Extend Your Ki To Get A New Job

By Scott Brown

If you have studied or read about martial arts, you are mostlikely aware of the basic principle that most of the Asianmartial arts teach is that each individual possesses an innerstrength that can be used and projected to enhance thatindividual's prowess and abilities.

In Japanese martial arts, this energy is known as Ki. In TaiChi, an ancient Chinese dance-like martial art, the energy isreferred to as Chi. In Qi Gong, another ancient Chinese martialart, this energy is referred to as Qi. Ancient Ninja referred toit as Hara. Luke Skywalker from Star Wars knew it as 'the Force.'

What is Ki?

Have you ever read a story in the paper of how a 140 pound womanmoved a 2000 pound car to save an individual trapped under thecar? Have you ever watched on TV when in martial artsdemonstrations the little, tiny 80 year old man breaks anincredible number



of cinder blocks with just his fingers or withhis head? Have you ever watched those gruesome shows wherepeople pierce their backs with huge stainless steel posts andthen are suspended hundreds of feet in the air by those posts?

These are all examples of where ordinary (and sometimes not soordinary) individuals have tapped an inner well of strength andenergy and focused and controlled it so tightly that they wereable to perform acts that are considered impossible orunbearable.

Another example I can offer is from a friend of mine who uses Kito calm his child when he has a full blown tantrum. The way heexplained it (which helped me to understand the concept better)is that he focuses every inch of his being, his love, hisstrength, his empathy and his passion on his son as he tries tocalm him. My friend pictures an envelope of these feelingsemanating from him and encapsulating the baby until the baby isoverwhelmed with these feelings and succumbs to his father'sministrations.

One other important aspect of focusing your Ki, my friendexplained, is that you have to completel

About the author:Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As editor of the HireSites.com weekly newsletteron job searching, Scott has written many articles on thesubject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekerswith a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a jobeffectively.