Build a Positive Team...

I read this newsletter about building a positive team from Jon Gordon. This newsletter make me recall some of the things I've learned in some seminar I have attended in town. That's a lot of time, when we feel the need to change to have better future, however, the people around us like family, relatives and friends, will be pulling us back because they are comfortable with who we are now and worry that we might got hurt in the process of changing. We are who we are because of our past. We will be who we wanted to be if we decided to make a change NOW. Therefore, in order to change, we have to look for like-minded people or build a mastermind team to encourage, support and inspired each other so that we can stay on course of the CHANGE we want. ;) Have Fun in the journey of Life.

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No one creates a joyful, successful life and career in a vacuum. We all depend on the support, energy and love of others to succeed. That’s why it is so important to realize that there are many people in our circle of friends, co-workers and family that can sabotage us of our hopes and dreams and drain us of our energy. Instead of helping us build a life, they contribute to tearing it down.

No one knows this better than Pete Carroll, USC Football Coach and two time national champion. Pete knows the importance of building a positive team and from the moment his young players join the program he cultivates personal and collective team positive energy. When I spoke to Pete he said, “We really don’t like to talk much about it. We just try to live it and embody it on a daily basis.” And they certainly do. From Pete’s constant uplifting encouragement to positive, high-energy practices to a positive locker room atmosphere, his team is consistently being infused with positive uplifting energy rather than negative draining energy. Pete believes positive energy is so important that he has ingrained it in their culture, systems and processes. It’s no wonder Pete has built one of the most successful college football programs ever. There’s an abundance of research that shows that positive people and positive teams produce positive and superior results.

Everyone performs at a higher level when they are surrounded by a positive and supportive team. And as college football coaches scamper around the country trying to recruit the most talented high school football players, who wouldn’t want to come play for a coach who brings out the best in them? When you build a positive team you attract more people who want to be on your team.

So now it’s time to think about who’s on your team? Then ask yourself, “Who do I want on my team and who needs to be off the team?” Who increases your energy and who drains your energy? Who will help you succeed in the game of life and who is sabotaging your success? Who is helping you be the best you can be and who are you helping to be the best they can be?

Then it’s time to recruit your team just as Pete Carroll recruits his players. Build a team of friends, family, and co-workers who support you, encourage you, and uplift you. Tell them of your goals and ask for their support. Ask how you can support them in their life and career. Team members help each other. There is an exchange of positive energy. Once you have your team in place, consistently infuse your players with positive energy and watch your success and happiness soar. It works for Pete Carroll and USC and it will work for you.

Sending Positive Energy Your Way,
- Jon

We are Priceless...

I come across a very meaning email and wish to share with all of you. Some of you might have read this article before. However, it will be good as a reminder too... this is a good article for life... and also something that doesn't change with time...or a simple wisdom of life.

Here's the story go...

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. Well, he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

Count your blessings, not your problem. And remember: amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic. If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.

All the best, and don't forget to SMILE. :)

Power of Thought...

I wish to share the article i received from eMeditation newsletter. The article review a little bit of the power of our thought. I realised that our thought is getting more and more important in the my self discovery journey. It's the key to the change of all life, and it's power is far more limitless as what we have thought or used to think. The article below might help the enhance the concept on the power of thought...

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"You are today where your thoughts have brought you;
you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."
- Above Life's Turmoil

This principle was not easy for me to accept and I fought it for a long time. As miserable as my life was at the time I learned this concept, I was certain that there was no way that it was due to the thoughts that I had held. There were too many other reasons why things had gone bad - my ex-spouse, the economy, a client who had wronged me, and on and on and on. Since I wasn't responsible for my "bad luck" then certainly my thoughts had nothing to do with it.

But I was wrong. Like the biblical Job who said, "the thing I feared most has come upon me," I, too, had thought myself to where I was at.

Dr. Walter Doyle Staples, writing in "Think Like a Winner!" says, "I credit one simple concept with getting me started on my journey into self-discovery. After a great deal of study and contemplation, I came to the conclusion that people have in their lives today exactly what they keep telling their mind they want."

Like Dr. Staples, it was a moment of great illumination for me! The logical side of me said, "if you and you alone can think yourself into such a mess, then surely you and you alone can think yourself out of it." And that I did. It wasn't overnight and it wasn't easy, but it was a sure thing! And by accepting all of the responsibility for where I was at, and all of the responsibility for where I was going, I experienced a tremendous joy and freedom because I knew in my knower that if I got myself into the predicament, I could get myself out.

Of course, I had some great inspiration along the way. And I will always remember Les Brown's three steps to take during "hard times:"

1. Have Faith (didn't Paul say, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for...")

2. Remind yourself: "No matter how hard it is or how hard it gets, I'm going to make it!"

3. Have patience and engage in consistent action.

And that's worth thinking about.

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