August 28, 2009 9:22 AM
A Powerful Lesson From The Life Of Michael Jackson
Topics: fulfillment, goal achievement, goal setting, inner happiness, inner peace, joy, michael jackson, satisfaction, serenity
I've always loved the music of Michael Jackson. His career, and the way
his music touched the lives of millions around the world, has been very
inspiring to me too.I've been reading several biographies of his life and career since his death as he is a character who has always fascinated me. Yesterday, I discovered something that's very supportive for our purposes here.
As his solo career was beginning to soar, Michael set 2 principal goals for his carer. He wanted to be "the biggest star in show business, and the wealthiest." Those were two HUGE goals, tough to attain for anyone.
Notice that nowhere on his principal goal list was experiencing happiness, joy, satisfaction, fulfillment, peace/serenity, etc. It was all about what I call "outside event focus" versus what I call "inner feeling focus."
For a time, he achieved the first goal, being "the biggest star in show business." While he never reached the goal of being THE wealthiest star in show business, at his peak, he certainly became one of the wealthiest.
While I'm sure he had moments (especially while performing, recording or writing songs) when he felt joy, happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, peace/serenity, for the vast majority of his life, even as a kid and especially in his final 10 years, he never got close to experiencing being happy, joyful, satisfied, fulfilled, peaceful, etc.
What can we learn from this as it relates to this blog? If happiness, joy, satisfaction, fulfillment, and peace/serenity aren't Truly part of your focus (beyond lip service), aren't part of your goal setting "package" for your personal and business lives, aren't included in your targeting system, aren't even on your radar screen, it's not likely you'll experience them.
If you focus exclusively on outer events, at best you'll experience those events, though most people fail to achieve most of their stated goals for outer events. But even in the best case, it's unlikely that experiencing those events will bring you what you really want which is happiness, joy, satisfaction, fulfillment, peace/serenity, etc.
The only way to Truly win in business (and life), to Truly succeed in business (and life) as I see it, is to:
- Begin by combining an outer event focus and an inner feeling focus when you set goals
- Ultimately let go of the focus on outer event focus -- completely -- and focus exclusively on inner feelings.
- When you expand your Consciousness to the point where you naturally focus exclusively on inner feelings, the outer events take care of themselves as a natural by-product of that expansion in Consciousness. This seems "counter intuitive" from certain perspectives, but it's The Truth nevertheless.
I'll be talking much more about what we can learn from the life and career of Michael Jackson, other celebrities and traditionally successful people, outer event focus, inner feeling focus and more in my new Illusions and Truth Show which is about to launch. Stay tuned for an announcement about that
