Interdependently Wealthy

by Jeanine just, Visionary Success Strategist  ©2002

Together We’re Better!

Ben Franklin said, “We must hang together or assuredly we will all hang separately.” These words of wisdom are very important today as we shift our consciousness from independence and independently wealthy to interdependence and interdependently wealthy.

Many people are struggling from being stuck in polarized extremes, One extreme is co-dependent, dependent, over-giving, victim, doormat — and the other extreme is independent, self-reliant, taker, and perpetrator. Because these extremes were polarized it has been difficult to find the centering point of interdependence. People constantly bounced back and forth in unhealthy ways, creating no-win situations. This was often labeled passive-aggressive behavior. It’s time to transcend polarity … and discover how to be inclusive and integrated.

Old Independently Wealthy Paradigm

Let’s say good-bye to the John Wayne rugged individualism model and the Lone Ranger model of independent living—good-bye to struggling, competing, isolation, victim and co-dependence. The new success paradigm builders are committed to being interdependently wealthy—to connecting, cooperating, co-creating and committed to building community as a natural way of life and not just during a crisis. When future generations read about the era of being independently wealthy—they will find it hard to believe that past generations actually functioned this way.

These changing times require us to know and live as if we are connected—connected as one human family. It’s an illusion that we can exist separately. The problem is, most of us were programmed to be independent and independently wealthy. We bought into doing it my way, doing it myself, or to getting our financial nest-egg without regard for anyone else, or we played helpless victims and turned our power over to the institutions or authority figures, or both. Now it’s time to get beyond these polarized positions—time to work together interdependently and experience being interdependently wealthy.

Partnerships are natural and are everywhere in nature. The Kingsford Principle is my way to help people understand synergy, partnership and co-creation. Sometimes I think charcoal briquettes may be wiser than people. Picture a charcoal grill with four coals placed far apart. What will happen? You guessed it, they will go out because they are trying to operate independently, as islands. But take these same coals and put them in a circle, and they will ignite each other because the coals function interdependently in a synergistic partnership. 

The moral of this story is—everything in the universe is interdependent. Nature, trees, water, people, plants, bugs and animals. We all need to harmoniously work together. From now on we can’t afford to live as islands, doing things just for ourselves or functioning separately. Natural laws are synergistic. Synergy means the cooperative actions of each becomes greater than the independent sum of the parts—and greater than the individuals could ever be separately.

From the Kingsford principle we learn that we are truly connected and our frequencies can ignite each other. Alone, we each hold energy; together we are a united force. Our energy united in a synergistic partnership, can co-create seaming miracles. Together we’re better — together we collectively create an exponentially empowered positive attracting field.

If you want to shift into the new success paradigm you will have to let go of your old beliefs about being independently wealthy, competing, scarcity and survival of the fittest.  Old ways of being in relationship or running a business revolved around power struggles, competitiveness, survival at all cost, stifled creativity, back-stabbing, and often times compromised personal integrity—will need to be transformed. But since this old programming is deeply rooted in our collective psyches, transforming these beliefs will take time.

In the early 1900s, many people were still dependent on agriculture, so there was a greater natural need to help one another. But lifestyles began to radically and subtly change after 1950. During the 50s the “Ozzie and Harriet” ideal family was promoted, but then during the 60s and 70s the “me” generations brought about relentless changes. Baby Boomers were altering status quo—kids were attending colleges far a way from home—corporations were relocating people across the globe—fewer people were living in the same house or community all their life—and the trend of jetsetting seniors was emerging. Throughout the 80s and 90s, regardless of their age, people were doing their own thing.

Today most cities are producing crowded individuals—instead of clustered communities. The majority of people live in individual homes, drive around in separate cars, and have their own bank accounts and code numbers. They’ve forgotten how to think wholistically, forgotten that the parts can’t be separated from the whole, forgotten that thoughts impact everyone and everything, and forgotten that when someone else hurts, a part of each of us hurts too. Hopefully the Internet is rescuing humans by teaching the importance of connectedness. Maybe it will help us realize isolation, separation and solitude are not healthy—and how important it is to connect with one another.

 Interdependently Wealthy Paradigm

The partnership mindset needs to become a way of life. We need to build true community where people are connected with each other—AND connected to their own beingness. The importance of each person and their effect on the whole needs to be acknowledged. Just as a an acorn is coded and holds a blueprint for a giant oak—so too with us. Each of us, supported by the proper environment, is destined to fulfill our purpose. Our energetic frequency needs to be supported to stimulate quicker unfoldment.

An important step in becoming interdependently wealthy is to individuate. True synergy is created by empowered individuals who know who they are, know their purpose—and then join forces with other empowered individuals. Their commitment to playing the “contribution game” has to be real.  Their two-fold purpose is to make money–while making a difference. For the greatest impact projects need to be dedicated to true service and contribute to the betterment of self, others and society.

As you awaken to your heart power you will not lose your desire for excellence or achievement—but you will lose your competitive mindset. As you expand your consciousness into being interdependently wealthy, you will create strategic alliances that increase profits through partnerships.

Anthropologist, Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” When a group of even 10 people stop using Newtonian particle thinking and fuse their energies into a single force, their collective resources become mind boggling. The interdependently wealthy mindset is the key success strategy for free agents, cultural creatives, small businesses and entrepreneurs in the world of “big businesses.” There are endless things we can learn from each other, as well as amazing things we can accomplish by working together.

Another big hurdle to living as if we are interdependently wealthy—is the false information economists have promoted about the law of supply and demand. For eons we believed the economist’s programming that there is not enough for everyone, so we compete and fight for our share. This has become normal—but it’s not how natural laws work!!!

The real law is the law of demand and supply which says, if you demand it, it must be supplied. Whatever service to humanity you are here to give, you make your contribution and a continuous supply of money, people and experiences are guaranteed. But, it’s hard to turn a big ship around mid-stream. It will take conscious effort to shift collective consciousness from scarcity and poverty—to being interdependently wealthy.

I recently observed a group of blue jays in the woods, that were acting like typical humans. They didn’t know I had plenty of food for all of them for several days, so they pecked each other, screeched, and took two pieces of food at a time—instead of just having a good time eating. They had a scarcity mindset. This caused me to think about what would happen if people knew there is enough of everything for everyone—and that each of us can have what we need when we need it.

The truth is, there is enough of everything for everyone. The problem is, it’s currently in the hands of a few who control the flow for their own self interests. What you need to know is how Universal Laws work and they work this way;  If you demand it—it will be supplied.

Build Synergy—Not Teams

Many team building seminars have tried to teach people how to work together interdependently. But they rarely achieved their desired lasting results. The reason? Participants will be territorial and self-centered, until they experience a perspective shift from being independent to interdependent. Once people understand synergy and the power of co-creating through partnership—they will rarely return to their old ways. SOS Vision Teams are a new model of group support that I’ve intentionally developed to help people experience being interdependently wealthy. SOS groups bridge old thinking with the new.

There is great power (and it’s a lot more fun) to create partnerships where people lend a hand and mutually support each other. We’re not buildings and corporate statements, we’re people. We are one planet, and one human family. We can accomplish seeming miracles, when we work together synergistically.

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Jeanine Just empowers people to courageously reinvent their businesses, lives, and future. Jeanine is a visionary success strategist,  new paradigm builder, author, inspirational speaker, seminar facilitator  —and  highly acclaimed trance-formation agent

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