ISSUE DATE: October 2007

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

NO MORE EXCUSES!

Maybe you read about it. Alexander Kuzmin, mayor of Megion in western Siberia, created a list of 27 phrases that he will not tolerate from city officials.

He was tired of civil servants making excuses instead of looking for practical solutions. According to the Associated Press report, the mayor made a list of forbidden phrases that kill morale and productivity. Officials who disobey the ban "will speed their departure", Mayor Kuzmin warned.

On the town website, Kuzmin stated "Town authorities are there to make town residents' life comfortable and prosperous. Town officials must work out mechanisms to solve and remove problems, not to avoid them."

Now, before we go any further, I have a large number of Russian readers and I've been wondering if Mayor Kuzmin is one of them. Frankly, he's got the right idea for shifting the consciousness of the workers, their lives and the lives of everyone they come in contact with on a professional and personal level. It's a practical inspiration that every business can prosper with.

It's an idea I've spoken of many times in the past. What you say is a reflection of your beliefs. The words you choose have the power to set you free or to hold you hostage in a limited reality. Your words can build you up, lifting your self-esteem and self-confidence, or tear you down as a powerless victim of circumstances that you have decided are out of your control.

As a conscious creator, we know that our power to choose is our divine right. We can continue to unconsciously utter the phrases that keep us small in our conditioned mind, or we can be present in the moment to make a choice to be the powerful co-creators that we already are.

Remember, everything you think, say and do determines your destiny. As you change your words, you change your thoughts, you change your emotions, which will necessarily change your actions and as a result will most certainly change the world you see reflected around you.

Remember, too, that your mind does not have a sense of humor, doesn't know true from false or fact from fantasy. All it knows is what you tell it and it acts on those instructions to create your reality, constantly proving that you are correct. What you focus on expands. What you put out into the Universe comes back to you multiplied.

You are the magnet naturally attracting to you whatever you claim and declare to be your truth by the power of your spoken words. As Florence Scovel Shinn says, "Your word is your wand."

Here are some of the phrases from Mayor Kuzmin's list:

I don't know. Now, while it's a good thing to admit when you don't know something instead of trying to bluff your way through, go beyond the limitation and expand to find the answers. More important, I often hear the "I don't know" words as a standard line to avoid taking responsibility or tapping into your brilliance. Many times when I ask people what they choose for their life they respond with this pat phrase that keeps them safe and uncommitted to life. So, my question to you is: What would it be if you DID know? Open your mind, expand, go beyond your perceived limitations.

I can't. Your mind will not argue with you here. If you believe you can't, you can't. I have come to believe that "can't" is one of the most dangerous and offensive 4-letter words we can possibly use. Tell yourself what you CAN and ARE doing. Again, open your mind to the limitless possibilities that await you.

What can we do? In a helpful frame of mind, this phrase could be looking for possibilities and solutions. In a powerless, victim perspective this is simply a cop out that will keep you trapped. Open your mind, your heart, your spirit to see the endless opportunities and options in life. You will be amazed.

I'll let the last few phrases speak for themselves.

It's not my job

It's impossible

I'm having lunch

There is no money

I was away/sick/on vacation

I invite you to start TODAY to transform your world as you change your thoughts, your language, your beliefs, your habits and step fully into your power as a magnificent co-creator of the life you love to live!

Be mindful of the words you choose and the words you use.

Begin TODAY to improve your outlook upon life, your experience of who you are in the world, and open your self to all the delicious possibilities for life and living when you set yourself free from those old thought habits and words that simply do not serve you anymore.

Play large in this game of Life and enjoy all the rich rewards of great love, joy, happiness, health, wealth, and abundance in every area!

YOU deserve it!

To your wealth and success,

Debbie Friedman, C.Ht.