where you can
motivate others and yourself to always bring the best
possible performance to the table, you will win the vast
majority of situations. The effort and the integrity with
which you perform it actually counts much more than the
fact that you are the last one standing at the end of a
competition.
Bottom line: performance is not always a competition, but
it should always be a sign of your best effort, brought
with honesty, integrity, and pried to those that ask for
it. If you set your values and your attitude in this way,
you will become very successful, and everybody around you
will love and respect you.
Try it, - you will see how good it feels!
About the Author:
Axel Meierhoefer is an experienced performance coach,
author, educator, consultant, and the founder of Axel
Meierhoefer Consulting LLC (AMC LLC). His motto is" Helping
others help themselves achieve success". If you like to get
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The Universe follows the Law of Attraction
This morning we received a message from Mac Anderson,
founder of Simple Truths Inc., an organization in the
business of encouragement and inspiration. AMC has been a
subscriber to Mac's service for some time and always
everybody is interesting to see, read, and learn about the
products and services he has to offer. Today's situation
was a little different...
We get a lot of messages via email from marketing gurus and
organizations that try to sell stuff. Often, we don't even
open them or just briefly glance at them. Some things, on
the ohter hand, we actually wait for, like Mac's messages
or the ones from Michael Angier and Christian Mickelsen.
Let's start at the beginning: We have found, and we believe
many of you might be able to relate, that we listen to
certain things when we are actually in need. If things are
going well and we are healthy, we don't listen much to all
the healthier eating and diet advertisements. When we feel
good, we don't pay much attention to the ads about new
pills or pharmaceuticals. A similar thing applies when you
are in business. When lots of projects and contracts are in
the pipeline and you actually have a waiting list or can
barely cover all the commitments you've made, you don't pay
much attention to all the messages about how to improve
marketing, become more successful, and improve your
situation.
When, on the other hand, money isn't rolling in on a
regular basis, prices keep increasing, and you begin to
wonder how to make all the payments for the bills you know
will come in at the end of the month, a certain level of
desperation begins to set in. The movie "The Secret"
provided a nice solution on a theoretical level for such
circumstances. It basically said that there is a universal,
natural law that governs what we receive.
It is called the "Law of Attraction".
This law is supposedly followed by all the energies in the
universe. When we think about all the things that could
cause us to fail, from the little things like failing to
find a parking spot in front of the store in the pouring
rain, to the big things, like making enough revenue to pay
the help and the bills, we will attract this negativity and
the associated circumstances, and what we are afraid of
will actually happen.
If, on the other hand, we think and believe in the good
things in the world, keep our hopes up, channel our
positive energy towards success even when things aren't
going perfectly, the universe and its' Law of Attraction
will bring those things closer to us that will actually
allow us to reach our goals and succeed.
Many people have actually experienced this situation more
than once, and its always amazing. anybody can admit that
it isn't always easy to keep a positive mind set and think
the positive thoughts. Not too long ago we got into a
situation where several projects all came to an end at the
same time, and we began to wonder if we will have any new
work any time soon.
Knowing that dwelling on the possibility of failure
wouldn't help, we began to activate our network, listen to
what gurus in the field say and suggest, and worked very
focused on developing new opportunities. Guess what - the
universe listened and now we have a number of new projects
in the pipeline that have us more excited than ever.
For anybody who has read previous articles for any length
of time, you will know that we are always for letting
others participate in achievements. In this case that means
that our anxiety to run into trouble and its solution
should be turned around into something positive. Mac
Anderson couldn't know that things had already turned into
a very positive movement when he sent us his message this
morning. We still watched what he had send us because one
never knows when you need a solution in future desperate
times.
More importantly, we weres able to forward Mac's movie to
a friend who's daughter was scheduled for surgery in just a
few days, and to some other people who are currently
struggling. That made all of us feel good because we have
hope it has helped them, and we believe it made them feel
good, because they now know that others care about them and
their lives.
Whether your are in a bad situation or in the best place in
your life right now, we like to encourage you to use the
link below and watch the movie Mac sent to us. If it
applies, use it to motivate yourself to get back up and
keep moving forward. If it doesn't currently fit, download
it or save the link, so you have it when you need it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=jmfKlXMbTw4
About the Author:
Axel Meierhoefer is an experienced performance coach,
author, educator, consultant, and the founder of Axel
Meierhoefer Consulting LLC (AMC LLC). His motto is" Helping
others help themselves achieve success". If you like to get
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like to receive his FREE special report, go to
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1 comments:
Great article on alternative work schedules. We are discussing this at work to have better quality of home life and to fight gas prices.
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