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Then, in the fifth year, an amazing thing happens - the tree begins to grow at an astonishing rate. In fact, in a period of just five weeks, a Chinese bamboo tree can grow to a height of 90 feet. It's almost as if you can actually see the tree growing before your very eyes.

Well, I'm convinced that life often works in a similar way. You can work for weeks, months and  years on your dream with no visible signs of progress and then, all of the sudden, things take off. Your business becomes profitable beyond your wildest dreams.

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This was an incredible discovery when I first came upon this truth and it is great analogy of how the human mind works.

I think the difficulties most people have are those inner conflicts within their own minds. Worry, fear, anger, loneliness are just a few of the negative emotions that results from the many inner conflicts that people in general struggle and learn to cope with.

Typically we all grew up believing that we are the sum total of the influences we grew up with. These influences effect us deeply about what we believe about ourselves and how we see ourselves. But, this is where I begin to leave conventional thinking which tells us that we are powerless against the perfectible hand writing on the walls of our lives and the resulting emotional havoc.

The best way to explain this is by using an analogy of a map of a city. We know that maps develop over time as a city begins to grow. As they continue to develop over time they can become quite detailed and complicated. Today we have Google Maps, MapQuest as well as the GPS systems in our cars and mobile devices. Like I said, in today's world Maps have become quite detailed, giving you directions of every turn of every street as well as the houses and business on those streets.

What does this have to do with your head?

Think about it, from the moment you were born you began to make associations to the world around you. You were like a giant sponge absorbing massive amounts of information. Information you would later use like a road map to the world around you. Association were made about the every experience including the taste of warm milk running down your cheek. Later you made associations with what it met to you, feelings of security, certainty perhaps? In the end, you made an association regarding the name of what you were experiencing "Milk"!

It's amazing when you think about the wealth of information that you as an individual have absorbed over time. Just yesterday as I started the car I noticed a certain sound coming from the engine and as I listened carefully I instantly knew that it was the water-pump bearing. After a while I asked myself, how I knew that? I really couldn't point to a specific time or experience that I "learned" that that particular sound meant the water-pump would be going out, but one thing was for certain, I was sure of it!

Somewhere along life's journey I had experienced that sound and made an association with the word "water-pump". I marveled at the complexity of the mind and thought to myself how many terabytes of information must me unknowingly stored upon the maps of our mind.

Now, let me get back to the Maps we use to get around our city streets and what it has to do with my topic here. Most maps will somewhere have a written across the top what the map represents i.e. The City of Denver or the City of  Amsterdam. The important fact that I want to point out here is that even though it says the name of the city across the top, it does not mean that it is actually the city that the map is representing. It is only the work of  a Cartographer who spent considerable research to put the information together. Now if I were to start thinking that this indeed was "a city" it would be long before you started calling me crazy! The fact is that it is ONLY A REPRESENTATION of that city and is only to be used as a reference point for guiding oneself to a destination.  The map does not represent the value or worth of the city and to do so would constituent someone strongly delusional.

In the same way, for you or I to draw all of our conclusions from the maps in our head regarding our worth and value is just as ludicrous.  Now the point is that you are NOT the map, it too is only a representation of many experiences and associations.

It was never meant to be this way

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Again, where does the map in our head come from?  They come from our outside experiences. It is these experiences that we draw our conclusions, beliefs and judgements from. In other words we end up living from the outside in. This is why when our outside world deteriorates and difficulties side swipe us we emotionally fall apart. Remember, your own personal map was only meant as a guidance mechanism, it does not represent your identity or value. Your map is just that, a map! It is easy to fall into the delusion that it is the real us. It is apparent that intuitively we know this to be true. Why? Because we are self-aware and know that when we are worrying or fearful. I have watched people change in an instant their emotional state just by who walks into a room where they are at. In other words, we can "choose" to rely on the map in our head that is telling us "we are doomed and there is no way out" or step back as it were and take another perspective.

This is how our world has "learned" to live and most will fight the idea that we are separate from our thoughts and are more powerful then we realize. So how was it meant to be you might be asking?  We were created first and foremost to live life out of fact that we are products of an infinite God who loves us.  That in itself gives us value and worth. God's intention was that we live from the inside out, not from the dictates of a changing and unstable world. Your identity goes beyond the house you live in, the clothes you wear or the children you have. Your identity is not the outcome of anything from those things the majority draw their conclusions from. You are infinitely more powerful then you realize and greater then any circumstance you may face.

The problem is that we have lived this way throughout our entire lifetime and as a result it has become our "normal". We simply don't know any other way to live then to live by the dictates of the maps that are based upon the world around us. Now don't get me wrong all maps have value and have there use but they are not to be mistaken to be the real you.

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Influence is a hot buzzword right now. It’s the topic of leadership conversations, and it’s a particularly hot topic online on blogs and in social media.

Everybody wants more of it.

Lots of people want to sell you their strategy to get it.

Some people believe the way to gain influence is to a) get people’s attention through a unique branding strategy, and then b) broadcast a continuous stream of neatly packaged content – books, seminars, blog posts, tweets, videos. This is what celebrities, athletes, professional bloggers and media personalities do.

The truth is that strategy does build influence – influence that’s a mile wide and an inch deep.

The secret to building more meaningful influence is much simpler:

Help people.

That’s it.

Think about it… Who has had the most (positive) influence on your life? Whose advice to you listen most intently to? The people who have helped you the most, right? Your parents, maybe a great teacher or coach, your closest friends. Perhaps there’s an author who provided key insights in a book that changed your life. Or perhaps there’s a musician who songs carried you through a difficult time in your life.

Help people – it sounds simple, but it’s actually quite difficult.

In order to help someone, you have to…

• Care enough to want to help
• Ask them what they want
• Listen as they tell you what they want
• Understand what they really need
• Learn how to help them
• Choose to do something about it
• Work to provide the help

Skip any of those steps and you either do nothing (because you don’t care enough or don’t know how to help) or do something that doesn’t actually help.

That’s why we’re influenced by those who help us the most. They’ve proven they care about us, they understand us, they know how to help, and they are willing to not just talk about it but do something for us.

Sometimes I find myself doing too much broadcasting of blog posts and tweets and not enough listening, too much talking and too little doing, focusing too much of my energy online and not enough offline. I need to remind myself…

Meaningful influence is both personal and action-oriented

How about you?

Local businesses who take advantage of this by there first WINS!

Remember these two numbers...

6 and 57

A person who visits a web page that has video will be there 6 minutes. If you don't have video and it is text based... Say bye bye, your visitor will be gone in less than 57 seconds!

Because I work with businesses and individuals to get them more exposure (getting their voice heard) I have made the decision to put an emphasis on this in this section.

Do I have any experience in this area? You bet!

Some of my online video's have over 12k to 15k views. I also have several video's that have #1 search results in Google for highly searched keywords.

Keep an eye on this area of the blog because I am going to give you information that will crack the code for your future business growth!

If you are a business owner or expert who is trying to get your message out to the world you will want to pay close attention.

Here is a list of 7 things you need to ask and answer for yourself to help you find and understand what you are passionate about.

What puts a smile on your face?
Following what makes you truly happy is a wonderful way to figuring out what you were put on Earth for. Think about something that you do or that perhaps you used to do that brings you total happiness!

What do you find easy?
What we find easy for us to do, will be related to what we are passionate about. It’s very hard to hate something that is very easy for us!

What sparks your creativity?
Think about something in your life where you seem to always expand its horizon, always coming up with new, fun, and exciting ideas relating to that subject. Whatever makes you creative is something that you are passionate about.

What would you do for free?
Think about something that you would just love to do, even if you were not getting paid. Think about something that you look forward to do, something that you wish you could do all the time

What do you like to talk about?
Most of the time, we aren’t aware of this. A good way to figure this out properly, is to ask your friends. Ask them what they believe you like to talk about the most, what topic makes your eyes brighten up, and changes your entire behaviour.

What makes you unafraid of failure?
When you do what you are passionate about, you have total confidence in your abilities. This makes you not worry about failing, because in your mind, how can you fail when you do what you love?

What would you regret not having tried?
If you were at the end of your life, what would you regret not having pursued? What would you have liked to do, that you didn’t get a chance to?

Written by: Joel Brown addicted2success.com

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