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The Power Of Clear Intention
The world that we want to create gives birth to our intent. To illustrate the power of intention, here are four lines of a simple story.
A woman is lying in bed. A man comes in the room wearing a mask. The man cuts the woman's chest with a knife. The woman dies.
No let me ask a simple question. What color was the man's mask? Normally, I get two answers.
Either white or black. The color matters because it points to something deeper-- intention.
Consider the man wearing the white mask. Who is he and what is he trying to achieve? Maybe you thought of a black mask, what is he trying to achieve?
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Asking Powerful Questions To Yourself And Others
In summary, it is important to create intentions that stretch you to include the needs of others.
Shifting from judgment to openess is more easily accomplished when dropping why-based questions.
Have a mindset that considers and values the needs of others. This will allow them to full...
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Intention
"Every journey begins with the first step of articulating the intention, and then becoming the intention."
Bryant McGill,
Voice of Reason
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Getting Clear About Intention
Intention is key to connecting and asking powerful questions, for it brings clarity to others about "where" you are coming from. Sharing your Intention allows for full transparency rather than opaqueness that leaves others guessing.
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Now We Have Two Men
One of them wearing a white mask, another wearing a black one, though their actions may be the same, they are two different people, and what separates them is not only the color of the mask, but also their intent.
The white-masked man is a ...
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Did You Know
In 2006, Scott Frey, a psychologist at the University of Oregon, published a study in the Journal of Neuroscience. He scanned the brains of participants as they watched videos of someone putting together and taking apart a toy made of numerous parts. One group simply watched the demonstration. ...
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