Have you got a dream list?  Is it filled with big, radical things you’d love to accomplish one day?

How rewarding would it be to stop saying, “I’d like to…”  or “it would be nice if…” or “One day when…”

And instead you can say, “It is done.  It is accomplished.”

And I don’t mean manifesting from the realms of ego.  It’s not about getting stuff or having things or proving anything or achieving for the achievement’s sake.

It’s about creating a life and manifesting results that are direct extensions of your spirit – of who you are and the unique gifts you have to offer the world.

It’s about living with prosperity consciousness.

Here are 3 things that will support you in moving from “I’d like to…” to “It is done.”

Certainty – Remember a specific time when you felt totally resolved, certain and in a state of total knowingness, that no matter what, you would find a way.  Let that feeling of certainty flow through your whole body, and fill every cell in your being with certainty.

Intensity - When you become laser-focused on your vision, you magnify your materializing power.  Turn up the heat, get inspired, and make your vision juicy!

Detachment – Once you’re clear on your intention, let it go!  Release it in full faith, knowing it is done.

We each have an important message to share – with our families, communities and world.  And it’s essential to have the skills to communicate your message clearly so that other people are inspired to listen and take action toward a common vision.

One important way to empower yourself and others is to learn to deliver powerfully persuasive presentations.

They say that public speaking is one of the biggest fears people face. And yet, at some point, we are all called upon to stand up and deliver. Some people are born with natural skill and talent for it, while others sweat and torment themselves just thinking about it.
How many times have you heard a speaker that puts you to sleep? Or maybe you’ve left a presentation entertained, but it doesn’t translate into significant, measurable results in your business or life.

It takes just a handful of simple steps to elevate your skills and deliver powerful, persuasive presentations, leaving your audience entertained, inspired, and motivated to support your cause. And with these keys, your presentation can have the power to create quantum improvement and lasting change in people’s lives.

Also, these same simple steps can be applied to positively influence your family, friends, clients and colleagues every day!

Here are three essential keys to deliver persuasive and dynamic presentations, every time:

1) Congruency: How strongly do you believe what you’re saying? How committed are you to your message? Your audience will champion your vision to the extent you believe in it. This is true not just for presentations, but also for life.  So how do you enhance your congruency? Congruency is part confidence, and part knowledge. When you know your subject inside and out, you have the confidence to speak with authority. But even if you don’t yet have total confidence on a subject, passion will make up the difference! So put yourself in states of excellence. Create juice, momentum, inspiration within you, and it will ooze and infect your audience with enthusiasm, too.

2) Rapport: Does your audience unconsciously feel drawn to you, knowing that you have their best interests at heart? Do they embrace your suggestions and say, “me too!” instead of “so what?” Rapport takes the struggle out of the interaction, and makes it easy and enjoyable for everyone. Rapport is more than just “liking” someone – it’s having a deep connection, or feeling of familiarity. People like people who are like themselves – so observe your audience and respond to their needs. Ask questions and engage them in dialogue. Respect your audience’s intelligence, and assume you have their respect, too.

3) Flexibility: Keep changing your approach until you reach your objective. Adapt your communication to speak into your audience’s listening. Everyone learns differently, so adapting to the needs of your group ensures they get the message. Flexibility comes with awareness of subtle cues from your audience. Are they twiddling their thumbs, texting, or tapping their feet? If they are, they’ve probably lost you for a second, and it’s time to grab their attention with something unexpected. Are they totally with you? Then go deeper, and give them even juicier bits of information – beyond what they were expecting. Tailor your presentation to your audience’s needs and they will be equally responsive and appreciative of you and your message.

With just these three keys, you can quantum leap your results in your presentations and become the dynamic speaker that has the audience begging for more.

One person’s awakening elevates the consciousness of the planet — You are the one!

Everyone has unique talents and gifts, including YOU!  I have a very powerful tool that will help you discover and cultivate your talents.

This technique will direct your focus so you begin to become even more aware of your talents.  This process is called, “Empowering Questions.”

I often say that Questions are the Answer. We are constantly in the process of asking and answering our own questions.  Some questions direct our focus toward what we want, while other questions expand on disempowering thoughts.

You can purposefully craft questions that direct your focus toward expanding empowering possibilities.

Here is the simple formula for asking empowering questions:

1)   Begin with “how” or “what.”

2)   Stated in the affirmative or positive.

3)   Build momentum with words like, “even more” or “right now.”

Here are a few empowering questions to help you get started:

• How can I be even more aware of my talents?
• How can I cultivate even more of my gifts and talents, right now?
• How can I acknowledge and appreciate my talents even more?
• How can I share my gifts and talents even more?
• How can I discover even more of my talents?
• What talents am I already aware of?
• What comes naturally to me?
• What do I love doing?
• What do I love about me?
• What can I do to appreciate myself even more right now?

In the beginning, this process may feel a little strange – especially if in the past you had conditioned your brain to believe that you didn’t have any talents.  So if you ask a question like, “what talents am I already aware of?” and your brain says, “nothing!” Then ask yourself, “If there were to be something, what would it be?”  “If I were to have a talent, what would it be?”  “If I were to become aware of a talent right now, what would it be?”  Just keep asking and the answers will come!

Ask yourself these questions every day… even several times a day.  It will cause your brain to look for answers, and empowering answers will come.  It may take some practice, but very soon you will begin to become aware of many of your talents.  You will soon realize that you have all kinds of gifts and talents that you may have overlooked in the past.

As you continually become even more aware of your talents, focus on them.  Notice them.  Appreciate them.  Feed them.  Continually give yourself credit for all the talents you have!

Namaste,

Niurka

What’s the difference between a goal that you’ve achieved, and a goal you set but that didn’t come to pass?

What are some simple steps you can take to ensure that when you create goals, you know with certainty you will achieve them?

Now, before I explain HOW to materialize goals, what are some of the reasons why someone might set a goal and NOT achieve it?  Here are just a few of the reasons that people fall short or quit on their dreams and goals:

• A part of them doubts it, doesn’t believe it, or thinks they don’t deserve it
• The goal isn’t clear or concise – it has too many moving parts or stipulations
• They feel like they HAVE to do it – they lack the JUICE & VERVE to attain it
• The goal is TOO specific – it seems impossible or unbelievable
• They micromanage their goal, without trusting their creative power or the power of the Universe to BRING IT
• They haven’t created the LIFE CONDITIONS for the goal to materialize
• They can’t see it, feel it, hear it – it isn’t real or compelling for them

How awesome would it be to have a simple and powerful system to not only CREATE goals, but also ATTAIN them (or even better!) – every single time???  There is a science to materialization.  This is not just philosophy.

Here are eight steps I’ve found are ESSENTIAL to materialize your grandest goals:

1. Recognize and transmute old doubt, worry, fear, self-sabotage or uncertainty that held you back in the past.

2. Create clear, concise, congruent and compelling goals, inspired by your deepest values.

3. Harness and purposefully direct your creative life force to fuel and energize your goals and generate heat and momentum toward their rapid (or instant!) materialization.

4. Design and practice specific rituals to invite sacred intention and Divine guidance to support you in realizing your goals.

5. Invoke states of total certainty and centered power within you so that you take the essential actions in alignment with your highest self.

6. Release your goals with full faith and gratitude knowing that it is already done.

7. Be completely open and receptive to the infinite possibilities and full materialization of your goals – which often emerges even grander than you could ever imagine.

But those are just seven steps, you say?  What’s the eighth?

It’s coming together with a supportive community who will encourage, inspire and nurture you and your vision.

Remember…

One person’s awakening elevates the consciousness of the planet — YOU are the one!

Blessings & Love,
Niurka

I was recently interviewed for an article in Examiner.com about successful thinking.

Read the interview here!

Hello!

Join me for a day of women’s empowerment.  I am delighted to be speaking at the Kiss My Tiara Expo in Anaheim, California on Friday, July 29.

This expo has been organized by an incredible member of my tribe, athletic  coach, mentor, and business woman, Debbie Ortega.  Debbie says of this event: “Our attendees will learn not just about business but also about cultivating stronger relationships, maximizing greater health, true self-actualization , and finding one’s genuine life’s purpose.”

It will be a full day of transformation, so come be with me at this rocking event. You will network with other powerful women and learn many brilliant strategies from me and many amazing experts.  I’ll be joined by relationship expert, Pat Allen,  Dr. Nick Delgado, world record-holder for strength endurance, and many inspiring speakers who will share strategies for health, wealth and wellness.

I’ll see you there!

Kiss My Tiara Expo

Orange County – 2232 S. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, 92806

Friday, July 29, 2011, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

$25 online pre-registration

$30 at the door

$10 with Student ID

Register Now!

High Vibe Radio interview’s Niurka about the power of Supreme Influence.

She shares a simple formula of  asking empowering questions to transform challenges.  Niurka guides listeners to become a master of mental and emotional state through mantra and alchemy.

Click here to get High Vibe Radio’s interview with Niurka, recorded June 23, 2010.

High Vibe Radio is a talk show that will raise your vibration and keep you coming back for more each week. Hosts Amy and Emmanuel have positive conversations that will serve to inspire you to live the highest vision for your life today.

May 27, 2010
9am-1pm
Atlanta, Georgia

“Transform Your Belief Systems”

Join Niurka as she introduces Supreme Influence, her teaching and practice which illuminates how you can consciously transform and direct your beliefs, attitudes and language to create inner congruency while authentically living on purpose and materializing your highest vision. Learn how to be even more aware of the unlimited abundance and opportunities in your life!

Niurka will be joined by Doug Grady, President of High Achiever Network, and Chris Widener.

Call 888-360-EVENTS to purchase tickets.

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Greetings & Blessings!

In my last post I mentioned how essential congruency, rapport and flexibility are in presentations and influence; and I encouraged you to become aware of your level of congruency, rapport and flexibility in your daily life.  So…if you practiced (and even if you didn’t!) I’ve got a quick, fun quiz for you:

1) What happens in a conversation or presentation if a speaker lacks congruency, rapport, or flexibility:

a) The audience rolls their eyes

b) The audience starts texting their friends or getting up to go to the bathroom

c) The audience gets amnesia and can’t remember what was presented

d) All of the above.

2) Ok, here’s a more empowering multiple choice: when you have absolute congruency, rapport and flexibility, which of the following are true?

a) Your audience jumps up and down and cheers and says let’s march!

b) Your audience becomes raving fans: they love and respect and adore you and hang on every word you say, hungering for more

c) Your audience gets the message so deeply, clearly and completely that they could practically teach what you’ve shared with them

d) All of the above.

If you answered “D) All of the above” to both questions – congratulations!  Fifty extra points to you!

Yes, congruency, rapport and flexibility are three of the most important points to influence anyone.  So how can you develop these skills even more?

1) Congruency: Congruency is the rock-steady power state that emerges when your thoughts, words and actions are aligned with your higher self and the universal flow.  When you are clear, centered, and tapped in to your inner wisdom, you have congruency.  It’s also part confidence, and part knowledge.  When you know your subject inside and out, you have the confidence to speak with authority.  But even if you don’t have total confidence on a subject just yet, passion can make up the difference!  So put yourself in states of excellence.  Create juice, momentum, inspiration within you… and it will ooze and infect your audience with enthusiasm, too.

2) Rapport: Rapport is more than just “liking” someone – it’s having a deep, authentic connection, or feeling of familiarity.  People like people who are like themselves – so observe your audience and respond to their needs.  Ask questions and engage them in dialogue.  Respect your audience’s intelligence, and assume you have their respect, too.

3) Flexibility: Flexibility comes with awareness of subtle cues from your audience.  Are they twiddling their thumbs, texting, or tapping their feet?  If they are, you’ve probably lost them for a second, and it’s time to grab their attention with something unexpected.  Notice – are they totally with you?  Captivate them and go deeper, and give them even juicier bits of information – beyond what they were expecting.  Tailor your presentation to your audience’s needs and they will be equally responsive and appreciative of you and your message.

These are just three of the most essential points to become a dynamic public speaker.  Over the past 15 years as a presenter, speaker and trainer, I’ve distilled thousands more skills and strategies that can completely elevate your presentations.

Remember…

One person’s evolution elevates the consciousness of the planet – You are the one!

Peace & Blessings,

Niurka

Article in Success for Women Magazine, February 12th, 2010

How do you know when you’ve made a great decision? Do you know immediately, in the moment of decision, or do you know in time, when you see the results? One decision has the power to transform everything. So what would it be worth to consistently make conscious decisions with clarity, certainty and confidence, knowing that no matter the outcome, you’ve made the most powerful choice?

The quality of your life is a reflection of the quality of your decisions. Are you fully aware of the decisions you are making from moment to moment? It’s easy to make decisions on “autopilot,” choosing today the same as yesterday, out of habit or repetition, or based on what other people are saying or doing. If you drink coffee every morning, 364 days in a row, it’s extremely likely that you’ll choose a cup of coffee on the 365th day—even when you have infinite choice! (You could choose water, or tea, or juice, or nothing at all.) Small decisions like this add up over time and create your destiny. That’s why it’s so important to stay alert each time you make a decision—so you can choose wisely and purposefully.

Whenever I find myself faced with a decision, I ask myself three questions that guide me in making the highest choice for my life. You can apply these questions for all decisions, even the little ones.

The most powerful decisions are those you make when you are fully aware and choosing in alignment with your purpose and values. Not just for the biggest and most important decisions, but for all the choices you make in life. Here are the three questions I ask myself to guide me in choosing wisely:

1) Is it essential? By “essential,” I don’t mean “necessary” or “required.” I mean, is it of my essence? Is it in alignment with who I really am and what’s most important to me?

2) Will it elevate and uplift my life? By that I mean, does it empower and inspire me? Do I feel energized by it? Each decision you make will either advance you toward your ultimate vision or hold you back. When faced with a choice, consciously follow the path that will make you stronger, wiser, healthier and happier.

3) Having made the decision, how do I feel? Imagine yourself in the future looking back on now, having realized the successful outcome of your decision. Notice what you see, hear and feel. Try on all the possible scenarios by visualizing the result of your decision in your mind before you make the choice. If hindsight is 20/20, give yourself this gift in advance.

Asking these three questions will inspire meaningful decisions. Usually, people make decisions emotionally and then justify them logically. This process brings awareness to both the emotional and logical reasons so that you discover and pursue the greatest options in support of your ultimate vision.

Wholeheartedly commit to your decision. The Latin root of the word decision means “to cut off.” So a decision is the choice to cut off other possibilities and clearly focus your energy in one direction while remaining open to the infinite possibilities around you. Asking those three questions provides the clarity, certainty and confidence to make wise decisions based on who you are and what’s most important to you.