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May 16 2009

Has Your Hula Hoop Gone Kerplunk?

Published by under Creating Success

Remember the hula hoop? In order to succeed with the hula hoop, you had to keep moving. The minute you stopped, it fell to the ground. Kerplunk! The good news was that you could easily pick it up and start again.

Well the same is true with your life goals.

Of course, the first thing you need is to know what your goals are. One of the single biggest stumbling blocks to success, in any form, is having clearly defined goals. If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there? Start by making clearly defined, quantitative goals. If your goal is to succeed. What does success mean to you? It must be specific. Does it mean that you’ve got 1000 people in your organization or are making $1000 or $10,000/month or that you’ve lost 25 or 50 lbs or have written that book you’ve been thinking about? There are a million different definitions of success. You need to find out what yours is. 

So now you have your goals. You should have goals set in each area of your life –  spiritual, physical, family, community and finances. Remember to write them down daily which gives you an opportunity to visualize what it will feel and look like once you’ve attained a goal. Visualization is an important aspect of staying in focus. If you want to be a millionaire, for example, what does it feel like or look like to you. How will you walk or dress or talk? Start doing those things now (and that doesn’t mean going out and spending money you don’t have). Create the person you want to become. There is a saying – “fake it, till you make it.” 

You may not know how you’re going to achieve the goals and that’s OK as long as you know where you’re going and are open to the possibilities that present themselves. Just like the hula hoop achieving your goals takes action. If you’re not moving – kerplunk. That doesn’t mean you need to go full out 24/7. What it does mean is that you need to keep moving – moving toward your goals.

Just like when you played with the hula hoop and it fell to the ground, there will be times when you stop moving toward your goals. Kerplunk! And just like the hula hoop you have a choice to pick it up and start again. . . or walk away. Which will you do?

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May 03 2009

When you look at your life, what do you see?

Published by under Creating Success,Possibilities of Wealth

If you were to describe your life, would you say you’re lucky or fortunate; that you’ve had a great life or a happy life? Or do you see your life as a series of hardships, illnesses or misfortunes? Where is your focus?

There is a story about Karl Wallenda (The Great Wallenda). He entertained thousands of people with his feats of walking a tightrope across rivers, between buildings, etc. He often said that walking a tightrope was being alive. One day he told his wife that he was concerned about falling and he was very nervous later that day before a performance, checking and rechecking all of the ropes, etc. During that performance, which was not one of his more dangerous ones, he fell to his death. What happened? He lost his focus and began thinking about falling instead of about walking.

So do you see yourself walking or falling to your death (figuratively speaking)? When you think about your life, and the times you’ve experienced some crushing defeat – were you focused on the risk or on the goal you were working toward? Are your goals ones that you can be passionate about putting 100% of your energies toward? Are you confident in your ability to achieve the goals – can you picture what you will look like having achieved a goal? If one of your goals is to be a millionaire – what does a millionaire look like in your mind’s eye? How does a millionaire talk, walk or dress? When you begin to envision yourself as the person you want to become, you will be able to walk that tightrope and take the risks necessary to achieve that vision.

The movie, “The Secret” talked about the Law of Attraction and how you can attract success into your life. It was a great movie in that it addressed a problem that most of us have – self-sabotaging. We spend so much time thinking of all the negatives, we just keep attracting them into our lives.
Many people assumed from “The Secret” then, that all they had to do was think positively and great things would happen! WHOA! That’s a great dream but when you think of the successful people you know, are they the ones sitting around dreaming? I don’t think so. They’re the ones taking action on their dreams.

When you believe in your vision for yourself, you will begin to see opportunities that lead you closer to achieving it. But you must take action and create momentum to move toward your goals. As you create that momentum and you’re achieving some successes, it’s easy to think positive thoughts. So during those times, write down all the things you’re grateful for in your Gratitude Journal.  There will come a time when you stumble, when things look bleak and it’s hard (or impossible) to remember positive events. That’s when the Gratitude Journal becomes important. That’s when you need to remember those times when you experienced gratitude. Re-read all those entries and remember what it felt like to have experienced those achievements.

But, you say, I feel sorry for myself. Well that’s OK. (yes I said that). Set a timer for 10 minutes and have a huge “pity party”. Really let it all out. And when the timer goes off – guess what? The party’s over. Then go read your Gratitude Journal. Rewrite your goals and start seeing yourself achieving those dreams.

We all have ups and downs in our lives, but if you were to describe your life, what would you say? What are you focused on? Walking that tightrope to your dreams or falling….?

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Mar 21 2009

Welcome to A Wealth of Possibilities for Possibilities of Wealth!

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Yes there are a wealth of possibilities for possibilities of wealth. Together we can explore a few of the infinite possibilities.

Certainly the internet has created possibilities that weren’t even thought of 10 or 20 years ago. We have the opportunity to latch on to one and create something unique. So stay tuned as we begin our exploration together.
So what is wealth?
  • affluence
  • prosperity
  • success
  • treasure, valuables
  • riches, substance, wherewithal
Wealth is simply abundance. I’m sure there are hundreds of ways that people think of wealth. But to me it is abundance in all areas of my life.
Thomas Troward in The Hidden Power wrote “Where we are drawing from the infinite we need never be afraid of taking more than our share.”  In other words there is an infinite abundance of things both material and mental.
Stop and think about different areas of your life. Do you approach them in the Spirit of Opulence? Do you think that there  are only so many new customers or business builders; there’s only so much money; there’s only so  many new ideas for businesses or inventions?
If you are approaching life with those limitations, that is what you will experience.  Troward puts it, “Your results are the outward expression of your inner belief system.” 
So if you don’t like how things are going, examine the different areas of your life: Relationships, Physical Health, Finances, Community. How are you limiting your wealth (success) in these areas?
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