“A lovely clear energy, uncluttered and to the point…
That’s how the new website for Seachange Now has been described. You should check it out! www.seachangenow.ie
As you know brendanfoley.net is a great resource for your personal development and for informed comment on our times. Seachange Now also has super blog but more pointed towards the business community to help them to bring inspiration to life through commerce. As well as the blog we have a great ezine that goes out each quarter with helpful tips and techniques to help you on way to success and happiness. Make sure to sign up.
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Again check out the site and please share with your friends – Kindest personal regards, Brendan.
My four year old son is fascinated by heroes; Batman, Spiderman, Superman and so on. He gets excited by them and likes to think he has super powers too. And of course he does. But maybe not in the same way as the comic book heroes.
The truth is we are all fascinated by heroes as an archetype. The reason for this is that we each have a hero inside. A part of our personality that wants to be a part of the greater good, a part of us that wants to be part of a positive change.
Everyday we get the opportunities to become heroes, but often we refuse that call, instead opting for the safe conventional paths through life. In this video you will see incredible heroism and amazing empathy. While you may not get the chance to do what they did ask yourself, what heroic act could you do today?
I can remember clearly the churning of my stomach and the tightness of my breath. At the same time I could feel an excitement pulsing though my body almost making me shake.
It was the moment before I approached my boss to tell him that I was going it alone and was going to set up my own business. This was my Rubicon – my chance to free myself to follow my destiny. It was 2006 and it was when I formed my company Seachange Training.
I approached Patrick and said “would you have a minute?”. Being astute and a good reader of people he said “yes, but let’s go out and get a coffee”. He could sense something was up. I had to hold myself back so as not to blurt out some unintelligible statement. Composing myself over a cup of coffee, I feared the worst; that I would get a very negative reaction and that I would somehow be letting down the great business that I worked for.
With trepidation I said, “I’m starting my own business Patrick, I’m going to set up a company called Seachange Training which is all about helping people to create personal and professional success”… Patrick’s response nearly floored me
“What can we and I do to help you?”
This was the last reaction that I expected!
The reason that I share this story with you is that it is just one in a long line of similar stories that have happened to me over the past few years. This is what happens in your life when you align with your true path. People around you will see you true intent and will want to support you, give you business and help you on your journey.
So my question for you is; what is your true path?
What is it that you can contribute to this amazing and incredible world we live in?
I’ll give a clue… it’s got a lot to do with what makes your heart sing and gives you joy. And before you shoot yourself down and say I can’t commercialise that or live that life, ponder this beautiful Hindu saying;
When you born you are given X number of heart beats and X number of breaths, how and where you spend them is up to you.
If you want some help answering this question I have some great exercises in my book The 5 States of Success. Get it right now as paperback, audiobook or ebook from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk . Why not buy it today! Or even better buy it as a gift for someone else…
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Make 2012 the best year that you have ever had! With this success plan you will learn how to articulate your goal be that; getting a raise, loosing weight, improving your relationship, getting a new job or whatever you desire. You will also learn how to create the motivation to do this, something that is critically important in creating success. Just click on the video below and you’ll be brought to a special site where you will get a brilliant video and PDF sheets that you can download to write out your goals. Have a great 2012!
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Here is a great short visualisation to start to free you from your fears to allow you to create meaningful success in you career business and life. Please share it as this could just set someone free today – maybe even you!
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Here is a TV3 appearance on the Morning Show where I discuss “The 5 States of Success” my latest book. Enjoy and please share!
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I and many others use very complicated and detailed personality profiles or psychometric assessments to help people to understand their key traits and therefore the type of work or career that would best suit their skill set and personality. In the absence of these tools there is a very simple technique that you can use. It’s called the T theory.
The top bar of the T represents what is described as the generalist profile and the upright bar of the T represents the specialist. The generalist is the person who is 1 inch deep and one mile wide and the specialist is 1 inch wide but 1 mile deep. This describes the type of work and knowledge that each of these styles has.
The generalist will love broad based activities with variety being the spice of life. They will usually have a lot on the go and like to know a little about everything. They are very good delegators and their greatest challenge will be time management across the wide spread of interest that they hold. Typically project management, organization, administration, and management are the areas that are most suited to generalists. Typical jobs or careers might include; Medical GP, project manager, entrepreneur, marketing, sales, management consultant.
The specialist in contrast loves deep knowledge in very specific areas. For the specialist knowledge is power and the more you know on your chosen field the better you are. They are excellent researchers and experts. They enjoy ‘deep diving’ and data analysis, detail and accuracy are key to their happiness. They are drawn to science and professional roles that reward their knowledge and study. Typical careers might include; architects, software development, programming, engineers, surgeons, researchers, academics, scientists, industry expert and so on.
So which part of the T are you? Generalist or specialist and are you in the right role?
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After a long absence from Yoga, today I went back. After a really great and energising session while chilling out, a thought came to me, a thought that I have been having for some time. What would happen in my life and in the world if I could only respond with LOVE. Now I’m not talking about going all soppy or becoming a hippy! Rather If I was to act from a place of goodness or kindness or compassion rather than ego or power or gratification what would happen?
So today I put it to the test and here are the results;
12 copies of my new book The 5 States of Success arrived today, normally I would think OK who needs to read this to get the word around about this book. So coming from a place of love I said “to hell with that, who matters most in my life?” and I signed a copy for each one of those people.
About 6 o’clock in our house can be bedlam – those of you with children will know that this is the ‘witching hour!’. I needed to finish some work and was drawn to do this rather than get into the madness of feeds and baths, but I put off my impatience and played with the kids which bought my wife some time to do her things.
An ad came on TV for people starving in Somalia, normally I switch channel as I find the images difficult and saddening. Today I did the same but vowed to do something to help. A few hours later a girl from Concern a charity working in Somalia to save lives called at my door looking for me to set up a standing order to help. The girl nearly fell over when she didn’t need to do a sales pitch as I said “Where do I sign?”. To which she responded “you have reaffirmed my faith in human nature – thank you.”
If in one afternoon this change in how I approach life could have such a dramatic effect as to support my family, share with my loved ones and help those in dire need, what would it be like if I took this approach for a week, or maybe a month, or maybe a year or perhaps maybe even a lifetime?
I believe that the effect that I would have on the world would be phenomenal. Now imagine what would happen if lots of people were to do this. What sort of world might we be able to create? The answer is so tantalising that I won’t attempt to put words on it, for no words could capture how good it would and can be.
So this is what I am going to do. I’m going to give this a try for a week. I’ll journal what happens and keep notes and if it looks like something that could go further, I am going to try a project “365 days from a place called Love”. Maybe you would like to try this too and share your insights.
Just in case you think this about religion or some other agenda it’s not. It’s about an experiment to see what effect you can have by choosing to operate from a place of love rather than a place of fear. I’ll share this journey with you and I tell you what works and what doesn’t, what I succeed at and what I struggle with.
So what do you think? Would you be up for the challenge? Maybe click LIKE or SHARE if you would be….
Thanks and have a great day,
Brendan
BTW This is all about the 5th State of Success – the State of Spirit; which creates Purpose. for more see www.the5statesofsuccess.com
WOW, it’s finally here after 6 months of development and hard work we have the latest version of the ’5 States of Success’ app ready for download. You can get it here.
It’s really exciting and is the first step in launching the The 5 States of Success, a book which will show you how to create meaningful success in you career, business and life. The book is at the printers and should be in most bookstores by mid August. We’ll be doing an official launch and media activity in early September.
So please download, share with your frinds and colleagues and review the app as this helps it to climb in iTunes and spread the word. Thank you in advance. Brendan
