How Gracious are You?

by Jan Janzen

It´s easy to be in a good mood when things are going well. It´s natural to be polite when people are polite to you. And it´s a piece of cake to live from spiritual principles when you´re “in the zone”.

I also know that there are times when I am what I call “consciously unconscious” and I don´t give a damn. Those are the times when I know I am being stubborn, selfish, judgmental and even though I know it; I´m not open to changing. It´s those times when I realize how far I still have to go in my own spiritual development. Perhaps you know only too intimately what I am talking about.

It´s why I continue to admire the people here in Guatemala. The only word that even comes close to describing them is gracious. I have never described any culture as gracious but it seems the most appropriate in describing these absolutely beautiful people.

Do You Have Any Moment Happening?

This is timely. Jan Janzen's article here mirror's and strenghtens my own Without Action, Law of Attraction Has No Traction.

"Do You Have Any Movement Happening?"

by Jan Janzen



It was a still night last night with hardly a breeze. I had the window wide open, nothing on and the fan on low. And I was hot! After an uncomfortable hour or two of tossing and turning trying to fall asleep I realized that I simply needed to turn the fan on higher. There needed to be more movement!

One little notch on the switch and I now had a marvelous breeze. Up came the sheet and comforter and I was asleep in moments. Such a simple solution to the problem.

Life is a lot like that. People often book a personal healing session with me because they´re stuck. There´s no movement in their life and they are frustrated, tossing and turning, hot and bothered with no resolution in sight.

Movement in life is an interesting thing. Sometimes it can feel painfully slow, pathetically inadequate and even in the wrong direction.

However, something I heard at the workshop I attended in San Diego was that the Universe cannot course correct if we aren´t moving. A plane that stays on the runway goes nowhere. It is actually said that a plane is rarely on course but it still lands where it needs to.

So if you aren´t moving because you don´t know the exact destination, what the weather is going to be like along the way or every detail of the trip, then the Universe cannot support the journey. You have to get off the ground and start moving.

Why don´t we move? Some are control freaks. Yes, some of you need to know everything before you will take action. If I´m talking about you, say yes. Others don´t know what to do, so doing nothing seems like the best course. Consequently, you are the ones stuck on the ground. Maybe you´re afraid that you´ll make a wrong decision or take a wrong turn.

Something else I learned this year is that the Universe loves speed. The entire Universe is one of action. And if we want to be part of the movement, we need to move.

I still vividly remember last December. I had just resigned as president of the network marketing company. I was exhausted and confused as to what to do next. So after a reasonable amount of rest, I just started to take some courses, to dip my toes in the water and to test the waters in a variety of fields. Interestingly as the year progressed, it was a fabulous time of tremendous movement that didn't always look like I thought it would.

What I have discovered is that movement is a series of small steps. Sometimes there are the large leaps of faith but mostly it´s about little things we do in our lives, one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. Is it always exciting or glamorous? No! Do we always have something to “show” for the effort? No! But it is movement. And movement is what creates our amazing lives.

Last night I simply turned the fan up a notch and found immediate relief. Can you turn your life up a notch? I bet you can. And with that movement, constant, steady and even uncertain at times, 2010 will be your most amazing year.

Happy holidays to all of you and the best of the new year!



Jan Janzen is a non-denominational minister, healer and business coach. She is the author of two books and 8 CDs for the spiritual entrepreneur. To receive Jan's complimentary ebook: 10 Secrets to Living the Life of Your Dreams, visit http://www.janjanzendaily.com/

What's Holding You Back From Your Dreams?

By Jan Janzen


Peggy is 3 foot 8 inches tall. As she got on stage at the RISE conference, I just knew that this woman was going to inspire me and I wasn´t disappointed. Her oldest sibling had also been a dwarf but her parents were reassured by the doctors that it wouldn´t happen again. The next two children were of normal stature and then along came Peggy. The doctors had been wrong.


Peggy´s interview was funny and insightful, provocative and inspiring. Later as I spoke with Peggy on a couple of occasions, I fell in love with her spunk and determination to make her impact on the world.


She wasn´t going to let her size, the stigmatism of her stature and ignorance of others stop her in any way, shape or form. Today as an internationally renowned motivational speaker, Peggy has a positive influence on everyone she meets. Every woman I spoke with at the conference had been deeply touched by Peggy.


Peggy shook me up as I realized that as much as I am “out there” living my dream, I am still holding part of me back. I bet you are too. I realized there was a safety buffer I had established psychologically that was in place to protect me and keep me safe. After struggling financially, emotionally and in my career years ago, I was now making sure that any challenges were averted and carefully avoided. I have to say, it didn´t feel particularly good as I realized what I had been doing but it was a great wake-up call.


Anybody I spoke to at length that weekend felt my turmoil as I experienced my own version of what I call Divine Discontent. At the same time, I knew that my life would never be the same. A barrier had been exposed and was in the process of crumbling. A belief I had set up to keep me safe was now outdated and actually limiting.


Are you too staying safe to a fault, protecting yourself from the challenges, issues, and risks of playing life full on? You see, it´s easy to find all the reasons why you can´t live your dream. It´s easy to be complacent, apathetic and distracted. It´s easy to talk about a dream with a sense of longing and at the same time, with a detachment that doesn´t allow it to really get into the fibre of your life and cause change. And these days, it´s certainly easy to let the everyday issues of life push dreams into the deepest recesses of our souls.


But I know that isn´t where my readers want to be. I´ve heard from enough of you over the years to know that the vast majority of you yearn for a life that is contributing, that is more than average, and that is meaningful, passionate and on purpose. You´re not ordinary folks and that is a good thing. The world needs extra-ordinary people who are willing to step up to the plate, look at the challenges and then still move ahead fearlessly.


How can you do that? If you didn´t listen to the teleclass I did last month on Creating Your Amazing Life: 5 simple ways to have more money, less stress and more fun in your life, then register to get it now. Listen to it, take notes and apply the suggestions. I am getting excellent reviews in from people who took action after that teleclass.


Bring your dream up to the front burner of your life and turn it on high. Do something to fuel that dream by talking about it, writing about it, reading about it and getting attached to the dream emotionally. I asked the question in the teleclass: On your deathbed, what will you regret not doing that you can do now?


There are lots of inspirational people like Peggy around the world. Find one or two that inspires you and allow yourself to be inspired. Remove the safety latch, take down the barriers in your mind to living your dream and let´s follow the path of the leaders who are living their dream.


There´s plenty of room for us all.


Go Make It An Amazing Day!





Jan Janzen is a non-denominational minister, healer and business coach. She is the author of two books and 10 CDs for the spiritual entrepreneur. To receive Jan's complimentary ebook: 10 Secrets to Living the Life of Your Dreams, visit www.janjanzendaily.com

The Secret to Creating Your Amazing Life

By Jan Janzen




Creating Your Amazing Life is really nothing more than a step by step formula



to success. However, very few people seem to follow the system for manifesting

what they really want in their life. Why is this so elusive and evasive for the vast

majority of people?







These are the questions and the answers that will be discussed in the upcoming

issues of Creating Your Amazing Life newsletter.



But today I want to give you a very important secret to creating your own

amazing life.



It´s going to sound really simple when I saw it and you may even smack yourself

in the forehead and say, “of course, duh!” But don´t be too hard on yourself

because most people never really get this. And it´s a shame, because it is the

foundational secret to creating a most amazing life.



So take a deep breath in and out and then read the next paragraph because this

one secret can change your life dramatically.



Are you ready? The number one secret to creating your amazing life is to know

what an amazing life looks like for you.



Isn´t that simple but profound?



Let´s imagine you go into a restaurant and sit down with the menu. You notice

the chicken and pasta dish and that sounds pretty good, but so does the salmon

with wild rice. Then again, the special for the night of tenderloin steak with

cognac mushrooms sounds heavenly. Have you ever noticed how much you can

waffle over a silly dinner menu? So many choices. Too many things that sound

good. And that´s without even taking into consideration the price of each dish

which is often the determining factor for many of our decisions.



So let´s leave the restaurant and come back to your life, shall we? Do you feel

overwhelmed by all the choices? Perhaps you´re deciding whether you sell the

house and travel for a year. Alternatively, do you take on an extra project and

pay down the mortgage? Do you quit your job and start the business you´ve

wanted to try forever or do you go for the promotion? Do you end the

relationship that is sucking the life out of you or do you suggest going to the

hottest workshop on men and women in town?



Wow – those are a lot of decisions to make and we make those kinds of

decisions on a daily basis. Or we need to be in order to create an amazing life.



You see CLARITY on what your amazing life looks like is critical to creating it. If

you don´t know what you´re creating, there will be lots of detours, bumps along

the way and more disappointment when you get sidetracked than if you are clear

about where you are headed. Just like in the restaurant, you need to choose a

menu item. You can´t just sit there and expect them to bring you a meal unless

you order it. And have you noticed that sometimes you like your choice and

other times you don´t? It´s very similar to life.



So here´s a few questions to help you get some clarity around your decisions.



• Do you want to live where you currently live?

• What do you like about it? (eg. location, weather, size, convenience)

• What don´t you like? (eg. noise, neighbors, commute to work, layout of

your home)

• Do you like your daily schedule?

• What feels good in your day? (eg. kids, partner, pet, bed, business)

• What feels like an obligation and makes you resentful? (yardwork,

housecleaning, paying bills, babysitting, new puppy)

• If you could do what you wanted for 24 hours, what would you do?

• If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?

• If you could be with any one person today, who would you choose?

• If you had only one thing you could take with you from your house, what

would it be?

• At your funeral, what do you most want people to say about you?



Creating your amazing life is an ongoing journey, not a destination. However, to

even begin reaching anything that resembles amazing, you need to define it.



An amazing life to me means having the health, the resources and the freedom

to explore the world, to be constantly expanding and learning and to feel at

peace with my contribution to this planet on a daily basis while I play in the

sunshine, laugh with my lover and grow with my friends.



It´s actually beautifully summed up in a quote from Atlas Shrugged, a classic

written by Ayn Rand. She said: “What greater wealth is there than to own

one´s life and to spend it on growing.”



Now it´s your turn. By the way, don´t get discouraged if you can´t sum it all up in

a four line paragraph or a memorable quote. There´s no rules about what your

amazing life looks like, how you describe it or how you live it.


So go for it! And together let´s create your most amazing life! You deserve it!


Jan Janzen

© 2009 Women Empowering Women Inc.

Jan Janzen is a non-denominational minister, healer and business coach. She is the
author of two books and 10 CDs for the spiritual entrepreneur. To receive Jan´s
complimentary ebook: 10 Secrets to Living the Life of Your Dreams,
visit http://www.janjanzendaily.com/