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Many things John said were so genius and timeless, I thought. Here they are just a couple (my words added to make a complete thought and sentence in this written format):

Which of these 2 decisions have we made in our life so far? Will we make in the future?
•Are we interested? in change, growth, better life, career OR –
•Are we committed? to change, growth, our dream life, career, business?

When we are “Interested” – We do what is convenient and comfortable for us

When we are “Committed” – we do whatever it takes, which does include pain and discomfort. To achieve anything worthwhile, we must pay a price. There is never a FREE ride for something of value.

Which would you rather have – the pain of Discipline or Pain of Regret?
•The pain of Discipline weighs OUNCES.
•The pain of Regret weighs TONS.

Which will you and I choose for our life, our career, our family, health, happiness, wealth…………??

Barbara Filla
Passion Branding Community

P.S. What other thoughts, ideas from John Assaraf’s presentation resonated with you? Share them with us.

Many Jewels of Wisdom came from Libby Gill at RISE… Her presentation addressed the process to clarify, simplify and execute to get ‘unstuck’. Note this is my partial, brief interpretation. Reviewing my notes was helpful for me, hopefully it is for you also. Now onto Ms. Libby’s wisdom.

When we want to change our life, we have to change our behavior. When we think about change, we can get totally overwhelmed because:

-- We don’t know what to do and how to do things to change what we want for our whole life or even one part we wish to change
-- Previous failures come to mind and it seems like it would be the ‘same old situation’ again.
-- We fear failure because we wonder who won’t love us then. This is our brain protecting us from risk.
There are several more reasons, too many to share here, but just know each of us has our own.

However the 3-step process is most valuable and here it is:

Clarify is Step 1
To develop authentic clarity, we must address our beliefs. When we are open to changing our beliefs, some of which are shared in the previous paragraph, then clarity will come. Beliefs and mindset are similar concepts to me. In Passion Branding Community, several mindset concepts are discussed in more detail.

Clarity that specifies exactly what we want in the form of goals and when is necessary as a foundation for getting what we want.

Simplify is Step 2
With a written list of our specific goals and desires, we must simplify these goals by breaking them into small baby steps, tiny, small goals that allow us to achieve the short-term mini-goals making up a larger long-term goal.

Execute is Step 3
Libby recommends we establish a ‘motto for the year’. That motto is our goal for one year, which we then break down into monthly milestones. It is most productive to focus on each monthly goal, maybe limiting each month with 3 actions steps of highest priority to achieve that goal.

Summary
Simple, effective steps and regular, consistent action assists us to progress toward and obtain what we truly want.
These steps resonate and validate my experience for myself and clients I’ve worked with over decades.

Clear and simple steps lead us to the most effective, simple actions we must take to get the most successful results!

This IS Passion Clarification, Passion Branding and Monetization! I invite you to join us in Passion Branding Community for more information and networking.

I look forward to any other comments and thoughts you gained or have.

Barbara Filla
Passion Branding Community

The first Jewel of Wisdom came from Ellie Drake. Her solution on how we can “Self-Master” ourself, posted recently. Recall that we can overcome and release emotional challenges such as “I don’t like…” and feelings of hurt, rejection, etc. with a one-minute exercise: Breathe, say “thank-you and 1-2-3 -- Let it go”. Become our own “Self-master”.

Second Jewel is Timeless Aging and Beauty –

Do we want it? Can we have it? How? The panelist at RISE was talking about inner beauty that manifests itself as outer beauty.

Several tips were offered of which some are shared here. Meditation along with taking action in these areas were suggested.

- Feel it’s a privilege to be in your body now. Share my heart, love, sincerity, authenticity.
- Move our body.
- Eat healthy and nutritious food.
- Focus on beauty as in ‘inside job’.
- Embrace anti-aging modalities, such as getting toxins out of our body
- Embrace spirituality – be of service and bless people around us.

Ask yourself this question and and reflect on it:
How old would you be -- if you didn’t know how old you are?

A thought I have about this: How old (young) do you want to be – inside - that will show on the outside? We can effect a change, at least some change when choose.

I googled “how old are you” and found some interesting information. The net and its vast info!

Blessings and joy to you every day.

Please add your comments and thoughts about what you remember relevant to Timeless Aging and Beauty Segment of RISE.

Barbara Filla
Passion Branding Community

Am I still on the RISE from RISE and will I continue to RISE? Maybe you want to ask yourself the same question too. For those of us at RISE to recall special thoughts and for those of you who couldn’t be with us, I’d like to share some Jewels of Wisdom – that can benefit us.

Note: The information came to us so quickly and was more comprehensive than I could scribble on my notepad, or remember. So I’m sharing what caught my attention as being relevant and important, along with my thoughts. Hope it resonates with you.

In Ellie’s opening remarks, she talked about challenges of women to ‘support ourselves’. One key principle she shared is that “we have to self-master ourself”.
We women are prone to feel and say, “I don’t like”, or we are quite sensitive to things like comments, rejection, and other things…. probably because of our nurturing nature, that we feel, respond to, and are affected easily by our emotions.

The challenges that we don’t like affect us by putting a stranglehold on our capacity and ability to function at our highest level. They prevent us… from feeling good about ourself, feeling confident, worthy, even from getting that promotion at work. These internal feelings linger in our heart and on our mind, preventing us from focusing on what we are involved in the next moments of our lives.

One-Minute Solution
Ellie suggested we look at these vexing challenges and issues as gifts that give us the chance to RISE UP and move on. Her advice: Breathe, say “thank-you and 1-2-3 -- Let it go”. Become our own “Self-master”.

Let’s take charge and conquer so we can thrive, not survive!

Barbara Filla
Passion Branding Community

Today I received a quote from a friend that I’d like to share with you. It caught my attention, caused me to pause….. Read and share your thoughts.

It inspires us to think, to reflect deep in our heart, to share and discuss in conversation, commit to, develop a new plan and then take action -- For peace, harmony, joy, success, a ‘rich’ life (emotional, mental, physical, financial) – in our personal life, and in our business, country and the world.

Quote of wisdom from Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President:

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative
and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could
and should do for themselves.

Barbara Filla
Passion Branding Community