The Law of Detachment

I found watching “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” DVD By Deepak Chopra and featuring Olivia Newton-John very interesting and well done. There was one law that I found really resonated with me as I had experienced a recent example of that law working in my life.

This year I have been working on list building marketing techniques to help bring my message and learning to you. When having started my website presence, I decided to share my journey to success to help inspire, create a connection between you and I and let you know I’m in the same situation as you are, namely working on my dreams and goals. I encourage you to share with me what you have accomplished, will accomplish, and any challenges along the way. My email address is kevlev@beliefequalspossibility.com.

Earlier this year a contest to find the list building spokesperson for Tellman Knudsen’s List Building Club and a Ferrari 360 spider car prize was being offered. For me, the challenge was to see what I could accomplish because I was new to internet marketing. I really didn’t “believe” I could win the contest when I started because I didn’t have any experience, knowledge, and hadn’t even started anything internet related. I talk about this in detail in my YouTube List Building Spokesperson contest video on the right panel at http://beliefequalspossibility.com. It wasn’t until “Belief Equals Possibility Giveaway” was launched that I started to believe I could win the contest.

The contest was set-up that you either win the car or you don’t and if you don’t there isn’t anything more you will receive except the experience from your efforts based on your accomplishments. Keep in mind the experience from having accomplished tasks is invaluable and in and of itself is enough of a reward to anyone who is serious about building a successful internet marketing business. So as I understood, bottom line is you either win the car and become the spokesperson or you get nothing at all.

Within a weeks time here is what happened:
• Confirmed I didn’t win the contest and I accepted this fact
• Created an interest in finding out what the winner had done to see what I could learn from his efforts
• Expressed my gratitude to Tellman’s organization having put on the contest as it really helped me to do the best work possible combined with my inner drive to be successful (as mentioned in my YouTube video)
• Honored by Tellman’s organization by being invited to be a List Building Club Ambassador of which was only offered to a handful of people

Here’s the point, and a summary of the Law of Detachment. I really wanted to win the contest as I not only worked as hard as I could to win it, but also knew I earned it by having done so. I detached myself from not having won the contest and I continued to work on my next project. Then within hours of my detachment I was invited to be a List Building Club Ambassador. This new honor is going to have a profound impact on my ability to help more people and become a better internet marketing marketer. Yet, it didn’t happen until I detached myself from the contest of which I wanted to win more than almost anything. This is a perfect example of the Law of Detachment, which is emotionally accepting a situation or result regardless of the outcome especially when you deeply desire a specific outcome instead of letting it work itself out naturally.

In my minds eye, I believe I have won the contest even though I have not because I will gain all the benefits as if I had; only I didn’t win the car or become the List Building Club spokesperson. Having been honored in this manner ranks as one of the best days of my life, because it is. But, I didn’t get to that honor until I detached myself from the List Building Spokesperson contest itself.

Thanks for listening,

Kevin