Clearing the Air

After arriving early for a business meeting to give a presentation, I was met with quite a surprise. As I walked into the meeting room, I suddenly felt the residual turmoil from events of the previous meeting. The phrase, "The air was so thick you could cut it with a knife" crossed my mind.

With less than an hour before my presentation, I mentally and energetically "cleared the air" to insure a positive experience for everyone at the meeting. When the business meeting was finished, several people told me, "This was by far the most productive meeting we’ve ever had in this room."

At times, all of us have felt the emotional tension within a room or the peaceful reverence of a sacred place. Every environment is imprinted by the thoughts, emotions, and spiritual qualities of the people who inhabit the space. When we take the time to create a positive environment, we discover a greater level of success and happiness for ourselves and others.

Peek at the Future

Recently I compared my 2008 calendar of speaking engagements and coaching with my 2009 schedule and noticed an interesting coincidence. The dates I worked with clients in 2008 were the same or close to the same dates in 2009. This pattern was consistent throughout the year. Isn’t interesting how our daily activity creates our future.

Our thoughts and behavior directly affects our current circumstances and our success depends on how we feel each day. If we want a peek at the future, we can pay close attention to what we are doing today as we connect to others and the world around us. The level of conscious awareness we express at each moment influences what we create for the future.