As an intuitive I pay attention to how we use our energy and if we are achieving our goals. Those who are most successful are those who have the greatest ability to focus.
For many being BUSY and multi-tasking gives a great sense of satisfaction. This does not, however, translate into success. A study just came out of Stanford University on multi-taskers. “When they’re in situations where there are multiple sources of information coming from the external world or emerging out of memory, they’re not able to filter out what’s not relevant to their current goal,” said Wagner, an associate professor of psychology. “That failure to filter means they’re slowed down by that irrelevant information.”
To be successful our energy must be focused and directed to the specific actions designed to achieve our goals. Knowing are vision of success and creating a plan to get there are the first two steps. Now we have to ground our energy so that we can focus on our plan and not be distracted.
Sometimes we are just distracted by whatever grabs our attention or is on our mind. Others may grab our attention to become involved in something of their choosing. In any case, we are quickly off focus or multi-tasking.
When you focus 100% of your energy and attention on the vision of your success it will manifest. On the other hand if you have a vision of success then you focus your energy not only on your vision but many other things then your vision has less energy to manifest. Multi-tasking disperses your energy such that your efforts are scattered. You may experience your successes being scattered.
Try this intuitive exercise to ground your energy and focus before you find yourself involved in multi-tasking or doing tasks that are not essential to achieving your goals.
At the beginning of each day take the time to meditate.
Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and ground yourself. Bring your attention into the center of your head.
See in your mind’s eye. Don’t think. See your vision of success. See the steps you can take today to manifest this vision.
Stay in meditation until you have a clear vision for the day and you feel grounded in this plan.
Notice when you start to multi-task and refocus on steps to achieve your goals.
For the most part we have our attention in the future, our plans for today, this week, this year, our vision of success and more. Having a clear vision is a very important aspect of creating. We cannot manifest without this.
Be in the Moment
The other aspect of creating is the ability to be in the moment. When we have a vision we tend to put our attention and awareness in the future. This tendency to be IN the future actually keeps our goals beyond our reach because we imagine them there and have our energy there. In this way a goal will be forever in the future.
Achieve Goals Now!
To achieve our goals means to have a clear vision then be sure that our attention, awareness and energy are completely in the moment. Our attention and energy in the future whether that means in the next moment or the next year makes us feel scattered or out of it! This is a clear sign that we are not in the moment.
Intuitive Consult
As a business intuitive this is one of the most common areas of focus. Intuitively I can see the effect being in the future has on my clients’ business success. When they are not in the moment then their success is always in the future. Jeff was a new client. He was doing all the right things. He had a great business plan, a sound product and good business sense yet his company was not taking off like he had imagined. When I looked at Jeff’s energy intuitively I saw that 80% of his energy was in the future, in his vision and out of present time.
Using meditation I taught Jeff to be in present time. This was quite difficult for him at first because he was so used to being out in front of himself. He said it even felt uncomfortable to bring his attention into the center of his head. After about a week of practicing being in present time his business started to take off exactly how he imagined it would. Is this a coincidence?
Intuitive Exercise
I recommend taking time throughout the day to simply stop. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Imagine bringing all your attention and your awareness into the center of your head. In this way you become centered in present time.
Notice how this feels. Notice how far out of it you are, meaning out of the center of your head and out of the moment. Spend the time it takes to be centered completely in present time. Use your intuition to become aware of where you are. Repeat this exercise several times a day until you know that you are in the moment.
Ego was the driving force behind businesses in the last century. That is all changing as the culture of business changes. Success today comes from a more value based and socially conscious model, providing a good product or service to the benefit of customers and clients.
How Ego Is Created
From an intuitive perspective ego is formed when we create pictures or thoughts about ourselves based on what we think we should be, to keep up with others, to put on a good impression, etc. These pictures sit in our aura, the energy field around us. Others see these pictures intuitively and believe this is who we are. Suddenly it becomes important to sustain these pictures, this ego. We begin to act as if this who we really are. We act and react in response to this ego and these pictures. Think of ego, as is a false sense of self that reacts when we feel our self-image is threatened. When we live in our ego it affects our work, our personal life and our wellness. More importantly we loose our sense of self.
Effect of Ego
Our ability to do our work is affected by our ego as it clouds our awareness and creates uninformed automatic responses. We can each make a long list of successful business owners and professionals who lost all sense of themselves when they became their ego. They also lost their perspective resulting in poor choices and decisions that harmed them, their company and often their families. To get out of ego means to act and respond from our own clear and conscious understanding of who we are, what we value in relationship to the situation.
We all have an ego. The control this has over us varies from one to the other. The key is to become aware of when we are acting, reacting or making decisions from our ego and when we are operating from our authentic self.
Intuitive Exercise
Try this intuitive exercise when you feel that ego is behind your actions or reactions.
Take a moment to pause.
Be grounded.
Find your center – the center of your head.
Take a deep breath and release whatever you are holding, defending or protecting.
Notice what is on your mind and your reactions.
Imagine pulling your energy and your awareness out of the ego, the false pictures in your aura.
Bring your attention and awareness even more to the center of your head.
Be aware of yourself and how you are feeling.
Breathe. Release.
Find a neutral perspective.
Now consciously change your energy and your space to fit who you are and what you value.
When you feel your energy is reset then you are ready to re-engage the question or issue before you.
When we can get out of our ego then we can stay connected to our authentic self to create a successful business or career.
As business owners we work hard to create good impressions and cannot afford a bad one. We pay attention to our branding, our marketing materials, office space, physical appearance, cars and more. Image and impressions are everything!
Our clients and customers are intuitive. This means they are forming impressions from these tangible aspects of our business but also from the intangible. Customers automatically and, for the most part, unconsciously read and respond to our energy and the energy in our space, the aura or energy field around us. This can make or break a sale or a contract.
Intuitive Story The owner of a large office in Walnut Creek walked away from signing a contract for the delivery of office supplies to all four of his locations in the Bay Area. I asked Jim why, at the last moment, he backed out. He could not give a logical explanation saying only that he felt so uncomfortable with the sales rep on that particular day that he could not proceed. He said something did not feel right. Now I was not at this meeting nor I do I know the sales rep but as a business intuitive my reading is the sales rep had something quite personal on his mind. This personal issue created energy in his space and it made Jim uncomfortable.
Impressions Far fetched? Not at all! Each of us has a story to tell about the time when something did not feel right or when we went into a meeting with an important client with something else on our mind. Nine out ten times your story ends with the sale falling through. The energy from our experiences sits in our space, our aura. Others consciously or unconsciously feel or see this vibration and react.
Your Space If you have a disagreement with someone and go into a meeting with a potential client, the energy of that disagreement most likely is still in your space. It is natural for others to unconsciously respond or react to this. With this in mind, being aware of the energy we carry in our aura is important to our success. Knowing how to clear and re-set our aura (energy) is a step in preparing for meetings and conversations with others. Try this intuitive exercise before your next meeting or call.
Intuitive Exercise Take a moment to stop. Sit down if possible. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and release. Begin to quiet your body. Bring your focus and awareness onto yourself. Notice how you are doing. What is on your mind? Imagine releasing and letting go of these distractions. Bring your attention and energy off these distractions. Take a deep breath and release any energy or emotion you are holding onto. Repeat until you are feel clear of energies and emotions that may give a bad impression or that you don’t want to bring into the conversation.
Next Step The next step is re-setting your space. Watch for this in another blog. Have a great day!
Researchers at Stanford University published a study showing that the most persistent multi-taskers perform badly in a variety of tasks. As an intuitive I agree with the results of this study and see this from a different perspective. I have observed the importance of focus in achieving success and multitasking gets in the way of that because it scatters our energy and attention.
To those of us who have always been proud multi-taskers this a big blow!
Effect of Multi-Tasking
When we focus on our goals and the essential steps to get there we find success. When our attention is divided, as in the case of multitasking, two things happen:
* Our energy is divided so no one goal has enough energy to manifest fully
* The vision of our success is diminished because we have other things in our mind’s eye as well
Importance of Focus
As a business intuitive I have also observed the effect of multitasking on the ability to create success. When we focus on our goals, our business plan, are not distracted and our attention is on this vision then our life force energy is not divided in multiple directions. With focus we create success.
In the end we want to see our vision of success clearly, know the steps to get there then focus on our vision and take these steps. The more focused we are the more successful we become.
Being grounded and centered in ourselves helps us to limit the urge to multi-task. Try this intuitive exercise every time you feel the need or find yourself multitasking rather than focusing on your goals.
Intuitive Exercise
Find a place to sit. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and release. Repeat the breathing until you feel yourself begin to relax. Bring your attention and awareness onto yourself. Begin to imagine the most important goal you are trying to achieve right now. See it or imagine it.
Imagine bringing your energy and awareness off anything and everything that is grabbing your attention. Focus on your goal.
See the steps to achieve this goal. Take a deep breath and release. Decide the step you want to focus on right now. Open your eyes. Take a deep breath. Now focus that step.
Best,
Kay
There are specific techniques for grounding and being centered. Contact me if you are interested in learning more about meditation.
Yes, I mean fix the door. When your business is slowing down you can look for all the logical reasons why that is. Sometimes the cause has nothing to do with your business but with another aspect of your life. From an intuitive perspective our business is not separate from us. It is part of who we are and what we are creating. Intuitively I see that every aspect of our lives, our relationships, health, home, family, etc. affects the other.
This could be a very long blog but let’s focus on one aspect. The phone has stopped ringing, new contracts are slow to materialize, you are doing everything right from a business perspective so what’s in the way. As a business intuitive I hear this question often. My first suggestion is to look around at your life. Where in your life are you not in communication with someone? What in your house is bothering you? What is broken that you have not taken the time to fix it? How are you doing personally, emotionally, and spiritually? Is there something in your personal life that you have not taken care of?
This idea is not so far fetched. One client, John, president of large investment firm, saw a sudden drop in investments. During our consultation I saw that he was having a difficult time communicating with his 20 yr. daughter. The energy in his space said “Don’t communicate!” This energy was effecting at work. No one was communicating with him. I suggested he contact his daughter to clear their communication. He did and coincidentally his business clients started calling again.
Another client, Michael, who owns a chain of retail stores, saw his sales plummet. During his consultation I saw that something was broken in his home. He acknowledged that the supports for his deck were in disrepair but he had not gotten around to having them fixed. The energy of things being broken was in his space. Michael did not quite buy the idea that his deck had anything to do with the sales in his stores but just in case, he went ahead and had his deck repaired. After the work was completed he called to say that he did not know what affect this would have on his business but he sure felt a lot better personally. He had no idea the weight (the energy) this had created for him. As you may guess sales went back up as well. There are no coincidences.
So take a look around at your work, home, relationships, health, etc. Notice the one thing that most weighs on you and take care of it. Then take care of the next thing that weighs on you and so on. For a business to be successful we have to keep the energy moving in all aspects of our lives.
Times are a changin! We are in the tenth year of the new millennium, the millennium of the “2”. That may not mean much to you at first but from an intuitive perspective it represents a significant change that everyone is experiencing. Concepts that drove the last millennium (1 –1999), the millennium of the “1”, were the importance of being first, on top, the best, faster, bigger, more, etc. This last millennium was dominated by male concepts that brought us tremendous growth, expansion, advancement, competition and success.
The current millennium is a shift in a naturally occurring cycle to new concepts of success stemming from feminine principles that include collaboration, cooperation, the common good, working in Circles, etc. In this millennium successful businesses focus on what they value, relationships and the impact of their business on others. We are more globally and environmentally conscious. Success is created with these ideas in mind.
Companies that are out of sync with the energy of this millennium will have a hard time surviving. We are seeing evidence of this all around. The old ways of doing business won’t work, as they are going “against the grain” and “out of sync” with the current trends or cycle. Edgar R. Dewey, Chief Economic Analyst of the Department of Commerce in 1930, was appointed to investigate the causes of the stock market crash of 1929. He found the crash was a naturally occurring cycle. He describes the concept and impact of cycles in his book by the same name, “Cycles”.
So where does this lead us? Notice the trends and changes in the business climate. There are no coincidences as we are in a new cycle. We have been witnessing the breakdown of old ways of doing business. Old values and priorities won’t bring the same results this time around. Successful business owners are watching intuitively and developing strategies to fit this new cycle. In many ways they are “going with the flow” and not fighting the trends. Open your intuition to be aware, letting go of old concepts that worked in the past but no longer. This brings us to what I consider the most important intuitive concept for business success – be in the present moment, be aware and create from here.
Do you find your time taken with responding to one thing after another? Do you feel that stuff keeps happening to you and you wonder what is next? Who is creating all of this? Successful business owners and professionals know this well.
As a business intuitive I offer an intuitive perspective. We each create our own reality and can create whatever we want. When we don’t create then things will keep happening. It is our choice to create our reality or just experience what’s out there.
I know this is hard to wrap your head around because our whole lives we have been taught to see life from an atheist perspective. From this perspective everything that exists is, for the most part, beyond our control. To be successful a change in thinking and perspective is required. Success happens when we embrace being the creator of our reality.
When we turn our heads around and change our thinking we can change everything. You can begin by imaging how you would create your life if you understood yourself to be the creator. A creator, what did you have in mind? I don’t mean the fantasies we all have. The real question is what would you like to be, do and have.
Try the following intuitive exercise to experience yourself as a creator. If this works for you then use it for other aspects of your life.
Intuitive Exercise: Find a quiet place and take the time to go within. Meditation is a great way to do this. A quiet space of contemplation will do.
Close your eyes and be aware of gathering your attention and your awareness onto yourself. Breathe and relax.
Now be aware of one issue in your life that is not working for you. Stop thinking about it and instead imagine your preferred solution or vision of this issue. Imagine it in your minds-eye. Imagine seeing the outcome in a new way?
Do not think of solutions. Just imagine a different scenario. See it intuitively. Keep imagining until you can clearly see your preferred vision of the situation.
In this process you will notice thoughts, concepts and emotions you have and can let go of in order for your preferred vision to take hold. Breathe and release.
Keep looking, breathing and imaging until you see it clearly. When you can see the situation in the way you would like it play out then your meditation is done! Your problem has been solved. Watch for the evidence of this with great enthusiasm.
If you were unable to see or imagine you preferred outcome there is energy in you about the issue. Let me know if you would like further insight into this.
We have all heard about the power of visualization. This is not a new concept and can be a speedy way to achieve the goals you have for yourself and your company. As a business intuitive, I am aware that my most successful clients are those who have a strong vision of what they want to create. They are clear and certain. I have other clients that have an equally clear vision though they are not as successful. There are many factors I see intuitively that contribute to this, but there is one that is true of all of them.
My most successful clients have a clear vision. They also have a strong focus and determination to have their vision manifest. The second group has an equally strong vision though are not as focused, certain or determined. When I look at this from an intuitive perspective, I see men and women who have the ability to create a mental image picture ( vision) that is exactly what they want to create. It is similar to a drawing, photo or video that you hold in your mind’s eye.
The next step is harnessing and gathering your attention; focus and energy to bring to this vision into reality. Therein lies the difference between these two groups of professionals and business owners. One group brings their energy, focus to activate their vision. This changes it from a mental image picture to a physical reality. The picture is energized.
Sometimes it is easy to energize a vision and sometimes it takes great force. Have you ever heard the term “force of will” or “through force of will”? Both of these terms refer to a person’s ability to focus their life force energy on a vision to transform it into something physical. If I were a physicist, I might explain the effects of energy on a vision in terms one might use to describe quantum physics.
My best counsel on this would be to have a clear vision. This is not always as simple as it may sound. Meditation would help in this regard. Next bring your focus and attention directly on this vision. Do not be distracted. Take steps directed toward your vision. Finally, push yourself through any limits real or imagined. Repeat any of these steps as needed. Most importantly, don’t give up your goals!
Don’t shoot yourself in the foot. It is worth the time to set the energy and your focus before you make that sales call.
You know the feeling. You decide to take a big step or take a risk in order to move forward. You have a clear vision. Intuitively you know it is the best step. You make the decision. All of a sudden you break into a cold sweat and a world of doubt washes over you. Were you wrong? Was your decision too impulsive? Why do you feel like you just made a big mistake?
From an intuitive perspective everything is happening exactly as you might expect. When we have a goal, it is by definition something you don’t currently have. You know that to move from where you are to where you want to be requires getting out of your comfort zone, taking a deep breath and making that decision. This is how a successful business and successful people operate. They know what it will take then they just do it. They don’t let anything talk them out of their vision.
When we decide to get out of our routine, our comfort zone and all that is familiar we are ready to get our goals. This takes vision. Your intuition holds this vision. You can imagine and see intuitively exactly what you want. You create a mental image picture of this in your minds eye then think through all the logical steps to get there. These are the first two steps and they involve the spirit (the vision) and mind (the plan).
What happens next determines your success. The body and your emotions react to this great idea. The body does not like change or to be uncomfortable so it starts screaming. YOU DECIDED WHAT! SCREAMING…. the cold sweat. In the end many business and professional decisions are made not intuitively or with any logic but rather how loudly your body screams and resists change or being uncomfortable. Your emotional reactions to good sound decisions can completely talk you out of taking the steps you really want to take.
Your success depends on your commitment to your vision and focusing on making it happen. If the discomfort or fear is too great then you will back away from your goals until you feel comfortable again. Our success is always this choice.
Learning meditation is one way to get through this fight between your vision and the discomfort change creates. In meditation you learn to quiet the body and release the energy that is in your way. After meditation you are re-energized and feel more certain.
Finally, take steps to make yourself comfortable physically and emotionally when you are ready to push forward to achieve your success. It will help you through what can be a challenging time of change.
It may seem like a strange concept but trust me it works. Successful business owners have a balance between their body, mind and spirit. It works something like this. One aspect of a business owner is as a visionary with a creative idea and the undeniable urge to see this vision manifested. This brings out the the organizer side of the business owner. The organizer side takes this vision, adds color, texture, and has a passion to make it a reality. The organizer grounds our business in a physical reality. The organizer, or our analytical side, creates the structure for our vision. Finally, there is the do-er side of us. This is the side of the business owner that knows how to provide the product or service of our business.
These three aspects of a business owner are familiar to each of us. When we are able to move easily between these three aspects of ourselves then our business has the chance to thrive. When we are stuck in one or the other aspects then we are out of balance and, not surprising, so is our business. From an intuitive perspective our business is a physical manifestation of who we are. The more we know about ourselves the more we know about our business. Notice for yourself. Can you move easily between each of these three parts? Are you more comfortable as the visionary and neglect the doer side? Perhaps you are comfortable but have lost the passion of the visionary. Try the intuitive exercise below to get your business back in balance and moving toward greater success.
Intuitive Exercise: Find a quiet place to sit, close your eyes and quiet your body. Take a deep breath. Bring your attention and awareness within you. Imagine (or see in your minds eye) three roses about 6 inches in front of you. Each rose represents one of the three aspects described above. Look intuitively at each rose. What do you notice about these three roses? Is one bigger than the others? Is the vibration of each rose the same or different? Don’t think or analyze. This is an intuitive exercise. Notice more. Now imagine each rose as vibrant and energized. When you can see this balance your meditation is complete.
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!
A client called to tell me the miracle she had created. She was sure I wanted to hear her story as it all began at one of my retreats. Sarah (not her name) attended an intuitive goals retreat with me two years ago. One of the concepts I teach in these retreats is an intuitive technique for visualizing what you want then the importance of getting into the energy of what this goal. For example, if you want to add photography to your graphics arts business then you have to not only visualize how this would look you also have to get back into the energy of photography. Go to places where those who do photography are, brush up your photographer skills with a class, go to photographer galleries, spend time with photographers, etc. Start to match the energy of photography.
In this case Sarah wanted to be named a Fellow by her professional organization. It was a stretch at that point so it was hard for her to imagine it. She clearly wanted it but was having trouble seeing or visualizing it. With the support of the retreat curriculum, the attendees and her determination she left with a clear vision and a plan to “get into the energy” of being a Fellow, an elite group of professionals recognized as being at the top of their field.
Well, two short years later Sarah has been named a Fellow. She was so thrilled when she called and raved on about the techniques she had learned and used. I too was thrilled and asked what she did to get into the energy of being a Fellow. For the past two years she has called and met with as many of the living Fellows as she could find. She explained that she spent time with each of them getting “to know the energy of being a Fellow”. What energy level were they? What was the vibration of someone who is a Fellow? Sarah began to match the energy she observed and began acting like a Fellow as she saw it to be.
Surprise! It worked. Sarah will be named a Fellow in April at a ceremony in Texas. I plan to be there and applaud loudly for her success!
Nothing is impossible. Whatever can be imagined can be created.
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.
I am amazed at how many business owners and professionals give little regard to creating their success. Yes indeed. We think we are working to create our success but is that the case? When we get up and get busy we may get a lot done or not. Being busy, having a lot to do has little to do with the success. Being busy is simply being busy.
Our success is created each day by the vision we have of our success and having that clearly in our minds eye before we begin each day. In this way we can see how to spend our day and to move toward this vision. Doing this for each activity planned for the day moves us toward our goals. What is my vision of success and how can I set this meeting, phone call, project to accomplish my goals? This is a way of being conscious and aware of our ability to create our reality rather than just go through whatever reality we are in.
I attended a Board Meeting last night. Fortunately I had time before the meeting to take the time to meditate on the meeting, what was my goal or vision for participating in this meeting, how can attending this meeting help me in my business and what was my goalas a Board Member supporting this business organization. I was ready. When I got to the meeting I noticed intuitively that a couple other board members had also taken the time to focus their energy and create their vision and goals for this meeting. They were ready. That felt good to me as a participant. Several others had not. They were distracted, unfocused and not on the same page. I noticed that the meeting went well for me because my goal did not depend on others. It was my vision and it manifested.
An Aboriginal tribe believes in song lines. They believe that the world does not exist and that we create it with our song. So before they get up each morning they sing their song to create their day. They believe that if you get up, do not sing your song and the world still exists then you are in someone else’s song.
The power of a clear vision is unmistakable. Clear vision is not thinking. It is seeing intuitively, in your minds eye in the same way you imagine something. Take the time today or right now to try the following exercise.
Intuitive Exercise: Take a few minutes to sit quietly. Perhaps close your eyes. Take a deep breath and relax. Collect up your attention and your awareness so that you are present. Bring into your awareness your vision of your company, your day, the next meeting or whatever you would like to visualize. Start to image or see in your minds eye the activity exactly as you would like to image it happening. See it out in front of you. Don’t think. See. Imagine. Keep seeing until you can imagine it happening exactly as you would like. You may have to let go of competing thoughts or energies. Deep breathe. Release. If you cannot see it then it can not manifest. Repeat this exercise as often as necessary until you have a clear vision.
Do this each day. Do this before an important meeting, phone call, etc.
Share your stories about the outcomes of visualizing.
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 spend my life talking to business owners and professionals on how to use intuition to create a successful business. It is always surprising to them when I point out that their clients are intuitive as well!
Knowing this means that we have to know what our clients perceive intuitively when they see, meet or speak with us. Now your clients are probably not conscious and aware that they are “reading” you. The question becomes “What do you want them to see, feel or know about you?”
One of my favorite stories on this topic is the woman who was to have surgery. The morning of the surgery she insisted on seeing the surgeon in person before her surgery. She insisted! Finally, everyone realized she meant it, so the surgeon came to her room. She looked him over and asked him how he was doing that morning. She asked him silly and not so silly questions. She told me she wanted to know what kind of space he was in before he cut on her. She said if he looked angry or upset she would have refused the surgery. In the end, he was in a good space. He laughed and joked with her a bit then went to prepare for the surgery. She felt good about him that morning and so the surgery went as planned and was successful.
Decisions people make about using our products or services has as much to do with what they pick up about us as it does with our business. So what does this mean to you as a business owner? Let me offer you an intuitive technique for being ready to meet with a client or potential client. It is all about taking the time to set the energy in your space in the best possible way for each situation. What do you want your potential clients to pick up (intuitively) from you?
Intuitive techniques: Take time before you make that call or go into a meeting. Find a quiet place. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes if you are in a place that you can do that. Notice yourself. Where is your attention? Be present. Let go of all thoughts and focus on this client and this moment. Let go of the energy that you are holding onto that has nothing to do with this meeting or conversation. There is nothing more irritating to a potential client then to see or feel that your energy and attention is somewhere else or vibrating in a way that does not fit their concerns.
Notice, what your energy is like? Is this the space you want your client to perceive you? Change your space. Relax. Take a deep breath and release all the energy you are holding in your space. Start to be aware of the client and how you want to your communication to be with them. Don’t think. Be intuitive.
Intuitive techniques take practice. Give this a try and let me know your comments.
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.
I love watching athletes and others who know the power of having a strong, clear vision of their “target.” They know how to create success. We think it is because of their hard work. I would say it is because they know how to visualize. This truly is “The Secret” except it has never been a secret. It is an intuitive ability to see clearly in your mind’s eye. How many times and how many ways can this truth be stated? The power of visualization has been known and stated since the writings of the ancient philosophers then restated by theologians, educators, intuitives, physicians, business experts and others. If you can see clearly strongly in your mind’s eye whatever it is that you want to experience it will manifest – unless you decide that it won’t.
I mentioned this strange truth in yesterday’s posting. Your thoughts are literally translated into your reality. Don’t think about this just take a moment to notice and you will see this in your own life.
After you read this post do the following exercise then notice the outcome. Take time today to stop everything that you are doing. Find a quiet comfortable place where you can close your eyes and go within. Closing the eyes helps you from engaging your analyzer. In this exercise you will try not to think. In this exercise you want to engage your imagination.
Take a deep breath. Relax. Start to put your attention on something you would like to have happen or experience this week OR bring to mind something you have going on this week and begin to imagine how you would like it to go and how you would like to experience it.
Continue to imagine. See it in your mind’s eye. Keep changing what you can imagine until you get to the vision of this experience that is exactly as you would like it to be. Sounds simple but it may not be depending on the thoughts, emotions and experiences you have about this experience.
For example, if you want to make a sale, but you called 50 companies last week and they all hung up on you it is hard to imagine a different outcome when you imagine making calls again tomorrow. This is where you learn about your ability to change energy. All the energy in your space says that this weeks calls will go no better than last weeks calls. Thinking about it will change nothing but if you can use this exercise to imagine in your mind’s eye a different outcome then it will. To imagine a different outcome you will have to let go of and release the energy generated by the last 50 calls. You have to bring your attention, awareness and your energy into present time. Right here. Right now. What do you want to experience now? Change it from what you experienced before. Change the energy and your perspective.
There are many intuitive techniques that help us clear our thoughts, emotions and ideas so that we are in a new place creating in present time rather than recreating on the energies of the past.
The extent to which we can imagine or see clearly in our mind’s eye determines our ability to create or not create this thought in reality.
Practice this. Notice. Be aware. It’s like having the magical answer! Now it is up to you. Have a great day!