zondag 25 oktober 2009

Het levensverhaal van Andrew Carnegie



Dynamiek; Financieel-Professioneel-Bijdrage

Nadat hij Engeland enkele malen had bezocht, was Andrew Carnegie al snel overtuigd dat staalproductie de nieuwe markt zou worden. En dat in plaats van het courante ijzer. Dat is wanneer hij besloot verschillende kleinere ijzermijnen en fabrieken op te kopen.

Rond het jaar 1988 kocht Carnegie het rivaliserende Homestead Steel Works en werkte hij verder aan de ontwikkeling van de Carnegie Steel Companie. Met een geschat vermogen van $25 miljoen werd Carnegie nu de eigenaar van 's werelds grootste staalmaatschappij.

Carnegie sloeg de spreekwoordelijke nagel op de kop want de impact van staal op de komende industriele revolutie was enorm. Ondertussen groeide de Carnegie Steel Company tot een totaal aan winsten van ver boven de $38 Miljoen, en dit in de eerste 10 jaar van zijn bestaan. Tegen eind jaren 1880 werd Andrew Carnegie de grootste producent ter wereld van zuiver ijzer, stalen rails en cokes.

In het jaar 1889 benoemde Andrew Carnegie de jonge Henry Frick als de nieuwe president van de Carnegie Company. Tijdens een poging de winsten nog te verhogen, verlaagde Frick de lonen van alle werknemers waardoor in 1892 het Carnegie Homestead fabriek in staking ging. Als antwoord hierop bracht Frick 300 staking verbrekers binnen. Een hele dag werden er zware gevechten gevoerd tussen de twee rivaliserende groepen, waarbij men er op het einde van de dag een dramatische telling van 10 doden en een zestigtal zwaargewonden op nahielden.

Carnegie was buiten zichzelf van boosheid tegenover Frick en in 1899 kocht hij deze laatste uit voor $15 Miljoen. Vanaf die dag organiseerde Carnegie zijn volledig bedrijf volgens democratische normen, waarbij hij al zijn werknemers de garantie en zekerheid bood dat hun eigen inzet ook daadwerkelijk een merkbaar verschil ging uitmaken binnen zijn bedrijf. Zijn unieke aandelen boni werd een succesformule waardoor het bedrijf uiteindelijk steeds sterker en sterker werd.

Een andere hefboom die Carnegie creëerde was een incentive systeem waarbij hij de verschillende werknemers op een constructieve manier tegen mekaar liet wedijveren. Hierdoor motiveerde en inspireerde hij hen tot de hoogste productiviteit. Carnegie bouwde zijn bedrijven om tot beperkte partnerships , waarbij hij steeds de controlerende partner bleef. Hij verkocht nooit een enkel aandeel publiek.

Een van de ultieme sleutels van de verbluffende groei binnen zijn bedrijf was zijn tegendraadse investeringspolicy. Terwijl zijn concurrenten hun winsten herinvesteerden gedurende de hoogdagen van de markt, wachtte Carnegie tot wanneer de markt keerde wanneer de prijzen het laagst waren. Deze strategie gaf zijn bedrijf een enorme boost tijdens de economische recessie van 1893 tot 1897.

In voorbereiding van zijn pensioen, rond de leeftijd van 65, transformeerde Carnegie zijn privé bedrijven naar publieke bedrijven. En op 2 Maart 1901 deed de gerenommeerde Amerikaanse bankier John Pierpont Morgan een succesvol bod, wat toen resulteerde in de grootste overname ooit in de geschiedenis. Dit resulteerde in het etablissement van de US Steel Corporation, het eerste $Miljarden concern ter wereld.

Andrew Carnegie collecteerde hierbij bijna $230,000,000 in obligaties uit deze verkoop, wat hem een van 's werelds rijkste mensen maakte.

Op zijn oudere leeftijd begon Carnegie zijn enorm fortuin aan te wenden voor goede doelen, in het voordeel van het publiek en als ondersteuning voor sociale vooruitgang. Hij stichtte verschillende publieke bibliotheken in de VS, in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en in andere Engelstalige landen. Hij stichtte ook verscheidene fondsen ter ondersteuning van kunst, wetenschap en patriottisme.

Wanneer hij stierf in 1919 werd er een schatting opgemaakt van alle fondsen die hij zou hebben geschonken en weggegeven. Men kwam aan het verbluffende bedrag van $350,695,653 terwijl hij leefde, waarna zijn overlijden er nog eens een bijkomend totaal van $30,000,000 werd weggeschonken.

Andrew Carnegie blijft vandaag nog steeds een unicum, een meester filantroop en een overvloedige bron van inspiratie.

Ik bewonder deze man mateloos, vandaar dat ik jullie vandaag graag zijn levensverhaal deel.

Stay inspired,
Leo Stroobants
The Energy Evangelist
www.leostroobants.com

donderdag 22 oktober 2009

3 Pillars to Success in Life



Dynamics; Professional-Emotional

Yesterday I received on e-mail of a distant friend asking me a very straightforward question; "Leo, how do I get successful?" Now, this isn't an easy one-two-three answer! Let me have a go on this one,...

FIRST: Get some CLARITY and FOCUS!

-You need to have a clear and compelling VISION, where attention goes, energy flows and results finally show. FOCUS is where the energy goes to. Write it out and make it compelling.
-You absolutely need very strong REASONS to follow through. Forget about pushing your way towards succeeding, you want to be pulled into it.
-When you wake up in the morning, nothing else can be on your mind. Sort of like a very sound obsession, you don't want to do anything else.
-Be completely HONEST about where you are today. If people ask you where is Russia, it all depends where you are. It's different when you are in Belgium, Hungary, Sicily or the US. First pinpoint where you are, where to start from.

SECOND: Get the best TOOLS!

-The fast track to success is finding MENTORS, people who are already succeeding huge in the areas of your life where you would like to excel. Get proven maps how to get there, mentors know the shortcuts!
-Then start modelling them. Do exactly the same as they do, imitate them, their behaviors, their actions, their reactions, their focus, their "modus operandi".
-Start with setting high STANDARDS. Put your limiting ego aside and don't try to re-invent the wheel all over again.  See what works and what doesn't, starting with those things that are already working right now. Then follow that path, copy the successes until it doesn't work any longer, then make some course changes and review your strategical approach.
-Surround yourself with a peer group that keeps tracks of your evolution and your successes. Make sure that they are critical enough to hold you accountable.
-Take DAILY ACTION and start building some consistency. Measure your progress!

THIRD: Unlock what is Stopping You!

-Don't focus on the MECHANICS, they are only accountable for 15%, the rest is 85% PSYCHOLOGY!
-Ask yourself the most important question of all; WHY? The emotional drive behind the WHAT is 100 times more important. Unlock and unleash!
-Ask yourself what beliefs, goals or values might be in conflict? If your goal is to become a super salesman and your number 1 fear is rejection, then you are setting yourself up for failure!
-Align your life with what is most important to you. Ask yourself what is the most important thing for you today?
-Now re-align your PSYCHOLOGY so you naturally take action in the direction you are most passionate about. The direction that is in highest resonance with your highest values.

FINALLY;
When you achieve, CELEBRATE  than CONTRIBUTE and pay it forward!

To your success!
Leo Stroobants
The Energy Evangelist
www.leostroobants.com

maandag 5 oktober 2009

Wat is bewustzijn en wat zijn wijzen? NL




Dynamieken: Spiritueel

Na veel vraag, wordt dit de eerste blog in mijn tweede moedertaal!
Afwisselend zal u Engelstalige en Nederlandse blogs te lezen krijgen,...
Enjoy!

Er wordt vandaag zo gigantisch veel over geschreven en gepraat, soms minachtend en spottend, dan weer allesomvattend en essentieel.
Wanneer we de huidige geleerden vandaag volgen, dan denk ik dat er eerst een aantal zullen moeten sterven zodat we niet langer alleen de fysische benadering onder onze neus geschoven krijgen.
Ons bewustzijn wordt ook soms omschreven als onze ziel of geest.
Is ons bewustzijn een bijverschijnsel van onze hersenen dan?
Denken, voelen, emoties, dromen, zijn ze een vreemde dans van onze moleculen, een bijproduct van het fysische?
Volgens de wereldvisie van de meest dominerende geleerden alvast wel.
Wanneer verlies je je bewustzijn? Door een klap op je hoofd, door kalmeermiddelen. Dus,...dan is het fysisch?
Stel je voor dat je naar je favoriete zanger luistert op de radio. Je breekt je radio open en je vindt de zanger er niet fysisch terug!
Stel dat je TV stuk is, zou je dan verklaren dat het netwerk plat ligt?
Wanneer je een mooie roos ziet, voelt en ruikt, waar exact gebeuren die sensaties dan? Inderdaad, in je bewustzijn!
Het start allemaal steeds als een subtiele intentie.
De materialistische geleerden zouden gelijk stellen dat het in je hersenen gebeurt.
Vandaag heeft men manieren ontwikkeld waarbij men daadwerkelijk via een bepaalde suikermolecule doorheen je hersenen kan reizen.
Hebben ze daar beelden teruggevonden? Kleuren, geluiden? Nee! Je hersenen zijn donker en vochtig en zien eruit als een overrijpe banaan.
Ze hebben er niets meer teruggevonden dan electro-chemische processen onder de vorm van neuro-peptides. Een reeks positieve en negatieve ladingen die op en neer werden afgevuurd.
"Het beste dat we weten is dat er wat onbekend is dat zaken doet die we niet kennen!" Edminton
Zo is elke religie slechts een expressie van een culturele mythologie. Wanneer ik naar de maan wijs, dien je mijn wijsvinger niet te verafgoden!
Vandaar dat religie niets meer is dan een expressie van onzekerheid. Geloof is iets dat we aanwenden wanneer we niet langer zeker zijn.
Wanneer je jonge katjes opvoedt in een ruimte waar er slechts verticale strepen zichtbaar zijn, zullen ze later alles slechts verticaal herkennen.
Hetzelfde geldt wanneer je de ruimte vult met horizontale strepen.
Dit heet "Premature Cognitive Recognition", waar ik tijdens mijn seminaries meestal naartoe refereer als je geconditioneerde blauwdruk.
Zij die deze patronen verbreken en durven anders en ruimer te denken worden omschreven als gekken, excentriekelingen of ...wijzen!
Wanneer je kijkt naar een mooie rode roos, is er dan een rode lichtstraal die zich naar jouw ogen richt? Is het werkelijk een electro-magnetische energiestraal? Bestaat er werkelijk rood? Er is geen rood! Binnen in je oog, in het synoptische netwerk binnenin je ogen is er ook geen rood te vinden. Waar is het rood dan? In je bewustzijn!
Waar is Brussel? Waar is Amsterdam? In je bewustzijn!
Jij bent niet in je lichaam, je lichaam is in jou! Jij bent niet in je geest, je geest is in jou!
Het is allemaal jij, als een bewustzijn!
"Everything is a vibration of light!" Sir Arthur Edington
Stay inspired and enlightened!
Namaste!
Leo Stroobants
The Energy Evangelist
www.leostroobants.com

maandag 31 augustus 2009

Steps to get enlightened,...

From the 8 Dynamics seminars; SPIRITUAL

So many e-mails, ...finally here is my answer;

I read somewhere that becoming enlightened is like a process of peeling back the many layers of the ego to experience your true radiant Infinite Self. It's a proces of opening to your innermost being, and as a result to the entire Universe.
I found out in the beginning that the deeper you reach, the more turmoil I got, until finally things started to slow down a bit. The goal actually is to reach the layer of absolute stillness. Some of us need some time to get there, but once they do, it's easier to get there again.
A bit like learning how to ride a bike, it doesn't really work from the first time. You need to practice over and over again, until one day you are swooped away.

Our great masters and teachers tell us that in our deepest self, our true spiritual knowledge resides, the place where we actually feel connected with the Universal energy. Finally we will start to recognize that the newfound inner self is who we really are. You without the ego, full of love clarity, understanding, abundance, eternity, compassion, forgiveness, light.
Every book I read about "enlightenment" observes form a different angle, some work for me, others are a bit off track when I listen with my heart. But they mostly get together in the agreement that it is a continuos state or realization that you are an eternal being who will never die. We just move on to another dimension, another understanding, another matrix.
We are spiritual beings in a material body.

Being enlightened for me starts with a celebration for all the things in my life, a feeling of deep and honest gratitude. Knowing that I am part of a bigger, much bigger, eternal and infinite "whole" which I would like to refer to as the Universe. You might like to call it God, Yahweh, Allah, Buddha, The Light, Abba, Elohim, Yazad, etc.
Some refer to it as a living, conscious intelligence that loves you unconditionally.

Here are some steps that might help you get closer to your enlightened you;

1. Turn of your ego; The constant, never ending chattering inside your mind. The mind is just a mere habitual illusion of who and what we really are. Let go of your beliefs and just BE, without conditions. Turn off your repetitive mind, your internal record that plays over and over.
2. Find a quiet place; a place where you can turn your internal computer off. The board of a lake, in the middle of the woods, a sunny beach overlooking the sea, on top of a hill, a private room with calming music and some candles, whatever works for you.
3. Let go of the illusion that you live separate from the Universal source; Feel all the abundance you already possess right now. Get out step into nature and find all the abundance that you already possess. Stop suffering because you are simply not aware that you are ONE with the UNiverse.
4. Release all your HAVE's; During time, you got attached to people, things, feelings that are limiting you today. Some things will give you the illusion of pleasure, others pain. Pain and suffering is just a way of the Universe to say to "LET GO!"
5. Face the bull; Don't run away from your fears, run towards them. Almost all the times they will disappear before you reach them. Fear is something that was created by YOU, you can dissolve it.
6. Believe your own stories; We were all conditioned when we were young, to become more and more detached from the Universal energy. Success was falsely explained, we were never thought to find the source inside us, in the contrary. Success is finally determined by how fulfilled you are as a spiritual being in a material body.
7. Stop thinking; Thinking is like an arm or a leg, use it only when needed. Limited by only 52 visuals images a second. Practice being.We are human BEINGS. Learn to be in the here and now, and redefine your definition of success.
8. Wanna be right? Let go of trying to be right all the time. It's a limiting ego-trip. You don't need to fight for what you wish, life is a playground. Play!
9. Step out of the rat race and stop suffering; Live conscious, not subconscious. The cheese will only get bigger, and the suffering will never disappear. Dare to swim against the stream, and wake up! Everything you need to stop suffering is INSIDE you, not outside!
10. Stop blaming, stop justifying and stop playing the victim; The rewards you get from them are always very temporary

Choose to wake up now, and enjoy!

Live life fully,...
Leo Stroobants
The Energy Evangelist
www.leostroobants.com

donderdag 27 augustus 2009

What needs to be done to BREAK through and FOLLOW through?



Dynamics; Emotional- Professional

So many people approach me asking me what the difference is between those who breakthrough after one of my seminars, and those who don't. Why do some people follow through and some stay stuck? This basically doesn't only happen with my seminars but with any seminar, program or product out there!
One day a surgeon shared with me that of all the patients undergoing major surgery at their lungs or heart caused by smoking, 70% of them starts smoking again. Picking up their destructive behavior again!?
What really needs to happen for people to follow through then, you might ask.
The best thing I do is modeling. I model the individuals that master the specific things I crave for, try to do what does people do, adapt it, master it and teach other people how to do the same.
It's actually also about the validation in the mind that there isn't any fear any longer. Wipe out the fear by planning without a plan B. Burn the ships you came ashore with!
It's a proven fact that almost 97% of all people talk their way out of business before they even started. (So much for their wonderful ideas!)
Overachievers on the other hand have the tendency to increase their fear, so fear will work in their advantage. They are so afraid to miss out on all the wonderful opportunities, instead of settling in waiting for things to change out of their own.
Then you have those who clearly have strong enough reasons to break through and follow through. For instance, being sick and tired of being sick and tired of a certain situation is indeed a perfect motivation!
Some of them, like me (who already lost everything 3 times in my life), have to hit rock bottom first before rising to the highest levels.

In order to break through, you will have to be in a state of breaking through. Lots of people are still captured in a "desiring"-state, instead of a "MUST"-state. A MUST state is needed to break through the level to make massive change possible. Solely wishing won't just do it!

My question to you is; WHAT PISSES YOU OFF or WHAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST IN LIFE?

The first results are mostly the biggest kick in the butt to follow through; The first kilo's you lose by working out, the first money you make in your new business, the first actual sensory changes you are observing!

Listen, the most important thing to do before all, is knowing exactly WHAT it is that you want; Chrystal clear and very detailed and then determining the following magical step of WHY you actually want what you want. It has to be something you are really hungry for, craving for, obsessed by, something that will make a huge DIFFERENCE in you life.
That WHY will open up a container of feelings and emotions while you are doing your daily visualizations of your WHAT's.

And if,...for some reason.....you still don't know it. If you are still not hungry?
Then get around people who ARE hungry!
And see what happens,...

To your success, happiness and prosperity!
Leo Stroobants
The Energy Evangelist

dinsdag 25 augustus 2009

Let's redefine and reshape the definition of success!

Dynamics; ALL!

Working for more then 8 years with my 8 Dynamics of Life seminars, I keep on hearing more and more people having a pretty narrow idea and visualization of the concept SUCCESS,...
Throughout my works I like to offer other, deeper views and insights about what the meaning of success really holds.
First of all it's no longer about how much money you have, or how successful you THINK you are. It's all about how much IMPACT you are having on the world!
Re-read this sentence and feel how you are reshaping the meaning of success, prosperity, wealth and fulfillment in your mind,...
What do you want your LEGACY to be?
Will it be how much money you finally made, or...
How many lives you CHANGED, how much IMPACT you had on others in a constructive, loving and meaningful way?
I dare to think that I already sense your answer,.....that is.....if you are really HONEST to yourself!
Now here comes the second "secret";
Are you ready,...?
You really don't have to make a choice between making money and making a difference!!!
It's actually almost never a matter of "either-or", but a matter of "AND"!
Once you personally figured out how to apply LEVERAGE and CREATE massive CHANGE in your world, you'll find that money simply COMES to you, automatically,....without EFFORT!
Because you are creating VALUE, and that is exactly what the UNIVERSE is waiting for to give massive REWARDS to you.
Mmmmmm, interesting yes?!
Without questioning the world is undergoing massive CHANGES in the last years (and it ain't over still). Lots of people have been hurt, crushed and majorly challenged, both emotionally as financially.
But I learned that in times of CRISIS the biggest OPPORTUNITIES are created.
During my seminars I teach the willing to embrace crisis, because it is the messenger of huge quantities of chances, new beginnings, new ideas, new implementations and HUGE opportunities.
It ain't over yet, and believe me that a massive SOCIAL CHANGE will sweep through the world, and it is UNSTOPPABLE!
Most of us do not longer want the TOYS, the big mansions, a collection of expensive cars like we did before. Today we are looking for MEANING and PURPOSE, to CONTRIBUTE and thus make a positive IMPACT on the world.
That is why we need to redefine and reshape the definition of SUCCESS, because unfortunately people still wrongly associate money with success and prosperity, where it actually only has to do with the impact you have on others.

And that is why I accepted to cooperate with a fantastic spiritual experiment called SUPERWISE ME! (Wisdom 9-9-9) Created by Len Branson.
I will share more about it later, just google around and find out!

I want to close with a mantra I often use from his holiness the Dalai Lama;
"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness,..."

To your "success"!
Leo Stroobants
Your Energy Maverick

dinsdag 18 augustus 2009

Get out of crisis by changing your focus


Dynamics; ALL!

These are the greatest times in our life, REALLY!
The best time to work on all 8 dynamics of your life; Professional, Financial, Material, Emotional, Physical, Relational, Spiritual and Contribution.
Times have never been better, REALLY!
And in the years to come we are going to receive more gifts and opportunities in all different shapes and forms and in ways that we never even thought possible.
But, we will have to shift our focus and start modeling those who are successful in this new world market even more.
We will HAVE TO adopt new rituals, new philosophies, create new habits while shifting old paradigms and breaking previous conditioning.
What worked in the past will definitely not work any longer in the present and will be ridiculed in the future. Constant learning, adapting and growing will be the new identity.
During my seminars or while I walk in a room full of people I can spot the exploited rituals of most individuals in a second. Some of them show that they work out 4 to 5 times a week, others only twice, some not whatsoever. By looking at what state they are in and reading their physiological proof I can spot if they are smiling, vibrant and open minded versus some who look worried, stressed and frustrated.
We have to recognize that our rituals determine our life!
What state are you in RIGHT NOW wen you read this article?
Are you sitting up, smiling, open minded and full of energy?
If not, shift you state RIGHT THIS SECOND and see what happens, put a major grin on your face and feel what you are reading.
How do you react NOW?
Are you doing the right rituals in your life today?
You can be SINCERE but in the meantime you could be SINCERELY WRONG!
Maybe you are doing the RIGHT things in the WRONG time?
That doesn't really work, and will only give you lots of PAIN!
Are you doubting or wondering if you are right on track? Just look around and see what your life looks like right now. That will be the answer you were looking for.
You need to do the right things in the right time. As Jim Rohn says; "You need to know what season you are in,..."
Walking around in swimming trunks on the ski slopes of Gstaad in the winter month of December is as ridiculous as jumping around in your ski suit on the beaches of the Cote d'Azur in the middle of the summer.
It will only result in PAIN!
Take control of your STATE right NOW and start to become AWARE that your old paradigms won't bring you any closer to your goals, well in the contrary.
Start to FOCUS on the RIGHT things, focus on those things that will bring you closer to your goals, FASTER.
You only live ones, so also become AWARE that your time is one of your most valuable assets. Even though time is an illusion just like anything else, let it be your tool to measure your progress, but not the source of any frustration.
Write them goals down, visualize them daily, use dream boards or vision walls as your practical aid and take some daily time to MEDITATE and get CONNECTED with the UNIVERSAL ENERGY that unites us all.
Have FAITH and move on.
Remember that even when you don't pay attention, or even while you are asleep, your BRAIN keeps on working for you.
We THINK consciously while we ACT unconsciously.
You will find WHAT you are looking for!
WHAT are you looking for,....Focusing on?

Namaste,
Leo Stroobants
The Energy Evangelist