“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy”. ~George Bernard Shaw

Last time I talked about choosing your first peak emotional state that you wanted to install. I am going to assume that you have done that. Now I want you to get some leverage on yourself…leverage for making this change.
Why do you want this new emotional state? What will it mean for you to have this? How will it change your ultimate destiny? How will it change what you are able to accomplish for yourself? For your family? For your friends? How great will it feel when you have successfully installed this change in yourself?

The 9 step exercise itself will be continually helping you with reasons to change. That is part of what it is designed to do. Answering these questions first, before you begin, will help you to “prime” yourself to make the process as effective and delightful as possible.

A now a piece from Richard Bach, perhaps most famous for this Jonathan Livingston Seagull book. This piece comes from “Running From Safety”. I would place this book in the top 5 books that have had the most profound influence on the last twenty years of my life. It if full of great and useful empowering states and beliefs. This piece I just love!

“….What if all these levels inside me are my friends, and they know a lot more than I know? It would be as if…
“…as if you were captain of a sailing frigate, sir, a very young captain of a wonderful fast ship.”

At once in my mind the sky and clouds flashed to a different scene: there a boy in blue uniform, gold epaulets, standing aslant on the quarterdeck of an ebony-hull fighting boat, sleek clouds of canvas angling aloft.

“I’m in command,” I said, a last confirmation.
“Aye, sir.”

My whole life I’d felt alone. I’d been a quiet kid with a vague something, something powerful and good, fashioned about me that I couldn’t understand.All at once I knew.

The something was my ship, and her secret crew. Never had I understood that I command, with absolute authority, the ship of my life! I decide its mission and rules and discipline, at my word waits every tool and sail, every cannon, the strength of every soul on board. I’m master of a team of passionate skills to sail me through hell’s own jaws the second I nod the direction to steer.

“What do you think?” I asked. “Philosophy or not, little guy?”
He opened his eyes. “I don’t know,” he said, watching me. “But from now on, call me Captain.” ~Richard Bach