Empowerment By Design by Chris Green

Empowerment By Design by Chris Green

Of the many questions you ask yourself every day, one question is by far more important than all of the rest put together. It is a powerful question that will bring clarity, motivation and purpose to your whole existence.

The question is simply this: What do I want from life? Providing a clear, precise answer brings total focus to our lives. But very few people can.

Why?

OK, I meet many people through my professional and social lives and what amazes me is that very few of them can answer this question. Most of them answer in abstract terms, such as:

 I want money. Lots of money.
 I want to be happy.
 I want a beautiful house.
 I want a sports car.
 I just want to meet someone, fall in love and settle down.
 I DONT REALLY KNOW.

Amazingly, the last one is the most common. And the problem with all of the above answers is that they arent really answers at all. Because none of them give a specific, precise answer.

Just why do so few people know precisely what they want from life? There are a number of reasons, heres just 3 of the more common:

Number one on our list is FEAR. To know precisely what you want out of life means you have to go and get it. You have to take action, make changes and work hard to manifest your desires into reality. You cant hide behind abstracts any longer. This stark truth and the changes needed can be frightening. But you must see the whole process of getting what you want as enjoyable and rewarding and not as a threat.

Next on our list is HARD WORK. Identifying exactly what you want from life requires quite a bit of effort. And of course, if you want to achieve your goals, you have to work hard by investing time and toil every day. Many people simply arent prepared to put in a significant effort to get what they want. Are you?

The last reason Ill cover here is MINDSET. The vast majority of people have the mindset that life is something that happens to them. I call this bumbling, and it is why people cannot provide a precise answer to our question and answer with abstracts instead. Fate, kismet, If its meant to be itll be are the core beliefs here. But to get what you want, you have to make things happen in your life. This is living by design and it is important to have this core belief if you are to achieve your objectives.

So schedule at least half an hour each day to think about what, exactly, you want from life. Dont let fear be your guide in this. Take the time and write down EXACT objectives. For example:

 If you want a house, specify the type, the location, the price, features, number of roomsas much detail as you can.
 If you want a car, what make, what model? What color? Specification?
 If you want to meet someone to start a relationship, how will they look? Blond? Dark? Tall? Personality type? Shy, extrovert, strong?
 When it comes to money, how much do you want? How much will you need to help you get what you want?

Get the idea? The more detail you can provide the better. If you cannot provide detailed, specific answers to the question, you will be more likely to bumble through life HOPING to get what you want instead of CREATING AND ATTRACTING what you want.

Of course, theres nothing wrong with bumblingunless you want to live an empowered life!

Time for me to sign off, but before I go, Ill leave you with this:

Most people are on a journey to nowhere in particular and are shocked when they eventually realize theyve arrived there.

Its your life. Think about it!

About the Author
Chris Green is the author of the new book Conquering Fear, a special program which will show you how to conquer fear and attract greater happiness, success and prosperity into your life. You can learn more about this new book and purchase it at www.conqueringfear.net

Do What You Did and Keep Getting What You Got by Michael Harrison

Do What You Did and Keep Getting What You Got by Michael Harrison

Venture nothing - gain nothing.

One thing is for sure if you keep doing what you did you will keep getting what you got.

When I started my consultancy business I was struck by the reaction of people who knew me and knew my experiences and background. The reaction of my wife was totally supportive and my children were neutral. (they were going thro' college at the time!)

Many friends were not surprised because as an independently minded person with my own views and thoughts I was a bit of a free wheeler.

However, one friend was askance and a conversation on the golf course explaining what was going on created the comment "I could not do it, I need the support of a corporation around me".

Having left employment in the corporate world behind his comments stayed with me. About six months later he called to ask what he should do as the secure corporate world had just decided to dispense with his services.

Discussing his alternatives with him - employment or independence, I advised that to secure further employment could take a while so he may as well get busy on his own account as well. He was/is a talented electronic engineer with vast commercial and training experience, which could be commercially exploited.

Helping him through this phase was rewarding because he never went back to employment. He became confident in his abilities and consulted successfully. Specialising in management training. Now he and his wife spend a good part of the year in their house in Mediterranean, even though they still work together in the business the rest of the time.

Another downsized accountant friend now has a thriving business helping small business owners with their accounts and tax matters. When discussing our corporate backgrounds and subsequent good fortune in being able to set our own agenda he made the observation that we would not have been able to succeed so well without our home computers.

This is so true because the computer as a business tool has revolutionised the opportunities for so many all around the globe. Knowledge based service businesses are particularly suited to the use of computers.

Having said all of that how about these true successful ventures? I recently read of a 21year student who needed new spectacles but was astounded by the cost. He decided to see if he could do better and is now a millionaire. How? He ventured to believe that he could and would do something to reduce the high cost of what is an essential for most people.

Using the internet to source spectacles he found he could supply direct at about 20% of the cost on the high street stores. His new venture was spawned when he founded Glasses Direct. With the support of student friends he set up a web site and supplied his customers from a spare room in his parents' house. He still lives at home.

The business now has more than 8,000 customers and sells more than 300 pairs a day. The venture has had it's problems from the established industry but if it continues to grow at the present rate this young man will become even more wealthy as someone buys him out.

Another great venture is the housewife who wanted to buy her husband a present. He is a model train enthusiast. She found some difficulty in getting advice and sourcing the present. So she spotted a niche and set up a web based business. It now employs twelve people and she has a supply for her husband who works in his job while she runs her new venture.

This article entitled ‘venture nothing - gain nothing' came very much on the spur of the moment, I guess my thinking is ‘lets get on with it'. If we keep doing what we did we will get what we got. The opportunities are out there even in the most unlikely places.

Tip
I try to use tips as a prompt to our thinking and applicable to this weeks' bulletin is ‘if you never begin you will never win'. All of the true cases mentioned won because they started. Some in adversity went on to win.

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Michael Harrison is an author, publisher and business consultant specialising in helping business owners and individuals to realise and release the full potential of their situation. He has helped many people to improve their business situations and advised and supported individuals to embark on new directions in their careers.