Abundance

Conquer Your Fear of the Unknown

2009-11-25T08:00:00.000-08:00

Worrying about what the future holds is one of the most common fears. Often times you're anticipating the worst while, at the same time, realizing that a life in fear is not very pleasant at all.

Fortunately there are certain strategies you can use to conquer your fear of the unknown.

Try implementing some of these techniques to conquer your fears:

1. Think about the outcomes. When you're approaching an unknown situation, it helps to make a list of all the possible outcomes. Some of the results may be good and some not so good, but feeling like you have just a little foreknowledge about the future will help to ease your fears.

2. Clear the mind. Make an active effort to clear your mind. One of the reasons you feel fear is that you're worried that something bad is going to happen. This could be because of a situation from your past that you've projected into the future. You need to take these thoughts off the table and approach your fears with a clear head.

3. Take positive steps forward. It sounds easy, but it may be difficult to put into practice. Strive to visualize everything turning out positively. If you concentrate more on the positive aspect, you can actually turn your fear into excitement.

4. Study fear. Fear has a real purpose in appropriate situations. The experience of fear makes your heart rate rise and you're better able to escape threatening situations. However, humans have built many unnecessary and non-life threatening fears. Once you realize that these types of fears serve no purpose, you'll be stronger for it.

5. Talk it through. You might be feeling alone with your fears. It helps to talk through your problems with someone close to you. Perhaps it'll help to discuss your fears with someone who has experienced a similar situation. Just knowing you're not alone can ease your fear, even if the person doesn't have any especially helpful advice to give.

6. Start small. If you're afraid of the unknown in a general sense, starting small will help reduce your fear. Instead of tackling a seemingly huge insurmountable task, just try doing something small first. Break out of your comfort zone for a little bit and try something new you've never tried before.

7. Give up control. The future can be frightening when we think we must control every aspect of it. While there are certain actions you can take to maintain some kind of control, there are many things you have no control over. When you accept that the future will be what it will be, regardless of how you feel, it may not seem quite as scary.

Present Thinking

When your thoughts get caught up in the future, whether it's the near future or the distant future, it clouds your current situation. If you're especially fearful, take a step back and focus on what is going on in the present moment.

Your present thinking automatically allows you to take things one step at a time. If you're currently doing the laundry, for example, the only thing you should focus on is getting stains out or putting clothes in the dryer - or positive things you look forward to. Brush other worries away and live in the here and now.

This isn't to say you should never think about the future. When you think about the future, do it with a clear head and positive thoughts and without letting the fears bury you.

Following these strategies can alleviate your fear of the unknown and bring you a life full of enthusiasm for the future instead of fear. What a difference this can make! And there's no better time to start than the present. Go for it!

What Are Love Languages?

2009-11-23T07:30:00.000-08:00

Everyone needs to feel loved. It's vital to know how you enjoy being loved, but also how to properly love others. A doctor by the name of Gary Chapman became famous when he came out with a book called The Five Love Languages.

There is a basic breakdown of five different love languages to make it easier for us to identify how to express ourselves to our loved ones. Once you've figured out what your partner's love language is you'll be able to show them how you feel in a way that is fulfilling to them.

For example, let's say that your partner likes to hear the words "I love you" often. Even though they know that you love them, just hearing the phrase can brighten their day. But perhaps you thought that you should express your love by buying little gifts. Your loved one likely appreciates the gesture whenever you show your love, but at the same time it's not their personal preference of how they like to receive love.

The Love Languages Explained

1. Verbal Lovers. Like the example above, some people just like to hear gestures of love such as "I love you" and "I appreciate everything that you do." For this type of person, you'll want to provide constant encouragement, never letting things go unsaid.

• Try verbalizing your appreciations in some way each day.
• Don't assume your partner knows what you're thinking and feeling - speak up!

2. Time Well Spent. One of the love languages has to do with spending quality time with your partner. This doesn't mean just casual conversation; it means the times where your partner is your main focus. If your partner enjoys quality time, here are some things to consider:

• Choose a certain time each day or week where you're completely dedicated to your partner. This means that you need to shut off the TV, put down the paper, and take some away from the kids.
• Think of activities you can do together to really connect.
• Make sure you have a good relationship with yourself; it's the only way you can truly connect with your partner.

3. The Gift Giver. Another love language is one where your partner may enjoy giving and receiving gifts. This isn't because they're greedy; it means they're visual people who enjoy seeing proof of your deepening relationship. If you're with this type of partner, try these tips:

• Even if you're a big saver, make the effort to spend at least a little money or make some homemade or handmade gifts.
• Leave loving cards and notes for them.
• Don't give gifts everyday, but give gifts that are meaningful.

4. The Chores. We can't forget the chores when it comes to a language of communication between partners. Since there are many things that need to get done around the house, it often causes problems when you try to figure out who's doing what. Keep these tips in mind:

• Everyone has different chores that they deem important.
• Figure out which ones your partner doesn't enjoy and do them.
• Chores involve thinking ahead, which your partner will certainly appreciate.

5. Physical Affection. The physical affection love language can get complicated. Expressing your love physically doesn't only mean lovemaking. It involves simple touches too. Each partner will usually have some kind of opinion when it comes to this language:

• Figure out which kinds of touches your partner enjoys, it may be a gentle rub of their shoulders or some cuddling while watching television.
• This is equally important, figure out which touches irritate your partner.
• Get to know your partner's moods so you know when to express physical affection.

The Combination

Your partner will likely speak a certain combination of these love languages. As your relationship deepens, you'll get to know your partner better and better. It may even help to outright discuss the topic of love languages with your partner to better understand each other.

Small Achievements Lead to Big Success

2009-11-21T02:09:00.001-08:00

People dream big all the time. But it's the people that take action to reach their goals that truly succeed in life. It's a huge task to take on, but when you break down your journey into simple steps, anything is achievable. Decide on your goal and follow through, it really can be as simple as that.

The Big Picture

It truly doesn't matter what your goal is, you can achieve it by combining the will to succeed with action. There are many possible excuses and many people that will try to bring you down, it's just the way life. While these things may not change, your attitude can.

The first thing you need to do is create a personal definition of success. What are you trying to do? What is your ultimate goal?

Remember, the answer can be anything your heart desires. Maybe you want to start a video game development business, or maybe you want to be an Olympic swimmer. Everyone is different, but it's important to have a well-defined goal. Don't be afraid to be specific and to list a goal even if you're lacking the confidence to achieve it.

The Process

After you have your definition of success, it's time to break it down and make it happen. Success will happen just by completing one small task at a time from your plan.

Let's say your ultimate goal is to own a video game development business. You currently work at a dead end job and you have little revenue to use towards your goal, so you assume it'll never happen and you just go about your day. But what if you took just 20 minutes each day and worked toward your goal?

Here are some of the things you might accomplish:

1. You can research how much money it would take to start up your business.

2. You can learn the ins and outs of the industry by reviewing different courses and training programs.

3. You can make appointment to meet with banks or companies as potential investors.

4. You can contact independent game developers that may be willing to take on extra work at a reasonable cost.

5. You can research and formulate marketing tactics.

6. You can create a 5-year plan.

While the business entails a great deal more than these 6 steps, you get the idea of what it means to break down a huge task into smaller parts. If you don't break it down, it'll seem too overwhelming and you won't even know where to start - so you won't get started at all!

But when you decide to spend a little time on a small project, like researching marketing tactics and saving some web links, that's definitely something you can accomplish in an afternoon. And it brings you one step closer to your goal.

Something Is Always Better Than Nothing

You now know that some action is always better than no action towards your goal. It may sound trite, but you'll never get there if you don't try. Just think of how far along you might be if you spend 20 minutes a day on your goal for a whole year. That's a great deal of small, manageable projects!

You owe it to yourself to make your dreams come true, so go get started!

The Amazing Idea of Creating Abundance

2009-11-06T23:29:00.001-08:00

By Derek Davies

There are numerous ways that you can go about creating abundance in your life. Everyone deserves to be happy, but not everyone knows how to go about obtaining the happiness they deserve.

First of all, think of yourself; do you have a positive image of yourself? Or, do you have a negative image? Before creating abundance can become a reality, you have to know that you deserve what you want.

How do you get abundance in your life? Take a few minutes out of your time right now just to focus on a couple of things you would like to have. Think of why you need those things and how you can get them. Do this every day for a few weeks. This will help you to become convinced that you need those things as well as the reasons why. Naturally, you will know that you deserve them because they will be the center of your focus.

It is important to be an ambitious and goal-oriented person when creating abundance. You must feel inspired to go after the things you want.

If you know you deserve something you want, it'll come to you, in one way or another. It may not happen right away, but because you have a passion for what you deserve, you will get it, even if you're not quite sure how.

If you're interested in creating abundance, focus on your thoughts and actions. Literally everything you ultimately create begins with a thought, and you have to transform those thoughts into action. However, this shouldn't feel like a job or like work.

Oftentimes, people don't achieve their goals or have what they want because they don't think they can get them. They don't have faith in themselves and they don't think they have the ability to make what they want to happen, happen.

Sit down right now and envision how you want your life to be. Don't just think about material things you want, but focus on positive mental and emotional attributes, too, like peace. As you do this, focus as well on becoming more ambitious and more determined. These qualities will help you push through obstacles until you get to what you want. There are no limitations your life except for those you've set up in front of yourself. It really is that simple when it comes to creating abundance.

Now, you can also focus on negative things and thus avoid achieving goals or building the life you want. If negative people are in your life, you can ignore them, or you can include them in discussions about creating abundance, as well, so that happiness can flow freely for them, too.

Every action you do begins with a thought. If you truly think that you're never going to be happy, have the house you want, have a nice car, and so on, you'll continue to get in the way of creating abundance for yourself.

By contrast, if you believe you deserve those things you really want, AND you really want them, rest assured that you will get them. You may not know just yet how you will get them, but you will, and it won't be hard.

About the Author:

The author Derek Davies is one of the experts who writes for the popular http://www.abundance-info.com website. You can find out how easy it really is to be successful at manifestation when you visit this site. Change your life forever with a huge FREE collection ofCreating Abundance binaural beats, hypnosis and affirmations Audios, Ebooks and Videos.

What Is True Happiness And How Do We Achieve It

2009-11-01T04:33:00.000-08:00

By Jane Sullivan Daniels

Wondering about how to be happy is not something all of us do each day. In fact, there are quite a few times through out our day when we are very happy! But the happiness we are talking about here is the more enduring one " not something which is fleeting and comes and goes with situations in our life. And no, we are not heading the spiritual way, though that is one of the most popular methods for happiness.

If you were to look at someone who is truly happy, you would see that they are happy in spite of challenges, rather than happy because they have no challenges. They will want to embrace whatever is coming their way rather than worry about it.

For many people, happiness comes with a certain object, like the way a child is happy when they have sweets, many people feel happy when they have something that they desire. But the problem with that is our desire doesnt last very long once we have those things, once we get used to the fact that we have something, we start to want something else, and so the cycle continues. I should probably mention here that true happiness depends on you being completely free of insecurities. As long as we are thinking about what we have or do not have and how long we may or may not have it, we will always be unhappy. This is why we see billionaires seeing a psychiatrist because they are still unhappy despite having every physical possession they could ever want.

When we are not insecure on the inside, there is no real reason to be unhappy. All of the self-help gurus and all of the worlds religions say the same thing and they are all fundamentally correct. However, many people attend these self-help sessions and come away temporarily motivated to be happy, but after a week or so the feeling wears off and they end up back where they started. The way to true happiness is not to simply practice the teachings of self-help gurus whenever you can, but to incorporate them into everything you do, and if you have the right mentor for that, it really isnt that difficult.

The first step is to attend a series of interactive sessions (not just lectures) run by a coach who is truly and genuinely happy, and in doing so you will do yourself a huge favour.

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Manifesting Abundance - Turn Any Dream Into Reality

2009-10-20T08:21:00.000-07:00

By Anthea David

Manifesting abundance in your life is possible, no matter who you are or where you come from. Abundance comes into your life according to what you deeply are convinced you need, desire, and deserve. Most of who and what are in your life this very moment are reflections or expressions of these things, no matter if you consciously are aware of this or not.

Manifesting abundance is the knowing that thoughts have power. Your life has taken shape, beginning the moment you were born by the quality of your thoughts. When you were a baby, your quality of thought was only beginning to develop, since your thoughts focused on basic instincts and trying to absorb the vastness of the sensory input available to you.

From that point on, you learned to believe what your parents taught you. What you learned from your parents taught you how to socialize as a child. Then you went to school and learned that life is cold and unyielding. You were taught that manifesting abundance was foolish.

You found that you may be able to do it by beating yourself down with lots of hard work or you were just lucky or even that you have to have the best genes to accomplish your desires. You learned that most likely you would not have abundance in life. Not that you will starve or cannot have a nice home, although that may happen if you are not intelligent or you are not lucky. You were taught to forget your amazing dreams and extraordinary things that mean something to you, such as not to marry just any body but to marry your soul mate.

But you can have abundance - and you don't have to rely on luck; and you don't need a so-called 'education'; and you don't need 'good genes'. You also do not need to live an existence where you are enslaved to drudgery, boredom, or doing any work that you hate.

You can thrive, since you have universal permission to do so, you deserve to thrive, you need to know this. But in order to manifest abundance, you have to be aware that you deserve it. You have to feel 'in your soul' that you deserve it. And, you have to know the certain way to do things that will make it come into being.

Everyone is different, the cosmic laws of manifesting abundance is universal. They find unique expression in you and your life. For instance, as a musician applies a universal law while playing an instrument yet has a unique style for composing and playing. In order not to become confused, you need to keep this in mind. Manifesting abundance has nothing to do with keeping up with anyone else.

When you manifest abundance in your life, you may get married, or you may not. You may become famous, you may remain basically unknown. You may become as wealthy as Donald Trump, or you may simply make enough money to meet all of your needs as you live a modest, quiet life in a location of your choosing.

It matters most of all what you want in your heart. Manifesting abundance means manifesting all of your heart's desires. It means actually living your fantasies.

So. What does it take to manifest abundance? What are the cosmic laws that you must align yourself with regardless of who you are?

* Living your fantasies is what you deserve and you need to understand this deep down inside. If you do not, you need to meditate on the concept of deserving the desires of your heart. Do these while taking the time to find an internal private space daily, if you have a hard time comprehending this. You can do this by learning to meditate if you do not already know how to meditate. You need to re-program yourself to know the opposite, since long term conditioning that you are not good enough to live a charmed life exists within you.

* You need to know why you want something. This is something that needs to be deeply ingrained in your mind. If not, you will manifest things you really will not want after you have manifested them. Remember to be careful what you ask for, because that is what you will get.

* Know what you want and then allow your fantasies to flow as you focus intensely on the fantasies that come to you.

*Take all of the action you are inspired to take to bring about your fantasy. If you feel that you must gain more technical knowledge, for instance, get on the Internet and read, watch videos, or order books that will give you the knowledge. If you feel inspired to go to a certain place or a certain website, do so; etc.

* You need to understand that the work you do towards manifesting abundance will be so inspired that it will work for you. For instance, consider the professional basketball player who works by playing his favorite sport and getting paid outrageous amounts of money just to do it.

*Allow things to manifest in your life as they will. Never try to force them. Know that the desired thing or event is 'in production' or 'being shipped to you' right now, and have the patience that comes with this certain knowing.

The life of your dreams is waiting just up ahead. Start walking in its direction.

About the Author:

The author Anthea David writes for the popular http://www.abundance-info.com website. You can find out how easy it really is to be successful at Manifesting Abundance by visiting here. Change your life forever with a huge FREE collection of Manifesting Abundance binaural beats, hypnosis and affirmations Audios, Ebooks and Videos.

The Truth About the Secret of Abundance

2009-10-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

By Mickie Lake

It is safe to say that the majority of people in the world are looking for a key to change their life. They are looking for the missing secret, that once they have it, it will provide them with all the riches they have every wanted. Many people spend years and countless dollars trying to get their hands on it. Here, right now, you are going to be given that secret. That's right, your search is over. The thought has consumed your mind, pushed you to keep looking to try to attain it and the universe is now delivering.

First, you need to know that an abundant life does not mean you have all the money in the world. To live an abundant life you need three things and they are health, money and relationships. Some people may disagree and then tell you the secret to an abundant life is having money. This is simply not true.

For instance, if you are a multi-millionaire, yet you lack in health with only a few days to live, you spend your days staring at the ceiling, then what good will you get from all that money. If you have good health, but have no one to share your life with, how can health create abundant living? You need all three of these components to live an abundant life.

You need the secret that unlocks abundance so that you are healthy, you have meaningful relationships and you have the money you require. The real secret of abundance is your thoughts and emotions. It is that simple, since it is your thoughts and emotions that create your life. They have the power to influence what you want in life as well as keep you held in your current live.

Some people may shake their heads in disagreement, while telling you this is not true. If it were your thoughts and emotions that determine the secret of abundance, then everyone would be living a life of abundance. This is correct. However, if everyone has such power to create an abundant life, then why is it not happening for everyone, everywhere?

The list of reasons could be rather long, but they all stem from one fundamental issue. People don't want to live a life of abundance. It is far easier to live the way they are and complain about it. Do you think that Donald Trump has spent one day in his life feeling sorry for himself? Do you think that Bill Gates doubted that he would be a millionaire? The answer is no. No they didn't, haven't and won't. They have had the mindset from the beginning that they would be successful, that they would be the masters of their own lives that they would live a life of abundance.

There is no reason to believe that the secret is so simple. Remember, everything you see and use started as a thought that someone manifested into reality. The car you drive, the seatbelts you use while driving, the deck you enjoy, the toys your child loves and the space shuttle all started as a thought.

What this means is you can start right now to create the life you desire. You need to determine what you want. Be specific, you can even write it down. When you determine what you want, look around and then be thankful for what you have now. It may not be perfect; it may not even be exactly what you want right now. However, if you do not appreciate what you already have, you can never have better.

Determine what you really want and then permit that thought to overcome you as it burns deeply in your heart, soul and mind. Become excited about it becoming a reality and then allow your emotions to empower that thought. Send an overwhelming message into the universe. You have to believe in what you want and that it is coming to you. While this is happening, you have to learn and do what you need to do to make it become a reality.

The hidden secret of abundance is locked in your head between your ears. It is your brain, your thoughts and your emotions. Change the way you think and you will change the life you are living.

About the Author:

The author Mickie Lake is one of the writers for the popular http://www.abundance-info.com website. Discover how easy it really is to be successful at using Secret Of Abundance by visiting here. Change your life forever with a huge collection of Free Manifesting Abundance success Audios and Videos.

An Obvious Manifestation Secret

2009-09-27T03:00:00.000-07:00

By Steve Sant

There is a well proven but unfortunately much ignored secret that master manifestors use all the time. It is a very simple basic factor that sets into movement all that exists in this human experience. All of us know that it is real and utterly essential. But the huge majority of the population for some reason or another keep away from it.

Without this secret all hopes, wishes, desires and written goals will continue to be kept closed in a box. Once in a while this box may be pulled out and its contents are cleaned up and cherished once more. Some time will be spent in evaluating the promising possibilities but soon will fade away. Great vagueness will stay on its guardian and with a tired resolve, the goals, ambitions, and hopes will be put to rest once again.

The exact description of potential to put it considerately is worth nothing as it sits right now. Wishes, hopes, dreams and goals only have potential, devoid of this apparent secret that can only lead to manifestation. In this world there arent various things that are universal as hidden potential. Just insert this unique factor and very rapidly your requests will very rapidly turn into reality.

This powerful factor is only known as ACTION. Take action, just do it, start. Various spokesmen give complete seminars and programs seeing that it is a billion dollar idea.

All requests and wishes have to commence their passage into manifestation somewhere. All the events and occurrences already are present nevertheless you have to take them or go get them. You have to intensely permit results to come about. To induce what you wish for you have to take action.

Take the instance of person who went to a buffet restaurant. All he desires to eat is waiting on the serving dishes. He massively desires for a juicy steak but he does not have one. The juicy steak is merely across the room. Does he truly desires the steak itself or is the action of lacking the steak is more entertaining? Which is the more gratifying, the need of wanting the steak or fulfilling the desire? In this instance, the enormous assignment to get up and acquire the juicy steak will satisfy his craving.

Therefore undertake the action and leave behind all the potential. Initiate and the road to achievement will bring to light in ahead of you as you commence stroll ahead it. The path will keep on until as you desire to go along it. The reality will in no way manifest itself in front of you and maintain to be a yearning remembrance crammed in that box.

Start, take action and your path will reveal itself to you. Take ACTION NOW and .

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Are You Searching For The Secret Of Abundance?

2009-09-26T00:33:00.000-07:00

By Mickie Lake

Many individuals all over the world are searching for the means of changing their life. They are searching for the magic that gives them the secret they are missing. They consider once they have this it will give them all they ever wanted. Many of them will spend countless years and money to find it. You are given that secret right now. Your search is finally over. The desire for it consumed your mind and inspired you to keep searching for it and now the universe is offering it to you.

You need to understand, however that an abundant life is not one filled with money. There are three areas of life that means living an abundant lifestyle. These are money, health and relationships. Some individuals may argue this point, they may even say that to live an abundant life you only need more money. However, they are fatally mistaken.

Consider if you had millions of dollars, even more than you would ever be able to spend, but you are in poor heath with only days to live, perhaps spending your days staring at the ceiling, then what good is money to you. If you are healthy yet alone with no one to share your life with, what good, is health to you? All three aspects are essential to live an abundant life.

The secret can bring you abundance in health, wealth and relationships. Your thoughts and emotions are the real secret to abundance. Your thoughts and emotions work to create your life, since they powerfully influence that which you desire in your life as well as influencing how you life your life right now.

Some people may shake their heads in disagreement, while telling you this is not true. If it were your thoughts and emotions that determine the secret of abundance, then everyone would be living a life of abundance. This is correct. However, if everyone has such power to create an abundant life, then why is it not happening for everyone, everywhere?

The list of reasons could be rather long, but they all stem from one fundamental issue. People don't want to live a life of abundance. It is far easier to live the way they are and complain about it. Do you think that Donald Trump has spent one day in his life feeling sorry for himself? Do you think that Bill Gates doubted that he would be a millionaire? The answer is no. No they didn't, haven't and won't. They have had the mindset from the beginning that they would be successful, that they would be the masters of their own lives that they would live a life of abundance.

Even though the secret is simple, you have not reason to believe it is so. Keep in mind that everything around you began as a thought of someone. They simply manifested it into reality. For instance, the pen you use, the car you drive the seatbelts in that car, your front door, the toy your child plays with and even the space shuttle all began as a thought.

What does this mean to you? It means that starting right now you can create the life you want. What you need to do is decide what it is you want. Be precise, you may even want to write it down. Once you have decide what it is you want, you need to look around your life and be thankful for what you have. It may not be ideal or exactly what you want, but if you can't appreciate the things you have then you are never going to have anything better.

Determine what you really want and then permit that thought to overcome you as it burns deeply in your heart, soul and mind. Become excited about it becoming a reality and then allow your emotions to empower that thought. Send an overwhelming message into the universe. You have to believe in what you want and that it is coming to you. While this is happening, you have to learn and do what you need to do to make it become a reality.

The hidden secret of abundance is locked in your head between your ears. It is your brain, your thoughts and your emotions. Change the way you think and you will change the life you are living.

About the Author:

Mickie Lake writes for the popular http://www.abundance-info.com website. You can find out how easy it really is to be successful at using Secret Of Abundance when you visit this site. Change your life forever with a huge collection of Free Manifesting Abundance Success Secrets Audios and Videos.

Financial Literacy - Did You Learn This At School

2009-09-20T08:25:00.000-07:00

By Damian Papworth

One of my most enduring memories from high school is that in almost every class I attended, it didn't matter what the subject was, there was always some smarty pants who would say to the teacher "I just don't see how this will help me later in life". Its funny how the teachers never really gave them a satisfactory answer.

What a great exercise it would be, to find out what exactly turned out to be useful from each class, and in which cases those troublemakers were right. In other words, what have I actually used to get ahead in life and which class did it come from? However, that exploration will be left for another time. There is one subject which would obviously be useful for anyone in any career or vocation, one that should be taught in every school, but for some reason never is. The subject is Financial Literacy, something we could all put to excellent use.

This subject "Financial Literacy" should teach you about the implications of making a bunch of decisions about your finances. From the simple things, to more complex things. The ultimate purpose of this subject should be to ensure that you are armed with enough financial knowledge, that you won't make the idiotic, financially ruining decisions so many people make every day. I'd see the curriculum running something like this.

Week 1. Are you being scammed? Students would be shown how to spot a scam and avoid it. It will prevent a variety of mistakes.

Week 2. How much can you borrow? This lesson would teach you to calculate how much money you can borrow for personal or business purposes, on a variety of mediums. This would include credit cards, personal loans, business loans and mortgages. It would mainly concentrate on cash flow issues, but also touch on the tax effectiveness of some of the different loans.

Week 3. What type of assets do you own? In this lesson, different assets would be explained. For example, an appreciating asset would be compared to a depreciating asset. Similarly a consumable would be compared to an earning asset. These assets would be compared over time, so you can see the impact purchasing different items has to your net wealth over time.

Week 4. Investment strategies. Any investment you take has a number of consequences and risk potential. Students will be given the tools necessary to tell what a risky investment look like. Also, when the signs point to a winning gamble, they should be ready to pull the trigger. Although it takes a good amount of courage and a little recklessness, great investments can turn a life around.

Week 5. How leveraging investments works. Getting into more advanced material, students will learn how investment portfolios use leveraging to their advantage. The tax breaks possible would be included in the discussion, giving students the ability to use the tax code to their advantage.

Final module. Coming to the end of Financial Literacy class, students would try and see the big picture. Laying out the biggest mistakes made by the young would be an excellent closing statement. Along with any cautionary tales, there would be a way to approach finances proactively. For the young, the advice given would be to work with what you have, and line up ways to increase your earnings without taking on high risks.

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Damian Papworth acknowledges that you don't require mutual fund investments. Having learned some simple strategies, you are capable of being your own investment manager.

Work Life Balance Tips

2009-08-16T01:57:00.000-07:00

By Jennifer Pereira, RD/LD, CSCS

Have you ever felt your work life balance is totally out of whack? It is critical to find this balance if you really want to live well. You may feel great about one aspect of your life, but terrible about another. You may be one of the lucky ones who actually have it all, but unfortunately still feel something is missing.

Kids, spouse, career, purpose, relaxation, health--it can feel like you are juggling so many balls. In this situation balls inevitably get dropped. And our culture tends to emphasize success in some areas while ignoring (or even criticizing) others. In our society careers are often our identity. We may be a financially successful culture, but we do not seem to be a really happy culture. Therapists, medications, and rehabs are becoming an accepted part of life.

Work life balance tends to be the most obvious area in need of improvement. The work you do requires a huge chunk of your time and energy. It can feel like it really takes over your whole life. You cannot allow it to keep you from attending to other critical areas of your life. Work really only provides two things:

--Money to fund the life you really want (live well, be with your family, vacation, etc.),

--It can provide a sense of purpose, especially if you are doing something you feel makes an impact.

It is important to keep your work life in its place. Your work is not really your life...unless you're a nun. Many people fall into the trap of working hard and putting off living the good life until they have achieved enough or acquired enough money. The trap is: there is never enough.

You have to start living immediately, as you read this. You will need a great deal of self awareness in order to fully live in the present. This is not easy in our society. You will find yourself eating, drinking, shopping, and working to keep yourself distracted from what is going on inside of you. It can be scary to even think of taking a look in there.

But being aware of your inner needs is critical to developing life balance. You must begin to use your internal compass to tell you when to play barbies with your child, take a nap, or pay attention to your spouse. It is easy for you to stay disconnected--isolation and independence are pillars of our society. Connecting requires a certain amount of vulnerability and openness. But bonding with others is a fundamental key to happiness.

It is important that you also truly connect to yourself. Even if you are alone most of the time, you are probably pretty disconnected to your inner world. When your inner compass is telling you it needs rest, your brain overrides it because you "should" go to the gym. Even if you end up relaxing, you are filled with guilt and cannot really enjoy yourself.

You won't realize how trustworthy your internal director is unless you are able to let go of your 'shoulds'. Until you stop 'shoulding' all over yourself, you will find yourself out of work life balance.

About the Author:

Jennifer Pereira, RD, LD, CSCS is in private practice in Texas, where she focuses on helping clients create a healthy lifestyle. Additional resources are available on her site to create your own personal development plan.

Vision Boards -Unbiased Help

2009-08-08T02:52:00.000-07:00

By Otis Graham

There is a subtle mystery to the concept of being grateful. Those who are truly successful and live lives of lasting richness understand this mystery and apply it every day. In turn, they carry with them an overflowing heart and a feeling of deep, abiding happiness.

The path of gratitude is available to everyone that takes the time to find it. But what is gratitude?

Gratitude is defined as, 'the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful'. Perhaps though, Melodie Beattie describes it best in her words below:

'Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.'

To be truly grateful is a fundamental part of creating an amazing life. Everything in the world can begin and end with being thankful. It is a mindset that, when adopted, will keep your heart filled with happiness and your 'cup half full'. There is a cost however to being grateful and that is the cost of your time.

Making time each day to reflect on the gifts you have in your life is the fastest way to create an abundance mindset.

The trick is to find something for which you truly feel grateful and then to revisit that feeling of gratitude each day. This in turn will give you the strength and confidence you need to overcome the obstacles between you and your goals.

For example, you may have a goal to fit into a certain size of pants or dress. A typical challenge around losing weight is negative self talk. You can use gratitude to combat negative self talk by first recognizing that you have been blessed with a body that despite the extra weight, is still keeping you strong.

Your body is just waiting for you to mentally and emotionally shift into a higher level of fitness and health. When you are ready, it will respond to your new commands and transform itself into the new image you hold for it. So, when you next start playing the 'negative self talk' tape see if you can replace it with words and feelings that reflect the deep sense of gratitude you have for your body.

As the challenges and realities of life take hold, gratitude can be a virtue to cling to in those moments of deepest sorrow. Everyone will inevitably at some time experience death, illness or divorce.

It is how we choose to handle these difficult circumstances that will determine our ability to move on through them.

Some consideration and thought concerning Law of Attraction will help you achieve some remarkable changes in a short period of time.

Take divorce for example. Approximately 50% of the population will go through a divorce.Think about someone you know of who is divorced or is considering leaving their partner.

Now think about how that person is choosing to handle the divorce.Are they angry and bitter? Are they lashing out at their spouse?

Or, have they taken the high road and are quietly going about their business, advocating for themselves without hurting anyone around them. Have they chosen to be grateful for the time they were happy?Perhaps they have discovered the ability to be grateful for the children that came from the marriage. They may be grateful for the experience of learning more about themselves and for discovering what's most important to them.

If you take the time to look deeply into something, you can usually discover one or two areas for which to be grateful. Clearly, finding gratitude isn't always easy but it is a worthwhile endeavor.

At the most basic level, you can start with listing just two or three things every day for which you are grateful. Need help getting started?

How about: 1. Being able to take a deep breath 2. Being able to see the sun rise and set 2. Being able to learn and make different choices

It takes only a moment of reflection to experience gratitude for things like the ability to hear, to touch, to give and receive hugs, a warm house, a safe home, a full stomach, pets, family and friends.

Just imagine how you'd feel if you didn't have these blessings in your life!

Even on the most difficult of days take just a few minutes to give thanks for the gifts in your life. In giving thanks you will be strengthening your sense of abundance.

This in turn will allow you to see more options for happiness and give you the awareness to make different choices.

A spirit of Gratitude is an often overlooked part of creating a life of happiness and greatness. Apply the mystery of Gratitude and you'll find it turns the everyday aspects of life into experiences of richness and joy.

About the Author:

For more information on Goals, please visit StepOne today. The StepOne process takes the strengths of a traditional Law of Attraction and adds a number of high-impact improvements. The future you want to create is here!

Read Motivational Life Quotes to Improve Your Life

2009-08-05T01:03:00.000-07:00

By Karan Kapoor

Motivational life quotes are noteworthy thoughts of great personalities from all over the world. These quotes are designed to boost your motivation to take action towards your goals. They make you the person you always wanted to be.

It is a known fact that reading Motivational Life quotes on regular basis can significantly change your life. It helps you live happier and more fulfilling life. It can help a person be successful and look at things in a more positive way. It increases your confidence and re-energizes your body and mind to tackle problems.

Here is how reading Inspirational life quotes and applying them into your life can change your life.

1- A Motivational life quote gives you motivation to start something awesome. It gives you energy to achieve your goals. In a few words, they remind us of our goals and inspirations. This, in turn, energizes and soul and body to work hard towards our goals.

2- Motivational quotes about life is a quick and simple way to reduce depression. These quotes help you in lifting out from depression. After reading these quotes, you will start loving yourself and live life with full enthusiasm. They can give you necessary strength and energy to manage stress.

3-These Quotes helps you in get rid of the habit of procrastination which is one of the most common obstacles to the achievement of your goals. It is not an easy to break the habit of procrastination, but reading motivational life quotations can do wonders in beating this enemy of progress. You can get rid of it only by having a heavy dose of inspiring and motivating messages which motivates you take action and thus stop procrastination. And nothing can motivate you the way that Motivational Life Quotations do.

4- There are roughly endless numbers of life quotes available for you. You can choose whichever quote you like. In other words, you never run out of original, motivational life quotes that will help give you motivation and strength to succeed in life.

It wont take much work to print off some good Inspirational quotes about life on poster and hang them in the wall of your room in order to get most out of them. Our suggestion is to read them regular basis if you want to experience a stark difference in the way you think, act and behave.

About the Author:

Change your life by reading our collection of Inspirational Motivational Quotes About Life and Inspirational Sayings.

What are you Thinking

2009-07-15T13:16:00.001-07:00

Life is a funny thing, and in the few years that I have been fortunate
enough to have lived on this wonderful planet the more I see of life
the more I realise this simple truth Things Happen. Now that may seem
to be stating the obvious but often times you have to return to the
basics before you can move forward in your own personal journey. In
the last few weeks since my last post many things have happened both
directly and indirectly to me, both positive and negative and this is
good because this is the way of life, if things were not happening to
me then I could only assume that I was not living.

So yes things are happening and you can only have a certain amount of
control over events that happen, many things that occur in your life
are totally out of your control all you can do is respond and react to
what is going on, the question then becomes how do you respond and
whether your response is appropriate and will ultimately have a
positive effect on you as a whole.

It has been said that circumstances don't make a person but reveal
them and in the cold light of day under close inspection this
statement we all know is true, how many times have you seen someone
respond to a situation in a way which surprised you at first as it
seemed to be out of character for the person but when you looked on
the person from a slightly different angle you realised that no this
is the person's true nature it's just that a situation never occurred
to fully reveal what was in that person's heart, their character or to
put it plainly to show how they really stay as a person.

If you think that a someone has suddenly become a hero overnight then
think again, the heroic qualities were there long before the
opportunity presented itself just waiting for the moment to surface,
and the same goes with a person of a cowardly nature, they didn't
suddenly become a coward in the time it took for the sun to set and
rise again, no this was who they always were, all that happened was
that a situation occurred which finally allowed them to be the person
who they really are.

So if you wish to be respected as a person of character an upstanding
person who only acts in a way which others take inspiration from then
you need to start to think in that way, and don't expect the hero to
appear immediately, it's not that it won't happen but my experience of
these things is that it takes time to mature much like the growth of
all things in life, plant that seed and then water it regularly,
monitor the progress, provide the right food and nourishment and the
chances are that if you planted seeds of valour, honesty and integrity
then this is exactly what will come forth from your efforts, but if
you planted seeds of cowardice, deceit and treachery well don't expect
to win any awards for bravery as it ain't gonna happen.

Simple when you think about it, good actions are the result of good
thoughts and if those thoughts are repeated often enough they become
habits which in turn becomes You. Remember we are what we think so
ask yourself this one question honestly. What Are YOU Thinking Of?

Carl Mason is a Mentor, Coach/Life Consultant and CEO of On Point
Solutions. A passionate and dedicated individual with a commitment to
promote the means by which you can live The Life of your Dreams and BE
the person who you WILL to be.

Encouragement Sweetens the Labour

2009-05-18T08:04:00.001-07:00

We used to have a saying back in the days which I don't hear too often
but it's just as true today as it was then and it goes like this.
Encouragement Sweetens the Labour – there was even a song of the same
name and all it meant was that when you're working or involved in
doing something regardless of what it is that you're doing, a few kind
words here and there supporting you in your efforts tends to make it
seem worthwhile and it can provide you with that little piece of
motivation you need to keep going, in fact depending on who makes the
comment and what is said it can genuinely propel you to greater
heights than you ever thought possible.

Now people often speak about the financial rewards linked with doing
good work but rarely do I hear comments on the personal satisfaction
that comes from doing your work and receiving recognition for those
accomplishments, and it must be said that it can be just as important
sometimes even more so to be acknowledged for your work, to know that
others have seen what you have done or what you are doing and they're
pleased with the results, that they like what you've achieved and are
glad to let you know can be reward in itself.

Who doesn't remember being told well done by their parents as a child
and how your chest was swollen up with pride and a sense of
satisfaction, how happy you felt at knowing that mum or dad was proud
of you because of what you had done whether it was that cup that you
made in pottery class or the finger painting that took pride of place
on the fridge, it was all recognition and it made you feel proud, you
were ten feet tall and it showed, and all because someone whose
opinion mattered praised you.

Well those same principles don't change over the years, and in fact
the need to be recognized grows stronger as we get older as often
times this is the only real recognition we perceive that we get in our
adult years, our friends and families as we get older seem to assume
that we naturally know that they think highly of us, and maybe it's
true that deep down you know that they value you but it's still
important to hear it said and have someone demonstrate how much you're
appreciated.

Yes encouragement certainly sweetens the labour and if you wish to
receive that encouragement then you must be prepared to work to the
best of your capabilities, consistently not because you want praise
but because that's how we all should work, as best as we can to the
best of our abilities and by consistently aiming this high you place
yourself in line for praise and other rewards too numerous to mention
and in adopting an attitude of doing your best you ensure that your
chances for recognition increase and more than this, the self
satisfaction that comes from doing your best which is based upon a
positive mental attitude will return to you the same in kind that you
have given which is always the best approach you could possibly have.

Now take a deep breath, straighten up and let's get moving we've got work to do.

Time is on your side

2009-05-11T09:27:00.001-07:00

If there is one commodity in the world that I place more value on than
almost any other it would have to be Time. It's the one thing that
every living person is given the same amount to live on regardless of
race, creed, sex or social status, we are all given the exact same
amount every day, we can neither add to it nor take it away, we are
never short changed by it and whether you make good use of it or not
you will providing you make it to the next day receive the exact same
amount whether rich or poor every single day of your life, it's the
most democratic system on earth and none escape it's realm.

Time is the most precious of commodities because all things are bound
within it, we can only move through time and space it is without a
shadow of a doubt the most important thing we have but you can neither
touch it, see, smell, taste or hear it and yet it can be felt in many
ways, the effects of time being rather obvious in as much as we can
all see the clear signs of it's passage in the growth of a child from
a mere babes in arms to a strapping young man or woman who once could
not even walk unaided but now embarks on their own life journey all
thanks to the effects of time.

So the question becomes if time is so precious how well do you use it?
Can you say hand on heart that you make the most of the 24 hours that
every day is yours to do with as you please, at the end of each day
can you honestly say to yourself that yes you have made the most of
this day today and that you're braced for another day of thrills
spills and laughter, joy pain and happiness, or is the truth of the
matter that you just amble on day after day, complaining about life
and the shoddy way it deals with you, forgetting that life does
nothing but provide you with a platform from which to launch yourself
and your ideas into this world.

If your answer to the question is that you make the absolute most of
every day challenging yourself on a daily basis to be all that you can
be well then my congratulations to you, for you are one of the very
few who make proper constructive use of what is available to you, but
if you found yourself to be one of the many who systematically fritter
away your life, only ever getting out of first gear when it's an
absolute must and even then only moving into second gear, well then I
have good news for you, all is not lost, far from it, today is your
lucky day because today right here and now you can begin to do
something with your life, right here and now you can decide for
yourself to make a fresh start, a new beginning.

Time you see is impartial and makes no demands on you, that is a
decision that you must make for yourself, to demand more out of life,
to live each day like it was your last, to take the most out of life
that you possibly can, it's not difficult to do once you have actually
made the decision, but be prepared to experience life like never
before, as it's a very different world when your living, not just
existing but really living. You will find that where as before maybe
time seemed to drag now if just flies by which as we all now it only
does when your having fun, do you hear that, FUN, because that's what
good living feels like, pure unadulterated FUN. When you're living
life to the full there doesn't seem to be enough time for you to fit
in all the things you want to do but I guarantee you'll find a way to
do it because that's what creative people do and that's what you are,
a creative person. You'll find ways and means to do the things that
need to be done a whole lot better so that you have more time to do
the things you want to do and that's what life should be like when
you're living to the fullest, a balance of doing the things that need
to be done well so you can do the things you really want to do. The
real difference between those who exist and those who live is the
level of enthusiasm is much higher in those who are living life to the
fullest which results in a better attitude towards life and all that
it brings, which subsequently leads to better work of a higher quality
and standard thereby increasing your opportunities to rise above the
crowd into the higher ranks of life where the air is fresher and
cleaner and it's less congested, basically it leads to a better
standard of living and lets face it who doesn't want to live better
than how they currently do?

One thing is for sure in this life and that's the fact that we only
have so much time on this wonderful planet we call earth and what you
put in you will get back in kind, it's been said that this is no dress
rehearsal, the curtain is already up and you're already on stage, this
is your chance to shine there will not be another opportunity for you
this is your one shot, the past is already gone, the future is yet to
happen but the here and now, well that's all you have so make the most
of it cause the clock just keeps on ticking regardless....

Opportunity is always around

2009-05-05T13:08:00.001-07:00

So you've been doing everything you believe you should be doing, the
daily affirmations, taking the proper rest and exercise both mental
and physical combined with all the work needed in pursuit of your
goals and yet you find yourself stuck in the same gear not reaping
the rewards of what you perceive to be your labour and just before
the frustration can set in another unforeseen circumstance happens
that might throw you off the plans that you did make, so what do you
make of it and what do you do about it.

Well believe it or not you're in a great position right now because
opportunities always present themselves to the living and if you can
read this then you're alive and hopefully kicking so the first
requirement is life which you already have in abundance therefore you
can concentrate your efforts on the achievement that you desire.

Now just because things are not going the way that you feel they
should be is no reason to give up your pursuit of a better life, just
because the results are not happening for you at the moment doesn't
mean it won't come good eventually, remember we're not usually in
control of the when more the how's but just know that the desired
outcome will happen of it's own accord if your efforts match the
specific criteria required to obtain the object of your desire, allow
good old father time and mother nature to work their magic in their
own sweet way and in their own sweet time, it will happen maybe not
necessarily at the time you want it to happen but just when it's most
needed BOOM here it comes.

So more than anything else you need to make sure you're ready, that's
the key to success, there is an element that is known the world over
to the uninformed and the superstitious as Luck or Chance but this is
nothing more than being prepared, it's been said that luck is what
happens when preparation meets opportunity and opportunity is
everywhere in abundance all you need to do is to find it.

Sounds like it's easy doesn't it, just find where the opportunity is
then dive in and hey presto you're a success, well no I'm not
suggesting that it is that easy though there is nothing to say it
won't be but I would hazard a guess there's gonna be a whole heap
more that you'll have to do before the success you wish to enjoy is
yours.

As for those unforeseen circumstances well life is filled with
unforeseen circumstances it's not about the things that happen but
the way you deal with things because if nothing ever happened to you
I would have to say that you're either dead or in a coma because
things always happen, that is what makes life interesting, the whole
uncertainty of what's around the corner can be exhilarating if you
look at it from a particular angle, like I said it's about how you
deal with it.

Therefore don't worry that in the midst of working towards your goal
you've lost a job as around the corner is something better, or
suddenly there is an unexpected mouth to feed you'll find the extra
food, or that person who you thought was going to be with you till
the end suddenly ups and leaves you high and dry they weren't the one
for you, essentially pay no mind to the changes that occur on the
journey as change is inevitable and can be a good thing if you allow
it to be.

Keep It Moving

2009-04-24T08:12:00.001-07:00

So you've started that new project, the plan to get fit, your new business or any other new adventure that you've decided upon, and now you find yourself at that inevitable stage where the honeymoon is over, the initial enthusiasm that marks a new challenge is gone and in it's place comes indifference, lack of enthusiasm and you're asking yourself where's the vigour and passion that seemed to accompany you on first starting up, what happened to that attitude that said I'm gonna do this and it's gonna work.

The tricky part is where you now find yourself, and it's difficult because only you can keep the fire burning, only you can keep it moving and you're having a hard enough time just keeping going right?  Well this is where goal setting, positive mental images and faith come into play. If you have set yourself a realistic goal and by realistic I mean something within the realms of time and space that you can achieve, so if you're 30 there is no point in wanting to be a millionaire by the time you're 25 as you've missed that boat already, but by the same token you can set a goal to be a millionaire by the time your 35 as that ship hasn't sailed yet but bear in mind that you need to get your skates on as you've only got 5 more years left.

Well back to the subject at hand which is how do you keep on going when all you can think of is to quit, give up, try something else or just take a well earned rest, how do you muster up the energy that you obviously had to begin with on this magnificent journey that you now find yourself in, well in the beginning there must have been a desire to achieve something and there must have been reasons for wanting the achievement that you were aiming for and that you so richly deserve as it's totally true that you deserve to be whatever it is that you desire to become and nothing can possibly stop you from being exactly that other than YOU.

But that vision the mental image that you had before the undertaking, do you remember the feeling that it gave you, what if anything did it look like, did you picture yourself in full splendour and glory riding the waves of success, who knows?  What I do know is that it filled you with so much energy and enthusiasm that you earnestly decided to do something about that feeling, you went out of your way to make something happen and you acted upon those feelings because you believed and had faith in your ability to make it become a reality something that you could actually live on a daily basis, and if you care to look a little closer at what has been said it will be interesting for you to note that the common factor which doesn't change amidst all that I was saying is once again YOU

The one and only, that person who is always there with and for you, and ultimately the one person that stands between you and the life you desire to lead.   The key to your success lies with you and in the abilities that are within you, so a thorough understanding of what You are like, your hopes and aspirations, your strengths and weaknesses is a good place to start if you're finding that the momentum has slightly faded under all the hard work that is being done in pursuit of your dreams.  Take some time out to re-evaluate the situation, assess where you find yourself in relation to your goal and remember the reasons for the journey, in the end it will be found that you wanted to improve your general condition and position in life and it's a natural desire which is based on a principle of growth.

It's no different from taking a car journey, you know the reason you're in the car, how to drive and you know where you're going, sometimes we find ourselves lost and have to take out a road map or check the Sat/Nav to regain our bearings but it doesn't change the end destination, and as long as we have sufficient fuel and the car is in good nick you can guarantee that you'll get to where you're going.

Carl Mason is a Mentor, Coach/Life Consultant and CEO of On Point Solutions. A passionate and dedicated individual with a commitment to promote the means by which you can live The Life of your Dreams and BE the person who you WILL to be.

A Positive state of mind

2009-04-14T10:08:00.001-07:00

I was recently having a conversation with a friend at work and we
we're wondering why it is that a man is only able to attract women to
himself when he already has a girlfriend or wife but when on his own
or single as the case may be he can scarcely find anybody who is even
remotely interested in him or his fortunes.

At this point a female colleague was walking by whose opinion we both
hold in the highest regard so we decided to ask the obvious question
of why this almost always seems to be the case, and her answer was
honest and revealing, her simple explanation was this "When a man
becomes involved with a woman he starts to ooze confidence, and it's
very sexy".

Now you know me, I'm an avid student of natural laws such as
abundance, attraction and all the rest of the insights that we've all
heard about but I had to think on that statement for a moment because
it showed me once again how your mind set will directly effect your
entire life and that it pays to have a positive attitude of mind
regardless of the situations that are happening in your own life at
any given moment in time.

But back to the subject at hand, you know that it's been said a
thousand times or more that you first need to have an attitude of mind
where the things you desire are already in your possession or to put
it another way you need to mentally Be before you can Do. It makes
perfect sense when you stop to think about it, I mean if you want to
play football and the position you wish to play is that of a striker
then you need to think like a striker, trying to occupy the role of a
striker while thinking like a defender will not produce the best
results, you have to adjust your thinking to perform your role to the
best of your ability if you wish to be successful in all walks of
life.

So then how do you acquire this mental mindset which allows you to get
the most out of any given situation in life, well I could tell you all
kinds of nonsense and give you lots of phoney advice which sounds good
but in no way is going to help you to achieve your goals, or
alternatively I can offer you the only wisdom that I have on this
subject which is this, concentrate on what you want, then think about
it again, and over and over until the idea becomes a habit, in your
mind become that person and start to see yourself doing all the things
that person would do, begin to revel in the thought of who that person
is, the way they get things done and how people just naturally want to
do things for and with them.

As you start to think of this person notice how you suddenly act as if
you are indeed the character you have created, observe the confidence
you possess the air of authority with which you carry yourself, and
once again take it all in and get a sense of just how good it feels to
be the person you've always wanted to be and just live it like it was
reality and watch as you bend and shape your own perception of reality
to exactly what you wish your reality to be. It's not a trick it's
just a method, a proven tried and trusted system that works as long as
you apply it without fail and really trust in this simple method to
work for you. It will work the same for you just as it has for many
before you and will continue to work as long as there are people on
this earth.

The one thing however that I advise you not to do is to Try, whatever
you do never try to do something, either Do it or Don't do it but
never try to do something as there's a strong possibility that after a
couple of attempts trying if things are not going well you'll be more
inclined to give up as opposed to whey your doing something you just
keep on doing what your doing, it might seem like I'm being picky but
trust me on this one internal communication is a funny thing and can
play tricks on. You may not be doing something very well but at least
you are doing it and practice makes perfect so keep at it show some
character and keep that positive mindset and watch as your dreams
become reality and who knows what and who will be attracted to you or
where your dreams can take you.

Persistence

2009-04-05T14:06:00.001-07:00

Never give up. Don't give in. Fight to the end. How many other ways
have you heard it said in no uncertain terms that you must have what
religious people call faith and some call persistence, whatever you
choose to call it is up to you but just be clear that without this
magical ingredient to add to the mix your unlikely to get very far in
your quest for success.

To keep on in the face of adversity is an essential quality vital to
the achievement of success in virtually all aspects of life as trials
and tribulations of whatever kind lurk around every corner trying
their hardest to knock you off track, and one thing is for sure they
do a great job of discouraging the majority of people from making an
attempt even if it's a half hearted one in pursuit of their goals.

Persistence, having the will to carry on can take you further than
you could ever imagine possible, if you have the power to start and
then keep on keeping on in the face of what might seem like
insurmountable odds. When we hear of people who succeeded in their
chosen field without exception a key component of their success was
the fact that whatever opposition they encountered they just carried
on doing what had to be done, they faced up to their fears and doubts
in pursuit of their dreams because they realized if they could make
one more step and then another and another before long all of their
dreams would come true.

To persist in your efforts to achieve something demonstrates your
belief in yourself, it says to the whole world but more importantly
it says to you that you believe in what you're doing and when you
start to believe in yourself the world believes in you too. Suddenly
things start to go your way, opportunities just seem to appear as if
by magic, so it continues this magical chain reaction of events and
circumstances but this is no random set of scenarios it's not merely
chance, there's a definite pattern emerging which is centred on life
delivering to you the things that you most dearly want in accordance
with the continuous effort your making and the accuracy of your plans.

There's a very simple system in place, you put in and you get back in
kind what you put in and usually you get back much more return than
your efforts decreed so be careful of what you do as abundance is a
law which none can escape and it works positively and negatively
which is why you should always be careful of what you wish for as you
really might just get it.

Provided you put in the effort to go with your plan and see it
through to completion or in other words finish what you started then
success will eventually be yours as it's the only reward your efforts
can bring you. As I've said before practice makes perfect and the
reason why most people don't succeed is that they really don't want
to be successful and on closer inspection you know this is true.

How many times have you heard someone say "I can't be bothered" it's
one of the most repeated and also one of the most destructive sayings
out there as it not only destroys your hopes and dreams slowly but
surely, in addition to this it helps to form one of the most
difficult habits to break which is procrastination, idleness, sloth,
laziness or plain old loafing to quote another of those old school
colloquialism that I love to use.

So I urge you, regardless of what people may say or think about you
and your dreams, whether they call you foolish or just plain old
crazy, listen to what is being said as it's fuel for the flames to
spur you on and you'll probably learn more about your shortcomings
than by any other means, but never ever give in to other peoples
fears jealousy and envy. Just pop your collar up, take a deep breath
and go for what you know with all the enthusiasm and conviction that
you can muster, be brave, be bold and keep on in the face of
adversity as those obstacles that you find in your path are really
just trials designed to separate those who do from those who don't
want success and know that your own burning desire to succeed will
take you all the way to the top as long as you have the persistence
to get there.

Practice Makes Perfect

2009-03-30T09:21:00.001-07:00

Practice makes perfect. Now this is one of those old time aphorisms often quoted yet greatly unappreciated in my humble opinion, because we've all heard it said before but I doubt many realize how simple and true this really is.

Practice which is something done regularly or habitually, the repeated action of something so as to gain a skill will if done often enough and in the right way lead to perfection in that subject, art or skill. Perfect which means faultless, correct, having all the essential elements will be achieved if you practice often and accurately. Whichever way you look it if you repeatedly do something over and over again you're forming the habit that's the basic principle that we're working from here and whether that habit is positive or negative doesn't matter you will become at the very least good at what it is that your doing.

So then the question becomes if all it takes to become successful in any given field is to practice your chosen art regularly and properly or to put it another way form the habit then why do so few achieve success. Well I would hazard a guess that most people don't want success as much as they say they do as it requires far too much hard work for the average person and it involves great sacrifice, the kind of sacrifice which most people are clearly not prepared to make and why should they when it's so easy to get by in this most affluent of times that we find ourselves currently living in.

So back to this practice makes perfect business. You should realize that you had to practice and practice certain everyday skills as a child which you now take for granted in order for you to go about your daily business such as walking, talking, reading and writing, have you ever sat and watched a baby as they learn to walk for the first time, it is a perfect study in how the human spirit when undaunted will achieve anything given enough time and space to master that craft.

To watch as a child tries to raise themselves up only to fall down again but with a determined attitude struggles to rise up again and again until they can stand by themselves without aid or assistance, is nothing short of a miracle, then to observe as they then set about the task of walking is pure joy, but what it shows to anyone who cares to look beyond the obvious enjoyment of watching a child learn is the fact that it took endless hours of practice before progress was made and it took sheer persistence, determination and willpower to ensure success, which is nothing short of the right attitude coupled with action, determined, resolute, action.

Remember this fact well because it is a lesson to us all, for in the attitude of a child which at some point or another we have all possessed is the key to success or failure and all you need to do is to see the world through the eyes of a child to realize how anything within the realms of time and space can be achieved if you only desire it greatly enough and keep in moving towards the achievement of your goal then without a shadow of a doubt you will achieve that goal, so to use another often spoken saying of old "be careful what you wish for or you just might get it".

Carl Mason is a Mentor, Coach/Life Consultant and CEO of On Point Solutions. A passionate and dedicated individual with a commitment to promote the means by which you can live The Life of your Dreams and BE the person who you WILL to be.

Paid in Full

2009-03-27T03:54:00.001-07:00

I was recently struck (it's that proverbial lick to the back of the
head again) by a simple thought concerning this whole Abundance, State
of Mind issue as I was listening to some tunes from a bygone era. Now
I would consider myself to be a fairly young man who is experienced in
life, anyway back in the eighties that decade of big hair and shoulder
pads I was embarking on my true purpose in life and music was and to a
large degree still is a major part of my mission, and for me back then
that meant specifically Hip Hop.

I was the archetypical B-Boy, from the baseball cap on my head to the
trainers with fat laces on my feet, I absolutely lived for Hip Hop and
I could quote you lines from my favourite Rapper like others can quote
from a favourite author and for me it was all about Rakim. I listened
to the words from this man like some people read their Bible, and I
was always listening out for the gems or jewels as we used to call the
turn of phrase or lines that he would say and I was seldom
disappointed.

But it's now 22 years on from those glorious teenage years and
recently I was listening to a track from Eric B & Rakim called Paid in
Full when it suddenly hit me what was being said and how the words
echo my own thoughts and attitude towards life, so I felt I should
show and prove my understanding of a timeless thought.

So now I learn to earn cause I'm righteous,
I feel great so maybe I might just,
Search for a 9 to 5,
If I strive then maybe I'll stay alive,
So I walk up the street whistling this,
Feeling out of place cause man do I miss
A pen and a paper a stereo a tape of,
Me and Eric B and a nice big plate of
Fish which is my favourite dish,
But without no money it's still a wish,
Cause I don't like to dream about getting paid
So I dig into the books of the rhymes that I made,
So now's a test to see if I got pull,
Hit the studio cause I'm paid in full.

Well I hear you say what's the big deal with what he said, nothing
special I hear you saying and what's a verse from some long time ago
rapper doing on a page concerned with abundance, well lets just take a
look for a minute. The initial thought is you must learn to earn and
if you want to be wealthy that's the easiest way to get there which is
the old fashioned way and note that there is no desire to make money
because as somebody once pointed out to me only people who work in a
mint make money the rest of us have to earn money and when you do it
really does feel great, we can all testify to how good payday feels so
no explanation is needed there.

Now this is where it really becomes interesting as obviously you can
just search for a regular job or that good old 9 to 5 which will pay
your bills and you can manage to stay alive and eek out an existence
but deep inside of the author he feels out of place with that thought,
the yearning to do something for which he feels born to do is still
inside of him and it won't go away, the realization of this fact and
his current lack of funds (always a major motivator along with love)
provides him with the necessary motivation to take action as he sees
that your dreams will always remain dreams without action and promptly
decides there and then to see if he can achieve his goals and become
not just paid but Paid in Full.

There's a subtle difference between being paid and being paid in full
because anyone can get paid and most of us do as it's not that
difficult, but real success is when you get paid in full not just
materially but from a mental standpoint as well, as the satisfaction
that comes in achieving your goals will outweigh the monetary rewards
you gain despite what you might think.

Don't get me wrong you're it's great to receive that fat cheque with
the x amount of zeros in it but it's not the reason behind your
happiness trust me on that, money is just the result of your hard
work. Surprising though it may seem most of your lasting rewards in
life will come not from your leisure time but through the achievements
that you justly earn for yourself through work and for this as in all
aspects of life, you need to have the right attitude or state of mind
to increase the odds of you being successful because success as with
anything in life can be predicted to a large degree by the efforts
that you put forth and the clarity behind those thoughts which means
that you need to have a plan to get to where your going and it is
interesting to note the first 5 words of paid of full are.

Thinking of a Master Plan............ Interesting indeed.

The Right Attitude

2009-03-22T14:13:00.001-07:00

You know it's a strange thing how suddenly the full realization of a
truth can sometimes just hit you like the proverbial lick in the back
of the head. This week while walking in the sunshine that's been
blessing this fair city of mine that I call London, it occurred to me
how the attitude you hold and the way you think really can change
your life.

Ever heard the saying if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and
acts like a duck guess what, It's a DUCK, even if it's a swan that
doesn't know any better. Yes we've all heard the story of the ugly
duckling who thought he was just an ugly dude until hey presto he
turns out to be a Swan and what a transformation, cause lets make no
bones about it, when this guy finally realizes what he really is his
whole attitude changes not just his physical form but his entire
perspective on life is now that of a Swan. That's right his whole
and I do mean Whole manner changes and his attitude is suddenly one
of Swan's which is all regal and dignified and nothing like a duck,
who as we all know from watching Donald and Daffy is anything but a
royal manner.

Now if you check the story properly you see that prior to this
transformation he was acting like what he thought he was and he
behaves in accordance with the crowd that he's hanging with, which
was a bunch of ducks (hope I'm not offending any ducks out there,
cause no offence is meant – seriously I'm just trying to make a
point) the point being that with the realization of who he really was
this swan knew he had to change up his whole game plan and he did
just that in order to take up his true position in life.

First things first though, he had the realization of self, a moment
of clarity and in that moment he adopted a correct attitude in line
with who he really was and just got on with acting like a swan
because by acting and thinking like a swan was the only way that he
could become a swan, now you may say well he was a swan so how else
was he supposed to act, well I could say that you are a God to quote
from a very famous book but you don't act like one so where's the
difference?

Before you can do you must be, and we can only be when we know what
we are and when you really know that you are unlimited potential just
waiting to show your true capabilities and that nothing within the
realms of time and space is impossible for you to achieve. So now the
question becomes not what can you do, but more what can't you do,
which is nothing.

You see that's about the only thing you can't do which is nothing,
you can loaf around all day and night and wait and wait which is
another way that you can live just not a very productive one, or you
can get up and take control of your life and take action, any kind of
action but you can never do nothing, what you think is nothing is
really just you wasting time which is the only thing you can make use
of so why not seize this day and the time you have now and do
something, preferably some positive action but do something today
which you like to do which is calculated to make you a little more of
a person than you were yesterday, it's the best thing you could ever
do for yourself.

Pick up that book if you promised to read it, take out that gym card
from your wallet and use the membership that your spending X amount
of pounds a month on, or renew your interest in that hobby that you
used to spend hours on before you allowed the everyday ups and downs
that we call life take a toll on your character, it's never too late
you know.

Life is an constant abundant energy that can be moulded into anything
that you really want it to be so go ahead and create your world and
place in your universe everything that you could possibly want or
imagine in it, then go about making that mental creation a physical
reality, it's no more than you deserve isn't it?

Abundant Living

2009-03-18T04:37:00.001-07:00

As I'm writing this blog, outside is glorious, the sun is shining and
it's a warm and very refreshing day, spring is definitely here.
Everywhere I look I see abundance, grass is growing and trees are
starting to blossom, the obvious truth of new life is clear to see,
old mother nature is doing her job well and it feels good.

So how come so many fail to experience the abundance that life has to
bring and constantly complain about the lack in their lives. Well
depending on the attitude you have will your point of view determine
how you see things and to a large degree how your life will be, life
is how it seems to the individual which is YOU and if you can only see
lack then that's exactly how your life will feel to you, and if you
see abundance then guess how your life will seem to you, exactly the
same way you see it which will be Great.

I've already said before that if you think on a subject and continue
to think and focus on that subject the natural law which nobody can
escape is that it will expand or increase, so if you think on any one
particular thing and keep on thinking on that thing, it must increase
or expand in your mind which brings into play the law of growth which
is tied to abundance cause to have abundance where there was none
before means that there must be growth on some sort of level.

Now let me show you something which is kind of cool depending on where
your standing which is that if you keep on thinking about something
for long enough and with enough feeling and emotions tied to those
thoughts then whether you realize it or not some kind of action has to
follow, it doesn't matter what you think or say but keep focusing on a
subject and you must find a way to bring it into reality, the light of
day, manifest your thoughts or any of the more high brow phrases which
are used to say that you plainly showed something which is what
manifest means.

Bottom line is something is going happen cause that thought has to
find air to breathe, it must express itself and that's the thing,
which is what a thought is by the way, because your thoughts are
actual living things which live in your head until you release them
into the world. Any thought held long enough and desired deep enough
is going to find it's way into your world which is your reality and
once it's let loose upon the world watch out, cause if it has enough
momentum then it is going to travel and along the way it might pick up
other thoughts, and the people that come with them, now another person
is caught up in your reality and may pass on your thoughts to another
person and so on and so on.

Do you see how that one single thought started a chain of actions
leading to reactions and more actions resulting in growth and dare I
say it, Abundance. Yeah I know you're thinking to yourself that's not
abundance, well if you started off with one and now you have two and
that number is continuously growing then whether you want to admit it
or not abundance which is the attribute of plentiful supply will soon
be in effect if it isn't already, as growth which is linked to
abundance never stops it just keeps on growing, the effect might pass
from one entity to another but it never stops, and neither should you.

Abundance is around every corner just like opportunity, and with some
intelligent hard work it will be yours, you just need to realize that
abundance itself is as natural as the sunshine and its going nowhere
so tap into the source and get yours cause there is more than enough
to go around, come to think about it there's plenty.

Abundant Life

2009-03-12T17:05:00.001-07:00

Hi, I'm Carl and this is my way of introducing myself to you, I truly
hope that as the days unfold into months and the months into years on
this magnificent journey that we have come to know as life that I can
be of assistance to you, and it's with a sincere desire to share my
knowledge and experiences with you so that you increase your own
knowledge and improve your own ability to Think that I compose these
initial notes for you to consider.

I'm not claiming to know anymore than you or anyone else, in fact
whatever I say I would also tell you not to believe in it, unless you
have thoroughly investigated what has been said and you can find no
fault in the expression and it's of value to you as an individual.
My own reason for writing this blog is that I fully understand
acknowledge, accept and appreciate that in order to Get I must Give
and the more I Give the more I Get, and the only thing I can really
give is that which I possess, and my thoughts I not only possess
fully as well as emotionally but I have in Abundance.

So now you know my purpose for these words, that my thoughts, which I
have classified over the years are of no use to anyone myself
included unless I share them, and share them freely with love and an
earnest desire for you to benefit from my own personal perception and
comprehension of life and the way it works.

It's my privilege and I'm truly grateful to welcome you into a world
filled of Abundance in every aspect of the word, where everything you
could possibly imagine is at your disposal just waiting for you to
take possession of it, which is just another way of saying that you
need to only think of a thing to take a hold of it and then to keep
hold of that desire to increase your possession. You see I told you
it's a world that's filled with Abundance but like I also pointed out
to you don't believe a word I say, investigate it for yourself.

Go on just take a mental hold of your mind and Think, just Think, let
your mind rest upon something, any concept, person, place or thing
and keep on Thinking about the object of your desire and without a
shadow of a doubt I can guarantee you that your thoughts will
increase and you would have scientifically proven that the Law of
Abundance is everywhere, and that it is absolutely infallible and
does not now nor will it ever fail to operate continuously for your
benefit whether you want it to or not.

You've now been re-introduced to a wonderful world that you have
always had in your possession, but I didn't tell you exactly where it
is, but lets be serious for a moment, just where Do you Think.... it Is?