Survey - how good are your internet skills?
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I’ve been away from my dear blog for a while as I’ve been busy working on some other projects. However, I’m back now and would be grateful if you could lend me your opinions, please.
I’m researching a business opportunity and would like to know about your internet skills and your opinions on improving these skills (if you need to that is!)
It’ll only take 5 mins and I’d be really, really grateful for your contributions. So go on, leave your answers below.
THANK YOU!
Love and living by your passions
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As the western world indulges in celebrating lovers with all things red, heart-shaped and sparkly with diamonds, I’m going to be focusing on love itself and passion today. Particularly on the love that I have for myself.
Most recently, I’ve tried to adopt the position of letting my love flow unconditionally. I don’t need reciprocation, I don’t need motivation - I just love with kindness and generosity. I have to admit initially it was not very easy, but once I got used to it I remembered that was how I used to be as a child. Negative thoughts and energies just melted away. Always and optimist, but now I only focus on the positive aspects of individuals or situations whilst also holding a fully balanced viewpoint. And because I don’t have an agenda I’m rewarded multiple times over - everytime!
This Tuesday I had a breakthrough in my coaching session. When I fedback to my coach on the past month’s achievements, it slowly dawned on me what I have been trying to achieve in the last year or so, I managed to achieve in the last 4 weeks. And it was down to my mindset - me finding that place of love within myself for myself. My search for balance.
So now as my Circle or Wheel of Life now starts to look more like a circle and is therefore reflecting a more balanced life - before it was a horribly mis-shapen and broken - I’m looking at my passions in life. Naturally creative and open-minded, my friends will tell you I can come up with a business idea within minutes or work out how to monetize an idea very easily. And as as result I’ve created a very long backlog of ideas when the first one isn’t even out of the gate yet. In fact I just give ideas away because I don’t want the creativity clogged up in my business ideas folder on my Mac.
For the last year, I had willed myself to work on one idea at a time which became protracted and even though I care about these projects/business ideas (they’re my babies) I recently started to question whether they were aligned with my passions. But also what are my true passions? How do I distinguish what I’m good at, with what I’m interested in with what I’m passionate about?
So in the past month my health and fitness, spiritual life, relationships, finance, learning, family relationships aligned with my intention for my life - my life design. And I now realise that it’s because I am/was very clear about what I wanted. “I want to lose 2 inches off my waist and lose 14lbs”, or ‘”I will feed my body consciously with healthy foods without denying myself of the tastes and indulgences that I love”, or “I want to be in relationships with people who are divinely/spiritually inspired and are conscious with how they use their minds positively” or “I want my relationships with my immediate family to be so tight I can talk honestly and openly”. And those thoughts and intentions have manifested very quickly.
Interestingly enough, because of how I look at what I want in my life now, everything has gone 180 degrees whereby I effortlessly go to the gym which I now love, meditate every day, write in my gratitude journal daily, surrendered and allowed love into my life before the ’scheduled time’ (!), and eat consciously. Before adopting a state of being in constant gratitude I found these things quite hard to do.
And now the different faces of love currently surrounds and supports me, I’m now looking at what I want to be and what I want to do because now I realise, I’ve been living by my knowledge base and professional experiences as a Marketing Consultant, my current asset, but truly I believe the strongest assets I have are my passions.
I describe a passion as something that I will eat, sleep, consider it as play not work, will do 24/7 if I could for little or no pay. It’s not an obsession but something that helps me to grow as it will feed and nurture me in a positive way.
What led to this is that many friends have been very supportive by recommending me for opportunities as a marketing consultant. Instinctively, my feelings didn’t respond as positively to them as the 2 opportunities presented to me by friends last month which are aligned to one of my passions. And as I believe life is too short, we should strive to do what we love and live by our passions, I need to walk my talk. Also I started to feel bad for not feeling that grateful for my friends efforts - and I truly want to be.
This weekend, I’ll be digging deep, exploring and being honest with myself about what I want to be and do with passion. I’ve done the exercises before, however as I’m in a very different place spiritually my approach will be different and I intend to bring about deeper and stronger truths about myself.
This is exciting, because previously what I am has consumed my being for so long. Once I’m clear on what I am and what I do, I can then with communicate this to the Universe and also to friends who want to continue to support not just my career, but my passions. I have an ideas what I want my headstone and epitaph to say and it’s definitely not ‘Marketing Consultant’ because I am more than that!
Looking for an Obama Party in London on the 20th?
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The world will be celebrating with the US as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. While the media is focusing on the man, I do believe that his ardent fans are very clear about what he represents.
He represents those black men who have broken through the typical stereotypes to achieve what was deemed nigh on impossible. He represents the love that a man can have for his wife, children, life and country. His seemingly genuine intent to do what he can to bring hope and change to a country ravaged by the greed of few people affecting America’s position on the world’s political and economic stage. The attitude of can do, will do to make things happen.
He is the individual who has taken on the hardest job in the world and has been upfront about the difficult road ahead, but will persevere for the love of his country men. If the three word phrase, “Yes we can” can change history for one man, imagine what a country can do when it shouts “Yes we can”.
There are many inauguration parties in London tomorrow to join hands with our US ‘cousins’ to celebrate the ushering in of a man who has inspired greatness in so many people - not just us black folk. 
If you’ve managed to wangle the time off work and have yet to decide what to do, check out the following list and have fun!
20109 Change (featured on GMTV and BBC Radio London)
Live at the Indigo O2 will be Lemar, NDubz and London Community Gospel Choir. Plus live links from Washington DC.
Time: 4-10pm
Tickets from £18.50
For more information, www.20109change.com
Dare to Dream, Yes You Can
Bernie Grants Art Centre, Tottenham
Free workshops, stalls, performances and debates
Time: 12-8pm
Entry: free
For more information: www.berniegrantcentre.co.uk
The Barack Obama US Presidential Inauguration and UK Honours Gala Dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane
Live performances from artists, celebrities, media and sporting personalities plus TV highlights of the inauguration.
Time: 6pm -2pm
Entry £75
For more information: www.pinpointmedia.tv/obama
Fiesta Bar (formerly Z bar)
Acre Lane, Brixton with Happy Hour and comedy from Slim
Time: 4pm-12am
Entry from £5.
Advance tickets available. Call 07956 883737
ENJOY!
There’s only one New Year’s Resolution…
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It’s day 3 of the year and I’m just loving the level of positivity that I see on my friends status boxes on Facebook.
At the same time, I’m wondering if anyone has already fallen off the wagon (like I have) with their intentions to make certain changes in life. There is only one reason why I have not made a start with one particular intention and that’s because of the conversations I have with myself about it.
If you’ve been on the self-help circuit for a while, you may have heard of the series of books entitled Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. If you’ve read them, you may have come across some real eye-openers and ‘Aha!’ moments.
Have you thought about your Conversations with You? How would it read? What insights would you see about your mindset for living, success, love, relationships, wealth and happiness?
Are these phrases part of your conversations: “I’m surviving”, “I’m broke”, “I’m poorly”, “I live in hope”, “I’m struggling to find money/love/happiness”? Now look at your life, do your conversations mirror your reality?
Resolutions work when you use your mind to change your thoughts to change your mindset to change your actions. Our thoughts are our internal reality which manifest as our actions, our external reality.
So the 1 and only resolution you need to make and keep in 09 is to watch, and adjust if necessary, your conversations with yourself. If someone asks you how you are, say “I’m great!”. You may be broke, you may be ill, you may be stressed, but you have an income, you’re not totally incapacitated and you’re alive so yes, YOU ARE GREAT. And also it’s because you’re made in the Creator’s own image.
Take one statement, belief or intention at a time and change your internal conversation to reflect the external transformation you desire.
I want to get on the wagon to exercise, (and after stepping on the scale this morning I need to exercise!!!) but I know I have to change the tone of that particular conversation - and I will.
Having positive conversations with myself is the only resolution I have, the only one I need and it’s the easiest to work on because everything else just falls into place when I’ve got it tuned just right for me.
08 to the 09
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I was inspired to write this post after reading my friend’s blog, David McQueen, yesterday and his review of his previous 12 months.
Only the highlights will feature as there were no low points - just incredibly useful lessons.
As 2008 started, I was full of hope, intention and energy to make my dreams come true. I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions, I just aimed to work hard but something was truly missing from all the pledges and commitments.
Professionally
I extended my usual 3 months break from freelancing to make time to do other things. I did some consulting for a Nigerian TV station, a UK rapper as well as immersed myself in research and training in the music and social media marketing arenas.
For the 1st time in 7 years, I even took on a job/employment as it was a great opportunity with a great company. However, within a few weeks I realised that the opportunity taught me many lessons about sticking to my dreams, persisting with my goals, growth, leadership and relationships. I’m very grateful for those 13 weeks working with that company.
Since resigning, my heart and mind has been focussed on how I can serve others via my business and building wealth to help others.
Spiritual growth
I’ve always been a very spiritual person, and have always tried to feed my hunger for knowledge and experience around this area. Although I had heard about ‘The Secret’ since it was 1st released back in ‘06, it seemed like the UK had just caught the fever and everyone I spoke with in the Spring was talking about it.
After watching funny comedienne and actress, Mo’Niqe on BET’s Real Life Divas, I realised what was missing in my life - belief. She said, when people told her she was too black, too fat, a woman, too broke and had no talent to get to Hollywood she said to herself - Believe, believe, believe!!! It was as if she was talking to me.
I’ve always had the tools of creativity, determination, connections, drive and persistence, but since I started to believe, my life has been even more fantastic than before! I still haven’t read The Secret yet but I’ve always accepted the Law of Attraction in principle. Just about everything I’ve asked the Universe/Creator/Higher Power/God for I’ve received: opportunities, meeting positive, enterprising people, job offers, dates, unsolicited cheques, my bank accounts in the black, car spaces & even green traffic lights!
As a result, my professional life took a bit of a backseat as I started to explore my spiritual and personal life more. Having 8 months to focus primarily on this aspect of my life was truly a blessing. I am truly grateful for the opportunity.
Relationships
I’ve met so many positive, inspiring, enterprising people in the past year and formed what I hope are great friendships for the future. Even though some people think that you can’t form proper relationships online - it’s the place where I’m connecting with similar minded people - and the best is, if I dare say it, Facebook.
For 2009, I am so looking forward to manifesting my goals. I do believe I have the support now - I’m so excited. I won’t go into detail here however here’s my outline.
Professionally - focus on building the Chinelo Inc. ‘empire’. Support and advise other entrepreneurs especially start ups.
Spiritually - study regularly and inspire others to connect with their spiritual self
Wealth - become more self-reliant, attract and earn money to buy cashflow producing assets
Fitness - take more care of me in terms of nutrition, exercise and rest.
Relationships - continue to meet great people and nurture existing relationships.
Now I’m off to read my horoscope by the amazing Susan Miller - Astrologyzone.com. I’m not sure if I believe in it or not as I believe in the self-fulfilling prophecy principle. However for the last 3 years, she has been spot on in every aspect except for the seeking love part .But that’s okay I know why that is…
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