By Eva Gregory, CPCC

What if there was a way that you could maximize the potential of helping someone nearly every day? What if it required little or no effort on your part? Does this sound appealing?

Most people would jump at the chance to help someone else, especially if it required very little inconvenience. There is a way that you can make it happen - by paying it forward. I know, "what in the world is 'paying it forward?'" Many of you may have seen the movie, “Pay It Forward”. Paying it forward is the opposite of paying it back!

When someone does you a favor, what do you typically say? "Thanks so much (Sue, Charlie, or John), I'll pay you back!" Well, instead of paying back Sue, Charlie, or John, you do something nice for someone else.

Awesome idea, huh! Only instead of paying it forward once, do it twice! Thus, one good deed could spawn hundreds of others in a relatively short time as you ask others to pay it forward instead of paying you back. Imagine the good that can be accomplished.

Trevor, the 12-year-old hero of Pay It Forward, thinks of quite an idea. He describes it to his mother and teacher this way: "You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward. To three more people. Each. So 9 people get helped. Then those people have to do 27." He turned on the calculator, punched in a few numbers. "Then it sort of spreads out, see? To 81. Then 243. Then 729. Then 2,187. See how big it gets?"

The Pay It Forward concept of doing unselfish acts of kindness, a service for someone, and asking them to pay the kindness forward instead of paying it back is a powerful idea.

Tricia asked Mike to drive her to the airport to catch her flight. She did not want to leave her car at the terminal for four days. When she was almost ready to board, she told Mike that she would "pay him back" as soon as she got home. To her surprise, Mike told her that she did not have to pay him back at all, but asked her to pay two other people forward. As she boarded the plane, she thought about his request and could not wait to try it out. She was so excited that by the time she returned home she had already fulfilled her end of the bargain.

On the two hour flight, Tricia struck up a conversation with a fellow passenger and offered to help her break into a new market for her small business by introducing her to a few of her contacts. She exchanged business cards and sent the e-mails to her contacts as soon as she reached her hotel.

Her second good deed was completed when she offered someone a ride to their hotel when she learned that the car rental had run out of vehicles. In essence, Tricia repaid her "debt" within hours of incurring it. AND, by asking the two people she helped to also "pay it forward," she put the ball in motion for many others to benefit from this practice.

The best part for Tricia was the wonderful feelings that accompanied the acts of kindness. She was very happy that she could help others, especially strangers, and that feeling carried over into the other parts of her trip. Tricia had a wonderfully successful trip, as like does attract like.

So remember the phrase, "Why don't you pay it forward?" Be prepared to sit back and watch the rippling effect of how powerful and positive this is. It will help make this year a better year for many.

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By Eva Gregory, CPCC

In our society, so much of who we are is identified by what we do – meaning our job or career. But we’ve somehow gotten it backwards over the years. It isn’t what we do that identifies us, but who we are that’s important. The self that is brought to work each morning, that is present in our interactions, and that manages to shine through whether we are poor or Fortune 100 CEO’s is the real essence of who we are. It is that essence that can help us make a job or career that we do not like, into a learning experience and a vehicle for letting our “inner light” shine through.

Each day we hear of people that are very unhappy in their careers, downsizing and lay-offs. Unfortunately it is very common in today’s world. While there are many people who complain and feel down-trodden, there are also those that seem to be able to make the best of a bad situation, no matter what. How do they do that? They have a strong sense of self and, typically, a very healthy dose of optimism.

Take George, for instance. George is a cab driver. He was laid off from his 15-year job with a large company and had to secure employment immediately to be able to continue to care for his family. A friend told him about a cab company that was looking for dependable drivers and George knew that this was the perfect temporary solution for him. So he applied for the job and began driving the next week. George does not like driving a cab, he would prefer to be back in his old office doing the job he loved, but he knows that this is what is needed of him for the moment.

George could be sullen or sarcastic about these life-changing events. He could be distant, obnoxious, or rude to his customers but he isn’t. In fact, George has many fares request him! They find him always cheerful and funny. He smiles and jokes with them as he whisks them to their destinations and inevitably, he is known for his ability to help brighten someone else’s day. George has the ability of using his “inner light” to make a difference in the lives of others.

Everyone can identify qualities in themselves that they both like and dislike. Too often we dwell on the areas that we feel need improvement and spend barely a nanosecond (if any seconds) patting ourselves on the back for things we consider to be good. When was the last time you actually acknowledged those positive “inner light” qualities within you?

So here is an exercise. Take out a sheet of paper and make a list of those things about yourself that you consider to be good qualities. Once you’ve made your list, I’d like you to sit back and review how you implement these qualities in your everyday life. I’ll bet you will find that you either do them automatically or that you do not exhibit them nearly enough. In fact, I bet that once you have your list in hand, you will immediately be able to come up with ways where you can put them to use.

That is the goal. To draw from this bag of “inner light” qualities and have them become the essence of who you are as you apply them to your daily interactions. From this, you will begin to experience a much more positive existence. You will find yourself looking for ways to implement these qualities, learn not to dwell on the negative, and seek out ways to make a difference in your life and the lives of others. It is a way to step out of yourself and learn to love and appreciate the work and life that you have, even if they are not what you ultimately desire.

In short, it is a way of living in the moment that will produce startling results. Remember the Law of Attraction. Want to bet that when you start exuding energy, lightness, and laughter that those same qualities will begin manifesting themselves in your life at a more rapid pace? You already know the answer.

So get out your pen and paper and start writing. While you’re at it, why not come up with at least 5 positive things to say about the job/career you have now? I’ll even get you started … I appreciate the fact that I have a job that helps me make ends meet. In case you do not currently have a job, this one’s for you … I appreciate the fact that I have a well-earned break from the work force. See how easy that was? Now it’s up to you to let that inner light shine through.


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  Copyright @2009 Eva Gregory. All rights reserved.

By Eva Gregory, CPCC

How often have you heard someone say, or even said yourself, "I cannot wait until that course is over", "Boy, will I be glad when this project is over", or "I will be so glad when all of this planning is done"? Only to find that once the finished line is crossed, that the feelings of exuberance just do not measure up to what was expected. This is a very common occurrence. Why does this end result often leave us feeling like there should be more? The answer is best explained by the simple phrase of "Joy is in the journey, not the destination." Ahh, does the answer strike a chord?

Sandra has spent almost two years planning her wedding. She is now in the homestretch and is frantically trying to get all of the loose ends tightened up. The day of the wedding finally arrives, she is nervous, but satisfied that she has done all she can do, and leaves everything else to those she has hired. The wedding is beautiful, the reception is gorgeous, the guests are impressed and she is not experiencing any mishaps. She and her new husband are supposed to leave for their honeymoon the next day. Wonderful! Sandra awakens thinking about her wedding and although she is pleased, she feels a little let down. She cannot put her finger on it, but something feels missing - like she should be doing something, sort of like she has been cast adrift.

Sam has spent the past two years building a new development complex. He has put in sixty plus hour weeks for almost three years through pre-planning, planning, development and clean-up. He was thrilled to be selected for this multi-million dollar project and could not wait to see it actually standing. Now, as he walks about his site, he is not experiencing the euphoria that he expected. He is proud of his accomplishment, but is looking around feeling as though he is holding the brass ring and does not know what to do with it, now that he has it in his hand.

Sandra and Sam both got what they wanted, but are in the process of realizing that reaching their desires resulted in their life-purpose, or goals, having been fulfilled. Not their overall life purpose, but the one that they decided to focus on for a predetermined amount of time. They both lived their lives focused on their goal: the wedding and the project. Once they reached the goal the excitement of the months of planning, the hordes of minute details, and the precise timetables that they had been working on for months were things of the past. They were experiencing a letdown, almost a grieving process to the lives they left behind. In fact, since many goals conclude with a huge celebration, such as a wedding, graduation, ground-breaking or grand opening, it is understandable why sadness can result.

Sandra and Sam were in their element when they were in planning mode. They were being productive, imaginative, enterprising, and resourceful. Their eyes were full of possibilities and wonder. They were grooving on life. Now that the ride is over they need to move on to the next task and open their eyes to new possibilities. Getting from Point A to Point B requires action. Be it physically moving or putting our thinking caps on, either way it is a call to action that requires mobilization. They need to identify their next journey and they will again ignite the passion within.
Are you on idle? Is it time for you to move on to the next journey? Do you need to reevaluate your life and rewrite your purpose? If the joy is in the journey, inaction is like condemning yourself to unhappiness. So, if you've grown roots, it is time to redefine your life purpose, establish your goals, and start moving towards the future.


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By Eva Gregory, CPCC

Do you find yourself wondering why your life is what it is? How is it that some folks seem to get whatever they want, while you seem to be stuck in a rut? Have you been asking how to turn your life around?

Not surprising, one of the things that many successful people have in common is confidence. The confidence to believe that they will achieve the things they set out to, they will get all they feel entitled to, or they will create the things that they desire. They do not allow doubt or negativity to sabotage their plans. Most have become masters at focusing on the positive and refuse to let the "little voice" within feed them negativity for them to buy into. So how have they mastered the power of positive thinking or even more difficult the skill of positive self-talk?

Perhaps you should first LISTEN to the things that you tell yourself on a daily basis. Do you realize how true the saying that "we are our own worse critic" is? Try this, close your eyes and listen to what message YOUR self-talk is delivering. Are you happy with what you are hearing? If not, why not try implementing some of the hints outlined below.

Write down five of the things that you catch your self-talk voice telling you. For each negative thing you write down, change the tone to make it a positive by using "I am," "I will," and "I can" instead. Be sure to make these affirmations positive, believable and realistic for you personally. Now feel what it is like to have it actually be the way you want it to be. Get excited about the possibility. Build on the affirmations that creates a story about how it all unfolds the way you intend for it to often and in time, you will come to believe them. The more you believe the positive, the more success you will have. You will begin to attract it literally!

While evaluating your self-talk voice, did you discover that you spend a great deal of time thinking in "What ifs?" What ifs are typically a big waste of time because you spend valuable time focusing on things that have either already taken place, or may or may not happen. What if (sorry--couldn't resist) I show you how to make What ifs productive? Try this:

Every time you find yourself focused on negative thoughts or a default reaction of "What if....?" Play the "What If-UP Game!" This is a highly successful game that I use with my coaching clients. It goes like this:
Whenever you start thinking..."What If":

• I can't meet payroll?
• I can't pay my bills?
• I can't complete this task?

Flip the thought around to:
What if "IT COULD BE THE WAY I WANT IT!"

• What if I meet payroll in spite of the way things look in the moment?
• What if, money begins to flow to me and I can pay my bills the way that I want?
• What if this task gets completed in perfect timing even if it isn't what I thought it would be?

See how it works? The game is designed to get you thinking about the positive and letting go of the negative. Using the word "could" eliminates self-imposed pressure and opens the door to unlimited possibilities.
The key to positive thought and self-talk is recognizing what you are currently doing, and learning to deliberately change it. Once it is learned it will have a profound impact on the things you would like to accomplish in life. As William Shakespeare once said, "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." So, think of this as the first day of the rest of your life, and start thinking powerfully and putting out a positive attitude in each aspect of your life.

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Copyright @2009 Eva Gregory. All rights reserved.

By Eva Gregory, CPCC

As individuals concerned about quality of life and the environment, I am sure that you frequently consider how the environment affects your well-being. Asking questions about what is being spewed into the air that is breathed, dumped into the water what is drunk, or absorbed into the food that is eaten has become commonplace. What about your social environment? It has just as much of an impact on your life, and in most cases the effects are more readily felt than those which we consider to be the outside environment.

The people that interact with you on a daily basis - friends, colleagues, significant others and family members all play principal roles in your life. While it is impossible to choose who all of your colleagues are (even if you own your own business), and you definitely cannot choose your family members (as much as we may wish on occasion), you CAN choose your friends and significant others (as they typically start out as friends first). Take a look at those people that you consider to be friends. Do you honestly feel like you have built a community of supportive fulfilling relationships? Or does your list of friends resemble a patchwork quilt, because the relationships just developed and were not nurtured or deliberately created.

Now, I hear you thinking "I like my friends. Why would I want to deliberately look for friends, anyway?" The answer is, because the type of people that you spend time with is a direct reflection of who you are, what you feel and what you do. If you hang out with people that are always broke, never happy or satisfied, constantly complaining, or always playing the victim, their situations will affect you. How can their situations be reflected in your life? If you are a true friend you will at least feel sad for your friend and it will make you sad. In other situations, you can actually find their emotions, beliefs, and actions being reflected in YOUR life as well. Tim can illustrate this point nicely.

Tim has had the same group of three friends since high school. They are all twenty-five years old, but Tim is currently the only one of them that is employed. He is an Assistant Manager at a sporting goods store. He often hears his friends complain about the lack of opportunity because of the state of the economy, how unfair life is because you cannot get ahead without a college education, but that with one, the job market is still saturated, and how they can never find decent dates. Tim had been considering returning to college but changed his mind right before the start of the new semester. His girlfriend was so upset that she broke up with him and told him that he was never going to get ahead if he continued to associate with his "loser" friends. Tim now has the chance to become Manager of his store.

Want to bet that his friends will find some way to put a negative spin on it for him? Tim is clearly being affected by the attitudes and beliefs of his friends. In fact, they are the epitome of negativity and have adversely impacted his life.

If Tim had put careful thought and emphasis in choosing his friends, his scenario may actually look more like this. Tim and his girlfriend meet his friends after work. He tells them that he is being considered for a promotion, but that he has a problem because he is also attending school. They brainstorm a bit, realizing that this is a fantastic opportunity for him and come up with a brilliant plan. They suggest that Tim contact the school and see if his work experience could be applied towards college credit and then meet with his regional manager to determine if he would be willing to mentor Tim as a Co-Op student. What a difference! The type of people that Tim considers as friends has dramatically changed the course of his life with a single interaction. Imagine the affect that this could have over a number of years!

So how does one build a community of fulfilling relationships? Begin by looking for people that share things in common with you, or possess those qualities that you would like to nurture within yourself. People that have similar interests, hobbies, lifestyles, goals, or personalities are a great place to start. Once you begin meeting people, evaluate how they react to their environment. If you react similarly, or you find their reaction positive - I dare say you might have a winner. If you do this a few times, you will find yourself surrounded with like-minded people that you will feel truly connected with.

There is nothing wrong with looking to maximize the number of positive interactions that can occur each day. If you and your friends can nurture each other and improve the quality of each others lives, only good things can come of this. How many times during childhood and adolescence did you hear that you should, "choose your friends wisely"? Imagine That! The adults ACTUALLY knew what they were talking about after all!



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Copyright @2009 Eva Gregory. All rights reserved.

By Eva Gregory, CPCC

Are you missing your "spark?" The "thing" that makes you want to get up in the morning and sing? Why is that? What is it that's getting in the way?

The answer is probably DRAINS. One of the definitions of a drain is to exhaust physically or emotionally. Does this sound like what you are feeling? Do you lack the energy, drive, or ambition that you would like to have in one or more areas of your life? If so, it's time to recognize where your drains are so they can be properly exorcised.

How do you identify energy drains? They are the things that leave you feeling unfulfilled, depressed, discouraged, exhausted, hopeless, or passionless. They can occur as a result of employment woes, too many demands, educational pursuits, relationships, health issues, or any other thing or person that touches your life. A very important point to remember is that energy drains are incredibly personal and unique.

Something that is a serious drain to one person could be the ultimate passion for another. Take Helen and Naomi as prime examples of this point.

Helen is a working mom. She gets up at six in the morning, gets herself dressed, and carries her sleeping son into her babysitter's home by seven so she can begin her forty-five minute commute to work each morning. She thinks about Kyle often throughout the day and sometimes has to fight tears as she envisions the things that the babysitter gets to see him do that she ends up missing. She had hoped that by now she would be used to being a career mom, but she hasn't. She can hardly believe that she's been doing this for two years.

Naomi is a stay-at-home mom. She left a very lucrative career to stay at home with her daughter. It's been nine months and she is miserable. Katie is so demanding that Naomi barely manages to get dressed most days and never seems to be able to get anything accomplished around the house until after Katie goes to bed at night. Naomi feels isolated because she was used to the hustle and bustle of her office, but she shies away from spending time with other stay-at-home moms because they seem to enjoy the life that she loathes.

It seems as though Helen and Naomi would each find their passion and eliminate their drains if they could switch places. Short of this ideal situation; let's see what other things they could do to alleviate their drains.

Helen is unhappy because she spends so much time away from her son. If Helen had to keep a full-time job, she could be home for most of her son's waking hours if she found a second shift job working 3:00 until 11:00. If she could make due on a part-time wage, her flexibility would be even greater and perhaps she could work solely during bedtime hours.

If Naomi felt strongly about being home with her daughter, she could start a home-based business and have someone on-hand to provide childcare if it were the type of business that did not allow for distractions. She could also contact her previous employer to see if there is any way that she could still remain involved with the company in a home-based capacity. This way, she does not have to develop new business relationships and will be able to be on hand for her daughter.

In order to change the things that were draining them, in each case, these women had to determine what the problem was, be willing to say NO to the things that were draining them, and decide what solution they wanted to say YES to in its place.

Unfortunately, there are times when we are unwilling or unable to say NO. So, what then? That's when you need to decide how to change your perspective so that you are okay with things the way they are. For example, what if you decide that you want to eat healthier and exercise for weight loss but each time you put yourself on a regimen, your plan completely falls apart, leaving you feeling drained? This might be an ideal situation to determine that you are OKAY with not doing the healthier eating and weight loss program at this time -- perhaps shelving the plan until a later date, or reducing the number of days that you plan on exercising, etc. There are many situations like this in life -- don't let them drain you needlessly.

Ultimately, you are the Captain of your ship. Only you can determine exactly what you can and cannot tolerate. Have you identified your drains? Once you do, you must put plans into action to make your energy drains go down the drain! Be willing to say NO to the things / circumstances / people that drain you and replace them with what you do want. Get rid of your drains today and recharge your batteries for a passion-filled existence.


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Eva Gregory, CPCC, is a master coach, speaker and author of several programs and books including The Feel Good Guide to Prosperity. She has instructed tens of thousands in person, on the radio and in teleconferences, seminars and workshops on how to deliberately create a life by design using the Law of Attraction. As co-host of The Jeanna and Eva Show and The Law of Attraction Show on Exceptional Wisdom Radio, she has interviewed some of the most powerfully successful motivational experts today. Her new book, Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction, co-authored with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hanson and Jeanna Gabellini, can be found in bookstores everywhere.

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