When I look at the chaos and craziness in the world through the eyes of the media, I am reminded that our brains are wired for survival … and that means that we will first pay attention to what threatens us.  Media and marketers know that so they will deliver all the head-turning headlines and scare tactics in the world to move you towards making decisions out of fear.  After all, as you’ll read in an article below on motivation, “away from loss” is a great motivator!

But in chaos and craziness there is also order and peace because everything has an opposite.  It’s all about perspective.

This edition helps you to find meaning for you in it all.  Enjoy the read!

🏛️PHYSICAL 

Are you finding that you’re more tired these days?  Then you’ll love this explanation by Rachel Maurice, MD, www.theunconventionalmd.com on the squirt gun theory.

Imagine there is a group of youngsters with squirt guns who keep shooting water at you.  You feel distracted because it interferes with being able have a conversation with someone, walk to work, read your book, finish that report on your computer or toil your veggie garden.

The annoying action from the kids is something you easily pick up on because you feel it, and most of what we are aware of is learned through our five senses.  Being aware of it, because you are physically feeling the effects, you will likely do something differently to move away from the disturbance to return to a more efficient, less tiring, way to accomplish your tasks and enjoy your day.

Fatigue can keep you from being your best, and an easy solution to have more energy may come with the understanding that fatigue is a well-known by-product of manmade EMF – electromagnetic frequency – waves.  The waves’ transmission is more subtle NOT picked up by your senses- it’s an invisible bombardment on your body – so it may not be something you consider getting away from. Rest assured, though, that your cells feel the impact of all your surrounding tech!

For instance, there may be some disadvantages to wearing a SMART watch Disadvantages of a smartwatch for health (wearablehacks.com) and unreliable data can have you overstressed about health issues that don’t exist The unexpected health impacts of wearable tech - The Verge however EMF waves coming from your watch, phone, microwave, television, computer, 5G towers are like multiple squirt guns hitting you all at once.  You don’t know to get out of their way because none of your senses are picking up on them. 

Want more energy naturally?  Start by protecting your precious body by giving yourself tech breaks, wiring yourself with headphones vs. Bluetooth ear buds, and patch yourself with something that will regenerate stem cells…learn here LifeWave X39 Technology by David Schmidt - YouTube. Join here www.lifewave.com/ahumanapproach

🏛️FINANCIAL

You’ve heard the term, “Happy wife, happy life”? Well, it works that way in business, too. Happy staff, happy customers.

When the people working for you feel valued, appreciated, have the tools and support they need to do their jobs well, have growth potential and a positive environment, they feel good about their investment of time and that naturally translates into their performance.

Everyone is motivated differently – some by positive self-image or by simply avoiding losses, others by external incentives or being part of a thriving community – but in this list of motivators, you don’t see money as the #1 or even the #10. The 10 Most Common Sources of Motivations | Psychology Today We need money for survival so adequate compensation is crucial to keeping good people happy, however, as this Forbes article demonstrates, Research: A Little Recognition Can Provide a Big Morale Boost (hbr.org) “While many organizations (especially in the private sector) have traditionally used monetary incentives to boost employee morale and performance, recent research suggests that symbolic awards — interventions such as congratulatory cards, public recognition, and certificates — can significantly increase intrinsic motivation, performance, and retention rates”.

Offering an incentive of $2.20 would be offensive to most workers however the “Thanks a Million” chocolate bar, at $2.20 each, speaks volumes for your appreciation.

When you hold a few bars "bars" - Chocolate2 or cookies "cookies" - Chocolate2 for impromptu rewards then carve out something special for when big-time recognition is in order, St Regis Group (stregisgrp.com), your bottom line will take care of itself.

🏛️INTELLECTUAL 

In the “good ol’ days”, a single salary afforded a home and took good care of the entire family.  In today’s world, two salaries barely keep up rent and car payments and not much is left over to enjoy life.

When I sold my home last year after 18 years of ownership, it had increased in currency value by over 450%.  I don’t know anyone’s salary that increased by 450%.  Add to that increased taxes, skyrocketing food prices, higher borrowing rates, escalating fuel costs, etc., and, well, homeownership is a pipedream for too many.

I credit John Rubino for posting the above graph that shows new housing developments have increased however 15% of people in the U.S. – 10% and escalating in Canada – are backing out of deals, “The highest percentage of any June on record” according to Redfin RDFN

De-dollarization has begun as the greenback begins to lose its power as the world’s reserve currency.  When a currency is backed only by confidence in its government, it’s only a matter of time before that currency is replaced.  Russian news, TASS, reports exchanges in local currencies moving forward “Shift to settlements in national currencies cannot be stopped — Lavrov - Russian Politics & Diplomacy - TASS which will help to stabilize other countries’ economies (great video on de-dollarization right here Bing Videos.)  When those U.S. dollars come flooding back home, the increased money supply will further reduce the value of the dollar - more money the less its worth.

Inflation numbers do not include housing, food or fuel.  And you don’t need to be an economist to see that you can’t buy nearly what you did even a few years ago so I popped these stats under ‘intellectual’ because we need to fast track our learning and prepare for what’s next. 

The strategies and choices will be different for everyone based on priorities and needs and each of us needs to decide for ourselves what that looks like. For me, I figure it’s better to be two years early than one day late so part of my strategy is to convert some of my FIAT currency into gold and silver, which, for 5000 years has always been money.  If you’re curious as to what that might look like for you, email me personally [email protected] for the link to the next Wealth Strategy session.  

🏛️SPIRITUAL

Spirituality is highly individual.

It’s not that tribal leaders can’t be labelled as spiritual in representing the collective; however, in the end, each soul has its own calling, connection and relationship to Source energy.

For 11 years I have written Aha! Moment Mondays which get emailed to our list every Monday morning.  They are inspiring reads that cite recognizable situations, experiences or occurrences with an intended paradigm shift.  Why?  Because poking at our beliefs and challenging ourselves to see the world differently is how to grow in awareness, compassion, and as humans. 

The proof of how individual we are is illuminated in the responses I receive.  Everyone receives the same words yet everyone perceives them differently.  Each will be struck by something different based on their conditioning, mood and intentions.

I would like to offer a challenge to you when you read Aha! Moment Mondays and that is this: don’t allow yourself to just pass thru the 60 second read and carry on.  Pause to feel how the Aha! affects you physically then write down a couple of sentences of activation based on what you learned, not about the Aha!, but about yourself.  You first.

I always thought this book would be a coach’s best friend  Aha! Moment Journal: Craft your destiny with inspired discovery: Rang, Jae M.: 9781988071800: Amazon.com: Books  Email me personally [email protected] if you would like to give away autographed copies.