What Is Your Life Lesson? – Getting To Know Your Personal “Banana Peel”

September 14, 2009 by admin
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by Annika Ek – Purpose2Business Mentor & Hand Analyst

Do you keep "slipping" on your Life Lesson?

What is standing in your way for you to live life with greater meaning and purpose? Well there could be more than one issue; possible causes are painful events from your past, poor nutrition, bad habits and your Life Lesson. In this article I will expand on how your Life Lesson may be what is standing between you and a life with a lot more purpose and meaning.

Where to Find Your Life Lesson. Life Lesson is a term used in Hand Analysis and it refers to a certain issue or issues that come up in your life repeatedly. The scenario is always different, but the underlying theme is the same. The fingerprints are ranked according to their complexity, and the fingers on which you have your lowest ranking prints hold your Life Lesson.

Have you ever seen a “Where is Waldo” picture? Waldo is hidden in a very busy drawing and it will take you a while to spot him, but once you know where he is, it is hard NOT to see him. It works the same way with your Life Lesson, once you know what to look for you will see when it is playing out in your life. This is huge since it means that you have raised your consciousness and awareness to what is going on in your life, and the best thing is that you are now able to exercise your free will and decide to not let your lesson “get you”.

Your Life Lesson is like a banana peel you need to be aware of so you don’t keep slipping on it and not make progress on your Life Purpose (also found in your fingerprints). Once you can “see” you Life Lesson consistently and quickly you will turn this challenge into your greatest asset!

To further help you understand what a Life Lesson is, here are a few examples of common Life Lessons.

Life Lesson Example 1: Being Powerless, the Victim

This lesson is about a constant theme of personal disempowerment, and giving away your power. If this is your lesson you likely feel like a victim of your circumstances and have a hard time maintaining your personal boundaries. Emotionally, you may feel shame or even numb out with regards to your feelings because it is too painful to go there. Not knowing what you want in life is also about powerlessness, because when you know and live your passions you become powerful. This lesson is found on your left index finger.

Life Lesson Example 2: Guilt and Low Self Worth

If this is your lesson you will constantly be plagued by a feeling of not being worthy and feeling guilty for what you want and what you have. A challenge for those with this lesson is to rely on yourself and to commit to having the discipline to look after yourself, both your physical body and your worldly affairs, because you’re worth it, even though you don’t think so. This life lesson resides on the left middle finger.

Life Lesson Example 3: Blocked Creativity and Feelings of Not Belonging

The lesson that lives on the right ring finger is about feelings of not belonging and/or not being able to creatively express to the world who you truly are. You may feel trapped into conforming to other peoples wants or to get their approval and be included. Apathy, fatigue and feeling really low are also indications that you have a right ring finger lesson.

Learn Your Lesson and Thrive

The word lesson may have a negative connotation for some, as in “I’ll teach you a lesson!” But a lesson without those negative associations is just something that must be learned and mastered for progress to happen. Think of children who take swim lessons to learn how to swim. Just like swimming can’t be taught from a book, nor can you learn your Life Lesson without getting in to the water and having the experience. By overcoming your Life Lesson you are on the path to living your Life Purpose, it’s as simple as that.

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Have You Decided? – 3 Steps to Harness the Power of a Word

September 14, 2009 by admin
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By Annika Ek – Purpose2Business Mentor & Hand Analyst

Are you ready to make the cut a true Decision means..?

Whether big or small, once you decide to make something happen you can “move mountains”. The key here for those mountains to move is to actually decide with a capital D. You may think you have decided, but your actions, words and thoughts are telling a different story…

Some of the words in the English language are more powerful than others. One of those words that hold an expansive energy is the word “decide”. It is often used loosely and decisions are made as fast as they are reversed or changed, diffusing the power that was at your fingertips.

Let’s look at the root meaning of the word “decide”. There are two parts to this word; we have “de” and “cide”. “De” has the meaning to reduce and remove, as is seen in the words decelerate or debug.

The second half of the world is “cide” (or “cise”) which means to cut or kill, as we can see in the word “homicide“, and in “incisor” which is a sharp tooth for cutting food.

Once you know the true meaning of the word Decide you see that it means to make a cut and remove yourself from something. That something can be physical, like when you move to a different city which entails removing and cutting yourself off by going from one place to another.

A decision can also be applied to your internal world. When you decide to do something you must stop doing it the old way and figuratively (or literally) cut yourself off from the old way of doing, thinking or acting or you have actually not made a decision that has the “teeth” to shift things in your life. What we are saying here is that you can’t keep doing things the same old way and expect things to turn out any differently.

Let me summarize the above by giving you 3 steps to parse your decision making through that will allow you to harness the power your good intentions and allow you to decide with a capital D!

Step 1 Make a Firm Decision – Until you decide with all of your being, the Universe, or God (or what word you prefer to use to describe the Creative Power) has no reason to show you how that can be accomplished. This is significant since you don’t need to know how, all you have to do is to decide what.

Step 2 Align Yourself – Doing in a new way always feels awkward in the beginning so don’t let that stop you from staying true to your Decision. Our creative power comes when you stick to your Decision and align what you want in your heart, with what you think and with how you take action.

Step 3 Catch Yourself - It is impossible to control our thoughts, so don’t even try, instead focus on catching yourself when you think in an old way that is not serving you, and use your raised awareness to shift your thoughts back to your Decision.

Bonus Tip – Don’t give up! it is always darkest and coldest right before dawn breaks. This is also true for major shifts in your life; it is when it seems the most hopeless that you are closest to a huge breakthrough, provided you stick to your Decision, no matter what!

Now go and experience the force behind making a Decision according to the true meaning of the word. I hope that decision will be to Live Your Life’s Purpose!

If you have no idea what your Life Purpose is, I would love to have you join me at my upcoming “Discover Your Life Purpose” 5 Teleseminar Series, where your Life Purpose blueprint will be analyzed and presented to you in bite size pieces that you can apply to your life right away. Click here for all the details.

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When How You Make Money is Not Your Purpose – and 5 Ways to Shift It!

September 5, 2009 by admin
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: Feeling stuck at work..?

By Annika Ek – Purpose2Business Mentor

Few of us are so lucky that we can say that how we make a living is fun, exciting and fulfilling! That is when your job and how you make a living equals your purpose in life. Surveys measuring job satisfaction consistently shows that between 50-70% are to various degrees dissatisfied with their jobs.

Have you noticed the wave of “awakening” and a search for greater meaning in life that is sweeping the globe at increasing intensity? Maybe you have become awakened to a desire to do something different in your life, but you don’t know what and if you do, you can’t see how you can make a living at it…

The reasons for staying in a job that brings little or no meaning, satisfaction, fulfillment and enjoyment are several. The most obvious is the security of a steady pay check and maybe even benefits and a pension. Societal, cultural and family pressures may also be keeping unhappy workers doing their jobs.

Doing a job that doesn’t feel rewarding or meaningful (to you) drains energy, lowers your immunity and increases the risk of depression and other health issues. If you have decided that waiting for retirement is not a viable option for you I will share some suggestions on how you can make the shift towards getting paid for doing what you like.

1. Get Clear On Your Direction. Getting clarity on what you would like to do is step number one; connect with the energies you would like to express in your life. When I say energies I mean exactly that, don’t put unnecessary pressures on yourself at this stage by needing to know exactly what you want to do. Your job description may even be a unique and custom fit version just for you, instead focus on the type of energy you want to be part of your custom fit career. To help you out a bit more if “energy” does not mean much to you, here are a couple examples “I know I want to help other people”, “I love being in the spotlight and to be creative”, “when I am in a leadership role it really makes me come alive and I even forget that I am quite shy”.

2. A Slight Shift Today… will make a huge difference where you end up tomorrow. Imagine a big ship crossing the ocean, when the captain slightly adjusts the direction at the beginning of the journey, it will end up in Europe instead of in South America, that is a BIG difference! So don’t think you have to make a big shift and get stuck in an “all or nothing” way of thinking. It is the fact that you are shifting that is important, not necessarily how big it is initially that matters most.

3. Doing Your Purpose on Evenings & Weekend. Having a way to express you purpose and both “be” and take action in a way that truly resonates with who you are is amazing. If you have a job that pays the bills but doesn’t feed your soul, see it as just that “a job you are doing for a limited time to make money”. Just make sure that you don’t identify with that job and start thinking that you are limited by it. Instead create space and allow your purpose (even if it at this point means getting clear on what it is) to fill the space around your “day job” and where your main focus and energy lies, that way you are fueling it so it can grow.

4. Get Used to Living with Uncertainty. Wouldn’t it be nice if we always knew how things would work out… or would it get pretty boring? When we make decisions based on security first we often give up on soul feeding dreams and aspirations. The uncertainly I am referring to is not about living without any plans or structure in your life, instead it is about making room in your plan for the unknown and for opportunity to enter your life. It is also about having faith that you will attract exactly what you need when you need it, and probably opportunities you could not even imagine… Start playing with and get used to operating from faith and trust, instead of from fear and limitations as you make space for the unknown.

5. Work with a Coach or a Mentor. Our blind spots are called blind spots for a reason; because we are too close to see what it going on! If you feel stuck you are likely stuck in your own paradigm on how you see the world and you are letting opportunities fly by you simply because you do not perceive them as such. To shift your paradigm you must see from a fresh perspective and that is what a coach or mentor brings. It is this new vantage point that allows progress to happen fast when you get outside insights. Don’t think that it is a failure to work with a coach, it is actually the opposite and instead it shows that you accept that “you don’t know what you don’t know” and have decided to do something about it!

Your Coaching Challenge: Parse your own life against the 5 steps above and see where you can use more 1.Direction 2.Shifting 3.Insights around your Actions 4.Faith & Courage 5.Support.

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Imagine that! – Unleash the Power of Your Imagination

September 4, 2009 by admin
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Release your imagination...

By Annika Ek Purpose2Business Mentor & Hand Analyst

When I remember my childhood, especially the early years before age 7, I recall enchanted years were my physical reality seamlessly mixed with my inner reality, or imagination.

Stories like my own are very common, and you can probably reconnect with bright memories from your own imaginary library. We all come here “hardwired” with the ability to create, or imagine, an inner world that at times can be as or more real than what is going on in the so called “real” world.

However, as we grow up and with the beginning of formal schooling we are re-programmed to look outside of ourselves for information and the inner imaginary world is not valued or encouraged to stay in shape.

Today it is commonly accepted that the world we perceive is just an appearance. A solid table is really not solid, instead it omits a vibrational energy frequency we perceive as a solid table. We also know that our thoughts are vibrational energy frequencies, so what is the difference really, between our outer and inner worlds, since they are both vibrational energy frequencies?

The difference is a lag in time, the outer world today, is the mirror of yesterday’s inner world. This is possible since human beings are creative beings, and we create whether we are aware of it or not. Your inner world is where creation begins, what you consistently accept as your reality and the “movies” you run in your head will manifest as your physical reality once the “time buffer” has passed.

When you focus on what is not going well in your life; you think about it, you talk about it and so on, you are ordering more of the same… That is the definition of being stuck! This awareness that your inner world is like the order desk for how your outer world will show up in the future, I hope will make you more conscious and cautious about what you allow yourself to speak, think and rehash…

You may have heard about this kind of thing before and “the law of attraction”, but it is not really working for you… The proof that you really understand this as truth is seen when you take your inner imaginary world more seriously than your outer world.

So what are you waiting for, get started ordering the life of your dreams! If you have no idea what that looks like, you are not alone. Like I mentioned before your imaginary muscle may be out of practice. To strengthen this muscle you must use it, and that is most easily done when you give yourself space in your life to do “nothing”. Give it a try and see what happens, imagine yourself living the life of your dreams in your “inner now”. (Be prepared for your ego mind to show up to let you know you are wasting time, and try to pull you into the future or the past…)

If you feel stuck you can collect “clippings” of what you would like for yourself from what you see others having, doing or being. Use what you see around you as the “magazine” you are cutting from. If you catch yourself reacting with jealousy when you see someone have something you don’t, transform that emotion into an emotion of gratitude and a deep knowing that you can also have the exact same “thing” (it could a physical thing, a relationship or a state of mind), as long as you allow yourself to receive it… So “cut” that image and paste it onto your imaginary clip board.

If you are surrounded by exhausting drama and misery in your own life, or see it in the lives of those around you, be creative and search out people and environments that better reflect where you are headed, instead of where you have been. Remember that you can use people in the public eye if inspiration is not easy to find in your immediate life. Also keep in mind to tweak the “clipping” in such a way that it reflects you in that situation and not the person you “cut”.

Now work with these imaginary images on a daily basis and attach strong emotions of gratitude and excitement to them. Don’t let the word “imaginary” fool you, it doesn’t mean “not real”, instead it represents your current inner vibrational reality that according to natural laws and principles has no choice but to take physical form in your outside life, as long as you keep your faith strong and your imagination consistent!

Want to help fuel your Imagination by discovering your Life Purpose? Particiapate in the upcoming “Discover Your Life Purpose” TeleSeminar Series! To learn more click here

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What will you “bloom” into?

September 3, 2009 by admin
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What kind of "seed" are you...?

By Annika Ek – Purpose2Business Mentor

Have you ever seen a birch tree trying to be an oak tree instead? Or a cat who wants to be a dog? I didn’t think so, and neither have I. The plant and animal kingdoms are very orderly. Everyone, from the tiniest plant to the greatest mammals, just knows what they are and what to do.

The plants and animals just allow themselves to unfold from one stage to the next as they go through life, without struggle and hesitation. The simplicity of being we see in nature comes from its connection to source energy.

The human kingdom is set apart from the kingdoms below, by having an intellect and a rational mind that gives us the ability to think and reflect upon ourselves. This ability is a true gift since it also makes us co-creators of our realities. We are constantly creating, whether we are aware of it or not.

As individuals, each one of us has an individual and unique soul with its own agenda to fulfill. Compare this to the animal kingdom that operates under a collective soul where all of the same specie has the same agenda. All squirrels collect food for the winter, all wolfs are carnivores and all beavers build dams (unless humans interfere and possibly mess things up…)

What we create in our lives reflect the level of awareness we are operating at. As you can see, there is great potential for accidental creation here, since our minds may get in the way of us connecting with our soul level and becoming aware of what kind of “seed” we truly are.

Since we are all unique souls with unique soul purposes, we cannot grow into our true selves by looking to copy fellow humans. If we look at others for input on what we are here to do, we will likely get even more confused, especially since those we look towards may be looking towards someone else, and so on.

If you want to look at role models, go to nature and perceive the certainty with which an oak tree is growing, never does it hesitate and tries to be a flower. Also look to those who have the faith and courage to allow their lives to unfold according to the blueprint within, for inspiration. Don’t copy what they do; instead get inspired by how they live and allow themselves to step outside their comfort zone to unfold into their true self.

So what kind of seed are you? What will you grow into when you have the faith, courage and inner connection to set your intellect and mind aside, and just be?

For help on figuring out your unique “specie” a great place to begin is to discover your personal “Energy Profile“, including your Life Purpose Energies and your Life Lesson Energies (where you tend to get stuck). Join me at my next “Discover Your Life Purpose” Event, to learn more click here.

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Follow the Music in Your Life – 4 Beats to Success

September 3, 2009 by admin
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Follow the beat...

By Annika Ek – Purpose2Business Mentor

What sets the alive apart from what is lifeless, whether its a person, plant or a piece of art, is that it has a pulse. All that is in harmony with Life with a capital L, is a continuously cycle through a pattern of beats or pulsations.

The famous psychoanalyst and the father of Orgonomy, Dr. Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was able to establish that Life always moves through 4 distinct beats or pulstaions, and captured the essence that each of those beats hold. With his discoveries around the “4 Beat Cycle”, he unveiled the pulsating blueprint for Life and the creative process it must go through to continue to unfold and further express Life.

At first encounter, Reich’s “4 Beat Cycle” may appear to be limited to sex, as the 4 beats are Tension, Charge, Discharge and Relaxation. But sex is no more or less than one way to create. All creative or alive activities will go through the same pulsation, although it may not be as obvious.

By having an understanding of the 4 Beats we can apply that template to everything in our lives and allow it to help us see where we are getting stuck and how to move forward towards a healthy expression in all that we do.

This 4 beat rhythm can be observed in everything from the seasons, to the shifts relationships go through, to creative work and so on. In life we will do much better if we follow the innate universal rhythm everything “dances” to. It is when we are not aware of the cycle of 4 distinct beats that our lives and bodies can get out of sync and chaos and maybe even disease will result.

Let’s take a closer look at the 4 distinct beats and what signifies each one, along with some examples that you are hopefully able to relate to in your own life.

Beat 1 – Tension: This beat is about restlessness and a stirring to begin something new or to initiate a shift. In the seasons “Tension” is represented by spring. In the life of a Purpose Entrepreneur tension is seen in a desire to keep expanding and in new ideas. In the creative process this step is often referred to as “creative tension”.

Beat 2 – Charge: In this second beat the energy is escalated and movement/action is intensified. In nature this is seen in the unfolding that summer brings. For the Purpose Entrepreneur it is when a project is launched from an idea and resources are gathered and creative work is done.

Beat 3 – Discharge: This third beat is about giving it all and then letting go. In nature we see this happening in the fall when the fruits have ripened and are harvested. For the Purpose Entrepreneur it can be the launch of the new project like a book, or a new product or service. It is important that this stage is achieved in a timely manner or the project will lose its natural momentum.

Beat 4 – Relaxation: This beat is like the rest or pause in music. The moments of silence are as important as the notes you play for beautiful music to result. In nature this is represented by winter, when a temporary contraction and period of rest takes place. In the life of the Purpose Entrepreneur, beat 4 is a time and place where we exhale and just enjoy the creative process we have just been through. It is also about rejuvenating and recharging before that stirring with a new idea brings us back to “tension” and beat 1.

If beat 4 is missed, disharmony will likely follow. If immediately after completing one project we jump into the next, it is like going from fall to spring! Winter needs to happen, and this on the surface less active beat allows for a big picture view that ensures that we are moving in the right direction when “spring” and the next project arrives.

As you can see this fundamental rhythm of Life must include all 4 pulsations. If you get stuck at one of the stages, or never allow for one of the beats to play, the result will be unsatisfying or outright unhealthy.

Practice seeing this 4 beat rhythm of Life throughout your own life, both in your personal life and in your business pursuits. You will be amazed at how it appears everywhere when you know what to look for.

Another great way to propel you towards success is to discover your personal “Energy Profile” interpreted from your fingerprints. Your “Energy Profile” includes your Life Purpose, Life Lesson (where you tend to get stuck) and more. Join me at my next “Discover Your Life Purpose” Event where your fingerprints are analyzed, to learn more click here.

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