Recently several of my clients attended a workshop on fire walking. FIREWALKING! They were amazed at what they were able to do. It was beyond belief and beyond what they ever imagined was possible. Several said they used the intuitive tools to achieve their goal to fire walk including being centered, focused and having a clear vision of their goal.
As the story goes they went to try fire walking. Why would they do this? All of them were at a point in their professional career where they wanted to take a big step forward. They were ready for anything that would inspire the power and strength within to take that step.
They decided go to the workshop. Check it out. Promising themselves that they may or may not fire walk. They wanted to make sure they gave themselves a way out.
In the end they not only walked on hot coals, they also broke arrows pointed in their throat and even bent rebar in the same way. To accomplish these feats they were reminded to focus on the goal (break the arrow, bend the rebar and get to the other side of the coals). When they faltered the instructor reminded them not to focus on their fears but on their goals.
I could not have said it better. Nothing is impossible. Whatever can be imagined can be created.
So don’t try this at home but if you would like to try fire walking my clients recommend Sundoor.com.
OK so you own a business. Have you noticed that this is a journey in self-awareness? As a business intuitive one of my main roles is to work with business owners when they hit the wall! Every successful business owner experiences this periodically. From my intuitive perspective this is one of the best times for a business to take a step towards more success if the owner is willing to realize that their own personal limits are affecting their business. This may not always be logical but it is very spiritual and intuitive. From my experience in working with business owners I can tell those who will be successful. Half the clients I work with as a business intuitive call me when they are scared about their business succeeding or frustrated that it is not growing. I look at intuitively are the concepts they have about themselves and their business. I also look at the emotional charge on these concepts. If we acknowledge that our business is a physical manifestation of who we are then it is an easy transition from “My business is stuck” to “I am stuck”. What is not always apparent is what we are stuck on. Often the concepts and energies that are affecting us are very old or are buried deep in our space. To get the energy moving in our business often means getting the energy moving in our personal space. The owner of hedge fund found his fear of loosing his business related to his fear of being alone. Real estate investor hit the wall when she realized she could not let people be on her side and related this to hiding others from an alcoholic parent. A business consultant hit the wall when the grief of a 10-year-old divorce was re-stimulated. A high fashion model hit the wall because her parents feared loosing her. The list goes on. It is surprising how easy it is to recognize and move out of these fears but it does take the courage of self-awareness, determination and amusement. Yes, amusement. That is the top of another blog. Businesses that succeed include those where we are willing to have a personal journey to discover what limits our success. We may be aware of some of these concepts and some are unconscious and have an emotional charge. Taking the time to realize these concepts and clear the energy charge on these pictures will result in the energy moving in our business. When you hit the wall try this exercise. If all else fails don’t be afraid to get an intuitive consultation to see what’s within you that is affecting your success. Intuitive Exercise (meditation) Find a time when you can sit quietly for a while. Close our eyes. Breathe deeply and often. Let go of tension when you exhale. Imagine bringing all your attention and awareness in around you. Bring your attention off of your business, your family, and your life and focus your attention within. Breathe! Continue until you feel like you are centered in present time. Most importantly do not think! In this exercise you are going to open to your intuition so relax and image in your minds eye, visualize a symbol for your business. See it out in front of you. We do this so that you don’t think and open to your intuition. If you cannot see a symbol for your business pretend to. The next step is important. You will want to pay attention to the very first thing that comes to mind. Do not require or expect that it is logical. Logic will alter the response. Your intuition is the first response. The next immediate thought is analytical and not true. Relax. Focus within. See the symbol of your business or goal in front of you. Now ask silently the question you have. Notice your first fleeting impression. There is your answer. Enjoy your personal journey and your business success.
There is a direct correlation between the clarity of vision and the success of a business. What more can I say? How can I convince you? As a Business Intuitive I can tell within one minute of talking to a business owner how successful they are and will be. Successful business owners and professionals have a VERY clear vision without doubt or uncertainty. They hold that vision in their minds eye.
I can see that vision intuitively. Others also see it perhaps unconsciously and react to what they perceive exactly as the owner sees it. If the business vision is unclear or uncertain then others sense that and react accordingly. When a business has a strong and clear vision that is also sensed and we react to their product or service with great expectation.
It begins with you, the professional or business owner. As a business intuitive in practice for over 28 years I have one simple though not easy recommendation. Meditate! Meditate to find that clear vision and focus. I know the technique below is simple. I also know it is not easy because most business owners don’t do it which explains the success rate of businesses.
People most often say, “I am too busy to meditate.” My response is, “If you take the time to meditate on your vision you won’t have to work so hard.” You can create in two ways. You can work really really hard and you may or may not be successful or you can take the time to have a clear vision (and work hard if you enjoy this) to create your success.
Try this Intuitive Exercise and Meditation and see what happens.
The clearer your vision the more successful you become. Meditate first thing before you begin your day. Take the time that you need for each these steps. It will make all the difference.
• Have a comfortable quiet place to sit down
• Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and release.
• Bring your attention and awareness into present time by focusing on yourself,
• Take a deep breath and release and let go of the thoughts and energy you are holding from yesterday or the day before.
• Bring into focus a clear vision of your day, your week, etc. Use your imagination not your logic.
• Let go of the demand energy or to do list.
• Set your energy and your space to the vibration you want to be for the day.
This takes 10 minutes to an hour. It varies on how clear your space is and how focused you are. Let me know your questions or comments about this modified meditation.
This is not only good for your body and soul it is good for your business and professional success.
Just the other day I had an interesting experience with someone selling me advertising time. I want to begin by saying that I WANTED to buy what he was selling but he wouldn’t let me. Let me tell you this very common story.
Fred called just when I was running out the door to an appointment. He wanted my company to buy radio-advertising time. It was an interesting campaign that married my company to one of my favorite charities. I was sold! The price was right. The cause was right and my company could show support for something I value. Win. Win. Win. Only one problem –Fred.
Let me describe what I saw as a business intuitive when I interacted with Fred. Everyone is intuitive including our potential customers so I am sure everyone he called that morning had the same experienced though they may not have been conscious of it.
When Fred called it was clear that I was the one hundredth person he had called in the last 10 minutes. He spoke fast. He was not communicating with me. I was just there to listen to his pitch. Because I wanted what he was selling I tried to engage him in a real communication. He was in the energy of giving his pitch, waiting for a yes or no and moving on. I felt that. I saw that. Most people would have been turned off by this and never really “heard” about his offer.
But let’s take it further because I did want to buy what he was selling. I was on the way out the door so I asked Fred to email me the information, contract, schedule for ads, etc. His energy immediately changed to “She is not going to buy this ad time.” He was done with me. Politely he took my email address and hung up. In the end he did not email me the information. He lost a sale and I lost a good advertising option.
In this situation, Fred was putting out the energy and the pictures of failure. He was going through the motions but his thoughts (“pictures” in his aura) were like neon signs to anyone he called, “I don’t expect you to buy what I am selling.” The potential client “sees” these pictures intuitively but maybe not consciously. Fred’s energy and his pictures create an unconscious and automatic reaction in the space (aura) of the person he is talking to, “I’m not buying what you are selling.” This happens all the time! We sabotage our own sales!
Let me give you an intuitive exercise you can use so that you increase your sales rather than sabotage your sales. After you do this exercise look intuitively at the people who do sales for you. Notice the pictures they have in their aura that supports or interferes with their sales.
Intuitive Exercise: To be done before you make a call, meet with a potential customer, etc.
Take the time to stop. Sit down in a quiet place if possible. Take a deep breath and relax. Begin to quiet your space. Imagine calling back all your energy, attention and awareness from everywhere – last week, this morning’s meeting, tomorrow’s trip, etc. Bring your attention into present time, the present moment.
When you feel quiet and present bring your attention into the center of your head and behind your eyes. Notice yourself. How are you doing? What will the person you talk to experience from you? The rush of your day? Your resistance to making this contact? The disappointment of your last contact? Begin to change your space. Be conscious and aware of how you want your customer to experience you intuitively. If you had a fight with someone, clear that and any other energy that is “hanging” in your space (aura). You know what you are going to say but what are they going to experience intuitively from you.
Begin to imagine and see in your minds eye (your eyes closed) the sales call or meeting you are about to conduct. Notice your thoughts about this. Begin to release or let go of any competing thoughts, ideas, emotions, etc. Let go of any past time experiences that interfere with you imagining or seeing successful contacts.
Do not make a call or meet with potential clients until YOU can see clearly the possibility of making the sale. Your clients or customers are intuitive. They will pick up on any doubt or thoughts that you have. Make sure they are picking up on thoughts that support a sale versus thoughts that would sabotage your sale.
When you have set your space (aura) the way you want your customer to experience you and you can see a successful sale in your minds eye exactly as you would like it to happen then you are ready to meet with your potential customer.
There are more intuitive steps but this is a good start. Have a great day and let me know how your sales go!
There are many ways to create a sale. Some people rev-up their energy and run an intense sales pitch through your space. In the onslaught of the energy many may, in fact, buy what is being sold. Once the client gets out of the energy of the sale they will do one or both of these. They will return or cancel the contract because they felt pushed into something or they will simply never use the produce or service again for the same reason. Customers are very sensitive to energy. Salespersons or business owners who are aware set the energy of their contacts with an intuitive eye to the customer. Knowing your customer and what they are in need of then will develop long-term relationships with their clients/customers.
To create this long-term relationship in which customers come back again and again we must be intuitive. There are several levels to a sale.
1. Telling your potential customer about the product.
2. Knowing what their needs are.
This is as far as most business folks go but there is a third and absolutely essential piece. Your customer has thoughts or pictures that affect their ability to hear what you tell them and to see the value of your product or service. They may be aware of these thoughts or pictures or is may be entirely unconscious to then. Either way this is what will determine whether they buy from you or not. This is where intuition comes in.
There is a current rage that says’ “Find their pain. Address their pain.” Well, that is the answer for some customers and will certainly help with that group but there are other energies that affect them.
Telling the customer more and more about your product or service, thinking the more they know the more likely they will be to purchase, is a limited perspective. Sure knowing the product is important but it does not matter if the person is preoccupied by a competing thought. Maybe the couple just had an argument before meeting you. You have no chance. Their attention is elsewhere. Maybe your client is put off by something in the environment where you are meeting and can’t get beyond that. There are so many possibilities it is impossible to know ahead of time so we rely on our intuition.
Telling a customer why they need the product or service will have the same result if they are distracted by a competing thought. It is well know that businesses make most of their money from repeat customers. Selling is not about getting this sale. Selling is about creating a customer. Someone who you will keep over time. This means getting to know your customer and what their needs are. It also means knowing the unconscious or semi-conscious thoughts or pictures that have an impact on their decisions. This is where your intuition comes in.
Let me offer an intuitive exercise that you may find useful.
1. Before you meet with your potential customer take the time to stop and ground yourself.
2. Perhaps close your eyes and bring all your attention and awareness into present time.
3. Gather your energy from your day and be present.
4. Imagine your appointment with your customer.
5. Decide how you would like to be in this meeting.
6. Open intuitively to your customer.
7. Intuitively, what do you see about them? What is on their mind? Just imagine.
These are some of the steps you can take to open intuitively before you meet with your client.
When you meet with your client use your own style of presentation then sit back. Make some separation from your potential client if you are completely in their space. By doing this you gain some perspective. Stop thinking and start noticing. Open your intuition. What do you notice about this person intuitively? Stop talking and start listening. Find out about them. Let them talk to you about what they are looking for. Don’t think. Notice intuitively more than listening to their words. What do you notice separately from what they are saying? Don’t respond just keep listening until you “see” that you have a clear picture of who they are and what’s on their mind. If your product is not the right fit, say so and let them go. I could give you a thousand reasons why this is a good idea but that is another blog.
If your product is the right fit then keep opening intuitively to find the picture or thought in their space that is in the way. Talk about what you intuit. Keep reading them and talk about their “fears”. You don’t have to sell your product at this point. You are simply getting your customer on the same page with you by finding out why they are not.
As they feel that you hear them they will begin to engage in knowing who you are or how your product or service might work for them.
We get up. We get going. We have a list of things to do. At the end of this busy day we may or may not have taken steps toward our goals.
Consider this. We all have thoughts, concepts and ideas in our awareness. To an intuitive this looks like pictures in your aura. Our lives are created through these pictures whether we like them or not. When we get up in the morning how we experience our day and decisions we make are in direct response to these thoughts, concepts and ideas and not necessarily our goals. This is a serious distraction to our business success.
For example, your goal may have been to develop a proposal for a potential client. Instead your attention and awareness are occupied by the energy your staff may have put into your space. They had a problem and they wanted you to solve it. With these thoughts and the energy of this communication in your space you could not focus on the proposal. A proposal that was important to achieving one of your goals.
This is one of an endless list of stories from my clients in which they began their day with their attention and awareness on any number of issues that did not help them achieve their goals. Working hard and not accomplishing any of our goals. It can be so frustrating but it is no mystery. Once we realize that we are the affect of other’s thoughts and energy then we can take steps to resolve.
As an intuitive I offer a simple exercise that produces dramatic results. Wake up and stay in bed until you are focused and aware of creating a day to achieve your goals. Try this. Make a point of waking up in enough time to “meditate” in bed. You could also go this after you get up. The key is to do this exercise before you begin your day.
Intuitive Exercise: Relax. Take a deep breath. Begin to be aware of your space. Don’t think. Be intuitive. How do you feel? What is on your mind? Who is on your mind (or in your space)? Take deep breaths and let go of whoever and whatever is occupying your space. Release any energy or tension you may feel in your space. Be aware of clearing others, their thoughts and their energy from your space otherwise you will spend your day achieving their goals for you!
Begin to focus on your goals and your vision of yourself and your business. Focus on the goals you want to accomplish this day, this week, etc. Now begin to imagine what you can do to achieve those goals. Let go of everything and anything else. These distractions keep you busy but do not help achieve your goals.
This exercise may take five minutes or an hour depending on how clear your space is. If you do this exercise each day it will become easier to clear your space and reset your attention and energy to achieve your goals.
While I started by saying this exercise was simple it may not be easy to clear your space if you are not familiar with this technique. Begin simply. Do this everyday even if only for 5 – 10 minutes. It will become easier and the results will become more and more apparent.
If you do not create your day then you are experiencing your day through the ideas and energy of others in your space.
Happy New Year everyone! This is a really good time to stop and take a look at our business. What worked? What failed? List our successes. Acknowledge ideas that just did not create the benefit we wanted. This reflection is standard business practice. I whole heartedly support this reflection and suggest that we write it all down!
As an intuitive I am also aware that everything we create manifests from within us. Our businesses do not manifest as a result of something separate from ourselves. If this sounds a bit obscure it’s because we are not used to thinking or being aware in this way.
Add an intuitive look to your review of your business. When we create change within it will reflect on our business. At a deep level our reality is a reflection of our inner selves so let’s start there to grow our business.
With this in mind our successes and our failures are really no mystery. You can see this for yourself using the following exercise.
Intuitive Exercise: Take the time to sit quietly. Write down your successes and failures for 2008. Write down the things you are proud or grateful for and those that were disappointments.
Quiet yourself. Maybe close your eyes. Take a deep breath and go within. Stop thinking. Open to your intuition. Allow yourself to imagine or see in your minds eye.
Now ask yourself for an intuitive answer to any of the items that you wrote down. Do not think. Listen intuitively. See in your minds eye. Notice your very first thought and only your first thought. What you hear, see or know does not have to make sense. It is important that you not think but allow yourself to be open to your intuition.
Once you get an answer reflect on this. Notice how it created or caused the outcome you experienced. Do not think, analyze or explain it. Just know it.
You may find thoughts that do not help you get your goals. For example, you wanted to increase your sales by 10% for 2008 and they stayed flat. When you looked intuitively you felt all the demands on your space, family, friends, outside commitments, etc. So now you know that despite great plans to increase sales they did not increase because of other demands on your space that grabbed your attention and I suspect – your energy.
Another example, you just cannot get over the fact that you did not get the big contract you worked so hard for. Intuitively you saw the energy of your assistant. Without being logical you can see that she was not in agreement with this new contract because it would change a routine that she was comfortable in. Yes others energy does affect our business.
This can be a fun and enlightening exercise. Take some time to do this and you will be in a whole new space for 2009 and so will your business.
For me the financial bailout was at first a frustrating situation and, on the other hand, important for all businesses. I am not saying this from a business, financial or logical perspective. My position comes from a deeper, and yes, spiritual perspective. On a much deeper spiritual level all businesses are vibrating on the same energy level. We are one. This means what happens to one affects us all. Smaller businesses with a low level of energy does not have a big impact but when a large business or a group of businesses in the same industry make a change their energy level is large enough to have an impact on all other businesses.
You are probably familiar with the spiritual concept that we are all one and part of a common consciousness. This same concept applies to businesses.
If you consider the idea of oneness then it follows that supporting each other’s business success is a way of supporting our own business success. If you find this is a hard concept to wrap your thinking around you are not alone. It may be a new idea to many of us, however, it is a level of awareness that is core to the new cycle of business. Seeing our individual business as unique AND part of the whole will become a commonly understood spiritual business concept. This will become more evident as we find our way and adjust to these new economic times. As you already know, there are no coincidences. What is happening to our financial institutions and the auto industry is happening to us all.
The new age of business is one of supporting each other. The last cycle was one of competition, being better than, squashing the competition, stealing products, honesty was not as important as success, etc. That time is ending and a new vibration is emerging from which businesses will adjust and flourish. The economy collapsing was necessary to stop the last 100-year cycle so that the new cycle of business can begin.
Let me know your ideas about this new cycle of business and the new environment we are all learning to navigate. I suggest that we work together, support each other, and define the unique aspects of our own business. The scarcity mentality needs to be replaced with a new vision of success.
How you start your day has a great deal to do with how successful you are. Those who start their day deciding what they have to do that day are not successful. They work hard, are busy but not successful. Those who start their day imaging or bringing into their awareness the goals they have for their personal lives as well as their professional lives. In the environment today this should include your financial goals and goals related to your health.
A mornng meditation or a simply a time of quiet to bring these goals to your awareness is the single most important part of your day and most people don’t do it!
Once you recall and envision your goals then and only then can you make a list for your day that will move your toward your success. This is different than a “to do” list that may be driven by factors other than achieving your goals. They may even be strong factors but they may not be as important in the bigger picture.
So achieving your goals begins with having them in your awareness and focusing your time to achieve them. Otherwise you are constantly being distracted onto other things that occupy your time.
Now that you have a clear vision of the goals you want to achieve NOW you can create your plan for today and this week. What steps can you take today that will help you move closer to your goals? Make time for these things FIRST even if there are a bunch of other “things” that you feel you must do. “Things” are not related to your goals. They could be if you changed the energy on them and repositioned them so that they are steps in achieving your goals.
If you are one of those people who have a tough time knowing your goals, taking the time to ground your day along these lines then perhaps it is time for an intuitive reading on what is in your way. Call me if you would like help with this. My goal is the success of your business or your career.
Sarah (not her real name) is changing her professional life so she contacted me for an intuitive perspective on her new business ideas. First she had the time, desire and the resources to start a new business. Her only decision was “What should I create next?” Sarah is a very creative woman who has been able to create successfully thus far so why the uncertainty now?
As we spoke she outlined three business options she was considering. All were excellent ideas. I watched her intuitively as she spoke and the energy of each of the businesses she presented looked flat. What was making her consider these options? Others good ideas? Maybe they were good strategic business moves but the energy as she considered them did not spark a creative vibration in her and, therefore, would not create success. A simple intuitive principle to business success is knowing what energy a business vibrates in you. It is simple to create a business but to sustain it in a successful way it has to engage our creativity, enthusiasm and/or passion. I did not see any of these vibrations in the options Sarah presented that day.
As I “looked” at her I saw her passion for dancing so I asked her to tell me about dancing. Her energy changed. Sarah began to describe in great detail her life’s dream is to own a dance studio. She went on at length telling the vision she has always had and how she imagined this studio. I wondered why she was considering other business ideas that clearly did not spark this kind of enthusiasm in her.
If you are going to create a business why not create the business of your dreams? It will be no more or less a challenge than other business ideas. I could see her fear. She could not imagine creating her dream. Somehow she did not see this as possible.
So as you might expect we ended this consultation with her committing to exploring the dance studio as her new business venture and fulfilling a life long dream! It would mean that she would not only create a business plan but spend time imagining or visualizing this business. In the end, no matter how passionate you are, if you cannot imagine something then it will not manifest!
I will let you know how she does as you pursues her dream and releases her fears.
I just wanted to remind you that what you imagine for yourself manifests exactly as you image it.
One of my clients told me that he wanted two projects before he went on vacation but could not imagine that happening. He had called the morning before he was to leave on vacation complaining that his goal had not manifested, and he was leaving on vacation the next day (Saturday). He seemed to be blaming me.
As it turned out, later that day he got two calls for new projects that would probably start when he returned. His intention was to get two jobs done before his vacation, but that is not what he declared. He had declared two jobs before he went on vacation. That is exactly what he got.
Notice what you imagine. Your universe is manifesting exactly as you imagine it. Literally. If you do not like what you are experiencing then change your thoughts about your business, your goals or what you want. We do not get our goals if we are not clear about what they are.
As an intuitive, I am completely amazed by how many add their energy and agreement to something they absolutely DON’T want to happen!
Consider this. Whatever you put your attention on you are helping to create. I’ve told my clients not to add their agreement to the “sky is falling” (the financial sky) because whatever we believe manifests. So why are you helping to manifest financial ruin? The media is grabbing your attention and telling you what to believe.
This is one of the most basic energy, spiritual and intuitive concepts on the planet. Whatever you believe WILL manifest. So you can believe what you are told by the media, your industry, your family or anyone else who wants to scream doom and gloom. The alternative is not to add your energy to this picture. In fact pull your energy out of this agreement. Be like Warren Buffett, think opportunity.
Intuitive Exercise: Take a moment to stop. Sit down. Close your eyes. Quiet your space. Go within. Notice how much you have your attention on the financial problems. Pull your attention and awareness off this picture.
Now start to image what you want for your business. How do you imagine or see your next step? Keeping seeing this in your mind’s eye. Release the energy you feel until you can see your vision of success.
Keep your attention on your business and its success. Take your attention off anyone who is promoting a concept that you do not want to see manifest in your business.
Remember whatever can be imagined is being created.
We are set in our ways. We have our routines. We know what we want and how to get there or so we think. If you are doing the same things each time to create your business, it may be fine, but nothing will change. What you are doing now is creating the business you have now. If you want to take a step up, make a change, increase your revenue, have more fun then business as usual won’t work.
On an intuitive level, we set the energy of our business consciously or unconsciously. The way in which we set the energy determines our success, how much we have to work and whether we enjoy it. So if you want the energy of your business to change or to get the energy going then get out of your routine! Do something out of the ordinary! Change the energy.
The energy of routine, keeping everything the same creates a hold on your business and its ability to grow. Doing something out of the ordinary means getting out of your comfort zone, taking some risks and changing the routines. Try it today, and you will notice the difference. What are you bored with? What are you so used to that you do not even notice any more or even notice if it is working? What are your routines? Change them. What do you know about creating your business? Now change that thinking!
This is not rocket science, but it is so easy to lose ourselves in what is familiar. The bigger the change, the more of an impact it will have on the energy of your business. Be intuitive. Notice where the energy of routine or familiarity has stopped or affected your success. You will see intuitively how unconscious and unaware you have become. Look in one or more aspects of your company, staff, ideas, decor, contacts, etc. Give it a try and let me know what happens.
The title of this blog is more than a catchy title. It is the secret to success. Remember the adage “Hold your head high.” As an intuitive, I read the energy of my clients. The most common characteristic of those who are successful is their attitude about success. I have worked with business owners and professionals for over 27 years so I have seen many grow from start-ups to success enterprises. I can tell by looking intuitively at someone whether they will be successful. They set the energy in their space at the vibration of success.
People who are successful don’t take no for an answer. They have certainty. If they are moving down their path and a boulder falls in their way, they do not stop. They climb over it and enjoy the climb. They walk around it and are amused at how simple the solution was.
When we are on the path to success things will happen to encourage us. Simple coincidences are inspiring. On the other hand, we may have experiences that seem to destroy the very thing we are creating. Whether this is, in fact, what is happening depends on our attitude about it. We can decide that our creation is being destroyed, and it will be. We can decide that our creation will not be destroyed, and it will not be. It all depends on how our perspective.
Let’s talk baseball! What does baseball have to do with business? That is another blog but let me tell you a story about attitude and a strong vision. It is a baseball story, but it applies to business.
Tim was playing with a senior men’s baseball league. His team came together during the season and made it to the last game of the playoffs. Everyone was thrilled by the challenge of playing another good team. Tim had a wedding to go to the very weekend of the last game. The team was disappointed because Tim was a good player and an important part of the team. I am a firm believer in the power of our personal vision but when it comes to weddings, there is no way around it. Tim wanted to play the game and he wanted to go to the wedding. The fact that they were scheduled for the same time and the same weekend did not deter him. He stayed focused on his goals. Much to everyone’s surprise the wedding was suddenly moved to another weekend. Tim got his vision. He got to play in the playoffs, and he will be able to attend the wedding.
Tim knew what he wanted. He was certain about his vision. He just didn’t know how to make it happen. That did not matter. He got what he wanted, and it was almost unbelievable except that I know the power of having a clear vision and not believing any thoughts that seem to deter you from your goals. This was not a coincidence.
Not all my clients are success stories. I have a client I like a great deal, but she is easily distracted from her goals. She can have a strong vision but when something comes along that gets in the way she loses her focus. Suddenly her attention is off her goals and on whatever distracted her. She never seems to move forward because of this.
Back to this baseball story. The ability to create the impossible exists in business. Those who are determined get their goals. Stay focused and don’t give up. Allow a miracle.
This is a good time to talk about fear! As far as I can tell from experiences with my clients everyone is afraid at one time, or another. Fear of taking a big step, changing directions, moving forward, making a decision, not having control and fear of the unknown.
From an intuitive perspective fear often means you are faced with a great opportunity. Let me explain. When we get to the place of having a clear vision of success everything in our lives, and our business begins to evolve around that vision. If you pay attention, you will be aware of this happening. Suddenly there are a rash of coincidences that favor your vision.
When you have a clear vision (or intention) change begins. Where you are now maybe fine but if you have a goal something has to change for it to manifest. Those changes begin to show aspects of your business that are in the way of your vision and where change is needed. Those changes typically make you personally uncomfortable, or you would have made the changes already. As you change, your concepts about your business also change, and evolve more consistent with your vision. It is an uncomfortable time. It can be scary, and you may experience fear from all that is changing. You are out of your comfort zone, and that is good.
I watch my clients go through this period of business growth and the choices they make. Some become uncomfortable, start to be afraid and crumble. They stop moving forward and decide to stay right where they are. Others recognize the fear, know that it is the result of the steps they are taking, take a deep breath and take even more determined steps toward their vision.
When a business owner has a clear vision, everything starts to change and evolve around that vision. At first it may feel like everything falling apart! Aspects of your business that are not supporting your vision may fall apart because it needs to change as new aspects develop and evolve.
It is a scary and exciting time. Those who are successful don’t run from fear. They take a deep breath and move forward to create their vision. Fear Not!
I was at a street fair yesterday where business owners setup booths, sold their wares, promoted their business or cause. As an intuitive, I watched with great interest booths that were full and those where no one could or would approach.
My observations from this street fair are going to be helpful to any retail business and perhaps others. Retail is about communication, and this is often ignored. Your customers are intuitive. They may not realize that but first and foremost they react unconsciously and sometimes consciously to your display and your demeanor. They pick up on the energy of your booth and your business. Let me give you examples of what I saw.
The booths that were packed were “open” on an energy level, appealing visually, presented an aura of something customers would want for themselves and the staff in the booth was approachable. Their goal seemed to be communication more than sales.
Mistakes I saw. One booth was beautiful; the jewelry was beautiful, the couple behind the table was beautiful and very much in the energy of their relationship more than showing their jewelry. It looked like a photo shoot for a magazine. They grabbed everyone’s attention as we walked by but no one walked in. My husband, who is a Casting Director, noticed them as well but since he is casting project that requires beautiful people, he gave them his card. They may get a photo shoot from the day, but I’ll bet they sold no jewelry. Your customers have to feel that you and your business are there for them.
Another booth had beautiful ceramics. An older couple sat in the back on high chairs looking bored and invalidated. This is the intuitive impression as people walked by. It made them uncomfortable. The couple’s energy made it uninviting, and we did not want to disturb them, as they seemed so disengaged from their display. No one went into that booth.
A woman was selling the most beautiful shawls was also empty of customers. Her mistake was simple. In order to show off the rich colors of her shawls, she laid them against a black display. Most of the folks at the festival were in a cheerful place on this beautiful sunny day. They did not want to go into the darkness, so they did not go into her black booth.
Customers steered clear of booths with staff that were pushy, loud or intruding as you walked by. Booths where the staff was invisible or disengaged also kept folks out. The busy booths were those where the staff were friendly, said hello without expecting anything other than a hello back. The staff was in the energy of customer service versus I NEED you to buy my product.
In the end retailers who were intuitive about their displays were most successful. What does the customer see, feel and hear? How do you want them to experience you, your products and services? Sometimes we have been doing our business so long that we lose our perspective so step back. Get out of your routine. Change your display completely. Notice if you are getting customers or not. Don’t think. Change the energy until you have all the customers you would like.
If you or your staff are not in the “mood” to sell your wares then you might as well go fishing instead OR change your energy. Decide to enjoy promoting or selling your wares. Passer-bys can read your energy. We are all intuitive. There is no faking it. Your vision of your day goes exactly as you see it. If you have no vision then, nothing happens. As always take the time to visualize your success.
Are you so busy working hard that you find yourself distracted from your goal? This may sound inconsistent, but it is not. If we are working hard doesn’t that mean we are getting our goal? Not necessarily. We work hard 80 hours a week and never achieve our goal when we are just working and don’t have our vision of where we are going.
Having a clear vision in our mind’s eye is the secret to success except that it is not a secret. We are taught to work hard even though it often does not achieve anything other than working hard. Being busy does not achieve goals. I watch people plan their day, have it full and not move one step closer toward to success.
When I began working with Tom he would get up each morning decide what he needed to do, create a plan to do those things and made sure he did them. When asked what his goal was for a particular day he showed me his list. Then I asked him what his goal was for his business, and he told me that. Comparing the two showed his to do list was not created in support of his vision for his company. His list included all the things that he felt had to get done. He was distracted from his vision.
We are not the only ones who create our distractions. Notice how many times in a day someone or something else grabs or demands your attention. Suddenly you are not creating the success of your business. Your attention is now redirected and focused on something else, someone else’s goal. What is the value of this distraction?
From an intuitive perspective, a clear vision of your successful business is vastly more important than any work you do on your business. Try this.
Intuitive exercise. Do this more than once. Do it daily.
Find a quiet place. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and release whatever tension you are holding. Now imagine, in your mind’s eye, your business as a success. What would that be? How would it look? Do not think! See! Imagine! Use your mind’s eye. Imagine your success in detail. Keep imagining until you can see this clearly. Let go of any uncertainty or confusion.
Whatever you can imagine is exactly what will be created and is being created – unless you have a thought that it won’t. Clear your thinking so you can see your success, and all your thoughts believe what you see. When you are finished open your eyes, take a deep breath and stretch. Repeat this exercise often to keep your vision clear. When things get off track do this exercise again.
Now with a clear vision of your company and its success re-write your plan for the upcoming week. Do not put on your list things that you “should do” unless it helps you achieve your vision of your company. Put first those things that support and are directed at your success. Put last “other” things”. Notice if this makes a difference.
In my work with business owners and professionals I learned that the single most common reason for not getting a goal is not seeing it happening, or only see it happening one way. To be successful, we have to know what we want, see it clearly on our mind’s eye, create a plan to get there AND allow a miracle. A miracle is the unexpected and something that “comes out of the blue.”
One of my clients was a successful Creative Director for an innovative Silicon Valley company. He recently decided to move on and create his own company. As with any new company development takes a planning, courage and a strong vision. He has all of that, AND he is in his own way.
Phil has a clear vision of his company. He has a great plan on how to start his vision. His downfall is his thinking about what has to happen to get clients, working capital and good staff. When I gave him an intuitive consultation recently, I saw business coming to him from four different directions that he might consider unexpected and out of the blue, opportunities he could not imagine happening. He was convinced there was only one way. He was unmovable. He was stuck. In his mind, it is going to take a lot of time to get his business going. I could see clearly, intuitively that was not the case. Phil will create his business exactly as he can imagine, pushing away other possibilities that are literally standing at his door. He can’t see them. His thinking is making him not only blind but also turning away from opportunities. Ah, free will …..
Another client is a filmmaker. She is filming an exciting project. In the midst of filming she decided that the project was not working. Sue was going to abandon the film before it was completed. Sue called knowing that she was reacting to something that she could not put her finger on. She felt she had lost her vision and the reason she was making this film in the first place. Sounds profound but it is a simple matter from an intuitive perspective. I saw intuitively bringing together her passion for travel, speaking other languages and filmmaking. I saw a worldwide interest in her film from thousands of people involved in the subject of the film. I saw support from hundreds of organizations willing to give time and resources to the project. Ultimately it depends on what Sue can imagine as possible. It does not matter if there are thousands of people and hundreds of organizations willing to support her; if she can’t imagine it then she is not aware that they are there. She does not see them.
So often we are limited by what we can imagine for ourselves. We create our own limits when we “can’t imagine it”. What limits do you imagine? It is important to know because your thinking and what you imagine creates what you experience.
Intuitive exercise: Take time and find a quiet place. Relax. Close your eyes. Notice a project or goal you want to manifest. See it clearly in your mind’s eye. Do not think. Begin to see or imagine in your mind’s eye. Imagine how it will manifest, how it is possible. Now open your awareness to other possibilities. What is “beyond your imagination?” Open your intuition. Allow other possibilities.
Thinking brings us one set of possibilities. Seeing intuitively offers other possibilities that are not logical. To be successful allow both.
Your vision of success is more powerful than all the hard work that you do. When we take the time to stop, get out of the energy of working our business then we can see more clearly. We spend so much time on physically creating that we lose sight of our vision.
As an intuitive I am keenly aware of the power of vision, your vision. When we are doing all the right things and our business is moving slowly towards our goal we have to stop and ask. “Why all this effort?”
Effort is the alternative to a clear vision. Seeing, in our mind’s eye, exactly what we want to create, where we want our business to be is the fastest road to success. When we can not see our target clearly in our mind’s eye then, we are not ready. It may be something we want, but we “can’t imagine it”.
When we can’t imagine something happening then it won’t. We can want it to happen but until we can imagine it intuitively, we will be just “wanting” and working and wanting and working.
Intuitive exercise: Take the time to stop. Find a comfortable, quiet place where you can close your eyes and go within. Breathe deeply letting go as your exhale. Repeat until you find yourself letting go of all the energy you are holding in your space. Stop thinking. Thinking is not intuitive. It is logical. It has its place, but this exercise is about being intuitive.
When you feel relaxed and centered with your eyes closed, start to imagine your business as a success. What would that be? How would that look? Open your imagination until you can see the big picture, not the details and not what you have to do to get there. Just imagine and see the target. Where is your business going? What would it look like when it is successful?
Continue and repeat this exercise until you can see it clearly. If you feel like you are unable to see clearly then contact me for a neutral perspective on what is in your way.
When we decide we want something and set a goal we have decided to change! The only problem with that is we often don’t have the full extent of the change in our mind. Our lives are already filled with what we are experiencing right now. Deciding that we want something new (a goal) means that our life needs to change in some way to make room for this new goal. There is an intuitive way to say this. Your energy is set in a particular way (pattern) based on your life as it is now, your routine and your habits. To create something new means changing this pattern of energy. Sounds simple except that we are comfortable in our routines, and we don’t imagine changing these when we create a goal.
Goals will not manifest if we are “set in our ways” or our energy is set in a particular and inflexible way. That is why people who are willing to take risks are more successful. They are willing to go through a period of being uncomfortable. They are willing to get out of their comfort zone. They are willing to allow the energy change to an unknown or unexpected. When we are willing to allow change and a period of being uncomfortable with our energy changing then we are ready for greater success.
Try this intuitive exercise. Find a time and place to be quiet. Close your eyes and go within. Begin to imagine one of your goals. Allow yourself to be aware of how your life, routines and habits will need to change to make room for this goal. Don’t think! Imagine. Be intuitive. This is not logical. Allow your inner self to be heard. Notice what part of your goal makes you uncomfortable. Notice any our resistance to change.
Come out of this meditation and write your goal. Now write how things might change as you manifest this goal. Decide if you are ready for these changes and your goal to happen
Begin today. Your next step is to notice your habits, routines or patterns and change something. Get out of at least one routine. Notice how easy it is for you to allow change. This is a measure of your ability to succeed.
Now or in the future? Your choice!
It is a mystery to my why so many of us imagine our goals happening in the future. From an intuitive perspective, the world manifests exactly as we imagine it. We decide on our goals then consciously or unconsciously we decide it will happen at some point in the future. And so it shall be.
When we decide that we want something now, we are creating a very different experience. Immediately our brain kicks in to analyze whether something is possible. This possibility is based on what we know and what seems logical. Achieving a goal is so much more than logic and logic can get in our way. We imagine something in the future when we do not have the brain power or emotional strength to have it now. Our choice.
So what is this pattern or programming to write goals and plan for them to happen in the future unless, of course, we don’t want it now.
I have observed many of my clients write goals and decide it will happen in the future not because they want it then but because they simply can’t imagine it happening now. Deciding to have it in the future is their response to not being able to imagine the goal happening now.
Deciding to have what we want now takes courage. We have to take a deep breath, commit and allow all the fear and uncertainty to be there while we focus our mind’s eye on seeing clearly what we want and how we imagine the experience.
The idea of goals brings me back to our ability to visualize and see clearly in our mind’s eye. If you want to have one of your goals NOW and not in the future, then try this exercise.
Find a comfortable and quiet place. Take a deep breath and relax. Stop thinking. Close your eyes and begin to imagine and see in your mind’s eye exactly what you want. Don’t think about it or how to create it. Just imagine experiencing it. See it. Visualize until you can see the experience clearly. In the process, you may have to release and let go of thoughts, concepts and emotions that get in the way of you seeing yourself having what you want and having it now!
Repeat this exercise as often as needed for your vision to be clear. Notice and be aware of subtle changes that begin to occur that are steps to having your goal.
As you approach the coming year, it is fair to create goals for different times in the year but don’t simply imagine a goal in the future out of habit when you really want it now.
To stretch your awareness about the concept of creating now read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
As an intuitive, I am completely amazed by how many add their energy and agreement to something they absolutely DON’T want to happen!
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