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Your Legacy Is Every Life You've Touched

6/14/2017

When I was in my 20's I used to lay in my bed at night thinking about what my legacy would look like. I would envision my funeral and picture who would attend and what would be said about me. I tried to determine what impact I was having on the world and the lives of those who I loved.

At that time, I was searching to find who I was, what I was doing in life and working to feel okay with it. Working to feel enough...was I was being who I should be and doing what I should be doing?

It was a selfish phase in my life and a phase where I was looking for approval and confirmation from others, from outside of myself. I wondered if people were proud of me, if they would miss me if I were no longer here. If I made enough of an impact.

Fast forward to today. Now I am searching and seeking for my own approval. I want to be proud of myself. I don't want to let myself down. I don't want to have major regrets in life. I'm working to lead an authentic life where I am being exactly who I am and doing what I am supposed to be doing. I listen to my inner voice, my intuition, my higher self and work to follow its guidance.

I work to be in alignment with my authentic self. To live in a state of integrity where my inner self is the same as my outer self. To take off the masks, the hats and the coats that we often wear to try and be who we think others, or society, wants us to be.

Through all of this I still think about what do I want to stand for? What type of legacy do I want to create? I love the Maya Angelou quote, "Your legacy is every life you've touched." And Oprah said, "Fill everything with love, because every moment you are building your legacy." I think that's a beautiful way to look at what creates a legacy. Every moment, no matter how small it may seem is touching a life and creating a legacy. Every moment creates a ripple, big or small. Something that may seem inconsequential to us, may in fact mean a lot to the person we are interacting with.

Every time we touch someone with an interaction based on love we are creating our legacy. Every time we touch someone with an interaction based on fear we are creating our legacy. Every time we look the other way and ignore touching someone's life, we are creating a legacy. Never underestimate the ripples you are creating.

What about you, do you think about the legacy that you are creating? What do you think creates a legacy? I would love to hear your feedback. Drop me a comment or send me an email!

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What Breaks Your Heart?

6/13/2017

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What breaks your heart? What is it that keeps you awake at night? What is it that you feel passionate about, what deeply moves you? Do you know the answer, have you given it deep thought?

I believe that now is the time that the world needs each of us to ponder and be able to answer those questions. And beyond being able to answer the questions, to make a commitment to take action, to create a ripple, to help make a change for the better. A ripple to alleviate some suffering in the world. A ripple to bring more light to the darkness.

For some what breaks their heart might be children who are hungry, for others it might be discrimination and race inequality, for some it might be domestic abuse, for others it might be animals or the environment. Whatever it is for you, I invite you to ask the question of yourself and then ask the question of your loved ones. I encourage you to choose one cause that carries deep meaning for you and commit to uniting others whose heart breaks for that same reason. Together take action toward creating ripples of positive change. Even if you don't think you have the time, or the money, or the resources, take a small baby step in the direction of change. Your small step is creating powerful ripples out into the world.

Some people are calling this sacred activism. Sacred activism weaves sacred consciousness, service, passion, love, compassion and peace with action. Our current economic, political, social and spiritual climate is a call to action. Now is the time to act. I've mentioned in previous posts that it's not enough to just be empathetic, it's not enough to just pray...action is needed.

What has been your excuse? I know that I've had my excuses that I've been telling myself for a long time. Excuses that I am no longer letting hold me back in a place of fear. For me, feeling overwhelmed by the suffering is no longer okay, sitting in denial is no longer okay, living in a bubble and pretending that it doesn't go on, or that I can't do anything about it is no longer okay, believing that I am just one person and that I can't make a difference is no longer okay, telling myself that I don't like to get involved in politics, or that I don't have enough time or money is no longer okay. Now is the time to activate. Now is the time to exercise more empathy and compassion and forgiveness. Now is the time to ramp up your practice of gratitude and prayer and mindfulness. And now is also the time to activate.

Find what IN-spires you and focus on that versus focusing on what EX-pires you. We are one, one collective. When one suffers, we all suffer. We have the power to create ripples and be impactful. We are all way more powerful than we realize.

Come to the table and be part of the solution. Through your actions inspire others, giving them the permission they may long for to act on what breaks their heart. Be of service, a vessel and conduit for good. Don't sit on the sidelines while others create the ripple. Jump into life and be empowered. Become a sacred activist.

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10 Pennies

6/6/2017

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I recently listened to a video interview with Chester Elton as part of the Global Stress Summit. The focus of the interview was workplace appreciation. I want to share with you some of my take aways from this interview and in particular a wonderful example of a daily practice of gratitude and appreciation that I learned.

Chester Elton is an author, motivational speaker and a workplace expert. He believes that when people leave their jobs more times than not it has nothing to do with the money, it has to do with not feeling valued and appreciated. He says that in the workplace, and society as a whole, we are quick to criticize and slow to praise. When we make a mistake it's recognized 100% of the time and when we do something great we are not recognized 100% of the time. Nobody feels over valued at work, or typically for that matter at home either. How often have you felt over valued at your work or home?

He gave a wonderful example of a daily practice that an effective manager does everyday. He calls it the 10 pennies practice. Every morning this manager starts out by putting 10 pennies in his left pocket. His intention is to have 10 positive interactions or acts of appreciation throughout the day. He would keep track of how many he had by moving a penny from his left pocket to his right pocket after each positive interaction. He accomplished his interactions either in person, through an email or text message, or with a phone call. What an awesome reminder to have pennies of positivity and appreciation jiggling around in your pocket as a gentle reminder of your intention for the day.

Some days we might get 10 of these positive interactions in without hardly trying. On other days it might be easy to move through the day and maybe only have 2 or 3. I like the idea of having a way to keep the intention in our awareness through the pennies in the pocket. Wouldn't it be an awesome world if we all carried 10 pennies and consciously worked each day to create 10 positive/appreciative interactions with our fellow humankind?

Chester Elton also noted that there is a difference between praising effort and rewarding results. He says that we need people to cheer for us when things are not going great more than when things are going great. Sharing encouraging words when there is a struggle and celebrating the small wins along the way will go a long way toward keeping momentum going in the right direction. People end up feeling supported and valued along the way.

I also loved his suggestion for how to deal with a challenging leader within your workplace that you wish you could change. He says that the answer is to value and appreciate them. Then you can ask, "How did that make you feel?" Share with them that your team deserves to feel that same way too.

I invite all of us to practice ramping up our positive interactions and acts of appreciation this week. Try the 10 pennies practice or think up some other creative way to keep the intention in your awareness and keep track of your progress. We can all use feeling more valued and appreciated at home and in the workplace. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes!

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I Am That, I Am

5/30/2017

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I recently watched a documentary called The Moses Code. It was very intriguing and I would definitely recommend it. The documentary dissects the phrase "I am that, I am" from Exodus 3:14 where God reveals himself to Moses through the sign of a burning bush. Moses asks God what his name is and God responds, "I am that, I am".

I wrote a blog post on this subject back in July of 2015, but I wanted to revisit it and share with you some of what I learned from the documentary.

The phrase...I am that, I am...means that God is in everything. I am in that. I am that. Everywhere you see, you see me. It's God saying, I am every that, that there is.

We are the embodiment of God. The documentary suggests that there are 3 Keys to experiencing the embodiment of God.

G - giving

It is in giving that we receive. That which we give to the world you get back to yourself. We want to give as God gives...without expectation without wanting anything in return. Just to connect with another person.

In the documentary it states that, "If it is something that you feel that you lack then the very giving it to others is what causes you to realize that you've had it all along." Ultimately, giving and receiving are one. It is a cycle, the more you give the more you receive.

The documentary also discusses how the word service is often misunderstood in our culture. We confuse the term service with something negative, we look at it as servant or servitude. We consider it to be offensive and demeaning.

As Michael Bernard Beckwith says, "Greatness is your capacity and your willingness to be of service. Service to what? Service to love, service to peace, service to beauty, service to God, service to joy."

O - oneness

Per The Moses Code, "We are at one with God and we are at one with each other. People see the world through the filter of separation. Everything is connected. There is a unified field and we are all the embodiment of God."

When you live in the ego you live in a sense of fear and survival and competition. We live in a world of separation, a world of survival of the fittest. We compete instead of collaborate. We feel there is scarcity and that in order to survive we have to be better and do better than everyone else. We are taught to say I am not that.

The Moses Code says, "We have to be lovers of humanity and we have to be lovers of ourselves and even seek to love that with which your ego would say I can't love that. Go within and embrace it. You might ask yourself how can I embrace murderers and rapists. Ask yourself what might have caused them to be like that? What kind of person would be a rapist? They are wounded and maybe sick people. Go within yourself we all have wounds, we all have some sickness. We all have parts of our self that are wounded and hurtful and twisted. And even if we would like to fit into the egos ideal of being perfect, we are not, we are all that there is. When we can open our hearts and have compassion for parts of ourselves that might wound others and praise that we are both human and divine."

D - destiny

Destiny is about uncovering your calling, your purpose. Once you give and you understand your oneness then you find your destiny. It's calling you to a greater degree of service. The call to make a difference for good.

The Moses Code says, "Every time you say 'I am' you are creating a movement. The creative energy of God. When we enact creation we are emulating the creator and then we feel love, we feel good, we feel expanded. You know you are on track by the aliveness that you feel. It's the 18 inch journey from the head to the heart."

It's all about what you choose to focus on. Make sure that it's something that matters, something that is meaningful.

A powerful breathing exercise that you can practice is… Imagine what you want to be, do or have and then say "I am that" on the inhale and on the exhale say "I am". When we repeat things we encode them into our consciousness and begin the process of rewiring our brain. The goal is not to magnetize something to us, but rather to bring something through us.

Giving, Oneness and Destiny, experiencing the embodiment of God. God is in everything. I am in that. I am that. Everywhere you see, you see me. I am every that, that there is.

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What Is The Difference Between Praying And Begging?

5/23/2017

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My friend, Haywood Simmons, posted an intriguing question on his Facebook page. The question was, "What is the difference between praying and begging?" He received a number of thoughtful and insightful responses that I want to share with you in this post.

What is the difference between praying and begging? Here are the responses that he received.

-Being thankful first and foremost for the blessings you have been offered before asking for anything!!!

-I consider true prayer as a form of meditation. Since God lives within all of us, praying taps into our subconscious and guides us towards our true power/being.

-For me, prayer involves the wellbeing of all and is done without expectation. Begging comes with an expectation that if you ask enough times or enough people, you will get exactly the item you're begging for.

-For most, there is no difference. If your prayer sounds like it should be sent to Santa, even if it's for something that seems dire, there is nothing wrong with that and it may work. But fundamentally you are saying that you know better than God and that His plan is not as good as yours.

-Prayer and meditation is positioning to open your spirit and connect build oneness with God while acknowledgeing with adoration the many blessing he has already provided while listening how to better serve others as we are covered and served. Begging is positioning and making yourself the focus of request for your own gain that may not have anything to do with your purpose or his will for your life.

-Prayer is simply dialogue with God. It can involve petitioning, but it also involves praise, Thanksgiving, and simply discussion.

-Mindstate.

-For me prayer is more about listening than asking. If I ask, it is usually for guidance, insight, and protection rather than specific things. Prayer isn't about getting so much as understanding and aligning.

-Intention.

-Begging is asking for something now and in this world to fellow humans. Praying could be asking for something now, but it could be here after and its spiritual.

-Praying should be creating, begging is coming from a fear of lack.

-Expectation…when I pray I am confident that God will answer my prayers. Begging is hoping someone will hear your request.

-“Grant me my wishes” instead of “Thy will be done.”

I loved each and every response. So cool to hear people take time to put into words their thoughts on this topic. I've touched on a number of the ideas in the responses in previous posts. Things like gratitude. I begin all of my prayers with gratitude, acknowledging the many blessings that I have in my life.

The responses also spoke to God's will versus our will and surrendering the outcome. This is something that I also practice in my prayer and in life. I ask for my highest and best good and for the highest and best good of all others as part of this practice.

I hope this gave you something to chew on as you contemplate prayer, some additional guidance and inspiration. I would love to hear your thoughts on the responses and on what you think is the difference between praying and begging? Please drop me a comment or send me an email.

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Sometimes I Just Need A Pep Talk

5/15/2017

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Some days I'm on fire and I feel like I can do this thing called life and reach for my hopes and dreams. Then there are other days where it's kind of a struggle. I might be lacking motivation, or maybe I'm not feeling the greatest, or maybe things didn't go smoothly with getting the kids off to school or with an interaction with my spouse, or maybe I failed at something, or maybe it's just my silly old brain infusing some fear and telling me that I couldn't possibly do what I desire.

Whatever the cause, sometimes all we need is a good old fashioned little pep talk. A little you've got this! A little you go get it girl! An I believe in you, you can do this, you are enough kind of pep talk. I've found this little thing to be an important one for me. Every once in a while I just need a little pep talk. What about you, do you sometimes need a pep talk too?

Do you have people in your life who give you that pep talk when you need it? The people we surround ourselves with are so very important. It's been said that you are the average of the 5 people that you are around the most. We become like those that we hang around a lot. We talk like them, we eat like them, we take on similar habits and beliefs.

Keep around you people who love and support you and your dreams. People who challenge you to be all that you can be and more. People who will encourage you even when you may fail. People who are in tune with you and instinctively know when you need a pep talk. People who are also dreamers and who are aspiring to lead an extraordinary life. People who live BIG, live interesting, live extraordinary, create magic. People who will regularly give you that good old fashioned pep talk.

How are you at giving your own pep talk? Our self-talk is so important. Out of all of the people that we talk to in any given day, we talk to and listen to ourselves more than anyone else. What has been helpful to me is to catch myself whenever my self-talk is fear-based and negative to repeat to myself a positive affirmation. Something easy like "I am enough" works great for me.

Consider talking to yourself in the third person when giving yourself a pep talk. Research has shown that if you call yourself by the third person than you decrease your stress more effectively. For example, "Tracy we are going going to get over this hurdle" or "Tracy we are going to get through this." This quick little trick will help make your self pep talk even more effective.

This strategy called “self-distancing” can help us better control our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Increasing our self-control in the face of temptation to helping us reflect on difficult past experiences without getting stuck in a downward spiral of negative thinking. Giving us the ability to “step back” a little from ourselves.

Sometimes all we need is a little pep talk. For me, it's helpful to be in tune with myself enough to be aware of when I need a pep talk. Being aware of and recognizing your needs is the first step.

Sometimes all we need is a little pep talk. Ask yourself, does this IN-spire me or EX-pire me? If it IN-spires you, keep doing it. If it EX-pires you then it's worth figuring out a way to not do it any longer.

I would love to hear your feedback on this post. Do you find that sometimes you too need a little pep talk? What helps you to stay motivated on days/weeks where life feels more challenging? Please drop me a comment or send me an email.

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How To Optimize Your Brain - Part 2

5/9/2017

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How have you been doing practicing the tips from last week? Any noticeable shifts? Were you a bit more aware, a little more intentional? Remember to offer yourself a lot of compassion along the way, this is an on-going practice and you will get stronger and better at it the more you practice.

This week I will focus on some additional practical and easy to implement tips to help maximize our brain's daily output.

Our Brain Needs Breaks
Do you purposely give your brain regular refueling breaks? Caroline Webb gives an analogy of the brain and a race car. Race car drivers are driving an incredible machine and they intentionally and strategically plan out pitstops during the race to refuel, change tires, etc. Our brains are a lot like a race car, it's an impressive machine. The conscious brain gets tired and fatigued very quickly and easily. The more tired that your brain is, the less likely it is to make good choices. Strategic downtime, or pitstops, are necessary for optimal functioning.

How many times do we keep pushing ourselves past the point of fatigue in an attempt to be more productive? Skipping a break to take a quick walk, to eat lunch, to meditate, to sleep, just to keep plugging away at the task. Stepping away from the task is equally, if not more important, than actually doing the task. Even when you step away from the task your brain is subconsciously still working at solving the problem. By strategically giving our brain the rest that it needs we are giving it a chance to be as efficient and insightful as possible.

One way to intentionally give our brain a rest is to use the Pomodoro Technique. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management tool developed by Francesco Cirillo. The idea is to work for 25 minutes straight and then take a 5 minute break. The key is to pay attention to how you feel. Pay attention to the quality of your attention and know when you are getting tired and need a break. Maybe for you it's 40 minutes or 55 minutes and then a 5 minute break.

Keep in mind that decision fatigue, creativity fatigue, productivity fatigue is real. Be purposeful in giving your brain the breaks that it needs in order to optimize its output. Consider optimizing your body, mind and spirit during your break by connecting with nature, meditating, making a social connection, or by taking in some nourishment.

Optimizing Our Brain's Peak Energy
Do you know when your brain is at its peak energy? John Assaraf, CEO of NeuroGym and brain researcher, recommends that you take the hardest thing that needs to get done and do that in your peak energy time. Research indicates that from 9-11 AM is the most optimal time for the brain to be the most creative and from 11 AM-2 PM is the most optimal time for the brain to handle tough tasks.

It's typical for me to want to cross things off the list, so I pick off the least challenging, quicker tasks to do first, leaving the harder or more time-consuming tasks for later. It can feel somewhat rewarding to be able to put a line fhrough a task on the list, but ultimately procrastinating on the difficult tasks only makes them more challenging for the brain. It is more optimal to break the larger task down into smaller more manageable tasks. That way it not only feels more doable, but your brain gets the reward of being able to cross it off as you progress through it.

Knowing your brain's peak energy time and completing your most challenging task during that time will allow you to optimize your brain's output.

Hope this information helps you to optimize your brain's energy! In future posts, I will share more information on the brain, productivity and stress, so stay tuned. I would love to hear your feedback on this post. Please drop me a comment or send me an email.

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How To Optimize Your Brain - Part 1

5/2/2017

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In last week's post I offered some suggestions on how to be more productive. This week I would like to focus more on how to optimize our brain's energy. Most of the information I'm sharing in this post comes from the work of Caroline Webb author of How to Have a Good Day and CEO of Sevenshift, a firm that helps people use insights from behavioral science to improve their working life.

In this post I'll share some general information on the brain. Next week, in Part 2, I will share some specific techniques for how to optimize our brain's energy. So, stay tuned for some practical, easy to implement tips to maximize your daily output.

Caroline Webb contends that our perception of reality is way more malleable then what we think it is. She believes that we can turn a cycle from a vicious one into a virtuous one. Here in lies the hope, we have more control over how our day proceeds than we might think.

She also states that whatever is top on your mind will dictate the trajectory that your mind continues to take and it will drive what we see. Our conscious mind can only handle so much information, but our subconscious mind is working behind the scenes and it is looking for whatever syncs with what's on the top of your mind.

Here's an example of how this works. If you anticipate that someone is going to be a jerk to work with then your brain will automatically search for things that prove that the person is a jerk to work with. The invitation is to ask yourself, "Where do I honestly want to put my intention?" You can acknowledge that this person has been annoying in the past, but then consciously make the decision to look for signs of collaboration for instance. Magically your brain will then look for options of collaboration. This is a much more optimal and productive mindset and will lead us to having a more positive day and interaction.

Our brain at any given moment is scanning the environment around us for any possible threats or rewards. Threats that we want to defend ourselves against and any rewards we seek out and want to discover. The brain is primarily about safety. It's not just concerned with physical threats, but also anything that speaks to our self-worth, sense of autonomy and harmony, or our social standing. Anything that gives us those things serves as a reward and anything that threatens to take them away serves as a threat.

You can be triggered into perceiving a threat when somebody interrupts you speaking, when you feel excluded in an email, etc. These perceived threats shut down part of our brain that is responsible for reasoning, for self-control and for planning. When under pressure it's very easy to become "dumber". When we are on the defensive were simply not capable of being the full version of ourselves, the best version of ourselves. It helps to know how to get yourself off the defensive, so you can bring the most sophisticated, the most thoughtful, the optimal part of yourself back online.

The emergency application to damper the threat response is to ask yourself a distancing question. Questions like..."What will I think about this when I look back on it in a years time?" "What would my wisest closest friend say about this?" "What would my best self say?" "In a years time what will I be glad that I learned from this?"

The next big thing that is helpful is to get your brain focused on the rewards of the situation. The more your brain focuses on the reward, rather then the threat, the easier it is to get off the defensive. Learning new stuff is deeply rewarding to the brain. So, say to yourself, "How fascinating, what can I learn from this?" This is super helpful because this gets you learning which is very rewarding to your brain. This does double duty because it reduces the sense of threat and increases the sense of reward.

If you are having a challenging interaction or an interaction that was supposed to be positive that is now turning negative ask truly curious questions and then actively listen to the response. Don't listen with the intent to respond, to debate, etc. simply listen with the intent to learn and to understand.

Interpersonal relationships and rewarding relationships are critical to having a good day. One tense interaction can sink how you may feel about an otherwise good day. That's why it's so important that we are intentional about how we look at people and interactions.

Marianne Williamson suggest that each morning we should meditate on and set our intention for every interaction that we will have, both planned and unplanned. Being intentional is truly a practice and can be a challenging one at times! It's a muscle that strengthens with practice.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this post. Please drop me a comment or send me an email. My hope is that this served in you some way. I will post part 2 next week.

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How To Be More Productive

4/25/2017

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Do you wish that you could be more productive? That you could work through your day with more ease, more focus, more energy and feel a sense of accomplishment? I've been practicing some techniques that I want to share with you on how to better manage our brain and stress.

The information that I'm sharing comes from a number of sources, but mainly from a wonderful resource that I've tapped into called the Global Stress Summit. Leaders in the fields of neuroscience, behavioral science, stress and performance management came together to share the latest research, ideas and techniques for how to optimally manage your time, stress and brain power to maximize your performance. There is so much amazing and impactful information that it will take multiple posts to share it all effectively with you!

So, where do we start? There are 3 main concepts that I want to share with you in this post. The first 2 are higher level and center around our beliefs and discipline. The 3rd one gets into the nitty gritty detail of how to manage our daily tasks for optimal brain efficiency.

Our thoughts and beliefs matter
Highly effective people believe that they have enough time every day, every week, and every month to get all of the critical, important and urgent things done.

I believe that this boils down to a few key ideas. One is the rice experiment...our thoughts, feelings and beliefs matter. What we put our attention and energy to appreciates. If we believe we don't have enough time then guess what? We probably won't have enough time. If we believe that we will have enough time then we are more likely to have enough time.

It also boils down to faith and what I call knowingness. Knowingness is the belief that I've had days or moments like this before and I've been able to work through it and now/today is no different. I'll be able to work my way through it in this moment in time as well.

If I keep my mind open to having faith and a sense of knowingness then my brain is able to be more productive and creative and calm and chances are I'll get what I need to done.

Everyone is disciplined
John Assaraf, CEO of NeuroGym and a brain researcher says, "Everyone is disciplined. You are 100% disciplined to the habits that you've become accustomed to. The question is, are you disciplined to the right things?" I love this. It's not that I lack discipline, I'm just not disciplined to the right things. That's a mind shift for me.

Now I can take a look at the things that I am disciplined to and make intentional shifts and changes to more optimal habits. More on this in a future post.

The Why and How of Task Management
Do you have endless tasks and to do lists floating around in your head? Your brain has limitations as to how much it can process in any given point in time. You also have a limited amount of working memory. Your conscious working memory can only hold about 3 to 4 items at any given time and then it gets overloaded.

The key is to take all of the tasks that are floating around in your head that you want to accomplish and get them down on paper and out of your head. Write it down, organize it and prioritize it. From that list take the top 2 to 3 that have to get done. That you MUST get done. Focus on the critical few versus the trivial many. The less you burn your brain's working memory by trying to juggle a bunch of things/ideas the more you're going to be able to use it for thinking.

Another thing to be aware of is that our brains don't process how long tasks are going to take very well. When you think of how long a task is going to take, your brain will automatically think of one shining example of where everything went right and use that as the example of how long a task will take. The reality is that you should double the length of time that your brain thinks it needs to complete a task. You are more likely to stay motivated if you have realistic goals that you can achieve. Keep this in mind as you decide the 2 to 3 tasks that you will accomplish each day.

Increase your productivity by, believing, being disciplined to the right things, and writing down and choosing 2 to 3 tasks each day to accomplish.

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Choose Your Words Wisely

4/18/2017

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Lately I have been compelled to give even more consideration to the energy and the intention behind my thoughts, words and beliefs. Remember the rice experiment (January 27, 2015 blog post)? Our thoughts, words and beliefs have an energetic impact on us and on the world around us.

Words are important. They not only hold meaning, but vibration and energy. It's not only in how they are spoken, or how they are written, it’s also in how we give them to one another. Words carry energy. The intention behind the word conveys the vibration. The energy you put behind a word will carry the meaning more deeply. Words are important to choose wisely.

I’ve been hearing a lot of words used that I believe people are intending to put out there as a way to bring more peace into the world, more love, light and good into the world. Words such as fight are being used. Daily I hear people choosing to view and think and speak about the “fight”. They're intending it to be the "good fight”, however stop for a moment if you would and consider the energy that the word fight is putting out into the universe. What vibration do you think the word fight carries?

I invite you to consider pausing and contemplating a different word choice. It may be subtle, but for me it is in important distinction. Not only is there potentially a different energy and vibration going out with a different word choice, I also believe that it conjures up a different visual and intention. Can we use the word activate or activation? A calling to action. Activate for peace, activate for love, activate for freedom, activate for good. Do you feel the difference? Fight feels negative to me and activate feels positive.

I also hear the word resist used quite frequently in regard to this so-called "fight ". The phrase “keep resisting”. I would also like you to consider the vibration and energy associated with the word resist. Sit with it for a minute, how does it make you feel? It’s my understanding that the word resist and resistance would be lower vibrating words. What we resist, exists/persists.

Our words contain power. Let's not forget the power that they carry and be purposeful, intentional and wise in our choice. Other word choices we might want to consider include…freedom, inspire, persistence, spirit, resourcefulness, harmony, action.

It feels like people are also putting a lot of time and energy into hating this or hating that. I hear words like hopeless and powerless being used. These are fear-based words, these are low vibrational words. I don’t believe that these words are going to positively affect or inspire the kind of change that the people using them are desiring that they will.

Words that signify spiritual qualities carry a high vibration. Words like love, peace, life, joy, patience, health, wealth and truth. Words that oppose these qualities hold lower vibrations. These would include fear, discord, sad, depression, hate, anger, pain, poverty, blame, shame and distrust. Low vibrational words are words that carry with it fear or anger or both. High vibrational energy feels good. Lower vibrations feel bad.

How do you feel if you quietly or silently recite a word to yourself? Try it for a minute or two and see how it feels. Give yourself time to tune in and sense its subtle energy.

Consider asking yourself, "What do I want?” Whatever you think about, put energy toward, will expand. If you want to see love and peace in the world, then intend love and peace for everyone and everything. You can't pick who gets the love and peace and not offer it to everyone. I invite you to focus your attention and energy on what you do want and not on what you don't want.

This concept applies to all areas of our life. What result are you wanting to manifest? Is it a fight or is it peace?

What do you think, does our choice of words matter? I would love to hear your feedback on this post. Please drop me a comment or send me an email.

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