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Help Your Teenager Change Their Life
The next Teen Awakening class is coming up quickly on July 29-31, 2005. We
still have openings in this powerful class. Imagine how your life
could have been different if you'd had the
tools and focus of Awakening when you were still a teenager.
Then imagine how your teenager could benefit from these tools
right now. Imagine how this gift would benefit them for the rest
of their life.
Click here to read
more about this wonderful gift for your teen's life, then contact us today
by
clicking here or calling the office at (775) 575-2298 to
sign your teen up. This next class will be held in Sacramento, California. What better
way to help make the world a better place than by starting with
your own family!
EQ Class Added!
EQ: Communicating with Power is one class that
no effective communicator can afford to miss. Experience the secrets
that all of the most successful communicators know and use. In
addition, one of the most powerful processes in all our courses
is contained in this class.
The next EQ happens September
22-24, 2005 in Northern California. Contact the
office at (775) 575-2298 to get more information and to sign up.
Click here to learn
more.
Awakening Classes Are Filling Quickly!
If you've been planning to send a starfish
through Leadership Awakening, please act now to make sure you
get the dates you want. All West Coast Awakening classes are now held in Sacramento,
California.
To see the
full updated schedule, including which classes are still open,
click here.
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Today's Message |
Success
By Dr. Bruce Eichelberger
Put the word "success" into Google and you get 209
million hits. Search in Amazon.com and you'll find over
288,000 books on the topic. People are very prolific writing
about success because it is so hugely important for all of
us!
How can we approach such a universally important topic? What
can help us to figure out how to achieve success in our
lives? And more importantly, what can we do about it?
The first step is to have a good, clear
definition for success - otherwise,
how will we know when we get there?
The hard part about defining success is that it means
so many different things to different people. For some, it's
mostly about money, for others it's related to work, or productivity,
or relationships, or family, or making a difference in the
lives of others. Given this wide range of definitions, how can
we come up with a good way to think about success
that will help us achieve the success we want?
One good way to start is to look at the origins of the
word. Interestingly, the word success comes from the Latin
word, succedere, which means 'to follow.' Because all
successful people start with a clearly defined goal, we
could say that success is the outcome that follows when we have a
clearly defined desire or purpose.
Graduates will immediately recognize in this concept the
important question, "What do you want?" It is, after all, your
clarity in knowing what you really want, what your
highest and best goals are, that will
determine your success in any aspect of your life.
There is a great story about this that comes from the Native
American tradition:
A Native American
grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.
He said, "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my
heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The
other wolf is the loving, compassionate one."
The grandson asked him, "Grandfather,
which wolf will win
the fight in your heart?"
The grandfather answered, "The one I feed."
This is such a great metaphor for how we can succeed in achieving
what we want. By consistently thinking about and taking
action on those things that 'feed'
what we truly want, we are sure to succeed at our goals. At
the same time, doing this means that all those other thoughts, beliefs and limitations
that used to interfere with becoming our dreams will wither and die
because we stop feeding them.
What are some of the tools to help you do this? Daily journaling, doing
your "5 & 5," spending time thinking and talking
about what you want and, of course, taking concrete actions
each day towards your goals. By clarifying and focusing your
energy and awareness on
what you want, then acting on it, you are sure to succeed!
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Action Steps for Today |
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The concept, "Want It. Create It. Live It." is
very powerful for defining and creating success in any area
of your life. How are you using this idea to realize your
dreams? No matter whether you have let this tool go unused,
or are using it every day, you can always do more
with it. Here are your action steps for today to enhance
using this tool. Don't just read this exercise, do it! It is
the only way to gain the benefit.
At some point today, take 5 minutes of
completely uninterrupted time and speed write the answer to
the question, "What do you want?" You can pick a specific
area in your life if you like, or write more generally. Set
a timer for 5 minutes and during that time write everything
that comes to your mind. It doesn't matter if you've written
it before or if it sounds silly, just write as fast as you
can! Aim to have at least 100 things written down before
your time is up.
Then, go through the list and find those
items that really evoke strong positive feelings in you. Put
these on your 5 & 5 list for tomorrow and include them in the process
of creating your future. Remember—do this,
don't just read it and move on. After all, nobody else can
create your success for you, so take action to create what
you want now!
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Making a
Difference - Brenda Jackson, Team 366 |
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Several weeks ago I mention a lady that
works in the food court in our building that always had
a smile on her face. I stopped one morning and told her
how much I appreciated her and I looked forward to
seeing her in the morning because she helped make my day
brighter.
This morning I stopped to talk to her
and asked her name. It's Jessica. Jessica is in her
early 40's and a single mom who is just trying to make
ends meet. I asked how she was and she said "Much
better, thank you for asking". I had not seen her for
awhile so I was puzzled at her response and asked what
had happened.
Jessica explained that two weeks ago a
drunk driver hit her on the freeway and totaled her car.
She had some injuries but was healing. Her daughter was
with her but was fine. She explained how she was
spending huge portion of her pay check on taxi service
to come to work. The city bus system doesn't run into
town from where she lives. Then her cousin was on the
news for strangling her 4 year old daughter to death the
week before her accident... my heart went out to her!
Jessica looked at me and said the Lord
would take care of her and her daughter because she
prayed about it. She said, "You know, people like you
see me smiling but not one single person knows the pain
I am in. They don't need to know and don't care, they
just need my smile". She then thanked me for caring.
Wow, did I ever need that lesson!
How many people do we see at church, in
our neighborhood, the office and on the street that hide
the pain? That moment took me back to the powerful
Friday we spent together and how it changed the way I
look at people I don't even know. The question is, do I
care enough about my fellow man to put what I learned
into practice? I know it isn't always an easy thing to
do, but it can be so rewarding for both parties.
May God richly bless each of you today... |
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Word Play |
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"Prolific" refers to abundant growth,
generation or reproduction. It comes from the French word,
proles, which means offspring.
You can see it being used in
today's message in the sentence, "People are very
prolific writing about success because it is so hugely
important for all of us!" |
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Imagine by Jim Meurer |
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Imagine a person who, over the course of
their life, finds themselves with each passing day to have
less and less freedom. To slowly, steadily, and inexorably
become ever more entrapped and restricted within the
confines of the world in which they live. To wake each day
with a little less hope of relief, and a little more sense
of resignation, of capitulation. Imagine this happening at a
pace that is as slow and as steady and as assured as the
passing of the seasons. And then, something
changes. Imagine an opportunity is presented,
one that holds promise of relief from the relentlessness of
the path that is trod daily. Of a chance to maybe, just
maybe, alter the course that has been followed for so very
long. With no promises, no assurances other than difficulty
and challenge and possibility, imagine this person reaching
out in trust and in faith.
Imagine 2-1/2 days of the most intense,
grueling, and cathartic experience possible, undergone
without cessation. Imagine this person being liberated, one
by one, from every link of chain that has, up until now,
bound them to their old path. Imagine the brilliance of a
new dawn, of the hope and joy of a new beginning, a new
destination, a journey of renewal just begun.
Imagine this person on their journey, traveling with a
confident stride and marveling at the beauty that is to be
found in each passing mile. Imagine the radiance of this
person shining so brightly it attracts the curiosity, and
ultimately the enthusiasm of others.
Imagine this person encountering a section
of path that is broken and strewn with rubble. Imagine this
person puzzling over how to navigate and circumvent this
obstacle, even while surrounded by cheering throngs and
every imaginable tool and device needed to overcome it.
Imagine this person abandoning their tools
in the dust, turning their back on the crowds, and returning
from whence they came. Imagine this person returning to what
is most familiar, what is known, so that when the next
challenge is presented, they cannot be expected to be held
accountable by anyone… for surely any reasonable person can
see their burden… Or… Imagine
this person looking at the obstacle in their path, reaching
for and grasping hold of the multitude of tools that they
possess, and using them with confidence to remove whatever
was momentarily impeding their progress, as they continue to
stride down the path of their Life’s journey, Heart, Body,
and Soul. Imagine.
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