Resolving Trauma Without Drama

The Four Energies: Finding your life/career direction and the fuel to follow itBill OHanlon, M.S.Bill@billohanlon.comwww.billohanlon.com1The Four Energies1BLISSED2The Four EnergiesFOLLOW YOUR BLISS3Steve JobsYouve 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.4Source: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, New York: Harper, 1990.FlowFocused concentrationAbsorptionFeeling strong and alertEffortless controlUnselfconsciousAt the peak of ones abilitiesSense of time disappears or stretches outTranscendenceMindfulness/present moment focus5Blissed Hope Davis

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6The Four Energies1BLESSED7BlessedReceiving a benediction from someone that releases energy in a certain direction or inspires you8Gillian Lynne9Blessed 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)10Finding/identifying angels, mentors and modelsWho 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?11THE POWER OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONSFrom Follow Your Bliss to Follow Your Blisters12USING DISSED AND PISSEDThe key to transforming negative emotions and energy is to turn them into life directions and contributions13DISSED1Wounded14Dissed/WoundedVocal coachPatsy Rodenberg15Dissed/WoundedHorror writerStephen King16DISSED2Cursed17Dissed/CursedYoure not smart enough18DISSED3Disrespected19DissedRock music and movie criticKen Tucker20Dissed to Creativity, Contribution or CareerWhere 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?21PISSED4Angry22Andrew Vachss

Pissed OffWhen 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 Peters24PISSED2Righteously Indignant25PISSED3Critical/Dissatisfied26Martha GrahamThere 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.27Bill OHanlons infoWebsites:http://www.BillOhanlon.comhttp://www.PublishingaBook.comhttp://www.PaidPublicSpeaker.comhttp://www.GetOverTrauma.com

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