Hey Rich and All,

I just wanted to let everyone that Mandy came through today’s surgery with flying colors. She is resting comfortably.
Thank You for All the Prayers
Michael Blaes
PS. I updated the blog with the details and a new picture http://mandysstory.com

Hi Lukman,

I believe that you can. It is a matter of positioning yourself as an expert. There is nothing that says that you have to be “credentialed” to be a teacher and educator. Look at Tony Robbins for example. To the best of my knowledge, he doesnt have any kind of degree in psychology. Yet he has positioned himself as one of the mavens of self-help. Start by writing articles and creating a blog about your expertise. Offer advice freely and it wll be paid back in kind. My suggestion is start with the Maven Manifesto and work through the exercises. It will help you focus and develop your strategy.

I hope this helps,
Michael Blaes

Dear Marilyn,
At the supeficial level what you say of Mike & Teresa –’courage, determination & sheer guts’–is right, but when you care to look at the core of the situation it’s his FAITH that’s moving him–total & absolute faith in HIM [whether you call HIM Jesus or Lord or Allah or Krishna or just plain God]…nothing more & nothing less. And when you have that, one doesn’t need anything else–all else WILL fall into place when the time comes. But you need to be patient for that time to come–b’cos HE acts according to HIS timetable, for HE knows what’s BEST for us much more than us; HE doesn’t hurry things up just b’cos Taj or Mike or Marilyn or anyone wants things to be hurried up.

We have in India a Saint who lived in the later part of 1800s-1900s called Sai Baba in the village [then] of Shirdi [now HIS shrine is visited by a few thousands every day and the Offerings are in the range of US $ 0.5-1 millions on festival days]. HE always stressed on 2 aspects: Faith & Patience. He is now revered to as GOD by people of ALL faiths–hindus, muslims, christians, sikhs and I think I noticed a couple of jews too during one of my visits–HE stressed that GOD is one–something all of profess day-in & day-out but rarely practice.

Out of the so many situations that I faced in my life, I can mention one to bring clarity to this aspect Marilyn.
Like I mentioned in my earlier blog, my life was shattered and thrown asunder and the business [I am into Headhunting for mostly IT Companies in India] clients all gave some reason or the other to keep me away and my employees began to take advantage of the situation–coming when they wanted, sometimes @ 1.00 PM when they were to be in office at 10.00 AM, etc, etc. In March, 2007–yes, exactly one year back– I just asked HIM should I be paying for other’s mistakes? I told HIM–look I am going to dump all the existing employees and there’s no client for me now [the only one who still continues is my US client whose H1-B hiring activities had just ended for the 2007 quota]. You decide what I need to do–if you want me stop this business, I will. Then on 1 April, 2007 I moved my office from my own premises to a shared one belonging to an old friend [ this is another entry into my life of a friend who was with me in college in the 1970s and except for meeting maybe half-a-dozen times from then to now, there wasn't much of a contact until March, 2007]. I really didn’t know what to do–I shifted my office alright, to cut down on the expenses & a few other reasons, but what is the work I could do without any client to service? Then on 3 April, 2007 came a mail to me from my ex-boss when I used to work in the early 1990s–” Hi Sateesh, [that's how I was called by some] How are you? we need some good Embedded people into my company. pl. call me”. And work appeared and despite being alone in my office, had hands full of work and believe me or not, my Invoice got raised for a hiree in May, 2007–the first one after Sept, 2005 [yes that's right]. Now I am slowly but surely coming back on rails–I have 2 people again working in my company from Nov, 2007.

I learned one thing from my so many experiences–if you want HIM to take charge of your life, FIRST and FOREMOST, you need to ALLOW HIM to do that. If you want to do things the way YOU think is right, what & how would HE play any role? If I want play football, I have to play it by the rules of the football game, not basketball–so if you want HIM to play your game-of-life, HE will play it by HIS rules, not according to your’s or mine.

I am sure there indeed a very good reason why ALL of us are coming together NOW–not a bit early or not a bit later. Well…if I know that reason, I would be HIM himself—right? I am not HIM and HE will let us know wghat the reason is when the time comes–as per HIS timeframe and not ours’.

And Mike–all will be well–just hold on to your faith–as you would a parachute if you were to be falling from a plane– and have patience until HE brings you back to land.

Bye for now.
Taj
BTW, Marilyn–what do you do actually?

Hey Mike,
Glad to know that Mandy is OK now and is on the way to recovery.
I agree with what all you mentioned except one thing Mike: ” I am 100% powerless…….”. You are now MUCH MORE than 100% powerful–just b’cos you have put yourself in HIS total control. It’s something like this Mike: when you tell your kid to do this or do that, your kid just does what you ask him/her to do– not b’cos he/she thinks you are right but b’cos he/she TRUSTS that what you say is right and good for her/him–notice the difference, in fact 2 differences? What if he/she refuses to listen–or so to say, refuses to allow you to put him/her on the right path?

And when as a human being trusting another human being can achieve great results, how would one explain/communicate the results when a human being trusts HIM–can we even think of successfully explaining that situation? I think not–it just HAS to be experienced.
In the former, misusing the trust can be possible [you trust your kid or office staff of not cheating, but the possibility always exists that they can, and many do too], but in the later that situation just DOESN’T exist.

Bye for now,
Taj

Hey Rich,

What do you see as the purpose of Twitter, when it can easily be used as a distraction?

I’ve questioned it in my recent blog entry at http://malissa.info/archives/5

Can you please clarify this given your the author of “The Attention Age Doctrine” and it seems somewhat hypocritical to be reccomending it?.

Thanks

Mini-Mal

Cassidy,

You might want to check out the Release Technique at releasetechnique.com
The premise that everything and everyone that we attract into our lives is our complete & total responsibility can be tough idea for many to accept. However, when we forgive ourselves for attracting those negative influences, we release the stuck energy within us.
In other words, forgiving yourself for being a “whacked out human” can release the outward appearance of a whacked out human from your life.
It’s certainly better than existing with fear!

Thank you for sharing. Interesting take on life and work.