Here’s a quote that Kristen, our designer sent me the other day that I love.

Had to share:

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” ~ Unknown

I’ve been reading The Shift Prayer each morning before I meditate. Perhaps you’ll enjoy it too.

The Shift Prayer
I am abundance, joy and peace.
And I acknowledge all that I am.
I Trust, I am open and I live in gratitude.
And I acknowledge all that I do.
I am complete and know I need ask and I’ll receive.
And I acknowledge all that I have.

I am loved and I know that loving is my purpose.
I am a catalyst for change and my shifts start within.
I walk in triumph for I have made a choice and the choice I’ve made is love.

I had so much fun creating this and thought I’d share it. I had been collecting images for at least 3 years getting ready to make a new vision board.

Thank you to my friend Carolyn for having a vision board party (set yours!) and for the added clarification as to why these sometimes don’t work. Carolyn recognized that most of us create these and never include ourselves in them so it’s really about a vision out there. By putting pics of yourself in it, you become part of the vision.

Also, I noticed now that I look back on the one I did in 05 that yes, much of it did happen… yet the more interesting thing is that this new board focuses specifically on the experiences I want to have as a result of the money, success, relationships etc. The other one was more goal/number/thing related. It was also very Shift centric. This one is all about the emotion and what I want to feel as a result of different things happening.

Anyway enjoy. I selfishly wanted to share my vision for la dolce vita (so that we can all experience it together) and wish you a wonderful 2009 full of any and every blessing.

With Gratitude for everything we experienced in 2008 and excitement for 2009,
Nicole

I’m not one to say something is great unless I really believe it… and the fact that I’m in the movie is just a plus…

I went to the premier in Ft. Collins on Dec. 2nd and it was standing room only. Even Will Arntz, the creator of What the Bleep! who is also in the movie, had to find a place in the balcony- packed.

You can see the trailer here, yet it’s really a small snapshot of the power of this film. Isaac Allen and Chad Cameron did an amazing job as first time directors crafting a message that’s not easy to take on… what’s real? Illusion or Reality?

They attracted amazing people who share their insights on the question. This is a fast-paced, slick and most importantly, fun (the movie is actually hilarious) look into what’s really real.

To see the trailer with Joe Vitale, Robert Scheinfeld, Dan Millman, Gary Renard, James Twyman, Nicole Casanova, Shift’s Creator and others click here…

Leap! Premiers to a Sold Out Audience

Find out more at Leap! The Movie

Here’s a clip they posted with my discussion of what living in the illusion means to me…

Find out more at Leap! The Movie

To purchase the movie, Click the picture below:

Go see this movie, set up a screening of your own and share it with your friends and family. It’s a great way to spend an evening! Click here
to see where and when the next shows are…

If I had a dollar for every time my mom told me to become a travel agent…

Well, now Shift has joined World Ventures to offer travel at a discount.

Travel agents used to control access to the products and services provided by
suppliersairlines, car rental companies, hotels, cruise lines, resorts, and the like. But the
Internet has revolutionized travel, and consumersdriven primarily by pricenow can do
their own shopping, and they have bypassed the travel agent middlemen. Consequently,
the storefront travel agency has been reduced from 60,000 to fewer than 6,000 in the U.S.
The future of the travel industry is clear: the Internet.

The superiority of word-of-mouth advertising in Internet marketing has been well
documented since the beginning of the dot com days by Jupiter Research and elsewhere.
WorldVentures believes that Network Marketing is the best form of word-of-mouth
advertising and is the perfect distribution model to expand our business.

This is an aggregator that makes it easy to find the best deals. There’s also a cool thing called DreamTrips if you want to get a great deal on a dream vacation. Plus, you can do this too.

So, if you want to look for travel click here.

If you want to learn more about our partnership click here.

and if you want to start your own travel business and see how you can participate in the game called travel click here.

I LOVE TRAVELING

Here I am with my Mom in front of the Great Wall of China last month!

I just heard about this rapper- MC YOGI. This is an amazing song with parts of Obama’s speeches.

And this is his even cooler song. It’s called Be the Change- about Gandhi.

Listen at http://mog.com/Michael_Goldberg/blog/189284

Check out the lyrics. http://mcyogi.com/lyrics/be-the-change

Here’s the inspirational message from their homepage. Click here to go their site to listen to the hour interview with Gail Lynn Godwin.

Nicole Casanova
October 29, 2008
About seven years ago I decided to walk away from my fancy corporate job to do something of more purpose. Up until that point, I was pretty sure that I was just “Victim Of The World.” Then I was introduced to A Course in Miracles and numerous other universal principles that all said the same thing- that I was in control. For the first time ever, I learned that my thoughts created my reality and that what I felt internally was exactly what showed up for me externally.

I decided to make it my mission to create a tool that explained just that and was accessible to the masses. It showed up as a board game. Yeah, it surprised me too. Yet, because it was experiential, people were willing to step out of their comfort zones and start seeing what was driving them. I quit that job in 2001 and have been working towards Shift’s mission, to remind as many people as possible that we are love and loved, ever since. Playing the game in my daily life and remembering to choose love in every moment has turned out to be the ultimate exercise in working my mental muscles.

I’ve been playing at shifting the game and have certainly had my opportunities to feel like the game was playing me. And now, I’m starting to play my hand a very different way by stepping into a whole new level of trust and letting go. Every day I’m reminded that one small shift in thought can shift my life. What do you think? Can a game change your life?

Shift is a psychological game, in the sense that we, through self-examination and laughter, can begin to understand where our thoughts are coming from and the power they hold. In fact, we have no neutral thoughts. All of our thoughts come from love or fear and once we are able to recognize where our thoughts come from, we can further understand where our thoughts are taking us.

The point of the game is to move from fear to love, and drop your defenses. Our defenses are what we do, not what we are: it’s just our behavior. In order to drop our defenses, we must be able to recognize when we have acted as those defenses, and, when we have not. This, in turn, can show us why we use those defenses, and why we don’t need to at all.

The reason I created this game is simple. I want to remind you that you can control your thoughts once you are aware of what you are thinking. What you believe is exactly what you will experience. If after playing this game, you start seeing where your thoughts are coming from then we all win. And, if you can actually change those thoughts that hold you back, can you imagine what we will be able to shift?

Watch Nicole give the quick and dirty version of the rules. And if you’d like to see a slower demo that you can control, just click here to play the flash demo.

Ingrid Vanderveldt interviews Nicole Casanova for her web based series, On the Road with iV. Watch all three parts…

Nicole gets Shifty with iV – Part 1

Following the dot com rush, Nicole Casanova did 2 scary things: 1) She took all her money to launch a company and 2) the company was creating a game (Shift ) that shows how our thoughts create our reality. Nicole shares why she did it and what she faced along the way. CLUB E “Original Programming.”

CREATED BY: CLUB E & On the Road with iV (Ingrid Vanderveldt , Lyn Graft). Ingrid Vanderveldt (Host), Lyn Graft (Director/Producer), & Chance Carpenter (Virtual Producer).

To watch the next two parts and see the other great entrepreneurs in this series, click here:On the Road with iV

Check out the great videos from the other Leap! participants such as Joe Vitale and Gary Renard.

Here’s a clip they posted with my discussion of what living in the illusion means to me…