A Lemonade Stand Model - Part 2: A Real World Turn Around Opportunity...

In my last article, I spoke of how easy and profitable any business could be as long as a few key principles were followed, so that circumstances could only continue to grow – up. So, how about a very recent and perfect example of how a business who had most of this already in place and was continuing to literally dominate the world, took a sudden and easy to avoid fall, simply from not remembering that their core needs to be intact and strengthened, in order for their business – to keep on growing?

Since the beginning of time, we’ve had millions of personal and professional examples of how something that was once working well went south, when it really didn’t need to go that way. So, how long or what is it going to take, for us to recognize that when we introduce a large or small negative into the circle of our business, this is what will pick-up even more of the same energy like a storm, and return all of that accumulation back to us? Energy is like a flawless mail delivery service. It returns whatever we put out, both the good and bad – with interest.

While this is a story that most of us do not want to deal with or read about because of the negative feelings it brings up, unfortunately, we will all continue to live and feel this way – until we just decide to listen to the message. And by the way, this moral value (or what’s good for you) goes just as much for me, as anyone else. We are all part of the human condition, and energy only does what it does after we put it into motion. In essence, we are like magicians who roll energy towards a negative or positive direction, and that snowball comes rolling right back to us. What’s not widely understood yet is that a “moral” wasn’t supposed to limit what we could do, have or achieve, at all.

A moral tells us based upon how material reality was designed or created, how to go about our goal, so that it produces the greatest amount of benefits for us, without the side effects. (In essence I'm here to help remove or eliminate those effects.) When we view this from the point of "what will be in it for us," most of us would probably want to know as much as we can, about how to obtain that! I believe this new facet of information expands our horizons and grows the choices we have, rather than limiting what we can do. This is why paying attention to the process and our intentions are so important to the final outcome. Like everything else, these two ends are connected to each other, and need to be somewhat consistent in order to work. Not perfect, but always leaning a bit more on the positive side than the negative. Or, simply – just positive!

So, what can we do to revise a plan, so that it works out even better this time?

Simply roll out a very positive idea for the people in the company without any negative “catches” and see what happens! Since being afraid of losing something (instead of focusing on what we are going to gain), was a part of the mix, this is what was returned at a tune of a very large sum of money lost by anyone’s standards. I can't spell-out the specific business, bit I'm sure if you search your memory banks for this year, you'll know who I'm referring to. And, this example isn't for blame. It's only the best business example we've had in my lifetime, and that's the only reason why I'm using it here to prove that my ideas work to grow, and not hurt what you have...

To do the numbers on the positive side now, the complete original idea might have cost the company (at the most) a few billion dollars perhaps, up front. However, with all of the political, professional and shareholder support from both internal and external sources, this very positive and inspiring message, would have reached the hearts and minds of millions of people.

The accumulation effect would have gathered up so much more support naturally – both emotional and financial, and it would have ended up yielding so much more than what was initially put out. Remember how I said in my last blog that any successful business already knew this at one time or another, but somehow forget? And what part did it forget? That with this much success and capitol at its disposal a simple positive investment without any negatives, will always return at least what was put out, if not more. Knowing this at one time or another is actually what got that particular business to the top of the very steep hill it’s been able to climb. So, this truth never really changes or disappears for any person or business – with a few employees, or hundreds of thousands of them.

Without a cliché ending here that rehashes the same old and often sad story, how about an experiment instead? One that I can help you build, or that you can choose to build on your own. The only thing I ask is for you to share your results with me, and why you think they turned out the way they did. Hopefully if you decide to take the leap, you’ll realize in the end that it wasn’t at leap, at all. On a good set of stairs, the spaces are the same between each step, regardless of where they are or how many. So, here’s the idea…

Take an old or new way to enhance the experience of your employees at the workplace. It can directly relate to work so that the energy stays “in the flow” of what you’re trying to do, but still helps everyone feel good about where they are, and what they're doing. Since that was the goal of this major company, see if you can do close to the same thing in your own way, and let the positive sparks fly!

Do it for the positive reasons you had in mind – without needing to add or take away anything else. What’s in it for "you” and your business, will always come right back with interest in one way or another every single time. We often know that we need to do this with our money, but what about our energy and our commitments? These have to circulate outward in order to grow more. So, stay or in play are the only two real choices, we have to choose from.

Why did energy set up conditions such as these for success? So, when you do have the intention and desire “to help” you can see – the results and more – in return. In essence, this feedback loop is energy’s way of always having an incentive to do something that works or is positive. It always returns – just that. When we water down or bring a negative into our idea because we're worried about “our return” and we hold back, we are holding back results too – and that negative is returned to us. What goes out is what comes back with interest, and that’s all there is to it.

For something positive to keep on multiplying, it has to keep going through other people and places to build interest on itself. In essence, when people are being affected in a positive way, that’s what they return to you. When it comes back around again full circle, everyone was positively affected, and even more positive energy and capitol was created in the process. So, the return on our gesture is never really lost. If we could only remember that we are an inseparable part of energy, then everything in the world would run straight – to its highest and most lucrative peak – without stopping at any needless or limiting hesitations or blocks along the way. We would just get right to it!

Essentially, this message is as old as energy itself, because form and function were created at the same time. So, do we really need to wait any longer to put it to its fullest use, so that we can get the most out of it? Energy only asks that we continue to appreciate it and put it into motion for positive “win-win” results, just like we are trying to do with ourselves. Nothing more, and nothing less. In this equation “good for you" was already built into the framework. Why? Because we are already a part of that energy, remember? This works in the same way for business, as it does with our own personal energy. Our positive output changes the energy of what’s around us, and what’s around us is also directly connected to us. It’s an open, endless loop of positive or negative outcomes, depending on what we choose to do. Since there is literally no way to separate ourselves from what we're trying to influence, maybe you can see why the beginning needs to be positive, so that the ending can follow the same path back to us. It just so happens to influence and benefit others along the way, as well.

Eventually, we will realize that what we are looking for will be found in the process of putting positive energy into motion that affects all of us, because that’s just how energy builds and gathers the most gains. When the worry about our part is taken out of the equation, we get our return, and the return of positive energy from all of those happier people, as well. That’s how true fulfillment and peak financial profits are grown and created. Trying to feel this good “all on your own” is not only more costly, but it takes a lot more energy away from you in the process – to make that happen!

So, for my next article, I would love to hear how this principle has helped what you were trying to accomplish in your business. Not for judgement or critique, but for another real world example of what’s working, so that we can all continue to move ahead into happier heights, without having to go back down, so often. Isn’t that really what we’re after?

I know that’s how I would like my plans to unfold…What about yours?

Since the beginning of time, we’ve had millions of negative examples about how something that was supposed to be good, went south instead. We need many more inspirational stories to keep us moving forward. So, would you be willing to write one that has a much better ending this time?

Let's put some real, positive sweeteners back into that lemonade…Shall we?

(Let me know how I can help.)