Years ago I was going to coauthor a book called The Red Flags Theory.
It’s the theory that as you go through life, there are signs to go forward, pause, or even stop and retreat.
They are a little like center lane bumps on the highway telling you to get back into your lane.
I call them green, yellow and red flags.
The key is to pay attention to the clues, or flags, and act on them.
When you do, life seems to flow at a smooth rate. When you don’t, you hit jolting bumps, scary rapids and/or unforgiving walls.
I was telling some friends about my red flags theory over lunch. One of them had gotten himself into a tangled business relationship. As I explained that before he got into the tangle there were probably yellow flags to alert him of problems ahead, he asked for an example.
I remembered that decades ago I took on a client that ended up being a nightmare. I finally had to fire him, return his money, and wish him well. It was a very unpleasant experience.
When I reflected on why I signed on with him in the first place, I realized that there were yellow flags on the field from the first day I met him but I didn’t pay full attention to them.
Those yellow flags were things like an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach; noticing an odd statement or odd behavior; feeling a tiny shudder when he said something about someone else that seemed negative or inappropriate.
I didn’t pay close attention to those yellow flags because this client was paying me a great deal of money, and I needed it (or thought I did) at the time.
So I let the promise of big money help me ignore or rationalize the warning flags.
But yellow flags turn into red flags if you don’t do something about them. Ultimately I had to end my relationship with that client.
As I told this story to my friends, they nodded. They realized there were hints, clues and “flags” all along the way, in every relationship, coming in every moment.
The point is to awaken, be responsible, and act on them.
A yellow flag doesn’t mean stop; it means explore the caution. If you can’t resolve it or shake it, you might have to get out of that game.
Here’s another example:
Donny Deutsch recently interviewed Donald Trump on his CNBC show, The Big Idea. In it The Donald said he once got the flu when he was about to close a deal to buy a newspaper.
Donald explained that he never gets sick, but he got terribly sick on the day of the deal. He took it as a sign not to go through with it.
As it turned out, it was the right decision. Being a newspaper publisher is not The Donald; being a real estate tycoon is.
The flu was a red flag to stop.
I have no idea if Donald Trump received yellow flags before the day of the deal, but I bet he did. You don’t get a red flag unless you’ve ignored all the yellow ones.
And that’s the point: Be alert to the yellow flags.
Of course, green flags are the good signs that say this is the way to go. But if you don’t act, you may get yellow and then red flags on those deals, as well.
Often I won’t get a green flag (or any flag) until after I’ve taken action.
This is a little like being at a football game. There’s no reason to toss a flag on the field before the game begins. But once it starts, look for the flags.
Same in life. I’ve often begun something because it felt right. After I took action, the game is afoot. From that point on I have to pay attention, and act, on all signs.
Also, as new information becomes available and relationships grow, new flags may also appear. Life isn’t static. The game isn’t over. This is why you have to stay awake in every moment.
As I’ve said here, there, and even on Larry King’s TV show, the great goal of life is to awaken.
Flags help you tune in to this moment; and this moment is all there is.
Here’s one final example:
Since I’m travelling more these days, I decided to get a laptop connect card so I could use my laptop virtually anywhere to connect to the Internet.
I went to my current phone service provider but he couldn’t determine what card I needed for my particular laptop.
Yellow flag.
I told him I would return with my laptop in hand so he could look at it and give me the right connect card.
I returned, he took one look, and said he didn’t have the card I needed, even though my card is a standard one and should be in stock.
Yellow flag.
He went on to say I would have to go to a larger city, probably Austin or San Antonio, to get the card I wanted. Since I had no plans to go to either city, and needed the card today for a trip I’m making tomorrow, I passed on his suggestion.
Note that these yellow flags don’t mean I shouldn’t get a laptop connect card; they simply mean (so far) not to get one with my current phone service provider.
I sat in the car and made a few phone calls to local stores of competing phone service providers, seeing who had the card I needed. After three calls (notice I’m taking action) I found a friendly woman who assured me she had the card in stock.
Green flag.
She told me her name is Chelsea, which is the name of one of our cats.
Green flag.
I went over to her store, went inside, and was greeted by the friendliest staff.
Green flag.
No waiting. No hassles. No deposit, or card fees, or much else.
Green flags.
And while I was there, one of my favorite waitresses of all time breezed into the store, saw me, and rushed over to give me a hug.
Green flag.
I now have the Internet connect card I need and I feel great about the experience.
Mission accomplished.
I still don’t know if I’ll ever write a book about my red flags theory*, but I’m hoping this blog post helps you remember that there are clues in every moment telling you if you’re on course.
Pay attention.
And act.
Ao Akua,
Joe
www.mrfire.com
PS – Usually fear stops you from paying attention to the flags. My bestselling DVD, created with Mark Ryan, on becoming fear-less, just might be the ticket for you. It’s one of our three subliminal manifestation DVDs described at www.subliminalmanifestation.com Take a look. There’s nothing to fear, you know.
* Guess I’m waiting for a green flag. 
Note to me: Waiting is not how a game begins.
Note to you: If you’d like to see this concept developed into a book, leave a comment (or just “Digg” this post) and tell me so. Thank you.
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Joe, I discovered The Attractor Factor earlier this summer and it has changed my life. I’m now on a path to attracting everything I’ve dreamed of and actually inspiring positive change in some of my friends. Your Flag Theory rings true—I thought about seemingly mundane events that occurred around me yesterday and I can clearly see the flags now.
My question is, how does this theory apply to matters of the heart? You say a yellow flag doesn’t necessarily mean stop—and some of the yellow flags I’ve encountered lately have turned to green flags once I’ve asked the person for clarification on the yellow flag subjects or comments. But how might one work with Flag Theory in personal relationships? Any thoughts?
I LOVE this!
Thank you for posting this at a time in my life when I needed to read it.
I would live to share this with others, but will only do so if permitted by you of course. I know a couple of people out there who would benefit tremendously by reading this.
Here is my story, I am a runner and I remember the day when I had planned to run a 5k. On the morning of the race I overslept (Red Flag), then I could’t find my favorite pair of running shorts (Red Flag). On the way to the race someonw ran a stop sign and almost hit me (Red Flag), I got there just enough time to run to the starting line, with no time to warmup. I noticed I had a slight pain in my side (Red Flag). The horn sounded and as I started a nearly tripped over someone else (Red Flag). I went on to finish the race at my BEST TIME ever. Be careful some red flags are only in your head, not your heart.
the red flag book is an excellent idea.
asking your fans for contributions would give us all an
opportunity to get published!!!!!!!!!!!!
and i published a positive review on amazon re: Zero Limits
yesterday.
wonderful book.
Kate Loving Shenk
Joe
Thanks for sharing all your wisdom. I´m really resonating with the Red flag theory. Writing a book?…Just go for it!
MrFire…hmmm. You´re MrManifestation as well
Hi Joe, Yes, I agree flags are always present, recently I made the change and the flags just keep getting greener and greener every day…What do you think if you take the green road the path gets greener???
Have a grand (green) day,
Sharon
Oh Yes Dr. Vitale ! Such a book would be great because it works!
I had both THE ATTRACTOR FACTOR and ZERO LIMITS sent to my daughter in Monterey, CA. And I’m crossing my fingers so that she reads them and practice.
It works so well here in Europe; it should work for an expat over there in CA.
Many thanks for the wonderful energy you give all of us !
Life is like an adventure, have many flags that announce, little thing
and great coming soon that change our lives. Yellows, red, violet, green
and gold.
Hi Joe
Thank you for this awakening blog. I always “knew” about the “warning signs”, but boy, do I wish I always PAID ATTENTION to them!
I did, only sometimes. As I was reading your blog I immediately saw in my mind a trail of yellow (even orange!:lol:) flags on the pathways of two major “problems” that I have created in my life.
Yeap. There they were. The Universe did its bit. But I ignored them, as just like you – I WANTED something from those people which I thought I needed at that time. The wanting was stronger than the warning.
Note to me: PAY ATTENTION TO YELLOW FLAGS!
All the best
Anna
I’d also love a book on this topic, especially if it also has suggestions for unblocking when life becomes- as one writer above put it- ‘yellow flag city’. Exercises for really ‘getting out of the square’ when life seems stalled, on sitting in ‘observer mode’ with the flags for awhile rather than doing, doing, doing (which is what I was doing, only to get more flags and blocks): these sorts of helpful guides would truly be excellent. Sometimes, what some can interpret as an inability to ‘work’ the LOA actually turns out to be a telegram from the Universe with ‘um, you’re going the wrong way’ neatly printed on it.
Or so I’ve personally found.
I would love to see this as a book!
I dig it!
My company provides in home care for Seniors. In June I had my first work comp claim in 12 years. A great record, but it still made me mad. To that date we had beaten the odds and still have beaten the odds with only 1 claim. We still have had no liabitlity insurance claims or litigation in 12 years, a small miracle. Work comp claim = red flag. Decided to find the good in it = turn it into a green flag. Began looking at the 1 claim as a blessing. Started documenting all of my risk reduction techniques and creating a risk management program for other providers. Took the program to an friend in the insurance biz…long story short, Lloyd’s of London now recognizes my risk management program and will provide rate reductions to those who take it. In just 90 days it went from red flag with a work comp claim to working with the world’s largest insurer, all by “changing” the color of the flag by seeing the blessing in it.
Joe,
You’ve touched on something profound that almost anyyone can relate to. A book about ‘flags theory’ would do extremely well in the market. It’s a terrific idea. (I’d be thrilled to help you write it if you need help!) We’ve all received intuitive guidance from inspiration / the Divine in the form of ‘yellow,’ ‘red’ and ‘green’ flags. Sometimes we pay attention (to our benefit), and many times we don’t (to our chagrin). I’d bet that if you asked your readers to submit stories about their personal experiences with this, the book would write itself. Best, D
Joe I think it great that you are helping so many people. I am creating a web business and you have help motivate me Thanks
Randy
Hi Joe,
I would like to begin by thanking you for what you have offered us already. This past week I have read Zero Limits, At Your Command and Attractor Factor, and I’m about to begin Hypnotic Writing. As an editor, I’m impressed with your writing style; as an energetic healing facilitator and philosopher, I’m moved by your subject matter. These books have all contained valuable information and quite a few “a-ha’s” for me. Thank you.
As for a new book on the Red Flag Theory, do it! I’m sure you’ve cleared on this already and know the answer, but I would also like to add my encouragement. As Dr. Hew Len assured you, all of your books have their place for someone. That is just another topic that will help our world and shape our reality.
Keep up the good GOOD work you do. And if you ever need another pair of eyes to review your work, I would be honored to offer my assistance.
Blessings and love,
Sonya
http://www.amascus.com
Joe, The book is already written, inside your storage space. You know right above your shoulders! Release it to us! We are hungry for wisdom gained thru your experience.
As they say in Nascar “Green Flag” “Go! Go! Go!…….
Yes, please write more about red and yellow flags, and how we can start listening to our intuition. I just love reading your examples. thanks for all your inspiration.
Man, things are just flowing like crazy – as they should! Zero Limits for sure – No Hawaii this time but it is on my plan and I am so looking forward to it.
In the meanwhile, follow that green flag and start writing! :>)
Many, many thanks and looking forward to working with you soon-
jonathan carl (Author of Five Minutes of Joy)
Hello Dr. Vitale,
Fantastic post!
Love your red flags theory! You’ve just given me an aHa! moment.
To me, every situation that presents itself in my life is a door… I used to see a door and think: Wow! It’s a sign! That’s my door! And I would wholeheartedly jump in with my eyes wide shut. Big mistake! I got myself into all kinds of situations with various degrees of unpleasantness because I chose to ignore the big yellow flags that were partially blocking the door.
I’m older and wiser now… I’ve seen the flags and I know the signs. Thanks for reminding me it’s important to turn down what’s behind door number one if it doesn’t feel right. (You are the second person to remind me of that in the last 2 weeks.)
And thanks for the nudge about staying awake and trusting my instincts.
Oh! And for your book idea… can you see me waving my green flag?
Sending you my gratitude and digging this post.
Namaste – Yanik
I was just out enrolling my son in pre-school, and as I was making my way to the pre-school I had chosen, I felt pulled to my second choice school. I had no idea why and ignored it (yellow flag). I got to my chosen pre-school, and walked straight in (yellow flag) and found no-one to greet me for some minutes (yellow flag). I walked into the children’s area and still none of the carers spoke to me (yellow flag). Eventually someone came out and said she had been eating lunch (yellow flag). I then found out there would be a ballot system, and that my son might not get in there (yellow flag). She suggested I enrol in a back up school, just in case. (Lots of yellow flags there.)
I felt very positive about the experience. Lots of green flags! And so now I think I have a new first choice of pre-school! 
I then went to my second choice pre-school. The gate was locked and so I buzzed for attention (a good start, as I don’t want just anyone coming in my son’s school). A staff member quickly opened the gate and accompanied me to the person I needed to see. She was very friendly and answered all my questions well; the school was clean; the play area was lovely; the children were happy and sitting down for a “picnic”, and the room was being setup for a Father’s Day breakfast the next morning
Getting home and reading your blog felt like synchronicity at its best! It’s confirmed my intuition and helped to make my decision easier. Thank you!
Hello Joe – To be honest I receive your blogs but rarely seem to have the time to look at them but today your red flag theory caught my eye. Possibly because (it is early morning in the UK) I had a very vivid dream last night about losing a new handbag which was red (don’t have a red bag). After a lot of soul searching, today is the day when I speak to someone about closing my business. I believe this is the right thing to do but the ‘red bag’ together with the ‘red flag’ theory made me wonder if I am doing the right thing, although for my health and the need for a new buzz I know it is essential. Anyway as I was reading your theory I looked out of my window onto a short country lane and saw a grey squirrel appear who was then chased by next doors dogs. Soon after a collared dove flew onto the wall not more than 15 feet away followed soon after by another. At first I thought it was the mate and then realised it was a young one, very uncertain, faltering in the wind, clinging to the dry stone wall and staying very close to mum. I am assuming that is me that has faltered for too long and it is now time to fly and I am hoping the dove was the green flag to tell me I am doing the right thing. The bag I am assuming was red to emphasize the business is bad news and needs to go. So many thanks for your ‘red flag’ theory, an intersting idea and would probably make a good book that others would value at cetain times in their lives. Jane
:mrgreen:
Why do I read these things and think back and say “Geez! Thats what was happening! You put in a simple, just great way of understanding simple things.:cool:
I’ve read The Attractor Factor and Zero Limits. Yes, I would love to read your Red Flag book! Thanks for being a source of spiritual help in my life!
Hi Joe,
Years ago I did a guest lecture series at UCLA on the power of intuition, I began calling it your intuitive click. I started teaching some of those techniques to my coaching and consulting clients, many of whom had no belief in any of it. But it works.
On the website about the program, http://www.yourintuitiveclick.com , there’s an amazing quote from Donald Trump about his intuition.
Joe, we should do a book together!
I have a free special report on how to consciously activate your intuition. Go here:
http://tinyurl.com/yl8tr2 to get it.
God Joe!
Your Red flag story about the client is exactly what happened to me with a client I took during the summer!
It was yellow flags all the way but I though I needed this client because of the money. In the end the Red Flag forced me to fire this client and loose money at the same time. I didn’t care about the money anymore, I needed my sanity back and I needed to get my business on the RIGHT TRACK! I was totally off-tracked by one WRONG client!
When it all ended, I realized that this is not the kind of client I was targetting for my business anyway! He did NOT fit my ‘Ideal Customer Profile’ which I promised myself to stick to from now on. I was left wandering what got into me and I took this client in the frist place (well, outstanding debts payments in the bank….). If I had noticed the yellow flags and directed myself to other clients who really ‘fit’ the ‘ideal’ profile for my business, I would have been better off now.
I spent 2 whole months just to get a lesson from the Universe, telling me to see the sings and never to settle for less than what I really want and what I really deserve.
I would love to see this new book from you. Write to me if you need stories!
P.S.
I also get dreams as yellow and red flags, all the time! Its my favourite way of getting the flags because the dreams give me straightforward messages and they are a blessing!
It would be an especially useful book if applied to the development of habits. It has been said that the chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Perhaps such a book could help one to feel the chain a little earlier.
I would love to read this book, and definately need to!
Have you ever felt like you ARE the red flag!
Green flag to start the race is being displayed, Joe…
And the checkered flag awaits…
So- go for it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_flags
So just to be clear…you’re saying that if you face resistance in anything in life – when pursuing a goal of any sort – that’s a yellow flag?
Hi Joe,
I will look forward to the book The Red Flags Theory, I feel a lot of us look for the flags but don’t know how to listen for them and act. My sister sent me a copy of your book Zero Limits it could not have come at a better time in my life. A BIG THANK YOU my sister and I know that only the Divine has sent you to us for for that we just say we love you lots and thank you much!!! Oh and my sister would like to know is there anyway we can get one of your business cards and how do we go about getting one? Thanks!
I love you much!
Christine
Hi Christine. You can see my business card in the book “Zero Limits.” I’d be happy to mail one if you give an address. Thanks.
joe
Hi Darren. No, not exactly. Note in my story of looking for a connect card, that the goal was to get a connect card. I never got a yellow flag on the goal. I got yellow flags on the provider who could get me one. I went to a different provider. Sometimes you get yellow flags on the actual goal, but that wasn’t the case in my story. Again, what all this calls for is awareness.
Hope this helps.
joe
I found your website through watching the “Secret”. For some reason your face stood out in the movie so I have been in and out of your website and have enjoyed your news letters. I think you should definetly write about the red flag therory. I am Mrs. red flag that had many signs (strong ones ) but never listened to my gut because of fear. All my life . Infact I’m about to go into my second divorce after seven years of marriage. I was warned strongly in the beginning. He said all the right things, did all the right things however somthing just kept knawing at me. I would call his work and the secretary would say are you the girl who keeps him laughing all the time? I was like yeah….we had some momnets of laughter but when I hung up I had a hugh sign that no I was not the girl he was laughing with.(and then ignored my inner voice) Note that I had only known him for a few months. After about 4 months of dating he asked me to marry him. I said yes…then felt really wierd afterwards. Something kept bothering me like some invisible force was pushing me to the computer in my apartment. I went to the pc looked up his screen name and in a instant his password came into my head. He had never told me this password and I had only knew him a few month (talk about creepy) In his emails were noted to another women ( women who had live two doors down from his x-wife:roll: saying how bad he wanted to be with her and bad it was to be ingaged to me. After all that he wrote me a note saying how sorry he was and I just ignore the voice and continued we were married within the next two months. The night before the day we were sopose to wed I again just felt sick, he was staring at every women on the beach. I clearly knew he did not want to get married, me either but did it anyway. Seven years later I have just asked for a divorce. It has been with out a doubt the strangest years of my life. All my life this has been happening. Now I am left with rent thats $1500.00 and a not so secure job that I don’t like and I am waiting for my flag to tell me what to do. I have almost given into the idea of just continuing to barely exist with this man out of pure fear for my son and I to be able to live comfortable. So yes Joe write the book because its needed and I need to figure out why I am so fearful that I recongize the flags however I ignore them.
Hope for a miracle:oops:
Barb
Joe,
I highly encourage you to write a book on red flags. Your style and grace with pen on paper has inspired me to Zero Limits. I consider the flag system to be the intuition’s way of communicating and I too have stories of times I’ve seen the flags and progressed and of times I’ve ignored the flags and experienced some of my greatest lessons. This entire week I have chosen to see the yellow flags in some job opportunities and the results are less stress and more action! Please write a guideline for all of us to enjoy and share with others. I so enjoy the wonderful feel of your books. I’m pretty sure I met you in Houston, back in the days when Bill Furgeson held small seminars in a house in Spring Branch, which became Centerpoint. I know I will see you in the near future. And I have eternal gratitude for how easily I have learned from your works.
Please forgive me, I’m sorry, I love you, and thank you.
Dona
Joe,
I am putting together a fall retreat for women entitled “The Green Sisterhood Experience”. The location is in East Texas 60 miles north of Houston. The experience is designed for women 50 and older. So many women who reach their fifth decade on this lovely planet, awaken to find they have settled for less than they dreamed of and decide to get “old”, both mentally, emotionally and physically. The Green Sisterhood Experience combines a bit of pampering with a large splash of Mother Nature and delightful messages from those living their dreams, encouraging participants to embrace this so-called “middle age” and live a life filled with love, joy, and vibrant health.
The inspiration for The Green Sisterhood Experience came after reading your book “The Attactor Factor”. I simply picked up a pencil and wrote it out on paper. I have never experienced such an ease in writing before that very moment or felt so in touch with the energy of Divine inspiration. After reading what I had captured on paper, I went forward with an intention to make this dream come true. I ordered your Hypnotic Marketing Kit from Nitro Marketing and began studying Internet marketing and planning ways to reach out with my contribution to the “older” women on this planet.
I was on top of a mountain in southern New Mexico when the inspiration for the retreats came forth. It was mid April. I have since read Zero Limits, and as this fasinating Universe works, a series of events led me home to Texas where I discovered a wonderful location for the first of many retreats to come. I now know the entire experience was and is Divine inspiration and it is my passionate desire to see my inspired plan unfold. I am taking ACTION! Are you available for speaking engagements?
Dona
I look forward on reading your book on Red Flags, I have always been aware of the flags in my life and do not always pay attention, always to my detriment. Your books are great I love Zero Limits, and I still think Attractor Factor is a great book, it prepares people for Zero, I keep buying them as gifts.
Thank You,
Ludie
Hey Joe,
Amazing post
The book would fly off the shelves, because it’s a tangible way to categorize the levels of fear and intuition we feel about certain things on an ongoing basis.
Why not get 10-20 real world examples and 10-20 noted stories (famous, politicians, etc.) to contribute their stories about moments of intuition like the Trump story above (more fleshed out…) and then apply it to a red, yellow and green flags process. Then you can work that into the analysis of what’s happening physiologically and spiritually.
The book would write itself and be an incredible resource for those who are looking for incredible experiences!
Let me know if you need any help
Live Awesome!
Kevin
Hello Joe,
The red flags theory is brilliant. I hadn’t thought of my experience in those terms before and I relish the sheer pay-attention-simplicity of the analogy. I love the comment you make about waiting versus entering the game. I entered the game recently myself and I was entirely surprised by the green flags that consistently presented themselves at every turn. I had expected yellow and red flags. Had I not entered the game, I would still be more in relationship with a lie. I did not even realize this dynamic at play in that past situation until I had read what you had written. Thanks for helping me to make more conscious the act of choosing to get in the game; that, combined with paying attention is a sure fire way for me to get dis-illusioned! YES!
Thanks, Mr. Fire, for your radiant brilliance.
Love, gratitude and blessings,
Patti
Hi Joe,
I would like to read a book on how you write to motivate yourself to write another book.
Right now I am making good money, passively, giving me more
I imagined a few years ago.
I know I could easily make way more.
And I propably will.
I think you know alot about motivation, I would love
to read more about that.
Joe, there is also a site, you should check out.
It is called: http://www.livingonlove.com
Wishing you more love and happiness,
Felix
Forgot to add the P.S:
If you should ever check out the site, you will
be totally excited about the new possibilities.
Now that you wanna start a new project,
contact me, as I already taught a lot of
people about this magical power and want to teach more.
Thank you.
The movie thesecret is just wonderful. I have watched it at least a dozen times. I have tried very hard to incorporate it into my life.
Thank you for giving me hope.
Dear Joe,
I’ve only been reading your books for the last six month’s. I like your Red Flags theory but after reading Zero Limits i am not sure it is necessary. I have been clearing almost constantly for this last week (since I started reading Zero Limits) and everything is as you say. As I get to zero the Universe steps in and leads the way. Yes, I must pay attention but life seems to be all green flags now.
Thank you so very much for Zero Limits.
Terry
Wow, Joe! I have to tell you that the “flags” signals really resonates with me!
Recently my daughter called me to ask how she should answer a question on an employment application. I was with my coach, an ex-corporate HR person so I passed the question on to her. Her answer was that my daughter should answer the question exactly the way she felt about it, truthfully! (It was “how much do you want to get paid?… multiple choice and “open” was not a choice.) I had been taught that you should answer questions like that the “right way…open” so you would get hired. My coach pointed out that it would not be wise to “fit in someone’s box” tell the truth and make sure the job is a good fit.
I thought of my last corporate job and all the “yellow and red flags” that I ignored. I would have been much better off to pass on that job. It was absolute torture… but I went out of my way to “fit in their box” and I totally ignored every flag and instinct I had!
Often now I find that things happen naturally, and without effort almost, when I am “watching the flags,” aware, and listening to my instincts.
Hi Joe,
Ernest O’Dell here from Blanco, Texas and the Blanco Republic. Your “Red Flags” post reminded me so much of what an old priest taught me years ago about paying attention to our “gut instincts” and not “foo-foo’ing” them. Foo-foo is actually the word he used… sort of like we blow things off.
In many ways, you remind me so much of him that I think he is re-incarnate.
I got a green flag just this past Saturday. I had finished an article about “Destinations and Goals” when I heard the subject matter come up in a sermon. Then the subject matter came up in a conversation. I was recounting a past incident to a friend of mine and he told me, “Ernest, don’t look back or you’ll get off course from your destination.” I took that as a “green light” to continue in the direction I’ve been working on for the ranch property.
I just went out there again Saturday and this morning. First impressions have always been the right ones with me, whether green, yellow or red. This is definitely a green flag.
Thank you so much for being an inspiration to me and to your many fans here in Blanco.
Ernest O’Dell
Blanco, Texas
The Blanco Republic
Hi, Joe–just this evening I received an email regarding a possible job offer, but something in the wording made me hesitate. I decided I would answer it tomorrow because something ‘just did not feel right’. Thanks so much for your blog. My yellow flag looks a lot redder now and I know what I will do! Please write the book! Thanks, Karen
Joe,
Along these lines, a great book to read is “Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Power of Positive Feelings” from Lynn Grabhorn . Lynn mentions the flag theory too – message is the same.
It’s a great idea & I’ve utilized it often.
Sonora
Ooooohhh yeah! Just left a job with yellow flags all over the place. Really wanted the money he offered to pay. Little squeezy things goin’ on in my stomach on a regular basis. Really wanted the money. Ignored squeezy things. Had to quit and never even got paid. Lesson: Do not ignore squeezy things… Note yellow flags. Saw the show on Donny D. with Trump. Totally caught how he got the flu which prevented him from going to do the deal. Saw very clearly Trump example – now see very clearly the Mary issue.
Plan to have your perception a little sooner very soon!
Sonora, if you loved Lynn’s book – you probably are a student of Abe, as she was!
Best to all!
Mary
I ignored one of the biggest flags in my life. It was my sister’s birthday and i agreed to go out with her for the night. The door was wide open, it was a beautiful summer’s day. As i tried to walk outside something/someone not visible to the eye blocked the doorway. I didn’t take heed and broke through the barrier. Actually i fell outside onto the ground. Afew hours later i was in a horrible car crash. I want to thank you for putting me on my journy to “awakening” . So THANK YOU it’s very exciting. Hope to be reading your book soon.
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