Many things in business and life are just not working the way we thought they would. In business we have processes in place down to the detail making it apparently easy to follow through, and in life we are making agreements with others, clearly talking about what needs to be done. And yet often, actually in most cases, all this is just delivering the expected results and we ask ourselves what went wrong or, even worse, start blaming others.

While you might have quite some knowledge about the challenges of communication, understanding the energy, and how it works between people, will provide you with a dramatic new insight. At first glance it looks pretty complicated since we are not used to experience ourselves as energy. But with a little imagination you will easily be able to get the idea. So, what's going on when people talk to each other on an energy level?

Let's first recall that we all are energy fields operating in a much larger energy field called the universe. This means that we are all connected and part of the same energy, the source energy. You might call it life energy as well, what each of us is getting from the source and keeping up our own energy level, so that we can operate as a connected but independent energy field. Now let's have a look at a "physical person". This person is surrounded by its own energy field, which extends approximately 9 feet from our center. To clarify again: we perceive the energy as something solid in this case as the person. This is because of the vibration frequency of the energy field.

Now, when two persons interact, the two energy fields become connected and energy flows back and forth. However, in most cases any one of those persons is actually trying to "steal" the energy from the other one, and we have quite some techniques to make this happen. Why do we do that? We need a constant inflow of energy to keep our energy level up but somehow "forgot" that we are connected to source energy thus receiving our energy from there. Did you ever feel "drained" or did you feel that your "Batteries" were empty after a discussion? Well, you feel exactly the right thing, because your energy was taken away, sucked up by the other person. This of course is happening at a subconscious level. And interesting enough, both persons feel stress.

Now let's have a look at the opposite case. Two people are interacting, trusting each other, feeling respect and are willing to listen. There is mutual understanding on an energetic level and both energy fields are actually intermingling and becoming something much greater than it was before. In this case, energy was infused directly into the "greater" by both and they got their energy by knowing that we are all connected to source energy. What you feel after this interaction is an enormous empowerment and a feeling of inner peace. You feel that your batteries are fully charged and they actually are, you feel at ease. Unfortunately this is still the exception to the rule.

Comparing the two situations, it is becoming clear that the benefit for both in the second case will exceed any expectation. This is where creativity has its source and new ideas and innovations are born. And in such an environment success is breeding, leading to the quantum leaps of evolution.

How do we become aware of this phenomenon since our physical senses are not capable of "seeing" the energy fields, even so we can understand the fact that we are energy? Here is where our feelings come into place. We sense immediately what is going on, having either "bad" feelings or "good" feelings. Let's keep it just on these two types of feelings. Those are the basics; all other can be described as either bad or good. When you are interacting with somebody else, you feel either good or bad, however we often don't pay attention. As soon as you feel uncomfortable just stop "doing" and start "being", in other words, become detached to the situation and actually "watch" the energy. You will instinctively feel your energy being drawn to the other person, because you get this "weak" feeling and everything weakening you cannot be good for you. So pull out of the interaction immediately, you got that power. If you wait too long, you won't have that power anymore and your energy will be drained totally. But if you feel good and empowered, it actually is nurturing you and with every second you will feel more uplifted...your batteries are charged by source energy. Miracles happen when people are empowering each other.

Imagine your business having leaders in place who fully understand "what's going on", true leaders with integrity and love for others. Leaders willing to be part of the team educating and empowering their fellow colleagues by creating some energy so much greater than an individual could imagine. This then is the critical mass for achieving success and profits beyond measure, the quantum leap for your business.

Walter H. Groth
Institute for Life and Career Transition
www.truelifepurpose.com