The day slowly breaks and that nice,warm, comfortable bed is just begging you not to leave, but you must. You get up go into the kitchen and poor you a cup of coffee, put on some breakfeast and then once your finished eating you jump in the shower , dress and your off to work. You walk in the first person that you meet may say hello, or good morning and then the next person may not even speak. You walk to the clock punch in and begin your day.(your specialized job). Now you have been working for a little while and all of a sudden someone in a firm almost cold tone of voice calls you over to question you about a task you previously completed. This person of course is your supervisor. Their line of questioning is  very heartless. Why didn't this get done, what were you doing, why did it take you so long. Then they tell you to fix it and I don't want to ever have this conversation again or I will hold you accountable. Keep in mind you have only been on the clock for maybe 30 minutes. At this piont your day is not going so well. The first thing is you start to correct the issue then you move on to other tasks. The hours pass by and soon it is lunch time. You head to the timeclock and punch out. You take  your hour for lunch and then punch back in. Now another supervisor delegates you to complete a new task. Your working on your task and all of a sudden you are summoned to the managers office. You walk in and this person who seems as though they don't have one ounce of understanding, compassion, a true cold individual starts his process of extracting your life force. All of your self esteem is slowly extracted from you through this process of verbal bashing. You take it in and you walk away. The day slowly draws to an end and you clock out. You stop by and pick you up something to cook and you make your way home. You have arrived at home and you walk in greet your children and or husband or wife and start the process of cooking supper. You eat  maybe watch some tv and then you have to get ready for bed. The day is done and you lay down only to get up in a few hours to start your routine over again. This senerio may apply to you or it may not. Some supervisors are not as cold and cruel as others.

          Now lets look at this situation. Why do we get up and do the same old routine every day? Why do we listen to this verbal abuse every day? Why do we let someone tell us what to do every day? Why do we deal with the incopetence every day? Why do we not utilize our knowledge? Why are we in a job of labor and not in a job of the mind? Why do we allow ourselves to be controlled by other people? Take a look at some of your co-workers they are essentially like puppets waiting for the next command. Is it because we have limited knowledge? Is is because we don't want to lose our jobs? Is it our mentality? There are many questions. We essentially get up go to work trade hours for money and come back home only to repeat the process over and over. This is stagnation. This is a job of labor.This is a specialized job. A job that never changes and never grows. I ask you do you want to live this way. The answer is no one wants to experience this, but many of us do every day of our lives. We do this same old routine day in and day out month after month and our only aspiration is that once a year vacation where we can set our self free only to return to our stagnation.

           What about if we could enjoy life every day? What if we could actually live our lives? We could feel that exhileration for life as we did when we were children. No more getting up to go to our boring jobs, but waking to the sound of the ocean or waking up to your own business. A life you control. A job of the mind.

          Being a self leader transcends all aspects of life. You lead yourself to your own happiness. You lead yourself out of your stagnation. Here is an example. The difference between you and your manager is an ability to concieve the big picture. He sees the ending result . He thinks in pictures. HE CONCEPTUALIZES. All you have to do is think like he does. Don't just stop there envision the bigg picture(see past him) forward think ahead of him and always be several steps ahead of him. He is in his position because he has knowledge and has proven in the past to set certain company goals and worked to achieve them. You can do the the same. Learn what he does learn his job responsibities then you become him. You see things through his eyes. You are limited in your job and in life because of your mentality. The next morning that you wake up say to yourself today is the first day of my new life. Wake up that morning and set a goal .Your goal should be to someday work for your self(own your own business). Now brainstorm (powerthink) your steps to achieve that goal. Remember that in order for your business to be successful you must provide a value to your customer. Envision the ending result(the completed puzzle)let that vision of self fullfillment, happiness, achievement drive you towards that goal. Walk into work a new person and start to power think( utilize your mind) your job. Learn the intricate details of your job and its money making purpose . Once you have mastered your job your performance will reflect that .You will then be in a position to advance in your job and just repeat the process, but always powerthink forward think. This is what the manager does.

            Now I want to go back to owning your own business.When you are brain storming you are starting to use your mind. You have begun the process of integrating. You are exploring your creativity. This alone brings forth exheliration. We are creators. That is our gift. No other species has that capability, but yet half of the world resides in stagnation. Half of the world does not utilize thier gift. When we are creating providing values we are filling our life with happiness we are completing our purpose. So when you are sitting up on the edge of that bed start forming concepts, solve problems, look at what brings you happiness.  Lets say for example you can paint you want to be an artist. You have a natural gift. To paint, draw is the basis of creativity.Begin powerthinking. Look at all of the components. In this day and age you don't have to have a building you can sell on line. There are many options available. Utilize this process for anything that you want to create. Find the happiness. Find that child of the past.Find life again.

           We have the ability to control our lives. We have the ability to achieve our dreams. We can explore, we can create, provide, achieve and soo much more.It all starts with being a self leader not a follower. We must lead our ives in the direction that we choose. If you wan to be successful, run a company, travel the world, become famous, be a singer, move mountains, explore unknown frontiers, or just live a simple existence you have that ability. You have the power. You poccess that leadership within.