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ONE MINUTE MOMENTS – YOU TUBE VIDEO’s

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in these one minute moments, i share with you my reflections, raw and unedited.  often, i  still need a shave and a brush of my hair.  i record purposely from a place of vulnerability.  the whole idea is to share not my perfection, but my imperfection.  it is my hope that in seeing me, you will say to yourself, i can do that too.  so often we wait to do something until the moment is perfect.  i have found perfect moments, they do exist.  but, to my joy, these perfect moments are only the present moment in which we live.

i encourage you today to do something imperfectly and share it with the world.  love imperfectly, work imperfectly, take risks and feel beautiful in your vulnerability.  and maybe, just maybe, you will  inspire another to be themselves, authentic and real, and beautifully imperfect.  we are amazing jus the way we are.  in fact, we are perfect!

here is the link to my one minute moments on you’ve.  enjoy and let me know what you think 🙂   http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMpDQivcZmLp3EUzvV3Gz8w

 

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP?

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ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP?

JOIN US NOW.  ENCINITAS,CA – A MONDAY NIGHT GROUP THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

 STARTING MONDAY,  MARCH 3, 2014   7– 9  EVERY MONDAY EVENING

$275 per person, per month

No matter how good our life is, we all feel an area of our life is not working.  That area is causing us pain.  This group will look openly and honestly at every aspect of your life. We will explore intimacy, sexuality, finances, health, friendships, work, family and spirituality and we will help each other heal.  We have all tried to change on our own, and yet here we are, facing the same situations once again. Are you ready to experience the transformation you want in an atmosphere of love and acceptance.   If you are tired of being stuck and are willing to TAKE THE NEXT STEP FORWARD, call or email us today.  Space is limited to the first 10 people.

Facilitators:

ANA ZAFFIRO has a Master’s Degree in Psychology and has been coaching
using the strategic intervention techniques made famous by Tony Robbins for years.

DANNY LEVIN for more info on Danny, please go to:  www.DanielBruceLevin.com

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FOR MORE INFO:  call ( 760 525 3300) or email (zenseidanny@me.com).

 

 

COMPANY CULTURE

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When the culture of a company is good, trust exists, people take risks and support each other when they fall. When the risks work, exceptional things happen and companies stand out amongst their peers.

In cultures that do not function well, tension exists, happiness does not, and people are scared to take chances. They exists at mediocre; employees live at normal (doing only what needs to be done, and rarely anything more.) They dislike coming to work, do not feel appreciated aand feel they are doing their job when they maintain the status quo.

In most cases where companies do not function well, they have  lost connection with their core values. Ask questions to find out why. Believe it or not, sometimes they just get caught up in their day to day situations, running so fast to keep up with things, they simply forget to live what they believe. These situations are relatively easy to fix. If you can help them slow down and remind them of what they believe, you will be able to help initiate ways to bring them bring those values back to their day to day operations.

If the core values no longer capture their essence of the company (i.e. Quality which used to be central to their belief system has now been replaced by a need for speed.  The company now believes it has to be the innovator and they are willing to sacrifice some quality to be the first in the field to market it), you must create a new set of core values that represent what they believe now.

When a company and it’s employees try to live by conflicting values, it is like the story they tell of a bus which gets stuck in a pothole.  The driver asks the passengers to get off the bus and push and is confused when after 5 minutes, there is no movement.  He gets off the bus to see why and is amazed to discover 1/2 of the people went to the front and were pushing backwards, while the other 1/2 went to the back and were pushing forwards.  The story is comical; but companies do this all the time.  1/2 of their energy goes in one direction while the other 1/2 goes in the other.    

You must not be afraid to take a stand, to make tough decisions that need to be made.  When a company and its employees share the same beliefs, there is no resistance. It is hard to change, but it is impossible to remain the same.

IS IT THE SUNRISE OR SUNSET OF YOUR LIFE

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Are you like me, do you tend to see life in broad strokes? Do you think what is happening in your life now, will always be? I have seen, in my few years of life, that the only constant in life is change. I know this. I know in my mind, what is now, will NOT be what is tomorrow. But knowing it in my head and living it in my day to day life is different. This “head-ucation” all sounds good, but until it is constantly applied, means nothing.

King Soloman used to wear a ring on his finger. It had 3 hebrew letters on it, that meant, “This too will pass.” He looked at it when situations in his life were good or bad, to remind him that life is ephemeral. Life changes.

The way we look at these changes in our life, colors everything? For instance, are you facing something right now in your life? Does it represent for you, a sunrise or a sunset? Do you see it as a beginning to a whole new life or is it an end to something you do not want to end, that makes you suffer? Does it inspire you or tire you? Whatever you are facing in this moment, good or bad, remember it will pass.

Tony Robbins has a great saying, “What if life was happening FOR you, rather than TO you?” I love this. One word changes the whole meaning. How could this simple change of thought change the way you see your life. When I remember that life is happening FOR me, it helps me. I look for the gift it is giving rather than feeling that I am a victim.

May our sunsets, be sunrises and may the clouds that hide the sun part, so that we can shine in the light.

WHY ?

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SO OFTEN, AS COMPANIES, WE FOCUS ON WHAT WE DO (WE RUN SPAS OR WHATEVER)
AND HOW WE DO IT (BY HIRING THE TOP PEOPLE IN OUR REGION AND USING THE BEST, MOST EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS)

BUT SIMON SINEK AUTHOR OF “START WITH WHY”
SUGGEST JUST THAT, START WITH WHY !!!!

WHY DO YOU DO WHAT WE DO? WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
HIS WORDS COULD BE MY VERY OWN.
SPENDING 20 YEARS IN A COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY,
I SAW THE POWER OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ALL BELIEVED IN THE SAME VALUES.
MIRACULOUS THINGS HAPPENED.
IN THE EARLY DAYS HOUSES WERE BUILT IN A DAY,
BECAUSE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WOULD SHOW UP TO HELP.

WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WE BELIEVE
AND WHY WE BELIEVE IT, WE ATTRACT OTHERS WHO BELIEVE SIMILAR IDEALS.
GREAT CHANGES HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE OF LIKE MIND COME TOGETHER

IN ALL OF CREATION,
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AND WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU.
I BELIEVE THAT MAKES YOU PRETTY DARN SPECIAL.
HOW ABOUT YOU? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
ITS IT TIME TO FIND YOUR TRIBE?
TO BUILD YOUR CORPORATE CULTURE

THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT…

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What do you think happened here?
Tell me the story that runs through your head when you see this picture.
Make it unbelievable, as ironic as you can
And I bet the real story will still make you laugh.
My friend, the person that was driving this car
Got so absorbed listening to her self help, motivational CD
That she didn’t even notice she was driving over the bank in the road.

Do you know people like this? Are you like this sometimes too?
Do you know in your head all the right things to do
But your actions are sometimes completely different?
I sure do this.

Maybe it is time to stop listening to motivational, self help CD’s
And start living them.
So we don’t drive over the bank
We just go there to deposit all that life is giving us.
Just saying . . . . . .

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR WHAT YOU SAY, IT MATTERS WHO YOU ARE!

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While shopping in the local natural foods market,
I saw Elliot, a guy I was in the monastery with for about 10 years.
I was delighted to see him and went up to him to say hello.
He left the monastery we were in and joined the official organization that represented the teacher we both had followed.
There was some bad blood between the two groups
and I noticed as we were speaking, I was starting to feel put down and judged.
He was talking down to me
And when I asked him why he was doing it,
He said because I know you, Danny.
And he went on to describe (not even accurately) the person that I was 20 years ago.
I said to him, Elliot over the course of 20 years, we all change.
You have no idea who I am now, because you have not even asked.

The conversation got more and more uncomfortable.
He was telling me that I left and was no longer meditating and that I was living a life that was of no value because the only value in this world is finding God.
And finally, I said to him, how do you know what I am doing now?
We have not seen each other in many, many years.
He continued to tell me who I was and why I was wrong to live the way I was living.
It felt like the conversation was not going anywhere,
so I said goodbye and went away.

As I drove home, I thought about it.
This brother had spent 40 years meditating, 40 years!
The result of those 40 years of meditation in the moment I saw him was:
judgement, arrogance, condescension, and pride of pedigree.
Where was the love that his guru had come here to teach?
Where was the kindness of heart?
I left feeling so sad for him.

40 years of meditation had left him like this, at least in the moment I was with him.
It made me realize . . . .
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR WHAT YOU SAY,
IT MATTERS WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU BECOME!

Let’s love each other more, judge each other less and be kind to all sentient beings.

HOTEL STAFF OR OHANA

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A story I was asked to write to brand a hotel,
The Andaz Maui @ Wailea Resort and Spa
created what I believe will become a new emerging trend,
a revolution in the hospitality and spa industry.
OHANA (Family), NOT STAFF.

Quietly, it happened
and then BAM, it happened again at the trainings.
The heart and soul of every person was touched.
A little book,
changed not only the lives of people,
but perhaps an industry, as well.
Big changes often happen without anyone even realizing.

I watched it happen.
A little change in thought
and hotel staff
who entered the room
left as family.

And yet,
as big as this impact of this story is,
it is the story they are writing now that will change history.

As the ancient Hawaiian proverb says:
“We are the descendants of our ancestors and the ancestors of our descendants.”

The actions our Ohana take today,
will write the story their descendants read tomorrow.
Time will tell their story as it will yours.

What story are you writing your descendants to tell of you?

YOUR BUSINESS IS A REFLECTION OF YOU

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It always surprises me when I see how a person presents themselves, how they dress, the style of their clothes, the manner in which they move and then how they present their business. Their is often a big disconnect. We are holistic in all that we do and when one thing is out of sync, the whole picture is distorted I often ask when I brand a person or a company would you ever present your person the way you present your business. Many times the answer is no. A perfect case in point is East….

East presents herself as a gorgeous stylish woman. She is hip and very current with trends. She is a naturopath and works with people in new modalities. when she came to me, i did not feel like her product was a reflection of who she is. You decide for yourself, this is what it looked like.

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It was cute but lacked the sophistication and refinement that she herself had and we think this is why sales into the spa industry were small. Here is what we have done so far:

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This is the look and feel we felt she and her product deserved. We gave her a new logo, a new bottle and a new identity. The product is the same fabulous product it has always been, but it completely different.
Soon she will have a new website as well.

How would it feel to like the way you look and be proud to show who you are to others. This is what we do,at DBL. It is why we call what we do, A Branding Experience.

THE FIRST STEP IS LIKING HOW YOU LOOK

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This is something I have battled with all my life.
As kind and gentle as I am with others, I find that I am very hard on myself. When I look into the same mirror I use to show others how beautiful they are, I see all my stuff. And then it struck me . . . . .
Our mirrors are covered up with the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and that is all we can see, and yet when I turn my mirror around, no one else sees my stories. All they look for are their own. My mirror does not know their stories, so it reflects back to them who they are, without the stories.
I think this is one of the reasons why my coaching is so effective. New eyes. New Strategies. New Interventions. Try today to see your life through another mirror. It might surprise you.
You might really like what you see!