Grace Grove Retreat Center

You and I are living in extraordinary times!

Actually, there has never been a better time to be Alive! Or to be an entrepreneur!

How would your life improve if you understood exactly where this economy is headed? As well as the best way to profit from it?

How would your life be different NOW if you knew beyond a doubt that you were going to survive these times? And actually thrive?

Changes are happening at a tremendous pace. If you’re like me, you get overwhelmed occasionally. Often it seems like it will take a miracle to pull us out of this collective depression in which we find ourselves.

During these crazy, chaotic and turbulent times it seems like you need to work harder and often longer just to keep your head above water. Now traditionally, there has been a down slide after an extended period of growth; yet what we are experiencing NOW is far beyond any ordinary down slide. In fact it has gotten so bad that many experts are anticipating that recovery will take much longer than expected. The number of bankruptcy’s, loan foreclosures and unemployed have exceeded all expectations.

I believe that this situation is challenging each of us personally as well as a nation. For many of us, we are uncertain about our future. How will I earn a living? How will I feed my family? How can I get ahead and out of this current financial situation I find myself in?

In fact, as an entrepreneur or small business owner and operator; the challenges intensify and the pressure to succeed mounts. I talk to many people who are so stressed out that they are operating in full-on survival mode. Now survival mode is great if you are an animal living in the wild. But it is not a great long term strategy for becoming successful in your business and life.

There is a scientific reason why this is true. Bruce Lipton, PhD Cellular Biologist; explains it this way: Your cells functions either in defense or in growth; they can not do both simultaneously. When you are in survival mode your cells are preparing to defend you. Quite literally, all the blood and nutrition in your body is being pushed to your external organs so you can either run away or fight. In this situation your internal organs which support your growth are not receiving vital life-enhancing energy.

In the case of an animal in nature, once the life-threatening situation has passed it returns to natural functions and habits almost immediately. For us humans it is a different story. It seems the majority of us are choosing to remain in a stressed survival mode for extended periods of time. This is one of the many controllable factors operating to wreak havoc upon your health. Stress is considered by most to be at least partially responsible for high blood pressure, heart disease, and high cholesterol as well as many conditions thought to be ordinary and normal like persistent pain, joint stiffness, neck and back issues, and digestive conditions. The shocking thing is that most people in our society (including doctors) are willing to accept these conditions as an ordinary result of living in this world. Let me tell you something point blank: Living in chronic pain and constant sickness should not be considered a normal way to live!

PAIN WILL PUSH YOU UNTIL PASSION PULLS YOU!

Pain is part of your early warning system. It exists to let you know something needs your attention. By masking it with medications and hoping it will go away, you short circuit your body’s internal awareness. You also miss an incredible opportunity to learn what is happening within your body and what needs to be done to heal. In most cases the sooner you do this, the faster and easier it is to identify, alleviate and eventually heal the source of the pain.

This process of healing requires you to be intimately involved and increasingly more aware. Ironically, as an entrepreneur it is essential that you pay more attention to the health of your business right now also. If you desire to become wildly successful in your life and to make a real difference in this world with your business, the bottom line is you need to become involved in your own healing process. “As within so without”; this ancient wisdom reminds us there is no difference between what is happening within your body and the world outside of it.

For me, when I became passionate about my health, I reconnected with my inner knowing, my intuitive nature. Like the animals around me, I stopped living from a place of constant stress and fear. Gradually, over time as I deepened this practice, my body began to heal. Through this process my energy was being directed toward the growth and health of my internal organs. The more I accepted responsibility for cleaning up the mess I had made of my health, the clearer my vision became for where my business was headed.

If your business is struggling right now, the chances are so is your health (whether you are aware of it or not). Continuing to push harder while creating more physical health problems has become normal. In fact it has become so normal to expect these conditions as inevitable, there is little information and less guidance on how to do anything differently.

Becoming extraordinary requires extraordinary thinking and even more extraordinary actions! These actions will not be what everyone else is doing. Nor will they necessarily be approved of by everyone else. Friends, family, co-workers and some medical experts prefer that you don’t take risks. The recommendations will be to not go against the standards of “ordinary” and traditional health care. Of course these concerns come with the sincere desire for your well-being. This is the main reason why this article is directed toward entrepreneurs! You know that playing it safe and doing what is normal and ordinary is not the way to become really successful. You understand that extraordinary success requires doing things in your own unique way. Most importantly, you know the value of tapping into your intuitive nature. You know it is your gut instincts which will guide you to survive these challenging times and to actually thrive when you listen.

When you’re ready to listen and to discover your passion while recharging your health, you are ready to step into your leadership role by becoming one of The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs of our time! CONGRATULATIONS!

I look forward to expanding this discussion as we learn to be healthy, wealthy and wise!