How often have you said you were too busy to go for that big opportunity? Or to make a positively life changing decision?

Of all the excuses we use not to get out of our comfort zone, ‘busy-ness’ has got to be the most convenient and the most believable. Not just to other people, but even to ourselves.

The next time you find yourself using busy-ness as an excuse, perhaps you would like to rethink to see if indeed it is busy-ness or just plain fear stopping you.

Are you living your life or merely existing? When we get caught up and get busy with things to do, we often just exist to just get things done.

We forget about why we are here and what is the meaning of doing the things we do.

Do you want to live or exist?

Do you go to sleep without clearing the cache from your mind? We clear the cache on our computers so that the computer is not clogged up with stuff. But how many people actually clear the cache in the minds.

Even as they sleep, the mind is working overtime and it is so overloaded with activities that the mind cannot rest. Is it any wonder that people are stressed even in their sleep?

The method I find useful in clearing my mind before bed, is to literally see myself clicking on a cache button in my mind to simply let go of the thought stuff and everything that has happened during the day. And I also make it a point to empty my ‘trash’ bin too. I sleep better and more soundly when I do these.

A clouded mind is not a thinking mind.

If you are the best in any class or category, you can be sure that your learning has stopped. In this sort of situations, no matter what you do, you will find that you will come up tops, not because you are exceptional but because people around you have not reached their potential. As the saying goes, in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

You know you have to leave the group in search for another that challenges you. A group that makes you get out of your comfort zone. So that you may begin a new journey of learning and to reach an even higher potential you may not yet be aware of.

If you enjoy the feeling of being the best and want to remain in that category, it will be your biggest downfall.

Such is life and the cycle of learning and growth.

In this world we live in most people want fast results, quick relief, a lot of rewards, little work, free or cheap things with big value.

Take this same mindset and apply it to spiritual communities — most want quick enlightenment but don’t want to work for it, want quick healing fixes but don’t want to go through the pain, want to become masters but want to bypass all the mindset work, want to become abundant but expect it to be handed on a silver platter.

Do you agree with me that this sort of mindset not only creates social problems but spiritual problems as well for humanity?

But there is hope, there is a minority of people inside or outside spiritual communities who see the value in – steady paced work with great results, working on mindset consistently over time to become more abundant, appreciate big value by being willing to pay for what it is worth, becoming masters through work, work and more work on their mindsets, understanding that healing is a process and sometimes going through the pain process is part of the healing. It is this minority of people who make a big difference in the world.

Why do I say this? If you study the stories of the most successful people whether it is in the business, financial, personal, or spiritual arena you will see that they all operate in the way I have stated in the above paragraph. As much as we would like to say that everyone is equal, these successful people really are a cut above the rest. It is not because they have been given more blessings than others by God, but it is simply because they have adopted the right mindset.

The people who will change the world are those with the right mindset. People who are able to make commitments and keep them, making sure they follow through without turning back. They do it not just for self, but to set examples to others that “yes, it can be done”, they do it to share their love, knowledge, wisdom and inspiration. While others look on and say it is not possible, they make the impossible possible. They change the world because they know they can.

They also do it in right ways and with the right attitude in the most empowering way allowing others to be empowered mentally, emotionally, physically (this includes financially) and sometimes spiritually.

If you are thinking of changing your corner of the world, ask yourself if you have the right mindset. Have you adopted the abundant mindset yet? The abundant mindset is a universal principle, it is none religious and is not from a cult. (A cult operates from poverty consciousness) It is not hocus pocus but based on the basic principle of Creation, Reproduction and Multiplication (CRM – a topic I will expand on in another article).

The funny thing about mindset is that the minute you start thinking, oh these successful people should share more of what they have with the world, it shows that you have got the wrong thinking! Because it is your judgment towards them that is limiting you and putting you in a small box. The principle of CRM can never work on a person who makes judgments on others based on their limited worldview. Those who operate from CRM have an ever expanding worldview.

Those who will change the world are also open to change. So if you truly want to serve the world and want to start by changing your corner of the world, you must study the life principles of the successful minority and apply them into everything you do.

The ‘what’s in it for me’ mentality has to go, it is but a small sacrifice to make to become one of the minority leaders to change the world.

© 2012 Shamala Tan

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Small business owners or solo-entrepreneurs who know that what they do is part of their life’s purpose, tend to be very passionate about what they do and the line between their work life and their personal life can get very fuzzy. Because their life has become their work/purpose.

In this article, I like to talk about the disadvantages of this to share with you what not to do and a few of the traps that one can fall into.

Trap #1

If your life is your purpose work, you may have a tendency to take everything too personally. So if someone doe not appreciate the kind of work you do, you may start thinking that they have something against you. Or after a few appointments your client decides that you are not the right person for them, and decides to fire you. This can be devastating for some small business owners especially when they need the money.

It is important to be able to take a step back and not allow their views to be a personal attack when they may not have intended it to be that way. This way, you can still maintain a good relationship with them, and you might never know that they could give you a very good referral in the future.

Moreover, being fired by your clients can be good thing too. Because by letting go of clients that are not suitable, you create more space for the right clients in your life that will bring you even greater abundance on all levels.

Trap #2

The emotional investment that one puts in the purposeful business can make one irrational. I have seen small business owners becoming so emotionally attached to their work that they resort to superstitious practice and rituals to get more business/clients.

There are some practices such as visualization, mantras and affirmations that can help one to attract more clients and earn more money, because one is basically working with the mind to open up to possibilities. But if the intent is lost and one starts to use these practices as a do-or-die technique, then one has lost the plot. One fine example is reading affirmations mindlessly in a ritualistic way rather than intending to reprogram one’s subconscious mind.

The irrationality can also extend to the way things are being done too.  An example of this is something they have done in their marketing or advertising have not given them the results they want, instead of tweaking their method, they keep using the same methods but they intensify their visualization and affirmation efforts. Or they pray even harder. The problem is not in their faith, the problem could just be a technical issue with their marketing and advertising!

Trap #3

Another trap that one can fall into is feeling a sense of entitlement. Many who walk the path of purposeful passion tend to believe that if they are living their purpose, then the Universe and everything and everyone around them must do to their bidding. Because in their minds they think they have important work to do, and that the world must revolve around them. I think this is one of the biggest traps that many solo-entrepreneurs fall into, especially those who are on the ‘spiritual path’.

In the perspective of the wider Universe, our individual work is but a minute effort. It is silly to be full of pride thinking the world will stop functioning if your work is not ‘allowed’ to go the way you want because other people are not helping you to. The world will go on and the sun will still shine tomorrow even if your ‘important’ work is not done. Living one’s purposeful passion does not make one a world saviour.

Live your purposeful passion and be a well balanced human being with a mature spiritual compass while doing so. You will be much happier for it.

© 2012 Shamala Tan

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