Comments on: Breaking Out of the “8 Life” http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/ Executive Coaching, Global Leadership Issues, Asia Focus Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:39:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kryssie francis http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-98 kryssie francis Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:04:13 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-98 Wonderful to realise am not the only one always moving on in search of the 10 :) have had many 8 moves to 3 and had a couple of -5's too but am still inspired to keep on seeking more depth, more learning, more connection and more joy and laughter. great website and articles Thanks to all for sharing :)) Wonderful to realise am not the only one always moving on in search of the 10 :) have had many 8 moves to 3 and had a couple of -5’s too but am still inspired to keep on seeking more depth, more learning, more connection and more joy and laughter. great website and articles Thanks to all for sharing :) )

]]> By: Deborah Huisken http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Deborah Huisken Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:41:16 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-54 ps. I just had an image! Of a bunch of astronauts in their space suits joining hands and turning their backs on the space ship and going out into the void together to see what they find! I love it! ps. I just had an image! Of a bunch of astronauts in their space suits joining hands and turning their backs on the space ship and going out into the void together to see what they find! I love it!

]]> By: Deborah Huisken http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Deborah Huisken Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:16:25 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-53 Ah, Mai, you do love to put your little finger on the pain and push ("does that hurt? That? How about THAT")... But then you keep on coming, which is what I love about you - you don't give up and go away. Because I know you are doing the same to/for yourself. It SUCKS wanting the 10 life! I wish I could stop wanting it. But it's not an option - it's what my life is about. I could settle for an 8, or even a 7, and get cancer and die alone and what good would that be? So, I'm there with you on the journey, bumpy and confusing as it gets sometimes (hell, a lot of the time!), and grateful that you and others (like the people who've responded) are on the wild ride with me! I saw an IMAX film about the building of the Space Station recently, and in one section they showed what might happen to an astronaut working outside the space station who came untethered and couldn't get back to the station (what if the little jet pack fails, I'm thinking...) The image of being in the huge void with "safety" right next to me but unreachable ... but wait, if I turn my back on it, there's this delicious incredible totally mind-blowing expanse that goes on and on ... for how long? Just what IS possible for a spirit in human form (and with a space suit on) to do? Oh, the places we will go... Ah, Mai, you do love to put your little finger on the pain and push (“does that hurt? That? How about THAT”)… But then you keep on coming, which is what I love about you – you don’t give up and go away. Because I know you are doing the same to/for yourself.

It SUCKS wanting the 10 life! I wish I could stop wanting it. But it’s not an option – it’s what my life is about. I could settle for an 8, or even a 7, and get cancer and die alone and what good would that be? So, I’m there with you on the journey, bumpy and confusing as it gets sometimes (hell, a lot of the time!), and grateful that you and others (like the people who’ve responded) are on the wild ride with me!

I saw an IMAX film about the building of the Space Station recently, and in one section they showed what might happen to an astronaut working outside the space station who came untethered and couldn’t get back to the station (what if the little jet pack fails, I’m thinking…) The image of being in the huge void with “safety” right next to me but unreachable … but wait, if I turn my back on it, there’s this delicious incredible totally mind-blowing expanse that goes on and on … for how long? Just what IS possible for a spirit in human form (and with a space suit on) to do?

Oh, the places we will go…

]]> By: Coach T.I.A - Coaching You to Take Inspired Action! http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Coach T.I.A - Coaching You to Take Inspired Action! Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:17:45 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-46 Okkkk you wrote this for me didn't you (and Justice!) .. haha. J/k but I can SO identify with the place of 8 and being in the ole CZ as you WELL know. Because going from the 8 to the 10 can feel like a 3 or a 4, gripped by fear and uncertainty. Ah, no WONDER the CZ is so appealing! Nancy, the 3 can so quickly change into an 8 again with a change in perspective. Don't know your situation but is there a way to internalise your rating? As in, feel at peace knowing this is just a phase? Just throwing it out there. Thanks for the great write up Miss Mai! Appreciate the tick tocking of my brain :) Okkkk you wrote this for me didn’t you (and Justice!) .. haha. J/k but I can SO identify with the place of 8 and being in the ole CZ as you WELL know.

Because going from the 8 to the 10 can feel like a 3 or a 4, gripped by fear and uncertainty. Ah, no WONDER the CZ is so appealing!

Nancy, the 3 can so quickly change into an 8 again with a change in perspective. Don’t know your situation but is there a way to internalise your rating? As in, feel at peace knowing this is just a phase? Just throwing it out there.

Thanks for the great write up Miss Mai! Appreciate the tick tocking of my brain :)

]]> By: joanna http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-45 joanna Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:57:34 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-45 I love you, Mai. You are so wise and courageous. I love you, Mai. You are so wise and courageous.

]]> By: Justice Marshall http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Justice Marshall Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:30:58 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-43 Ouch. OK - you nailed it. Have you been spying on me? Definitely feeling myself making the leap and risking my comfort. It's worth it (I hope!). BTW - Great writing! Ouch. OK – you nailed it. Have you been spying on me? Definitely feeling myself making the leap and risking my comfort. It’s worth it (I hope!).

BTW – Great writing!

]]> By: Grace Heer http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Grace Heer Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:07:24 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-42 here's a thought: what if we go for the 10, and get it? then we discover that there's more we want, and what we thought was 10 is 8, and so we keep growing and reaching, and so on and so on! How exciting!!! here’s a thought: what if we go for the 10, and get it? then we discover that there’s more we want, and what we thought was 10 is 8, and so we keep growing and reaching, and so on and so on! How exciting!!!

]]> By: Jasmine McGinn http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Jasmine McGinn Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:03:31 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-41 Wow Mai, I was just trying to describe this myself in a letter to a group of potential clients. It’s so clear when you use a rating scale!

It’s funny, because in rating both myself and employees, my philosophy has always been that a “10″ isn’t really an option because it means that the attribute or value demonstrated has been fully achieved and it’s over, there is no room to improve. So given that, an 8 is really very good, and an 9 is exceptional, but at the end of the day, when the final chapter is done, I want my best life to feel like a 10 because I never settle for where I am, I always want what’s next!

This isn’t easy, it means that things always have to be in play to get out there and go after what comes after “8″.

Messy might not look that great in the moment, and may feel uncomfortable but when you are looking back on it from a “9″, it tastes so sweet!

Keep inspiring us!

Jasmine

]]> By: Nancy http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Nancy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:39:06 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-40 Hi Mai. I think the "8 Life" is the life "they" prescribe. What "they" say is a successful life - with the insurance and savings and safe income. Bill and I took our equity and savings and invested it into real estate. Was it a "10" move to create wealth, get out of the rat race, be able to impact the world in a bigger way? Or a "7" move to create a bigger nest egg and a reaction to a fearful future? Perhaps there was some of both. But now I'm back to a "3" anyway because it's all worthless and we have fewer assets than what we had 20 years ago. Hi Mai. I think the “8 Life” is the life “they” prescribe. What “they” say is a successful life – with the insurance and savings and safe income. Bill and I took our equity and savings and invested it into real estate. Was it a “10″ move to create wealth, get out of the rat race, be able to impact the world in a bigger way? Or a “7″ move to create a bigger nest egg and a reaction to a fearful future? Perhaps there was some of both. But now I’m back to a “3″ anyway because it’s all worthless and we have fewer assets than what we had 20 years ago.

]]> By: Jim Coughlin http://maivucoach.com/2009/08/breaking-out-of-the-8-life/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Jim Coughlin Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:41:31 +0000 http://maivucoach.com/?p=269#comment-39 YOu are aMAIzing This is a great article - I have a new "image" of movement for you to work with on your next blog. It has to do with "Black Hole's" and their associated "Event Horizon." This is the place (moment in spacetime) where nothing is observable -and nothing escapes. We all have within us Black Holes (as has been demostrated is at the center of every galaxy). The challenge is to get our creative expression to be released BEYOND the "Event Horizon" so that it doesn't fall back into the Black Hole within. Cool image huh? YOu are aMAIzing

This is a great article – I have a new “image” of movement for you to work with on your next blog. It has to do with “Black Hole’s” and their associated “Event Horizon.” This is the place (moment in spacetime) where nothing is observable -and nothing escapes. We all have within us Black Holes (as has been demostrated is at the center of every galaxy). The challenge is to get our creative expression to be released BEYOND the “Event Horizon” so that it doesn’t fall back into the Black Hole within. Cool image huh?

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