Friday, October 4, 2013
Promise of Pleasure The Removal Of Pain- Which Motivates More?
So which is it that motivates you more? Pain or Pleasure. This could be a great debate for the ages.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Food Clothing and Shelter and the Housing Market
Why is the housing market much more than a crisis of financial measures?
Why are those involved having such a tough time deciding what to do?
What makes decisions difficult when dealing with our basic needs?
Well here is a a quick quick clue and it is brought to you by Maslow. Abraham Maslow is a famous Psychologist who was born in the early 1900s. He died over 40 years ago, and still he offers some of the simplest insight to understand the housing fears.
As a quick summary his findings about basic human needs are that we have to have a means for Food Clothing and .... SHELTER before we can move on to more important things like self esteem, love, contributing unselfish acts.
When we are young the role of a parent is to provide these basic needs so that we can grow and mature. When any one of the three key elements are not in existence, our very safety of and survival is at a MAJOR RISK.
So back to the housing market. We live in a time where there are so many families.... PARENTS that are scared to death that SHELTER is not going to be provided for their offspring.
What does this add up to.... FEAR. Where there is fear there is indescion and feelings of inadquecy a void to be filled. This leads to Paralysis through Analyisis.
SOLUTION- A game plan by a third party that is not in the world of fear. A third party offering counseling and real solutions to families who can get unstuck.
Bring Value Institute Owner
J. Carl Andrus
Why are those involved having such a tough time deciding what to do?
What makes decisions difficult when dealing with our basic needs?
Well here is a a quick quick clue and it is brought to you by Maslow. Abraham Maslow is a famous Psychologist who was born in the early 1900s. He died over 40 years ago, and still he offers some of the simplest insight to understand the housing fears.
As a quick summary his findings about basic human needs are that we have to have a means for Food Clothing and .... SHELTER before we can move on to more important things like self esteem, love, contributing unselfish acts.
When we are young the role of a parent is to provide these basic needs so that we can grow and mature. When any one of the three key elements are not in existence, our very safety of and survival is at a MAJOR RISK.
So back to the housing market. We live in a time where there are so many families.... PARENTS that are scared to death that SHELTER is not going to be provided for their offspring.
What does this add up to.... FEAR. Where there is fear there is indescion and feelings of inadquecy a void to be filled. This leads to Paralysis through Analyisis.
SOLUTION- A game plan by a third party that is not in the world of fear. A third party offering counseling and real solutions to families who can get unstuck.
Bring Value Institute Owner
J. Carl Andrus
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Does Praying Really Work?
Here is the pondering. If the Lord has his will and he is in deed greater in every sense then I, what power would prayer have if His "will is done"?
This is a false premise. The Lord has his will, but he cannot force that will on us. We can receive consequences according to the laws of his commandments, we can have others' consequences negatively impact us.... But to suppose that his will will always occur removes a few truths found in the scriptures.
In all this meditation the goal is to answer once again why pray? Why ask for that which may already be in store according to His will? And for those who are struggling in their faith due to their will and their prayers not being answered what good is prayer then?
At the basic foundation of prayer at all is a hope in a desired outcome. There would be no reason to make this effort if it were not so. In deed for those who don't spend time on the word FAITH due to the complexity, the simplicity of faith is prayer. If I did not have faith that someone would pick up on the other end of a phone call then I would not dial at all. In fact when making a call there is an answer on some occasions and others there is not; according to many factors. We could take the analogy a bit further for the "barely believer in prayer" and say that if a family member or friend did not pick up the phone on every call, wouldn't we be unfair to impose our mind reading on the family or friend. Mind reading that they were too busy for us, that they looked down at the phone and decided to not pick up because it was us. That they were angry for our last offense and thought that not answering was a way to get back at us. Although many of us, myself included could have these same thoughts of self-pity, fear and insecurity about a loved one, we still would see the mind reading in another person as self destructive, painful, and unhealthy. Here is the deal. The faith we have in the other person's receiving the call should not be conditional. If we are healthy we would suspend judgment until we knew why they did not pick up. If we have trust and faith in them and had LOVE for them we would think highly of their best, not their worst as would be the case of the negative mind reading scenario.
The phone call analogy- as you may have connected already is a beginning comparison to the two way call of our reaching out to our Heavenly Father through prayer. When we ask and do not receive we might have a moment of disbelief, of abandonment, of sense of disappointment.
To me a powerful Zen Koan tells it all: A farmer worked hard with his oldest son to prepare the earth for the upcoming planting season. While they were pulling a stump the chain whipped around and shattered the son's leg. The village people noticed the elderly farmer's hard times as he would have to finish the hard labor himself. They would offer their pity in words of: "You are so unfortunate" "You will age with all the hard work you have to do now alone" "You are in such a difficult time" to which the farmer simply replied "Maybe So, Maybe Not". A few days later the Empirical Army rode through town looking for all able young men to force into war. The Farmer's oldest was injured and passed over. Many of the same village people sent their sons to war and many did not return. The village people turned to the elderly farmer and exclaimed how lucky he was to have a son still living. He simply replied "Maybe So, Maybe not".
The point to all this is that we do have a say in our loosening on earth from the power's of heaven. We have more power than we can even imagine. The thing that I don't see very often is the suspending of judgment that we see here in this Farmer. Maybe So Maybe Not. At the heart of this wise farmer is humility.
Now shifting gears from those who would take offense for calls not picked up by loved ones, or in the heart of the matter prayers that don't end up precisely the way of our desire. Many realize that to pray is to understand the will of God and to have ones heart softened to His will.
Shifting away from that to the times that we might wonder why pray if it will be his way.
Here is the belief in the beginning that I have to tie in. The start of the race of man. Not of intelligence (all living things have a form of intelligence) but the start of Man... ADAM and our mother of all living EVE. We are told that "Man shall have dominion over all the earth". This is literal and spiritual in it's meaning. As a newly discovered pondering and study, we invite the hand of the Lord and we even invite the evils of Satan. We have dominion. What power does this infer in Prayer, in it's many forms? (subject for another time). Let's roll back to the meridian of time. Jesus Christ the Son of God prayed for in the garden of Gethsemane asked for the "bitter cup" (him taking the sins of the world on to become each of our own personal Jesus) to be removed from him. We see the divide of his will and the purpose of his life. Was his will granted... No, and here we return to an earlier point with this most powerful example of all time. His will was not granted and his humble submission to the will of the Father and to his purpose in life caused that he suffered and bled from every pore of his skin as he took the sins of all those created. The miracle of this is too big to comprehend. Let's go through this interesting scenario though. Why would the Jesus Christ ask, if he knew that it was the will of Heavenly Father that he would be the sacrifice? This is proof positive that there is always an opportunity to ask for that which we desire having faith and humility all at once. This may appear contradictory as the will of the Son did not occur, but in fact the opposite is true. Why would the Son, who has the best closest relationship to the Father then any living even attempt, if he did not know that in fact we do have some power of will to loose on earth and in heaven or bind on earth as in heaven.
Many times I have pondered on: praying for others. Many times I have wondered, if they all receive the help whether I pray or not what is the use? This shows a lack of faith and connectedness. Here is what I have experienced... I have noticed that to pray for another at a minimum gets me outside of me. It is a fact that a man cannot serve two masters, I cannot have a pity party and depress (verb) if I am at the same time showing hope and desire for peace and healing for another. And what of those we pray for who pass on? Were they not comforted as they felt of our prayers. No scientist that I know of has found a tool for measuring this comfort, but I can say with confidence that prayer comforts those who are distant. There is also a deepening of connection that comes of this by the pray-er. This I will attempt to prove at a minimum.
There is a reality of the current times that is- busyness. Constant chatter, constant hustle, and chaos. There may not be time that we even take to pause and ponder. There is constant messages, constant conversation. This is why I would desire to contrast as an argument the connectedness that occurs when one prays for someone else. When we pause our self to pray, we are using the physical body to slow down, we are using the mind to focus and I will argue that point that we are using the Soul to communicate: Within every culture of spirituality there is a concept of connectivity. I bring this point to prevent a debate on the matter that would remove the major point. Connective states don't occur through the physical that would look weird to be fused together. It cannot occur on the thinking realm- it cannot, no matter how hard someone who believes our puny thoughts are this grand. And the proof here is how many unique thoughts 2 people in the same room can have running on let alone the infinite amount of beings. The connectivity must exist on the spiritual level- or be a connectivity of the Soul.
Here is the power of prayer. We slow down. We force our physical body into different positions depending on the way one was taught to facilitate this slowing down physically, we slow the thoughts to one path, and we pour out both self-centered and other centered gratitude, desires, hopes, and petitions. On what level do we connect with those we pray for? Peace and comfort, strength and hope, this all connects us to those we pray for no matter how distant, and we are both edified or enriched. The receiving side might be easy to explain away by scientists. Interestingly enough, there is no scientists that can debate that prayer for another does not cause peace and strength for the giver. The end result... Everything from miracles to at the very least compassion. Compassion- to connect with another and desire to uplift and bear up their burden (my own definition). With this argument I make here, I will make a short hop, not even a leap... It is impossible to know the Son of God without praying for others. Even serving others leaves a piece of the puzzle out. Serving without prayer, it could be argued, edifies or uplifts only the physical needs and puts the mind at ease of the receiver. Service with-prayers causing an uplifting that is a complete gift.
Prayer is work of the soul that works.
J. Carl Andrus
This is a false premise. The Lord has his will, but he cannot force that will on us. We can receive consequences according to the laws of his commandments, we can have others' consequences negatively impact us.... But to suppose that his will will always occur removes a few truths found in the scriptures.
In all this meditation the goal is to answer once again why pray? Why ask for that which may already be in store according to His will? And for those who are struggling in their faith due to their will and their prayers not being answered what good is prayer then?
At the basic foundation of prayer at all is a hope in a desired outcome. There would be no reason to make this effort if it were not so. In deed for those who don't spend time on the word FAITH due to the complexity, the simplicity of faith is prayer. If I did not have faith that someone would pick up on the other end of a phone call then I would not dial at all. In fact when making a call there is an answer on some occasions and others there is not; according to many factors. We could take the analogy a bit further for the "barely believer in prayer" and say that if a family member or friend did not pick up the phone on every call, wouldn't we be unfair to impose our mind reading on the family or friend. Mind reading that they were too busy for us, that they looked down at the phone and decided to not pick up because it was us. That they were angry for our last offense and thought that not answering was a way to get back at us. Although many of us, myself included could have these same thoughts of self-pity, fear and insecurity about a loved one, we still would see the mind reading in another person as self destructive, painful, and unhealthy. Here is the deal. The faith we have in the other person's receiving the call should not be conditional. If we are healthy we would suspend judgment until we knew why they did not pick up. If we have trust and faith in them and had LOVE for them we would think highly of their best, not their worst as would be the case of the negative mind reading scenario.
The phone call analogy- as you may have connected already is a beginning comparison to the two way call of our reaching out to our Heavenly Father through prayer. When we ask and do not receive we might have a moment of disbelief, of abandonment, of sense of disappointment.
To me a powerful Zen Koan tells it all: A farmer worked hard with his oldest son to prepare the earth for the upcoming planting season. While they were pulling a stump the chain whipped around and shattered the son's leg. The village people noticed the elderly farmer's hard times as he would have to finish the hard labor himself. They would offer their pity in words of: "You are so unfortunate" "You will age with all the hard work you have to do now alone" "You are in such a difficult time" to which the farmer simply replied "Maybe So, Maybe Not". A few days later the Empirical Army rode through town looking for all able young men to force into war. The Farmer's oldest was injured and passed over. Many of the same village people sent their sons to war and many did not return. The village people turned to the elderly farmer and exclaimed how lucky he was to have a son still living. He simply replied "Maybe So, Maybe not".
The point to all this is that we do have a say in our loosening on earth from the power's of heaven. We have more power than we can even imagine. The thing that I don't see very often is the suspending of judgment that we see here in this Farmer. Maybe So Maybe Not. At the heart of this wise farmer is humility.
Now shifting gears from those who would take offense for calls not picked up by loved ones, or in the heart of the matter prayers that don't end up precisely the way of our desire. Many realize that to pray is to understand the will of God and to have ones heart softened to His will.
Shifting away from that to the times that we might wonder why pray if it will be his way.
Here is the belief in the beginning that I have to tie in. The start of the race of man. Not of intelligence (all living things have a form of intelligence) but the start of Man... ADAM and our mother of all living EVE. We are told that "Man shall have dominion over all the earth". This is literal and spiritual in it's meaning. As a newly discovered pondering and study, we invite the hand of the Lord and we even invite the evils of Satan. We have dominion. What power does this infer in Prayer, in it's many forms? (subject for another time). Let's roll back to the meridian of time. Jesus Christ the Son of God prayed for in the garden of Gethsemane asked for the "bitter cup" (him taking the sins of the world on to become each of our own personal Jesus) to be removed from him. We see the divide of his will and the purpose of his life. Was his will granted... No, and here we return to an earlier point with this most powerful example of all time. His will was not granted and his humble submission to the will of the Father and to his purpose in life caused that he suffered and bled from every pore of his skin as he took the sins of all those created. The miracle of this is too big to comprehend. Let's go through this interesting scenario though. Why would the Jesus Christ ask, if he knew that it was the will of Heavenly Father that he would be the sacrifice? This is proof positive that there is always an opportunity to ask for that which we desire having faith and humility all at once. This may appear contradictory as the will of the Son did not occur, but in fact the opposite is true. Why would the Son, who has the best closest relationship to the Father then any living even attempt, if he did not know that in fact we do have some power of will to loose on earth and in heaven or bind on earth as in heaven.
Many times I have pondered on: praying for others. Many times I have wondered, if they all receive the help whether I pray or not what is the use? This shows a lack of faith and connectedness. Here is what I have experienced... I have noticed that to pray for another at a minimum gets me outside of me. It is a fact that a man cannot serve two masters, I cannot have a pity party and depress (verb) if I am at the same time showing hope and desire for peace and healing for another. And what of those we pray for who pass on? Were they not comforted as they felt of our prayers. No scientist that I know of has found a tool for measuring this comfort, but I can say with confidence that prayer comforts those who are distant. There is also a deepening of connection that comes of this by the pray-er. This I will attempt to prove at a minimum.
There is a reality of the current times that is- busyness. Constant chatter, constant hustle, and chaos. There may not be time that we even take to pause and ponder. There is constant messages, constant conversation. This is why I would desire to contrast as an argument the connectedness that occurs when one prays for someone else. When we pause our self to pray, we are using the physical body to slow down, we are using the mind to focus and I will argue that point that we are using the Soul to communicate: Within every culture of spirituality there is a concept of connectivity. I bring this point to prevent a debate on the matter that would remove the major point. Connective states don't occur through the physical that would look weird to be fused together. It cannot occur on the thinking realm- it cannot, no matter how hard someone who believes our puny thoughts are this grand. And the proof here is how many unique thoughts 2 people in the same room can have running on let alone the infinite amount of beings. The connectivity must exist on the spiritual level- or be a connectivity of the Soul.
Here is the power of prayer. We slow down. We force our physical body into different positions depending on the way one was taught to facilitate this slowing down physically, we slow the thoughts to one path, and we pour out both self-centered and other centered gratitude, desires, hopes, and petitions. On what level do we connect with those we pray for? Peace and comfort, strength and hope, this all connects us to those we pray for no matter how distant, and we are both edified or enriched. The receiving side might be easy to explain away by scientists. Interestingly enough, there is no scientists that can debate that prayer for another does not cause peace and strength for the giver. The end result... Everything from miracles to at the very least compassion. Compassion- to connect with another and desire to uplift and bear up their burden (my own definition). With this argument I make here, I will make a short hop, not even a leap... It is impossible to know the Son of God without praying for others. Even serving others leaves a piece of the puzzle out. Serving without prayer, it could be argued, edifies or uplifts only the physical needs and puts the mind at ease of the receiver. Service with-prayers causing an uplifting that is a complete gift.
Prayer is work of the soul that works.
J. Carl Andrus
Monday, September 19, 2011
The Power of Self Forgiveness
When I forgive myself, I learn...
When I hold onto the issue I don't learn anything. I manifest poor results.
So here is a personal story that illustrates the point. I purchased these Jabra bluetoothe earphones, they were stereo, they worked well, there was an issue with one of them within the warranty period. I took them back and I noticed at the time I brought them that the pouch was missing. This was an added accessory, I didn't volunteer the information, I just needed to exchange.
I used that pouch because it was a perfect size to put my Kodak Zi8 HD camera in. I have been using the pouch now for over a year. The bluetooth pieces have long since broke and I have began using the other pouch to hold my wifi card.
All that techy talk was just the simple set up to my having a deeper understanding of forgiving myself and learning a lesson.
I looked at the two pouches this morning together. They have never been side by side that I remember. I recalled many times remembering the packaging error, a little pebble of guilt all the while, may just outside of my consciousness. Then I realized in this very moment, man I haven't released that weight yet.
I understood, with this very small seemingly insignificant scenario that when I just let it go, after sending a prayer off for forgiveness, then forgiving myself...
The lesson was buried under the pile of guilt and shame.
For me today the lesson was that I haven't done very well at staying organized with material things. I actually felt, in that moment of humility, the strength to keep better track of material items, to take better care of my belongings. I kid you not, this was what came after lessening the guilt burden.
I was free to see other examples in my life. Then in that humbled place of inadequacy in not taking care of some of my material things. I was free to offer a silent prayer to ask God to make up the difference.
It may seem a little weird the connection here, but the message I received today is that there may be many weights of guilt and inhibitory issues that I am manifesting externally that can be released if I forgive myself.
Josh Andrus
Bring Value Academy
When I hold onto the issue I don't learn anything. I manifest poor results.
So here is a personal story that illustrates the point. I purchased these Jabra bluetoothe earphones, they were stereo, they worked well, there was an issue with one of them within the warranty period. I took them back and I noticed at the time I brought them that the pouch was missing. This was an added accessory, I didn't volunteer the information, I just needed to exchange.
I used that pouch because it was a perfect size to put my Kodak Zi8 HD camera in. I have been using the pouch now for over a year. The bluetooth pieces have long since broke and I have began using the other pouch to hold my wifi card.
All that techy talk was just the simple set up to my having a deeper understanding of forgiving myself and learning a lesson.
I looked at the two pouches this morning together. They have never been side by side that I remember. I recalled many times remembering the packaging error, a little pebble of guilt all the while, may just outside of my consciousness. Then I realized in this very moment, man I haven't released that weight yet.
I understood, with this very small seemingly insignificant scenario that when I just let it go, after sending a prayer off for forgiveness, then forgiving myself...
The lesson was buried under the pile of guilt and shame.
For me today the lesson was that I haven't done very well at staying organized with material things. I actually felt, in that moment of humility, the strength to keep better track of material items, to take better care of my belongings. I kid you not, this was what came after lessening the guilt burden.
I was free to see other examples in my life. Then in that humbled place of inadequacy in not taking care of some of my material things. I was free to offer a silent prayer to ask God to make up the difference.
It may seem a little weird the connection here, but the message I received today is that there may be many weights of guilt and inhibitory issues that I am manifesting externally that can be released if I forgive myself.
Josh Andrus
Bring Value Academy
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Power of Self-Forgiveness
When I forgive myself, I learn...
When I hold onto the issue I don't learn anything. I manifest poor results.
So here is a personal story that illustrates the point. I purchased these Jabra bluetoothe earphones, they were stereo, they worked well, there was an issue with one of them within the warranty period. I took them back and I noticed at the time I brought them that the pouch was missing. This was an added accessory, I didn't volunteer the information, I just needed to exchange.
I used that pouch because it was a perfect size to put my Kodak Zi8 HD camera in. I have been using the pouch now for over a year. The bluetooth pieces have long since broke and I have began using the other pouch to hold my wifi card.
All that techy talk was just the simple set up to my having a deeper understanding of forgiving myself and learning a lesson.
I looked at the two pouches this morning together. They have never been side by side that I remember. I recalled many times remembering the packaging error, a little pebble of guilt all the while, may just outside of my consciousness. Then I realized in this very moment, man I haven't released that weight yet.
I understood, with this very small seemingly insignificant scenario that when I just let it go, after sending a prayer off for forgiveness, then forgiving myself...
The lesson was buried under the pile of guilt and shame.
For me today the lesson was that I haven't done very well at staying organized with material things. I actually felt, in that moment of humility, the strength to keep better track of material items, to take better care of my belongings. I kid you not, this was what came after lessening the guilt burden.
I was free to see other examples in my life. Then in that humbled place of inadequacy in not taking care of some of my material things. I was free to offer a silent prayer to ask God to make up the difference.
It may seem a little weird the connection here, but the message I received today is that there may be many weights of guilt and inhibitory issues that I am manifesting externally that can be released if I forgive myself.
Josh Andrus
Bring Value Academy
When I hold onto the issue I don't learn anything. I manifest poor results.
So here is a personal story that illustrates the point. I purchased these Jabra bluetoothe earphones, they were stereo, they worked well, there was an issue with one of them within the warranty period. I took them back and I noticed at the time I brought them that the pouch was missing. This was an added accessory, I didn't volunteer the information, I just needed to exchange.
I used that pouch because it was a perfect size to put my Kodak Zi8 HD camera in. I have been using the pouch now for over a year. The bluetooth pieces have long since broke and I have began using the other pouch to hold my wifi card.
All that techy talk was just the simple set up to my having a deeper understanding of forgiving myself and learning a lesson.
I looked at the two pouches this morning together. They have never been side by side that I remember. I recalled many times remembering the packaging error, a little pebble of guilt all the while, may just outside of my consciousness. Then I realized in this very moment, man I haven't released that weight yet.
I understood, with this very small seemingly insignificant scenario that when I just let it go, after sending a prayer off for forgiveness, then forgiving myself...
The lesson was buried under the pile of guilt and shame.
For me today the lesson was that I haven't done very well at staying organized with material things. I actually felt, in that moment of humility, the strength to keep better track of material items, to take better care of my belongings. I kid you not, this was what came after lessening the guilt burden.
I was free to see other examples in my life. Then in that humbled place of inadequacy in not taking care of some of my material things. I was free to offer a silent prayer to ask God to make up the difference.
It may seem a little weird the connection here, but the message I received today is that there may be many weights of guilt and inhibitory issues that I am manifesting externally that can be released if I forgive myself.
Josh Andrus
Bring Value Academy
Friday, January 8, 2010
Emergency Assistance To 2010 Plans
Have you ever had that idea for the project or direction in your life?
You see exactly what you want it to look like so clearly?
You know exactly what it will take to do the project, you feel so good about it's completion then you set out?
Your energy gets you a great start right?
You feel like the completion is practically done already even though you have gone yards on a journey that requires miles??? What happens next?
If your like the majority of us you have a slowing up of progress and eventually maybe a walking away. Why is that? Was the project any less desirable in it's accomplishment? no Was the reasons for doing the project not as important? no Was the vision less clear? no Then what is it usually?
Most seminars on goals and game plans misses the most powerful engine in the whole equation. The power of Today. . .
Here is what is really going on psychologically and emotionally when you go after a project. Let's take me for an example. I have been meaning to write a book on a particular topic that I am an expert in. I have written a few articles, but nothing very serious. I will begin and stop, begin and stop getting excited about the end and same scenario as above occurs eventually.
So what's missing? Is the finished product any less needed? no Will I enjoy the book not being done vs completing it? certainly not.
Here is what I discovered, and I am now 8 chapters into the book writing. So many times when we set out on a journey to tackle something great we are burrowing energy and excitement exclusively on long term vision and tripping up on the stumbling blocks two inches in front of ourselves.
Try this next time you set a goal. Enjoy the feelings of the completion, you will need these moments, they are staying power. They will keep you adjusting your trail to lead those feelings. Now map out a plan. It doesn't have to be "THE" plan just a plan. You can always adjust it.
THIS IS THE MOST MISSED STEP! Take the same excitement for the long term completion and look at the vision of this DAY you about to embark on. See the small action steps and get excited and energized about these. This is having vision within the day.
Too many times we get discouraged and get in our own way because we do great work in the beginning and then compare where we are to where we need to go. We come out the gates in amazing speed and fashion and then mundane tasks and obstacles make us sore. This takes from the gratitude of the journey itself. It makes the path obscure and clouds vision.
Today is the day that leads to those visions of your dreams. Enough of them done well added up will get you your every righteous desire.
Get excited about your vision of today...
Joshua Andrus
http://budurl.com/bizs
You see exactly what you want it to look like so clearly?
You know exactly what it will take to do the project, you feel so good about it's completion then you set out?
Your energy gets you a great start right?
You feel like the completion is practically done already even though you have gone yards on a journey that requires miles??? What happens next?
If your like the majority of us you have a slowing up of progress and eventually maybe a walking away. Why is that? Was the project any less desirable in it's accomplishment? no Was the reasons for doing the project not as important? no Was the vision less clear? no Then what is it usually?
Most seminars on goals and game plans misses the most powerful engine in the whole equation. The power of Today. . .
Here is what is really going on psychologically and emotionally when you go after a project. Let's take me for an example. I have been meaning to write a book on a particular topic that I am an expert in. I have written a few articles, but nothing very serious. I will begin and stop, begin and stop getting excited about the end and same scenario as above occurs eventually.
So what's missing? Is the finished product any less needed? no Will I enjoy the book not being done vs completing it? certainly not.
Here is what I discovered, and I am now 8 chapters into the book writing. So many times when we set out on a journey to tackle something great we are burrowing energy and excitement exclusively on long term vision and tripping up on the stumbling blocks two inches in front of ourselves.
Try this next time you set a goal. Enjoy the feelings of the completion, you will need these moments, they are staying power. They will keep you adjusting your trail to lead those feelings. Now map out a plan. It doesn't have to be "THE" plan just a plan. You can always adjust it.
THIS IS THE MOST MISSED STEP! Take the same excitement for the long term completion and look at the vision of this DAY you about to embark on. See the small action steps and get excited and energized about these. This is having vision within the day.
Too many times we get discouraged and get in our own way because we do great work in the beginning and then compare where we are to where we need to go. We come out the gates in amazing speed and fashion and then mundane tasks and obstacles make us sore. This takes from the gratitude of the journey itself. It makes the path obscure and clouds vision.
Today is the day that leads to those visions of your dreams. Enough of them done well added up will get you your every righteous desire.
Get excited about your vision of today...
Joshua Andrus
http://budurl.com/bizs
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Great Sickness
What is the great sickness of our days?
If I may so bold. . .
A person who feels they have no purpose is : The Great Sickness
When a person seeks out purpose for their life, defines it clearly and work towards it's fulfillment then there is a great degree of righteousness involved. Not righteous in a pious sense righteous in correct or true north compass sense.
When this measure is missing, when a person has not clearly defined their purpose then a great deal of confusion, hopelessness, and destructive apathy occurs.
So easy to provide proof. . .
Take an example of the individual who is clear that they desire to lead-
Lead for what purpose. It is predictable that if the purpose is not clearly defined the desire and responsibility of leading can corrupt very quickly the leader.
Then the leader who has purpose. A person has a desire to lead in order to provide a clear path for those who have not been endowed with the wisdom necessary to take on this "New Economy."
Who is more corruptible. I suppose it should be clear. Does the first leader fulfil his/her purpose at the moment they are leading and corruptible motives can set in to for example lead out of lust of power, to control, or for greed.
Sharp contrast the second purpose driven leader leads. The leader's objective of assisting others to become equipped is complete, this leader can look to replicate and assist many more. The purpose doesn't change the capacity to do more for others does as the leaders efficiency and blessings of growth increases.
Get clear about your purpose quickly and change this purpose slowly.
Joshua Andrus
http://www.hiresite.info/
If I may so bold. . .
A person who feels they have no purpose is : The Great Sickness
When a person seeks out purpose for their life, defines it clearly and work towards it's fulfillment then there is a great degree of righteousness involved. Not righteous in a pious sense righteous in correct or true north compass sense.
When this measure is missing, when a person has not clearly defined their purpose then a great deal of confusion, hopelessness, and destructive apathy occurs.
So easy to provide proof. . .
Take an example of the individual who is clear that they desire to lead-
Lead for what purpose. It is predictable that if the purpose is not clearly defined the desire and responsibility of leading can corrupt very quickly the leader.
Then the leader who has purpose. A person has a desire to lead in order to provide a clear path for those who have not been endowed with the wisdom necessary to take on this "New Economy."
Who is more corruptible. I suppose it should be clear. Does the first leader fulfil his/her purpose at the moment they are leading and corruptible motives can set in to for example lead out of lust of power, to control, or for greed.
Sharp contrast the second purpose driven leader leads. The leader's objective of assisting others to become equipped is complete, this leader can look to replicate and assist many more. The purpose doesn't change the capacity to do more for others does as the leaders efficiency and blessings of growth increases.
Get clear about your purpose quickly and change this purpose slowly.
Joshua Andrus
http://www.hiresite.info/
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