Joy Ignites Success

What?  You’re Going to Another Workshop?

Do these title words sound familiar to you?  Or do your friends and family just sigh and hope you find your way?  Well, maybe it’s because you know something that others might be missing.    

I have been attending workshops, seminars and classes for self-improvement and spiritual growth for over 30 years.  And not just on occasion.  Some might call me a workshop junkie.  And they would be right.  Given spare time and money I would likely find myself in many more workshops and seminars.  I’ve been fortunate that most of the workshops I have attended have been transformative and motivating, with the occasional exception.  I laugh at the facilitators who claim ‘this will be the last seminar you’ll ever attend’.  As a general rule, I love the format and intensity of seminars and workshops, and will probably continue attending them for a long time, even if I have improved myself beyond recognition. Read More

Success Principle #13:  Take Action

The Principle in a Nutshell: Do something!  The universe rewards action.

Discussion: This is one of the simplest principles to understand, yet still demands exploring.  As I see it, there is a great divide between many goal-oriented and success programs and spiritual programs, where there needn’t be.  Sometimes on a spiritual path we can go into magical thinking and expect the world to open up for us because we have meditated or visualized.  On the other path of success and goal-oriented seminars, we can push too hard and think we are the only factor in what happens.  In between, there is a path of taking action and letting go.  Of doing, what Bernardo Monserrat, of CRS in Santa Fe, says is our 10% (the universe or God being the 90%).  In my experience, we don’t even have to figure out the right action, we just have to let the universe know that we’re in.  We do this by taking action. Read More

Success Principle #12:  Act As If

The Principle in a Nutshell: Start acting right now as you would when the goal is achieved.  

Discussion: There are many things we can do now that will put the gears in motion for being where we want to be.  We can change our clothes, our attitude, our business cards, our websites and more to reflect the changes we want in our lives.  For health and relationship goals, this may take a little more creative thought, but acting as if sends a clear message to the universe and reprograms our brain.    
When we act as if, it is possible it will bring up some feelings of grief, anger or lust about not already having it.  The following release is designed to help you let go of those feelings. Read More