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Spiritual Intelligence
Spiritual Intelligence is our ability to choose between spirit and ego. We consciously practice spiritual intelligence when we intentionally choose spirit over ego, love over fear, and the highest good for all over selfish interest.

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You are a Nucleus
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Sex, Guilt And Spirituality
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You Are A Nucleus

by William Frank Diedrich

An ego centered leader strives to be the center of attention. His goal is to get what he can from the people around him. The focus of the ego is always on getting what it thinks it doesn't have. A leader who is capable of transcending ego needs, realizes that she already is a center, a nucleus from which radiates her power. Influence is her power and it does not come from a mindset of getting. It comes from a mindset of giving.

As Jim Collins describes in Good To Great, a great leader practices both the mirror and the window. When things go wrong, he looks in the mirror at himself. He takes full responsibility and refuses to blame. When things go well, he looks out the window at others, generously giving them the credit. A powerful leader always looks at relationships and situations from a perspective of: "What am I giving to this situation?"

Charisma is the least important trait of a truly great leader. Substance is more important. Great leaders empower others to be leaders. They lead with a strong sense of purpose, with vision, values, and the intention to create success for everyone. They see that they are connected to everyone else, and that everything they do and say has a ripple effect. Every word and every action sends a message, and collectively, the messages become the culture of the organization.

You are a nucleus, and the consciousness you bring to your work, your family, and your friends has an effect. The effect is determined by the level of appreciation you hold for yourself and others. The effect is determined by the strength of your intentions. If it is your intent to help both the group and individuals to reach their potentials, then that will be your effect. Your energy will flow toward creating success. If your intent is to correct everyone's mistakes, then you will encourage more mistakes. What you focus on will expand.

You are a nucleus, and you give what is inside you. If you have joy and a belief in people to succeed, you will give that. If you carry resentment, fear, or blaming, you will give that. You will reap what you sow. You will receive what you give. What are you giving to the people around you today--your joy, your smile, your positive intent, your compassion, your blessing, your desire to help, your forgiveness, your vision for their success? Do not underestimate your power. Power is not something you have to get. You already have it. You are a nucleus, and who you are creates a ripple effect, influencing others with your strength.


Spiritual Intelligence: The Real Secret
William Frank Diedrich

The word spirit comes from the Latin word spiritus, meaning "breath". Spirit is the breath of life. The word intelligent is from the Latin, intelligentia, meaning "choosing between". Spiritual Intelligence is our ability to choose between spirit and ego. We consciously practice spiritual intelligence when we intentionally choose spirit over ego, love over fear, and the highest good for all over selfish interest.

The Voice of Spirit is the voice of our Higher Self. My Higher Self is that which has never left its creator. All Higher Selves are connected as One. I connect to my Higher Self through my soul. My soul is my dream self -- that part of me that has wandered through countless life experiences trying to find its way back home to the Higher Self. My soul desires to wake up and remember who it is.

I develop my spiritual intelligence when I join with my soul and choose to identify with my Higher Self, my Spirit. In this state of identification I realize that I am not my body. I am not my gender or my profession. I am not my ethnicity nor am I my religion. I am not my life situation, my illnesses, my financial position, or my status in society. I am not my problems and I am not my past. Spiritual identification has me detaching from all forms and experiences and seeing myself as a spiritual being in this human experience.

Many people in spiritual circles like to call on angels, Jesus, or other beings of light. This is good. Many others make use of rituals, tools, methodologies, and programs to learn and grow. This can be good, too. As we develop spiritually we come to realize that we are the light. You and I are the light that we seek. There is nothing we can seek that we don't already have within us. There is no person, program, or methodology that can do it for us. Nothing, of itself, will bring you the light or awaken you. It is your intention and willingness that that leads you to the power that lies within you.

This is the real "secret". There is nothing out there you need. Love, peace, prosperity, and wholeness are already within you. When you trust in this completely, you have all that you need in the physical. When we are hung up on the form--the car, the house, the bank account, the great body, the great relationship-- we make the form our source. The source, God, is within us, and is always available. We are not separate from God, and that is the secret.

We are born into this world not knowing the secret. If we knew it, we wouldn't need to be here. Yet, we are here, so there is something to be learned. Both our tendencies to live from spirit and our tendencies live from ego are manifested in the physical world by way of the Law of Attraction.

The film and the book, The Secret, is an inspiring piece of work about the Law of Attraction. Certainly you can use the Law of Attraction to build the life you desire. It should be noted however, that both Hitler and Stalin successfully used the Law of Attraction. The movie indicates that wealthy power brokers have always used the Law of Attraction. This is where spiritual intelligence comes in. When you create, are you creating from spirit or from ego?

Another point The Secret makes is: "Anyone can do this." Do what? Create a $4 million home? Own several luxury cars? Live a wealthy lifestyle? If this is true, then are we to conclude that those of us who are not enjoying these riches have something wrong with our thinking? On this basis we would have to make Donald Trump one of our primary spiritual teachers, and Bill Gates would be the world guru.

Each of us has an individual purpose to be played out in this life. For some, having great wealth is part of their purpose. For others, it may not be. Some people will practice changing their thoughts and emotions and find quick success. Others may practice for twenty or thirty years and find no change in what they have manifested. Neither scenario conclusively tells us where someone is in consciousness. The relationship between cause and effect is not linear. It is unlikely that you will think a negative thought today and the next day something bad will happen to you. Consciousness is made up of your awareness, understanding, and knowledge (or lack of). The physical manifestations in your life are not predictable to the ego mind.

For example, you may have a deep issue with unforgiveness. At the same time you are healthy, wealthy, and have good relationships. In spite of your wealth and health, you feel badly. In another instance, your unforgiveness may play out as indebtedness, poor health, or hurtful relationships, or all three. In truth, you don't know what you signed up for when you came to this life. Cancer may manifest from deep anger, or maybe you signed up for the cancer experience to learn something else. Our life experiences are not rewards or punishments. They are opportunities for growth that we have agreed to on another level of consciousness.

I have heard people say, "I would rather be unhappy and rich than unhappy and poor." Unhappy is unhappy. If you are very unhappy, wealth can provide plenty of distractions that keep you right where you are. Whereas, if you have a load of debt to contend with, you may be motivated to do the work. It is possible to be deeply indebted and ecstatically happy. If you can maintain that happiness the debt will probably dissolve in time. Whether it does or not is not the point. The important thing is that you have found inner wealth, peace and joy within, and that you have stopped identifying yourself with your manifestations. No one is luckier than you. The danger of finding wealth in the physical before you have inner wealth is that you will think the physical wealth makes you special.

Great wealth, excellent health, and beautiful relationships are wonderful to experience, but they are forms. Forms are effects. It is the cause that you focus on as a spiritually intelligent being. At some point in the spiritual development process, having nice things seems important. Further on your path, you just don't care about stuff anymore.

Being anti-materialist, promoting the image that you are just not into stuff, is no different than the rich person who identifies himself with his wealth. The attention is still on the form. Being "non-materialistic" doesn't make you special. Whether you have a lot of stuff or not is irrelevant. What counts is your ability to detach from it and to recognize that you really don't own anything. You are not your stuff (or lack of stuff). You are a spiritual being on the road home to your Higher Self.

The secret to your inner joy and wealth is your spiritual intelligence, your ability to choose between spirit and ego. There is a beautiful three step process based on a book called The Song of Prayer from A Course in Miracles. In the first step, you give all of your goals, your problems, and your concerns to God as a gift. Once you have emptied yourself, you join in song with God. That is, you identify with your Higher Self and immerse yourself in its love. In this state you know that you are blessed and loved unconditionally. The third step is called the Echo. That is, miracles show up to remedy problems or that help you achieve your goals. The real miracle is your ability to let go and identify with spirit. This creates inner wealth, inner health, and inner love.

We are 100 % responsible for our lives. This means that opportunities abound for us to respond by shifting our attention to our spiritual identity. Responsibility is not blame. Responsibility is power and opportunity. It comes down to this: in this very moment, who is running your life? Is it spirit or is it ego? Is it love or is it fear? If you are feeling anything less than peace, your ego is having its influence. Remind yourself that you are not your body, not your situation. You are a spiritual being. In this lies your strength. In this thought you know that low self esteem, self condemnation, and blaming others are illusions. They are just stories you have told yourself.

Be the real you. If you knew that you were a powerful spiritual being, how would you stand? How would you carry yourself? What would be the expression on your face? What kinds of thoughts would you allow into your mind? If you knew that you were unconditionally loved, how would you act? What words would you use? What would be your tone of voice? This is one way you practice spiritual intelligence. You become aware, and then you become who you really are.

This awareness, understanding, and knowledge allows you to approach life with confidence. The essence of the successful use of the Law of Attraction is confidence. When you approach life with utmost confidence, your world responds. Confidence based solely on externals, or even based on knowledge of psychology, is fragile. Confidence based on spiritual strength is power.

This is the secret the world has kept from you--that you are God expressing as you. Each moment that you choose to live from your spirit is a powerful and expansive moment. Each moment you make this choice you influence others. You are a light. You are a blessing to the world.

William Frank Diedrich is a speaker, executive coach, and the author of three books: The Road Home: The Journey Beyond The Spiritual Quick Fix; 30 Days to Prosperity: A Workbook for Well-Being; and Beyond Blaming. He offers workshops and keynotes on spiritually intelligent leadership, personal responsibility, and how to evolve your leadership practices. You may learn more about his services and products at http://intelligentspirit.com and at http://noblaming.com


Sex, Guilt, and Spirituality
by William Frank Diedrich

It's difficult to get through a day without thinking about sex. That's not a confession, but an observation of the world we live in. We are surrounded by messages pertaining to sex. I can't help but think about sex when I go through the grocery line. Seductively dressed women stare at me from the magazine covers, and headlines blurt out messages about how to have "good" sex. Humans have taken something that is quite natural and turned it into something unnatural, an obsession. Sex is something to be treasured and enjoyed, a way to express and receive love, and a physiological and emotional need. Our perspective has become distorted by sex as obsession, and our obsession can ruin a good thing.

Sex is fiery. On one hand it offers qualities such as warmth, passion, and excitement. On the other, its misuse can burn you. For many, the solution is simple: just follow the rules. Religions of the world have given us rules, sometimes contradictory, that tell us to keep sex within the confines of marriage. Most of the people in the world haven't followed this track. Extremist religious views on sex (sinful, forbidden, etc.) have helped to incite the desire for that which is forbidden, sinful, and therefore, exciting. The meanings we have attached to sex have created much inner conflict for us. Inner conflict creates pain and guilt.

Unfortunately guilt, or the promise of, has been utilized to keep people in line regarding their sexual behavior.
Certainly the fear of being a "bad" person has held many people back, but there is a cost. There is always a cost when we use guilt to motivate people. Guilt is destructive and demeaning to one's self. Guilt makes a person feel small. Those who feel guilty for sexually related activities find themselves either unable to enjoy sex fully, or seeking it out in order to make themselves feel better. Guilt is not an effective response to what you did or to what you were thinking about doing. If you have made a mistake, the questions are: "What did I learn from it? Who am I today?--rather than who was I then?"

This is where spirituality comes in. There is a nonphysical aspect of you--or rather, the physical is an aspect of the greater nonphysical you. What I am saying is that you are not a body--you are a spiritual being. You have a body and you have urges associated with it, such as sex. You also have an internal guidance system, which I believe is your spirit, that is available to you. It is very wise and it is life affirming. Through meditation, prayer, contemplation, or simply by listening to your "hunches", you can get in touch with it. From the late sixties onward, many lived a life of "If it feels good, do it." What your Inner Self says is: "If it feels right, do it."

This requires you to be field independent. That is, you must be focused on this Inner Voice so well that you are independent of the opinions around you. There may be numerous influences around you telling you what you should do, but you focus on the relevant details and decide from your own Inner Voice. That is field independence. Parents would certainly like their teenagers to be field independent, that is, free of peer pressure, especially when it comes to things like sex and drugs. When parents use guilt and admonition as their main weapons to keeping children in line, it is more likely children will become field independent toward only their parents.

When I am listening to my Inner Voice and focusing on the relevant details, I can make good decisions.
If I am confronted with a decision regarding sex, I can ask:
• Is this the right thing for me to do?
• Can I accept responsibility for all of the potential consequences?
• How will I feel about myself later?
• Does this affirm my life and the lives of those affected, or is it destructive?

Some of you may be thinking that asking a bunch of questions like this would certainly take the fun and spontaneity out of sex and romance. Not really. These questions become automatic when you live your life consciously and you are connected to your spirit. If you are paying attention, you feel the answer before you even ask.

We live in a conflicted world that offers us conflicted and false messages. Religion and family tell us to hold back in the name of morality. Most of the world tells us we must all be seeking sex in some form, and that you must have it to be okay. The truth is, sex, no matter how good it is, doesn't make you happy. Good sex is more likely the result of already being happy. Happiness is an inside job that cannot be given to you by the world. When you are connected to your spirit and living authentically, you create happiness within. Your inner happiness then causes you to shape your world, your relationships, and yes, your sex life (if you decide to have one) so that it beautifully reflects the peace and the joy that you carry on the inside.

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What is Spiritual Intelligence and
Why Should You Care?
(from The Spiritually Intelligent Leader)
by William Frank Diedrich

The English word "spirit" comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning "breath" . Spirit is both the breather and the breath, the underlying nonphysical substance of all life.

Intelligence comes from the Latin, intellegentia. Intellegentia comes from: inter-"between" plus legere-"choose, pick out, read" inter-lege-nt-ia. It literally means "choosing between".

Leader--Old English from German laedan--to guide’, ‘to conduct’, ‘to take.’

Spiritual Intelligence means to choose between the ego and the Higher Self or Spirit at any given moment. That is, we choose to live, to behave, and to speak from a higher perspective. Scripturally this means: “Not my will, but thy will”. In a more generic and modern sense, it is to live from one’s intuition and from inspiration, to listen to and follow the Inner Voice. It is the willingness and the will to tap into the One Mind which many call “God”, “Spirit”, “Oneness” or other names and to follow that guidance. This may come in the form of a hunch, an “Aha” moment, a compelling urge to do or say something constructive, or a feeling.

How do I know if my Inner Voice is from my spirit or from my ego? Spirit is a mindset of abundance, love, and well-beingness. The Inner Voice is compelling, but not threatening or judgmental. It is gentle but firm. It is sure of Itself. This Inner Voice seeks the highest good for all concerned, and does not seek to do harm. In a spiritual perspective, rather than judge the behaviors of others, we use discernment. We discern if we will spend time with another person, or not. We discern if someone is a healthy or an unhealthy presence in our organization. We make decisions that benefit the highest good for all concerned. We discern if our help will be utilized or if our help is futile. This discernment is not based on fear, but on wisdom and understanding.

The voice of the ego is fear based and comes from a mindset of scarcity. Scarcity means that either there isn’t enough or I am not enough, so I had better manipulate, fight, or flee this situation. The ego is about separating people--the good from the bad, the saved from the damned, those who know from those who do not. The ego always sees itself as better than or less than others. This kind of separation is a way of justifying one’s positions and behaviors. The ego likes to be special.

We are always leaders, because our respective ways of being and our behaviors influence others. We each lead by example every minute of our lives. The question is: “What example am I setting at this moment?” If I hold a leadership position, my example is magnified due to my positional influence. If I am a Senior Executive, my words, my tone, and my body language have a stronger effect on an employee because I am in a position of authority. If I am a parent, every word I use and every action I take is watched and learned by my children.

Why should you care? Ask yourself: Are you leading from your ego or are you leading from your Higher Self (your Spirit)? Is your leadership based on fear and conflict and getting the upper hand, or is it based on appreciation, discernment, and being an example? Are you living from your highest values and vision, or are you battling with others to get control? Which do you prefer? Which is most effective?

Spiritual Intelligence is developed by asking these questions of ourselves. We are able to “choose between” by stepping outside ourselves and seeing who we are being in this situation. Am I being the person I want to be? If I am a Christian, I may ask “What would Jesus do?” As a Buddhist, I may ask “What would Buddha do?” If I am not strongly affiliated with a religion: “What would my Higher Self do?” or “What would I do if I were at my very best? (strong, confident, loving, at peace)”

Reflection, prayer, meditation, contemplation, and maintaining an awareness of one’s thoughts and emotions are some of the means by which we practice and develop our spiritual intelligence. Spiritual Intelligence does not require all the trappings of religion. At a minimum, it requires that you have a sense that there is something greater than just your personality.

Have you ever had a flash of brilliance burst into your mind, a moment when you knew something, but you didn’t know how you knew? If you are a person who, at times, intutitively knows what to say or do, then you are practicing your spiritual intelligence. It could be as simple as feeling the urge praise someone, or to listen to someone.

Spiritual intelligence grows when you both listen to intuitive thoughts that flow into your mind and you respond. For example, you find yourself in a conflict. You step outside yourself briefly, and you do not like the person you are being. In that brief moment that you stepped outside of your drama, an intutitive thought says, “Just listen. Understand.” So, you follow that thought and stop pushing your point of view. You focus on the other person and their needs. Suddenly you get it. You understand where they are coming from and you know what you need to do.

Today you get to choose. Who or what will run your life? Will it be your fearful and insecure ego that wants to control people and situations? Or, will it be your Higher Self, that wants what is highest and best for all concerned? Will it be your ego, focused mostly on your own needs to the exclusion of others? Or, will it be your Higher Self, who feels confident, wise, and strong living and leading from your vision and values, and from your identity as a spiritual being? The ego is not the enemy. It is more like a fearful child who wants what it wants. It loses power over you as you give it less attention and focus instead on living and leading from the inside out. If you chose poorly just a minute ago, choose once again right now. The choice, the opportunity, is always right now.


Spiritual Intelligence and Leadership
by William Frank Diedrich

Leaders and mentors of leaders agree that emotional intelligence is a key factor in success as a leader. In fact, it is a key to success in any career. To be aware of your emotions, how they affect you, how they affect others, and to be able to consciously change our emotions is essential to success in all human relations. Spiritual Intelligence is really not new, but the term is. Many authors have attempted to define it. All definitions are helpful, but few demonstrate a depth of understanding. My intent is to offer you a brief, but in depth definition that you can apply.

It should be noted that spiritual intelligence has nothing to do with religion or doctrine. Certainly religious people may be spiritually intelligent, but so may nonreligious people. Spiritual intelligence is the ability to transcend the ego and know what to do and when, based on intuition and/or inspiration. For some, this means operating from Divine Guidance. For others, this means living intuitively. Spiritual intelligence is the awareness of when the ego is running the show, and to be able to choose differently.

The first principle of spiritual intelligence is identity--knowing who you are. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. You are not a human who occasionally has a spiritual experience. You are not your body. You have a body. You are not your past. You have a collection of experiences in your memory. You are not your mistakes. You are a spiritual being who has often forgotten who you are. You are not your job or your car or your home. Those are merely possessions. Possessions come and go. Fortunes rise and fall. You are not the role you play whether you call it father, mother, child, grandparent, CEO, secretary, Christian, Muslim, Jew, American, German, Japanese, etc. These are the roles you play. None of these are the real you. If the role is taken away, you still exist. The nonphysical you, your spirit, is who you are.

Your security, then, is not found in roles or possessions. Your clarity about who you are allows you to create whatever roles or possessions you require to live meaningfully in this world. I worked with a man who was a multi millionaire. His best friend told me that if this man lost everything, he would again be a millionaire within a year. His security was within him--not in his possessions. Your security is within you. No matter who rejects you, no matter how many times you "fail", you are still you. Those are just experiences. You learn from experience.

If you know who you are, then you know what you are. You are an expression of the all-encompassing Creative Intelligence. Whether you call this "God" or by another name, it is the same. Some religions say you are made in the image of God. Since you are of this Creative Intelligence, you are as It is. You are good. Your true nature is to connect with others, to love and be loved. People who seem incapable of loving and being loved are ruled by fear. They are living strictly from their egos. Fear is what causes us to forget who and what we are. The ego is the fearful personality we have made of ourselves that thinks it is separate from spirit and from other people.

The second principle of spiritual intelligence is a clear understanding of Universal Law. You reap what you sow. You receive what you give. Your deep seeded, usually unconscious thoughts and beliefs determine your experience of life. This does not mean you are to blame for illness, poor finances, or conflicted relationships. Rarely do we make a conscious decision to be ill, broke, or emotionally hurt. Yet patterns of thinking create our way of being in the world. Our way of being leads us to experiences that reflect our deepest beliefs about ourselves and our place in the world. This is why some people who have won the lotto find themselves broke again, in a few years. They did not have the mindset to manage that much money. This is why people who are healed by faith healers, often get sick again. They did not have the mindset for wellness.

Given that Universal Law is a law that cannot be broken, we are 100 % responsible for our health, our finances, our relationships, and everything else. The moment you think something is someone else's fault, you are incorrect. How you feel is based on decisions you have made. To say "I am 100 % responsible" is powerful. Spiritual Intelligence has us turning inward for answers to challenges, listening to the inner voice. We develop that inner voice through meditation and/or prayer. We develop it by intentionally letting go of our opinions and opening our minds to new and better ideas. These ideas don't necessarily come from our brains, but from the One Mind to which we are all connected. This is the source of great ideas, of creativity and innovation, and of inspiration.

When we live in fear, fear is what we reap. We draw more situations to ourselves that stimulate a fearful reaction. When we believe others are victimizing us, we constantly set ourselves up to be victimized. We draw people into our lives who will specifically do that for us. When we bear good will toward others (without placing our well-being in their hands) we will draw to ourselves more good will. These are but a few examples of Universal Law.

"Is the glass half full or half empty; are you a nasty, miserable, pessimistic, unhappy, and self-centered being...a "looking after number one" kind of person? Or are you a generous, unlimited, caring, selfless, positive, unconditionally loving kind of person? However you choose to perceive yourself, then so you will be. And so you will act, and so will be your destiny. Your perception is both your reality and your choice. If you can learn to make this choice you will be an awakened soul and enlightenment will come easily."
from The 7 AHA's of Highly Enlightened Souls, by Mike George

The third principle of spiritual intelligence is nonattachment. Knowing who and what you are, knowing that by Universal Law, you are responsible, you become unattached to specific outcomes or to the thoughts and feelings of others. This does not mean you don't care. You care, but your well-being doesn't come from other people or situations. This mindset of nonattachment, this spiritual intelligence, makes you strong and stable.

In non attachment you are free of stress. Stress is all about trying to control what you cannot control. The weather, other people's opinions, the stock market, other people's actions, are all things you cannot control. If you have strong expectations about these things you are attached. When things don't go your way, you feel pain, hurt, anger, or frustration. You become stressed. The answer to stress is not in a pill or a drink. It is in your own mind. All stress is caused within your mind. It is all about your expectations.

Non attachment requires that you know and appreciate who and what you are, your purpose, and your direction. When you act from this place of clarity, love, and confidence, you influence others. You don't have to "get" them to do anything. When you act selfishly to get what you want you make enemies and meet resistance. When you clearly desire a certain outcome, but are completely willing to do without it, you are in a powerful position.

Spiritual Intelligence has us listening within to the still small voice and following its guidance. How do you know if the voice is of your Spirit, or of your ego? The ego is about scarcity, conflict, hurry, worry, and fear. The still small voice is of love, confidence, and achieving the highest good for all concerned.

Spiritual intelligence is the awareness of choice--that there is Spirit and there is ego, and nothing in between. There is love and there is fear--and nothing in between. That there is seeking to achieve the highest good for all concerned--or "looking out for number one" selfishness.

Not only awareness, spiritual intelligence is the courage to make the choice, moment by moment, to let go of ego centered thinking and behaving, and to allow the spirit within you to guide you. Some may say "But you shouldn't look within for guidance; you should look to God." However you perceive God, as Great Spiritual Being, as Omnipresent Spirit, or simply as "Higher Power", your point of contact is within your mind. Look within.

Spiritually Intelligent leaders are rarely famous, because they do not seek recognition. They are effective and powerful. They understand that they are a nucleus, not the center of attention, but a center of influence. They are a shining light, with no concern for what they are "getting" from others. Their focus is on what they are giving. And by Law, they are receiving what they are giving.

"Your behavior influences others through a ripple effect. A ripple effect works because everyone influences everyone else. Powerful people are powerful influences.... All growth spreads outward from a fertile and potent nucleus. You are a nucleus."
The Tao of Leadership, by John Heider

When you find yourself frustrated with others, with life, with yourself--step back. Remind yourself that you are much more than this. Remind yourself that you are of Spirit, and that this person you think is you, is just a small part of the greater you. Quiet your mind and allow inspiration to flow. Breathe and let go of stress, and ask to see your world as Spirit would see your world. Allow your thoughts to be guided by the peaceful, loving, and powerful presence within you. Envision positive outcomes for all concerned without becoming attached to what outcomes should be. Refuse to take the negativity of others personally, and become instead, a shining light. Live from your deepest values and allow the still small voice of intuition and inspiration to guide you.

William Frank Diedrich is a speaker, executive coach, and the author of three books. He offers online classes in prosperity and leadership.

To book Bill for your speaking event, call 517-333-0806 (USA number) or write him at theroadhome@voyager.net.


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What happens when you choose to give up blaming? Power is unleashed within you. Success comes more easily. Your passion is sparked and it drives you in a positive direction. With blame out of the way, our path to success is open. We can be the powerful beings we are meant to be. Our organizations can become focused, engaged, highly competent groups that enjoy peak performance.

The question is: "Are you interested and willing to be more powerful?" Are you willing to move out of the neighborhood of victimhood and into the tower of power? If you are, then you are invited on a journey to greatness - a journey beyond blaming."

William Frank Diedrich is a keynote speaker, consultant, executive coach and the author of two other books, The Road Home: The Journey Beyond the Spiritual Quick Fix, and 30 Days to Prosperity: A Workbook for Well-Being. Bill has helped Fortune 500 companies, schools, individuals, and a variety of organizations to realize their potential.  

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