GO WEST!: Honoring Thy Self... Part II

Go West! with Christine West

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Many of us fail to recognize the innate ability we have to succeed at our endeavors. Yet in order to so, we need to stop participating in activity, buying into self-limitations or of others or feeding ourselves self talk that anchors us spiraling downward.

Pursuing what we want in both our professional and personal endeavors takes persistence and stamina. It requires you to differentiate and distinguish yourself from others. It is about allowing originality and individuality to shine bright by responding to life’s opportunities.

By no means am I diminishing team or group efforts. I feel strong about working in groups or in partnerships. Yet we need pay attention if the group norms are helping or hindering us.

As an example, if you are a horse jockey and you are paid to win. Do you get paid to stay at the same pace of the other horses? Absolutely Not! Or behind the other horses? – think about it for a moment, that is an absurd thought, Right? So why would anyone do it in everyday life?

Do you get paid to react to the other jockeys, horses and audience? – No because you would be way too distracted by your emotions. You would be too focused on the approval of others or how the other jockeys treated you during the race. Not a very good or efficient strategy. Many continue to behave this way at work or in personal relationships.

The winning strategy in a horse-race is to be able to respond to opportunity. Which means the focus is on driving my horse through the path of opportunity. By paying attention and maneuvering the horse through openings past the other horses quickly with graceful efficiency toward the finish line without any hesitation, is the horse that wins. This strategy also requires a jockey who knows how to pace the horse through the openings and once ahead of the competition, continues to run the horse hard to the finish line.

The horse and jockey receive their glory because they figured out how to move past and maintain a pace ahead of the other riders. This is very similar in regular day to day life. When we honor our very existence, something magical occurs. We are no longer distracted by life, negativity, and the pressures to conform to ways of others or need a sense of approval. We anchor ourselves to the sense of purpose within ourselves and we give free rein to our sense of being to respond to life and her opportunities. And we end up belonging to more than we ever imagined.

When we do this, we increase our worth and deepen our self-love, in which radiates outward in all that we do. When we behave out of love instead of manipulation, we allow ideas, resources and opportunity to develop into prosperous endeavors. Our energy is higher and authentic. People want what we have so therefore they become magnetized by our presence. Life becomes fuller and more interesting. Stressors decrease and clarity surrounds us.

No matter what your profession is, all of us need to interact with people to accomplish our goals. When we honor who we are, it is simpler to honor and accept the choices of others instead of becoming consumed by them. People seem to trust people more that interfere less with their existence and behave in authentic means toward them. We will never truly value others until we honor and value who we are.

When continue to build and invest in the greater good of ourselves and in others, that very goodness comes reflecting right back to us. The beauty in this we learn to collaborate, build wealth and a quality of life that is more rewarding.

Genuinely,

Christine

Author: Christine M. West, TheBusinessMD, 2240 E. Tudor Rd. #976, Anchorage, Alaska, USA 99507. Phone 1-907-223-8403. Email: info@thebusinessmd.net, http://www.businessmd.net/ http://thebusinessmd.blogspot.com/ Christine West is an industrial organizational psychology practitioner and is in private practice as TheBusinessMD which helps organizations and individuals overcome fear and explore the power of change. Ms. West is also a Featured Columnist for the National Networker http://www.thenationalnetworker.com/

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Go West! with Christine West

“You yourself, as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” Buddha

In every human interaction we teach other people how we wish to be treated. By the very essence of what we accept as acceptable behavior and our interactions establishes the means in which other people end up treating us by the way we treat ourselves.

I am personally fascinated in how most people are blind to this fact. We are constantly teaching others about ourselves. We do this in so many different ways that many are unaware of. Our very behavior sends signals out to the world on how to treat us. Our body language, our energy, our physiology, our words, our beliefs, our actions or inactions, our boundaries, what we take value in, what we make a priority, our self-respect, self-esteem and self worth, are some of the many factors that give others information about us. When we want the world to treat us better, we need to learn to treat ourselves better and make the adjustments within ourselves.

I have personally found when I treat myself with honor, my sales increase, my productivity improves, better people and resources come into my life and I am happy. Honor means I value myself, I make me a priority, I invest my time and energy in activity that creates happiness and moves me closer to my goals, I surround myself with healthy people, resources and activities, I fuel my body and mind with nutritious foods that helps me to focus and be emotionally stable. It also means I sell my services based on my own personal development level and self-worth. I love and accept everything about myself so that I can continue to evolve and prosper.

When we neglect ourselves and allow energy to scatter mixed results occur and we often feel depleted. We end up forgetting about our priorities, our value and end up taking on the priorities of someone else who may be leading us away from our goals. We end up procrastinating and living out the intentions of other people while never advancing ourselves.

If we are to evolve personally, professionally, cognitively, emotionally and spiritually, it is absolutely critical to recognize if you desire true change, then one must be willing to make the changes at the internal level. Nothing in your external world will change if you refuse to on the inside. This statement is true and factual when it comes to personal development, business development, organizational development, relationship development or healing physical impairments.

When we make inner adjustments the external world magically changes. The bottom line is nothing will improve until you improve. If you treat yourself poorly, then you are teaching your employer, your family, your friends and peers to do exactly the same.

I have heard people complain about their external world. What these people are really communicating is the complaints inside themselves. Everything we see in our external world and our very reaction to it is a mirrored reflection of who we are.

This statement may be difficult or easy for you as a reader to digest.

I also realize this is a different statement than some may be familiar with. It is important to reiterate this fact. The beauty or ugliness or anything in between we see in our external world is a reflection of who we are. This is why different people can experience the same event and have a very different experience. The experiences can be contrasting as though the people involved didn’t experience the same the event or the same conversation.

For example, in today’s job market many have been laid off from their job. Some people find this a great opportunity for a new beginning and others find it fatalistic. Some people when a relationship ends focus on harboring resentment and others are grateful for the experience no matter how it ended.

For growth or change to occur, if you don’t like what you see or what you experience then you need to make internal changes, learn to forgive yourself and others for mistakes, set healthy boundaries with yourself, other people and your environment and accept every piece of you. We all are a self-fulfilled prophesy - meaning our beliefs, expectations and behaviors create our reality. We possess a power within by taking responsibility and we give our power up through blaming others for what we experience or our circumstances.

Most people want more respect, more success, more prosperity and less grief and stress, yet most fail to recognize these goals are much easier to reach by learning to honor thy self.

Now, as a reader, you may be asking what do I mean? The bottom line is real simple, when you personally “HONOR” every piece of your life and work on yourself internally, your mirror will naturally reflect your inner changes.

So far I have given you some food for thought. In the next month’s column, I will help you to increase your self-worth so you can increase your prosperity, sales and quality of life. Until then ---

Genuinely,
Christine

Author: Christine M. West, TheBusinessMD, 2240 E. Tudor Rd. #976, Anchorage, Alaska, USA 99507. Phone 1-907-223-8403. Email: info@thebusinessmd.net, http://www.businessmd.net/ http://thebusinessmd.blogspot.com/ Christine West is an industrial organizational psychology practitioner and is in private practice as TheBusinessMD which helps organizations and individuals overcome fear and explore the power of change. Ms. West is also a Featured Columnist for the National Networker http://www.thenationalnetworker.com/


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