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- Aliveness, the Key and the Secret - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...To step into your greatness? What is it that you must be and do to feel fully alive? We all yearn for aliveness. It is essentially what our personal journey in life is about. To feel and be fully alive. Aliveness is the experience and the expression of the ...
Views: 817(1 vote) - Connection - The First Order of Business - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2011 from Reggie OdomConnection is an experience everyone yearns for. It’s also essential for stepping into your greatness, connecting with others and key to your success. It’s painful to feel disconnected. Even if you are successful by external standards, when you feel disconnected, you experience that you can ...
Views: 903(1 vote) - Go Slowly, Act Quickly - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Reggie OdomDoes “Go Slowly, Act Quickly” seem like a paradox to you? I know that the “go slowly” part might at first sound like a message from another planet. Especially since so many people experience that life on this planet is going increasingly faster. “Go slowly, act quickly” is the way of ...
Views: 831(1 vote) - Is It A "Should" Or Is It A "Wow?" - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2008 from Reggie OdomWhere are you trying to make something work that doesn’t work? You might recognize it by how much time you spend looking at it, this way and that way, and then this way and that way again – trying to see something that isn’t there, feel something that you want to ...
Views: 694(1 vote) - Take Time to Align... - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Reggie OdomWhat I’m wondering today is... How much more would you accomplish with less effort and in less time yet with greater fulfillment and a higher quality if you prepared ahead by taking time to align? I’m talking about aligning first with who you really are. This is bringing all aspects of ...
Views: 856(1 vote) - The Power of YES - Part I - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Reggie OdomWe have countless opportunities every day to say “Yes,” or “No.” To respond to what rises up from within you that seeks to be expressed. Or to respond to what comes to you from the outside - the invitations, requests, demands or expectations of others. On Saying Yes - and No - to ...
Views: 836(2 votes) - The Power of Your Presence - Lessons with Ollie - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Reggie OdomWhat is the impact of your presence? Your personal presence has everything to do with what the world presents back to you – with how people respond to you. And it has everything to do with you how you think and feel about yourself. My whippet, Ollie is one of my greatest teachers. She has ...
Views: 934(1 vote) - Desire, The Impulse of Life, The Promise of Purpose! - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...To step into your greatness? Are you living your purpose full out? Are you connecting with and expressing your desires? Your Soul Purpose is a key aspect of your Greatness. And it is the area of your greatest potential, fulfillment and impact. Desire is also a ...
Views: 942(2 votes) - Make Your Decisions Quickly - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Reggie OdomHow quickly do you make decisions? How do you make them? We have the opportunity to make hundreds of decisions every day. Decisiveness or lack of it impacts the success of every area of your life - your business, relationships, creativity, health and finances. Leaders in life and ...
Views: 986(2 votes) - The Power of Everyday Visioning - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...To step into your greatness? What is your guiding Vision? Your Highest Vision is the imagination of your highest dreams and deepest desires realized, as if you are already living them. Vision is a spiritual gift that is unique to you; unique because it comes ...
Views: 705(4 votes) - Weeds in Your Garden? Instructions for a Thriving and Powerful Mind Garden - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre the thousands of thoughts that go through your mind every day weighted in the affirmative or the negative? It is tragic that for most people the majority of their thoughts are negative or disempowering - fear, doubt and blame thoughts. They believe their negative thoughts more than their ...
Views: 943(3 votes) - Are you a Creative Visionary? - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Reggie OdomIf you are a Creative Visionary, you are using your creative power and innate gifts - fueled by an impulse or deep desire - to express and to share something of the vision that lives inside of you in a bigger way. This may be a truth you experience, or a unique way of seeing or knowing. It is ...
Views: 1024(1 vote) - Are You Answering the Call? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Reggie OdomDo you know that you are being called to greatness, your greatness, at this moment? You are being called to your greatness not only at this moment but every moment of every day? Your greatness is what you must be and do to feel fully alive. What is that? The answer is to be found within ...
Views: 826(3 votes) - Do You Act on Your First Thought or Your Second Guess? - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...to step into your greatness? One of the characteristics of Greatness is listening to the wisdom within you above and beyond the “shoulds” and the voices outside of you. Your inner wisdom speaks to you as an idea, impulse or inspiration. It speaks to you in every ...
Views: 3812(1 vote) - How Do We Inspire Ourselves to Greatness? - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...to step into your greatness? Inspiration is not only for a select few. It is available to you. Just as you have amazing potential and the seeds of greatness within you, you have the spiritual gifts and power available to transform this potential of you into the ...
Views: 2318(1 vote) - How to Stay Alive in Your Business, and Your Life! 4 Powerful Ways - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2010 from Reggie OdomMore life and greater aliveness is ultimately why we create our businesses and why we are alive. These make up the universal Life Purpose. More life is greater opportunity and a renewing and increasing abundance of all that is good, and life enhancing. Aliveness is the flow of life energy ...
Views: 974(1 vote) - IS THERE SOUL IN YOUR GOALS? Set Goals That Compel You - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Reggie OdomWhat is your track record for reaching the goals you set? Or even for setting goals? People often set goals like they make New Year's resolutions. You want to make something happen, do something different, change something that's not working or do something that you think you should do. ...
Views: 776(2 votes) - Is What You've Been Holding Back Holding YOU Back? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...To step into your greatness? To step into our Greatness is our deepest desire. This Divine Desire to be who you really are lives in the heart of every human being. It is also at the heart of real success. There is much that goes into being who you really are - ...
Views: 867(1 vote) - No Other Way: Only Good Can Come From This - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Reggie OdomWhat would be different if you knew that your life at this moment is perfect? That your power is in the present, your power is now? NOW is a beautiful acronym for "No Other Way," a poem of the same name written years ago by New Thought writer Martha Smock. Your life and what you are ...
Views: 1545(2 votes) - Own Your Power, Make What You Think About You a Priority - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Reggie OdomOne big reason women - and sometimes men - give their power away is by being concerned about what other people think. How many times do you make a decision or not make a decision, take an action or not take an action, or make a statement or not based on your fear of what other people might ...
Views: 763(1 vote) - Slow Down, Listen to The Call and be Amazed at What's Been There All Along - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Reggie OdomI am living in a brand new landscape as of 2 weeks ago. Yet it is the same one where I have been living for almost 2 years. It is a beautiful landscape that is home to the smaller house where I live with my partner and my dog-child Ollie, the larger house of the man who owns the property, ...
Views: 1039(1 vote) - To What Purpose? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Reggie OdomWhat is your purpose? For today? For life? Everyone ultimately seeks to discover and know their purpose. The questions, "What is my purpose?" and "What is the purpose of life?" have been asked for eons. There is a universal longing to know the answers. To know your purpose is to have a ...
Views: 793(2 votes) - Unleash Your Desires...From Here to Reality - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you ready to unleash your deepest desires? The time is now. Every one is born with desire. Desire is the impulse of life and a spiritual gift that lives in your heart. Desire sparks the flow and expansion of life through you. It is the power that calls forth that which you desire into ...
Views: 1527(1 vote) - Chocolate Cake or Callings? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Reggie OdomIs something calling you? Trying to get your attention? Not like a piece of chocolate cake! I’m talking about a different kind of calling. The kind of “calling” I’m talking about is an inner urge or strong impulse to do something outside the ordinary. It is often visceral. You feel it “in ...
Views: 944(2 votes) - The Power of Yes - Part II - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Reggie OdomAre you aware of the number of times every day that you either say “Yes” or “No,” to yourself? You are essentially saying one or the other with every thought you think, word you speak, decision you make or action you take. Or don’t. You’ll know which side of the scale your yeses and no’s are ...
Views: 847(6 votes) - Are You Psychic? Use Your Most Important Life and Business Skill - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2007 from Reggie OdomAre you psychic? I mostly wanted to get your attention with that question. But there is another reason I used it as well. The word psychic really repels some people. There are a lot of negative beliefs about people who are "psychics" like they are fake, unstable, weird, scam artists, etc. ...
Views: 757 - Once Upon a Time...The Princess, The Queen and She - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Reggie OdomOnce upon a time, on the morning of the last day of the 3-day, Personal Growth – Brand Authenticity workshop, SHE was one among many to come in the early morning to sit at the feet of the Princess of Brand Authenticity (also a guru in the mind of her subjects), before the official program ...
Views: 733 - "Resist Not" Your Greatness: 6 Simple Ways - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2011 from Reggie Odom“Resist not evil” is a quote that has puzzled millions of people for over 2,000 years, and still does today. But what is even more puzzling and frustrating is why we resist our good. Why do we resist what we love, what we are called to do, our deepest yearnings, our biggest dreams and ...
Views: 792 - 100% Is Easier: The Lessons Of Raw - by Submitted on May 18, 2008 from Reggie OdomA few years ago when I was in training with the Coaches Training Institute, I remember one of the leaders saying that it is easier to give 100% - easier than 95%, or anything less than 100%. That resonated for me. In the moment I knew the truth of it, but put it into some “future query ...
Views: 785 - 3 Simple Steps to Quickly Reverse the Rebound Effect of Success and Breakthrough to the Next Level - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2010 from Reggie OdomHave you ever had a run of successful action and outcomes, and then felt blindsided by doubt, insecurity and unexpected obstacles? If so you have probably experienced the rebound effect of success. You’ve been here. You are inspired, clear and focused. You are taking action, loving what you ...
Views: 843 - 3 Steps for Bringing Your Vision to Life - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2010 from Reggie OdomAre you ready... ...to step into your greatness? Is your vision alive for you? Or is it a sleeping giant? A vision is the imagination of your highest dreams and deepest desires realized. Vision is inspired, it is compelling and it pulls you forward. Everyone has a vision. It is both a ...
Views: 879 - 5 Keys to "Real Success" from the Heart of a Spiritually Based Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Reggie OdomAs a Spiritually Based Entrepreneur you already have the key elements of "real success." Do you know what they are? Some of these keys were recently highlighted for me after an inspiring conversation I had with a new client. She called me because she was ready to step into the "bigger place" ...
Views: 883 - A Note on Fear for Big Shots Who Are Tired of Playing Small - by Submitted on May 26, 2008 from Reggie OdomAre you a big shot who is playing small? If you are, you likely recognized yourself as soon as you read the question. There’s nothing to figure out - you just know. And if you are, it is highly likely that you are tired of it - tired of playing small. A big shot is someone who has a ...
Views: 795 - Are You A Victim Of The"Wind-Up Toy Syndrome?" How To Free Yourself - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2007 from Reggie OdomDid you know that you have approximately 60,000 different thoughts during the day? We are not aware of most of them because of all the mental noise they create, because they most often come from the unconscious, and because they are generated by unconscious beliefs that we experience as ...
Views: 823 - Are You Dancing In Your Business? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2011 from Reggie OdomDancing solo can be exhilarating. It can be rich and full of expression. Or it can be missing something. If you are an inspired entrepreneur, there is a dance to successfully bringing your very important work to the world. It is a dance of two, the ‘pas de deux’ of devoted calling, and of ...
Views: 911 - Are You Resisting Success? The Key To Moving Beyond Resistance - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Reggie OdomIf you are resisting success it's probably not obvious to you because resistance is an inner process. It's part of a mindset that is rooted in the subconscious. However, if you are not achieving the thing you say you want, are working too hard at it, or not enjoying the process, resistance is ...
Views: 941 - Are You the See-Er or the Seen? Discover the Key to Joyful Service - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Reggie OdomAre you concerned about how others see you? When you sit down to write an article -- like I am now -- or have a conversation with a prospective client, speak to an audience, or show your work it is easy to be concerned about how you look, how you will be seen. Will you be accepted or ...
Views: 786 - Breaking Free From the Under-earning Cycle - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2010 from Reggie OdomWho will you be as a woman entrepreneur who doesn’t worry and struggle around money? Worrying about and struggling around money are major issues for most women. The majority of women under-earn so they continually worry and struggle. Under-earning is a disempowering cycle that becomes a ...
Views: 863 - Decide In Favor Of Your Greatness - by Submitted on May 18, 2008 from Reggie OdomWhat would be different in your life if you made your decisions in favor of your greatness? Deciding in favor of your greatness means being true to yourself and taking the high road in your actions and decisions, whether anyone is looking or not. Being true to yourself and taking the high road ...
Views: 816 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions;The Power of Having a Passionate Purpose - by Submitted on May 01, 2007 from Reggie OdomWhat is the Purpose that guides your decisions? Or not? What decisions have you made thus far today – both before and up to your decision to read this article? What decisions have you already made about the rest of your day? Or week? Or year? Or not? We all have thousands of ...
Views: 938 - Fear Getting In The Way? Try A Passion Prescription - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2008 from Reggie OdomDoes fear ever immobilize you, or keep you from moving forward? Passion is a perfect prescription - or antidote - for fear. You will see why as you read on about an intuitive vision consultation I did for a business owner the other day. She came to me because of a chronic problem - she was ...
Views: 713 - Give the Gift of Gratitude! - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Reggie OdomGratitude is a gift you give yourself, no matter what it is that you are grateful for. What are you grateful for? What in your life do you appreciate? Stop for a moment and bring to mind something that you are truly grateful for, that you deeply appreciate. As you are thinking of this, notice ...
Views: 934 - Go The Distance In Your Business - The LSD Approach - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2007 from Reggie OdomHow far could you go in your business if you used the long slow distance approach? Ernst van Aaken was an internationally known running coach in the 1970's who proposed long slow distance training for peak race conditioning. This method is primarily aerobic, where you have a steady supply of ...
Views: 1376 - Have What You Have: A Surprise Key To Success - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Reggie OdomDo you think more about and appreciate what you have OR do you think and worry more about what you don't have? Your sense of having or not having greatly impacts your success. Looking at the truth of who you are is important to understanding how this works. Science has now caught up with a ...
Views: 770 - How Much Is FR*EE Costing You? How to Get Real Value Out of a FR*EE Call - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2010 from Reggie OdomHave you noticed that on any given day you could sign on for anywhere from one to upwards of a dozen FR*EE calls? Depending on whose lists you are on. I’m on quite a few lists so I see multiple FR*EE calls in my inbox daily. Is it the call or the FR*EE that is so compelling? Just because ...
Views: 2137 - How’s Your Game? 4 Key Skills for Playing a Winning Game in Business and in Life - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Reggie OdomHow’s your game? Timothy Galwey struck a cord in 1974 when he wrote “The Inner Game of Tennis”. The inner game is the game we play against internal opponents - the opposition to your greatness that lives within you. These opponents are all reflections of fear. They show up disguised as inner ...
Views: 869 - I Am So Greatful! The Greatness in Gratitude! - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2011 from Reggie OdomYou are probably wondering if I need to brush up on my spelling. “Greatful” is a deliberate spelling. After being immersed in coaching people to own and express their unique Greatness for a few years, I occasionally found myself writing greatful for grateful, then being unsure which was the ...
Views: 875 - Inspire Yourself to Greatness! The Key to Unlock That Door - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2011 from Reggie OdomDo you secretly yearn to fully express your greatest self in your life, in your business and in the world? Maybe you don’t know where to begin. It sounds so big! Well it is! But think of it this way, it’s the most natural thing you will ever do. Why? Greatness lives inside of you, and me ...
Views: 1061 - Is it Time for a Tune Up? - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Reggie OdomHave you checked your authenticity, aliveness and connection meter lately? Some years ago when I first started coaching, my passion was just that - authenticity, aliveness and connection. That’s what I wanted for everyone. I still do. I had seen many of my friends trading the precious ...
Views: 685 - Is Money Spiritual? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2011 from Reggie OdomAs a spiritually oriented woman (in business), have you ever worried that spirituality and money don’t mix? Do you cringe even reading those two words in the same sentence? Many women feel that way. Women, especially, have been trained to believe that money is not spiritual, even bad. I’ve ...
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