Be Unreasonable

*This is an excerpt from Compass Bearings, where you can get the free Law of Attraction Checklist when you subscribe. Check it out.

How many times have you asked to 'just be reasonable'? Maybe it was during an argument where you stuck to your guns with passionate flair, or maybe it was when you were asked to compromise on your standards. ‘Be reasonable’ is usually a call to downgrade your expectations.

This morning’s paper even had an article about how money makes people stupid. The author argued that too much money sent people to unreasonable actions, such as building massive houses, undergoing extensive plastic surgery, and lavish weddings. I am not sure what was more acceptable for her, but clearly it was a standard much lower and more restrained than the antics of the folks she singled out.

Who are we to judge what people do with their money? There is no universal standard of what is acceptable or reasonable. In fact, I would suggest that those who decry others' choices do so out of envy and judgment that reflects their own lack of ambition. This lack of ambition is born from a whole slew of fears: fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being judged (yes I know – ironic).

If we always did what was 'reasonable' (read: the status quo), then there would be no drive and desire for improvement, growth, expansion, and learning. A call for being 'reasonable' is a call to mediocrity.

What do you think is 'reasonable'? About your salary? Where do you cap your worth? About your health? Do you expect to gain a few pounds each year after 40 as you creep in to middle age? About your relationships? Do you expect to love and passion to diminish over time?

Says who? These are all just beliefs you have picked up through osmosis, and they are completely arbitrary. Is it unreasonable to consider you might be able to double your income (through business ventures or investments)? Is it unreasonable to imagine you could be become even more fit in your 40s than you were in your 30s if you invested time and energy in diet and exercise? Is it unreasonable to feel your love and passion deepen with each new shared experience with your lover?

These things are not 'unreasonable', but clearly possible and achievable if you embrace them as a new belief, with a new set of expectations. You just need to make the choice.

Of course, this is not all that easy to do on your own if you have had a lifetime of limitations thrust at you through family and circumstances.

Here are three ways for you to access support in a structured way to transform your expectations and be ‘unreasonable’. The call to be ‘unreasonable’ is the call to step up, ask for more, and expand your human experience.

First Unreasonable opportunity:

Mojo Turbo Booster: expand your wealth consciousness.
This is a free e-course I have been working on these last few weeks. It’s full of simple insights to expand your perspective on wealth and its role in your life. Expect unreasonable wealth. http://www.innercompass.com.au/content/blogcategory/33/57/

Second Unreasonable opportunity:

Wealth Beyond Reason. Bob Doyle’s program is an immersion experience to dissolve blocks and belief about wealth and prosperity. Learning to be unreasonable takes practice and support, and this is a solid program to do just that. http://www.wealthbeyondreason.com

Third Unreasonable opportunity:

http://UnreasonablePromo.com

Paul Lemberg has a new book out called “Be Unreasonable: The Unconventional Way to Extraordinary Profits”.

It’s all about challenging expectations, asking for more of yourself and your team, and expecting better results in business.

Paul uses these tactics in his consultancy work to help businesses achieve extraordinary success. His list of clients includes: Cisco Systems, Adobe Systems, American Skandia Life, Mass Mutual, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Lexis/Nexis, OpenText, Deutsche Bank, National Westminster and ABN/AMRO. He has also worked with Jay Abraham and Tony Robbins.

I’m not sure about you, but when someone who achieves extraordinary results shares it with the world, I sit up and listen. I figure if he can accelerate results for those folks, I can learn something too.

And of course, there is a totally unreasonable offer with it too: I have joined with dozens of other authors to offer select gifts as part of the book promotion, worth thousands of dollars.

Go on and check it out here:

http://UnreasonablePromo.com

P.S. I look forward to hearing about the impact of Paul’s book on your life.
P.P.S. I am getting my copy right now, before the rush!

Laser Thoughts

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw

"I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine." -
Fritz Perls

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." - Edgar Bergen