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Re-inventing how we use Money?
When you don’t have enough money, you start to question the idea of it in the first place.
Who controls it? Why? and how?
You start to wonder if the typical system makes sense or if it’s really up to any good.
I’ve often wondered why the most important work doesn’t pay well. The answers are more complicated than I can talk about here or even truly understand without a lot of research. Nevertheless, many of the answers tend to stem from issues of power, the sources of control/power, and the desire to keep things a certain way for people who have amassed wealth and power.
The capital of the United States is now the richest city in the country and awash in new millionaires and billionaires; not because these folks created important and noble things, but because they are following a gravy train of money, special favors, and power for a very few.
I don’t subscribe to all of Charles Eisenstein‘s views, but what he has to say about money and what we can do to make our relationships better and the world a better place are worth hearing.
It’s good to question the influential things in our lives. It’s smart to vet them for their goodness and test them for their true benefits. If our ways are left wanting, it’s good to re-invent how we interact and exchange with one another.
Today, I give you this video as food-for-thought. How could we do things differently?
I’m planning a webinar on April 24th with my friend Bill Fox. I’ve learned that he is beginning to use a gifting model for his work. It’s intrigued me and I’m starting to investigate it for my purposes too. More on the webinar (topics and schedule) will be coming in the next week or so…stay tuned!…
OKAY UPDATE! My newest resource is now available using the gifting system. Check out the details HERE!
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The “Don’t Do This” Phenomenon
“Don’t kick elephants!”
If you are like most people you are thinking of elephants right now, and you weren’t 30 seconds ago.
You might even be wondering what would happen if you did kick an elephant.
Yes?
There is a certain psychology around how things get to the top of the mind.
We get the wrong results when we don’t understand it.
As a marketing consultant I’ve learned to adjust for it, but it’s still a challenge to remember.
We all can bear it in mind.
For instance, as parents we can learn that…
When we call direct attention to something that is not “top of the mind” we make it “top of the mind” unintentionally and can get the worst results imagined.
Not true if we allow the person to come to a conclusion through their own mental process.
One of the best ways to do that is by asking a (literally) thought-provoking question instead of giving an edict.
So for the child who kicks things…
Prior to the situation we can ask…
What sorts of things happen if we kick someone hard?
It may help boost empathy too.
Here are other 5 lessons about “top of the mind”:
- Being blatant can be a barrier to being effective.
- You can mention what you don’t want, sometimes, to incite certain thoughts.
- The uniqueness of the statement sometimes carries more weight than the call-to-action.
- Hidden influences can steer us the wrong way.
- Emotion can often trump directness.
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