August is over and its time to get back to work
Tomorrow is September 1st and my month off during August is over. Its back to work and being passionate about promoting our event for October.
During August I went on a journey to realign myself spirituality. Setting up this event made me realise that my own “IT” had been put on hold in the pursuit of making money and I am now back, Spirit is in charge and I am looking forward to the 9th Month!
One of my biggest realisations is this
It truly is my light not my darkness that most frightens me!
Its important I remember that at all times because it will remind me of my power.
I cannot know who I am until I have experienced who I am not and I have spent 41 years experiencing who I am NOT so now in September 2008 it’s time to step into WHO I AM with complete faith.
I went on a journey to make money using the internet and I have learnt alot and I will cherish those skills but it is not who I AM. My purpose in life is to discover greatness and in helping people to discover their greatness I discover my own. I have known this for a few years now and I re-embrace it and own it.
I look forward to this new journey and I hope you are there to discover your IT in October with us
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Your “IT” is a free Ecourse put togther to help you on your journey towards discovering what your “IT” is for you.
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Did you watch Dispatches on channel 4?
I was half way through watching EastEnders and suddenly decided that I hate watching that program and wanted to turn over so I handed the remote to my daughter who turned it onto Dispatches on channel 4.
This weeks show was called
Dispatches: How The Banks Never Lose
The program focused on the banks and more importantly the huge commission payouts given to Investment Bankers…
One million pounds…..
let me just write that again…..
One million pounds…..
And you won’t believe the payouts the CEOs receive because their £975,000 or more yearly salary isn’t enough.
And in times of recession and credit crunches like we are experiencing now how do they make up the shortfall from the income that has come in (because the risks these investment bankers have taken don’t always pay off) and the huge number of “bonuses” they need to pay out?
They take a little interest off saving accounts, they add a little more to bank charges and they put a little on the interest rate. So while the investment bankers are buying a porsche with cash we are losing money on our savings and paying more on our mortgage.
Here’s a video I found on another Dispatches program that focused on Banks and how they bet your money. It explains the risk the banks took to make short term profits in the USA and how Europe and the UK decided to take their own piece of the pie!
As always its the general consumer that pays for this mess – that’s you and I – but there is an alternative in the shape of credit unions.
If you want to know what a credit union is here’ something from Wikipedia – CREDIT UNION
Credit unions are a great alternative. Run and managed by members they are usually cheaper to borrow from and charge less than banks plus they have a community development value system attached to them.
I’m looking to see if there is one in West London. Here’s a list I found from doing a search
| A. |
Lambeth Savings & Credit Union Ltd – www.lscu.org.uk – +44 20 3256 0000 – more |
| B. |
Hackney Credit Union – www.hackneycreditunion.co.uk – +44 20 89866868 – more |
| C. |
Yusuf Cicek Consultancy Ltd – www.yusufcicek.com – +44 20 7033 3666 – more |
| D. |
Deptford & New Cross Credit Union – maps.google.com – +44 20 72777477 – more |
| E. |
Waltham Forest Council Employees Credit Union Ltd – maps.google.com – +44 20 84964826 – more |
| F. |
Auto LogBook Loans – www.autologbookloans.co.uk – +44 845 322 0011 – more |
| G. |
Rainbow Saver London Credit Union Ltd – maps.google.com – +44 20 85399746 – more |
| H. |
Costcutter Off-Licence – maps.google.com – +44 20 8800 4822 – more |
| I. |
Lewisham Plus Credit Union Ltd – www.lewishampluscu.co.uk – +44 20 87784738 – more |
| J. |
Southwark Credit Union– www.creditunion.co.uk – +44 20 77870770 – more |
Of course if you are feeling the credit pinch (and I know I am) then changing to a credit union wont really help you right now. Instead its important to assess what help you need and get it because its been predicted that we may have another 12 months of this!
What makes me angry is the fact that these investment bankers get to keep their commissions even if they took a risk on something that went bad. They keep their million and we get more added on to our mortgage. The worst of it is now that house prices are low they can use their million pound bonus to buy up property (because now is the best time to invest) and wait for that property to increase in value so they make more money.
It was the banks greed that has caused this current credit crunch….. Its just incredible! Six figure incomes and bonuses for causing the credit crunch…. I definitely didn’t choose the right career!
You can watch the rest of the videos here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EnxVnxGI44&feature=related
Reason to Under Achieve No. 6 – Lack of Support from a Mastermind Alliance
One of the reasons I decided to train as a Life Coach was because of the way it moved me towards my goal so quickly. The other was the support it provided. When my sessions ended once again I found myself “on my own”
When you set big goals for yourself you need support to help you achieve them. As I mentioned earlier you will have the nay sayers lining up to tell you why something won’t work, but what you need is positive, affirming support.
Mastermind Groups or Mastermind Alliances as they are sometimes known is one of the best ways. This group will be a network of people who see more in you than you see in yourself. They will be big thinkers, supporters, like minded people that you can rely on to hold up the highest vision of who you are.
The question here is “Where can I find an alliance that will support me in achieving my dreams?”
What happens in a mastermind alliance will vary, some groups contain people from different professions who come together to offer their expertise to each other.
Some groups will support and promote each others businesses, others will create a project together and some may do all of those or none of them!
How your group works and what it does is ultimately down to the group. The most important thing to remember is that dreams are not achieved alone. Even if you work alone it is important to your business that you have contact with others if you intend to make money!
Knowing that you have your own alliance that is available to you whenever you find yourself in need of motivation, or experiencing a challenge, or when you just want to share a success is an important and worthwhile investment of your time.
It truly is my light not my darkness that most frightens me!
I have spent the last 2.5 years using the internet to build online businesses because I wanted to build something that would provide passive income but my try love is personal development and writing.
In the book “The Life You Were Born To Live” by Dan Millman my date of birth provides me with a life purpose number which is 29/11
So my life path is all about
2 = creating balance in my life (learning to say no and not trying to please everyone)
9 = living a life of higher wisdom and integrity that inspires others by example
1 = creativity and confidence (bringing positive creative energy in the world)
Life numbers (like numerology) go up to 10 so an 11 is a master number and means I have double the effect.
Not only do I have a double helping of creativity and confidence in my life, not only do I have the ability to bring positive creative energy into the world, but I also have a double helping of doubt, insecurity and fear.
When describing myself I often say I am deeply insecure with moments of brilliance and I sway from one to another depending on how life is going.
From 2006 – 2008 I forgot myself spirituality and have been living in my head trying to plan my life and spending way to much time “doing” and no “being”. I’ve failed miserably.
Now in the depths of despair I have been reminded of my natural leadership and need to connect to spirit AT ALL TIMES. I have spent the whole of August looking at the direction my life is taking and My Higher Power is in charge again. I have surrendered my will to being guided and making heart decisions – but who knows how long it will be before I stray again! This is the journey called My Life
I will spend it swaying from insecurity to moments of brilliance and my aim now is to spend more time experiencing and sharing moments of brilliance with the world.
It truly is my light not my darkness that most frightens me!
Reason to Under Achieve No. 5 – People Won’t Like Me!
Actually with this reason you are absolutely right. People won’t like you. Especially the people you leave behind; still stuck, still too afraid to change their circumstances. Still believing that their ultimate success is at the mercy of other people, that the only way they can be successful is if someone else makes it happen.
Celebrate! You neither want nor need these people to like you! Along the road to whatever success is for you, you will meet people just like you. Its all about attraction – like attracts like! Stop concerning yourself with people who have no ambition. Okay, you have known them for the last 20 years, I understanding that, but if they have no inclination to support you why would you want that in your life?
Change in itself is scary, and sometimes the familiar can help us to feel that we still have something that hasn’t changed. An old friend that you can still engage in your old ways with, but eventually you will realise that all you are doing is stunting your growth. I did!
The question here is “Are you ready to choose? Put your hands out palms upward. You have – “people that like you but are not supportive” in one palm and – “living your wildest dreams based on what makes you happy” in your other palm. Now choose!
There will always be “haters” as the rappers like to call them. There will always be those people who get upset because you have “left them behind” or because “you think you are better than they are.” It is a big part of the life of a successful person, having people that dislike them for it.
But, here’s the thing, what other people think of you is NONE of your business! (Go ahead and read that againJ). Let them talk, let them criticise, they hurt no one but themselves when they engage in these activities. Just keep your focus on where you are and where you want to be.
by Diane Corriette
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Reason to Under Achieve No. 4 – Believing In Failure!
It really is so easy to be stopped by the very thought of failure, but not just any kind of failure, public failure!
Let’s face it, we could all go for our dream if we knew that we will be the only person to know if we failed! But when we step out and announce that we are going to achieve something big many people will be ready in the hopeful anticipation of watching us mess up!
But things are changing. More and more people are recognising their mistakes and their failures as nothing more than another step towards success. They realise that they have found a way that doesn’t work and can move forward to find one that does.
More and more people are recognising their mistakes and their failures as nothing more than an opportunity to grow, because it meant you put yourself out there. Okay things didn’t go to plan, but you can learn from what didn’t work.
I celebrated when I made my first property “cock up!” (Excuse the English expression!) Why? Because now I didn’t have to worry about making a mistake!
I have made one, I can relax, its all plain sailing from here. Okay I was left with a little matter of having to find £8k ($16,000) in 3 days, but hey, who cares! I was too busy celebrating that I messed up!!!!
The question here is “What learning opportunity(ies) have my mistakes and/or failures given me?”
If you are telling yourself that you failed then celebrate, because most of the high achievers you will read about have. Go and pick up a few auto biographies of people you admire, people who are where you want to be. Read their story, and if you don’t find a section where they made a mistake, lost money or failed then let me know because I will want to read it myself! ?
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