My values are my business

I believe that writing these essays is a long affirmation, a way of creating a world with values, imagination, & free attention. At times:

  • It is a questioning process-Who R U?

  • It’s another way of looking at life.

  • It’s a way to remember to remember to remember.

With this essay I wish to create our values as our business.

There are at least three ways to hear & feel my title statement depending on your intent, your vocal emphasis, & your point of view (POV).

My VALUES are MY business! 

This ego driven version states what I values are my business & none of yours.

Stay out of my business.  I’m not sharing values. The attitude & attention is fixed!

My values are my business? 

This is the questioning approach. Are my values reflected in my business? It’s a time to take an inventory of my values & my business.

Am I playing win/win? My attention is free & my attitude is in ‘that’s interesting’ mode.

My Values are my BUSINESS. 

What I value is what & how I run my business & my life. I am willing to share my values to enrich the world. My values sustain & enrich my life & all those I contact. I like this one.

Three values that reflect my life & business are:

  • HONESTY

  • FLEXIBILITY in communication, that right & wrong are on a continuum and the more flexible our communication the more we understand each other.

    There is no right or wrong, just feedback, and increased listening skills.

  • Because I present with the Law of Three, I value CHOICE.

    Yes, no or maybe.  I value the world as not black or white, but often something different.

    The value is in knowing there is always a choice. Sometimes choices may not be hard facts, nouns, but verbs of attitude.

I believe I am creating a world of values, one essay, one sentence, one word at a time.

Noun or Verb, It’s Your Choice

One of the tenets of Church of Attention is that attention is a verb, not a noun. Attention is an action, not a fixed object-person place or thing.

Attention is flexible, fluid; it teams well with other verbs & disappears when thought of as a noun.

Attention can be interesting & curious. Maybe anything that isn’t interesting has no attention to it.

Attention can be inspiring, informative & motivational.  Maybe that which is not inspiring has no attention to it.

Attention can be caring & healing. Maybe what is not caring or healing is missing attention.

Attention can be the carrier of change.  What does not change, what is fixed, has attention stuck, glued and limited.

Attention is also on a gradient, a continuum from mindless, mechanical sleep walking, merely breathing attention, a form of habits that stretches to a conscious, creative, awareness of designed & deliberate action aimed with intent toward purpose, goal or desired outcome.

Then there are the big QUESTIONS.

  • How can I get to the conscious, aware end of the spectrum?

  • How can I stay there?

  • What are the ten tricks to staying present?

  • Do you know the five secrets to waking up?

  • Have you found the three methods of keeping love alive?

  • Do you know the two types of people in the world or do you know better?

  • What is the one word of wisdom to pass on to your next of kin?

  • What is the one word you want to eliminate from your private speaking?

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One thing I know is that they are not nouns.  It’s fun to ask, "How do you do it?"