What’s happening in the world today? Our (U.S.) government is going into the private sector to bail out (and become primary equity shareholders of) a major insurance company and now we’re looking at allowing the banking system a “free pass” while our friends are losing their homes.
Our President and presidential candidates are screaming recession bordering on a depression and the mainstream media at large? Well, don’t even get me started on that one…
Yesterday, I thought about calling the White House to see if I could get an appointment with “Dubya” to do some work on the Law of Attraction! What is he thinking?
Something is seriously wrong here…and I don’t think is started with us (the general citizens). However, if we continue to allow ourselves to be fed information by a fear-generating machine, we can only create more of the same. Such is the nature of the Law of Attraction. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m certainly not saying that there are not REAL factors occurring in the world now that are contributing to this big financial mess we seem to be in, however, instead of focusing on the problem, what if we focused on the solution.
The Law of Attraction clearly says that whatever we choose to focus our attention upon grows. We know it’s true. Therefore, by focusing on a problem, we create…what? You got it, more problems, bigger problems. By focusing on the fear, we create more fear.
Today, as I traveled through my day, I couldn’t help but notice the “walking zombie” look that so many people had. Our society is rapidly becoming shell-shocked by this constant barrage of bad news. I started to really tune into the energy of these people who had seemingly lost the core of their humanity and I could feel that they are scared…fear was the dominate emotion in their lives right now. I wonder how it might be different if our government and the media began talking about plans for recovery, rather than our inevitable economic crash. What do you think?
I recently listened again, for about the 27th time, to the Nightingale-Conant audio program called “The Science of Personal Achievement” which largely features Napoleon Hill, the author if the classic bible on personal development called Think and Grow Rich. In the program, Dr. Hill tells the story of the MasterMind group he was involved with around the time of the Great Depression when he and many of the key figures in government, industrialists and newspaper owners banded together for the single-minded purpose of restoring America’s faith. The two houses of Congress rallied behind President Roosevelt; the key newspapers agreed to run only the most positive economic news and corporations nationwide jumped on the bandwagon to support the President and the government in creating solutions to the worst economic catastrophe in American history…
…but if you listen to our media and government, it’s no wonder that people are beginning to wonder if in fact we are about to live through the worst economic catastrophe in history.
I have a proposal…and please chime in on this to let me know your thoughts:
1. We all choose to focus on the positive — always — and do everything in our power to repel the fear and negativity as it arises;
2. We take the time to learn what’s REALLY going on in the world that creates the constant ebbs and flows in economic and social conditions…we might actually find in our research that there are specific parties pulling the puppets strings, and perhaps this has been going on for centuries;
3. We allow our voices to be heard through Social Media, blogging and connecting to like-minded individuals;
4. We let our government know that THEY WORK FOR US, not the other way around!
YOU HAVE THE POWER! Use it…shout out…speak your passion…let your opinion be heard. It is our silence and apathy as citizens of this country and of the world that has allowed the “powers that be” to run rampant…
But they can’t stop us…they can’t stop the internet…they cannot touch that spark of freedom, individuality and passion that runs deep in each of us. So, what do you say? Let’s be heard together!
My friend David Childerley has just posted a video helps to gain some clarity on these issues, while providing both Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and his new strategy called The Balance Technique to release any fear or anxiety about all these perceived craziness. His commentary on the world his brilliant — but brace yourself if this is new information for you, because you might find it a bit shocking…
…But the tools he provides are very effective.
I would like to encourage you to do something…RIGHT NOW…contribute in whatever way you feel to a SOLUTION and encourage everyone around you…everyone you know to do the same. Together we can stand against fear, economic crisis, controlled media and an oppressive government that has lost touch with its people.
And take a look at Dave’s video…I can virtually guarantee you some relief in the next 30 minutes.
Thanks for your patience through my rant and please…LET ME HEAR FROM YOU!
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One of the most widely accepted methods for quick release of emotionally-based issues (which can and do move into physically-based issues) is Emotional Freedom Techniques, or EFT.
I am a strong proponent of EFT and use it regularly with my coaching clients. Many of my clients have discussed with me how they feel out of balance at times (perfectly normal) and particularly so when they get behind in basic tasks of “uncluttering” of their lives. Whether that is the clutter created by not attending to the bills, the mail, the dishes in the kitchen, or by not attending to the “clutter and chaos” that sometimes takes over our mental state, clutter can slow down the process of creating the like you really want.
In my work with the Law of Attraction, one of the patterns I’ve noticed in people is that their attraction effectiveness has a direct correlation with their focus and attention.
Recently, I have written on the concept of “everything is energy and nothing is neutral.“ If you are surrounding yourself with clutter, not only does your energy get scattered, but also your attention is constantly drifting toward that clutter, or thoughts that you should be doing something about it. So, clutter is quite distracting your focus and likely weakening you in the process.
The clutter in your life could be unfinished business that keep your thoughts distracted or a conversation you want to have that you have avoided, or just a stack of empty boxes in your garage. This past weekend, that stack of empty boxes inspired me to think about the clutter in my own life. So, I cleared them out. Funny thing…it only took about an hour to clear the space and sweep my garage but the result was an amazing shift in the energy of the space and my energy. Remember, everything is energy and NOTHING is neutral.
Then yesterday, less than 24 hours after clearing out the garage, I got Gary Craig’s (the creator of EFT) weekly newsletter and noticed an article on clearing out clutter and chaos in your life. My favorite part of the Law of Attraction system that I’ve developed is Step 6, called “Pay Attention and Follow the Trail.” I always find that when I’m “onto something” I get constant reminders and reinforcement of the message. That article was another reminder…and something tells me that I need to share it with my readers here, because you may find benefit from it as well.
Let me know what you think…how is clutter affecting your life?
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Recently, I have been revisiting my study of the work of Dr. David Hawkins (Power vs. Force / Highest Levels of Enlightenment) and have come to some interesting conclusions based upon his work.
If you have not studied Dr. Hawkins work, and are interested in the science behind how the world around you affects you, you might consider reading his now-classic book, Power vs. Force. Dr. Hawkins did a 29-year study of Applied Kinesiology (muscle testing) made a number of profound discoveries.
First, nothing is neutral. Whatever you come into contact with — whether it be the food you eat, the people you meet or the environment in which you live and breathe — either strengthens you or it weakens you. Nothing is neutral.
Recently at the Harmonic Wealth Weekend I attended with James Ray (featured teacher from The Secret), he did a demonstration of applied kinesiology using various test objects and three test subjects from the audience. First, he did a blind test with each of the three subjects holding an envelope to their solar plexus. In each case, the muscle test (applied kinesiology) caused the subjects to immediately go weak. It turned out that inside the envelopes were packets of artificial sweeteners! So much for better living through chemistry!
Next he began testing music. As a musician and composer who creates music designed to raise vibrational frequency and enhance learning experience (MasterMind Enhancement Music), this really got my attention. Again, each of the subjects were given CDs (the music wasn’t actually played) to hold against the solar plexus. The first one caused the subjects to go weak…it was the Rolling Stones. A groan from the audience…and James said, “Yeah, I like the Stones too, but I don’t listen to them now because I know the music weakens me.” The next CD test produced a strengthening result and it turned out that CD was The Beatles.
I have been doing testing on lots of music, educational programs and other materials now in my own experiments. After the music was tested, I was very curious how my music and educational home study program fared in Dr. Hawkins world of The Enlightenment Scale. Near as we can tell, my Law of Attraction ACTION PACK program (which includes a custom music piece called Attraction) tested around 600 on the 0-1000 enlightenment scale. Anything above 200 is strengthening you and according to Dr. Hawkins, above 500 is in the pure love realm, 600 is approaching enlightenment and as you move toward 1000, you reach total energy/enlightenment/oneness. Very interesting stuff.
Nothing is neutral. Everything either strengthens or weakens you. Perhaps it’s time to pay closer attention to what we choose to allow into our systems, and even into our personal field. Remember that the music test didn’t require even playing the music and the artificial sweetener test didn’t even require using the sweetener, only coming into contact with it. Quite fascinating stuff.
Here’s a short video piece with Dr. Hawkins for you to enjoy.
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I am pleased to say that my first official foray into the personal development world, at least on a conscious, chosen level, was when I read Napoleon Hill’s classic bible on success: Think and Grow Rich.
I have spent countless hours over the past three decades since then absorbing everything I can to expand my own horizons but rarely have encountered anything with the awesome raw power and message of success than Dr. Hill’s work.
Recently, I came across a video piece of Dr. Hill discussing his initial conversations with Andrew Carnegie, the insightful steel magnate (and the world’s first billionaire) who put the young Hill to task in studying the most successful men of the day and determine their common threads for creating that success. The resulting work changed the lives of millions of people around the world.
One of my favorite variations on Think and Grow Rich was the Nightingale Contant recordings called The Science of Personal Achievement. I was particularly moved by this because it includes so much of the original recordings done by Dr. Hill himself. This may not seem like much to us today but it is important to note that Hill first published Think and Grow Rich in 1937. The recordings from The Science of Personal Achievement were from old radio interviews, recordings made on 78 speed records and were really the first serious work in audio recordings. It was cutting-edge stuff at the time…the information still is and now, the piece is (finally) available on CD. I had two different cassette version of the piece; one for me and one that I always circulated through my network, and always passed along from one person to another with a letter telling the next one in line how the work had affected his or her life.
I tell this story today to share with you that some concepts are universal and remain true throughout the generations. Think and Grow Rich and it’s related material is just such a work. If you haven’t read it (or listened to it if that’s your preferred medium), I strongly encourage you to do so.
For now, have a quick taste of Dr. Hill himself laying the foundation for what is a very similar idea to what I now teach in my Law of Attraction programs.
Enjoy. I hope you find this as inspiring as I do:
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I’ve been talking about making your own movies to assist with the visualization process for a long time now. I even include some training on how to do it in my Law of Attraction ACTION PACK multimedia home study program. I call them MasterMind Movies and they’re a great way to personalize your own visualization process for attracting your Ultimate Dream Life.
Some friends “down unda” have taken this concept to a whole new level. Ryan and the gang down at Mind Movies have just released a new series that really gets into the details about how to make the most effective movies possible.
Just follow this link to learn more about the program. There is a special launch happening for the next 8 days and you get some outrageous bonuses in the process, over $2300 worth if I have my numbers straight, including a special one from me.
I’m doing a new custom movie right now but here’s one that I included in my Law of Attraction ACTION PACK that you may find helpful. I also composed special MasterMind Enhancement Music designed to connect you directly to the “source” of the LOA. Enjoy it and check out the Mind Movies program too. It’s really cool!
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There is magic in asking the right questions. How you ask those questions of yourself and others has a direct affect on the power and effectiveness in applying the Law of Attraction.
I read a great little book a few months ago…in fact it was called The Great Little Book of Afformations. No, that’s not a typo, it’s spelled with an “o.” It was all about asking the right questions…EMPOWERING questions…all the time.
Wouldn’t it be great to have the power of knowing how to ask the right questions all the time?
Well, you do have that power. You always have the power…at least it’s always a CHOICE you have. But what choices are you making. Do you choose empowering questions or are you beating yourself up with hurtful, demoralizing questions instead?
We are in a constant conversation with ourselves. Seldom does a day go by that we don’t have ten of thousands of thoughts and questions run through our minds. Many people get caught up in asking questions like: “Why does this stuff always happen to me?” or when they make a mistake, find themselves chanting: “What’s WRONG with me?”
Asking empowering questions is a great tool to activate the Law of Attraction and the law of ACTION in your life.
Here’s why: There is actually a chemical/electrical response that takes place when you pose a question. When you ask yourself a question (or someone else asks you a question), your brain responds just like a computer…in fact, it’s more like a search engine, seeking out the answer to the questions and ways of making that answer true for you.
So, when you ask “What’s wrong with me?”, you immediately set yourself up for creating something “wrong” with you because your subconscious mind is now running that internal program through your brain called “Find something wrong” until it in fact does find something wrong with you — to prove to were right…about being wrong! Crazy, isn’t it?
How do you correct your internal question compass to make sure you’re always heading in the right directino with your questions? Start by becoming more aware of the questions you’re already asking yourself. Do you find yourself asking questions “Why can’t I…?” or “What’s wrong with…?” If you do, try reframing your questions. For example, instead of “Why can’t I…?” try using the words “How can I…?”
Try these empowering questions and observe (and act upon) how your mind and the Law of Attraction begin to conspire together to create the answers and opportunities that you really want:
How can I afford it?
What is the best action to take right now?
Who should I be connecting with to move my career forward?
Is there a better option?
How big can this dream REALLY be?
How can I create more revenue for my business?
Who is the best person for this job?
What is my true purpose?
How can I best serve the world?
…these are just examples…try your own versions that apply to your own life.
Asking the right questions has amazing power in your life. Try it today and watch what happens!
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The Law of Attraction is working in your life already. Whether you choose to use it consciously or whether you are “driving all over the road” with random thoughts, feelings and actions, the fact remains that the LOA is always at work in your life.
The “law of abstraction” is what the majority of the planet uses…innocently I’m sure…but nonetheless, it is the process of simply going about every minute of every hour of every day without any focused intention, focused thought or focused emotion.
The Law of Attraction responds to you, constantly. If you are consistently using negative language or negative feelings associated with your life, this is what you tend to bring toward you. For instance, if you use language, even in your own mind, that paints a picture of what you DON’T want, you tend to draw more of what you don’t want into your current life. It’s a natural habit that many people have, simply because they have been brought up with that negative programming.
For example, money is a big issue for most people. Virtually everyone wants more of it but at the same time they define that mental picture as “not being broke” or “never having enough and wanting more.” If you have been using this kind of “self-talk” it’s time to shift your focus to the positive. Instead of entertaining thoughts or feelings of “I never seem to have enough money,” instead you could shift that to “I AM always in the flow of money and prosperity” or “Money flows to me easily and effortlessly.”
It is important for you to have a clear picture of what you intend to attract. Avoid using terms like “want” and “need” as this creates an energy of the thing you intend being “away” from you already. In order for you to have a “wanting,” there always has to be something that corresponds with that thought to keep you in a wanting state. Think about it: If you are “wanting,” is it possible to be “having” at the same time?
Keeping your intentions in the present tense is vital as well. Imagine, or visualize, or “feel” your intended outcome in your present, now, in this moment. The Universe knows nothing of time. This was a construct of humans.
Being clear about your intention is important but you can always leave things open to “universal interpretation.” Remember that a “divine design” is always in the works. Your intention might actually be smaller than what is actually possible for you. So, as you create your intentions, consider adding thoughts of “this or something better” to your intended outcomes. That leaves greater possibilities than you have even imagined available to you through this universal process we call the Law of Attraction.
Always remember that if you don’t have what you want already, and you’ve been focusing on that, in a positive way, there may be some internal message blocking you from actually attracting what you intend. Removing the blocks or at least reducing the charge on those blocks is an important element to using the Law of Attraction effectively.
If you have been having challenges in making your true intentions come to you as fast as you want, I would encourage you to take a look at our Seven Days to Success Law of Attraction ACTION PACK multimedia program to assist you in getting clarity, releasing blocks, connecting with the true energy behing the Law of Attraction and more. The system is overflowing with information and tools to immediately put the Law of Attraction into ACTION in your life. It was specifically designed for you to learn a detailed and specific system and provide you with everything you need to break through barriers, turbo-charge your process and create success in all areas of your life using the Law of Attraction. We can even provide you with one-on-one coaching to help you implement that strategies and tools available to you. Many people report that this coaching is what brought true clarity to the process and was the key to success.
Please share some of your LOA stories here and let us know your own insights about what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to attracting the life you really choose.
Above all, have fun and be grateful for what you are attracting and have attracted into your life. It’s all good, if you look at it from the right frame of reference.
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Life is challenging enough without having to create and achieve your goals all on your own. The truth is that very few people, if any, can actually do that.
Throughout history, the most successful people of all time have surrounded themselves with teams of people who support their vision and mission.
What is your vision and mission? Are you clear? Are you focused? Are you on your way and doing great? Are you passionate about your life and what you’re doing with it?
Who is on your team? Are you a typical entrepreneur trying to juggle all the balls at once? Are you an entrepreneur who simply “owns” your job? Are you feeling like a hamster running on a wheel?
In order to create anything great and substantial, it is vital for us to create a team and most small business people find a lot of ways to stay “busy” all the time and try to do everything on our own.
A business and/or life coach can help you to bring clarity to your goals, then keep you on the path toward reaching them. Everyone needs a great coach to keep them on track! I’m a coach and I use coaches and mentors to assist me all the time. Why? Because I KNOW that I can’t do it all on my own. I know where my skills are effective and where they are lacking. I know that I can’t create my big dream without a team.
Some of the greatest business minds of all time have chimed in on the subject of coaching. The media is talking about coaching. The concept isn’t going away.
Here are a few quotes that I’ve gathered up for you on the subject of coaching.
“Coaching can certainly help you strengthen your sense of self-worth, focus on your goals — and get there, fast.” - The London Daily Telegraph
“I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum potential.” - Bob Nardelli CEO, Home Depot
“…a personal coach is better than a best friend.” - Sausalito.net
“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.” - Timothy Gallwey
“People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won’t get promoted.” - Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric
“A coach maybe the guardian angel you need to rev up your career.” - Money
“Part therapist, part consultant, part motivational expert, part professional organizer, part friend, part nag — the personal coach seeks to do for your life what a personal trainer does for your body.” - Kim Palmer, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune
“Coaching simply speeds up a process of change that would most likely occur anyway if an individual had enough time. Without a coaching program that forces a client to focus and make time, people sometimes miss the real issues they need to focus on.” - The Ivy Business Journal, September-October 2000
“No matter how strong a person mentally is, without proper mental nourishment he or she will crumble. Personal coaching is one of the best ways to help you get that nourishment and to keep you stay focused.” – BeingLive.com
“If you want to build your business and at the same time have a rewarding personal life, you call a coach.” - Robert Schwab, ‘Businesses Hire Coaches to Build Winning Teams,’ Denver Post
“When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living.” - Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric from ‘Jack: Straight from the Gut’
“The hottest thing in management is the executive coach…Coaches are everywhere these days…Corporate coaches are in such demand that they can charge from $600 to $2,000 a month for three or four 30- to 60-minute phone conversations.” — Fortune
“Our chief want in life is someone who will make us do what we can.” - Emerson
“To get the most out of yourself you need to tune yourself regularly, just like a musical instrument needs regular tuning. Personal coaching is one of the best ways to help you improve yourself and stay focused.” – BeingLive.com
“A coach can play any number of roles –mentor, consultant, motivator, but one thing she [or he] is not is a therapist. Coaching deals with the “how”: how you can move on from where you are and make change. It’s action-oriented, and concerned with the present and future, not the past.” - Shape Magazine
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Someone contacted me the other day about the free coaching sessions that I offer and responded in a really “interesting” way. I don’t often get these kinds of responses anymore because of how I work with the Law of Attraction but every now and again I get a mild “heckler.” So, the guy writes to me: “You know the only reason you do these free sessions is to get people to buy your coaching!” Maybe he was having a bad day but…
Wow! I had to stop and think long and hard about that one. Why would someone approach me like that? I’m looking at this as a gift that I give to people and he’s challenging my integrity. And course, there was a part of me wanting to say: “Uh, duh! (I mean, of course, there is a marketing strategy involved…)” but that really doesn’t begin to tell the reason why I REALLY do free coaching sessions.
Money is just an exchange of value and energy and I have yet to work with a client who didn’t tell me that I brought WAY more value to them than the money they were paying for my services. So, I decided to really put some thought into how to respond to this gentleman.
Think about this for a minute. When someone offers you a free trial, what is the purpose? It is to prove to you that what you are trying is worth buying in the first place, right?
This happens every day in the marketing world and no one thinks twice about it. You see it in the grocery store when someone offers you a taste of a new food product. If you like it, you buy it. You see it in internet marketing a lot these days with $1 trials and free this and that to lead you to EXPERIENCE what is being offered, thereby being able to make a better buying decision. It helps you to get to know the product, or the service, or in my case, the PERSON. Let’s be realistic, you’re not going to sign up to pay for for coaching services without even knowing the slightest bit about me or just from reading my web page, are you?
So, let’s break this down a bit:
Of course, I don’t provide my coaching services just for the money. There is a lot easier work you can do if you’re just about money. I do coaching and mentoring, first and foremost, because I love it. One of my favorite experiences is that of seeing one of my clients rise to a new level in his or her life, or discover a greatness that they didn’t previously acknowledge, or helping someone make more money and see their lives changes as a result.
Everyone has at least one unique skill set. One of the highest and best uses of my unique skill set in the world is to help people break through barriers, structure their business to bring them freedom, get clear on how to move forward, solve challenges and provide a plethora of different ways someone can create more time, money and personal freedom in the process…just to name a few things that I do in life and business coaching. Virtually everyone I work with believes that brings great value to their lives, whether or not they end up paying for my services in the long run.
For example, check out what one of my clients (an actress) had to say recently:
There are more examples like this on my coaching page, if you want to take a look.
Rarely do I work with a client that hasn’t created a new way to pay for my services and much, much more in the first 90 days. As a business coach, if I don’t bring actual bottom line monetary, dollars and cents (and sense) value to your life, what’s the point of paying me, right?
Going back to how this all lays out from the “you’re only doing this to get people to pay you!” comment made by our skeptical friend earlier in this story…let’s take a look at how “free” looks from my perspective…
In my Platinum Coaching and Mentoring Program, people pay $777 per month, although most people just go ahead and pay $1497 for three months of coaching because it’s like getting a whole month for FREE. That’s about three hours a month, plus a bunch of other perks including recording every single session and maintaining a web page for each of my clients so they can have those recordings and other bonuses available 24/7. Again, it’s all about bringing great service and value. So that basically comes down to my hourly rate falls in the $175-250 range.
So, addressing our skeptical friend’s concerns, these complimentary sessions, that I call Discovery Sessions, are not some scaled-down version of a coaching session where I’m holding back the “good stuff” and offer no real value. It’s the real deal.
Just like any other session, we spend time examining your life and situation, your business, your strategies and where you might make things more effective. We usually spend 45-60 minutes on these calls. That breaks down to about $250 of my time…that I give you, as a gift for FREE.
The design is to determine whether I can provide a greater value to you, to see if we are a good fit in working together for some period of time after the initial session. My intention is to put you in a position that you have powerful new ideas and tools to work with from DAY ONE (Day One - The Free Discovery Session).
I don’t work with everyone, not even with everyone that wants to pay. I believe we have to both be clear that our working together is a good fit. Our personalities need to connect, and my skills and your project, or your business, or yours goals in life, have to be a good match.
So, I can’t work with everyone…there aren’t enough hours in the day. However, while I’m still in a position to be able to do it, I will gladly provide anyone with a true desire to improve their current situation with complimentary coaching session.
So, like the man who wrote me the email and was skeptical about my intentions, are you willing to walk away from a $250 gift? It is just that: a gift to you, with no strings attached and no pressure.
If you do find that this interesting and intriguing, what have you got to lose? Really, what’s the worst-case scenario? Less than an hour of your time and at the end, perhaps we don’t mesh? Hardly a risk, don’t you agree?
The bottom line for me is that my greatest passion is to help people find the best parts of themselves and bring that out into the world. I love helping people discover new business ideas and potential income streams. I love finding new ways to MasterMind with people to overcome challenges and have more time, money and freedom in their lives. That’s my passion!
By the way, the skeptical man I referred to earlier has now come back to me with an interest in pursuing a session. Isn’t that interesting? Sometimes it’s all about someone’s slightly skewed perception. All it took was just sharing my true motivation.