Fast forward to several days later… There I was piling groceries into my car, when my girlfriend called me and said, “Guess what happened to me?” She proceeded to tell me that night after our lunch she hosted a small social gathering with her friends in her backyard. While they were having fun out the back someone smashed through the front door, rummaged through handbags and stole some purses before running off into the night. When this was discovered the alarm was raised and the police called in (lots of policing happening that night). The following morning forensics (the word I saw) turned up to investigate (investigations) further.

When I’m not working, I’m basically switched off, this incident however highlighted to me the importance of noticing messages my intuition is sending me, irrespective of whether I’m working or not. My intuition was giving me information but I wasn’t paying attention to it - it was my day off!!

Intuition is a powerful tool and we all have it. We receive information all the time and sometimes we dismiss it or fail to act on it. Have you ever experienced a time where you ignored your intuition and later regretted it? I can tell you it doesn’t happen to  me very often but it has on the odd occasion such as the other night. In the past when I failed to act on my intuition it cost me both financially and emotionally.

Learn to trust your intuition, take notice of when you’ve acted on it and it’s helped you. Remember the feeling associated with your experience of  following your intuition so you’ll know how to follow it next time. Also take notice of what happens when you don’t follow your instinct. Does it or has it cost you time, money, effort and emotionally?

I’d be very interested to hear if you’ve had similar experiences and how you now use your intuition

Good luck with it

The first two days are planning days which is always exciting for me, and then it’s my intention to catch up with friends and see clients - love it!

Have a great Sunday, well what’s left of it

Mostly we don’t notice opportunities until it’s too late because let’s face it, we’re rushing around and busy doing life or so focused on what’s ahead that we’re not noticing what’s travelling beside us. However once we begin to more consciously watch out for these possibilities, and potentially, productive opportunities… voila … there they are!

Thoughts are energy - so whatever thoughts you send out you’ll receive similar in return - consciously or unconsciously (note: be aware of what you are thinking). This means that if you set your mind and intention for opportunities, you’ll begin to notice them.  When I set an intention I know my unconscious mind will search for, and find it for me.

An example of how energy input/output works is my little story about when I was driving along a busy motorway minding my own business. As I looked in the rearview mirror I noticed a fast car coming up behind me until we were only a very small bumper bar apart (VERY close). I noticed the driver wanted me to go faster (you couldn’t NOT notice, and if you didn’t you should be home in bed), I also noticed cars either side of me so was unable to change lanes. I now had a few choices, either I became as aggressive as him, showed him the bird, slowed down (which NOT recommended and highly dangerous) and annoyed him even more, or started speeding. 

There was one choice I wanted to take and that was…..

As I said earlier, thoughts are energy and what you put out you’ll receive back (think input/output). What I did there and then was to immediately centre myself and go into my heart centre (my happy place!) - btw this all happened in a nanosecond in case you were wondering. Anyway, I started to pump OUT the love vibes all around me aimed mostly at the cranky one behind me. Once I did this, and checked in the rearview mirror, I noticed the car had dropped back approximately 20 metres. This happens to me everytime someone starts to tailgate me…and no, I don’t drive like Miss Daisy . This is simply a real life example of what happens when you consciously set an intention.

Then there was the time I told a group of truckies this story; but that’s another story in itself

Good luck with hardwiring your mind for opportunities - they’re everywhere

Anyway I had an hour and bit to spare before an appointment so turned my attention to what was going on around me. For starters it was lunchtime so it pretty manic and crowded, man was it crowded! Although it was busy with people walking, rushing and eating on the run, I began to divide the throng into generation categories.  I noticed an abundance of Gen Y’s and X’s, dressed in their immaculate suits, then followed by hurrying Baby Boomers. There weren’t as many Gen Z’s in town at this time but maybe I wasn’t noticing them. Maybe they weren’t in suits and instead in colourful clothing of which there were many.

This had me thinking about the workplace of the lunch-crowd people. Was there a mix of generations in the workplace and did their generational values clash? Did everyone get along and understand each other? A quick Google search for cultural training in Brisbane revealed 246,000 results and generational training revealed 120,000 results. Now this is only my humble opinion but I believe all workplaces should be aware of the values and beliefs of different generations. This is to better understand where individuals (workmates) are coming from and goes a long way toward building rapport.  

The dates of the different generations seem to differ depending on what you read and appears to be open for debate. Having said that I found the following:

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  • Baby Boomers (1946-1964) for example may be more diligent on the job and prefer job stability,
  • Generation Xers (1965-1981) tend to be more independent, self-motivated and self-efficient,
  • Generation Y/Millennials/ Generation Tech (1981-2002) may be described as special, sheltered, confident, team-oriented and achieving. 
  • According to Hugh McKay, a writer, social researcher and psychologist, Baby Boomers (especially 1946–55) are now heavily into nostalgia, seem to think of themselves as stressed, are acutely aware of their anxieties and often ask themselves ‘Why does it all have to be so hard?’.  The next generation knows the reality of multiculturalism, want to protect the environment, live easily with technology and for them, a republic is inevitable.

I’m a baby boomer and in my day once we left home we only ever returned for visits.  These days children seem to have an invisible homing device imbedded in their brains. They leave home, return, leave home, and return. I suggest making it easier for your children by getting rid of your standard front door and instead, install a revolving door - you then won’t have to get up to answer the door.  

Years ago I remember overhearing a couple of older generation people (Traditionalists 1927 - 1945) denigrading the youth of today “The  youth of today…What would they know?!”  What I do know about some of the youth today is that the many I’ve come across have at least two jobs going as well as attend university. In  my mind that’s pretty committed.  In my day I was too busy with one job and having a good time to worry too much about all that ’serious’ stuff…but then that was me.
 
What about ‘in your day’?  What was it like for you?  Who did you work with and do you still work with them?  Do you notice a ‘generation gap’ and does this generation gap create conflict – your values versus theirs or does it somehow create a balanced environment?  Do you notice a generation gap within your social/family system and is there an acceptance of each others’ values and beliefs? 

The sci-fi movie Deep Impact (1998) highlights the generation gap nicely I think. Briefly, there’s an asteriod heading towards Earth and it’s a race against time to save humanity. The space crew selected to save the planet consists of several young, beautiful astronauts as well as an older generation astronaut, played by Robert Duval. Duval was a hero of a time past and was one of the first to land on the moon. He’s a very experienced astronaut with strong leadership ability.  The younger astronauts initially made fun of him behind his back because he wasn’t up to it and decided that all he wanted was publicity.  Just in case you haven’t seen it, it would spoil things for you if I tell you what happens in then so you’ll have to watch the movie. It did become a team effort but guess who lead the mission to success and save the planet?

With each generation there are always exceptions to the norm.  Whilst doing my research I concluded that I was a little bit Traditionalist (work hard and you’ll be noticed), a little bit Baby Boomer (technically challenged – could be an excuse but it’s a good one), a little bit Generation X (personal satisfaction), a little bit Generation Y (need to know my work is meaningful) and a teeny bit like Generation Z (can’t live without my Blackberry…sorry), and a little bit rock and roll.

Imagine having a dinner party with Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, John Howard, Angelina Jolie, Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber. You’d either be having pretty incredible conversations or none at all because no-one would understand the other

“Once upon a time there was a small township with floodwaters rising dangerously due to the teeming rain.

A devout man  managed to climb upon the roof of  a building clinging desperately to the chimney, waters rising below him.  Presently someone in a canoe came along and said “Let me help you”. 

The drowning man said “No. I have no need of you. God will save me”.

Shortly an emergency rescue boat saw him and offered to take him onboard but he refused to go. “God will save me”, he said.

As he was gulping water and calling for God a helicopter hovered above him and offered to rescue him.

“No, no”, he said, “God will save me!”.

Eventually he drowned.

Upon arriving at the pearly gates he said to God. “I have prayed to you all my life.  Why didn’t you save me?!”

God said, “Have you any idea how much organizing I did to get that canoe, boat and helicopter there to pick you up?!!!”
Author unknown.

Opportunities are all around us, and all it usually takes is to be more consciously aware they exist. Opportunities come in all shapes and sizes, from BIG to small; sometimes they hang around for awhile, and other times they come in so fast you blink and they’ve gone.

Opportunities are also at times, hidden, so if you’ve landed a job which you didn’t really want but had to take, start noticing what opportunities you can follow in your workplace.

If you haven’t already done so, it might now be a good time to switch on your internal ‘opportunity searchlight’ and notice what you notice.

Good luck

I have many years experience as an intuitive (I was actually born a psychic medium though not proactive in promoting this more), and also many years as a desk jockey, which happens to include military service.

Intuitive business consulting is part of my overall business structure (I’m also a certified NLP coach, writer and psychometrist/psychic/medium). Simply put, I walk in both worlds - the business world and the alternative, and believe this to be the perfect blend in providing help to my clients, hence my title.

When I’m consulting I tap into what I call the higher mind or energy; mine and theirs, and I intuit possible outcomes, potentials, and other possibilities. Before I go on I must mention possible outcomes here. As you’re probably aware, we have free will and choice so if there’s something you disagree with and do another way, or you decide to totally change course altogether, that’s great! Now there would be a high probability that things  turn out differently. It’s a bit like feedback, take what you serves you best right now and plan the rest around it.

My aim is empower the client so the sessions are proactive, I provide the knowledge of what is possible, check if current strategies need adjusting, etc, and open doors for them.

In a nutshell, what I do is I open doors. I open doors to potentials and possibilities.

I think I’ve covered the main points and if you’d like more information, please send me an email using the Contact Us form at the bottom of the webpage.

Wishing you an abundance of all that’s good and wonderful