Saturday, December 08, 2007

The Age of Speed...living in the Speed of Light

by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com

The Age of Speed by Vince Poscente embraces the benefits of speed. We want speed but want it in the right places that enlarge our quality of life. When we harness the power of speed our work and lives become less stressful. Poscente shows how to make speed work to your advantage. So that it propels you closer to your goals and life as you want it.

Business is about being fast today. We want the products and services provided with minimum hassle and fast. We want speed for time-consuming events like long lines at the airport or grocery store. Or other things that take time away in value to our lives. But waiting in line for a ball game we really want to see and the anticipation of waiting can be part of the value factor. We get as much enjoyment within the anticipation. So speed is desired in the grocery store, but we want time to relish an event that we desire and find joy. In what we value we want to smell the roses along the way.

We don't just expect speed, we need it. We want speed so we can enjoy more of what we want to do. We want to get results better and faster for what brings us money, resources to do what we value the most in our lives. So speed gets us through faster what's necessary, what's less-desired, so we can be more into what is highly desired. This is what we cry for, more life, less hassle. It's not about being busy, but speeding up to get the right things. The way we get speed for getting the right things is to deliver it to those who demand it from us.

The magic formula is time, quality, cost.
When we deliver using less time, making better quality and quality experiences, and at less cost, we are the most sought after. Speed is about maximizing all three to the greatest degree. Change, speed of change, is here to stay so embrace it. Total time in a day is no longer in three neat slices of our daily activity pie...working 9-5, leisure, being home .All these are now intertwined throughout the day. With a click of the mouse we deliver a report, then another click we sent new family pictures to a friend, then at night we email a confirmation to a business associate.

Today's focus is values and priorities expressed in what we do throughout the whole day.Today people and businesses either resist or embrace speed. This gives us four groups... the zeppelins, balloons, bottle rockets, jets.

The zeppelins see no way of going faster. They see impending doom as feeling rushed, more stress, not in control.
Balloons' work engages them. They do it well, but they don't do it fast. They are happy craftsman who take as long as they want, but deliver a wonderful product. They are low on production volume, long in time, high on cost.
Bottle rockets are fast. They embrace speed. They take off fast but who knows where. They fly out of control and can miss a target and damage something else not intended. Their efforts are aligned, focused, but struggle to stay a healthy course.

The lesson to be learned is jets have focused destinations...harness the power of speed that are agile, aerodynamic, and aligned. These three traits make speed work for you.

Be agile-- be open to new ideas that surge speed. Be flexible and able to be responsive to change. Being humble and taking risks.
Aerodynamic-- free of clutter and drag that slows you down. Multi-tasking slows you down. Analyze your activities as to what can be interrupted or not. Decide to stay engaged or handle the interruption. Use filters...on your computer, phone to control your info inflow. Strategically multi-task and be selective on acceptable interruptions.
Aligned--have a focused destination and move rapidly to the focused point. Speed depends on walking the required tightrope fast to keep balance and reaching the destination quickly, efficiently. Focus on your destination and use speed to avoid clutter, being aerodynamic. Being aligned is staying true to your purpose, values, vision and natural strengths. When you do, everything happens faster. Being authentic makes progress automatic, clear, smooth, fast. Be authentic and focused moving speedily, consistently aligned with your vision. "Stay in your lane, people will move to you."

Speed keeps drag down. New devices, technology, ideology not aligned with our purpose won't get attached to cause drag slowing us down... speed won't let this happen. Speed creates simplicity. Simplicity increases speed. Fast is simple. Identify and eliminate everything not aligned with its authentic purpose.

Harness the Power of Speed. When confronted with speed move into its energy. By embracing it, moving with it, you use its energy for your speed. Anticipate the power of speed, seek it. Anticipating means to prepare for it, know its approaching and be ready to put its energy to work. With customers, anticipate their desires for speed. Know it's coming and be ready to respond to exceed expectations. Seek it by constantly evaluating your tasks and find shortcuts, efficiencies, streamlining systems.

Be a jet and be agile, be aerodynamic, be aligned.
Seek out speed in unique and innovative ways. Embrace speed and move with it. Poscente takes you through an applications section as he concludes The Age of Speed. He helps you prioritize speed for you and your organization, redefining your pie of daily activities, how to be agile, aerodynamic and aligned so you can harness the power of speed.
http://www.vinceposcente.com/

Jesus moved at the speed of light.
When He said He was the light of the World, this also indicated He was ideal speed.
He said like the lighting flashes and lights up the whole sky, so it will be when He comes. And when He appears to us He comes at the speed of light.

The Scriptures say that those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved. When we call to Him, the Christ, we can expect Him to appear to us and appear quickly. He knows our lives and responds quickly... on call. When Jesus called out to Lazarus he responded quickly coming to life and walking out of his grave. When He called to Zacchaeus, He came to Him at once. When He called the disciples they followed Him immediately. When Jesus calls on our behalf He responds quickly and those He calls to on our behalf come quickly.

The Disciples got in a boat to cross a lake to a destination on the other side. A storm came up and it looked inevitable that the boat was going to sink. Jesus showed up in their distress and stilled the storm. It not only subsided immediately, they reached the other side of the lake immediately.... with speed even though speed boats weren't invented then. (John 6:16-21)

Jesus demonstrates the art of Supernatural Speed and He invites us to use it too.
Call on the Name of the Lord and you will.
Everything Jesus did was rapid. It was accomplished perfectly with great speed. In just a couple years, without advanced communication systems, He revolutionized a civilization with His Message.

He had not only the authority of Speed
but had the Power of the Spirit.

The demonic and evil spirits of the world trembled when around Him and followed His commands immediately as given. He commanded them to leave people, people who were being tormented mentally, and they left at once... with great speed He got results. He said He would share this Same Spirit of Speed with us.

We have the same potential of Supernatural Speed in our own lives, our own efforts. He simply said to live in Him and He'd live in us. In the lives of the believers that followed, they said, "for in Him we live and move and exist." (Acts 17:28)

They also moved with speed and got high-level performance results in short periods of time. They lived in the rhythm of Supernatural Speed. Enter in the mountain of transformation and in an instant we can be transformed with speed existing around us.

Use the forces of Spirit.
He said if you ask for it, He would freely give.

He freely gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask He promises in Luke 11:13. Enter this energy field of Spirit, and don't resist it. Flow with it and speed will enter all your actions as you become an instrument to transform the world, the daily encounters around you.

Move with the Speed of God's Great, Unmatchable Spirit.

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