Most workplaces resemble adult day care.  Gossip, resentments, jealousy, whining, victimhood, and excuses all manifest into a soulless environment in which wounded players spend each day doing their "job description" while failing to understand the massive contribution they could be making through their work.  Worse yet, they fail to grasp the great self-healing they could have if only they would step up and bring their higher selves to work.

"Experts" have long claimed that it takes at least two years to create a great workplace culture. I don't believe that for a second. For almost two decades I've been teaching a process that creates the transformation within one day and STICKS. When a mindset shifts, results are immediate.

Here's an example. One large community bank in Tennessee had no real growth for ten years except through acquisition.  They were struggling to remain profitable. They had tried everything:  consultants, strategic planning, sales training...the list goes on.

Then, when they were just about to throw in the towel on creating better results, they tried a significant emotional event, an event that shifted deep mindsets instead of the shallow surface of the culture.  And what do you think happened?  In the first 30 days after that event, they grew 35 percent annualized. They decided to "go" and created the agreements. Since then, they have continued to reap the rewards, remaining one of the fastest growing and most profitable banks in their market, with increases of profit of 44 percent per annum continuing years later!

This kind of result happens when people make agreements about what guides them. Here are some critical understandings necessary to create a transformed workplace:

The natural inclination for most of us is to make life complicated and difficult. We focus on what we don't have instead of committing to creating a different result.

As a result of this mindset, most of the population gets up in the morning, has their coffee, drives to work, punches in, does "their job," punches out, drives home, eats dinner, watches television, goes to sleep, wakes up-and repeats the pattern, over and over again.

When we understand that our life was supposed to be more than that, and that ANY job is filled with opportunities to create joy and massive results, we bring a slice of heaven into each and every day.

Living an inspired life is a choice, and it happens in a moment. Choose well.

As simple as what they choose to eat, wear and live there belief systems...

I've watched my environment change over my lifetime in so many ways. I remember Faith Popcorn mentioning that Yoga was going to be everywhere, and this conversation happened ten years age. Now talk about inspiration talk about knowing what the planet is going to have and be...

I've listened to the ground rumble below me. I've seen the changes in health and wellness.  

I've been a self-employed entrepreneur since 1972. It started in an 1800 seat movie theater, the Peace Palace in the Catskills with an organic health bar... then on to a small fragrance shop, similar to what the chain of Body Shop stores now have today. My first vision of being inspired was walking into a fair in the early 70's and meeting a woman selling essential oils. The power of smell and sensuality that awakened my senses crafted my years to come. I eventually launched a whole fragrance company, all from the inspiration of the senses.

People always ask me how I have so much energy and create such unique products and environments. I always answer with being and living in a fearless walk and having compassion for everyone all around me, 360 degrees. But truly loving what you do is the true answer to that. I believe inspiration and being fearless with a touch of passion go hand in hand. You can be inspired, but if you're not fearless the inspiration you have may just be put into a wish list or dreams that may never be. It's amazing what can happen when we put the negativity on hold for just a moment, and take our feet off the fear brake. Then we can just put our car in drive, keep our eyes and ears open and just go on the ride that we've been dreaming of. 

I love my mornings, those few precious moments of thinking of the day to come in and welcoming in all the angels that guide us thru the day...

Believing is a big part of all our waking hours.

Knowing that anything is possible. With a little bit of passion, inspiration and the help of others the world is yours...

Boil the water, sit back, have that moment, have a cup of tea and let your mind go to a quiet place. A place of empowerment, a place of loving yourself, a place of acceptance of who you are and take that moment as a gift to yourself...

I got inspired just writing this piece.

I hope you do as well.

I believe we are all here to inspire each other.

Namaste

My Hindu name given to me by my teacher is Ganga jaya

Mother of the river

Miriam Novalle 

Fear is like moving from a flame, Love is like flying into it.

Love will make you do things only a silly fool would do, but only if it is true love.

True love may appear to hurt, but it will never injure you.

It may stir the senses, but never leave you senseless.

True love will call you to places that you never knew existed.

True love is a stream that always runs in the driest times.

Beware the spider, true but the strongest web is woven by love.

Tease a spider and prevail - you are a -winner, taunt and lose - you become her dinner.

Your destiny is not only to love but to remind others that they too are loved.

There is nothing so easily caught as she who blindly flees.

The second taste of anything is never quite as sweet.

Our children fly over the same banks as the bee but see a different river.

Your children will not wait for you anymore than you waited for their grandparents.

The passage of time can be measured by counting the dying flowers or the opening buds.

Some see death in every life some see life in every death.

Your longest journey will begin the first time you go to say "I'm sorry."

It is no matter how much beauty you possess, the morning glory will open only to the sun

If you don't remember who you are you will not know what you need

The longer you wait the less sweet the nectar.

The mind always tastes things sweeter than the tongue.

Do not flail your wings aimlessly when you are in trouble.

It is a rule of Nature that all things must slow down in order to gain speed.

Quiet times are remembered longest .

In the sweetest times you will believe that you control the flowers, in truth their perfume and nectar compel you to do their bidding.

You are no freer to spurn them than you were free to stay inside cocoon.

In truth the sun does not rise the earth moves beneath it.

We ourselves are but simple things moving as surely in space reserved for us

Jealousy is a thief that steals things that were not meant for you

You cannot catch the wind by hiding under leaves.

You cannot undo that which is already done, you can only learn to do it better.

If you look closely enough you will see a flaw in every flower, but you will surely then be blind to the beauty of the garden.

You will expect more from your young than you produced yourself so you must be more forgiving of them.

You will never truly forgive others if you do not forgive yourself.

1. Don Miguel Ruiz wrote a wonderful book based on Toltec wisdom, entitled "The Four Agreements.” The first life-altering agreement he suggests that you make is to "be impeccable with your word." What you say reflects and defines who you are and where you are going.

2. Tell yourself that you are wealth, you are health, you are intelligence, you are unbounded energy, and you are love. According to the Universal Laws, you will become those things and draw like people and energy toward you. Telling yourself you are wealthy when you are not sets up a conflict in your subconscious that could work against you.

3. Talk about what you want, not what you don’t want. Pay attention to your habits and stop each time you are talking aloud or to yourself about what you don’t want. Quickly revise the thought so that it’s about what you want to create.

4. Choose to speak the language of your brain. Plant only positive seeds and you will get the result you want. The language of the brain is pictures, sounds, smells and tastes. The brain can’t process negative pictures - images of “not doing” or “not seeing” - it can only work with positive information. Examine your personal explanation style. Do you explain things in a positive fashion or using negative words? Becoming aware of your own style is incredibly helpful, because the powerful synergy of the Universal Laws will work for you in the way that you direct them.I must remind you that your experiences become words, your words become actions, your actions become habits, your habits become character, and it is your character that becomes your destiny. What destiny are you creating with the words you choose to exchange in your daily habits of speaking and thinking? Changing your words can transform your life, your business, your health and relationships, and the lives of those around you. What you say is the single biggest factor that determines your success and your happiness in life. You can learn to use the transformational power of your words to skyrocket your success and attract what you most want by encouraging success every day with every person you meet.If you are interested in learning how to be powerfully congruent with the Universal Laws, manifest incredible success, and share your gifts with the world, please contact me at www.speakingsuccessinternational.com. I would love to hear about your intentions and help you create and deliver your most effective messages to the core audience of people you wish to serve.With love,Dianne Legro