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The 10 Commitments
(To reinvent your life and career)

By Sue Frederick, author of Dancing at Your Desk

Do you want to find work you love and be abundantly successful? Do you want to prosper at the work you already have? Do you want a happier life?

Here's a simple formula that will produce all of the above; For one month, make the ten commitments listed below. These commitments will change your inner world - your thoughts, beliefs and feelings. This inner shift is essential for changing your outer world - your circumstances, opportunities, and relationships.

Why? According to quantum physics, our inner unseen world of thoughts and beliefs is affecting our external world - every minute of the day - every day of our lives. Do these ten simple steps (without ever leaving the comfort of your home or office), and your life and career will improve dramatically.

1. Every morning and evening, evaluate where you are on your energy continuum, and take note of what circumstances happen to you when you're at the top of your continuum vs. the bottom.

Remember, we're composed of energy - actually waves of light, say the quantum physicists. Our energy frequency can be raised or lowered according to our thoughts, feelings and beliefs.

This personal energy continuum (that everyone has) is negative at the bottom and 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.

Simply check in with yourself each day and ask, "Where am I on my continuum right now?" After you're clear on that, observe how your day goes. Notice how your energy affects your day and your life.

Why? Because you'll realize how powerful you are; that you're not a victim to your circumstances.

2. Do three things each day that make you happy and improve your energy. These can be simple things like exercise, meditation or laughter.

Why? Because when your energy is at the top of your continuum, you manifest dreams, attract new opportunities, tap into your inspiration, and find new solutions to problems. It's really pretty simple - get happy and your life improves.

3. Spend 10 minutes each day dreaming of the life (and career) you truly want by asking the question "What is my ridiculously wonderful dream life?" (When the dream makes you giggle, you've got it right.)

Why? Dreaming raises our energy and shifts our focus to the big picture of life. Only from that enlarged view can we begin to create the vortex of energy that attracts great opportunities and circumstances into our lives - whether it's a powerful promotion, a new career, or a loving relationship.

Magic happens all the time; people who are launching businesses find perfect investors or partners. People who want to work for more enlightened, lucrative corporations - get offered jobs at those companies. People fall in love. And many people have miraculous healings. If this magic is not happening in your life, it's because of your thoughts and beliefs about what is possible. Remember, nothing happens unless first a dream.

4. Improve one important relationship this month using gratitude, sweetness and humor. These three emotions are your Energetic Personal Resuscitation (EPR) tools. Right now, pick a relationship that needs improving and decide to use abundant gratitude, sweetness and humor to make it better - no matter how you feel about this person.

Why do this with difficult relationships? Because this positive energy shift makes your life better. Don't weigh yourself down with negative energy towards other people. When you're feeling angry or blameful, you're at the low end of your energy continuum, and nothing good will come to you there. Clean out the negative emotions in your life, and rise up your continuum to be your most powerful self - which is who you need to be to manifest a better life and career. (For more info about using EPR, read my book Dancing at Your Desk: A Metaphysical Guide to Job Happiness.)

5. Use EPR everyday to improve one challenging situation you find yourself in. For example, say you have a dreaded weekly staff meeting. This week, go into the meeting with the intention to improve its direction using humor, gratitude and sweetness with everyone in the room - in spite of how you feel about them or their ideas.

Why? Your strong, positive energy will attract the circumstances you desire - whether it's a promotion, a productive staff, or a "yes" to your new ideas.

It works the same way when you're stuck in a long line at the post office, or feeling uncomfortable at a dinner party. Show up to the most intimidating situations intent upon using your gratitude, sweetness and humor to make everyone feel happier. They will. And so will you.

6. Everyday, say out loud: "I've always had a talent for … and I'm attracting work that brings my talents to the world and provides abundantly for me."

Why? To be happy at work, it's essential that you're using your natural, innate talents all day - not just your learned job skills. Do you naturally love communicating, solving problems, and inspiring others? Do your friends and family tell you that you're good at those things? If so, those are your natural talents, and you're supposed to be using them everyday at work - or you'll feel useless, bored and frustrated.

7. This month, turn around one aspect of your negativity - such as getting your feelings hurt. For one month, you will not be offended ever - no matter what happens at work or home. You'll take in all negative feedback as information to be processed in order to become your best, most powerful self. When you feel yourself becoming offended, laugh instead. See the humor in your shortcomings.

Why? Because being offended is negative energy and it puts you way down on the bottom of your continuum. You need to be at the top of your game (er…continuum) in order to create a new life or happier career.

8. Focus on solutions to your problems rather than the problems. For example, tell your team (or family) that anyone who comes to you with problems has to also bring three possible solutions. And when you find yourself worrying about money, your job, or loved ones, shift your mind to focus on what you want to happen - rather than what is happening. This step alone can transform your life.

Why? Because what we focus on gets bigger. Remember, we are the observers to our world - affecting it with our observations. When you focus on a problem, you are sending it energy with your thoughts. Energy makes the possibility take form. Stop focusing on what you don't want to happen! See only what you want to happen, and that possibility begins to take form.

9. Identify and turn around five negative beliefs each day. A negative belief is what's happening inside of you when you say, "Nobody makes good money doing that for a living." Or, "I'll never get a promotion at my job because of such and such…" Or, "Marriages don't usually thrive when such and such happens."

Why are these negative beliefs? Because your belief is creating that reality for you. Other people make good money doing their dream work for a living. Other people get promotions in spite of difficult circumstances. Other people have loving, happy marriages in spite of dire situations. If these good things aren't happening to you, your negative beliefs are preventing it.
How do we turn these beliefs around? One thought at a time. Everyday repeat these affirmation: "I have always been making great money doing the work I love. When I'm at the high end of my continuum, I attract amazing career opportunities. I have always been abundantly loved."

10. Stop being pitiful and complaining about life; instead be your most powerful self and change things for the better - one day at a time, one thought at a time.

Why? This is what you're here to accomplish in this lifetime. Just do it!

Reprinted from Nexus: Colorado's Holistic Journal - www.nexuspub.com

 

Sue Frederick is a career counselor, energy coach, author and lecturer. She is the founder of BrilliantDay Revolution Network and teaches workshops and classes at Naropa University and University of Colorado, and is the author of Dancing at Your Desk; A Metaphysical Guide to Job Happiness and BrilliantDay: 7 Solutions to Turn Your Day Around. For more information, or to sign up for Sue's classes and workshops, visit www.BrilliantWork.com, email Sue@BrilliantWork.com or call 303-939-8574.

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