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Are you acting from gratitude, love and trust or doubt and fear?

As human beings, we operate daily reflecting a wide range of emotions with a multitude of motivations fueling our behaviors.

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As human beings, we operate daily reflecting a wide range of emotions with a multitude of motivations fueling our behaviors.

We can realize that cooperation and communication is more effective in producing harmony than competition and a focus on self-interest based on fear.

Our decision to hold others as great (because they really are when we strip away their anger, fears, and insecurities) allows them the freedom to rise to our expectations.

The key to bringing out the best in others is non-attachment.

  • List all the things you have decided to be grateful for in your life and business.
  • In your daily journal, record each time you fail to express gratitude for a challenging situation.
  • Catch yourself reacting emotionally to what someone says or does and shift your perception in that moment to appreciate the learning experience at hand.
  • In your daily life and business, who are you not holding as magnificent?
  • How can you champion their excellence instead of reacting with anger, sadness, or fear?
  • Who are you seeking to control or avoid being controlled by? Will you take on the practice of non-attachment in your relationship with them by creating space for them to be who they are? Do this for 30 days and record in your journal how your interactions with them evolve. Make note of something that you can be grateful for in each situation.

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