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My computer quit on me… For no reason, it suddenly stopped working… And when your business is mostly carried out on your computer, that is not a great thing to have happen… And for a few hours there last night, I let myself feel fed up, frustrated, teary and like the world was going to end… (Did I mentio I can be the dramatic kind?)
7 billion… That is the number of people roaming the earth today… And that number is increasing… Every minute babies are born, and people die but overall, we are created for expansion and so the number of people on the planet continues to increase. Some get scared by it… They want to stifle growth, they want people to stop producing more children… They tell us that there is not enough for us to live on… And I smile and wonder at the silliness of those people… Those learned ones who try to tell us to go against our very nature…r
Think on the caterpillar as it looks up at the butterfly… It may want to fly and be so beautiful… But in that moment, as the caterpillar, it cannot do that… It cannot even believe that it is possible for it to ever be that… And no matter how many times, some more knowledgeable messenger butterfly tells it that one day, it will be a butterfly… There will be a sense of incredulousness until one day… it happens. It dies to its old self and it wakes up a butterfly – full of wonder and glory and flying everywhere and it all seems so easy suddenly, now that is has become new.
<img width="500" src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Why-Do-You-Persist-in-Believing-this-nonsense-63.jpg" /> Some people are under the impression that they are ants, worms, slaves for a huge deity who wants nothing but to belittle them and make them helpless and completely dependent on him/her. And needless to say, these people struggle ALL THE TIME! And instead of taking matters into their own hands and doing something to repair the trials they find themselves facing, they wait on a voice from the heavens to tell them what to do next. How crazy is that!
What was your immediate response to that headline? An indignant ‘YES, of course I do’ followed by an uncertain, more silent ‘NO, I am not sure that I do, actually’… And guess what? The ‘no’ rules you at the moment if you are not at the income level you want to be at.
The resistance feels strong within you. So strong that you keep holding back on saying the words that you want to say. YOU think no one cares and so, you stay stuck doing work that you do not really want to do because you think that that would make you safe. Except you are bored to death with your life and there is this longing inside of you to do more.
Come on now! You have these big ideas. You want to impact people positively with your story. Your story of overcoming some thing or the other and you KNOW that it is something that others are going through and you want to help them overcome!
You think that your success will come down to you being good enough… It won’t You think that you only get to serve people and make a heckuva lot of money when you have jumped through all the hoops and been the best person for the job… It does not depend on that… You think that because you have not done it yet and no one in your family has ever done it, then it must mean that you will not be able to do it either… It does not mean that either! All of the things you think make you worthy of the win, do not…
A lot of clients tell me that they do not feel like experts… They feel a little like frauds actually! And maybe you feel that way too so can I help you out a little? ONE – You do know more than most about your subject… because you have studied it more than most.
I know you want it… The automated way to get more customers, clients, recruits, with minimal input from you… You want to set up this machine and see them coming in over and over and over again with no more work from you… And yes, it can happen but you will always work the system. Even the people telling you about push-button success, are working the system. They are showing up still in your news-feed, in your mind space and they are selling you on the fact that you can automate it all but they don’t! Because you cannot automate relationship!
You know how you have these big, hidden dreams inside of you that you want to make happen? The ones you don’t ever really share out loud with the people in your world. The ones you feel you have to qualify and make small. The ones you are still not sure came from Spirit and so you are not really sure you are allowed to want that.
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-building-a-business-5.png" width="500"/> Today, I am starting the ‘FREE YOUR SEXUALITY’ free 3 day mini-course and it scares me a little because I will be asking people to think through the rules they live to in terms of their sexuality. And people get scared when their foundations get shaken. And scared people can lash out at the messenger.
I woke up… I felt down… And I faced a choice - Allow my day to be defined by that feeling or Create a powerful day DESPITE the feeling? I chose the path of the creator. I used to choose the other path - the path of the victim. I reacted to life and my feelings.
<img src="" width="500"/> It takes courage to be the leader… To be the one that keeps showing up even when it feels like no one is listening… To have a dream, a huge big dream that no one else can see… It takes courage to believe enough in yourself to just keep putting it out into the marketplace… To keep telling people on social media TO EVEN START telling people anywhere and everywhere… Or to put on that event where you are not sure that anyone will come… Or to do that online course that no one might buy… It is easier to play it small…
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-building-a-business-18.png" width="500"/> I used to live an unquestioned life… Passively agreeing with anyone that seemed more knowledgeable than me… Passively believing that I was inherently flawed and unable to make wise choices for myself… Passively trying to avoid hell… Desperately avoiding having to look within myself… Wanting others to take responsibility for my decisions (even though I was always considered a rebel!)… Because I might make a mistake.
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/4-Things-Needed-To-Grow-Your-Purpose-Driven-Business-6.png" width="500"/> People find it easier most times to stay on the surface, when speaking with me… They just want to talk about business growth strategies and how to get their books out there or art or music or products or whatever… Even though I know that I could give them the magic bullet strategy every single minute of every single day but without internal clarity and wholeness, there is no way they will take consistent action on the strategy…
It is that simple, leader… You plant your feet firmly on the narrow path and you look the vision in the eye… And you say… “I am making this happen” “I will never ever back down” “I will do what others only talk of doing” “I will defeat my internal negativity”
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Copy-of-building-a-business-148.png" width="500"/> You know why I meet every single goal I set for myself, the money goals, the impact goals, EVERYTHING? Because it is not optional. When I set the goal, there is no room for ‘erms, buts, maybes’! It is simply happening and that is that! I make a decision and once I have decided?! There is no room for negotiation on the goal. So tell me, how optional are your goals? Is it a must? Or a ‘only when it feels good’?
There is a part of you that doubts that you can have it all… And because you doubt it, you will always put the brakes on… You will subconsciously tell yourself to chill out and enjoy this moment because this might be all you can get…
<img width="500" src="http://i0.wp.com/rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/building-a-business-42.jpg?w=1200" /> Part of this wonderful journey to abundance will come with you getting angry, OH SO ANGRY, with the people who supposedly love you (And they really do), but they don’t support you. They think you are crazy and deluded… But they humour you… And you can feel that they do… Sometimes, they even worry about you… And you can feel that they do and to you, that just sounds the same…
Stop with the second guessing before you share your voice - Just yell it out loud… Stop with the overthinking before you put something out - It just takes up so much time… Just believe enough in the power of you to put your words out in the world fast, swiftly and with faith! Why?
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-building-a-business-161.png" width="500"/> You have been working your socks off! And so far, nothing much to show for it! You look around and see others that do less than you and you feel angry, resentful, kinda yukky inside… And that brings you right down, honey… RIGHT DOWN! Down to a place where you cannot win. Down to a place where your focus is on all the stuff you do not have… Down to a place where you cannot have creative ideas…
You have built a wall around you… And you think it makes you safe… No one sees this wall of yours but they feel its power to repel them… They can only get so close to you…
It can be so hard at times, right? To keep pushing forward when the fire of change is burning through your body and every fibre of your being wishes you were not a maverick and you could just quit and pretend to be happy with the status quo. OK, lets be honest - quitting is not an option.
From birth, you look for security. You look into the eyes of your parents, seeking out love, seeking out acceptance, checking to see that who you are is good enough for them. They are your first measure of whether you are worthy or not.
<img src="http://i1.wp.com/rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/building-a-business-51.jpg" width="500"> People go to their spiritual place on whatever day of the week and think that that is faith. People set rules for other people to live by in order to be part of the ‘faith’ club and again, think that that is faith. But none of that is real faith. Real faith is an act of courage.
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-building-a-business-8.png" width="500"/> One day blends into another day into another day INTO a week and you still have not done what you promised yourself you would do by now. I know how that goes, I used to live that way. Being pulled in every direction… Being yanked from my own vision-focused, narrow path to fulfil the expectation and agenda of other people in my life and I told myself that I had to. I told myself that I was being nice and kind and that it was the ‘good’ thing to do…r
There is a saying in the Bible “I will restore the years the locust have eaten” Spirit saying to you that nothing has ever been lost… It may have seemed that all was lost at times… As you battled through the darkness, as you tried to make sense of all the stuff that happened to you…
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-building-a-business-160.png" width="500"/> Your past mistakes stifle you. They make you think that you have to be so careful not to make the same mistake again and again… And yet, honey, that very same fear keeps you from experiencing all of life. It keeps you stuck in a safe place but far away from all the big wins that you want to experience. the big wins happen when you dare to come on out of your safe little box. I get that the mistakes scared you! they would me too
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Copy-of-building-a-business-145.png" width="500"/> You forgot who you are, didn’t you? You forgot that you were born for great things… You let it go because of the disappointment. The disappointment of living so long and still not getting the dream of your heart… You started to lose faith, you felt abandoned by Spirit… And you started to lose face because you had told people what you were going to do with your life and now you avoid them because you are nowhere near where you want to be.
Most ‘norms’ live in fear of failure… They are too scared to try anything new for fear of losing money, losing face and losing the will to live! And they forget that they are the ones completely in control of what happens even if they hit the unlikely end-result of failure. Yes, honey, you have all the power!
<img width="500" src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Why-Do-You-Persist-in-Believing-this-nonsense-70.jpg"> There are two main types of people who I tend to come across and neither one of them really gets what they want… And then there is a third type and they get everything easily – Wealth and freedom and everything nice seems to flow to this type of person without too much aggravation and everyone looks on with envy or self-pity as they struggle through the mire of their own making…
You keep forgetting… You keep going through life feeling like you are stuck… You go through the motions of living life to the full and yet, there is still something inside of you that doubts yourself… Something that sees the world as a place of despair… And you wonder whether you will ever reach the place you know exists inside of your heart… You want more… And you are not even always sure what the more is, that you want. You just know you are dissatisfied. And people tell you to be grateful for the things in your life and that helps, for sure, but it is not enough…
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-building-a-business-9.png" width="500"/> It is hard to just show up… To just be you… To believe that you are enough… You want to dress it up… You don’t want anyone to see the real you… Because you don’t think they will like it… And so you ask questions like “How long should my videos be?” “How many words should I write in every blog?” “How frequently should I send an email?” You want to know the rules… The rules that will absolutely definitely work…
I know… I get it… You feel as though you have just about enough money to get by, at the moment… And the crazy thing is that it really does not even matter how much you are earning, you could be making millions at work and still feel as though you do not have the extra you need, to do what you want to do to build your business but honey, it is not true.
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Copy-of-building-a-business-152.png" width="500"/> You wake up and you already want to go back to sleep You make yourself get up but you know you want to do anything but what you have to do that day… And you have obeyed all the rules about what you are supposed to do to have a happy existence…
Lets be honest… When you are not so worried about how much money you have or how much money you are making, you WANT TO save the world… You see the pain and the nonsense that many endure and you know you have something that can help them… Or at least, you know that you can use any abundance you create in your life to help them…
<img width= 500; src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Why-Do-You-Persist-in-Believing-this-nonsense-69.jpg" /> There is always someone out there to tell you what you are not doing right… There is always someone to remind you of your failings… And how does that help anything, really? Yes, it reminds you of the promises you made yourself this time last year and it reminds you that you have not yet fulfilled them… Yes, it reminds you of your weaknesses and it makes you want to bury yourself in a tidal wave of shame and guilt…
Lets be honest, you have been worrying and worrying and staying stuck in indecision as to what to do next and where has it got you? Worse off, right?! The hole keeps getting bigger and bigger… You are still not living the life you want to live but you are definitely worrying more and more about it.
<img width="500" src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Why-Do-You-Persist-in-Believing-this-nonsense-72.jpg"> Oh for goodness sake, are you not done with the whining already? This is the thing – I see you moping around the place looking for answers INSTEAD OF BUCKLING DOWN TO DO THE WORK… You persist in telling yourself that you are too scared… As though that means you get a free pass… You persist in feeling sorry for yourself because you hit a technical hitch… As if THAT gives you a free pass…
As I write this, I am taking a group of people through the EMPOWERED TO WIN bootcamp and also working with more than the usual number of private clients and something that I know more and more to be true is that most people do not understand the level of discipline required to live a rich, fulfilling life.
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Copy-of-building-a-business-144.png" width="500"/> What if… What if you just let it be fun? What if you stopped taking it all so seriously? What if you let the real you, the heart of you, the part that is full of desire and fun and joy, what if you let it all out? I know, I know you think that business, life should be taken seriously…
Everyday, you speak, you write, you talk life or death into your desires and you are still not completely aware of your own power.
So, there you are… Struggling to get people into your business / clinic / practice… You have a service that people need but they are just not coming to your door in the droves you imagined when you put up your shingle! Frustrating, right?! You know you have something amazing! YOU KNOW IT!
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Copy-of-building-a-business-83.png" /> You want to impact many, to change the lives of many and yet, it feels tough, hard, uncertain and you wonder when you will finally break through! And I work with people just like you, successful in certain areas but not necessarily in the areas that you want to be and there are certain threads that plague you over and over again… HOW CONNECTED ARE YOU TO SOURCE?
<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/How-To-Sell-Without-Sleaze-5.png" width="500" /> The tendency of the human being is to think that if you hide away, pretend it is not happening, bury your head in the sand then somehow the storm will be taken away from you… It never works… You tried that already! And it did not work then, it will not work now… Things just got worse, didn’t they? Slowly but surely, all that avoidance, caught up with you… And now instead of making solid decisions, you are still hiding… Quitting… Backing down…
OK, honesty time… Every day you wake up, what do you feel? A sinking feeling, a horrible, physically sick feeling or a frisson of excitement and joy about what the day just may bring? What would you like to feel?
Yes, I know… You are tired, sleepy and everyone else is still asleep… You had a hard day yesterday and you have a hard day coming today… So, yes, I suppose you could stay down, hit that snooze button again… Get that much needed sleep…
You are looking, searching, wondering what you are doing wrong… You are begging, pleading, crying before your God… You keep searching out what you are missing… “Why is it not working?” “What am I doing wrong?” You ask… And then you attempt to act on whatever comes up… And something will ALWAYS COME UP!
I know no one wants to experience pain… I certainly don’t. I want the easy path all the time… And in a lot of my life, I take that path… In the non-essential parts like whether I cook or clean, I just let go of anything tough and hard and go the easy path, as should you! Why?