Follow Your Heart - Your Mind Will Catch Up!
Welcome to October’s Connections newsletter. This month we are looking at following your heart even when it might seem a little crazy! We are also happy and excited to announce the first (of many) Passion Test™ Workshops in London in November. I also want to tell you about a new book coming out call Healing the Corporate World: how value-based leadership transforms business from the inside out. by Maria Gamb. She has a guest article below. And some updated news from Humanity Unites Brilliance – we have made it easier to join and buy a goat or some chickens for your friend! And as always some fun and inspirational stuff down the at the end!
Follow Your Heart – Your Mind Will Catch Up!
I was reading an article on the new film that has just been released Eat Pray Love. I remember reading the book and loving the journey Elisabeth Gilbert had as she learnt to follow her heart.
To recap, in case you don’t know the story, she had reached a point in her life where she had everything a 34-year-old woman should want and yet she was miserable. She couldn’t work out what was wrong with her and the truth of the matter was – there was nothing wrong with her at all. She had just come to see that when she looked at her own life that the decisions she had made which were right for her at the time no longer fitted who she was, who she had become.
The decisions we make at 23 are made with a 23 year old’s perspective and mind, and life experience. What was right for us then isn’t necessarily right for us as we get older in life. I know a lot of people find this revelation quite shocking and then try to hang onto what they have created. Why? Because it is too scary to ‘start again’.
So how about instead of seeing it as starting again – seeing it as moving forward. Learning from our life experience and letting go of what we don’t want and refining and putting in place what we do want. Finally listening to our heart.
I was recently working with a client who wanted to review the past ten years and focus the next ten. What was interesting about our conversation was that as many people do, she had not acknowledge the things she had done and focused on the things she hadn’t. So using this as a starting point it was good to actually list out and acknowledge the things she had achieved. And then, as with all good foundations, build upon them.
Once we know what we do not want it is much easier to discover what we do. Looking back can be useful as we begin to see what was missing and what we would really like to have in our life from now on. The next part is to see that it is not about getting all these things yesterday, but just as the previous ten years were about creating our life up to now; the next ten years can evolve and include all the things we want.
It is about starting somewhere – even with a small step. Elizabeth Gilbert didn’t know where her journey was going to take her – she just knew she had to start somewhere and so started in Italy learning to have fun and enjoy food. As her journey continued she learnt more and more about herself until she met, to quote her words, “someone I probably wouldn’t have even noticed in my old life. But now, part of the reason I did notice him was that he was so kind to me and I had been softening the ground for that… I was ready to receive someone who would treat me the same way.” And this is not just about relationships, we can soften the ground to receive whatever we want by beginning to give it to ourselves first. To do that you do need to learn more about yourself.
How well do you know yourself? What are you wanting in your life? Are you giving it to yourself? Are you even letting yourself know what you truly want – especially if it means changing your life? So many people have that crisis of realising that they are not living the life they want, or even maybe just part of their life is not as they’d like, and then they bury the feeling for fear of what it means. They allow ‘I don’t know’ to be an answer because the consequence of knowing is too scary.
The first step is to start allowing yourself to see these missing bits of you and what you have denied yourself. To really touch in with your heart and find out what it longs for. And then to start moving towards creating that for yourself in your life. As I said to a client recently – don’t wait for your head and ego to say yes to what your heart wants – follow your heart and let your mind and ego catch up. If that feels like unknown territory and you’d like to have a chat about uncovering your true heart’s desire then please do give me a call on +44 (0) 203 239 6155 or drop me line anytime and we can explore how I can support you in your journey.
News and Offers
It’s Happening!
The Passion Test™ Workshop in London
When: Saturday, November 20 – 10:30am–2:00pm
Where: October Gallery 24 Old Gloucester St., London WC1N 3AL
Cost: £65.00 – EARLYBIRD rate before Nov 5th: £50.00
»Do You want to feel alive and on Purpose?«
There is lots talk about Passions recently but have you really identified your unique passions? Not just the ones you think you should have up there but the ones that are deep in your heart, the things that will really ensure you are living a passionate life. We thought we had until we took the passion test!
Isn’t it true that sometimes you don’t move forward because you don’t know which path to take? Or in some cases you have so many interests that you don’t know where to start and end up doing nothing be- cause you don’t want to choose and give something up? Well with the passion test it is not about giving up anything but instead choosing in favour of your passions every time, once you know them.
Come join us on November 20th for The Passion Test™ Workshop. Based on the New York Times best- selling book by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood, The Passion Test™ workshop will finally give you the tools to know and follow your passions for the rest of your life.
»At last! Introducing a proven Path to discover Your Passions!«
»Thank you so much – the passion test was brilliant. I have to say i wasn’t sure how much I’d get out of it – I’ve done these kinds of things before, but it’s really powerful in its simplicity and helped me to get really clear and excited about what I want right now – there were a few surprises that have really had an impact since. What I love too is how it’s not about setting goals that I then feel the pressure to strive for but about creating markers that help focus your choices and when you hit them you can stop and celebrate. Very very cool.« S.B. UK
The Passion Test™ is simple to take, fun to do and profoundly effective. It is a repeatable system you can use for the rest of your life to effortlessly follow YOUR unique Passions. You will find...
...your TOP 5 PASSIONS the things that are most important to YOU in YOUR life right NOW.
...how to align your life with your passions to experience more Joy and Fulfilment.
...the one »Secret« that will GUARANTEE you how to live a passionate Life.
...the Formula for creating whatever You choose to have in your life.
»Stops You wondering Where to Go with Your Life!«
»I’ve been meaning to give you some more feedback about the passion test – at the time it seemed like a fun, fairly light morning, but I’ve been getting insight after insight since it happened. Big changes are under way – subtle but big.« A.H. Spain
It’s a simple process that helps you focus on what is important in your life right now. It’s also about what makes you really »tick«, not what you »should« or »ought to« do. It’s about what you FEEL is important, what makes you FEEL happy and content, not what you THINK it is. Feelings are our guidance system and usually we overlook them or don’t trust them – for various reasons.
The Passion Test™ is allowing yourself to tap into that feeling, no matter what anyone else thinks or says and bringing Your True Desires to the surface. Once you know what that is, and you start applying the »Secret« of how to live a passionate Life, Things and Circumstances will start shifting.
In the 3 hour Workshop you will find out your passions and together we identify your top 5. You’ll receive tools and methods of how to apply your newfound knowledge so that you can start living your life full of passion and purpose. You will learn this process that you can apply whenever you need to get clear on what really matters in your life right now!
»... don’t just take our Word for it!«
» I recently took the Passion Test™ and I have to admit that, before starting, I was curious but skeptical about it. After all I already knew what my passion was and wasn’t sure what more could be added. I was surprised and delighted by the results. The process of unearthing the top 5 passions is simple but profound. What came out surprised me, as it wasn’t what I expected, but it is what is most important to me right now. It’s like the fog has cleared and I have a better sense of my priorities and my values. Taking decisions and making choices has become easy and quick. If what I am contemplating is in line with my passions, I do it. Otherwise I don’t. Period. Gone is the guilt, the blaming and the feeling power- less. I feel focused on my purpose and more confident in my choices. I WILL repeat the process at regular intervals so that, as things move on in my life, the new priorities will have my full attention.« E.S. UK
»... and for all You Coaches out There...«
...here’s what a Coach says who has us take her clients through The Passion Test™:
»I realised very quickly, having taken the Passion Test with you myself, that this sublime process would be an excellent tool for beginning my coaching with many of my clients. It would mean that we had a head start on their purpose. We could look at their professional goals (my area of coaching expertise) and ensure that they aligned perfectly with what they were working for in the first place. Dynamite!
What is also very exciting from my point of view is that in having you deliver the Passion Test the head start I get is totally time efficient and feels deliciously professional. Using you at the very beginning of the coaching means my clients get an immediate sense of focus and immersion into their journey with some- thing with a fabulously tangible result from the outset – their Passions list. The list of passions dovetails with my own tools and way of working so well and clients refer so readily to it during our work, I wouldn’t dream of not recommending it to new clients now.« T.G. UK
Book your place now and get a £15 discount making the price just £50.00 when you book before the 5th November.
Email me now or call me on +44 (0) 203 239 6155
Maria Gamb is launching her new book Healing The Corporate World on Tuesday October 12th here she offers a telesummit called Transforming Business from the inside Out. Below she writes about what inspired her to write her book. If you’d like a sneak peek click here.
Hitting the Wall – What is the Change and How do We Make It?
by Maria Gamb
There are times when we all hit the wall.
We hit that wall when we start to wonder whether or not what we’re doing is making any kind of impact – not just on ourselves and our families, but also on those around us. So many times I have heard people ask, "Am I supposed to be working at the job I currently have?" People question their level of fulfilment and wonder what it’s all for – especially given all that’s transpired from an economic standpoint over the past few years.
Something’s gone awry in business. On morning radio and TV shows, pundits argue one way or the other about how to cure this problem. Recently I watched one commentator waving a large red pointer as he jumped up and down about financial projections and shortfalls. But is this really what’s going to motivate business to change and bring it back to its bastion of integrity and profitability?
Executives and entrepreneurs alike are facing the same problems: lack of motivation, less than stellar morale, and lack of fulfilment or a sense of accomplishment. They are fearful about their security and future.
But simply leaving the corporate world and working for oneself is not necessarily the solution. Sitting in a local coffee shop the other day, I overheard a conversation where one professional-looking woman was speaking to her sympathetic friend.
As she sipped her Americano, I heard the woman say, “I just want to walk out of this job and go weave baskets on the beach in Bali!”
Her friend replied, “Hey at least you have a steady job! I’m self-employed and it feels that way for me too. I thought I was supposed to be happier this way. I thought I was going to feel fulfilled doing work I believed in. But I can’t honestly say I am.”
They both stared at each other, looking beleaguered.
People want to feel productive. People want to make a difference where they work no matter what it is that they do. Many are tired of the problems we’ve faced in business year after year and are fed up. And they want to be making a better living (read money). However they are not quite sure how anything will get better.
So what’s the alternative?
It actually starts with each person-- from corporate executives to the office worker to the self-employed-- realizing that they are so much more powerful than they know, and by taking personal responsibility for their own happiness and fulfilment. It means they will have to make a shift and undergo the same kind of transformation needed in many businesses today: working from the inside out.
We start change by changing ourselves.
I thought this topic was of such importance, I wrote a whole book on the subject called Healing the Corporate World: how value-based leadership transforms business from the inside out.
To celebrate the launch of my new book, which is coming to Amazon on October 12th, I would like to invite you to attend a very special free 4-part online telesummit with 9 guest speakers on this very topic:
For details of the guest line up click here
"Transforming Business from the Inside Out"
October 4th-7th
1pm EDT/ 10am PDT/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET
To register FR*EE click here
On this event, over the course of 4 days, you will get to hear thoughts from a distinguished panel of 9 passionate and innovative authors and speakers to discuss the ingredients for becoming the 'Change Agent' in your business, in your life and in the world.
Humanity Unites Brilliance
HUB has just released it’s phase two plan making it much easier to join and grow with your HUB team. Click here for all the details of the new program.
We have also expanded the global marketplace with a wide variety of products for sale and everything you buy has a positive impact in the developing world. Need to give a goat or some chickens to your friend? – here’s the place to buy it! Want to finance a micro loan in someone’s name as a thank you – then click here. The Global Market place is the place to create a positive impact in the world
Every Thursday at 5.00pm UK time there is a HUB Global Virtual Igniter!
On this call you can discover about Humanity Unites Brilliance and how it works to support both you and fund projects in the developing world.
Hosts: Spryte Loriano, President and
Charlie Gay, HUB Founder
Email me for the most recent log in details so you can join the call and find out about HUB and it’s mission – Doing Well while Doing Good
Fun and Inspirational Stuff
Crazy but true check this out
The great circle of cosmic weirdness click here to view
The Empathetic Civilization click here for a cool message and graphics
And lastly – What if facebook existed years ago… click here to find out