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How to be the wealthiest person on earth

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:46:00 +0000

How wealthy are you? When you hear that question do you automatically start tallying all your physical assets? Are you thinking about the money you have in the bank or what your earning potential is? Are you thinking about any property you own, your car, the contents of your home? It is common to equate wealth to money and for many people when they think about how wealthy they are they automatically think of monetary assets.

Money and the pursuit of it seemed to dominate our lives. This is because we see money as possessing the power to provide us with everything we need physically emotionally and psychologically and even spiritually.

The problems arise when our beliefs about money start to impact on our lives in a negative way. Some of the problems that people have with money may sound familiar to you:

I am always arguing with my partner, it doesn't seem to matter what we start arguing about it always ends up with an argument about money. They never take responsibility for their spending and I'm always left picking up the pieces at the end of the month when they've overspent.
No matter how hard I try to budget or how much I earn, I always seem to be struggling to make ends meet and never seem to be able to have the money I need -it is as if me and wealth live on two different planets

I've worked hard to be in a position to afford anything I want - money is not a problem, however, I often feel guilty about how much I have. I’ve noticed that I tend to spend money frivolously – it's like I’m chucking it away in disgust!

I noticed that whenever I feel down I go out and buy myself something whether I can afford it or not. I feel happy for a while but then I start to feel as if something is missing again and before I know it I'm buying myself something- else usually bigger and better and more unaffordable. I know I shouldn't be getting into debt like this but just don't seem able to stop myself.

All these people have developed a duality in terms of their relationship with money. Instead of recognising money for what it is: a medium of exchange; a way of transferring value from one form to another; a way of tallying up how effective you have been at providing value to others (incidentally how effective you are at creating value says nothing about you as an individual -creating value is something you do. it is not who you are. As soon as you start to use money to put value on an individual's worth i.e. in terms of their spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical being, you step on to a very slippery slope.) Money can never be more than what we say it is. So it is important that we are really clear about what money really is and what it is not.

Quite simply money is nothing– nothing at all. Money has no meaning; indeed it has no value except what we give it.

In order to heal our relationship with money we have to first recognise that how we currently relate to money is not serving us, individually and collectively. The two biggest money issues in the world today are 21st century over consumption and belief in lack or a lack mentality. That is the belief that there isn't enough of anything to go around and that in order for some people to have more others will have to have less.

Wealth and abundance, far from being limited are boundless. There's enough in the world for everyone to have more than enough. A lack mentality drives you to overconsumption in the belief that there is not enough and therefore you have to grasp everything there is. These limiting beliefs about money mean that you are always chasing money, focusing on a lack of money rather than attracting abundance in your life. What we focus on we attract and therefore instead of attracting abundance into our lives we drive it away.

Limiting beliefs determine how much wealth and abundance you experience in your life. If you want a life of wealth and abundance, i.e. wealth well-being; healing your relationship with money is a way of achieving this. What's more because our collective money consciousness has created the world we experience today, by healing your individual relationship with money you automatically contribute to overall community well-being. You owe it to you yourself and your community to do your work to heal your relationship with money.

3 things you can do immediately to start healing your relationship with money:

1. Create a wealth narrative – your wealth narrative is your wealth story, how it unfolds is up to you. Think of creating your future experiences – everything you write will contribute to the new reality of wealth and abundance you are moving to from this point forward. Your wealth narrative is primarily a daily Journal. The process involves just writing whatever comes to mind without censorship, evaluation, judgement or even grammar. Based on the principles in The Artist Way by Julia Cameron, the idea is to write your daily Journal each morning and aim to write a minimum of three pages. This is a great way of clearing blocks and barriers to your creativity. You may never be fully aware of what issues are being resolved by using this process, however, you will quickly notice the benefits. Your thinking will become clearer and you will find that you are accessing creative solutions to issues that previously evaded you.

2. Identify your money mindset profile - The 9 money mindset profiles I have identified are based on my observations of how people I have worked with, lived with, mentored and coached interacted with money. In addition I have also drawn on the work of Deborah L. Price (a highly regarded financial advisor and money coach in the USA) in her book Money Magic.

The nine money mindset profiles, although described as a type of person, are really states of mind that create the characteristics of an archetype. Consequently these states of mind can be changed and along with the change in mindset comes a change in behaviour and attitude towards money. The mindset states are fluid and although some people may occupy a particular state for a long period of time, it is possible to progress through these states organically. However, the majority of people who get stuck in a particular state fail to shift it without external intervention.

This is because it is impossible to break free of your limiting behaviours and beliefs unless you know exactly what are the limiting behaviours and beliefs you are trying to replace. Do you spend more money than you have? Do you feel that you don't deserve money? Do you believe that you have to compromise your ethics to make money? Are you rarely contented with your financial situation? These are just a few of the questions that you will need to answer in order to begin to break free from your bad money habits and restore money harmony in your life.

You can take the money mindset profile quiz here http://tycoonwomen.com/money-mindset-profile-quiz/

3. Work with your money history: You have been conditioned by your environment, by what you have heard, what you have seen, what you have experienced. Unless you can change your programming or at the very least interact with it, it will continue to drive your thoughts which will drive your feelings which will lead you into taking certain actions, which will produce your results. By changing your programming you take the initial crucial steps to changing your results.

To start the process, look at your money history. What did you hear about money when you were young (your verbal influences); what did you see the adults and people around you do with money when you were young (what you learnt to model) and what significant moments did you experience with money when you were young (pivotal incidents).

Using this information as a starting point, write your money history. Think of it as your money autobiography and include as much detail as you can remember. When you have completed your narrative, use your daily journaling to contemplate and respond to the following questions:
What kind of relationship does your money history suggest you have with money?
Is the relationship you have the one you want and if not what would you rather have instead?
What does it reveal about your beliefs about money?
Are your beliefs about money limiting you or propelling you to success?

To find out more about how you can create money harmony in your life so that you can experience more true wealth and abundance; feel contented and happy and be free from the stresses caused by money worries download the free e report: “The seven secrets of money harmony: a proven strategy for creating personal wealth and increasing the flow of abundance in your life”. Or book your free no obligation taster session to see how you can benefit from money harmony coaching and mentoring program.

Getting clear

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:31:00 +0000

There’s a song that goes "on a clear day you can see forever" when things are clear it is possible to see what you want, where you are going and even where you have been. Being able to clearly see your future life of wealth and abundance is an important step in the process of healing your relationship with money and thus being able to both create and attract true wealth into your life. True wealth is a combination of tangible assets (things normally associated with the idea of being wealthy in the world, i.e., money, property investments etc) and human wealth the intangibles that we value and often think of as priceless, (i.e., health, relationships, spiritual connection, happiness etc.)

Many people do not get to live a life full of true wealth and abundance because they are not clear about what it is they really desire or want for themselves. When you get clear you empower yourself because by really knowing what you want you have more choice about how to achieve it. Why? Because you will seek the things you need to make the changes. Clarity leads to more choice and more choice equals power. When you are clear about what you want you engage the part of the brain whose function it is to make you aware of things – the reticular activator. Your reticular activator is like a bloodhound, once it gets the scent of what you want it goes after it with a singular determination, seeking out the things you need to make it happen. If you want more wealth and abundance in your life give your reticular activator a regular workout by clearly stating what it is you want each day. The clearer the better. Think of the things you want like a menu and list all the things you need to create the life of wealth and abundance you desire. How much income do you need each month? What sort of home do you want? What sort of lifestyle do you want to be living? And once you've identified what it is you want; why do you want it and how will it make you feel if you had it. If you are able to associate positive emotions with your clarity, this will engage your reticular activator even more.

By taking the time to get clear, you will greatly improve your chances of achieving what you desire. An easy way of setting clear goals is to list them under the different areas of your life. So for example, under finance you might say “I will have a monthly income of X.” And under lifestyle your clear goal might be “I take three three-week overseas holidays with my family each year”. And under work you might put: “I own successful businesses that provide passive income of X per month.” Once you have your list of clear goals, write them out and put them somewhere where you can see them daily. Remember to read them out loud to yourself each day and visualise how you will feel and what you will experience when you have them. Then notice how the universe conspires to put in front of you all the things that you require in order to achieve your goals.

If you would like help getting clear on your goals and ongoing support to achieve them, please contact me to discuss how my coaching and mentoring programs can be of assistance to you.

How going to pot can make you rich

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:02:00 +0000

Having a good relationship with money also means learning how to manage your money effectively. I recently came across a very good budgeting system which is based on the idea of using 6 categories or pots for allocating your expenditure. The idea is to split whatever money you have coming in into different ʻPotsʼ for different purposes. As money flows into your life, a certain percentage goes into each ʻPotʼ before you spend anything:

The 6 pots or categories are:

Necessities - 55% These are your day to day expenses and bills basically what it cost to live month to month , travel and petrol, food, toiletries and rent or mortgage payments, insurance policies , utilities the whole hog – As these are your biggest cost it’s the biggest pot and 55% of your income goes into this pot

Long term saving - 10% There is no point always wanting that house, car or holiday but never saving for it. So use this pot for saving for your dreams!

Investment - 10% This is your financial freedom pot, where your money works for you to create residual income. Use it to invest in shares, property, or put it in a high interest accounts. Seek advice about the best way to use this from and appropriately qualified person or better still use the resources in the next pot to improve your knowledge of investments so that you can effectively manage your long term investments yourself.

Education - 10% If you’re not growing/ developing yourself then neither will your bank accounts; so this money is for yourself improvement,i.e. training, career or personal development books, courses or mentoring.

Play - 10% All work and no play makes Jillian a dully sad stressed woman so we have a play pot – a pot for your treats – I can remember when I was a young single mum – yes there was a time when I was a single mum too; it was as if all my money when from my bank to my bills with nothing left for me. It was so depressing – you might not think that you can spare 10% for fun. So think about it like this – no fun and you will eventually implode so this is like life insurance making sure you keep happy and able to keep earning the rest of the money. This is your treat pot so make sure they are your treats too not the families alone if you using this system for family budgeting. It is very easy for women especially to get into that sacrifice, lack mentality and exclude ourselves.

And there is a golden rule for this pot! YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE ENTIRE AMOUNT EVERY MONTH!!!

Contribution - 5% Use this pot to make a contribution to a charity or organisation you care about or to support friends or family members. In this scheme it is set at 5% half what is suggested in the idea of tithing 10% - if you want to up this you could decide to reduce the necessities pot to 50%.

Although I’d not heard of this is system until very recently, I’ve always divided my money into categories. That’s because I follow 3 basic rule of money management

Live within your means
Save regularly
Invest regularly and wisely.

The pot system is also based on these principles. If you are attracted to the idea or still a little sceptical or if you don’t already have a budgeting system you are happy with; you could try the pot system out by using it on a cash basis. In order to do this you need to decide on your budget for the week take out the money in cash and divide it into the pots and see how you get on. After you got used to dividing your expenditure in this way you could then set up an automated system for your monthly salary/ income.

What is your strategy for managing your finances? Please share your experiences so others can learn from them.

Your wealth and abundance mindset

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:00 +0000

Do you know that you are already rich? You probably just don't realise it yet, however, right now you have within your possession a multi-million pound asset, or indeed something money cannot buy.

Most people think of their personal wealth in terms of physical money and possessions; however what if you were to take a different kind of personal audit? What if you were to value what until now you have placed little value on a.k.a. YOU.

So let's start with your hands I'm assuming that you have two of them, and if by some sad chance you do not, you will have already been made very aware of their value. So how much would you say your hands are worth? Perhaps you think well not much, but if I were to offer you are £500 for one of them, would you sell me your right hand now? Possibly not. How about £1000 – is your answer still no? So we've established that your hands are worth over £1000 and given that you have two of them, that is £2000 already. So would you sell me both your hands for £4000? You're probably thinking “£4000, no hands ... Is it a fair trade?” I guess not. So what about your eyes; how much would you say the going rate was for a pair of eyes? £6000 per eye? £7000? £8000? Would you be prepared to sell your eyes for £10,000 apiece?

Clearly if you took stock of all your body parts that are healthy, functional and useful you would realise that your body alone is worth well over £1 million.

I call this type of wealth “human wealth”; the wealth all human beings possess but often overlook its true value. So how about you take a human wealth audit. Start with your body and then work your way down the list of your other assets such as your family, your friends, your experience, your knowledge, your skills and talents. No doubt you’ll soon realise that you are worth a fortune, yet possibly before now, you haven't taken the time to see the value that is locked inside you.

This is the reality that is at the heart of cultivating an abundance mindset. When you have an abundance mindset you are saying to yourself “Everything I will ever need or want is fully available to me– right now.” The most important and essential things in life are free and not only that, they exist in quantities where there is abundance for everyone. If you have enough, it does not deprive anyone else of their ability to have enough too.

However, because we often focus on what we do not have, we get stuck in a lack or scarcity mentality. Focusing on the things that we do not have that makes us feel unhappy or unworthy. Being wealthy is a mental state that comes from within and is rooted in sense of abundance, of have anything you may ever want or need forever without limits. Once you realise this, you will be able to start the process of making the shift from a mindset of lack and scarcity to one of abundance and limitlessness, which will herald in a life of true wealth and abundance.

What price would you put on your human wealth assets? I would love to read your feedback should you choose to do this exercise.

Creating your wealth narrative

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:46:00 +0000

What’s your present financial experience? How harmonious is your relationship with money and how much wealth and abundance do you currently have in your life? Healing your relationship with money is the single most important step you can take to changing your financial circumstances. If you feel like you and wealth currently live on two different planets, this is your rocket ship to start your mission to boldly go where you have not gone before and seek out new planets of wealth. If you are currently programmed for lack around money, if your beliefs and values are causing you to unconsciously drive wealth from your life, here is one thing you can do immediately to break your programming, change your thoughts and feelings and so lead you to take the action that will produce the results you desire: a marvellous life of wealth and abundance.

Create a wealth narrative. Your wealth narrative is your wealth story, how it unfolds is up to you. Think of it creating your future experience – everything you write will contribute to the new reality of wealth and abundance you are moving to from this point forward. It is your proclamation of things to come and the resting place of things that no longer serve you. The wealth narrative will take two forms electronic and hardback. The electronic version is for recording, keeping and completing exercises that form part of the money harmony coaching and mentoring programs, should you choose to take this process further and join one of these. The hardback version is for you to write a daily Journal. The idea of keeping a daily journal is based on a proven practice for clearing blocks to creativity and personal growth described in The Artist Way by Julia Cameron. This beautiful and highly inspiring book advocates writing three pages first thing in the morning as a way of clearing your blocks to your higher creativity.

I have been writing a daily journal for many years. The process involves just writing whatever comes to mind without censorship, evaluation judgment or even grammar. Just write and write some more. Cameron’s book recommends writing 3 pages each day, however, I write until I feel a stillness starting to take over every other emotion. Sometimes this is more than 3 pages sometimes it is less. I write anything and everything. I pour out my heart not worrying about sentences or grammar and I just keep going until the stillness finally arrives. It's not like running out of steam because once I am still I don't always stop writing. Sometimes I start to write consciously and whatever I need to do next to move towards my goals, will suddenly become clear. It's like receiving an answer. There is no structure, no purpose, it all gets put down and what I require arrives. I feel deeply connected deeply at peace. I trust that whatever it is I need is already working its way into my conscious awareness and that it is already starting to impact on the systems that it needs to impact on. For me it is like lying on the beach at the edge of the shore, the sea lapping against me as if I were a rock, the tide gradually coming in. With each wave the water slowly rising until I am finally engulfed in stillness.

I highly recommend this process as a way of clearing the deeper more hidden issues that are less likely to surface consciously. You may never be fully aware of what issues are being resolved, however, you will very quickly notice the benefit. Your thinking will become clearer and you will find that you are accessing creative solutions to issues that previously evaded you. For your daily pages, find a journal or book that is larger than A 5. Whilst any book will do it helps to make it look inviting and special. When I was at school we were always asked to cover our exercise books. I recall that the books I had spent most time creating beautiful cover designs for corresponded with the subject I did best at. My mind was always keen to work with the nicely decorated books – by the second term I'd work this out and had recovered all my books with inviting exciting designs. Getting used to writing daily pages takes time and discipline. However it is worth sticking at it. What has worked for me is; although the aim is to do my pages first thing in the morning, because our minds are most receptive at this time, if I can't get them done then I make it is my intention to find space in the day and I always do. Proclaim to yourself that you will always do them and you will.

In terms of the electronic part of your wealth narrative, much of how we work these days is electronic because it is easier to record and index information and therefore look it up. You will need to do this with your exercises and so I suggest creating this part of your wealth narrative on your computer; however, there is nothing preventing you from using either your journal or pen and paper to complete them - the choice is yours.

An exercise you can do now is charting your money history. Create a 3 column table and in the first column list how each of your parents (or adults who were significant in you up bringing) acted around cash and their feelings and statements about rich people and being rich. In the next column for each parent, put down how you might be identical or opposite to them. Finally in the last column put down how this can be impacting on your relationship with money and your current financial well-being. Use your daily writings in your journal to consider the following questions:

What do you notice?

How much of what you currently do is just what you learned from your parents or significant carers?

What do you feel about this?

How does it still serve you?

What can you do differently?

It is not necessary to answer all these questions in a single day, use as many days as it takes to deeply reflect on these questions and your answers to them. Don’t answer them directly like an English comprehension exercise; rather hold them in your awareness and journal freely as usual.

Have you had any experience with journaling? Please share your thoughts and comments I look forward to reading them.

Powerful words that heal

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:34:00 +0000

Affirmations and proclamation can be useful tools in helping to change your money mindset profile and thus enable you to re write your wealth narrative and attract wealth and abundance into your life. Your wealth narrative is the story you have programmed in your mind about your relationship with money. This is what determines how wealthy you are in your life; whether you measure your wealth in financial term or in human wealth terms (human wealth describes the intangibles such as happiness, love, peace contentment etc).

The difference between a proclamation and an affirmation is small and it is really a matter of emphasis. Whether you will work better with affirmations or proclamations will be dependent on your learning style and just how loud the internal dialogue in your head is. . The definition of an affirmation is: A favourable statement affirming that a goal you wish to accomplish is already occurring. The definition of a proclamation is: to state an official intent to take a particular course of action and acquire a particular status.

Affirmations are expressed as if the goal you set yourself is already occurring. Whereas proclamations aren’t stated in the present but rather express an intention to do or be something. For some people their minds are very sceptical about the idea that something that hasn’t occurred is real. Their internal dialogue or internal critic (the voice that is always looking to find the negative or cut you down to size) responds violently to what their conscious mind can clearly see is not the case. However, for others who are able to project themselves forward in time to when they have achieved their goal and look at it from that point – it is as if they are looking back in time, so that, in their mind they do indeed already have the thing they are affirming –daily affirmations are fabulous success tools for these people.

I am a great believer in horses for courses or what works for you. Rarely in life does one size fit all. All this does is result in something that is either too tight or over generous. The best person to determine whether you are an affirmer or a proclaimer is you. You will either know which one is for you are already, or if you don’t, experiment for a week , with one then the other and see whether or not you have a strong resistance to either.

A word of caution: Our natural tendency is to resist change and so you may find both uncomfortable to start with. Commit to choosing to work with one or the other so that your brain rules out the “they’re both rubbish” option.

The good news is that it is relatively simple to turn an affirmation into a proclamation or vice versa so you can use the very similar statements whatever method you choose.

Why are proclamations and affirmations such useful tools? Everything is made of energy and this energy travels in frequencies and vibrations. When we make a declaration in the form of an affirmation or proclamation these carry with them their own vibration frequency. When you say your proclamation or affirmation out loud, its energy vibrates throughout the universe. You can ground this energy within your body by touching your body at the same time you speak your statement aloud. Doing this allows you to feel its singular resonance which sends out a potent message to your subconscious. To get the most from working with affirmations and proclamations you should state your proclamation/affirmation out loud every morning and every evening and doing it while looking into a mirror will accelerate the process even more.

Below is a list of affirmations or proclamations which I suggested that you work with everyday to help heal your relationship with money.

All good things are now flowing into my life.
What I heard about money isn’t necessarily true. I opt to adopt fresh ways of thinking that support my happiness
All my investments are profitable and secure.
I release my non supportive money experiences from the past and create a fresh an rich future
Because I love what I do, I have become a money magnet.
I promote my value to other people with passion and enthusiasm
I always have more than enough money for all that I need.
Because of my great appreciation for money, success follows me wherever I go.
I always have more than enough money.
Being financially successful is one of the top priorities in my life, and I practice this feeling every day.

What are your thoughts on working with affirmations and proclaimations? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:48:00 +0000

Limiting belief # 10: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

A quick look at the distribution of wealth and resources in the world today would seem to reinforce this limiting belief. Over the last 10 years the gap in earnings between the top 5% and the bottom 20% has grown exponentially. We are bombarded with stories of CEOs excessive bonuses and pay awards, outstripping those of the “coalface” one hundred and forty times over.

The poverty focused money mindset is learned behaviour – hence if you are surrounded by wealthy people you will adopt the behaviour patterns and mindset of wealthy people which will open your eyes to opportunities and possibilities that you will not be aware of if you grow up in a poor neighbourhood where there is high unemployment and low expectations. When you are surrounded by poverty it is difficult although not impossible to see beyond the mirror of your environs.

The rich do not automatically get richer - most wealthy people continue to look for new and exciting opportunities to leverage their time and thus their wealth creation strategies. Where as poor people are often overwhelmed with their cirdumstances and so lack the emotional and spiritual resoucerces required in order to change their circumstances.

Even if there is some truth in this limiting belief it does not have to be your reality. You have the power to create your of wealth and abundance in your life. You may not consider yourself to be poor, however, if you don' t think as yourself as rich either,than growing poorer maybe the only realitity you experience.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:35:00 +0000

Limiting belief # 9: it takes money to make money

Whoever said "it takes money to make money" was most likely trying to justify accepting things as they were. It is easier to believe in this limiting belief and abdicate responsibility for changing your circumstances than to get of your bum and take action to do something about it. It doesn't take money to make money, what it takes is the ability to leverage what you have, your intelligence, talents, ingenuity and communication and networking skills. The truth is if you cannot make money without money you are unlikely to be able to make money with money!

There are plenty of people in the world with money who are desperate to invest in good ideas. Ideas are much more than valuable than money – as illustrated by Dragon's Den. If you have a good enough idea money will pour in. Work on generating good ideas by solving people’s problems and/or meeting their needs. Then seek enlighten parties to invest in them rather than looking for money.

It is often said that necessity is the mother of all invention so why not puit it to the test. Imagine you had to raise £4000 in four weeks from nothing; what would you do? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:15:00 +0000

Limiting belief # 8: you need to save your money in order to become rich

Whilst living within your means and saving money is an important element of a healthy money mindset; over emphasis on saving and budgeting tips the balance between trusting in abundance and focusing on scarcity and lack.

Over emphasis on scarcity and frugality tends to be the reaction of people who have lived through difficult times. The memory of their struggle with their finances leads to them being afraid of losing what they now have and as a result they hoard everything, afraid to part with any of their possessions no matter how redundant "just in case".

Money is an energy flow and energy flows need to keep moving or they become stagnant. Anyone who has ever smelt stagnant water will appreciate how unpleasant stagnant energy can become. The hoarding of belongings or overzealous saving in order to feel secure rather than maintaining the flow of wealth into your life, creates a dam that blocks it.

Both wealth and poverty are the result of your money mindset which creates the external circumstances you experience. Your thoughts, expectations and actions determine how much wealth and abundance you experience in your life. It is better to save from a place of abundance, respect and gratitude for the flow of resources into your life rather than from a fear of lack.

What things are you hoarding? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:59:00 +0000

Limiting belief # 7: money doesn't grow on trees

Possibly, one of the most common statements parents make to their children is the idiom "money doesn't grow on trees". My mum also used to say "whoever told you I am the bank of England was lying" as an alternative; I guess when she felt that the money-tree statement was getting tired and ceasing to have the desired impact. That is, to get us children to stop pestering her to buy us something which she'd rather not spend money on.

As recent arrivals to a country that promised economic opportunity which didn't materialise, my parents were strapped for cash, working in low paying jobs trying to raise four children. My mother came from a middle-class family and was used to having her needs met and so her way of dealing with lack was to get us children to lower our expectations.

Although actual money in the form of notes and coins does not hang like fruit off the branches of trees, there is a limitless supply of money because it can be created from nothing via new ideas and inventions for goods and services.

The money doesn't grow on trees idiom plays into the scarcity myth. The thinking goes: If money grew on trees it would be easy to come by which would mean everyone would have exactly what they required. However money doesn't grow on trees because everyone cannot be rich and we should be contented with what we have.

But the truth is that there is more than enough wealth for everyone to have more than enough. Indeed there is more than enough wealth on the planet for everyone to become a millionaire several times over.

Scarcity is an illusion that serves the interest of a small elite at the expense of everyone who has stopped visualising money trees. By believing in scarcity, you block the flow of wealth into your life. When you filter your world through glasses of scarcity and lack you simply do not see the opportunities for creating wealth and abundance. Choose to believe in money trees again and get ready for a bumper harvest.

What would you do tomorrow if you knew money was limitless? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:09:00 +0000

Muhammad Yunus

Limiting belief # 6: money wields power in a negative way

Whilst it is true that many people with vast fortunes also world a lot of power, true power comes from your ability to influence others with the power of your mind and the integrity of your spirit. Consequently it is possible to have power without money, but more interestingly it is also possible to have money and use it with the power of an inspirational mind to help others.

An example of the former is Nelson Mandela. Imprisoned as a terrorist, Nelson Mandela served over 27 years in jail, in virtual isolation. He had no money to speak of yet on his release, he was to lead a nation from a process of healing and dismantle the apartheid system. Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, his charisma, self-deprecating sense of humour and lack of bitterness over his harsh treatment, as well as his amazing life story, has enabled him to inspire not only his people but millions around the world.

The story of Muhammad Yunus is a particular inspirational example of someone who used his money/power to help others. Yunus founded Grameen Bank and is famous for being the banker to the poor with his pioneering efforts in Microcredit or Microfinance (small loans to poor people possessing no collateral) where the poorest people of society are encouraged to rise above poverty. The innovative banking program provides poor people––mainly women––with small loans to launch businesses and lift their families out of poverty. In the past thirty years, microcredit has spread to every continent and benefited over 100 million families. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, along with the Grameen Bank.

However, Yunus remains unsatisfied. He believes much more can be done, if the dynamics of capitalism are applied to humanity’s greatest challenge, poverty. Yunus wants to take the concept of Social Businesses, such as Grameen bank, even further. Social businesses are just like any other business; but for social objectives and not for personal gain or dividend. The satisfaction gained in achieving the social goals become the only motive behind investment, and the business is evaluated according to that standard. Essentially it is a non-loss, non-dividend business aimed at social objectives – education, health, environment, whatever is needed to address the problems faced by society. The profits are retained by the business and help it to grow further. The whole thing is based on the premise that entrepreneurs can be motivated by social goals.

Yunus is a wonderful example of combining inspiration power and money for the benefit of the wider community and illustrates the transformational powers of The Mystic money mindset profile.

What are your thoughts on the concept of social businesses? Please share your ideas I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:07:00 +0000

Limiting belief # 5: you have to work hard for money.

According to the story of Adam found in the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) God cursed Adam for disobeying the only rule in Paradise – not to eat from the forbidden tree. The curse was that Adam and henceforth all people would have to work hard for their food all the days of their lives. Pretty heavy guns – the whole of humanity punished for the transgressions of a single individual. This punishment would definitely not pass the test of fair and reasonable, let alone be considered proportionate to the crime, as required by today's standards of justice and fairness.

It appears that this is the root of the misconception about needing to work hard to earn money. Given that just over 54% of the world's population subscribe to these faith groups, it is easy to see how this idea has spread. Work only seems hard if it is something you are neither passionate about or enjoy doing. When your work is aligned with your values and passion, it doesn't seem like work at all.

"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.”
Khalil Gibran

Indeed if you are in the right job, work will seem like play. Clearly perception is the key here. Work will only seem hard if you perceive it as such. Often when people work “hard”, they are less efficient than if they work smart. You are less likely to find effective smart shortcuts that make things easy if your mindset is stuck in the "work is hard" groove. There is a difference between putting in the required effort and working hard. Of course there will be times when more effort and resources need to be applied to get a particular result, however this is usually temporary and the results are significantly greater than the effort applied.

A corollary to the misconception that you have to work hard for your money, is the belief that it takes a lifetime to get rich. Most people who create fortunes have normally done so long before death or retirement. There are numerous examples of teenage millionaires who have got rich from using the Internet and a creative marketing idea. For example; Adam Hildreth was 14 when he launched his popular social networking site and had made over £2 million by the time he was 19 and Ashley Qualls created a £million business selling MySpace layouts to teenage girls.

Making money is hard work and becoming rich takes a lifetime only if you believe it to be so. As Henry Ford said "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.”

What information or evidence are you discounting in order to hold to your belief that you have to work hard to make money? Please share your thoughts; I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:40:00 +0000

Limiting belief # 4: It is more spiritual to be poor.

This is another belief given to us by religious traditions. Many of the world's faith traditions contain stories of how the poor were blessed because they displayed humility in the face of trials or they sacrificed something for others. Poor people are seen as righteous and the rich are considered to be weak and selfish. Possibly the most well known reference to this comes from the Christian tradition when Jesus proclaimed that "blessed be ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven".

Obviously taken in isolation this approach gives the impression that it is more virtuous to be poor, however as with anything the key is balance. Clearly the great spiritual leaders were supported by rich benefactors as well as poor ones, because they required money to live in their community and pursue their spiritual mission. This suggests that rich people can also be deeply spiritual too.

Looked at another way, poverty or lack can be seen as a result of a blockage in our creative energy. Given that we already possess the capacity to accessing a limitless supply of our own internal resources in order to solve our problems, when we feel stuck or blocked it is because we are stuck in a less than resourceful state rather than because we don't possess the capacity to manifest in our lives what we desire. Hence poverty doesn't make us more spiritual; rather it can cause us to be less connected to our natural flow.

What are your views about rich people? Do you feel it is better to be loved and poor than rich and lonely? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:33:00 +0000

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:26:00 +0000

Our beliefs are what give our thoughts and behaviour structure. What we believe tells us how to act in any given situation. However not everything we believe serves us well. If our beliefs prevent us from taking action that will enhance our well being than they are what is termed limiting beliefs. Limiting beliefs about money block the flow of wealth and abundance into our lives. Over the next 10 days I will be looking at the top 10 limiting beliefs about money and their origins:

Limiting belief # 2: Rich people are dishonest

Once again the most likely origin for this belief is The Bible. Jesus is quoted as saying in Luke 18:25, Matthew 19: 24 and Mark 10: 25:

"For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"

The implication here is, given the size of camels and needles the likelihood of wealthy people getting into heaven are zilch. As heaven is the place where only the pure in heart and righteous go, if it is impossible for rich people to get into heaven then rich people can't possibly be either pure in heart or righteous, and therefore they must be dishonest. Add to this that this evaluation of rich people's character traits was proclaimed by "the son of God", then not only is this assessment correct it is also backed by divine authority.

There are two approaches to challenging this limiting belief. From a biblical point of view, if you understand that the eye of the needle was in fact a doorway into the city of Jerusalem were camels had to be unloaded and drop their heads in order to access the city, the statement takes on a different meaning. Instead of it being physically impossible for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, it actually becomes an everyday occurrence. Albeit that in order for a camel laden with goods to be able to get into the city one would have to take off its load and get it to bend its head.

The second approach is to look at the evidence. The world is full of extremely wealthy people who are philanthropists, who having built personal fortunes have set up foundations and charities to support others in need; people like Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, to name three of the most prominent wealthy philanthropists in the world today.

Rich people do not have a monopoly on being dishonest any more than poor people have a monopoly on being righteous. By labelling the rich as something that is undesirable, i.e. dishonest, you set up an unconscious repellent towards money. As a consequence you will overlook opportunities to attract money and wealth into your life because subconsciously you believe these opportunities to be the road to you also becoming dishonest.

What are your thoughts about rich people? Do you see them as having different, less honourable character traits than “honest poor folk”? Please share your thoughts; I look forward to reading them.

Top 10 limiting beliefs about money that could be blocking the flow of wealth and abundance into your life

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:24:00 +0000

Our beliefs are what give our thoughts and behaviour structure. What we believe tells us how to act in any given situation. However not everything we believe serves us well. If our beliefs prevent us from taking action that will enhance our well being then they are what is termed limiting beliefs. Limiting beliefs about money block the flow of wealth and abundance into our lives. Over the next 10 days I will be looking at the top 10 limiting beliefs about money and their origins.

Limiting belief # 1: Money is the root of all evil (Evil: that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune (noun))

It is likely that the basis of this belief is the Bible. Timothy 6:10 says "the love of money is the root of all evil". Given the dominance of Christianity in the West, this idea has been spread with the faith. It doesn't matter whether you are a believer; the idea that money is the root of all evil seems to be laden with social proof or evidence that supports this position. People fight, kill, destroy relationships and allow others to suffer in the pursuit of money or property, land, precious metals or any other possessions that money can buy. Once money became a, medium of exchange it was easy to make the link. So rather than the pursuit of resources for your personal use being the root of all evil, we simply think in terms of money.

However, money in itself is neither good nor evil. Money is a concept. It is an energy that can be exchanged for another energy. If you hold a £1 coin in your hand it doesn't burn a hole in it or transmit evil rays. It is a lifeless inert object. What is important is not money, it is your attitude and belief system associated with it. If your attitude is that you are prepared to do anything irrespective of who you might damage physically, emotionally, spiritually or psychologically; then the action you take to acquire the money you seek are likely to be very self-serving and at the expense of others. Depending on the extremes that one is prepared or needs to go in order to acquire the money they seek, it is likely that an objective observer might conclude that you/your actions are evil.

What do you believe about money? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Does your God want you to be poor?

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:42:00 +0000

We have all grown up with ingrained ideas about money and our relationship to it. Much of this is a product of the religious or spiritual traditions we were exposed to as children. Unfortunately a lot of this is based more on economic and political agendas, which were woven into the foundations of our spiritual traditions in order to render the masses subservient to the will of their earthly rulers. As a consequence our thoughts about money have been skewed and do not serve us well.

Traditional Christian philosophies have interpreted Jesus Christ’s teachings about money to mean that it is honourable to suffer and poverty is a sure way to earn your pass to eternity with God in heaven. Other Christian beliefs have pushed the notion of predetermination and as such your position in life is predetermined by God, so there isn't anything you can do about it. Indeed the godlike thing to do is accept your lot, bear your cross and wait for your reward in heaven.

How you see God's involvement in the distribution of wealth will have a profound impact on your relationship with money and your ability to attract wealth and abundance into your life. Many people who have a poor or even disastrous relationship with money have unconscious beliefs about how God sees money and as a result how God sees them; even if as adults they wouldn't claim to have any religious leanings. Our subconscious mind hears and sees all; it is always vigilant, always taking in information. Furthermore it never forgets. Even if you are not consciously aware of holding any "spiritual" or religious beliefs about money, the dual nature of our consciousness means your beliefs are being affected by deeply held thoughts and ideas.

Therefore even if you are not “religious" as such, it helps to ask yourself who or what is God to you? When you hear the word God what image does it conjure in your mind. And if you were to juxtapose the words money and God how does doing this make you feel?

When I trained as an Interfaith Minister, I had to look at what my idea of God was and what my beliefs told me I should do in relation to how I treated others. This meant examining my beliefs about the distribution of resources in relation to others people. That is, was it wrong to be wealthy if others had nothing? Was not having money more spiritual than having money? Etc. I came to the conclusion that "God" did not want me to be poor. Rather it was better for me to be successful, openhearted and generous than poor and resentful.

History has demonstrated that the only benefit of being poor accrues to organised religion and "political leaders" (for that also read big business). In our culture being poor deprives you of opportunities to grow both materially and "spiritually". That is not to say that everybody who is poor materially is also poor spiritually, however it is difficult to move away from a lack mentality, which is spiritual poverty, if you are constantly bombarded with messages that tell you that money is "evil".

So who or what is "God" to you?

Has your concept of "God" empowered you or held you back in terms of your relationship with money and your ability to create a life of wealth and abundance?

A prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:20:00 +0000

I was searching through my interfaith ministers manual and I came across this prayer. I think I wrote it initially, however I just can't remember. It's very touching and beautiful so I've decided to share it with you. I hope you like it.

Healing my heart and loving God
I stopped loving well because when I first did it was not returned.

Instead I received only emptiness and pain and the longing I felt seemed like an eternal hunger that could not be fulfilled.

In pain, I chose not to love well, to put my heart in protective box.

Soft and cushioned on the inside, yet hard and impregnable.

So when you asked me to love You – I found I had forgotten how to love at all!

The childhood innocence was lost.

Doubt and distrust replaced my unconditional heart.

How do I remember my heart?

Do I allow it to open and love again like an intoxicated teenager?

To feel the freedom of love, the naivety that expects the love it offers to be returned completely – no withdrawing, no pain, no rejection?

I fear that mutual desire to be with another, the shared uncontrollable, unceasing longing.

Can hurt lovers trust again? Can betrayed love trust again and offer anew the first love and truly believe it will be returned?

Yet the crime wasn’t yours. You have not left me. You have not hurt me.

So why do I shut out the fire of Your love that even now wells up in my belly – desperate to move upwards to my heart and release it from the box of safety.

There is no forced entry; You do not come like a raider with crowbars and dynamite.

You simply ask me for the key. A lover’s voice so sweet and seductive.

I tell you my secrete, yet You always knew – the box is not locked!

So open my box and gently take out my crumpled heart.

Cherish and love it the way I the way I always knew You did.

So I can loose myself in your love, but more importantly,

So I can give it back in return.

Completely trusting that You will be a true lover for me.

How to be lucky!

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:34:00 +0000

Unemployment in the UK continues to rise. Currently there are 1 million under 25s without a job and about 2 1/2 million other people also seeking work and those are just the ones we record officially. For some people these are really difficult times and the more they buy into the negative outlook presented by the media the worst it is going to be for them.

As implausible as it may seem, what you choose to think really does affect what you experience. Let's imagine that you are one of the unemployment statistics and right now you are without a job. If you think "gosh things are really bad, I have no money and no prospect of a job"; every day you hold this belief you experience this reality. Your mindset will present you from seeing any opportunities that present themselves to you.

To demonstrate this point, Prof Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire (2003) carried out some research into why some people get all the luck while others never seem to get the breaks they deserve. Prof Wiseman placed an advert in the local newspapers asking for people who consider themselves to be lucky to contact him. Hundreds of people volunteered. Prof Wiseman concluded that thoughts and behaviour were responsible for the good or bad luck that people experienced. Even when it came to chance opportunities “lucky people”, i.e. the ones who considered themselves to be lucky, consistently encountered such opportunities whereas the people who believed they were unlucky did not.

Prof Wiseman tested this by placing two large adverts halfway through a newspaper saying tell the experimenter that you have seen this and win £250. The message took up half the page and was written in a in a 2 inch font. In the experiment people asked to look for the newspaper and count how many photographs were inside. The lucky people saw the advert and claim their £250, whereas the unlucky people missed it completely. Being a scientist Prof Wiseman explained this result in terms of the affect of anxiety. Unlucky people are generally tenser than lucky people and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected. In other words their thoughts lead to feeling anxious which leads to them being less observant (the action) which causes them to miss opportunities (the result).

A negative mindset will also prevent you from putting 100% effort into what you do – it will show if you turn up for a job interview wearing the “there's no way they are going to give me this job” face.

Worse still if you believe that you do not have any money you will experience this too. Money has magnetic qualities. And the one thing that we all know about magnets is, if you put like poles together they repel each other. What this means is if you are thinking “I have no money” and you are actually experiencing having “no money” the two things act as repelling poles and you will find that what little money you have will rapidly be eaten up or simply slip away. Whereas being open to the abundance in the world/the universe, (as opposed to getting stuck in a lack mentality), acts as an opposite magnet pole to attract the opposite of what you are currently experiencing; increased money flow and abundance. Rather than your limited resources slipping away more is attracted to them.

Have you noticed that the moment you surrender to a situation that you are dreading, things immediately start to improve. This is because you are no longer projecting the energy of what you don't want. When you surrender and trust that what you need is available to you, then what comes to fill the space you have created by moving aside your wants is exactly what you require in that moment.

If you want the hard science, Prof Wiseman's research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles:

They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities,
They make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition,
They create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and
They adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

Thoughts-> feelings-> actions-> results.

Many people find it difficult to accept anything that they cannot see or explain and so are ready to dismiss these universal principles. It's funny how the majority of us have no idea how the money markets operates or what forces it uses to determine who profits and who loses. However for years we have blindly put our faith in this system, no questions asked. I see very little difference between the two positions; both require faith in something you cannot explain to deliver you what you require. However one is predicated on the idea of lack and a few having exclusive access to a limited pie, whereas the other has infinite possibilities to provide more than enough for everyone's needs.

What is your luck identity and how has this impacted your life? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

6 ways money harmony and true wealth mentoring can create your financial freedom

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:59:00 +0000

Money harmony and true wealth mentoring is a process that teaches the fastest and most direct route to move forward in your life or in your business, by helping you to break old redundant patterns of thinking and behaviours that are currently keeping you poor. And I don’t just mean in terms of notes and coins; poor; emotionally, psychologically and spiritually too. Money harmony and true wealth mentoring focuses on mastering the thoughts lead to feelings lead to actions and create results so that you are able to think the thoughts that enable money and wealth to flow into your life in abundance.

1. It Uses a Planning System

Money harmony and true wealth mentoring provides a space for you to get get everything out of your head and onto paper because it’s easier to move a thought forward on paper than it is in your head. Without a clear target to focus on outcomes are delayed and often not achieved at all. It would be like deciding to go on a journey to somewhere you’d never been before without any directions or a route map (GPS nowadays). Money Harmony and true wealth mentoring begins with ensuring that you have a crystal clear picture of your desired end state in mind. Naturally it doesn’t stop there, you also have to take massive action in order to create the wealth you wish to possess.

2. It helps you identify your big Y

“It’s easy to pay the price when the promise is clear.” Jim Rohn Money Harmony and true wealth coaching will help you identify your goal/ big Y, i.e. want to achieve, what type of life do you want to live and by when? This will help you to develop a strategy to put into action.

3. It helps you identify and clarify your purpose

It enables you to clarify your purpose in life. Once you can get down to the root of what it is that your are the most passionate about, what will drive you to achieve and give you a true sense of achievement. You reach a level of contentment that is unparalleled. Success is not just measured in terms of money. Happiness is far more valuable especially if you feels like you’re just not doing what you want to do in life.

4. It shows you where you’ve come from

A significant part of Money harmony and true wealth mentoring is uncovering your money history and the influence that this has had on where you find yourself now. This will help to make sure that you avoid repeating the old patterns in your money history and life which was the cause for their lack of wealth. More importantly, this also helps you to identify your strengths and how to deploy them for the maximum impact.

5. It will help you to develop strategies to spend less

Some people believe that if you set a budget and spend less you are not embracing the notion of abundance and limitlessness. However this is not the case. Behaving irresponsibly is not embracing abundance. If people really stopped and looked at all the money that seeps through their pockets on things that don’t provide lasting value, they would be shocked. Money Harmony and true wealth mentoring0 helps clients find ways to check their spending habits. Strategies like using only cash for purchases, collecting every receipt and adding it to a spreadsheet, or even creating a budget and sticking to it are good starts.

6. It holds you accountable

Money Harmony and true life mentoring holds you accountable for the things that you set as goals. Working with your coach/mentor on a regular basis will enable them to effectively chart where you are with each one and to take action to keep you on track.

How to stop feeling yourself into debt

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:14:00 +0000

PHOTOGRAPH BY GEOFF WARD 2009

When it comes to money or the lack of it, a big determinant is how you feel. Many people use money as a substitute for emotions. Either they use it to make themselves feel better, more in control, more powerful; or their emotions drive them to act in a way that is contrary to their long-term best interests. Alvin Hall, the internationally renowned financial educator and TV/radio broadcaster in his book Money Magic: seven simple steps to true financial freedom; identifies the six most common feelings that drive people into debt.

According to Alvin Hall, our deadly emotions lead us to misuse credit. Because our emotions are a powerful driver, it is worth analysing your debt problems to see which of these unhelpful emotions are fuelling your debt issues. The six emotions are:

1. Denial. Denial let's you ignore your money issues and so you don't see them mounting up. The problem is that remaining in a state of denial can be terminal for your financial health. If you are being secretive about what you are spending or have started to tell half-truths or worse still lies, then this could be your signal to get help.

2 . Entitlement. The feeling that you deserve to reward yourself continually can be a sign of big trouble to come. If you feel entitled to treating yourself with purchases you can ill afford this could be masking a deeper need for recognition and appreciation.

3. Compensation. This emotion is driven by a feeling that your past has earned you the right to have the things you were previously denied. The deep sense of missing out can be a disastrous combination with a credit card.

4. Crowd – think. This is the herd mentality. I.e. you should be doing it because everyone else is. Therefore, instead of budgeting within your means, you are drawn into the consumer game and whip out your credit card in competition with your friends who are engaged with the same activities.

5. Empty hope. This is relying solely on the promise of better things to come, it is living within a fantasy, where you are rescued by a marvellous lottery win or a great pay rise. There is a fine line between believing in the abundance of the universe and simply ignoring your financial situation.

6. Finally we come to fear. This is the fear of maths and numbers. Many people considered that the number side of finance scary. They stick their heads in the sand hoping that things will go away by themselves. If you want to be able to handle money a lot better, a good place to start is with understanding your emotions. As Alvin Hall says, stop blaming someone or something else, take control of your feelings by being aware of what they are and then let them know who is really in charge.

What impulse purchases have you made recently – what were your feelings at the time. Please share, I look forward to reading your thoughts and comments.

Are you putting up with 10%

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:43:00 +0000

You posses the most powerful tool in the universe, it’s your subconscious mind. Whilst you may currently find it difficult to believe especially if you are struggling to find answers to some of your more pressing problems at present; your subconscious mind knows everything. It has all the answers you require – the trick is to know how to use it correctly.

A common statistic banded around by the scientific community is that we only use 10% of our brains or minds. That means that we have the capacity of 90% of it that isn’t currently in use. Imagine you were asked to survive on only 10% of the calories you need each day. You would soon starve to death. Or if you could only use 10% of your lung capacity to breathe – there are many people with serious breathing problems who would tell you that would not no life. Or if you could only see 10% of the words in a book! 10% is such a small percentage of the whole that it is difficult to imagine how ignoring the 90% could in anyway be to your advantage.

It is incredible to think that we only use 10% of our minds to provide us with all the thinking that we do. Indeed it is quite amazing just how well we do on 10%. But here’s the thing – what if you could increase that by a mere 5%; given what you can do now that would surly put you in the genius league. I remember seeing a film once with John Travolta – one of the ones I suspect he’d rather forget. Anyway it was the story of a man who suddenly, due to a freak accident, had the use of 100% of his brain. I know it was science fiction but it did demonstrate the possibilities. For example he could learn languages in minutes, read books by looking at the page for a split second and even use his mind to move objects.

So why do we put up with using only 10% of our brain. I guess the answer is that we’ve got used to it because it meets our basic requirements. Also until relatively recently, before the advent of modern scientific equipment, there was no way to know just how much of your brain you were using.

The expanded use of our minds lies in our ability to engage our sub conscious mind effectively. Think of your subconscious mind as a perfect recorder. Everything it has ever seen heard, read experienced is stored there – even if you were unaware of the information going in. Consequently your subconscious mind knows everything. It has all the answers if you just use it correctly. It can lead you to a life of harmony, wealth, health, joy and success!

If you are still not convinced about the power you possess through your subconscious, try this little experiment. Before going to bed at night, programme your subconscious to wake you up at a specific time the next day by telling it what time you want to get up. Let's say you want to wake up at 7:00am. Before going to bed, tell your subconscious mind to "wake me up at 7:00am" and while saying this visualize a clock that reads 7:00. And sure enough your internal clock will wake you up at this time. Whether you get up or fall asleep again is a different story, but it works every time.

To use your subconscious mind to change your life you have to start making impressions on your subconscious mind. Using the same principle as the alarm clock start to tell your subconscious what you desire. One way to do this is to use affirmations, or you can sit in meditation and visualise what you desire. Your subconscious works better with feelings and emotions than abstract objects. So rather than sending it messages about things you want, focus on the emotional experience you will have as a result of having the thing or achieving your goal. For example if you want to attract more money flow into your life, concentrate on the feelings of wealth abundance and success, rather than money.

Whether you create an affirmation or sit in meditation, repeat the process several times during the day. It's best to do it in the morning when you get up and right before you sleep. This is when your mind is in an alpha state. Make sure you are really connected to the process and really mean it. It should not feel like something that is a chore. If it starts to feel this, take a break and remind yourself why you are doing it. Go back to your practice once you feel re energised about it.

If you need help with a problem or are in a situation where you have to make a tough decision and don't know which is the best for you. Ask your subconscious mind for help. You may say something like "Infinite wisdom of my subconscious mind, I ask for your help in deciding what is best for me now, I ask for your help and guidance in making a decision that is best for me."

Be still and listen to your subconscious mind. Close your eyes if need be and do not force anything to come to you but just be still and listen. If the answer doesn't come right away, that's ok. It's probably searching for the answer and it may take a little bit of time. Don’t worry; the answer will come…..maybe the next day or next week. You just need to be alert and open to receive it when it arrives. In my experience the answers arrive like a sudden moment of clarity and I just know what I need to do- as if I always did.

The answer may come from something outside of you, perhaps after you wake up. You may be clear in your thoughts on what to do. You may read or hear something that may enlighten you on what to do. You may receive your answer by running into a friend and she may say something that may help you decide. Just be patient and do not get frustrated and think too much about it.

Please share your thoughts and comments I look forward to reading them

What you think is what you see

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:19:00 +0000

Remember that old chestnut about whether the glass is half full or half empty – well, we all know it's both. What determines how you see it is the filters you have chosen to look through. We think of seeing through our eyes when the reality is that we see through our thoughts. Consequently there really isn't any such thing as a single completely objective way of seeing things.

Today I was watching a video of myself which will shortly be on my website. Now I am super critical of how I look on film. As my husband is fond of reminding me, I've never seen a picture of myself that I was truly happy with. Hence I wasn't allowed to select our wedding pictures. I did manage to get my sister to airbrush a couple that she had put up on her website. Why not? It made me feel better. But I digress.

As I was saying, I was watching a video of myself with my highly critical eyes on. The first time I watched it I thought I sounded almost incoherent and my make up was a funny colour. However by the time I'd watched it 4- 5 times, each time with a different member of my family watching it with me, it looked like a completely different video. You see their positive feedback had gradually changed my perception of it and I could see more of the good points than the bad. We really do see what we want to see and what we see reinforces our thoughts.

Vision is really perception or projection. We think of information going into our brains from our eyes which tells us what we see, when in reality it's more like information coming out of our brains being projected into the world and determining what we see and in turn, what we experience.

Whatever you think you know is really just your interpretation of events and experiences based on what you choose to see. If you see lack and scarcity, then you will experience lack and scarcity. If you see everyone struggling to make ends meet, then you will experience that too. However if you see wealth and abundance you experience a life fulfilment and contentment.

On average we blink 25 times a minute. Every time we reopen our eyes we have another opportunity to see things anew. How do you start to see things differently? It's easy; first choose to be open to the idea that things are going to be better. It helps if you affirm this to yourself by saying aloud something like “I am willing to be open to the opportunity to see things differently. “ Then just be open. Whenever you change your mind, soften your focus and look at things with new eyes you will see things in a new light.

What can you tell yourself each day to soften your focus and look at things anew? Please share your thoughts I look forward to reading them.

Our Money Matrix

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:14:00 +0000

Have you watch the film called The Matrix? If you haven't, you ought to- it is this a good film. Not only that, the plot provides an interesting analogy on the way we live our lives. That is the majority of us are actually asleep – we have chosen to live in a dream world because the reality of the real world is so terrible that we would rather sleep through life oppressed than awake and start to heal the world our ancestors were responsible for destroying.

In the film, Earth as we know it has been destroyed by the robots human beings created to make their lives easier. The robots gain consciousness and become aware of their power, then turn on humans and enslaved them instead, using their life energy to fuel a pointless world. (it's not clear why without hearts and souls the robots wanted to control the world).

The way we use money today can be seen as the robots and our relationship with it is our dream world, our matrix. Your money matrix is the degree to which you are prepared to live in a dream world whilst the real world is held hostage by money markets. Every day we hear that the money markets are this or the money markets are that, as if they have a life outside the control of individual human minds and choices. We believe we have prosperity, yet all the while our ideal world is being fuelled by the lives of those born into poverty and subhuman existence. Rather than waking up and reclaiming our world, warts and all, starting again and this time creating something where everyone benefits, we live in a dream.

As in The Matrix, we really do have a choice over whether to take the blue pill or the red pill. In the film this choice given to our sleeping hero by the leader of the resistance, Morpheus. Morpheus points out that waking up isn't pretty, but it is the truth. Not only is it the truth, it is also the opportunity to restart again with a different more inclusive agenda. One which aims to serve all of humanity by being good for all or at the very least does no harm.

Given the chance would you choose to stay asleep in a dream world or wake up to the truth? Please share your thoughts, I look forward to reading them.

Gems on the 'net

noreply@blogger.com (Ola2bfit) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:16:00 +0000

Every so often you come across some really touching and insightful gems on the 'net. Here’s one I thought I’d share with you. I copied it some time ago so I can’t even recall where it came from, so if you are the original author thank you for sharing. Enjoy!

“There is a story -- maybe an urban legend, but full of truth nonetheless -- concerning the famous violinist Itzhak Perlman. One evening, Perlman was in New York to give a concert. As a child he had been stricken with polio and getting on stage is no small feat for him. He wears braces on both legs and walks with two crutches. Perlman crossed the stage painfully slowly, until he reached the chair in which he seated himself to play.

As soon as he appeared on stage that night, the audience applauded and then waited respectfully as he made his way slowly across the stage. He took his seat, signalled to the conductor, and began to play.

No sooner had he finished the first few bars than one of the strings on his violin snapped with a report like gunshot. At that point Perlman was close enough to the beginning of the piece that it would have been reasonable to bring the concert to a halt while he replaced the string to begin again. But that's not what he did. He waited a moment and then signalled the conductor to pick up just where they had left off.

Perlman now had only three strings with which to play his soloist part. He was able to find some of the missing notes on adjoining strings, but where that wasn't possible, he had to rearrange the music on the spot in his head so that it all still held together.

He played with passion and artistry, spontaneously rearranging the symphony right through to the end. When he finally rested his bow, the audience sat for a moment in stunned silence. And then they rose to their feet and cheered wildly. They knew they had been witness to an extraordinary display of human skill and ingenuity.

Perlman raised his bow to signal for quiet. "You know," he said, "sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much beautiful music you can still make with what you have left."

We have to wonder, was he speaking of his violin strings or his crippled body? And is it true only for artists? We are all lacking something, and so we are all challenged to answer the question: Do we have the attitude of making something of beauty out of what we do have, incomplete as it may be?”

What great inspiring stories or thought have you come across on your forage through the internet. Please share thoughts I look forward to reading them.