Choosing an Attitude of Success

Christmas day has come and gone yet Christmas will live in your heart for as long as you choose to let it. Living an abundant life means giving and receiving. How you perceive what you give, and how you perceive what you receive, is directly determined by your attitude.

The attitude you choose will determine what you experience!

With 2 more days until the new year begins, this is the time when most of us begin to reflect on our dreams and desires for the new year. Make a new resolution for yourself this year to maintain your certainty in achieving your goals. Hold on to that certainty through March, April and May. Hold on to it through the summer. Experience how good it is to have been true to your own desires on December 31st, 2009. Choose an attitude that will create the conditions for your success.

Here is my formula for creating and living the life you want; Set meaningful goals in all areas of your life and pursue them with consistent, flexible action.

To your success,
-Lane

Spiritually Empowered

Celebrate your spirituality! However you do so, this is the season. I celebrate Christmas and connect my spirituality with the teachings of Jesus. How do you celebrate this time of year?

I have always found it interesting that no matter what spiritual or religious doctrine one follows, this is the time of year that everyone makes that connection.

In whatever way you connect to your spirituality, your source, your God; make certain to fully do so this season.

What does that do with empowerment? Well, you see, you are a mental, emotional and spiritual being. Your spiritual nature is 1/3rd of who you are.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas,

-Lane

Time for me

I find myself being very pressed with time recently! Christmas preparation, work, family, parties and other event scheduling... and the band plays on.

I am not complaining. Not one bit.

I am writing this article because I know I need to remind myself to take some time for me. Well, I figure if I need to remind myself, then perhaps you might need reminding too. ;-)

Especially during certain times of the year, like the winter celebrations and holidays, most of us just simply get swamped. What a blessing!

The most common advice I dole out to my clients is to meditate. Find a little time for you. Put it on your calendar even if for only 5 minutes each day. Just go into a quiet place, close your eyes and go inside your own mind. Put your focus on the feeling of the air going into and out of your nose. Breath normally and just focus on your breathing only.

I promise that you will be amazed at how much more peaceful your world becomes.

If your thinking, "I can't get five minutes to myself in my house." Go to the restroom.

In peace,
-Lane

Control is a Good Thing

Every year I come to the same conclusion.  I love turkey.  How come I usually only eat it only once a year?  And it's not just the eating of turkey, it is the whole, roasting and cranberries and dressing and such.   I find it interesting that in the month of December, we, as a global society, turn our attention to giving and I think we do a very good at being as giving as our budgets allow.  There are campaigns at churches to collect coats, toys and food for distribution to anyone who wants it.  The giving spirit falls upon us as we select an "angel" from a tree and go shop for that particular child or adult who we will probably never meet.   Perhaps we bought into this idea that we must be giving only in a certain month???  I don't think so.  I think that we have gotten so caught up in bring the money in so we have enough to give.   Empowerment is being in control of the flow of your energy.  I define energy in this case as time, money, attitudes and things like that.  You must move energy in order for work to be done.  For example, you must move money into and out of your pocket in order to pay for energy in the form of gasoline which must move through your car to produce the energy of motion and so on.   The flow must move.  There must be a continuous cycle of receiving and giving.  I'd be willing to make the bold assumption that you buy gas for your car as needed, not just once a year.   Make a decision for 2009 to consciously receive and give each month, week and day.  Be in control of the flow of your energy.   Pass the pumpkin pie, -Lane

Tis the Season

It has begun!  The holiday season is now upon us.  Tis the season for giving… and receiving.

If I had to guess, I’d bet that you are the kind of person who is good at giving.  You like to give.  Giving feels good and you enjoy seeing others having nice things or experiencing fun things in their life.

Now, I wonder, are you a good receiver too?  In the past, I was not a good receiver.  If someone gave me something (an actual thing or even their wonderful energy) I would feel not good inside.  I would feel embarrassed, obligated or some other not very good emotion.  Ultimately, I now know, I didn’t feel worthy of receiving what good came my way.

I had to learn how to be a receiver.  I learned you cannot give what you do not possess.  You cannot give from an empty cup.  Wow!  What an amazing and important lesson that was for me.

I have a simple formula for being a good receiver.  Just say, “Thank you.”