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The Four Energies: Finding your life/career direction and the fuel to follow it Bill OHanlon, M.S. Bill@billohanlon.com www.billohanlon.com

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The Four Energies 1 BLISSED

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The Four Energies FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

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Steve Jobs Youve got to find what you love. And that is true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet, keep looking. Dont settle. As with all matters of the heart, youll know it when you find it. Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someones life. Dont be trapped by dogmawhich is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

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Source: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, New York: Harper, 1990. Flow Focused concentration Absorption Feeling strong and alert Effortless control Unselfconscious At the peak of ones abilities Sense of time disappears or stretches out Transcendence Mindfulness/present moment focus

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The Four Energies 1 BLESSED

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Blessed Receiving a benediction from someone that releases energy in a certain direction or inspires you

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Gillian Lynne

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Blessed People who believed in you, encouraged you or told you you were good at something or could do something Talents, developed or natural, that you have Incidents of good luck (being in the right place at the right time-and taking advantage of that luck)

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Finding/identifying angels, mentors and models Who has taken a special interest in you and encouraged you? Who believes or believed in you? Who has been/is your mentor? Who have been your inspirational models? Who has blessed you? Who has been your angel?

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THE POWER OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS From Follow Your Bliss to Follow Your Blisters

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USING DISSED AND PISSED The key to transforming negative emotions and energy is to turn them into life directions and contributions

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DISSED 1 Wounded

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Dissed/Wounded Vocal coach Patsy Rodenbe rg

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Dissed/Wounded Horror writer Stephen King

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DISSED 2 Cursed

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Dissed/Cursed Youre not smart enough

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DISSED 3 Disrespected

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Dissed Rock music and movie critic Ken Tucker

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Dissed to Creativity, Contribution or Career Where have you been wounded? Where or about what have you been cursed? How can you turn this wound or disrespect or curse into a blessing or contribution? How could this wound, curse, or disrespect fuel your creativity or career?

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PISSED 4 Angry

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Andrew Vachss

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Pissed Off When I wrote [In Search of Excellence], I wasnt trying to fire a shot to signal a revolution. But I did have an agenda. My agenda was this: I was genuinely, deeply, sincerely, and passionately pissed off! So whats the point? Just this: Nearly 100% of innovationfrom business to politicsis inspired not by market analysis but by people who are supremely pissed off by the way things are. Tom Peters

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PISSED 2 Righteously Indignant

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PISSED 3 Critical/Dissati sfied

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Martha Graham There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into actionand because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly.

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Bill OHanlons info Websites: http://www.BillOhanlon.com http://www.PublishingaBook.com http://www.PaidPublicSpeaker.com http://www.GetOverTrauma.com Email: Bill@billohanlon.com

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Bill OHanlon, M.S., LMFT Possibilities 223 N. Guadalupe #278 Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA Bill@BillOHanlon.com www.BillOHanlon.com