When a fat man puts another cream cake in his mouth, he feels like the pain of discipline is greater than the pain of regret. But 2-3 months later, it's the opposite.
That's the danger of the power of NOW.. right now, the pain of regret is a long way off and to some extent, irrelevant.
The key to all this is Vision, Inspiration and Purpose (VIP) because while you have a vision, and an inspiration and a purpose greater than yourself, the pain of regret is already with you right now, in this moment and it's far higher than the pain of discipline.
Put it another way. If I have my vision in all seven areas of life and those visions are inspiring, and I have a purpose greater than myself, then forgoing something in the short term causes me some pain but the pleasure is automatically there for the long term. Pleasure and pain, balancing each other, as they must in life.
What's on your bucket list for 2012? Now is the time, pre New Year to get out that dusty old VIP sheet and start setting some personal, family, company and relationship bucket lists... for a couple, make sure at least 30 - 35% of the things on the list are the same for both of you.. no more, no less. That's what'll keep the fire alight. Here's a few ideas 10 great treks to do in the world .... http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/tasmania/travel-tips-and-articles/76228
I think you will find some startling news here for your business and leadership models
When people come back from some personal development course, they often blurt out to anyone that'll listen "I've changed my life" ... all eyes head toward the ceiling and we hear nice platitudes such as "Oh, how wonderful for you"
We don't wear our undies on the outside... so why do we suddenly see the need to blurt out our deepest personal discoveries? Or, in the case of Mormons in my neighbourhood, door knock to sell me their magazine?
First and foremost, programs like "Landmark" and "Breakthrough" and others survive on that very human habit... it's called infatuation and it's basically what separates human ego's from real soul.
We get infatuated, we get disappointed, we get infatuated, we get disappointed. We get infatuated, we get married, make babies, buy cars, change banks, move cities, buy ocean skis, change our undies and spend time on Facebook. Infatuation drives the human ego, identity and it's emotional engine to do, be, buy and believe most of what we call life and living. New boyfriend - girlfriend, job, house, car, refrigeration, APP.. Ipad..all equals infatuation...
Work - Life balance has caused more divorces, more heart attacks, more obesity, more self abuse, more family dysfunction and more corporate corruption than all other human errors of judgement combined.
Turn up 110%... means work in balance, life in balance... Life - Life Balance ... Work Work Balance ... etc. Otherwise we live in worker's compensation our whole life.. compensating for work based impotence with home based incompetence. Family, partner and children paying for antiquated work practices isn't cool when self-mastery is way beyond that. You wouldn't wash dishes with sand and sea weed, so why use antique work practices?
- Work Outdoors as much as possible
- Hold business meetings in parks and outdoor venues
- Take emotional showers between office and home
- Balance the Hour, not the week
- Don't exercise.. play .. same activity, different spin
- Check the mirror, is your face young and smiling or old and frowning.
- love your work, regardless
- A bad attitude in a good place is no substitute for a good attitude in a bad place.
- Slow down for a moment and smell the roses
- Bring home the love
- Go at 110% and Stop at 110% - it's the 55% pace that kills
- Eat for Work not for pleasure.
- Everyday in nature is more important than breakfast.
 My clients are unique students of life. They love life and they believe in passing that on. My clients give and take no crap, they don't deal in hype and for sure, don't mess with fluff.
The Five Keys my clients live and breathe by are as follows:
1. Priority number one... My clients are Visionaries .. they'll never let their vision, inspiration or purpose become complacent or satiated... and because of this, they lead in whatever field they choose to play.
2. Priority number two ... My clients are committed to being Real .. For them, life becomes transparent, they see beauty where others might see darkness by always exploring to find the order in the chaos... Nature's Universal Laws
3. Priority number three ... My Clients hold Wellness as sacred ... They include both mental and physical health in wellness and make these aspects of their work, family and personal relationships the starting point .. they make health super important because they can't give what they haven't got.
4. Priority number four ... My Clients are totally Honest ...with themselves and others... It all starts with them knowing themselves sans Ego, the real self and the ego self separately by never reacting, never blaming, always being balanced, centred and calm and by doing so, know the true inner voice of intuition to be louder than the outer voices of ego.
5. Priority number five .. My Clients are absolutely 110% committed to Turning up ...in their Relationships, Work, Play, Love, Friendships, Spare time, Social Service and Time Out. They are fully aware that the quality of their presence in any moment of time determines the quality of their relationships, leadership, parenting, humanity, kindness and compassion.
 It's probably one of the biggest mistakes people make at work and in running a business. Relying on someone else to inspire us....
Nobody can inspire you really. They can show you what being inspired feels like, they can wake up your own innate desire to be inspired, they can remind you that you're not inspired, but to hold inspiration in your life and work, you have to do it for yourself.
I used to get inspired by others. But five minutes later, when I got back to my world, I'd lose that inspiration and be left wondering what I had to do in my own life to feel inspired like that.
I've studied the art of Self Inspiration for the past 35 years. I've experienced moments of extreme inspiration and I've experienced the downers of letting my inspiration be obliterated by some person or situation.. I've gone from extremes of Zen, Yoga and the Hype of addictions searching for the keys to Self-Inspiration... and I found them in my pocket right where I left them.
Being inspired is one thing... staying inspired ... now that's a whole other ball game .. I learned how to do both. ANd that'd what I believe to be the big difference between motivation and inspiration... inspiration is sustainable... motivation comes and goes... I'm happy to share those skills of inspiration whenever you choose...
 You come to work on top of the world and at the first meeting you have for the day your proposal gets rejected outright... sign? Infatuation....
You tell your partner you want to take a trip, they dump a mountain of rubbish on your idea, sign? infatuation....
You run across the road chasing a ball, you don't notice the car coming, boom, you're crunched .... sign? Infatuation....
You buy a Porsche, you have it for about 3 weeks and then regret the maintenance costs.. sign? Infatuation....
You meet a new lover, snuggle up and share body fluids... you feel in love... sign? Infatuation....
You make a proposal to change the structure of the business, you do it and sales slump... sign? Infatuation....
Your son or daughter is going to a party, they jump up and down with glee... sign? Infatuation... Read on to find out more about the difference between infatuation and inspiration.
 As you know, I'm not a big fan of giving power away to astrologists in the newspaper, south sayers on the street or your last taxi driver.
Inspiration doesn't follow the path of least resistance, it follows your purpose in life and those people don't function on that plain.
But there is an energy we all need to be aware of: and that is the moon.
Emotion is a thought process in the brain that leads to a chemical process in the body. Emotion is a two way street. If the body experiences a chemical the brain can take that feedback and translate it into an emotion or feeling. And, if the brain witnesses something it can send a signal to the body and turn it into a chemical response...
This whole process is not without external influence. Fluorescent lights for example change the emotional chemistry of the body. Food - especially spices, red meat, mind altering substance and milk products change our chemistry and send all sorts of weird electrical and chemical impulses back to our brain... we can be on a mental and physical high, even at a funeral if we eat or drink the right stuff....
Sex changes the chemistry of the body and the translating capacity of the brain.. albeit temporarily. Read on....
|
RSS Feed
