What if that Voice in your head is actually Voices?

I have to admit that I find the closing of Borders sad. There is something about wandering around a giant bookstore that makes my imagination run wild. From the cook book to travel sections, I could waste a whole afternoon if left to my own devices. I am also very clear that I added to their demise. I received a Kindle for Christmas and I consider it one of my prized possessions. So when I saw the giant yellow Going Out Of Business sign, the logical voice in my head told me ” don’t go in, you can download any of those is 5 seconds”. Then another voice said, ” there could be some real deals there. You better check it out.” Voice two won and in I went.

I read a good bit. Usually 2-3 business books a month, with some supernatural fiction thrown in for fun. I was looking in particular for a book by some Landmark Education graduates called the Three Laws of Performance. They did not have it in stock. So I continued to wander around the business section. I walked out with two titles. Getting Things Done by David Allen and Cash in Flash (fast money in slow times) by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen. I am always looking for books that can help my clients and myself move business forward. I started to devour Cash in a Flash first and from there the idea for this blog post sprung.

There are many different names for that voice in our head. In Keller Williams BOLD program it is the drunk monkey. In some of the Landmark seminars it is referred to as sewage, morass, or noise. No matter what you name it, it is always there. (If you just heard “there is no voice inside my head”, that is the voice.) In Cash in a Flash, it is referred to as the Inner Whiner. OK, so that revelation is nothing new. What I did find so interesting in this particular book, are the exercises to deal with it. Up to this point, all the advice I had heard was to just notice it. Notice it as access to creating something else. Notice it, tell it thanks for sharing and go on with empowering your life. Notice it and then counteract it with a positive affirmation. So basically Notice it.

In Cash in a Flash, they suggest I play with it. So I have been all week. I was already clear that the voice is not “me”. Now I am really clear and also I have control over it. I can turn the volume up so it is screaming. I can turn it down so low I can barely hear it. My favorite is making it sound like different people or characters, like Mickey Mouse, Scarlett O’Hara or the chiwawa from the old Taco Bell commercials. I already have the practice of when the voice tells me something disempowering about money, that I counteract it with the affirmation -  money comes to me easily and frequently.  Now I am also laughing. Hearing the chiwawa say “you better not plan that trip to the beach, how will you pay your HOA dues? What if the market falls even more?” is ridiculous. It is ridiculous! We make our own market.

Another aha for me from Cash in a Flash is that there is another voice. This voice they refer to as my Inner Winner. This voice comes from my heart. The intuition, the cheerleader, or the guidance beacon. It tends to be quieter, so turning down the Inner Whiner is a must to hear it. We say that a benefit of the Wisdom Course is that it quiets the noise so you can hear your heart sing. I am clear that my heart not only sings, it speaks just as much as the Whiner. What is your heart saying? Which voice are you listening to? I challenge you to play with the voices and see what happens. I’d love it if you would share in the comments below. I wish you a lifetime of prosperity. It is your business, remember you get to say how it goes! ( Or else one of the voices will! LOL)

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