Life. Thoughts That Make the World Go Around (and Up, Not Down)

A Guide to the Universal Effort of Creating Empowered, Conscious and Socially Responsible People and Businesses.

Artemis Evangelidi

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781528966030
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Am I happy?What impact do I have on the world around me? What are my values? How do others perceive me? What does my ideal world look like? What does my ideal workplace look like?Whether you are looking to improve yourself, improve your work environment or create a thriving culture, this book is for you. Only you have the power to bring about the change you want for yourself and for the world around you. It all begins and ends with you.By taking a holistic approach, this book combines self-help motivational tools with the business tips you need to be able to empower yourself and change the course of your own life and your workplace for the better.

Table of contents

• Life. Thoughts That Make the World Go Around (and Up, Not Down)
• About the Author
• About the Book
• Dedication
• Copyright © Artemis Evangelidi (2019)
• Introduction
• Love (A-Side)
• The Journey
• Courage
• Creativity
• When I Was About To Launch My Business, I Remember Meeting An Old Colleague For A Coffee As He Had Flown Into Town For Work. I Was So Excited To Tell Him All About My New Venture. He Was Equally Excited To Hear About It And He Proceeded To Ask Me What My Niche Was – What Was I Going To Do Differently To Everyone Else? I Was A Little Stunned And Remember Just Staring At Him. Surely Someone Who Had Worked With Me For Many Years On That Many Deals Across Continents Knew That The Way I Approached My Work Was Completely Different From Everyone Else. Surely, He Remembered My Strict Code Of Ethics, My Different Approach To Negotiations, My Taking Responsibility For All Things I Could Handle And The Love With Which I Faced Conflicts, Upsets And Problems. I Was A Facilitator, A Solver, A Doer, A Giver. Why Was He Asking Me This?
• Lessons
• Presence
• Presence Is Something You Need To Feel Yourself To Truly Understand. It Is The Ability To Know That There Is More To You Than Mind Or Matter. That Inner Knowledge, That Sense Of Self That You Can Find Whenever You Really Look Deep Within. When You Are In Your Presence Then You Are Also In Tune With All Your Emotions Whatever These May Be.
• Love Yourself And Forgive
• (First Interlude)
• As Four Wise Men Once Said And Will Continue To Say For So Long As There Is Music And We Have The Ability To Listen To It, ‘All You Need Is Love’ – Within, Throughout, Around, Above And Beyond. But Love Actually Starts With You. You Cannot Really Love Someone Or Something Else If You Have Not Understood How To Love Yourself.
• Gratitude
• Value What You Have – Every Little Thing, Every Big Thing, Everything. Give Thanks And You Will Receive More. Be Thankful For What You Have Achieved And For The Journey And The Lessons. We Are Taught When We Are Young To Say Thank You – Thank You For My Present, Thank You For Opening The Door, Thank You For My Meal. Why Do We Forget This As We Grow Older? Suddenly Our Thanks Turn Into Expectations. Expectations Make Us Feel That We Deserve Something And When We Deserve Something It Is A Given That We Get It, Why Should We Give Thanks?
• Ego
• The Ego Is One Of The Most Curious Of All Human Elements. Its Sense Of Self And Detachment From The Other Elements Is Unique. The Ego Knows What It Wants And How To Get It And Is Obsessed With Fulfilling Its Desires. Yes, It Will Boost Your Self-Esteem, Self-Worth And Risk Taking. But If It Is Followed In A Vacuum, It Will Be To The Detriment Of Everyone Else Around You Because It Thinks Of No One But Itself. For The Ego, The Means Always Justify The End So Long As You Are Winning – It Is Quite Selfish In That Way. When You Fall Into The Trap Of Associating Only With Your Ego, Then That Is Where You Start To Lose Sight Of Yourself And Your Presence. When Your Focus Is One Of Achieving What (You Think) You Want Without Regard For Others Around You, Then You Will Be Blindsided Into Seeing Only Your Side Of Things And Perhaps Even Causing Damage To Those Who Cross Your Path.
• We All Have Free Will. We Have Freedom Of Thought Even When Our Other Freedoms Have Been Restricted. No One Can Control Our Thoughts And Our Perceptions. We Can Use Our Inner Knowledge And Experiences To Help People Sure, We Can Suggest Solutions And We Can Even Offer Guidance And Take Responsibility To Make A Difference, But We Cannot Force Someone Else To Think Differently Or Even Worse, As We Do.
• Fear
• Conflict
• Whether We Like It Or Not, Life Is Full Of Conflicts. Internal Conflicts And External Ones. Conflicts Between People, Conflicts Between Nations. They Are All Around Us And Often Times A Part Of Our Daily Lives.
• Time
• Time Is A Funny Thing. Sometimes We Are In The Flow With It, Other Times It Gets The Better Of Us. I Am Not Talking About ‘Managing Time’ Like A Business Training Concept But Being One With Time – Working With It And Using It To Your Benefit.
• Love Energy (Second Interlude)
• The Power Of Love Is Sometimes Incomprehensible. Incomprehensible In That It Holds So Much Energy That It Can Literally Change The World. It Is The Highest Vibration There Is. When You Are Aware Of Its Power You Can Really See How Using It Liberally And Daily Can Transform Your Every Action And Interaction.
• Bravery
• Without Bravery We Cannot Get A Lot Done, Much Like Courage. Whilst Courage Helps You Achieve Your Goals In The Face Of Your Self-Conceived Fears, Bravery Allows You To Step Up In The Face Of Real Risk Or Danger. Think Of It As Taking Your Courage To Another Level.
• Being Brave Means Different Things To Different People. For You It Could Mean Taking That Next Step In Your Career And Trying Something That Has Never Been Done Before. It Could Also Mean Pushing Yourself And Testing Your Own Boundaries To See How Quickly You Can Adapt And Adjust And Move In A Different Direction With Something New.
• Success
• Happiness
• Faith
• Freedom
• Love And Peace (B-Side)