“Today’s issues are daunting. People feel helpless. And yet the solutions are there. What we need is hope, connection and action. Together we have the power to co-create a sustainable, healthy, and safe world. Women can change the world.”

Indeed the right circumstances and the right people will show up at the right time, but only if one will take action. There she was – though busy with the big event of her husband, Jack Canfield, I pushed myself to grab a moment with her.

Inga Canfield, a kind and gentle woman gave me her time to talk about the movie-documentary “The Heart to Lead: Women as Allies for the Greater Good” which premiered at the 2010 UN Commission on the Status of Women Conference and at the Breakthrough to Success Seminar of Jack Canfield in Arizona, USA in which I was attending. She played a role in the movie, as herself, pouring her heart out on how women can create, contribute and take part in making the world a better place.

The Heart To Lead is a documentary film that explores the significant role women are meant to play in the evolution of culture. Through intimate narratives by women on the journey to self-discovery, The Heart to Lead explores the emerging paradigm of feminine leadership. Women have a built-in homing device to return to who they deeply are and to where they belong. The film shows women attuning to their strengths and connecting with one another, as catalysts for developing personal and social action. Therefore, a tapestry of women are featured, and taken as a collective they express a colorful profile of those in unison, guiding and serving.

Talking to Inga, I instantly felt a connection. We both appreciate the excellent message of this film – that there is a need for women to come together, get into conversations, exchange thoughts, and strengthen each other in becoming better persons and better members of the community – collectively addressing and resolving issues that affect women and the future of our children. Here’s my interview with her, along with a sneak preview of the film:

As soon as she returned home she took a quick action to connect me to the producer of The Heart to Lead. I am now in contact with Bonnie Kelley one of the directors of the movie. We are brainstorming on how we can collaborate to spread and share the message of the move during my world travel and most especially in my home countries Philippines and Canada.

For more information please check out http://www.imaginethegood.com. Listen to whatever your heart will tell you. Trust and spread the news. Imagine the good it can do to you and to other people’s lives too.

With confidence, I introduced myself and asked If I can interview him to share his wisdom. He instantly agreed and we did an impromptu interview during one of the breaks. He talked about creating our environment by design instead of by default. Here’s what he had to say:

According to him there are 9 different environments that we shoud understand and be consciously aware of 24/7. These are:

Apart from being aware, Jim shared that it is important for us to assess and craft these environments to our advantage. To do this:

1. Listen and be aware to each of the nine environments. Do they inspire or expire you?
2. Assess your current ratings in each – is it good or can it still be improved?
3. Establish or write down your “desired” action or changes you want to make.
4. Identify the negative aspects of the environments that you want to delete.
5. Identify what positive things or changes you want to add and act on them.

If we become more conscious of our environments, do the prescribed strategies above, and stick to our action plan, we can live an extraordinary and ultimate life.

Jim and I agreed on the fact that a lot of people go to seminars, get pumped up to transform, but go back to their same old life. In order to avoid self-help learnings from becoming shelf-help, Jim said that we need to consistently focus and act on three things, everyday:

• Towards happiness
• Towards health
• Towards wealth

Is it really possible for someone to be happy, healthy, wise? The big answer is  YES! If you put happiness first, your health, and wealth will follow. They key is the awareness and recognition of what makes you happy, what makes you healthy, and wealth creation will follow as a result.

“Live life by design and not by default. Craft your environment because the right environments pull you into a bigger game or a bigger you,” Jim said.

For more information please check Jim’s site http://www.ultimategameoflife.com Whew! I am glad I trusted my intuition. He is a man with a big heart, and I love his life philosophy!