BEING THE PRIZE

It’s often that I find myself struggling lately. I have it in my head that there is some magical way to life your life and that by doing these things. By being the prize it will magically start to unfold. It doesn’t always seem to happen that way. I don’t always know the answers that I’m in need of.

To be fair I’m not being as consistent as I need to be to accurately gauge the success of a specific technique or mentality.

I have been working upwards in stages. Exercising regularly, writing nightly and reading daily. I am eating healthy but sometimes lack the energy needed to be excited about the day.

I believe I’m holding back some of the very momentum I need to be successful. I’m keeping myself dormant to a large degree still. I’m not leaping out of my skin and invigorating myself with the joys of daily accomplishments. I’m still holding back mentally and it’s irritating but also like an addiction. I’m having trouble shaking it. I think part of me does not want to let go still. Every time I think I find a way out, part of me is back into the trap I set for myself.

Consistency will help me break through this. I’ll have to keep getting the rebound and putting the ball up again until it goes in. I need to build up my stamina and strengthen myself in many mental areas still. I am blowing in the wind still and I need to be much more flexible as well as more rigid. Bend when needed, but never break.

I have to be the prize instead of talk about the Prize.

I’ve found myself in another difficult position. I think that the idea of the gut instinct is so difficult to understand. Interpreting it is not always easy. I started to question this notion of intuition today. How much of “intuition” proving true is just a case of self fulfilling prophecy? Is it the case that we are only as right as we want to be? How much of our future choices guide us in a particular direction? How do we differentiate from what we think is likely from what is the true probable outcome?

I don’t have any answers right now. I feel that I may be repeating past mistakes and it’s unnerving. Am I actually avoiding past mistakes or creating another situation for failure. I think that avoiding employee turnover comes down to creating a powerful culture, but also hiring the right people to fit into that culture. It’s difficult if not impossible to have a successful employees if the management is not on the same page. The repercussions are felt through every level of a company and it’s impossible to truly grow in that environment.

Employees or Team Members as I like to refer to them as, are in need of structure and support. The reason that they take on the role of being employed for a living is that they prefer the security and/or lack of commitment that the employed receive. The employer is the one that is subject to the greater financial risks (or so it seems).

One of the most difficult parts about forming a new company is hiring staff. Quality people are looking for a quality environment with quality pay. They prefer to work for companies that have been around for a long period of time in order to ensure that they are not risking their livelihood. If a company can not provide the environment that a potential team member is looking for, then they can not expect to attract the right people.

I often hire off of my feelings and intuition of people. I often see potential problems and weigh the odds of me possessing the ability to overcome those problems. It’s difficult to choose someone because there is no guarantee that anything of value will be produced until you actually see them in action. What time or energy is wasted if someone is not compatible with the company?

Is it better to hire on experience and pay more or hire on potential and pay less? If you see a potential problem, do you work to avoid it or accept that it is inevitable and stay away from that person? What price does indecision cost?

I want to refine my intuition to have more answers than questions and be right 90% of the time. Most people use the 80/20 rule but I don’t like the idea of being a “B” student. I find value in the trial and error method, but it’s quite expensive. I think that everyone will make mistakes, but it’s he who recognizes and alleviates those mistakes the quickest that will truly be successful.

To go with the theme of the previous post “Going Back To School” by K, I have an observation.  It seems a lot of people are bend on pouring knowledge into our heads and expecting us to integrate it and do it, I hear the phrase “do as I say not as I do” from people when you catch them contradicting their own teaching.   Should it be surprising though?  Our entire educational system supports a model of teaching that has proven to be effective in only suppressing the curiosity of student and make them frustrated and bored.   No wonder.   Socratic method is the method that was used by Creeks when educating and teaching.  The idea being is that a person already has all the knowledge and instead of taught they need to just be reminded, and how is that accomplished?  Asking questions, it has so many benefits, for one it keeps the student mind constantly active, they have to analyze and illuminate a lot of options that don’t apply to a situation at hand and they become more aware of the subject because they have a first hand experience deriving and analyzing it.  Effectively what Creeks did was to “teach a man to fish”  not giving merely results of study but the processes that could be used in analyzing other questions and situations.  Results – well they discovered atom long before any microscopes has been discovered, Greek Philosophy is a cornerstone in the foundation of the science, not to mention numerous achievements in math, technology  all that with a country that is truly puny in size by today’s standards.  What of it you might say?  Well we can choose to complain about humanity repeating the same mistakes over and over, people being inefficient and desire to turn things around.  That is one way, I propose being grateful for any insights that one has and as a show of appreciation beginning to apply this wonderful insights to our everyday life, not easy true, but the benefits far outweigh the inconvenience of changing a habit…  a wonderful life is yours for the taking.

I sometimes have chosen the difficult path in life, just to prove that I am worthy of attaining success by myself on my own terms. I have looked at people like Sam Walton, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell and countless other modern self made men. I have created the idea that these people are Naturals and they have made their own way, with no help and intuitive knowledge. They may have…

I guess it does not truly matter how one gets to their end goal as long as they do it with pride and conviction. How do I know what took place for them to be at the level they are? How do I know if they had mentors or family favors? I know little about these men and yet I made a choice to be like them. I made the choice to be like them with no help and no support just sheer willpower.

What a touching story this would have made, but I have come to realize that education is the most valuable gift one can receive. Given the opportunity to learn from someone who has been at that level and to take that gift rather than reject it for the sake of ego is insanity. I have avoided such opportunities in the past because I wanted to educate myself. I have since awakened to the reality of success. You need people. You are not capable of learning enough or being enough on your own. How obvious is this?

If you have the chance to make $4mil in 10 years or $2mil in 5 years because you gave 50% of your company to the right person is it worth it? Of course it’s worth it. Even from an economic perspective your money is more valuable in your pocket today than it is a year from now. The knowledge you can gain makes this investment priceless. Once you have learned something you are capable of replicating your accomplishments. Learn quickly and easily as often as we can. The quicker we learn, the quicker we can replicate ourselves.

Bring a mentor into your life that aligns with your goals. If you are not lucky enough to have one walk into your life through the laws of attraction; hunt one down and make them your mentor. Find the person that is where you want to be in 20 years and make them your teacher. The super successful often have achieved enough financially that they choose to spend their gifts of wisdom for pleasure and less for profit. You can find the people that will help you. What are you willing to do in order to be successful? Will you turn down immediate gain for knowledge? Will you uproot yourself to travel? Will you forgo your current plans?

I am deciding that my life should be surrounded by teachers rather than students. I have far more to gain as a student than I do as a teacher. I think I will find that there are far more teachers out there than I had originally thought. When you close yourself off to an idea your senses are dulled if not completely removed. I am confident I will find an abundance of teachers who are in need of a good student.

I had no integrity yesterday and failed to write my blog entry for the 17th

Envy is something that is extremely destructive, it comes from lack of abundance and every single person is subject to it at one point or the other, no matter who you are.  The principles behind envy is lack of abundance.  Some people quickly realize that there is more then enough to go around and let go of that animalistic instinct in all of us, no harm done and life is amazing, some can’t let go and as a result suffer.   Not only do they suffer mentally they also suffer in the ways of not being able to recognize when life presents them with proof of abundance and as a result they head on a downward spiral.  Recognize abundance in everything and life will constantly present you with proof of it making it a wonderful experience.  If for some reason envy does sneak up on you at any one time, don’t blame yourself don’t analyze it, just simply let it go, fill your heart with happiness recognizing that there is enough and truly allowing yourself to feel joy for the other person’s fortune, then move on expecting abundance and great things in your life and they will always manifest themselves.  I think it is easy to feel joy for others when you can recognize yourself in them, ideally you should be able to recognize yourself in every person and thus constantly increase the moments of joy in your heart until such a time as joy becomes a constant uninterrupted song in the soundtracks of our life’s. 

It’s one thing to expect your life to be powerfull and full of positivity. It’s another to assume that your life will turn out in a specific way. I find myself angry right now for no good reason other than expectations. I expect people to be a certain way or act a certain way because it is what I want them to be or act like. It’s funny that when you don’t get what you want you are angry but when someone is so selfless that they act on your wishes regardless of their own desires we are angry too.

How hypocritical people can be and how absorbed can people be, that they find themselves torn no matter what happens in their life?

Ideally one should wash their hands of expectations and consider life as it comes. doing anything with an aim or purpose is wonderful as long as that aim produces hapyness no matter what the specific outcome may be. It is a powerful place to be, if you can find a way to view life as it is. We often fabricate stories and these stories can erode the very fortress we were erecting to prevent such atacks. We are powerful when we accept life for what it is and we make choices that create positive outcomes for all involved.

I expected nothing today and I gained a lot. Tonight I expected everything and gained nothing at first, but after reflecting I gained much more from the lesson.

So I made a deal to keep up with blog every day and I had not, I own up to that.   Plain and simple if I don’t make it a priority put it on paper and make it part of my daily task list, I end up forgetting about it half the time.   Grounding yourself is important, going back to basics is important and do course corrections is important.  So here is what is happening, the project I was working on is completed and live.  Is it finished, no it’s a work in progress which will require testing and modifying, but it is ready for the world to start benefiting them and bring money to me.   If microsoft waited for a perfect product, they would be out of business faster than you can say microsoft 🙂   There are days when I am more aware of the law of attraction, strange things happend with very strange consistency, go figure.   Today was one of those days, things just seemed to fall into place in a very unlikely of ways, I really like days like this.

I recently read a book that was given to me by my co-blogger and it must have subconsciously influenced me. I sat down tonight to write my daily blog entry with not intention or idea of what it was that I should write about today. As soon as my hands touched the keyboard this quote poped into my head.

“Energy can not be created or destroyed.”

This is what I wrote about and for some reason I did not make the connection to the book until after I had cleared the thoughts onto paper.

The law of Conservation of Energy. Since energy can only be changed it leads me to believe that you always have a constant amount of energy it is just divided into various manifestations. So we must choose what this pie is comprised of.

Even when we feel we have no energy, when we feel tired and lethargic it is in realty a misdirected energy that is creating these feelings. I’m quite sure that this is not some revolutionary realization but it is something I have rediscovered in myself. By focusing our thoughts, emotions, and physical actions towards negative energies we are reducing that amount of available positive energy.

I would also imagine that transforming negative energy into positive energy is far more difficult than transforming neutral energy into positive energy. So by creating a balanced life and allowing more energy to be focused as neutral or positive energy I would theoretically shift the balance of my life towards more fulfilling experiences. It is then my goal to move as much energy as possible towards the positive direction in order to maximize my life’s potential.

It seems that a powerful way to filter life would be through the lens of neutrality. By first filtering all experiences into a neutral light it would allow one to more easily shift their energy towards a positive direction when deemed necessary. Often times people have a habit of viewing life through a negative perspective and this makes for a formidable challenge when looking to succeed and grow in life. I would imagine that automatically viewing life through a positive lens could yield negative results as well. Often times the person who is overzealous with their positive attitude can create unnecessary hurdles for themselves.

Transforming energy is probably an ability that takes time to fully master but by envisioning the result that you intend to accomplish and then allowing your subconscious desire to guide your energy seems to be a very useful way towards accomplishing this goal. The catch would seem to be that your intentions and desire would have to genuinely be positive in nature. Without this genuine desire it seems that you would lean towards a negative or neutral outcome.

I’m not quite sure what all of these thoughts mean, but they have definitely made me re-examine my approach to life and my interaction with the world. I will start to implement this immediately.

The only time we truly grow is when we find ourselves at the edges of our comfort zones and have the ability to go beyond them.   Making that step that takes you from the edge of comfort zone to somewhere you have not been before can be a very difficult things at times.   Every part of you fights it, and that is the moment when you must look deep within you to find the reason, often it’s in the form of the question, will you be able to live with yourself knowing you had the opportunity to do something and you did nothing?  Even worse is that people are so hard on themselves that once they were not successful the first time around, they blame themselves into a place of fear and paralysis and that is just plain wrong.   It is true, get disappointed get frustrated, but then forgive yourself and go at it again and again and again until such a time that you conquer your comfort zones and expand them with your decisive victory.   It is the journey and not the destination, we all have setbacks circumstances fears and concerns, however at the end of it all some of us stand up and keep on going and others just give up.   As long as you can keep on going you will succeed, there is no other way, some require more lessons and preparation to receive success then others, but the result is invariably the same victory.   Love yourself, be thankful for everything in your life be thankful for the lessons that make you stronger and keep on going, cry if you have too and then stand up and keep on going, keep on going as if everything in your life depends on it, for after all it truly does…