Fwd: Make A Difference Newsletter: Champions Adjust, Part 1

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Dear Friends,

Just wanted to share this interesting article.

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Champions Adjust

One of my favorite interviews, on CBS's The EARLY Show, was with

a Navratilova. The conversation was about other great tennis

players, and King was mentioned. a said that she had

received the best advice of her career from when she

overheard a being very negative about how badly the balls were

bouncing on the court surface. That's when said to her,

" Being negative about it won't change it... Champions Adjust. "

Whether or not you consider yourself a champion does not matter...

each and every one of us needs to acclimate to this type of mentality

if we are to accept responsibility for our lives. You see, we are all

CEO's of our own personal service organization. It doesn't matter what

job position or title you hold, you are an independent contractor for

the work that you are agreeing to do for the remuneration you receive.

You have the power to leave, and... you have the power to stay and

make adjustments! As you decide to simply " adjust, " you will in fact

be making a difference.

A Master of Change is a Champion who accepts this fully. To step fully

into our greatness, we need to accept the responsibility of

championing ourselves, first and foremost. The rest will follow as we

are ready.

Building Your Power Base

According to Webster's Dictionary, the word " Master " gives reference

to a person who is very skilled and able, an expert in some work,

profession, science. In becoming a master of change we must step fully

into our greatness and own our internal personal power as our only

necessary resource. As I work with schools, associations and corporate

teams, I find that two of the most misunderstood words in our language

are greatness and power. They have been treated as something we should

shy away from, rather than embrace. I find this " error-in-thinking "

originating from our learned states of powerlessness, and from the

celebrity status we as a society give victimization.

We are afraid that if we step fully into our greatness that we will

" offend " someone. That someone will feel " less than " when they are

around us. How arrogant this really is. Greatness IS Grace, Humility,

Generosity, Good Will, Clarity, Authenticity and yes, having

boundaries and compassionate guidelines. Real power is never about

overpowering another. Real power is the act of acknowledging and

encouraging the power within another. Only when we step fully into our

greatness and allow ourselves to experience and express our internal

power do we give other people permission to do the same.

Mastering Change is about accepting your greatness and behaving like

the champion you are... and Champions Adjust!

4 Steps to Making Empowering Adjustments

#1 - Increase Focus. Be conscious of your thoughts. Think precisely.

Bring the focus of your mind into each thought ... and let the desired

outcome, the end result, be laser sharp. Normalize fear and then make

an adjustment to what the situation requires. Just do it!

#2 - Be conscious of your emotions. You cannot monitor every thought

you have; there are too many coming in too fast. But you can monitor

your emotions! You can tell when your thinking has turned negative by

the way the thoughts express themselves in your emotions. Stop

developing and rehearsing scenarios that cause fear, anger, resentment

and feelings of loss. Take total command of your emotional system.

Never limit your view of life by any past experience. -Ernest Holmes

If negativity occurs and you begin feeling down or in overwhelm...

speak to yourself mentally with the feeling with authority. Remember,

you've got the power. Choose greatness, and you own it.

#3 - Care less about what is going on around you. Care more about the

vision of the future you want to create. Stop feeling your

difficulties deeply. Stop letting yourself collapse into a state of

powerlessness. Stop dramatizing them. Stop talking about them! Adjust,

adjust, adjust and in a moments notice you can positively affect any

situation by deciding to be an agent of change: a TurnAround

Specialist.

#4 - Observe yourself. Be conscious of the activity of your work,

whatever it may be. Choose to see yourself performing each task with

ease, assurance and in control of every situation. Be aware that

everything you choose to do, you give meaning to. Nothing is anything

until you give it meaning. What meaning will you prescribe?

To your Richest Life beyond your Wildest Dreams,

Reynolds

Founder of Heart Productions & Publishing

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