Early this morning as I was lying in bed thinking about my intentions for the day and the article for this month’s newsletter, I realized that lately everything has become about “selling”. When I go to networking events, I’m bombarded by people who want me to buy something. It’s rarely about just getting to know me and form closer relationships. Most people never seem to feel grateful for meeting me or for my attempts at getting to know them.
One out of every five e-mails is selling me a video, CD, SEO or something else I should buy that’s going to help me learn how to make tons of money. Since the “great” recession my leadership coaching clients have remarked, that they too feel constantly overwhelmed by this overanxious behavior while networking or attending conferences. It seems that so many of us have forgotten how to be grateful for what we do have in our fear of not having enough. People do not understand that the key to having all that you desire is grounded in “giving, receiving and being grateful”.
As I developed into a personal and professional development coach, I learned early on that “women who stand strong” know that being grateful and giving are the greatest emotions for invoking the law of increase. Appreciation is the great multiplier in this equation. The minute I understood that being selectively grateful really doesn’t work, I began shifting my thinking to being consistently grateful for everything that happened in my life, and things began to change significantly. It was only when I started consistently seeing the good in others and letting go of their insufficiencies that I personally became happier and started attracting more wealth and abundance into my life.
I just want to say “Thank You” for this blog. I have been worrying about not having enough money for my upcoming trip instead of being grateful for what I do have and the family I am going to see when I am there.
This couldn’t have come at a better time for me.
Thank you Lynn for being a loyal follower. It is so gratifying to hear that I am supporting people in creating mind shifts.
Thank you, Arlene, for this wonderful reminder to always be grateful. I agree that during these stressful times, it seems difficult to be grateful for what we do have, rather than painfully striving for more. It can be so easy to get sucked into some of these “offerings” (or schemes rather) that so many people are bombarding us with. But to be still and grateful is a true gift. As are you.
Cheryl,
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your kind words and liked your expression of being “sucked into these offerings”.
Keep coming back and commenting.
Happy Holiday!
ar