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Contents
Part 1 - Welcome! Part 2 - Products / Special Offers Part 3 - Interesting People! Part 4 - Inspirational Quote of the Month Part 5 - Feature Article Part 6 - About the 'Design your Life' Newsletter
Part 1 - Welcome!
Dear <$firstname$>,
I hope that your 2006 is off to an exceptional start and that you hold excitement for how your year will unfold!
I have to say that the last month of my life has been an extraordinary one for me in so many different ways.
In early December I embarked upon a 3 week journey around Egypt. The trip really was a dream come true for me in so many ways.
I was first inspired to visit the Pyramids after reading a book called the the Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo 6 years ago. 'The Alchemist' tells the story of a shepherd boy who risks everything by leaving his native Spanish homeland, in search of his treasure.
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To
see photos of my Egyptian Tour click the following link and select 'view
slideshow'
click here to see photo album.
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I also had the good fortune of spending an amazing few days in the north of Scotland in early January at a place called Findhorn. The trip was the the official winter retreat of an extraordinary personal development organisation that I volunteer for called Alternatives.
I hope your 2006 unfolds brilliantly for you and if there is anything I can do to help you to be more successful just let me know.
(And be sure to commit to visiting someplace new this year!)
Take a chance 2day!
Damien Senn Creating Compelling Futures
Senn-Sational Limited
Ph: +44 (0)793 906 4338
Email: support@senn-sational.com
Part 2 - Products / Special Offers
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Part 4 - Inspirational Quote of the Month!
“What
we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to
make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”
T.S. Eliot (Playwright & Poet 1888-1965)
Part 5 - Featured Article - It's January and You're Excited!
It’s January and you’re excited. A whole new year awaits you. You have a clean slate from which to start over. Your mind fills with amazing possibilities. It feels as if this is the big chance you've been waiting for your entire life (or at least the last 365 days of it!). You take a big step out into the world. Your skies are filled with sunshine and your energy is brimming. It feels truly amazing to be alive!
And then, as if by some cruel twist of fate, out of the corner of your eye you see a cloud enter your world from a distant horizon. You turn your head to take a closer look. You feel your energy dissipate as you watch it rapidly grow in size and stature until it literally envelopes you! Uncertain of how to advance, you then retreat back into what's comfortable for you and dream of sunnier days.
This is the way many of us experience the goal setting process. We’re excited about our own potential but feel daunted when we actually take steps outside of ourselves to organise our thoughts and commit to them.
Should you be setting goals this year?
Should you
rise above your resistance and just go ahead and set some goals anyway?
Well, I am going to be a little controversial here and say that it depends
upon where you are on your own self development journey. What do you mean
"it depends" I hear you cry? Well let me explain…
There are three groups of people.
For the purpose of this explanation, I am going to say that people can be seperated into three core groups. The results you will be able to achieve through goal setting will depend upon which group you belong to;
1. Those who are connected
to their purpose
2. Those who are connected to someone else’s purpose
3. Those people who aren’t connected to any purpose.
1. You’re connected to your purpose.
Connection to your purpose simply means that you have an appreciation of why you have been put on the planet. You are aware of your reason for being and the contribution that you would like to make in the world.
If you are connected to your purpose you will find setting yourself some measurable goals a deeply powerful exercise. Setting goals will help you to clarify your purpose further and sharpen your mind towards the full realisation of your dreams.
Action Steps: Think long and hard about the person you would like to become 10 years from now and then think about the things that you need to work on this year to make that vision of yourself a reality.
Once you have a clear picture in your mind, write down your visions and start striding towards your infinite possibilities.
2. You’re connected to someone else’s purpose.
Connection to someone else’s purpose means that you have a deep understanding of what someone else wants for your life and you’ve aligned yourself with this purpose, eg, your employer, your family, your peer group, society etc.
If you are connected to someone else’s purpose, you may achieve what you set out to, but when you arrive there, there’s every possibility that you won’t experience the deep sense of fulfilment that you are capable of experiencing.
Action Steps: Before you take steps to set your goals for 2006, take some time to think about the things that you really want and ask yourself whether or not they are truly your own.
As soon as you uncover the wants and desires that are truly your own, you will begin to connect with your life force and the goal setting process will take on a completely new meaning for you.
3. You’re not connected to any purpose.
If you feel as if you haven’t yet connected to your true purpose the most important thing you can do is to create some time and space for personal exploration.
Goal setting can be largely an intellectual process whereas I believe connecting to your true purpose is effectively a spiritual and emotional exercise. Most people experience difficulty with the goal setting process because they begin looking for the answers inside their heads instead of first looking inside their hearts.
Action Steps: Put your goal setting on hold for the time being and start by making a commitment to living more fully. Try doing things you have never done before. Take some chances. Get out there and meet some new people. Say yes more often.
Once you start building an awareness of the things that make you feel truly alive, you will be in a much more purposeful and powerful state to start writing down the things that you really want out of life!
Goals work best when they are deeply connected to your purpose!
Goals work best when they are deeply connected to your purpose. With this in mind, if you give yourself one gift this year, let it be the permission to move towards the things you love to do.
When you
connect to your true purpose and align your goals to that purpose, you
not only ignite your own spirit, but you also increase your human potential
to touch, captivate and excite all those people you come into contact
with.
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Part 6 - About the 'Design Your Life' Newsletter
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