Week 16 MKMMA Log “How to Be Smarter…Instantly”

The most interesting and most successful people I know are smart. The best writers I know are frighteningly smart. So being smarter and raising my IQ has long been a goal of mine. Some say you’re stuck with the neural cards you’ve been dealt.

But I’m convinced that intelligence can be increased and IQ raised.

Increasingly, researchers are, too. Here are some ways to do it…virtually instantly…

One is to think more and think more intelligently (duh!). Pay more attention. Zoom in and zoom out. By examining the small details. Then examining the “big picture.”

Then go back and forth.

Think and look at things more objectively—without preconceptions or assumptions. It’s not easy, but it can be done. One way to do it is to look at something from different points of view (for example, from the point of view of someone you admire, from the point of view of a disinterested observer, from the point of view of a visitor from another planet).

See beyond descriptions, definitions and terminology which can be limiting, inexact, one-sided, and sometimes wrong. For example, what’s the opposite of hot?

Cold?

That’s what semanticist Korzybski calls “infantile thinking.” Because cold is not the opposite of hot. If you really think about it (big clue there!) cold is simply less warm than hot—a slower movement of atoms. (More Feldenkrais wisdom.)

So think more and think more deeply. Know and compensate for the things that limit your input and perceptions (for example, hearing and seeing within a very limited range, your cultural background), what limits your thinking (preconceptions, assumptions, definitions). Get into the habit of thinking and perceiving beyond those limitations.

Above all, ask more and different questions than you have been. The smartest people I know ask the most questions and the most thought-provoking questions.

Week 15 MKMMA Log “Images Turned into Reality!”

“When your understanding grasps the power to visualize your heart’s desire and hold it with your will, it attracts to you all things needed for the fulfillment of that picture.”
   Genevieve Behrend

My lesson today comes from an unusual place, at least for me. The sports pages!

I’m not a big fan and don’t usually read the sports news, but today there was a very powerful lesson.

The story in USA Today was about Aaron Rodgers, the superstar quarterback of the Green Bay Packers football team.

Here’s what caught my eye.

“In the sixth grade, a coach taught us about the importance of visualization,” Rodgers said. “When I’m in a meeting, watching film or laying in bed before I go to sleep, I always visualize making those plays.”

So here we are again, face to face with the power of our mind to help us create what we want.

Note one important point – he always visualized! Not just before a game, but all the time.

Just like Behrend says, we not only have to visualize what we want, but also hold it on the screen of our mind with our will.

The combination of constant practice and constant visualizing has made Rodgers a stand out player. These are the techniques that we all can use, in any kind of business or activity.

Visualize perfection. Rehearse the steps that exactly take you where you want to go. Then get out and do them.

Then visualize some more.

Rodgers is also quoted as saying, “I’ve dreamt about winning a Super Bowl since I was a kid.” He’s not ashamed of having big goals. Nobody “accidentally” ends up in a championship like the Super Bowl.

If you’re in the USA you can watch him play against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. I don’t know if he’ll get to the Super Bowl this year or not.

But I wouldn’t bet against him – ever.

Now let’s visualize our dream(s).

Week 14 MKMMA Log “Guest Post – 6 Must Knows Princples for Leaders in the Future by Mark Januszewski”

THINGS CHANGE

The leadership methods of the past are not enough.

Leader of the Future by Peter Drucker, made the Top 15 ……and with good reason.

The days of ‘Just Do It’ the way it is ‘laid out’ will not cut it as leadership anymore.  The deals a dime a dozen out there today and more people looking and joining daily than ever before….. the ‘caveman’ approach to Leadership is about as effective as an umbrella in a hurricane.

KEY: New people buy the leader BEFORE they buy the vision.

What does that mean?

It means that as bad as they want to get their husband off the road…..or pay for the kids education……or get their wife at home with the kids………..they will believe in YOU before that dream makes the longest journey in the world….from the head to the heart……once the dream gets to the heart…..things are better…….but they do not get great until they learn to lead……which, ironically, they learn from you.

So you better be good for 2 reasons….

1. It is YOU that facilitates the movement of their dream from the head to the heart.

2. It is YOU that teaches them to lead by what you do and what you say.

It today’s competitive market place…..and that combativeness is compounded by the internet…..you better be the leader of the future now…..not later.

See, the beauty of all the Tom, Dick and Harry’s believing ‘systems’ will do all the work for them and they never have to talk to anyone, [did their Momma's teach them anything ? ], it is that personal attention gives you an edge…..had a guy yesterday tell me he was ‘stunned’ I called.

But……and this is important….the people enrolling today, who are serious and not ‘lottery-heads’ [believing they don't have to do anything but point and click], are more discerning and, if you learn and practice these 6 tiny things…..they will not only gladly follow but become leaders, real leaders.

1. Encourage their passion.

Don’t let what you think is important – plan, product, company, making money, etc., close your ears….find out what they are passionate about, write it down and make sure you build it into every conversation.  Most people go their whole life without someone asking them what is important to them…..find out and support that passion.

2. Enhance their ability

Find out what they can do well, teach them some skills to help them do better.  Link what you are teaching to their passion…… e.g. “I am asking you to learn this skill so we can get your husband off the road and then we can help other families have more time with each other..”

Once you share a few skills with them in areas that they are comfortable with….work WITH them to enhance that skill set.

3. Value their time

Most people start part-time and have a full-time job.  Their time is limited.  Value it.

How?

Show up for appointments/3-ways early.

Be prepared.

Undivided attention.

Action focus.

4. Build their network

Don’t tell them what to do, do it with them.

Do you know how few people get this?

Then, do it with their people while they listen in.

Do you know even fewer people do this?

They learn what to do, hands on…..then you teach them how to teach others.

This 3-Deep Pattern is leadership, leadership of the future…..and for us, and new reps, the future is right now.

This so, so separates you from the ‘branded’ ..ahem, experts.

5. Support their dreams

This is different from their passion.

It is not some silly, ‘why’…..it is much deeper than that.

Find out, a week or two in, for them to paint a verbal picture of their life ……for you……once their credit card stuff is cleared up, hubby is now home…..and 15,000 a month or more is rolling in.

Find out what they would do if they owned their own life.

Once this happens, send [not email.....yuck], pictures of them in their dreams.

Commit to their dreams, know them inside out……get your upline involved with these ‘little things’ then DO THE WORK TO GET THEM>>>WITH THEM.

This is support, not lip service.

Get 3-4 people what they want and your business will be bigger than you can think.

1000s of MLMers……ask for a ‘why’ from an new rep but never look at it again.

I do…..I get the future and you can so separate yourself from the pack.

DO THE WORK WITH THEM and link the work you are doing together to their dream.

6. Expand their contribution

Networkers will work just as hard for recognition as money……I know what you are thinking….”I don’t care about that stuff, being on stage”

Well, that MAY be true….but it is not accurate.

It might be recognition from a spouse…..their Dad or Mom……no matter.

As they grow get the spotlight on them and make sure you are not their to take a bow with them.

Each success they have?  Get it in your newletter…..get them on conference calls…..not ready to train…..great, recognize and ask them to share ‘how they are doing it’…..and BANG:::> you’ve expanded their contribution.  Let other’s know what an important piece of the puzzle they are…..expand thier success into the group.

These simple and sound tips……all connected and so easy to do all 6 in the course of your day will …..make or break your ability to lead in the future.

And since you’ll be spending the rest of your life in the future…….isn’t it time to get to leading that way right now?

believe

mark januszewski

world’s laziest networker

Week 13 MKMMA Log “Guest Post – My Affirmation Tree by Grandma Kitty”

Not Just For Christmas Anymore

Love Those MKMMA Combinations!

Affirmation Tree

Ah December!  Out with the old — In with the new.  Gee, that sounds like what we’ve been learning in our Master Key Master Mind Alliance classes!  We learned to substitute new habits for old (Law of Substitution) and that by practicing these new habits, they become part of the “new me” each of us is working so hard to develop.

That’s the Law of Practice — one of the 7 Laws of the Mind we’ve been studying for the past twelve weeks  with Mark & Davene Januszewski and MKMMA.  And when we practice our new habits in combinations, they can more quickly become part of our “Subby” (subconscious mind) that controls every breath we take.  After all, practice makes perfect, and we have been studying the 5P’s – Perfect Practice Prevents Poor Performance!

So I decided to combine my small Christmas tree and my shapes/colors we’ve been using since early in the class.  Now every time I look at my little table-top tree, I see the blank ornament shapes, and automatically start calling off the affirmations that I’ve trained my Subby to associate with each color/shape combination.  How cool is that?

The yellow square represents 500 or more active Partners in my business before 27 June 2012.  (Happy Birthday to me – all landmarks fall on the 27th.)  The green triangle reminds me that I am consistently earning $20,000 per month residual income from my business before June 2013.  These two affirmations address the “Liberty” or financial freedom part of my Personal Pivotal Needs (PPN’s).

And for the “Autonomy” segment of my PPN’s, we have the blue rectangle, which is “Cruising and Crafts with the Kids” (my grandchildren, that is).  I have the time freedom to do this when and where the urge and opportunity arise by June 2014.

Last but not least, not by a long shot, the red circle represent the dream house in Central Texas that I own free and clear before 27 June 2015.  Look closely – that’s it in the middle of the star tree-topper.  WooHooo!

I’ve included these affirmations, among others, in the DMP (Direct Major Purpose in Life) I read several times daily, especially just before my morning meditation and before bed at night.  I also recorded myself reading them, put to music, and  loaded the recording onto the MP3 player I listen to all night every night.

Talk about great Practice for my Subby!  In fact, I’ve decided that used this way, my little tree is NOT just for Christmas any more.  I think I’ll keep my affirmation tree up beside my desk for awhile, even after the holidays have come and gone.

It really works.  I can see the results, and so can my family and friends.  But more about that in a later post. 

I Can Be What I WILL To Be!

Kathy Burleigh
AKA “Grandma Kitty”

PS:  I’d love to hear about the affirmations and combinations that are working for you in your comments.

Week 12 MKMMA Log “Gratitude & Abundance!”

Certain states of consciousness hold a resonance field that accelerates the manifestation of my desires.

Gratitude is certainly one of them! Gratitude is a generating energy that will serve to attract more of anything I feel grateful for into my life.

In that sense it is a powerful abundance ally!

Gratitude aligns me to, and subsequently attracts, that which is for my highest good, and opens me to more of the love, joy, gifts and blessings the universe wishes to bestow.

Along with appreciation, gratitude opens my heart, raises my energy, and elevates me from even the darkest of states.

In feeling grateful for something or someone, you essentially ‘receive’ it, as well as give to it from your heart, which effectively aligns your vibration to it, and directs your focus, attention and energy towards it, attuning your heart and mind to that which is positive.

Whatever you focus on grows, so when you appreciate someone, see their value and beauty and feel grateful for it, those qualities will expand and grow in your life.

When you focus on everything in your life you have to feel grateful for, and all the wonderful things, experiences and people you appreciate, the universe hands you more of the same!

It’s a wonderful abundance expanding experience!

Gratitude is the sweet song of appreciation. It turns an experience, person or event into a gift that is received, for when you appreciate and feel grateful, you literally let the experience/quality in, and you also give to it. It is a wonderful exchange of positive energies.

When you feel grateful you experience more of your love, which enhances your state in a beautiful magical way.

You also get to experience all the beautiful qualities of that which you feel grateful for all over again!

“Gratitude is a powerful tool. If you will allow yourself to feel grateful, your processing and programming can work immeasurably better… As you feel grateful for what you have, you start having more things about which to feel that gratitude.”
- Lazaris

 
Keep a gratitude journal and write down at the end of each day  10 things you feel grateful for over the last 24 hours to assist you in experiencing more of this wondrous, generative, heart-opening energy.

When you do so, be sure to connect to the heart-felt feelings of gratitude, i.e. don’t just make it a mental box-ticking process – really engage your emotions.

Add to that list a few things you are grateful to YOURSELF for, positive qualities, actions, traits and demeanors, how you’ve handled your day or any situations, how you’ve taken care of yourself or been kind to others, etc.

And lastly, be grateful to the FUTURE you’re creating. You are a powerful manifesting being and when you begin to feel grateful for the dreams you are creating and person you are becoming, you begin to attract them more powerfully into your life, for you give the message to your subconscious mind they have already manifested.

Week 11 MKMMA Log “Guest Post – We Have The Power To Rebuild Our Minds by Vikki Blow Your Fro Lawson”

 

We Can Rebuild Him

Wow Guys, I am rebuilding my mind! I am seening my DMP/WHY coming into fruition RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES! (And I am singing the 6 Million Dollar Man theme song) So many things are happening so fast that I hope I can put it into writing! MIND BLOWING CAN’T EVEN DESCRIBE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING! Well, here is an email that I sent to Davene and Mark a while back:

Hey Guys,
 
I sponsored 2 new reps just by calling my back office list. I just said what you told me Mark, have you found a company that will take care of you and your family……… And a new girl that I sponsor 2 weeks ago sponsered someone yesterday by using your free skills. Man, I don’t even have the scripts memorized, I read them from a piece of paper and no one even knows that I am reading them!! The words just flow I have also had some cool DMP and dates stuff happen. When I wrote my DMP I just put random dates, or so I thought!! To long to type but the dates of building your dream house, buying the land, our motorcycle etc… the dates are right on!! What ever I write on my index cards comes to fruition  has come quicker than I ever thought! The Law of Growth is taking over! Even awesome stuff with Reggie has happened. On my dream board I have a picture of a 2011 Sienna, Toyota. I leave my dream board laying around the house. Here it is: http://masterkeyvikkilawson.wordpress.com/a-blues-dream-board-d/ Well, Reggie took me to test drive vans for my birthday and has set up an appt for use to look at land for our dream home. The dream home that he doesn’t want to have built! He also changed part of his major to Biofeedback. He will be teaching people how to change their habits and create new brain grooves. Oh, he is getting his Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling. And did I mention he doesn’t believe in all of this stuff that I am doing!! (He said, “See, that’s whats wrong, you want to change your habits.” I said, “Your dang tootin I do!”) I gave him Og’s book to read, he is a manager at Enterprise Rental car. I visualize him making sales etc… He hasn’t read the book but he has read the love scroll and puts it into practice. He has made record sales that no one is his division have made! He has only been with Enterprise for 3 months!! He is being taking our to lunch with the CEO to pick his brain and as a reward for doing so well. All Reggie has done is greet people with love in his heart!! I could go on and on. We are in the process of doing operation HD, operation Happy Dad! I am blogging about it. Wow, the kids, well it’s too much info to type! I gotta tell you my Harley story.
 
Love, Vikki Blow Your Fro Lawson

I typed this email just around the time we started Operation HD. This news is kind of old now. WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NEW, NEWS!! Guess you have to wait until my next post…….. That was kinda  mean huh? But I am saying I love you right now, in silence of course!

Until next time…

Week 10 MKMMA Log “Guest Post – I Am a Lion & I Will Persist Until I Succeed – Week 10 by Wilma Woodson”

Our visualization exercise this week is to focus on a blank wall & mentally draw a square beginning with a 6” horizontal line; then draw a circle & stretch it to create a cone.

On my first attempt went very slow.  I was only able to see a dim square.

The 2^nd time, I decided to give myself some help.  I cut 4 small squares from a sticky note to mark the corners.

With the sticky notes, I was able to see the square much quicker.    I could even see a faint circle.

I thought to myself, “I bet a 6 yr old could easily do this, at least the square & the circle.”

Tomorrow, I’m going to see if I can awaken my Child for some help.  I think that at age 71, my Child has atrophied from not being used enough.  Any suggestions on how are most welcome.

So tomorrow, I’ll keep working on this exercise.  I want to see the circle & cone like this.

I’m determined to get better at this exercise, so that I can enhance my ability to concentrate on anything that I want.  I have a powerful Definite Major Purpose & a Press Release in 2015 to enjoy.

I am a lion & I will persist until I succeed.