Self development Articles

Harness the Power of a Healthy Attitude

2011-06-04T00:16:00.000-07:00

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ~Winston Churchill

Have you ever had someone say to you, “Change your attitude?” I find myself saying it frequently to my teenagers, and they look at me like I’ve asked them to morph into an alien. Bad attitude and teenagers go together like white on rice.
In spite of their age-appropriate resistance to a healthy attitude, I remind them that attitude is a choice. Regardless of your life circumstances, you always have to power to change your attitude. And what a power that is. Mind Secret Exposed
Your attitude is your disposition, your way of thinking, and the feelings that go along with those. A healthy attitude is characterized by a general sense of well-being and equanimity about life. You view the glass as half full rather than half empty. With a healthy attitude, you can respond to your life circumstances with balance, positivity, and control.
Why do we encounter some people, full-grown adults, with a healthy and positive attitude about life and others who always seem to complain and focus on the negative? It’s true that one’s natural personality and disposition can affect attitude. Certainly life circumstances and unpleasant situations can affect it. But those things don’t have to determine one’s attitude.

A healthy attitude begins with awareness which is the precursor to choice.

When you become aware that you have the power to choose your attitude, regardless of life circumstances, then you have the power to change the entire tenor of your life. Attitude is also a habit, a habit that can be changed once we have the awareness of choice.
Take a moment now to ask yourself these questions:

What is my general attitude most of the time?

What do my friends and family say about my attitude?

What situations or circumstances shift my attitude negatively?

What situations or circumstances shift it positively?

Do I frequently shift back and forth between a positive and negative attitude?

In the past, how have I felt when I’ve chosen to have a healthy attitude?

It is important to examine your “attitude state” on a regular basis. Sometimes we unknowingly fall into patterns of negativity that can diminish our sense of well-being and joy for life. Maintaining a healthy attitude is vital for many reasons:
A healthy attitude keeps you physically and mentally healthy.
When you have a generally positive and balanced attitude you are less prone to stress, anxiety, and depression. You are also more likely to want to take care of yourself, eat healthy, and stay fit.
A healthy attitude enhances relationships.
Your attitude can either attract or repel people. A healthy attitude is very attractive. People desire to associate with others who are generally upbeat, balanced, and not prone to frequent complaining or negativity. This doesn’t mean you must be happy all of the time. It means you regularly return back to the awareness and choice of seeing the glass half full.
A healthy attitude creates opportunity.
When your attitude is healthy, you are in a frame of mind to recognize opportunity and act on it. Your awareness is open and positive. When you have a bad attitude, you shut things out of your life. You are closed and resistant.
A healthy attitude fosters discernment, objectivity, and clear thinking.
When you are in a generally positive frame of mind, you have the ability to handle life’s difficulties with more brain power. You aren’t distracted by the cloud of negative thinking and feeling. Your mind is clear and able to discern the best actions and decisions in any situation.
A healthy attitude promotes learning. Mind Secret Exposed
Again, with a clear and receptive mind, you are more engaged in life. You are curious and interested in the world around you. Your mind and psyche are open to learning new ideas and behaviors. And accomplishment in these endeavors further promotes your healthy attitude. This is a way of building the habit of positivity.
A healthy attitude makes you appear more attractive.
When you are in a negative frame of mind, it shows on your face. It takes a tolls on your body. The most physically attractive people are those who are comfortable and content in their own skin, regardless of the traditional standard of physical beauty. Positivity shines from the inside out.
If your attitude needs a bit of repair work, try these ten steps:
1. Take a moment to evaluate your attitude. Ask yourself the questions outlined above.
2. Ask for feedback on your attitude from someone who knows you well. Like having spinach in your teeth, it isn’t pleasant to have it pointed out, but you don’t want to walk around with it forever.
3. Challenge negative thinking. When you get in a cycle of negativity, turn the tables on yourself and challenge the thoughts with evidence to the contrary. Just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s totally true. Once you change your thinking, your feelings will follow.
4. Seek the good in the bad. Even when times are difficult or challenging situations arise, there is always something to be learned and gained from the situation. Take time to focus on that.
5. Let it go. Most things really aren’t worth worrying about. Make the effort to drop old resentments, anger, and frustrations. Work to forgive people who have hurt you.
6. Stop comparing yourself. This only breeds contempt, jealousy, and frustration which define a bad attitude. There will always be people in better and worse situations than yours. And if you want to improve your life, a healthy attitude fosters achievement.
7. Seek out the beauty and good all around you. Let the wonderful things in life rise to the forefront of your daily perception. Look for them everywhere, in the beauty of nature, the smile of a child, the taste of a good meal, the warmth of friendship. When you seek these things out, there isn’t much room for negativity.
8. Make life corrections where you can. If there are circumstances or events that consistently bring you down and effect your attitude, find a way to address these things. Don’t just accept them or tolerate them. They drain your energy and rob you of joy that you otherwise might be experiencing. Don’t settle. Ask for help from a coach or counselor if you need help.
9. Create accountability. Commit to a healthy attitude and back up your commitment by asking friends or family to hold you accountable with gentle reminders when they see an unhealthy attitude.
10. Begin each day with a choice. When you wake up, say to yourself or out loud if possible, “I choose a healthy attitude today.” Say it throughout the day or post it where you can see the words frequently. It is your choice in every minute.
A healthy attitude doesn’t happen by itself. Creating a healthy attitude requires consistent commitment, a plan of action, a support system, and lots of practice. Over the next week, pay attention to your own thoughts, reactions, and feeling, and see how you can begin small changes that will harness the life-changing power of a healthy attitude. Mind Secret Exposed

Agatha Christie's Hypnotic Writing Secret

2011-06-03T23:58:00.000-07:00

Did mystery novelist Agatha Christie
literally hypnotize her readers?

Scientists from three leading universities
studied 80 of the famed novelist's works and
discovered she used words that invoked
chemical responses in the brains of her readers.

The study - The Agatha Project - involved
loading Christie's novels into a computer
and analyzing her words, phrases and sentences.

They concluded that her phrases trigger a
pleasure response. This causes people to
seek out her books again and again, almost
like an addiction.

According to the study, Christie used literary
techniques mirroring those employed by
hypnotherapists and psychologists, which
have a hypnotic effect on readers.

This is clear evidence that the principles in my
Hypnotic Writing book, and in my Hypnotic
Writing Wizard software, truly work.

Deliberate Creation Instant Self-Hypnosis

The study found that common phrases used by
Christie act as a trigger to raise levels of
serotonin and endorphins, the chemical
messengers in the brain that induce pleasure.

I've been saying this for years. Certain words
and phrases push buttons unconsciously in
people. They respond without being aware of it.

I've been teaching people how to improve their
sales letters and website copy with these
very insights.

Apparently Agatha Christie used hypnotic writing
to make her books -- as one scientist
un-hypnotically said -- "unputdownable."

It sure worked for her.

Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, (1890-1976)
is possibly the world's best-known mystery
writer. The Guinness Book of Records listed her
as the best-selling fiction author of all time
with over two billion copies in the English
language.

Obviously, hypnotic writing helped her.

The study went on to report the following about
Agatha's writings --

Favorite words or phrases, repeatedly used in a
"mesmerizing" way, help stimulate the pleasure-
inducing side of the brain. They include "she,
yes, girl, kind, smiled" and "suddenly."

Again, to me, this isn't news.

There are similar words and phrases in marketing
that set off brain activity -- and later buying
activity.

Do you know what they are?

Probably not.

Few people do.

But they are revealed in my e-books and software.

My hypnotic writing software -- which can help you
write sales letters, articles, books, news
releases and much more -- now comes in two
Windows (not for Mac) versions:

#1. The Basic one gives you all the tools you
need to write letters, ads, books, talks, etc.
It comes with the formulas, inductions, tools,
headline generator, readability analyzer,
unconscious directed writing, etc. You could
become a hypnotic writer with just this alone.
It's that powerful.

#2. The Deluxe version comes with all the
basic tools but includes the famous Swipe
File, containing proven words, phrases,
sentences, closers, etc, which you can just
weave into your writing to make it much
more compelling. This is beyond powerful.
You simply copy and paste -- "swipe" --
the proven sentences that improve your
writing. This is almost too easy.

The Swipe File has been and still is my secret
weapon in writing my emails, sites, articles, and
books with such speed and power. I love it and
*always* use it. Obviously, it works. Again, it
comes with the Deluxe version.

I'm very excited about Hypnotic Writing Wizard.
This program is based on my first best-selling
e-books, Hypnotic Writing and Advanced Hypnotic
Writing (and includes them for easy reference).

While the software won't do your writing or
thinking for you, it *will* guide you to writing
with more ease and power. The hypnotic inductions
and other tools will stimulate your mind to come
up with fresh ways to express yourself with
persuasive power.

If you want to give yourself the best gift of the
year, get Hypnotic Writing Wizard and start to
write with the simple riveting power of one of the
bestselling novelists of our time - Agatha
Christie.

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How to Develop a Multimillionaire Mindset

2011-05-23T22:55:00.000-07:00

A man observes evergreens growing along the roadside and thinks that they look pretty, covered with snow. Another man sees the same trees and thinks, "These trees would look good in people's living rooms at Christmas. I wonder what they would pay for them?"

The first man has an ordinary mind. The second, the mind of a natural-born moneymaker.

In The Prime Movers, Edwin A. Locke provides some interesting insights into the way moneymakers think:check out the The Wealth Trigger

He argues that an active, inquisitive mind is a hallmark of the successful entrepreneur. The most successful entrepreneurs in history, he says, had this sort of mind.

Thomas Edison: He was a "virtual thinking machine. Almost until the day he died, his mind poured forth a torrent of ideas, and he might track as many as 60 experiments at a time in his laboratory."

Steve Jobs: He bombarded people with his ideas - his investors, his board of directors, his customers, his subordinates, and his CEO.

Henry Ford: "He threw himself into every detail, insisting on getting small things absolutely right.... But he never lost sight of the ultimate, overall objection. He had a vision of what his new car (the Model T) should look like. From all the improvisation, hard thought, and hard work came a machine that was at once the simplest and the most sophisticated automobile built to date anywhere in the world."

Take my friend Bernard...

I have a friend, an émigré from Manchester England, who has this kind of moneymaking mind. I have known him for more than twenty years. During that time he has started at least a dozen successful companies. Every company he forms, it seems, becomes successful very quickly. He has become a wealthy man and enjoys a wealthy man's lifestyle, but his interest in making money has never waned.

In that respect he is very different from me. I became wealthy by making plans and working my ass off. And once I made more than I needed I stopped paying attention to it.

He made his money effortlessly. Or so it always seemed. And he continues to make money because he really enjoys the process.
He makes money not just by starting successful businesses and investing in real estate (my primary vehicles) but by buying and selling exotic cars, boats, antiques and expensive watches. Every time I see him he is driving a new car. One month it's a Bentley. The next month it's a Ferrari. He buys slightly used cars and enjoys them and then turns them over for a profit. He has become an expert in barter and countertrade. He never pays full price for anything. He knows how to get the best price for everything. And he loves the game.

Bernard may not have my net worth, but he's got more than enough for the rest of his life and he seems to enjoy making money much more than I do.

I admire that about him. I like talking to him about all his recent deals. His excitement gets me excited. It also embarrasses me when I discover that he pays a fraction of what I pay for just about everything.check out the The Wealth Trigger

What if you don't have the Mind?

I have another friend, Jeff, who used to be my partner. He was making $400,000 a year when he suddenly sold his business and retired. Today he makes a living teaching Tai Chi. His income is modest, but he lives in a beautiful house, belongs to a private yacht club and takes vacations every two months.

Like Bernard, Jeff enjoys his life. He works when he wants to, rests when he wants to and enjoys the best that life has to offer.

Jeff's secret is that he knows how to buy the best of everything for pennies on the dollar. I am always amazed at how he and his wife can meet us in Chicago, Nicaragua or China, stay at fine hotels and do everything we do but on a budget.

I'm convinced that Jeff and Bernard both have very special brains minds. Like Edison, Jobs and Ford, they think differently than I do.

Raw intelligence is not the issue. These guys are smart but don't think they are any smarter than I am. And anyway, if it were a matter of intelligence, Einstein and a slew of other geniuses would have been wealthy men.

I call what Bernard and Jeff have the multimillionaire's mindset. I've also called it the Rich Mind.

This is the first of several essays I'll be writing on this point: how to think like a multimillionaire.

And here's the goal: to discover exactly how they do what they do by figuring out how they think. If you study this and subsequent essays seriously - and implement the suggestions I'll be making - you may be able to "upgrade" your brain to one that will allow you to have the kind of life they enjoy.

I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for myself. I've mastered one part of the equation: making money through entrepreneurship. But the other part - enjoying a multimillionaire's lifestyle on a limited budget - has so far eluded me.

Some Preliminary Observations To get started, here are some observations I've made from studying my two friends and from reading about great wealth builders like Jobs and Edison and Ford.

1. A "normal" person is concerned with protecting his ego. When dealing with a problem he doesn't really understand, he pretends he understands the contributing factors and doesn't try to find out what anyone else thinks. A person with a multimillionaire mind asks questions incessantly. He has no ego when it comes to learning. He knows that knowledge is power.

2. A "normal" person has a consumer mentality. He looks at a hot new product and thinks about how he would like to own one. A person with a multimillionaire mind has an entrepreneurial mentality. He looks at it and thinks, "How can I produce this or something similar in my own industry?"

3. A "normal" person is wish-focused. He daydreams about making gobs of money. A person with a multimillionaire mind is reality-based. He is always analyzing his own success and the success of others and wondering how he could learn from it.

4. A "normal" person, when confronted with a challenging idea, thinks of all the reasons why it might not work. A person with a multimillionaire mind sees the potential in it and disregards the problems until he has a clear vision of how it might succeed.

5. A "normal" person resists change. A person with a multimillionaire mind embraces it.

6. A "normal" person accepts the status quo. A person with a multimillionaire mind is always looking to make things - even good things - better.

7. A "normal" person reacts. A person with a multimillionaire mind is proactive.

8. A "normal" person looks at a successful business owner and thinks, "That guy's lucky." Or "That guy's a shyster." A person with a multimillionaire mind thinks, "What's his secret?" And, "How can I do that?"

Most importantly, a person with a multimillionaire's mind likes living like a multimillionaire. He doesn't shortchange himself when it comes to comfort and luxury. Rather than believing always that pain leads to gain, he thinks, "If I'm smart I can have my cake and eat it too.

You can start your mental transformation by studying this list and assessing your own impulses. Be honest. Identify the habits you don't have and try to develop them. Rather than think of this process as work, think of it as fun.

I've been talking about this rich mind concept for years. Everybody at ETR has had it drummed into him or her. Charlie Byrne, a copywriter and consultant, has taken a special interest in it. He's been studying my friends and other natural moneymakers for years. He's especially interested - like I am - in not just making the money, but enjoying the process.

A while ago, Charlie came to us with a proposal for a new product. He wanted to create the first newsletter that explored wealth building from this particular perspective. "Most of the newsletters out there are about investing in stocks and bonds and futures and so on," he explained. "But there are so many other ways to make money. And so many ways to save money. I want to do a newsletter that's about having fun with it and living the lifestyle.

He worked with a guy named Charles Newcastle, a bona-fide moneymaker with a multimillionaire's mind. Charles began his career as a commodity and currency Futures trader back in the 1980's. Since then, he has launched 41 successful businesses (and advised on many more). Charles has been successful in real estate, money management, collectibles, Internet ventures, software development and database marketing to name a few.

But the most important thing to keep in mind is that he didn't lose one dime in the market in 2008 and 2009.

Together they have been working on the concept for about six months. They beta tested the newsletter as a membership club and have been adding new benefits to it almost every week.

Last month, for the first time, I had a chance to see the new working model. It was pretty exciting, I have to say. It incorporated my own ideas and many more. It's something I intend to read in the future, to upgrade my own brain. I want to be able to enjoy the fun of making money and the pleasures that go with it. And I want to be able to get all these good deals that Bernard and Jeff enjoy. I think this club will be able to help me do that.

The Liberty Street Investor, as we're calling it, will cover all sorts of moneymaking opportunities. Not just stocks and bonds and real estate, but commodities, precious metals, bonds, and other "under-the-radar" investments.

But it won't be a guru-driven newsletter. Charles will be looking all over the world, starting with my friends, to find out how people are having fun making money today.

I've been impressed with the contributions they have secured for the new, revamped issues. Included among the experts are none other than the likes of Doug Casey, Jim Rogers, Charles Newcastle, Marc Faber, Gary North, and Alexander Green, among many other professionals.

Here's an example of what they will be offering, base on a sales letter that they are finishing up right now:

How to invest in an "undercover" profit opportunity 99 out of 100 people are not aware of - yet one that could generate more than $28,000 in just a few weeks time...

The "secret" method the airlines will never tell you for flying around the world for practically nothing (or perhaps just jet off to the Caribbean to escape the cold winter)...

How to rake in a 200% return on an investment in "The Green Technology Revolution"...

Using your hidden "home equity" to collect an extra $500 by next weekend, repeatable week after week - even if you don't own a house (plus, you don't have to pay this back)...

Paying off your Visa or MasterCard thanks to "reclaiming" the $4,302 your family threw away on gasoline last year? (this government "rebate" loophole is closing fast)...

How to collect $500 to $1000 in hidden home equity...

An insider's guide to building massive wealth (toss away money worries if you follow this simple plan)...

The safe (and fun) way to real estate profits (without owning a single property)...

How "Digital Farmers" are reaping massive cash crops (without getting their hands dirty)...

Buying and selling this can be a lucrative side business (and the start up costs are minimal)...

Insider dope: how to profit 15% to 40% from the "Great Diamond Hoax"...

How the secret of Baron Rothschild could treat you "royally" too...

Invest in "The Other Side Of Gold" safely And watch your portfolio sparkle...

The safest way to make 200% in the next two years From the "green" technology revolution...

How to collect $1000 to $1 million from Uncle Sam...

Buying cars at deep, deep discounts...

Never pay in full for magazines...

"Chill Weekends" that make buying overseas real estate fun and profitable...

Plus they've convinced me to throw in the manuscript I've been writing on the subject... it's not exhaustive, but it does have some good ideas. Like...

How to buy a car as good as a Ferrari... at one sixth the price...

Easy ways to make a modest, three-bedroom home as comfortable as a king's palace...

Warren Buffett's trick for creating the perfect (and ultra-productive) office environment...

The secret to adding "stolen moments" of pleasure to your everyday schedule.

As I said, I'm going to be joining the Liberty Street Investor so that I can be stimulated by all these good ideas. You can do so too with a very small investment... just ten cents a day... or you can make the change yourself by reading future articles in ETR on the subject and getting to work on changing your mental habits, as I've explained in the first part of this essay.

If the newsletter interests you, check out the The Wealth Trigger

Control -vs- Surrender...

2011-05-23T22:18:00.000-07:00

When someone mentions the word "Surrender", what does that mean to
you? We commonly mistake surrender for giving up. Unfortunately
there is a fine line between obsessive control and determination or
between surrendering and giving up.The Secret Of Delibrate Creation

Imagine hanging onto a small branch on the side of a cliff. You
would hold on as tightly as possible to keep from falling to the
ground wouldn't you? You would grit your teeth with a dogged
determination vowing not to give up until help arrives. The last
thing you want to do is surrender to the inevitable fate of falling.

Now, what if I told you the danger is not real and that you are
actually only two feet from the ground? Would you loosen your grip
on the branch? Of course you would! This is Surrender. It is the
ability to relax one's grip on life in the place of the ILLUSION of
danger.

Yes. It is possible your business might fail. Your wife or husband
may divorce you. Your whole city could be wiped out by a natural
disaster or terrorist attack. This doesn't mean you don't do what
you can to be prepared. But you are defeating yourself when you
try to control things outside of your direct influence. So
Surrender is demonstrated by the willingness to let go of the need
to control things OUTSIDE of your direct influence.

Surrender happens when you do what you can do in the moment, and
let go of the things that are outside of your control.

Here is a way to experience Control versus Surrender. Clench your
fist. Make your hand so tight that nothing can slip through into
your palm. What would you do if I wanted to put $1,000 into the
palm of your hand right now? Would you keep your fist clenched or
would you surrender your clenched hand to accept what I am
offering? Life works the same way. When your mind is clenched,
you cannot open yourself to the riches you deserve. Here is a
quote from Lao Tzu - "He who grasps loses." Remember it!

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.
The Secret Of Delibrate Creation
Truly Caring for Your Success!

clear your head ...

2011-05-23T22:12:00.001-07:00

What's happening with you?

Just dropping in to share a cool tip with you.
Hope you're having a good week!
I've been quite busy this week with running my business !

I'm always on the internet, Hani ...looking for
informative Attention Deficit Disorder articles! I found
one that I think you'll really like.

2 Tips for Transitions

by Mary Jane Johnson, PCC, ACT

1. For some AD/HD individuals, transitioning from work to
home can be a problem, as the stresses from a hard day at
work are often taken home at night.

Try to take at least 10 to 15 minutes at the end of each
workday (even if you have to stay after work for a few
minutes) to wrap up on any odds and ends and clean off
your desk.

Check your calendar/schedule to see if anything important
is due the following day, placing these folders and supporting
materials neatly on the middle of your desk for the morning.

This is closure for the workday.

Once that is done take a few minutes to look at your
calendar/schedule for anything that needs to be done
that evening at home. For instance, review what you
will be making for dinner and/or if you will need
to stop by the store on the way home.

Do you have an evening appointment or does
Johnny have a piano lesson tonight?

What chores need to be done?

This process brings your mind from focusing on work
issues to focusing on home issues. As you drive home
continue to review in your mind what needs to be
done when you get home.

That evening lay out your clothes for work the
next day, pack your lunch if needed, and place
all items that need to go with you in the morning
by the door you will be leaving from.

Later in the evening (or first thing in the morning),
review your calendar/schedule checking off items
that have been completed or writing in things that
need to be done at home the next evening and then
see what needs to be done when first arriving at
work the following day.

This provides closure at home and starts you thinking
about work. On the drive to work, continue to review
in your mind what needs to done at work.

When you arrive your important "to dos" for the
day will be waiting for you on your desk.

2. Many AD/HD individuals fail to plan for transitions.
When starting a project/task, and scheduling time on
your calendar/schedule to complete the project/task,
make sure to allow time for transitions.

Not only do you need to plan for the amount of time
it takes to work on the project/task, but you also
need to look at what steps it takes to get ready to
do the project (i.e., find a place to do it, get out
the necessary supplies, or go to the store to get
what you will need, etc.).

Add another 15-30 minutes to your project time to
transition into the project/task. Once the project
has been completed, another transition needs to
take place (i.e., clean up, put materials away, etc.)

Add another 10-15 minutes to project time to
transition out of the project/task. Planning ahead
for this additional time in your schedule enables
you to be more realistic about what you can actually
accomplish in a day.

Well, take care, and we'll see ya next time!

Home Discipline

2011-05-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

I love the advertisements that offer you riches by working from

home.

You’ve seen these advertisements, “Make millions while working

in your pajamas”. They paint a picture of sleeping late, working

your own hours and living the dream.

Most of the people I know who work from home spend many hours ,

usually more than 8 hours a day, sitting in front of a computer.

Keep in mind that sitting most of your day will lead to health

problems and spinal/muscle pain.

More importantly, working from home requires discipline.

If you work from home, and your work requires sitting in front

of a computer, you need to stand every 20 minutes to stretch

your neck and back muscles.

If you do work from home, treat your work area as your office.

Some of the successful people I know who work from home, wake

early in the morning, exercise and shower before they enter

their home office just as if they were heading to work.

If you are an entrepreneur or starting a new career from your

home, your success will be determined by the strength of your

schedule.

Every Sunday, create your schedule for the week. Make sure your

schedule consist of leaving the house and interacting with

people at least 3-4 times per week. Internet surfing and text

messaging should be related to your goals for the day. Do not

answer any e-mail that is not related to your actions of the

day.

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Adhering to a tight schedule will improve your chances of

success.

Have a great week!

Dr. Michael Kaye

Attract Riches Into Your Life with These Wealth Affirmations

2011-05-22T22:08:00.000-07:00

There are several types of positive affirmations.

Among the most used of these are wealth affirmations.

Everybody wants to be wealthy. Who doesn't wish to be rich, right?

Affirmations are effective tools in attracting money into one's
life. They create attitudes in ourselves that are geared towards
the creation and accumulation of wealth. They make us focus our
attentions, thoughts and ideas.

Getting rid of barriers to effective wealth affirmations.

The more negative thoughts you have regarding money and wealth
matters, the less effective your wealth affirmations become. What
are these negative thoughts or barriers? The most common of these
is limiting the amount of wealth we can have.

The truth is there is no limit as to how much wealth you can
accumulate. A thousand dollars, a million dollars, a billion.
There's no cap to how rich you can get. So don't limit yourself.
Feel free to dream big. Bigger dreams will motivate you to work
harder and smarter than when you limit your dreams.

Choosing the right wealth affirmations for you.

You can make hundreds of wealth affirmations but at the end of the
day you will only be using one or two so decide on one that fits
your goals perfectly and stick with that single affirmation. One
key to success regarding affirmations is the absolute absence of
distractions. What happens if you simultaneously use several
affirmations is that you will be putting a lot more distractions on
yourself. You lose focus. You lose direction. When this happens,
you will only be doing yourself a disservice.

Are wealth affirmations effective?

The big answer to this question is "it depends". Do you want it to
be effective? Do you have what it takes to make it effective?
Wealth affirmations are effective only when the people using them
have focus, discipline, determination and the corresponding actions
that lead to the satisfactory accumulation and retention of wealth.

How long will the affirmations take effect?

It could be weeks. Months. Or even years. You have to understand
that the affirmations will not directly build the wealth for you.
They are simply the means towards that wealth. They merely instill
in you the right attitudes so that you will be able to focus on the
activities and tasks that really matter while eliminating the
negative thoughts that could become barriers on your quest towards
building wealth.
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Great examples of positive wealth affirmations.

1. I am wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.

2. My income increases every single day.

3. I put 100% of my efforts into achieving my goals.

4. I accumulate wealth with utmost honesty and integrity.

5. I am having the life I've always wanted.

6. I am prosperous and wealthy.

7. There is abundance all around me.

8. Money flows freely into my life.

9. I am successful and wealthy.

10. I am getting wealthier every passing day.

If you have never tried affirmations before, it is normal to be a
bit skeptic about the whole procedure. But there are more success
stories here than there are failures.

The people who amassed great wealth with the help of affirmations
speak for their effectiveness. Success and wealth indeed awaits
those who can see the value of wealth affirmations.

Mind Secret Exposed

Just wasting time

2011-05-22T21:44:00.000-07:00

I received a shocking email from someone I respect the other day
that I want to share with you.

My friend just came right out and told me the brutal truth:

"You're wasting months of your life for nothing."

Pretty scary. I had no idea what he meant so I kept reading...

"Look, just figure out how many hours you're spending in the gym
and doing cardio every week. Multiply that number by 52. Then email
me back."

So I did the math. It freaked me out! It was a lot more time than I
thought. I was spending literally YEARS of my life in the gym.
Let's not even talk about cooking food and eating 5-7 times a day.

It feels like my workout routine is like a second job sometimes.
Can you relate?

Anyway, I emailed him back and here's what he said:

"Okay, take that number down to less than an HOUR a week...tops.
How much time have you just added to your life?"

The obvious answer: A lot!

By now I was wanting him to give me the answer. If there was a
workout program where I could see results in minutes a day versus
hours I was all ears.

He said, "Check out my latest book and video series."

Here's the website so you can see it too --

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The guy I'm talking about is bestselling fitness author Jon Benson.
His latest book "7 Minute Muscle" is an absolute jaw-dropper. You
owe it to yourself to at least visit his homepage and discover what
this is all about.

Jon spent three years researching one simple question: "How can
you get the MOST results in the LEAST amount of time?"

Seems like common sense, right? Well it's not. Most people are
spending FAR more time than necessary to get results.

And get this --

--- > I learned that all that time in the gym
--- > was keeping me from the body I wanted.

Of course there is more to the story than just "working out less."
This is not some gimmick that involves pills or gadgets either.
Honestly, it's hard work. But only 7 minutes of it.

7 minutes. No joke.

After that 7 minutes you feel like your muscles will explode from
the pump. You get leaner, stronger, and you do it faster than any
other workout I've ever seen. Your energy shoots through the roof
to boot.

See for yourself --

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I'm sure you'll love "7 Minute Muscle" as much as I do. Even more,
you love the months of life you'll get back by train smarter, not
longer.

Enjoy those extra hours of life!

Wishing You Continued Success

Dan Robey

Life found on Mars

2011-05-21T22:27:00.000-07:00

"When I am grown up I wanna be a spaceship pilot."

Does this sound familiar to you, Hani?

Maybe you dreamed of becoming a princess, superman

or the first female president of the US.

When you were a child, the chances of you thinking big

were pretty high.

Just imagine you would have followed your dream and

become a spaceship pilot? Maybe you would've found

life on Mars (hey, if you think big, anything is possible)!

Why is it, that when we grow older, we stop thinking big?

We still have the ability to think big but why don't we?

The truth is, there are NO limitations to what you're able

to accomplish when you combine your creative energy

with a little confidence.

With Go Big Now, you'll learn about the true potential of your

mind and its ability to create and attract anything your

imagination can conjure up.

With the help of this meditation tactic I will teach you

how to master confidence and creativity.

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Want To Enjoy Small Talk?

2011-05-21T22:07:00.000-07:00

Small talk conversation Pointers You Can Use Today

Small talk is often dreaded many people. It is seen as the awkward
part of conversation. Small talk comes before a drawn out
conversation or is just a small conversation in itself. Small talk
doesn`t require witty stories or much detail, actually.

Most people see small talk as something you do like a friendly hello
or to take up time before interesting conversation comes along. In
reality small talk can be interesting, it does not have to be just to
pass the time and it definitely does not have to be uncomfortable.
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The following tips outline some great pointers for how to make
small talk less of a chore and more fun. You will find information
on what to say, how to ease your nerves and above all, how to keep
small talk from getting out of control.

1. Set a comfortable tone.

You do not want to give off the feeling that you are uncomfortable
with the conversation. You should take control of the conversation,
initiate topics and keep things going.

If you sense the other person is uncomfortable then you should try
changing the topic or letting them take over the conversation. The
whole idea is that small talk should not feel odd or awkward.

2. Start out a conversation by talking about something obvious.

If you happen to run into an old friend in the store and she has a new
baby, then comment on the baby. If you are meeting someone for the
first time and trying to strike up a conversation then look for
something about them to talk about.

For example, if they are wearing a shirt with a cute saying or picture,
comment on that. Most people find it easy to talk about themselves, so
that is why this is a great place to start.

3. Ask questions to keep the conversation flowing.

Try not to ask the same type of question over and over. For example,
do not keep asking why questions. Mix it up a little and use them all:
who, what, when, where, why and how. Keep your question interesting
too.
Conversation Fire & Charisma Secrets
Try to avoid the mundane questions like, "Where are you
living now?" or "What have you been up too?". These worn out
questions can make a person believe you would rather not be having
a conversation with them, but you are because it would be rude to
just walk away.

4. Use a good topic to base your conversation around.

The main things people talk about during small talk are: family,
occupation, hobbies, and anything they are passionate about. Starting
out asking about a question regarding one of these topics will get the
other person talking.

You can ask questions and get great feedback. Starting out with
something they know about will ensure you get them talking.

5. Remember to keep the conversation short.

Nothing is worse than a small talk session dragging out into a full blown
hour long conversation. Most people have something else on their
agenda when they begin in small talk, so keep that in mind.

If you are really interested in what they are saying and wish you could
talk longer then get their email address or phone number and continue
the conversation later.

Following these pointers will help you be able to carry on
effective and interesting small talk conversations. You can avoid
those strange periods of silence where you never quite know what to
say.

You will also be able to make the other person feel good about your
conversation. Small talk can be a good time. You just have to know the
right way to do it.

Conversation Fire & Charisma Secrets

Make "Brisk Walking" A Positive Habit...

2011-05-21T21:57:00.000-07:00

"Not running, not jogging, but walking is your most efficient
exercise and the only one you can safely follow all the
years of your life."

- Executive Health Organization

Walking as a daily exercise habit can truly be a life-changing
positive habit and is one of the most powerful habits
for reaching your goal of a healthy trim and fit body. Over the
past 20 years, there have been dozens of studies that
have proven the benefits of brisk walking.

Thousands upon thousands of people have improved their health and
lost weight by the diligent habit of walking. If
you think that walking does not provide the same benefits as other
more vigorous exercises, think again.

A study published by the New England Journal Of Medicine showed
that postmenopausal women who walked regularly lowered their risk
for heart disease just as much as women who did more vigorous
exercise, such as playing sports or running.
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This study suggests that walking is just as good for your heart as
heavy exercise. I spoke with study author Dr. JoAnn E. Manson,
Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Womens Hospital,
Professor of Medicine, at Harvard Medical School.
She said, "The study provides compelling evidence that walking and
vigorous exercise provide similar heart benefits, about a 30% to
40% reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease with 30 minutes
per day of either activity."

I also asked her about the benefits of making brisk walking a
positive habit, and she responded, "they could surely
walk away from heart disease and several other chronic diseases. We
have also found that brisk walking for at least 3 hours a week
can lower the risk of stroke, type 2 diabetes,and breast cancer.

No pain, no gain, is an outdated notion; exercise doesn't need to
be strenuous or uncomfortable. It can be easy and enjoyable." Even
though the study consisted solely of women, it is likely that men
would experience similar benefits from the positive
habit of brisk walking.

Here are additional benefits you will receive from your habit of
brisk walking:

* Walking burns calories and helps you lose weight and burn excess
body fat.
* Walking can help to improve your posture.
* Walking requires no special equipment or gyms.
* Walking can help lower blood pressure and help prevent
circulatory and heart disorders.
* Brisk, aerobic walking will give you the benefits of other
exercises, such as jogging and cycling, but without the
risk of injuries.
* Walking at night can help promote better sleep.

Are you like me and have a hard time with eating
beans and grains, despite the fact they're supposed
to be 'healthy'?
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Do you gain fat when you eat even "non-refined"
healthy carbs like brown rice?

I did -- until recently.

Here's your mid-week tip:

       Soak all grains and legumes for 24 hours
       prior to cooking them.

Don't worry -- they taste the same. They're even
more fluffy. But, more important than that --

       they are now "lectin-free"...or 90% there.

What are lectins?

Lectins are protein and protein-family substances
that love to bind to stuff and mess with your body's
cellular structure.

The have a nasty habit of rendering even the most
healthy of foods (almost always plant-based) very
unhealthy for you to consume.

This does not have to be.

Simply soaking brown rice and legumes (beans)
in water for 24 hours, according to food allergy
researcher Dr. David Freed, causes the lectins in
both foods to be destroyed 10 minutes into cooking.

This will not happen if you cook grains normally.

This is why you may be sniffling or having a hard
time with "good carbs" in your diet. There are other
reasons, but I've found this to be the ace in the hole.

Try it and see if your grains don't go down better.

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Wishing You Continued Success!

How to Become What You Want to Be

2011-05-21T01:24:00.001-07:00

By Michael Masterson

"If you want to be a writer, you have to write."

I was sixteen years old when my father said those words to me. They were both kind and cruel. And I never forgot them.Checkout The Magic Of Making Up

The first time I can remember wanting to be a writer was several years earlier. I was eleven or twelve years old. It happened in the kitchen on a weekday night.

I had written a poem for Sister Mary Something at St. Agnes elementary school. My rhyming quatrain (AABB) was titled, pretentiously, "How do I know the World Is Real?"

I was sitting at the kitchen table finishing it off when my father walked up behind. I could feel him reading over my shoulder. I felt anxious, embarrassed. This little thing I was making, this first poem, was being scrutinized by a very serious critic. In addition to being the man who sat at the head of the table at dinner and in the living room thereafter, my father was a credentialed writer, an award-winning playwright, a Shakespearean scholar and a teacher of literature, including poetry.

I had seen my father, on Saturday mornings, hunched over student essays, muttering complaints about "virtual illiterates" and mockingly reading out loud passages to my mother that sounded perfectly good to me at the time but elicited derisive laughter from her. My father understood the secret-to-me clues of good writing. I didn't feel at all comfortable having my fragile young poem exposed to the awesome danger of his critical mind.

So there I sat, hoping he would be distracted by something and go away but he didn't. It must have only been a minute, but it felt much longer. Then I felt his hand on my shoulder, gentle and warm. "You may have a talent for writing," he said. And then he turned his attention to the refrigerator, took out a beer and went back to his reading chair in the living room.

I wrote lots of poetry in the months that followed and I began to think of myself as a writer. I liked that feeling. But soon other interests - touch football, the Junior Police Club, Virginia Lanzo - crowded themselves into my life.

Gradually I wrote less and less. I still yearned to be a writer and so I began to feel guilty about not writing. To assuage my guilt, I promised myself that my other activities were life experience and that I needed life experience to become the good writer I wanted to be.

In developing this excuse for not writing, I was building a structure of self-deception that so many people live inside when they abandon their dreams. From the outside it looks like you are doing nothing. But from the inside you know that you are in the process of becoming, which, you convince yourself, is the next best thing to being.

The truth was I never really understood what it meant to be a writer. I just knew that it was something I wanted to become. And although I had traded in my love of writing for a passion for football and the He Man Woman's Hater Club and for Virginia Lanzo, I told myself that it was okay not to write so long as I spent some time now and then wanting to be a writer.

This was the shape of my delusion when, at 16, I asked my father finally, "So how does a person become a writer?"

I will never forget his answer. He said, "The way to become a writer is to write."

So many people live their lives failing to become what they want. They do so because the "can't find the time" or the opportunity to get started.

How many times have you heard someone talk about how one day they will do what they always wanted to do - to practice medicine or to play guitar or to travel the world or paint pictures or write a book? And when you hear people you like expressing sentiments like those what do you feel? Happy because you are confident that one day they will accomplish their long-held goal? Or sort of sad for them because you are pretty sure they never will?

And what about you? What is it that you want to be but haven't become? What goal or project or task do you keep talking about accomplishing yet never do?

When my father told me that "writers write," he was saying two things:

That I had lost the right to call myself a writer when I stopped writing.
That I could regain the title the moment I started writing again.

If you spend a while ruminating on these thoughts you may find them both disturbing and liberating.

In my case, I was disturbed because what I wanted my father to say was that the way to become a writer was to read books about writing and then take courses on writing and then perhaps become an apprentice to a writer and then begin writing little bits here and there and finally, after 3 or 10 years of education, preparation and qualification, I would somehow automatically become a writer. In the meantime, I would be a writer in training - which seemed to carry with it the prestige of being a writer without the responsibility of actually writing.

But my father's definition wouldn't allow that. As long as I was studying writing or preparing myself to be a writer and yet not actually writing I wasn't a writer. It was as simple as that.

For many years I struggled with this pronouncement and subconsciously resented my father for making it. Why did my father want me to feel bad about not actually writing? Why wouldn't he encourage me to do what I wanted to do, which was to prepare to become a writer?

It seemed sort of mean and unnecessary, a fire-and-brimstone approach to career counseling. "Unless thy daily toils comprise the holy act itself, you reside in the valley of the faithless."

Lots of people feel this way: that they can keep their dream alive and derive some of the ego satisfaction they hope their dream will give them simply by living in a state of becoming. "I am not yet the person I want to become, but so long as I continue to express a wish to become that person, I keep that possibility alive and deserve credit for doing so."

Yes, you'll be a great guitar player one day so it really doesn't matter that you can't play a single chord now.

My father was telling me that if I wanted to become a writer the first thing I had to do was to refuse to accept any psychological credit for wanting to be a writer.

Unless I was actually writing I would never be a writer.

It didn't matter how much I wanted to be one, how much I knew about writing or how many degrees and certificates I would earn. If I wanted to become a writer there was only one thing I could do: start writing.

I didn't understand this until many years later, but in that terse definition my father was also telling me that all the formal, official, legal and socially acceptable qualifications for being something that you want to be are ultimately bullshit.

If you really want to do something, don't worry about qualifications, credentials and certifications, just do it.

Just do it. That's Nike's slogan. And mine too. If you have a dream deferred, it should be your slogan too.

Accepting my father's lesson was like learning to swim in cold water -- painful at first but invigorating after I got used to it. After the initial disappointment of giving up the delusion that the state of becoming a writer was as good as being one I had no choice but to jump over the becoming stage and simply be.

I did that by writing. Every day. And when I learned the secret of getting up early and writing first thing in the morning - hours before other people trailed into work - then I began to really live my dream.

These days I usually get to the office between 6:30 and 7:00 and the first thing I do is brew a cup of coffee and fire up the computer. There is no better feeling for me than to get going, sometimes by writing in my journal but more often by tackling something tougher, like a book chapter, first thing in the morning when the office is dark and quiet.

Of all the many pleasures of being a writer - the finishing of the manuscript, the collaboration with editors, seeing the book for the first time and even the best seller lists and parties - the purest and finest for me has always been the first few hours every morning when I am in a writerly groove.

What I am saying is that the best part about being a writer, I have discovered, is the writing.

To enjoy that best part, you don't need to be working at a certain level nor do you need to have taken so many hours of classes or received any diplomas, certificates or degrees. All you need to do is to do the thing you want to do. Just do it!

Here's a bonus thought: the best way to become something special is also the fastest and the easiest: just start doing it. Don't wait for the proper time. Don't wait till you've finished your education. Don't insist on getting all your qualifications first. Just start doing it.

That, I realize now, was the other side of what my father was telling me. If a writer is someone who writes - and not someone who has an MFA in Creative Writing or even someone who collets a check for writing - then I could become a writer simply by starting to write! I didn't have to take any courses or complete any qualifications or get someone to pay for my writing.

All I had to do was write.

I become a writer the moment I start writing and I cease to be a writer the moment I stop. From an existential perspective, this is exactly right. And if you can think existentially, you will see that this is exactly how it should be. If you live by this existential perspective, nobody can stop you from becoming what you want to be and you don't have to wait for anyone's approval or acknowledgement. You just make a decision to become and then you become.

Two great American poets, Emily Dickinson and Charles Bukowski, became writers this way. Neither had any formal education in writing or was qualified to write poetry in any way. They just began writing and kept writing and eventually their writing became better (which is really not the point) and recognized as great poets (which is also not the point.) They became writers by writing. Nobody could stop them. And they didn't have to wait.Checkout The Magic Of Making Up

This idea may apply to the dream of becoming a writer, one might argue, but what if your dream were to be a doctor or a lawyer or a professional basketball player?

Here is where we run into a little snag. Certain professions require degrees and certifications. And others require extremely high levels of skill. You can't become a doctor simply by doctoring. Can you?

I'd say yes you can. If your dream of being a doctor (or a lawyer, etc.) entails getting paid for your work, then you will have to go through the officially sanctioned process that the people in charge, in their infinite wisdom, have established for the good of the community. But if your dream is to do what doctors are supposed to - to help heal people, then you can become a doctor, albeit a non-professional folk doctor, simply by starting to help people heal.

In choosing the doctor dream I am purposely pushing this idea to its limits to make a point. I recognize that being a good doctor, as in being a good healer, requires a good deal of knowledge and skill. But I'm not talking about becoming good at something (Just as my dad was not talking about becoming a good writer.), I'm talking about becoming what you want to become, about living your dream.

If you want to be a doctor in the sense of healing people then nobody can stop you. You can be thrown in jail if you are prosecuted for practicing medicine without a license, but if you want to heal and are careful about staying legal then you can go ahead and become a healer immediately.

Just start healing!

Before you write in to tell me how irresponsible I am, let me say that I am not advocating that ETR readers practice medicine without licenses. What I am saying is that if you want to be anything, even something that in the regulated world requires education and certification, you can become that person simply by doing the thing you want.

So what is the best way to become a guitar player? Start playing that guitar.

And what is the best way to become a lyricist? Just write those songs.

And what is the best way to become a basketball player? Start shooting those hoops.

Don't worry about not being qualified. And don't worry about not getting paid for it. If you have a dream that's been long deferred, don't spend another day talking about what you will do one day, just do it

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How to Become What You Want to Be

2011-05-21T01:23:00.000-07:00