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“I can’t do it.”…”I don’t have a job.”…”It’s too hard.” As a Leadership Coach I hear those things every day. I say them sometimes too. It’s not true. Not one word of it. It only seems true because that kind of thinking seeks evidence to be “right.” Can you hear that?
It’s a trajectory. It’s like a missile headed for hell. I understand it, because I have compassion and I just don’t believe it. I suppose that’s why having a coach is so powerful. A great coach will mirror back to you, where you are limiting your Self. I see all of those comments or “stinking thinking” as an opportunity to express a different creation. That is the very reason I don’t get upset when I hear it. There is a transparency to that kind of consciousness. Basically that person is saying: I am afraid of what I would “create” if I really put my best Self forward. That’s where the Leadership Bat Phone rings.
While we are on the subject, let’s talk about the “Law of Attraction”, the “Secret”, or whatever you want to call it. It does not work. It does not work in and of itself. It can’t work, because there is no action to it. It’s only a small part of manufacturing what you want in your life/business. I concur that you “get more of what you focus on” and having a clear mental image of what you desire does help move you in the direction of increased results. However, the real “Secret” is that you must get off your butt and go do something. I get sleepy thinking about all the people I know that want to make something happen in their lives from the comfort of their couch. You will be waiting a long time for that new car to show up, while you sit and focus on getting it!
Today’s message is a dose of reality in the field of creating results. The next step to the focus factor is settling in on an idea and then taking action on it. One day, one of my clients came to my office upset because he did not have a job. He said, “I have to get a job.” I said, “Why do that? Look around your world and see all the work that needs to be done. Go do that work and charge a fee for it.” Let’s look at an easy example of that idea. For example, I am sitting in a place right now where I can see a whole lot of dirty car windshields that need cleaning. If I had to, I suppose I could beg or borrow ten bucks to buy a bottle of glass cleaner and paper towels and suddenly I have “created” a job. I have a viable opportunity to do a service for someone for the exchange of money. This is the Spirit that our great country was founded on.
Oh and by the way, if you have a job; you could apply this same idea and be a Rock Star at your work. I mean it. You would stand out, because lots of us at work are very creative at finding ways to avoid working for 40 hours. I share this from a productive construct. Think of the shift that would occur in OUR collective awareness as leaders. If we could BE that example, then we would be more credible as leaders. It’s powerful and it’s possible to create opportunities. The possibilities are endless from this approach to leadership and living life.
Today, I encourage you to take a look at where you could create opportunities at work or at home. Don’t wait for “good luck” to fall into your lap. I am grateful (see blog on The Grateful Leader) when that happens…and I won’t count on it. Our society (in my not so humble opinion) has gotten soft with ideas like The Secret. I believe in that kind of thinking only if it is backed by Creative Action. You show me someone that is taken action in that way and I will show you A Creative Leader. Have fun, stay focused and play a game with this idea. How could you materialize an extra thousand (ten, or one hundred) dollars this week? What do you think? What is your experience of manifesting powerful results?
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