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We love Dr Wayne Dyer! Love him! His seminar below is ‘The Power of Intention’ – it’s a fabulous 130 mins long! And worth every moment of your time!

Now, our advice is to watch it in segments…our brains have a very short attention span, they wander after 10 minutes! That’s all of us not just you!

So take notes, get a cuppa, be in a ‘place’ (state of mind) to ready to watch. No distractions:  switch of the tele, phones and tie your hands together so you don’t click off the screen!

Here’s the intro:

“Intention is generally viewed as a pit-bull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed.

However, intention is viewed very differently in this seminar. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This seminar explores intention—not as something you do—but as an energy you’re a part of. We’re all intended here through the invisible power of intention. Wayne Dyer teaches to look at intention as a field of energy that you can access to begin co-creating your life with the power of intention. http://www.drwaynedyer.com”

What did you think? Please feel free to leave a comment below?

How much do you care for yourself? Do you honestly pay specific attention to your needs, wants, wishes, desires, health, security, safety, mental health…and so on?)

Not many of us ‘think’ about ourselves, let alone, take care of ourselves or show ourselves the self care we deserve.

Why?  Well, it’s perhaps seen as being  too ‘voyeuristic’ or felt as though it’s ‘selfish’ or the belief that ‘others come first’.

Think for a minute of all the roles you play in your life…in fact, if you have the time write them down.  At first you may assume there’s just a couple…you know, the obvious ones…partner, parent, employee.

Yet, look deeper, I’ll bet you have many more.

Go through every area of your life, create a list.  You could be a friend, daughter, sister, lover, confidant, listener, fixer, doer, cleaner, cook, home banker, disciplinarian, negotiator, compromiser, pacifier, spirit, shopper, writer…

And this huge list may come with a few problems.

Why?

Because each role requires you to play different parts: with different lines, different feelings, different expectations. 

An excellent ‘caretaker’ of a building, carries out all the duties required of them AND at the same notices when cracks and leaks appear…they are able to identify a potential problem before it becomes a hazard!

Someone who is excellent at taking care of themselves carries out all the ‘duties and roles’ expected of them AND they are able to acknowledge how they are feeling and when they need to say ‘I need to stop and take time out for a while’. Others just keep going and going, not coming up for air, until eventually, one day, they are overwhelmed at how tired they are.

With the amount of roles you play:

• Have you ever been depleted of all your energy?
• Have you ever felt emotionally drained (having no more to give people?)
• Have you ever felt confused about what you should be doing?
• Have you ever felt that you are spreading yourself ‘too thin’?
• Have you ever just wanted to be ‘you’ without the pressures of other roles?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions…this is perhaps a sign that you need to take care of the caretaker…YOU!

How though…how can you take care of you with so many roles and those expecations placed upon you?

Are you sitting there thinking, ‘I don’t have the time to take care of me…I’ve too much to do everyday’?

Ah…that’s the key, you make the conscious choice to make the time.

If the caretaker were to take a few weeks off, I guarantee that what they ‘care’ for will be lost without them, things will just not get done!

How do you take care of the caretaker?

Okay…one question…are you ready?

Ask yourself…

‘What do I need, right now, at this moment?’

That’s it?

Yep…simple huh?  (And you thought I was going to say relax and have a bath:)

It’s perhaps not a question that serves life’s bigger goals…it’s meant for the here and now, the moment, the second in question.  And it’s a question that only you can answer.

We can get caught up on the planning, the future, the BIG goals that sometimes it’s the present that’s just as important, don’t you agree?

So, what do you need, right now at this moment? GO and do it then!

Enjoy! Dan Gilbert (Professor of Psychology at Harvard University) talk called ‘Why Are We Happy?’

Watch and let’s see…what makes you happy…feel free to leave a comment below!

A Gentle Crash Course In Personal Development Thinking

We like the term Crash Course. It reminds us of those seven-day ‘driving intensives’, we have no doubt that when people pass their test they are competent at driving, but are they an experienced driver?

If you’ve been steering yourself in and around the world of Personal Development (books, courses, workshops, articles, products, training) for a while now, can you tell us, when will you be ready to pass your test?

What test!

Crikey, there isn’t one!  Can you imagine?

Seriously, a test, what does it sound like ‘when you have learnt all there is to know about you, then, and only then my child, you may go forth into the world of rich rewards and bounty’.

Nope, doesn’t make sense. No-one needs to pass any test to develop themselves!

Perhaps this is the reason why many people ‘start’ their own personal development journey and stop. Stop dead.

They get so far and for whatever reason or thoughts they have. They give up. Turn around and go back to where they once came from.

Okay, let’s together make this e-a-s-y.

You’ve passed the test!

Congratulations!  You got an A+.

That means, you no longer have to wait until someone says you are ‘ready’ to develop yourself in whatever area of you life you want to.

You have all the credentials, qualifications, resources at your disposal to move forward, change, grow and realise your potential (in any area of life, that you choose).

So as a graduate of life, can we please get on to the personal development thinking, after all you’re ready, aren’t you, ready to be an expert of you?

Course 1: Know Your Purpose!

‘Wandering between two worlds, one dead. The other powerless to be born’.

Are you one of lives wanderers?  Do you know what direction you are heading?

Now, no one is saying that you have to have everything ‘set in stone’, who wants that all the time?

But are you a ‘hoper’: hoping for health, hoping for wealth and hoping eternal everlasting happiness.

People stop at this point when they come against their own internal thoughts of ‘that’s my purpose, but why have it, I don’t know how to get there’.

We all have our unique blueprint, mark and stake to play and make on the world.  We even know when we are ‘out of sync’ and not following our purpose, em, life feels awful?

Course 2: Claim Your Personal Power

Claim complete ownership, control and accountability of your power and focus. Take 20 mins on creating your own personal mission or life purpose statement.  Don’t edit it!

Just write, be creative and if at any point you ‘feel’ uncomfortable in your writing, put it to one side.

Course 2: Understand What’s The Driving Force – Your Values

We all have a set of personal standard and values.  It’s generally, our values that help create our goals and purpose.

When your goals and values don’t align or add up then you may find it harder to achieve what you set out to do.

For example you may want financial security and your value towards money is ‘it’s the root of all evil’. 

Achieving your goal of financial security is a little doomed from the start.  They are at complete polarities.

So, when you identify your core values you are able to set goals in conjunction with them.  Values obviously can be changed.

Take a few minutes and write down your top 10 values.  Then think about your goals, do they match up?

If they don’t go back to the values list and ask yourself these questions:

Is this my value? And this is my goal? Is this value worth keeping?

If the answer is yes, the next question is:

How can I make my values and goals connect?

Remember your goals, when backed by your core values give you the drive, determination and enthusiasm, motivation to follow them through.

Understand Your Needs, Want, Hopes and Desires

We all have them, when our needs are not met we are detached from who we really are. Unmet needs can keep you from living authentically.

So write down your top 10 needs: it could be something you have to do every day (shower, speak to a friend, spend time alone), or a hobby, or could be a way you need to be treated: respect, dignity, privacy.

Take care of yourself get them written down, now.

Get Passionate, Oomphed, and Va Va Voomed! (Or just Fired Up!)

Live a wonderful life, enjoy it all. 

Obstructions like uncertainty and lack of enthusiasm will only block you, but will not derail your adventure to get to the person you want to be.

Express yourself and reward the folks who have revolutionised you to become the person you wanted to be.

Still Your Mind and Enjoy Silence Once in a While

Everyday you’re bombared with all different types of messages, communication, wants from others, technology – there is always something to grab your attention.

Take time for peace. Take time to take care of the caretaker! (That’s you by the way!)

Learn to just be, breathe and stop the constant threads of thought.  Chill out a little more, and search for your own truths inside out.

Know Your Strengths and Acknowledge You’re Current Non-Strengths

What are your positive traits? What exceptional gifts do you have? List five- if you grind to a halt, call for those nearest to you to support and help your collate.

Are you a great friend, humourous, excellent at communication?

Explore ways  to show your authentic self through your strengths. You’ll be able to step-up your self-confidence when you can share what you know to other people.

Service to Others

As you start to live genuinely, you might feel that you acquire an unified sense of being.

While you’re honest to who you are, living your purpose and applying all of your gifts to the universe around you, you give back in service what you came to share with others.The payoffs for sharing your talent with those close to you is so rewarding, a good deal more if it were to be the eyes of a stranger who can treasure what you’ve done to them.

Sharing and Contributing is indeed one type of work that is always well worth it.