Two Valuable Ways to Enhance Your Success

Written by Gerri D Smith


LEADERSHIP IS POWER: TEST YOUR ETHICS by…Gerri D Smith Copyright 2004 _______________________________________“The payoff forrepparttar ethical person is a reputation for honesty. It’s a payoff that makes every undertaking easier and attracts unsolicited opportunities. It’s also a payoff that results in strong friendships based on trust. And I don’t think there’s anything more rewarding." -Don Dwyer _______________________________________

How much energy do you invest in developing your natural abilities and skills? Would you rather be a leader or a follower? Leaders like winning and tend to think well of themselves. They influence others by what they do, rather then by what they say. Most ofrepparttar 123140 time, leaders also dorepparttar 123141 right things. Followers like to look for anyone that will tell them what to do and carry them through life. They are never in a position of power and are not rewarded for their lack of leadership ability.

When you help others discover their abilities, and achieve greater success and happiness, you become better at what you do and add to your emotional prosperity. These qualities arerepparttar 123142 power of leadership. Others are moved by your behavior and influence; this is ethics in action. Leaders are valuable in any organization. You are looked up to, able to make good decisions, and your strength to build on past successes is valuable.

Leaders must demonstrate a high level of ethics. Acting in a moral light, obeyingrepparttar 123143 laws, and following through on your commitments, isrepparttar 123144 payoff for doingrepparttar 123145 right thing. It makes each task that you have to do much easier and many unexpected opportunities will come your way. Now that’s rewarding.

The Loneliness of Personal Growth

Written by Skye Thomas


The cream rises torepparttar top. That means that it separates itself fromrepparttar 123139 milk. Perhaps that is whatrepparttar 123140 New Age Movement is really all about. We tell ourselves that it's lonely atrepparttar 123141 top. Yes, it is. Maybe we have to figure out how to maintain ourselves as cream, but also stay whipped up withinrepparttar 123142 milk? I'm picturing some sort of luscious desert all decadent and wonderful... like hot cocoa withrepparttar 123143 marshmallows stirred in rather than just floating on top. But thenrepparttar 123144 marshmallow is no longer a unique wonderful treat, it's been broken down intorepparttar 123145 masses and lost it's integrity. It's a different lesson that comes into play after you've experienced a decent bit of enlightenment and growth.

Look atrepparttar 123146 kid who grows up poor. He travels along his journey and decides to change what he is experiencing. So, as he moves through life, he makes a conscious effort to enlighten himself about how to create an abundant lifestyle. He eventually accomplishes his goals and has a wonderful house, cars, money to vacation with his wife and children. His kids won't have to work so hard. He has their college money stashed away right alongside of his retirement fund. He is abundant, successful, and rich. What arerepparttar 123147 chances thatrepparttar 123148 friends he grew up with are still around? Not very good. Most people who experiencerepparttar 123149 fulfillment of choosing to succeed in that area end up having to leave their friends behind. Often family members will get upset and shun them too. He is treated like some sort of a bad person for having succeeded while his peers failed. Eventually he has to find new friends and maybe even new family.

It's no different with political enlightenment, spiritual enlightenment, or even becoming enlightened about relating to each other. The more mentally healthy you become,repparttar 123150 more spiritual,repparttar 123151 more balanced,repparttar 123152 more wealthy,repparttar 123153 more global you become...repparttar 123154 more alone you may feel. Often, we find ourselves unable to find those other rare individuals who are choosingrepparttar 123155 same path as ours. The path of sloppy and lazy is full of other people to meet and talk to. The path of whiners is full. The path of being safe, generic, and boring is so crowded you almost cannot even move forward. Isn't that why you left that path? You had a need to move forward, a need for some elbowroom, a need to spread your arms wide, a need to be seen as special, unique, different. The masses may admire you, but they are not going to be able to really relate to you. You will be alone much ofrepparttar 123156 time.

The best thing that has happened to those of us on this particular path isrepparttar 123157 Internet. The planet just got a whole lot smaller and we can find our colleagues. The percentages of us versus them have not changed. We are still inrepparttar 123158 minority, but at least we can find each other and encourage each other to hold strong. Knowing that there are others out there who are just like us makes it easier to hold our heads up high, throw our shoulders back, and say loud and clear, "I am what I am and I am not ashamed and I will not hide anymore." This holds true whether you are standing up proud to be a Christian, or Gay, or New Age, or amassing wealth, or raising your kids to be more than just disgruntled employees. When you become enlightened in some area, it is wonderful to find out that you are not alone, and throughrepparttar 123159 Internet, you can find cheerleaders.

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