Pearls of Wisdom from John Wooden

John Wooden: much more than a Coach

If you love basket, maybe you are familiar with the name of John Wooden. He was (he died last June) one of the greatest basketball coaches of all history, who guided the Bruins to 10 national championships over two decades. Those who had the great gift to have met him or having him as a coach, they told about the great impact John Wooden had in their lives. It was more than a coach: he was a father figure, a teacher, a mentor and a master motivator.

I read an article about him, who was called “Wizard of Westwood” and I wanted to share with you some pearls of wisdom from him. His life changed at 12 years old, when his father gave him a piece of paper in which there was the creed to follow:

“Making the Most Oneself

Be true to yourself.

Make each day your masterpiece.

Help others.

Drink deeply from good books.

Make friendship a fine art.

Build shelter against a rainy day.

Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.”

Since then, he followed what was written in that piece of paper, that he kept in his wallet. He told he wasn’t perfect like all other human beings, but once he said: “Every day, I will still try to live up to the creed.”

Another thing I want to share with all of you is about his strategies to find happiness, which for him comes from making and keeping 9 promises:

1. Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness and prosperity as often as possible.
2. Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special that you value.
3. Promise to think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best in yourself and others.
4. Promise to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
5. Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
6. Promise to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future.
7. Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.
8. Promise to give so much time improving that you have no time to criticize others.
9. Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.

Although John Wooden is passed away, his words are still inspiring people all over the world. Me for first!

Keep leading from within

Linda Lattuca

The biggest challenge of your life

Which is the biggest challenge of your life? Your MBA or University degree? Your new job? Maybe! Anyway, there is perhaps one you don’t consider: you! I mean leading yourself. That’s the biggest challenge to face in this life and this is part of your soul’s expansion, the main purpose why you are here.

How can you be a good leader if you are not able to lead yourself? How to mentor your team? You can reply: “I am not interested in being a leader!” I have a news for you: you are a leader, anyway…of yourself, at least. And if you are a mum or dad, if you have children, you are also a leader. How to be a good leader with your family, your team, your friends…?

Leadership is a daily inside job. Till now, the only answer I found about true leadership is that the only way to be a good leader is leading from within. What does it mean? It means that a good leader is someone who:

• Is authentic, ethic, with integrity and honesty
• Is never tired to learn (practice of Kaizen = Japanese word which means constant learning)
• Sets up goals, having daily mini-goals, weekly, monthly and yearly goals
• Schedules, keeping flexibility
• Is very passionate about what he/she does
• Has guts, courage, vision, a balance between mind and heart
• Is nice and firm (when necessary)
• Celebrates achievements with his/her team (which can be the family)
• Develops other leaders (= the best legacy)
• Enjoys life (travelling, food lover, sportive passion…)
• Mentors and rewards his/her team, making the time for doing all that
• Loves to meet others to have an exchange (constant learning), but at the same time stays on his/her own for regeneration and finding new inspiration
• Embraces his/her fears, killing the killers of self-esteem
• Loves challenges
• Works on self-confidence on a daily basis
• Works for having balance in all different areas of life (Inner life, health, family, financial, career, friends, lifestyle, influence/impact/legacy)
• Has understood that health/energy is the first priority
• Knows what others call problems is part of the soul’s expansion and only opportunity
• Takes responsibility for everything, for his/her destiny, being aware to be the captain of his/her soul
• Starts and ends days with a world-class mindset
• Wakes up very early to acquire a world-class mindset for having a world-class day, using winning tactics and techniques

Ultimately, a good leader is the one who is able to lead himself/herself at the best, having an impact on others’ lives, having influence on others and leading by example. Face your biggest challenge and enjoy the process.

Lead from within!

Linda Lattuca

How do you spend your "Currency"?

Thoughts become things. Thoughts are your currency!

How many times have you brought home from a mall something you didn’t like it? Many times, I guess. How many times in your life you manifested what you didn’t want? Tons of times, I guess. Why? The Law of Attraction is one of the universal laws, which works in our life 24 hours a day and it doesn’t matter if we know about it or not. We can decide to ignore it, but it won’t ignore us!

Why don’t we manifest what we desire? I can say many things, but the main one is lack of 100% faith about you just have what you desire in your life. I know the question: how can I have the feeling about something/someone is not yet in my life? That’s the “trick”! You need to learn it, how you can learn everything else! You need practice! YOU CAN!

100% faith in what you want is what you need to connect yourself with “Kamaloca” (Sanskrit word: Kama = desire; Loca = place), the vibrational place of the desires. When you totally believe without doubts that you just have what you want in your life, you emit certain kinds of vibrations, becoming the perfect match to what you want (an object, someone, a situation…).

During these last days, I coached a woman, who told me to manifest what she doesn’t want about her career and love. I understood that she was focused on what she didn’t want and because energy flows where the thought goes, she kept manifesting the opposite she wanted. Pay attention at what you think and feel. Yes, feel. Not only thoughts are important, but also feelings, because they are energy, too, so we emit vibrations with our feelings (our kind of vibes depend on our thoughts, feelings, actions and I add omissions).

If you focus your attention/energy on what you don’t want is like bringing home from the mall something you don’t like and you spent your currency = your thought. Yes, your thoughts are your currency. Think how rich you are. You can buy whatever you like with your thoughts and if you believe you just have it, expressing 100% faith, you manifest.

I want to tell you about the manifestations of something we are scared of. Unfortunately, we tend to manifest faster situations/people/things we are fearful of. We need more time, sometimes, to manifest what we want. Embrace your fears and you will use them for your growth. The more you are further on your spiritual path, the more you will have less fear. You will experience more courage than fear.

You see how infinite our power is! You can create whatever you like with your thoughts. You have all the “currency” you need to have everything you desire. You were already rich and you didn’t know it! Now, you know, so you don’t have excuses to your manifestations. Express your potential, work about your self-awareness, because you are more than you can imagine and YOU CAN EVERYTHING, IF YOU DECIDE IT.

Keep leading from Within!

Happy Birthday “Expansion of Your Wonderful Soul”!

On 9^th March 2010, my blog “Expansion of Your Wonderful Soul” was born on Google platform. It was a great challenge and at the same time a great fun for me. I didn’t have the clue how to set up a blog. How did I do it? Just doing it! I learnt in doing it! Very simple. My first blog posts were about “everything is energy”, “the Law of Attraction” and my idea about coaching.

I would like to thank all my friends, followers, people who supported me during all this year. I am trying to do my best in sharing with all of you many things I know, I learnt and still learning. One of my passions is writing and this blog gave me the possibility to exercise this gift I have in this life and also to improve my English…I hope! Sorry for my mistakes I do! It’s part of my expansion!

I am trying to write about topics or giving advice to have an impact on others’ lives and to help them in their soul’s expansion. It’s what I do with my coaching practise. I would love to hear from you about suggestions or advise, to share what you would like to know. I like having feed-back from those who follow me. Please, fell free to write me, asking questions or giving me advice to let my blog and what I do become better and better.

My purpose is serving you at the best, with high professionalism, great values, passion, commitment, joy and happiness. Thank you for helping me in my soul’s expansion. Thank you to be here!

Wishing you beautiful manifestations!

Keep leading from Within!

Linda Lattuca