Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Highest Potential is Not about Perfection.

“The Simplicity of Becoming More
is reduced to the planned Accumulation
of Affirmed Acts,
each aimed at Being, or Doing or Giving More”
                                                         ~Phillip A. Lopez

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I selected this PIC because once again in my OneGR8Life, I find myself flying by the seat of my pants. I truly have to leave these next 4-5 chapters in God's hands…

What does all this mean for you?  Well, You see for the first time, publicly, I am about to reveal the tools and exercises that I have been using to lead and build organizations, to develop products and ideas, as well as building individuals of great character and accomplishment. Some of these exercises go back 30+yrs and have been accountable for transformations of great Desires of Purpose.

So, let’s see how this goes…

Potential, and Perfection…

There is a conversation we need to hold, before we get along too much further… A conversation about Highest Potential and Perfection. The most significant words in this entire post will be right here; Highest Potential is Not about Perfection. In fact, when your mind carries you to an internal conversation, in review of Achievements and Setbacks, You CANNOT use Perfection as a yardstick of validation. Your Highest Potential has no external validation. In YourOneGR8Life, Highest Potential is self-validating; there is no model of comparison. 

It is important to recognize the difference between self-validation and self-responsibility. In YourOneGR8Life, You are 100% responsible for the things that You choose to DO, and the things that You choose not to DO. There is no entitlement based on age, or race, or creed, or color, or privilege of community, or level of education. You start from where you stand, you empty your back-pack of past history and You Start Driving Forward. There is nothing in the rear view mirror that is suddenly going to jump to the front windshield unless You put it there! Affirmed Actions are the only guarantee of 'hope' for future successes. Ambition leads you there. Highest Potential is an instantaneous assembly of the available resources, often with no prior experience of usage or collection. The introduction of thoughts of Perfection, would require a model of exact repeatability, a pre-established baseline of predictable or pre-dedicated resultant.
In the initiation of our Affirmed Greatness, there are no pre-dedicated results. Yes, you are flying by the seat of your pants. Faith carries you forward. In the instantaneous assembly of the available resources, every thought stimulates a direction of affirmed action, followed by the collection of data; which initiates a new thought, which stimulates a new directed action… this loop of thought, action, thought, is the self-held, practical application of responsibility yielding to you an instantaneous assembly of resources. The components of uniqueness makes the comparison of perfection an unreasonable presumption. Uniquely, the universe has never attempted to deliver You and Your Desire of Purpose, in this light, there is no basis of comparison. Thus, the thing that you attempt to DO, or to BE, or to GIVE, the notions, ideas and thoughts which you conjure to support the chaos which surrounds You, the Highest Potential which you seek to discover and deliver, are undisputedly, perfectly Imperfect for You and You alone.

An Assignment of Separation…

Your first assignment is to set-up a data folder to hold all this stuff; your best bet is to acquire a three ring binder... I know, Old School. Why do I encourage an old school 3-ring binder? Simply for separation. Separation? That's right! The transformation of your unique Desire of Purpose dictates that you separate this information and its tools and exercises from the rest of your mind cluttering 'stuff'.

Recognize that, You are about to transition your life... separation allows you to see the significance of;

  • WHO you are, in terms of Becoming,
  • WHAT it is that you hear as your Desire of Purpose,
  • WHY you find Inspiration and Motive to walk this path,
  • WHY NOT, in terms of clearing negativity and overcoming your inner fear,
  • HOW?!? is found in the assembled collection of these resources.  


In the transformation of Desire of Purpose there will be many distractions which cause you to lose focus, and you will come upon a multitude of opportunities to abandon your Desire of Purpose. You are going to rely on the information collected through these tools and exercises of Affirmation; leaning on them heavily at times and I can almost guarantee that there will come a time, or two, when this information will serve as your life vest of survival.
Can you appreciate why, this transition that you seek, it deserves to be appropriately archived and, this means that it must be separated from your music, gaming apps, and social connections. Besides, since the invention of the Gutenberg Press, paper has not seen many non-compatible format changes or losses of its operating system.

So, go! grab a binder and lets start filling it with the stuff that transforms Your One Great Life.

To get started - the things that you are going to want to place into your binder...

  -- If you have never seen this before here is the blog post link.

  -- Your First Exercise... Click the Link, Print and Fill-in your name


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Next Up:  The Exploration of Thoughts...

Mindful Moments (Thoughts to Take Away):
If there ever was a truly special day, today is that day. Today, I have allowed myself the freedom of unhindered opportunity, the opportunity of Becoming More. Today I have accepted the responsibility to initiate my Affirmation of Greatness. This Affirmation is a reassurance that Greatness resides within me, and it is my duty to transition this Greatness into its physical equivalence. The Simplicity of Becoming More is reduced to the planned Accumulation of Affirmed Acts, each aimed at Being, or Doing or Giving More.

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OneGR8Life - Delivered Weekly; Tuesday
Dedicated to Improving the Human Condition - Specifically, Yours!


Phillip A. Lopez Author
CONGRATULATIONS, You’ve Graduated!
via Amazon/Kindle  :: Learn more - stop by The OneGR8Life ePub Caffè ::

#CreatingPhenomenal - Learn How To Dream, Create, Live Your One Great Life.


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If you were willing to invest a couple of cups of coffee and spend some time with Phil; you will not be disappointed! His passion statement is “Never Give-Up” -trying to Dream, Create and Live your One Great Life.

Once you are in Phil’s presence, His infectious ‘Never Give-Up’ attitude awakens your emotional spirit, and ignites your ambition to Be, Do, or Give. After a couple of sessions you begin to recognize that you have tapped-into a special source of infinite inspiration and motivation. At the very least you walk-away armed with the tools to overcome self-imposed limitations and restraints. With simplicity and detail, Phil increases your recognition that in this OneGR8Life You can Be, Do or Give, Anything that you Desire.

Phil is the second child, in a family of 3 brothers and a sister. He has been blessed in his OneGR8Life to receive the love and 30+ year companionship of his wife, Janice. Phil and Jan are former residence of Bozeman, MT and currently reside in the Los Angeles, CA area.

Phil personally maintains the OneGR8Life blog space. Spending time here you will quickly realize that he IS dedicated to ‘Improving the Human Condition, Quite Specifically – Yours!’

Find the social connection that works for you… You can follow Phil on:

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Acts of Affirmation; In Service to Others.




How Can I BE of Service...
In terms of Acts of Affirmation, your highest potential is realized in Service to Others. Service to Others is your go-to for Soul expanding, self-sustained, Happiness. In the opening quote, Gandhi presents a HUGE insight to the value of service to others. In Your One Great Life you are called upon to Discover and Deliver the greatness which lies within. This is HOW?!? you get to share your unique gifts to the world. Service to Others is why we are here, here, as in, on earth; as in why I dedicate my time and energy, giving so freely, to the exploration of YourOneGR8Life. 

Service to Others is an Affirmed Act of Giving, Not an indentured act of servitude. Service to Others is in No Way an open invitation to become a door mat! But rather, an affirmed act of mutual respect in which you are allowed to receive in return a greater portion of that which you gave. In Faith, we come to understand that, the Universe in which we live is held in Equilibrium. Held in the spirit of mutual Love, Every act of giving enjoys its equal portion of receipt in return... thus we come to realize that the more we give in service, the greater the opportunities to serve we receive in return. Becoming More, is then reduced to an accumulation of Affirmed Acts, aimed at Being, or Doing, or Giving More.


Thinking That You Have
so Much More to Give, If,
You could Only
Figure Out HOW?!?


Today, let's share a bit from my past. See if you can recognize the call to service and the opportunity to find myself, and to lose myself in the serve others.


Responsibilities of Message...
The door opened and all I could see was the back of 13 heads. I was escorted into the room by the Regional V.P. of Sales. He introduced me as the new Sales Manager, spouted out how he expected greater things out of this group and then left the room. I saw the look in their eyes... Oh great, here we go again; another Sales Manager wannabe, thinking he is going to make a name for himself by beating the hell out of me, pressuring me to make uncomfortable sales, screaming and belittling me when I don't make goal; just great!


I had worked hard to earn this moment, as many do with the aspiration of becoming a Sales Manager. And, this was my team, all 13; 3 sales admins and a core group of 10 sales peeps. I was the third sales manager for this group in the past 20 months... they'd been through the 'first day speech' before. Their team performance had slipped to a ranking of 87th out of 100. Their best individual performer was ranked 150th, out-of-500 sales colleagues. Their checkbooks had dwindled back to month-to-month existence. Gone was the hype of 5-figure commissions, and lost was the free wheeling swagger of being a top performer.


~Phillip A. Lopez

Responsibilities of Actions...
They had so much more to offer, but didn’t know HOW!?! They had been left on their own, to manage their personal message. But had not been empower to accept the responsibility of message and actions. They had set a goal of mediocrity and had settled to perform below that goal. In the next 10 minutes that all began to change...


Earlier on that Tuesday morning, the April sales figures had been published. Of course, I printed them-out, copied them and carried them into the room with me. I took the time and handed a copy to each on the sales team. Most didn't even look at that sheet of paper, the room had fallen silent and most had stopped taking notes. You could see, the wheels spinning; on that Tuesday, they braced for the first-day brow beating, just as the previous Sales Managers had been trained and prompted to deliver.


A Transformation - Affirmed in I AM...
I took a different approach. What I asked them to do was to take the sheet of paper and fold it lengthwise into thirds; to make the shape of a lying down triangle. On the forward face, I gave them the instruction to Write, beginning on the Left, I AM...  With eyebrow raised, they began looking to see who they could borrow a pen from. Something was different, they told me years later. Immediately, they sat up in their chairs and waited for the next instruction. After the words I AM... I would like you to write your “name." Then, please, turn your triangle to face yourself, so that it can serve as a name tag, a reminder, an Affirmation of WHO you are!


Now, read it to yourself, Silently. Is the statement in front of you, True or False? Just raise your hand if you believe the statement is, True…


Next, in the lower left corner, I want you to write down the current balance in your checking account. You don’t need to be embarrassed here, your teammates are just as broke as you are, and the sales report which you are writing on will serve to support your current circumstance. Please, just write down your current balance.


Now, read it to yourself, Silently. Is the statement in front of you, True or False? Just raise your hand if you believe the statement is, True…


Ok, On the same line, in the center, I need you write down your dream balance. This is the balance that you will find in your checkbook, when income, and sales are no longer an issue. Alright, now that you have your checkbook loaded, I need you put your pen down and sit back in your chair and close your eyes for 60 seconds.


I know that each of you are either married, engaged or significantly involved in a relationship. Eyes closed… I want you to picture in your mind the checkbook balance that you JUST wrote down and, I want you to pick a place where you are going to travel to with your significant other. I want you see the airport you are departing from, I want you to see the aisle and seat that you are going to, I want you to see the hotel that you are going to stay at, I want you to see the joyous expression on the faces of your loved one and family if you have one.


Now, once you have this mental image firmly planted in your mind… I just need you to keep your eyes closed and stand-up. On that Tuesday, it took less than 50 seconds for each to stand-up. Once they were all on the feet, I simply said to them… this image racing through your mind - this is why you kick-ass at work! From this very moment, for each and everyday that we will share together, You are responsible for your message, you are responsible for the actions which carry your message into reality. When you are ready to accept this responsibility, I invite you to sit down. Once, you are seated, I want you to pick-up your pen and write your travel destination in the lower far right corner.


We never looked at those sales reports on that Tuesday. Symbolically, we used them as a turning point, granting ourselves permission to release the past and to begin anew. To begin, from the inside-outward. Throughout the history of mankind, Great performances have been initiated as a simple Desire, reinforced with acts taken in Ambition and repeated daily to forge their transformation into physical equivalence.


It is no different with your Desire of Purpose. If you know WHO - WHAT, WHY, WHY NOT in the form of inner fear, and HOW?!? will follow.


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On that Tuesday, My Sales Team took their name tags back to their sales desks, each finding a strategic desk top location. They stared at those silly name tags until the swagger returned; until they had transformed themselves into the physical equivalence of WHO they wanted to be, into the income level they desired, until they could deliver to themselves and their loved ones the lifestyle they each desired.


No Browbeating? No Belittlement of past performance? No Aggressive Sales Techniques? No Duping an unsuspecting Customer for a buck? In the simple words of I AM, we initiated their transformation. By December of that same year, the team found themselves ranked in the top 15; Four of the top 20 sales performers came from this group. I remain indebted to this group for their commitment to excellence delivered daily.

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The question of the day...
Can you see the opportunities of Abundance sitting before You? Opportunities to deliver Your Very Best, in the service to others.

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Mindful Moments (Thoughts to Take Away):
The speed at which I transform my Desire of Purpose into physical equivalence will be directly related to my created Statement of Affirmation, held in Faith. My Affirmation will initiate with 'I AM'...  Today, I AM being called to deliver the Greatness which lies within me. I AM willing to convert this Greatness into its Physical Equivalence - I Can BE, DO, or GIVE, any notion, idea or thought that I AM willing to hold in Affirmation of Faith.


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OneGR8Life - Delivered Weekly; Tuesday
Dedicated to Improving the Human Condition - Specifically, Yours!




Phillip A. Lopez Author
CONGRATULATIONS, You’ve Graduated!
via Amazon/Kindle  :: Learn more - stop by The OneGR8Life ePub Caffè ::


#CreatingPhenomenal - Learn How To Dream, Create, Live Your One Great Life.


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If you were willing to invest a couple of cups of coffee and spend some time with Phil; you will not be disappointed! His passion statement is “Never Give-Up” -trying to Dream, Create and Live your One Great Life.


Once you are in Phil’s presence, His infectious ‘Never Give-Up’ attitude awakens your emotional spirit, and ignites your ambition to Be, Do, or Give. After a couple of sessions you begin to recognize that you have tapped-into a special source of infinite inspiration and motivation. At the very least you walk-away armed with the tools to overcome self-imposed limitations and restraints. With simplicity and detail, Phil increases your recognition that in this OneGR8Life You can Be, Do or Give, Anything that you Desire.

Phil is the second child, in a family of 3 brothers and a sister. He has been blessed in his OneGR8Life to receive the love and 30+ year companionship of his wife, Janice. Phil and Jan are former residence of Bozeman, MT and currently reside in the Los Angeles, CA area.

Phil personally maintains the OneGR8Life blog space. Spending time here you will quickly realize that he IS dedicated to ‘Improving the Human Condition, Quite Specifically – Yours!’

Find the social connection that works for you… You can follow Phil on:



G+ Page, OneGR8Life

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

We Live by Faith... An Affirmation of Greatness



Introduction



"An Affirmation of Greatness,
Initiated by I AM, Held in Faith, is
acted upon Immediately by the Subconscious mind,
towards its transformation into physical equivalence."
                                    ~Phillip A. Lopez


~ I AM responsible to Dream, Create, and Live, my OneGR8Life.
~ I AM to receive an Abundance of All Good things, today and through all eternity.
~ I AM to Deliver the OneGR8Life message.
~ I AM to Improve of the Human Condition.


The opportunity for you in this book is to recognize that the connecting link of Faith and Love, envelopes each of us. Each, insured and encoded to deliver our own 'ends'. This Phenomenal which you venture to create, will be filled with High, Highs and Low, Lows. YES, there will be moments of contemplated despair. But, NEVER GIVE-UP!


In every moment, of every day, we find ourselves at the cross-road of Faith. Wrapped in Affirmations of Faith, it is Courage and Confidence which carry us miraculously over the cross-roads. Revealed in the moments of embodied Faith we come to learn that, it is true, we live by Faith or, we do not live at all; for we cannot know the end of anything, at its beginning. You are designed for Greatness, Affirmations of Faith lead you to it!


Here we will continue our journey of #CreatingPhenomenal, we will introduce a series of exercises to empower your unlimited capacities, while discovering the true God particle. Yes, there is a God particle - and when you combine Inspiration and Motive the resultant is a life of self sustaining Joy and Happiness.


So, if you have ever thought that You had so much more to offer, if, you could only figure out HOW?!? - this is the series of #CreatingPhenomenal that is just for You!


Before we start, let’s make sure that we are all on the same page by taking a quick look at our Map to Obtainment. We are making our way around the loop. We have just exited EXCHANGE.


Now, let’s recap just a bit to set a common starting point...




Held In Faith




Acts of Exchange - I AM...
We have advanced to the recognition that in order to transform a Desire of Purpose, into its physical equivalence, ACTION in EXCHANGE would be required!
" Every Action is Held in Exchange."


"Every act sends a message...
I AM responsible for my message!"
                               ~Phillip A. Lopez            


Here is our guiding thought to understand the significance of EXCHANGE: I AM to Act in EXCHANGE. I AM to Exchange who I AM today, for who I AM to become in order to be the holder of my Desire of Purpose... I AM to become more in order to BE, DO, or GIVE More.


Inspirations and Motives...
The ‘Reserved NO PARKING’ zone in the above Circle of Inspirations, represents your Desire of Purpose. Recall that Purpose establishes the foundation of Self-Discovery, of Self-Becoming. The pillars if Self-Becoming are found in the resolution of two questions of reflection and stillness, (1) How can I serve?  (2) How Good can I Stand it? Released in resolution is the invitation to move from the Inside-Out, to formulate, in very specific terms, your source of Inspiration.
If your source of Inspiration is Income, identify a specific amount. 'Enough to pay the bills" is NOT specific enough... How Good Can You Stand it? - You need to study and understand your circumstance; Add up the bills, create a sheet of monthly budgeted expenses, know specifically the required amount in the form of a number. Ask yourself WHY do I Desire this Income - Look at the Carriers of Transformation - Listen from within, which of the Inspirations speak to your Ambition of need - which of these sources of Inspiration elicits Action from within you. The same holds true for the any and all sources of Inspiration, be specific.
Holding a source of Inspiration as Family, requires you to list the names of your family members. If there is something in particular, for a specific family member, identify by name and paint a verbal picture of the particulars of the Ambitious need.
As you grow comfortable with your identification of Inspiration, begin to experiment with the addition of Motive.


Let's walk through this together -
Let’s use a source of Inspiration as Health... select your Health focal point; Mental/Emotional, Physical, Spiritual... Ok let’s go with, Physical -in the form of Losing Weight. Just Losing Weight is not specific enough; Alter your behavior of thought slightly. Like this, In EXCHANGE for losing 40lbs, I AM to reduce my intake to 1400 calories daily, I AM to follow the (Weight Watchers plan, the Jenny Craig model / you'll need a planned outline -Dream, Create your plan), balancing my intake of fruits and vegetables with no less than 8 cups of water daily. I AM inspired to make this Exchange as an expression of my Self-Preservation... as an expression of Love of Self and Family... in Revenge for that Bitch calling me a fatty…
Yes, Revenge can be a strong source of Inspired focus. I will forewarn you, continued action taken in the spirit of revenge WILL ultimately lead to the demise of all relationships. PLEASE, Use extreme care when utilizing Revenge as a source of Motive. Harboring revengeful thoughts, bleeds over to create an unwelcome cloud of suspicion towards others. This cloud of suspicion becomes obvious to others through your conversations; written, verbal, facial expression, body language. Snide remarks and sarcastic statements lead to isolation. Isolation blocks you from the richer enjoyment of Your OneGR8Life.


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NEXT-UP: A Moment Initiated in Faith...


Mindful Moments (Thoughts to Take Away):
I AM - is the primary connector of the transformation of my Desire of Purpose into its physical equivalence. I AM holds my Ideas, Notions and Thoughts in a spirit of Faith. The Ambition of my Desire initiates from Within and moves-to-the-Outside. Utilizing the Carriers of Transformation I find the Inspiration and Motive that are necessary to elicit sufficient energy to overcome my inner restraints of fear and self-limitation. I AM to Affirmation my Ambition of Desire to BE, DO, or GIVE, Anything that I Desire. I AM to Deliver my Ambition of Desire for the sake of, Improvement of the Human Condition.


YOUR CALL TO ACTION:
I AM at the point of Transition. Today I AM ready, willing, and able to verbally define my Desire of Purpose. In Exchange for the transformation of this Desire of Purpose, I AM going to investigate and uncover my source(s) of Inspiration and Motive. I AM going to Exchange my Source(s) of Inspiration and Motive to overcome my Inner Fear.


Spend the next week, isolating time to discover and record the four following key elements.
(1) Statement of Ambition / Desire of Purpose:

  • I AM, to BE, DO, or GIVE; ... (HOW Can I Serve? / HOW Good Can I Stand It?)


(2) I AM willing to exchange the following source(s) of Inspiration and Motive, in order to transform this Desire of Purpose into physical equivalence...

  • My Source(s) of Inspiration:
  • My Source(s) of Motive:


(3) I AM building from within, my source(s) of Inspiration and Motive is Greater than my Inner Fear...

  • My Direction of Inner Fear:


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OneGR8Life - Delivered Weekly; Tuesday
Dedicated to Improving the Human Condition - Specifically, Yours!




Phillip A. Lopez Author
CONGRATULATIONS, You’ve Graduated!
via Amazon/Kindle  :: Learn more - stop by The OneGR8Life ePub Caffè ::


#CreatingPhenomenal - Learn How To Dream, Create, Live Your One Great Life.


PAL -FB Avitar.jpg
If you were willing to invest a couple of cups of coffee and spend some time with Phil; you will not be disappointed! His passion statement is “Never Give-Up” -trying to Dream, Create and Live your One Great Life.


Once you are in Phil’s presence, His infectious ‘Never Give-Up’ attitude awakens your emotional spirit, and ignites your ambition to Be, Do, or Give. After a couple of sessions you begin to recognize that you have tapped-into a special source of infinite inspiration and motivation. At the very least you walk-away armed with the tools to overcome self-imposed limitations and restraints. With simplicity and detail, Phil increases your recognition that in this OneGR8Life You can Be, Do or Give, Anything that you Desire.

Phil is the second child, in a family of 3 brothers and a sister. He has been blessed in his OneGR8Life to receive the love and 30+ year companionship of his wife, Janice. Phil and Jan are former residence of Bozeman, MT and currently reside in the Los Angeles, CA area.

Phil personally maintains the OneGR8Life blog space. Spending time here you will quickly realize that he IS dedicated to ‘Improving the Human Condition, Quite Specifically – Yours!’

Find the social connection that works for you… You can follow Phil on:


G+ Page, OneGR8Life