How to Get on Cloud Nine

Have you ever heard the expression, “I’m on
cloud nine”? To be on cloud nine means to
not have a worry in the world and I will
show you how to achieve that state, right
now, today. And I’ll share with you the
origin of this unusual expression. But
first…

If you want to get to cloud nine, you’ll
first need to learn about one of my most
important Fun Commandments – Welcoming Your
Mistakes. Welcoming your mistakes is a
vital skill because fearing mistakes is one
of the main reasons you worry,
procrastinate, and get too serious. And, of
course, another reason to learn to welcome
your mistakes is that you can count on
continuing to make them for a long, long
time.

At least I hope you do. I hope you make
some whoppers! Let me explain why…

Every action you take invokes the risk of
making a mistake. Everything involves risk
and, in fact, refusing to risk is refusing
to live. In fact, the only way to avoid
risk is to become completely immobilized –
and, ironically, that would be the biggest
risk of all!

So is it any wonder that you learn to fear
your mistakes? You don’t like the pain and
discomfort they cause. You don’t like
people to consider you incompetent or poorly
prepared. Mainly, though, your pride is on
the line because you don’t like surrendering
your delusions of perfectionism.

These reasons are why welcoming your
mistakes can take practice, but it’s also
why learning to do it has such a huge
payoff. You see, when you welcome your
mistakes you are actually embracing parts of
yourself you’ve fought against for years. You
are, literally and quite accurately, boldly
proclaiming that you are perfect – warts and
all!

What will you find when you begin welcoming
your mistakes?

Your mistakes are, paradoxically, your
greatest assets! Because they are your best
teachers. Let me explain:

1. You don’t usually like to change, even
when you know change is needed.
2. Pain is almost always the motivator that
causes you to finally make a needed change.
3. Your mistakes cause you pain.
4. Thus, your mistakes open your mind and
force you to consider the possibility of
change.

Your ability to make mistakes is like having
a full-time life coach living within you. You
already know that the results of making a
needed, positive change are wonderful; don’t
you often look back with gratitude on
certain painful or uncomfortable
circumstances that forced you to change? But
now, you love the results!

Why wait to be grateful in retrospect? Get
on cloud nine by welcoming your mistakes,
right here and right now! Embrace them. Love
and cherish your mistakes! Heck, when I want
a chuckle, I even make mistakes on purpose.

By the way, clouds were named by an English
pharmacist named Luke Howard, the father of
modern meteorology. You’re familiar with
his names for clouds like cumulus, cirrus,
nimbus, etc. In 1896, Howard published his
first edition of the International Cloud
Atlas, which actually divided clouds into
ten basic types. The cushioniest, most billowy,
and plumpest cloud in the atlas was the
cumulonimbus – which just happened to be
cloud number nine. Hence the phrase to “be
on cloud nine.”

You’re headed for cloud number nine right
now because you’re starting to welcome your
mistakes. And next week I’ll assist you
further by revealing some foolproof
strategies to help you welcome your mistakes
even more.

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Some Humor for the Week

"One trouble with growing older is that it
gets progressively tougher to find a famous
historical figure who didn't amount to much
when he was your age."
Bill Vaughan