“Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.” ~ Jack Canfield Many of the exercises I’ve posted for this Celebrate You! 2015 challenge were created to help you feel lovable. Remember the assignment on Day 9? You sent yourself an appreciation letter in the mail. […]
Beauty is everywhere, if you open your eyes to see it. This world is filled with beauty. From the plants to the animals to even the man-made objects in our environment, you can witness things that delight you every day. Are you paying attention? Today’s Journal Exercise: Take a walk […]
Thank you for doing that. Things are happening to you everyday that you could be appreciating. Someone holds the door open for you. A car lets you get into their lane. A grocery clerk helps you pack your grocery bags. Maybe even your significant other helps you around the house […]
Wouldn’t you like to receive an appreciation letter? Have you ever received a letter in the mail that told you how much you were appreciated? Sometimes they come from a friend or relative, sometimes from a fan of your business. If you have, congratulations! It felt really good, didn’t it? […]
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” It is so easy to think that other people have it better than us. From our perspective, things look so great for them. However, like watching a duck drift across a pond, we don’t see the frenzy of […]
I’ve said this before: “The more you appreciate, the more you have to appreciate.” Therefore, if you want to live a life you love, you need to love the life you’re living. Does this mean you need to love every moment, even when things aren’t going well? Yes … and […]
“The more you appreciate, the more you have to appreciate.” ~ Carma Spence There is something magical about appreciation, thankfulness and gratitude: It expands and amplifies the things you have in your life to appreciate, be thankful for and feel gratitude for. Whale Falls: Finding the Blessings in Sorrow When […]
“Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.”
~ Shakti Gawain
What this quote means to entrepreneurs:
As I suggested in last week’s Power Thoughts post, appreciation brings you into the present moment.
It also brings attention to that which is going right in your world. I talked about this in last week’s Celebration Call, as well, which you can listen to here.
We all have a part of our brain called the reticular activating system, or RAS. Located in the brain stem, the part of the brain that leads into the spinal cord, the RAS has many important functions, including control of sleep, wakefulness, dreaming, sex, eating and elimination. But the function that is most relevant to appreciation is its role in the ability to consciously focus attention on something, as well as it’s filtering responsibility.
Listen to the audio version here or on Spreaker! [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.carmaspence.com/carmaspence/audio/powerthoughts/2014/20140813.mp3″] “Trade your expectation for appreciation and the world changes instantly.” ~ Tony Robbins What this quote means to entrepreneurs: Expectation and appreciation vibrate at different levels and so they create different realities energetically. OK, that may sound a bit […]
