There are days when I wish I were staring into a crystal ball, and could see a glimpse into where my present is taking me.

I’m at a crossroads (again)! Walking into my future, with this thirst for a new career or a re-birth of a former career. Not sure what it means or where my life will take me.

I keep seeing books and I am not writing right now! I mean, actually I am writing this very instant of now! Yet, I am not sitting in the mornings and writing chapters as I have done for years in the past.

So, when will I be into my next book? When will my next career take me into its wildest dreams? I’m ready!

I am so blessed! I feel this wild sense of anticipation and joy around what is coming. I am being shown next steps, again, and it feels great to be part of a greater whole that is so much more than the sum of all of the parts.

As I stop for a moment before the day dawns, I look at my family and friends and know that life is indeed a precious gift and I am so fortunate to be on this planet at this time.

Meditation is central to bringing me back to this way of being in synchronicity. Life is so full of synchronicity! When I am being present, I am feeling connected to all that is.

I ask only that I am given the opportunity to grow, stretch, achieve, love, care, wonder, fill my life with experiences that bring all of humanity closer to the experience of love every day. Joy! It is.

Today I am thankful for so many things. I am grateful my children are healthy and happy. I am grateful I have good friends and colleagues.

Life gives so much, I am taking it all in.

How do you break into something new? How do you land where you want to land?

See it done first. Vision it. Picture it. Play out it being done in your mind. This is called pre-paving. Picture things going well. Become that individual you have in your mind’s eye.

Use language that reinforces the person you wish to become. Use words, descriptions, and powerful comments to firm up who you want to become.

Consider that everyone around you wants you to stay the same. Or at the very least, finds it less work to identify you as someone they know in a certain way.

To break into a new level, start with yourself. Talk about yourself as someone who is at this level. Manage things as though, indeed, the new you is already here.

Know your gifts. Have you forgotten your gifts? When people get into a negative mindset, they normally are not filled to the brimming with joy about the gifts they came to the planet to share.

Each of us on this planet has a gift. Or many. Find your gifts, honor them, and have more fun while you are doing so. Life is a gift, pouring through you.

Break into a new field or a new endeavor with zest. Why not?

When you are networking, you are activating the “reticular activating system” within the person you meet. This is the system that causes you to see pregnant women when you are pregnant (or your spouse is pregnant); causes you to see red BMWs when you just purchased a red BMW; and so forth. Millions of impressions are in your environment at any given time, and our human brains can only focus on a finite number of them – typically less than 10. So, what you are doing when you are networking is to awaken that part of the other person’s brain that recognizes opportunities for a person such as yourself.

Realize that success could be defined a year from now or six months from now. Do not approach the lunch as though this person has the key to your future – that is too much pressure for a stranger to take on!

Here are some practical steps to take:
1. Listen to the advice given by this individual. He or she is taking precious time out of his or her day to spend with you. Appreciate and acknowledge this. So often we will ask for advice and then we don’t want to hear what the person suggests. Even if you find the advice such that you may have heard it a dozen times, be of open mind and communicate receptivity to the advice he or she shares.
2. Find out if he or she is seeking something for which you may be of assistance. Even a plumber! Listen to his or her needs, if this comes out, and see if you cannot be of service in some small way to this individual.
3. Keep two to three key points in mind that you wish to communicate. Perhaps something like “I am seeking a position with a company that is working on exciting technological advances.” Or something like “I am seeking a position where I can be part of a project team. I have always excelled as an individual contributor.”
4. Define yourself well enough so that if in the next few months, an opening or connection occurs to the person, this person will remember you and make the match on your behalf.
5. Even if you are insecure and feel that you have not been successful in your job search to date, leave those insecurities at home. It doesn’t really matter to the person you are meeting whether your job search has been successful or fruitless. Who cares? No one except you and possibly your family. Define your job search to date from the framework of success. Be careful about your language around this. If you can’t say anything good, then don’t talk about your search at all. “I am open to the right position now,” or “I am looking for opportunities where my skills can make a difference” could be descriptions that frame your search in a positive light. You are a more desirable candidate when you are focused on landing the next position and not looking backwards at all of the places where you looked and did not find something.
6. Sing a few of your own praises in a way that is calm or connected. “I’ve been successful in the past when I …” “I seem to always land on my feet. Thank you for your time. Please let me know if you have other suggestions for people I might be able to meet with to further my search.” See if he or she can recommend another person to meet with on your networking journey.

Then, be sure to follow up with a thank you card, ideally a hand-written, mailed, actual card with an actual stamp, with no ulterior motives. Just a brief note that says thank you for your time, would be great. You would be surprised how nicely a real card will behave in comparison to a quick e-mail note. I have personally seen my cards sitting on the person’s desk or kept on their fridge months after I sent them. You don’t see e-mails printed out and tacked on someone’s wall. Be the difference, stand out. Why not?

Do you stop and consider how good your life is? How amazing everything unfolds?

I was offered not one, not two but a trio of professional opportunities, all within the last week. Another opportunity slipped away, it was mine and then it was gone — it didn’t materialize.

As I look at my life today, I think, my mom would be proud. I felt her energy today (she passed away in 2003). I felt her warmth and support as I strike that balance between professional and parent — that delicate balance.

I want to dedicate today to believing how good my life truly is. I am thankful today for Matthew Ferry, Steven Sadlier and Thach Nguyen, three powerful teachers I appreciate, all the time.

Stop and thank someone, or believe something is good. Just for the sake of doing so, no reason at all.

What is synchronicity and how can I apply it to my life?

When embarking upon experiencing prosperity and expansion in today’s wild atmosphere of layoffs, cut backs and downsizing, it is vital to tap into as many resources that you can identify.

I want to bring up a concept that not everyone realizes can be captured and put into place intentionally. How can you “cause” synchronicity?

Before we get into how to tap synchronicity, I will pause and explain how some people have experienced synchronicity, first. One example a client sent me from Colorado. She contacted her alumni office from her college, years after graduation. Just that morning, an employer had contacted the alumni office and posted a job opportunity in California that was a perfect fit for her professional goals and she ended up landing the position.

A few years back, my husband was having trouble finding work in the tech industry. He was looking for a change. He ran into the owner of a commercial glass company who was moaning because his foreman had left unexpectedly. The owner ended up hiring my husband – and six years later he is still thriving as a commercial glazier.

So, synchronicity is “being in the right place at the right time.” It happens all the time, and it happens for everyone. Some people take notice, others do not. Your phone rings right when you walk in the door. You want a new kitty and someone sends you an e-mail with pictures of adorable kittens who are seeking a new home.

First of all, it is so much easier to be in synchronicity than not to experience it. You want to understand that when your critical mind gets out of the way, this stuff naturally happens. It is happening all the time.

Meditation can heighten one’s experiences of synchronicity. Being in gratitude and thinking kind thoughts can stimulate more experiences of synchronicity. When you let it happen, it will.

You can think about networking as advanced “causal” synchronicity. It works easier when you are not seeking to advance your own cause, as much as to experience good will and service towards others. When you are seeking to serve others, good fortune will unfold for you. This is one of those cool mysteries of the universe.

Today, expect synchronicity. Watch how much of it is going on around you, all the time.

Today I answered a call for help from a friend, and then I sent the call to others who might be able to help.

Doing something good feels good. There is this “ah” feeling. Just that sense that I am part of something kind, something helpful, something that will help her feel “wow, people do care.”

I highly recommend it! Do something good! Be kind. Be helpful. Be unexpected. See what happens.

Who is that voice who tells you all the time that you are not doing a great job? How can I lose that voice? You may know this voice. You are at an event, and someone is too busy to talk. “They must hate me, I wore the wrong clothes today.” Or you look around at your car, your home, your job, your family and wonder “is this all there is.”

All of those seeds of uncomfortable, dissatisfaction are nurtured carefully by the large industries of product vendors — and were all carefully planted and sown most likely unconsciously by our parents, their parents, and their parents’ parents.

Shake that voice out. Be open to your inner beauty. Be open to considering the wonderfulness of you. What is wonderful about you right now? How are you amazing? Stop and take note of your inner shining who it is you are.

I wrote a song this morning about angels. I just wrote it! I was shaking free the critic and had to pull over when I was driving. The song showed up!!! Angels all around us, angels they have found us.

Then, I came home to an invitation to be a guest on a television program to talk about my book “Prospect When You Are Happy” and my up-and-coming “When Short Sales Work.”

Gotta love that. Shake out the cobwebs. Remember you are the light and love and it shines from your soul, when you let it.

How are you being? Is life flowing? Are you in resistance? Are you in powerful, forward action? What is lighting you up? What is making you feel uncomfortable?

As you go through your day, ask the question of you “Am I downstream or upstream?”

When your movements are downstream, there is an energy flow. Synchronicity occurs. Life brings you joy. There is a feeling of goodness at play. The right people show up. People call out of the blue with good news. Life is in this flow, this “all is well”experience is pervasive.

I love this message from the practices of Abraham, www.Abraham-Hicks.com for more inspiration.

When you are upstream, it is harder. Life is bringing you challenges. You are having trouble getting motivated. You don’t know where to turn. Upstream is a different feeling, and it is very different from downstream.

Downstream is perfection unveiling itself to you, with the ebb and flow of all that occurs. Upstream is struggle, hard, challenging, not very fun, and people aren’t so nice to each other because they are also upstream, against the flow, working too hard and enjoying too little.

Where are you today? Get into the flow. Let’s go!