So what are effects of blame on individual. Blame kills people, through stress, illness, depression and negative feeling it is a killer. When you hand your power away to others you are out of control.

Can we change?

The question is not, can we change; we can all change. The question is do we wish to change?

Anybody can give up a negative belief system such as blame, but only if they truly wish to. Some individuals and organisations will continue to wallow in self pity until it buries them.

They are a great many organisations willing to help those who are ready.

Any organisations which are ready for this change must make a conscious decision to involve everyone in process. They must also fully understand what change will occur. This is only way to see massive benefits to both individuals and organisations.

Individuals may benefit through reading many or quality book written on change and personal development, or personally experience change via interactivity of live programmes or powerful internet based programmes.

Empowerment and enlightenment achieved through a good programme will deliver a multitude of positive and progressive benefits to individual, organisation and society as a whole.

Are you ready?

Written by John Mitchell, Professional Life & Power Coach and creator of online life change programme Lifeline web address www.satoriforlife.com

This was a beautiful thing to watch. Fifty or so village residents filled meeting room and they were allowed to express their opinions. The result was that board voted to delay their decision until September so that they might be allowed to review information that was presented.

At first I was elated. Then reality set in. I began to realize that to fight power you need power. Money equals power. What if Rommy Lopat and John Drummond could not afford to bring in expert witnesses? I think citizens would have been quickly rolled over and buried. This is way, I realized, that government works. You must have power to be heard.

The awful truth is that I leave meetings feeling that we had just done battle with opposition. We always lost. I felt that outcome was predetermined, that board attitude is a bit condescending. I do believe that, generally, boards feel they have a duty to public to help public, but I think they also think that we citizens are uneducated and bothersome, like mosquitoes which must be squashed to be quieted.

Maybe your local boards DO listen to you. Maybe Richmond's boards are rare exception. But I think not. I think that most boards around entire country reflect attitudes of Richmond boards: citizens are nuisances to be endured because law says they must endure us.

Why are boards so adversarial in nature? Does it have to be that way? Do we not, as taxpaying citizens, deserve to be listened to CAREFULLY and HONESTLY?

It's time to stand up and be counted, folks. Do go to your local board meetings, if only to show them that you are watching!

Greg Cryns

Greg Cryns is the owner of Domain Country and many other websites. Over the years he has learned how to obtain high rankings in the major search engines.