WINNING THE THOUGHT BATTLE by Chris Widener

Our success starts long before our actions. In fact, our success begins in our thoughts.

The process is that thoughts become actions and actions produce results. So the equation starts with the thoughts. So the key to success is to start with and control the thoughts that we have. Good thoughts become good actions become good results.

But there is this predicament we have as humans. It is this "battle" we have with our thoughts. Thoughts of depression, negative thoughts, thoughts of fear etc constantly creep into our minds and cause us to act in certain ways that are going to produce the antithesis of the kind we want that will produce success.

So what can we do to win the battle with thoughts? Here are a few main points. Apply these immediately and then constantly and you will be on your way to winning the thought battle.

Guard your mind. Pretend that behind that forehead of yours is a very precious thing – your mind – because it is precious. If you had a storehouse of gold in your house, you would hire an armed guard to stand watch and keep all the bad guys out. Yet, many of us let any old ting come into our minds. We need to keep the bad thoughts, the negative thoughts O-U-T! Now when I say this, I mean both the ones that start in our heads and the ones that come from external sources.

Proactively place good thoughts in your head. Just like a garden, where you weed, or pull the bad stuff out, and plant, put the good stuff in, so we do the same thing with our thoughts. Buy tapes and music that will produce good, happy thoughts in your head! Watch TV programs and videos that put good thoughts in your head!

Avoid the naysayers. They are all around you. You work with them, you live near them – some are even in your family! Whatever you do, do not let them affect you with their negative thoughts. Spend as little time as you can with them (unless it is your spouse or kids – then you need counseling!)

Act on the positive thoughts that you do have. When a positive thought comes into your head, act on it! This will begin to produce a "bridge" between what you think and how you act! This will then make that transition even easier as time goes by!

Four key ideas to win the thought battle:

Guard your mind. Proactively place good thoughts in your head. Avoid the naysayers. Act on the positive thoughts that you do have.

Go forth and Win the Battle!

SIMPLY SOLVING THE PUZZLE by Vic Johnson

"Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose -- as he must until weakness is overcome -- the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph." – As A Man Thinketh

When most young children are given a puzzle to solve or put together that is especially challenging, most will make a good effort at solving it, but if unsuccessful will soon lose interest and abandon it. Some will even become angry at their failure to solve it and may throw a tantrum.

Contrast that with the experienced puzzle player who proceeds to put the puzzle together with an air of certain confidence that they will complete it. They know that they have all of the pieces of the puzzle before them so it is only a matter of finding out which pieces work where and once that's done the puzzle will be complete. Putting a piece in the wrong place is not a cause for concern; it's simply another step toward putting all of the pieces in their proper place.

I think of all the times in my life when I acted like a young child in dealing with the current puzzle in my life. Instead of turning over and trying the next piece, I got angry and walked away from the puzzle, seeing the puzzle as a problem instead of as an opportunity.

Napoleon Hill, author of the classic Think and Grow Rich, knew Thomas Edison and Henry Ford personally. He said of both men that the ONLY thing that was different about them from everyone else was their persistence. This gives rise to an interesting thought. Where would our civilization be today if either man had treated his puzzles like the impatient young child?

If you don't have all of the pieces of your puzzle on the table, then stop, identify them and get them on the table before proceeding. If, however, you've got them on the table, then take the approach of the experienced puzzle player. When they don't fit -- don't quit -- try another piece or move them to another place. While you're at it, learn another valuable lesson from great puzzle players. They don't just enjoy completing the puzzle; they delight in putting it together.

Napoleon Hill thought Persistence was a pretty important key to success -- he used the word 97 times in Think and Grow Rich and he devoted an entire chapter to it. Some of his wisdom includes, "The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word " persistence," but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel."

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Never give up until you have given your very best shot and had try all possible method include asking help from others!

The Butterfly Effect - by Ron White

It was 1960 and meteorologist Edward Lorenz was working in his lab. He was entering data into his computer in the hopes of modelling weather patterns when he stumbled upon a theory that is known as 'The Butterfly Effect'. He was entering wind speed, air pressure and temperature into three separate equations that were linked in a mathematical feedback loop. This equation allowed Lorenz to predict weather patterns.

One day Lorenz was in a bit of a hurry and opted to take a shortcut when entering the data. He rounded the numbers to the nearest one thousandth rather than to the nearest one millionth (for example, .407 instead of .407349). As a scientist, he knew this would change the result – however he expected only a minor change. Lorenz was astounded to discover that this tiny change made a profound impact on the final resulting weather pattern. This discovery led Lorenz to ponder: Does the flap of a butterfly's wing in Brazil cause a tornado in Texas? – Thus you have 'The Butterfly Effect' theory.

This theory has been applied to all areas of science since Lorenz's 1960 experiment.

What does it mean for your life?

It means that every decision or action that you make - no matter how small – could potentially dramatically alter the course of your life. My life, as I am sure yours is, is a testimony to the butterfly effect. When I was 12 years old, I met a friend named Brian in P.E. class. Over two decades later, Brian is still my best friend. At the age of 12, Brian had a thirst for learning and studying (the other 12 year olds called him a nerd) and he was a fitness fanatic. He still has these qualities and because of our friendship they rubbed off on me. At the age of 18, I needed a job and he secured me a job where he worked as a telemarketer. My third day on the job, I made a telemarketing call to someone in the seminar business. He thought I was a good telemarketer and offered me a job over the phone.

Did you follow that?

You are receiving this email from me, reading my books, or hearing me speak because I was offered a job at the age of 18 from a seminar company. I would have never been offered that job – if Brian hadn't gotten me the telemarketing job and Brian would never have known me if we hadn't met at the age of 12 in P.E! I have an insatiable desire for learning that began at age 12 and have developed into a fitness fanatic as well. Most of the major events in my life can be traced back to a conversation in a gym two decades ago – that is 'The Butterfly Effect.'

ACTION POINTS

Realize that 'The Butterfly Effect' is very real and small decisions or actions can make a huge impact on your life
Take responsibility for your decisions, actions and friends – even the tiny decisions – realizing that they can dramatically alter the course of your life.

Understand the importance of attention to detail. Years before 1986, the smallest flaw was overlooked in a Space Shuttle O-Ring. That flaw led to a horrific 'Butterfly Effect' and the deaths of seven Astronauts years later in January 1986.

Do not allow 'The Butterfly Effect' to paralyse you from inaction. Instead, use it as the spark of motivation to fan the fire of action – realizing that you control your destiny even in the tiniest of ways.

5 Simple Steps to Creating Whatever You Desire By By Adrian Cooper

We will now look at the very important process of manifestation; the conscious creation of your own reality; the manifestation of your wishes and desires. Always remember; there is absolutely nothing that you cannot be, do or have.

It is highly advisable before embarking on any manifestation project to meditate upon, or consider very deeply whether you really do need and desire any specific objective to manifest into your life and the life of those around you. Sometimes what seems to be a very good idea and desirable idea at the time turns out to be decidedly less than desirable once it manifests as a reality into your life.

It is most important to think only in terms of genuine needs and never of greed or the demands of the ego, as for example would be the case if you were comparing yourself with others. Before you manifest money, for example, you should think or meditate very deeply on what this money, or anything else you wish to manifest will really add, not only to your own life but also to that of your family, loved ones and others around you.

The process of creating anything and everything you could possibly desire is a natural, God given ability that everyone possesses, it is just that most simply do not know or realise it. The Universe is infinitely abundant; there are no limits on wealth or anything else.

When you know beyond any doubt that you are indeed a creator, a co-creator within this magnificent Universe in which we live, an aspect of The Source, The First Cause, God, then you will know beyond any doubts in your very being that you can realise all of your wishes.

The 5-Step Process of Manifestation

The process of manifestation is conceptually extremely simple, consisting of the following five steps: Know, Ask, Experience, Action and Gratitude.

1) Know your desire.
2) Ask for your desire.
3) Experience your desire.
4) Action towards your desire.
5) Gratitude for your desire.

These five steps will enable you to manifest absolutely anything at all into your own physical reality. Once learned, you will apply these steps naturally in your ongoing existence, and you will become a conscious creator of your own reality, shaping your world in precise accordance with your desires. You can enjoy a magical life of unlimited joy, harmony and fulfilment, always knowing that there is absolutely nothing that you cannot be, do or have.

Let us now take a detailed look at each of these important steps to realising your wishes.

Step 1: Know your desire.

This might seem obvious, but in fact many people simply do not really know what they desire. They might think they want this, that or the other, but never really consider it in great depth.

A friend gets a new car for example, and the person immediately believes that they need a new car, often a better car. A person might go shopping in an expensive store and see something that they cannot afford but believe they need or must have anyway because it will enhance their life in some way. Sometimes people simply decide on a whim that they need a particular item or event in their lives.

Knowing what you really do want is an extremely important first step in the process of manifesting a desire. Before proceeding therefore take as much time as you need to contemplate your desire, and if necessary meditate on your desire or ask for guidance.

Consider in detail as to what the object of your desire will really bring to you. How will it really benefit you? How will it make you happy and enhance your reality? And most importantly how will it help you towards arriving at where you really need to be?

You really do need to take as much time as is necessary to decide and to actually know beyond any doubt that you genuinely need the object of your desire and that your life will be enhanced by it in a positive way. Only you can make this decision; no one else can make it for you. This is your own reality to create; it is reality of no one else. You are the one who will need to live with whatever you bring into your reality, as well as being completely responsible for its affect on your family and all those around you.

It is also important to only focus on one objective at a time. Never waste your time and Energy by simply wishing, daydreaming or fantasizing about numerous things. You must decide on exactly what one single thing at a time that you really, genuinely need and desire above all else, and focus your entire Energy on that desire until such time as it has manifested into your life. There is no time limit on this step because it is so fundamentally important.

Finally you should never, ever, ever ask for money. As we have already discussed, money is, in and of itself totally meaningless. It is a merely a human construct, an object, a notional method of exchange which as far as the Universe is concerned is no more than Energy in the form of bits of physical metal, paper or electronic bits and bytes stored on a computer system. The Universe is infinitely abundant, everything you could possibly wish for already exists, however large or small, and all you need to do is to bring it into your physical awareness, and therefore your physical reality. Always ask for exactly what you want, and never place a monetary value upon it and again never, but never, ever ask for money.

Once you know beyond all doubt what you really want, you can proceed to the next step.

Step 2: Ask for your desire.

Ask and you shall receive. These are indeed ancient and most wise words.

Every wish is immediately and unconditionally granted; all we need to do is to know how to receive. It is in the receiving however that most people fail to realise their wishes.

Asking is in and of itself an important and very precise step in this process. You need to be positive, unambiguous and precise about how you ask for your desire to be realised. The asking process can be purely in the Mind, however one of the most powerful methods of asking is to simply write down your request on paper. The physical action of writing down your desire impresses your wish on your subconscious Mind that is directly in communication with The Source, as well as focussing your intentions, wishes and desires in a positive and unambiguous way.

Always write down your wish in the present tense. We have discussed and emphasised this previously and we must do so once again. You already have everything you could possible desire. All you need to do is to ask The Universe, The Source, God to bring it into your personal reality in order that you may physically experience it.

If for example you used the words "I want", then you will realise a perpetual state of "wanting". Remember, ask and you shall receive. "Wanting" is a human concept, but nevertheless one which the Universe will gladly provide upon request. Never "want" something, otherwise you will find yourself perpetually wanting that thing and never actually receiving it.

Your written request should be in the present tense and as short, precise and to the point as possible. There is no need to write an essay on why you must have this desire, simply state it exactly as you wish for it to manifest into your own physical reality. The subconscious Mind, although sublime and immensely powerful, being the majority of the totality of the Mind, is very child-like in the way it perceives instructions. The subconscious Mind will usually perceive direct instructions but not the rationale. If you endeavour to explain the reasons for your desire the subconscious might well either disregard or confuse what you are impressing upon it, and the results will reflect that.

The correct way to ask in the present tense could be as follows: "I now have a new car. My new car is blue in colour, has five doors and a CD player", I am really enjoying my new car". You may also add any other features you desire but keep the list to the point and above all totally unambiguous.

It is very important indeed having completed this step not to begin to long for the object of your wish to appear, or to wonder where it is, or in particular become frustrated. These are negative thoughts and emotions that will have a correspondingly negative impact on the object of your desires. You must know beyond any doubt whatsoever that your wish has already been granted in full, and that all you need to do now is to bring it into your physical reality.

It is also most important to have complete and absolute faith in The Universe, The Source, God, to bring the object of your desire into your physical reality. Any lack of faith will have a very negative effect on attracting the object of your wishes into your physical experiential reality by sending out vibrations that say you do not believe the object of your desire will manifest into your reality, in which case it will be granted and will not manifest.

You have now asked and it has already been given. All you need to do now is to allow your wish to appear within your personal, physical awareness and reality.

Step 3: Experience your desire.

Experiencing is an extremely important step towards allowing and therefore receiving the object of your desire into your physical reality. In order to experience what you have asked for you must allow it to manifest into your physical reality by The Law of Attraction, and that means bringing your Energy vibration into harmony with the desires you have already asked for and have been given. This is a fundamentally important step, and one that many people fail to realise when they are subconsciously transmitting wishes, thus failing to attract and experience the object of their asking.

Everyone constantly transmits desires whether they are aware of it or not. These desires are in the form of vibrations sent out to the Universe. The reason that most people are not aware of this is because they simply are not in a vibrational harmony allowing them to receive the object of their desires.

Allowing is to receive, and a very powerful method of receiving is to experience. Experiencing the object of your wishes will bring you into vibrational harmony with those wishes, thus enabling them to be attracted and manifest into your personal, physical reality.

By experiencing we do not mean physical experience because by this time you will not have the physical object or situation manifest in your experiential physical reality. The experience is therefore at this stage one of the imagination.

Whenever you have the opportunity to remain undisturbed for a time and your Mind is clear of other thoughts, sit down comfortably, relax as deeply as possible by taking a few deep breaths, and imagine yourself to be in the presence of the object or situation of your desires.

This process is particularly powerful just before sleep at night and just after awaking in the morning and before arising from bed. Use all five senses within your imagination to the maximum extent in order to experience your desires. Feel it, live it and be an integral part of it. For the time you are involved with this exercise you must be totally at one with the object of your desires. This process can be likened to playing a movie film in your head, in vivid Technicolor and surround-sound, while experiencing every aspect of the situation with all of your senses. This is one reason why we practiced creative visualisation in the previous chapter, creative visualisation utilising all the sense being a very powerful way of experiencing your desires and bringing your Energy into vibrational harmony with your desires.

While playing this movie in your Mind feel all of the emotions involved as intensely as possible that are associated with physically experiencing your desires now.

Always remember that desires, wishes and expectations are all in the present tense, and should never, ever be expressed or thought of as "wanting" which implies a perpetual state of lack and never receiving. Wishes, desires and expectations are always in the present tense, knowing, beyond any doubts whatsoever that the object of your desires already exists within the Eternal Now of The Universe and your inner reality, and that all that you have to do is to receive the object of your desires into your own personal reality.

Step 4: Action towards your desires.

Although the Universe, The Source, God will deliver into your physical reality anything that you desire, wish and ask for, it will empower the process considerably if your also take your own steps in the direction of your desires. This has many positive benefits including reinforcing on your subconscious Mind your total commitment to realising your desires in a totally unambiguous way.

This is does not of course mean that you physically have to go out there and do everything yourself. By taking positive steps in the direction of your desire you invoke another very powerful Energy, the Energy of intent. The Energy of intent will work in conjunction with the knowing, asking and experiencing in a very powerful way by reinforcing your claim on the object of your desire that already exists in the Eternal Now of the Universe.

In addition to the Energy of intent you must also firmly impress upon your subconscious Mind the fact that you are very serious indeed about materialising the object of your desire into your physical experiential reality. Your subconscious Mind is extremely powerful and is in direct communication with The Source. If you therefore have your subconscious Mind as well as your conscious Mind influencing all of the necessary Energy in the direction of bringing the object of your desire into your physical reality, it will be much more powerful and the object of your desire will manifest sooner as a result.

If for example you wish to manifest a new house, you should take positive actions to physically go out and look for one. You do not have to worry about whether you can afford it or not, that would be a negative emotion resulting in the negative influence of Energy, and in any case the realisation of your house is not your concern, it is for the Universe, The Source, God to materialise the object of your desires, your wishes your request into your own reality.

In the case of your new house, the very act of physically going out and looking for the house of your desires will not only project the positive Energy of intent, but will also very considerably and favourably influence other emotions such as excitement, all of which will add to the net positive effect on the positive Energy you are harmonising towards realising your desires. The same principle applies to any material thing or situation; the more you physically take steps in the direction of your desire, the more emotion you can feel as a result, and the more you can integrate the object of your desire into your very Being, the more powerful will be the effect, and the sooner you will be able to realise it within your physical reality.

So whatever you do you must take positive action towards your desires. The bigger and the more positive and frequent the action the better; but take some sort of action you must. Never take the Universe for granted and never wait until tomorrow, because the next day you will defer until tomorrow again, and you will never take that important first positive action in the direction of your desires.

As soon as you know your desire, have asked for it, and are experiencing it, you must then take steps towards it and allow the Universe to manifest your desire into your physical experiential reality in ways The Universe will take care of.

Step 5: Gratitude for your desire.

Gratitude is another extremely important emotional Energy that you really must project during the course of manifesting your desires.

In the context of manifestation, gratitude is another extremely powerful emotion. The power of gratitude functions at several levels. To feel sincerely grateful is to be in tune with the Universe. It conveys the Energy that you already know and appreciate the fact that you are an integral aspect of The Universe, and that you are grateful for being a conscious, infinite, immortal being and co-creator within the magnificent Universe in all of its Energy levels of splendour, glory and creation. You know beyond any doubt whatsoever that you are an integral, inseparable aspect of The Divine and that you live as an immortal Spiritual being who has been blessed with the Divine ability to create your very own reality.

Gratitude also conveys an acknowledgement for having received the object of your desire. Remember; you must always at all times think in terms of physically having the object of your desire actually within your physical possession. Along with those thoughts should be the feeling of the most intense gratitude for what you have already received from The Universe. Gratitude makes the object of your desires a real, tangible, integral aspect of your own reality, and the more real it is to you the sooner it will manifest into your personal experiential reality.

Gratitude conveyed with genuine sincerity brings you more into harmony with the Universe, and with it you become an even more natural creator of your desires. Those people who are completely aligned with the Universe, The Source, God are natural creators who live what seems to others like a "charmed", magical life, instantly manifesting anything at all into their own reality, the microcosm at will, just as God creates within the entire Universe, the Macrocosm. Such people are true Magicians, wizards and creators, and nothing is impossible to them.

Never, ever take anything at all for granted. Always feel deeply grateful for everything that happens in your reality, regardless of whether you consciously attracted it or whether you perceive it to be positive or negative. In the grand scheme of things everything that manifests into your physical reality is directly for the benefit of your own personal evolution, and you should be most grateful for it whether you consciously brought it into your own reality or not.

Being deeply grateful also helps to ensure that you never convey the Energy of dissatisfaction, which is a very negative Energy, and therefore from a physical perspective a very destructive emotion. Dissatisfaction, ungratefulness or unhappiness will send the wrong Energy into the Universe, which will in turn react with immutable perfection in reciprocating those negative emotions with more of the same. So whatever you feel dissatisfied, ungrateful or unhappy about will appear into your physical reality even stronger than ever, creating a vortex of negative Energy as causes with correspondingly negative effects.

Conversely, those things that you feel extremely satisfied, grateful and happy about will create a much higher, positive vibration, attracting more of the same into your life. The Universe always naturally moves in the direction of expansion and evolution, and never of contraction or destruction, so positive emotions are always much more powerful than negative emotions even though they are both Energy causes with the corresponding effects.

These then are the five powerful steps to attracting anything you could possibly desire into your life, where you can enjoy those desires into your own experiential physical reality. All of these five steps are individually very powerful indeed in their own right, but collectively they influence Energy so powerfully that you can manifest almost anything you desire into your personal reality with what might seem like amazing speed. You will soon come to know the truth that there is nothing that you cannot be, do or have. This process is an entirely aspect of the Universe; God always intended us to be joyous creators in the microcosm just as He/She is a joyous creator in the Macrocosm, and it is the destiny of mankind to understand these truths thereby realising the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

The entire Universe always moves in the direction of expansion, evolution and life, and as an extension of The Source Energy it is your destiny to live in harmony with The Universe, The Source, with God. So create joyfully in the knowledge that you are fulfilling your role as a co-creator in the Universe. The Universe is infinitely abundant and enjoys infinite expansion and growth. Never therefore be ashamed, hesitant or unhappy about creation; create anything and everything you desire with great Joy, Love and Gratitude in the certain knowledge that you are an immortal aspect of God, a Spiritual Being, a co-creator within this magnificent Universe as you joyfully fulfil the ultimate reality of evolving back to The First Cause, The Source, back to God from when you first came as an immortal Spiritual Being.

KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY WANT! By Lisa Jimenez, M. Ed.

If you want to conquer fear, breakthrough limiting beliefs, and live a life you love, you need to know what you really want. What do you really want?
 
It seems odd that grown people would not know what they want and often don't hold the power to act on their dreams. Yet, it is very common. Kids, on the other hand seem t know exactly what they want. Why? One reason is that they have the time to daydream, fantasize, and think. Adults, with busy schedules, don't take the time to do this. If you haven't asked yourself lately what you want, then you probably don't know the answer. You are either living out someone else's dream for you or you are settling for what's simply good when you could have what is best! Either of these two scenarios lead to an unfulfilled life of someone asking, "Is this all there is?"
 
Take some time to daydream – right now. Think about what your dream life would look like? What time would you get up most mornings? Who would be in your life? What would your day look like? What job would you have? How would you be spending your time?

Keep a dream book where you write down (and even draw pictures) of what your dream life would look like. The most amazing this will happen: You will begin watching yourself grow into your dreams! You'll look back at your dreams of five years ago and think, "Gosh, I did that – no problem."
 
There is so much power in knowing what you want. Clarity gives you power. When you know what you want, and you begin acting on those wants (even in small ways), every day of your life looks more exciting. You'll look back and see unfolding miracles that make your dream happen. If it's true that God give you the desires of your heart, then it is imperative that you know your desires and have the courage to communicate them. You will begin the process of creating them b first taking the time to realize them!
 
Know What You Really Want!

Love & Marriage

  Love & Marriage  (do u agree?)

A student ask a teacher, "what is  love ?" The  teacher said, "in order to answer your question,  go to the padi  field and choose the biggest padi and come back.    

But the  rule is: you can go throught them only once and cannot turn back to pick."      

The  student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big padi,but he  wonders....may be there is a bigger  one later. Then he saw another bigger one... but may be there is a even bigger one waiting for him.  Later, when he finished more than half of the padi field, he start to realise  that the padi is not as big as the previous one he saw, heknow he has missed the  biggest one, and he regretted !!!!

So, he ended up went back to the teacher  with empty hand.      

The  teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but  when later you realise, you have already miss the person...."       

"  What is  marriage then ?" the  student asked.    

The  teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose  the biggest corn and come back.      

But  the rule is: you can go throught them only once and cannot turn back to pick.    

   " The student went to the corn field, this  time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle  of the field, he has picked one medium corn that he feel satisfy, and come back  to the teacher.      

   The teacher told him, "this time you bring  back a corn.... you look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and  believe this is the best one you get.... this is marriage  ."  

  

  

Carrot, Egg & Coffe

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how
things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make
it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It
seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first
she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she
placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a
word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the
carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and
placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a
bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She
did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter
to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed
the hard-boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the
coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked, "What does it mean?"

Her mother explained each of the objects had faced the same adversity -
boiling water. Each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being
subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid
interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became
hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with
pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the
heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and
stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and
tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water,
the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it
releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things
are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.


When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you
elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you
a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you
happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The
brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go
forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

You may want to send this message to those people who mean something
to you; to those who have touched your life in one way or
another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those
who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down;
to those whose friendships you appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life.

If you don't send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to
brighten someone's day with this message!

It's easier to build a child than repair an adult!

This is so true - may we all be COFFEE!!

LIFE WOULD BE EASY...IF IT WEREN'T FOR PASSIVE PEOPLE By Connie Podesta

Have you ever said "yes" when you meant "no"? Agreed to do something you really didn't want to do? Given in to someone's demands because you didn't want to make them angry or hurt their feelings? If so, then you have used a passive communication style.

The Passive Personality - Path of Least Resistance

Indeed, there are some times when you will decide it is not worth the hassle, anguish, frustration, time or energy to deal assertively with a person or situation. Instead, you choose to ignore or avoid the problem, often hoping it will just go away. These are your passive times.

Passive personalities are intimidated when faced with manipulative anger and feel guilty when faced with manipulative hurt. Passives may avoid a confrontation, but in so doing they create a great deal of unhappiness for themselves. Most stress is caused by avoiding problems and people rather than dealing with them.

No more excuses, please.

People with passive personalities love to tell themselves that their input does not matter. They even make excuses when someone is treating them badly. Rather than place the blame on the manipulator, they often blame themselves saying, "It must be me. Something I did caused this to happen." The passive plays right into the hand of the aggressive personality.

It's easy to see why aggressives love to work with, be friends with and marry passive people. Aggressives like to push others to the limit to see just how much they can get away with. Passives often fail to set any limits at all. They would rather let others make the decisions so they do not have to be responsible if things do not work out.
 

We all have the power to make our own choices as adults and we have the obligation to assume responsibility for those choices. No one will treat us any better than we expect to be treated. You may have experienced things in your life over which you had no control, but you can control how you allow those experiences to define you as a person.

There are two main reasons passives have a hard time with confrontation. Many simply hate the physiological changes that take place in their bodies when they are in a tense situation. The fear of what might happen if you take a stand combined with the anger and frustration of not speaking up is enough to make anyone ill. Many more learned at a young age that in order to stay out of trouble they needed to keep their heads down and their mouths shut.

Assertive is about taking control of your life. Passive is about letting go of control and handing it to others. Setting boundaries means identifying healthy and ethical principles upon which to base your life and making sure that how you treat others and are treated by others is within the framework of those principles.

How do passives get their way?

They seldom do. Passives generally have low esteem as a result of making unhealthy, even self-destructive, choices. Passive people usually avoid saying "no" in order to be nice. They think the only alternative to being nice is to be mean or selfish. Aggressives enjoy being around passive people because passives allow them to do their own thing, in their own time, in their own way, even if it involves manipulation and/or abuse.

Passives are generally intuitive people who play a game called "let's see if you can guess what I want". The problem is that they expect others to do the same for them. This "testing" usually leads to their disappointment.

Surprisingly, the passive person values healthy, assertive principles for everyone but themselves. They do not believe they deserve what they work so hard to give to everyone else. In the passive person's futile attempt to be all things to all people, they often fail to live up to the very principles they work so diligently to model.

When passivity becomes our default response, then we have a problem because not only do we continue to "compromise" with nothing gained, but our ethics and values are inevitably compromised as well. As a result, our self-esteem is diminished. Compromising with another person is one thing. Compromising ourselves is quite another. It is nearly impossible to maintain a healthy sense of self-respect when passive is the communication style of choice.

Take Action!
 
Think about a time when you chose to be passive.

Why did you choose to be passive? Were you afraid of hurting someone's feelings? Were you afraid of making someone angry?

Do you often wish you had said or done something instead of remaining silent? If so, think about communicating more assertively in the future.
 

if u work over time....something wrong there....

Mr. Narayana Murthy is undoubtedly one of the most famous persons from
Karnataka. He is known not just for building the biggest IT Empire inIndia
but also for his simplicity. Almost every important dignitary visits InfoSys
campus. He delivered an interesting speech during an employee session with
another IT company in India . He is incidentally, one of the top 50
influential people of Asia according to an Asiaweek publication and also the
new IT Advisor to the Thailand Prime Minister.

Extract of Mr. Narayana Murthy's Speech during Mentor Session:

I know people who work 12 hours a day, six days a week, or more. Some people do so because of a work emergency where the long hours are only temporary.Other people I know have put in these hours for years. I do not know if theyare working all these hours, but I do know they are in the office this long. Others put in long office hours because they are addicted to the workplace.

Whatever the reason for putting in overtime, working long hours over the
long term is harmful to the person and to the organization. There are things
managers can do to change this for everyone's benefit. Being in the office
long hours, over long periods of time, makes way for potential errors.

My colleagues who are in the office long hours frequently make mistakes
caused by fatigue. Correcting these mistakes requires their time as well as
the time and energy of others. I have seen people work Tuesday through
Friday to correct mistakes made after 5 PM on Monday.

Another problem is that people who are in the office long hours are not
pleasant company. They often complain about other people (who are not
working as hard); they are irritable, or cranky, or even angry. Other people
avoid them. Such behaviour poses problems, where work goes much better when people work together instead of avoiding one another.

As Managers, there are things we can do to help people leave the office.
First and foremost is to set the example and go home ourselves. I work with
a manager who chides people for working long hours. His words quickly lose
their meaning when he sends these chiding group e-mails with a time-stamp of 2 AM, Sunday.

Second is to encourage people to put some balance in their lives. For
instance, here is a guideline I find helpful:
1)  Wake up, eat a good breakfast, and go to work.
2)  Work hard and smart for eight or nine hours.
3)  Go home.
4)  Read the books/comics, watch a funny movie, dig in the dirt, play with
your kids, etc.
5)  Eat well and sleep well.
 

This is called recreating. Doing steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 enable step 2. Working
regular hours and recreating daily are simple concepts. They are hard for
some of us because that requires 'personal change'. They are possible since
we all have the power to choose to do them.

In considering the issue of overtime, I am reminded of my oldest son. When
he was a toddler, if people were visiting the apartment, he would not fall
asleep no matter how long the visit was, and no matter what time of day it
was. He would fight off sleep until the visitors left. It was as if he was
afraid that he would miss some thing. Once our visitors' left, he would go
to sleep. By this time, however, he was over tired and would scream through
half the night with nightmares. He, my wife, and I, all paid the price for
his fear of missing out.

Perhaps some people put in such long hours because they do not want to miss anything when they leave the office. The trouble with this is that events
will never stop happening. That is life! Things happen 24 hours a day.
Allowing for little rest is not ultimately practical. So, take a nap. Things
will happen while you are asleep, but you will have the energy to catch up
when you wake.

Hence,
"LOVE YOUR JOB, BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE COMPANY STOPS LOVING YOU"
 

Your Little Finger show your character...

Know yourself better!

FRIENDSHIP by Zig Ziglar

Somebody remarked that a stranger is simply a friend you haven't met. My trusty 1828 Noah Webster dictionary says that a friend is one who is attached to another by affection, which leads him to desire his company, or one who has sufficient interest to serve another.

The dictionary definition amply describes Mike Corbett who, along with his friend Mark Wellman, started the assault on El Capitan on July 19, 1989. El Capitan is a sheer rock wall 3,569 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley in northern California. It is one of the most difficult mountains for rock climbers to scale. The combination of difficulty and danger is sufficient to test the strength and courage of even the world's most elite climbers.
 

It took Wellman and Corbett seven days to make the climb. They encountered temperatures of up to 105 degrees and wind gusts that made the ascent even more difficult. When they reached the summit, Corbett stood in triumph, but Wellman just kept his seat. Wellman is the first person to scale El Capitan without the use of his legs.

Wellman had given up climbing in 1982 after he was paralyzed as the result of a fall. From that point on the only rock climbing he did was in his dreams. Then Corbett convinced him they could climb the mountain together. Wellman certainly couldn't have done it without Corbett, who led the way and helped Wellman move through each stage, higher and higher. On the seventh day, Corbett was unable to secure the pitons in the loose rock skirting the summit. Knowing that a misstep would send them both plunging to their deaths, Corbett hoisted Wellman onto his back and clambered the remaining distance to the top.

An old but very true statement holds that if you would have a friend, be a friend. I encourage you to be a friend as Mike Corbett was to Mark Wellman.
 

 

FREE TIME by Ron White

A few months ago, my friends and I were having dinner. The topic of success came up and I remained silent. I wanted to hear what they had to say. Someone who had been my friend for over 20 years spoke to the group, however, I knew his words were meant for me. He boldly proclaimed, "Success is all luck...luck...that is all it is!" He then looked at me as if to say, "You are a lucky man and that is it."

I didn't say a word, however, I confess that it hurt. He was one of my best friends and although it wasn't a direct quote -- he was telling me that he didn't respect my success because it was all luck. In other words, he could have done the same if he was just as lucky.
 

 mulled this over for a few days and then let it go. What could I do?

Then about two weeks ago my truck window broke and I had to park in his garage for the day to stay out of the rain. I was stuck at his home for six hours. During this six hours, I watched five of his friends come over and they all watched the comedy channel and consumed adult beverages for 5 hours. It was driving me up a wall! I wanted to go for a run, write, read a book, goal set, strategize or spend time with someone that I loved. Instead, I wasted 6 hours watching the comedy channel.

I am not suggesting that watching television or the comedy channel is a waste of time. Most certainly not. However, it was obvious that this was their daily routine. Then it hit me!

Success is not a result of luck. It is a result of how you spend your free time!

He and I both work hard, the difference is when my work day is done my free time is productive and his is not.

Success is a result of luck?... No, success is a result of how you spend your free time.
 

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Lenard Entry:

 

You can do what ever you want during your free time.  Do the business that you already in or do nothing at all by just sitting at home.  All is about Choice That You Choose!!

 

Make up your mind now and don't regrad latter! Don't blam others as if he got lucky!

 

Go out of your house and meet someone or anyone now!

The Hypnotic Power of Confusion By Joe Vitale

"Did you walk to work or carry a lunch?"

Huh?

My father asked me that question more than 25 years ago. I still remember it. Why? Because it's a ridiculous question.

A famous comedian in the 1950s used to ask people, "Got a banana?" The question might make sense if asked in the right situation, but he asked it everywhere. I've forgotten the name of the comedian, but I still recall his question. Why? Because it's strange.

As I write this, I am creating new business cards for myself. I decided to add a confusing line to it. After some fun brainstorming with my girlfriend, I settled on, "Ask me about the monkey."

Why is "Ask me about the monkey?" worth putting on my business card? As with my father's question and the comedian's question, it stops your brain in its tracks. It makes you pause. It makes you focus on ME. The theory is that once you stop someone with a confusing line, you can then implant a hypnotic command right after it.

In other words, if I write something like, "Apples desk fly dirt," and then follow it with, "Read my new ebook," the chances are very high that you are going to want to read my new ebook.

Why? Because the first line jammed your mind, and the second line slipped into your brain while you weren't looking. I've just upped the odds that you will buy my new e-book. And if you don't, of course, it doesn't matter because I never really told you to go buy it. See?

The same thing will happen on my new business cards. Since I'm now known as "The World's First Hypnotic Marketer," I wanted a strange, confusing line on my new card. When someone sees, "Ask me about the monkey," and then asks me about the monkey, I can simply point out that I practice hypnotic selling and I just got them to do what I wanted.

The Japanese practice this "hypnotic confusion," but probably unknowingly. A friend of mine who flew to Japan reported to me that the English phrases on all the Japanese products were bizarre. A tube of toothpaste might say, "Green days you not sing." A box of cookies might say, "Wood above fish."

How can you use this secret right now? Don't be afraid to be confusing. People tend to sort out whatever you say anyway and make sense out of it using their own terms. If you are describing your product in great detail, be willing to toss in something odd. It may increase sales.

If not, swirl up!

How to Command Others With Hypnotic Phrases By Paul Handforth

There are certain words and phrases that have a very powerful influence on the mind of the receiver. In your case that means the women you are trying to win over. If you want to learn about key words and phrases that will make sure that she stays totally focused on you, this chapter is a very important one. Read it, absorb it and take the lessons away to help you to control conversations.

Professionals use these key words and phrases in disciplines such as sales and psychology. They are employed to tap into the minds of those they want sell to, or to have influence over. They have an immediate and hypnotic impact on the mind, instantly gaining the attention of the listener. Used correctly they can ensure that the other person's attention remains locked onto you and the message you are trying to convey.

The use of these words and phrases will hook her. Dropping one or more in from time to time will ensure that she stays hooked on you and what you are saying. Apply the following lists of suggestions and observe as she only has eyes and ears for you.

Five Hypnotic Ways to Get a "Yes!"

If you end a statement with a question it can induce people to automatically say, 'Yes'. They will not think about it, but are conditioned to confirm what you are suggesting. Making the positive statement invites them to do so too.

The following five statements will usually result in a positive response:-

1. "You will have another drink, won't you?"
2. "You look after yourself well, don't you?"
3. "You'll be here when I get back, right?"
4. "You know what I am saying, don't you?"
5. "You are a really positive person to have a conversation with, aren't you?"

How can she refuse when you have already planted the answer to your question in her head?

Just imagine some of the questions and answers you could plant deep inside her mind... Do you see the raw power of this method?

Ways to Focus Her Attention on You

Use the following to switch her immediately on to what you are talking about. If you have something important to say, which you need her to be focused on, here are some very effective words and phrases that can help. Used immediately prior to your point, they will help to instantly swing her attention your way.

1. "Promise you won't repeat this to anyone, but..."
2. "Now don't miss a word of this ..."
3. "Do you want to know a secret?"
4. "Now listen closely ..."
5. "How good are you at keeping a secret?"
6. "I shouldn't really be telling you this, but..."
7. "Stop!"
8. "You're not going to believe this, but..."

Sales and the Law of Attraction By Bob Doyle

I'm going to challenge your belief system, or at least I'm going to try.

I'm going to tell you exactly why you make a sale, and why you do not.

By doing this, I'm going to give you access to some extraordinary principles that seem to fly in the face of logic, but nonetheless are at work in your life every moment of every day.

There is a Law put in place that permeates the entire Universe. It is called the Law of Attraction. And while this idea is generally associated with the new age and metaphysical communities, it is in fact, a Law. This means that there is no one entity in the Universe that is 'immune' to it.

To understand the Law of Attraction on a practical level, you need to have a basic understanding of the building blocks of our Universe. Specifically, you need to know that at our most basic physical level, we are 99% empty space. We are in fact, pure Energy. And this Energy has a specific characteristic that if we understand it fully, we can use this characteristic to create a life beyond our wildest dreams. And that includes making more sales, with more commission, and more effortlessly than you would have thought possible.

The Law of Attraction is all about this characteristic that I mentioned. That is that Energy attracts like Energy. I understand that we're talking about non-tangible things here, and that some of this is beyond the scope of what you've thought about before, thus this all might seem very far out. However, I urge you to continue reading so that you can see that regardless of what you think about it, it IS at work in your life, and thus you have the power to redirect anything and everything in your experience.

All Energy vibrates. Everything has a specific and unique vibration. You need to understand that EVERYTHING is Energy, including your thoughts, dreams, and passions. When two vibrations are in resonance, they attract each other.

This manifests in subtle ways in our lives every day. We'll be thinking about someone and they will call. You'll think about something you want, and suddenly you obtain it through completely unexpected means. How does this happen?

Every thought and feeling you have has a vibration. It's resonating out into the Universe at a specific frequency, basically seeking a matching vibration -- it's the nature of Energy to do that. If you're thinking about talking to a person, and really feeling what that would be like, you are literally attracting the circumstances for that feeling to manifest physically. You are attracting a situation that is in perfect resonance with what you're vibrating. When you do that, the Universe WILL respond appropriately every time.

Given this, imagine the possibilities as it applies to sales!

First, you have to understand that this is not about making other people do what you want them to do 'against their will'. To the contrary, it is about learning to literally ATTRACT the appropriate people who WANT to buy from you -- because those people are out there. Most people work far too hard trying to FIND the appropriate buyer, expending time and Energy on people who are not a vibrational match for them.

Think about that. Wouldn't it be nice to NOT have to cold call all the time? Wouldn't it be nice to know that nearly everyone you deal with is going to make a purchase, or even be a lifetime customer? Of course it would. And you can achieve this to the extent that you will allow yourself to.

So you're wondering how to utilize this Law of Attraction principle specifically.

It's actually quite a simple process, however not always so easy for everyone. Many people have all kinds of 'stuff' --limiting beliefs -- about what is possible or necessary with regards to succeeding in sales. They've learned that nothing short of hard work will result in success, and they have had many models in their lives that have demonstrated this to be 'true'. However, there is NO Truth to it. It's simply a belief. And if that belief runs through you, it affects your energetic vibration -- your frequency -- and limits what you can attract into your experience no matter how much you consciously want something different.

To attract something into your experience, such as a multitude of sales, you have to go from 'wanting' it, to feeling that you already have it. There is a very specific vibration to 'wanting'. It implies you don't have it. The feeling that you don't have it causes your vibration to attract only more of 'you don't have it'. It's simply responding appropriately as it always will.

Instead you have to take the idea of 'visualizing the sale' to a whole new level ' because simple visualization without emotion does not serve to attract anything. The attraction starts at the level of your emotion. Changing your emotion is what changes your frequency, much like a radio, and thus changes what you will attract.

You will need to be clear exactly how you want to feel as a result of making a sale -- or lots of sales. Are you? Is this about how you want to feel, or about how much money you want to make? This is a major distinction, and a very important concept. Don't make this about the money. Money carries a lot of 'stuff' for many people. And besides, money is not the end goal here, is it? What will you do with the money? Whatever you do, you're doing it in anticipation of the FEELING you want to have as a result of spending it.

Being very clear on this FEELING that you're going after will accelerate results in every single area of your life -- not just sales. What do you want to feel? To the extent that you can conjure up that feeling, you then change your 'attraction frequency', thus you begin to attract to you the circumstances necessary to perpetuate or match that feeling that you have. This takes some discipline. And as I said, there is often 'stuff' that comes up. You should know that all that 'stuff' is simply disturbances in your energy system, and nothing more. It can all be dealt with and eliminated through a variety of techniques.

You're going to makes sales from time to time whether or not you are intentionally trying to use the Law of Attraction. But it's still going to be determined by what you're vibrating. You're kind of 'selling by default'. Depending on where you have your attention during the course of the week, and how you're feeling, you will attract all sorts of people. Some will be a match and others won't. However, you can be more intentional about whom you attract by simply putting yourself in the feeling of what that will be like; to work with enthusiastic people who just can't WAIT to buy from you!

Feel the sale.

Do you want a BIG sale, or a smaller one? You can have either. The Law of Attraction doesn't care. It doesn't know 'big and small'. Those are concepts that we (humans) made up, and are totally perception'basically illusion.

What counts is how you feel.

Sometimes you'll be confronted with issues of 'deserving'. You'll realize that somewhere within you, you have a belief that extraordinary success is beyond you, or that you aren't worthy of it somehow. There is, of course, absolutely no truth to that whatsoever. This again is another limited emotion and belief that CAN be eliminated with just the slightest amount of training. And hopefully, you're selling because you love selling. You're selling because it's who you are. It's a passion. Many people 'sell' because they feel it's a good way to make money, but it's far from what they believe their purpose to be. This will always hold them back to some extent from the success they desire. Their vibrational frequency is all over the map as they go through various 'roles' during their day. This is the recipe for mediocrity at best.

But if you believe you are here to sell -- perhaps something specific -- I invite you to begin to intentionally envision unreasonable success for yourself. But know what success means to you. What do you truly want as a result of a successful sales career? Is it time? Freedom? Peace? For the most part, these are the types of things people are really seeking from financial success. I invite you to shift the amount of energy you spend on a day to day basis from what you think 'needs to be done in order to' and instead give some time to how wonderful you're going to feel when you've achieved it, and get into the feeling of having it now.

Again, I realize that this process sounds very bizarre to many. It doesn't seem, on the surface, to make sense. But we are not talking at the level of 'surface'. We're looking much deeper -- at a highly scientific, albeit complex -- level of what we're truly made up of beyond the skin and bones we consider ourselves to be. When you can open your mind to some slightly advanced concepts, you will begin to tap into an incredible power that has ALWAYS been at work in your life, and has always been at your disposal to use.

Unfortunately most people are never taught these things, because not that many people have looked seriously at them, or know anything about them. And this doesn't make them any less true. Further, there ARE many who do intentionally use these principles every day and know unreasonable success in ALL areas of their lives ' not just financially.

And now, you know the 'secret' as well. You can scoff at it, and go right back to doing things how you've always done them. Win some, lose some. Or you can just give it a try for a while and see what happens. You have absolutely nothing to lose. It's something you can do in private. It costs you nothing, and can gain you everything.

To summarize (and yes, I know it seems too simple):

Feel the sale. Run a movie in your mind of EXACTLY how you'd like your sale to transpire, but pay total attention to how you FEEL about experiencing that sale in the 'now' moment of visualizing it. Make the feelings as intense and realistic as possible. Imagine the transaction on every sensory level -- any sights, sounds, smell, feelings, etc. that you can generate will help you 'fine tune' the vibration so that you attract exactly what you want. While I explain this as a basically simple process, there are nuances to all of this, of course. But all of those nuances have to do with eliminating resistance in an individual with regard to attracting what they truly believe they want.

How to Sell Anything to Anyone By Nathan Blaszak

It's mind-boggling to me when I talk to most copywriters, marketers and entrepreneurs and they desperately search for the best approach to communicate or market a written message – when the most obvious tools are staring them right in the face.

What's even more baffling to me is that many of them have to search for the "best way" to motivate prospects to buy their product and services – instead of first understanding what unconsciously motivates them to act.

If you haven't guessed what the most obvious tools are that's staring you right in the face, its unconscious psychological devices – more particularly, the thinking habits of every brain on the face of the planet earth.

Unconscious psychological devices are "motivations" of the mind that are embedded deep within a person's brain, and require a simple "push button" trigger to activate an automatic response action from their brain in the form of placing an order, a request for more information (generating leads), and/or a phone call or visit to the store or other place of business.

The concept of mind control has always been irresistible to
copywriters, salespeople, marketers and entrepreneurs. Why? Obviously, it gives the person who knows these psychological devices the privileged benefits to "push button" automatic fortunes.

If you're a writer, in business or in the marketing arena who's
interested in specializing in this million dollar knowledge, you're in luck because I'm going to share 7 of them with you right now. And here they are:

1. Story– Everyone loves a good story
There's a magic that happens when you tell a story. The reader or
listener has to become part of the story, in order to make sense of it. This
is where you get them to FEEL, and almost realistically experience – in
their imaginations, what you're telling them. Unconsciously, this
creates a memory and it is harder to forget. Finally, it helps you create a
bond with your prospect.

Application: Relate to your prospect and come up with a story that
gives them imaginative reasons to use your product or service.

2. Time Distortion – "Pretending They Already Are"
Here's the attitude: "You already want and own this product and let me
show you what it's like to." Basically, what you're doing is future
pacing their thoughts as if they are holding your product or service in
their hands. Use simple descriptive phrases that initiate a "sense" or
"touch" response, and it instills in the mind of your prospects that they
already own it. They will begin to imagine the benefits of doing so all
on their own.

Application: If you sell books, they are flipping though the pages.
Electronics, they are using this neat gadget (pushing the buttons,
twisting knobs etc). Cars, boats, anything – get in and drive it, grab the
wheel.

3. Credibility – To Project Authority
Make what you say believable, and nothing outrageous. Who is backing
your message? Do you have happy buyers of your products or services? What
do they have to say? Put that in your message. Show them experts
endorse your products. If it's not believable, your prospects are going to
"pick up" on that. Credibility instills what you're saying is true,
period. Just give proof.

Application: Ask your customers for testimonials, even if you have to
ethically bribe them for one. Offer a free sample, bonus, or report.
Simply put, the more credibility you create for you and your product or
service, the more believable the message becomes, and the less resistance
they have when it comes to make a buying decision.

4. Urgency – To Act Now
Even if your sales message is emotionally driven and powerful -- making
them feel like the want to buy, place a sense of urgency to reinforce
them to buy it now, and to not wait, period. Limited offers, supplies
won't last, this deal won't last long. No matter how powerful your sales
message is, if they get away – after so long, the feeling and their
buying decision erodes away their desire to buy now, until it's gone.

Application: Come up with a compelling reason to get your prospect to
feel so compelled it's absolutely necessary they must buy it now,
because it's urgent. Maybe use "fear of loss."

5. I Gave It To You Free, You're Guilty – To Create The Return Effect.
Ever get an offer in the mail of a free sample of a product? Ever go to
a website and get 3 free chapters of a book? Giving something to
someone for free creates guilt, the feeling to give back. If your friend buys
you dinner, you might feel the need to buy it next time. It's human
nature. When something's given, the desire to give back is created.

Application: Give away a free sample or report – anything for free.
Make sure it is something of real value. After, suggest that you've given
them something and how they're one tuff nut to crack, because you've
given them something for free, and you haven't heard back from them. Sit
back, and watch them buy.

6. Commit then remain Consistent – To Create Long-Term
Friendships/Action
Here's the attitude: "If you're buying from me now, we're friends;
you'll buy more from me too." You've won the customers trust once you've
established the first sale, and once they're happy, make them happy again,
and again. Buy something from the television and you're almost always
asked to buy more, it's simple. Then, two months later, another offer
from that same company rings on your phone in the other room, or the
offer is waiting in your mail box when you get home. Normally, being a much
higher priced product or service. Why not ask? You're obviously
qualified.

Application: If they buy once, get them to buy again and again. If you
sell information memberships, sell all the tools and products that the
membership consists of (improving your golf game membership website –
sell golf clubs, balls, clothing, shoes etc.) If you sell them a book,
sell them a home study course that's more expensive.

7. Curiosity – To Keep Your Prospect Tuned In
Early in your sales presentation, promise what will happen when they
finish and complete your sales presentation, and keep them curious.
Curiosity is a powerful tool you can use to keep your prospect in suspense,
and to search out the answers to satisfy that strong desire to "fill
in" the missing information. Leave out certain information in your
benefits that "trigger" the thought "What will happen if?"

Application: Instill and arouse curiosity early in your sales
presentation to cause your prospect to want to complete your message (i.e. tell
them there's a misspelled word in your sales copy, and if they can find
it – they get a special deal. Ask them if they want to compelling
benefit, and tell them they'll find the answer as they continue to read, or
pay attention to you.

As you've probably noticed, it's infinitely more powerful to apply
these psychological devices in your presentation when you realize they all
open the flood gates of a person's brain, and deliver compelling
emotions and complex thoughts and meaning. Anyone who comes across one of
these seven applications will "undergo" the spell of this covert influence
because it sparks response below a person's surface awareness.

So, the only question to ask yourself is: "Are *you* going to use them?
To find out, simply go through the following checklist, and count the
number of items that apply to you.

1. You want more sales

2. You're willing to look through your sales presentation making sure
each of these devices are applied

3. You prefer to *use* powerful knowledge over just "knowing it"

4. You want more power in your ability to influence others on
undetectable brain levels

5. You are curious and interested in creating more powerful
"unconscious" influence

6. Covert persuasion and influence doesn't scare you and you'll use it
to your advantage in ethical and judicious ways

7. You are willing to sit down and brainstorm how you can apply these
psychological devices to your sales presentations, even if only applying
one device a day, because you know it'll bring your more sales, and
consequently, profits.

If at least 5 of the 7 above statements are true for you, then you're
ready to use the most powerful form of undetectable communication that
exists today. This is the best time to break into the covert persuasion
and influence segment of communication.

IT’S EASY TO EARN MONEY By Bob Proctor

IT'S EASY TO EARN MONEY By Bob Proctor

There is a very real possibility that everything you and I have been taught about how to earn money is so far from the truth that it's almost comical. Earning money has nothing to do with age, formal education, gender or geography. It has nothing to do with past experience or your formal years of education or your level of intellect. Check it out… there are individuals who are functionally illiterate who have become multi-millionaires, while there are others who are absolutely brilliant and they are broke. Virtually anyone can be taught how to earn millions of dollars and yet the sad truth is that 97 out of every 100 people are born, live their entire lives, and die without ever learning how to earn money. To perpetuate this ridiculous problem, their ignorance is passed along from one generation to the next. 

Our school system has been designed as an environment to enlighten young minds, to replace ignorance with understanding and thereby improve the quality of life. Our educational system has obviously been successful in many areas. However, it has woefully neglected one important subject, "How to Earn Money." You can earn a doctorate degree in economics and have little or no knowledge of how to earn money. A lack of understanding in this area is the cause of numerous unwanted and unnecessary problems, since money is the medium of exchange that is used worldwide for other people's products and services.

There has always been a small, select group, approximately 3% of our population, who clearly understand that prosperity consciousness is the primary cause of wealth and their prosperity consciousness, like ignorance, is also passed down from one generation to the next.

Let's look at "money." What is it? Money is a reward you receive for the service you render. The more valuable the service, the greater the reward. Thinking of ways we can be of greater service will not only help us earn more money, it will also enable us to grow intellectually and spiritually.
 
Money Is An Idea
The paper you fold and place in your purse or pocket is not money. It is paper with ink on it. It represents money, but it is not money. Money is an idea. The earning of money has nothing to do with the paper stuff. It has to do with consciousness.

I am aware there are books that instruct you on how to manipulate the market, stocks and people… they might even help you get money. But, let me caution you… when there is no spiritual growth… there is no spiritual strength… there is no lasting happiness… and, there is no real or lasting wealth. 

To accumulate wealth, a person must become very comfortable with the idea of money. That may sound strange, however most people are not comfortable with the idea of money, which is why they do not have any. The cause of poverty is poverty consciousness. A poverty consciousness will cause a person to see, hear, smell, think and feel ... lack and limitation.

The late Mike Todd said, "Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a mental state."

He was correct. There are wealthy people who lose every cent they have through a series of mistakes in judgement… but that does not make them poor. They will have it all back in a short time because of their prosperity consciousness.

If you have any question in your mind regarding your level of consciousness with respect to money, be very honest with yourself and look at your results. Study the patterns in your life. 

If you want to improve your financial position in life, focus your attention on creating a higher level of prosperity consciousness. Begin by preparing a powerful, positive affirmation and fuel it with emotion. When you do this, you are depositing this creative energy in the treasury of your sub-conscious mind. And, by repeating this process over and over and over again every day, it will begin to alter your conditioning and mentally move you in the direction you want to go. Write it out, read it, feel it, and let it take hold of your mind.

How much money do you want? Saying you want more is not good enough. Five dollars is more.  How much more? Decide on a figure. Be specific. You will not seriously want more money than you are capable of earning... however, you would be wise to remember, you must earn it.

There Are Three Income Earning Strategies
1.  Trading time for money – By far the worst of the three income earning strategies, it is employed by approximately 96% of our population – doctors, lawyers, accountants, laborers, etc. There is an inherent problem with this strategy – saturation. You run out of time. If a person accumulates any degree of wealth employing this strategy, it will be at the expense of a life. They compromise on the car they drive, the house they live in, the clothes they choose and the vacations they take.  They rarely, if ever, get what they want.

2. Investing money to earn money – This strategy is used by approximately 3% of the population. The number is small for the obvious reason – very few people have any money to invest. Many people who effectively employ this strategy follow the advice of a trusted, knowledgeable advisor.

3. Leveraging yourself to earn money – This is where you multiply your time through the efforts of others by setting up Multiple Sources of Income (MSI). This is, without question, the very best way to increase your income. Make a decision to have many sources of income; it's the strategy that wealthy people have used dating clear back to the ancient Babylonians. Unfortunately, this strategy is only used by approximately 1% of our population, yet that 1% earns approximately 96% of all the money that is earned! You are only a decision away from membership.

Once you determine how much money you want to earn, write it down on a sheet of paper in large figures. Look at the number with the dollar sign beside it and tell yourself over and over again:

That Amount of Money is an Effect.
It Represents a Reward that I Want to Receive.
What Service Can I Render that Would be Deserving of that Reward?

You can take the total figure and divide it into multiple parts. Each part would represent a source of income. Each source of income represents a separate reward that you would receive for a service you would render.

Work on one source of income at a time; each one can become an exciting part of your life. What you are actually doing is thinking of different ways you can be of service to others.

Think of how you can do whatever you do – more effectively.
Think of how you can improve the quality and quantity of service you render.
Think of how you can help people in a greater way.

Money is the ultimate servant. The more you earn, the more you can help others.