Making a difference
ByJust returned from the official launch of my new company GPS.
It’s wonderful for me to be able to offer people an alternative to NZ knowing that the results they will get are so predictable and outstanding.
In fact as I think back over the last 3 years I am greatly humbled when I think of the number of people whose lives are forever changed for the better partly with my assistance. Not everything goes right but when you try to apply principles that are “true” and try to do what you genuinely believe is best, then good things happen a lot more than bad things. And more importantly I guess when you live a principled life then even when things go wrong you can keep going knowing that those same principles will work regardless of what you see in front of you.
It can be a little hard to explain but to give you an example.
We all want to be happy and successful right??
So millions of people have bought, read or attended “The Secret”. Now if “The Secret” actually worked, in other words if it was a principle then there would be millions and millions of wealthy healthy successful people added to the healthy and wealthy list in the last couple of years presumably.
But because there is no Secret, there is no underlying principle of truth under it it doesn’t work and 99% of people get no results.
Other people believe that more traditional NLP is the answer so they go off to Tony Robbins or any one of thousands of other NLP practitioners. Now NLP does have an underlying principle that works in certain circumstances so some people get helped. However rarely do people who have serious issues get helped. In fact I know several NLP practitioners whose lives are disasters.
So I do not embrace either of these “methods” of dealing with issues because they are not “principled. What I do believe is that if you are dysfunctional you need genuine healing, which may involve forgiveness, restitution and a range of other things.
Now the principles underneath this are 100% provable and sound. So at Behind Closed Doors for example the people who dealt with their unforgiveness are forever free and changed.
They don’t have to say a mantra, pay anyone any money or visit anywhere, they just have to apply the principle that forgiveness unlocks anger and bitterness etc. and brings healing to a wounded spirit. It’s like gravity, it is principle of truth.
So that’s why I love principled living. It can be hard, it can be challenging, but it’s awesome!!
Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus @ www.massiveaction.co.nz
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Hey Dean, I tend to disagree about the secret. Whilst I agree there is no ‘Secret’ per se. I think its a very entertaining and reasonably powerful reminder to focus on the postives to produce more positive outcomes in your life. To me the message the secret tries to convey is:
Positive thoughts + Positive actions = Positive outcomes
I think people see it failing because people dont do “positive actions” because in general people dont like to do hard work.
The secret isnt about healing or solving serious dysfunction in someones life its about helping people focus themselves to achieve their goals.
Anyway that my two cents.
Cheers
Andrew
June 26th, 2008 at 9:52 am
I hear what you are saying Andrew, however on Page 51 of the Secret it talks about “letting the universe bring things to you”.
I think this is, as Tony Robbins would say, a “lazy” philosophy where things come to you, whether it is abundance or healing etc. without effort. It isn’t true and that’s why it doesn’t work.
It fails to make the connection that your thoughts affect your outcomes BY MAKING YOU TAKE DIFFERENT ACTION IMHO.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Hi Dean, thanks for todays message, just wondering with your comment Tony Robbins etc what does NLP stand for?
Cheers
Richard
June 26th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
NLP = Neuro Linguistic Programming.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Hi Dean
MASSIVE BLOG – it’s some of the best stuff I read every day!!
Regarding your comment on NLP…
I’ve done quite a lot of NLP and have found it very useful, among other things.
You’re right NLP doesn’t have principals – if fact it has no principals at all (!).
It’s not designed to. It’s just a set of tools that anyone can use to achieve real results.
It’s just like music or art in that it’s just a way of transferring the information. Like organised religion, it does represent the truth in itself, it only points the way. Just like there are some really wacky religious people around, this doesn’t mean that all religions are off the rails or that Christianity and the existence of God and what he does in peoples lives is any less real or effective. We know that this is not the case.
I’ve found NLP very useful in many parts of life and may help people at all levels, including those dealing with forgiveness issues (again, great blog topic and very well addressed by you!).
NLP is great but it’s not the truth in itself, it only helps point the way.
Cheers – and love the blog!!!
Dave Grant
f1speedman