Comments on: Small Business Advice: Listen For Unexpected Wisdom

By: double bed frame

double bed frame — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:47:10 +0000

I actually feel thereâ€™s more to it than simply what we focus on. Focus stems from a deeper intention of how we live our lives. What I mean by a deeper intention is something like a compass made of choices that sets the overall direction of our life.

By: law of attraction

law of attraction — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:39:47 +0000

I will never let myself forget the phrase:
“What you focus on EXPANDS”

And above all I would say ” Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is all time Kept secret so I do !”

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:55:33 +0000

Vivienne,

Doesn’t the word, “should” make you focus on what your ought to be doing instead of what you’re doing? Just food for thought.

Harv has some good stuff. Nice piece to share. My current favorite is Seth Godin’s Dip: Knowing When to Quit (and Knowing When to Stick) where he explains that successful people have quit a lot of things to become successful.

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:32:58 +0000

This is the law of attraction working. What you focus will expand, so if we kept thinking how hard life is, the tougher it will be. We should focus on what we want and not what we don’t want

The latest unexpected wisdom I got is from T. Harv Eker’s “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. He said “… successful people are bigger than their problem … and unsuccessful people are smaller than their problems.” So if we are bigger than our problems, the problems are simply inconvenience.

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:03:57 +0000

April,

I love it. And most hurts are cured by a hug and ice cream. This should be one of those “unexpected wisdoms” we’re talking about.

Thanks for including your photos. I really love them.

By: April Groves

April Groves — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:06:53 +0000

I am sure the layout looks messy – I haven’t perfected the art of placing pictures in wordpress…but they are there!

http://www.aprilgroves.com/beautifulchaos/about-me

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:18:48 +0000

April,

Thanks. Please do. And let me know so I can ‘meet’ you and your loved ones.

And I’m fine waiting on the teenage talk. I have a strange suspicion that much of how a child navigates their teenage years has to do with their early development and parenting.

By: April Groves

April Groves — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:06:34 +0000

Your face behind the blog page is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing! I am inspired to add pictures to my own page now! But, we have to wait to talk about teenagers…with four girls – the oldest is 10 – I can’t handle teenage talk just yet

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:09:49 +0000

Gabriella,

What a lovely explanation…thank you.

I have read Reflections of the Art of Living – though years ago.

I remember Joseph Campbell of someone trying to explain through words and mental imagery the process that many people experience through the depth of their spiritual path. Likely, I’m over-simplifying. Yet what I find interesting about personal growth and spiritual unfoldment is the experiential process itself – which I, personally, find so difficult to explain. Sure, I have some great stories and some very interesting approaches to how the world works inside me. But I do find it difficult to explain my ~~unfolding~~ unveiling. Much of it seems just to individualized.

April,

Thanks. And welcome.

That’s great advice. My wife and I do some similar things with our young kids. One is we ~~allow them~~ encourage them to express however they’re feeling. If they’re angry or hurt, we want them to feel free to express that. Where we draw the line is in how they express it. Anger can’t lead to hitting people, for instance. Anger can lead to pounding on wood blocks with a hammer.

Both of us feel that it’s important that children are given as much freedom to develop on their own and in their own timing. They need us, among many other things, to help guide them and teach them appropriate actions. My daughter’s actually come to be before telling me she’s upset and wants to hit; which provides an excellent opportunity to be accepting of her feelings and help her learn how to express them in a way that’s ‘healthy.’

We’ll see how we do with teenagers.

By: April Groves

April Groves — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:57:38 +0000

What a beautiful post! I have just found your blog and taking it all in.

The best advice I ever got was from my mom. As children, we were always encouraged to speak our mind, but, we were never to be disrespectful. Momma would tell us, “You can say whatever it is you want to say, as long as you remember who you are saying it to.”

She thought she was preventing a sass back to her, and she did. But she also planted seeds of good parenting, effective marital communications, personal responsibility, business savvy, good friend qualities…the list goes on.