Become part of the team of distributors
today! The
president's statement:
To: The students now attending and to
graduate students.
Re: This is the type of talent we are
searching for:
Dare to ask WHY! Who else is worth your
time besides YOU!
Imagine you're stuck in traffic, and
another driver is taking dollar bills and throwing them out the window. You
can't believe it. The guy is whacko. Every five minutes, another dollar
flies out the window!
You probably never saw this. But you have
seen someone throwing five minutes out the window.
Maybe you even did it yourself. The bus
takes off and you're really enjoying the scenery: "Oh, a hill... look at
that store... and there's a park!"
It's not so bad for the first few minutes.
But then the cash register starts ringing up more wasted time. Ding! Ding!
To become a great team player as well as a
great human being to be around requires applying your mind constantly, until
it pervades every fiber of your being.
It all begins with a decision, a
commitment. Try saying aloud: "Life is an opportunity. I want to use my
mind, and be constantly moving toward my goal, and moving toward that goal
involves others interacting with you as well as you interacting with them."
You may notice some resistance as a little
voice protests inside your brain, saying something like: "No way! All work
and no play will make Jack a dull boy and Jill a dull girl. C'mon, I am a
ship unto myself, who are we kidding here; I don’t need these people.
Does this mean being an obsessive
workaholic? Of course not -- you still need to sleep!
Let's understand. "Constant striving"
means that when you sleep in order to be more productive, then the sleep
becomes part of your overall goal. It's the same with eating, exercise and
working well with teammates.
So what about relaxing?
Of course it's okay to relax. But relaxing
means "changing gears." Your relaxation should be purposeful and directed.
Think of something else that's not as exerting, but is still meaningful. For
example, shift your focus to nature, music or art. Sometimes, even a simple
change of scenery, a cold drink, or a breath of fresh air is enough to
recharge your batteries. When you make a continuous effort to be helpful to
your teammates you become great in their eyes. Think of how they will strive
to become great in your eyes.
Don’t be a time hog. A time hog is
constantly accepting from others and never offering your help in return.
We turn into a time hog, because it is
painful to be constantly aware of others without effort and practice, to be
constantly "on."
To break through that pain, focus instead
on the pay-off, it is a part of intelligence you can only learn from
practice. When you are constantly aware, every experience becomes a lesson
in life. For example, if you are in a dentist's office, you could use that
time to reach any number of crucial insights:
- I'm lucky to have teeth. A toothless
life would be much less pleasurable.
- If there is such a thing as dental
hygiene, there must be a concept of spiritual hygiene, too. When you state: I wonder what it
is, means I am exploring what that is, mentally.
- Without the pain of the drill, my
teeth would fall out. Perhaps some other difficulties in life also help me
accomplish good things.
- The human body is so intricate. The
integration of teeth, gums, tongue and saliva is an incredible feat of
anatomical and physiological design. How did it all come about?
Whatever you are doing at any given
moment – it could be cleaning the toilet. As you were cleaning the toilet
you would be thinking how nice you are making the bathroom for your next
client and you might think of what your opinion is of a place you had been
in and had to use the restroom and what a disaster that was. You could be
leading by example, there is nothing you would not do for your team, when in
fact, a clean restroom will equal dollars in the pocket of each team member.
Do your homework for the job and when you become part of that team do
everything with purposeful intension; talking to a teammate, reading this
information -- give it your full attention. Decide that you are willing to
take the pain of thinking, of being aware, all day long. Being part of a
team that are all
giving to each other is a combination that will transcend to your clien,t as
the most pleasant place they have ever been, with people who are un-commonly
wonderful to each other and whose focus is on the client. This equals
dollars in your pocket.
"CONTINUOUS:"
WITHOUT INTERRUPTION
Whenever you accept a position on a team
you must develop specific goals with and for that team and it should be
without interruption and that includes study to be a better team player.
It's actually better to study for one hour straight, than for two hours with
interruptions. Interruptions break our train of thought and limit our
ability to retain information. Interruptions take the power out of learning,
which means study should be in your time away from your team at home or
after client hours when a teammate will give you time and assistance in
order to make you a better contributor to the team.
Set aside a certain time when you block
everything else out, where you will not budge from the activity you're
focusing on. Don't sit down and then get up to open the window. Then get up
to fetch a soda. And get up again to close the window. And get up to turn on
the radio.
Make up your mind: "I am going to do 'X'
for one hour straight. No bouncing up and down!" For an entire 60 minutes,
don't stop. Not to change your seat, not to get a drink, not for anything
that isn't life threatening!
You can practice this while riding on the
bus, or waiting at the dentist's office. Start with setting yourself a goal
of 15 minutes to focus exclusively on one subject. It may be a problem
you're having at your new job, a personal goal, or an issue in a
relationship. For example, you might say to yourself, "The next 15 minutes I
am going to devote to thinking about my family, how I can help them, why I
love them, my pleasure in them."
Or try devoting 15 minutes a day to be
aware of every aspect of life around you -- from the blood coursing through
your veins to keep every cell alive, to the ant crawling across the ground
under your feet. For those 15 minutes, you are totally attuned to the
miracle of being alive.
Then, at the end of these 15 minutes,
appreciate how the time was well spent. Time that otherwise would have been
wasted...
Little by little, increase your time.
First 15 minutes, then 30 minutes, then one hour, then two hours. Once you
hit four hours, you're sailing.
Vilna Gaon, the great 18th century
scholar, said that the first three hours and 59 minutes is stoking the
furnace. By the fourth hour, the pot is boiling.
And don't stop; because if you take
the pot off the fire -- even for a few minutes -- you have to re-boil it all
over again.
"CONSISTENT:"
ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE
To really get into gear, you need to find
your rhythm; there is nothing more frustrating for other team players than
the now you see me, now you don’t, where someone is always having to follow
up with you for participation. The human body loves patterns. Even the most
daunting tasks become fluid when set into a schedule. This means doing the
activity in the same place, at the same time, and in the same way (as much
as reasonably possible). I like to use the restroom for the task in this
explanation so you can appreciate that there is no task in a team
environment that is beneath your contribution level for your team. A slacker
who continually allows a few to do this task will be weeded out and new team
players will take their place.
That's why school has certain pre-set
activities every day. When we wake up It's a moment of conscious
appreciation for getting another chance, another day. This awareness gets us
up on the right side of the bed, starting our day on a high note and looking
forward to being a team player with wonderful teammates. How are they all
wonderful? Because they have been given the same guidance as you have.
Imagine a client that comes in the door and everyone approaches to make them
feel welcome. Imagine every client that has ever come to your clinic had
more than one person performing something on their body, like a leg message
for example, at the same time they were getting the treatment which they
were paying for. Think of every aesthetician placing the tip in one
container and at the end of every day, splitting the tips equally with their
teammates and doing so with genuine appreciation for each member of the
team; creating an atmosphere where each member is anxiously awaiting to help
and assist each team member and the client is elevated to a beautiful status
where they want to tell everyone in the world about their experience.
Training in schools, does not teach this
very important concept and as a result are turning out millions of selfish
self oriented individuals who believe that promoting themselves to the
client brings them the most wealth. In fact it is taking money out of their
pocket.
When it comes to your team’s goals, make a
certain time of the day to re-assess your notes for accomplishments and
goals set for that that day. For however much or little time, make a
commitment and be consistent every day, teammates must talk as a group.
There is power in that commitment. You know you are going to change. Your
life will be different because you each are contributing to the same goals.
Taking a position on the team with our
clinic concept will require it. Commit yourself 365 days a year, for the
rest of your life to positive goals: When you wake up in the morning,
appreciate being alive and access your notes and accomplishments toward your
goals; they could include simple things that must be attended to; but these
good habits will transcend into life altering major things as time goes on.
"CYCLICAL:"
REPETITION AND REVIEW
Life is not one-dimensional. It must be
studied from every side and turned upside down; this will be evidenced in
the daily meetings with your teammates.
Study the same subject for a long period
of time. Don't bounce around superficially from one topic to the next.
Choose a topic important to each team member and hopefully become an expert
and become engrossed.
Whatever subject you choose there is
always more to learn; even as you move to other areas of knowledge, be alert
to pick up information pertinent to previous topics. This allows for
cross-referencing, and ultimately, a deeper understanding for all.
Whatever you learn, make sure you don't
forget. How many times has an insight struck you with astonishing clarity --
and then slipped out of your mind the next day? The insight is fleeting if
you don't capture it in some way; write it down. It has to sink into your
bones and permeate your mind to be passionately expressed to your teammates.
This means constant review of one's
learning in some form or another.
Verbal repetition is powerful. It
clarifies an idea and brings it into reality. That's why we repeat things
over and over in our minds.
It's kind of like "Remember the Alamo!" Of
course, you may forget the Alamo, but you can remember this article in a
catch-phrase like "Make Every Second Count" or "Live to the Max." Whatever
moves you and gets you energized, repeat it again, again and again. Make it
your background music. When you wear out one phrase, find another. Whatever
works has power and when it works for more than one person in a team, the
power exponentially explodes.
"COMPREHENSIVE:" BE
A STUDENT OF LIFE
Imagine someone asking you, "What do you
do?" You answer, "I'm a nurse," or "I'm an aesthetician," or "I'm an massage
therapist” or a “BLANK”.
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
Suppose you see someone going to sleep,
and you say to him, "What do you do?"
He says, "I'm a sleeper."
"You're a sleeper? How do you make a
living doing that? Who pays you to sleep?"
That's my point exactly. When you add up
the hours over a lifetime, you spend more time sleeping than being a
“BLANK”.
The essential you, is not the “BLANK”. It
is the thinker, the seeker of knowledge, the living, breathing human being
who loves, who is continually growing, who desires greatness, who hungers to
know more. Identify with this. It is who you really are. We want you to
become known as part of the greatest team on earth. Our clinics will expand
across the US, because of our concept that becomes human, with multi-human
faces, which will provide an endless supply of clients who can hardly wait
to tell their friends about their experiences.
Ask a woman with four children: "Who are
you?" She answers: "A mother." But that's only one aspect of who she is
(albeit an important one). She's also a friend, a community volunteer, an
educator, a chef, a nurse, a child psychologist, a thinker, an information
gatherer, a pursuer of truth, and more.
Unfortunately, we develop this identity
problem early in life. Every child is asked: "What do you want to be when
you grow up?" This question has subtle implications that can damage a
developing personality. The child is thinking: "What's wrong with being
“me?” Is “me”' so terrible that I have to “become” something different when
I grow up?"
If you make study out of your life, your
main occupation, then your profession will blossom. The question is not
"what are you doing for a living," but rather "what do you do in life?" If
you see yourself as a "thinker," then thinking becomes a priority. So update
your self-definition. Learn your whole reason for living and live it fully
with conviction, by becoming a proud member of our team.
IS LIFE GOOD?
The bottom line is, you have to decide: Is
life good or not?
This comes down to a more basic question:
Does life have purpose? If it doesn't, then there's no reason not to waste
time, because nothing really matters anyway. But if you believe there is a
purpose to life, why would you want to waste any bit of it? You'll want to
understand every aspect of life, to do the most with the limited time you
have.
The worst crime is murder but killing time
is a death sentence.
When you commit yourself to a life of
pleasure -- you will go out searching for the highest pleasures. Along the
way, you'll make distinctions between pleasure and comfort, between
necessary pain and needless suffering. And through the process, you'll
discover the true meaning of life.
Don’t just grow older, grow wiser with
age, starting with classes you have taken at school; if you have made a
commitment to join our team, then you are discovering the usefulness of life
instead of time wasted.
10 TOOLS FOR
CONSTANT AWARENESS
1) Plan out what you want to accomplish,
in words and in writing with your teammates. If you know what you're after,
you'll pursue it with more vitality when team players can relate.
2) Plan in the evening how you'll get up
in the morning. Don't let the snooze button control your life.
3) To start off on the right foot, get up
10 minutes early and walk in the sunlight; take it into the retina; it’s
good for your sleep cycle, it helps to reset your internal clock.
4) Review your day. See what the obstacles
were. Strategize how to avoid them in the future and talk about them in your
team meeting. Review what you learned in the past 24 hours as it applies to
what knowledge you have accumulated to date.
5) Catch yourself daydreaming at least
once a day and examine: "What am I doing right now, and how could I use this
moment more effectively?"
6) Become a student of life and
aesthetics. Study wherever you are. Have books, thoughts, etc. ready to keep
your mind growing. (No staring out the window like a zombie.)
7) Memorize pieces of wisdom. It will give
you something to learn as you walk down the street or wait in line at the
supermarket.
8) Pick appealing catch-phrases, to
inspire yourself and your teammates on the spot, and to wake yourself up
when you feel like drifting off.
9) Frequently ponder the question: What is
the purpose of life? What did I go to aesthetics school for? What is my
goal? If your answer is not to become better at what you are now doing; get
out now, do your teammates a favor; don’t hold them back with your
dissatisfaction. Your dissatisfaction will likely get you discharged when
your teammates begin to take note of your disinterest.
10) Plan ahead now. What do you want to
study? What do you need to realize your ambitions? How do you want to grow?
Everyone says that "time is money." But
which is more important: five minutes or a dollar?
Time is the greatest
opportunity of your life. Don't waste a minute of it. Albert Einstein said:
If it were not for time, everything would happen at once.
Were you ever in an important conversation
and you felt like you weren't getting your point across? You started
shouting: "Do you hear what I'm saying? You're not paying attention. Do you
hear me!?
Everyone is guilty of this before they
learn what time really is and how important it is. How many times do we
think we're listening to the other person, only to find out later that our
mind was somewhere else? Before you decide whether to accept or reject an
idea, before you argue, before you make statements, before you decry --
first make sure you are capable of listening and you're being objective.
Otherwise, you're expressing an emotional prejudice you have experienced
in every other lengthily conversation where your first inclination was to
nod off because of your poor listening skills-- so any comment before you
have heard the information, is not an intelligent opinion.
Effective listening means:
1.
Hearing the words.
2.
Understanding the message.
3.
Putting it into action.
We throw around concepts, but often our
thoughts are vague and unsubstantial. Without an objective definition, we
can't begin any intellectual process.
"Are you a good person?"
"Of course, I'm good! What kind of an
insulting question is that?"
"So tell me, what is the definition of a
good person?"
If you really desire to be a good person,
you need more than feelings to determine whether you're reaching your goal
or not. You'll need a clear way of measuring it. Otherwise people can do
whatever they feel like doing and paint themselves "good." Even Hitler
presumably had a goal of "doing good”. But somewhere, something went wrong.
Once you have an objective definition,
then you can determine if your life is consistent with that definition. It's
true a person can twist anything. But the more clarity you have, the harder
it is to twist and in daily team meeting, the more you join in, the greater
since of clarity you will develop.
THE " I – YOU – HE "
GAME
It's based on the premise that we usually
describe people on three levels. When we refer to ourselves, we paint the
best picture possible. With others, we don't want to be insulting to their
face, so we paint them gray. And when someone is not around to defend
himself or herself, we paint them black. "I" am white. "You" are gray. "He"
is black.
You're the passenger in a car careening 90
miles an hour down a winding mountain road. As you grip the dashboard in
fear for your life, you turn to the driver and say, "Aren't you being a bit
foolhardy?"
"Who Me, the driver states? Oh, no. I'm
brave. I'm not afraid of anything!"
If you're lucky enough to live to tell
about it, you say, "That guy's a reckless idiot!"
The driver refers to himself as "brave."
To his face, you call him "foolhardy." To a third party, he's a "reckless
idiot."
Which one is the reality?
By working through objective definitions,
we can assess the situation without personal feelings getting in the way:
Back to the car on the mountain road;
You turn to the driver and say, "Why are
we risking our lives? What is the worthwhile purpose?"
The driver will have to agree he's being a
reckless idiot.
That's being an intellectual. Leading with
your head, rather than muddling through life based on feelings alone is the
formation of a great team player. Otherwise, you're always stuck on the
level of: "I'm brave, he's a reckless idiot."
With rare exception, no one consciously
chooses evil in the sense of "evil, oooooh, I want to be bad and inflict
pain and suffering." No.” We choose evil because in the short term, it's a
less painful way of dealing with a difficult situation. We do what we "feel
like" doing because it's easy.
Apply this definition of free will to your
life. Do you want to be great? Sure! But you don't feel like making the
effort. You feel like postponing it, procrastinating and ducking the issue.
"I don't want to be great, I only want to
be average."
"Really? You want mediocrity?"
"Of course not. I want greatness. Just not
today!"
"Why not today?"
"Because I just don't feel like it..."
Do you have a goal? You know you can do
it. It's just too painful. Make the decision and nothing will stop you.
That's using your free will. We are searching for these types of individuals
for our clinics.
If you have your certificate or, you have a commitment to obtain it; we are
searching for you. We are going to help you reach your potential if you have
chosen natural health and skincare as your passion.
Ask yourself:
Why am I going to the school I am now in?
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To get a certificate?
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Why?
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Because I want to get into a good
job?
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Why?
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So I can pay back my loan?
If you came up with these answers and no
others, you might be working for our competitors one day, but certainly not
our team.
Can You analyze yourself objectively?
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Am I lazy? Why?
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Am I disorganized? Why?
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Do I get angry? When?
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Why do I ever get defensive? About
what?
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What makes me jealous?
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What makes me arrogant?
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Do I have trouble making decisions?
Why?
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Do I lack self-discipline?
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Do I lack self-confidence?
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Why don't I take more initiative?
Negative character traits is the root of
our problems. Make a list of your negative traits, and identify when they
affect you the most. Then analyze what triggers these reactions in you.
Finally, formulate an effective counter-approach.
Working through this takes time. But this
opportunity in your life will depend on that commitment.
READ YOUR EMOTIONS
Get in touch with your emotional state.
Take a reading of how you feel. Happy? Angry? Tense? Sad? Emotions are a
measuring stick for what's going on below the surface and it can rob a
clinic of its clients. It's like taking your temperature. If you're sick,
you need to be aware so you can fix the problem.
Find out why you're upset. Who or what is
pressuring you? Is it an internal or an external problem? You need to
identify it, in order to fix it; all it requires is effort and change. Your
time would be well spent.
Be encouraging and reward yourself and
others around you for success.
Don't say that something you are trying
doesn't work. You may not have made the effort correctly. Don't give up on
your intuition and perception. Just realize you haven't yet brought it home
to actualization.
Consider how the basic human drive affects
you: security, self-respect, honor, passion, social pressure, and
possessions. Pay particularly close attention to how you accept
responsibility. Let's say that you made a mistake. You want to apologize in
a full and forthright manner, yet you feel like forgetting the whole thing,
hiding, running away and saying "it's not my fault."
This is the volcano. We want to be tough,
dedicated and powerful -- yet we feel like being marshmallows. Choosing the
path of the soul doesn't come naturally. It takes a lot of time and hard
work. This will help you develop the teamwork skills necessary to seize this
opportunity with our clinics.
KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW
Don't think that just because you
understand something, you are living with it. It is possible to believe one
way, and yet act another. It happens to us all sometimes. You can believe
it's important to eat healthy food, yet gorge yourself on French fries and
chocolate cake.
Our level of clarity, which can’t be
hidden from our teammates, determines our actions. If we understand an idea
on just a superficial level, then we'll have difficulty sticking to it when
the going gets tough. Re-creating a treatment exactly the same, keeps your
client from feeling cheated.
Next time you go to a funeral, watch
carefully. When they remove the body from the chapel, the mourners start to
cry. Are they crying because they want the body to stay there? No! All of a
sudden there is a realization of death that he/she won't be coming back. At
the cemetery, they lower the casket into the ground and the mourner’s cry
again. It's the emotional realization that death is final now.
Until you align your feelings with
reality, you are in dreamland. Growth begins in the mind, but your heart has
to buy into everything your mind discovers. Only then will you integrate
these ideas into day-to-day life and achieve greatness and you will never
accomplish greatness unless others see you as great. When you lead by
example you are great.
Don't just use slogans to parrot things
that you have heard. Know why you are doing what you are doing. Otherwise,
it's just a shell talking. You may have adopted part of society without
analyzing its validity. Check it out.
Work through all the issues until you have
"five-finger clarity." A human being who knows what he/she wants will get
there. It's like a homing mechanism on a missile. If you program it right,
you will get there.
WHY IS "KNOWING YOURSELF" AN INGREDIENT IN
WISDOM?
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You can know truth if you
move honestly into yourself.
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Emotions are powerful forces
of greatness. Know them. Harness them.
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Identify your problems. It's
the beginning of solving them.
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If you don't get it straight
now, you're bound to make some bad mistakes.
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Don't be afraid of finding
out who you really are.
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Use your free will as a
conscious tool for better living.
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If you're angry or upset,
track it down. What's the root?
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If you're acting
illogically, at least acknowledge that to yourself!
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The key to sanity is letting
truth into the body.
You can't afford to wait too long to get
to know yourself, because you are the most fascinating person you'll ever
meet; and opportunity is close at hand.
CAPTURING THE "WOW" feeling that makes you
great to be around and a pleasure to work with.
THE QUIET "WOW"
A quiet wow can be equally awesome.
After a storm, you look out the window to
see the glisten of fresh snow blanketing the ground and thin icicles
dangling from the trees. A moment, literally, frozen in time.
When we meditate on the simple beauty of
life, we are lifted, connected, transported out of ourselves.
We have constant access to this quiet
awesomeness.
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A spring walk through the
forest.
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A babbling brook. Majestic
music.
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A baby laughing.
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A heartbeat.
So why don't we feel this awe constantly?
Because yesterday's novelty is today's boredom. Notice how little children
find everything exciting and fascinating. But before long, they get used to
what they have constant access to -- people, places, ideas. And life just
seems mundane.
Yet who says that growing up means
becoming numb?
Instead of taking your daily environment
for granted, stop and focus. When you look at a human being, appreciate the
camaraderie. Consider, for example, human speech: the coordination of lips,
teeth, tongue, larynx -- while the brain recalls, formulates, and transmits
thoughts into muscle movements, which then somehow produce sound waves. And
it's all just a bunch of electrons spinning at nearly the speed of light,
connected to protons through the magical power of gravity.
For just a moment, stand in awe. See
everything in the dimension that it really is, not the mundane nature that
we're used to. Try it one time. This will re-tune you into the awesome power
of living and transform you from a job seeker into an ultimately appreciated
team player.
You don't need to travel around the world
for awe-inspiring moments. They are available to us constantly, everywhere.
If we just open our eyes they will impact us. Recognizing a job well done
by a fellow student or co-worker; realizing that talent came to them as did
you; through commitment, long hours and passion. Recognize the AWE in that
and you are who we are searching for.
An entire forest can be germinated from a
single seed. Teamwork is just as productive.
It's a mind-boggling world. We just have
to pay attention.
The fight for life is to be sensitive and
aware. Walk through life constantly keeping your eyes open with toothpicks,
never bored, never mundane and never into a simple existence. Always
wondering what is life, who are we, what are we doing, and you will always
receive your bounty. Every client that comes into contact with your new and
flourishing clarity will return those positive emotions with an investment
in dollars.
If you pay attention and think about
everything that is going on, it is a different lifestyle, a different power
for existence, a different way of dealing with your family, friends, the
environment. You will never be petty. You will never give up. You are lifted
out of it. You become a fascinating adult. Everything is
mind-boggling. This will transform you for the rest of your life and mold
you into one of our team players and leaders.
EXALTED HUMAN POTENTIAL
A cheetah is awesome, and a super-computer
is awesome.
But humans are much more. There is
spiritual potential. Every human being has divine powers. We can become
great by emulating the greatness of our mentors and through simple acts of
kindness that can move mountains.
Treat yourself with the same awesomeness
as if you were a volcano. There is tremendous energy available. You just
need to tap into it. You are latent power waiting to be actualized. Never
lose sight of this fact.
Open yourself up to see your real
potential. Be in awe of your human ability to move this universe, to
encompass it, to understand it, to reach the stars, and send hunks of steel
flying to distant planets.
Don't underestimate yourself. Stop looking
at what you are. Look at what you can and will be. You can
solve problems, instead of just accepting them and suffering. You can
destroy or create; it is up to your own free will. That is what we are
dealing with. We want the best of the best and all the rest will mundanely
work elsewhere.
Use this power proactively. If you've got
an important deadline, or, you are preparing for a client, prepare with your
teammates so you and your client can walk under the stars. It will sober you
with good thoughts and snap you into the right perspective. There's no
reason to be nervous. A world of opportunity awaits you. Now is the time to
step up to the plate and knock the ball out of the park.
Always be aware of the awesome power
within you, and within every human being who will accept it. Treat everyone
with reverence, caution, respect and AWE and with complete humbleness. Treat
yourself the same way because humbleness is not meekness, it is the only
true form of power, because it lacks all animosity selfishly.
WHY IS "AWE" AN
INGREDIENT OF WISDOM?
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Awe can break through laziness and
open ruts. It unleashes potential and locked-up energies.
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It's a human tendency to be petty.
Awe pulls us up and out.
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The reality of this world is that
there is nothing mundane.
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Life has the potential to be one
thrill after another, if you understand the power of every moment.
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Concretize awesome experiences so
you can recall them at any time in your brain.
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Awe is the result of seeing
potential --- actualized.
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Seek the small "wows." The
awesomeness of life is without end.
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Use the awesomeness of everyday
life to relate to drive your every movement.
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See the power and the pleasure of
understanding truth. You are in touch with the awe of "wisdom."
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Step outside under the stars at
night and into the sunlight in the early morning. It'll put you back on
track.
The essential choice of life is to open
our eyes to available opportunities, and to fear the consequences of
avoiding that reality. We are going to cause your heart to race at the
opportunity we have for you.
Fear of consequences can be a great
motivator in getting the job done quickly and efficiently.
Ask a teenager: "Please take out the
garbage." The response: "Later!"
Now say it like this: "If you don't take
out the garbage, you can forget about borrowing the car." The teen's
response? He's running with the garbage!
Fear is like any other emotion -- there
are both positive and negative aspects. Negative fear is debilitating.
Positive fear is exhilarating. The adrenaline gets the blood running in your
veins. It gives you power to accomplish what you want to do. If you're
walking along and spot a snake, fear propels you to run with blazing speed
and hurdle the fence like an Olympian. With fear, you are out of the dream
world and 100 percent into reality.
Making the right choice is a constant
human struggle. We have an inclination to take the easy way out, and to
ignore the coming consequences. "To see or not to see the opportunity.
BE AFRAID OF
MEANINGLESSNESS
Remember the old TV program where you had
10 minutes in a supermarket to grab whatever you could? The woman was
running up and down the aisles, looking for what is most valuable. She
didn't want to end up with a cartload of soapsuds.
That show is a metaphor for life. There
are eternal consequences. Each moment can be lived to the fullest -- or
wasted into nothingness. Life is serious business.
The ultimate human fear is to live without
meaning. We all want to have an impact, to help others, to change the world.
Try saying the words: "I'm happy being mediocre." You can't say it!
Remember the time you asked yourself,
"What does it all add up to?" We have this moment of clarity, and then what
do we do? We run for the ostrich hole to stick our head in, start-playing
tennis, put on the music, call up a friend.
Don't run for the ostrich hole. Be afraid
of being mediocre. Be afraid of not being all you can be. Be afraid of
waking up one morning and saying to yourself: "What did I do with my life?"
Being a loner, not part of a team, is sadness playing out before your very
eyes.
Use this fear to inspire you to figure out
what counts most in life. Then become part of it.
FEAR OF MORTALITY
Each of us knows we will die one day. But
we fool ourselves into thinking that those who die belong to a separate
sector of humanity. "They are the mortal ones. We are immortal." Underneath
it all, we have this illusion.
Did you ever have a friend who died? Maybe
he or she was a teen and got killed in an accident. How did you react? "But
I just talked to him/her yesterday! He/she can't really be dead. He/she was
so full of life!"
What does that mean -- "It can't be"? What
we are really saying is, that it's too close for comfort. I'm not in the
mortal group. And now my friend is dead. That's too close. It can't be.
Realize that each of us can be dead in one
minute. You don't need an airplane crashing through the ceiling. You don't
need a heart condition. These are the facts of life. But in our youth, we
don't feel like looking at it. "I am immortal is what we say. Other people
get mugged and other people die. Not me!"
When someone we know dies unexpectedly, we
feel our own sense of vulnerability. It makes us think, "Am I using my time
efficiently?"
Take a close look at your life history.
Trace the years back, and see how well you've used your time. Often our past
is a blur, and as you get older, this becomes even more pronounced.
We all have a clock ticking and don't know
how long it's going to run. How many years do you figure you have left?
Don't think it's open-ended. Someday you will have only one year left. And
someday you will have only one day left. So plan for it now. Put your life
on track by starting today.
WIPE OUT PETTINESS
Use this realization to correct the way
you're living now. Wipe out pettiness, irritations, illusions, and
trivialities; they have no place as a team player.
How do you wipe out pettiness? Imagine
you're fighting with your parents or siblings, and then find out you have
only one day to live. What will you say? Or if they were dying, what would
you say? Too often we don't appreciate what we have until we lose it.
When they're dead, we say, "I should have treated them better. I should have
called more often, etc, etc."
If you live with this reality, you will
use your time more wisely. You will not hold a grudge. You won't waste your
time arguing with someone who cut in line. Life is too precious to be petty.
Be motivated by the fear of losing what is
precious. Imagine losing your eyesight. Walk around with a blindfold for an
hour to get clarity on the subject.
Work on focusing each day and all your
tomorrows will be sweeter. Will you waste time on frivolous things -- or
try to achieve something more lasting, more meaningful, more eternal, the
choice is up to you?
Do you see how that fear pushes you a bit?
Unfortunately, human nature is to become
distracted. Each of us has a self-doubting inclination. It's like a vicious
dog, always threatening you: "You're overextending yourself. You'll have a
nervous breakdown and fall apart." We hesitate to act because we're
frightened by threats.
Even if you don’t fear a God, you
certainly fear societies, laws and rules. Nothing will stand in your way.
The vicious dog of self-doubt is insignificant compared to fear. You just
push right ahead. You're free from all other fears.
It's a mistake to think that fear is
painful. Yes, fear is uncomfortable, but it delivers great pleasure. When
they shove you out of the airplane before the parachute opens, you forget
all the nonsense of this world. The brush with death makes you appreciate
how good it is to be alive. You're plugged into reality. Suddenly life is a
thrill!
Counteract the discomfort of fear by
focusing on the positive side -- every moment is lived with awareness and
excitement. Gather your powers. Use your potential. Be motivated by fear.
Go to an amusement park and watch people
getting off the roller coaster. Everyone's giggling for the first block:
"It's great to be alive." By the second block, they're getting more serious
as they begin to remember their problems. By the third block, they're into
petty nonsense, back to their old depressed selves.
Life is boring without fear. Notice how
"successful" people inevitably look for new risky ventures. It may be a
risky financial investment, or it may be hang-gliding lessons or it may be a
company like ours searching for real team players that by default are real
achievers.
What's the key to getting the most out of
life? Feel like you're constantly getting off the roller coaster. Think
about these statements and what feelings they generate:
IS FEAR PARALYZING ?
People think that fear is paralyzing and
reduces their potential.
Actually, the opposite is true. Fear can
generate super-human feats. We have all heard stories about a mother who
picked up a car to save her child trapped underneath. Facing fear is
empowering. It gives you strength you never knew you had. The same
empowering fear you will face when you accept our opportunity; you stand to
gain wealth to compare to your dreams, yet you risk at the same time.
Fear is only damaging when you run away
and don't confront it.
Imagine watching bullies beat someone up,
and you just stand by watching. You'll wince every time you think about it
from that day forward if you did nothing. If you don't face the fear and
stand up for what's right, you'll suffer that experience for the rest of
your life. The same will be true with missed opportunity.
But if you face the bullies and they back
down (or even if you fight and get a little bloody), you'll enjoy that
moment for the rest of your life. You were afraid, but you stood up. You did
the right thing. That's true pleasure and you were a true winner.
Better to try and fail, than to have
feared and never tried at all.
"Shock" debilitates, "fear"
motivates. Imagine a cowboy riding a bucking bronco. The fear of being
tossed off makes him alert to every move, so his response can be accurate
and quick.
You have to look at
life the same way.
AVOIDING THE
CHALLENGE
Too often, we miss an opportunity to excel
because we say: "I can't. It's too much effort." For example, imagine you're
asked to memorize one page of the phone book in 24 hours. "Impossible!" you
say.
But what if you're held hostage and they
say: "If you don't memorize one page of the phone book by tomorrow night,
you're dead." No question you'll do it!
Take advantage of the power of fear as a
tool to tackle all your "I can’t’s." Make a list of these "I cant’s" and put
a price tag on them. What is the reward, and what is the consequence? Having
this clarity will turn you into a very effective human being and a priceless
team player.
FEAR MEANS LOSS OF
FREEDOM
People avoid fear in order to preserve
independence. We think if there is an outside force telling us what to do,
we'll be intimidated into becoming a robot. We'd rather choose to do the
right thing on our own.
At work, you know that if you don't show
up, you'll get fired, so you get out of bed early. Fear of failing a test
makes you study harder. In the end, this fear helps you succeed and have
more self-respect.
We all want greatness. We want to be
tough, disciplined, organized. Fear leaves you unencumbered. For the right
amount of money or for survival, you will do whatever it takes to succeed.
Suppose there was a program to help bring
homeless people into the community shelter. Ideally, you would do this for
free. But if you were offered $100 for every homeless person you brought to
the shelter, you'd bring in more. Did the reward "corrupt" you? No. It just
gave you a stronger motivation for doing what you already knew was right.
And there's an added consideration as
well. Hopefully, acting out of fear will eventually lead you to do the right
thing out of love.
THE PAIN REFLEX
Everyone is born with the ability to sense
pain. If we are stuck with a pin or burned by fire, our hand jumps back
instinctively. But some people are born without a pain response. They feel
nothing if their hand is put into fire.
Sure, it's nice not to feel pain. But
someone who feels no pain is in constant danger. They are black and blue all
the time. If they put their hand in the fire they say: "You smell something
burning? When they look down at their hand the say: Hey; It's my hand!" But
their in trouble because the hand is gone already.
Pain is essential to our survival. And
that's the purpose of fear, to keep ultimate consequences clearly in mind.
It's not the goal in life, but a means to an end. It helps us think twice
before we insult someone or yell at our friends and co-workers.
Imagine you're speaking to someone and he
or she starts spewing filthy gossip. You know it's wrong to listen, so you
ponder, "Maybe I'll just politely stand here for a few minutes..." But if
someone is ready to smack you on the head with a baseball bat for gossiping,
you'll immediately say, "I'm getting out of here!" You don't make
calculations. You just do the right thing.
Fear of punishment is like a pain reflex.
It keeps us from doing things that will cause us harm later on. Stealing
something for example, there are many ways that fear would motivate us not
to steal. Fear helps you get where you want to be. In the case of theft, to
stay out of jail or, in the case of theft from your team mates, the loss of
your job.
PUTTING IT ALL
TOGETHER
The single most important goal in life is
to have clarity, to live in reality. And of course, reality exists
objectively -- outside of our own subjective perception of it; and
objectivity begins in the school you attended and then on to, an opportunity
like we offer.
Reality itself is very thrilling. It wakes
us up and puts things into perspective. Imagine someone addicted to
nicotine. How do you motivate them to stop? Show them an x-ray of tarred
lungs. That fear gives them the freedom to break out of the rut and do what
they know they need to.
Just as you are motivated out of personal
fear, do the same for your fellow students and eventually your co-workers
and this will transcend to your clients as impeccable character.
Examine a divorce. You see parents nagging
their children. You see people in depression, people hurting each other. We
see this all the time. So what do we do? We use the ostrich syndrome. We see
but we don't see. We say: "Not me, I will never nag my children. Not me, I
will never be depressed. Not me, I will never get divorced."
Do you really think you are going to be
different? Not without commitment and the ability to adapt to change.
Whenever you see tragedy, learn how to
avoid it. If you see someone getting mugged, call 911 and you know not to go
down that street again. Whatever it is, draw a lesson. When you see a
divorce, fear the possibility that this could happen to you if you allowed
it. That's called living in reality.
A movie star enters the party: strutting,
cocky, head raised. His or Her manner shouts: "I'm great and we all know
it." The room is silent with awe. Charisma!
But this is counterfeit charisma. The
movie star is totally dependent on external factors over which they have no
control. Without the adoring fans, they have nothing.
The path to genuine charisma is through
“humility."
Does humility really generate charisma?
Don't we usually imagine the humble person as meek, hunched over, and barely
noticeable?
Let's define our terms. Humility is not an
inferiority complex or lack of self-esteem. Humility means "living with the
reality that nothing matters except doing the right thing." The humble
person is totally dedicated to the pursuit of truth. And because their
self-esteem is not dependent on approval from others, they can choose the
right thing even when it's not popular or politically correct.
Arrogant people, on the other hand, are
mostly concerned with their own egos, their own pride, their own money. So
even though they appear friendly and charming, there really manipulating
things to suit their selfish needs. As far as teamwork is concerned, this
will get you fired faster than a speeding bullet.
TRANSCENDING THE
PETTINESS
Despite their smooth exterior, the
arrogant person is, ironically, restrained and inhibited from expressing
their true self. How can they "be themselves" when they are constantly
preoccupied with how they appear in the eyes of others?
Humility is freedom. When you are only
concerned about truth, and living by it, then you are free to express
yourself in the most genuine and uninhibited way. Your natural beauty shines
through. That's real charisma you will be taking to the bank, through client
relations and, as important, through the relations you develop with your
teammates.
With genuine self-confidence, the humble
person has transcended the mundane pettiness of this world. They don't have
to answer every insult. They can rise above arguments and they tend to make
more money.
They know their place, and help others
find their place as well. They make everyone feel important. Because with
the humble person, if others excel, there's no jealousy or risk of ego
crisis and best of all, they fit the mold that the Anti-Aging Clinic Assoc.,
Inc. is searching for.
Have you ever met such a person? They draw
you in like a magnet. Wouldn't you like some of that charisma?
THE HUMAN NEED FOR
MEANING
Because humility is predicated on the
pursuit of truth, it fuels the basic human need for meaning.
We see that people are searching for
meaning in life. Almost everyone wants to help the needy, the poor, the
hungry and the homeless. And many people choose "helping" careers, like the
one you have chosen as an esthetician. Money alone is not enough pleasure to
carry one through a lifetime, but is helps. And for those seeking
opportunity, they will certainly see the benefits the Anti-Aging Clinic
Assoc., Inc., has to offer.
Unfortunately, the mundane issues of daily
life often sidetrack us. Amidst all the classes, errands, meetings and
e-mails, we lose clarity on what is ultimately meaningful.
One way to focus is to ask yourself: "What
am I living for? Am I eating to live, or living to eat? Do I work to live,
or live to work?" What is my goal? Am I achieving one step closer to my
goal?
Every day you have to re-ask these
questions. This will help to keep your job, relationships, and overall
goals, in perspective.
So what are you living for? Do some
research. See if your "life goal" is truly meaningful, or just some abstract
notion.
If you hear a voice say: "There's no real
objective purpose to life," check out whether that's true before you
concede. Don't give up so quickly. Don't fall in with the cynics. Meaning is
too vital to ignore. Just like food and water, your health and livelihood
depends on it.
DO THE RIGHT THING
Doing the right thing is often difficult,
because we don't always perceive it as providing a great source of pleasure.
If you think about it, you'll see there is
no greater pleasure.
Material pleasures are necessary and nice,
but they do not compare to the meanings of the higher pleasures of love and
friendship. Imagine in the future, being offered 10 million dollars in
exchange for one of your children. After rejecting the offer, you'll be
overwhelmed with the precious value of that child! You may have always known
his or her worth on an intellectual level, but now it becomes real to you.
Similarly, if you were given the choice of
killing 1,000 innocent children, or being killed yourself, you know what
you'd choose.
Even though this scenario is extreme, it
reveals something deep in the psyche of every human being: Being good is so
important that we're even willing to die for it. Connect with your inner
self; this will help you discover the Anti-Aging Clinic Assoc., Inc's.,
opportunity.
WHAT IS YOUR CAUSE?
Now let's take this a step further. If you
are willing to die in order to be "good," the corollary is that there is no
higher goal in living than being good!
Ultimately, everyone is dying for a cause.
World peace, save the whales, political reform, everyone is dedicated to
something. The only question that remains, therefore, is "what is your
cause?"
Try writing your own obituary. For what do
you want to be remembered? This gives you objectivity and perspective and
possibly something to strive for. Personally, I want to, after death, if the
possibility would exist, to look back at who I really was and to discover
that I have helped hundreds of thousands of people; aesthetically as well as
improving health.
Once you've found a cause is so meaningful
that you want to devote your life to it, and it is helping others by
becoming one of our team members, then you have the answer to the more
important question: What you should be living for and that life if precious.
This statement is not giving any credence to the sick minds of persons who
give their life so that they may destroy others. It is something like, I
would give my life to protect my children and therefore, I would commit
myself completely to working so that I may provide for them.
And when you indeed live for that cause,
you will have unparalleled power, purpose and pleasure.
Now make a plan to implement this into
your day-to-day life. Start slowly, taking one small step at a time, so not
to be overwhelmed. Keep your eye on the goal and gauge your progress every
day.
Connecting with your ultimate purpose is a
big project. But there's no better use of your time and energy.
Are you up to the challenge?
THE ULTIMATE IN
MEANING
In the pursuit of meaningful achievement,
what gives a person more impact, is acting according to a subjective
opinion (which can change at any moment), or according to an outside
objective standard? Obviously, it is more meaningful to fulfill what is
objectively right.
Objectivity and humility are linked ideas.
Objectivity gives us the ability to rise above selfish desires and do the
right thing, for the right reasons. That leads to humility.
OPEN UP TO WISDOM
Use humility to open yourself up to
wisdom. Without humility we can't hear wisdom, because we are too stuck in
our own subjective reality. We live in world governed by the Law of
Attraction. The universe is an energy field just the same as our human body
and it will gravitate toward, giving us what we focus on completely.
The bottom line: The more you rise above
the need for others' approval, and develop your inner sense of self-esteem,
the more charisma you will possess. And that's something no one can ever
take away from you.
Do you remember the thrill of a past major
achievement, comparative to hitting a home run? Getting out on the last day
of school? Riding your new bicycle? You jump with joy. Fantastic!
Joy gives you energy and makes you feel
great. You can achieve all kinds of things that otherwise may seem too
difficult to attempt. With joy, you're not afraid to talk to the guy sitting
next to you on the plane. You've got energy, buoyancy. You're alive!
Some people may have more "natural" joy.
But joy can be studied and mastered like any other tool.
When you have joy, you can do anything
better, stronger, faster. Your memory is better. Your drive on the golf
course is better. Your sales pitch is better. Everything is better.
You're not reaching your potential unless
you have joy. A pro athlete, no matter how many times he or she steps up to
the plate, still needs a thrill from the pitch, the swing, the serve, the
fresh spring air, the cheering crowd. Otherwise the game is flat; he or she
is playing by rote, which is routine or repetition.
It's the same in life. When you have joy,
you live with a different verve. Joyous people are energetic and ambitious.
There's never enough time to do everything you want to do.
So whether you're studying, touring,
working or relaxing, first get into a state of joy. It will give you a big
boost of power and confidence.
COUNTERFEIT JOY
Remember something in past comparable to
when your home team won a championship, like the World Series? The city
erupted in energy and euphoria and thousands took to the streets. But in the
end there was violence and destruction and arrests.
Is this what joy is supposed to produce?
Did those people have joy or didn't they? What went wrong?
It wasn't joy. It was hysterical delusion.
Learn to differentiate between real joy,
which generates the power to accomplish, and illusory joy, whose burst of
energy fades into a let-down, like a cup of coffee will do.
Illusory joy is New Year's Eve and you
celebrate all night long. "The world is perfect and you love everyone!" But
there's a letdown. More than any other day, New Year's Eve has the highest
rate of suicides.
People who win the hundred-million-dollar
lottery jump with joy. What is their anticipation? To travel around the
world, to be important; "Now I'm going to do whatever I feel like the rest
of my life. I am free, a master of my fate. No more work, no more worries,
no problems, no nothing. A hundred million dollars!"
Will that sensation last? You know you can
have tons of money and be thoroughly miserable. One only need look at the
young actors and actresses in trouble most of the time, to understand that.
The lottery winner may not know what he/she wants to achieve with life. So
the joy is an illusion. After a year, they are back in university, the
hundred million dollar university student. Why? "Maybe philosophy will
interest them..."
Joy isn't silly drunkenness, playing
jokes, or making fun of people. Joy is the deep happiness that comes with
fulfilling your potential.
If you know what you want out of life,
then you can go after it even without a hundred million dollars. A shot of
joy and you're ready to go. Do you see how this is power for living and
unity for building relationships worthy of the teamwork we are structuring?
THE PLEASURE OF
GROWTH
It used to be when they wanted to show
euphoric joy in a movie, a man would be told he had a new son. He'd dance up
and down, delirious with joy, running down the street sticking cigars into
people's and horses' mouths.
Today, when the doctor tells him he has a
son, he starts thinking about all the problems - late-night feedings, saving
for college tuition, etc. What happened to the joy?
True joy comes from the pleasure of growth
and self-actualization - when we conquer a difficult challenge, or
experience a moment of clarity.
When your team wins the World Series, or
when you win the lottery, the joy is a delusion. Why? Because you did not
change or grow.
Joy cannot result from events, from "good
things happening to you." Joy is solely the result of your reaction to life,
your commitment to turning every moment into a growth experience. A new baby
means you have to extend yourself at all hours of the day and night. That's
not easy. But if you focus - even at 3 a.m. - you'll recognize this as real
joy.
Do significant things and you will have
more joy. You are making an impact on the word If you are fighting to reach
your goals, or for a cause. You are heavy. You are eternal.
Find your cause, whatever it is, and work
at it. Hopefully your cause will grant you opportunity that the Anti-Aging
Clinic Assoc., inc. is offering to the right people.
INTERNAL, EXTERNAL
The external awakens the internal." This
means it is possible to develop an emotional state by acting as if you're
already in that state. The popular word for this state is the Law of
Attraction.
For example, studies show that smiling
when you're "sad" can improve your mood. There is a direct correlation
between activating the physical muscles and your emotional state.
Do things that require joy, and you will
become more joyful. For example:
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Wear clothes that make you feel
good.
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Eat delicious food that is also
good for you.
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Sing.
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Take a long walk in the early
morning sunshine our under the stars at night.
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Think positive thoughts.
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Spend time with friends you enjoy
being around.
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Show kindness toward others.
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Ponder how great it is to be alive.
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Call your parents and thank them
for giving you life.
Once you feel joy, channel it in a
productive direction. Don't just sit back and bathe in the joy. You have the
energy to go out and do something fantastic to become a catalyst for joy
with your teammates. Help someone in need. Or tackle a new phase of learning
you have been challenged with.
THE JOY OF POTENTIAL
PLEASURE
One way to increase joy is to anticipate
the pleasure coming your way; think of the opportunity that awaits you. When
you anticipate something beautiful, you are more likely to see it as
beautiful. And the joy of it will be more galvanizing, more exciting and
more real.
"Hurrah! We're going to the circus today.
We'll have a grand time!" “Hurrah” I am working with the most wonderful
people on earth and I am happy when I am around them.
You feel joy just by expressing the
anticipation.
The implication is profound. If you
constantly anticipate pleasure, you can constantly be in a state of joy. For
example, today is a new day. What do you anticipate? Who will you meet
today, what will you encounter, what will you achieve? "Today is going to be
a great day." Use this anticipation to energize yourself.
You're going to work confident and
diligent today! Don't focus on the negatives: "I'm tired ... My
boss/teacher/client is impatient..." Rather, stick to the positives: "I'll
accomplish something productive ... I'll earn money to pay my bills..."
Use this tool for everything. Are you
going to a museum today? What do you expect to gain? Articulate the benefits
and pleasures beforehand. It will give you a constant influx of joy.
STATE OF MIND
Many people don't experience joy because
they take life for granted.
That is, unless they come close to death.
Someone who survives a car crash never
lives the same again. Or someone who had cancer and is dismissed from the
hospital with a clean bill of health; think of Lance Armstrong. He bounces
around telling everyone, "Isn't life wonderful? I'm alive!"
Some people think he's crazy. No one
should be that happy unless he's won a million dollars!
Appreciate what you have. What is the
pleasure of being alive? Your family! Your hands! Your feet! Your eyes! Your
mind! Your friends and teammates! Learn to feel that pleasure. It will be
with you always, wherever you are and you will glow with positive energy,
which will make positive things generate to you.
Happiness is not a happening. Happiness is
a state of mind. You can have everything in the world and still be
miserable. Or you can have relatively little and feel unbounded joy.
Learn the pleasure of just being, the
simple joy of being alive. Then you have a basis to become more and more and
more. Otherwise, it's just a sensation, a dream, an illusion. What will a
new car give you? What will a million dollars give you? It will give you a
way of running away from life, to dream, to be comfortable ... snug as a bug
in a rug; that is not the reality.
THE NATURAL
CONDITION
Joy is the natural human condition.
Children have it and enjoy life in its simplest form; A carrot, a ball or
even the moon. But we adults learn to be miserable. The reasons for joy
haven't disappeared. It's just that the burden of daily responsibilities,
which we view negatively, distracts us.
Become conscious of the beauty of every
moment. Focus on your underlying natural state of joy, even amidst the
mundane issues of daily life. Because if you don't have the sense that life
is good, then underneath it all, you have nothing. Your teammates are going
to be thinking just like you, we guarantee it, or they won’t be your
teammates.
That's why the morning prayers begin with
a series of blessings thanking God for the simple and obvious:
TAKE THINGS IN
STRIDE
Beyond this, approach even your
troubles with joy. How is this possible? Focus on them as
opportunities for growth - challenges to help build character.
By definition, life has its challenges.
Are those challenges going to raise your level of joy, or diminish it? If
you let little things get to you, your joy will evaporate. When you find
yourself worrying over a problem, ask yourself: Is it worth all the negative
energy? The choice is yours; it’s called free will.
MAKE A "JOY LIST"
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As a practical exercise,
take 10 minutes and write out a list of all the times you danced with joy.
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An outstanding athletic
achievement?
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Meeting a long-lost friend?
Being discharged form the hospital after a serious illness?
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Graduation and so on.
Now study your list and identify the
common denominator of what triggers joy. By isolating the "cause," you'll
have a secret weapon to snap out of a negative mood.
Examine your list to see which reflects
true joy, and which reflects illusion and hysteria.
Find a way to expand your joy list. Ask
others to describe their greatest joys.
WHY IS "CONSTANT
JOY" AN INGREDIENT OF WISDOM?
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Joy gives you power and energy.
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With joy, you will knock the ball
right out of the park.
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It is natural to feel joy; it is
human to overlook it.
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Don't suffer your problems. Solve
them.
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Why wait until you're almost dead
to appreciate how good life is?
The Olympic athlete stands transfixed,
reviewing the jump over and over again in his mind: approach, takeoff,
propulsion and landing. He is 100 percent focused. The goal is defined. The
mind is pure. Time stands still.
When we totally concentrate, we achieve
intellectual and emotional purity.
We've all experienced it. A moment so
focused that we're actualizing full potential. In college, the final exam is
tomorrow and suddenly the realization gets through. You stay awake all
night, not eating or drinking. Nobody can talk to you; nothing else can
enter your mind. You're 100 percent there.
Or remember the time you were sitting on a
bus absorbed in a novel, and the driver had to go back and say, "Where are
you going? This is the end of the line."
Has this happened to you? This is the
power of concentration.
We use only a small fraction of our mental
capacity. In professional sports, the athletic difference between
competitors is small; winning is 90 percent mental concentration. So to
achieve more in life, focus your attention. Extract your latent power and
pull the switch.
GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS
It's often hard to concentrate. Our mind
wanders all over the place.
You need to guard your tongue" in order to
not waste words, so too, you need to guard your thoughts to steer them in
the right direction.
Get in touch with your mind. It's flopping
all over. Freeze the frame: What are you thinking right now?
You set the agenda, close off other
compartments, and concentrate. Your mind is here, not anywhere else. If the
room is too hot or too cold, it doesn't matter. You couldn't care about
sports or politics or finance or anything else. You are only aware of the
task at hand. When we associate you with others that are willing to do this,
clients are going to hate to leave your presence and announce to the word
that no other place is in existence, that each and every team member, was so
special.
Remember when you first learned how to
drive? You couldn't handle any distractions. If someone started chatting,
you'd ask him to be quiet. It was full focus on the road ahead.
Now think of all the activities you do
while driving: tuning the radio, planning your day, talking on the phone,
enjoying the scenery, looking for a parking space - and driving the car,
too! Of course this multi- tasking is not the smartest thing to do, it is
only used as a comparison.
By controlling different tracks, you can
exponentially increase your power for living.
This skill does not happen overnight. Like
juggling, before you can coordinate three balls, you first need to know how
to catch one.
To develop concentration, choose one
thought, focus intently, and work it through. (Of course, the prerequisite
to concentrate on one idea totally is that it must be interesting and
important to you.)
Once you've mastered a single track, you
can expand to the other 69 tracks of your mind.
CLEAR THE MIND
We are what we think. Our ideas dictate
reality. If someone thinks people are out to get them, it doesn't matter
whether it's true or not, they will be afraid. Or if a smart child gets the
idea that they are stupid, that will become their reality.
Intellectual purity means sorting out your
ideas. Distinguish which are true and which are false; which make sense and
which are foolish. Then clear your mind; filter out the "garbage" so it
doesn't get mixed into your brain.
Get in touch with your mind. What are you
thinking? Whenever you utter a statement, ask yourself, "Do I really mean
this?" A false idea repeated often enough would become your reality - even
if at first you don't believe it.
Go through the process of clarifying
ideas.
Everyone wants to be good. You want to be
good, too. So what is the definition of "good?" Bin Laden thinks he is doing
well by ridding the world of Western imperialism; certainly he is not
considering life and humanity and in so doing, he has lost touch with
reality and clarity of life.
You have to get clarity, to know what you
know. Make a list of 100 things that you are convinced are right. My parents
love me. I have 10 fingers. The earth is round. Don't put these things in
the same basket with ideas that are unclear, because that will contaminate
your whole basket.
Write it all down and sort it out. Ask
yourself: "How do I know that my parents love me? Because I have evidence
from the way they treat me. You get the idea.
Finally, interact with ideas as if they
are real. Once you decide that a certain idea is correct, translate it into
a concrete idea. For example, take the feeling: "I don't want to waste
time," and turn it into the idea: "Life is precious." The next step is to
take it from your mind and put it into action. To ignore it and go on is
living a schizophrenic life.
EMOTIONAL PURITY
We've all seen a football team running
onto the field after a pep talk. They are going berserk. Get out of the way!
Or the sales manager gives his Monday morning pep talk: "We're going to hit
the phones and sell 100 policies today! If you're the poor guy who gets
called first, you will buy five policies before you know what hit you.
Just as you need purity of mind, you also
need purity of heart - "one emotion at a time. Different emotions can invade
at the wrong time, and if you're not clear, you'll get pulled in too many
directions.
Being pulled in opposite directions causes
paralysis. There's an old saying that "the donkey died of starvation because
he couldn't decide between two bales of hay, which he would eat.
Before entering a situation, decide in
advance which emotion you want to "ride." If you're going to a wedding and
it's important to have joy, don't drift to extraneous topics like: How will
they support themselves? How does my hair look? Will I have the salmon or
the beef? Instead, focus on the singular emotion and tell yourself, "I'm
going to be joyful - and no one's going to stop me!"
When you wake up in the morning, turn on
that switch. Which emotion are you riding today? Joy! When you first open
your eyes, and decide that life is good and it's going to be a great day. No
headaches, no problems, no troubles. Joy is the keynote for your day.
Even if you don't feel cheerful, fake it.
Emotional purity is an act of discipline. You are the master of your mind.
Intensify your will and pull your mind where you want it to be. Before long,
your internal reality will catch up with your external actions.
BLOCK IT OUT
Get a hold of crippling negative emotions
and block them out.
If you feel a negative emotion, realize
that you have the ability to "let go" and feel upbeat in a moment. It's only
wounded pride that says, "I have to pout a while longer before I can get
over this one." The negative energy is hurting no one but yourself. You have
the power of free will to lift yourself out of it.
This is especially important in times of
confusion and anxiety. You have a flight to catch, but the taxi arrives late
and then you're caught in traffic. Don't sit there aggravated, seething and
kicking yourself. It will ruin your day. Instead, switch to positive
thoughts: Okay, so I missed the plane. But I can still enjoy the view! Of
course, if there's something to do about it, do it. But otherwise, block it
out.
Imagine a surgeon who had an argument with
his wife this morning. He's aggravated, and now he's going to operate. How
can he possibly concentrate? He's a trained professional. He'll block it
out.
Be ruthless in your focus. It's not always
bad to be ruthless. If the surgeon doesn't ruthlessly focus, he'll endanger
the patient.
The goal, of course, is not to be devoid
of emotions, but to control them and apply them appropriately.
Some people abuse the tool of emotional
block when it comes to things they don't want to deal with. Talk to someone
about nuclear war. There's no such threat. It can't be. It's too upsetting.
Leave me alone. Or try to convince a racist of the beauty of every human
being. They don't hear you. They block you out. They're not interested in
the subject, finished!
How do you avoid this trap? Be interested
in truth, wherever it will lead. If you find truth and it conflicts with
your prior beliefs, dissolve your prejudices. Be relentless in the pursuit
of truth. I have to change my whole life? Okay, I am not afraid.
MULTIPLE EMOTIONS
Just as we have 70 tracks of intellect, we
also have 70 tracks of emotions. It is possible to feel both happy and sad
at the same time.
Imagine you got a great promotion, which
is possible in opportunities we offer, but it means relocating to another
city. That's mixed emotions. Or a close relative dies and leaves you a large
sum of money. There is a whole array of emotions storming through you at one
time.
In order to master these emotions, you
have to take one at a time.
Always ask yourself, "What am I feeling
now? Anxious? Happy? Both?"
Once you identify your emotion, you can
control the switch. If you're all fired up at work, but then an urgent call
comes from your spouse, you won't say, "One minute, I've got to close this
deal first." You will stop and switch around.
PUTTING IT ALL
TOGETHER
Once you've developed the twin tools of
intellectual and emotional purity, the next step is integrated purity? -
Putting it all together.
Of course, stay away from
counterproductive activities. You can't party all night and meditate in the
morning. It's the antithesis of purity.
Don't contaminate your goal. Focusing on
what you want is the first step in getting what you want. "Confused equals
diffused." If you don't know where you're going, you'll never get there. We
offer direction and opportunity to those who can remain focused.
Wishy-washiness often comes from not being
clear about personal goals. Know your goals and priorities at all times, and
have a plan or accept a plan, as to how to reach them. Our plan may fit you
into the Anti-Aging Clinic Assoc. Inc's., opportunity that is being offered
to the best of the best.
The most important thing is to know what
you're living for - i.e. "The Main Goal." If you are ready to die for
something like your family members, that is pretty heavy. You want to be a
good man or woman? Every human being is ready to die to be good.
Once you have a goal, you need to get
psyched up and focused. Everyone needs a cheerleader, and there is no better
(or more readily available) cheerleader than yourself and your teammates.
Try giving yourself a pep talk like a football coach: "I'm going to
accomplish today. I'm going to concentrate. I'm going to search for truth
and nothing will stop me. The next person who gives me a piece of wisdom,
I'm going to listen, appreciate it, think about it, and apply it."
Make your goals real. You only have a
short time to achieve everything you want in life. Start now and give it all
you've got.
WHY IS "TOTAL
CONCENTRATION" A WAY TO WISDOM?
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It Interrupts the daydreaming
process.
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You can apply yourself to the task
with single-minded dedication.
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You can incorporate what you've
studied into your behavior.
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You can contemplate one idea at a
time and clarify it to the fullest extent.
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You can take one emotion and
experience it to the fullest.
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You can link your emotions to your
goals.
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Your success depends largely on the
intensity of ambition.
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You can take one emotion and pump
it up.
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You are the master of your mind.
You can train it to focus.
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You can block out insanity.
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You can mean what you say and say
what you mean.
LEARN ABOUT LIFE
Human beings like independence. We hate to
admit that we need others. Most people would rather learn from their own
mistakes, than learn from others. We imagine we'll just "figure it all out"
as we go along, this is from a lack of teamwork skills. "I know I'm smart. I
can work it out." This is the total absence of teamwork and a
sign of a mediocre employee; certainly not a Leader and certainly no one we
are interested in.
Life is too short for this. We're bound to
make mistakes. So why add those we could otherwise prevent? As the saying
goes: "A fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise person learns from the
mistakes of others."
But we see people doing this all the time.
College students travel across Europe "to learn about life." They may meet a
lot of people walking down the street, but there are much more efficient
ways to learn about life. If you're serious, you'll plan to get someone to
teach you. The Anti-Aging Clinic Assoc., Inc., is searching for you
specifically.
Imagine you could go back in time 10-years
and teach yourself an important lesson.
Would you have listened? Would it be a
mistake not to listen?
Now go talk to someone 10-years older. Ask
him or her: "Did you ever make a mistake?" They certainly have learned
something about life. Does that make sense?
Realize that you have a built-in resource
of wisdom: your teachers, your teammates and your parents. As Mark Twain
used to say, "When I went to college, my father was a fool. When I came back
four years later, I was amazed at how much wiser he'd become!"
Do you want to give your parents some
pleasure? Ask them for advice on an important issue - marriage, career, they
are full of experience. And on the wisdom scale, you can achieve what it
might take 20 years on your own.
As a way to get started in this process,
think about the following question: "If I could meet anyone alive today, who
would it be, and what would I ask?" A sign of true genius is knowing the
right questions. For example, can you imagine the police releasing a suspect
without questions?
Now work backwards and find someone who
can help approximate your ultimate goal. And don't stop pursuing wisdom
until you find it.
ASSIST THE WISE
PERSON
If the president of the United States came
to visit, you'd get up, bring him a drink, and be ready to help him in any
way possible. You'd ask for advice and listen attentively. (Even if you
voted against him - He is still the president of the United States and you
would respect that!)
We should do the same for a wise person.
Pay attention to them. Serving a wise person is even greater than learning -
from any lecture or textbook.
Be an apprentice. Follow your mentor
around. Observe every nuance. You can read all about it in a textbook, but
the best education is to watch an expert work, to become an expert yourself.
Serving your mentor makes you closer to
them. You will be alert and eager to hear their advice. You'll have more
respect for their wisdom. You'll understand what makes your mentor/s a cut
above the rest.
Above all, you will learn and you will
grow.
BE PREPARED TO
ABSORB WISDOM
If you learned everything from everyone,
you'd be one of the wisest people in the world. But that's not practical, so
you have to prioritize your "wisdom needs."
THE LOYALTY FACTOR
Human beings tend to hold onto what we
"know" and defend our position. Wisdom requires change, moving out of our
comfort zone. Too often we avoid the pain and drop the wisdom altogether.
You might be one of those who say, I was taught this way and this is the
only way I am going to do it.
Resist this temptation. Find people who
will challenge you and encourage you to become great. Don't choose those who
allow you to maintain your weaknesses and prejudices. Persons like that
truly feel inferior and they want to see you fail.
Be loyal, then you're less prone to shop
around every time they suggest something you don't like. By shopping, you'll
end up with someone who is less challenging to your prejudices. If you have
a good professional, you rely on their opinion. If you have good mentors,
stick with them. Don't shop around for answers that you would rather have.
The power of having mentors is that the
message eventually penetrates your wall of defense. You will overcome some
bad mistakes.
Furthermore, we humans are very subjective
about ourselves. We twist reality and refuse to see ourselves. A mentor
gives us objective feedback. They reduce our capacity to rationalize our
mistakes; I did that but it is ok, because. They help us to feel accountable
and think twice before we act. "What would my mentor say if I did this?" If
you can't come up with a good answer, don't do it.
WHY IS "HONORING THE
WISE PERSON" A WAY TO WISDOM?
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To learn about life, you need a
mentor, someone to guide you on a rational and consistent path.
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Human beings are subjective. We
need someone to help give us objectivity.
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Independence is human nature, but
if you don't moderate it, it will stand in the way of your growth.
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Be a student of truth. The most
destructive disease is ignorance - not being connected with reality.
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Get in touch with those who
understand life and pump them for information.
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Go find a teacher now.
We have a marketing strategy that begins
with an incentive-based system. You are invited to attend a seminar.
Seminars are planed according to applicant interest and the admission is
$175 and requires 15 days pre-paid registration. CALL FOR DATES AND TIMES.
The topic will be our opportunity and our
search for persons who will become distributor teams of our “Aging Younger”
Clinics to be developed across the US market.
Contact David Tippie the director of the
Anti-Aging Clinic Association Inc., at: 954-742-4430 or by mail at 7200 West
Commercial Blvd., Suite 209, Lauderhill Florida 33319.
Some of the seminar content will be:
To examine the question “Should there be
an Anti-Aging Clinic in your town”, we review some information. In short,
you have the opportunity to be able to offer the proper treatments and
professional products to all in your hometown that will help your clients
Age Younger.
There are doctors and businesses no doubt
in each town that offer part of the concept, such as: Plastic Surgeons and
Dermatologists, who offer additional aesthetic non-invasive treatments, such
as microdermabrasion, as well as some type of skincare products and facial
treatments.
Additional competition would be day
Spas that have no basic concept other than to make their clients feel good
and certainly nothing results oriented or age reversing or body balancing.
Some Spas offer cellulite treatments with
little, or no results, because there is no complete program necessary to
make the treatments a success. Some of them also offer facials, but often
with the use of inferior grade products that actually can damage the skin;
still others offer massage that in most cases is just a feel good thing, and
a few more, offer microdermabrasion. None of these facilities offer a
complete concept that includes: