This morning I intuited something extraordinary.
It combines insights I’ve learned with the latest business development to which I have become aware, as a result of practicing “surrender”.
Since 2003 I have taught Think and Grow Rich at the master’s level. That course of study came about as a result of “The Carnegie Vision”, where Andrew Carnegie, today regarded as the second richest person in modern history, commissioned Napoleon Hill to dedicate 20 years of his life to studying what the wealthy do that the masses do not, and organize “The Success Philosophy” into something anyone can follow, to become as wealthy as they desire.
Mr. Carnegie was known as the best “people picker”, meaning he found the most capable people to run each aspect of his companies.
In other words, he outsourced the work.
Are you doing the same thing with your business?
What other areas of your life would you benefit from outsourcing as well?
In my spiritual studies, there is an idea that when you truly want something important, for you to have it, you must want it as much as a person underwater struggling to reach the surface wants – needs – that next breath of air.
That means making that one thing your dominant focus.
Last night I asked myself in which areas have I made the greatest investment of time.
The answer identified how I’m able to quickly improve… everything:
1) My blog (“work stuff”, specifically my Coaching page)
2) Emails – NOT a wise use of more than 10 minutes/day!
3) Uploading files – this happens on its own; yet I like watching the progress and have *chosen* to keep going back to watch (uploading to a back-up storage facility)
4) Eating
5) Walking
6) The Spiritual Journey
If you’re doing the numbers and realize my walk is only 34 minutes or so when I’m home, you realize I’m not giving my spiritual growth – which IS the most important thing to me… in concept, or which I know truly matters the most… my greatest attention.
Thus the need to outsource – work, and email. And let the uploading go on its own. While eating, I can also “learn and grow and become a better person”, while not doing emails. While walking I can also do the spiritual “sadhanas” or practices. As well as throughout the day, with all the extra time I have, by outsourcing … as much of the rest as I can.
What I realized this morning had greater significance.
The idea of oursourcing is to have the work go on, automatically, without your conscious involvement or attention.
You could think of that as what we do without even thinking about it, through all the habits we establish.
For example my girlfriend has her routine every morning – Alarm awakens her; she gets her coffee; prepares her breakfast to eat on the way to work, etc. And before going to sleep at night, she has the coffee maker ready for the morning, her “work stuff” is ready for her to grab, etc.
She really has created as much of her life to run on “auto-pilot” as she can, so she doesn’t need to think about the small details and everything runs efficiently, on time.
You do that, too. Right?
Here’s the thing I’m not sure will make sense. You may consider it esoteric. I’m not asking you to accept it or even to resonate with it. Only to take what makes sense to you and use it to better your life, where it can.
With the spiritual work “I” am doing, the process works similarly.
It’s about removing the sense of doership, in alignment with dharma. The work is getting done. Except there’s no sense of doer as separate from the absolute. There is only “standing back and witnessing the doing”.
It hit me this morning how all these things, outsourcing one’s work, establishing habits so daily activities are done almost without thinking, letting the dharma or one’s mission or life purpose unfold in the highest and best way for all concerned…
That’s all similar to what happens within your body.
Breathing takes place on its own. You don’t need to think about it.
Same with your heart beating, blood flowing, food digesting.
Maybe I’m really talking about what has been called “systems thinking”, where we design the systems that run our lives most effectively with the least amount of involvement.
The point is for me to free as much time and energy for what matters most to me.
And to suggest you do the same thing with your life, so you have time to do what matters most to you.
How does that inspire you?
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Thanks!
Joyfully,
Dan 🙂
Dan Klatt,
“Make A Difference Man”Personal Growth Cafe Founder
…Your “Executive Life Consultant”
