Day: 11 July 2012

Tuula Rands

Chapter 9 – Persistence
The dictionary describes persistence as the quality that allows
someone to continue doing something or trying to do something
even though it is difficult or opposed by other people.
I personally know a lot of people who did Network
Marketing years ago and today they don’t want anything to do
with it because they did not have the results they were expecting.
Most of us on these calls have done Network Marketing for years and
the majority of us did not have the results we were expecting either.
But, we have stuck with it. What made the difference?
I think the ones that don’t want anything to do with Network
Marketing expected to make money quickly and when it did not happen
they gave up not only on the business but also on themselves.
The rest of us, even though we encountered the same issues
continued to search and build. Why?
It is my belief that we've seen the big picture, we've seen the vision
of what could be and we were willing to go after it with persistence.
We did not give up on our dreams and we did not give up on ourselves.
We were and still are willing to pay the price.
Congratulations to all of you for your persistence -
without it we would all have quit a long time ago.
Tuula Rands

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Colleen K. Peltomaa

Have a Pulse, You Have a Purpose” was painted on the back of a colorful RV parked at my local Walmart. I spoke with the lady and later checked out her blogs and her poetry from the heart, and her story of how she persisted with choosing life.
[Latin persistere literally, to stand firm permanently]
Today I initially did not feel like hauling rocks and it felt like effort and my mind protested and as I persisted through the interference from body and mind, I felt more in present, and it seemed like the thing to do and any sense of effort was the body exerting muscle power, but even the body was getting into the spirit of play of it. So my persistence through some initial resistances paid off. For example, a good psychotherapist basically helps the client focus and then persist through that focus until he gets the “Aha!” moment. So we have systems of focus and persistence.
The other thing that comes up as a barrier to meeting my goals is complacency. Complacency is the effort to keep anything from changing, or believing nothing needs to change.
Also, failure to meet a daily target makes me upset with myself and, instead of getting warped about it, just say, okay that was that, time to correct now. “When is NOW the best time to continue?”
A good system of persistence is some sort of planning tool(s) that turns the goal(s) into daily action and measures progress. It can also include a reward system: “If I take my shoes off at the door for the next two weeks I will take us all out to dinner.”
Since starting this 30-day mental cleanse and working with my mentor, David H. Paul, I am getting up an hour earlier, and I also wrote out my goal plan from A to Z.
As once said, “the only way out is through”. So persist through any troubles you have gotten yourself in and have trust that all things do work together for good. Lemons can be turned into lemonade if you persist in love and faith.
In relationships this has been difficult for me because I sort of felt like life was a Greek tragedy, and so too much seriousness in relationships made it more difficult to persist through what others might view as a run of the mill upset, that I might have viewed as a hurricane force “deal breaker”. So everyone has their tolerances for persistence and best to know yourself and what your tolerances are and to understand others too.
For example, take Greens, how do they exhibit persistence? How do Blues exhibit persistence? Greens are persistent at getting the details known, and Blues are not. Blues are persistent in making sure they and their friends are getting blissed out. If you were the CEO how would you best employ someone with Green leanings? With Blue? How would you show your appreciation?
Oh, about the “cold blooded, ruthless” part: If one is too hasty in their persistence and views other people as the obstacle and inadvertently or calculatedly does not take the effort needed to communicate to a point of mutual understanding and agreement, then of course feathers are going to get ruffled.
Conservative people don't like getting their feathers wet and ruffled, and rather you kept your goals in line with theirs, so it's really not the persistency but the height or direction of the goal that can feel threatening. When you have a deeply personal goal that is unspeakable, you are setting yourself up for trouble and a lot of unnecessary need to persist through counter-efforts. If you can, simply get with some good masterminds and mentors who can help you by example to communicate your goal(s) at a level that is real to others. Learn to talk “pit talk” if you have to. It's all about helping others anyways, so best to meet others at the lowest common denominator of the people you mean to help. A good psychotherapist is always asking himself what is the best runway that will help the most people reach the highest levels of self-actualization.
Also, never force someone to persist and never prevent someone from persisting to achieve their goal(s). Both are sure ways to get into non-complementary games conditions with others. Imagine a diplomat or ambassador of a peace loving country treading toes. So, there is such a thing as persisting with diplomacy and understanding. At least take care of the poor widows of those you ran over on the way to achieving your goal [wry humor]. Best of all, hold them up as “Perfect” and believe in them and give them the time and space and 'presence' they need.
Writing this essay speaks to me probably more than to anyone else and I'm not trying to teach anyone but myself. It is a self-reflection.

Lesson plan from  Colleen K. Peltomaa on chapter 9 for the 30 day mental cleanse.

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David H. Paul

I learned a very valuable lesson this week about persistence. The lesson is that persistence, especially emotional persistence Always results in a person getting exactly what they persist in feeling. I know, this should have been common sense, because "thoughts are things", right? But, what I'm talking about is those emotions that we feel that seem to just come up out the subconscious when we can Ill afford to be thinking and acting in destructive ways. Let me illustrate.
So, this past week I have been revamping my beliefs about money. Yep, I'm gonna talk about what I used to believe was my truth about money. I used to believe that I was bad at handling money, and I demonstrated and proved, with absolute persistence, that belief in everything I did in my life related to money. Eventhough I have known for a long time I had this limiting belief about money and knew for sure that this belief would keep me stuck in mediocrity, I has applied the principle of persistence to my subconscious mind so effectively that it was still running my life.
Here is the major lesson learned…. I learned that I felt ashamed of everything I have done in my life over money, every bad decision, every foolish scheme, every ridiculous argument with my wife. I was ashamed of it all. I had applied persistence to the process of attaching shame to my liming belief about money and had locked it in place as my truth.
My friend and business partner, Colleen K. Peltomaa asked me, "David, would you be willing to give yourself praise for your amazing ability to hold onto Shame about Money?" As I let that question sink in, I start laughing, mainly at myself, because it sounded so completely ridiculous. But then it dawned on me, I Have a Skill! Wait, if I could hang onto Shame about Money with that kind of persistence, I could just a easily choose any other really strong emotion that I want to hang onto about money instead! Wow!
So, I got some help from another dear friend and coach, LaTisha Bell. From that help I have installed a New emotion about money, "I am Enthusiastic about Money." Enthusiasm has always been my most favorite positive emotion. I have always loved how easily my life and business flows and grows when I focus on freely giving with great enthusiasm. So, I am now practicing my amazing ability to apply persistence, and I am hanging onto my enthusiasm about money just as hard as I can. "I am Enthusiastic about Money." I'm doing whatever it takes to believe that, including saying it At Least 400 times a day.
To Your Peace and Prosperity,
David H. Paul, St. Cloud, MN USA
PS- Please, my friends, reach out and ask for help when it's not working, no matter how embarrassing it might seem.

Lesson plan from David H Paul on chapter 9 for the 30 day mental cleanse.

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