If you focus your energy more towards welcoming what you want, rather than blocking out what you don't, you're going to benefit in so many ways. For one, you'll have a lot more energy to accept the things you want, because welcoming is exciting, whereas resistance is such a drain. And, energy flows where attention … Continue reading Welcoming
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Let it Be
There is no sense in focusing too much on sad things and trouble. For one thing, it can only make you feel worse. And for another thing, it takes your energy away from focusing on good things, and solutions. It's best to heed that famous advice, and let it be. Let it be, and don't … Continue reading Let it Be
Anticipation
It is absolutely important to stay in the present moment. However there is something to be said for developing the skill of anticipation rather than falling prey to knee-jerk reactions to life. I worked for many years in the food service industry, and I learned to be successful by demonstrating anticipation for what the guests … Continue reading Anticipation
Interesting
We all want to be interesting. We all see how valuable it is to be able to capture other people's attention. And we see how distracted everyone seems from having their attention pulled in a million different directions. The most interesting thing wins, and so, we all want to be interesting. The solution is simple … Continue reading Interesting
Urgency
Customer service is a tough gig. It's one of the toughest gigs to do in modern society. But sadly, the people mostly responsible for making it such a hard job, are the ones doing it. The lack of urgency, attention, and dignity that most people bring to their customer service job creates a stigma that … Continue reading Urgency
Quickly
Time passes quickly, and there goes by your days. You'll miss a great part of your life, if you don't pay attention. Every chance you can, ask yourself if you are aware of the present moment. Just by simply asking if you're aware, you'll realize that you are. That's how you can ensure that you're … Continue reading Quickly
Energy
Tony Robbins famously said, Energy goes where Attention flows. Where you place your attention, is where your creative energy will flow to create more of it in your life. So focus on what you do want to create. And pay no mind to what you don't want. The less attention you give to those things … Continue reading Energy
Value
I have a simple yet significant goal that runs my life. I intend to offer value to every interaction I make, and to every word I speak or write. It can be something like sharing a bit of wisdom I've picked up along the way, or even just a smile. Sometimes it's as fundamental as … Continue reading Value
Attention
It seems that a lot of times when folks act out, or when they say something incendiary, what they're really after is simply attention. They want someone to pay attention to them, and they know they can get it if they provoke. I believe that most of the time these people don't want to be … Continue reading Attention
Energy
I believe it was Tony Robbins who said: Energy goes where attention flows. I love this because it rhymes, so it's easy to remember. It's important to remember, because it's vital to know how you can create anything for your life. You need energy to create. You can direct energy by your attention. So, if … Continue reading Energy
The Gift
There a countless trinkets, gadgets and baubles that you can gift to your loved ones. You can spend an exorbitant amount of money on presents. But ultimately, the most precious gift you could ever give someone is your pure, loving, heart-felt, full attention. Your attention is the most valuable commodity in the world. Just ask … Continue reading The Gift
Positive Thoughts
Plants, pets, and people all need food, water and sunlight to live and grow. If you take those things away, they whither and die. In a similar way, thoughts need attention to live and grow. When you take your attention away from thoughts you no longer want to think, they will whither and die. But … Continue reading Positive Thoughts
Attention
Focus on what you want. Take your attention away from what you don't want. I heard a very clever phrase once: energy goes where attention flows. Your creative energy is going to go towards whatever you are focused on. In other words, you will create more of whatever you are thinking about. So you best … Continue reading Attention
Days
Several times a day, every day, I stop what I'm doing, look around, and acknowledge that I'm in the middle of living a moment of my life. This acknowledgment only lasts for that brief moment each time, but it's enough. I don't know when I started doing this, but I think it came about from … Continue reading Days
Simple
This may sound overly simple, but it's extremely empowering to remember that all we are ever really dealing with is a thought, and that can be changed. It truly just boils down to our thoughts on any given subject. Are we feeling resistance in our thoughts about it? Or are we in agreement with it? … Continue reading Simple
Good Behavior
What you focus on grows. And so, the answer to someone's bad behavior isn't to fight them. It only hurts you to go as low as them. And you can forget about trying to shame them. If they were rotten enough to hurt you, abuse you, or abandon you in your time of need, it's … Continue reading Good Behavior
Precious Commodities
Wasting time focusing on all of the things that are wrong with the world is no way to live. What's the point in living if you give away all of your energy and attention to bad news, horrible acts and moronic behavior endlessly displayed online and on TV? Considering how short our lives really are, … Continue reading Precious Commodities
Look for the Good
The media and social networks have been showing a lot of people with bad behavior lately, and it can feel like the whole world has gone topsy-turvy. And while there are a whole bunch of folks who have indeed decidedly lost their minds (with the video to prove it), we need to remember that it's … Continue reading Look for the Good
Practice
As I look back at my day, I notice that the times I felt the most ease and at peace, were the times I was just in the moment. I wasn't lost in thought. My attention wasn't being pulled by something online. I wasn't stuck up in my head. Time had no meaning, and I … Continue reading Practice
Attention
I learned a technique that I'm putting into practice, which is to notice where my attention goes. I don't know about you, but I can get wrapped up in fearful thoughts and then suddenly I lose the time and place that my body is actually in. Or I'm sucked so deeply into the vortex of … Continue reading Attention
An Empowering Choice
One of the most powerful pieces of advice I've ever received, is that it's vital to mindfully give your energy and attention to what you are for, rather than what you are against. There's a lot of bad behavior out there, and too much negativity, but it does no good to feed it your energy … Continue reading An Empowering Choice
Solutions
I watched a recent remote broadcast from Abraham-Hicks, giving a talk about the current situation that the whole world is dealing with. As always, they gave pure, elegant advise on a number of the issues arising from all of this. One gem that stood out enough for me to quickly jot down was, "When you … Continue reading Solutions
Like a Fox! 