The Importance of Having the Right Energy

I recently discovered the importance of choosing people and surrounding myself with people that have the RIGHT energy. Although this may at first sound a bit abstract, bear with me. Do you know how you can meet someone for the first time and immediately get a “sense” about them? And from this initial meeting, you usually can make a decision about whether or not you are interested in getting to know them better. Many people call this example, your first impression. I ask you to examine that first impression further. A first impression is made up of several things – what the person said (verbal communication), what the person did (behavior), what the person didn’t say (non-verbal communication), and the energy that came from this person. There are other clues too but they are more judgmental like what the person looked like? How they dressed? How they spoke? If you are asking “how” in this situation, you are judging at some level. Judgments are okay as long as we realize we are judging. Anyway, we all get this energy feeling from people if we pay attention. Many of us don’t look at this level, consciously or unconsciously, when we meet people or interact with them. Sometimes we don’t know to look at it. Other times, we just don’t trust our own internal energy judgment which I call intuition. I want to encourage people to listen to their intuition and pay attention to someone’s energy. In two important situations in my life, my wedding videographer and my financial adviser, I chose (rather my husband and I chose) people with the wrong energy. (On a side note, in the case of the financial adviser, we chose someone who wasn’t even as smart as we are in terms of finances (now that’s scary).) I am not saying that the people are BAD nor is their energy. It just wasn’t right for us. And sometimes determining what will be the right energy for a project or venture, takes a bit of introspection. However, the one thing that I do know is that the energy needs to be positive and light! I would just like to personally invite you to take note of these nonverbal clues and pay attention to someone’s energy. It could make all the difference in whether your experience with this person or with your new project turns out the way you wanted it to.