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April 7, 2010 9:15 PM

My Sabbatical ...

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I recently made the decision to take a sabbatical from playing "The Teaching Game." It may be temporary, a year or two, or permanent. The sabbatical will likely include not adding entries to this blog.

Please click on the play button below to watch my official announcement, get the reasons and details. The video is 20 minutes long:



Resources Mentioned In The Video

 

Phase 2 Players Community

This is the online community through which Robert will still offer coaching and support for a limited time:

http://phase2players.com

Archives Of Coaching Program Discourses

This is the archive, 2006-2009, of Phase 2 Player "Discourses" Robert created -- audio recordings averaging 2 hours in length through which he shared "advanced level" support for P2 Players, plus details of his own journey, a diary of his journey of expansion:

http://www.robertscheinfeld.com/discourses.html

Archive of "The Daily Inspiration"

This is the daily support audio Robert offered for many years before discontinuing it in 2009. Click on the link below, then scroll down until you see the section for the Daily Inspiration:

http://www.robertscheinfeld.com/p2products.html

The Livestream Events

These 3 multimedia events, created in the final months of 2009, were entitled A Closer Look At The Body Game, A Closer Look At The Relationships Game, and A Closer Look At When The Going Gets Tough in Phase 2. DEtails are here:

http://www.robertscheinfeld.com/livestream-events2.html

Robert's Phase 2 Player Mailing List

If you aren't already subscribed, please click on the link below and subscribe to the list. It's the only way to stay in touch with Robert through his sabbatical and beyond. The system won't allow you to subscribe to the list twice with the same email list, so if you're not sure if you're subscribed, go ahead and subscribe:

http://www.robertscheinfeld.com/email-list-signup.html

Contacting The Office

http://www.robertscheinfeld.com/contact-us.html

 

August 28, 2009 9:22 AM

A Powerful Lesson From The Life Of Michael Jackson

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Michael-Jackson.jpgI'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:

  1. Begin by combining an outer event focus and an inner feeling focus when you set goals

  2. Ultimately let go of the focus on outer event focus -- completely -- and focus exclusively on inner feelings.

  3. 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


 

August 10, 2009 9:30 AM

Questions And Manifesting True Abundance ...

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Most players of The Business Game ask themselves questions like this, day-in, day-out:

"How can I be more efficient?"
"How can I be more productive?"
"How can I make more money?"

These types of questions are rarely asked:

"How can I have more fun in my business/career?"
"How can I increase my experience of satisfaction from my work?"
"How can I increase my experience of fulfillment from my work?"

... and if they are asked, the answers generally get ignored, or lost in the shuffle caused by  daily busy-ness.

How would your life and business/career change if you started asking yourself the fun, satisfaction and fulfillment questions -- took the answers VERY seriously, and started taking at least some baby steps towards living the answers?

Could it be True that the fun, satisfaction and fulfillment are our real "abundance"?

Could it be true that if you opened up to that form of abundance, the money, efficiency and productivity would easily follow -- as a natural by-product?

 


July 3, 2009 10:21 AM

The Price You Pay For Focusing So Hard On Goals, Targets, Outcomes, Intent, And Results

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target-small.jpgVirtually every self help, personal growth, personal development,  spiritual growth, or business success strategy hammers home the importance of setting goals, having targets, preferred outcomes, desired  results, having a clear intent for every action and activity.

The party line on this is that if you don't start with such a focus, you won't get anywhere, and certainly not where you want to go.

I have three things to share about that today:

  1. How do you know that the goals, targets, outcomes, intent, and results you focus on are what would REALLY be best for you, enjoyable, fun, etc. -- if achieved?

  2. When you focus so hard on goals, targets, outcomes, intent, and results, you then track your progress, measure your movement, constantly compare where you are to where you want to be, and when you do that, your stress increases, the fun and joy you experience from what you do almost always gets reduced dramatically, and while paying those prices, you'll still fail to achieve most of your goals -- which will make the price you pay even higher.

  3. It is possible to produce extraordinary results -- financial and otherwise -- without focusing on any goals, targets, outcomes, intent, and results at all. If you knock out enough of the "cloud cover" that limits and restricts you, and you expand your Consciousness enough, you can simply focus on what's most fun for you, and by doing that, everything else will align and take care of itself from that expanded state of Consciousness, including the results you produce.

Does that sound crazy? Impossible? Pie in the sky dreaming? Maybe, but it's very do-able. I do it every day as do hundreds, maybe thousands at this point, throughout the world.

For now, I invite you to:

  1. Seriously consider the 1 question and the 2 points I made above
  2. Allow the possibility that what I'm saying is True incubate in your mind

Cheers ... 

June 23, 2009 9:25 AM

Busting Loose From The Business Game

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Well, it's finally out and the launch is on!

If you're playing The "Old" Business Game as an owner, employee or temporarily unemployed at this moment, now is the time to discover and begin playing The New Business Game.

Hallmarks of the "Old" Business Game:

 * Get results, no matter what price you must pay
 * Vulnerability to people and forces beyond your control
 * Scarcity
 * Endless to-do lists
 * Fear
 * Stress
 * Pressure and struggle

Hallmarks of the "New" Business Game:


 * People and outside forces align to support you
 * Abundance
 * To do lists take care of themselves
 * Fun
 * Joy
 * Ease
 * Extraordinary results without focusing on them or paying a "price"
 * And so much more ...

My new book tells the entire story, opens a gateway into playing The New Business Game, and gives you everything you need to leap through it and begin your own personal and professional journey of expansion.

There's a special book launch page with special "offers" if you feel moved to get one or more copies during the launch window.

If you're already a Phase 2 Player, visit here:


http://www.bustingloosefromthebusinessgame.com/p2-opportunity.html


If you're not a Phase 2 Player yet, visit here:

http://www.bustingloosefromthebusinessgame.com/opportunity.html

Enjoy!


May 27, 2009 11:36 AM

Business School of Consciousness E-Book

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You may or may not have noticed that in the right sidebar of this blog, there's an image for The Business School of Consciousness E-book. That image was there before the E-book was actually available, but it is available now. If you don't already have a copy, grab one by right-clicking the following link:

http://www.robertscheinfeld.com/business-school-of-consciousness.pdf

At the end of the E-book, you'll see mention of the Busting Loose From The Business Game book that officially launches June 22, 2009.

Please WAIT to get a copy of the book if you feel moved to. There will be special "goodies" offered to book buyers as part of the launch during the week of June 22-26.

I'll let you know here at the Dynamite The Box blog, through my various mailing lists, a Twitter Tweet, on Facebook, etc., when the time comes, so stay tuned.




May 27, 2009 10:59 AM

The "Monetization" Trap

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Prior to entering Phase 2, I was deeply involved in direct response marketing, on and off the Internet, for 18 years.

In fact, I actually grew up with Internet marketing -- playing that game way back at the beginning, before most people even had email accounts or knew about the Internet.

After my first year in Phase 2, I created losing interest in The Marketing Game, and let go of it. I unsubscribed from all my marketing newsletters, stopped expressing appreciation for seminars, courses, books, and other educational resources, stopped applying virtually all the strategies (including measurement and tracking of results), and allowed all my businesses to pretty much run on auto-pilot -- generally just sending out an occasional email to announce something new I was doing to my own email list.

I stayed in that "hands off" mode for nearly 5 years. Then I felt moved to dip my toe back into the Internet marketing waters to see what had changed during my absence, especially as it relates to using multimedia (text, audio and video) on the Internet.

When I re-entered The Marketing Game, so to speak, in that way, I noticed something fascinating I never quite "saw" so clearly before. Everywhere I looked, all the talk was about "monetization" of EVERYTHING -- how you could/should make money from using this or that technique, resource, etc.

That's to be expected in discussions about sales and marketing, right? Of course.

What was conspicuously absent from ALL the discussions, every single one, was any mention at all about having fun! Not even the slightest mention!

"You need to do 'X' to build your business ..."

"Use this technique and you can make twenty zillion dollars and dominate your niche ..."

"This technique or resource will get you #1 rankings in Google ..."

"Do this one little thing and you can double your sales and profits overnight ..."

"You absolutely must do z, y and z or you're leaving a fortune on the table ..."

"Time is money, so ...."

"Just do 'Y' and you'll get twice as much done in half the time..."

But NOTHING, not one word about fun, enjoyment, or what I call "lifestyle friendliness" from the doing of all of that, from the playing of The Business Game.

As a result, most of the folks following those pathways, whether they're making twenty zillion dollars or not, are NOT having much fun (even if they swear they are), and, in general, are stressed out maniacs like I used to be in Phase 1.

If you do see a rare exception of someone mentioning the topic of fun and enjoyment, in general and with few exceptions, it's just lip service -- and they're still stressed out maniacs too!

So, here are my two questions for you today:

"Where's the Joy?"

"When is it going to become a priority?"

In Phase 2, as a natural by-product of expansion and knocking out the cloud cover, fun and joy enter the picture, stay in the picture, become more and more of a priority, and your experience of both increases in ways you can't even imagine right now -- without you targeting or "intending" it as an outcome.

But until you get to that point, I invite you today to at least put it on your radar screen as something to track and monitor, and, if you will, an intention for a very powerful form of transformation in your experience of playing The Business Game.


April 29, 2009 9:05 AM

"Might As Well Panic" ...

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Check out this recent post from Seth Godin's blog (one of the few blogs I regularly track):

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/might-as-well-panic.html

It beautifully illustrates powerful Phase 1 dynamics, lies, illusions, patterns (and brilliant creations) that are so pervasive in the business world and our personal lives -- especially in "tough times," economically and otherwise.

The opportunity in Phase 2, taking Seth Godin's specific example, is to apply The Process when feelings of panic surface, to ultimately let go of caution and planning, and relax into Trust in your Expanded Self as you ride your rides and play The New Business Game.



April 27, 2009 8:51 AM

When Money And "Ego" Drop Out ...

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joy2.jpg In Phase 1 of The Human Game, so much of what we do, including when we play The Business Game, is motivated by:

1. Money (the desire to make or have more)

2. Self-Esteem (the desire/need to feel better about ourselves, to feel powerful, valuable, valued and worthwhile)

In Phase 2, after you've knocked out enough cloud cover and expanded, both those motivations weaken and then drop away.

The money becomes a non-issue because you naturally create whatever you need to "fund" whatever you want to do, and you have Absolute Certainty about that, so you let go and relax into it.

Self-Esteem becomes a non-issue because you've opened back into your natural state of off the charts Appreciation for who you are and everything you do and experience.

Through the design of the Phase 2 game, it generally takes a lot of work and drilling through the cloud cover to get to that place. You can't rush it, think your way there, self-discipline your way there, intend your way there, or personal growth technique your way there.

You have to wait, in essence, until you expand to the point where it naturally happens.

The interesting thing to consider for today is, what is left when those two potent Phase 1 forces/illusions drop out?

If you continue to play The Business Game, which I call "The New Business Game" at that point, but the money doesn't matter, and enhancing your self-esteem doesn't matter, what does?

Fun!

Enjoyment!

Pleasure!

From the playing.

That's it. And those experience soar and continue soaring.

When that happens, every choice you make, every decision you make, and all the stories your Expanded Self creates to support you in playing change radically.

Radically!


April 16, 2009 3:13 PM

The Hidden Truth About Most Sales And Marketing Techniques And Approaches - Part 3

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Following is a video, Part 3  in "The Hidden Truth About Most Sales And Marketing Techniques And Approaches" series.

Like Part 2 in the series, this video asks some critical questions about playing The Business Game in Phase 1 and Phase 2, and invites you to look at your business and career  in radically different ways.

It will also invite you to bring what could be called a spirituality and business or career, or more of a spiritual management or spiritual leadership and spiritual entrepreneurship approach if you already have one.

For more information on the tools I mentioned and how you can knock out cloud cover and expand into the "place" of freedom, fun and True Success I mentioned, visit this website and register for the Guided Tour.

I welcome your comments and your sharing of this post if you feel so moved.



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