OPERATIONS MANUAL Today I’m going to be a bit radical. I’m going to break my rules. I’m going to do things differently. I’m not going to follow my normal routine. Today will take on a life and a process and a perfect purpose of its own. Whatever happens, happens. If it feels right, I’ll do it. Today I’m going to trust in the deeper part of myself, the one that is so often trapped or locked away. Today will see a different me. I’m re-writing my Operations Manual. Looking at the sky, walking somewhere different, just smiling and loving being with myself. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Write the contents page of your personal Operations Manual. 2. Now write the Introduction as if you were talking to yourself. ONE DAY DELIVERY True understanding cannot be accessed by us. Our normal tools of thinking, reading, listening and reflecting are of little use. For this tool kit can only help us to make sense of what is already in our heads. What we already know. We have to receive new thoughts, inspiration and ideas from outside to help us to make sense of what is going on. True understanding is outside of us. Our toolkit is of little use Until the package arrives. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What do you not understand? 2. What package would you like to arrive tomorrow? MAGIC The most curious thing we can witness is an impossible magic trick. Everyone wants to know the secret! Yet, for most, the secret is a disappointment But the magic is gone and will never come back. Sometimes, the magic lies in the joy of not knowing everything. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What is the one thing deep down, that you would really love to know? 2. Why might it be better to enjoy the magic and not rush to work it out? Guest post by Tomas McCabe - International Mind Reader and Magician
How are you thinking differently about everything? www.tomasmccabe.com / email Des McCabe with you Guest post . CAREER CHANGE When we speak of career change we don’t mean changing jobs or sectors or a new job title. We don’t mean getting promotion, going back to college or having flexible work arrangements. We don’t mean working from home, working for yourself or starting a business. What we mean is changing the career model and becoming fully ourselves. We can step out of the career box that we are put in, for this is only one construct for guiding our lives. There are many alternatives such as time, purpose, age, self-knowledge, family, personal situation, wish list, relationships, spiritually, love, service or trust. The career model is not our only choice. We can all have a frame of reference for our lives that works for us. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Which alternative to the career development model might you explore -time, purpose, age, self-knowledge, family, personal situation, wish list, relationships, spiritually, love, service or trust? 2. What does your future look like based on this? BREAKING NEWS All the birds are chirping away loudly and enthusiastically. All talking at the same time. It’s deafening! And then, total silence as they fly off together to do what they must do. Responding to breaking news in their world. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What ‘breaking news’ is happening in your world? 2. How will you respond? LIMITING BELIEFS We can see the door and not open it. We can approach the gate and not go through it. We can be told the path and not take it. We can be shown a new way and not go there. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. What negative thoughts are holding you back from doing all you want to do? 2. All is possible through love and we are made of love. You can be all you should be. Open the door. Go through the gate. Take the path. Start your new way. GARDEN HOSE The garden hose lies there like a dark green snake on the grass. It can take water to areas needing refreshment and to the plants that are struggling. We too can go where we are needed. We can bring all we have to areas needing refreshment and to those who are struggling. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Who do we know that may be struggling? 2. What refreshment can we bring? 3. How do we turn our tap on full? HAPPY BIRTHDAY Imagine if you arrived born into the world at the age you are now. Imagine if today was your first day, your birthday. You will meet your family, partner and friends for the first time. You will see the house where you live. You will see trees and water. You go to work for the first time, meet your colleagues and see how you’re using your talents Today, on this your birthday you will see all that has been given to you. You will discover all of the places where you make your mark. As you begin to take it all in, you’re filled with wonder, excitement and questions. You just can’t wait to get started, to find out more and to explore. It’s just so amazing what you’ve been given on this your birthday. And then, you receive the most incredible birthday present of all time. You will have a new beginning like this every single day for the rest of your life. A new day will arrive each morning ready to be discovered. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Imagine if today was your very first day alive. Where would you start? 2. Where will you explore? How will you capture the wonder and excitment? What questions will you ask? 3. What will you do at the end of this amazing birthday? COLLABORATION The sky gives me perspective. Ideas create my map. Random thoughts plot co-ordinates. Crazy dreams show alternatives. Harry sits on the roof to help wherever I go. Time has stopped for me as friends fuel the dream. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Who or what is collaborating with you? 2. What is the dream? SPATIAL RECOGNITION There is no set formula or words in prayer. Every conversation is different. For it’s not about talking. It’s about sitting patiently and waiting. Not for some miraculous words of wisdom, but for a gentle thought. This is prayer. Sitting, quietly waiting and leaving space for that thought. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 1. Where and when will you sit quietly today – ‘leaving space for that thought’? 2. The process of prayer is bespoke to each of us. I use the word Spatial Recognition to describe prayer. What word or phrase would you use? |
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