The WakeUp Call Newsletter
The Voice of the WakeUp Revolution!
October 2006 Issue

Welcome to the October issue of The WakeUp Call - The Voice of the WakeUp Revolution!

This month we talk about how it's important to get back in touch with our dreams, desires and goals and SHARE them...make them alive in the world...because once they live outside your own head and 'out there', the universe will give you what you need!

Peace, possibility and abundance,
- Mike

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Overheard In the WakeUp Room... Blog Digest for October 2006

• Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Worse -A painful (and I mean painful) quip about some poor nut...

• Why Friday the 13th is a Great Day!

Click HERE to visit the blog!

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FEATURED STORY

Do You See The Signs?

What is your deepest desire? Your dream?
 
Have you lost touch with it? Because it's there. It's in each of us. You knew it when you were a kid. You probably had a few. Life was full of endless possibilities! Ask a kid what he wants to be when he grows up and you will most likely get several answers...life is an unwritten book for them.

What about now? What do you want to be when you grow up? Is it really any different? Maybe not as much as you might think. We just have so many "reasons" and limitations that we impose on ourselves. Some are financial ("How can I make money doing something different than what I know?" ) some are fear-based, ("What if I fail", "What if I succeed?", "Who will I disappoint?")

So many times we SQUASH our own thinking and our own dreams before we even allow them to breathe. We dismiss our thoughts and ideas as "silly", or "unrealistic", or "too hard" or even "impossible". And worst of all...we keep them to ourselves!

It's Aliiive!

I believe that when we explicitly declare something, it makes it 'alive in the world' and, once alive, events occur that support your declaration. Have you ever shared a thought of something with someone else - you know, put it out there - and all of the sudden strange coincidences started showing up around you? This happens to my clients all the time! As soon as they declare something out loud, to the universe, things start to happen. People and 'things' just start showing up.

My 'rock star' client (she really is a star and she definitely rocks!), let's call her Lee, had a gig coming up and her guitarist bailed on her. She could've easily cancelled her appearance or have gotten totally stressed out. Instead, she became unstoppable and "put it out there" that she needed a guitarist and a videographer for the event. She was also bummed that her family couldn't be there as they lived close by, but had no way of getting to the show. So she just stated exactly what she needed and kept at it. Well, she got a guitarist last minute who just happened to be available that one night (I heard he was awesome), the promoter of the show ended up finding a videographer, and that videographer just happened to live in the same town as her family so he gave them a ride to the show! POOF!

Is this the universe responding to us? As Paulo Coelho states in his inspiring book, The Alchemist, "When you are following your own personal legend, the whole world conspires to help you."

Or is it that once we are attuned to what we need or want, we see things that we didn't or couldn't see before? A few months back, my wife and I were recalling a movie called, "Awakenings" with Robert Deniro and Robin Williams. In the movie, the people in the institute had a temporary hiatus from their terrible disorder but because they couldn't continue their 'treatment', they ended up going back to their unaware states. We were discussing the parallels from a coaching perspective, of how we, too, must continually feed a new awareness or it dies. How we revert back to our previous state. We thought it was a great analogy and I made a note to rent the movie and watch it for some coaching insights.

The very next morning, I'm walking in NYC and right in front of me is a man wearing a jacket that has "Awakenings" across the back. The movie came out years ago! Yet here he was wearing the movie jacket the day after we had just spoken about it for the first time - and he just happened to be standing in a place where our paths would cross that very next day. Was he always there and I only now just noticed him? Was the universe giving me a nudge to remember to rent that movie? Was there something for me to learn?

What's Your Message?

Sometimes the signs may be an affirmation, further encouraging you to pursue the dream you've brought to life. Or they may be an enabler, bringing you just what you needed at the moment you needed it.
 
How about you?
 
What is it time for you to put out to the world? What are you being a little hesitant about declaring because you know it would make it too real or it might actually put you on the hook for it?

Look around. Really look. What are the signs you have been missing?
 
What is it time for you to see?

 Your assignment should you choose to accept it:

1. Think about something you've wanted for a long time but were afraid to talk about. It could be a dream you want realized, an immediate need you have, anything.

2. Share this thought authentically with 3 different people. This may take a little courage.

3. Write down the outcomes of each of those conversations. What possibilities were created? What new ideas emerged? How did you feel afterwards (More confident? Foolish?)

4. Keep your eyes open. Look for signs, opportunities and possibilities. Real magic may occur now but you need to be awake to see it.

5. Share what amazing things happened since you shared your thoughts and brought your dream to life. Your shared story might be exactly what someone else needs to hear to have the courage to share their own. So be generous with us.

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Tenets of the WakeUp Revolution:

It's realizing that life is a gift,
and every single day counts!

It's looking forward and saying 'what now,
' not looking back saying 'I wish I had'!

It's designing your life the way you want it to be,
so life doesn't just 'happen' to you!

It's believing in the possibility of your desired life,
not a life of compromises!

It's remembering what's really important,
so you can slow down and breathe again!

It's having courage to take small steps now,
instead of watching days slip past!

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