BizChampions Weekly Intentions

4.05.09 Beatles Power

2009-04-06T06:04:00.000-07:00

Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr held a concert in NYC to raise money for meditation. Former Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr held a concert at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall to raise money for meditation in schools, The Associated Press reports.

The Beatles raised worldwide attention to meditation with their trip to India 40 years ago. AP reports that at a conference, McCartney said the Maharishi had given them a "great gift... when we were looking for something to kind of stabilize us toward the end of the crazy 1960s.

"The concert, called “Change from within,” benefits the David Lynch Foundation, which raises money for teaching transcendental meditation. UK Reuters reports the lineup included Sheryl Crowe, Moby, Pearl Jam star Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper. David Lynch of the David Lynch Foundation is a filmmaker and has directed films such as “Twin Peaks.”

The Daily Herald reports Lynch spoke at the conference of meditation’s mainstream movement. "Meditation is no longer mysticism," he said. "It's not new age mumbo-jumbo. There have been 600 or 700 studies showing this is good for the human being."

Notice this week if you are receiving the gift from practicing Standing Meditation. If you have not learned you can start by clicking http://www.bizchampions.com/StandingMeditation.html.

3.20.09 Let Go Power

2009-03-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

This week notice when you are being right, justifying or being in control when there is a challenge in your life. Then ask yourself what can I give up to have peace, love, ease, joy and success in my life.

Let me know by email. I have no phone communication in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.

I will be back Tuesday, March 24. 2009.

3-08-09 Stimulus Power

2009-03-09T14:50:00.000-07:00

Today, in the fast moving, challenging business world, most of us are currently seeking to more effectively align our thoughts, emotions and actions to produce profitable results.

While we (businesses professionals) possess the technological, knowledge and communication capabilities to achieve our goals, we often feel a lack of trust, lack of integrity and power within ourselves to fulfill our desired outcomes in times of transition.

Our continuous challenge is how to fulfill our desired monetary outcomes and be happy in tough times. Notice this week how you are attaining your desired outcomes by stimulating the following core principles:

Listening, Integrity, Being, Vision, Playing, Champion

If you are having difficulty in achieving true fulfillment and success in these tough times, you might consider attending our Being Champion in Transitional Times workshop in Chicago this Saturday, March 14, 2009 or in Miami on April 11, 2009.

Let me know...

3-01-09 Internal Power

2009-03-01T12:05:00.000-08:00

Are you resolving conflicts, living simply and feeling good with what you are creating in the world?

If you are not flowing and feeling connected take 5 minutes and meditate. Close your eyes, notice your thoughts, your breath, your body and calmly relax. Be aware of the experience and connect to the silence.

In the Silence notice that there is no argument, no hardship, and there is a feeling of ease and flow. Notice now that you can shift your reality by connecting to your internal power!

2-22-09 First Place Power

2009-02-23T13:52:00.000-08:00

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. There is no room for second place. There's only one place and that's first place. We must have sympathy for the loser. We must help the poor, but let us cheer for the doer, the achiever, let us recognize excellence more and dissidence less." Vince Lombardi

Notice this week if you are playing for first or for second place or are you even playing?

I know that you are all Champions, playing beyond winning and losing...you are playing from that one place!

2-14-09 Valentine Power

2009-02-13T14:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day and may you experience light and perfection this week with your loved ones!

My Valentine present to all of you is reflected in the following words:

"Nature's task is done, this unselfish task which our sweet nurse, Nature, had imposed upon herself. She gently took the self-forgetting soul by the hand, as it were, and showed him all the experiences in the universe, all manifestations, bringing him higher and higher through various bodies, till his lost glory came back, and he remembered his own nature. Then the kind Mother went back the same way she came, for others who have lost their way in the trackless desert of life. And thus is she working, without beginning and without end. And thus, through pleasure and pain, through good and evil, the infinite river of souls is flowing into the ocean of perfection, of self-realization."

Swami Vivekananda

02-08-09 Listening Power

2009-02-09T05:02:00.000-08:00

Are you listening through filters? Have you ever consider listening from a quiet mind? Are you being present? This week, notice where you are listening from and notice if you are missing opportunities.

My friend Susan Amick forward me the following story, that reflects how we might be listening!

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.

During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it.

No one applauded, nor was there any recognition. No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.
The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

2-01-09 Super Bowl Power

2009-02-02T10:25:00.000-08:00

In the worldly game to be Champion, there is a winner and loser. In last night's Super Bowl there were two winners. It was an amazing display of greatness by both teams. And in the end, only one play made the difference.

This week notice how one moment, one conversation, one action, one intuition, one more meditation could make the difference in you being the "Champion."

1-25-09 Yoga Power

2009-01-24T12:50:00.000-08:00

"The Soul Does not Love; It is Love Itself.
It Does not Exist; It Is Existence Itself.
It Does not Know; It Is Knowledge Itself."

---Pantanjali

Notice and connect to your essence this week. Continue your Yoga, Tai Chi, Standing Meditation or any other practice that supports you in achieving inner peace and freedom.

Love and Ease!

1-18-09 Commitment Power

2009-01-19T05:12:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 we will have a new president who is totally committed to our joy, wealth and success. I feel that he will take the appropriate actions to fulfill on his promise.

This week intention is to notice your commitments and the crucial actions that you will take to fulfill your intentions and promises in 2009. You can start by noticing the commitments and promises that you are already not keeping. Clean them up, re-promise and fulfill them.

How can you have it all? I say keep your promises, connect to your inner power and take action coming from light instead of darkness.

1-05-09 Surprise Power

2009-01-05T13:23:00.000-08:00

As we move into the new year I encourage you to embrace what’s new and what’s new to discover. Be surprised in 2009!

The BC Workshop for Business Professionals this Saturday (1/10/09) is a pathway for you to fulfill on your 2009 promise: I will attain all my personal and business goals in 2009. You will walk away clear, connected and committed to action.

You will fulfill your intentions because you will have a plan with specific steps and you will be grounded in standing meditation as a way to elevate your listening, reduce your stress and implement your actions with peace and tranquility.

I am writing you because you have been receiving my intentions and perhaps you have not been unreasonable with yourself lately. Champions commit, step into the unknown and take actions that others won’t, no matter what the circumstances.

If peace, passion, power, prosperity and happy fulfillment of all your dreams are what you are looking for, what is the price you are willing to pay? Perhaps, the real price is to have a practice in place that supports you in being aware, clear in purpose and thinking, sharing goodness and living a life that is meaningful and deep in meditation.

This transformation seminar is for those business professionals who are looking to elevate their greatness and want to join others to strengthen each other’s abilities and results.

Take on being "Surprised" by clicking here and registering today! Or you can contact Roberto at 786-556-2494 or email your RSVP to roberto@bizchampions.com.

01-01-09 Thrive Power

2008-12-31T04:23:00.000-08:00

Are you ready to thrive in 2009? Are you clear, being powerful and prosperous? Do you have a quarterly practice that allows you to complete and create new games in your business or life?

If you don't, take a look at the BC Workshop for Business Professionals on Saturday January 10, 2009.

Below, I have included 10 tips by James Ray, a powerful coach, that will support you in thriving in 2009. In our BC Workshop in 9 days, you will work on all 10 tips.

1) Clearly define what inspires you.

There's a big difference between taking action out of inspiration versus desperation. Use this season as an opportunity to hibernate into the recesses of your own mind and define what you choose to create in your next spring.

2) Control your focus.

Energy flows where attention goes. Are you focusing on lack or opportunity?

3) Feed your mind.

What's your constant mental diet? Do you spend hours in front of the scare news or are you reading good books, attending more positive seminars, watching uplifting DVDs and listening to powerful CDs?

4) Strengthen your body.

Your physical health and vitality have a tremendous impact on your performance as well as your mental and emotional fitness. Exercise releases stress and strengthens your body and mind.

5) Inventory your friends.

Doom and gloom attracts more doom and gloom. Jettison those "energy vampires" around you and surround yourself with opportunity seekers.

6) Quiet your mind.

Take time to meditate daily and to slow down if only for a few minutes. Ten to fifteen minutes of meditation will relieve hours of stress and increase creativity and resourcefulness.

7) Rid your life of escapist activities.

Overindulgence in TV, sleep and alcohol only accelerates the problems you're attempting to avoid.

8) Make a daily gratitude list.

Focusing on all the good, gifts and God in your life puts you in the right line of thought, feeling and their subsequent actions, which will attract and create more good, gifts and God.

9) Change your attitude.

Realize that everything that's happened in your life thus far is here to serve you, teach you and help you grow. Find the lessons in your past results, forgive yourself for anything you could have done better and apply the lesson to move forward and create a better future.

10) Get resourceful.

For the next three days, go to a place where you can have uninterrupted time... Come up with 20 new ideas to grow your income, create new results and improve your life. You cannot leave your spot until you have twenty.

And no editing! All ideas are good ideas. Do this for three successive days with 20 new ideas each day. Now take your list of 60 unique ideas and pick the three to five most powerful and leveraged ones to put into action. Pick these three to five based on: ease of implementation, rate of return and speed of return.

12-23-08 Apache Blessing Power

2008-12-23T11:09:00.000-08:00

Our Holiday and New Year Intention!

may the sun...bring you new energy by day,

may the moon...softly restore you by night,

may the rain...wash away your worries,

may the breeze...blow new strength into your being,

may you walk...gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.

-apache blessing

12-14-08 Gift Power

2008-12-14T05:54:00.000-08:00

This week notice the early gifts that your might be receiving from your family and friends for the Holiday season. Below, is a short story on my early gift from my father.

My Early Christmas Gift

This past weekend my mother was invited to a Neil Diamond concert by my sister and her friends. Early Friday morning my mother was so excited to be on her own and having fun with her long time friends from North Carolina that she drove herself to the airport and left me in charge of my father who is experiencing midlevel Alzheimer’s.

Initially I was concerned that I would not be able to play my weekend golf game and enjoy what I love to do, yet I ended up creating just that. It all began on Friday evening when I chose to cook dinner together with my father instead of taking him out. That is when I realized that I had not been alone with my dad perhaps since the day that I was born 57 years ago. He was always with my mother or with one or more of my six brothers and five sisters.

I had shopped for cold shrimp, two big steaks, organic salad and avocados. At home we had left over spaghetti, chocolate ice cream and of course we would have a bottle of Spanish red wine and “Cuban” cigars for post-dinner relaxation.

When I told him my plans, he was fired up. My dad always loved to cook, eat, drink wine and smoke cigars with his friends and family. Every 15 minutes, from the time we started barbecuing the steaks, he asked where my mother was. I patiently told him that mom had flown to North Carolina to go to a concert with Ana and Carol.

He kept repeating "all the way to North Carolina" and he looked at me with a little concern in his face. As he did this, I diverted his attention to the task at hand asking him to eat his shrimp or take a sip of the wonderful wine that we were sharing.

After enjoying dinner, discussing what was happening in the world, and my dad inquiring several times where my mother was, we decided to go sit on the porch and end the evening by smoking his cigars on a cool Miami night.

I chose a 4-inch La Gloria Cubana and he had a 7-inch Romeo y Julieta. As we lit the cigars, I became present to the fact that I seldom made time for my dad or anybody else in the family. So I put my whole attention on my dad for the rest of the night.

I did not have to say anything. I just listened and answered all his questions. The conversation was simple and to the point. He observed and commented on all the Christmas angels, pillows, plates that my mother had placed throughout the room.

As he talked and observed, I would notice his eyes and the way he enjoyed his cigar. I pointed out to him how present he was to the moment and how he was enjoying himself. He told me that was the only thing that mattered because he had a hard time remembering.

He also noticed how my cigar was burning faster than his. I let him know that my cigar was 3 inches smaller but proportionally we had smoked the same. He said it made sense and since he had a bigger cigar he would end up smoking a little longer than me.

Then he heard far away sirens and said "there goes an ambulance." I realized that he was being present to all the sounds and objects around him, but no interior thoughts.

Then as we finished the cigars, I became present to his greatness and felt that I was talking to an enlightened being. I sensed that he was in a state of quietness and fulfillment of everything he had experienced in his life.

Here I was for the first time really experiencing my father, while he was enjoying himself with what he loved to do. So I asked him, is there anything better than this? He simply said "no, it's just life."

Then he looked at me, took his last sip of wine and holding his cigar he continued … "life is very simple it comes to you and you have to be ready to live it and I am living it."

I just closed my eyes and experienced the joy of being aware and present to this moment and the feeling of being ok with 57 years of missed opportunities with my father, because this experience was the best Christmas present ever.

12-0708 - Stand by Me Power

2008-12-07T14:29:00.000-08:00

As you enjoy your Holdidays notice how you stand for your beliefs, family and friends.

The following video was sent to me by a friend and fellow coach Juan Esteban. It's a video created by someone with a huge passion to show another, more positive side of our world and humanity through the power of music.

This guy had nothing more than an idea, frequent flyer miles & battery operated equipment.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_ma2h0idk

11-23-08 - Thanksgiving Power

2008-11-24T06:46:00.000-08:00

To family, friends, clients and coaches in the world...thank you for being in our lives!!!

This week enjoy your Peace, Joy & Family and give thanks ...

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Thanks Again!

Holly, Ale, Vicky and Roberto

11-09-08 - Light Power

2008-11-09T05:06:00.000-08:00

Notice how much light or spiritual illumination is showing up in your world this week. Did it show up last week for you? Look inside and notice how you are feeling. Keep connecting to light and flow!!!

10/26/08 - Poise Power

2008-10-27T03:15:00.001-07:00

Be yourself. Don't be thrown off by events whether good or bad. Notice how poised you are this week.

10/12/08 - Chi Flow Power

2008-10-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

This past week I participated in a Tai Chi seminar with Chen Xiao Wang, one of China's Great Masters and a direct descendant of the legendary creator of Tai Chi, General Chen Wangting.

He supported me in having proper alignment and correct posture in Standing Meditation as a way to experience more chi flow. The increase chi flow throughout my body provided me with more clarity, power and ease in practicing my Tai Chi forms.

Let me know how you are feeling. Notice if your chi is flowing and be aware of the increased clarity and power.

10/05/08 - Ever-awake Power

2008-10-06T03:08:00.000-07:00

What does Ever-awake power mean to you? Are you aware of each moment of your life? Are you being deliberate in all the actions that you take? This week be aware of the good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly...

09/15/08 - BlackBerry Power

2008-09-16T11:13:00.000-07:00

Notice this week the power that your phone or PDA has. Do you control the phone or does it control you? Then ask the same question with your thoughts. Do you control your thoughts or do they control you?

BizChampions Weekly Intentions

2008-09-16T11:03:00.001-07:00

BizChampions provides this blog to post weekly intentions for its members and players.