May 22, 2012

Mantras To Attract Entrpreneurial Success & Wealth

When I was  younger, I didn't think that money mattered.  I thought that wanting "things" would make me superficial, and caring about money would make me greedy. Over time, that perspective changed.  I began to realize that money has an important place in the world: it makes life easier - more comfortable.  Money creates amazing opportunities for ourselves and our loved ones.  Money is a lubricant that makes life smoother. It gives you leverage to help others and further causes that you believe in.

How do you increase your wealth?  Achieve financial "success"?   More than anything else, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDSET.  Because, how you think and feel about money and success is more important than how you achieve them.  How you think and feel about money and success is more important than how you achieve them.   You can know all the tips & tricks in the world to make money online/offline, with different businesses, with all types of marketing, but if you don't think and feel the success and wealth you're trying to achieve, and you don't get in the right mindset, you're going to be stuck in a rut forever.  Those people who join every program, go to every seminar, buy every book, but don't go anywhere, are stuck because they need to FIX THEIR HEAD. 

WRITE THESE MANTRAS DOWN & PAY ATTENTION TO THEM EVERY DAY
1.  I am responsible for my financial success and no one else. 
Once I accept responsibility,  I have the power.  When you blame other people or your circumstances for preventing you from moving forward financially, they you will be stuck where you are forever.     But once you make the shift.  You are where you are because of you. You have the power to do anything.  Your tank is full. You have all the fuel that you need to go the direction you want.  You now have the permission and the power. To build that future that you want.  Successful people create it. Stuff didn't just happen to them.  It may look like luck, but they built it.   Prepare for success.
2: I learn about making money from wealthy people
Who do you take money advice from?  People around you?  Or people who are wealthy?  Successful people always take time to learn more about money, business, and investing.  Take action now to learn more about building wealth for you and your family. 
3: I take good care of my money.
Show the universe that you can handle your money, learn to love managing it.  Be aware of debts.  Entrepreneurs will likely have to use debt to build business  - maybe invest in equipment, marketing, inventory, coaching/mentoring program, getting a consultant.  Will it lead to making more money in the end?  That's good debt.  Bad debt: big screen tv, etc.
4: I see opportunities in everything.
Start to look at world differently.  Potential growth or obstacles?  Less than 1% of nation makes more than $365,000 a year.  Less than 6% makes over 100,000 a year.   If you want to be that 1%, you have to be different than the 99%.  You have to think differently. You have to be different, act different.  You have to see opportunities where other people see risk.  Some of the largest fortunes ever made where made in times of recession.
5: I play to win BIG.
Playing to be comfortable keeps you in survival zone.  You are only growing when you're uncomfortable.  To get out of your current money zone, you have to takes risk.    Small thinking and small actions leads to small bank accounts
6: I love to receive money.
(Like a compliment) Charge well for your products/services & don't apologize for your rates/pricing/success.  Get paid ahead or on-time.  You deserve payment because you're worth it.
7: I enjoy giving money to others.
Give back to worthy people and organizations.   A great book about tithing: "The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance" by Edwina Gaines

Source: Ali Brown




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May 14, 2012

Top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed


By Bronnie Ware 

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people have had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. 
It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it. 
2. I wish I didn't work so hard.
 
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence. 
By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle. 
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. 
Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result. 
We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly,in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 
Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved.Everyone misses their friends when they are dying. 
It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip.But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks,love and relationships. 
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have sillyness in their life again. 
When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again,l ong before you are dying. 

Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.

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May 7, 2012

"Don't Stop Believing" ~ Arnel Pineda

From a homeless in Manilla, to the lead singer of Journey after being discovered on YouTube, this is an incredible story of triumph!

May 5, 2012

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself
to be made a victim.
Accept no one’s definition
of your life,
but define yourself.”   

–Harvey S. Firestone

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Mar 19, 2012

Footprints

He's Baaack! Rulon Training for the Olympics?

"I don't ever want to lose myself again" 

The first Biggest Loser contestant ever to "quit" the show, gold medalist Rulon Gardner is now back in the the news.  After retiring 8 yrs ago, Rulon is now training to add another 45 more pounds to his 160 pound weight loss, and win a spot on the 2012 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team at the age of 40.

he has survived two Olympics, a plane wreck, a broken neck and nearly dying in the Wyoming wilderness. Now, he’s facing what he describes as one of the biggest challenges in his wrestling career and life: his own weight.“In the sport of wrestling, I know where I stand. I know what I’m capable of and I know I can win. So for me, I don’t think I’m ever going to lose wrestling again, because when I let that sport go that gave me my life, I lost a lot of who I was,” Gardner said.. continue reading                                                                                 
So what do you think? Will you be rooting him on?

Jillian Michaels

How To Make Friends (At Any Age)

Making friends can seem like an overwhelmingly difficult task, at any age.  In some ways, it seems almost more delicate and worrisome as an adult.   And while Michael Thompson's book Mom, They’re Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems, (who also authored Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children) discusses how children make friends and maintain their friendships, it's also interesting how applicable the discussion is to adults.

If we were to develop our own "essential skills for friendships" as he describes, I bet the quality of our  relationships and lives would improve.   Likewise, what an excellent yardstick of ideal qualities and traits for picking a life partner.  For a person who struggles to make and keep friends, this list is an excellent summary of essential friendship skills.  According to the book, they are:
  • The enjoyment of the company of others
  • A capacity for reciprocity, turn taking, cooperation, and sharing
  • Empathy
  • Realistic, generally positive expectations that allow you to approach the world with confidence
  • Problem-solving ability
  • The ability to regulate aggressive impulses and other emotions
  • The ability to read emotions, especially subtle and mixed emotions
  • The ability to tolerate frustration
  • The ability to “hold others in mind” [to think lovingly about absent friends]
  • Trust that others can and will hold you in mind
  • Self-disclosure—the willingness and ability to show vulnerability
Trouble with small talk?  Socializing?  The following are essential qualities necessary for children all people to achieve social competence at school in life...
  • Emotional regulation  (this is a big one!)
  • Taking turns
  • Joining a group
  • Giving positive attention to others
  • Sociability
  • Social knowledge [knowing the norms, customs, and references of your subculture]
  • Tuning in to social cues [picking up on other people’s emotions and signals]
  • Balancing autonomy with relationships
Yes!  Exactly!   These are essential elements for all of us, in all stages of life.   What do you think?  Are they helpful when thinking about friendship? 

Jillian Michaels