This week, I had to get a good start on a bio of myself.  When you write something like that, it really is an acknowledgement of all that you have been, all that you are, and all that you will be.  Their are experiences that we take for granted that others may find to be amazing. 

The questions for the day:  What are all the experiences and accomplishments that you have had ove your lifetime?  What do you appreciate about all of them?  What do you appreciate about yourself?  What do you appreciate about others?

I have been thinking about leaders and leadership considerably over the past few days.  Over the years, I have read books about leadership, created posts on leadership, observed leaders, and taken a few leadership programs, led, and still lead. 

Leaders come in all different styles.  There were some leaders that stood out from the others.  They were like a moving force in the world that could not be stopped.  In some cases, you know that if you had your eyes closed and the person walked in the room, you would know it.  What is that?

Well, in my observation, I have noticed that the greatest leaders had a profound vision for the world that they were living into (i.e. lived and breathed) and they loved what they did. 

I aspire to be that.  Wait!  I choose to be the possibility of that! 

Mary

When I first began my coaching business, I had a tough time choosing which area I would like to coach in.  When I looked around the books I had and the people I had coached for leadership programs, I noticed that I the I remembered most the sessions where coached people in the areas of money and living their passions.

And, I began to look at prosperity.  But what is prosperity?

The dictionary defniition is prosperous condition, good fortune, wealth, success, etc.
The dictionary definiteion of prosper is to succeed, thrive, grow, etc. in a vigorous way.

What prosperity means to me is that we and the people around us are thriving in the areas of money, fufilling relationships with people (including friends and family), great conversations with people we meet, our well-being is thriving, that we get paid to do what we love to do, etc. 

And when one thing is out of balance (ex: well-being is not thriving), that has an effect on every area of our life. 

Mary

One of the reasons I chose to play in the arena of prosperity is because money is one of the elements, in life, that has the greatest effect on people.  People's perceptions of money can be very stressful.  There are still people in the world who sell themselves into slavery just to pay off their debts.

What is money, though?  Is it really that green stuff or those metal chunks that people carry around or is there another way of viewing it? 

Money can be considered (and it has been said this way by at least a few) as an energy exchange.  Our customers and/or our employers pay us x amount of dollars for the amount of time and effort that we spending "working".

Now I have this question to ask.  Have you ever noticed a person who hated their job making a lot of money?  What about the football player whose heart isn't in the game?

Have you seen someone who loves what they do or the football player whose heart is on fire with the love of the game?    What happens in their lives?  How much do they make as a result?

My most specific example is of Tae Kwon Do schools.  I can typically tell whether or not they are making money when I walk in the door.  The reason?  There are many factors, and the biggest one is that I can tell whether or not the instructor loves what he does.

It is possible to make lots of money when you hate or love what you do; however, I would assert that you would be making more per hour if you were doing what you loved.  People are attracted to those who do what they love.  Opportunities and doorways open up where none existed before.  Abundance shows up with ease, and it is as if such people flow through life.

What do you see about how you perceive money?

This is the first poem I wrote as an adult.  It was one those things that was writen when I feared taking a stand to do what I loved at the time.

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THIS IS THE MOMENT

The greatest torture is to be prevented from pursuing our passion.
Will we be destroyed in the pursuit?
In the destruction, will we become slave to the situation or
Will we take a stand and dare to dream?
This is the moment when we rise again to risk it all
When we become unstoppable
When the fear dissipates and
When obstacles catapult us towards success
This is the moment when the magic and the dream come alive again.
This is the moment when we begin to live.

In keeping with the topic of "prosperity consciousness", I want to add a couple of specific examples of what is possible. 

We can really ask ourselves if it is possible to love what we do, have a huge vision for what we are up to, and make money at it.

In the past year, I have seen it happen.  Whether it has been through a few volunteer coaching sessions or a professional coaching session, I have been fortunate to give coaching to people who have a huge vision and are fulfilling upon becoming millionaires. 

In each case, the person tapped into their networks or the networks of others.  Each person gave up the idea that they could not be a millionaire and fulfill on a vision that brought them joy.  And, in each case, the person built their success upon the lessons of their failures and the failures of others.

In one very specific case, I had the opportunity to pro-actively engage in my network on behalf of a real estate investor who has a huge vision that goes beyond real estate investing.

We generated an abundance of people who would be willing to be a money partner provided the numbers of a multi-million dollar deal worked. 

Generating the abundance of resources that could finance the investor's deal, in a short period of time, was amazing.  There was another component that I found to be incredible.

I had the opportunity to get in touch with people I had not spoken to in months.  In some cases, I was in communication with someone where I thought the relationship was permanently damaged.  The game was just too big to be stopped by circumstances and what I thought I might happen.  The end result was that there was a profound joy in the act of creating the resources for the deal and connecting with people.  A whole new sense of freedom became available, and a whole new sense of what is possible became available.  

I became very aware that money is not the root cause of what prevents people from realizing their dreams, following their bliss, or having their passions realized.  There are so many resources out there that we can use.  All we have to do is ask and honor people. 

Last week, I became very aware that anything is possible.  That there is no shortage of resources if they are allowed in.

I also became aware that there would be tremendous power in playing the same game as my coachees, beyond the coaching game:  creating a game (i.e. endeavor) for the pure joy of it, creating something new, and building prosperity in the process. 

The first step in creating a wonderful game, the Tae Kwon Do Center, was taken last night.
The Center will focus on the whole person (mind, body, spirit).  It will be a place for people of all ages with the intention of being able to unleash their full potential as a human being.

Given that I am engaged in a number of things, I do not have the time to be the one that teaches the classes.  The challenge will be creating and building the team that will run the school.  That is not the way that I know Tae Kwon Do schools to be started. 

I will post here on the progress of the project in between the posts about transforming people's relationship to prosperity.  :)