THE five minute EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE (EI) NEWSLETTER - by Johanna Vanderpol
Because of the masses of
information we are subject to each day, I have purposely kept this newsletter
brief. As a regular subscriber, this is a good way to increase your
emotional intelligence little by little, day by day. Each issue will have an
action step or exercise designed to increase your EI. This is my gift to you.
Enjoy.
ISSUE
FOURTEEN, JANUARY, 2008
1. This Newsletter's Theme
- Exercising the Law of Attraction or Phew! No more new year's
resolutions
2. Did you know? - A New
Positive Emotion Studied: Elevation
3. Quote - From the
spiritual writings on the Law of Attraction
4. Action step for you -
Attract what you want in the next seven days
5. Services & Products
for you - Support for your life
1. Exercising
the Law of Attraction
I will be offering a free
teleclass on activating the Law of Attraction in your life on Tuesday, February
5, 2008 at 11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET. To particpate in this free class, send me an
email to info@johannavanderpol.com and I will
send you the phone number and password to take part in the
teleclass.
What would you do if you knew you
could not fail? Bold question, isn't it? Here's another one: If a genie said you
could have whatever you want, what would you ask for? Well, guess what. Each of
us has a genie inside of us. Religious writings and now the science of Quantum
Physics shows us that we can create whatever we want. These concepts are
outlined in movies like "What the Bleep Do We Know" and "The Secret" as well as
the books "The Law of Attraction." As a Law of Attraction Coach, I have
personally witnessed all people who have participated in my workshops and as my
clients a 100% success rate in manifesting their intentions through my
personal three-step method. I developed and started using this method about
ten years ago, long before the Law of Attraction became common
knowledge.
So, let's take a brief look at the
concept and then do the exercise is #4 below. When I start to complicate the
process, I go back to the phrase "what you think is what you get." This means
that if you think about something you don't want, you will still
attract it. What you focus on gets larger and larger. This is the natural law of
the universe. So, having said that, let's turn this law to our favour. What do
you want? What is your overall theme for this year for you in one simple
sentence? My theme for this year is I am fully alive. A friend of mine
has the theme I am coming into my own. Another one I like is I know
what I want and I know how to get it. How about: It doesn't have to be
hard and I don't have to do it alone. Last year my theme was I make
myself visible. And guess what happened: I sold 500 books! Easily! How's
that for visible. So, once you create a theme you can then focus on the law of
attraction in more specific ways. For example, I decided that what I needed to
feel more fully alive is more supportive and life-enhancing peers, colleagues
and mentors in my life. And then I decided that the way to attract that to me is
to create for myself a 100-day challenge of meeting one new person every day
that would fall into that category. Since I have created my theme statement
(third week in December) and my 100-day challenge (second week in January), I
have made a friend that checks in with me to support better eating habits so my
energy is constant all day long, went to a Life Directions Intensive conference
in Vancouver and spent three days with over 300 people and served as a coach for
the particpants in the conference, attended a book club meeting that was
studying my book and met another 10 people, went to a friend's house who had
many guests from out of town, went to a music jam and met 15 new people and a 5
rhythms dance class where there were 30 people. In between that, there were new
connections being made every day. This all happened with what felt like very
little effort on my part.
Okay. Your turn. What is your
theme for the year? And what small challenge would you like to make to yourself
for the next 100 days (optional)? And what do you need in order to have your
theme come true? What resources or activities? Remember you don't have to do it
alone. Let other people know your theme. Invite them to do the same. Other
people are part of your resources. Now we go to the action step below to
"attract what you want into your life easily and quickly".
Knowing and exercising the law of
attraction replaces despair with hope.
I will be offering a free
teleclass on activating the Law of Attraction in your life on Tuesday, February
5, 2008 at 11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET. To particpate in this free class, send me an
email to info@johannavanderpol.com and I will
send you the phone number and password for the
teleclass.
2. Did you know?
The Positive Emotion of
Elevation - This is based on some work I read about by Jonathan Haidt in
Prevention and Treatment, Volume 3, Article 3, posted March 7, 2000.
Did you know that elevation is described as "a warm, uplifting feeling that
people experience when they see unexpeced acts of human goodness, kindness, and
compassion. It makes a person want to help others and to become a better person
himself or herself. The circumstances that caused elevation involved seeing
someone else give help or aid to a person who was poor or sick or stranded. It
caused changes in the onlooker described as being surprised, stunned and
emotionally moved. "Their descriptions imply that cognitive structures were
changing under the surface -- changing their view about humanity in a more
optimistic way and triggering more prosocial goals for themselves." The
consequences of these changes can have life-altering effects. Feelings of
elevation fostered love, admiration and a desire for closer affiliation with the
doer of the good deed. In another study, participants who watched an elevating
video clip reported "feeling more loving and inspired, they more strongly wanted
to perform prosocial and affiliative actions." What is most striking about
elevation is that it has the power to spread and can improve entire communities.
This prosocial effect is significant and warrants further study and development.
My personal experience
and background as a coach has made me keenly sensitive to the effects of
positive and negative news and environments on our state of well-being. We have
clear choices about what we allow into our lives in the form of news,
television, newspapers, books, email, internet. We can also look at the
people we allow into our lives. All of this affects our ability to think
higher thoughts, experience elevating emotions and have our actions come
from higher thoughts and emotions. So let's look for the ways we can
experience the emotion of elevation. What are some of your ways? What will you
take on this month that would modify your environment of people and literature
to elevate yourself? Let me know by email at info@johannavanderpol.com. I would
be interested in your story.
3. Quote
- Thoughts on the law of attraction from the spiritual
writings
As ye have faith so shall your
powers and blessings be. This is the balance -- this is the balance -- this is
the balance.
-- Compilations, Baha'i
Scriptures, p. 504
4. Action step for
you
Okay. Here is your action step to
prove to yourself that the Law of Attraction will work for you:
Step 1: Write one sentence in the
positive of what you will attract to yourself in the next seven days. Start
small so as to not be overwhelmed. For example, I manifest a new coaching client
in the next seven days that will commit to coaching for three months or more and
is a good fit for me and I for them.
Step 2: Let it go. Energetically
release it to the universe. Envision it leaving your body in the form of a
stream of pure light upwards and let it leave your body completely. Be confident
that the universe will now go to work for you to make your choice manifest.
Allow the universe the space to do the work. Have faith that the universe will
do the work. You are supported by the universe. Be "non-attached to
outcome."
Step 3: Be open to the
possibilities that present themselves. You may see events within a couple of
hours that show you that something is happening. When I first started doing this
I would see results in about two weeks. Now, sometimes I see results within a
couple of hours. Spooky but cool. Also, start looking at what you can do to line
things up. Take small action steps, a phone call, an email, saying something to
someone you normally wouldn't. Align yourself with the universe working for
you.
That's it. Questions, stories?
email me info@johannavanderpol.com . I would
like to publish people's comments/stories/quesitons in the next newsletter. I
will assume I have permission to do this unless you request otherwise. I will
keep your name confidential.
5. Services & Products
for you
I will be offering a free
teleclass on activating the Law of Attraction in your life on Tuesday, February
5, 2008 at 11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET. To particpate in this free class, send me an
email to info@johannavanderpol.com and I will
send you the phone number and password for the
teleclass.
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