Creating the Future We Want--Taking Charge of our Thought System

We can create the future we want by taking charge of our thought system.  Some of the more recent research on chaos theory explores the impact positive thought can have on matter.  One of the conclusions from this research is that, at least at a sub-atomic level, thought can influence matter.

Other areas of consideration are the connectedness of what might have been thought of as random events.  The beating of butterfly wings off the coast of Africa can influence hurricane formation in the Atlantic ocean.

I had a book written in 1996 or 1997 with the picture of butterfly wings on the cover.  The book talked about the practical aspects of chaos theory.  (I haven't been able to find it yet.)

While the new research shows that the thoughts of one person can impact matter, the thoughts of many people can also influence outcomes.  Prayer circles can have a powerful impact on healing and "the laying on of hands" is an age-old method of healing--and of focusing positive thoughts.

In terms of bringing about the future we want for ourselves, one aspect of taking charge of our thought systems is to take charge of our "self talk."  One of the more practical approaches to do this is to develop skill in using positive affirmations--positive statements phrased as being completed already. 

Getting support by bring people of like minds together with a common purpose produces amazing results.  Benjamin Franklin created "junto" groups of like-minded business men engaged in self-help and charitable projects.  Quilting bees and barn raising parties were early American ways of bringing like-minded people together to achieve common goals.

President Barack Obama engaged the American public's imagination during his campaign for "change" and generated election results intended to create the changes he proposed.

With the economy in a state of change, now is a time to take charge of our thought systems once more and to paint for ourselves the future we want to experience--then to take action to bring it about.

TEAR is a way to remember how the thought system operates.  Thoughts come first, then, when linked with Emotions, followed by Action, Results are produced.  If we are experiencing results we do not like, the way to change those results is to be aware of the TEAR process and to make appropriate changes to produce the different results.

Creating Roadblocks to Sucess with Processes and Technology

Research has indicated that people becoming adults in the 21st century will change careers at least 12 times and jobs even more frequently.  In today's job markets, many organizations, Internet job boards, and headhunters rely on Internet-based search engines to scan resumes, sort through information, and prescreen job candidates from thousands of applicants.  Many of these organizations are creating roadblocks to success by the way they require job seekers to enter data into the systems they use for prescreening candidates. 

The University of Chicago's job profile process is looking for the last four jobs held--regardless of whether or not those jobs relate to the job posting they are trying to fill.  Many of the larger firms require a chronological resume and, potentially, a list of all previous employers to fill job openings using the technology adopted by the organization.

These same electronic screening software programs are not designed to make sense of functional resumes.  The University of Chicago and other organizations will have a hard time filling open positions when they trust the information generated by their own data collection systems.  These organizations place an over-reliance on outdated data collection and sorting systems that do not provide relevant information to decision-makers trying to fill these open positions.  Frequently positions remain open for months.