[ericabiz]

I admit I haven't read all of the forum threads on polarity, but I have read all of Steve's blogs on the matter. I had a conversation with one of my spirit guides, Julia, about polarity, and here is what she said.

Polarity helps you achieve larger goals. (She emphasized the word "achieve"; polarity doesn't help you set larger goals because anyone can set large goals. It's achieving them that requires being polarized.)

I asked Julia to give me some examples of goals that don't require polarity to achieve. Immediately she said "Becoming a millionaire." This is borne out by my personal experience as well. I know lots of people who are or have been millionaires who are not polarized.

She explained that "becoming a millionaire" is an example of a goal that only describes the person who has the goal. Polarized goals, she explained, are goals that have a significant impact on the world. For instance, taking on the goal to solve hunger in the world would require an extreme amount of polarization. The bigger the goal is, and the more people it impacts on a significant level, the more polarized you must be to achieve it (not set it!)

My goal of becoming a motivational speaker, in and of itself, does not require polarization. But if I make the goal to personally affect for better the lives of 1,000,000 people in my lifetime, that requires a significant polarization. It's also important to note that she mentioned that these really huge goals can be achieved by polarizing either direction. You can polarize with fear (edit: I agree with impaul99 that this should say "polarize as a darkworker"), become one of the richest people in the world, and then quit your job and personally run a foundation that helps millions of people because you have realized an opportunity in the market -- that is, that most foundations are run very poorly, you have a chance to run one a lot better, and incidentally you are also helping millions of people.

The reason most people don't polarize is because they don't need to. They don't set goals large enough to require it. There is a small subset of the population, however, that does set huge goals and then discovers that they must polarize to achieve them. I asked Julia for some more examples of goals that require polarization:

1) Becoming a famous Hollywood actor
2) Becoming a billionaire (disclaimer: this is today; with inflation this may not be the case in our lifetimes)
3) Becoming a world leader who touches the lives of thousands or millions of others in a strong way
4) Most goals that involve you being remembered after your life in a significant historical fashion by hundreds of thousands of other people

There are many non-polarized people out there whom most would see as successful: millionaires; business owners; CEOs of large companies; sports figures. The difference between those who are polarized and those who are not is simply the size of their goals. You can be the CEO of a $100M company and not be polarized. But if you want to affect the lives of millions of others, you must polarize.

Hope this clarifies for you as much as it did for me.