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The language we use contributes to the destination we arrive at. It is a key factor in our level
of success.
I know vocabulary was the key to success in the past. At 16 years old sought out training
in hypnosis. I turned myself around from the teen who didn't
show up to school some times physical and some times JUST mental
I became A+ student that teachers really liked and classmate actually wanted to know
I had more potential boyfriends than I knew what to do with I connected with people who
became true friends. Life as a teenager became a peaceful and fun
time.
A year before that I struggled, I was kicked out of the house, I filed for emancipation,
I got a job, and all my friends had major drama.
How did changing my vocabulary help? It helped me change my actions and energy.
Actions I recall now: finding things I was passion about, finding a mentor, sharing thoughts
and feelings, and taking time for myself alone.
I remember riding horses a lot, singing, crazy dancing in my room with the door closed, running
track, even taking woodworking class in school. Yep the only girl at in the history of that
school at the time. I made the spice rack and then moved on to things I liked. I Challenged
myself and the instructor to think differently. I made and installed my own Ballet Bare and
mini balance beam.
Many many years later I lost that skill of language. Working in TV News is a very negative
place. Now looking back I'm not at all surprised that I lost such a powerful skill so easily.
Daily I was writing negative and sad news. I became a part of something that hurt so
many people. I was disconnected from me. From my true core value. My career dream was to
help people, provide them information they needed, to educate them... After 11 years in the business I realized
I wasn't doing any of those things. I finally disconnected from their values, the medias
value's.
I went from working at an NBC network to taking a job as a waitress at a Waffle house.
But met amazing people, I learned to listening to their stories not their pain.
Finally it was time to make a bigger change. We packed up the car and went camping for
3 month in Mo a very beautiful place. I cut the strings to the "normal world". I met all
kinds of people and was invited to bonfires with strangers and to Indian tribal celebrations.
I started to reconnect with my values.
But it took so much more for me to get to the understanding I had at age 16 about the
power of the mind and the usage of words to create change. Some areas of life I became
wildly successful at and others like keeping money wasn't. I struggled to replace the words
and feelings of "I need" simply because I thought it was about removing the word not
about rewriting the sentence.
I've come a long way to return to my values. Its cool to see what I've learned, and WHY
I had to learn it. I had to experience a lot and to loose a lot to understand the "why". I lost the love of
my life, my family, and even my doggies to find the WHY. I had to get depressed, to feel
hate and anger towards the world and then at myself. I had to use the Wayne Dyer "Shoulds
on myself". I had to feel like truly throwing in the towel and saying I'm done!
All of that gave me the tools to truly provide people with the information they needed to live life with
out the tv media in it conventional form. Those tools now help me understand, connect,
and not judge people so together we can find their inner voice so they could change their
vocabulary to be one that leads to success. To see the struggles and pain as something
to be thankful for. To know that it wasn't just pain without purpose.