SPOFs are undesirable in any system, be it a business practice, software application, relationship, economic strategy etc.

Systems can be made more robust by adding Redundancy in all potential SPOFs.

For instance, a solo singer playing the club circuit may be unable to complete their gig if their PA system breaks. They may even have to cancel future work until they can obtain a replacement. Redundancy can be achieved at various levels. For instance, they may have a second PA System in case the first one fails. At a higher level, they would have enough equipment to completely replace everything in case of multiple failures to their PA System, Backing tracks, leads, etc.                        

In the event of any given system breaking down, ‘Resilience’ is the measure of your ability to recover quickly and continue operating no matter what.

And so it’s time to examine all the various systems that constitute your life:

1: Seek out any SPOF’s

2: Ask: What’s my level of Resilience?                             

3: Ask: How can I make these SPOF’s Redundant?

This exercise was written before the outbreak of Covid-19, and many of our SPOF’s have already been exposed and found us wanting. And so as you go through this exercise, look for future SPOF not just present ones.

For example; many of us will be looking at new careers or new business opportunities right now. So this is a great opportunity for you to look at SPOF-Proofing your next move.

Here are some area’s to look at.

Financials (income, expenses, rent/mortgage, investments, savings, future plans like retirement)

Relationships (Significant others, family, business, work.)

Business (Employees/Colleagues, clients, internal/external systems, ordering, processing, delivering, location, cash flow.) 

Health (Fitness, vitality, diet)

Work (employer, colleagues, location, vocation, suitability. I would include looking at your employers SPOF’s, and how they could ultimately affect you)

Incidentals (Mobile phone, internet, washing machine, cooker, utilities, car, TV etc.)

Mark Denton Bevens

The Guvnors Club

You, because I care about you and hate to see you cowered and weak, not reaching your potential, just laying down in life’s gutter with your hand held out, waiting for someone to give you permission to get the fuck up. And me, because you are the person I’m afraid I have become!

This is not a visit-once website, or a place to sit-on-your-ass waiting for ‘The Secret’ to fix everything.

It’s an ever evolving entity!

It’s a collection of Ideas, tools and techniques without any order or sequence. Each post is written to stand alone like a notice board or sign post. They offer direction, insight, knowledge, inspiration and empowerment.

My outcome is to move you from Power-less to Power-Full. From Dependent to Self Reliant.                 

Ultimately, this Blog is designed to wake you the Fuck up from your self-imposed slumber and kick your ass back into action.

My greatest wish, is that you read just one line that inspires you to transform your life forever!

The inspiration throughout this Blog has the power to change your life. You can choose to absorb and apply it, or you can pull the sheets back over your head, return to your whimpering sheep herd mentality and continue to fuck yourself over.

Self-reliant or Self Imprisonment.

It’s all up to you…                                 

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com

I hear people all the time saying ‘It’s not fair, bad things shouldn’t happen to nice people. It’s not fair, I work hard all year and I still can’t afford it. It’s not fair! They got the break, the girl, the guy, the promotion, the good health, the car, the money.’ Yada, yada, yada.’

Just Fucking Stop; Get over it.

You’re wasting your precious moment on this precarious little planet whining and complaining about a non-existent entity called fairness!

No matter your race, gender, sexuality, ability, dis-ability, location, environment, parents, siblings, teachers, etc. etc. etc. You’ve got what you’ve got! It’s just a starting point.

What you do, where you are, with what you have, THAT’S the important part.

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com

If it’s other people’s opinions that are stopping you from attempting to be, do or have ‘Everything’ that you truly desire to be, do or have, then Just Stop:

Other people’s opinions are just that; opinions.

They’re not sticks or stones and they can only hurt you if you allow them to. Fuck what they believe.

It’s what you believe that counts.

In a nut shell; you can live your life in the shadows, fearing other people’s opinions, or you can dance in the light and just choose to not give a fuck!

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com

Your Income, your significant others, your home & environment, your job, career, business, your whole life. Whatever you have, whoever you’re with, whoever you ‘are’ is defined by what you’ve agreed to tolerate, stand for, stomach, accept, settle for.

Call it what you like, but if you want ‘better or more’ then you have to raise your standards and Just Stop tolerating less than you desire.

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com

In-fact, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people realised just how ‘In-Dependency’ to others they really were!

So in my opinion, your number one outcome in life is to become Self-Reliant. And no, I’m not talking about planting carrots and raising chickens. Although if that’s your thing, good for you. No, I’m talking about becoming Self-Reliant. Gaining immense personal power by not having to ‘rely upon’ the good will, opinions, permissions, stimulations, praise, love, mercy, financial benefits provided by people and stuff outside of yourself.

And the key phrase there, was ‘Rely Upon’

Stop… And think about all the negative stuff you that perceive to be going on in your life right now.

I promise you, at some level it all comes down to your reliance upon someone or something outside of yourself to meet your current wants and needs.

This Blog is simply a wake-up call that says ‘Just Fucking Stop relying on people and things outside of yourself to make you feel happy, powerful, significant, fulfilled, safe, loved etc. and you’ll achieve all the love, joy & happiness you want. Capiche’?              

Think about this: For most of us, the thought of allowing someone to physically or mentally abuse us for something as simple as a slice of pizza would seem abhorrent. But what if you were homeless and starving on the streets in the middle of winter?

If you perceive an abuser as the only way to end your starving, you could very easily become dependent upon them. Why do you think so many people living in poverty sell their bodies to the sex trade? In many cases their very lives may depend on the ‘good will’ of their pimp or client.

At this base level they are perhaps dependent upon the benefits (food, shelter, money etc.) that their ‘benefactor’ provides for them just to survive.

Now nobody is calling you a whore, but at some level, if you are reliant upon someone or something outside of yourself for the ‘benefits’ provided, then that someone or something, could be just as harmful to you in the long run, as that pimp or desperate client!

Think that’s a step too far?                                       

Stay reliant and see just how fucked you really are!!!

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com

So Just Stop; let’s clear this up before we move on: Your very purpose in this life is to be ‘on purpose’ with everything you do, whether it’s taking your kids to school, surfing in Hawaii, Running your business, spending time with your significant others etc.

Being on Purpose, in the context of this Blog, means knowing your outcome within any given moment, and being present with that. So if you are working on your business, and you may have more than one, know your outcome and be present. If you are on stage performing an amazing guitar solo, then know your outcome and be present. Playing with your kids; same thing. Being on Purpose simply means knowing your outcome and being present with whatever you are doing or being in that moment.

You are here to birth and experience your innermost desires. That’s it! There is no one path, no one way, no one calling in life. You did not come here to limit yourself to one measly old path. There are MANY pathways, and you should try them all if you so wish…

It took me 60 years to finally realize that. So step over of any idea that you are here to discover and live only one true purpose in life. The ‘One True Purpose Theory’ is now off the agenda. To think and act otherwise is a waste of your limited time and energy here on the Earth Plane, it is naïve and unrewarding.

Every desire you have is the effort of an unexpressed possibility to come into life. It is your infinite self, seeking to manifest which causes those desires.

Your only reason for being here on the Earth Plane is to birth and fully experience the multitude of desires that you feel nagging away at you.

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com

But instead, you got what you got. It’s the hand you were dealt. How you’ve played that hand so far has lead you to where you are today, and you are either ecstatically happy and loving life, or, at some level, you are blaming the parents, siblings, guardians, teachers, background, environment, friends, politicians, country and weather that you were presented with during the first seven years or so of your life.

Add to the mix the arrival of significant others and a dash of broken relationships, with the loss of a few nearest and dearest along the way, and you have all the excuses you need to explain your Fucked Up Life…

‘If only they had given me this or that. If only they gave me more support, love, sex, money, reassurance, time… If only I had been born in that country at that time in that situation and circumstance. If only he would let me. If only she would let me. If only THEY would let me…  

Just Fucking Stop…

No, really; Just Fucking Stop…

Mark Denton Bevens

TheGuvnorsClub.com