ARE YOU A VICTIM, SURVIVOR OR THRIVER?

I was doing it all wrong! And three shift to make in how you speak and communicate!

I WAS DOING IT ALL WRONG! HERE IS WHY! AND THREE SHIFT TO MAKE IN HOW YOU SPEAK AND COMMUNICATE! HOW TO APPLY THE LAW OF POLARITY IN YOUR LIFE BY CLEARING THE THREE BLIND SPOTS HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT“THE LAW OF POLARITY.” THE LAW STATES THAT THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. THERE ARE TWO POLES, OPPOSITES, EDGES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO EXTREMES OF ONE THING IS CALLED POLARITY. THE LAW OF POLARITY TEACHES US THAT EVERY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU PERCEIVE AS A PROBLEM HAS A SOLUTION. ISN’T IT GREAT? SO, WHEN WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING WRONG, DOES IT MEAN THAT WE CAN TURN IT AROUND? I GUESS THE ANSWER IS DEFINITELY YES. YOU CAN ACTIVELY CHANGE THE POLARITY OF WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING INTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU DESIRE. LOOKS CLEAR! BUT, IS IT AS EASY AS IT’S DESCRIBED? WATCH OUT! I SAID, “ACTIVELY.” I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT LATER. SO LET’S BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IMAGINE YOU ARE HOLDING A STICK IN YOUR HAND. IT HAS TWO EDGES. AND THINK ABOUT WHAT’S LACKING, WHAT’S MISSING, OR YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITHIN IN YOUR LIFE. LET’S SAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE WORKING IS ON THE LEFT END OF THE STICK. VISUALIZE IT MOVING TO THE OTHER END OF THE STICK TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE LAW OF POLARITY CLEARLY STATES THAT WITH THE MENTAL FOCUS, WE CAN TRANSFORM POVERTY INTO PROSPERITY, FEAR INTO COURAGE, AND FAILURE INTO SUCCESS. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/myumyun-blog-ph-new.png]I WAS COACHING ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY AFTER WORK HOURS. IT WAS FROM 5 PM TO 7 PM. MY STUDENT WAS ALREADY EXHAUSTED AFTER ALL DAY WORKING. I WAS TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH, MAINLY GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY FOCUSED. ONE DAY BEFORE WE STARTED THE COACHING SESSION, SHE SAID, “I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU BEFORE WE GET STARTED THAT I WAS INVITED TO SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MY COMPANY.” AND I WENT TO GIVE HER A HIGH FIVE, AND SHE STOPPED ME. AND, I SAID, “WHAT?” AND SHE SAID, “I AM NOT GONNA GO TO THOSE MEETINGS. I DON’T WANT THEM TO MAKE FUN WITH MY PRONUNCIATION. MY PRONUNCIATION SUCKS, AND WE HAVE MAINLY NATIVE SPEAKERS AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SO I DON’T UNDERSTAND A WORD THEY SAY.” WHAT POPPED OUT OF MY MIND AT THAT SPLIT SECOND WAS, “HONEY, YOU WILL GO TO THOSE MEETINGS! YOU ARE GOING TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH CONFIDENCE. AND, I AM GOING TO EMPOWER YOU FOR THAT!” AT THAT MOMENT, EVERY MISTAKE I SAW ENGLISH COURSE CENTERS MAKING STARTED FLOODING INTO ME. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS NOT CONFIDENT WITH HER ENGLISH AFTER ALL OF THOSE BUSINESS ENGLISH GRAMMAR LESSONS SHE ENROLLED WITH ME AND SOME OTHER TUTORS. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND NATIVE SPEAKERS. I SAW THE MISSING LINK IN ALL THESE LANGUAGE COURSE CENTERS, MAINLY FOCUSING ON GRAMMAR. I KNOW THAT I WILL RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS HERE, BUT TEACHING METHODS IN LANGUAGE SCHOOLS, ENGLISH CLASSROOMS, AND ENGLCOURSEBOOKSOOKS DO NOT HELP LEARNERS SPEAK ENGLFLUENTLYENCE. THEY ARE ALL OUTDATED! MOST OF MY EX-COLLEAGUES WILL AGREE WITH ME. GRAMMAR SHOULD BE LEARNED INTUITIVELY AT THE BEGINNING. STUDYING GRAMMAR ONLY IMPEDES STUDENT PROGRESS. MOST NATIVE SPEAKERS DO NOT KNOW GRAMMAR RULES. ASK AN AMERICAN, “WHAT IS THE PAST PERFECT TENSE,” AND MOST WILL NOT KNOW. BUT, OF COURSE, THEY USE THE PAST PERFECT TENSE CORRECTLY EVERY DAY. IN FACT, THEY USE ENGLISH GRAMMAR EFFORTLESSLY. THEY DON’T THINK ABOUT IT. THEY KNOW WHAT “SOUNDS RIGHT,” AND THEY KNOW WHAT “SOUNDS WRONG.” PROPER SENTENCE STRUCTURE IS LEARNED THROUGH INTUITION. BY LISTENING AND SPEAKING, WE PICK UP ON SPEECH PATTERNS AND KNOW WHAT SOUNDS CORRECT AND INCORRECT. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS MASTERING PHONETICS, PRONOUNCING THE WORDS CORRECTLY, MAKING FLUENT SPEECHES, LINKING WORDS, INTONATION, AND UNDERSTANDING NATIVE SPEAKERS. ENGLISH IS NOT GEOGRAPHY. IT’S NOT PHYSICS EITHER. SO, YOU CAN’T SIT DOWN IN THE CLASSROOMS AND STUDY RULES AND FORMULAS LIKE OTHER SCHOOL SUBJECTS. AGAIN, I AM NOT SAYING GRAMMAR IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I AM SAYING SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE DOING EVERYTHING WRONG. THEY ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOUNDATION OF ENGLISH, PHONETICS, SPEECH PATTERNS. BUT I GET WHERE THE MISTAKE IS COMING FROM BECAUSE TEACHING PHONETICS, SPEECH PATTERNS REQUIRES EXTRA EXPERTISE. AND, ENGLISH TEACHERS ARE NOT QUALIFIED AT IT. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grammar-389907_1280-300x199.jpg]LISTEN TO YOUR INNER GUIDE! COMING BACK TO MY STORY, ON THE WAY BACK HOME, SITTING ON A CROWDED TRAIN ON A COLD WINTER DAY IN MILAN, I OUTLINED EVERYTHING AN ENGLISH LEARNER NEEDED TO BE EMPOWERED WITH. AT THE TIME, I WAS WORKING AT THREE DIFFERENT ENGLISH COURSE CENTERS. I SHARED MY OPINION WITH ONE OF THE COURSE CENTERS’ HEAD OFFICES AND TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON MY STUDENT’S SPEAKING SKILLS RATHER THAN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE COURSEBOOK. THEY ASKED ME TO STICK TO THE COURSEBOOK OUTLINE. THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I QUIT MY JOB IN ALL THREE-COURSE CENTERS AND REGISTERED MYSELF FOR A MASTER’S IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FROM THAT DAY ON, I HAD ONLY ONE MISSION, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO BECOME GREAT SPEAKERS, SHINING BRIGHT ON STAGE, AND COACHING THEM ON HOW TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS WITH CONFIDENCE. THIS IS HOW SEVI’S SCHOOL WAS BORN. I STEPPED WITH MY MODEL THAT I ONLY WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY NEED TO SPEAK WITH FLUENCY, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH CLARITY, PREPARE KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS THAT GLUE THE AUDIENCE TO THEIR STAGE. PEOPLE I WORK WITH KNOW WHAT THEY WANT IN LIFE. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lion-1657947_1280-300x200.jpg]SO, WAS IT EASY? THE SHIFT I MADE! NOT REALLY! STEPPING UP TO SOMETHING UNKNOWN IN THE AREA MADE ME LOSE MY PRESENT STUDENTS WHO INSISTED ON LEARNING GRAMMAR AT THE TIME. I WAS CUTTING OUT HALF OF MY POTENTIAL CLIENTS. BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IMPOSED ON EVERYBODY’S MIND ABOUT LEARNING GRAMMAR, NO ONE WOULD QUITE GET THE AMAZING RESULT OF OUR POTENTIAL COLLABORATION. BUT, IT WAS COUNTER-INTUITIVE. WHEN I NARROWED MY MARKET, I GOT MORE OF THE BUSINESS. I DECIDED TO RIDE THIS HORSE BECAUSE I SAW THE RESULT OF MY COLLABORATION WITH EACH CLIENT AGAIN AND AGAIN. EACH OF THEM, IN A MONTH, WOULD BECOME SUCCESSFUL SPEAKERS. SOME OF THEM CHANGED THEIR JOBS AND WERE HIRED BY BETTER COMPANIES, SOME OF THEM GOT PROMOTED, AND SOME BECAME BLOGGERS. THEY BECAME MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR AREA OF BUSINESS AND STARTED TO MAKE MORE MONEY. IT HAS PROVEN TRUE THAT WHEN YOU INVEST IN YOUR SPEECH, YOU BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL WAYS BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF ANY RELATIONSHIP YOU INITIATE. BECAUSE YOU CAN SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH CONFIDENCE INSTEAD OF DIGGING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND LIKE AN OSTRICH. AND IF YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO MY STUDENT WHO INSPIRED ME TO DO WHAT I DO TODAY. SHE BECAME THE CEO OF ONE OF THE LEADING COMPANIES IN THE MARKET. BECAUSE YOU SEE, THE ONLY REASON SHE DIDN’T WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE WAS THAT SHE WASN’T FLUENT IN ENGLISH. SHE FELT LESS. WE WORKED ON IT TOGETHER. SHE DIDN’T ALLOW THAT SEEMINGLY BIG BARRIER TO GETTING IN HER WAY. NOW, THERE ARE MANY COACHES OUT THERE WHO CALL THEMSELVES PRONUNCIATION COACHES JUST THE WAY THERE ARE MANY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE ENGLISH TEACHERS AROUND. YOU HAVE TO PICK THE RIGHT PERSON WHO HAS TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. YOUR COACH IS YOUR LEADER. THE COACH NEEDS TO WALK HER TALK. SO, BE PICKY WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE PERSON TO WORK WITH. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/microphone-2316268_1280-300x219.jpg]YOUR VOICE IS REFLECTING YOUR IDENTITY. LIKE YOU HAVE A FINGERPRINT, YOU HAVE YOUR VOICEPRINT. THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE IS HOW YOU WILL BE KNOWN. WITH YOUR VOICE AND THE POWER OF YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS, YOU CAN EASILY GET THROUGH CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS IN LIFE. WE MOSTLY PUT OFF DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF HURTING OR GETTING HURT. LET ME GIVE YOU THREE SIMPLE SHIFTS YOU CAN MAKE RIGHT NOW IN HOW YOU SPEAK AND COMMUNICATE. 1-Communicating in headlines: Many people use too many words before they get to the point. You know people are rolling their eyes and saying, where are you going with this, and what’s your point. Using more words and overexplaining won’t help you become a great speaker. The first thing that comes out of your mouth must be the most important thing you want people to remember. And you follow that up with two or three supporting information. 2- Negotiation. We don’t negotiate because we think that negotiation is a confrontation. And we want everybody to like us. And, so we avoid difficult conversations, particularly when they have to ask for what we want. I remember one of my clients wasn’t happy with his salary, and he was afraid of ruining his relationship with his chief by asking for what he was worth it. I told him not to settle for what he was offered if he thinks he is worth more. We worked on a contrasting technique with him based on data, facts, and figures. After working with him for a few sessions, he was ready to speak with his boss. He said to his boss, “I don’t want you to think that I am not excited about coming to work for you because I absolutely am! At the same time, if I took this offer, I wouldn’t respect myself, and I don’t think you would respect me either. So, I want to talk about how we can bring this up to about 25% that would be consistent with what the market pays, that would reflect my last salary and would make me delighted to come and work for you.” If you wonder what happened to him, he got what he asked for. He didn’t settle for what he didn’t believe in, but he did negotiate and put data, facts, and figures in one place. 3- Don’t let people interrupt you or own your ideas. If someone interrupts you, you need to interrupt the interrupter. You need to be able to say, “Hang on a second! I wasn’t quite finished. If that’s impossible to do. You let them finish, and as soon as they finish, you jump in and say, “You know, let me pick it up where I left off because I wasn’t quite finished. And, if someone steals your idea, what are you gonna do? You have to do it with a straight face. You will let them finish what they are gonna say, and then you say. “Hey, you know, Sally, thanks for expanding on my idea because it made me realize that there were some other things I would like to add. “[https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/water-2437729_1280-300x200.jpg]UP YOUR GAME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! JUST BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LEAD SUCCESSFUL CONVERSATIONS DOESN’T MAKE YOU ANY LESS THAN ALL SUCCESSFUL SPEAKERS OUT THERE. IT’S LEARNABLE! JUST DON’T GET STUCK WHERE YOU ARE. YOUR PAST DOESN’T DEFINE YOUR FUTURE. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO REWRITE YOUR SCRIPT. I DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE 20, OR 50, OR 70; I AM CONTINUING TO REWRITE MY SCRIPT ALL THE TIME. YOU DEFINE YOURSELF EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE DEFINED. UP YOUR GAME! DON’T HUSTLE AND WEAR YOURSELF OUT WITH THE WRONG LEARNING TECHNIQUES. DON’T WASTE BOTH YOUR TIME AND MONEY. YOU CAN BECOME A GREAT KEYNOTE SPEAKER. YOU CAN BECOME A WONDERFUL SPEAKER. YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR IDEAS WITH CONFIDENCE. MY CLIENTS HAVE PROVED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. INDEED, THEY ARE THE REFLECTION OF THE SUCCESS OF MY WORK. UP YOUR GAME! SUPPOSE YOU WANT TO WORK WITH ME PRIVATELY OR SEE WHAT’S AVAILABLE FOR GROUP COACHING. PLEASE DON’T PUT IT OFF. PUT MONEY OUT WHEN YOU CAN LEAST AFFORD IT TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU NEED TO GROW. DON’T INVEST IN THE WRONG PROJECTS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE AFFORDABLE.

The frog who didn’t give up!

PEG-FREE LIFE Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.ONE DAY, TWO FROGS ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO A MILK PAIL HALF FULL OF CREAM AND COULDN’T GET OUT. THEY KEPT SWIMMING AROUND TO KEEP FROM DROWNING, BUT AFTER A WHILE, THEY STARTED GETTING TIRED. THE INSIDE OF THE PAIL WAS TOO STEEP AND SLIPPERY TO CLIMB, AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO PLACE THEIR FEET FOR TRACTION TO GET UP A GOOD HOPPING DISTANCE. THE AWFUL REALITY DAWNED ON THEM: THEY WERE TRAPPED, AND THEY WERE DYING. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/myumyun-blog-ph-new.png]ONE FROG KEPT SAYING, “THIS IS USELESS, WE SHOULD JUST GIVE UP.” BUT THE OTHER FROG KEPT SWIMMING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST FROG GAVE UP AND DROWNED. THE OTHER FROG WAS SAD AT THE LOSS OF HIS FRIEND, BUT HE REFUSED TO GIVE UP. HE CONTINUED TO SWIM. HE SWAM AND SWAM IN RIDICULOUS, POINTLESS, FUTILE CIRCLES, HOPING FOR A MIRACLE. HE KEPT PADDLING FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT ANY RESULTS. WHEN HE WAS HOPELESS, HIS FRIEND’S DYING WORDS CLUTCHED AT HIS THOUGHTS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT HE WAS PERSISTENT! IT NEVER CROSSED HIS MIND TO GIVE UP. FINALLY, SOMETHING ODD HAPPENED. HE FELT SOMETHING SOLID. HE SCRAMBLED UP ON TOP OF A BIG LUMP OF BUTTER HE HAD JUST FINISHED CHURNING. SO, THE CREAM TURNED INTO BUTTER, AND THE FROG SIMPLY HOPPED OUT OF THE PAIL FOR FREEDOM. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gren.jpg]WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE AND SEE NO HOPE IN LIFE, DON’T GIVE UP. YOU MAY WANT TO GET MORE FIT, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE, GET A PROMOTION, BECOME A GREAT SPEAKER, BE MORE INDEPENDENT, GIVE LIFE TO YOUR IDEAS BUT SEE NO HOPE AFTER SOME TIME OF TRYING. KEEP SWIMMING AND THE CREAM WILL TURN INTO BUTTER, AND THINGS WILL GET BETTER! WHEN WE FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, WE MAY JUST BE INCHES AWAY FROM THE WINNING LINE. YOU HAVE IT ALL. YOU ARE ENOUGH!TAP INTO THAT POWER IN YOU.

Live a Peg-Free Life

PEG-FREE LIFE Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.THINK ABOUT ELEPHANTS AND HUMANS FOR A WHILE. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON RIGHT? YET, THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH HUMANS. ELEPHANTS ARE SMART, EMOTIONAL, SELF-AWARE, AND HIGHLY SOCIAL CREATURES. THERE IS SOMETHING MORE. THE 5 SOMETHING TONS OF HULK CAN EASILY WALK THROUGH WALLS, MOVE A THOUSAND POUNDS, AND DESTROY CARS AND HOUSES. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP AN ELEPHANT IS BY TYING A ROPE TO ITS LEG AND TYING OFF THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE TO A WOODEN PEG? It’s crazy, right?[https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/myumyun-blog-ph-new.png]A WOODEN PEG AND A ROPE ARE ENOUGH TO STOP THE GINORMOUS ELEPHANT. IT DOES STOP BECAUSE IT IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE FACT THAT IT CAN’T MOVE ANYWHERE AS LONG AS THE ROPE AND THE PEG ARE AROUND IT. WHEN THE ELEPHANT IS VERY YOUNG AND JUST LEARNING TO STAND AND WALK, THE KEEPER WILL TIE A ROPE TO THE CALF’S LEG, THE BABY ELEPHANT, AND TIE OFF THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE, A PEG OR ANCHOR IN THE GROUND. THE BABY ELEPHANT WILL TRY TO WALK AWAY, FREE ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, ITS MIND WILL BE PROGRAMMED TO THE FACT THAT IT CAN’T ROAM AROUND WHEN THERE ARE A ROPE AND A PEG NEXT TO IT. NO MATTER HOW HUGE AND POWERFUL THE ELEPHANT BECOMES, ITS PROGRAMMING AND BELIEF WILL LIMIT ITS POTENTIALS. THEY ARE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THEY CANNOT BREAK AWAY. THEY BELIEVE THE ROPE CAN STILL HOLD THEM, SO THEY NEVER TRY TO BREAK FREE. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6a4df-elephant1-245x300.png]WE ARE VERY MUCH LIKE THESE ELEPHANTS, RIGHT? WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THE POWER WITHIN US, THE POWER GOD-BREATHED IN EACH OF US. WE ALLOW OUR LIMITING BELIEFS, FAILURES WE GOT GROWING UP, FEARS AND REJECTIONS TO PROGRAM US INTO A LIFE IN WHICH WE LOCK OURSELVES IN A CAGE AND NOT MOVE FORWARD. WE LOSE TRUST IN OURSELVES, WE BELIEVE IN PEOPLE WHO TRY TO ESTABLISH ANCHORS IN OUR LIVES THAT LIMIT OUR THINKING. WE EASILY GET CONTROLLED BY OTHERS AND LOCK OUR POTENTIALS. WE LOOK UP TO PEOPLE AND THINK THAT WE CAN NEVER BE LIKE THEM. WE CREATE FALSE ASSUMPTIONS. WE TRY TO TALK OURSELVES OUT OF OUR BURNING DESIRES. LIKE THE ELEPHANTS, WE THINK THAT “A TINY BUMP IN THE ROAD” CAN CONTROL OUR ENTIRE LIFE. If you don’t believe in yourself, who will? I am telling you, you don’t need anybody but you. Stop selling yourself short. Break yourself free. You are not aware of how powerful you are. You can shift everything in your life right now, YES, and change the direction of your life. Stop coming up with excuses, instead, create your resilient life Resume. Free yourself from the peg, self-limitation, and start living a peg free life. No one has the power to stop you but YOU. Now, you may say; “Sevi, I am not creative like someone else. I don’t have genius ideas to implement”. You don’t have now because you have been numbing your creativity, the power in you. But unleash the power, the power that is sitting in you. What will come out will surprise you. Now you decide what you wanna do about your life. Be a victim, a survivor or a thriver.

Knowledge is NOT power

KNOWLEDGE IS NOT POWER THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE. ONE IS GENERAL; THE OTHER IS SPECIALIZED. ONE THING YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT KNOWLEDGE IS THAT IT WILL NOT ATTRACT ABUNDANCE, HAPPINESS UNLESS IT IS ORGANIZED, AND INTELLIGENTLY DIRECTED, THROUGH PRACTICAL PLANS OF ACTION. KNOWLEDGE IS NOT POWER. KNOWLEDGE IS ONLY POTENTIAL POWER. IT BECOMES POWER ONLY WHEN, AND IF, IT IS ORGANIZED INTO DEFINITE PLANS OF ACTION, AND DIRECTED TO A DEFINITE END. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/myumyun-blog-ph-new.png]GET ON SEVI’S VIP LIST FOR EXCLUSIVE BUSINESS + LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS AND FIRST NOTICE ON UPCOMING EVENTS. YOU SHOULD DEVOUR ALL THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT YOUR SPECIALTY WHICH IS GONNA BRING YOU ONE FOOT FURTHER THAN EVERYBODY IN YOUR FIELD. BUT, YOU SHOULD PUT IT INTO ACTION. BECAUSE, THE KNOWLEDGE ITSELF IS NOT POWERFUL UNLESS YOU GIVE IT POWER. THIS “MISSING LINK” LEADS YOU TO SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY. IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE AND USE KNOWLEDGE AFTER YOU ACQUIRE IT, YOU CAN GO TO UNIVERSITY, GET DEGREES, BUT YOU WILL STILL NOT LIVE YOUR LIFE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISERABLE TODAY. BECAUSE THEY STUDY, THEY DO EVERYTHING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES AT A HIGH STANDARD, BUT THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO ACTIVATE THE POWER OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE. THEY MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT. THE KNOWLEDGE ENDS UP SITTING THERE IN THEIR BRAIN, OCCUPIES A LOT OF SPACE AND IT GETS RUSTY BY TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT USING IT. YOU CAN ACQUIRE ANYTHING YOU WANT IF YOU KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE KNOWLEDGE AND USE IT THROUGH PRACTICAL PLANS. KNOWLEDGE HAS NO VALUE UNLESS YOU GIVE IT POWER. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mental-health-2313430_640-300x262.jpg]TO ME, HAVING KNOWLEDGE BUT NOT PUTTING IT INTO USE IS LIKE HAVING A WATER TANK BUT SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT. UNLESS YOU OPEN THE FAUCET, NO WATER WILL COME OUT. YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU SQUEEZE AN ORANGE, ORANGE JUICE WILL COME OUT, YOU HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, BUT IF YOU JUST KNOW IT AND NOT PUT IT INTO ACTION OR ASK SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT FOR YOU, THAT KNOWLEDGE WILL REMAIN IN YOU, AND YOU WILL LOOK LIKE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA LEFT IN THE BOOKSHELF. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL THESE GENIUS PEOPLE YOU KNOW, YOU ARE JEALOUS OF, YOU LOOK UP TO AND YOU, IS NOT THAT YOU ARE LESS INTELLIGENT THAN THEM; YOU ARE SETTLING FOR WHERE YOU ARE AND NOT GIVING LIFE TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE. THE REASON YOU ARE NOT TAPPING INTO YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS PROBABLY DUE TO SOME FEAR RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND OR SOME BLIND SPOTS AND BLOCKAGES YOU HAVE, BUT YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF. SOME TIMES YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME PEOPLE AND SAY, I AM DEFINITELY BETTER THAN HIM OR HER. YET IF YOU ARE NOT LIVING YOUR LIFE IN ABUNDANCE AND PROSPERITY THE WAY THAT PERSON LIVES, IT’S BECAUSE THAT PERSON USES ALL THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE %100 VERSUS YOU PROCRASTINATING OR DOING A JOB YOU HATE. IT’S TIME TO EXTRACT WHAT YOU KNOW AND LIVE YOUR LIFE ON YOUR TERMS. TAKE WHAT’S IN YOUR HEAD AND BRING IT TO THE WORLD. USE ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DON’T LET IT ONLY OCCUPY SPACE IN YOUR MIND. USE IT INTELLIGENTLY. AND DON’T SELL YOURSELF SHORT. DON’T BE AN UNDERDOG. YOU HAVE IT ALL. LIVE YOUR LIFE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU HAVE IT ALL. USE IT. OTHERWISE SOMEONE ELSE WILL USE YOU.

ARE YOU A VICTIM, SURVIVOR OR THRIVER?

ARE YOU A VICTIM, SURVIVOR OR THRIVER? IMAGINE A LIFE WITH LESS. LESS WORK, LESS STUFF, LESS CLUTTER, LESS STRESS, LESS WORRY, LESS HURRY, AND DISCONTENT. A LIFE WITH FEWER DISTRACTIONS. NOW IMAGINE A LIFE WITH MORE. MORE TIME, MORE FREEDOM, MORE SUCCESS, MORE CONCENTRATION, MORE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, MORE GROWTH, MORE CONTRIBUTION, AND CONTENTMENT. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, THAT ALL THESE ARE POSSIBLE? WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT 80% OF THE RESULT COMES FROM 20% OF YOUR EFFORT? IT’S PARETO PRINCIPLE. THE PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER VILFREDO PARETO, WHO WAS AN ITALIAN ECONOMIST BACK IN THE 19S. PARETO, ONE DAY NOTICED THAT 20% OF THE PEA PODS IN HIS GARDEN GENERATED 80% OF THE HEALTHY PEA PODS. AND, THEN HE WENT A LITTLE DEEPER AS AN ECONOMIST IN HIS FIELD AND NOTICED THAT ABOUT 80% OF ITALY’S LAND BELONGED TO 20% OF THE COUNTRY’S POPULATION. THE PARETO PRINCIPLE HELPS US REALIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF RESULTS COME FROM A MINORITY OF INPUTS. WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE AND APPLY IT IN YOUR LIFE, YOU START HAVING MORE OF EVERYTHING, MORE TIME, MORE FREEDOM, MORE MONEY, MORE JOY IN WHAT YOU DO. YOUR LIFE BECOMES MORE MEANINGFUL. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/myumyun-blog-ph-new.png]GET ON SEVI’S VIP LIST FOR EXCLUSIVE BUSINESS + LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS AND FIRST NOTICE ON UPCOMING EVENTS. SO WE CAN ALSO CALL IT THE “VITAL FEW VS. THE “TRIVIAL MANY.” 80 PERCENT OF THE RESULTS WILL COME FROM JUST 20 PERCENT OF THE ACTION. DON’T YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO APPEARS TO BE BUSY ALL DAY LONG BUT SEEMS TO ACCOMPLISH VERY LITTLE? IF THAT PERSON IS YOU, OUCH! THEY ARE BUSY WORKING ON TASKS THAT ARE OF LOW VALUE WHILE THEY ARE PROCRASTINATING ON ONE OR TWO ACTIVITIES THAT COULD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEIR COMPANIES AND TO THEIR CAREERS. I HAVE A CLIENT WHO IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST-PAID FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS NOW. WHEN I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE SET A GOAL TOGETHER, WHICH WAS TO DOUBLE HIS INCOME OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. HE IS SOMEONE WITH A GREAT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, BUT HE USED TO DO EVERYTHING HIMSELF. WE CLEARED OUT THE MINORITY WORKS AND PUT THEM OFF OF HIS DESK. HE WAS SPENDING THE SAME TIME OVER THE NUMBER OF TASKS THAT HE DID WHILE ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THOSE ITEMS CONTRIBUTED TO 80 PERCENT OF HIS RESULTS, ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THE TASKS WERE IN HIS GENIUS. HE HIRED SOMEONE AND DELEGATED EVERYTHING WHICH WAS NOT IN HIS “VITAL FEW” CATEGORY. NOW EVERYTHING TRIVIAL WAS OFF OF HIS TABLE. HE PICKED THE CRUCIAL %20 AND DELEGATED THE REMAINING 80%. HE ALSO APPLIED THE 80/20 RULE TO HIS CLIENT BASE. WHAT HE FOUND WAS THAT 20 PERCENT OF HIS CLIENTS CONTRIBUTED 80 PERCENT OF HIS PROFITS. HE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON A HIGH-PROFIT CLIENT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON A LOW-PROFIT CLIENT. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/austin-distel-WtXcbWXK_ww-unsplash-300x174.jpg]SO WE CAN ALSO CALL IT THE “VITAL FEW VS. THE “TRIVIAL MANY.” 80 PERCENT OF THE RESULTS WILL COME FROM JUST 20 PERCENT OF THE ACTION. DON’T YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO APPEARS TO BE BUSY ALL DAY LONG BUT SEEMS TO ACCOMPLISH VERY LITTLE? IF THAT PERSON IS YOU, OUCH! THEY ARE BUSY WORKING ON TASKS THAT ARE OF LOW VALUE WHILE THEY ARE PROCRASTINATING ON ONE OR TWO ACTIVITIES THAT COULD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEIR COMPANIES AND TO THEIR CAREERS. I HAVE A CLIENT WHO IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST-PAID FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS NOW. WHEN I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE SET A GOAL TOGETHER, WHICH WAS TO DOUBLE HIS INCOME OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. HE IS SOMEONE WITH A GREAT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, BUT HE USED TO DO EVERYTHING HIMSELF. WE CLEARED OUT THE MINORITY WORKS AND PUT THEM OFF OF HIS DESK. HE WAS SPENDING THE SAME TIME OVER THE NUMBER OF TASKS THAT HE DID WHILE ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THOSE ITEMS CONTRIBUTED TO 80 PERCENT OF HIS RESULTS, ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THE TASKS WERE IN HIS GENIUS. HE HIRED SOMEONE AND DELEGATED EVERYTHING WHICH WAS NOT IN HIS “VITAL FEW” CATEGORY. NOW EVERYTHING TRIVIAL WAS OFF OF HIS TABLE. HE PICKED THE CRUCIAL %20 AND DELEGATED THE REMAINING 80%. HE ALSO APPLIED THE 80/20 RULE TO HIS CLIENT BASE. WHAT HE FOUND WAS THAT 20 PERCENT OF HIS CLIENTS CONTRIBUTED 80 PERCENT OF HIS PROFITS. HE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON A HIGH-PROFIT CLIENT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON A LOW-PROFIT CLIENT. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rami-al-zayat-w33-zg-dNL4-unsplash-300x200.jpg]THE RULE APPLIES TO EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. DON’T YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE USING ONLY 20% OF YOUR CLOSET? LADIES, HOW MANY SHOES DO YOU OWN, AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU GRAB THE SAME 20%? ON OUR SMARTPHONES, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPS, BUT WE ONLY USE A FEW OF THEM. THE LIST COULD GO ON AND ON, AS THE PRINCIPLE IS VERY VERSATILE. THE POINT IS, TO REALIZE THAT YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR EFFORT ON THE 20% THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, INSTEAD OF THE 80% THAT DOESN’T ADD MUCH. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sharon-mccutcheon-tn57JI3CewI-unsplash-200x300.jpg]HOW MANY TIMES YOU FIND YOURSELF TRYING TO FINISH UP THE UNVITAL STUFF ON YOUR DESK TO CARVE OUT MORE TIME FOR THE CRUCIAL THINGS. BUT, YOU END UP USING YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR FOCUS ON THE TRIVIAL MANY AND HAVE NOT LEFTOVER ENERGY AND COMMITMENT FOR THE VITAL ONES. THE RULE FOR THIS IS: RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO CLEAR UP SMALL THINGS FIRST. IF YOU CHOOSE TO START YOUR DAY WORKING ON UNIMPORTANT TASKS, IT WILL BECOME YOUR RITUAL TO WORK ON LOW-VALUE TASKS FIRST, AND YOU WILL NEVER GET THE REAL WORK DONE. AS ROBIN SHARMA STATES IT CLEARLY IN HIS “5 AM CLUB” BOOK – ‘AN ADDICTION TO DISTRACTION IS THE DEATH OF YOUR CREATIVE PRODUCTION. THIS BEHAVIOR IS COSTING ORGANIZATIONS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY AND DEFICIENT QUALITY.’ [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/marc-olivier-jodoin-TStNU7H4UEE-unsplash-300x200.jpg]IF YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR, YOU CAN USE THE PARETO PRINCIPLE TO MAXIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE, NOT ONLY OF YOU BUT OF YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. PARETO APPROACH HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHICH PROJECTS ARE MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND DELEGATE, OR SIMPLY DROP THE REST. IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO YOUR GOAL TO YOUR BIG PICTURE. PARETO PRINCIPLE GIVES YOU MORE CLARITY AND GUIDES YOU ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE YOUR EFFECTIVE 20%, TO STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SPEND LESS TIME CHASING ENDLESS OTHER STUFF. AND, PLEASE DON’T GET ME WRONG. I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE REMAINING 80% CAN BE SIMPLY IGNORED—IT MAY JUST REQUIRE LESS FOCUS OR DELEGATION. SEE WHAT ACTIVITIES GENERATE THE MOST RESULTS AND GIVE THEM YOUR APPROPRIATE ATTENTION. ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT 80% OF YOUR OUTCOMES COME FROM 20% OF THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU SPEND ON THEM, YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IS PRIORITIZING AND USING YOUR TIME IN YOUR GENIUS. [https://sevischool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sushobhan-badhai-LrPKL7jOldI-unsplash-300x169.jpg]WITH THIS COVID 19 LOCKDOWN PERIOD AND THE NEW CHAPTER BEFORE US, WE CAN FLIP THE SWITCH ON MANY THINGS IN LIFE. THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE RESET, REBOOT. IT’S A BRAND NEW LIFE. RIGHT NOW, INSTEAD OF FREAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON WITH OUR BUSINESSES OR WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, IT’S TIME TO DIG IN. IT’S TIME TO REALLY MAKE OUR BUSINESSES FEEL INTENTIONAL. IT’S TIME TO SHAKE IT OFF AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT. I FEEL LIKE SO OFTEN WE WAIT UNTIL OUR SHIP IS SINKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO THROW OVERBOARD. AND, RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THIS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND WE FEEL LIKE OUR SHIP IS SINKING, AND SUDDENLY WE’RE LIKE OPS, “THIS IS NOT MY PRIORITY. THAT IS NOT ESSENTIAL NOW”. IT’S A GREAT TIME TO APPLY THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE. 20% OF OUR ACTIONS RESULT IN 80% OF THE IMPACT THAT WE MAKE. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT’S THE 20% OF YOUR ACTIONS THAT’S REALLY MAKING THE BIGGEST IMPACT? LET’S LET GO OF THE “TRIVIAL MANY,” AND LET’S FOCUS ON “THE VITAL FEW” BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE DO LESS BUT HAVE A THRIVING BUSINESS THAT CONTINUES TO SCALE AND GROW. IT’S NOT ABOUT DOING MORE IT’S DOING WHAT’S THE SMARTEST. WHEN WE SPREAD OURSELVES INSANE AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING, WE END UP FEELING LIKE WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. SO LET’S USE THIS TIME AS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THESE THINGS WE THREW OVERBOARD, NEED TO STAY OVERBOARD, THESE THINGS IN THE BOAT THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON. ARE YOU TRYING TO GROW YOUR CURRENT BUSINESS? WOULD AN 80/20 MINDSET HELP YOU TO STAY FOCUSED? I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU WITH THE PRINCIPLE AND SHOW YOU WHAT EXACTLY YOU SHOULD BE SPENDING YOUR TIME ON RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND HAVE THE GREATEST RESULT IN YOUR BUSINESS. IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT GROWING YOUR BUSINESS AND CARVING OUT MORE TIME FOR YOURSELF WHILE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN BEFORE, GO TO MY WEBSITE AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU AND HELP YOU FOCUS ON YOUR VITAL FEW AND SCALE UP YOUR BUSINESS. THERE IS A RESET RIGHT NOW IN OUR LIVES AND BUSINESSES. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CHANGE YOUR JOB, OR YOU KNOW THAT YOUR CURRENT JOB WAS NEVER A GREAT FIT ANYWAY. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO REDESIGN YOUR WORK IN LIFE IN THE WAY YOU WANT.