"Captain and Crew" Saved from Mutiny from the Bountiful

A parallel story to my alien hand article is something from "the Master Key System" and "Mentors in Motion" called the Captain and Crew.
The Captain is your conscious mind, the crew, your subconscious mind. Who calls the shots?

So often it is your subconscious mind, unfortunately. How much of what you do and who you are, is determined by echos of the past? Do you feel ugly because some kid in seventh grade called you ugly on a regular basis? (even though it wasn't true) the mental beating of those events scarred me for years. I had no self esteem. All the times people gave compliments didn't help to overcome the echos of "hey ugly."
I had to have my captain order my crew to stop believing those untrue things that were trapped deep inside. It wasn't an easy battle in my mind, and really sometimes that echo still surfaces.

I have trouble sometimes talking to people about business. Will they be offended that I am wanting to improve their lives? No. They'll say no if they are not interested, and won't think anything more about it. yet somehow, sometimes that fear of rejection still holds me back. Even though I have people e-mailing me their phone numbers, sometimes I still hesitate. They want me to call.

Luckily I am getting past that. I think it was from doing lots of cold calls and having rejection slap me in the face. No more. It's nothing personal, I know that, as the captain. The crew is getting the order. We are moving on.

The Master Key System is the basis for the movie "The Secret" and that movie changed my live. It made me realize that I am in control and self mastery was the first step to massive success.

Friday

Is it the weekend already? we have rehearsal tomorrow and I am working at the theater saturday and sunday. We are fixing the ceiling there (finally) Hopefully some roofing work will ensure the new ceiling doesn't get the water damage the old one did. The theater is always short of money, so it will be great when I can afford to really donate to the cause; that and other charities. We already give more than we can afford, but there are bigger things in life than money.

Farmer McGregor and Peter Rabbit

It’s Wednesday and like usual I have lost track of the days. Working at home definitely has its advantages, but time keeping isn’t one of them. If my two younger kids weren’t still going to school I probably would really lose track. For the most part, I don’t care what day it is, but now I am involved in two different plays and I have to keep track for rehearsals. One of them is on the underground railroad and I am a reluctant abolitionist. The other is about Beatrix Potter. I play four different roles in that one; Farmer McGregor, Jeremy Fisher, a tourist and Edwin Moore(the father of nine children.) The best part of the show is that Deb, Steph and Zack are also in it, so it’s a family thing.

The Return

I get the pleasure of driving to the Philadelphia airport today. Deb's flight is coming in around 3pm and the weather doesn't look great. I am so grateful that the precipitation is rain, not snow.
I am looking forward to Deb's return, so I can deal with the traffic and the airport and all the joy that entails. : )

Gratitude

Yeah, more stuff about gratitude. I am looking back at the past year and thinking how happy I have been. I think it's been the best year of my life (and things are only going to get better)

San Francisco Treat

Deb is out in San Francisco to see "The Full Monty" Our friend Chris is one of the stars in the show; he's playing Dave, who I think is the best character in the show. They plan to go to Alcatraz while they are out there, but sadly, I think no Rice a Roni is planned. :( Deb doesn't really like rice much anyway...
She'll be back Monday. I miss her already. I hate sleeping alone, and we are together all the time normally, so it's just so wrong when she's not here.
it's like an empty space in my house and heart.

A Speck of Dust

Yesterday I was heading to the hardware store to buy some mouse traps. We live in the country and when winter rolls in, so do the mice. On the way to the store I passed the farmer's market and remembered that I needed a new battery for my watch. (I got a great watch as a reward for making the Platinum Pacesetter in my USANA business, but it wasn't keeping time.)

I knew there was a man at the market who did battery replacement and watch repair.
The guy checked the battery and said it was good. He added some lubricant and took a swab and cleaned out the works. He said that sometimes a bit of dirt will get into a gear and cause some hesitation. That hesitation when multiplied causes the watch to lose a second here or there, and it all adds up.

Does this apply to business? Do you sometimes hesitate when action should be taken, and think nothing of the delay? My watch was losing an hour a week; what are my hesitations costing me?

Having a professional fix my watch corrected the problem. I could have taken it apart, replaced the battery and poked around. i might have fixed it, or broken it.

Having a mentor or a mastermind group in your life is just like that.

New contacts

Had three opt in's to our PCN page and contacted all of them. Also did a presentation for our USANA business. Looks like a friend, David, may be signing in this weekend. Deb also has a meeting with Bonnie to talk about USANA. That business keeps growing.
It's great to have more folks in our businesses. I am a money magnet. woot.

Mentoring

It's a new year and 2008 is going to be a breakthrough year for us. The best way to make progress and get out of our ruts in through mentoring and mastermind groups. You get out what you put in...