At this time of the year, I pick a theme for the coming year.  My theme for 2011 was “It’s happening!“, and indeed a lot of things happened.  Most notably, I moved to Los Angeles to be with my husband!  Yay!

My theme colors the year with a mantra that guides me and inspires me.  This year especially, I noticed that some of you reminded me, on several occations, that “It’s happening!”   I can’t begin to describe how helpful that was.

My theme for 2012 is “Abundance“.  Make sure you tell me yours so that we remind each other when the time comes.  :-)  I look forward to hearing what your theme is!

Throughout the holiday season and in 2012 remember that you make your dreams come true!  I wish you health, wealth, love, peace and happiness.

Season’s Greetings!

Joyeux Noel!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy 2112!

Elle
xox

Peace and love,

Elle

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Today's Topic - PRINCIPLE: Attachment (To a Time Frame) 
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, 
cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) 

Attachment is a recurring theme in these S3MC's. 
You may want to visit the full on-line database of 
these weekly musings at 
http://www.straususa.com/scripts/selection.lasso 
and enter 'attachment' in the Subject box to see what 
has been published over the years. 

Most of them have referred to attachments to 'things' 
such as objects or outcomes. 

This S3MC is about attachment to timing, which is 
when you try to force an outcome to occur by a 
certain time. The key word here is force. 

If you are attached to a time-certain, you may be 
doing two things: 

First, you may be setting yourself up to be disappointed, 
if the outcome has a different timing. Intend the 
timing, don't try to force it; big difference. 

And second, you may be holding yourself separate 
from other resources which could help bring about 
the outcome. Remember the old quote attributed to 
Goethe [incorrectly so, but never mind, the idea's 
a good one], "...the moment one definitely commits 
oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of 
things occur to help one that would never otherwise 
have occurred." 

By letting go of When and simply focusing your 
intentions on What and Why, you allow additional 
resources to assist you in the proper time frame. 

Coaching Point: Does what you want really have to 
happen by....? 

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Enjoy!

Peace and love ~ Elle

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Today's Topic - DISTINCTION: Choose vs. Chase 
(Distinctions are subtleties of language that, when gotten, 
cause a shift in a belief, behavior, value or attitude.) 

[While this Distinction has particular application to 
sales and sales people, it has application for all types 
of relationships.] 

Imagine that you are selling a product or service and 
there are very few prospects for your offering. Because 
of this scarcity of potential buyers you market, send 
out sales literature in a variety of forms, initiate cold 
calls, track down suspects, and try to win over 
prospects into becoming customers. Whew. Tiring. 
This is what chasing is about. 

Now imagine that, for several reasons, every morning 
there is a line at your door of people eager to buy 
what you're selling. (Picture a hot new restaurant or 
a sports team in the playoffs.) You realize that 
because of this abundant demand you can't take on 
all of the business, you've got to say no to some of 
them. So you use a filter to sort out the best ones. 
Your filtering criteria -- profitability, ease, whether 
you like them, their ability to refer, etc. -- assists you 
in having the best potential buyers float to the top. 
Those you let buy from you. This is what choosing 
is all about. 

Few people in sales are clear that being in the 
choosing business is possible for them. They just 
assume that they have to chase. They think they 
have to sell to people instead of having people buy 
from them. When you're the purchaser which do 
you prefer, to be sold at or assisted to buy from? 
Buy from, of course. 

Why not study your market to find out what they 
are really passionate to buy, what will help them 
solve their problems or give them the opportunity 
of a lifetime? Find out what they want. 


Coaching Point: How much energy are you spending 
being a better chaser? Could you use some of it 
setting yourself up to be a chooser? 




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Actually, I’m going to take a step back because the story behind me getting this book is so interesting and I love to tell it.

A few years back, I was taking some courses through Peak Potentials Training.  I highly recommend their courses.  One of the courses in particular is called The Enlightened Warrior Training Camp.  It’s a course on how to “tap into your higher self and unleash your full capacity for success and happiness”.  I highly recommend.

The sister camp to Warrior is called The Wizard Training Camp which is all about manifesting.  I really wanted to take the course along with my fellow Warriors with whom I had become very close.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to at the time.  However, during any course that you take with Peak Potentials, they provide a sheet of affirmations that I love reading out loud every morning.  It keeps you in the groove.  So I asked my fellow warriors if they would provide me with the list when they got back.  The thing is, we are sworn during these camps not to divulge any information to others in order for the new people taking the camps to have a full experience when they do take the camp.

I knew this but was not satisfied with this answer.  I wanted to become a Wizard without delay.  So the next morning I woke up absolutely determined to become a Wizard, with or without the affirmations or the courses, and I stated it out loud.

That evening I came home to a FedEx box that was delivered to my front door.  It was from my friend Anneloes in Holland.  Inside the box was a copy of Ask and It Is Given!  No word of a lie and also my friend had no idea about my desire.  She just sent me the book because she thought I would like it and I just happen to get it on the same day that I stated I would become a Wizard no matter what!  It was my most amazing experience of manifesting so far!

This book is so amazing.  It spoke to me like no other book had done before.  It answered some questions that I had been asking for a long time.

It also has some great exercises that teach you about manifesting, because it’s all a state of mind.  One of these exercises is the $1000/day exercise.  What you do is, on paper, you deposit $1000 into your account.  Then you have to spend that $1000 in the same day, on whatever you want.  The only thing you shouldn’t use this money for is paying bills because what you focus on is what you get.  Then, every day after you increase the amount that you have to spend by $1000.  So that means the next day you spend $2000 and the day after $3000 and so on.  When you get to a year, you have to spend $365,000 in a day!

Now you might think that this is easy.  Well at least that is what I thought at first.  And to tell you the truth, at first it was easy.  But then I got to about $16,000 and it started getting hard.  It got a little easier at the low 20′s because I started buying cars but then you run out of cars that you want.

I’ve been doing this for a year and a half and tomorrow is the day that I reach $500,000!

Obviously, I love this exercise and I recommend you give it a try.  You might not last as long as I have but it will open your eyes to possibilities!

Enjoy!

Peace and love,

Elle

Ever since I came back to Ottawa, and even before then, I had been thinking about my friend Marc.  I’m not sure why.

Then this past weekend I was going through some old papers I had stored away at my parents place and I came across his parents address.  So I looked them up and they were still living in the same place.  I gave them a call and spoke to his father and he told me that Marc had passed away 6 years ago.

It’s such a shock to find out that someone I was really close to at one time in my life is now gone.   I’m not sure why I wanted to connect with him again but it’s very sad and frustrating not to be able to.  I also feel guilty that I didn’t do it sooner.  In fact, quite a few years ago he had contacted me and we visited for a few minutes.  It was a time in my life when I was struggling to figure out my identity and unfortunately I wasn’t very present to him and afterwords I didn’t keep in touch.

I regret not being able to be a better me at the time and I figured out last night that I have to be the best me I can be at all times and to really make an effort to enjoy every moment that I have.  Just like the saying goes, enjoy every moment as if it were your last.

Rest in peace Marc and I truly wish, no… I know that you are at peace now.

Peace and love,

Elle

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Today’s Topic – DISTINCTION: Floundering vs. Stuck (Distinctions are subtleties of language that, when gotten, cause a shift in a belief, behavior, value or attitude.)

It may seem odd to be glad you’re floundering since it sounds like a place you wouldn’t want to be. But there is a world of difference between floundering and stuck.

Stuck is frozen, no options, at the effect-of, unhappy. A classic victim place.

When you are floundering you may also be unhappy, have no clear sense of direction, and not want to be where you are. But you are trying things. You’re in action, maybe without visible traction, but you’re doing something. And you have the clarity that “this isn’t it.”

Flounder-ers are exploring and looking for something better. Stuck-ers can feel resigned to their fate.

You can, if you choose to, smile even as you flounder, enjoying the discovery process. A person who feels stuck is rarely smiling.

Coaching Point: Who can help you move past floundering, to clarity, quicker?

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drum roll please…

“Magical Moments“

I can’t wait!

Take a few moments to choose your theme and why not share it with me in the comments.

I wish you and yours a spendid holiday season and a joyous, prosperous, healthy and magical 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But seriously,  if anything, I think you’ll like this one the best.  Why you may ask?  Check it out for yourself and you tell me! 

And don’t forget to share with everyone you know.

Peace and love,

Elle

With all of their enginuity and tools, they cannot, I repeat CANNOT, reproduce results of past temperature changes…

SO HOW THE HELL CAN THEY PREDICT THE FUTURE!!!

They can’t.

The proof for Global Warming is the same as the proof for a new Ice Age.

So now what do we think or do?

Live as clean a life as possible.  Love as much as you can with everything that you do.  If you’re going to buy a refrigerator, buy the most energy efficient and safest to the environment.  Be happy and spread that happiness as far as you can.  Global warming or the Ice Age is going to happen whether you stress about it or not, so don’t stress!

Peace and love,

Elle