A few months ago I posted a blog about Change - Do It Now! . . here is the update. . . . .
As I sit here writing this Jane is being interview by the producer's for the famous Dr. Phil Show. Yep! He must be the only one who can sort this out. Lord help us!
Her daughter - is still feeling that she is entitled to live off the kindness and financial gifts from her mother. Finally, because of the financial climate, her mother suggested that she and her family move in with her so she could find a paying tenant (She did with a credit rating of 768!). Remember that she and her married family hadn't paid any rent in her mother's rental property for nearly 6 years - once more got abusive toward her calling her every name and shouted, "Why don't you call Dr. Phil? He will tell you how abusive and cruel you've been to me and your grand kids and . . . "
Jane told her to stop and decided to email Dr. Phil. She told him her side of the story, leaving nothing out from the gifts, cars, free rent , presents, babysitting, abusive name calling . . everything that transpired since her adult daughter and family moved into her rental house.
Her daughter, now 30, gets interviewed this afternoon. . . hmmmmm! To be a fly on that wall. I love to hear how the abused entitled adult children relate their story of pain to anyone who will listen. Great fodder for future stories.
I don't know when this segment will be aired but I will keep you informed.
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Eleventh Hour
Why do most things resolve themselves in the Eleventh Hour?
I have done some self-examination and found that throughout my life, my prayers are seldom answered before the eleventh hour. Why does it work out this way? Or does it?
I have a observation that might ring a bell with you.
Could it be that no matter what the situation is - I accept whatever it is that I have been asking for at what seems the eleventh hour? In reality, it actually could be the 3rd or the 7th hour, but in my space and time - to me it just seems like the eleventh hour. Okay this may seem like a weird conclusion but hang with me.
Let's say that I am looking for more money to come in. I put it out there to the universe and wait for an answer. Immediately someone offers to buy me lunch and discuss what's going on with them. I choose to look at this as just "lunch" - but it really is money coming to me in the form of lunch that I do not have to buy. Then a few days later, someone wants to go to the mall and I get a certificate for whatever. Again the universe is trying to fulfill my desire - yet I choose to not see this certificate as money because I don't want to save $20 on something I don't want or need.
So I once again ask the universe to increase my income. This time the universe answers by my employer asking me to work a couple of extra hours overtime. Again my request is being answered by the universe.
What I am concluding is that the universe is continually attempting to fulfill my request for more "money". It never fails. What is failing is my ability to recognize these gifts are answers to my request.
The universe is always trying to fulfill my requests. It always has and always will.
Here is the secrete - I have to learn to ask better, more specific questions if I want more specific results.
I am in the process of building up my Coaching business. I have asked the universe to bring me 20 people to experience one of my coaching sessions over the next 30 days to see if coaching will work for them. My goal is to pick up 5 clients who commit to hiring me as their coach in the next 30 days.
In short - my eleventh hour experience may just be that it takes me that long to become specific about what I want the universe to provide. It has nothing to do with the eleventh hour and everything to do with the time it takes me to find the courage to formulate and ask for what I want.
What do you want in your life? Formulate a request and be specific. It always works. . . . !
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
I have done some self-examination and found that throughout my life, my prayers are seldom answered before the eleventh hour. Why does it work out this way? Or does it?
I have a observation that might ring a bell with you.
Could it be that no matter what the situation is - I accept whatever it is that I have been asking for at what seems the eleventh hour? In reality, it actually could be the 3rd or the 7th hour, but in my space and time - to me it just seems like the eleventh hour. Okay this may seem like a weird conclusion but hang with me.
Let's say that I am looking for more money to come in. I put it out there to the universe and wait for an answer. Immediately someone offers to buy me lunch and discuss what's going on with them. I choose to look at this as just "lunch" - but it really is money coming to me in the form of lunch that I do not have to buy. Then a few days later, someone wants to go to the mall and I get a certificate for whatever. Again the universe is trying to fulfill my desire - yet I choose to not see this certificate as money because I don't want to save $20 on something I don't want or need.
So I once again ask the universe to increase my income. This time the universe answers by my employer asking me to work a couple of extra hours overtime. Again my request is being answered by the universe.
What I am concluding is that the universe is continually attempting to fulfill my request for more "money". It never fails. What is failing is my ability to recognize these gifts are answers to my request.
The universe is always trying to fulfill my requests. It always has and always will.
Here is the secrete - I have to learn to ask better, more specific questions if I want more specific results.
I am in the process of building up my Coaching business. I have asked the universe to bring me 20 people to experience one of my coaching sessions over the next 30 days to see if coaching will work for them. My goal is to pick up 5 clients who commit to hiring me as their coach in the next 30 days.
In short - my eleventh hour experience may just be that it takes me that long to become specific about what I want the universe to provide. It has nothing to do with the eleventh hour and everything to do with the time it takes me to find the courage to formulate and ask for what I want.
What do you want in your life? Formulate a request and be specific. It always works. . . . !
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
Monday, October 13, 2008
Ask Better Questions
Years ago I took Tony Robbins' course "Personal Power". I enjoyed the heck out of it. For about 6 months I took Tony's philosophy and tried my best to change my life. It worked - but I stopped working the program and fell back into some old more comfortable habits.
One of the main elements from that course that I use today is learning to ask better questions. Tony said if you want to lead a better life - learn to ask better questions.
Today it more important than ever to ask better questions of ourselves. Most of us have witnessed all of the gains that we experienced since 2002 be wiped out in a couple of weeks. Now we have a choice: We can sit and be pissed off at what might have been or we can ask what can I do to move forward to re-coop unfulfilled dreams.
One of the main elements from that course that I use today is learning to ask better questions. Tony said if you want to lead a better life - learn to ask better questions.
Today it more important than ever to ask better questions of ourselves. Most of us have witnessed all of the gains that we experienced since 2002 be wiped out in a couple of weeks. Now we have a choice: We can sit and be pissed off at what might have been or we can ask what can I do to move forward to re-coop unfulfilled dreams.
This is a unique opportunity to build a base of business. To do that we have to understand how our potential market has been fragmented and present alternatives to sticking our collective heads in the sand - hoping that things will fix themselves. We have to ask ourselves and the ones we love better questions. We have to figure out what actions we can take to bring about benefits we can measure.
We are not alone sitting in our confusion. We have any number of people who are looking to take positive action. Find a way to harness this energy and ride the wave.
You'll see it when you believe it. Today we need to stop listening and start believing in ourselves.
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
Friday, October 10, 2008
Life's Shifts
What are you going to do about the Shifts in your life?
Shifts permeate our lives today more than ever before. - Financial, Political, Spiritual, Relationships, Business . . . We're not in Kansas any more!
What can we learn from the Shifts in our lives?
In a word - Focus!
Focus of what is important to You and Your Family.
We all have choices to make in times like these. What are you going to choose?
All of the great motivators have always understood that it is easier to become swept up in the current of gloom and doom. It's the media mentality. Good news never sells. Paste the headlines with the worst picture possible and you will sell news. It is a business after all.
I am not saying that the we are not witnessing interesting times - but it is up to you and me to make a conscious decision as to what we focus on.
I choose to look at these times as a great opportunity to add a few wonderful clients to my coaching business. I want people who see today as the day they choose to take stock in their lives and goals. I want people who are willing to reassess where they are and more importantly - where they want to be in the next year.
We all need to become more lean and mean in our personal and business lives. We need to take a hard look at our expenditures - our budgets and take some personal control today with an honest eye on tomorrow. You do have options to consider.
Isn't this what some of our parents and grandparents did decades ago? They survived. They put this country back together or actually they didn't wait - they put the country on their back and carried it.
Kennedy asked this simple question "Ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country".
If you are sittin, waiting for someone magically to fix your life - you will have to wait a long time. In case you haven't noticed - there is a very long line of people with their hands out.
Do I like what is going on? Heck no! But - I still choose to look at today as a cascade of wonderful opportunities and a promising life ahead for you and me.
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
Shifts permeate our lives today more than ever before. - Financial, Political, Spiritual, Relationships, Business . . . We're not in Kansas any more!
What can we learn from the Shifts in our lives?
In a word - Focus!
Focus of what is important to You and Your Family.
We all have choices to make in times like these. What are you going to choose?
All of the great motivators have always understood that it is easier to become swept up in the current of gloom and doom. It's the media mentality. Good news never sells. Paste the headlines with the worst picture possible and you will sell news. It is a business after all.
I am not saying that the we are not witnessing interesting times - but it is up to you and me to make a conscious decision as to what we focus on.
I choose to look at these times as a great opportunity to add a few wonderful clients to my coaching business. I want people who see today as the day they choose to take stock in their lives and goals. I want people who are willing to reassess where they are and more importantly - where they want to be in the next year.
We all need to become more lean and mean in our personal and business lives. We need to take a hard look at our expenditures - our budgets and take some personal control today with an honest eye on tomorrow. You do have options to consider.
Isn't this what some of our parents and grandparents did decades ago? They survived. They put this country back together or actually they didn't wait - they put the country on their back and carried it.
Kennedy asked this simple question "Ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country".
If you are sittin, waiting for someone magically to fix your life - you will have to wait a long time. In case you haven't noticed - there is a very long line of people with their hands out.
Do I like what is going on? Heck no! But - I still choose to look at today as a cascade of wonderful opportunities and a promising life ahead for you and me.
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Happy - Healthy - in Love!
Three things that we all want out of our life. . . . without exception! A bold statement but true.
Happy . . . we all want to be happy. For me that means that I am at peace with myself and those around me. I have discovered that there is only one way for me to remain happy with what is going on around me - I mean with the people in my life and my actions toward them and others. In a word - Forgiveness.
Healthy . . . After all the gold is gone - all we have left is our health. I work hard to maintain good health. I love to cook with fresh meats and vegetables. I make my own sauces from scratch. No it does not make me a good cook, although it do like my diet and cooking. It's just that I had an upbringing in a catering family. I was helping in the kitchen all my life. I worked with some great cooks around the oil patch. I was always learning how to put food together.
I exercise daily. I ride my bike over 100 miles a week. It sounds like a lot, but it's only 15 miles or so, maybe an hour a day.
And I find time for quiet meditation.
I exercise daily. I ride my bike over 100 miles a week. It sounds like a lot, but it's only 15 miles or so, maybe an hour a day.
And I find time for quiet meditation.
In Love . . . I found that I do not need to be in a relationship in order to be in love. I love life. I love all the wonderful and questionable people in my life - it's their path. When I live in love, I become vulnerable to life and all the gifts that it has in store for me - God's Grace. All I have to do is show up with the heart of an explorer welcoming the presents that he lays at my feet. I need to remain grateful.
It all breaks down to what God's will is for me. I discovered it 20 years ago. Here it is - simplistic but it works for me . . . .
Treat the rest of His kids with Kindness . .
Play Fair . .
Share my toys.
When I live by this philosophy I bathe myself with Happiness - Health - in Love!
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
It all breaks down to what God's will is for me. I discovered it 20 years ago. Here it is - simplistic but it works for me . . . .
Treat the rest of His kids with Kindness . .
Play Fair . .
Share my toys.
When I live by this philosophy I bathe myself with Happiness - Health - in Love!
Your Life - Your Rules!
Namaste Speedo
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