Millionaire Secret - Parents Edition (part 2 of 3)
In Part 1, I encouraged readers to forward the post to other parents because it was a life-or-death matter. What I mean is that all human beings die, but not all human beings truly live.
Life requires freedom. The freedom to pursue what gives one joy. The result of this "pursuit of happyness" is growth.
Right now, not many people have freedom. Every day, hundreds of millions of people are forced to show up at work in order to "earn" a living.
Here's my question: If, every morning, you could press a red button that said "Get today's work done in five minutes", would you press it? Of course, you would. Then, five minutes later, you would engage in a fun activity that gives you joy. In my case, it could be calligraphy, tennis or blogging.
This is a highly idealistic scenario which won't become real at least not until 2012. So let's get back to planet Earth where we have to "earn" a living.
As a parent, how should you guide your children so they can find a suitable, fulfilling and rewarding livelihood?
Parents often have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, they tell their kids to "do what you love to do." On the other hand, they hope that the field or profession chosen by their children is "in demand," that is, one where they'll be able to find employment without much difficulty.
The problem is that no matter what parents say with words, it never has as much belief or conviction as their actual example.
A parent who works at a job she hates, won't be able to effectively convince her children to "follow their bliss."
However, it is possible to follow a simple formula to maximize a child's "professional happiness" and financial well-being. Here it is:
1. Follow your bliss
2. Then, money will follow you.
3. You become an amazing success story that inspires others to follow their bliss
A wrong formula would be:
1. Follow their money (employers can offer very tempting financial rewards to people who have the right skill set)
2. The money you follow, will follow people who follow their bliss (entrepreneurs, business owners)
3. You end up chasing money for the rest of your life because money is running away from you; to repeat, money follows people who follow their bliss.
Most people will immediately see the wisdom of "following one's bliss." Yet, why is it that the majority of people (90% at least) work in jobs that they either hate or that don't give them fulfillment?
That's because a critical teaching has been missing. This teaching would enable children to get in touch with their Source -- their true Self. Also called their Soul.
Parents should not be blamed for not teaching this secret art to their children, for they themselves have never received such teaching.
The Law of Attraction, as described by the movie The Secret, teaches part of the process.
However, the REAL secret was not mentioned in the movie The Secret.
The real secret is that, as Deepak Chopra says, "we do not live in the world. The world lives in us."
Indeed, there is a Grand You, a Big You, a Higher You "out there". It's your Soul.
Parents can truly teach and empower their children IF (and this is a really big IF!) they can teach through the clarity of their example. That is, if parents followed their bliss and were truly in touch with who they truly are, then their children would naturally learn from them.
If you are a parent who is not following her bliss, don't be hard on yourself. It's never too late to change and listen to your heart's desire. Just trust yourself a little bit more, and don't take other people's opinions so seriously. They mean well, of course, but nobody knows better than you what the best path is for you.
So assuming a parent follows her true path, then her children would learn from her example and develop the ability to naturally be in constant touch with their inner selves. Their Souls.
A Soul is the best guide for human beings, and the inner guidance system which connects the Soul to its physical self, does not fail. It's also an extremely simple system, so simple in fact that even kids can use them. This magical system is "the way we feel."
Women are closer to mastering this system than men, because they are more attuned to their emotions. However, emotional sensitivity is not a "feminine" thing. All human beings have the capacity to tune in to their emotions. It's just that in our society, men are culturally conditioned to mask their true feelings and to project at all times an appearance of strength and confidence. However, when we look at great men, we can easily discern the capacity to be "emotionally intelligent": the late John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, etc.
To help people "tune in" to their emotions and true desire, I created in August 2005 a framework that allows people to clarify their thinking in regards to their "creative life experience" (normally referred to as a "career"). You can download a free copy of the report which describes this framework at www.idealcareerframework.com (password: "idealcareerisideal"). Please forward it to friends and coworkers as well, so you can productively discuss it with them.
(To be continued)
Life requires freedom. The freedom to pursue what gives one joy. The result of this "pursuit of happyness" is growth.
Right now, not many people have freedom. Every day, hundreds of millions of people are forced to show up at work in order to "earn" a living.
Here's my question: If, every morning, you could press a red button that said "Get today's work done in five minutes", would you press it? Of course, you would. Then, five minutes later, you would engage in a fun activity that gives you joy. In my case, it could be calligraphy, tennis or blogging.
This is a highly idealistic scenario which won't become real at least not until 2012. So let's get back to planet Earth where we have to "earn" a living.
As a parent, how should you guide your children so they can find a suitable, fulfilling and rewarding livelihood?
Parents often have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, they tell their kids to "do what you love to do." On the other hand, they hope that the field or profession chosen by their children is "in demand," that is, one where they'll be able to find employment without much difficulty.
The problem is that no matter what parents say with words, it never has as much belief or conviction as their actual example.
A parent who works at a job she hates, won't be able to effectively convince her children to "follow their bliss."
However, it is possible to follow a simple formula to maximize a child's "professional happiness" and financial well-being. Here it is:
1. Follow your bliss
2. Then, money will follow you.
3. You become an amazing success story that inspires others to follow their bliss
A wrong formula would be:
1. Follow their money (employers can offer very tempting financial rewards to people who have the right skill set)
2. The money you follow, will follow people who follow their bliss (entrepreneurs, business owners)
3. You end up chasing money for the rest of your life because money is running away from you; to repeat, money follows people who follow their bliss.
Most people will immediately see the wisdom of "following one's bliss." Yet, why is it that the majority of people (90% at least) work in jobs that they either hate or that don't give them fulfillment?
That's because a critical teaching has been missing. This teaching would enable children to get in touch with their Source -- their true Self. Also called their Soul.
Parents should not be blamed for not teaching this secret art to their children, for they themselves have never received such teaching.
The Law of Attraction, as described by the movie The Secret, teaches part of the process.
However, the REAL secret was not mentioned in the movie The Secret.
The real secret is that, as Deepak Chopra says, "we do not live in the world. The world lives in us."
Indeed, there is a Grand You, a Big You, a Higher You "out there". It's your Soul.
Parents can truly teach and empower their children IF (and this is a really big IF!) they can teach through the clarity of their example. That is, if parents followed their bliss and were truly in touch with who they truly are, then their children would naturally learn from them.
If you are a parent who is not following her bliss, don't be hard on yourself. It's never too late to change and listen to your heart's desire. Just trust yourself a little bit more, and don't take other people's opinions so seriously. They mean well, of course, but nobody knows better than you what the best path is for you.
So assuming a parent follows her true path, then her children would learn from her example and develop the ability to naturally be in constant touch with their inner selves. Their Souls.
A Soul is the best guide for human beings, and the inner guidance system which connects the Soul to its physical self, does not fail. It's also an extremely simple system, so simple in fact that even kids can use them. This magical system is "the way we feel."
Women are closer to mastering this system than men, because they are more attuned to their emotions. However, emotional sensitivity is not a "feminine" thing. All human beings have the capacity to tune in to their emotions. It's just that in our society, men are culturally conditioned to mask their true feelings and to project at all times an appearance of strength and confidence. However, when we look at great men, we can easily discern the capacity to be "emotionally intelligent": the late John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, etc.
To help people "tune in" to their emotions and true desire, I created in August 2005 a framework that allows people to clarify their thinking in regards to their "creative life experience" (normally referred to as a "career"). You can download a free copy of the report which describes this framework at www.idealcareerframework.com (password: "idealcareerisideal"). Please forward it to friends and coworkers as well, so you can productively discuss it with them.
(To be continued)
posted by Super Peter at 3:15 PM
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