Alignment is better than achievement
I read recently in the newspapers that an acquaintance of mine, a high-level executive, made $900,000 last year in salary alone, but "unfortunately" could not receive the one-million-dollar bonus due to a corporate performance below expectations.
Oh, I'm so sorry to learn that. (Yeah, right!).
I had lunch with him a while ago and trust me, he's a very down to Earth person and is very kind. Yes, he's obviously very smart, but it's not the kind of smarts that is unreachable to any of us.
We all have millionaire brains; it's just that we don't use our brains to BECOME millionaires, as he does.
Here's an interesting proven fact: if you could align all the muscles in your body and pulled them in the SAME direction, you could lift an object weighing one ton (that's 1,000 kg!).
In mental matters, it gets even better: there are no limitations at all. You could become a genius, IF you decided to align all your thoughts, feelings and actions in the SAME direction. This is why goal-setting is so important!
Goal-setting is important not so much for achievement, but for alignment. Achievement refers to something external whereas alignment refers to something internal.
Alignment refers to "optimally configuring your being for graceful and effortless achievement." Think Roger Federer or, more recently, Jokovic.
Notice that in the very word "achievement," there's the feeling of strain, the hint of something hard to do. "Alignment" feels smoother, more natural, like the flow of a river.
Achievement is like karate whereas alignment is like aikido, where your hyper-sensitivity and speed leverage the force and momentum of the opponent.
Henry Ford and Bill Gates used alignment principles to become rich. Can you guess what those alignment concepts or techniques were?
In the case of my millionaire acquaintance mentioned above, he simply aligned his career with his natural talents. It's as simple as that.
Most people neglect the search for their unique talent and therefore are condemned to a lifetime of strain and stress in the pursuit of achievement.
(to be continued)
Oh, I'm so sorry to learn that. (Yeah, right!).
I had lunch with him a while ago and trust me, he's a very down to Earth person and is very kind. Yes, he's obviously very smart, but it's not the kind of smarts that is unreachable to any of us.
We all have millionaire brains; it's just that we don't use our brains to BECOME millionaires, as he does.
Here's an interesting proven fact: if you could align all the muscles in your body and pulled them in the SAME direction, you could lift an object weighing one ton (that's 1,000 kg!).
In mental matters, it gets even better: there are no limitations at all. You could become a genius, IF you decided to align all your thoughts, feelings and actions in the SAME direction. This is why goal-setting is so important!
Goal-setting is important not so much for achievement, but for alignment. Achievement refers to something external whereas alignment refers to something internal.
Alignment refers to "optimally configuring your being for graceful and effortless achievement." Think Roger Federer or, more recently, Jokovic.
Notice that in the very word "achievement," there's the feeling of strain, the hint of something hard to do. "Alignment" feels smoother, more natural, like the flow of a river.
Achievement is like karate whereas alignment is like aikido, where your hyper-sensitivity and speed leverage the force and momentum of the opponent.
Henry Ford and Bill Gates used alignment principles to become rich. Can you guess what those alignment concepts or techniques were?
In the case of my millionaire acquaintance mentioned above, he simply aligned his career with his natural talents. It's as simple as that.
Most people neglect the search for their unique talent and therefore are condemned to a lifetime of strain and stress in the pursuit of achievement.
(to be continued)
posted by Super Peter at 6:27 AM
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