I had interesting insight in the last few weeks around taking advice. I am in full agreement with Tony Robbins who says the core mission of empowering clients is getting them to take action. You can give clients the absolute right information for them but will they do something about it? Tony and I both see that the clients that translate advice
into behavior and action could be much much higher. Once in a while, in a session with clients, I will kid and say that I going to put up a big board in the office with three categories: one, the clients who do everything I suggest and get 100% results; two, the clients who do 50% of things I suggest and get 50% results; three, the clients who do nothing and stay in the grey zone or in a drift.
So here is my new thought: Taking the advice you will receive in your life and doing something with it, most of the time, is a win-win. For example: If you mention to someone you can't get your finances in order and they suggest you might go meet with a great financial adviser they know -- go do it -- it's half an hour of your time -- it doesn't mean you have to go with that adviser. This is a real story that happened with a wonderful couple I know -- it took them ten years to go finally meet with that financial adviser -- who knows how much money they lost waiting -- again there was no downside to getting more information. If a teacher or coach or counselor you have met with, advises something where there is no real downside -- just do it!
Of course, there is advise you will receive in your life where there is downside -- for example when I had cancer the head of radiation oncology at a major NY hospital said to me, "Greg, if you don't do something you will die." I didn't take his advise because the radiation would severely alter my quality of life and subsequently, not long after that a new radiation technology was finally used by the NY hospitals and it all worked out for me.
If your teacher, says, "I want to suggest you try this deep cellular memory work, it's about two hours" -- just go do it! There is no downside!
If you teacher says, "I want to encourage you to become a master at deep listening to your children and partner" --- just do it!
If your teacher says, "I think if you fully embrace the Invitation to Divinity it will help you get out of your head" --- JUST DO IT! THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE!
A Ho,
Gregory Drambour,
Magic Kingdom (Sedona) March 2016
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