Photo Of Cathedral
Rocks in Sedona
"If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost;
that is where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them."
"If one advances confidently in the direction of
his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which
he has imagined, he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours."
Henry D. ThoreauI was so grateful to
discover those quotes a few years ago. By then, I had already built
an entire city of castles in the air. While I am still surrounded by
unlimited creative possibilities, I am seeking to build solid
foundations under the projects, organizations, and companies I
have been blessed to help create in order to ensure their ultimate
success.
In recent years, I have
been focusing mostly on building solid foundations under the Castles
now described as
Ultimate Destinyland™,
CENTER SPACE (the Center for Spiritual, Personal and Community Enlightenment)
and our campaign to establish a network of
CAN DO! Community
Economic Development and Empowerment Resource Centers to
help Expand the Circle of Success by providing Successful
Living Skills Training.
Our present focus is on launching
Ultimate Destinyland
with
Ultimate Destiny
University and our "flagship" program, the
Ultimate
Destiny Success System (UDSS). It consists of over 1,000
pages in 14 stand-alone programs designed to help participants
realize more of their potential and fulfill more of their ultimate
destiny.
One of the resources I use
to help me remember who I am and why I am here is a poster board
filled with images and affirmation statements that reflect my desire
to manifest faithful, grateful stewardship over the talents,
treasures and resources entrusted to me. If you would like to
see what I hold in my mind and heart in my morning visioning and
meditation session, you might enjoy taking a look at
Over and Above Our
Expectations Is God's Good.
Photo of me “working” in
my
favorite office a few years ago
The “swinging chair” was designed
by Eric Donovan and his dad Wink
who worked closely with Bucky Fuller.
They lived next to me for a few years in the
intentional community of
Stelle, IL.
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"When you have a high vision of who you
really are and why your are here, your life
will have deep meaning and a sense of
purpose that
will enable you to tap your internal
Creative Power and acquire the attitudes
that will help you discern and act
appropriately upon the right next steps to
take to fulfill your Ultimate Destiny."
Charles Betterton
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I discovered that statement I had written in a journal
back in 1998 one morning recently as I was receiving a vision of
all the amazing and rich resources that have already
been entrusted to me to help millions of people Awaken
to their true Spiritual identity, Realize more of their
inherent potential and Know how to fulfill their
Ultimate Destiny.
For most of my professional career of 40+ years, I have
worked for government disaster relief programs and community
development programs. I have always had an interest in personal
growth and development, have attended hundreds of training programs
and I have created a few of my own. For the past few
years, I have been co-founding cause-oriented companies involved in
fostering personal growth and development, organizational and
community empowerment, spiritual enlightenment, wisdom, enlightened
wealth and wellness.
One of the many classic books that have lit up my path
is
God
Calling, edited by A. J. Russell. One
of my favorite passages from the book is : "Rejoice
at the wonders to which you are called and seeing them
in prayer, rise in My Strength, filled with the longing
to attain them."
That message inspired me to create a daily review
process and tools to help me remember who I am and why I
am here. This daily process has recently evolved into
another new product designed to facilitate spiritual
awakening:
Rise and
Shine With Your Personal ARK of the Covenants to Help
You Awaken to Your True Spiritual Identity, Realize More
of Your Inherent Potential and Know How to Manifest Your
Ultimate Destiny.
Following is an excerpt from a
recent article:
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Charles Betterton is Chairman and CEO of
Ultimate Destiny
Network, Inc., a private company
that he and team members have been co-creating over the past
few years by
applying what they learned from attending over twelve
week-long CEO Space Forums since February 1999.
The fact that
Charles and his team turned down an offer in September 2005
for 20 million in cash and 20% of a public company would
suggest that they are doing something right.
Charles has almost 40 years of
successful executive and managerial experience in
government, disaster relief, non-
profit agency administration, and business. He has a
Master’s Degree in Community Economic Development
from
the Graduate School of Business at Southern New
Hampshire University and he is certified as an Economic
Development Finance Specialist by the National
Development Council.
Charles has co-founded several
companies and non-profit organizations that provide
educational programs and services that foster spiritual,
personal professional, organizational and community
empowerment.. Some of these are: the University
for Successful LivingÔ, the Center for Spiritual, Personal, And Community
Enlightenment (CENTER
SPACE Ô
), Ultimate Destiny University,
CAN DO!
and the
Center for Conscious Sustainable Living.
All of the nonprofit organizations
and companies Charles
has helped create share a vision
of helping individuals, organizations and communities
ARK:
Awaken to Spirit,
Realize more of their potential and
Know how to manifest their ultimate destiny.
For more of an overview, see
the Strategic
Marketecture
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For several
years after serving as a disaster relief
specialist
for HUD (the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development), I began to describe myself as a Community
Development Specialist for Heaven on Earth.
When I was asked to share my personal vision at the
graduation of the Community Economic Development
Master's program, I described it this way:
Graduation Remarks
Seven
New Trends That Will Transform
How You Work, Live and Invest
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