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Wake Up!
How your energy affects your life and career.

By Sue Frederick

“The economy is terrible and there aren’t any good jobs.” “I’ll never find work I love that makes money.” “My job is driving me crazy and there’s nothing I can do to make it better.”

If you agree with even one of those statements, you are a victim of your own negative thinking. Consider the possibility that the only thing stopping you from having work you love and a life you dream of is your negative thinking--not the limited resources or abusive family members or the millions of other excuses we come up with for not having a successful life.

How does this work?
All of us have a million reasons to feel bad at any given moment during our day. Circumstances change for the better and for the worse in a constant flow of events. We react to those circumstances as we’ve been taught by our families and friends. We believe we have little choice in how we react. And even if we did react in a different way, what would it matter?

Well, it does matter. Here’s why:
Some quantum physicists and many of the great spiritual teachers have aligned themselves behind one idea: everything is energy. Everything you see, sit on, feel--the sun on your face, children’s laughter, a good run, prayer, a great kiss--is all source energy: that from which everything and everyone originated.

You are composed of this same energy, and its frequency can be raised or lowered according to your thoughts, feelings and beliefs. The frequencies you send out at any given time attract like frequencies. That’s why on a bad day you attract only bad things, and the day gets worse by the minute, and vice versa.

Each of us has an energy continuum--negative at the bottom, positive at the top. Positive energy includes our brilliance, goodness, divinity, inspiration, love, passion, optimism, happiness and joy (our connectedness). Negative energy includes our anger, depression, sadness, guilt, pessimism, sense of lack, deprivation, drudgery and separateness-- not only from others, but also from our source energy.

Everyday we bounce up and down on this continuum depending on our circumstances. We say, “If only my circumstances would change I could be happy.” The ultimate joke is that if we get happy, our circumstances will change to meet us. Moving up your energy continuum by changing your energy to a higher frequency and opening up to source energy connects you to your inspiration, spirituality and goodness. It changes your life (and career) immediately!

How does your energy affect your career? From the low end of your energy continuum you can’t even imagine finding work you love--much less muster the energy to go out and find it. And you’ll sabotage the job you have, making it worse with your negative energy.

From the high-end of your continuum, you’ll get new ideas, tap into your brilliance and inspiration, run into exactly the people you need to see, and get caught in the flow of positive energy that guides you to your dream career. Or, you can use your energy to transform a bad job into a good job.

How do you turn negative energy around day after day?
The first step is redirecting your thoughts. Use these positive affirmations every time you notice yourself thinking negative thoughts: “I intend to work from the high-end of my energy continuum and abundance will flow into my life. When I look for a job while using my high-end energy, I’ll attract wonderful opportunities.” Or, “when I go to work using my high-end energy, my whole day will go better.”

Another effective way to change your energy is by using my technique called EPR--three quick ways to shift energy to a higher vibration in spite of circumstances. These three quick switches are humor, gratitude and sweetness.

You can use these energy-changing techniques quickly and effectively in any emergency situation where your energy is at the lower end of your continuum. By switching to any one of these feelings, you’ll rise higher on your continuum and thus be better able to respond to the situation--whether it’s a terrifying job interview or a difficult meeting with your manager. . (For more info on using EPR, see my Dancing At Your Desk column in the next issue of Nexus Magazine).

What are you focusing on?
When we focus on problems, our energy sinks to the low end of our continuum--and our problems get larger. What we focus on always gets larger. One of the fastest ways to feel happier and have better energy is to focus on at least three potential solutions to every problem you think about. This shifts the mind from limited, negative thinking to open, creative, source-energy thinking that is attracting new possibilities. No more focusing on your “insurmountable” problems; only focus on solutions!

Another important step: create a daily “feel-better plan” for improving your energy level. This should include exercise, healthy foods, prayer or meditation, positive affirmations and, most of all, dreaming of what you want to happen and feeling as if it has happened.

What are you afraid of?
Our biggest fear is usually the fear of how powerful and magnificent we really are. It’s terrifying to believe in our greatness because then we have to live up to it--and stop blaming everyone and everything around us for our unhappiness.

If we follow the belief system we’ve been raised with--that humans are limited beings with limited capacity for happiness--we settle for a normal life and limited amounts of everything. Dare yourself to break out of the low-social-consciousness that governs our lives. Just say “Yes! I intend to find work I love that makes me happy, healthy and wealthy.” Or, “Yes, I intend to use my high-end energy to transform my job from a negative to a positive experience for me and everyone I work with.”

These are things that won’t help you increase your energy: endlessly complaining about your job unhappiness; watching television; worrying; being angry or afraid; giving up. These are things that will help you: pumping your energy to the high-end of your continuum, dreaming of what you want, laughing, seeing a coach/counselor/therapist who can help you move forward, taking three action steps in any new career direction.

Being unhappy is not an option. Take a step in any possible career direction. Pump the good energy until you’re in the flow-- you’ll get pulled in the right direction.

Reprinted from Nexus: Colorado’s Holistic Journal - January/February 2005

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Press Release:

This book will give you a kick in the butt!

Boulder, CO – January 25, 2005 – In the recent wave of excitement about quantum physics and “what the bleep” – a mind-bending new career book called Dancing at Your Desk: A Metaphysical Guide to Job Happiness (Frederick Malowany Publishing) teaches you to wake up and realize how your energy affects your career - and how to change it for the better.

“The economy is terrible and there aren’t any good jobs. I’ll never find work I love that makes money. My job is driving me crazy and there’s not much I can do to make it better.” If you believe even one of these statements – you need this book. It’s just what the doctor ordered for getting your work/life on the right track – in spite of your circumstances.

“If you hate your job, it hates you back – it’s simply physics. Change the energy you’re sending out, and you’ll attract better opportunities and happier circumstances into your work/life,” says author Sue Frederick, career counselor, and teacher at Naropa University and University of Colorado, Boulder.

Sue Frederick, founder of www.BrilliantWork.com, has taught the energy/career techniques in Dancing at Your Desk to hundreds of students and clients: “There’s never been a book like this. It combines quantum physics with career and energy techniques that have never been used together. It wakes you up.”

This step-by-step book picks up where other career books end. “Millions of career books teach you to analyze your skills, talents and passions to find your dream career – yet they don’t teach you how to make that dream career a reality,” explains Frederick, also author of BrilliantDay: 7 Quick Solutions to Turn Your Day Around. “It takes a new understanding of energy and quantum physics, as well as a realization of how powerful we really are to complete the final step and manifest the dream career. This book kicks you in the butt and makes you do it.”

Using her unique tools such as EPR (Energetic Personal Resuscitation), going on a Diet of the Heart, and Positive Energy Networking, Sue Frederick takes you on a journey of reinvention that is guaranteed to move you forward.

Available at Boulder Book Store, Borders Book Store, Whole Foods Market, www.amazon.com and www.BrilliantWork.com. For more information about Dancing at Your Desk: A Metaphysical Guide to Job Happiness, visit the web site at www.BrilliantWork.com or contact Sue Frederick at 303.939.8574 - Email: Sue@BrilliantWork.com