Sometimes as we look for new opportunities, we look in the same places we usually do - and look for just a slight expansion of what we already have. Consider 'looking' for possibilities and potential with expanded awareness. Using only your 5 physical senses is like seeing in black and white. When you expand your perceptions and use your non-physical senses - your intuition - it's like seeing in Technicolor.
With as quickly as life, and especially the business world, is changing, we don't always have time to gather all the data before a decision is expected or needed - especially when a new opportunity arises. Allow your intuition to provide additional data to help you make wise choices and decisions with confidence. Sandra Yancey, Founder and Owner of eWomenNetwork says the following about how she uses intuition in business: "...Intuition is that final set of data...something you need to check against...it often serves me well...it's a great checkpoint...you have that added boost of confidence..."
By allowing yourself to relax into expanded awareness, you might find that you hear something just outside you consciousness awareness that connects the dots to something you've been searching for. A great time for this type of relaxed super-awareness is when you first wake up in the morning, and before you get out of bed. Allowing yourself to float in that relaxed awareness state can often provide insights that are just outside your fully conscious awareness.
Intuition doesn't usually give us answers we expect. That's part of the beauty of it. An element of being open to intuition is being receptive to what I call the three P's - new Perspectives, unlimited Possibilities and pure Potential.
Below are a few additional ways of opening to new perspectives, unlimited possibilities and pure potential:
Set your energy theme for the day that supports what you desire to create. As you shower in the morning, let the water wash away any limitations or concerns and help you focus on what it is you desire to create for the day. What is the optimal energy that will help you realize your creation? Is it focus, creativity, collaboration, or ...? Imagine the shower water represents that energy you have selected and as it flows over you, imagine that particular energy flowing through you. Throughout the day, bring that energy you selected to your conscious awareness and let it continue to flow through you.
Watch for synchronicities
· Sometimes the people you least expect to be valuable connections turn out to become your colleagues or friends. Pay particular attention to the people you are drawn to. If a business card is offered, put a mark on their business card or discreetly put a little bend on a corner so you remember there was something special about that connection and can follow up accordingly.
· If you run across the same person repeatedly, there is probably a reason. Create some fun by getting to know the person and figuring out the reason you keep crossing each other's paths.
· If you are particularly drawn to someone, whether it's a sparkle in their eye, you are attracted to what they are wearing, or even though you've never met them before it feels like you know them - strike up a conversation and see if it turns into a connection
· It's OK to have goals as long as you are also open to whatever unfolds.
Here's to new perspectives, unlimited possibilities and pure potential!