The Golden Rule at the National Prayer Breakfast
 
I attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC this past week and the central theme was the Golden Rule.  The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event held on the first Thursday in February each year in Washington DC. The gathering includes a multiday series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners which includes invitees from almost 200 countries.  It is designed to be a forum for political, social, religious and business leaders to assemble to build relationships and has been attended by every President of the United States since Dwight D. Eisenhower.
 

I recently read a book by Whole Foods Founder and Co-CEO, John Mackey called “Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business” which he wrote with Raj Sisodia, marketing professor at Bentley University.  The authors explain that “Conscious capitalism is an evolving paradigm for business that simultaneously creates multiple kinds of value and well-being for all stakeholders: financial, intellectual, physical, ecological, social, cultural, emotional, ethical and even spiritual.

Did you know that your words are more powerful that you might think?  Let’s do an experiment to see if this is true.  State out loud 3 times, “I don’t like arriving late for my appointments.”  Now, state out loud 3 times, “I’m delighted that I always arrive on time or early for my appointments.”  Even though the goal of each statement seems to be the same; to arrive on time for appointments, the first one will actually make you feel less energized and may actually make you late since that phrase, “arriving late for my appointments” is what your subconscious will hear and work to make true.
 

Ever ask yourself: “What would it take to be as successful as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Oprah Winfrey, or even Thomas Edison who created the light bulb?” Clearly, all of these people had passion about their fields of expertise, and that is important. But, they also relied on something that we all have – intuition.  The difference between them and many of us is the choice that they made to rely on their intuition and instinct, even when they didn’t have a clear understanding of the outcome.  You can do this too and experience greater levels of success, prosperity, and freedom!