There are two kinds of people in the world… LEADERS and FOLLOWERS. Decide at the outset whether you intend to become a leader in your chosen calling, or remain a follower. ~ Napoleon Hill

There is no shame in being a follower. That’s where most great leaders began. They became great leaders they were intelligent followers, who saw what their leaders did that made them great, and then did the same in their own lives.

My friend, Darlene Moore, recently observed first-hand what happens when the leadership does NOT practise organized planning.

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Chapter 7 – Organized Planning

I personally will not volunteer to do anything I do not know I can follow through with 100%. I am not going to do something half way through and stop because I am not a quitter.

Which means when I do something I am all in. I give it 100%. I sit down and figure out what has to be done to accomplish the tasks and I write down what order they have to happen. Then I break it down in the order needed. Time of day. Which day of the week. And anything else required to finish the job.

Anything we do in life starts out volunteering. It does not matter if it is going to school, or getting a job. Deciding to put hard wood floors in our house or carpet. The decision is ours and we have to follow through with it.

Much of the time is figuring out what needs to be done to accomplish what we volunteer for.

Even in our planning we need to allow space for road blocks and detours. If I have a goal that needs a week to accomplish, I plan 10 days for it. If I get done in a week great then I am done early.

Going into something blinded is very unorganized.

As an example I recently decided to sign my son up for Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts teaches boys how to be leaders and he would be in “hands on training” his whole life. I want my son to be a leader and I feel it is my responsibility to make sure he has the proper training to be a leader.

We went and signed up for Boy Scouts in my area. When we went to the first meeting I discovered there was no cub master for his age group. They said they would call us when there was one.

Four months later I called and they still did not have one. I was asked on the call to come to a district cub master meeting. Being a critical thinker, I assumed I was personally invited because “they needed a cub master”.

Well, they laid it on thick. Darlene we need you. The boys need you. A teacher who will help guide our children into leadership. Who else would be better to help them, other than a leader themselves.

I know they were desperate and was willing to use as much butter as needed to get what they wanted. But I looked around the room. One of the leaders was texting. Another had brought her three boys to this adult meeting and all three of them looked totally different and she did not wear a wedding band. Another was very inappropriately dressed for guiding young boys to be leaders. I did not see one leader in there I wanted to guide my son through life. I finally said yes.

There were only two boys in my troop, my son and another little boy whose parents were working two jobs each and they were both going to school. I thought this was a great start.

I sat quietly through nine hours of training. Taking notes and writing questions on the right of the paper to ask at the end of each training session.

I was given charts and books. A list of things that were to be done at each meeting. I was informed of the extra things they needed to do outside of the troop meetings. And many more things.

First thing the next morning I started going through everything and organizing it. Planning what to do and when. Making sure they stayed on schedule.

I spent four days on this. I had everything in order.

I had a list of things and supplies needed in order to properly follow through with everything. I took the list to the district manager and she said there was no money available. It was my responsibility to get these boys together to raise the money. Wow really? You did not mention this at the meeting. Nor was it in any of the books.

Okay I can overcome this. There were things needed for the first meeting so I went to the store.

At the first meeting I stated I looked into fundraisers and found a few things two first graders can do. The other mother said “we do not do fundraisers. We are to busy for that.”

I was not going to expect my son to do all the fundraising, so I had to come up with a plan.

The second meeting I shared with the other mother what we needed to purchase and showed her the cost. She said well I just will not bring my son on those days.

Oh boy (sigh) Okay I can do this. I can do this for my son. I do not want to let him down.

The next meeting I was called and told it would be cancelled because they needed the meeting room for something else.

The next two months worth of meetings were cancelled for one lame excuse after another. (total of 25 meetings)

One day I received a phone call, on a day that was not a schedule scout meeting, and was told by the district manager I had to have my boys at the meeting place in an hour.

Wait a minute. I have plans!

I made the arrangements needed to make sure what I needed to accomplish was followed through with. Then I arrived at the meeting with both boys.

All of the district was there and all the boys were running around the hall like animals. I discovered they were playing kickball inside. I was shocked. My son is not permitted to play ball inside. Not even to roll it for the dogs.

She let them continue to play and had the leaders come over into a corner. I could not hear a word she was saying because of the noise. I am sitting there in total shock. What have I gotten my son into?

Then the district manager proceeds to give us the badges for the boys they should have earned up to this point. I stood up and said they did not earn these badges. There must have been nine of them. She said with a laugh “well that is not their fault”.

I very firmly asked the other mother for the badges because my troop was not going to get them until they earned them. The mother looked at me and said “grow up”, I have an older son in boy scouts as well and he has not earned one of his badges.

I was done. I had more negative emotions than I even knew you could have at the same time. I caught eye contact with my son and looked at the door. The fantastic son he is, he stopped playing ball and walked up beside me and took me by the hand and headed to the door. No questions asked.

We get into the car and I just sat there quietly. My mind racing 1000 miles an hour. My first grader looks at me and says this is not a good leadership training is it mom. I just looked at him and said I love you and drove home.

I picked my son up at school the next day and he said mom we left to early last night. They gave us our derby cars. (But that is okay, the other boy very nicely brought his to school.)

My son looks at me and says he knows I do not want him to go back there, but he would really like to be in the derby car race. Can we stay in long enough to do that?

I sat there a minute thinking. He said don’t worry you are a good leader and I will not be like those other boys. I smiled because I knew he was right. I said okay but after the derby race we are done. He agreed. We took the piece of block home and he grabbed daddy’s hand and out to the building they went.

When they came back into the house he had a beautiful derby car. He was so excited telling me how he got to use daddy’s tools and showed me how he turned this tool this way and that tool that way in order to make it the shape it was. I smiled, glad I had made the decision to let him participate in this one last thing.

We went to the next meeting and they attached the wheels. They informed us of the weight it should be. After the meeting we went to a friends house who had a scale and we weighted it and it was 2.75 ounces light.

The next day we went to the tire shop and asked to purchase weights. My son told him exactly what he needed and the owner gave the weights to my son free of charge.

The next meeting they were suppose to practice racing. The meeting was cancelled. And so was the next seven meetings. I was chomping at the bit. But I kept reminding myself it was almost over.

They finally called for a meeting to actually take place. We get there and they are having CPR training for a badge. We participated and the adults were up front talking for over an hour and the boys were throwing the practice manikins on the floor and stepping on them. Picking them up and shaking them and yelling at the top of their lungs “are you okay” and laugh. Taking the cloths off of the infants and so on. I was firmly telling them to put them down on the table. That is not how we treat them. Finally, I got the attention of the top leaders and showed them what they were doing. One of the leaders yelled out one of the boys’ names and told him to stop. Then started laughing hysterically. What a horrible night.

My son was finally able to go to a meeting and practice. I must have asked ten times when the big race was. They kept saying they did not know, but as soon as they found out they would let me know. I even called the headquarters of our area and received the same answer.

As we are leaving this meeting the district manager, her husband and the assistant district manager said they needed to talk to me. They suggested my son go and play with the other kids. They informed me I was not a good leader. I am permitted to have 6 boys in my group and I should have them by now. I should have had a fundraiser by now. They said more but I was in my happy place I did not hear them.

On the way out the door, we were informed the big race, five towns over, was Saturday. This was Wednesday.

At the big race my son won two out of three. Another boy won three out of three. When it was over, there were four trophies. The district and assistant district managers sons won all four trophies. My son did not say a word. He took his dads hand and walked to the car.

We are driving home and my son said this is my first derby car I ever made and it is a trophy I will keep for the rest of my life.

When we arrived home I looked at my son and said no more boy scouts, we are done. He said yes mom.

I called my district manager and informed her I was done. She told me, because I let my son quit, he was going to be a loser for the rest of his life. How does that make me feel? I hung up on her as politely as I could.

I have more respect for organized planning than I have ever had in my life. Since then my son was in the local paper for a great accomplishment he did. He organized it and planned it. I assisted in a way an adult needed to assist. I drove the car.

I thank God everyday for guiding me to Michael, Linda and this fantastic Mastermind Team. For teaching me how to think, not what to think.

With Much Love and Appreciation,
Darlene Moore
Ohio

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Have you had an experience where chaos reigned because the leadership hadn’t done the necessary organized planning? How did it make you feel? What did you do about it? I’d love to hear your comments below.

© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163

At first glance, the title may seem funny, and kind of silly. But when you have seven children, you KNOW how true it can be!

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Berenstain Bears’ take on the subject…

Our children’s birthdays span only six months of the year, from June 21st to December 29th. But along with the two birthdays in December, there are plenty of other occasions for celebrating, with the feasting that goes along with it. And then comes the New Year, and Valentine’s Day, and our wedding anniversary, and Ian’s birthday, and Easter, and my birthday, and Mother’s Day, and… Well, let’s just say all my good intentions of earlier this year have gone by the waist side — er — the wayside!

Too much birthday? You bet! It’s fun while it lasts, but when it goes beyond that and lasts and lasts and lasts… it’s time to remember the old saying:

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE!

And even at newly-turned-60, it’s never too late to begin afresh!

© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163

Ernest Tucker is 86, and is learning some of the same things I am learning. Here are his words of wisdom…

Chapter 7: Organized Planning

In reading this chapter again I have learned quite a lot. The most important thing I learned is the past is gone you can’t change it so forget it only remember what you learned from it. Forget the mishaps the fear the tears the hatred the pain the suffering the loss the sleepless nights those times are all over live in the now. You made it and you are here for a reason.

Hill says there are two types of people Leaders and followers. Which do you want to be? You have to decide which you want to be. There is no disgrace is being a follower and there is no credit in being one. Being a leader takes courage self control a keen sense of justice and a definiteness of plans and decision. He also must be a master of detail and have courage and understanding while assuming full responsibility.

What is important to you? What is your dream and desire? Have they changed in the last four or five years or even in one year. You have to write them down and keep on going over them if they haven’t worked change your plans. Get help from your mastermind group ask your mentor for help listen to 30 day mental cleanse write lessons. No one has said it is going to be easy they only tell you it is worth it.

People quit for many reasons they can’t afford it they don’t have time any excuse just so they don’t have to do the work. Only you can change your life and only you will see the results. If you would like some good advice talk to that guy in the mirror and then write it down. Never give up your goal could be just three feet in front of you.

I have had many struggles and found the answers in talking to Michael but I have to do the work it’s my dreams and my goals not his. I’m not as fast as I use to be but I’m having too much fun to hurry. I meet people from driving on the back roads and enjoy the scenery I am in no hurry if I was I would have started yesterday. My biggest dream is to help people and see the smile on their faces. When people ask me “what do I owe you” I tell them that smile and look on your face is better than any amount of money you could pay me.

Michael’s mentoring for free has helped thousands of people. His help has given wealth health and happiness where ever he and Linda go. Their life is dedicated in helping People.

Ernest
Alabama

PS what is your excuse

Forget the mishaps… the fear… the tears… the hatred… the pain… the suffering… the loss… the sleepless nights… Those times are all over! Live in the now! You made it, and you are here for a reason. GREAT lesson for all of us.

Please share this with your social media friends. And I’d love to hear your thoughts, in the comments below!

Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163

I used to think I didn’t have much imagination. Then one day it hit me. I have PLENTY of imagination, and I was using it to feed and magnify my fears instead of freeing myself from them. Imagination, used in the right way, allows me to soar high above the earth and all its snares and pitfalls. I like what my friend Darlene Moore has to say about it…


Chapter 6: Imagination

Imagination has a lot in common with “thoughts are things”.

The definition for imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through the five senses. It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present, or have happened in the past.

Imagination is a valuable asset most people ignore except for expanding their negative thoughts beyond reality.

Everyone possesses a certain of imagination ability. In some, it is highly developed, and in others, it manifests in a weaker form. Imagination manifests in various degrees in various people.

When it is developed and used it can greatly enhance your life. People in all ages and walks of life can make their life more interesting and fruitful with this resource.

A developed and strong imagination strengthens your creative abilities, and is a great tool for recreating and remodeling your world and life.

When you know how to work with it, you can make your hearts desires come true. It is the creator of circumstances and events in your life.

Imagination can be an asset or a liability depending on how it is used. If you do not recognize the importance of the power of the imagination, and let it run wild, your life may not be as happy and successful as you would have chosen it to be. By thinking negatively you are inclined to not expect success. You expect the worst and then believe fate is against you.

This means we should think only in a positive manner about our desires. To develop your powers of imagination, spend time thinking about how to improve areas of your life. Picture yourself in various places. Make a decision on where you want to be in a few years and set a time limit. Picture in your mind what you will have to do to achieve it.

Imagination is the wisdom and power you have within. The choice is yours to use it positively. Using your imagination correctly, and putting this knowledge into practice will put you on the golden path to success.

Thank you Michael, Linda and the Mastermind Team for teaching me to imagine myself where I want to be in life and focusing on it until I was able to believe through positive actions I deserved it. I am well on my way to a life I only dreamed of.

With Love and Appreciation
Darlene Moore
Ohio

We can make mountains out of molehills, or molehills out of mountains. It’s our choice!

What have you done to cultivate your imagination, and put it to work for you in achieving your goals? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below. And please share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter!

Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780 349 7163

My friend, Marsha Sortino, lays it out clearly in her take on Napoleon Hill’s chapter on specialized knowledge. Here are Marsha’s thoughts…

CHAPTER 5: SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OR OBSERVATIONS

The Fourth Step toward Riches

This chapter becomes clearer to me every time I read it.

KNOWLEDGE will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical PLANS OF ACTION, to the DEFINITE END of accumulation of money (Hill).

Hill stresses that the failure most of us have is in organizing and using the knowledge after we acquire it.

You may be asking, just what is this specialized knowledge – this knowledge we need to be a true network marketer and succeed.

What is this specialized knowledge we need to have to become successful?

How do we take the specialized knowledge and organize it?

Michael teaches us the 5 pillars, teaches us personality color training, let’s us use his self talk, and provides a mastermind group for us. With a mastermind group, we develop a powerful keen imagination that keeps us wanting to go, but it’s up to us to stay on track.

We learn the in and outs of network marketing but also the secrets that other top earners in network marketing companies don’t want us to know.

Well now on to the observations and personal experiences…

I have observed the MFF has this specialized knowledge I seek through the training calls and the mental cleanse.

The MFF system is so well organized that I don’t have to be the one to organize it. It’s done for me.

I just need to get on the calls and follow instructions, follow the recipe. What more can we ask for? Need help with something and all we need to do is ask the person we got the ebook from and we will get help.

For once in my life, I can say that I am succeeding in network marketing!

This did not happen overnight. There are no such things as get rich quick schemes! It takes work and dedication and a superb confidence that I can do this, I can build my business.

Sometimes I wonder why people download the ebook and don’t take advantage of all the great training MFF has to offer.

I see many people on Facebook with several businesses or affiliate programs that are lead funneling. And so often I see people that start with one company and then months later, they are doing another company, then another. The crazy cycle goes on and on this way and it’s no wonder people aren’t building. They continue to struggle!

Hmmm… what’s wrong with that picture? Why are people jumping from opportunity to opportunity in hopes that they will be the first to strike gold? Why are people so willing to bale ship out of one company and jump on board with a pre-launch so quickly?

There are so many new company launches and I can’t help wondering, what happened to their original company?

What does that say about people who do this? How can spreading yourself thin in building several companies ever get you to the top of even one your companies?

It tells me they are not all in. It tells me they don’t stick with one project till they succeed at it.

Is it because they were not getting trained the right way to approach networking? Is it because they were not getting the help & support they needed from their up line?

Only they can answer these questions.

Here is what I do know about MFF- we are a community of volunteers, not an affiliate program or a company- strictly willing to help you succeed!

So how bad do you want your success?

Michael often tells us that his mentor, Tom Big Al Schreiter told him that there are 3 things a prospect wants to know…the 3 questions they ask themselves are:

1. Is this something I can do?
2. Can I make money at it?
3. Can you help me?

So I answered these questions

1. Is this something I can do? Yes
2. Can I make money at it? Yes
3. Did I get help? Yes

So these next questions are also to me.

Have I helped people?

Yes absolutely I have.

Am I being trained to do this business?

Yes absolutely I am.

Have I trained others?

Absolutely I have.

Do I have know, like, and trust relationships with people?

Absolutely, Yes.

Do I have a team now?

Absolutely I have!

Am I making money?

Yes absolutely!

Am I happy building my business?

Absolutely I am!

Is the system working for me?

You know the answer to that- absolutely without a doubt in my mind -YES! There is Value!

We are trained to have and use specialized knowledge we won’t find anywhere else without long hard searches on the internet or having to spend tons of money. This is where it stopped for me and this is where I will stay. It is home for me now as I follow the leaders who are successfully building!

Looking at the latest MFF drip email from Michael, the proof is that the MFF system works.

Our team brought in 62% of the company’s new business for the month of April.
- 82% of the company’s new business for May.
- 85% of the company’s new business for June.

The ebook Success In 10 Steps is key here. If have not read it, then I wonder why you asked for it.

Businesses may come and go, but you grow into the person you were meant to become all along, if only you will give yourself the gift to become successful!

If I hadn’t & didn’t use the system myself, then I could not be writing this.

Thank you Michael & Linda for your painstaking efforts in building a wonderful system that I can personally testify works!
And to everyone else who’s helped me…thank you!

To Your Success!

Marsha Sortino

I couldn’t have said it more clearly than that. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below. And if you have found this useful, please share it with others by clicking on the social media buttons.

Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780 349 7163

In this chapter on AUTOSUGGESTION, Mr. Hill refers us back to the chapter on DESIRE, and reminds us of his instruction to read aloud twice daily the written statement of our desire for money, and to see and feel ourselves already in possession of the money. He says,

“Through repetition of this procedure, you voluntarily create thought habits which are favorable to your efforts to transmute desire into its monetary equivalent.”

In the chapter on FAITH, Mr. Hill tells us that faith may be induced by autosuggestion. In other words, we might not have absolute faith in our self talk when we first begin to say it, but as we say it, mixed with emotion and faith, our faith will grow. It’s all intertwined, and with time and Persistence, it will meld together as a powerful whole, and we will see our desires become reality.

Dr. Daniel Amen, known to many as The Brain Doctor, tells us that psychiatrist Lewis Baxter, in a series of breakthrough experiments at UCLA, found that when he prevented obsessive compulsive disordered (OCD) patients from engaging in their senseless repetitive thoughts or behaviours it actually changed the brain’s function in a positive way, working in a way similar to medication — only without medication.

Dr. Amen goes on to say, “Changing your thoughts and behaviors changes your brain. Give in to useless behaviors and you are more likely to keep doing them. Engage in more useful behaviors and you will be more likely to continue them. Your moment by moment actions program your brain’s actual function.”

Autosuggestion reprograms our subconscious mind, making it possible to take action that will get us where we want to go. And that process will move along much faster as we act on our Faith, however small at first, with Persistence. This in turn will strengthen our self talk, injecting more Desire and Faith into it.

See how it all fits together? And that’s only FOUR of the principles Mr. Hill teaches us in this book. Imagine the power when we get ALL of them working together!

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This lesson was inspired by Chapter 4 of Think and Grow Rich,
by Napoleon Hill, and originally posted at mental cleanse call every Wednesday afternoon or evening.
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© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780 349 7163

We live almost half an hour from town. A week ago, Nathaniel commented that the snow was melting in town, but not at home. With two feet of snow on our front lawn, it sure looked like he was right. But I knew if he’d gone out and measured the depth with the yardstick, he would find it was not as deep as the week before. Those brown patches in fields would grow and grow till all that was left were some shrinking drifts by the fences.

Soon it will be time for planting our garden. Every year we watch and wait for what seems like forever, for the plants to appear. And then, just when we’ve all but given up hope, suddenly there they are, row after row of tiny plants reaching for the sun. They were busy all along, growing roots and sending them deep into the soil. We just couldn’t see them.

David Haines urges us to stick with Mentoring For Free
even if we don’t have faith that anything is happening right now. Why? Because he’s been there, and HE KNOWS from experience that if we keep doing what works, we will see the results we long for.

This holds true in so many areas of life that I don’t know why it is so hard for people to grasp. I guess it just takes some of us longer to believe and trust the truth, no matter how many times we have been told.

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This lesson was inspired by Chapter 3 of Think and Grow Rich,
by Napoleon Hill, and originally posted at mental cleanse call every Wednesday afternoon or evening.
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© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780 349 7163

What mother has not gazed into the bright eyes of her newborn and wondered what kind of man or woman the child would grow up to be? I will never forget the moment I first held my newborn daughter and was struck with awe at the sense of responsibility, the huge role I would play in molding this child. A newborn baby doesn’t look like much. She can’t walk or talk or even feed herself. But she is brimming with potential for greatness. That potential can get seriously messed up, as many a parent knows all too well. But as I gazed into my daughter’s big blue eyes, I knew. All she needed was time and guidance from her loving parents, to help her to find that potential within, and develop it so she could become the woman God designed her to be.

As network marketers, we have unlimited potential for growth and development into the leaders we are intended to be. At Mentoring For Free, we have all the loving guidance and teaching we need. It’s only a phone call away… or a few clicks of the keyboard will take us to our vast archives of recorded calls. And each person who downloads our ebook is just like that newborn baby… brimming with the same potential for greatness, and the same need for guidance and teaching. We can mess it up by not calling or following up with our prospects… or we can nurture them and guide them into THEIR greatness, just as our mentors have done for us.

I am not responsible for their success, any more than I am responsible for what my children ultimately become. They make their own choices. But I want those choices to be informed, educated choices, based on the very best I can give them. I don’t ever want to be the reason anyone quits.

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This lesson was inspired by Chapter 2 of Think and Grow Rich,
by Napoleon Hill, and originally posted at mental cleanse call every Wednesday afternoon or evening.
Contact me and I’ll be happy to give you the call-in details.
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© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780 349 7163

“See those two buildings? The shorter one is over a century old, and the taller one is less than ten years old. I love the contrasts! They’re side by side, but they’re so different in height, architecture, type of brick, etc.”

For more than 30 years, he has been taking pictures of buildings in Toronto. About 10 years after he started, he made the accidental discovery that he was photographing some of the same buildings, and it was interesting to see the changes. He began doing it on purpose, and before long he was holding art shows in Toronto. And now he has a book published, highlighting these comparisons.

A 35mm camera… black and white photography… it doesn’t sound like anything would ever become of it. But Patrick had a dream that became an all-consuming desire. I don’t think he had any idea in 1977 that it would grow to the extent that it has. A burning desire, laser focus, and spending untold hours on this one thing, have led to his making a name for himself in the artist community in Toronto and having his work published.

Watch as Barbara Isherwood interviews Patrick Cummins, in this video from last year:

https://vimeo.com/44754546

Some months back, I realized that my greatest need is for CLARITY and FOCUS. CLARITY as to WHY I am here on the earth and WHAT I am designed to do. And FOCUS so I can actually accomplish it. As of early last fall, I have CLARITY. But FOCUS is another story altogether.

I made a To Do List of everything I think I am supposed to be doing in a day. I put only the things that *really need* to be done. There were 60 items on that list. Sure, some of them take only a few minutes each, but quite a few of them would take an hour each. Obviously, something was wrong. No wonder I stopped sending my mentor my Daily Activity Reports. I couldn’t keep up. I got discouraged. I was ashamed, because I wasn’t doing enough to make it worth sending it to him.

This time as I go through the book, Think and Grow Rich, I will FOCUS on one area, which is my #1 Reason for being here. Everything else will be secondary.

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This lesson was inspired by Chapter 1 of Think and Grow Rich,
by Napoleon Hill, and originally posted at 30DayCleanse.info
We would love to have you join with us on the
mental cleanse call every Wednesday afternoon or evening.
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© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163

And then I started reading the newspaper and listening to the news.

Now the bus stops and subway stations were sinister places where bad things happened, especially after dark when I was on my way home. Nothing bad ever happened when I was there, but you know, they just might! It as a quick plunge into darkness for me, which it took me all winter to get out of.

It was a hard lesson in what my mentors tell me all the time — Don’t watch the news! The media knows fear sells, and that people are drawn to it. Not only does the media play a huge role in filling our heads with chatter, but it also feeds and fuels our fears.

A few weeks ago our daughter took the family out for dinner at a restaurant, to celebrate Ian’s and my anniversary. Out of the blue a scruffy-looking young man came to me and asked, “Do you why you shouldn’t write with a broken pencil?” “No, why?” I asked. “Because it’s pointless!” I had never seen this man before, nor have I seen him since. He told me I looked like a nice person, and he just wanted to share that with me today. Then he returned to his table, not far from ours. The group he was with didn’t seem surprised that he would go up to a total stranger and tell a joke. Granted, by his appearance and manner, I would say he wasn’t “all there” mentally, but the point is… He showed NO fear, and acted on an impulse. And you know what? It made my day!

I want to grow to be more like that young man. Fearless to the point of acting on his sixth sense, and speaking to a total stranger sitting at a table full of strangers, and brightening her day. I want to be more like my 20-year-old self, seeing the brightness and beauty in my world and brightening the day of those I meet. All it takes is recognizing those fears as ghosts, and NOT real… and look for ways of encouraging and lightening the load for others.

© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163

Hill also says the sixth sense can be assimilated, understood and applied only by first mastering the other twelve principles described in his book, Think and Grow Rich.

Notice he never says we will GET the sixth sense after mastering the other principles. We already HAVE the sixth sense, no matter who we are or where we are in our personal development. But we will DEVELOP our sixth sense by mastering the other principles.

I would like to suggest that the reason so many people don’t know of its existence, is because their negative self talk suppresses it, scrambles the message, or outright denies it. Isn’t that what we are doing when we automatically think, “I can’t do that” or “That will never work”? Our sixth sense gives us what we need all the time, and we need to make sure we keep ourselves in the right place by staying in the positive emotions and saying our positive self talk as many times a day as is needed to get us there.

My friend Ken Klemm calls the sixth sense our FIRST sense, because we’ve had it from the time we were born. It’s a matter of recognizing it and using it in a focused manner so that we will reach our goals.

© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163

Years ago, when Ian was pastor of a small rural church, we visited a lady who didn’t like being in a room full of people. When asked why, she said she found it hard to hear when there was lots of background noise. We were young, in our 30s, and she was in her 70s. We thought she was being “selectively” deaf, because she had no problem hearing us speaking to her in her own living room. Now that we are older, we too have experienced the challenge in hearing in a group where many conversations are going on. We know now it’s a matter of filtering and focusing on one person, one conversation, regardless of what else is going on in the room.

Something happened this weekend that brought this home to me in a rather interesting way. I was sitting in a busy parking lot waiting for Ian to come out of the store. I could hear loud music coming from another vehicle not far away. It had an interesting beat, and I opened my window to hear it better. Now could hear all the OTHER sounds outside — car doors closing, people talking, traffic driving by on the street — which masked the music coming from the other vehicle. It was just as loud and clear, but I could not hear it as well. I had to focus to isolate it from all the other noise going on. I closed the car window again, and could hear the music as well as before.

The brain is a broadcasting and receiving station for thought. In order broadcast a clear message to others, I must exercise care in what message I receive. And in order to receive only what I want to hear, I must close the window to all that other, irrelevant noise and focus on only what is useful to me.

© Willena Flewelling
Success in 10 Steps
Phone 780-349-7163