by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived is about the principles of wealth and happiness that the King Solomon of Israel lived by... the richest person in his era. "Solomon reveals that the 'laws of living' invisibly govern all aspects of life" according to Steven K. Scott. "They still exist and they will govern your flight."
Scott's acclaim to success is that he was very unsuccessful, failing at every job he had in the first seven years of his job life. Then going from making less than half the average income to $7 million a year now. By 30 he was on his way to the success track financially. He learned there was more that just money…the wisdom of Solomon applies today. Happiness in life is a greater virtue than having it all. Thus his tag line about his book... the Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness.
The key to wining every race is diligence. "Diligence is a learnable skill that combines creative persistence, a smart working effort rightly planned and rightly performed in a timely, efficient, and effective manner to attain a result that is pure and of the highest quality of excellence."
"Even a child is known by his doings." Proverbs 20 :11.
Solomon's steps to bring diligence into your life:
1. Wake up to Reality
"Get up from your sleep, poverty will come on you like a bandit and scacrity like an armed man." Proverbs 6:9-11
2. Define your Visions
"Without a vision, the people perish." Proverbs 28:19
3. Effectively Partner
"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed." Proverbs 13:22
4. Pursue Wisdom; Build your Life upon it.
"How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver." Proverbs 16:16
The activity that creates extraordinary success is outlined by Scott as a vision mapping process. This is a hallmark quality of Scott's works. "Vision is a precisely, clearly defined goal with a detailed plan and timetable for achieving." Along with a plan comes "hope... a well-founded and confident belief that a specific vision (goal, desire, or promise) will be achieved or fulfilled within a specific amount of time."
The vision mapping process, which he accredits to his turnaround to great accomplishments, includes....
1. Write a clear precise description of your dream
2. Create a goals page with specific and intermediate goals
3. Create another page for a single goal and label "goals to steps," along with intermediate goals, list the steps you need to take to reach the goal.
4. Next take any complex step and list the tasks you will need to do within that step.
5 Then assign completion dates to each step and tasks for the steps. Now you need to complete each task, one at a time, in the time line you set.
This focus brings the dream into a working plan and you have mapped a plan to get it done. He is very emphatic to write all this down, and stick to the plan in accomplishing it, or revise as needed. Having a Vision Mapping Journal gives you a sense of value in this process. This is where success is, the fulfillment you want is maintained in anything you attempt.
This is where diligence comes in. Stay diligent in doing what will bring your vision into reality. Now you have hope as you can see it, and see it becoming into reality within a certain time line.
The "great accelerator" to accomplish anything faster is by partnering. "A partner or counselor is anyone who can provide needed insight, advice, wisdom, or any practical help for the effective achievement of a specific project, goal or dream."
This is essential to great accomplishment. You must align with partners. Every super achiever in history of man has used an accelerator to achieve his dreams. Partners have undeniable benefits and are essential in daring to accomplish anything above average. But he cautions one on the importance of picking the right partners. As wrong partners can be worse than none at all.
Take care to avoid the Wrong Partners, watch for: Lack of integrity, a quick temper or deep-seated anger, foolishness, someone who offers a lot for a little, excessive use of flattery, inclinations to gossip or exaggerate, a disregard for rules, regulations, laws and personal boundaries. Picking partners is important, but picking the right partners is equally important.
Happiness roots lie in
being grateful,
eliminating a sense of entitlement in your thinking,
weeding out envy,
and living wisely.
There are four qualities that make you invaluable:
Kindness and
Truth(honesty)
"Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around
your neck: Write them on the tablets of your heart." Proverbs 3:3-4
Generosity-- the quality that gives receives more than it gives.
"One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed." Proverbs 11:24-25
Graciousness-- The attribute that raises you up in the sight of others.
"A gracious woman gains honor." Proverbs 11:16
Scott continues to cover how to resolve conflicts, how to make friends with enemies, and the value of having relationships you build and can count on… again reciting the Wisdom of Solomon throughout.
What will "booby trap" success... greed.
When you want it all and go to all costs regardless of who it hurts or hinders in the process, it will eventually come back to do you in.The Richest Man Who Ever Lived is a powerful, concise book. Steven Scott offers his Vision Mapping Journal on his website:
www.stevenkscott.com
Brian Tracy said if we do one thing every day toward something important to us we will be amazed at what will start to happen over time.
Pursue the greatness of Solomon.
It is within our capability and with Power of Spirit in our lives, if we choose to use the power of Spirit in our lives.
"The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." Psalms126:3
Solomon was a person of greatness and all through the Psalms the idea of God doing great things was frequently attached to those who placed their faith and trust in the Lord.
We are all called to greatness... to do great things. And with God's Spirit, He uses us to do great feats. God doesn't want us to be defeated. He wants us to do great feats with Him. With God's Spirit working through us, we can expect and we should look to do great things.
As Scott points out in Solomon’s life, there is a path to great accomplishments.
It goes back to the vision in your heart, we call faith. What you see in your heart “that's great,” is it something God is edging you to do? Think great feats. If we don't, we easily fall back to thinking de-feat. Our lives are about victory... not defeat.
All who live in the Spirit of Christ are Victorious!
With wisdom we can accomplish much more than our personal abilities. Jesus said in faith it would be done to that level. Faith is having a very positive vision of God with us accomplishing it. It goes beyond us and to His realm of power and ability. Jesus said that even greater things will happen to you than you can imagine. We will do even greater things than Jesus, Jesus announced to us.(John 14:12)
We need to set our sights higher. We have God's transforming power at work in us, at our disposal around us. Greater is the one in you than anyone in the world. (1 John 4:4)
The world is limited.
With Spirit, what's possible is unlimited power.
Indeed our destiny is one that is to be Super-natural.
In Spirit all things are possible and we should all strive for Great Feats... Bury defeat in the trail of dust behind us. Get on with the Doing of it.
Get started to do what the Spirit directs you to do each step along the way. So many times, Dr. J. Robert Ashcroft put emphasis on that “it’s in the doing.” Faith is action on the vision, the steps Spirit gives you to do. In faith advance with the vision in your hearts for greatness.
Be diligent with the doing of the steps toward the vision on your heart. He will tell you the steps and proceed, do it, and get it in motion.
Ask The Spirit of God, Spirit will give you inside Spiritual intelligence.
Be diligent in pursing greatness using the gifts he is putting in you that are Supernatural in their level of performance.
See it, Believe it, and be Diligent in doing it!
Live to do great feats. Leave the valley of de-feat and look to the mountain of magnificent feats.
Feats of Greatness in Spirit!
Live in Universe-Creating Power of God we are privileged to tap in to.
Indeed, you are destined to do Great Things!
Friday, October 27, 2006
Saturday, October 21, 2006
The Difference Maker... Attitude
By Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
The difference maker in life is your Attitude.
In The Difference Maker, John Maxwell takes you on a track to make your attitude your greatest asset. He shows you where you get your attitude, what it cannot do, what it can do and how to make your attitude your biggest asset. Maxwell then spends a big part of the book in the Big Five Attitude Obstacles.
Attitude... "inward feeling expressed in outward behavior." People project on the outside what they feel on the inside through attitude. It all is formed from
personality (some from your DNA strands);
what's around you...your decisions based on your environment;
the expression of others as to what took mental lodging
based on what someone said about you;
self-image in how you choose to see yourself;
what you experience and your response to that experience;
adopting behavior of peers;
and lastly your belief framework of your thought life and its influence on you.
All this goes into play in forming attitudes as well as your choices in forming emotional adjustments to them.
"The longer you live, the more your life is shaped by your choices." Early on in life conditions affect us, but as we progress through life conditions affect us less. We rely more on choices we previously made due to conditions. This is where we get "attitude."
Your attitude cannot substitute for competence (skills, competence must be developed), for experience, for facts, for personal growth. You must have experience first before you can benefit from experience.
You can't keep a good attitude automatically. It must continually be nurtured and re-booted to the configuration you "choose." Say everyday... "Today, I am going to have a great attitude."
What can your attitude do for you?
It will make a difference in your approach to life, your relationships with people, how you face challenges, and be the difference maker in everything you do.
Maxwell then leads you on the track for making your attitude your greatest asset.
1. Take responsibility for your attitude. Don't defeat yourself, better yourself with choosing the right attitude.
2. Evaluate your present attitude. Identify problem feelings about yourself, your feelings toward others and problems with how you are thinking.
3. Desire to change. It's your choice and you must make it.
4. How you think. You made choices long ago, you can change some of them.
5. Program good habits to your thinking. Observe your thinking, change what you need to, and consistently "choose" the right track.
6. Manage your attitude daily. Review the day, evaluate, restructure where you need to, and keep putting on quality experiences (reading, friends,events) that promote the attitude that makes positive differences.
The second part of The Difference Maker discusses the
Big Five Attitude Obstacles and how to overcome them. They are
Discouragement (decide to bounce back and not quit);
Change... is hard but learning to make new adjustments leads to personal growth and enlargement of fullness in life;
Problems... look at them as wake up calls for creativity and focused change are birthed from them;
Fear... 95% of fear is baseless, confront it, beat it, and you become stronger because of it.
Failure... learn the lessons, renew the right attitudes, move forward, never give up and keep growing. Failure is the most powerful penetrating force in "making the grade" in life's lessons.
"Success each day should be judged by the seeds,
not the harvest reaped."
Choose to be a difference maker in your life and in others. Maxwell's website:
http://maximumimpact.com/
What was Jesus' attitude?
"For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too. So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up." (Romans 14:17-19. NLT)
Our attitude in Jesus Spirit is of goodness, peace, joy. In how you look at things, think with the attitude of what good you can do, stay in peace and do not react hurriedly, allow the Spirit to simmer within you and allow joy to well up in you.
Our place is to build up... do good, use wisdom, seek spiritual insight, Spiritually in-depth perspectives of people. If in our business relationships, we build up, help to gear up, spur on, charge up, we could produce perpetual Spiritual energy, power, substance that builds God's Kingdom. We are to lift people up and spur them on to do great feats for the kingdom of Heaven.
What for?
Because your ultimate attitude is one of promoting harmony, understanding, tolerance among every facet, group, business-style you encounter, and build harmony among diverse people and business groups.
Take on this attitude of Christ, the great Apostle Paul says. Sculpture it into your life. The great apostle defined this attitude of Jesus for us. It is reflected in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5) and Jesus salutation (John 14-17). He summed it up in Philippians 2:
"Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another,
and working together with one mind and purpose.
Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others.
Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Don't look out only for your own interests,
but take an interest in others, too.
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you.
Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights
in a world full of crooked and perverse people." (NLT)
Then the Apostle Peter continues to add:
"Finally, all of you should be of one mind.
Sympathize with each other.
Love each other as brothers and sisters.
Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
Don't repay evil for evil.
Don't retaliate with insults when people insult you.
Instead, pay them back with a blessing.
That is what God has called you to do,
and he will bless you for it.” (1 Peter 3:8,9, NLT)
Why?
"So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. You won't spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.” (1 Peter 4: 1, 2, NLT)
It’s all about you doing the will of God through your life.
Be anxious to the will of His heart in you, the will, passion for what the Spirit beacons you to do... regardless of the personal cost to you. What we think we have on earth will be diminished some day, and what we will have forever will be in Heaven.
And the promise, the absolute promise is for the Heavenly reward. It is great and incomprehensible now, beyond explanation now. But too great that our minds and imaginations can't even get a faint glimpse of it.
Go after this, in faith go for the greatest reward, including new bodies from the resurrection of the greatest majestic splendor, and keep this attitude, the one of Jesus, in all you do and especially in completing the Divine plan for you in this life.
For how to program Spiritual attitudes, note:
Jesus is Us by Geffry Fields
“The Practical Side of Living Jesus Spirit”
http://jesusisus.blogspot.com/2005/07/practical-side-of-living-jesus-spirit.html
“Our Body… Jesus Lives there.”
http://jesusisus.blogspot.com/2005/06/our-body-jesus-spirit-lives-there.html
Develop His Attitude and fulfill through you God’s Purpose
through His Spirit in and around you.
4spirit@gmail.com
The difference maker in life is your Attitude.
In The Difference Maker, John Maxwell takes you on a track to make your attitude your greatest asset. He shows you where you get your attitude, what it cannot do, what it can do and how to make your attitude your biggest asset. Maxwell then spends a big part of the book in the Big Five Attitude Obstacles.
Attitude... "inward feeling expressed in outward behavior." People project on the outside what they feel on the inside through attitude. It all is formed from
personality (some from your DNA strands);
what's around you...your decisions based on your environment;
the expression of others as to what took mental lodging
based on what someone said about you;
self-image in how you choose to see yourself;
what you experience and your response to that experience;
adopting behavior of peers;
and lastly your belief framework of your thought life and its influence on you.
All this goes into play in forming attitudes as well as your choices in forming emotional adjustments to them.
"The longer you live, the more your life is shaped by your choices." Early on in life conditions affect us, but as we progress through life conditions affect us less. We rely more on choices we previously made due to conditions. This is where we get "attitude."
Your attitude cannot substitute for competence (skills, competence must be developed), for experience, for facts, for personal growth. You must have experience first before you can benefit from experience.
You can't keep a good attitude automatically. It must continually be nurtured and re-booted to the configuration you "choose." Say everyday... "Today, I am going to have a great attitude."
What can your attitude do for you?
It will make a difference in your approach to life, your relationships with people, how you face challenges, and be the difference maker in everything you do.
Maxwell then leads you on the track for making your attitude your greatest asset.
1. Take responsibility for your attitude. Don't defeat yourself, better yourself with choosing the right attitude.
2. Evaluate your present attitude. Identify problem feelings about yourself, your feelings toward others and problems with how you are thinking.
3. Desire to change. It's your choice and you must make it.
4. How you think. You made choices long ago, you can change some of them.
5. Program good habits to your thinking. Observe your thinking, change what you need to, and consistently "choose" the right track.
6. Manage your attitude daily. Review the day, evaluate, restructure where you need to, and keep putting on quality experiences (reading, friends,events) that promote the attitude that makes positive differences.
The second part of The Difference Maker discusses the
Big Five Attitude Obstacles and how to overcome them. They are
Discouragement (decide to bounce back and not quit);
Change... is hard but learning to make new adjustments leads to personal growth and enlargement of fullness in life;
Problems... look at them as wake up calls for creativity and focused change are birthed from them;
Fear... 95% of fear is baseless, confront it, beat it, and you become stronger because of it.
Failure... learn the lessons, renew the right attitudes, move forward, never give up and keep growing. Failure is the most powerful penetrating force in "making the grade" in life's lessons.
"Success each day should be judged by the seeds,
not the harvest reaped."
Choose to be a difference maker in your life and in others. Maxwell's website:
http://maximumimpact.com/
What was Jesus' attitude?
"For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too. So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up." (Romans 14:17-19. NLT)
Our attitude in Jesus Spirit is of goodness, peace, joy. In how you look at things, think with the attitude of what good you can do, stay in peace and do not react hurriedly, allow the Spirit to simmer within you and allow joy to well up in you.
Our place is to build up... do good, use wisdom, seek spiritual insight, Spiritually in-depth perspectives of people. If in our business relationships, we build up, help to gear up, spur on, charge up, we could produce perpetual Spiritual energy, power, substance that builds God's Kingdom. We are to lift people up and spur them on to do great feats for the kingdom of Heaven.
What for?
Because your ultimate attitude is one of promoting harmony, understanding, tolerance among every facet, group, business-style you encounter, and build harmony among diverse people and business groups.
Take on this attitude of Christ, the great Apostle Paul says. Sculpture it into your life. The great apostle defined this attitude of Jesus for us. It is reflected in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5) and Jesus salutation (John 14-17). He summed it up in Philippians 2:
"Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another,
and working together with one mind and purpose.
Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others.
Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Don't look out only for your own interests,
but take an interest in others, too.
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you.
Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights
in a world full of crooked and perverse people." (NLT)
Then the Apostle Peter continues to add:
"Finally, all of you should be of one mind.
Sympathize with each other.
Love each other as brothers and sisters.
Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
Don't repay evil for evil.
Don't retaliate with insults when people insult you.
Instead, pay them back with a blessing.
That is what God has called you to do,
and he will bless you for it.” (1 Peter 3:8,9, NLT)
Why?
"So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. You won't spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.” (1 Peter 4: 1, 2, NLT)
It’s all about you doing the will of God through your life.
Be anxious to the will of His heart in you, the will, passion for what the Spirit beacons you to do... regardless of the personal cost to you. What we think we have on earth will be diminished some day, and what we will have forever will be in Heaven.
And the promise, the absolute promise is for the Heavenly reward. It is great and incomprehensible now, beyond explanation now. But too great that our minds and imaginations can't even get a faint glimpse of it.
Go after this, in faith go for the greatest reward, including new bodies from the resurrection of the greatest majestic splendor, and keep this attitude, the one of Jesus, in all you do and especially in completing the Divine plan for you in this life.
For how to program Spiritual attitudes, note:
Jesus is Us by Geffry Fields
“The Practical Side of Living Jesus Spirit”
http://jesusisus.blogspot.com/2005/07/practical-side-of-living-jesus-spirit.html
“Our Body… Jesus Lives there.”
http://jesusisus.blogspot.com/2005/06/our-body-jesus-spirit-lives-there.html
Develop His Attitude and fulfill through you God’s Purpose
through His Spirit in and around you.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
The Power of Nice
by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
The Power of Nice by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval is about how to conquer the business world with kindness. Short and to the point, it shows that nice is a spirit of strength and not a concession to weakness. It is a powerful force when lived out sincerely in the business world.
The authors own The Kaplan Thaler Group, ranked as one of the fastest growing advertising agencies in the U.S. Being in an industry noted for its cut-throat ways, their treatment on how "nice" is "power" is thought provoking. After the first peruse through their book, I found myself thinking on this concept and consciously applying it more throughout the day. It was making a difference even on the short term. Nice becomes contagious and you start a chain reaction among your own encounters in the day.
Being Nice Benefits.
A few benefits of nice according to Linda and Robin are "being nice and placing other people's needs on the same level as your own will get you everything you want."
"Nice is luckier in love." Low key caring type people have fewer divorces.
"Nice makes more money." In positive nice-filled workplaces, studies
revealed more increases in revenue.
"Nice is healthier." Volunteers, who do good, live longer than those who don't.
The Six Power of Nice Principles
1. Positive impressions are like seeds.
What you do that is nice is like a seed. Over time it is likely to grow and spread and you will see the fruit of it.
2. You never know
Some people you are nice to without knowing who they are, "you never know" who you may be talking to and what the outcome may be. Sometimes you will be surprised who you were nice to, or what happened in a chain of events from that person that eventually came back to you.
3. People change
As life goes on people change... who they are, what they do and where they may come into your life again. So who you are nice to now may be someone very strategically important to you later.
4.Nice must be automatic.
If it is not who you really are, and it is superficial, it can have a reverse effect. Insincere nice is as bad as not nice. The true test is your spontaneous reaction to something and if it is a natural sincere response of real, honestly caring about the person, who ever it is, you are being nice to.
5. Negative impressions are like germs.
Like the nice seeds that grow and produce nice fruit in the future. Negativity festers like a bacteria that brings disease to your life later on. Be extremely conscious about the environment around you, and don't infest it with un-niceness.
6. You will know
In some cases, many miles from home, you could be rude or un-nice to someone you think you may never meet again. But you will know and it will affect your subconscious thinking on other things. Nice knows the truth and you will know.
These two nice girls continue with other ways being nice has a powerful influence in all you do. You can make a bigger pie by helping others get their share (work others into your deal), pool resources (customers,contacts) and expand your team, spread the wealth (being stingy is not nice when so many help), share the credit (all ideas, successes include parts of others; give others credit too). By making the pie bigger, more people are included and the better off you are.
Help your enemies. One interesting approach is not to “get even” when some are not nice to you. But instead help those not nice to you. Linda and Robin share instances where a competitor was using "not nice" methods in competing for the same client. They responded by avoiding criticism, and not talking down the person. Instead they stuck to putting their best foot forward and doing their best work and letting the client judge. They were nice to their competitor regardless and even complimented true strengths.
This attitude and approach is making them stand out from the pack because it is a fresh breath of air in a sometimes vicious, highly competitive world. It is gaining for them the fame and fortune they are now experiencing.
Nice guys (girls) do win... LInda and Robin are proving that. For more on being nice check out
http://www.thepowerofnice.com/
and these nice girls' website
http://www.kaplanthaler.com
The USAToday review:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/nice.htm
It is so amazing how the theme on being nice in the Power of Nice reflects the principles of kindness as a core expression of those who live by Spirit. The principles of kindness are the power of Spirit and it carries a power stronger than words. It can change the hearts of the hard hearted and heal the emotions of the dejected.
Being kind to someone when you yourself are down cast in your own emotions, heals one's own emotions.
An idea has circulated in our culture on doing random acts of kindness. It is powerful and has a ripple effect on ones own emotions and the emotions and actions of others.
The Apostle Paul in letters to several fellowship groups of Jesus Way kept pounding on this point. He said numerous times:
"Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you." (Ephesians 4:32, NLT)
"Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love." (Ephesians 4:2, NLT)
"Since God chose you to be the holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others." (Colossians 3:12-13, NLT)
The origin of kindness is in love.
"Love is patient and kind.” (1 Cor.13:4)
Kindness is the essence of who God is, the very character, nature of God's Spirit.
It is who God is. God is Love (1 John 4:18).
Those who allow His Spirit to control their very being, their mind, heart, emotions are of God's Spirit. Kindness is all of these actions.
Love is Spirit, God is Spirit, God is Love.
When we live in God, in Spirit, in Love, we are kind.
It is who we are.
Not an intellectual awareness, but a lifestyle of spontaneous, inadvertent response to what is going on around us. When Spirit is us, kindness is us.
It creates a reciprocal effect in our actions,
a ripple effect to all we do, in all our dealings with everyone... both the important and unimportant people. In kindness, there are no unimportant people. It ripples everywhere, from everyone, to surprisingly delightful conclusions.
Just being unkind to one unheralded employee can cause a ripple affect throughout a whole company. And it will unexpectantly come back to you. But when something bad happens, you may wonder... where did this come from. But then think of the last time you may have been unkind, to even someone unknown by others. (You may have thought it was an unknown act of unkindness.)
Being kind to the least in your associations can create a positive ripple effect throughout the whole mass of people... in and outside of the organization. We ripple to others what just happened to us last.
We can create positive ripples of kindness. The best way to create this effect naturally, is to be it. Be a kind person.
You must have God's Spirit in you, dominating you, the preeminence of you.
Be Spirit. Be kind. Be Love.
... and then it will almost effortlessly move from you and then surround you. The benefits of nice will be there.
The response to anything should first be... "I will be kind"
and then go from there.
Be Spirit,
and you will be kind... automatically!
"Be kind, tenderhearted, forgiving in the same way God has forgiven you."
Being nice, being kind, loving people is Power!
4spirit@gmail.com
The Power of Nice by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval is about how to conquer the business world with kindness. Short and to the point, it shows that nice is a spirit of strength and not a concession to weakness. It is a powerful force when lived out sincerely in the business world.
The authors own The Kaplan Thaler Group, ranked as one of the fastest growing advertising agencies in the U.S. Being in an industry noted for its cut-throat ways, their treatment on how "nice" is "power" is thought provoking. After the first peruse through their book, I found myself thinking on this concept and consciously applying it more throughout the day. It was making a difference even on the short term. Nice becomes contagious and you start a chain reaction among your own encounters in the day.
Being Nice Benefits.
A few benefits of nice according to Linda and Robin are "being nice and placing other people's needs on the same level as your own will get you everything you want."
"Nice is luckier in love." Low key caring type people have fewer divorces.
"Nice makes more money." In positive nice-filled workplaces, studies
revealed more increases in revenue.
"Nice is healthier." Volunteers, who do good, live longer than those who don't.
The Six Power of Nice Principles
1. Positive impressions are like seeds.
What you do that is nice is like a seed. Over time it is likely to grow and spread and you will see the fruit of it.
2. You never know
Some people you are nice to without knowing who they are, "you never know" who you may be talking to and what the outcome may be. Sometimes you will be surprised who you were nice to, or what happened in a chain of events from that person that eventually came back to you.
3. People change
As life goes on people change... who they are, what they do and where they may come into your life again. So who you are nice to now may be someone very strategically important to you later.
4.Nice must be automatic.
If it is not who you really are, and it is superficial, it can have a reverse effect. Insincere nice is as bad as not nice. The true test is your spontaneous reaction to something and if it is a natural sincere response of real, honestly caring about the person, who ever it is, you are being nice to.
5. Negative impressions are like germs.
Like the nice seeds that grow and produce nice fruit in the future. Negativity festers like a bacteria that brings disease to your life later on. Be extremely conscious about the environment around you, and don't infest it with un-niceness.
6. You will know
In some cases, many miles from home, you could be rude or un-nice to someone you think you may never meet again. But you will know and it will affect your subconscious thinking on other things. Nice knows the truth and you will know.
These two nice girls continue with other ways being nice has a powerful influence in all you do. You can make a bigger pie by helping others get their share (work others into your deal), pool resources (customers,contacts) and expand your team, spread the wealth (being stingy is not nice when so many help), share the credit (all ideas, successes include parts of others; give others credit too). By making the pie bigger, more people are included and the better off you are.
Help your enemies. One interesting approach is not to “get even” when some are not nice to you. But instead help those not nice to you. Linda and Robin share instances where a competitor was using "not nice" methods in competing for the same client. They responded by avoiding criticism, and not talking down the person. Instead they stuck to putting their best foot forward and doing their best work and letting the client judge. They were nice to their competitor regardless and even complimented true strengths.
This attitude and approach is making them stand out from the pack because it is a fresh breath of air in a sometimes vicious, highly competitive world. It is gaining for them the fame and fortune they are now experiencing.
Nice guys (girls) do win... LInda and Robin are proving that. For more on being nice check out
http://www.thepowerofnice.com/
and these nice girls' website
http://www.kaplanthaler.com
The USAToday review:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/nice.htm
It is so amazing how the theme on being nice in the Power of Nice reflects the principles of kindness as a core expression of those who live by Spirit. The principles of kindness are the power of Spirit and it carries a power stronger than words. It can change the hearts of the hard hearted and heal the emotions of the dejected.
Being kind to someone when you yourself are down cast in your own emotions, heals one's own emotions.
An idea has circulated in our culture on doing random acts of kindness. It is powerful and has a ripple effect on ones own emotions and the emotions and actions of others.
The Apostle Paul in letters to several fellowship groups of Jesus Way kept pounding on this point. He said numerous times:
"Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you." (Ephesians 4:32, NLT)
"Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love." (Ephesians 4:2, NLT)
"Since God chose you to be the holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others." (Colossians 3:12-13, NLT)
The origin of kindness is in love.
"Love is patient and kind.” (1 Cor.13:4)
Kindness is the essence of who God is, the very character, nature of God's Spirit.
It is who God is. God is Love (1 John 4:18).
Those who allow His Spirit to control their very being, their mind, heart, emotions are of God's Spirit. Kindness is all of these actions.
Love is Spirit, God is Spirit, God is Love.
When we live in God, in Spirit, in Love, we are kind.
It is who we are.
Not an intellectual awareness, but a lifestyle of spontaneous, inadvertent response to what is going on around us. When Spirit is us, kindness is us.
It creates a reciprocal effect in our actions,
a ripple effect to all we do, in all our dealings with everyone... both the important and unimportant people. In kindness, there are no unimportant people. It ripples everywhere, from everyone, to surprisingly delightful conclusions.
Just being unkind to one unheralded employee can cause a ripple affect throughout a whole company. And it will unexpectantly come back to you. But when something bad happens, you may wonder... where did this come from. But then think of the last time you may have been unkind, to even someone unknown by others. (You may have thought it was an unknown act of unkindness.)
Being kind to the least in your associations can create a positive ripple effect throughout the whole mass of people... in and outside of the organization. We ripple to others what just happened to us last.
We can create positive ripples of kindness. The best way to create this effect naturally, is to be it. Be a kind person.
You must have God's Spirit in you, dominating you, the preeminence of you.
Be Spirit. Be kind. Be Love.
... and then it will almost effortlessly move from you and then surround you. The benefits of nice will be there.
The response to anything should first be... "I will be kind"
and then go from there.
Be Spirit,
and you will be kind... automatically!
"Be kind, tenderhearted, forgiving in the same way God has forgiven you."
Being nice, being kind, loving people is Power!
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Try Again... Go Deeper This Time
by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
In Book Yourself Solid, Michael Port exposes his learned lessons on how to be a notorious networker and build unending relationships of business contacts. He guarantees success with the Book Yourself Solid System for building a never-ending string of clients and potential clients.
The System is simple so anyone can do it, and applicable in a diverse range of businesses. Port leads you through 3 modules...
creating a solid foundation so people really know what you are about,
building trust and credibility,
and 7 core promotion strategies.
He resonates both very practical methods and spiritual principles that combined creates super glue strength in bonding people with you.
The first step in building your foundation is deciding who your best clients really are. Who makes you feel energized? It is like you enjoy working with them so much and you can hardly believe you are also getting paid for it. He suggests you need to weed out the undesirable clients and replace them with clients that invigorate you and who express they get great benefit from your services.
Next get a clear grasp of why people buy from you, that creates a relentless demand for your services. To do this
1. Identify your market
2. Understand urgent needs and compelling drives of your market
3. Offer investable opportunities
4. Uncover and demonstrate the benefits of your investable opportunities.
"Your passions, natural talents, and knowledge are key."
Then he leads you through how to brand yourself. What is distinctively unique about you. Create
1. Your "who and do what" statement.
2. Your "why you do it" statement."
Let others know exactly whom you help and what you can help them do. Your "why you do it" statement is a connecting statement that adds personal value for yourself and others for why you do what you do. They sense your passion for what you do and why it’s important.
Next you develop your skill in how you talk to others about what you do and how important it is. It goes beyond just identifying your professional title. You tell people your unique contribution you make and how it is so valuable in helping others.
In telling people about what you do for others, Port has a 5-part process and takes you through exercises for a short, medium and longer version...whether on the elevator ( the infamous "elevator speech") or waiting in the customer lounge while your car is getting serviced. Port's format is also a great format for any conversation where the topic of your business (What do you do?) comes up. It is much more insightful, interesting, personal and creates intrigue for the listener. Your passion can shine, so they automatically want to know more. In essence it makes you an interesting person to listen to and be around. Someone is more apt to say after meeting you, "I met the most interesting person today."
His 5-part process is
Part 1. Summarize your target market in one sentence.
Part 2. Identify and summarize the three biggest and most critical problems that your target market faces.
Part 3. List how you solve these problems and present clients with unique solutions.
Part 4. Include the most dramatic (Wow!) results that you or your clients have achieved.
Part 5. List the results and deepest benefits your clients receive.
Once you have built this foundation in how to "buzz" your business, Port takes you through a sales process(for those who dread or feel inadequate selling). Then he spends the rest of his book on the 7 core promotional strategies you can use to continually bring business to you and more waiting for you. The 7 strategies include networking, direct outreach, referrals, the web, speaking, writing, and keeping in touch.
Our success in gaining more contacts in business is how well we do this. Both the business owner and corporate leader would benefit in how to tell others more dynamically, intriguingly what they do and how it benefits others.
The whole secret is doing it well. The exercises are quite valuable in this aspect so you develop this skill of a higher level than you have now. So collaborating with a friend and colleague would be of great merit in helping you complete and practice putting yourself interestingly forward.
Also, Michael Port's website has a free workbook download for those who purchase the book and his website has numerous resources too.
http://bookyourselfsolid.com/
Jesus told His disciples to throw the nets into the deep.The catch was amazing. What does this mean for us?
Are we fishing but we are not listening to Jesus voice in us that tells us to fish where it seems too big for us... into deeper areas? Is He asking us to go deeper into Him and watch the size of the catch.
Like in our businesses, the key is listening to Jesus. To follow His voice and rely on Him for the results. And the results will be incredible, so big we are amazed! The thing to look at is Jesus said to go into the deep. If you aren’t catching a lot of fish where you are now, why should we go to an unusual spot where it is deeper. Is God wanting you to take your business into the deep, where a catch waits for you beyond your believability.
Go into the deep in your life and business and go where God tells you to go. Go deeper into His Presence. The catch will be outstanding, and you will be equipped Supernaturally to handle it.
When Jesus had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Now go out where it is deeper and let down your nets, and you will catch many fish." "Master," Simon replied, "we worked hard all last night and didn't catch a thing. But if you say so, we'll try again."
And this time their nets were so full they began to tear! A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking. When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said, "Oh, Lord, please leave me--I'm too much of a sinner to be around you." For he was awestruck by the size of their catch, as were the others with him. His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. (Luke 5: 4-10, NLT)
Try again!
Go into the deep. Go into the depth of His Voice speaking to you and listen very carefully to His instructions. There is a great catch waiting there for you. If you have drifted from Him, again listen to His voice. Get close to His voice. Bring your heart close to His. He will lead you to a big catch of men... who too will be so amazed they will serve Him along with you.
The results may be big. But don’t fear!
He will help you handle it.
Don’t worry about what you may lose or gain. Things on earth are meaningless, unrewarding, have no satisfaction without the presence of Jesus Spirit with us. Earthly gain is all lost at death anyway. The only thing that remains is the Spirit of Jesus with us... that's eternal. We take that with us. And He will never leave us or depart from us.
So go into the depth of His Spirit, His Presence. The only thing transferred from life is the Presence of Spirit. Relationship in Spirit is our gain... and never lost... it is never too deep for us.
So go deep into His eternal bliss...
we can't define it or rhyme it in thought or poem or music.
It's our anticipation,
the mystery for why we live Jesus' Way while on earth.
4spirit@gmail.com
In Book Yourself Solid, Michael Port exposes his learned lessons on how to be a notorious networker and build unending relationships of business contacts. He guarantees success with the Book Yourself Solid System for building a never-ending string of clients and potential clients.
The System is simple so anyone can do it, and applicable in a diverse range of businesses. Port leads you through 3 modules...
creating a solid foundation so people really know what you are about,
building trust and credibility,
and 7 core promotion strategies.
He resonates both very practical methods and spiritual principles that combined creates super glue strength in bonding people with you.
The first step in building your foundation is deciding who your best clients really are. Who makes you feel energized? It is like you enjoy working with them so much and you can hardly believe you are also getting paid for it. He suggests you need to weed out the undesirable clients and replace them with clients that invigorate you and who express they get great benefit from your services.
Next get a clear grasp of why people buy from you, that creates a relentless demand for your services. To do this
1. Identify your market
2. Understand urgent needs and compelling drives of your market
3. Offer investable opportunities
4. Uncover and demonstrate the benefits of your investable opportunities.
"Your passions, natural talents, and knowledge are key."
Then he leads you through how to brand yourself. What is distinctively unique about you. Create
1. Your "who and do what" statement.
2. Your "why you do it" statement."
Let others know exactly whom you help and what you can help them do. Your "why you do it" statement is a connecting statement that adds personal value for yourself and others for why you do what you do. They sense your passion for what you do and why it’s important.
Next you develop your skill in how you talk to others about what you do and how important it is. It goes beyond just identifying your professional title. You tell people your unique contribution you make and how it is so valuable in helping others.
In telling people about what you do for others, Port has a 5-part process and takes you through exercises for a short, medium and longer version...whether on the elevator ( the infamous "elevator speech") or waiting in the customer lounge while your car is getting serviced. Port's format is also a great format for any conversation where the topic of your business (What do you do?) comes up. It is much more insightful, interesting, personal and creates intrigue for the listener. Your passion can shine, so they automatically want to know more. In essence it makes you an interesting person to listen to and be around. Someone is more apt to say after meeting you, "I met the most interesting person today."
His 5-part process is
Part 1. Summarize your target market in one sentence.
Part 2. Identify and summarize the three biggest and most critical problems that your target market faces.
Part 3. List how you solve these problems and present clients with unique solutions.
Part 4. Include the most dramatic (Wow!) results that you or your clients have achieved.
Part 5. List the results and deepest benefits your clients receive.
Once you have built this foundation in how to "buzz" your business, Port takes you through a sales process(for those who dread or feel inadequate selling). Then he spends the rest of his book on the 7 core promotional strategies you can use to continually bring business to you and more waiting for you. The 7 strategies include networking, direct outreach, referrals, the web, speaking, writing, and keeping in touch.
Our success in gaining more contacts in business is how well we do this. Both the business owner and corporate leader would benefit in how to tell others more dynamically, intriguingly what they do and how it benefits others.
The whole secret is doing it well. The exercises are quite valuable in this aspect so you develop this skill of a higher level than you have now. So collaborating with a friend and colleague would be of great merit in helping you complete and practice putting yourself interestingly forward.
Also, Michael Port's website has a free workbook download for those who purchase the book and his website has numerous resources too.
http://bookyourselfsolid.com/
Jesus told His disciples to throw the nets into the deep.The catch was amazing. What does this mean for us?
Are we fishing but we are not listening to Jesus voice in us that tells us to fish where it seems too big for us... into deeper areas? Is He asking us to go deeper into Him and watch the size of the catch.
Like in our businesses, the key is listening to Jesus. To follow His voice and rely on Him for the results. And the results will be incredible, so big we are amazed! The thing to look at is Jesus said to go into the deep. If you aren’t catching a lot of fish where you are now, why should we go to an unusual spot where it is deeper. Is God wanting you to take your business into the deep, where a catch waits for you beyond your believability.
Go into the deep in your life and business and go where God tells you to go. Go deeper into His Presence. The catch will be outstanding, and you will be equipped Supernaturally to handle it.
When Jesus had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Now go out where it is deeper and let down your nets, and you will catch many fish." "Master," Simon replied, "we worked hard all last night and didn't catch a thing. But if you say so, we'll try again."
And this time their nets were so full they began to tear! A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking. When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said, "Oh, Lord, please leave me--I'm too much of a sinner to be around you." For he was awestruck by the size of their catch, as were the others with him. His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. (Luke 5: 4-10, NLT)
Try again!
Go into the deep. Go into the depth of His Voice speaking to you and listen very carefully to His instructions. There is a great catch waiting there for you. If you have drifted from Him, again listen to His voice. Get close to His voice. Bring your heart close to His. He will lead you to a big catch of men... who too will be so amazed they will serve Him along with you.
The results may be big. But don’t fear!
He will help you handle it.
Don’t worry about what you may lose or gain. Things on earth are meaningless, unrewarding, have no satisfaction without the presence of Jesus Spirit with us. Earthly gain is all lost at death anyway. The only thing that remains is the Spirit of Jesus with us... that's eternal. We take that with us. And He will never leave us or depart from us.
So go into the depth of His Spirit, His Presence. The only thing transferred from life is the Presence of Spirit. Relationship in Spirit is our gain... and never lost... it is never too deep for us.
So go deep into His eternal bliss...
we can't define it or rhyme it in thought or poem or music.
It's our anticipation,
the mystery for why we live Jesus' Way while on earth.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Success that Lasts Forever
by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
Success Built to Last by Jerry Porras may very well be the personal application for Good to Great.
Their discoveries of what personal success is for a varied group of successful people is a strong parallel to the continued popularity of Good to Great principles. (Porras and Jim Collins co-authored Built to Last prior to Collin's release of Good to Great.)
In Good to Great the Hedgehog Concept was introduced which involved having a business with these overlapping, integrated key questions answered and operative.
1. What are you deeply passionate about?
2. What drives your economic engine?
3. What you can be the Best in the world at?
Now, Jerry Porras(with Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson) take this into a deeper personal level. They defined success (that will last) apart from current dictionary definitions. In the dictionary they found these definitions of success:
1. Achievement of something planned or attempted.
2. Impressive achievements... especially those who attain fame, wealth, or power.
3. Somebody with a record of achievements.
They point out that "notice that nowhere in the dictionary definition do you find any reference to finding meaning, fulfillment, happiness, and lasting relationships." The dictionary definition of success may do more to produce sociopaths than anything else they conjecture.
Their criteria was to interview only those with over 20 years of success. They called these "builders" because they build success over time and continue to build.
Builders are leaders very committed to their calling. They don't shy from toiling all their lives with every ounce of energy, persistence, heart and soul for their triad view of success(which seems to be engraved, internalized in their own operational DNA).
These three elements rose to the surface of those with enduring success...
success built to last.
Meaning
Thought Style
Action Style
First it has meaning. It serves an internal purpose that the individual owner is the only one that understands this drive within them. It has meaning to this person beyond ability to articulate to others.
Secondly, their thought styles are distinctive. The have a highly developed sense of accountability, audacity, passion, responsibility, and optimism. Enduringly successful people think differently. They have talent but their thought styles encircle systems that create real value in their undertakings.
Thirdly, is their action style. They find effective ways to take action. Actions may be imperfect relative to the level of the dream, meaning and value placed in their minds, but they understand this risk and proceed enduringly.
The authors heard these words repeatedly...
"So get moving and get on with what you really care about."
When meaning, thought, action merge....
you create success built to last.
It is creating a life that matters... to you, and, in turn, benefits many others.
The book goes into depth with interviews of outstanding people where each of these qualities emerge.
How do successful people stay successful?
Extreme make-overs start in your head, turning passion into action. Here are some of the proverbial thoughts of those with enduring success.
"Listen up... here's some really bad news. It's dangerous not to do what you love."
"When you are deeply immersed in the process of doing whatever you are doing, and have completely lost track of time and space, you are in a flow experience."
"When you encounter something you don't like, try to change how you're looking at it."
"Carve out a little time each week to experiment in some way with one of your passions."
"Listen to that little voice each day about what matters to you."
"Do you care more about being loved, or being what you love."
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
"If it is worth doing, then treat it as if its worth doing."
Make your addictions the passions that serve both others and your best interests. "Builders see creative contention as part of a rich collaborating process that never ends. It inspires action day in and day out in an ever-changing environment." You may not be the blame for everything that happens to you, but either way you are responsible for doing something about it.
"Life takes passion, determination and skill... you can't skip any of those three to expect to enjoy success built to last." They just tolerate risks, feel the fear, take the brick-bats, learn from failure, and do what matters to them anyway.
The Secret to lasting success:
"The day-by-day practice and struggle to move the three circles--meaning, thought, action--
toward overlapping alignment in your life."
Create a life that matters to you.
USA Today reviewed Success Built to Last:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2006-09-18-success-usat_x.htm?csp=34
And here is the Success Built to Last website:
http://www.successbtl.com/
Spiritual intensity creates energy, moves matter, changes mind dynamics, organizes places, things, people, timing to fulfill Divine Purposes.
So what does it profit a person to get stuff and not have meaningful accomplishments as part of his life. As Jesus put it... what does it profit to gain the world but then lose your soul.
A person rich in his soul is truly successful. One may or may not have wealth, fame, positions of power. With Spiritual riches of love, happiness, peace of heart and contentment, one has reached true success.
Real success moves us on to the vision of life eternal. A real civilization we inherit after death from earth. Paul the Apostle promises a new resurrected body that is perfect, just like Jesus after he rose from death. We will rise too from death and exchange these dying earthly bodies for heavenly formed life-eternal bodies that live forever and are perfect. If you don’t like what you have now as a body, just hang on and you will have a wonderful, unbelievable body beyond your imagination. All that we have ever dreamed on earth will be more than we can possibly conjure up in our minds of what we will have in heaven (see 1 Corinthians15).
Paul cautions us: “Their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, … and all they think about is this life here on earth. But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere” (Philippians 3:19-21. NLT).
Invest in Heavenly thinking as Paul says…think on these things: “Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Philippians 4:8, NLT).
This is the investment we are asked to make for bliss, love, joy and constant peace… total life existing sense of meaning and fulfillment.
Work for the Kingdom of Heaven as Matthew in the Gospel of Matthew uses this phrase over 30 times… it is a Kingdom of Heaven.
What is the reward of The Kingdom of Heaven? Here is what John said in his Revelation of Jesus Christ. "Look, the home of God is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever” (Revelation21:3, 4, NLT).
"And the angel showed me a pure river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb, coursing down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. No longer will anything be cursed” (Revelation 22: 1-3).
So, in building success to last, we can build success to last forever. So doesn’t it make sense to live this life for real treasure, true riches, endless wealth of Heaven… built to last. So why not start building today for Heavenly existences. So why not invest in the Heavenly life—our new, better-built reality.
It is ours, as we believe.
Begin today to build for what lasts forever.
4spirit@gmail.com
Success Built to Last by Jerry Porras may very well be the personal application for Good to Great.
Their discoveries of what personal success is for a varied group of successful people is a strong parallel to the continued popularity of Good to Great principles. (Porras and Jim Collins co-authored Built to Last prior to Collin's release of Good to Great.)
In Good to Great the Hedgehog Concept was introduced which involved having a business with these overlapping, integrated key questions answered and operative.
1. What are you deeply passionate about?
2. What drives your economic engine?
3. What you can be the Best in the world at?
Now, Jerry Porras(with Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson) take this into a deeper personal level. They defined success (that will last) apart from current dictionary definitions. In the dictionary they found these definitions of success:
1. Achievement of something planned or attempted.
2. Impressive achievements... especially those who attain fame, wealth, or power.
3. Somebody with a record of achievements.
They point out that "notice that nowhere in the dictionary definition do you find any reference to finding meaning, fulfillment, happiness, and lasting relationships." The dictionary definition of success may do more to produce sociopaths than anything else they conjecture.
Their criteria was to interview only those with over 20 years of success. They called these "builders" because they build success over time and continue to build.
Builders are leaders very committed to their calling. They don't shy from toiling all their lives with every ounce of energy, persistence, heart and soul for their triad view of success(which seems to be engraved, internalized in their own operational DNA).
These three elements rose to the surface of those with enduring success...
success built to last.
Meaning
Thought Style
Action Style
First it has meaning. It serves an internal purpose that the individual owner is the only one that understands this drive within them. It has meaning to this person beyond ability to articulate to others.
Secondly, their thought styles are distinctive. The have a highly developed sense of accountability, audacity, passion, responsibility, and optimism. Enduringly successful people think differently. They have talent but their thought styles encircle systems that create real value in their undertakings.
Thirdly, is their action style. They find effective ways to take action. Actions may be imperfect relative to the level of the dream, meaning and value placed in their minds, but they understand this risk and proceed enduringly.
The authors heard these words repeatedly...
"So get moving and get on with what you really care about."
When meaning, thought, action merge....
you create success built to last.
It is creating a life that matters... to you, and, in turn, benefits many others.
The book goes into depth with interviews of outstanding people where each of these qualities emerge.
How do successful people stay successful?
Extreme make-overs start in your head, turning passion into action. Here are some of the proverbial thoughts of those with enduring success.
"Listen up... here's some really bad news. It's dangerous not to do what you love."
"When you are deeply immersed in the process of doing whatever you are doing, and have completely lost track of time and space, you are in a flow experience."
"When you encounter something you don't like, try to change how you're looking at it."
"Carve out a little time each week to experiment in some way with one of your passions."
"Listen to that little voice each day about what matters to you."
"Do you care more about being loved, or being what you love."
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
"If it is worth doing, then treat it as if its worth doing."
Make your addictions the passions that serve both others and your best interests. "Builders see creative contention as part of a rich collaborating process that never ends. It inspires action day in and day out in an ever-changing environment." You may not be the blame for everything that happens to you, but either way you are responsible for doing something about it.
"Life takes passion, determination and skill... you can't skip any of those three to expect to enjoy success built to last." They just tolerate risks, feel the fear, take the brick-bats, learn from failure, and do what matters to them anyway.
The Secret to lasting success:
"The day-by-day practice and struggle to move the three circles--meaning, thought, action--
toward overlapping alignment in your life."
Create a life that matters to you.
USA Today reviewed Success Built to Last:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2006-09-18-success-usat_x.htm?csp=34
And here is the Success Built to Last website:
http://www.successbtl.com/
Spiritual intensity creates energy, moves matter, changes mind dynamics, organizes places, things, people, timing to fulfill Divine Purposes.
So what does it profit a person to get stuff and not have meaningful accomplishments as part of his life. As Jesus put it... what does it profit to gain the world but then lose your soul.
A person rich in his soul is truly successful. One may or may not have wealth, fame, positions of power. With Spiritual riches of love, happiness, peace of heart and contentment, one has reached true success.
Real success moves us on to the vision of life eternal. A real civilization we inherit after death from earth. Paul the Apostle promises a new resurrected body that is perfect, just like Jesus after he rose from death. We will rise too from death and exchange these dying earthly bodies for heavenly formed life-eternal bodies that live forever and are perfect. If you don’t like what you have now as a body, just hang on and you will have a wonderful, unbelievable body beyond your imagination. All that we have ever dreamed on earth will be more than we can possibly conjure up in our minds of what we will have in heaven (see 1 Corinthians15).
Paul cautions us: “Their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, … and all they think about is this life here on earth. But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere” (Philippians 3:19-21. NLT).
Invest in Heavenly thinking as Paul says…think on these things: “Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Philippians 4:8, NLT).
This is the investment we are asked to make for bliss, love, joy and constant peace… total life existing sense of meaning and fulfillment.
Work for the Kingdom of Heaven as Matthew in the Gospel of Matthew uses this phrase over 30 times… it is a Kingdom of Heaven.
What is the reward of The Kingdom of Heaven? Here is what John said in his Revelation of Jesus Christ. "Look, the home of God is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever” (Revelation21:3, 4, NLT).
"And the angel showed me a pure river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb, coursing down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. No longer will anything be cursed” (Revelation 22: 1-3).
So, in building success to last, we can build success to last forever. So doesn’t it make sense to live this life for real treasure, true riches, endless wealth of Heaven… built to last. So why not start building today for Heavenly existences. So why not invest in the Heavenly life—our new, better-built reality.
It is ours, as we believe.
Begin today to build for what lasts forever.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Succeed on Extraordinary Terms
by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
Lessons from top achievers are compiled by authors' Herb Greenberg and Patrick in Succeed on Your Own Terms. They traveled world wide to interview many people in many diverse fields to find out what success is to them. They found many differing views... thus the tag-line that success is really “on your own terms.”
One ingredient is knowing where you are going and defining success from that. "What becomes immediately recognizable was the undeniable sense that these individuals are all doing exactly what they should be doing. They are in tune with themselves." They said that "individual potential is far more important than his or her experience." Don't look to a person's past but look what is inside them.
(They use the Caliper profile for the best reading of individual motivation, strengths and potential, http://www.caliperbook.com/ )
So the purpose of the book is about gaining a deeper understanding of playing to your own strengths. They generally saw success as more of knowing yourself and not so much what you have. The real winners in this world are those who truly know their own strengths and create situations that play to their strengths.
What is success?
"I can feel successful from just moving my agenda forward," says Senator Barbara Boxer. "I have an inner strength that helps me see the right thing to do... for me succeeding is being true to myself. I don't always win, but I'm still succeeding on my own terms. All I can do is be true to myself."
Money alone is not the true measure of success, says Rebecca Stephens, 1st woman to climb Mt. Everest. "Unexpected obstacles can come your way." If you put everything you have in it, you can consider yourself successful. So there is more than one way to succeed.
It is "knowing your defining qualities,
calling it your own,
and breathing life into it can go a long way.”
The definitions of success have these defining qualities.
"Perseverance, goal oriented, self awareness, resilience, willingness to take risks, thriving on pressure, optimism, empathy, competitiveness, patience, persuasiveness, confidence, passion, integrity, trust, having fun, being open, creativity and courage."
The book has extensive personal profiles on each of these defining qualities featuring an outstanding person around each of the specific qualities.
In life there is no way to avoid risks, so you might as well take your risks on purpose. Find a niche that plays to your own strengths, distinct from anyone else, then own it. Play with passion.... that this is your last performance. Those that keep growing "are open to new experiences; they are also open to learn more about themselves." Creativity is birthed from those with a sense of humor, keeping a sense of youthfulness throughout your entire life.
People who succeed seemed to fall into two categories... "knowing themselves" and "knowing the world around them," i.e., focusing on inner strength and having a natural ability to see opportunities as they came along. The authors came up with 29 ways this is done... from lifestyles of introspection to defying the odds of what existed around them.
A theme that continued to surface was being true to yourself. To honestly see yourself for who you truly are and living life consistently with that. Our talents and abilities naturally lead us to truth, inner truth of who we are and when that can be applied to the greatest contribution, to the world's benefit and to our own sense of self-worth or value.
Seeing ourselves and seeing others with a framework of integrity (to our true self and respect to others) are pinnacle virtues.
Great people live in the Power of Faith.
The Bible says the righteous live by faith. (Hebrews 10:38)
What we believe we bring into being.
"Fear is dangerous. It turns into fact the things we fear. It creates evil just as faith creates good." (John G. Lake)
What God promises we can hold on to as fact. The power of Spirit has become a privilege for us to live in all of God's power. We are made right with God through faith. We are made right with Him with Jesus' one act.... He was resurrected. The only person ever to do this. And Now He gives us the same privilege... to be resurrected from all the deaths we face in our lives.
As we align ourselves in alignment with Spirit that works Greatly in us we live in the Character of God. The Scriptures say we are not under the Laws of Old but we live by Spirit.
"But now we have been released from the law, for we died with Christ, and we are no longer captive to its power. Now we can really serve God, not in the old way by obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way, by the Spirit." (Romans 7:6)
We excel with this new power that works in us, and we heed the inner voice of the Spirit. We can listen to this Supernatural voice of God's very own intelligence directing our paths…God's very own Spirit of creative Power working for us.
This is all possible...for those who have faith and believe.
In Ever Increasing Faith by Smith Wigglesworth, he inspirationally defines faith and its character. Note:http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/wigglesworth/5f00.0930/5f00.0930.c.htm
"God wants us to be free in every part of life. Men and women are tired of imitations, they want reality; they want to see people who have the Living Christ within, filled with Spirit Power."
"Spirit has a realm of divine life opening up to us where there are boundless possibilities, where there is limitless power, where there are untold resources, where we have victory over every conceivable force that could face us."
"There is only darkness in the natural. Darkness only exists when the natural is put in place of the divine."
"He keeps us so that no evil can touch us. I see a place in God where evil forces dare not come...Hidden in God. And He invites us all to come into this Secret Place of the Most High God." God has this place for us in Spirit.
"The impartation of this power produces everything you need; but it comes only as our faith moves out for its impartation. Faith gives us victory. If you believe... It Is Yours!"
"You can never be ordinary from the day you receive this life from above. You become extraordinary, filled with extraordinary power from the extraordinary Spirit of God that lives in you."
"There is no stopping the current of life,
of love, of inspiration, and of Power.
God has brought unlimited resources for everyone."
In faith accept Spirit in you,
align to this flow of Spirit through you,
and live courageously with integrity and empathy.
4spirit@gmail.com
Lessons from top achievers are compiled by authors' Herb Greenberg and Patrick in Succeed on Your Own Terms. They traveled world wide to interview many people in many diverse fields to find out what success is to them. They found many differing views... thus the tag-line that success is really “on your own terms.”
One ingredient is knowing where you are going and defining success from that. "What becomes immediately recognizable was the undeniable sense that these individuals are all doing exactly what they should be doing. They are in tune with themselves." They said that "individual potential is far more important than his or her experience." Don't look to a person's past but look what is inside them.
(They use the Caliper profile for the best reading of individual motivation, strengths and potential, http://www.caliperbook.com/ )
So the purpose of the book is about gaining a deeper understanding of playing to your own strengths. They generally saw success as more of knowing yourself and not so much what you have. The real winners in this world are those who truly know their own strengths and create situations that play to their strengths.
What is success?
"I can feel successful from just moving my agenda forward," says Senator Barbara Boxer. "I have an inner strength that helps me see the right thing to do... for me succeeding is being true to myself. I don't always win, but I'm still succeeding on my own terms. All I can do is be true to myself."
Money alone is not the true measure of success, says Rebecca Stephens, 1st woman to climb Mt. Everest. "Unexpected obstacles can come your way." If you put everything you have in it, you can consider yourself successful. So there is more than one way to succeed.
It is "knowing your defining qualities,
calling it your own,
and breathing life into it can go a long way.”
The definitions of success have these defining qualities.
"Perseverance, goal oriented, self awareness, resilience, willingness to take risks, thriving on pressure, optimism, empathy, competitiveness, patience, persuasiveness, confidence, passion, integrity, trust, having fun, being open, creativity and courage."
The book has extensive personal profiles on each of these defining qualities featuring an outstanding person around each of the specific qualities.
In life there is no way to avoid risks, so you might as well take your risks on purpose. Find a niche that plays to your own strengths, distinct from anyone else, then own it. Play with passion.... that this is your last performance. Those that keep growing "are open to new experiences; they are also open to learn more about themselves." Creativity is birthed from those with a sense of humor, keeping a sense of youthfulness throughout your entire life.
People who succeed seemed to fall into two categories... "knowing themselves" and "knowing the world around them," i.e., focusing on inner strength and having a natural ability to see opportunities as they came along. The authors came up with 29 ways this is done... from lifestyles of introspection to defying the odds of what existed around them.
A theme that continued to surface was being true to yourself. To honestly see yourself for who you truly are and living life consistently with that. Our talents and abilities naturally lead us to truth, inner truth of who we are and when that can be applied to the greatest contribution, to the world's benefit and to our own sense of self-worth or value.
Seeing ourselves and seeing others with a framework of integrity (to our true self and respect to others) are pinnacle virtues.
Great people live in the Power of Faith.
The Bible says the righteous live by faith. (Hebrews 10:38)
What we believe we bring into being.
"Fear is dangerous. It turns into fact the things we fear. It creates evil just as faith creates good." (John G. Lake)
What God promises we can hold on to as fact. The power of Spirit has become a privilege for us to live in all of God's power. We are made right with God through faith. We are made right with Him with Jesus' one act.... He was resurrected. The only person ever to do this. And Now He gives us the same privilege... to be resurrected from all the deaths we face in our lives.
As we align ourselves in alignment with Spirit that works Greatly in us we live in the Character of God. The Scriptures say we are not under the Laws of Old but we live by Spirit.
"But now we have been released from the law, for we died with Christ, and we are no longer captive to its power. Now we can really serve God, not in the old way by obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way, by the Spirit." (Romans 7:6)
We excel with this new power that works in us, and we heed the inner voice of the Spirit. We can listen to this Supernatural voice of God's very own intelligence directing our paths…God's very own Spirit of creative Power working for us.
This is all possible...for those who have faith and believe.
In Ever Increasing Faith by Smith Wigglesworth, he inspirationally defines faith and its character. Note:http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/wigglesworth/5f00.0930/5f00.0930.c.htm
"God wants us to be free in every part of life. Men and women are tired of imitations, they want reality; they want to see people who have the Living Christ within, filled with Spirit Power."
"Spirit has a realm of divine life opening up to us where there are boundless possibilities, where there is limitless power, where there are untold resources, where we have victory over every conceivable force that could face us."
"There is only darkness in the natural. Darkness only exists when the natural is put in place of the divine."
"He keeps us so that no evil can touch us. I see a place in God where evil forces dare not come...Hidden in God. And He invites us all to come into this Secret Place of the Most High God." God has this place for us in Spirit.
"The impartation of this power produces everything you need; but it comes only as our faith moves out for its impartation. Faith gives us victory. If you believe... It Is Yours!"
"You can never be ordinary from the day you receive this life from above. You become extraordinary, filled with extraordinary power from the extraordinary Spirit of God that lives in you."
"There is no stopping the current of life,
of love, of inspiration, and of Power.
God has brought unlimited resources for everyone."
In faith accept Spirit in you,
align to this flow of Spirit through you,
and live courageously with integrity and empathy.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Best Biz Book Ever
by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
The greatest book every written is the Bible.
It has been reported that it is the most quoted book by CEO's when giving speeches.
In a survey, managers were asked which current business book was one they most often gave to their staff. The survey had the Bible as #4 on the list... especially the New Living Translation.
Think of it... You have predictive intelligence, insight on what will happen and what will happen under varied circumstances by Prophets of old.
Power principles that get incredible results as explained by Jesus.
Great relationship principles in creating super teams and power groups in action as expressed by Jesus' Apostles.
And how it all will end in the Revelation of the Apostle John.
To consider these as God's Very Precepts shared through the ages at different times, in different events, gives us a invaluable resource for Greatness in life, business and relationships.
Isaiah, a prophet from the Old Testament in the Bible, said...
"Search the book of the LORD, and see what he will do. He will not miss a single detail... His Spirit will make it all come true." (Isaiah 34:16)
The Old Testament was written to show this to be true. Everything it forecast about Jesus coming to earth as God Himself came true. It's information has proven to be the most reliable in holding up throughout history. I see it as the manufacturing guide book on how to run this human life more effectively, how to run a business venture... to code as prescribed by our Maker.
The Spirit (that Isaiah mentioned) that makes it all come true is the same Spirit we have access to... when we get an impression from reading, pondering a Scripture in the Bible, that has specific premonition for us.
These impressions we get many times come true, when inspired to us while reflecting on the Bible.
Here are the Bible translations I like the best.
The New Living Translation (NLT) is my favorite translation. It has inspiration with a nice flow in the words and phrases.
The New American Standard is another one I use a lot along side the NLT. It is not as easy to follow its reading style but has excellent literal accuracy.
The New International Version is very popular too. It has a good reading flow with accuracy in translations.
The Message is an excellent paraphrase with an emphasis on getting the intended message using analogies related to today. It is not considered to be a translation.
Of course there are many others. But these are my favorites. I like when they have cross reference scriptures on the column which shows where a theme is repeated else where.
Free Bible translations on the Internet.
The following are websites which have the Bible, and many translations, on the internet. Several have dictionaries and commentaries available too, with full Bible search for key words, Scriptures and subjects.
http://biblegateway.org
Great for doing keyword searches.
http://eword.gospelcom.net/bible/today.htm
E-word has a nice feature of emailing daily readings of your choosing to you. You can also set yourself up on a reading-the-Bible-in-a-year plan. They have many translations and languages to choose from.
http://bible.crosswalk.com/
It has several selections of leading commentaries, dictionaries, concordances and lexicons.
http://www.gospelcom.net/
Some of the best daily devotionals are included on this site.
http://www.marketplaceleaders.org/
A business person's daily devotional is also featured with several Spirituality in the marketplace books to browse.
For me, when I reflect while reading a section of the Bible I get some creative, inspired insight almost every time and I am always encouraged to handle something I am facing with more courage, boldness and with Spiritual Intelligence.
"If you turn away from any part of God's Truth, the enemy will surely get an adavantage over you." (Smith Wigglesworth) In God's Truth is power that protects you and the power that empowers you. The Scriptures speak invincible truths into your heart.
Learning and experiencing True Spirit is each person's responsibility. No one can teach you. You must learn it on your own.
"I will personally teach you through my Spirit,"
Jesus said.(John 14:26)
The Bible on the internet can help you. I especially like E-Word's daily reading selections, and Gospelcom's devotionals.
Spirituality is a very personal thing, very intimate, very revealing, and very Powerful. It gives you True Supernatural Personal Power.
Seek it, it will not disappoint you. You'll never be alone.
Spirit, interactively walks with you.... Always!
4spirit@gmail.com
The greatest book every written is the Bible.
It has been reported that it is the most quoted book by CEO's when giving speeches.
In a survey, managers were asked which current business book was one they most often gave to their staff. The survey had the Bible as #4 on the list... especially the New Living Translation.
Think of it... You have predictive intelligence, insight on what will happen and what will happen under varied circumstances by Prophets of old.
Power principles that get incredible results as explained by Jesus.
Great relationship principles in creating super teams and power groups in action as expressed by Jesus' Apostles.
And how it all will end in the Revelation of the Apostle John.
To consider these as God's Very Precepts shared through the ages at different times, in different events, gives us a invaluable resource for Greatness in life, business and relationships.
Isaiah, a prophet from the Old Testament in the Bible, said...
"Search the book of the LORD, and see what he will do. He will not miss a single detail... His Spirit will make it all come true." (Isaiah 34:16)
The Old Testament was written to show this to be true. Everything it forecast about Jesus coming to earth as God Himself came true. It's information has proven to be the most reliable in holding up throughout history. I see it as the manufacturing guide book on how to run this human life more effectively, how to run a business venture... to code as prescribed by our Maker.
The Spirit (that Isaiah mentioned) that makes it all come true is the same Spirit we have access to... when we get an impression from reading, pondering a Scripture in the Bible, that has specific premonition for us.
These impressions we get many times come true, when inspired to us while reflecting on the Bible.
Here are the Bible translations I like the best.
The New Living Translation (NLT) is my favorite translation. It has inspiration with a nice flow in the words and phrases.
The New American Standard is another one I use a lot along side the NLT. It is not as easy to follow its reading style but has excellent literal accuracy.
The New International Version is very popular too. It has a good reading flow with accuracy in translations.
The Message is an excellent paraphrase with an emphasis on getting the intended message using analogies related to today. It is not considered to be a translation.
Of course there are many others. But these are my favorites. I like when they have cross reference scriptures on the column which shows where a theme is repeated else where.
Free Bible translations on the Internet.
The following are websites which have the Bible, and many translations, on the internet. Several have dictionaries and commentaries available too, with full Bible search for key words, Scriptures and subjects.
http://biblegateway.org
Great for doing keyword searches.
http://eword.gospelcom.net/bible/today.htm
E-word has a nice feature of emailing daily readings of your choosing to you. You can also set yourself up on a reading-the-Bible-in-a-year plan. They have many translations and languages to choose from.
http://bible.crosswalk.com/
It has several selections of leading commentaries, dictionaries, concordances and lexicons.
http://www.gospelcom.net/
Some of the best daily devotionals are included on this site.
http://www.marketplaceleaders.org/
A business person's daily devotional is also featured with several Spirituality in the marketplace books to browse.
For me, when I reflect while reading a section of the Bible I get some creative, inspired insight almost every time and I am always encouraged to handle something I am facing with more courage, boldness and with Spiritual Intelligence.
"If you turn away from any part of God's Truth, the enemy will surely get an adavantage over you." (Smith Wigglesworth) In God's Truth is power that protects you and the power that empowers you. The Scriptures speak invincible truths into your heart.
Learning and experiencing True Spirit is each person's responsibility. No one can teach you. You must learn it on your own.
"I will personally teach you through my Spirit,"
Jesus said.(John 14:26)
The Bible on the internet can help you. I especially like E-Word's daily reading selections, and Gospelcom's devotionals.
Spirituality is a very personal thing, very intimate, very revealing, and very Powerful. It gives you True Supernatural Personal Power.
Seek it, it will not disappoint you. You'll never be alone.
Spirit, interactively walks with you.... Always!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
New Rules: things are a changin'
by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com
New Rules in business.
Fortune magazine recently published an article saying Jack Welch’s Winning rules are becoming old rules. They are being challenged by Fortune (July 24, 2006 issue). Although Welch continues to hold his ground and claims that if applied correctly his rules will work forever.
Fortune says... "we don't buy that."
(You may recall Fortune was the first major magazine that questioned Enron in how they were doing things.) These rules don't work and we need to get away from them.
The rules that made business big in the 90’s are being replaced by new ones as we enter the 2010 era… it appears are we in a major business shift that will stick it heads in line of the radar as we enter the second decade of 2000.
"We must begin by tearing down the old so the we can really open ourselves to something different." Here’s the difference (according to Fortune) :
Old Rules: Big Dogs Own the Street
New Rules: Agile Is Best; Being Big Can Bite You
Until the end of the century Big meant “good” in business. Today is it more important to be flexible and have variability in costs. With the new technologies, changing business models, outsourcing, partnering, alliance opportunities we can convert fixed costs to variable costs.
Old Rules: Be #1 or #2 in Your Market
New Rule: Find a Niche, Create Something New
Coke was big, but people started liking the new energy drinks coming out. "Never mind that energy-drink market was tiny then. We look for niches and see how they grow," says Rodney Sacks, CEO of Hansen Natural Corp. In just 4 years sales quadrupled to $348 million.
Starbucks CEO, Jim Donald, says instead of focusing on being #1 “the company has kept moving, evolving, trying new things."
Old Rule: Shareholders Rule
New Rule: The Customer is King
Every 4 years the average business loses half of its customers and the market is seeing more "stock flipping" attention then the old buy-and-hold ways… especially sticking with a Big Boy Corp.
Companies like Apple and Genentech host dreaming sessions with their customers and heed them more than the Wall Street ideology that plays to hit the numbers. "When everyone is focused on delivering for customers, that makes employees proud. They become a powerful engine," Bain's Co.’s Fred Reichheld.
Old Rule: Be Lean and Mean
New Rule: Look Out, Not In
Six Sigma internal improvement system was a Welch favorite. He touted it almost religiously. But too much focus inside can cause you to lose sight of what is going on outside. Companies tend to get more “inside-ish” the bigger and older they get. The ability to get information on new markets is exploding. "Getting outside is everything... if you're not externally focused in this world, you can really lose your edge." GE's new CEO Jeff Immelt.
Old Rule: Rank Your Players
New Rule: Hire Passionate People
The best are not always the best if they are not committed to the cause. Steve Jobs of Apple looks for people passionate about what they do. Genentech screens out those who seem too preoccupied with titles and options.
Old Rule: Hire Charismatic CEO
New Rule: Hire Courageous CEO
The celebrity CEO needs a spotlight; today's CEO leaders need internal fortitude. Playing for the market is not always the best play. Spending money for long term gain takes more guts today. It won't help you hit the numbers tomorrow but later it will be better. It now is more about taking more courage to do what is right regardless of the dance on the street
Old Rule: Admire My Might
New rule: Admire My Soul
Isdell of Coke says, "I do not agree that the role of the corporation is solely to make money. Our legitimacy in society is a very important part of what we do."
Vision and mission are about soul and they many times have a long term view. People are now buying more and more into soul and it is not as much solely about the dollar. The complete article at:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/10/magazines/fortune/rules.fortune/index.htm
Megatrends 2010 says to watch for a major business shift. Expect to see the dawning of Spirituality in business.
“I am doing a new thing” exclaims Isaiah, the Prophet. (Isaiah 43:19)
The old temple is being torn down and being replaced. Barna in Revolution says there is an under-the-radar movement of individual earnest in seeking a true personal, real world application spirituality. This group does not see the answer in current institutions. They are looking for realness, relevance. They are internally driven, internally motivated. These "Revolutionaries," as Barna calls them, want the true grit… prophet-level relationships with God and blood-level relationships with each other. It’s a level of personal commitment not seen so intensely before.
See: http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=201
There’s a return to finding our own soul, getting in line to be in God’s Soul, and living out His Power, love and kindness in our “everyday” lives.
How do we personally find Spiritual relevancy in our lives?
Andrew Murray outlines this method for Spiritual Power from his classic book Prayer Power. Murray said we are the Temple (our bodies) of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor.6:19). Our make up is a parallel to the Temple described in the Old Testament of the Bible... with the outer court, the inner court and the Most Holy Place or as Murray calls it "The Secret Place of the Most High." The Place where the actual Spirit of God, the creator of the universe, the whole universal presence, exists!
...We are now this temple...!
"The Secret Place of the Most High" is in us! Our bodies are the place where all of God's... beyond-definition, unmatchable... Spirit exists. It is up to us to tap it. Murray had a method for tapping into this in....Hints for the Inner Chamber.
1. As you enter the Inner Chamber, focus first on what the Power of Spirit is really about. Take time to think on all the creative, unique, spectacular things the very Spirit of Jesus has done and can do. Think of all the good things which have happened to you that you feel Jesus Spirit was directly involved in making it happen. Look to all the wonderful things that have come into your life. Have a thankful heart of Jesus Spirit who has provided all these for you.
2. Prepare for prayer by contemplating on the Scriptures from the Bible. Prayer... Murray defines as a dialogue....time listening, responding, interacting, asking, listening, reviewing, asking, writing, pondering,etc.... it's interactive.
Start meditation times with The Inspired Scriptures, times going into the very Inner Chamber of where all the power that created the universe made you and will continue bringing miracles into your life. Think on the verses, ideas you get from the Bible about all these areas. Don't take too much time on difficult Bible passages that you don't understand. (Be concerned about them later.)
For this time, read until you find the verse that totally captures your imagination, gives you a spark of faith, makes you want to grab it and run with it.
3. When you feel you have put this faith word in your heart, then turn to praying. Praying again is conversation, knowing the Inner Chamber of God's very own Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, is taking it all in, and all the thoughts and impressions you get then, are Jesus literally talking to you. Use a note book and begin writing down what you ask Him for... be specific and "definite" as Murray says. Carry this with you, make notes in it daily, date it and note when you see the answer materializing. Some call these prayer journals.
Seeing it before it happens as if it is, has already happened is very powerful. Thanking and being grateful before it happens is also very powerful. It adds an additional dynamic in spirit transaction, transporting thought into reality. This makes prayer, as so many call it, a very exciting time as you read thoughts (from the Bible and inspired literature) and discover relevant applications to life... seeing it happening in your mind's eyes... birthed from the Secret Place of the Most High within your own body... working with you... as part of you... making this happen.
4. As we pray for ourselves, include what others want also. Begin seeing what friends, spouse, others are asking for, to happen for them too. See them as God sees them and pray for the Greatness in their lives as theSpirit of Jesus would want to see in them.
5. Then seal it... know the Inner Chamber controls the world around it and what you have meditated on, see happening through your eyes of faith and vision, see all this as in motion and now happening. Remind yourself through the day, this has been sealed in the Inner Chamber. The very Most High presence of God Himself, outstanding presence of Jesus in you, has taken in this matter. It is sealed, done, on its way. When you leave your quiet meditative times with this fixed in your thoughts the Spirit comes dramatically alive in you. He walks along side us in our lives with an extra set of confidence, boldness accompanying all we do. (Prayer Power by Andrew Murray, Whitaker, 1998, pp. 95-102.)
Murray concluded this thought by reminding us that there is an investment return factor too. Time you spend in quiet confidence, living in God's Inner Chamber, the Spirit of Jesus in you, is directly related to God's working power through you. The more time spent there, the greater the Power of Spirit you will see being enacted in your life. Jesus often spent the whole night in this state, in the very Presence of Spirit of the Universe. These events were always followed by the most astounding happenings the next day.
If you are willing to invest the time,
more of what you Will to be...
will be part of your life.
The life created in the Most Secret Place
will become your life in the world around you.
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New Rules in business.
Fortune magazine recently published an article saying Jack Welch’s Winning rules are becoming old rules. They are being challenged by Fortune (July 24, 2006 issue). Although Welch continues to hold his ground and claims that if applied correctly his rules will work forever.
Fortune says... "we don't buy that."
(You may recall Fortune was the first major magazine that questioned Enron in how they were doing things.) These rules don't work and we need to get away from them.
The rules that made business big in the 90’s are being replaced by new ones as we enter the 2010 era… it appears are we in a major business shift that will stick it heads in line of the radar as we enter the second decade of 2000.
"We must begin by tearing down the old so the we can really open ourselves to something different." Here’s the difference (according to Fortune) :
Old Rules: Big Dogs Own the Street
New Rules: Agile Is Best; Being Big Can Bite You
Until the end of the century Big meant “good” in business. Today is it more important to be flexible and have variability in costs. With the new technologies, changing business models, outsourcing, partnering, alliance opportunities we can convert fixed costs to variable costs.
Old Rules: Be #1 or #2 in Your Market
New Rule: Find a Niche, Create Something New
Coke was big, but people started liking the new energy drinks coming out. "Never mind that energy-drink market was tiny then. We look for niches and see how they grow," says Rodney Sacks, CEO of Hansen Natural Corp. In just 4 years sales quadrupled to $348 million.
Starbucks CEO, Jim Donald, says instead of focusing on being #1 “the company has kept moving, evolving, trying new things."
Old Rule: Shareholders Rule
New Rule: The Customer is King
Every 4 years the average business loses half of its customers and the market is seeing more "stock flipping" attention then the old buy-and-hold ways… especially sticking with a Big Boy Corp.
Companies like Apple and Genentech host dreaming sessions with their customers and heed them more than the Wall Street ideology that plays to hit the numbers. "When everyone is focused on delivering for customers, that makes employees proud. They become a powerful engine," Bain's Co.’s Fred Reichheld.
Old Rule: Be Lean and Mean
New Rule: Look Out, Not In
Six Sigma internal improvement system was a Welch favorite. He touted it almost religiously. But too much focus inside can cause you to lose sight of what is going on outside. Companies tend to get more “inside-ish” the bigger and older they get. The ability to get information on new markets is exploding. "Getting outside is everything... if you're not externally focused in this world, you can really lose your edge." GE's new CEO Jeff Immelt.
Old Rule: Rank Your Players
New Rule: Hire Passionate People
The best are not always the best if they are not committed to the cause. Steve Jobs of Apple looks for people passionate about what they do. Genentech screens out those who seem too preoccupied with titles and options.
Old Rule: Hire Charismatic CEO
New Rule: Hire Courageous CEO
The celebrity CEO needs a spotlight; today's CEO leaders need internal fortitude. Playing for the market is not always the best play. Spending money for long term gain takes more guts today. It won't help you hit the numbers tomorrow but later it will be better. It now is more about taking more courage to do what is right regardless of the dance on the street
Old Rule: Admire My Might
New rule: Admire My Soul
Isdell of Coke says, "I do not agree that the role of the corporation is solely to make money. Our legitimacy in society is a very important part of what we do."
Vision and mission are about soul and they many times have a long term view. People are now buying more and more into soul and it is not as much solely about the dollar. The complete article at:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/10/magazines/fortune/rules.fortune/index.htm
Megatrends 2010 says to watch for a major business shift. Expect to see the dawning of Spirituality in business.
“I am doing a new thing” exclaims Isaiah, the Prophet. (Isaiah 43:19)
The old temple is being torn down and being replaced. Barna in Revolution says there is an under-the-radar movement of individual earnest in seeking a true personal, real world application spirituality. This group does not see the answer in current institutions. They are looking for realness, relevance. They are internally driven, internally motivated. These "Revolutionaries," as Barna calls them, want the true grit… prophet-level relationships with God and blood-level relationships with each other. It’s a level of personal commitment not seen so intensely before.
See: http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=201
There’s a return to finding our own soul, getting in line to be in God’s Soul, and living out His Power, love and kindness in our “everyday” lives.
How do we personally find Spiritual relevancy in our lives?
Andrew Murray outlines this method for Spiritual Power from his classic book Prayer Power. Murray said we are the Temple (our bodies) of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor.6:19). Our make up is a parallel to the Temple described in the Old Testament of the Bible... with the outer court, the inner court and the Most Holy Place or as Murray calls it "The Secret Place of the Most High." The Place where the actual Spirit of God, the creator of the universe, the whole universal presence, exists!
...We are now this temple...!
"The Secret Place of the Most High" is in us! Our bodies are the place where all of God's... beyond-definition, unmatchable... Spirit exists. It is up to us to tap it. Murray had a method for tapping into this in....Hints for the Inner Chamber.
1. As you enter the Inner Chamber, focus first on what the Power of Spirit is really about. Take time to think on all the creative, unique, spectacular things the very Spirit of Jesus has done and can do. Think of all the good things which have happened to you that you feel Jesus Spirit was directly involved in making it happen. Look to all the wonderful things that have come into your life. Have a thankful heart of Jesus Spirit who has provided all these for you.
2. Prepare for prayer by contemplating on the Scriptures from the Bible. Prayer... Murray defines as a dialogue....time listening, responding, interacting, asking, listening, reviewing, asking, writing, pondering,etc.... it's interactive.
Start meditation times with The Inspired Scriptures, times going into the very Inner Chamber of where all the power that created the universe made you and will continue bringing miracles into your life. Think on the verses, ideas you get from the Bible about all these areas. Don't take too much time on difficult Bible passages that you don't understand. (Be concerned about them later.)
For this time, read until you find the verse that totally captures your imagination, gives you a spark of faith, makes you want to grab it and run with it.
3. When you feel you have put this faith word in your heart, then turn to praying. Praying again is conversation, knowing the Inner Chamber of God's very own Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, is taking it all in, and all the thoughts and impressions you get then, are Jesus literally talking to you. Use a note book and begin writing down what you ask Him for... be specific and "definite" as Murray says. Carry this with you, make notes in it daily, date it and note when you see the answer materializing. Some call these prayer journals.
Seeing it before it happens as if it is, has already happened is very powerful. Thanking and being grateful before it happens is also very powerful. It adds an additional dynamic in spirit transaction, transporting thought into reality. This makes prayer, as so many call it, a very exciting time as you read thoughts (from the Bible and inspired literature) and discover relevant applications to life... seeing it happening in your mind's eyes... birthed from the Secret Place of the Most High within your own body... working with you... as part of you... making this happen.
4. As we pray for ourselves, include what others want also. Begin seeing what friends, spouse, others are asking for, to happen for them too. See them as God sees them and pray for the Greatness in their lives as theSpirit of Jesus would want to see in them.
5. Then seal it... know the Inner Chamber controls the world around it and what you have meditated on, see happening through your eyes of faith and vision, see all this as in motion and now happening. Remind yourself through the day, this has been sealed in the Inner Chamber. The very Most High presence of God Himself, outstanding presence of Jesus in you, has taken in this matter. It is sealed, done, on its way. When you leave your quiet meditative times with this fixed in your thoughts the Spirit comes dramatically alive in you. He walks along side us in our lives with an extra set of confidence, boldness accompanying all we do. (Prayer Power by Andrew Murray, Whitaker, 1998, pp. 95-102.)
Murray concluded this thought by reminding us that there is an investment return factor too. Time you spend in quiet confidence, living in God's Inner Chamber, the Spirit of Jesus in you, is directly related to God's working power through you. The more time spent there, the greater the Power of Spirit you will see being enacted in your life. Jesus often spent the whole night in this state, in the very Presence of Spirit of the Universe. These events were always followed by the most astounding happenings the next day.
If you are willing to invest the time,
more of what you Will to be...
will be part of your life.
The life created in the Most Secret Place
will become your life in the world around you.
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