(How to) Know When It’s Time to Think Bigger
and What Charlie’s Angels and Disney Have to
do With It (by Susan James)
Everything’s been running along very nicely and
I started to get the nudge that it was time to
think bigger, to expand, again.
Understanding as I do, that our desires drive our
path and as we pay attention to that, our world
opens up to ‘wonder’, I did my usual of ‘ok,
bring me bigger’!
So, as I was watching a recent episode of ‘Ellen’
with Jennifer Aniston, which was of course,
being an entertainment junkie was my reason for
tuning in, also on the show was Robert Iger, the
current head of Disney.
He’s written a book (The Ride of My Life) and
also my being someone who is all things books,
I bought it.
The beginning of it he writes of Shanghai
Disneyland, which he oversaw the building of;
cost about $6 Billion.
$6 Billion, wow, I’m all about thinking big and
MORE, but I’m more of the $1B range of
thinking for the moment! (Maybe not even quite
that yet!)
He also writes of his 10 principles that he’s used
to guide his business and life. The very first one
is ‘Optimism’ (partial quote) ‘One of the most
important qualities of a good leader is optimism,
a pragmatic enthusiasm for what can be
achieved… an optimistic leader does not yield
to pessimism. Simply put, people are not
motivated or energized by pessimists.’
With this quote of his and my own MO for
operating, I’m on the right track, maybe to $6B?
And then there is Elizabeth Banks. She and
Robert Iger have this in common, one of many
things: they both use mantra’s as a way to move
things along, towards what they want.
Iger as he led his folks for Shanghai Disneyland
used: ‘to create an experience that was
authentically Disney and Distinctively Chinese’.
Elizabeth Banks Actor/Writer -Director of the
new Charlie’s Angels (out on Nov 15) said in
her Instagram video ‘I had a mantra when I was
writing; I want the women to fight smarter not
harder’.’
Mantra or Affirmations-Incantations, etc…are
words or formulas from the Veda, the Hindu and
other ancient writings defined as the repetition
of words purporting have magical power,
abracadabra.
My usual routine which includes Mantra’s
Affirmations and the like has led to various
magical happenings. Maybe I am on the track to
6B, you’ll be the first to know!
The primary intent of this essay is to remind all
of us to be open and flexible for the MORE,
and to know and use a simple method, an easy
one, of WORDS to help us have the lives we
prefer to have!
As Elizabeth Banks might say: Want Your Stuff
to Happen?
Play smarter not harder, Use WORDS!
Best and Splendid Success to All!
Susan James
Acknowledgments: The Ride of a Lifetime /
Robert Iger / Random House Publisher / Pub
Date: Sept 23, 2019
Charlie’s Angels /Columbia Pictures-a Sony
Company / Elizabeth Banks Writer-Director / In
Theaters Nov 15.
And then there is ME!
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Castles Escrow / a Metaphysical / Esoteric
Approach to Invisible Money (by Susan James)
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