| How to Accelerate Your Life as a Sales Manager with | | | | all of that energy that you are holding against |
| Forgiveness | | | | someone else and use it to create something |
| How important is forgiveness and why would I want | | | | wonderful in your life. With all of this new energy, |
| to "let people off the hook"? | | | | you will be able to accelerate your own life in lots of |
| First of all, let's cover the first misnomer about | | | | beautiful ways. |
| forgiveness, that to forgive means to excuse the | | | | You could paint a painting, ride a bike, go hiking, start |
| behavior or condone it. It is neither. Forgiveness is | | | | a business, volunteer, eat a doughnut, bake a cake, |
| purely and simply the act of taking your negative | | | | read a book, meditate, make your heart sing. When |
| energy (resentment, anger, fear) away from an | | | | was the last time your heart really sang? Maybe it is |
| event that happened in the past. The decision to | | | | time to take your heart out for karaoke! |
| continue in a relationship (business or personal) is a | | | | Are you ready to forgive? |
| separate decision than the decision to forgive. | | | | Here's how: |
| Why make the decision today, to forgive? Because | | | | |
| your resentment isn't hurting them, it's hurting you. | | | | 1. Picture the person that you want to forgive |
| No matter what they have done or haven't done, | | | | (maybe it's you). |
| what they have said or have never said, this issue | | | | 2. Imagine that they are standing in a beautifully |
| now lies with you and your decision to re-create the | | | | ornate white and chrome shower stall dressed in a |
| hurt is really your choice. | | | | long flowing white robe. |
| Forgiveness is, after all, for you! That may surprise | | | | 3. As you turn on the shower with your mind, there |
| you, but it's true. That person that you are holding a | | | | is white light coming out of the showerhead, no wait, |
| grudge against has long ago forgotten or repressed | | | | it's coming from way up above. |
| the guilt (if they had any to begin with) about what | | | | 4. This pure white light is now bathing them, washing |
| they did. Holding that grudge is not hurting them one | | | | all of your resentments away and down the drain. |
| bit, but it could be hurting you immensely, both | | | | Feel what it is like to release all of that anger and |
| emotionally and physically. | | | | fear. Down the drain it goes. Ah, bliss... |
| Holding resentment against another person is like | | | | 5. Watch them smile... feel yourself smile... start at the |
| drinking poison and waiting for the other person to | | | | top with the next person. |
| die! | | | | How long will this take? As long as it takes. Enjoy the |
| Why not give yourself the gift of freedom? Free up | | | | ride! |