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The law of attraction

Published On: 11-30-2006 05:27 AM
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This morning I received an email that sent a shiver down my spine. For a number of reasons:

It talked to something that I could truly relate to, but I'd struggle to describe.
It dealt with the subject so well.
I truly believe that this is one of the keys to success.
It was written with such mastery by a master of motivation and sales.

And just to prove that all you have to do is know what you want and ask for it - I asked Richard if I could publish it here and he said YES. And he has registered as a member with The Forum SA to boot.

So if you have ever wondered why you are not getting what you want and want to do something about it, please take a moment to read The Law of Attraction by Richard Mulvey.

Just to whet your appetite:

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Have you ever wondered why gravity pulls things down rather than up? Probably not, well not since you were 5 going through that "Why?" stage.

Actually I am not sure that I care very much why gravity works, just as long as it just does. Life would be very awkward if gravity didn't work all the time in a predictable way. Walking in the street would be very dangerous with cars floating in the air one day and falling to the ground the next. I stand on the scales one day and am happy to see that I am 75kg. The next day I am 110kg and suicidal. That wouldn't work at all so I am very relieved that there are laws that govern these things.
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As I reach into that barrel of things that I don't really understand I pull out the law of attraction.

This law states simply that like attracts like. I have read many articles by people far cleverer than I, that try to explain why this happens and I am still not sure, it's just the way it is and it can be seen in action everyday.

Why do you think that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer (if that is possible). That's the law of attraction. When George Bush spends so much of his time focusing on terrorism, who is surprised that he is attracting exactly what he is trying to repel.

Read the rest here.

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Do you jive when the band is playing a waltz?

Published On: 11-15-2006 12:39 PM
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This is my latest article contribution to The Forum SA.

Imagine for a moment a ballroom. And the band is playing a waltz. All couples on the dance floor are swaying and interacting to the rhythm of the room.

And suddenly one person on the dance floor breaks into a jive!

A couple of things are going to happen for sure.
It's going to be noticed.
And our jiving dancer is going to be well and truly out of step with the rest of the room.

How will the rest of the room react?
And why would a person break into a jive when the rest of the room is doing a waltz in the first place?

It seems rather obvious that it's a pretty silly thing to do. Rather wait for the band to start playing a jive if you really want to jive. Or maybe just ask the band to play a jive. Maybe move to another room where they are jiving. That's the time to strut your jive stuff.

But I do see people breaking out of step in business meetings fairly regularly!! And I reckon it's just as disruptive and ill-considered.

just follow the link to read more on how we break step in business meetings and what to do about.

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On Competence

Published On: 10-18-2006 01:55 PM
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I wrote a little piece on Competence for The Forum SA newsletter recently. It's got something of a South African aspect, but the concept is pretty well universal. It starts like this:

Anyone who is a business owner or manager nowadays will recognise there is a commodity that is in desperately short supply in South Africa right now.

No. I'm not talking about money - we seemed to have solved that little problem as a nation by running up debt. Credit, and with it money, has been in bountiful supply. So much so that there might be a rather desperate reversal, but let's leave that challenge for another time.

The shortage that I think our nation is suffering from is far more sinister, debilitating and generally bad for medium to long term prospects than something as relatively uncomplicated as money. What we are desperately short of is competence. And it's starting to cost us dear.

You can read the rest of the article here. I did get a few compliments and no complaints, so it might be good, or everyone is just very polite.

I'd be interested in how you think competence trends are going in your part of the world.

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