Are you a father? Or a woman or man that cares about children? 11/13/07 "It's the most seductive, diabolical thing I've ever seen. And the worst part about this: it's aimed squarely at children. Dec. 7th, a new $150 million movie debuts starring Nicole Kidman, who says she's a Catholic. The movie is based on the first book of a trilogy called His Dark Materials by the militant atheist and children's author, Philip Pullman. Ten reasons to work against this film: 1. Pullman completely flip-flops good and evil. His alluring trilogy makes evil seem tood and good seem evil. Yes, masked with confusion, paradox 2. Pullman presents demons as cool and neat. Each demon is in the form of an animal; they're like talking pets. How attractive.. 3. Children without demons are unhappy, misable and pathetic. 4. Movie's website shows children step-by-step how to "meet your demon"! 5. What the nun said as she threw her crucifix into the sea and embraced the sin of fornication without guilt or regret. Humm, pretty damning 6. How a child discovered tha he did, in fact, have his own personal demon, which he considered his friend and life-long companion - sad. 7. How a 12-year-old temptress seduces her 13-year-old boyfriend in a way the blasphemes the Virgin Mary. 8. A nightmarish picture of the final rebellion when the demons triumph over God and Christianity. 9. In this movie, God and the forces of good are portrayed as nothing but a phony - even more laughable than the "man behind the curtain" in the Wizard of Oz 10. Pullman glamorizes a moral system that could be summed up as: "If it feels good, do it!" No, let's not go back to the '60s. Kids will get Demon action-figures in their hamburger meals! Pullman has won every imagnable literary award for children's literature - more awards than J.K. Rowling. His books are huge sellers in England. I shudder to think how many children will actually begin playing with demons as a result of Pullman. Make no mistake. Demons are real. PUllman aims his poisoned pen at nuns. A nun starts flirting with a man she met at a conference. As PUllman writes, "She felt her body aching for this man. She thought to herself, 'Will anyone bet better off if I go back to the hotel and say my prayers and confess to the priest and promise never to fall into temptation again?' Action-figures with your burger dear? Yes, forty corporations have licensed the little toys, games, and gizmos. What's the Big Deal? It's only fiction. It can't hurt anybody" Well, you're half-right - it's fiction. Uncle Tom's Cabin was only a work of fiction, right? Yet it turned America uside down - for the GOOD purose and effect. Uncle Tom's Cabin gives weight to the adage "the pen is mightier than the sword." Few forces on earth are more powerful than words. In the hands of a skillful author like C.S. Lewis, words can promote virtue and faith. In the hands of a skillful author like Philip Pullman, words can promote vice and atheism. Pullman HATES C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. He says, "I hate them with a deep and bitter passion." He calls Narnia "one of the most poisonous things" he's ever read. You see, I have to give the devil his due. Pullman is a much better writer than J.K. Rowling. And that's why I think he's even more dangerous. Last month Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling announced to children worlwide that the beloved, grandfatherly character Dumbledore is "gay." As one Harry Potter fan said, "My head was spinning. Wow! One more reason to love gay men." And homosexual activists hail Rowling's announcement as a giant step forward for "gay rights." Four years ago, I warned Catholic parents to stay far away from Harry Potter because it glamorizes occult practices. Four years ago, in my radio broadcast of Set. 18, 2004, I predicted this (Pullman's His Dark Materials book made to a movie) would happen. I warned that Pullman's trilogy books would be the next big craze after Harry Potter to lure children into the world of demons. The movie will hit America's shores with Tsunami-like force on Dec. 7th, 2007. (end) Don't go see it! Learn More Here from Dads.org ************************************* This may seem bizarre, but tomorrow is a teleseminar that I'd encourage you to attend. The interviewer, Joh Farcht had a heartattack while walking on Friday, Nov. 16th and died. I had just spoken to him the week before ... here's the rest of the story: On November 27, Joe Farcht -the man who has coached individuals to up to a 300% increase in productivity - will be interviewing Carolyn McCormick - a coach whose client list includes Tony Robbins, John Gray, Mark Victor Hansen, and Bob Proctor. And get this! (someone substituting for) Joe will be asking Carolyn the questions that you submit! You see, you get to ask Carolyn your single most important question about the power of coaching to double profits, productivity and quality of life! So . . . If you've ever wondered how coaching works,or how it might benefit you, or how you can be a coach to your family, co-workers, friends and business associates, or the best way to receive coaching from others, or anything at all about coaching ... now's your chance! Send in your question now : Details: Ask Carolyn McCormick Tuesday, November 27 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern Carolyn is President of The Personal Edge International, a Coaching & Training company,helping people build their business and balance their lives. She has personally coached thousands of individuals in Europe, Australia, and the US to achieve their goals and discover true fulfillment in business and in life. Her clients include the Tony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen and Bob Proctor Organizations. 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Blessed is the leader who has not sought the high places but who has been drafted into service because of ability and willingness to serve.
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Blessed is the leader who leads for the good of the most concerned, and not for
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Blessed is the leader who develops leaders while leading.
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Good Monday morning! There's a movie about to come out on Dec. 7th called The Golden Compass which, if you look to the left column - Featured Article, I'm passing on a warning about it -- and instead, offering you a "golden compass" in best practices in achievement and success, and free teleseminar about being coached. Do you ever feel that you're in a rut? Do you sometimes feel the need to make changes, but not sure how to go about it safely, under control? This edition focuses on two things which engender and enable improved results and relationships: commitment vs. intention. When you combine both in the right amounts, you not only achieve more but you do it with less energy required, and generate more trust in faith in yourself and confidence in your future. Finally, let's talk about adversity. How well you handle adversity is very important to realizing your potential for increased success with improved health. News You Can Use:
Dr. Robert Maurer has a new audio program called, "One Small Step." I want to recommend it to you for one reason, more of which I'll report in a future newsletter edition: get this... Statistical studies now verify that working out (as defined as getting your heart rate to 50-80% of its maximum) in shorter, but more frequent bursts of as little as 5-7-10 minutes. See more here. I work in a home office that has one of those TotalGyms you may have seen advertised in an informercial. Between calls, meetings, coaching, writing and on the road speaking, I intersperse 5-7 minute workouts three times during the day -- usually AM, early PM and before retiring. You sleep better, too. See more here. _______________________________________________ | | On Commitment Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans, that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves to. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from that decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance in which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, and power and magic in it. Begin it now.
Goethe ________________________________________ | | The Carrot, Egg & Coffee Bean: Which are you? A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon they'll pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and a last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word. In about 20 minutes she turned off the burners. She fished that carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and she placed them in a bowl. She then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its' rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?" Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity - boiling water-- but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected it its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the bowling water they had changed the water. "Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you at carrots, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
************************** Think of this-- which am I? Am I carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, do I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside, am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you're like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hours are the darkest and trials are at their greatest, do you elevate to another level? How do you handle adversity? Be the coffee bean, and call 866.476.1115 to learn what that means for you or Visit My Site | | Intention vs. Commitment "Intention without action is a promise made. Intention with action is a promise kept." Peter Thomson, in his Nightingale-Conant series, " Greatest Secrets of Achievers" quotes from a favorite line in a book: "Wasn't it evil to wish without moving, or move without aim." Yes, its evil... or at least, sloth-like. In my experience, there's a lot of perfectionism in people today combined with a FEAR of failure, fear of the unknown. This perfectionism keeps them from starting (intention) and from finishing (commitment). The anti-dote: get it 70% right, get it out there, ask for and you'll get feedback on how to improve it, and work towards continuous improvement, not perfection.
Truly, perfection is a sin. Don't be perfect. The day you stop learning, you stop earning. My personal experience is 24 years of personal development, training and coaching is that a small minority of the population -- 5-10% or smaller -- does anything beyond their formal education. But not you ... Nike says, "Do it now." Procrastination hurts people's translation from intention to action and commitment. But, you can procrastinate intelligently about the right things by evaluating the worthiness of the priority by its payoff, it's value to you. So ease up on yourself. Ask yourself "easy" questions, and you'll have a hard life. As yourself "hard" questions, and you'll have an easy life. What type of questions?
-- What is my purpose in life? What is my motivation?
-- Do I love what I do, and do what I love?
-- Where do I want to be in five years -- health-wise, financially, spiritually, relationships, service, leisure-recreation, and education?
-- If I have written goals, do I have a plan to achieve them or at least sub-goals that make me want to do them each week?
-- Are my relationships where I want them to be? What do I have to do differently to improve them?
-- How does time affect this "problem?" The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of questions you ask yourself from time to time, reflect upon and take ACTION upon.
_____________________________________ | Communication Trust: Rid Yourself of Masks People who really communicate have learned to cease playing games with one another. They treat others as authentic human beings and not as things or machines to be manipulated. Good communicators do not wear masks that make them less human, and shield them from contact with others. In a good group, all members are able to open up and disclose their feelings.
Self-disclosure is risky, and people begin communication about themselves with fear and trembling; but once risked, self disclosure opens up others and they in turn disclose.
The climate of the group meeting is warmed by such disclosing communication, and as people take more and more risks, and are accepted for themselves, trust evolves. Thus, the need to wear masks or play roles or games is dissipated. In the warm and trusting climate of good meeting, people express their innermost feelings, discuss their hopes and fears, and discover their authentic selves, all without worrying about being accepted or rejected. As the climate builds to ever more intimate and significant communication, important relatinships evolve among their participants.
- Ernest G. Bormann
___________ The Mask
Don't be fooled by me.
Don't be fooled by the face I wear.
For I wear a thousand masks, masks that I'm afraid to take off,and none of them are me. Pretending is an art that's second nature with me, but don't be fooled, for God's sake don't be fooled.
I give the impression that I'm secure,
that all is sunny and unruffled with me, within as well as without -
That confidence is my name and coolness my game; that the water's calm and I'm in command, and that I need no one. But don't believe me. Please. My surface may seem smooth, but my surface is my mask. Beneath this lies no complacence.
Beneath dwells the real me in confusion, in fear and aloneness.
But I hide this. I don't anybody to know it.
I panic at the thought of my weakness and fear of being exposed.
That's why I frantically create a mask to hide behind, a non-chalant, sophisticated facade
to help me pretend, to shield me from the glance that knows.
But a such a glance is precisely my salvation. My only salvation, and I know it. That is if it's followed by acceptance, if it's followed by love.
It's the only thing that will assure me of what I can't assure myself -- that I am worth something. But I don't tell you this. I don't dare. I'm afraid to. I'm afraid your glance will not be followed by acceptance and love.
I'm afraid you'll think less of me, that you'll laugh at me, and your laugh would kill me.
I'm afraid that deep down I'm nothing, that I'm no good and that you will see this and reject me. So I play my game, my desperate game,
with a facade of assurance without, and a trembling child within.
So begins the parade of masks. And my life becomes a front. Who am I, you may wonder. I am someone you know very well.
For I am every man you meet and I am every woman you meet.
-- author unknown What this means to me is several things, one of which I say "bunk" to people who claim that they can be one way in their personal lives, and another way in their work lives. If you're genuine and authentic, you are pretty transparent. Try it ....it builds trust. charlie | | The Last Word
 As the elections in 2004 and 2000 in the US greatly attested, the country is split 50-50 right down the middle on both politics and two camps of beliefs. It's amazing to me that even in many families -- including my own -- there can be so much distance between "conservatives" and "liberals," between Democrats and Republicans. Perhaps that's why record numbers are signing up as "Independents" party, but here's my last word today: there are two Life Views, as I call them -- either pro-life or pro-choice. Regardless of your stance (or perhaps because of it), you may agree that forms of Moral Outrage must cease. Examples: "moral outrage" is finding its best parasite-host in people/events like Unabomber, the bomber in Atlanta Olympics who hid in the North Carolina mountains for several years before being caught, US Marine Corps barracks in Saudi Arabia, and other unappropriate, hideous acts like bombing abortion clinics or the Oklahoma City government office blast. Yes, this is a war but you'll never win it this way, and in fact, turn the majority who has morals against you and your cause. Taking innocent lives was never in anyone's plans to win people over to your side and way of thinking. Europeans, the Middle East, Indonesia, India and Pakistan, many parts of the world, this is a common occurence. What I am NOT saying is that one should not stand up and defend their beliefs. The United States and many other countries were founded on the basic principle of "standing up." Unfortunately, most people will never stand up for the same reason they rarely speak in front of groups of people: it's the # 1 fear of people today, according to The Book of Lists. And as many of you may agree, media sways a large sword on the matter, excerbating the situation on "facts and truth." Media plays an important "watchdog" role, but when the media gets enamored with -- of all things, the MEDIA -- then things are out of balance. Enter the internet, a great equalizer along with social networking -- MySpace, Facebook.com, YouTube, et al. But, one should have moral outrage about a new movie, The Golden Compass. If you want to know why I say "don't see this movie," see what Steve Wood has to say about it. Advent is upon us, or "beginning." Start now to stand up. Tell yourself that fear is a future emotion, so have courage. Remember what Eleanor Roosevelt said, "The only one person who can make you feel inferior ... is yourself." Be like Lord Baden Powell said, "Be Prepared" by choosing to work to trust more one person today -- and make it a good day!
Charlie Charlie Breeding President, Performance Improvement Institute | | |
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