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Are you a Leader who operates from “Reckless Intention”?

Are you a Leader who operates from “Reckless Intention”Are you a Leader who operates from reckless intention?

Intention:  Having a clear purpose and goal, an unbroken commitment to have it happen.  Standing in one’s heart and mind that the result has already happened.

Reckless:
Without thinking or caring about the consequences.  A person who is risking, daring, audacious, and bold.

By |2019-10-16T00:15:06-04:00December 29th, 2014|
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Whatever you do: Don’t be poor and go to jail

Dr. Lori Todd - FaithMost people in jail in the U.S. have not been convicted of any crime, they are legally presumed innocent. Sixty to 75% of them are awaiting trial in pretrial detention. This wait can be from a few months to over a year.
– Why are they still in jail waiting for resolution of their case? They are too poor to post bail. Bail amounts keep going up, and research has shown that the bail system is totally unrelated to keeping the public safe.
– What can happen to these people? They sit in jail, lose their jobs, lose their homes, lose their children, and they can lose their souls. And their children lose their parents and innocence as well.
– Yes I know they are responsible for their lives and where they are. But the system, the way it is configured, only creates more damage to humanity. And by the way, we pick up the tab.

This poem is from a woman I know who has been waiting in jail for her trial, for over eight months, to prove her innocence. It looks like it will be another four months. So much for a speedy trial. She says that the way to get out quickly is to say you are guilty and cop a plea.

She has lost many things and people as she stands that she is innocent. However, the one thing she hasn’t lost is her ability to be the source of her interpretations. Viktor E. Frankl said “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing – the last of all human freedoms – is the freedom to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

Faith is …
To believe when there is no answer
To see purpose in the tragic
To keep your vision, even in darkness
To always envision possibility

To endure as pain demands
To accept unwanted loss
To affirm life fully
To feel, not die

To see treasures in each moment of being
To shut all doors of despair
To unite all the broken pieces of life
To dare to live again

– Angel, Day 280
By |2019-10-16T00:20:43-04:00December 18th, 2014|
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Steps to Creating an Unprecedented Future

Unprecedented Future Dr Lori ToddSteps to Being Successful and Creating an Unprecedented Future
Envision it -> Big Promises -> Big Requests -> Make It Happen

1. Envision it: What do you really want? What is your vision?
2. Big Promises: What is the tangible manifestation of your vision? Invent a new place to operate from by making bold promises and then embodying the promise. Interact in the world by standing in this promise and allowing yourself to engage with forces both seen and unseen in an entirely new way.
3. Unconditional Commitment to Make It Happen. Be willing to risk everything. Operate without any guarantee. Be willing to “go for it anyway” and be committed, even though the odds of failing are high. If the odds of failing are low, you are not operating in the arena of an unprecedented future. “I have no guarantee, I make my commitment my guarantee.”

4. Set a powerful intention and Be The Source. Own your “unprecedented future.” Own that you are the Chessboard upon which all pieces play. You are not a pawn. Own that you are the writer, director and producer of this magnificent production. You are the Source. Get out of the way and allow the universe to support you.
5. Make Big Requests. A request could be for a coach to support you, for a $100,000 donation, for someone to enroll in the Journey. As a leader, you seek a committed response from a person who has the authority to deliver on that commitment. If you don’t think you need to make requests, if you don’t think you need to ask anybody for anything, you are playing a very small game. If you don’t use powerful coaches, you are playing a small game. You are also playing a small game if you only make requests you think will be accepted.
6. Be a space for Authentic YES’s or Authentically NO’s. What allows people to authentically say YES is that they have the authentic opportunity to say NO. With the freedom to say NO, both people are empowered. If you don’t let people say NO they have no space to say YES. Once you integrate into your way of being the knowledge that anyone can say NO, you will be transformed. You will begin to make bold requests, which may be a huge departure from your previous way of operating.

It doesn’t matter whether people say YES or NO. A clear request and answer moves your promises closer to manifestation. Yes-buts, maybe, I’ll think about it, I’ll call you sometime, etc. stalls the process. A NO is committed action. A NO moves things forward because it is clear without the fog of interpretation. A NO may bring issues to the surface and gives you the chance to clearly move on to what is next.

Break the cycle of your addiction to interpretations. There are no shoulds, shouldn’ts, rights or wrongs. You are inventing this future. When there is a breakdown, obstacle or NO, distinguish “what happened” from your “interpretation” of what happened. It’s important to remember that you made a commitment to “have it happen”, not to “have it happen by looking a certain way.”
7. Make corrections along the way. Make it Happen!

By |2019-10-16T00:19:25-04:00September 3rd, 2014|
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