July 16/17
In your day to day travels or perhaps a holiday get away, what are you noticing on your travels? During most of your observations are you noticing beauty and kindness?
I am currently on a incredible journey of the west coast of Canada and the United States. Several thousand miles have been covered by plane, car, boat and by foot. At every turn with some new discovery I have also noticed incredible beauty. I have experienced the new energy from cities I have never been to before.
Even the odd gum wall by the Pike Market in Seattle had a strange beauty and wonder in it. In a small way thousands of people have made a statement and expressed a hope in doing the act of sticking their gum to the wall. Now as I sit in a chair beside the ocean in BC, I am aware of the need for exploring has surfaced. I listen to the waves crash onto the beach and this is increasing the desire for me to explore.
As you travel pay attention to the experience you are receiving. For these experiences will direct you to the start of your next step. It does not need to be of any significant locations then others however when you follow your passion it will become significant to you.
When you start to feel this feeling of growth you will know this is a sign for you. This realization will start shining on your to provide the energy for you to complete the steps you have just started. You too will experience beauty in places that others will not be able to see. Once you start to see this ensure you start to give back in the format of gratitude.
This form of gratitude is a way of planting more seeds for a later harvest, which will be growing your radius of your travels and experience. This will all you to become more aware of beauty that you have not seen before.
So ask yourself what do you need to improve in your life. Start to explore when and how you can start your new travel. You will start to see growth and life in every turn and you will receive this when you least expect it.
Remember back when you were a young child when you experienced things for the first time. To recapture those feelings is important to reengage your natural gift of travel, which leads to exploration of your discovery. All of this relates back to take advantage of your freedom.
Your freedom combined with your natural ability to do will lead you to accomplish what you truly want in your life. Freedom is required to travel and by your travels you will start to experience more freedom. From your ocean view of significance enjoy the beauty that has been created for you. You will start to find a sense of balance and being with natures energy. This is when you will experience moments that will remain with you.
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Saturday, 9 September 2017
Thursday, 7 September 2017
The Second Book The 25th Chapter - Stage Realization
July 15/17
I was recently able to experience a live theater event where the overall theme was about a family and realization of growth. There was a reoccurring theme of when the children were young and growing a sense of joy and exploring with amazement as a foundation. Then as time progressed some issues came up and caused areas of friction in which caused a life that was not so magical for all.
After that stage was complete there was a realization that friction stage was not as significant as thought in their moment. This is were emotions of regret would now surface and the time spent on regret was not adding value as there was not the option to change the past.
This pattern reoccurs in all we do the only difference is the amount of time during the beginning to the end of the cycle for us. The second stage is critical to realize when you are at and ensure you are making decisions that can enable you to lower the friction as much as possible. The concept of the theory of reality is applied while your going through this stage. Acknowledge your friction and don't let it have an long term effect on your growth and others around you.
Do a self assignment at these times and determine what changes are required on our part. Don't discount your feeling of realization yet ensure your maintain your balance to get through this stage as quick as possible.
By teaching yourself to get through these stages quickly this will allow you to pass your competition. The competition can be in the form of your negative thoughts or your direct competitors in your work life. At the end of the day if you move quick through this stage you will cross your finish line first.
The other important objective will be lowing the negative impact on others around you. As you look back at some of your challenges and how you have impacted others. Did you create an experience that allowed your friends to help you climb your mountain? Or did you push others away during your stage realization of misunderstanding? Either result will grow your momentum of your choices.
Learn to recognize where your at in your stage cycle and learn from your mistakes. One experience at a time, learn how to integrate your life's lesson and seek what gift life is teaching you during that experience. Realize that your family is a powerful influence on you and that influence is directly given back to them from you.
I was recently able to experience a live theater event where the overall theme was about a family and realization of growth. There was a reoccurring theme of when the children were young and growing a sense of joy and exploring with amazement as a foundation. Then as time progressed some issues came up and caused areas of friction in which caused a life that was not so magical for all.
After that stage was complete there was a realization that friction stage was not as significant as thought in their moment. This is were emotions of regret would now surface and the time spent on regret was not adding value as there was not the option to change the past.
This pattern reoccurs in all we do the only difference is the amount of time during the beginning to the end of the cycle for us. The second stage is critical to realize when you are at and ensure you are making decisions that can enable you to lower the friction as much as possible. The concept of the theory of reality is applied while your going through this stage. Acknowledge your friction and don't let it have an long term effect on your growth and others around you.
Do a self assignment at these times and determine what changes are required on our part. Don't discount your feeling of realization yet ensure your maintain your balance to get through this stage as quick as possible.
By teaching yourself to get through these stages quickly this will allow you to pass your competition. The competition can be in the form of your negative thoughts or your direct competitors in your work life. At the end of the day if you move quick through this stage you will cross your finish line first.
The other important objective will be lowing the negative impact on others around you. As you look back at some of your challenges and how you have impacted others. Did you create an experience that allowed your friends to help you climb your mountain? Or did you push others away during your stage realization of misunderstanding? Either result will grow your momentum of your choices.
Learn to recognize where your at in your stage cycle and learn from your mistakes. One experience at a time, learn how to integrate your life's lesson and seek what gift life is teaching you during that experience. Realize that your family is a powerful influence on you and that influence is directly given back to them from you.
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
The Second Book The 24th Chapter - Grow Your Emontions
July 13/17
When is the last time you have completed a internal check on your emotions and their growth? Do you feel you lack emotions or do you feel your emotions are scattered? Like any pattern in life your emotions too require growth to fully experience life.
If you land in the first group that seems to lack feelings or they are low, spend a moment to reflect and ask yourself why that might be. This chapter will not tell you how to unlock your emotions as this is intended for you to look inward. The Latin word for educate means to come from within, By asking yourself why, you will start to unlock your barriers for your growth. Once you start to experience and feel your emotions grow you will experience a scattering of your emotions.
This is your critical time of your emotional growth and as you explore this growth be mindful of your audience. Rely on your close positive inner circle of friends as emotions of growth is required for you to keep leveling up in your life. If you choose the wrong people to share and combined with your environment this may cause some negative effects to your quest to gather your energy.
Always focus back to your alignment, which unlocks your passion. Once you have your emotions and passions aligned this extra energy will provide you the fuel to a great level of success. Whomever your greatest mentor is they will have mastered this alignment.
This is key for you to practice, as without your doing this on a daily basis you will not go where your are capable of going. You can also use the emotions of passion to increase the probability to exit an organization that you are not aligned with. Senior leaders within your work environment know this concept very well.
Have you ever wondered why in some cases your leaders exit an organization? They probably were a long term high performer and continued to be however all of a sudden they leave. There is a good chance this leader took control of their own destiny by creating their environment to leave. They would have recognized an opportunity and capitalized on that opportunity to move them to their next step.
I encourage you to reach out to this person and ask for a meeting with them. Explain your intent and ask if they would be willing to share with you the experience prior to the meeting. You will learn a lot from this conversation and connecting with this person.
This time spent with them will multiply your time after your meeting. Grow your emotions one moment and one conversation at a time.
When is the last time you have completed a internal check on your emotions and their growth? Do you feel you lack emotions or do you feel your emotions are scattered? Like any pattern in life your emotions too require growth to fully experience life.
If you land in the first group that seems to lack feelings or they are low, spend a moment to reflect and ask yourself why that might be. This chapter will not tell you how to unlock your emotions as this is intended for you to look inward. The Latin word for educate means to come from within, By asking yourself why, you will start to unlock your barriers for your growth. Once you start to experience and feel your emotions grow you will experience a scattering of your emotions.
This is your critical time of your emotional growth and as you explore this growth be mindful of your audience. Rely on your close positive inner circle of friends as emotions of growth is required for you to keep leveling up in your life. If you choose the wrong people to share and combined with your environment this may cause some negative effects to your quest to gather your energy.
Always focus back to your alignment, which unlocks your passion. Once you have your emotions and passions aligned this extra energy will provide you the fuel to a great level of success. Whomever your greatest mentor is they will have mastered this alignment.
This is key for you to practice, as without your doing this on a daily basis you will not go where your are capable of going. You can also use the emotions of passion to increase the probability to exit an organization that you are not aligned with. Senior leaders within your work environment know this concept very well.
Have you ever wondered why in some cases your leaders exit an organization? They probably were a long term high performer and continued to be however all of a sudden they leave. There is a good chance this leader took control of their own destiny by creating their environment to leave. They would have recognized an opportunity and capitalized on that opportunity to move them to their next step.
I encourage you to reach out to this person and ask for a meeting with them. Explain your intent and ask if they would be willing to share with you the experience prior to the meeting. You will learn a lot from this conversation and connecting with this person.
This time spent with them will multiply your time after your meeting. Grow your emotions one moment and one conversation at a time.
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
The Second Book The 23rd Chapter - Complete Your Step
July 12/17
We all know of journeys big or small that always start with the first step. However more importantly is to fully complete all your steps to reach your goals. The value of not completing your steps will be worthless in regards to all the pre-work you and others have put into that goal.
I would like to share a journey of the completion of my steps of my goal of publishing my first book. The overall journey to arrive today, this day of the official release of my first book, has taken years to achieve. In short my life experiences to date have created a view that now I have shared on paper. The specific goal of putting the first book together started in Sept of 2015. Fast forward almost two years later and now it is published.
During these time there was several distractions on my goal however with consistent steps moving forward I was able to complete. When I was working towards this goal there was also several people along the way that helped me with my journey. Now that the task is complete I have realized the disservice I would have done to all those that helped me, if I did not finish.
When your on your particular journey there will be several people step up and help you achieve your goal. When you are struggling with the completion, spend a moment and reflect on the investment these people have freely given you. As you think about how they have helped you this far, use these thoughts to motivate you forward. The biggest lose to you and others around you is if you fail to complete each step.
In modern day society could you imagine what life would be like if the current things we use on a daily basis that enable use to live an easy life were not completed. Make each step of yours count to your growth. Each step does make a difference to you and others around you. Your theory of relativity of your value depends on the completing of your goals.
You will stumble on your journey and when that happens correct your balance and move forward. While your moving forward, observer your growth and performance. Identify improvement efficiency in the patterns that occur around you. Act on these improvements when they come your way. The sooner you act on them the quicker your momentum will increased towards your completion quest.
By building your momentum you will be growing an environment for yourself that will be motivating for you naturally. An environment that will allow you to complete all your steps on all your goals.
We all know of journeys big or small that always start with the first step. However more importantly is to fully complete all your steps to reach your goals. The value of not completing your steps will be worthless in regards to all the pre-work you and others have put into that goal.
I would like to share a journey of the completion of my steps of my goal of publishing my first book. The overall journey to arrive today, this day of the official release of my first book, has taken years to achieve. In short my life experiences to date have created a view that now I have shared on paper. The specific goal of putting the first book together started in Sept of 2015. Fast forward almost two years later and now it is published.
During these time there was several distractions on my goal however with consistent steps moving forward I was able to complete. When I was working towards this goal there was also several people along the way that helped me with my journey. Now that the task is complete I have realized the disservice I would have done to all those that helped me, if I did not finish.
When your on your particular journey there will be several people step up and help you achieve your goal. When you are struggling with the completion, spend a moment and reflect on the investment these people have freely given you. As you think about how they have helped you this far, use these thoughts to motivate you forward. The biggest lose to you and others around you is if you fail to complete each step.
In modern day society could you imagine what life would be like if the current things we use on a daily basis that enable use to live an easy life were not completed. Make each step of yours count to your growth. Each step does make a difference to you and others around you. Your theory of relativity of your value depends on the completing of your goals.
You will stumble on your journey and when that happens correct your balance and move forward. While your moving forward, observer your growth and performance. Identify improvement efficiency in the patterns that occur around you. Act on these improvements when they come your way. The sooner you act on them the quicker your momentum will increased towards your completion quest.
By building your momentum you will be growing an environment for yourself that will be motivating for you naturally. An environment that will allow you to complete all your steps on all your goals.
Sunday, 3 September 2017
The Second Book The 22nd Chapter - Choose Your Funnel Strategy
July 12/17
If your in sales you probably heard of the concept to work your funnel. To keep your funnel full with potential leads and some of those numbers will end up providing you with sales. That concept works as long as you continue to work the numbers game.
This pattern replicates in nature as well for nature trying to survive by gathering energy in the form of food. What I would like to talk about today is turn your funnel upside down. Whatever goals your currently are working on, instead of the one immediate closure of a goal to expand your goals with a stronger focus by turning your strategy. For example if your in sales and you want to increase your volume focus on building stronger relationships. Build yourself a spreadsheet of what you are going to achieve. By doing it will provide you a step by step plan to reach your goals.
When your building your relationships start by asking how you can provide further value to your customer. This is the start of your inverse funnel strategy. Picture this strategy one of farming rather than one of hunting. One of planting seeds and watering those seeds. As time goes by your reward will grow much further that the immediate sale of hunting.
Your relationships will grow to provide value to your customers and it is at this time they will start to ask you how they can help with your overall growth. This is now the start of growing your funnel upside down. You are now starting to grow your matrix of success. With one successful conversation at a time you will be growing your value and influence.
When you first start out in whatever venture you will need to do both the traditional and the inverse funnel strategy. Like in nature when you first start you will need to hunt at the beginning while also planting seeds for farming. At your beginning you will need to have a higher focus on the numbers strategy and as you become more successful start shifting your balance to one of investing yourself in long term value adds.
The secret is to keep yourself moving and growing. In nature, stopping movement will strop growth and this pattern will occur with you as well. Keep moving and keep sharing your growth with others.
The more you truly share the more you will have in return. If your new to your goals start working your numbers and if your success in your goals help others. Remember at some point you were new at this goal and someone mentored you.
If your in sales you probably heard of the concept to work your funnel. To keep your funnel full with potential leads and some of those numbers will end up providing you with sales. That concept works as long as you continue to work the numbers game.
This pattern replicates in nature as well for nature trying to survive by gathering energy in the form of food. What I would like to talk about today is turn your funnel upside down. Whatever goals your currently are working on, instead of the one immediate closure of a goal to expand your goals with a stronger focus by turning your strategy. For example if your in sales and you want to increase your volume focus on building stronger relationships. Build yourself a spreadsheet of what you are going to achieve. By doing it will provide you a step by step plan to reach your goals.
When your building your relationships start by asking how you can provide further value to your customer. This is the start of your inverse funnel strategy. Picture this strategy one of farming rather than one of hunting. One of planting seeds and watering those seeds. As time goes by your reward will grow much further that the immediate sale of hunting.
Your relationships will grow to provide value to your customers and it is at this time they will start to ask you how they can help with your overall growth. This is now the start of growing your funnel upside down. You are now starting to grow your matrix of success. With one successful conversation at a time you will be growing your value and influence.
When you first start out in whatever venture you will need to do both the traditional and the inverse funnel strategy. Like in nature when you first start you will need to hunt at the beginning while also planting seeds for farming. At your beginning you will need to have a higher focus on the numbers strategy and as you become more successful start shifting your balance to one of investing yourself in long term value adds.
The secret is to keep yourself moving and growing. In nature, stopping movement will strop growth and this pattern will occur with you as well. Keep moving and keep sharing your growth with others.
The more you truly share the more you will have in return. If your new to your goals start working your numbers and if your success in your goals help others. Remember at some point you were new at this goal and someone mentored you.
Saturday, 2 September 2017
The Second Book The 21st Chapter - Don't Let Your Past Chart Your Future
July 11/17
Have you had an experience and after it was over you were looking back thinking, I could have done better. Ask yourself why you have this feeling? What should have been an exciting new experience that added value to your life, it has perhaps had the opposite effect.
Part of this concept of not performing like you had wanted to is sometimes you are the subject to your last similar experience. Your environment you are currently in is a determining factor of your ability to create consistent level of value. After each experience look around your environment and feel the energy that is surrounding you. Your mind is powerful and others around you plant the seed of influence, this influence can be either positive or negative and it can have an result on your performance.
Almost 6 years ago I was given the opportunity for a different leadership position at a large company. I struggled at first on how to allow myself do accomplish more value and not let my past influence my current state. There was a time during the beginning I wanted to go back to my old position. When that thought started to occur my performance went down. To the point that was low enough I was almost given a discipline warning due to my poor attitude and performance.
This was the first time in my working life I was struggling at this level to try to succeed at my work. As I reflected to why this was occurring I realized my thoughts were driving my results and I was focusing on my past. I realized it was not possible to go forward and to create the value I desired to create. Once this realization occurred I focused on the moment and thought how can I succeed in this new role.
The key was to have the thought and from that thought value was created. During the remaining 5 years at that position I was able to grow and lead a group of amazing individuals. Not only was I able to create value in my direct reports, I was able to increase the value of the over 1000 people working there through the team of people I was working with.
The 2 key leanings was to be able to identify my current performance level and to be able to identify where others were around me in their journey. By starting first to lead yourself you will have the ability to lead others in a way that will create value.
Your biggest return on your influence will be leading others to a point where they are able to chart their own future that does not depend on their past.
Have you had an experience and after it was over you were looking back thinking, I could have done better. Ask yourself why you have this feeling? What should have been an exciting new experience that added value to your life, it has perhaps had the opposite effect.
Part of this concept of not performing like you had wanted to is sometimes you are the subject to your last similar experience. Your environment you are currently in is a determining factor of your ability to create consistent level of value. After each experience look around your environment and feel the energy that is surrounding you. Your mind is powerful and others around you plant the seed of influence, this influence can be either positive or negative and it can have an result on your performance.
Almost 6 years ago I was given the opportunity for a different leadership position at a large company. I struggled at first on how to allow myself do accomplish more value and not let my past influence my current state. There was a time during the beginning I wanted to go back to my old position. When that thought started to occur my performance went down. To the point that was low enough I was almost given a discipline warning due to my poor attitude and performance.
This was the first time in my working life I was struggling at this level to try to succeed at my work. As I reflected to why this was occurring I realized my thoughts were driving my results and I was focusing on my past. I realized it was not possible to go forward and to create the value I desired to create. Once this realization occurred I focused on the moment and thought how can I succeed in this new role.
The key was to have the thought and from that thought value was created. During the remaining 5 years at that position I was able to grow and lead a group of amazing individuals. Not only was I able to create value in my direct reports, I was able to increase the value of the over 1000 people working there through the team of people I was working with.
The 2 key leanings was to be able to identify my current performance level and to be able to identify where others were around me in their journey. By starting first to lead yourself you will have the ability to lead others in a way that will create value.
Your biggest return on your influence will be leading others to a point where they are able to chart their own future that does not depend on their past.
Friday, 1 September 2017
The Second Book The 20th Chapter - Follow Your Own Path
July 10/17
There always comes a time when you need to be going by yourself into unknown territory. As we grow up and as a young child we are constantly learning from our environment. Whatever skill set we learn there is always a moment when you go forward with that new skill alone.
This pattern keeps replicating through your entire life. Remember back to the first time you successfully rode your peddle bike by yourself. There was that moment when your parent let you go and with no other support you went ahead. Usually at the time you didn't even know the hand of direction was removed for your first ride. It comes natural and it just happens, that first ride and the desire to move forward and experience exploration.
So remember back to that growing feeling that you experienced in that moment. Remember back to the determination and passion you had to master you bike alone. Once that transition happened your coach could no longer help you and in fact if they kept supporting you now, the result would be the slowing of your progress.
Now as you read these words, later in life are you feeling the need to go alone? This pattern applies to every aspect of your life from personal life to your career. You always need the support in the beginning from someone to coach you and once that phase is complete it is time for you to move on.
A tangible tool for you to complete leveling up within you life is to operate in your passion zone. The combination of your passion zone and your determination will allow you to accomplish so much more. The patter of your mentor letting you go without your realizing it will happen naturally. If you are doing something that is not your passion than focus your aim to improve your determination.
For your optimum results you would require alignment in both your passion and determination. However these two elements can be at different levels in your environment. The only direct negative effect to you is slowing of your pace for you to accomplish your goals.
Currently I am in a transition phase of growth and right now I am walking down a path I have never experienced before. I realize the direct hand of support has been lifted and I an on my own path. I am following my passion by writing these words and allowing my determination to grow in helping at least one other person discover their passion.
How are you going to apply your passion and determination to follow your own path?
There always comes a time when you need to be going by yourself into unknown territory. As we grow up and as a young child we are constantly learning from our environment. Whatever skill set we learn there is always a moment when you go forward with that new skill alone.
This pattern keeps replicating through your entire life. Remember back to the first time you successfully rode your peddle bike by yourself. There was that moment when your parent let you go and with no other support you went ahead. Usually at the time you didn't even know the hand of direction was removed for your first ride. It comes natural and it just happens, that first ride and the desire to move forward and experience exploration.
So remember back to that growing feeling that you experienced in that moment. Remember back to the determination and passion you had to master you bike alone. Once that transition happened your coach could no longer help you and in fact if they kept supporting you now, the result would be the slowing of your progress.
Now as you read these words, later in life are you feeling the need to go alone? This pattern applies to every aspect of your life from personal life to your career. You always need the support in the beginning from someone to coach you and once that phase is complete it is time for you to move on.
A tangible tool for you to complete leveling up within you life is to operate in your passion zone. The combination of your passion zone and your determination will allow you to accomplish so much more. The patter of your mentor letting you go without your realizing it will happen naturally. If you are doing something that is not your passion than focus your aim to improve your determination.
For your optimum results you would require alignment in both your passion and determination. However these two elements can be at different levels in your environment. The only direct negative effect to you is slowing of your pace for you to accomplish your goals.
Currently I am in a transition phase of growth and right now I am walking down a path I have never experienced before. I realize the direct hand of support has been lifted and I an on my own path. I am following my passion by writing these words and allowing my determination to grow in helping at least one other person discover their passion.
How are you going to apply your passion and determination to follow your own path?
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