The Power of Positive Energy Moving Forward Keynote by Julie Cross Summary notes prepared by Tina Adel
Summary It takes positive energy to own our space in this world, to let our uniqueness shine or as Julie refers to it, our ‘sparkle’ shine. Our energy is in our control, however it takes emotional discipline and courage to access it, especially when times are challenging. Like physical muscles, we need to practice our emotional muscles by reframing poor experiences. In doing so, we’ll be stronger for the bigger challenges in life.
Key Take Aways 1- Success is an inside job. Positive energy gets us out of our heads and into our hearts because energy is underestimated. It’s your energy that inspires patients to want to keep coming back to you. It’s your energy as a leader that inspires your team to own your vision and for them to know that they are doing much more than selling glasses, they’re making a difference. It takes positive energy to move forward to tap into our resilience and to get us up after we keep falling down from pandemics, floods, inflation and a challenging employment market. 2- Don’t wait for the right job in life to start making a difference. Make a difference in the job you already have. Bring positive energy of expectation, passion and enthusiasm to what you do and then let life take care of the rest. What flows from you flows to you. Whatever you want more of, you give more of. What you think about, you bring about. We can’t just show up to life physically, we need to show up to life energetically and we have the power to do that. 3- Your ‘sparkle’ is your uniqueness. It is who you were born in this world to be, but it is more than that. It is your courage, your confidence and your resilience which is the foundation of the relationship with ourselves and affects every relationship we have with others. 4- Sometimes, you need to talk, laugh, and act yourself into a new vibration. Our energy is in our control. We need to stop looking at ourselves in the mirror and making a judgement. Instead, we should take ownership because there is nobody quite like us in this world. Own that space. Loving ourselves doesn’t mean we are better than everyone else, it just means you know you are as good as everybody else. When we reconnect to that sparkle, we reconnect to joy. When our sparkle is alive, our energy is high. When you have a positive relationship with yourself and you’re not judging yourself, it will come naturally. 5- Sometimes we need to practice on the little things to build our muscle of resilience for the big things. You can’t build resilience unless you deal with different situations with which to practice resilience. Practice on the small challenges of life to be prepared for the big ones.