The Greatest Money Secret In History

When I met my old friend.

2008-05-08T20:16:00.001-07:00

In the shiny bright Tuesday I met my old friend, Dayat, almost incidentally. Smiling he greeted me and asking, “Hey Rian, it’s been along time we never met!”

As glad as he was I replied, “Yea, it’s been along time. I have a job to do so I can’t see you recently.”

“Good for you!” Dayat said.

“By the way, where are you heading to? Seems that you are busy right now,” I asked.

“Oh, not so very busy, I just planned to see my event organizer to follow up what we have been discussed this couple weeks,” said Dayat while he fix his glass.

“Event organizer? I bet that the event you plan to conduct is going to huge. What is it?”

“Yes, I am planning to conduct a trade show. I will gather nation wide wedding service for a full week,” said Dayat again.

“Wow, it must be fun to do such thing. By the way what event organizer are you using right now? May be I can five you some suggestion, “I asked Dayat.

“O, I use Enamata, a small 6-man event organizer to conduct this trade show. And I use another contractor to provide my trade show participant with appliance such as table skirt, banner stand, and pipe and drap. For that all thing I use CamelBack Display as my contractor.”

“Oh yea, I heard they are specialist on that thing. I believe you will make the most using of their service.”

“Yea, I hope so,” said Dayat.

“Look Rian, I really have to go now. I need to see my event organizer on time as I have another important meeting too this day. What if you come by to my house this evening and we can get a good chat around there while having a tea. How is that?”

“Cool, I have no agenda this evening. I can make it to your house.”

“OK, See you!”

“See you!”

Fachim, Returned From India

2008-03-08T06:44:00.000-08:00

My friend, Fachim had just returned from his long years of study in India. He studied software engineering there. And now he works in an Banking IT company and produced a Banking Software, called SERA. It is a mobile banking application used as a biller and automatic teller.

In the beginning, Fachim has no knowledge about India--language and its culture. He determined to stay and study there because of the reputation of this country on IT matters. You probably know who the founding father of hotmail.com was? He was an Indian. As the result, Fachim must learn some of Indian language. But the result was not satisfying.

In order to follow his University lesson, he must use India translation service to translate his college text book so that he could understand what is contained within. It was work for him and he can follow any lecture held in his major.

As the time goes, he learns little by little to speak India fluently. Friends and landlord was very helpful to him so he can speak Indian almost without broken language, now. He also can translate his text book and get rid the India Translation Service he used to hire.

And now, he Graduated and work in the local IT Company as a Software Engineer. No need India Translation for him to do his job since English in the main language used.

I am very proud of him for he is one of my best friends.

I want to meet him soon, because I have never met him since he gone to India three years ago.

And talk about old time, Fachim ever told me that he would like to run his own business from home selling furniture like his father was. I think he could reach that dream and do his other job along the way.

OK Fachim, way to go dude.

Mr. Fire Featured on Big IDEA

2008-01-29T10:50:00.000-08:00

Recently, Joe Vitale a.k.a MR. Fire was featured on Big IDEA television program with Donny Deustch. On that show Joe Vitale spoke about counter-intention or hidden believe that lies inside our sub conscious.

The video is a 5 minute version of Joe’s The Attractor Factor, and goes through his five steps of manifestation:

Step 1 - Know What You Don’t Want

Step 2 - Set Your Intention and Stop Complaining

Step 3 - Get Clear

Step 4 - Feel What It Would Be Like to Reach Your Goal

Step 5 - Let Go and Take Inspired Action

It’s also very cool that he mentions A Complaint Free World in the video

Are You Using Google AdWords to Build Your List?

2008-01-29T08:52:00.000-08:00

If you have been around the Internet Marketing circuit for a while, I'm sure you understand the importance of building a targeted list of subscribers and customers that you can build relationships with.

When building your list, one of the most important things to keep in mind is the kind of traffic you are driving to your website.

Ideally, the traffic you get coming to your site should be extremely targeted visitors.

Not only that, but it's always more effective if these visitors pro-actively sought you out by searching for specific information offered on your website.

This is because anyone can send out an email, or ask a partner or colleague to send out an email to another list, and ask someone to check out your website.

But if someone took it upon themselves to search for a solution to a problem they are experiencing, they would be that much more likely to give you their name and email address in exchange for that information.

How would you be able to do that?

The fact of the matter is that the answer could very well be right under your nose the entire time!

I'm sure you've heard of Google.com. You may have even used it in your marketing.

Did you know that there are 1000s of advertisers who are taking advantage of Google's 200 million plus daily traffic?

These advertisers are getting tons of exposure, and many of them are getting extremely targeted traffic to their websites each and every day for just pennies on the dollar!

And you can do it too...

You see, Google AdWords is one of the most affordable ways to build a large list of targeted subscribers instantly and easily.

And when you take these visitors, who searched on the keywords that you selected and clicked on the ad that you wrote, and show them a solution to a problem that they are clearly searching for...

...You're bringing in high quality prospects who are going to love hearing from you!

So if you're ready to change the way you're doing business online, be sure to start using Google AdWords to build a targeted list today.

How To Protect Your Income

2008-01-17T04:34:00.000-08:00

Until this very moment we have talked about how to find and to create sources of income for our life. We already discussed the subject of how to make money with so many ways provided, from material and spiritual point of view.

Most of people make money work for other people. Another become entrepreneur and some big part of the mass work themselves or become an independent contractor.

For almost all of us it could happen if he is 'Complete' in the sense of mind and body part. What if suddenly you become unable to go to work because you experienced car accident for example?

How could you sustain your stream of income?

How could you make a living for your family?

It would be hard to be done, of course.

Fortunately, world has created an instrument which could help people who experience unfortunate like that, it is named disability insurance.

Disability Insurance make it possible for people with disability to work to have steady stream of income to their life. In other word his income is safe and protected well.

So, how you could protect your income if in any time you experiencing disability problem in your life?

The answer could not be less than disability insurance.

For you who need Disability Insurance Quote please visit:

https://www.protectyourincome.com/disabilityinsurance/

Thank you.

Think And Act Rich

2007-12-16T22:15:00.000-08:00

Initially, we shall explore a few ways on how the rich act in accordance with their thinking and how we can apply these ways to encourage and guide us in doing the same.

Always keep in mind that you can attract as much money as you desire by knowing that it is all in the mind.

It is what you choose to think, and act upon, that produces the money you want. What you think will be, will be.

Control Your Expenses
When I was still young, I used to hear the expression: “Live within your means.” I think nowadays, we need to correct this expression by changing “within” to “below.”

These days, if we work for somebody or for a corporation, we need to set aside some savings which we can use for a “rainy day.” There is never enough savings, that is why we sometimes find a second job. And this is the reason why we want to improve our lives financially, by getting off the “rat race” and achieving financial freedom.

Sometimes, we have the uncontrollable habit of buying things we don’t actually need, especially when items are “on sale.” We stock up on things that are “on sale” thinking that we are saving.

At first thought, it seems we are, but on second thought, we are actually losing.

Foodstuffs get spoiled. Clothes go out of fashion. Appliances’ warranties expire even before they are used. Sometimes, they become defective due to prolonged storage. And new models are introduced which makes what you have on hand, obsolete or phased out.

This might probably be the reason why they are “on sale.” If you notice, most electronic appliances are expensive the first time they are introduced and they become cheaper in time.

We stock up on things thinking that a similar opportunity might not come our way the next time. I hate to say this but probably some products are excessively produced on purpose, to be put up “on sale” if not completely sold while regularly priced.

To some producers, it’s cheaper to sell at cost or minimum profit than to keep under storage, not to mention expiration dates. This is also one way to promote a product. You see, when people know that a certain product sometimes goes “on sale,” they always have the product on mind.

It’s free advertisement at its best. The product makers don’t lose money anyway. On the contrary, they make money.

All too often, even the rich people fall prey to this kind of promotion. The poor and middle class would say: “I might as well spend my savings on these items since little savings are not going to make me rich anyway.”

And you know what happens to your house if you keep on stocking up? You turn your house into a warehouse. There will be clutter everywhere, especially when your house isn’t big enough.

You buy things “on sale,” only if you intend to sell them for a profit and not for your own future consumption. Keeping a reasonable quantity is justifiable.

Be prudent. This is one habit that we need to improve or correct.

If you are making enough or more than enough, keep in mind that it is not how much you make that can make you rich. It is how much you spend and how much you keep.

Some of us have the habit of buying luxuries the moment we have the money or credit line for it. Most rich people, in spite of being rich, buy luxuries last.

With the money you keep, books are some of the best investments. They keep you skillful. They open up new horizons which can lead to creating wealth. The same thing is true with seminars, tapes, and other media related to acquiring financial knowledge.

Be Generous
Many people think that rich people are selfish, that’s why they have lots of money at hand. This may be true in some cases; however, there are a lot more individuals who are wealthy because they know how to give.

When you give something from your heart without expecting anything in return, you release a powerful force that will trigger your good deed to "bounce" back to you in amazing, and sometimes unusual ways.

Whenever possible, be generous in giving to others. You will notice that what you receive, or the return, will be more than what you give. As humans, we have the tendency to reciprocate what we receive. But don’t give for the sake of expecting something in return. Give freely from your heart, and the rewards would be greater.

The act of giving can summon the spirit of joy to come into your heart. How would you feel when you've given something to your less fortunate neighbors? Let me tell you that nothing could brighten up a day more than hearing them express their most heartfelt gratitude and seeing their smiles extend from ear to ear.

Giving is also a healthy habit. It could prolong your life by instilling within you an inner sense of peace and accomplishment.

What you give doesn’t necessarily have to be something material. It can also be time, effort, talent, service, or even an affectionate feeling.

Just like all things in life, giving has its limitations. Being too generous can have its toll. Your kindness might be taken advantage of and people might abuse your good intentions. Beware of individuals who are continuously seeking your aid. It's better to teach them how to solve their problems than to always attend to their needs.

As the saying goes ...

"Give them some fish and you'll feed them for a day. Teach them how to fish and you'll feed them for a lifetime."

Lastly, here's what I consider the most important rule about giving. Keep your good deeds to yourself. Don't announce to the whole world that you've donated $100,000 to your favorite charity or that you've helped save a child from a life-threatening disease.

If you really desire to give, do it secretly and in private.

Some people would write "anonymous" rather than their own names when they've made a contribution. The universe smiles upon these individuals, and they will get their just rewards in due time.

Consider this: If you are on the giving end, doesn’t it mean that you are in a better position than the recipient? Doesn’t it complement your character?

Program Yourself For Riches!

2007-12-15T22:03:00.000-08:00

There is no doubt that thoughts do direct your actions. And thoughts do have power and can help you accomplish many things. What you think is what you do and who you are. If you think poverty, you will always live in poverty. If you think of prosperity, you will always be prosperous. The secret is to the way you program your mind.

Some people have a sense of entitlement and actually depend on others to cater to their will.
This is the mindset they have.

It was programmed into them from the beginning. Because of this mindset, these people fail every time they seek to establish anything in life for themselves. Whether it involves going into business, making friends, or whatever else they do, if they have the mindset that the world should cater to them, they are doomed to everlasting misery and loneliness.

And there are people who are kindhearted but have been hurt so many times in their lives that they have been programmed to believe that relationships mean pain, so they avoid dating or getting into a relationship.

There are people who are good, hard working people, whose only goal in life is to make something of themselves and do so without hurting others.

They put on the mentality that they can’t get rich because the rich are bad people. That the rich are mean and will defraud others quickly to make lots of money. Because of this mentality, they never get rich, but only live from paycheck to paycheck.

As you can see there are many scenarios of people who function in life based on their core beliefs or programming, instilled into them since they were babies, or which they had learned at some point in their lives, which resulted in a shift in their thinking and awareness.

There are people who will actually commit self-sabotage because they don’t know any better.

They think they are doing the right thing but in fact they set themselves up for failure every time they try something.

And if you try to reason with them about it, and explain to them what they are doing, they just look at you blankly and claim that everything that happens to them is based on other people, the economy, or other factors, but they will not look at themselves as the problem.

This is because they only look at things from the conscious level. What they see in front of them is what they believe. They only go by what input they receive in their conscious mind and this is the root of their problems. They can only see or think about what is in their conscious mind and that limits their abilities beyond all comprehension. If the eyes can play tricks on you, well, the conscious mind can also play tricks on you.

If you listen to your conscious mind, you won’t get far because you will only perceive what you see in front of you. But if your subconscious mind has been programmed properly, you can experience untold amounts of prosperity. On the other hand, if your subconscious mind was program incorrectly you can end up believing wrong things such as:

Rich people are evil. This is how they get rich. They are pompous, arrogant, and dishonest in the way they deal with others. And in order to get rich you have to be just like them.

Poor people are special because they have no money to keep them tied down so they can go out there and do whatever comes to mind to make them happy. They are mainly nice people whose only goal in life is to make a living for their family and die penniless.

It is the right thing to be poor.
It is a spiritual aspect of oneself to be in a poor state. This way you stay humble and worship God the way he wants you to without restrictions.

These are just some of the types of programming we often face. But these are not the only beliefs we had programmed into our subconscious. We also have other ideas and thoughts including reasons why we lack greatness and have no prosperity in life.

Everything we absorb in our everyday existence affects us not only consciously but subconsciously as well. Why? Because what gets fed into our conscious goes into our subconscious. If you read a good book you have happy thoughts. If you read a book on horror, nine times out of ten you will have a nightmare. If you focus on what the news presents, you will start absorbing this into your brain, which will have an effect on you either for good or for bad.

Remember, the way you act now is the way you were programmed from the past. This is an important concept you must understand and retain.

The life you have right now, no matter what you have or don’t have, the way you act or don’t act, the attitudes you have or don’t have; every part of your very being is the direct result of the way you were programmed from when you were born till your present moment.

Every single step you took, you were programmed to do. Every word you heard from someone, you took and placed into your conscious. And what happens to input that goes into the conscious? That’s right, it goes into the subconscious for processing, which in turn creates a reaction, or what was processed is stored in memory for later retrieval.

Every day of your life, from the day you were born to the present, you were being programmed. But the question is: which type of programming did you receive? If you received good programming you’ll end up being a good person with strong character and moral ethics, who will in turn be guided by the right principles. However, if you are programmed incorrectly, you could end up becoming a juvenile delinquent, a drug abuser, an alcoholic, or even a prisoner in a jail.

When you are programmed incorrectly, this programming may not be bad in itself. It may just be stated in a way that downplays who you really are.

For example, if you are born into a particular race, and for years that race was downtrodden because of hatred and prejudice, this core belief or programming may be given to you at some point when you are young and that programming will go into your conscious mind then into your subconscious mind for processing.

The end result is that when the child faces a situation where his ethnicity or race is challenged, he’ll remember that programming and he’ll take some kind of drastic step to relieve the pain or anguish he may feel based on what associations he had developed with that programming when it occurred the first time. Unfortunately, what often happens in this kind of situation the person ends up committing murder or suicide.

Another kind of scenario may be when a person is born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

This means the person is born in a family that is richer than anyone else in the community.

This child will have been programmed from infancy to believe that money is the most important concern in the world, that nothing else matters in life but to have money. This child is programmed to understand the laws around money and to learn to grasp money as if it was their god. They are told in their programming to respect money as a weapon to achieve greatness in life, and to look down on anyone who does not have money like the child’s family does. This does occur in the homes of the filthy rich and is unfortunate because it leads the child to accept the notion that rich people are better than anyone else.

Of course, there is the other extreme. A child could be born from an unwed mother living in the ghetto.

She may program her child to accept the fact he will be poor all of his life. And because of this he will grow up to be poor, or maybe get into trouble with the law.

Or imagine a person who has been conditioned about starting a business.

On the other hand, the person described above could become so hesitant about starting a business, all because of his programming, that he misses a great opportunity to make it big in a business venture and get rich.

Unfortunately, these kinds of situations happen to many people every single day. It all stems from their programming. It has so much to do with your mindset and what was planted there from birth to the present day. And you may not even know it because it came in such a way that you didn’t know you received it. It was like subliminal messages.

This is why it is so vital that you monitor your thoughts as you progress through the day.

You don’t want to focus your time and attention on aspects of any input that may disqualify you from getting the proper programming you need to overcome any previous programming that may have affected you in an adverse way.

That could be compared to a garden. If you plant a bunch of seeds you do not want to just leave them there to grow without taking care of them. If you leave the garden unattended, what will happen is that weeds will grow among the plants. The weeds will grow along with the plants and maybe even become a part of the plants or suffocate them by grabbing a lot of the soil's nutrients.

To overcome such a problem, the garden needs to be cultivated and cared for on a regular basis.

A garden well cared for will produce an abundance of plants and vegetables to the delight of the grower.

This goes for the conscious and subconscious mind.

If you continue to feed negative thoughts into your conscious mind, these thoughts will be processed in your subconscious mind. In turn they will be used to serve their purpose at the necessary time.

But if you feed your conscious mind upbuilding or good thoughts, these will also get processed in the subconscious mind and stay in memory for use at a later time. Don’t forget one principle here.

The subconscious mind does not know what is right or wrong. It doesn’t know what is good or bad. It only processes what it receives. And that is all it does. You have to be in control of what the subconscious mind processes. It is by your vigilance that you can prevent bad thoughts from getting into your mind and causing you pain and frustration later.

In some cases, you may have to completely alter your core beliefs in order to replace them with more productive beliefs. As you learn and grow in life and you realize what He was programmed by his father who was also self-employed, but failed at his business, to accept the fact that once he starts a business he will fail within two years. Now he could go into this business venture he wants to get involved with without thinking about it or doing any research and end up losing his shirt because he wasn’t careful enough.

This is mainly the result of his programming.

He thought he could get rich fast, but when he entered into the actual business, his previous programming intervened and caused him to sabotage his business to the point where he failed and lost out.

you need to do to become prosperous and wealthy, a lot of your previous programming will need to be replaced or you will need to reprogram your subconscious mind so you will have the right mindset to forge ahead and become the person you want to be.

The best way to overcome previous programming is to replace that programming with new programming. This means continued affirmations.

You need to change your mindset with words and phrases that will up build you and help you develop a better personality.

There are many steps you can take to help you to change your previous programming so as to reflect the new programming. It will take time, patience, and perseverance, but the time involved will produce results.

You just need to decide for yourself if you want to change. If you don’t want to change, you won’t. But if you do want to change, you will. It is control and will power that will determine whether you change or not.

Some people have to get so desperate that they are forced to change when they realize the present course they are facing will lead them nowhere or to disastrous results. But if you act right away, you won’t have to hit rock bottom or face a calamity before you decide to change.

You will have decided that change is required and will take the necessary steps to secure this change.

Just as with computers, subconscious programs can be changed. Operating systems have patches that alter the way the software works. When these patches are applied, they change the settings in the system so as to allow the new settings to take effect and work. Then the operating system has a new way of working. In some cases, these changes may help the user tremendously.

These changes can also provide more functionality and security. This is why upgrading or reprogramming is so important.

If computers go through this, what do you think about the human brain? In order for your brain to function properly and to provide you with everything you need to enjoy and envision life the way you want, you will need a patch job for your conscious and subconscious mind.

You will need to download the program into your conscious, which will feed into the subconscious, and in turn the subconscious will process this new program, and hold it in memory for future use, and/or provide results immediately to the person who received the new programming.

This is the primary way of change. By changing your programming, you can literally change your life and your core beliefs. This is what matters most in life and everyone has a chance to accomplish goodness in their lives if they undertake this challenge and replace old worn-out, self-defeating tapes, and replace them with upbuilding, thoughtprovoking tapes that will alter the programming for good.

Your Unlimited Power To Become Rich!

2007-12-14T21:38:00.000-08:00

You may not realize it, but the mind is very powerful.

It is unlimited in potential. You can create anything you desire just by letting the mind do what it was created by God to do.

Once you begin to understand the power of the mind, and learn the laws of the universe, you can reprogram your subconscious so you can obtain anything you want in life and live life to the fullest.

If you think about one thing for a minute it is this: you do not need to struggle in life to make something of yourself.

All you need to do is apply the principles set out in this ebook and the new programming you will receive will turn your life around.

Life does have a purpose for you and will give you abundance if you program your mind in that direction.

Once you learn and apply the principles and techniques required to alter your programming, enhance your mind’s functions, and improve the way your mind can develop, you can have anything you want or desire.

It just takes a single step and understanding of the mechanism to appreciate what it does.

The mind has a great deal of power as was stated above. It has the ability to heal all diseases. But yet, in the average person, only 10% of the mind is used, which results in 90% not being utilized.

Imagine what we could do if we used the full capacity our mind can muster.

Every person on this planet has the same capacity in their brain but not everyone uses it.

If we were to take a handful of people together and tap into their entire brain function, we could brighten a city for at least a week.

This is how powerful the mind is. It is just the choices we make and the beliefs we were programmed with that separate us from successful individuals.

It is really the programming that we received from birth to the present that shapes who we are and what we do.

We have the capability to do marvelous things, but it is our belief system and our faith that allows us to take part in some events in our lives or not.

Our belief system or programming is what sets us apart from other people. Everyone on this planet has a belief system in place that guides their thinking, reasoning, and functions.

Whether these people take part in sports, have a trade, or are lifetime students, the origin is the same. They got to where they are because they knew the power of the human mind and they utilized it to its fullest.

You have the ability to have and do whatever you want if you satisfy all the conditions that will allow you to use your powerful mind to the greatest degree. You first have to be aware of what you want.

The next step is to desire what you want. The next step involves your pre-processed programming – your beliefs. If your beliefs will allow the situation to occur, it will. But if your beliefs will not allow it to occur, you won’t do it.

This is why the idea of subconscious programming is so important.

It is the mechanism by which your old thought processes can be changed so you will have new beliefs.

As a matter of fact, there have been studies done that showed people accomplishing great feats with the power of their mind. Acknowledging this power and using it beneficially is what will help you take the first step toward realizing your goal of obtaining whatever it is you want.

You can prosper with no problem once you understand the power of your mind, and use it for the purpose it was created for: to give you everything and anything you want in life.

But before you can do anything you must be open to the world of your mind, and see the immense power your mind has.

In order to do this we first tap into our subconscious. Many of these terms will be covered later in chapter two, but it would be good to summarize them here so as to give you a head start as it were.

The Subconscious Mind
The subconscious mind acts as the translator to the conscious mind. It is given commands by the conscious mind and fulfills those commands with ease.

The subconscious mind is also referred to as the go-between between the conscious and superconscious mind.

In order to program your mind to do what you want it to do, you first have to understand the subconscious mind and how it works, or you won’t know how to program the mind.

You must learn how to control the subconscious mind so you can learn how to reprogram it.

Only then will you have the ability to achieve personal development and reach the empowerment that only your mind can give you. Once you reach this plateau, you will be able to command anyone and get anything you want. Only then will you have fulfilled your dreams of living your life to the fullest.

And what is so special about the procedure is that it really does not take long to perform the exercises you need to gain control and reprogram the subconscious mind.

Developing your understanding of the power of the mind starts with knowing two laws or principles.

These two laws are The Law of Vibration and The Law of Attraction. If you are unfamiliar with these laws they will be covered briefly below.

Just know before these two laws are discussed, that when you understand these two laws and how they apply to the subconscious mind, you will begin to see how powerful the mind really is.

The Law of Vibration
The Law of Vibration seems easy to understand but can be complicated to those who do not know how it works.

The one principle you will take away from this discussion is that The Law of Vibration will always be here among us and always works, whether we choose to believe it or not.

The Law of Vibration states that everything in the universe, no matter what it may be, is energy. Energy makes up the entire universe.

You place a particle under a very powerful microscope and you will see molecules. These molecules are in a constant state of movement. If we looked inside a molecule we would see an atom. And inside this atom you will find a proton in the center with an electron circling around.

This is energy vibrating. Everything vibrates at different rates or speeds. When the vibration is within our ability or frequency range, we can hear or see the vibrating source of energy.

Because we were created by God or by some infinite spirit or consciousness (as some like to call it), this higher power vibrates as well.

And since we are a part of this creation or consciousness, we are also energy in the form of a body. We vibrate like anything else. Every part of us is a vibration including our thoughts and sounds.

Light is also vibrating. Since we know our bodies vibrate and our thoughts also vibrate, then if we become aligned with the universe in vibration, we will be able to attract whatever the vibrations point to.

But our thoughts, which go back to our conscious and subconscious, must vibrate in tune to the universe for us to achieve what we wish.

This is why we must monitor our thoughts within our conscious and subconscious so as to make sure all input is in vibration or harmony with the universe.

The Law of Attraction
Just as we have the Law of Vibration, we also have The Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction is a universal law that states that there is a cause and effect to everything we think and do.

If we think about a particular thing, we end up getting it. Just as it is important to learn about The Law of Vibration, you must also learn about The Law of Attraction. If you want to learn how to attract anything you desire you need to set up an attraction for it. To do this, you must make sure your thoughts within your subconscious mind are geared toward what you are trying to attract.

If they aren't, you won’t get it, instead you will get what you don’t want, because your subconscious mind thought it.

The Law of Attraction is something that exists apart from you. It exists and therefore it is. The Law of Attraction is a universal law that never goes away. You can control it to some degree by what you vibrate to; by what your thoughts are geared to. The end result is simple, if you reprogram your subconscious mind to vibrate with the universe, you can get anything you want just by thinking it.

The Function of the Subconscious Mind
Now that you know the two different laws that work with the subconscious mind to grant you what you want and to provide the effective programming you will need for prosperity, you would do well to focus on the subconscious mind itself.

Knowing how the subconscious mind functions will be a stepping stone toward controlling it.

When you think of the subconscious mind you may think of it as the brain. If you did you would be wrong. The brain is not the mind, but the brain makes up a part of the mind.

The mind uses the brain to carry out its functions as required.

The conscious mind is used to take in input through all five human senses and interprets this input.

It then sends these interpretations to the subconscious mind for processing. The subconscious mind then manages these inputs by controlling what they do to the body or by what action the person takes. Your intuition or psychic powers arise from your subconscious mind.

If you want to focus on getting something, all you have to do is start the process by thinking about what you want, then that thought will proceed to your subconscious mind, which in turn will act on your thought, which will be in vibration with the universe, and the result – you will obtain what you thought about.

And what is amazing about the subconscious mind is the fact that it is always working. It never stops functioning.

This is why you have dreams at night. The subconscious has processed all information and is ready to deliver the result to you, either through your dream, or by you obtaining what you thought about or wanted.

The main thing is that you, or we should say, your subconscious, must be in total vibration to the universe for you to get whatever it is you desire.

This means your programming in your subconscious must be in line with what you desire for you to get it. If this programming is not in alignment, you will not be in vibration, which in turn will cause you not to get what you wanted or desired. This is why you must be in total alignment with the universe. And by having your thoughts vibrating this way, you will be in alignment.

To recap, you must understand how the The Law of Vibration, The Law of Attraction, and the subconscious mind work, in order to be able to get what you want in life and to live life abundantly in prosperity.

The whole principle works simply by the conscious mind taking in the input, which can be from all five senses; it will then take this and interprets what it receives. The conscious mind then transmits this to the subconscious mind for processing and acting on.

During this stage, if the subconscious mind has any programming held in memory that is in opposition to the thoughts being processed, there is no vibration and no alignment to the universe. And when that happens, the desire or want will fail to materialize.

To obtain anything you want in life, you must make sure your pre-programmed subconscious mind is right and in tune to the vibrations of the universe. If it is not in line with and vibrating to the universe, you'd better undergo changes in your mindset and alter the programming so you will be in tune and vibrating in harmony with what you want.

Another way to look at how the mind works between the conscious and subconscious is to think of it from this point of view: when you develop a thought, it is analyzed by the conscious mind which then starts to send electro-chemicals within the brain. As the electro-chemicals travel through the brain, neural pathways are opened and the data passes through the brain.

As the data travels, additional cells throughout the brain are imprinted with the data being processed. The conscious mind then attaches emotion to the thought based on its perceived interpretation of the data. This increases the vibration of the thought and at that time a belief is established. This belief is then stored in the subconscious mind. This belief could be based on truth, reality, or a lie. It depends on where the thought came from and how it was interpreted. This data can then be accessed and utilized in the future by the conscious mind to either support or deny any further thoughts that are inputted into the conscious mind.

When the conscious mind receives the same input again, it is the job of the subconscious mind to locate and provide that data which was stored previously, send it back to the conscious mind with an emotion of some type included, which was also stored previously with the data, which will create a vibration based on the frequency of the data presented.

If this previously stored data matches the vibration of the universe, there is an alignment and the result is the creation or manifestation of what that thought was intended to provide.

This really is not a hard process to achieve. It just takes work and determination, and having faith doesn’t hurt either. You must always remember that the subconscious mind does not know the difference between what is real or imagined. It only responds to what is fed to it. So for it to work correctly, you must be sure of what you are feeding it, and what has already been fed before, if you really want to succeed at the game of subconscious programming or mind control.

Think And Act Rich

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Initially, we shall explore a few ways on how the rich act in accordance with their thinking and how we can apply these ways to encourage and guide us in doing the same.

Always keep in mind that you can attract as much money as you desire by knowing that it is all in the mind.

It is what you choose to think, and act upon, that produces the money you want. What you think will be, will be.

Control Your Expenses
When I was still young, I used to hear the expression: “Live within your means.” I think nowadays, we need to correct this expression by changing “within” to “below.”

These days, if we work for somebody or for a corporation, we need to set aside some savings which we can use for a “rainy day.” There is never enough savings, that is why we sometimes find a second job. And this is the reason why we want to improve our lives financially, by getting off the “rat race” and achieving financial freedom.

Sometimes, we have the uncontrollable habit of buying things we don’t actually need, especially when items are “on sale.” We stock up on things that are “on sale” thinking that we are saving.

At first thought, it seems we are, but on second thought, we are actually losing.

Foodstuffs get spoiled. Clothes go out of fashion. Appliances’ warranties expire even before they are used. Sometimes, they become defective due to prolonged storage. And new models are introduced which makes what you have on hand, obsolete or phased out.

This might probably be the reason why they are “on sale.” If you notice, most electronic appliances are expensive the first time they are introduced and they become cheaper in time.

We stock up on things thinking that a similar opportunity might not come our way the next time. I hate to say this but probably some products are excessively produced on purpose, to be put up “on sale” if not completely sold while regularly priced.

To some producers, it’s cheaper to sell at cost or minimum profit than to keep under storage, not to mention expiration dates. This is also one way to promote a product. You see, when people know that a certain product sometimes goes “on sale,” they always have the product on mind.

It’s free advertisement at its best. The product makers don’t lose money anyway. On the contrary, they make money.

All too often, even the rich people fall prey to this kind of promotion. The poor and middle class would say: “I might as well spend my savings on these items since little savings are not going to make me rich anyway.”

And you know what happens to your house if you keep on stocking up? You turn your house into a warehouse. There will be clutter everywhere, especially when your house isn’t big enough.

You buy things “on sale,” only if you intend to sell them for a profit and not for your own future consumption. Keeping a reasonable quantity is justifiable.

Be prudent. This is one habit that we need to improve or correct.
If you are making enough or more than enough, keep in mind that it is not how much you
make that can make you rich. It is how much you spend and how much you keep.
Some of us have the habit of buying luxuries the moment we have the money or credit
line for it. Most rich people, in spite of being rich, buy luxuries last.
With the money you keep, books are some of the best investments. They keep you
skillful. They open up new horizons which can lead to creating wealth. The same thing is
true with seminars, tapes, and other media related to acquiring financial knowledge.
Be Generous
Many people think that rich people are selfish, that’s why they have lots of money at
hand. This may be true in some cases; however, there are a lot more individuals who are
wealthy because they know how to give.
When you give something from your heart without expecting anything in return, you
release a powerful force that will trigger your good deed to "bounce" back to you in
amazing, and sometimes unusual ways.
Whenever possible, be generous in giving to others. You will notice that what you
receive, or the return, will be more than what you give. As humans, we have the tendency
to reciprocate what we receive. But don’t give for the sake of expecting something in
return. Give freely from your heart, and the rewards would be greater.
The act of giving can summon the spirit of joy to come into your heart. How would you
feel when you've given something to your less fortunate neighbors? Let me tell you that
nothing could brighten up a day more than hearing them express their most heartfelt
gratitude and seeing their smiles extend from ear to ear.
Giving is also a healthy habit. It could prolong your life by instilling within you an inner
sense of peace and accomplishment.

Unlocking The Wealth Machine Within!

2007-12-13T21:22:00.000-08:00

Every action starts with a thought. This is what guides us and helps us deal with life on its own terms.

When we have to make decisions we use our faculty of the brain to think and reason about what we are facing so we can come to some positive conclusion that is most beneficial to ourselves and hopefully to those around us.

It doesn’t matter what our station in life may be, we all use the same avenue that allows us to make decisions by what we experience, see or hear.

If we think bad thoughts, bad things happen to us. If we think good thoughts, good things happen to us.

This way of thinking we believe comes from our consciousness. It dictates the way we think and reason about what has happened in our life and has a direct influence on the outcome of whatever problem or issue we happen to face.

This conscious level controls how we discern our surroundings at any given time.

But did you know that the conscious level of the mind is only involved in what we perceive?

That’s right.

The conscious level only takes in what the eyeballs and ears take in and initially deposit that information. However, the process does not end there, for another step is involved.

There is another level of the brain that has more control over our thoughts than the conscious level does. This is the subconscious. The subconscious is what really processes our thoughts that come into our conscious mind.

The subconscious mind takes those thoughts and processes them for us to act on. The final process is delivered to our conscious mind in the form of feedback that we interpret as our thoughts.

These thoughts also direct our emotions. As you can see the thought process is very powerful.

When these thoughts come to our conscious mind, they may or may not be in harmony with our programming - programming that was ingrained into us when we were little ones. This is programming we received starting at the day of our birth. And so we may reject some thoughts because of our limited beliefs.

But what exactly is the subconscious mind?

You can think of the subconscious mind as something like a computer. When you first purchase a computer you have the hardware that allows it to function the way it was intended.

You have the box the CPU is stored in, the monitor, keyboard, mouse, CD or DVD drive, and hard drive. Everything is there and in place. There is one problem, though. Without the operating system that computer is worthless. The operating system is a set of written code, or instructions if you will, that controls all the hardware on your system.

As soon as the operating system is installed on your computer, suddenly it works and you can now use it for whatever your purpose was when you turned it on.

Plus, you can add more programming to it so it can perform all sorts of different functions besides the basics it came with.

When you perform a task, you are doing it without thinking about what the computer is doing. However, the computer is constantly sending electronic signals back and forth just so you can use that software. You are not conscious of it, but it works.

The mind works the same way.

You have the conscious mind, which as stated before is our current state of awareness. This is where we receive images and hear sounds that are interpreted as thoughts in our consciousness. If you compare the conscious to the computer, the conscious would be a text editor.

You bring it up on your screen and start typing a document. As we type the words on the screen, we are constantly making decisions as to what to say, if the format is right, the spelling is correct, etc.

In our brain, our conscious is the decision maker to a degree.

It takes in all our input and tells the subconscious when to go to work to process that input. After the subconscious mind does what it needs to do, the conscious mind reacts to the results the subconscious mind produces then decides what to do next and feeds that information to the subconscious for processing.

If you compare the subconscious mind to the computer, it is the operating system. It contains all our memory, habits, beliefs, personality, and more. The subconscious mind also controls the body.

It will store information and act on it. The subconscious acts on whatever it is given by using predefined instructions (just as an operating system does) that basically tells it what to do and how to do it. Of course, the body itself is the output of the computer, or the screen. It responds to the programming by doing or reacting to what was intended by the subconscious mind. And what is awesome about this whole endeavor is that it does all this automatically.

Therefore, the mind has two areas or functions – the conscious and subconscious.

Without these, we would be just like a computer without the operating system – a box of hardware that does absolutely nothing.

This is why conditioning or feeding the subconscious mind the correct input is vital to our existence.

Think about it. If you have a bad experience at some point in your life, your conscious mind will take that in as input and send that input to your subconscious mind for processing.

The result is that bad experience will stay locked up in your memory bank for later recall.

So when you face that same or similar experience later, the subconscious automatically retrieves the memory so you can feel the same sensations you did previously.

Not everyone knows that there is a non-physical barrier that lies between our conscious and subconscious that works to prevent anything from reaching our subconscious mind that is not in harmony with what our previous programming was.

This can be a good thing, for it protects us from any negative thoughts or prevents any unknown or unwanted thoughts from entering into our subconscious mind.

If this area of our brain is designed to prevent unwanted thoughts from entering our subconscious, how did we get programmed in the beginning? Let’s take a look at this to see how this was possible.

When we examine programming we find there are three types we go through in life. The first one, genetic, is part of our heritage.

It is programming that comes from our genes. This includes how our body functions, our personality, the talents we develop, etc. The second type of programming involves our environment.

This is what we learn as we grow up including our name, our sense of who we are and what we are about, how to read and write, how to dress, how to keep ourselves clean, eventually how to drive when we get old enough, how to get along with others around us, and more.

The programming receive from our environment also includes what we learned from our parents, TV, the movies, our peers, our teachers, what we read, what we are told from others, and commercials on TV and radio.

Anything that originates in the environment has to do with this type of programming.

The third type of programming, is one you will normally not hear about or read about, because it is an area of our brain that scientists have kept secret because they are either scared by it, or don’t fully understand it.

This third level of programming has to do with what is referred to as mass mind. or “race mind” as certain people call it. Some call it human race consciousness. Some doctors also called it the collective unconscious.

This is the type of programming that we absorb without even knowing it and includes the beliefs and attitudes we have about our family, our country, our culture, our ethnic background, and our socio-economic status in life.

The reason this type of programming is rarely discussed in psychiatry or even in medical journals is because we don’t even realize this is programming. We think it is just a way we run our lives and we accept it that way.

We are programmed the same way a computer is programmed. We are fed thoughts just as a computer is fed thoughts, only our programming is done by actual words, while a computer is programmed by machine language or code. This code is in the form of numbers and is done in a logical sequence.

Subconscious programming is not done simply by thoughts that are repeated over and over on a consistent basis.

Instead, it involves neurological patterns that occur within our cellular structure. And since our bodies are made up of millions of cells, whatever is in our subconscious mind can affect our health for good or bad.

This is why if we are to try to change our lives, we need to do more than change our thoughts, we have to go deeper than that and change our programming.

Changing our programming involves many series of steps and processes that will be discussed in this ebook. The main point to remember here is that our cellular level has to change if we want our bodies and our lives to change.

There are two ways in which we can reprogram ourselves.

The first way is what scientists call the “quantum leap” method. This is when you get a conscious awareness of some extreme event that literally changes your thoughts and attitudes.

An example of a change like this could be when someone has been diagnosed with a fatal disease and knows he will die in a certain time, but suddenly a miracle occurs and the person is cured of the disease. The other way to reprogram our minds is through repetition and reinforcement.

It is not just a matter of saying a word or phrase over and over again.

You must perform some technique that will break that barrier that prevents certain thoughts or signals from gaining entry into the subconscious area. This area is very strong and impermeable. It is like using a hammer on a cement block.

If you strike it enough times you will chip away at it; so too with the brain. You have to feed it a lot of continuous thoughts that basically repeat the same words or phrases over and over again.

It is like learning a new skill.

Unless you are a genius or extremely intelligent, you have to practice that skill for a time until you have it so ingrained in your mind that it becomes a part of you or becomes second nature, because the repetition has entered your subconscious mind and is now working from there.

If you ever bought subliminal tapes you will find they work because the signals or thoughts do not push into that barrier.

Instead the signals go directly into the subconscious and plant themselves there. And as the thoughts are being directed to you, your subconscious mind collects these thoughts and retains them, and locks them away in your memory banks forever.

In the upcoming pages, you will learn techniques that will help you to change your mindset and alter your subconscious programming so that you can change your way of thinking and live life the way you intend.

You will become educated on how the human mind works and you will see how much power the human mind has. This will help guide you in the right direction so you’ll have a better understanding as to the proper way to alter your subconscious mind.

Every step in the process may seem intimidating to you at first because you have held your beliefs for so long that any change will seem scary if not downright terrifying.

But it is at this time you have to put your blinders on and just go with the process, otherwise you will never see change occur in your life.

Anthony Robbins said it best when he mentioned in one of his audio recordings that people live in a comfort zone. Whether it is good or bad, they live in a zone that they are familiar with.

What may seem to us as pain is pleasure to them.

If this description fits you, the only way to turn your life around is to be convinced that your pain is not pleasure but pain.

This will force you to want change. This can be done with subconscious programming.

But the initial stage has to be set and that begins with you. You are the one who has to decide to change.

No one else can make that decision for you. It really depends on how badly you want change.

If you are tired of living in your pain but want to live in peace, joy, pleasure, and have a good life, you need to alter your thoughts and those altered thoughts will in turn lead you to change which will in the end change your feelings.

Your life will actually take on a new meaning and you’ll be grateful you took the step forward. So if you are ready to take the plunge and begin the life-long process of change, you need to take that first step and that involves your mindset.

But before we get into that you must understand the mind itself before you can learn about thoughts and how the mind uses and stores thoughts.

Without further ado, let’s get started.

John Paul Getty's Rules of Success

2007-11-20T06:22:00.000-08:00

The 8 rules of success the millionaires have in mind

By Vic Carara
www.empowersU.com

The late J. Paul Getty's rules for accumulating wealth are simple and to the point. In fact, it is so simple that most people who read them either dismiss them as sweeping generalities or falsely believe they have known and used them most of their lives... but these people are probably not rich. So while these guidelines may lack romance or an obvious direction, be assured that they are the genuine article. Apply them as soon and as often as you can, and apply them with intelligence and creativity.

Rule No. 1: To acquire wealth today, you must be in your own business.

You may think that the corporate executive with a $100,000 salary is better off than small shop owner, but the executive will be hard-pressed to double his income and taxes will eat up most of any increase. The simplest peanut vendor has unlimited opportunity to expand his business and his income, and even salesmen, who in most cases are able to write their own paychecks, can control his sale increases himself.

Rule No. 2. You must have a working knowledge of the business when you start and continue to increase your knowledge of it as you go along.

If you don't know what you're doing when you start, your mistakes will be costly and often unnecessary, and you won't be able to keep up with the technological explosions in any field. Start smart and stay that way.

Rule No. 3. You must save money in your personal life and in your business venture as well.

Discipline is the key to saving money. You must develop the will power to deny yourself immediate gratification or the temptation to gamble on the quick buck. Resources will be needed for expansion and should be guarded carefully.

Rule No. 4. You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money.

Risk-taking is essential to business growth. Nelson Bunker Hunt is admired for his guts in trying to corner the silver market, not scorned for losing money on this deal. Some of the richest men have staked their entire fortunes and lost, several times over, before the risk-taking paid off. Back those risks with good judgment, experience, commitment, and the right support. Seek advice on risks from the wealthy who still take risks, not friends who dare nothing more than a football bet.

Rule No. 5. You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out.

Thrive on stress! If it means getting physically fit, having a psychiatric overall or losing 50 pounds before you can handle it, do it. Once you can learn to thrive on stress, you will not only enjoy it, you will seek it out willingly and enthusiastically and wonder how you could live any other way. Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play. Consider it serious business and you will suffer far more stress than you need or want. Keep your perspective or your stress level will rocket beyond your control.

Rule No. 6. Build wealth as a by-product of your business success.

If wealth is your only object in business, you will probably fail. Wealth is only a benefit of the game. If you win, the money will be there. If you lose, and you will from time to time if you play long and hard enough, it must have been fun or it was not worth it.

Rule No. 7. Patience.

This is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves. Let your business grow naturally, not by pressing your luck.

Rules No. 8. Diversify at the top.

Once you've made it, you'll understand that any business is limited in the challenges it offers. You'll want and need other games to play, so you'll look for other ventures to hold your interest.

Now go for it!

Law of Attraction – Be Like A Great Actor To Be Successful

2007-11-19T06:17:00.000-08:00

"Unlock the Secret of Law of Attraction By Following Three 'Obvious' Steps"

by Aldian Prakoso

What if I see something that causes me heartache or if I dont want to think about
some bizarre experience?

If it is something you don't want, don't think about it, it's just that simple. For what you resist persist. The Law of Attraction cannot tell if you do not want the experience, especially since you keep thinking about it and wondering and predicting what you will do about it. Sensing that you want to keep creating more doubt, fear, anxiety, etc. because your energy is so focused on those types of experiences, the law says here's more. The more you concentrate on the unwanted object or experiences, the more energy you give it to grow. If it is something you truly desire, think about it to the point you can smell it, feel it and taste it and then "act as if you already have it in your life.

The next time you get into your old car, "act as if it's that new luxurious one you desire. Every time you get behind the wheel only believe, smell, and think of it as that new one. Start play-acting and pretend. Imagine you have the job, car, etc. and actually sense/visualize how you feel; insert yourself into the vision. Why? Because the universe does not distinguish between what is make believe and what is real. When you are pretending to the point that you actually believe you are in possession of the object of desire, then the universe matches it if you have mentally aligned with it and have physically made room for it.

How is this accomplished? Well, the universe doesn't have a mechanism to detect when you are pretending, so your consistent desirous thoughts about what you would love to experience is responded to as the real deal.

Go to the car dealership and sit in that luxurious new car. Go to the jeweler and try on that diamond ring, and sit in on a corporate meeting and get that feeling of entitlement in your soul. Start pretending, act as if now. Use this exercise daily. Start small then build to a bigger desire, you will need to feel confident and comfortable when you are acting as if. Remember, the subconscious mind doesn't distinguish between the real world and a virtual one. Acting as if will cost you nothing and there is not a great deal of energy expended. You simply incorporate the process into your normal daily routine.

Why pretend?

Pretending is like having access to a virtual reality game without being hooked up to any electronic equipment. Believing it's a game; the suspicious, cautious conscious mind will not reject, analyze or judge any of these thoughts against your current belief system because it views this exercise as play.

Just be like Angelina Jolie, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise or other great actors. They act it out and pretend that they're someone else according to their movie characters. You just need to act it our in your daily life.

Do not be deterred if others think you are acting weird, for it is through understanding and practicing the principles of the law that you will receive everything you believe and desire. Yes, it is the Law of Attraction and one of itsreal secrets is "if you believe it, you can achieve it." Only then can you have, be or do anything in your life if you desire it. Believing and having faith is the foundation for any desire to manifest.

About author: Aldian Prakoso is a Law of Attraction Coach and the owner of The Secret of Law of Attraction Blog. The Secret of Law of Attraction Blog helps you to achieve success, wealth, growth and health by unlocking The Secret of Law of Attraction.

12 Commandments To Attracting Greater Wealth!

2007-11-17T05:54:00.000-08:00

By David Bach

One of the defining characteristics of a Smart Woman is that she is paid what she is worth. So why is it then that so many Smart Women (and even Smart Men) regularly accept earning less then they should? Did you earn what you deserve in 1999? Were you fully recognized for the value you bring to the work place? Well, if the answer to the above is “no”, that’s okay because a new millennium awaits us. Having taught thousands of women the following 12 Commandments To Attracting Greater Wealth I know that if you take action and utilize these simple yet powerful concepts you can attract greater wealth in you life in 2000 and beyond! As we begin this incredibly exciting year my hope for you is that in 2000 you are a Smart Women that both lives and finishes rich!

COMMANDMENT 1
WHATEVER YOU EARN RIGHT NOW IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ACCEPTED.
People constantly complain about how much money they make-or, rather, how much they don't make. I call them the gripers. They say things like "My boss doesn't appreciate me," or "I haven't gotten a raise in over a year," or "All my hard work and effort goes unnoticed," or "If only I worked for XYZ Company, I'd make twice what I'm a making now," or-and this is the classic line-"I'm in a dead-end career going nowhere." For the next 30 days I want you to say to yourself whenever you hear one of these people going on about how lousy his or her situation is: "If their work is so unappreciated, they should get off their collective butts and change their destiny."

COMMANDMENT 2
SOCIETY REWARDS PEOPLE WHO ADD VALUE.
The single greatest way to increase your income is to add value. I learned this important lesson from motivational speaker Zig Zigler. Zig says that in order for you to get out of life what you want, you have to help other people get out of life what they want. Even if you never did anything else of note, this one action would boost your standing with your boss or client. (By the way, this works with significant others and children too.)

COMMANDMENT 3
DISCOVER WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUELY VALUABLE.
We are all blessed with special talents that make us unique. Some people discover their talent at a young age and from then on focus their lives on honing it until they are rewarded by society.
The question you need to ask yourself (or ask others who know you) is what makes you uniquely valuable. What is it that you have to offer? Chances are there is something that you love doing. Most likely it's something you're good at. The point is, if you focus on this thing you love doing, you can become uniquely valuable enough at it that you can be paid significantly to do it.

COMMANDMENT 4
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THINGS OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING FOR YOU.
Time is our most precious asset. Yet most people waste it doing stuff that someone else can do. Figure out what you make an hour and then never do something that you can pay someone else less to do. A Smart Woman focuses on what she does that makes her uniquely valuable. Everything else, she delegates.

COMMANDMENT 5
CLEAN UP THE MESSES IN YOUR LIFE.
Whether it’s at home or at work most people are slowed down by the messes that clutter their space. Consider cleaning your office first! According to time-management expert Jeffrey Mayer, author of Time Management for Dummies, most people spend about an hour a day looking for papers that are lost on the top of their desks-60 percent of which aren't needed anyway! Now, think about this for a second. If the average person is really spending an hour a day looking for stuff, that's about 22 hours a month, or 264 hours a year, down the drain. That's a whole month of working time.

The messes in your life don't stop at the office. You should clean up your home as well.

COMMANDMENT 6
ASK YOURSELF…WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE FINANCIALLY IN THREE YEARS?
One of the greatest things you can do is to get really clear on your direction. To assist my clients and help them do this I always ask them the following question…If we were getting together three years from today, what would you want to see happen in your life to feel you had made great financial progress?

Some people call this goal setting. I call it life planning. Why write it down? Well as motivational expert Anthony Robbins taught me, if your life is worth living its worth recording! What could be more worth recording then the direction you want your life as a woman to head in the 21 Century.

COMMANDMENT 7
INVEST IN YOURSELF.
For some reason, once most people leave school (and it does not matter whether we're talking about high school, college, or graduate school), they stop valuing the process of learning. I think this is a big mistake. The common denominator among really successful people is that they consistently seek new skills and better tools. Less than 5 percent of Americans read books like this one. They can propel you to a higher quality of life and happiness.

COMMANDMENT 8
LEARN TO BE A "GO-GIVER."
John Templeton, the billionaire investor and renowned philanthropist, once said that the key to life is not to be a go-getter but a "go-giver." This one statement changed my life. It is so easy to get caught up in whatever it is we are trying to accomplish, which often leads us to believe that we should be a go-getter. But a go-getter focuses on getting. A go-giver focuses on giving.

I'm not just talking about giving financially to charity but also about giving time to the people who need it. This can even start at home with your children or at the office with a new employee. Seek to be the person who is there with a helping hand.

COMMANDMENT 9
MAKE A DECISION.
Your financial future can be shaped the moment you make a financial decision. Remember the basic philosophy of Smart Women Finish Rich: When it comes to your future, you can be either proactive or reactive. Most people never make up their minds about the things that are important to them. So ask yourself: What’s one big decision have I been avoiding? I suggest that you stop avoiding it and act on it in 2000.

COMMANDMENT 10
FOCUS ON BEING A "GO-TO GAL."
In sports, certain athletes are known as "go-to guys." These are the players who can be counted on to deliver in a pinch. The idea is that when the game is on the line, others give the ball to the guy who can make the play-the go-to guy.

These days more and more women are making names for themselves in both sports and business. That's what a Smart Woman wants to do. She wants to become known as the type of woman who rises above the competition, who can make it happen. She wants to be a "go-to gal."

COMMANDMENT 11
TO MAKE MORE MONEY, YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
In sales, they say the key to success is learning that you have to ask for the order. But salespeople aren't the only ones who need to learn that lesson. Everything in life that's important requires you to "ask for the order." From getting promoted to getting your children to pick up their clothes, you're not going to get what you really want if you don't ask for it. Yes, if you do all the other commandments I've listed, you're bound to be rewarded in some way or another-but if you are going to be able to charge your customer more or get that raise you want and deserve, ultimately you're going to have to ask for it.

COMMANDMENT 12
LIVE BY THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIHN!
MIHN stands for Make It Happen Now! In life I believe there are really four types of people. Those who watch things happen, those who wonder what happened, those who complain about what happened, and those who MAKE THINGS HAPPEN NOW! As you go about your life, ask yourself regularly which person are you being. Life is not a dress rehearsal. You get in life exactly what you go for. I say the heck with being a spectator and jump in.

TAKE THE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES
2000 is going to be an incredibly exciting year. There will basically be two types of people in 1999; those that focus on what they didn’t get in the 20th Century and those that focus on who they will become and what they will enjoy in the 21 st Century. While I believe that achieving financial security and attracting greater wealth in your life is a goal worth striving for I want to end this article with something I myself often neglect. In our efforts to build a secure future and protect our financial destiny, we should never forget that the greatest asset we have is life. Unfortunately, life is of limited duration and is not guaranteed. There is no insurance we can buy that will give us back our life or make it possible for us to bring back those we love.

My point is that you shouldn't get so consumed with your financial journey that you don't spend enough time-sharing moments with the people you love. As you take control over your finances and your career, please remember to let those you really care about know how much they mean to you.

Live Your Life with No Regrets!
The choice is yours. Take the tools in this article and start now to begin your personal journey to the new woman you want to be in three years-more financially secure than you are now, more successful in your career, happier, even healthier.

Potentialize Your Opportunities

2007-11-17T05:51:00.000-08:00

By Mark Victor Hansen

I remember watching the movie “Dead Poet’s Society” when it was first released in the theatres. Robin Williams’s character is a professor who wants his students to think for themselves, so he makes them stand on top of their desks to view things in a different way. That really stuck with me.

When you think about it, people hardly ever look at the world through their own eyes. They get their information filtered through the eyes of others, whether they’re the eyes of the media, politicians, friends or family. But what looks like one thing to someone may look totally different to someone else. To really see what’s going on in the world, to see what opportunities exist for us, we have to see the world through our own eyes in our own way.

We all need to recognize and potentialize opportunities when we see them. What do I mean by potentialize? When something has potential it has power, it expresses possibility, it is influential and effective.

As we go through each day we should be on the lookout for any situation that expresses possibility. Any situation. To attain the success you desire you have to recognize possibility everywhere and then stretch and flex your mind to create million-dollar ideas. And you’re not limited to just one. The more you practice seeing the possible in daily life, the better you will become. Then you take those small possibilities and potentialize them and create great monetary abundance.

We all have the ability to potentialize opportunities and create phenomenal wealth. And the amazing thing is that there are multiple possibilities for potentalizing in every situation! Just because someone comes up with a new way to do something doesn’t mean that there isn’t yet another way to do it. We have each been blessed with individual characteristics and abilities that no one else has. We each have our own special way of doing things. And that means we each have the ability to potentialize in our own unique way.

"Be grateful for your problems, for they stimulate an ‘I-can-solve-it’ new attitude."

I want you to begin to recognize potential in every situation. This may seem a bit challenging at first, but once you get into it, it becomes fun and easy.

For the next week I’d like for you to keep a journal. Every day write down 10 ideas you could potentialize into new, prosperous opportunities. Anything and everything you see or hear, write it down, including your ideas for potentializing the situation.

For example:

Let’s say you’re on your way to work and you stop for coffee. While you’re waiting for your latte you overhear a conversation between two businesspeople. One is saying how they need a new website for their business. This is the opportunity.

Your suggestion for potentializing the situation could be that you approach the two people and tell them about your colleague, who happens to design websites and who you know to be professional and trustworthy. You get the businessperson’s name and telephone number and approach your colleague with the information. You suggest that for every account you bring to them, you receive a flat finder’s fee. They agree, because it’s easy potential business for them, which means more money for them.

You see, even an overheard coffeehouse conversation can lead to an opportunity for profit.

A New Way to Easily Achieve Your Goals

2007-11-16T05:47:00.000-08:00

I've learned at least two things about achieving goals: There is an easy way and a hard way.

The hard way is to work night and day, stay obsessed, rarely sleep, and never give up.

Since everyone talks about the hard way, I want to address the easy way. After all, why struggle if you don't have to?

I've used the easy way to create bestselling books, lose 70 pounds in 8 months, find my ideal mate, get healthy, increase my wealth, and much more.

Obviously, it works.

Here's the formula in brief:

1. Be grateful for what you already have.

2. Playfully declare what you would like to have with positive emotion, feeling as if it is already achieved.

3. Act on the nudges and opportunities that appear.

That's it. In my latest book, "The Attractor Factor," I explain a 5-step formula for getting what you want. It's useful for those times when you don't feel grateful, or can't decide on what you want, or don't understand the concept of letting go while taking inspired action. It's also helpful when you have issues about money, or deserving, or feel in any way blocked from your goals.

But the bottom-line for me is this: Declare what you would like with no attachment and plenty of good feeling, feel grateful for what you already have, and act on what appears. The result will be the manifestation of a happy life.

Let's explore this in depth.

1. Feel grateful now.

It doesn't mater where you live or what you have.

If you're reading this, you're most likely living like a king or queen compared to people in third world countries. You may even be living better than kings or queens from history, as they often lived in cold, violent, frightful times. You've got it made.

2. Choose what you want without attachment, feeling as if it is already achieved.

There's magic in saying "Id love to---(fill in the blank) but I won't die if I don't have it." Since the world is simply energy taking form, when you declare you want something, you begin to attract it. But when you say you need something, the need pushes it away. You want to select your desire, and feel the joy of already having it, without feeling any desperation. Need will push it away; Desire will attract it. If you feel as if you *already* have it, then you *will* have it.

3. Act on your opportunities and intuitions.

You may get offers, calls, or who knows what. Act on them. You never know what will lead you to your goal. Your ego cannot see the big picture. Intuition and opportunities will come to you from the larger view, and your job is to act on them. As you do, you will be taken to your goal, even when it appears you are being blocked away. Trust is key.

Is that really all there is to it?

Again, the fuller procedure in "The Attractor Factor" will take care of any snags in the process, but the basic process is simple. Let's walk through it:

1. Look around your room. What are you grateful for? Make a list. Get into the authentic feeling of true gratitude. In other words, be happy now. You don't need a reason to be happy. But if you want one, find something, anything, to be grateful for right now. When you're grateful, you're in a mental place that will attract more to be grateful for.

2. Look around the playground of your mind. What would you like to have, do, or be? What would be fun? Write it down. As you do, feel what it would be like to already have it now. Pretend you won the lotto. What would you want for yourself or others? What would be fun? The key is playful non-attachment while experiencing its completion *now.*

3. Now pay attention. As you go about your life, listen to your hunches and act on them, and pay attention to the opportunities and act on them. You never know what will take you in the direction of your goal. Your job is to take inspired action. You may have some work to do in this step, but the work will be from your heart, and will take you in the direction of getting your goal.

Why not go through the steps right now?

Write them down, experience them, and then check back in a few weeks and see how they are doing. You may surprise yourself by how easily and quickly your goals are achieved.

If you find yourself doubting the process, thinking negative, or in any way not enjoying the simplicity of the easy way to attain your goals, then consider learning the 5 step process in "The Attractor Factor."

Above all, have fun. Keep smiling. Be playful. Stay grateful. These are all elements of the new secret to manifesting your goals.

Remember the words of a famous song that also perfectly summaries this new way to achieve your goals: "Don't worry. Be happy.

How to Build Your Own Empire in 5 Easy Steps

2007-11-15T05:21:00.000-08:00

Long before the movie "Gladiator" hit the theatres, millions of people have been fascinated with ancient Rome . More than 15 centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire continues to profoundly influence world history. But few have ever explored how Rome marketed itself to greatness. It wasn't all blood and guts, gladiators and chariots, togas and swords. There was a strategy and a mission, too.

After all, how could an ancient class of poor farmers rule most of Europe ? Why would people leave their farms and their families to travel into unknown territories and fight barbaric wars? They were basically self-sufficent. They didn't even have a need for money until the third century. What's the deal here?

Roman Marketing was the key. In short, it was a powerhouse strategy practiced by the greatest emperors to instill hypnotic confidence in soldiers, allegiance from the public, and victory over almost all enemies.

And you can use it today to build your own empire.

Here's how Roman Marketing worked:

1. Create a mythology.

Rome did not have an inspiring past. Since it lacked the rich mythological sources of the ancient Greek, Rome filled in the holes by making up their own culture. They created their own legend. They told stories of Rome being founded by the survivors of Troy . Another story said Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus. These stories awakened a sense of the heroic in people. It gave them pride and confidence. It helped soldiers agree to fight for a country that was "the glory of Rome ." Battle wounds became symbols of pride. It's no accident that Rome 's principle god was Mars---the god of war. With that kind of deity on your side, why *not* go into battle?

2. Share your wealth.

In the early days of Rome , citizens had no choice but to serve in the army. And they might serve up to 20 years. Why would they agree? Because Roman leaders made it worth their while. Soldiers were given land and later, when it was useful to have, money. Whenever an enemy was defeated, the goods were divided among the soldiers as well as the leaders. A happy soldier was a loyal soldier. Generosity was a trait adored in Rome . In later years, when greedy Roman leaders were more reluctant to share their wealth with their troops, soldiers were more reluctant to fight---and Rome fell.

3. Rouse the public.

Ancient Rome knew the value of songs, parades, monuments, paintings and displays in creating loyalty among the public. Many Roman leaders wrote books which conveyed their views as well as gained them popularity. Roman writers used drama and poetry to spread the fame of Rome . These public shows were designed to entertain the public as well as convince them of the greatness of Rome . They worked so well that the public eagerly awaited celebrations. Some of these events lasted for days. One lasted 123 days.

4. Discipline yourself and your employees.

Roman soldiers worked hard, fought hard, and knew the value of discipline. Self-control was worshiped. But discipline didn't always mean punishment. It meant following a lifestyle proven to get results. That method included hard training as well as daily relaxation. Soldiers relaxed before battle. Evenings were a time of quiet. Even business dealings were not discussed over dinner. Leaders saw that followers were given time to renew themselves. A rested warrior was a strong warrior. Soldiers were trained to follow proven rules designed to do one thing: Win at all costs.

5. Lead by example.

Julius Caesar remains one of history's greatest commanders. He led by personal example. He would address his troops as "fellow-soldiers." He knew the names of every one of his soldiers. He often led battles from the front lines. He let his own confidence filter through the ranks. He also befriended the masses. He gave food to the poor. He provided banquets and receptions, complete with entertainment. He had his face stamped on Roman coins as a reminder of his leadership. He even brought the first hippopotamus from Africa , all for the purpose of winning loyalty so people would follow him wherever he wanted to take them.

How can you make Roman Marketing work for you today? Let's see...

1. Create stories about your business.

When you talk about people you have served who love your product or service, you create a sense of loyalty among your employees and a sense of desire in prospects. You create a culture. A mythology. Stories sell.

2. Share your profits.

Share your profits with your employees, with your community, or with other worthy causes. When you share your wealth, you open your mind psychologically to receive more, and you create good will among the people you touch. All of this is good publicity for your business and you. Sharing sells.

3. Awaken the public's support for your business.

Let the public know when you do good deeds, help people, share wealth, invent something or do something that helps your local area or the world in general. Support the world and it will support you. Publicity sells.

4. Discipline yourself and your employees.

Be at work on time, create and implement a plan that brings you new business, focus on a goal and work till you achieve it, and be sure to also relax and spend time with family and friends. Create a set of principles that work and follow them. Discipline sells.

5. Lead your people.

Let customers and employees see your own enthusiasm for what you do. They will model your behavior. Act with passion and be congruent and you'll win their hearts and minds. People want to be led. Leadership sells.

Compared to the atrocious warring times of ancient Rome , today we live in paradise. But here's the best news of all: When you apply the secrets of Roman Marketing to your own business, you'll find that you won't have to do something nearly every ancient Roman had to do: Fight to win.

Create a Million Dollar Stream of Income With Your Mind Now!

2007-11-12T05:15:00.000-08:00

by Reed Byron, Master Hypnotist.
This article is copyrighted (c) Hypno-success.com.

Have you ever felt that you’ve been cheated?

Perhaps you purchased something and it didn’t live up to your expectations? Maybe you bought something and it broke within a few days or found out later that what you purchased wasn’t what you really wanted . . .

For most of us, this has happened at least once in our life. My point in bringing this up is to point out to you how you are now focusing in your mind about that event. You remember it don’t you. You remember specific details of what happened . . . and you are probably in a bad mood because of it, aren’t you?

Well, I want to point out to you . . . right now . . . that you can STOP those thoughts NOW, by concentrating on something else. Go ahead and think about what you would buy right now when you have a million dollars in cold, hard cash. That’s right, you might be thinking of a new CAR, BOAT, MANSION, TOY, HELPING OTHERS, being financially free and perhaps you are even thinking of a VACATION or trip to HAWAII or other trips you would take. One person once told me that he was thinking about the words he would say to his boss when he quit his job.

Now, as you are thinking about having your own MILLIONS DOLLARS, what would you do? How would you fee when you have a MILLIONS DOLLARS now?

Now STOP thinking about that and LISTEN to LEARN how you can not just “think” about it, but actually create it in your life INSTANTLY!

You don’t think it’s possible? Think again!

If you’ve been going through the exercises I’ve just guided you through, you might not have noticed that when I asked you about being cheated, you got a little upset. When you remembered that experience in your mind, you literally create the same physical sensations that you experienced in the past during that event. Your mind accessed the same thoughts, feelings and sounds that you had at that time in your life. You might have felt upset or slightly angry when you remembered it.

Then, if you thought about having your own million dollars . . . what happened? If you actually could imagine it in your mind, you really did think about what you would do with it, you probably even could see yourself living a “different life” than what you are living right now. Did you do it? Did you experience it? I did. If you didn’t, start from the beginning and do read it again - and this time, try to see it in your mind and honestly think about what you would do with your own million dollars.

The fact is, that our minds are more powerful that we know. As humans, we can literally take something from our past and relive it over and over and over again. You might know someone who does this.

Think about it. Have you ever heard someone say almost the same thing when something goes wrong? Maybe they say “I had a bad childhood,” or “I’m no good at X,” or some other negative statement that they have placed upon themselves.

Without going into scientific details, you can learn to master your mind and use it’s creative/ remembering ability to bring into your life whatever you want. Specifically, you can change your mind so you create, not only abundance in every form, but you can actually create a Million Dollar Income Stream into your life . . . now.

How? By using the same tools that others use to bring themselves down into despair and create poverty, you can use those tools in new ways that bring you up into happiness and prosperity and create a Million Dollar Income Stream now.

Just like you thought about what you would do with the millions of dollars, if you will DO the following exercises EVERY DAY - you will create Million Dollar Income Streams in your life. It WILL happen instantly, effortlessly, and completely naturally as you trust in the power of your mind to create what you want.

Remember, what I am about to share with you are the EXACT STEPS to ensure your success. These are SECRETS. They have been hidden from the general population for a reason. Now that they are going to be revealed to you, please honor them and take them seriously.

Now LISTEN. This is very important. Even though I know thousands (if not millions) of people will eventually read this material, only a select few will actually implement it.

Why? Because even though the Million Dollar Income Stream will flow into your life effortlessly and naturally, it does require some EFFORT on your part - only initially.

After you set up the system (in your mind), it will be completely natural and effortless. So, I invite you to be one of the FEW who will USE this priceless information. Do what needs to be done initially and then, reap the rewards for the rest of your life. Now, these are the EXACT steps to create a Permanent Million Dollar Income Stream in your life NOW . . .

Step one: You must first eliminate all doubt from your being. Eliminate all hate, eliminate all sorrow, eliminate all excuses. In short, you must BELIEVE that this will work for you, because it will. So, step one - have faith that as you do this, it will work.

Believe that it will work for you and it will.

Step two: You must take only 15 minutes a day to be by yourself (alone) to perform the MILLIONAIRE EXERCISE. I don’t care if you have to go into your closet or bathroom and lock the door - but you must do it. Don’t question it, just do it.

Step three: You must close your eyes and repeat the following verbatim (word for word) - preferably out-loud for the entire 15 minutes. “Every minute of every day, millions of dollars flow to me now . . . instantly, effortlessly, naturally now.”

Step four: You must repeat that statement over and over and over again in a rhythmic manner for at least 15 minutes of every day for a two month period.

Step five: After the two month period of doing that everyday, you must set a goal of exactly what amount of money you want to have. For example, if you want $1,468,920.00 you must start using this amount in your statements. So, you would say “One million, four hundred sixty-eight thousand, nine hundred twenty dollars flows to me now, instantly, effortlessly, naturally now.” Do this for the next 3 months.

Step six: During these next 3 months, after you are done repeating the phrase, you must think about either having that exact amount of money in your bank account (visualize yourself looking at your bank statement with that exact amount of money on your statement). Then, feel good about your accomplishment.

Step seven: Circumstances and situations will start arising in your life that will allow this exact amount to manifest itself into your life. Simply be positive (remember you cannot doubt, for if you do - you will not obtain the money) and allow the universe to work its magic in your life.

Step eight: Repeat steps one through seven. By doing so, you will acquire Million Dollar Income Streams in your life. You now have the exact steps. Remember to use them.

Thank you for allowing me to share these secret steps with you. I wish you complete success as you create your own Million Dollar Income Streams . . . now.

“I’m Thinking...But I’m Not Growing Rich!”

2007-11-11T05:08:00.000-08:00

by Bob Doyle

So you’ve read “Think and Grow Rich”, and you’ve got an intellectual understanding that you “become what you think about”. You have a list of affirmations about wealth, and you recite them every day.

But you still have no money. Wealth doesn’t seem to be anywhere around.
What’s the deal here? According to Napoleon Hill, you ought to be filthy stinkin’ rich, right?

Well, here’s the real deal: If you’re not “Wealth Conscious”, than all this thinking, and all this affirming isn’t going to bring you wealth. Thinking, and affirming are simply actions you’re taking. But they are just PART of the sequence of creating wealth. If you skip the FIRST step, you simply can’t get anywhere.

So what’s the first step?

Being.

To attract wealth, you first have to BE wealthy. THEN, you think wealthy thoughts, speak wealthy affirmations, and take wealthy action.

“But how can I BE wealthy if I’m NOT wealthy?” you ask. Logical question, but it’s based on the false assumption that you don’t have wealth. You HAVE wealth. You’re simply not aware of it. You have constructed a physical reality that prevents you from experiencing Wealth. This can all be explained with the science of Quantum Physics.

So let’s look at some very basic concepts of Quantum Physics that will explain what I’m talking about.

First, you probably are aware - at least on an intellectual level - that at a subatomic level, we, and everything else in the Universe, is Energy. When you break everything down, we’re all made of the same stuff, and we’re all connected. The Universe is just this huge ocean of Energy, vibrating at various frequencies which gives the illusion of individuation. That is, we experience the illusion of separateness from each other, physical objects, and wealth because our “senses” are decoding the Energy around us in such a way as to create our physical reality.

This all happens in our thoughts.

So, to simplify things quickly here for the sake of time (another illusion), “things” only exist because we observe them. It is in our observing that things come into existence.

Without our observing, things are simply “waves” - probabilities of existence. Physicists agree on this.

Our beliefs are a very powerful Energy system in our lives. Our beliefs allow or disallow certain experiences in our lives, including wealth.They make up who we are. We “BE” in the world according to our beliefs. If we are being is “someone who is trying to get wealthy by repeating affirmations”, then THAT is what our reality will be. We will just be TRYING to get wealthy.

We have to make the decision that we ARE wealthy, contrary to any external physical evidence. That evidence is an illusion based on the belief systems that have guided who we have been being up to that point.

A truly wealthy person isn’t wealthy because they have money. They have money, because they are wealthy! That’s the distinction that most people have backward!

Here’s an example to illustrate what I mean:

Tony Robbins became a millionaire at a very young age. Then, due to a series of poor judgments, he lost it. But within a year, he had it back. How did he do this? HE NEVER LOST HIS WEALTH. He only lost his money, which is just a symbol of wealth! Because he is “Wealth Conscious”, he literally “magnetically attracts” wealth into his life. He truly can’t help it! It’s who he is! And there are thousand out there like him, who attract wealth simply because it’s who they are. You can make the same decision and have the same results.

MONEY MAKING SECRETS OF MIND POWER MASTERS

Conversely, a person who has grown up with “lack consciousness” can win millions in the lottery and lose it within a year. Their consciousness - their ENERGY - simply can’t maintain the attraction to Wealth because they aren’t “wealthy” in who they are being.

But again, Wealth is a decision. If you aren’t currently experiencing wealth, you first need to realize that abundance is everywhere...in fact it’s all there is. Poverty and lack are the illusions. You can shift your consciousness to Wealth - BE Wealth - by simply making the decision, THEN your thoughts, speech, and action will allow you to experience the wealth that is yours!

This is indeed a complex subject which challenges our core belief systems. But it is those very belief systems that keep a person in a state of lack.

Look at your financial situation today. Look at your core beliefs about Wealth and You, and see if your life isn’t a PERFECT reflection of your beliefs. Then, look where those beliefs may have originated. When you can awaken to yourself that your beliefs create your reality, rather than the other way around, you have the option to truly be free to experience a reality of prosperity that you deserve!

Success Programming

2007-11-08T04:29:00.000-08:00

Article by Randy Gage
ProsperityWeekend.net

I was behind a one-armed man at the sub shop. He was complaining about the fact that the lady cut the tip off of the bread she was making his sandwich on.

The attendant explained that they cut the bread exactly, so regular subs are six inches long, and large are 12. He kept whining about the ¼ inch tip she had cut off. She explained that he would receive the same standard portion of meat and other fillings. He wasn't impressed.

In fact when the sandwich came out, he insisted that he wouldn't pay for it unless they found the tip she had cut off, toasted it, and put it in the bag. Standing behind him, with my blood sugar dropping, and my blood pressure rising, it was all I could do to refrain from smacking him upside the head. Of course he left without leaving a tip. I watched him get behind the wheel of a taxi parked in front and begin his dining experience.

So what kind of success programming do you think he had?

I bet he's proud of himself for cadging that extra bite of toast. In fact, I'm sure he sat in that taxi, congratulating himself for his assertiveness and savvy consumerism.

What do you think about his priorities, and where he expends his energy?

Is he focused on abundance or lack?

It's a similar kind of situation with you. I think the programming you've had is what determines your approach to just about everything in life. But instead of being programmed for success-most people are programmed to avoid failure.

Now perhaps you think I make too much of our cab driver's thriftiness. I think not. Your programming controls how you react to hundreds of situations, each and every day. And the way you react reveals what your programming really is.

Another example . . .

How do you think about money?

When you think about money, is it about how much of it you lack, or how much you can manifest? And why you want to manifest it.

Most poor people spend all their time thinking about money. Or more specifically, their lack of it. When I was younger and broke, that is what I did. I was fixated on money all the time. I thought about all the things I didn't have and couldn't get. And I was very jealous of the people who had them.

Know where that led to?

Jealousy soon turned to hate. Soon I hated all rich people because they had what I wanted.

Nice homes. Exotic cars. Expensive clothes. They could go to a restaurant and order what they really wanted. And not worry about who would pick up the check.

That's when the real problems started . . .

Because I hated rich people. But I was working hard every day trying to become one. So that set the stage for a whole bunch of internal conflict that I had no idea was going on.

So I would surge forward to success-only to sabotage myself every time I got close. I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory more times than I can count.

I thought I was programmed for success, but that wasn't true. I was programmed for poverty, but acting for success.

The symptoms are always there, if you know what to look for . . .

Ever see someone who experiences more anguish at losing $10, than the joy he gets from earning $100?

Someone orders his dinner at a restaurant and the waitress asks, "Would you like a salad with that?"

The correct answer is "yes" or "no" but never, "Is it included in the price?

Ever see someone who drives around a parking lot for five minutes-to save a one-minute walk to the store?

All of these scenarios have the same plot line: They are fear-based, not abundance-based. Decisions are made not on what the possible benefits are - but in order to avoid a possible negative outcome.

Now the question for a lot of people is, "How do I really know what kind of programming I have?"

They want to know if they really have success programming, or just success surface actions. The answer is in the questions above.

If you make decisions-particularly money and career ones-based on the moving away from fear model- you've got poverty programming.

If you make decisions on a positive, move toward good model, then you have true success programming.

So what do you do if you test poverty programming?

Well you're already doing it. Of particular importance is regulating the influence you're getting from the TV shows and movies you watch, books you read, etc.

And the other area is the people who are closest to you. Your "Sacred Circle" of the five people you are the closest to. It's crucial to your success that you have some positive people in the five to support you.

One of the biggest factors in your prosperity is the people that you associate with. Of particular note is your Sacred Circle. These are the five people that you are the closest to.

I believe that the people you allow to make up this group are so instrumental to your prosperity consciousness, that they truly become sacred to your prosperity path. They color your goals, expectations, and what you believe is capable and possible for you.

Be honest with yourself, would you describe what you now have as a Sacred Circle, or a "Rancid Ring?" Who are the five people in the group closest to you now?

Can you think of two or three new people that you currently know, that you can actively work at developing a deeper relationship, and bring into your circle?

Give this some real thought and if you want to test your Prosperity IQ go to http://www.prosperityweekend.net and click on the link to take the short quiz to see if you need to break out of self-limiting beliefs that are sabotaging your success.

Bruce Barton's "Spare Time" Speech

2007-11-07T04:27:00.000-08:00

A rare speech from one of my heros, the subject
of my book, The Seven Lost Secrets of Success

Last month a man in Chicago refused a million dollars for an invention he had evolved in his spare time.

You are interested in this because it confronts you with the possibilities of your spare time. Did you ever stop to think that most of the world's great men have achieved their true life work, not in the course of their needful occupations, but- in their spare time?

A tired-out rail-splitter crouched over his tattered books by candlelight or by fire-glow, at the day's end: preparing for his future, instead of snoring or skylarking like his co-laborers. Lincoln cut out his pat to later immortality--in his spare time.

An underpaid and overworked telegraph clerk stole hours from sleep or from play, at night, trying to crystallize in to realities certain fantastic dreams in which he had faith. Today the whole world is benefiting by what Edison did--in his spare time.

A down-at-the-heel instructor in an obscure college varied the drudgery he hated by spending his evenings and holidays in tinkering with a queer device of his, at which his fell teachers laughed. But he invented the telephone--in his spare time.

Gentlemen, you, too, have spare time. The man who says: "I would do such and such of a great thing, if only I had time!" would do nothing if he had all the time on the calendar. There is always time--spare time--at the disposal of every human who has the energy to use it. Use it!

Published in article form in the American Magazine

How to Get Results Without Struggle?

2007-11-06T04:26:00.000-08:00

by Dr. Robert Anthony
BeyondPositivethinking.com

One of the misconceptions most people operate under is you get what you want in life by what you DO, or through the actions you take. Most people believe the DOING or action part is what makes things happen. Actually, "doing" causes you to create in reverse.

Let me explain.

The reason we put a lot of emphasis on action is because we do not understand the power of our thought. If you analyze it, 90% of most people's actions are spent trying to compensate for inappropriate thought.

The Chinese philosopher Lao-tsu said, "In the practice of the Way, every day something is dropped. Less and less do you need to force things until finally you arrive at *non action.* When nothing is done, nothing is left undone." What he is talking about is *doing without doing.*

The problem is most of us are preoccupied with "doing". Unfortunately most of our doing usually involves struggle. In the western world we are conditioned to be action-oriented, so we place a tremendous value on doing. We are so busy doing we do not realize that all this "doingness" causes us to create in a reverse fashion.

Most of our actions are out of fear, worry or doubt because we believe nothing will get done unless we DO something. In other words, we are trying to force our desire into manifestation through action.

If your decision to DO is dominant, then you will not focus on what you want to BE in the present moment. This causes you to miscreate because BEING is the first and most important step in the creative process.

Here is the secret to getting results with ease:

It is not your action that makes things happen, it is your intent. You can reduce the need for action to a very minimum by allowing yourself to focus on what you desire until you feel the positive energy begin to move within you. This energy is not based on doubt, fear, anxiety, worry or need. If you focus on what you want instead of what you don't want, you will know when it is time to take action. And when you do, it will be effortless. Doors open and the entire universe will conspire to assist you in your desire.

Put simply, you should take no action on anything until you have visualized your desire and made it real enough in your mind that your next action (step), whatever it is, seems like the most logical step.

How can you know the next logical step? Here is the test that you can give to yourself before taking any action: If you focus on what you desire and still feel overwhelmed or anxious, then you are not ready for any action. You know you are ready when it feels like the next logical step is effortless. There is no effort, no strain, and no pain.

What we want to do is to use the leverage of energy, the same leverage of energy that creates everything in the universe. However, we are so caught up in the reality of WHAT IS, that we feel we must create everything through physical activity.

Have you ever seen people who seem to have all the wonderful things in their life without much effort? It almost seems like they have an advantage over everyone else. Then you see the people who work the hardest usually have the least. That doesn't seem fair, does it? But that's the way the universe works.

Unfortunately, those who work the hardest usually have the least because they haven't learned the leverage of aligning their energy. They are going about creating their lives the hard way. They are trying to use their actions to create what they want.

We have also been programmed that in order to have what we desire we must work hard. How many times have you heard - "No pain, no gain." The implication is that if you want to make something of yourself, you must work hard. The message is clear - if you are not hurting or struggling, you are not moving forward.

But here is the truth - anytime you are struggling you are miscreating. Anytime you feel pain or struggle, your magnetic point of attraction is directed to that which you do not want, rather than to that which you desire. (Read that again.)

Actions are necessary, but they are the last component of the creation processes. Actions cannot be used effectively to initiate results, because initiation is the function of BEING, then thought, then action.

Remember, the creation of anything is through your vibration. Everything vibrates, and it is by that vibration that we harmonize and attract experiences to ourselves. So before you act or do anything, first ask yourself, how am I vibrating? How do you tell? You tell by how you FEEL. Your feelings show you your vibration. How you feel determines what you attract.

When you use the process of creating by only focusing on what you want instead of what you don't want, you will see that the universe will provide a different set of circumstances for you that requires much less action. This puts you in a state of "doing without doing" or action without effort.

So if you want more results in your life -- and with far less effort, struggle and pain -- try this "not doing" way to success.

The Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs and How to Overcome Them

2007-11-06T04:24:00.000-08:00

Article by Dan Klatt
InnerWealthMastery.com

If you're not making as much money as you'd like, then you're holding onto some negative beliefs about yourself and how much money you're capable of handling.

In this article we'll go through 10 of the most common (and most limiting) examples of how people hold themselves back financially.

Subscribers to my ezine, "The Abundant Mind," get a Money Beliefs Quiz. From their results I've compiled these Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs. How many can you relate to?

10. "Money is not spiritual."

Here's the belief that you're somehow more spiritual or more likely to have a better afterlife if you sacrifice greatly this time around. Or that you'll suffer after you die if you pursue the things you want, which you need money to buy. This belief is most often an effect of people's religious upbringing. Remember, you're here to live life fully right now. (Also see belief No. 1.)

9. "I'll get to it tomorrow."

When you put things off, you step out of the natural flow which includes Abundance coming into your life. It's almost always based on your fear that you'll fail anyway, and that will disappoint you. So you delay what you feel is inevitable. Once you start living in the moment, though, you let go of the grip the past held on you. You realize you're a new person now. You've learned and grown a lot since the last time things didn't go as planned. (And that only happened because you still had not learned something you needed then to succeed, which you probably know now.)

8. "I'll probably just fail anyway."

We've probably all heard the wisdom of Wayne Gretzky: "You always miss the shot you don't take." When people don't take action because they're afraid they'll fail, well, guess what, by not even trying they already have failed. You have already succeeded just by moving forward. You may not achieve your objectives right away, yet you will still have learned some valuable lessons. And that makes it more likely you'll succeed next time.

7. "But we can't afford that."

This kind of thinking comes from scarcity and lack, not Abundance. It also gets people to focus on what they don't have (which empowers them "not-having"). They feel like the things they do have are not enough. Instead, when you appreciate everything you do have, you come from Abundance and start bringing the things you want closer to you. You also realize there is no limit to what you can become, accomplish or have.

6. "Rich people are greedy and dishonest."

The first person to spread this untruth must have been a poor person. The fact is that most people who become wealthy are at least somewhat aware of the spiritual principles that allowed them to prosper. A key part of that is to stay in the flow, which means giving back. Rich people are among the most generous, too, and they started their habit of giving long before they started having a lot of money. Coincidence? Not a chance.

5. "If I'm successful, my friends will be jealous and stop liking me."

Remember that we live in an abundant universe. There IS enough for everyone. People who envy what others have are coming from scarcity and actually are a harmful influence on your Abundant Mind. It's actually critical to your experience of prosperity to only allow positive, supportive and inspiring messages into your brain. (And that especially includes your own thoughts!)

4. "I'm no better than my parents, so I shouldn't make
more than they did."

The world was much different when your parents were where you're at. Tools like the Internet have made it possible for everyone to make a lot of money doing what they love. Besides, your parents may have struggled precisely to give you a better life than they had. They loved you and would want it no other way.

3. "I might forget what's truly important and not like
the person I've become."

People who are greedy still come from scarcity and lack. (And if they made lots of money, they will not enjoy it and are more likely to lose it.) Instead, you'll come from Abundance, and you know that encompasses far more than material wealth. In fact, it requires a balance between great health, meaningful relationships, ample time for relaxation and playing, and truly enjoying your financial abundance. You will have an abundance of happiness when you come from an Abundant Mind.

2. "Money is the root of all evil."

This is the most common error we learn from our parents and religious institutions, and it keeps millions in poverty and a slave to money. That, by the way, is the only way we may judge money as "evil" - when it controls us. And that only happens when we feel we need it, because we're coming from scarcity and lack. When you come from Abundance, money becomes a tool to enjoy the finer things in life and to give you everything you need to fulfill your life purpose. That's why we're here, right?

1. "I'm not worthy."

Did you realize that fully 90 percent of the population has an issue with low self-esteem? It's the No. 1 thing that holds people back and prevents them from living their dreams. When people feel they don't deserve wealth or abundance in any area, they don't take the opportunities they're given and instead do nothing and complain about people who have become abundant. They also make up lots of excuses to justify how life has done them wrong. Instead, please realize that The Abundant Mind is what separates the richest person from the crowd, and you can choose right now to come from Abundance and take your place among the wealthy. You ARE worthy.

Candid Conversation Between Internet Millionaires

2007-11-05T04:22:00.000-08:00

Article by Willie Crawford
InternetMarketingHowToWorkshop.com

I sat around in a hotel room chatting with two other *very* well-known internet marketers recently. We brainstormed and shared observations until three in the morning :-) I thought you might enjoy the simple yet profound insights and wisdom shared by these two multi-millionaires. Look for ways you can directly apply this knowledge to your business activities.

The most profound observation that we all made was that most on-line newbies set their goals too low. This is often because of limitations in what they can convince themselves is possible. You see, until you have seen something done, you often view many things as impossible. After you see many people doing them, your concept of what is possible shifts radically.

Consider the person barely able to make their monthly rent payment. To them earning $50,000 a year may seem like a big dream. However, the person making $50,000 sets his goal on $100,000 although it may appear to be a big challenge to him. It magically seems more possible if that individual know anyone actually earning $100,000 a year. The person earning $100,000 a year, can see the possibilities of earning $200,000 a year, and the one earning this amount can imagine half a million.

As I sat in that room, chatting with someone who had made and lost many more millions than I could imagine, my personal perspective shifted dramatically. Just being exposed to someone who told me/showed me how it could be done convinced me that it was possible. It convinced me that I could do it... and I set out making it a reality :-)

At other times during this weekend I engaged in other brainstorming sessions on how to build mailing lists in excess of one million, how to get millions of visitors to your site, and how to market high-end products. Nobody in the group doubted that these things could be done since we knew people who had done them. So our focus became how do *we* accomplish this.

The amazing thing about those discussion with those two internet marketing millionaires was how it continues to make me notice people doing "the impossible." For example, I now notice websites that get millions of visitors a month. I also notice websites that get millions of visitors a day. And as I observe these amazing feats, I ask how can I duplicate what they are doing. I ask, how can I teach people I mentor to do the same thing.

What I grew to realize was that the challenge I face is just getting you to acknowledge that it is possible. I frequently talk to subscribers who are busily trying to market a $20 ebook for 50% commission. I have to emphatically remind them that this will never make them independently wealthy. The only reason you should be selling $20 ebooks is to get names on your list and to qualify them for up-sells to more lucrative products that they need.

It takes being at a seminar or conference and watching someone purchase a $5000 product or $10,000 in consulting services before many of those I mentor experience the shift in thinking I try desperately to effect. You see, this shift in thinking is necessary if you really want to become an internet success story.

That shift in thinking does a number of things for you. At the same time that you learn the secret to driving millions to a website, you realize that you may not really want a million visitors a month. As you learn to create a mailing list of several hundred thousand, you may realize that what you really want is a smaller but very targeted list. As your thinking shifts (and the light comes on) you discover that you are *actually* adopting the essential mindset.

What's the purpose of sharing with you a few moment of candid conversations with some internet marketing millionaires. It's actually to make you want to begin associating with the same types of people. When you associate with and brainstorm with people who think this big, you magically become one of them. Then you sit back, look at them, and realize they really are no different than you. The biggest difference is frame of reference and what they believe to be possible. Find a way for you to have candid conversations with a few millionaires today and watch what happens.

The Top 7 Signs of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors (and what to do about them)

2007-11-04T04:21:00.000-08:00

Article by Terri Levine
CoachingInstruction.com

Having trouble reaching all your goals? Going for what you want but feeling like something is road-blocking the way? Finding yourself *not* doing some of the things you know you should be doing?

You may be a victim of sabotage---self-sabotage. How do you know, and what can you do about it? Read on and see.

1. Focusing on what is not working or not right.

Problem: Finding that you think a lot and speak a lot about what is going wrong can make you feel dissatisfied and can quiet your sense of purpose and ambition. Notice how often you speak about things that aren't working.

Action: Ask yourself a new question: "What's going right?" or "What IS working?" Begin to notice all the things, no matter how small, that are working well. Keep an evidence journal and each day write down everything, I do mean everything, that is working. Change your way of thinking!

2. Being stuck in fear.

Problem: Do you worry a lot about the future and what is going to happen or might happen? Are you thinking about your fears so much that you are paralyzed and take no action because of fear of what might occur?

Action: It is time to put your focus on the present. We can't control or predict the future or other people's behaviors. All we can control is our own, right here, right now. Ask yourself the question "What is the worst thing that could happen?" Then, let go and know that it isn't in your hands to control the future and that rarely do the scenarios we create in our heads occur. Use the wonderful Serenity Prayer and actually write down the things you can not change, the things you want courage to change, and accept that the Universe, God, Spirit, whatever you call it, is the ultimate guide and you are not able to control the future. Relax, breathe and trust that the Universe will take care of you - it always does.

3. Feeling you have no value.

Problem: Do you forget all your accomplishments and lack pride in who you are and what you have accomplished? If you stew and obsess about the past or your lack of success or lack of goal achievement, then you'll be stuck in noticing how much you lack as a person. If you often criticize yourself or can't accept compliments, you aren't allowing yourself to love yourself.

Action: You can choose to notice what you do that is good and that you can be proud of, no matter how small it may seem. Each day keep a log of what you are grateful for about YOU. When you hear your "inner coach" or inner voice telling you what you haven't done right or well, turn down the volume on it and turn on the volume to hear the voice that knows the TRUTH about who you are and how you add value to the world. Acknowledge yourself for at least 5 things each and every day that you did well. Each day, compliment yourself on something you did that you feel good about. Notice your small successes and let compliments others give you flow into your bones.

4. Comparison of self to others.

Problem: Do you constantly compare yourself to others and then feel badly when compared to them? Comparison doesn't motivate us to do more or be better, instead it makes us feel we'll never be good enough and we aren't right now.

Action: Write out the 5 qualities you like best about yourself. Then write out what you value most in your life. When you go to a place of comparison, notice how similar you are with the other person vs. what is different. Begin to create a list of adjectives that describe you - at least 25 positive words about your greatness. Whenever you notice yourself in a comparison mode, think of some of the adjectives that describe YOU.

5. Meeting goals and then losing them.

Problem: Do you not believe that you deserve to accomplish goals and that you are entitled to what you want? What is the story underneath - maybe that you aren't good enough to have it?

Action: List all the things you have accomplished that then faded away. Simply notice these things with love and pride and don't focus on the fact they disappeared. How did they bring you satisfaction? How did they make you feel? What is the limiting belief that you have that tells you inside why you can't have what you want? Be quiet, be still and listen to it. Write down how you felt when you had accomplished the goal. Write down how you feel now, without the goal. Then write a "bridge belief": A very, very small belief that feels a little bit better than what you now feel. Each week, create a new bridge, that you can really believe. By using these bridges as stepping-stones, you'll shift your limiting beliefs slowly and be on the other side of the bridge and able to maintain it because you will have a new belief inside of you.

6. You chase away relationships.

Problem: Do you always feel something is missing in your relationships or find fault with the other person? Perhaps you are afraid of intimacy. Underneath this is usually a fear of abandonment or exposure that causes you to distance yourself from others.

Action: Create a list of the qualities you value in a relationship and the qualities you want to attract in your partners. Cultivate connections you have with people. Express what you want and don't want to the other person and allow them to express the same to you. Create time to acknowledge the other person on a regular basis. Notice when you feel afraid and let the fillings be - accept them and allow them to sit there. Don't try to push them away. Know that the feelings are there and that is fine. Focus on what feels good about the relationship.

7. Having no purpose.

Problem: Do you feel you have no reason for being? No purpose in life? We all have some purpose for being on the planet and it is time to notice yours.

Action: Write down all the things that are important to you (include possessions, people and feelings). Then write out what you want to contribute to the world. From your writing, create a statement of purpose for yourself that you can read each and every day. Add spirituality to your life. Give to others, give to the world and feel great about it. Make regular contributions to people and community. To give is to receive. Give, give, give and you'll feeeeeel your life purpose begin to resonate.

How To Pick the Right Coach For You

2007-11-03T04:19:00.000-07:00

Article by Terri Levine
CoachingInstruction.com

Are you feeling called to hire a coach to create your extraordinary life?

As you will discover there are lots of "coaches" out there. But some folks who use the term "coach" don't have enough training, or follow the ethics and professional standards of the International Coach Federation.

Before you begin investigating coaches, begin thinking about why you want to hire a coach, and some of your short-term and long-term goals. That way you'll be able to locate a coach who resonates with your personality and your aspirations.

Meanwhile, here are three guidelines to help you make a wise choice.

1. The key criteria I would use in hiring a coach consists first of finding out what their training as a coach has been.

Have they attended or are they currently attending a coach training program? Is the school or program a reputable one that includes classes, exams, and a certification program? Did the coach get feedback and supervision about their coaching from more advanced coaches and trainers?

You'll want to know that the coach has learned the actual skills and competencies that are standard in coaching by attending a coach training program. Whenever I go to a professional for services, I certainly expect that they be trained to provide the service, so this is a most important starting place.

2. Next, I would be curious about their background.

If I want to start a successful business, I'd want a coach who is a role model of that. If I want to have more balance in my life, I'd want evidence my coach lives this way. A coach is someone who is ahead of you right now that will assist you to move forward with them and their experience in business and life is highly valuable.

Are they walking their talk? As you are clear on your goals, you'll want to find a coach who has quickly and effortlessly achieved such vision and can coach you to achieve your goals and way beyond.

3. The final criteria is understanding the personality and chemistry that feels right for you.

Some coaches are pushovers and will let you slide and get away with not moving forward fast. They match what some people are looking for.

Other coaches are on the opposite end of the spectrum and are what we call "edgy" and they push hard and expect you to run rapidly. That personality may fit for you and inspire you.

Yet others are a blend - they can be supportive and loving - yet give you a kick-start if and when you are sluggish.

Think about what style you may enjoy most. If you'd get angry with an edgy coach, then one wouldn't match for you. If you felt the softer approach wasn't going to get you going fast enough, then pass that coach by. It is for you to get clear on the style that fits.

Finally I recommend that you speak only with coaches who are members of the International Coach Federation. Most of them are profiled online at www.coachfederation.org. You then know you are going to be selecting from coaches who are associated with the professional organization of coaches worldwide.

As you look through the coach referral pages on that website, you'll discover information about the coach's training, background, experience and style. Find 3-5 that you are attracted to based on those criteria and have a conversation with them to share your goals, get a feel for their style of coaching, and try them on. When you feel you have made a connection and you are feeling energized to speak with them again, then you'll know you've found a your match!

Affiliate Your Way to The Top

2007-11-02T04:18:00.000-07:00

Article by Doug West
www.OIOPro.com

So what if you don't have your own ebook or digital product to offer your customers? Is it really possible to earn a good living offering other people's products and services? What are the best ways to develop an online income with affiliate programs? We will look at and answer these questions in this article.

NO PRODUCT OF YOUR OWN?

Don't worry, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of www entrepreneurs that are earning decent incomes without a product of their own. Associating with ready made offers and web sites can be very profitable IF done right. Here are some points to keep in mind:

Start Building Your Own List

If you are going to work any type of sales program on the net, sooner or later you are going to have to advertise in some fashion to get the word out without SPAMMING anyone (SPAM will only cause you problems). Ezines ads are one of the best deals available. Especially Solo ads and Sponsor ads. Compare the cost of advertising in these publications to what PostmasterDirect and some of the other online Giants charge for mailing to their BIG lists of prospects and you will find that Ezines offer some real Bargains. We have always found that the ezine ads pulled better anyway. We have spent several thousand$ to run a solo ad with PostmasterDirect, and only had a few replies, where one Solo ad with a good ezine list has netted us hundreds of leads for an average cost of about $100. To find ideas for your own solo mailing offers see:

http://www.ezinesoload.com/

Wherever you decide to advertise, you need to start building your own list of contacts. We are not saying that everyone should become a publisher of an ezine, but Every online marketer needs to have their own list of folks who have responded to their offers, and a list of those who have done business with you. This list will be the lifeblood of your ebiz! Perhaps the best way to build that list is by use of a follow up responder system that will build the list for you. There are many such services available. You should utilize a service that offers the auto personalized feature. This allows you to put the name of your prospect in all the follow up offers you send them. One of, if not The most impressive tools we have used is:

http://netofficetoolbox.com/app/default.asp?pr=26&id=20840

They will even pay you a 30% commission for referring others! Their system not only offers unlimited auto follow up responders, but they have a shopping cart, ad tracking system, list manager and more. If you do run an online publication you will really need to check them out!

If you build a list from ALL your advertising efforts, even those who don't initially buy from you will become valuable to you. As your list grows you will have a free resource for advertising your other offers, which brings us to the next topic:

YOUR OFFERS SHOULD BE RELATED

This should go without saying, but we see many folks online violating this simple rule. If you are dealing with health related offers, your gardening or home repair offers might not be as readily accepted. In fact, you may get some folks who will get down right upset with you. You may give them an option for getting on another list with you about another subject, but generally you should not pitch them something that is totally unrelated. There are exceptions to this and every rule of course, but note the word generally in the above statement.

Theme Mini Sites

This is one area that can work in promoting your affiliate programs, but you must come up with a theme that is needed and unique would not hurt either. Eva Almeida of Canada came up with a Great Mini Site idea to capitalize on the eBook craze. Her site focuses on ebook compilers. She reviews the various software programs out there for creating ebooks, and offers her comments on them. Of course, she belongs to the affiliate programs for those compilers that she recommends. She also has links to her other sites as well as related affiliate offers. Visit her site at:

http://www.ebookcompilers.com/

You have to use caution on this however. If you try to set up a web site that just has links to a lot of affiliate programs, chances are, it is not going to do you much good. BUT, if you can offer some sort of free service where you have really done your homework like Eva has done, you may come up with a real profit center!

Start Slow & Build Fast!

The main mistakes that we see so many folks making is that they try to do everything at once, or they do nothing at all. Those are the main reasons for failure. If you do nothing, well, you can see the problem with that. If you try to start out working several plans or programs, you won't get anywhere with any of them because your resources will run out. You won't have the staying power you need as you will be spreading your advertising dollars too thin.

You should pick a program that you really like (we prefer two tiered or multi-tiered programs where you can receive commissions on other affiliates that you refer to the program), and has excellent income potential. Focus on that until it is paying you regular sizable income. Then add other programs as you go. Once you know how to get the word out, and you have a system in place, it is a fairly easy matter to just keep doing the same thing over and over again with different programs. Soon you will have many companies sending you cash, and you won't have to work so hard. Do a lot for very little in the beginning, then do a little and earn a LOT in the end!

Yes, if you stay focused, build a list, measure your advertising success in real dollars, and follow up on your new net friends, you really can earn a nice living without having one product of your own!

The Two Most Powerful Practical Spiritual Principles I've Learned from Millionaires, that Will Totally Change Your Life!

2007-11-01T04:15:00.000-07:00

Article by Coach Don

I've had the honor and opportunity to spend some time with some very financially and spiritually enlightened people(my opinion on the latter quality, but obvious on the first one!), and have walked away richly touched and moved to alter how I "do business" in both my personal and my business life as a result.

In listening to these wonderful people talk, and observing how they handle their realities, two very distinct and powerful traits came to my attention that I believe, if applied to your life, will make such a change that in a short time all your dreams could be well on their way to fulfillment. I don't say that lightly, I really have been hit by these two Spiritual Principles and their power. I believe, no I know, you will be too, if you allow your Self to really take them to heart and soul.

Principle Number 1: Get On With It!

Simple, but so right on. "Get On With It!" spells it out exactly as I felt it when I watched these Spiritual Millionaires in their actions. They didn't hesitate to move on ideas, connections with others, saying what they think in conversations, giving their opinions, and responding to situations that called for action in order to keep momentum going.

Do you get the power of what this Principle is about? I did, when I finally opened up to seeing what was happening right in front of me. "Get On With It!" Don't hesitate, take action. Contemplation is fine, for figuring out what to do. And, if you're sitting waiting for something to happen, doing other "important" tasks rather than those that you know (C'mon, you know, of course you do!) will produce the results you desire, then "Get On With It!" is a habit that you desperately need to cultivate in order to get to where you want to be! Waiting will not do it!

Trust me on this one, I've waited for Gudeau forever, and he never showed up!

It's time to "Get On With It!", trust your intuition, your sense of knowing what the next step is, and take action. We often wait for the "feeling to be right" first, before we take the action we know will bring us satisfaction. That's backwards! The feelings of satisfaction, self-esteem, belonging, personal actualization and contribution only come from ACCOMPLISHMENT, not from pondering and procrastinating. (You knew that one, too, didn't you?!)

I watched these Spiritual Millionaires, one after another, take immediate action, in integrity, and I saw tremendous results come into their lives. I then put this into practice for my Self, and immediately, I mean IMMEDIATELY, I got results! I recently sent out a free offer via email to participants from a seminar on spirituality and business I attended, two days after returning from the seminar. Within five minutes I got a phone call from a participant living in Europe, who'd returned home, got my email, and immediately called me for the offer! Five minutes, from halfway around the world! I hadn't had time to shut my email off and walk downstairs!

So, "Get On With It!" Now. Today. You'll be glad you cultivated this skill. I promise.

Principle Number Two: Act As If....

"Act As If..." is about trusting that you know what is right for you, you're capable of handling it when it comes to you, and you're putting out the intention for what you truly desire. I've seen the power of being absolutely clear on my intentions for my life: They come true! They have for me, and I watched the Spiritual Millionaires as their intentions came to reality for them as well.

And, being clear on my intentions is a good first step. A more powerful and life changing step is to "Act As If..." those intentions are ALREADY here, now. Not dishonestly, or outside of your integrity. But, to feel it, sense it, imagine how you're going to "show up" in various situations of your life once your dreams do come to reality. And then, "Act As If..." your intentions are reality, now. Why wait to have fun, to hold your Self tall, to laugh and live lightly?

"Act As If..." is about being willing to play in the sandbox with the other kids, and not hold back! It's about taking your shot in the basketball game, not being afraid others will not like you. It's about loving your friends or partner, unabashedly, audaciously, joyfully. Waiting, again, brings you one thing--more waiting.

I saw the Spiritual Millionaires "Act As If..." in all their creativity, being willing to try on new ideas, new connections, and revel in the sheer fun of it! I watched them step into spaces of discomfort, and reveal aspects of their lives that take courage to share, and do it with grace and style. I was touched in my heart by their example of who they are, and I knew, as I think you know, that they were as scared to take those steps as you and I are when we're faced with the choice of standing up for who we are in each moment of Self Declaration.

If there is something that you're longing for in your life, and have been waiting for the ripples of this desire to push you to be who and what you dream of being, try to "Act As If..." it's already here. It will lock your intentions into reality, and you will find opportunities open that you never would have even seen if you hadn't done so.

So "Act As If...". Make it be, for you, right now.

Try these two Spiritual Principles on today, and email me with the results. Don't wait, try it now, in the next moment, and see how it works for you.

I look forward to hearing from you on the results!

Networking: How to Meet Anyone to Achieve Anything

2007-10-28T04:11:00.000-07:00

I asked my friend Donna Fisher a few questions about her speciality: Networking. Donna is the author of People Power: 12 Power Principles to Enrich Your Business, Career and Personal Networks and she is the coauthor of Power Networking: 55 Secrets for Personal and Professional Success. Here are my questions and Donna's replies.

1. What is networking?

Networking is a process of meeting people, building relationships, and developing a support system that is mutually beneficial and supportive.

2. How can someone meet anyone on the planet?

By using what's called "global stepping stones." This means accessing people through the people you know. Everyone you know in turn knows anywhere from 250 to 5,000+ people. Therefore your network has tremendous reach and anyone you would want to meet is typically only three or four people away from you. To check this out think of someone you would like to meet and then begin to identify who within your network might either know that person or know someone who knows that person. Call the people you identify asking them if they can introduce you to the person you want to meet. If they cannot, then ask them who they know who knows that person. See if you can make personal contact with the person you want to meet within the 3-4 person prediction.

3. What if a person feels they "don't know anyone important"?

Typically people are unaware of the power and magnitude of their network. A first step in networking is to become more aware of the network you already have and begin to use it because it is through use that it will grow. You can begin to identify your network by identifying categories of people that you know, i.e. business owners, authors, celebrities, ....or identify categories such as: business associates, vendors, church friends, neighbors, school alumni, former co-workers. Identify what you mean by "important" people and begin to find and bring those people into your network. When you begin to purposefully and consciously build your network, you will develop a full, rich network of people who are important to you in many ways. Also beware, for the tendency is to think that "important" people won't have time for us. Often times it is the "important" people who care about people and know and value the importance of networking and making connections and contributing to one another.

4. What are the 5 ways someone can increase their network?

Call at least one person a week from your network whom you have not talked with in a while and reconnect. (reconnection call)
On each reconnection call ask the person you are talking with about someone they know i.e. "Have you heard from xxxx lately?" or "How are xxx and xxx doing?" or "Do you remember xxx who worked on xxx project with us?"
Immediately after your reconnection call, call the person you inquired about and reconnect with them.
Learn the art of small talk and saying hello to someone new once a week.
Ask for the names of vendors, referrals, centers of influence from the people you know.

What's the #1 Thing People Do Wrong?

2007-10-27T04:05:00.000-07:00

I admit it. I'm frustrated. I'm tired of getting emails from people who write, "I can't do what you did because ---."

Just fill in the blank with whatever excuse you can think of.

People say they can't write as many books as I have because they don't have the time, or they're too old, or too young, or too married, or too single.

People say they can't make their book a best-seller like I did because their book is different, or they're different, or the timing is different.

People say they can't ask celebrities for endorsements because they feel insignificant, or insulting, or imposing.

The list of excuses is endless. Here are some more actual ones I've received:

"You're more famous than me. I could never write people and ask for their help, as they wouldn't give me the time of day."

I started asking people for help, advice, input, suggestions and direction when I was a teenager. I have letters from FBI king J. Edgar Hoover, boxing legend Jack Dempsey, and master magician John Mulholland. I was certainly unknown then. Yet people always helped me. I've managed to connect with Evel Kneivel, Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, best-selling authors and more--- and I did it before anyone knew my name. I simply ASKED for their help. They were kind and replied. Today I'm doing the same for anyone who writes me who sounds sincere and respectful.

"You have a large network of people to ask for things."

Yes, I do. NOW. But I didn't when I first started. I developed my network by building relationships. I reached out to people, helped them, they helped me, and trust was formed. Because I've nurtured my relationships online for almost ten years now, a bond is set. When I announce that I want contributions for a new book, my network responds. When they want something, I respond. I was able to compile all the information for my most recent book, "The E-Code: 47 Surprising Secrets for Making Money Online Almost Instantly," in less than 7 days --- all because I asked my network for help.

"You have a big mailing list so you can sell things faster."

I went online with no mailing list. NONE. I didn't even recognize the importance of having my own list until one day I offered my first e-class to my then tiny list and made $22,500 in one week. Then I woke up. I've been working on building my email list ever since. Anyone can do it. And while you're waiting to do it, you can always joint-venture with people who already have mailing lists. How? Just ASK. One day some person in Norway wrote me. He wanted to know if I would help him sell his new software. I liked his program and agreed. He didn't have a list. I did. He had software. I liked it. I did a mailing and split the profits with him. It was a win-win.

"You are more talented as a copywriter so you can sell better than me."

I learned to be a copywriter by investing time, money and effort into studying the greats and getting out there and doing it. My first sales letters were garbage. I still write and rewrite to make my letters as hypnotic as I can. I wasn't born writing, reading, or even walking. I learned it all. Can't you?

"I don't have anything to offer free to get people to buy what I am selling."

There are a million things for free online. You can find thousands---thousands!---of free e-books online. Just grab a few and offer them as your incentives to get people to buy your product or service. Anyone can do this. Just look around online. The fruit is there for the picking. I've seen people take classics of literature---now in the public domain and available as e-books---and offer them as incentives for prospects to buy their product. It works. How do you find them? SEARCH.

"I can't teach an e-class like you because I have no credentials."

Your credentials are you. They are your life experiences more than anything else. Few today care about whether you have a degree or any other credential. They care if you can deliver on whatever you promise. My lifemate, Nerissa, is about to teach an online video editing class. Anything you can teach off-line can be taught on-line. With video, audio, graphics, text, and chat rooms, you can have a virtual classroom on ANYTHING you can imagine. Why not?

"I can't make money selling my stuff on the Internet."

Look around. The Internet is so big and vast and even incomprehensible that truly anything can be sold online. I've seen people sell tumble weeds and buggy whips, greeting cards and computer generated art. Anything sold off-line can be sold on-line. Go look at Ebay. People sell cars, used clothes, dirt and even snow there. I once sold an "Elvis Mermaid" at Ebay. (You can see a picture of it at www.mrfire.com ) Are there really any limits to what can be sold online?

"I missed the right time to sell my idea."

Really? Just look at the title of one of my books: "There's A Customer Born Every Minute." A new crowd of prospects appears every single day. You can sell virtually anything at virtually any time if you think of what people want and cater to them. Sometimes you have to think of other uses for the same product, or other audiences than what you originally had in mind. But the best time to sell what you have is now. What are you waiting for?

"You live in America and I live in Mexico and selling doesn't work here."

Give me a break. Friends of mine always go to Mexico (and other countries said to be behind us) and they come home with truck loads of things they bought. Besides that, with the Internet, where you live is almost meaningless. Take your product and go online. Then you're not selling to your poor neighbors, but to the entire planet. Think BIG.

The list goes on and on.

To me, excuses are the #1 thing people do wrong -- online and off. While all of these excuses seem legit to the person saying them, they are virtually all hogwash.

Excuses are beliefs. If you buy into them, you're stuck. If you believe instead that there's always a way around whatever the excuse is, then you'll move forward. My philosophy is, "There is ALWAYS a way."

So let me try to help you here.

First, what are your excuses?

When I began this article by asking the question, "I can't do what you did because ---", what did you say? How did you complete the sentence? Those are some of your excuses.

Second, ask yourself if there's any way on earth to get around your excuses. In other words, are the excuses you stated real or imagined? Have you tried to get past any of them? Has anyone else, ever, gotten past the same excuses?

Finally, what would you do if you had no excuses?

Whatever your answer, get out there and JUST DO IT.

Leave your excuses behind and your prosperity will begin to come to you.

Leave your excuses behind and you can achieve success, too.

Leave your excuses behind and your life will begin to soar.

If you don't act now, why not?

Whatever your answer, THAT'S an excuse.

Are you going to let it stop you?

The Secret to My Success

2007-10-26T04:00:00.000-07:00

A reader watched my new DVD, Humbug, and was apparently impressed with it.

He emailed me this question:

"Was there one point in your life that was the turn around? I often ask people who've obviously hitched themselves to a Saturn 5 rocket the same question."

I get that question a lot.

I've been thinking about it long and hard.

I know that taking on the attitude that anything is possible is part of the answer; so is knowing the Law of Attraction and the idea that getting clear leads to preferred results; so is always saying yes to life; and so is the idea of being ruthlessly honest about your desires.

But those are mindsets I've developed over time.

They don't answer the question about the single event that changed my life.

The thing is, there's no "one point" where everything shifted for me. It was more a series of defining moments, some more memorable than others. For example:

Landing the book deal to write The AMA Complete Guide to Small Business Advertising for the American Marketing Association back in 1993, was a marker for me. I wasn't paid much money (almost none) but it was my first book deal with a traditional publisher and the project made me feel accomplished and important. It also got me more clients and more speaking engagements. (I still love the book and use it myself, though sadly it's now out of print. Some of it ended up in my new book, Hypnotic Writing .)

Recording my program, The Power of Outrageous Marketing for Nightingale-Conant in 1997, was another turning point for me, one I had longed to have for over ten years. People who knew that company and their wonderful products began to treat me like I was a deity in the marketing world. That also influenced my own sense of value. (That's also when I raised my fees. ) The program still sells like crazy today, and I'm still very proud of it. (One of my favorite sections is where I stage an interview with the great circus showman and master marketer, P.T. Barnum.)

Certain people helped me step up to a new level, as well.

Paul Hartunian changed my life. This publicity genius who once sold the Brooklyn Bridge as a PR stunt and got on Johnny Carson for it, once spent three hours over dinner in Houston telling me how to change my business. I took notes. I acted. Paul's giving was a defining moment in my career. I'll never forget him. He's one of my heros.

Mandy Evans has been a "miracles coach" in my life for more than twenty years. This wonderful author of such books as Travelling Free has always been only a phone call away. Whenever I feel stuck and ready for the next level, I call her. I love her. She helps me get clear .

Bob Proctor -- a living legend in the self-help movement -- changed my life when he politely nudged me to publish the little book I was fearful about releasing, Spiritual Marketing. That book became an Amazon bestseller twice, got me into The New York Times, and led to my rewriting it and seeing J. Wiley publish it as the now long running classic, The Attractor Factor. And of course The Attractor Factor got me into the movie The Secret, which led to my being on Larry King, eXtra TV, Time, Newsweek and...well, you get the idea.

Obviously, there's no one event that transformed me.

If you want to know more, I've written about my journey through life in such books as Adventures Within and of course The Attractor Factor . They reveal other defining moments and the people who triggered them for me.

I really wish there was a simple answer to the question of what was my turning point moment, so we could both learn from it.

But what may be better is to assume every moment is your turn around one, and act from that perspective.

Life would then take on a glow .

Backed into a corner, and forced to say something was the one thing that changed my career, I'd give credit to the Internet.

I began as an Internet skeptic in the early 1990s. I didn't believe all the hype about gold in cyberspace.

I was wrong.

I later wrote one of the first books about online marketing (CyberWriting ).

And later, when Mark Joyner urged me to let him release my first e-book (Hypnotic Writing ), I began to taste fame and fortune.

So I have to give credit to being active online as a turning point in my career. (Note I said active online. I was and am busy creating and promoting products, not waiting for the world to come to my door.)

The Internet let me take what I was doing locally and distribute it to the world.

But, as you can see, it was one of many defining moments.

Maybe the best way to wrap this up is with the following story:

I'm hearing from people from my past who saw the movie The Secret and then searched for me online. When they get to my main site , they write me and ask something like, "Are you the same Joe Vitale I worked with thirty years ago?"

One gent did that recently. Turns out we had worked at Exxon together long, long ago.

He saw me on Larry King and couldn't believe my level of success. He wrote to me saying, "I wish I had known what a gem I was hanging around back then."

I thought, what if each of us treated each other like we were gems already -- just unrecognized and maybe unpolished.

Wouldn't that single change of perspective make every moment of our lives a turning point?

As Goethe wrote, "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being."

TIISG:The Secret of Napoleon Hill, P.T. Barnum, and Me

2007-10-25T04:03:00.000-07:00

I'm riveted by the biography of Napoleon Hill, the author of the classic book "Think and Grow Rich."

Not only did this man struggle for 20 years to write the definitive guide to success, but he experienced poverty, his life was threatened, his backers were murdered, he suffered from bouts of hopelessness, and his family suffered beyond all understanding.

His was not an overnight success.

One thing that stood out in Hill's life story was his ability to turn the negative into the positive. He always looked for what some people call that silver lining in the dark cloud. As I thought about Hill's life, I realized I've been noticing this ability to see the good in the bad practiced by others, too.

I was at a meeting with my friend Mark Joyner, Internet pioneer and bestselling author. I overheard Mark talking to a man who had just gone through hell due to the FTC. Mark listened to the man's sad story and then said, "Turn it into something good."

This was remarkable advice. It's the kind of thing Napoleon Hill would have said. It goes against what most people ever even attempt to try. The whole idea of taking whatever happens to you and turning it into something good seems, at first glance, preposterous.

But this also seems to be a key to success. I remember P.T. Barnum offering a to buy a rival's elephant. He sent a telegram stating his offer. His competitors took Barnum's telegram and ran it as an ad, saying, "Here's what Barnum thinks of our elephant."

Instead of being upset, Barnum decided to join with those competitors. That gave birth to the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum took the experience and turned it into something good.

The other day Nerissa, my love, released her first e-book at www.freevideoediting.com. She had a small mistake on her site. When I went to promote her site, I used the mistake as a way to get attention for her e-book. I could have said, "Correct your site."

Instead I sent out an email that said, "There is a mistake on her site. If you can spot it, I'll give you a gift." This caused people to be curious, a powerful motivator. It drove traffic to her site. Sales jumped.

What I, Barnum, Joyner, and Hill are doing is one thing: Taking the so-called negative experiences in life and turning them into something good. I call this TIISG. It stands for Turn It Into Something Good.

You have the ability to do this. It's a choice. No matter what happens, take a breath and ask, "How can I turn this into something good?"

The question redirects your mind. Instead of looking at the problem, you are now looking for solutions. This is a brilliant way to learn how to operate your own brain. You become the master, not the slave, of your life.

Andrew Carnegie -- that tycoon who challenged Napoleon Hill to undertake his 20 year quest to uncover the secrets of success -- confessed that the principle key to his own staggering success was the ability to operate his own mind.

He told Hill, "I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest."

It all begins with the basic TIISG question: "How can I turn this into something good?"

The answer will bring you new choices, happiness, and may lead to wealth you never dreamed of before.

Just remember TIISG.

Try it and see.

Your "Secret Barrier" to Wealth

2007-10-24T03:59:00.000-07:00

I just read Dan Kennedy's September No B.S. Marketing Letter and was thrilled to see him talk about mindsets and language.

In one section he explained that talking about negative things makes your clients and customers feel bad, which in turn makes them less inclined to buy from you.

People want to feel good. I talked about this in my book, Life's Missing Instruction Manual. Even Kennedy, who can be a grump, realizes that focusing on doom and gloom will simply make people tighten their hold on their wallets or purses.

Instead, focus on the good, talk about the positive, and help people feel better.

Dan's back page essay -- always my favorite part of his No B.S. newsletter -- is all about how your own thinking leads to the reality you create.

Dan begins his article by saying the other day he deposited $802,486.00 in the bank.

Not bad for a day's work. (It was for more than a day's work, but you get the idea.)

Dan goes on to brilliantly explain that most of us -- even him, even me -- have a "secret barrier" within us that keeps us from bringing in a larger income.

Whatever income you have right now is there because you are comfortable with it.

You probably made far less money decades ago. As you grew more comfortable, as you raised your secret barrier, you could allow more money into your life.

In short, you are earning what you are expecting.

The way to sell more and raise your income is to help people feel good and to work on your inner secret barrier.

How do you change your secret barrier to wealth?

You read this blog. You read Dan Kennedy. You read books about the wealthy. You subscribe to magazines for the affluent. You read my book, The Attractor Factor. You watch the movie The Secret. You get into or create a mastermind group of wealthy people. You surround yourself with wealth and prosperity so you can begin to accept it, feel it, own it, and expect it.

In short, you get comfortable with the idea of wealth.

Two tips:

Subscribe to Dan's newsletter. He's a genius and a living legend. You can get a three month subscription, to try it out, at www.freegiftfrom.com/dankennedy/
Get the Milagro Manifestation Method CD's and put them in your iPod or on your PC or Mac, or in your car or wherever you can soak up their music and messages. See www.milagromethod.com

These CD's are so powerful that last night at dinner Bill Hibbler said when he puts one of the CD's on, he instantly becomes a powerhouse copywriter.

I think the CD's are so potent that I asked Pat O'Bryan at dinner last night to bring me another set, so I can send them to a company I know that may want to promote them.

Get your own set at www.milagromethod.com

Bottomline: You get what you expect.

Or, as Dan says in his newsletter, "You'll only get to bank what your internal system permits you to accept."

The 7 Lost Secrets of Success

2007-10-23T04:13:00.000-07:00

Article by Alan Rosenspan
www.AlanRosenspan.com

A few months ago, I wrote an article for Direct Marketing entitled "The Greatest Marketer on Earth!"

No, it wasn't autobiographical - but thanks for asking.

It was about P.T. Barnum, and I received a number of enthusiastic e-mails about it, including one from Joe Vitale.

Mr. Vitale, the author of several terrific books on marketing, also happened to write a book on Barnum. His e-mail to me was as follows:

"I loved your article on Barnum. But there are a few misleading statements that I'd like to clear up for you and your readers:

1. Barnum did not invent the circus.

What Barnum did was build on the popularity of the circus, clean it up so it was morally attractive to men, women, and children, and, of course, market the daylights out of it with grander ads and bigger attractions

Barnum did not write all his own copy. He used - among others -- Richard "Toby" Hamilton, a popular press agent of the late 1800s.

Hamilton once said, "Suppose a grocer should advertise fine, fresh codfish and his rival across the street advertised the largest, sweetest, absolutely the best codfish ever caught, with scales as large as quarters and meat whiter than snow---the finest yielded by the Atlantic Ocean. Which grocer do you think will sell the most codfish?"

2. Barnum did not do everything himself.

He hired many people to promote his enterprises. When he promoted Jenny Lind, the famed Swedish soprano, he hired twenty-six reporters to feed the press news stories about her talents, her arrival, and her character.

3. Barnum indeed created a sign that said "This way to the Egress."

He did not hang in at a circus, but at his famous Barnum's American Museum. Crowds in the museum, located in the heart of New York City, often kept new people from getting through the six-story building. Barnum hung the sign. People went out the door under it, down the steps, and found themselves in the street. It was all part of the fun.

I wasn't upset at Joe's corrections. It was kind of him to write. But what did bother me was the title of his book, because it was so much better than the title of my article.

He called it, "There's a Customer Born Every Minute," and I enjoyed reading it. But he also sent me another book, which I wanted to share with you.

It's "The Seven Lost Secrets of Success." And the subtitle is "How the Million Dollar Ideas of America's Forgotten Genius - Bruce Barton - Can Help You and Your Business Become a Roaring Success Today!"

Joe Vitale is obviously a very talented copywriter.

I'll tell you more about Bruce and Joe in a moment, but I want to share with you the #1 Secret, and show you how it applies to direct marketing.

"The Juice of the Fountain of Youth"

The first and most important secret is to "Reveal the business nobody knows." It means educating people about what your company or your product really does, and the benefits it provides.

But not just the little benefits - the big picture benefits. As Barton said, "Find some way to translate your story into terms of human life and the reader's self-interest."

For example, Vitale describes when Bruce Barton gave a talk to the American Petroleum Institute. He told them that they weren't selling gasoline at all.

"My friends, it is the juice of the fountain of eternal youth that you are selling. It is health. It is comfort. It is success. And you have sold it as a bad smelling liquid at so many cents a gallon."

He goes on to describe the life of one of their customers. He tells a story about Jacob, who's poor immigrant parents had no gas and had to live in a dingy neighborhood under the shadow of ugly smoke stacks. Their lives were miserable.

"Not so with Jacob," said Barton, "He works in the smoke of the city, to be sure, but he lives in the suburbs and has his own garden. His children are healthier; they go to better schools. On Sunday, he packs up a picnic lunch and bundles the family into the car and has a glorious day in the woods or at the beach."

"And all this is made possible by a dollar's worth of gasoline!"

Of course, today that would probably be $10. worth of gasoline, but you can see the point.

The Story of the Three Bricklayers

Three bricklayers are working on a project in New York City. Each one was stopped and asked what he was doing.

"I'm laying bricks," the first man replied, and went back to his rather dull and repetitive job.

"I'm putting up a wall," the second man said, which sounded a little more interesting.

"What am I doing?" asked the third man. He paused and glanced up at the sky with an inspired look in his eyes, and answered solemnly, "I'm building a great cathedral."

Chances are, there's a dramatic story in your product, and how it benefits people. But you may be too close to it to see it clearly. Or perhaps you take it for granted.

But if you could take a step back - you might be able to see it with a different perspective.

A few years ago, we presented a campaign for Uniroyal, where we focused not on the tires, not on the car, but on the passengers - your family. Our line was "You've got a lot riding on your Uniroyals."

Today, that positioning is used very successfully by Michelin, which uses a little baby inside a tire.

So how do you take a step back?

Here are three suggestions:

1. Look at the biggest possible picture.

What are you really selling? Is it software, or a better, faster way to do your job? Is it life insurance, or is it perfect peace of mind?

Always keep in mind the old marketing example that when people buy a drill, they don't need a drill. They need a hole.

2. Keep asking "And that means?."

You need to get to the ultimate benefit, which is almost always the most important.

For example, if you're selling mints, the obvious benefit is clean, fresh breath. But is that the ultimate benefit? Do people want clean, fresh breath simply for it's own sake?

Maybe, but here the ultimate benefit might be self-confidence. You'll never have to worry about offending other people.

3. What would happen if it didn't exist?

A great way to get to the ultimate benefit might be to pretend your product doesn't exist. What would people have to do instead?

For example, if there were no such thing as life insurance - working people might have to scrimp and save their entire lives, and do without a lot of the luxuries of life, just to make sure that if something happened to them - their family would be protected.

What are the other six secrets?

Here, according to Joe Vitale, are Bruce Barton's other great secrets. His book explains them in great detail and can be ordered at www.mrfire.com.

1. Use a God to Lead Them

Can you establish yourself as an expert in your field?

2. Speak in Parables

What are your stories? Who has bought from you and prospered and changed?

3. Dare Them to Travel the Upward Path

How can you challenge your customers without insulting them? Think of the Marines.

4. The One Element Missing

Do you sincerely believe in what you are doing and selling? Sincerity is key.

5. Give Yourself Away

What are you giving to your clients? To the world?

6. Sharpen the Knife

Are you polishing your writing, your ads, until they are perfect?

Are you polishing yourself?

The Bruce Barton Nobody Knows

As Joe Vitale's book reveals, Bruce Barton was one of the founders of modern advertising.

He was the second "B" in the giant agency BBDO (Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne) and created some very famous advertising campaigns. His slogan for the Salvation Army was a classic -- "A man is down, but he's never out."

Barton was an enormously successful businessman, a Congressman, a motivational speaker, and a writer with a number of best-selling books on business, ethics and religion. Magazines called him "The Prophet of Advertising" and "The modern philosopher for millions."

He was one of the first advertising people to understand the customer's point of view. He said that the job of advertising and marketing was to "become the buyer's assistant."

In a speech to the Advertising Association in San Francisco, Barton quoted the last verse of "Mary had a Little Lamb." He said it illustrated one of the most important principles of the advertising business.

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"

The eager children cry, "Because Mary loves the lamb, you know"

The teacher did reply

Barton then thumped his hand down on the podium and said,

"It's about time we quit trying to shear these sheep - and start loving them a little bit!"

This was 25 years before David Ogilvy said, 'The consumer is not a moron. He or she is your spouse."

The Joe Vitale You May Not Know

Since receiving his e-mail and reading his books, I have become a great fan of Joe Vitale.

If you haven't heard of him, Vitale is an independent marketing consultant based in Houston, Texas. His other books include, "CyberWriting: How to Promote Your Product or Service OnLine," and "The AMA Complete Guide to Small Business Advertising."

Vitale calls his website "The Copywriting Profit Center" (www.mrfire.com) and offers some valuable articles for direct marketers. These include: "The 10 Laws for Writing Letters that Get Results," which I highly recommend.

Joe's writing is not only informative - it's inspirational. In fact, he sounds like Bruce Barton. In one of his articles, he ends with:

"I am sharing this with you in the hope that it sets your own heart on fire, awakens something in your soul, and urges you to go for --and get -- your own dreams."

How to Make Money Fast Online

2007-10-23T03:54:00.000-07:00

Don't throw in the towel. I know you've been reading about people making money online. I know you've tried to do it. Well, don't give up just yet.

I have a plan to help you make at least some money on the Internet, and I'm going to give it to you right now.

Here's my online money formula in brief:

Basically, find out what this week's most popular searches are at Google. Then pick one of them and quickly generate an e-book, e-report, or even e-audio related to that subject. Put up a site and start selling. List one copy on Ebay. That's it.

Here's how it works in detail:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
and see what the hot searches are currently.

2. Pick one of them that you are at least somewhat curious about.

3. Research the subject online, compiling information about the subject. This will be your e-product. Be creative. Develop something people searching on this topic will want. (Get help on how to create e-books fast at www.7dayebook.com )

4. Then quickly put up a one-page website and offer your e-product for sale. You can put up sites at http://www.godaddy.com (A one-page site there is only $14.95 a year).

5. List one copy of your product on Ebay. This will get your product and site noticed right away by millions of people.

In short, you're riding the wave of the public's interest. This is a tried and true money-making secret.

For example, on Easter a friend showed me a book of nothing but questions and answers about the movie, "The Passion of The Christ."

The book is compiled data. Yet because it ties to the current frenzy of interest in Mel Gibson's movie, the book is selling and the author is getting on national TV and radio shows.

Cindy Cashman just used this exact same idea to create two e-books that spin-off of Donald Trump's current TV show. See CindyCashman.com Unless Trump actually trademark's the phrases, "You're hired!" and "You're fired!", Cindy is going to profit from Trump's stardom.

You can do this, too. Simply create something that ties to an existing popular search and use the above steps to jump-start your sales.

For example, one week last April one of the top searches was for "IRS." Obviously if you had information to help people deal with the IRS, you could capitalize on it. But if you didn't have any info, you could search the net for it, find an angle that is fresh, and release your own IRS product.

Another week the name "elisha cuthbert" was a top-10 search item. You could compile a directory of all the sites showing pictures of the actress, compile quotes by her, or maybe create an Elisha Cuthbert cookbook, beauty tips guide, joke book, or whatever, based on your web searches.

Or you could go contrarian and create something called "Why I Hate Elisha Cuthbert." (I don't. I think she's a great actress in the TV show '24' and I hear she's a nice person, too.)

Or you can get outrageous and create a campaign called "Elisha Cuthbert for President." Your site could sell an e-book where you offer Elisha as a candidate.

Get the idea?

Not everyone reading this article will act on this formula, but those who do have a good chance of making a lot of money fast.

Will you be one of them?

Controversial Secrets Behind Joe Vitale's Hypnotic Success

2007-09-27T02:28:00.000-07:00

I believe we are what we read, as well as who we hang around with.

I read about great people so some of their greatness rubs off on me---at least I hope it does.

I first heard of Bruce Barton in Robert Collier's legendary book, "The Robert Collier Letter Book." I had never heard of Barton before that. I became fascinated with the man.

I was on a mission to find out what happened to him. How did this once best-selling author and famous ad-man---an advisor to presidents---fall through the cracks of history? I wanted to know. I NEEDED to know.

The result of my two year quest was my book on Barton, "The Seven Lost Secrets of Success." But I never began my mission with the idea that I would write a book. I simply followed my interests.

No doubt my research influenced me. What I learned about Barton influenced my writing style and my marketing philosophy. Barton was very sincere. I've learned to make that my war cry.

Barton was a great storyteller. I've learned to tell stories to make my points.

Books stretched my mind, fueled my dreams, sharpened my senses, and developed my personality. The difference between an average person and a great success is often the books he or she reads. The more you read, the more successful you will be.

You can save yourself trial and error, as well as blood, sweat and tears, by reading how others achieved their results. Books rule!

I read Barnum autobiography and fell in love with the man. His humor, story-telling, ingenious way of seeing opportunities---all of it charmed me and mesmerized me. I was deeply influenced by Barnum. His sense of fun and outrageousness made me stretch my own mental boundaries. I became a much stronger publicist after reading about Barnum. And because Barnum was into Magic and Hypnosis, it all served to deepen my own interest in those subjects.

But I never planned to write a book on Barnum until after my book on the Internet, "CyberWriting," was done and I looked
around for my next project.

I proposed something on the marketing secrets of Barnum and my publisher at the time, AMACOM, jumped at the idea. The next thing I knew, I was knee deep into research on Barnum---which ended up being my book, "There's A Customer Born Every Minute."

How did I FIRST discover Hypnotic Marketing?

Am I really know about all that submodality, contextual reframing stuff that exists in Hypnosis?

I am basically self-taught when it comes to hypnotic marketing. While I am a certified hypnotherapist, and have been fascinated with hypnosis since I was 16 years old -- over 30 years now -- most of my discoveries came from putting my ideas to the test in the street.

I simply tried some hypnotic concepts in my writing and they worked. Then I tried them in my marketing and they worked, too. I then ended up writing about my ideas in my hypnotic line of books, the first being "Hypnotic Writing."

I learned to become a better writer by studying master writers. I was deeply influenced by Mark Twain, Jack London, and William Saroyan. Robert Collier, of course, changed my life. I think anyone can become a great writer by studying great writers.

As for my discovering things, I simply experiment. I think desire is a great motivator. Necessity is the father of invention. Desire is the mother of it. When you desire things---more of anything---it will move you to begin creating and discovering whatever you need to achieve them.

For example, because I desired a BMW Z3 car, I created a whole new form of marketing---the email e-class. I made about $23,000 my first week after inventing the class. And yes, I bought the car.

In many ways, the early years traumatized me. They were not easy or pleasant. I have had to go through years of therapy to get clear with those events. But there was a great gift in the events as well.

They taught me to hold to my dream, to never give up, to remain hopeful. And I learned from every job. Being a car salesman taught me about people. Being a laborer on the railroad taught me about hard work

Jonathan Jacob was one of many healers who helped me unravel my own beliefs. Beliefs are the wiring in your head that control your life. Change that wiring and you change your life.

My best advice is to find a miracles coach---someone who can lovingly help you see your limitations and go for your dreams. These days I work with Ann Taylor Harcus. Some people write me to for help, as I do Spiritual Mind Treatments for a select few.

I think reading books will nudge you towards your dreams but getting a miracles coach will blast you towards them. The key is finding an authentic coach. My advice would be to check with the clients they have. Judge them by their fruits. If people are getting results, that coach may just be the one for you.

I have done my best to help people freely. And many people have helped me. I have also learned that the greatest money-making secret in history is this---give money away. The more you give, the more you'll get. Don't expect it to come from specific person or place, but hold on to your expectation.

Related to my job as a copywriter, I have a source of writng called swipe-file. Every good copywriter and marketing person worth his salt collects the cream of the crop for inspiration later. I don't think there is any one person I like to swipe. I look for headlines, letters, ideas, concepts, that seem to work, and save them. I also collect books on how to write great copy, and probably have the largest collection in the world.

I'm a big fan of John Caples, Dan Kennedy, Denny Hatch, and Kenneth Goode. I've seen some of my own copy reproduced with minor changes all over the net. Direct copying like that is usually illegal and usually doesn't improve sales. What we all need is sincerity and originality. I use swipe files to be inspired.

That's what they are for. My own file, co-authored by Larry Dotson and me, is something I refer to every time I have to write copy.

I keep the swipe files that Larry Dotson and I created in a binder right beside my desk. When I want inspiration, I start flipping through the book. I don't believe anyone needs an organized approach to creating. I think what you need are triggers.

You can open a dictionary, take any word, and use it to trigger a new line of thinking. Swipe files act as triggers for me. But anything can be a trigger. Even my cat. The right look or meow and I'm ready to write. Well, sometimes.

I try to make my letters visually inviting. I like a strong headline, a secondary headline, then short opening sentences. I don't mind longer paragraphs later, but not at first. At first, I need to get people into a trance. So the statements are short.

Once I have them engaged, the paragraphs are longer. And I always use endorsements, quotes, and PS's, to enhance the look and feel of my letter.

Just think about what you want!

2007-09-26T02:24:00.000-07:00

“It’s very important to visualize it and not get caught up in how you are going to get there.”

That is SO BIG! Because almost ALL of us…and I will get caught up in this, too, it’s so easy to do...we’ll say that we want to accomplish something. We want to do a publicity stunt. We want a book to be a bestseller or we want to get $100,000 by Friday. I don’t know what it might be. Everybody right now is thinking of something that they want.

The very first thing that comes up is that we start to figure out “how”. We start to wondering, “Now, how will I do that? How am I going to pull that off?” That’s coming from our ego. Our ego has a VERY limited view of the Universe. Most of the time our ego is going to suggest doing things that we have done before or we have HEARD people do before and that may or may not be correct in achieving your big goal.

What I’ve learned to do is you state your big colossal goal. My big motto that’s on my business card, it’s a 16th century Latin phrase and it means “Dare something worthy.” So, my big goal is to come up with an intention that truly dares something worthy. Maybe it IS like a Canine Concert in order to promote my P.T. Barnum book or who knows what else might come to mind for somebody else.

But as soon as you declare that big intention, you may not know how you are going to pull it off. It’s totally fine not to know! You don’t NEED to know at that point. You want to be OPEN to what comes to you.

I did not know when I said that I wanted to come up with some kind of P.R. stuff for my Barnum book, that I would end up doing a Canine Concert. I didn’t know that! My intention was, “Lets do some sort of media event, something in the public eye, that would get my book noticed by national news. It might help it become a bestseller.” I didn’t know how that would take place!

As I started to ALLOW ideas to come to me, allowing is a key word here, as I started to allow them, just kind of free associate, sleep on it, let it come in meditation, let myself be alert to whatever shows up from books or the media or in an email or a chance encounter.

The next thing I know, I’m at a meeting and there are a couple of magicians there and I just say, “Hey, I’m trying to come up with an idea to promote my books, anybody have any ideas?” They start kicking around an idea and out of that comes another idea and what surfaces over a week or so is this whole Canine Concert. But my ego did not know it and could NEVER have guessed it.

So, trying to figure out how you accomplish something could actually shoot yourself in the foot, because you can limit the possibilities that the Universe could bring to you!

You want to BE OPEN to anything.

You just, if you focus on what it is that you want, it will manifest itself because you are ATTRACTING as you focus on it.

The Story of America’s first Spiritual Marketer

2007-09-24T02:21:00.000-07:00

You think you have it rough today?

Yes, there’s war, poverty, depression, recession, economic uncertainty, competition, unfair business practices, and more.

I’m sure if you read today’s newspaper, and/or watched today’s news, you could get yourself depressed thinking about the current situation.

I’m sure if you went online and researched all the people selling a product or service similar to your own, you could also get yourself into a funk.

But let me ask you a question:

Is it really that bad?

Play along with me here…

Imagine it’s 1902.

You’re in a small town in Wyoming. Yes, Wyoming. Not exactly Chicago or New York City. Population is only 3,000 people. They are mostly miners. They don’t make much cash. And you can imagine what they do with it on payday.

There are 22 saloons in your city willing to take the miner’s hard-earned money –on credit.

But let’s paint the full picture here:

You don’t have a phone, fax, computer, radio, television, or the Internet.

You don’t have any money for newspaper advertising.

You’re virtually poor yourself, with a wife and child to feed.

Your goal is to open a store selling clothing – at a discount.

And no one believes you can pull it off.

Every business owner, banker, and most of your family and friends say you’re nuts.

What are your chances for success?

Would you even attempt this enterprise?

Consider….and be honest with yourself….

Would you try to do business in that 1902 environment?

Truth is, I’m not sure I would, and I’m a pretty positive thinking kind of guy.

But a man with a vision can’t be stopped.

(Remember that.)
A young man with a vision who in fact did start a small store in Wyoming in 1902, under all the conditions just spelled out, went on to create an empire that’s still around today.

I’m talking about J. C. Penney.
Yes, the man who founded the famous department stores you can find in every major city (over 1,000 of them today) and where you probably bought your pants.

J. C. Penney rose from nothing to create a chain of stores originally called "The Golden Rule." He made a fortune, and lost all of it -- $40,000,000 -- in the Great Depression of 1929. But he also went on to become successful again, though never controlling the renamed company he began.

He loved people, was deeply religious, and made the people who ran his stores partners, not employees.

Clearly, this was a man different from others who walked the earth at his time in life.

The store Penney opened in Kemmerer, Wyoming on April 14, 1902, was a oneroom frame building located between a laundry and a boarding house off the main business district of the town.

He and his family lived in the attic over the store. The store was furnished with shelves made from packing crates.

Before opening, Penney studied the town, its people and their needs. (Research always pays off.) His store was called “The Golden Rule” because it emphasized the very principle he lived. Virtually everyone in business said he would fail, especially when Penney opposed taking credit on moral grounds. Yet the sales for the first day totaled $466.59 and for the first year totaled $28,898.11.

Obviously, people liked the honesty of the 27-year-old visionary.

And what a vision he had.

The Vision:
Penney envisioned a chain of stores that would cover the Rockies. To him, “The Golden Rule” represented more than a marketing strategy. It represented his deeper spiritual beliefs. It became the credo of his business. He insisted on offering customers quality merchandise at the lowest possible prices.

What a concept!

The strategy and the vision worked.

People loved it.
"Exchange ideas frequently. If you and I exchange dollars we are no better off — each of us still has a dollar. If we exchange ideas we each have two ideas where we had one before. What you gave you have. What I got you did not lose. Share your ideas — you will not become poorer — both of you will be the richer for the mutual exchange." -- J. C. Penney, a speech on salesmanship, 1934

At the end of 1912, there were 34 “Golden Rule Stores” with sales exceeding $2 million. (Imagine the wealth that represents even today, in 2005.)

In 1913, the chain incorporated under the laws of the state of Utah as the J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Penney himself was opposed to the new name, but his partners outvoted him.

Still, Penney, the company and the man, maintained their spiritual vision to serve people.

In 1913 his company mission statement was:
"To serve the public as nearly as we can to its complete satisfaction.

To expect for the service we render a fair remuneration and not all the profit the traffic will bear.
To do all in our power to pack the customer's dollar full of value, quality and satisfaction.
To continue to train ourselves and our associates so that the service we give will be more and more intelligently performed.
To improve constantly the human factor in our business.
To reward men and women in our organization through participation in what the business produces.
To test our every policy, method and act in this wise: Does it square with what is right and just?"

As you can see, even his mission statement was unique.

(Thought: Can you adapt it for your own business?)

J.C. Penney is worth study and modeling today. That’s why I’ve written this Special Report, which may be the first written work on him from a business viewpoint.

I’ve found that Penney cared about people to a degree rarely seen in any business.

For example, when his company was considering whether to accept credit cards or not, Penney said it would ultimately hurt the people, as it would encourage overspending.

He was right, but the old gentleman was the sole vote in a company he no longer controlled. He was over-ruled.

Still, you can sense his concern. While most people would be focused on all the ways to get money from their customers, Penney didn’t want to make a profit at the expense of his customers’ well-being.

This is rare.

(Ask yourself: Are you trying to drain your customers of their every dime, or are you just trying to serve them while making a little profit for doing so?)

Penney was a deeply religious man, raised by a Baptist preacher who taught him self-reliance at an early age. Penney was told he had to earn his own money for anything he wanted when he was eight years old. Talk about self-reliance!

Penney later confessed in his autobiographical book, View from the Ninth Decade, that his father’s announcement, “…came as an awful shock…I went to bed feeling utterly cast off, and by my own father!”

But this strict upbringing and early training in self-reliance made him sensitive to the needs of others. It seems it was more than religious for Penney; it was also spiritual.

This very outlook helped Penney help others, too, as you’ll see in this next section.

Sharing Wealth
I’ve often said that wealth gives you the means to help others, too. This is a very spiritual experience. Penney lived it, as well. For example:

In 1923, Penney established a 120,000-acre experimental farming community in northern Florida named Penney Farms. Some 20,000 acres were subdivided into small plots where industrious, moral, but economically destitute farmers could live and work
until they could rebuild their lives.

Next to Penney Farms, he established the Memorial Home Community — a 60-acre residential community for retired ministers, lay church workers, missionaries, their wives and families — at a personal cost of more than $1 million.

Penney lost virtually all of his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929, which became known as the Great Depression. While this event certainly knocked the man on his rear emotionally and financially, it did not stop him.

In 1954, after he had rebuilt his fortune, Penney established a second charitable foundation — the James C. Penney Foundation — which remains active today. This family foundation supports organizations addressing issues of community renewal, the environment, and world peace.

Obviously, Penney the man knew how to use his mind and his spirit to create wealth, and to use that wealth to help others.
He once said:

"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk."

Obviously, J. C. Penney had a goal. It was to help the world. In his 95 years, he did his best. His name lives on today. He made history.

Penney was still coming to the office three days a week when he was 95.

(Note: Visionaries tend to regard work as a calling, not a vocation.)

He often expressed his desire to live to be 100 years old. But on December 26, 1970, he suffered a fall in his Park Avenue apartment that left him with a fractured hip. After weeks of recuperation, he died of a heart attack on February 12, 1971.

His middle name was Cash.

What is the Secret to Getting Rich Today?

2007-09-24T02:17:00.000-07:00

It's Saturday morning as I write this article. I'm headed out to the lake today. A friend bought a boat and wants to take Nerissa and me out for a ride. Since I haven't had a day off in months, I'm ready for the clean air, the sun on my face, and the fast ride with good company. Still, I'm nervous.

I'm afraid he's going to ask me about my recent seminar. People paid $5,000 each and came from across the planet to attend my private intensive event on Hypnotic Writing skills. I allowed only 10 people in the room. And I screened everyone who attended. I was about to reveal the most advanced strategies known to humanity for persuading with words, and I didn't want any riff raff.

I'm not kidding. I even had a guest speaker reveal the chilling little known secrets of persuasion. He had been raised in a cult. Later, he was an undercover agent. He once had a shotgun held to his head for 40 minutes. He used words to escape with his life. It was all, well, hypnotic.

This is the kind of forbidden knowledge I revealed in my weekend intensive.

My friend knows this. Like a lot of people, he's curious. He heard that I revealed the three secrets to writing copy that I've never told anyone before. He heard that I explained my own private formula for writing sale letters -- a formula I've never revealed anywhere, ever before.

He also knows that I explained my private checklists for reviewing copy. And -- I almost regret this -- I gave away some of my original tricks for making all writing more engaging, almost irresistible to read.

I also revealed my ideas about Hypnotic Graphics, the "intimacy factor," the wisdom in comic books, a lesson from hypnosis, the power of optical illusions in words, the need to strive for the impossible, how to direct the mind, and more.

I even explained how people think, and unveiled why I call myself the "Michelangelo of Words." On top of all that, I gave the 10 people in my event a copy of my new volume, the Hypnotic Writing Mastery Manual, literally my life’s work and knowledge condensed into a tight 132 pages. (There's one graphic in the manual so gripping that the man who bound the books for me looked at it and said, "Trippy!")

My friend wants to know what I revealed. He also wants that manual. Yes, he's a friend. But he's also in business. He knows that if he learns and uses these proven methods, his business will double, maybe even triple. People who attended the event said the experience was a "20" on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being fantastic.

My friend is drooling.

They have gone home and started to immediately see results like these:

“I used a few Hypnotic Selling Secrets to rewrite in one day one email offer for one of my audio books that increased the sales by over 100%. This is amazing.” ~~ Dave Lakhani - Bold Approach, Inc. - boldapproach.com

“I've gotta say I have been utterly clueless when it comes to writing sales copy. I've done it (everyone in business has to), but up until now it has always been hit and miss. Write some words, throw 'em at the wall, and see if they stick. The Hypnotic Copywriting weekend changed all that for me. Joe gave me a step-by-step "how to and why" guide to creating powerful sales copy. I was blown away by the depth of his knowledge and manner in which he weaves together words that invite the client to come in, get excited and BUY!” ~ Jillian Coleman Wheeler - GrantMeRich.com

“On my return from your information packed weekend, I put out my first hypnotic written email blast. My results doubled in attendance at my next two events and we sold more than we ever had at any previous event. It works Joe, you are one of kind and so is your hypnotic writing training.” ~~ Carol Tuttle - Energy Therapist, Author, Speaker - caroltuttle.com

What am I going to do about my friend?

Go to the lake, take the boat ride, and prepare myself to be grilled by my friend, or stay here and work on something important?

The truth is, the question is for you to answer. That's right. You. Do you want to spend the day on the lake -- or whatever the equivalent of that is to you -- or to do you want to knuckle down and make some real money in your own business?

The question concerns choice, life direction, and your own personal power. Most people get bounced around by the circumstances of life. As I say in my forthcoming new book, "The Attractor Factor," you are the primary creative force in your life.

You can choose where you want to go, or you can let the winds blow you around like a mindless feather. This morning my friend invited me to the lake. Will I go or will I stay here and work? The answer is obvious. He's waiting for me right now.

But here I am, writing this article for you. This comes first. This is more important. This is crucial. But what's your answer? When you're torn between learning how to make a good living online, and a distraction, what do you choose?

Anyone serious about making money or even getting rich on the Internet, or anywhere else, needs to come from a position of mental strength. After all, many people say they want to get rich. But how many of them are investing in their own success?

How many invest in books, courses, seminars, and trainings? And of those who do invest in their own desire to get rich, how many actually use what they learn? How many choose to "go to the lake" rather than implement what they learn?

My question to you today is this: Who is making your choices? Your answer is the key to your success. As for me, will I go to the lake today?

Maybe.

How to Reprogram Our Mind?

2007-09-23T02:13:00.000-07:00

What are some of the steps that we can take to basically reprogram our minds to start focusing on the things that we want and not the things that are consuming us?

I want to begin an answer to it by letting everybody know that I can REALLY relate to that experience that you just described. For those who don’t know…and I don’t even know if you know this…but thirty-some years ago, I was homeless in Dallas. It’s something I didn’t even talk about for the longest time and then when I did talk about it, I was always embarrassed.

It’s people like Mark Joyner who encouraged me to OWN it and to SHARE it, because a lot of people might relate to it. When I did finally leave that and I had moved to Houston, I was in POVERTY. I mean, literally poverty, where I struggled to pay $200 a month to live in a dump!

I was incredibly unhappy. I was taking all kinds of jobs that I HATED. I was a car salesman. I was a reporter. I was a cab driver. I worked for an oil

company looking for gas on maps. It was just doing things that were not my calling, yet at the same time, I knew what my calling WAS.

In my HEART I knew that I wanted to be an author. I knew that I wanted to write books like The Attractor Factor, though I didn’t know the concept at that time.

I knew I wanted to write books that would make a difference that would inspire people but, my God, did I struggle! I declared bankruptcy at one time. I remember at points my bills just piled up and laying in bed and staring at the stack and praying at whatever I thought would listen to me…whatever you think …God or the Divine or whatever that is and justsay, “Help me out of this! How am I going to do it?”

So, first, I relate. OH, do I ever relate!

Been there, done that!

Today, life is so different that I look back at that and it seems like that was a different person. Of course, it WAS me. But my self and my life are so dramatically transformed that I look at it as if I was reading a storybook or watching a movie about somebody else. Yet, that WAS Joe Vitale.

So, the first thing that I would say in terms of things to do is, you’ve got to find that space of peace, sanity, and gratitude in this MOMENT. That means doing whatever it takes to be grateful for what you have!

I know when I was first told that and I was struggling, it was like, “Give me a break! I want the cash! I don’t want to just sit around being grateful for what I’ve got.” I had to WORK at being grateful.

Once, I got to this point of being grateful, I would realize, that, “Wow!

Even if I lived in a basic efficiency and had a refrigerator and the bathroom is in the same room and not much of anything else to think of or speak of, I was probably living like a king or queen compared to people in third world countries. I was probably living better than actual kings and queens of past centuries ago, because they didn’t have any of the luxuries that we today
take for granted.”

When I started to play with that concept and thought, “Oh, my God! Yeah, I am in debt, but I DO have a roof over my head and I HAVE eaten. I DON’T know where the next money is coming from, but certainly SOME will come and it will come from SOMEPLACE!”

You know, I started to look around and say, “Yeah. I can be grateful. I can be grateful for my health. I’d look around and be grateful for my pens or my books or my T.V. or my computer, whatever it happens to be.” So, the very, very first step for me is to tell people to FIND SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. It could even be this call.

It could be this group that you’ve put together…and this is another tip…having a SUPPORT TEAM IS ESSENTIAL for leaving where you’ve been STUCK in going up a level or two. I have found that to be the truth on ANYTHING BIG that you are trying to overcome.

You CAN do it be yourself. You can CERTAINLY do it by yourself, but it is FAR easier to have a team, to have coaches, to have a mentor, to have a group of people going through the same thing. This has been true for me when I was trying to overcome self-limiting beliefs when it comes to money and deservingness.

It was true for me when I was starting to lose weight. In order for me to lose eighty pounds, I had to transform my whole lifestyle. In order to do that, I had to leave the way Joe was before and I had to have support. So, I found that there was a group that wanted to do the same thing and I participated in it. So, that’s another tip.

This might be the third tip, I guess, is starting to FOCUS ON that INTENTION of HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE. This is something that I write a LOT about and talk a lot about, especially in the movie The Secret and in my book The Attractor Factor. The Power of Intention is off the scales. When you state a very clear intention of what you want to have, do,
or be, not only do you realign your whole body and mind to go in that direction, but you somehow send a signal out into the Universe that causes the Universe to orchestrate itself to make that intention come true. It will put you in situations that will lead to the birth of that intention or it will bring things to you that will lead to the birth of that intention. I’ve seen this happen repeatedly.

The only thing that I see that’s a precaution is that people DON’T take enough time to state a CLEAR intention.

I spoke at Pat O’Bryan’s Un-Seminar, his Portable Empire Seminar this past weekend in Austin. I asked everyone…I gave the pep talk in the morning…I told everybody about the Power of Intention. I encouraged them to go see The Secret.

I asked them, “What are your intentions for being here? What do you want to get out of this? Where do you want to be when you are all done in six months from now?”

One guy stood up and said, “I want to sell my first e-book this weekend.” I said, “Wow! That’s a great intention, but that’s not a very big intention.” I said, “I’ll buy your first e-book right now! Where are you after that?”

So, I want people to have a big, bold and clear intention…so clear that if they told it to somebody else they could understand it and, if possible, they could fulfill it.

So, ALL of these things, Mike, are elements of HOW you start to LEAVE where you are at, especially if you feel like you are in debt.

As Bob Proctor says in the movie, The Secret… and I loved it when he talked about this…he said, “If you are focused on debt or you are focused on getting out of debt, you are going to stay in debt!” Because, it’s so OBVIOUS that I can laugh about it now!

But, most of us think, “Well, we are in debt, we’ve got to dig ourselves out of it,” and what we are doing is we are FOCUSING on debt!! The Law of Attraction is going to give you MORE of that!

So, instead you focus on WEALTH. You start to listen to programs that are wealth based. You start to imagine, “Oh, if I had this money, what would I DO with it?” You start to get into this place of possibilities and it’s in that higher energy when you start to take it on and feel what it would be like and get excited about it that you start to think of new ideas.

It’s like Jack Canfield in the movie The Secret where he says that he didn’t know how he would come up with $100,000 but that was his goal. He used the Power of Intention, the Power of Visualization of lying in bed seeing himself getting the check.

He had no idea HOW it would happen, but suddenly ideas started to come to him! He was the SAME guy! He’d had ideas before, but now he got DIFFERENT ideas. He was ALERT to the ideas and he was able to get $97,000 when he was going for $100,000. He didn’t think that that was a failure, because he KNEW that IT WORKED!!

All of these are elements of what to do right now.

There’s a Customer Born Every Minute

2007-09-22T14:07:00.000-07:00

Right now I am in the middle of a MASSIVE publicity stunt. I want to tell You a little bit about this P.T. Barnum publicity stunt that I am doing?

I was more or less SHAMED into doing it. I was only going to do an online campaign yesterday to announce my new, revised, enlarged, expanded book on P.T. Barnum. It’s called, There’s a Customer Born Every Minute and the website is up right now at www.barnumreturns.com.

It was actually Mark Joyner, our mutual friend, who said. “Are you ONLY going to do an online campaign? You’re the Barnum scholar. You’ve got a Barnum book. You are a Barnum disciple and you are not going to do some sort of Barnum-like event?”

So, that began the process of creating something that, in-short, ended up being called, “The World’s First Canine Concert.” The Canine Concert had a band playing and they played music at a sound level only dogs could hear! So, this wild, preposterous, crazy, humbug of an event took place yesterday in downtown Austin. A LOT of people contributed their time and their efforts and their talents. I put the word out that I wanted to do this event.

In short, I ATTRACTED all the right people because the synergy, the chemistry, the energy-level was just off the charts. I have magicians who came to perform. I had a woman who LOVES being on stage and she was an actual mermaid. I had an illusionist come and create an over sized version of my book, like a six-foot copy of There’s a Customer Born Every Minute.

Out of it, he produced P.T. Barnum, who produced a mermaid, who then introduced me. Of course, this was all a big publicity stunt to make a big fuss out of my book.

We also had a band there who played WONDERFUL rock music, Porter Davis is their name. I’m now a big fan of theirs. They played two songs for DOGS ONLY and there WERE dogs in the park. There were three news crews who came to cover this. [Chuckling] They did interviews with me and interviews with some of the other key players.

The whole thing happened yesterday. We were worried that it would rain and it didn’t rain at all. Instead, the sun BAKED us into the earth! It was very hot and I have a DEEP sunburn to prove it.

It went over very well.

Yeah! When you want to talk about The Attractor Factor or the Law of Attraction, when I think about it, that’s really what made all of this work!

Because, I could have done what a lot of other people have done. You pull people into a project and some are wanting to be involved and some aren’t.

Some people are in alignment with the idea and some people aren’t. They all have their own agendas! But, magically, everybody INVOLVED was SO excited!

At the end of it, I felt so indebted to them because I wasn’t PAYING these people ANYTHING! I was giving them a CHANCE to do what they like to do and to perform and to be part of history, to be part of this stunt. I kept thinking afterwards, “How am I going to thank these people?” Do I have to give them money? Do I have to give them books? Do I have to take them out to eat? What do I do?

The funny thing is that each of them was thanking me like ten times EACH for the HONOR of being involved in this event! All I could think is, “Wow, Joe! That was the attraction factor. That was The Attractor Factor working!! You attracted these people that ALL wanted to participate, that ALL had a great time. I’m getting emails all day long from everybody saying HOW MUCH FUN they had!

So, yeah! That’s what it was, The Attractor Factor come to life!

The Barnum book is called, There’s a Customer Born Every Minute and it reveals P.T. Barnum’s ten rings of power for fame, fortune, and to build your own empire today. I used one of those rings of power…well, more than one…yesterday! One of them being publicity and another one being networking…working with people who look for a like-minded interest.

After our Canine Concert, I took everybody out to eat. There’s like 30 of us in a restaurant. We are dripping with sweat, but we are all just delighted because we’ve had just a zinger of a day.

We are just exhilarated by everything that’s going on…being in front of the media, the public, and the whole thing. Some of the people are looking at me and they are asking me questions like, “How do you do it?”

I’m like, “How do I do what?” They are like, “You just got off doing a month long Hypnotic Selling Secrets promotion that you were relentless in doing all this marketing for. You are on television or you are on the radio or you are doing these teleseminars almost every day. It seems like you come out with a book almost every month.”

I mean, I just finished promoting, Life’s Missing Instruction Manual a month or so ago and now, today and yesterday I’m promoting my P.T. Barnum book and I’ve signed contracts to promote and write more books with my publisher. I’ll be coming out with Hypnotic Writing. I’ll be coming out with a book on an ancient Hawaiian healing method. I’ll be coming out with another book on hypnotic marketing and aspects of it.

Of course, there are ongoing promotions and I’m also doing my OWN thing where I’m still in my own fitness program. I’ve been in four fitness contests. I’m going to be drumming up something big along those lines next month that I’ll be announcing later. People go, “When do you sleep?”

Well, you know, on one level I guess I can understand where they are coming from. But on another level, all I am doing is staying plugged in to the Universe’s energy. This goes back to the whole Attractor Factor synchronicity, being in the moment, and following your compass.

When my inner compass says, “Okay, Joe, here’s an idea for a product,” or, “Here’s an idea for a book,” I DON’T sit around and think, “Gee, I wonder if it’ll work.” I instead JUMP on it, do whatever it takes to bring it to life, do whatever it takes to kick it out there into the world, and then move on to the next thing that the compass is nudging me to do. They don’t ALL happen at once. If all of these happened in one hour, I would be dead! I just couldn’t mentally handle the information overload, let alone get it all done. But, they are being paced out.

So, I’m not pausing. I’m not self-doubting. I’m not self-sabotaging. I’m not reflecting. I’m just staying in the moment. This also ties into your statement about, “The wealthy seem to get wealthier, the happier seem to stay happier, and the poor seem to stay poorer.” Well, that ties into that fundamental principle psychology, which is really the attraction principleat work… The Attractor Factor.

You get MORE of whatever you FOCUS on. That’s really it!!

I am focused on…how would I express this? I’m kind of thinking outloud here. I’m more focused on BEING tuned in and turned on by following my passion, my enthusiasm, my bliss, so that in every moment I’m asking myself, “What would be FUN to do?”

I would say that it’s more often than not subconsciously, but I’m TUNING INTO the FEELING because the feeling is what’s telling me, “Yeah, go in this direction, don’t go in that direction.” It’s the FEELING that’s really my inner compass that’s saying, “This would be exciting to do.”

Now, as I say that, I want to be sure to point out that sometimes it feels UNCOMFORTABLE to follow your compass because it MAY say, “Get on stage and do a publicity stunt like the Canine Concert.” Well, if you’ve never done it before, that’ll feel uncomfortable. That uncomfortableness is not a feeling that says, “Don’t do it.” It’s a feeling that says, “This is unknown territory, tread softly, look around, protect yourself because you’ve not done this before, but the feeling is still saying, ‘Do it!’”

It’s IMPORTANT to FOLLOW that feeling. I think that that’s really my CUE, whether that’s subconscious or just a body-oriented, sensory kinesthetic awareness, but it’s important to follow my feeling and ACT on it.

If it feels uncomfortable, I have to pause and say, “Okay, is it uncomfortable because I’ve never done it before or is it uncomfortable because I shouldn’t do it period?”

The Unspoken Secret to Achieving Big Goals

2007-09-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

Years ago I attended networking meetings. These were usually breakfast or lunch business meetings where people exchanged business cards and tried to help each other get new clients.
I spoke at many of these events. What I quickly noticed is that the same people seemed to be at the same meetings.

One observant friend said, "It's the same people -- and they're all starving!"

That's when I first learned about the concept of levels. That is, people tend to stay on the same level of business or social status. When they meet friends, it's usually in their circle of activity, whether church, work, school, or some club. As a result, they rarely get out of the level they are on.

That's not bad. You can stay on the level you are at and do well. But if you want more, or if you find yourself starving on the level you're at, you'll need to go up a level or two.

When I was speaking at these networking events, I was a notch above everyone in the room. This is not an ego thing. It's a social perception. I was seen as being at a slightly higher level than the audience simply by nature of being the speaker. I was the authority figure. As the higher teacher, I was elevated a slight degree on their level.

But that's not good enough. If you want to achieve big dreams in business, you need to step out of your circle or network of peers and associates. You need to go to a group with wider, stronger, richer connections. You need to go up a level.

How do you do that?

In my case, my books brought me to the attention of other circles of people, and higher levels of networks.

For example, when I wrote "The AMA Complete Guide to Small Business Advertising" for the American Marketing Association back in 1995, I was immediately put in a new level. I was now the author of an important book for a prestigious organization.

This caused new people to contact me. Each of these people had their own network of people. More often than not, these networks were at a higher level than anything I had ever touched before.

Here's another example: When I wrote my book on P.T. Barnum, called "There's A Customer Born Every Minute," for the American Management Association back in 1997, I managed to get the attention of famous tycoons Donald Trump and Kenneth Feldman. Clearly I had been introduced to a new level.

If you want to succeed in phenomenal ways today, you need to go up a level or two on the status scale of networks. The good news is email makes this a snap to begin. Anyone alive can be reached through email with some persistence and cleverness. That's how I first reached marketing superstar Jay Conrad Levinson, direct mail legend Joe Sugarman, and even gonzo daredevil Evel Knievel. I did it all by email.

People write me all the time for favors. I'm now perceived as an expert, an authority, and an Internet marketing pioneer. They want to associate their name or product with me. I love to help people, so I usually at least give people a chance. But I never endorse anything without seeing, using and loving what they have. This is important for me to maintain my level.

And now people write me from higher levels, too. For example, Dr. Robert Anthony is a man I studied twenty years ago. Last year he wrote me after reading my "Spiritual Marketing" book. Today we're coauthors. I just produced and recorded his legendary audioprogram, "Beyond Positive Thinking." Two decades ago I was way below his level. Today we're partners!

Keep in mind that going up a level is different than thinking out of the box. You can be creative and still stay on your current level. Brainstorming with your neighbor is most likely different than brainstorming with, say, Richard Branson, the flamboyant owner of Virgin Records.

The point is this: To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you may need to rise in levels and participate with new people on a new playing field.

So the lesson today is to consider your current level, consider your goals, and consider what people outside of your network can help you achieve them. You may have to step out of your level (and comfort zone) to do it, but the step is well worth taking.

It would take an entire book to fully explain the concept of levels. I don't have that space here. But before I end this short article, let me offer a handful of tips for going to a new level:

Write something of value new levels will admire. This doesn't have to be a book. This very article may introduce me to new levels. One of the main reasons my name is known to a vast majority of people online is due to the hundreds of articles I've written and distributed (like this one you're reading) over the last ten years. You can write articles, too.
Apply for membership in a prestigious organization. When I joined the Society for American Magicians, a very old club for professional magicians, I elevated my position among magicians. Joining the right country club or business group can do the same thing.
Create or join a master mind group. Napoleon Hill strongly urged people to form master minds. The trick to making them work is to be among people who are already successful in the areas you want to succeed in. Their presence will help elevate you.
Write to people in higher networks. When I was first starting out as a writer, people way above me, such as famed copywriter Bob Bly, helped me. In later years, marketing gurus such as Murray Raphel and later Paul Hartunian, all helped me. I simply wrote to them. They sensed my sincerity and offered guidance. Today I do the same for others.
Speak at associations or gatherings of people in higher levels. You'll need to have something unique to offer, but if you can deliver what these levels want, you'll be welcomed into their fold.
Again, there is nothing wrong with the level you're on. You don't want to forget your friends or burn your bridges. I'm simply suggesting that if you have giant goals and big dreams, it may be time to take the elevator up a floor or two.

The 3 Greatest Prosperity Books Of All Time

2007-09-20T12:47:00.000-07:00

I’m fascinated by prosperity.

This past year I read numerous books on the topic. Here are mythree favorites:

Seed Money In Action by Jon Speller has stood the test of time.

This forty-year-old little booklet has gone through 53 editions, sold 1,000,000 copies, and caused 40,000 people to write the authors and praise it.

The basic message is that as you give, you will receive ten-fold in return. This ancient secret helped create millionaires and billionaires throughout time, and still works today.

There’s a catch, of course. You have a give with a mind-set ofnon-judgmental expectation. When you do, you’re in the flow. Most people who are broke are practicing the scarcity principle, not the seed money principle.

Most people who are having money problems would never eventhink of giving money away, let alone think of the proper way to think AS they give money away. Yet that’s the secret to prosperity in this famous booklet.

Then there’s The Millionaire’s Mind by two authors in a country I never heard of before last year. Two Slovenian authors wrote a book that sold out within 15 days in their country.

When they came to me, I was skeptical. When I read the book, I was amazed. Here’s a complete course on how to think like a wealthy person. Long, detailed, practical, and eye-opening, it continues to blow me away.

Do you want to know what happened in the first few hours after I announced the release of that book?

A German businessman contacted us wanting to start selling this e-book in Germany and building his own website just to promote it to his audience.

An Indian businessman contacted us wanting to find ways of marketing this e-book in India, and also said: "I got so excited that I decided to mail you right away since I feel this book can help millions here in INDIA."

A Scandinavian author agent contacted us wanting to translate and publish the book in print and electronic formats in Norway.

15 people contacted us immediately wanting to sell this e-book through their websites and e-zines.

HUNDREDS of people ordered the book within just five hours of getting the email.
Dozens of people wrote from overseas, begging to find a way to pay for the book and get it right NOW.

Still others wrote to me, asking if the book would be released in hardcover (not this year).

And all this in just a few hours after I pre-released the e-book.

Is this miraculous or what?

Finally there’s the book I co-authored with Stuart Lichtman, called How to Get Lots of Money For Anything Fast.

Stuart is a genius. I have never met anyone like him. He has spent at least four decades studying the unconscious mind. The result is that he can pin-point where our unconscious trips us up--- and show us how to correct it.

This is incredible. Where before you would set a goal and wonder why you stopped going for it, now you can discover why you stopped yourself --- and remove the block. This book really describes how to .get clear,. which is a key step in my Spiritual Marketing book.

Well, let me throw in one more book on prosperity.

When Tom Pauley wrote his masterpiece, I’m Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams, I Am I Am I Am, he didn’t know he would begin a new business.

Since writing that book he has gone on to teach e-classes based on his simple method, give teleseminars, land a publishing contract for the book, and now sell it as an e-book, too. His book is helping people create miracles. His book helped me manifest the home of my dreams.

If you’re looking to create prosperity, I suggest you get all of the above titles. They are all e-books so you can have them instantly.

They’re better reading than the daily newspaper and will lead to far more profit.

Read them and get rich.

Resources:

Seed Money In Action is here:
http://www.mrfire.com/seedmoney.html

The Millionaire Mind is here:
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?outrageous/vitale

I’m Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams is here:
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?outrageous/tpauley

How to Get Lots of Money For Anything Fast is here:
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?outrageous/fastmoney

Where Will You Give Today?

2007-09-19T12:47:00.000-07:00

Now it's your turn.

Where will you give today?

Ask yourself: Where did I receive the most joy?

Write down your answers.
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Now, if you want further clarity, or more questions to assist you in knowing where to give money, try these on for size:

Where were you reminded of your divinity?
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Where were you encouraged to go for your dreams?
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Who made you feel glad to be alive?
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Whatever your answers, that.s where to give your money.

You can give some money to all the people or places you listed above, or you can pick one and give them something now.

And keep these basic principles in mind:
1. Give freely, without expectations.
2. Give anonymously, if at all possible.
3. Give joyously, with a smile.

You are making a difference in the world when you give.

You are making a difference in your own life when you give.

You are making a difference right now when you give.

Give!

How To Tell If You Will Be Rich

2007-09-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

Do you want to know if you will ever be wealthy?

There's a simple way to find out.

Just answer this question:

Do you give freely, regularly, generously, with no expectation of return and with a joyous heart?

If your answer is yes, you are probably already wealthy.

If you have a no on any part of the question, then take a look at that, release it, and begin to give freely, regularly, generously, with no expectation of return and with a joyous heart.

The path is clear.

Giving is the way.

The Couple Who Created A Debt-Free Spiritual Empire

2007-09-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

I want to end this book of mine with another story or two, and then a call to action.

The success of Unity Church is another case in point.

Founded in 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Unity School of Christianity is the world headquarters of the Unity movement. After Mrs. Fillmore’s remarkable healing using prayer and affirmations, many friends became interested in how she accomplished her healing miracle.

From those small prayer circles in living rooms, Unity grew. Charles and Myrtle Fillmore managed to raise all the money they needed to build and expand their new business. Today Unity Church is a community of people interested in the practical and prosperous messages of the divine. Today their reach expands the globe. They've done it with nothing, and remain debt-free.

It wasn't until 1942 that the real secret of the Fillmore's financial support was revealed. According to Charles Braden's book, Spirits In Rebellion, the Fillmores had created a now-famous “Dedication and Covenant” on December 7, 1892, that reads as follows:

We, Charles Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore, husband and wife, hereby dedicate our selves, our time, our money, all we have and all we expect to have, to the Spirit of Truth, and through it, to the Society of Silent Unity.
It being understood and agreed that the said Spirit of Truth shall render unto us an equivalent for this dedication, in peace of mind, health of body, wisdom, understanding, love, life and an abundant supply of all things necessary to meet every want without our making any of these things the object of our existence.In the presence of the Conscious Mind of Christ Jesus, this 7th day of December, 1892 A.D.

As Charles Braden goes on to explain in his book, “Unity has never put a price upon its services other than a nominal one, because of legal necessity, on its publications.Unity has given freely, and
yet there seems always to be money available to meet any obvious need.”

What greater proof do you need that trusting in the spiritual laws will provide all you will ever need?

And the greatest of these laws is giving.

Why Giving Is Really Hidden Selling

2007-09-17T12:43:00.000-07:00

I was listening to Joe Vitale’s best-selling Nightingale-Conant tape set, The Power of Outrageous Marketing.

Joe’s hypnotic voice took me on a road trip.

“Who was the REAL beneficiary behind Bill Phillip’s Body For Life Challenge?” he asked on the tapes.

It rang in my head and bounced off the walls of my brain like a rubber ball. I was in deep thought.

There is probably hardly a soul on this planet who has not seen those touching .Before. and .After. pictures and how the Body For Life Challenge has radically improved their lives. People were touched. People were motivated. Who did not want to undertake their own Body For Life Campaign and try to get trim?

But aside from implementing your 20-minute aerobic solution and grazing on 6 wholesome meals with nothing but quality fat-free, low-calorie food, what else do you need to accelerate your results?
Is it no surprise that EAS Supplements just POP right into your head immediately?

Bill Phillips was the CEO of EAS at that time. Now he’s probably enjoying life on some tropical island somewhere, savoring his Myoplex Deluxe.

How much do you think EAS made from the Body For Life Challenge, and all its other sources of ancillary revenue like its Muscle Media magazine which promotes more EAS supplementsand success stories of Body For Life?

How would you feel if every success story credited their stunning success to proper supplementation of EAS products and they would never have done it without the help of EAS?

Would you want to run out to your friendly neighborhood GNC to buy a truckload of that stuff?

“Who was the REAL beneficiary behind Bill Phillip’s Body For Life Challenge?” You guess.

Yet on the surface, Bill Phillips gave hope to overweight people and changed the life of hundreds of thousands, and reaffirmed people, that they could do it, too!! And of course, the unseen bracket after that statement would imply (if they used EAS Supplements).

It stirred within me a stunning revelation of the REAL key to unlocking the secret of wealth and abundance.

Giving is really hidden selling!!

The truth about selling is, if you’re gonna sell something, you’ll encounter resistance. Doesn’t matter if you’re a Zig Ziglar or not. Even Zig Ziglar could not achieve a 100% sales closure rate.

But if you want to GIVE something, guess how much resistance you’ll encounter?

Zero. Zilch. Nada.

Not only will you NOT meet any resistance, but chances are people will RUSH to GRAB your gift with open arms. They cannot help but love you and think good things of you when you give them something.

When I started out writing copy I offered to write for FREE. I put in 10,000% of myself in these “free” services.

Were people impressed? You bet. Did they like me? How could they not? I delivered everything for free.

How would you think my .free. clients would feel about me when they start gaining a lifetime of profits from a sales letter I wrote for them --- for free?

If all I asked for was just a testimonial for my services rendered, what kind of testimonial would they write for me?

Would they have any problems writing me a raving testimonial?

Would they be willing to refer MORE clients to me?

Did I gain credibility from all the testimonials I acquired? Did my giving of myself work?

I think it did. I literally have people banging on my door asking me to write copy for them.

Recap: On the surface, it’s seem like I gave myself away as a copywriter. Let’s reframe that: I SOLD myself as a copywriter.

Claude Hopkins said, “The best way to sell anything is to give away a free sample!”

I was selling, through giving!!! Can you think of a MORE POWERFUL method to sell?

I think not.

One of the most powerful engines behind giving is the Law of Reciprocity. It’s human nature to want to give back when you receive something for free.

The Hare Krishnas knew that, and had a field day in soliciting funds by walking up to people and putting flowers in their lapel pockets.

Think about it. You’d feel literally OBLIGATED to give back if you were caught in the same situation.

That being said, however, the REAL key to giving is NOT to expect anything in return. You cannot GIVE if you’re expecting to get. A gift will cost you something. To qualify as a gift, it MUST cost you something.

The Biblical King David puts this very aptly when he had an issue with burnt offerings and said:
“I will not offer unto the Lord something that costs me nothing!”

It seems paradoxical, but if you give without any expectation, you’ll receive MORE because you never did expect anything in return.

Meditate on that.

Lastly, it’s not my intention to preach, but something metaphysical happens when you tithe. A tithe is simply offering 10% of your gross income back to society.

In organized religion, it is regarded as giving back 10% to God.

When you do that, you’ll not only experience spiritual fulfillment, but it also opens up more gateways for you to receive more abundance into your life. You can see it as good karma.

As an interesting fact, the area of tithing is the only part in the Christian Bible which allows Christians to actually CHALLENGE God by tithing, in Malachi 3:10: “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

You may or may not subscribe to this, but as my favorite author C.S Lewis puts it so eloquently:
"It’s a win/win situation. Either way, you win!"

Selah.

Jo Han Mok is my co-author on the book, “E-Code.” He is the Director of my Hypnotic Marketing Institute at http://www.HypnoticMarketingInstitute.com , President of Super Fast Profit Enterprise, and has been featured on America’s #1 Personal Development Show alongside Tony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen and other top achievers, as the Internet’s foremost expert on Joint Venture Marketing. Visit his portal site and find out how Jo Han can help explode your sales and triple your time off in under 7 days.
See his main website at http://www.SuperFastProfit.com

The Principle of Giving and The Hypnotic Interchange Phenomenon

2007-09-16T12:37:00.000-07:00

Many years ago I discovered the Principle of Giving almost by accident.

Initially, around 1994, I noticed that several business clients sent me markedly more referrals after I sent them a huge box of Godiva Chocolates as a thank-you for their business. I noticed that the clients who received chocolates referred around 40% more clients to me than the clients who did not receive my tasty gifts.

Actually, in earlier years prior to my chocolateering endeavors most of my clients gave me 'no referrals' whatsoever--and I might add, in those days quite regularly.

One day upon receiving a swarm of referrals I decided to deepen my commitment to giving. Initially, honestly, it was for selfserving reasons. I was simply blown away by what appeared to be a strong causal relationship between giving and receiving. At that time all I knew was that I had to learn more because I recognized a new, almost mysteriously powerful, aspect of giving at work behind the scenes here.

For the first time I understood clearly that somehow in the vast scheme of life we are rewarded in direct proportion to the value we create for others. I had heard once that the secret to abundant wealth was in creating massive value for others. But, based on my newfound experiences, I was now discovering with renewed white heat fervor that the Principle of Giving was the “gold-rush flumeride” to expedite that flow of wealth into my life.

My self-serving commitment to discover more about giving soon led to a way of life that I later realized would continue to fuel me much more spiritually than it ever would economically. Little did I realize that my seemingly rare flowering rose-like discovery would soon open up into an entire inner garden paradise for me.

I conducted several very powerful experiments on the subject of how giving leads to receiving. I made a deeper, less self-interested, but more self-enlightened commitment. It was out of my simple curiosity to see how I could change other's lives through profound value-sharing as a regular business and life practice.

I began giving more than merely chocolate candies – although Godiva certainly soothes the deepest recesses of my own soul. I gave valuable advice. There were bonus hours spent with clients, ebooks, and article clippings sent to friends about their favorite hobbies. I gave as much as I could to those with whom I had a regular influence.

If someone crossed my pathway, I figured it was for a highercausal purpose and I just shared the most appropriate level of value I could with that person. I did it everyday, one person at a time. I did it with my lists of exclusive business mastermind participants. I did it with my e-list recipients.

For me, it felt like magic. It flowed effortlessly. It transformed my soul. It replaced expensive marketing in my businesses. Best of all, my interior castle would soar into the highest heaven with each person whose life I had the privilege of touching.

Soon my hidden objective was to cause everyone I met to think of me as a value creator. My goal was to become a selfless abundant resource. You see, I had a hunch that if focused more on opening the doorway of my heart to the needs of other people by giving, that this would cause the doorway of my recipients. hearts to open back up to me.

So acting on the Principle of Giving first induces openness in others. This is a powerful precursor for relationship-building business, personal and otherwise.

I then discovered that as a value creator I must give sincerely, selflessly, abundantly, effortlessly, with absolutely no expectation of a direct immediate reward. I also realized that I must be balanced in giving in order to respect the true value of the gifts I gave. Gifts are not only reflections of us, but actual experiential portions of ourselves embodied in external expressions. The same goes for you, too. Every gift that you give which has exceptional meaning and value for your recipient is actually a portion of yourself.

The gift is a part of you that reaches out, makes a connection point and creates a powerful relationship-building bond to your recipient.

The act of bestowing value on others exerts a positive supernatural influence upon any recipient who understands and values your gift.

Shortly after committing to the Principle of Giving as a philosophy of life, I began to notice the occurrence of quite a remarkable spin-off phenomenon occurring.

As a disciple of Joe Vitale's Hypnotic Mindset and Principles, I named my unique observation "the Hypnotic Interchange Phenomenon" because it describes a result of giving that is so subtle it flies under the radar of most people's conscious "rejection detection."

The Hypnotic Interchange Phenomenon is this:

The recipient of my valuable gift unknowingly enters into an implied equal psychological exchange with me instantly upon receiving what I give them.

That’s right. By receiving what I had freely given them, my recipients were becoming programmed to look for every way possible to give something of equal value back to me. At times it would be through a kind word they said about me to a friend. Often it would be a referral to two or three other business partners.

Often I would contact someone to ask him or her if they received a gift I had sent to them, and they would usually overflow with gratitude. It was at those times I realized that my gifts were like planted seeds that would produce a good harvest in a very reasonable time.

It is vital to remind ourselves of the importance of giving something that has a true, high-perceived value for those you choose to lavish your gifts upon.

The psychology of human behavior is relatively timeless.

Master philosophers of past centuries share incredible secrets about the Principle of Giving. Here is a small sample:

Eric Hoffer, of the 20th century, a profound U.S. Philosopher, said, “Someone gives us all he has and we are his.”

20th-Century German philosopher Walter Benjamin said, “Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.”

Jean de La Bruyere, 17th-century French writer, said, “Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.”

6th-Century Chinese philosopher, Lao-Tsu, said, “The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more. Having given all he has to others, he is richer still.”

My most recent life work, over two years in the making, has expanded to spurring others to give extreme levels of value. I have been working hard to successfully funnel-influence my dearest
friends who are famous writers and authors to give massive value through me.

These are people who have earned the right to be called rich and famous because they have sold millions of books using the Principle of Giving. They are profound master contributors in our modern world. Now they are freely sharing their secrets with you.

These master contributors include Joe Vitale (Spiritual Marketing), James Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy), Dick Bolles (What Color Is Your Parachute?), Dave Chilton (The Wealthy Barber), and many others.

In keeping with my commitment to becoming an extreme value creator, we are lavishing on anyone who visits http://www.TotalBookMarketing.com over $468 worth of valuable book publishing, e-book, and infopreneur marketing insights from masters who have made millions and have given away a lot. They include the best minds I have ever known or worked with in over 14 years of publishing, marketing and consulting.

Most of all, when you visit TotalBookMarketing.com you'll be encouraged, uplifted and overwhelmed to see that there are people who truly want to help others . who take action to give by putting the needs of others before their own needs. That alone is a testimony to giving--that it works and works well.

Interestingly, Joe Vitale was one of the very first friends to jump at the chance to contribute to “TotalBookMarketing.com.” Joe is the greatest value creator I know --- because he puts his heart into giving and he is always sharing all the value he's got.

Learn and do.

To see a great example of the Principle of Giving and the Hypnotic Interchange Phenomenon at work on the Internet, visit Allen's website at http://www.TotalBookMarketing.com.

“A gift with reservations is not a gift; it is a bribe. There is no promise of increase unless we give freely. Let go of the gift entirely.

Recognize the universal scope of the law. Then the gift has a chance to go out and to come back multiplied. There is no telling how far the blessing may travel before it comes back. It is a beautiful and encouraging fact that the longer it is in returning, the more hands it is passing through and the more hearts it is blessing. All these hands and hearts add something to it in substance. It is increased all the more when it does return”

-- Charles Fillmore, Dynamics for Living

What's Better Than Your Current Goal?

2007-09-15T01:28:00.000-07:00

I hired a pool repair person one day who told me he would be at my estate promptly at 9 am the next morning. That was five months ago. I still haven't heard from him.

Why didn't he follow through?

This isn't uncommon among self-employed people. Nerissa hired a web designer who promised to help her with a subscription box on her site. But the designer never did the work. Never apologized, either.

Why is that?

When Nerissa and I went to Ohio recently to visit my parents, we had lunch with a friend of ours. Over the meal he confessed that he had a problem.

"I find myself only doing enough work each day to survive for that day," he explained. "If I make enough money right away in the morning, I stop work for that day. If I make enough money for the week, I don't work any more that week."

Why is that?

A few days later I overheard a well-known marketing professional confess that the most money he ever made was a sudden $50,000 in one month. The thing is, he took the money and quit working for the next four months.

Why is that?

There are at least two psychological principles going on here:

People often sabotage their own efforts to succeed. Why? For a variety of reasons, everything from not feeling they deserve the wealth, to having limiting beliefs about money, how they use it, how comfortable they are with it, etc.
People often don't have big enough goals. Wanting to just pay the bills keeps you on the survival level. Having goals to make a difference in the world, or to get yourself or loved ones luxurious things, will stretch your acceptance levels and push past your limitations.

Personally, I think having a bigger goal solves most issues. But the goal has to be something that affects more people than just you. If the desire only benefits you, you may still sabotage your own efforts to succeed. But if the goal helps you and other people, you're on the way to massive success.

Here's an example of what I mean:

I have a new book coming out soon. It's the revised, expanded, and greatly enriched new version of my "Spiritual Marketing" book. It will have a new title, too: "The Attractor Factor." I'm very excited about it. One reviewer said, "This book has the potential to change humanity."

Now, a goal I have is to sell 100,000 copies of the book the first week it comes out. That's an okay goal. It certainly helps me, and the publisher, and since the book changes lives, it will help others.

But what would be an even bigger goal?

Well, selling one million books the first year it is out is better. And that would also influence at least one million people. Now THAT's a goal worth getting up early to pursue.
But what would be better than even that?

Now my mind is buzzing with possibilities. I'm thinking beyond my book, myself, and even the immediate customers who get the book right away. I'm stretching my mind to go for what others might call impossible.

This is what everyone has to do who wants to succeed in life. The people who just want to get by are just going to get by. The people who just want to pay their bills are just going to barely do that. But the people who shoot for the stars are going to hit the moon, go into space, and break records.

Where are you?

Do you just want to make enough money to pay the bills?

If so, you'll struggle to do so. When I first met Pat O'Bryan, he said he just wanted to make enough money to pay his rent. Now that we've coauthored several books and he's making thousands every month, his goals have changed. Now he wants a new truck.

Do you want to pay off all your bills, pay off someone else's bills, and maybe buy yourself something big? If so, you'll surpass all the people who just want to pay their bills. Jose Silva once said a goal should benefit you and at least two other people. When you state a goal that helps many people, you are moving beyond your ego and your limitations.

Do you want to be financially free and make a difference in the world in some giant, unforgettable way? If so, you'll soar through life with an energy others will envy. You may or may not achieve your wildest dreams, but you'll certainly make more progress and break more records than the person who just wants to get by.

My new goal is to establish an Intentional Meditation Foundation with hubs around the world, all using my book, and the meditation I teach in it, to lower crime and increase wealth globally. Now THAT is more than a goal, it's a mission.

No one knows what is achievable, or impossible, so any giant goal -- or mission -- you can imagine is fair game.

What's yours?

You see, not only do you need to take action to attract money to you, but you also need to leave your comfort zone.

You need a big goal – at least something that stretches you a little – and you need to be fearless about doing what it takes to achieve it.

How Giving Made A Book A #1 Best-Seller

2007-09-14T12:35:00.000-07:00

Over the course of a year, I worked to heap as much lifechanging value and content on my newsletter readers: Information that would literally blow them away from what they were compared
to getting from other ezines on the Internet.

Each week, I’d ask these questions, "How can I go the extra mile for my valued readers?" and "How can I give them more than they’d ever expect?"

My newsletter subscribers grew to love me and my work. I was continuously giving them all I could.

In the middle of 2001, I wrote a book. A host of book publishers mocked us saying, .No one will read your book Conversations with Millionaires. No one wants to read your actual conversations from your little radio show." So we were left to go down this road alone.

My co-author, Jason Oman, and I were first-time authors, selfpublishing a book. We didn.t know what to do. But we knew we had a list of loyal followers. All we had to do is ask for their help.

What the publishers didn’t get is that we had thousands of people who were ready to help us because of how we first went the extra mile and served them.

That.s the power of what I call Loverage.

On January 18, 2002, 76 days after the book’s release, without spending money on advertising, public relations and without public speaking, we knocked John Grisham off the top spot at Amazon.com and claimed it!

We had ourselves a number #1 best-selling book.

Also, it brought in over $31,070 in sales!

The power of giving leads to the fountain of receiving.

We’ve received an abundance of money, new friends, and a ’path’ that helps many. Also, the book has already been translated into three languages.

Since then this ’little book that could’ has been touching the lives of tens of thousands of people, all because when you give without expecting anything in return, you get more then you could ever want. As you sow, so shall you reap.

When ’they’ mock you because you desire to serve and give, you think about the story of Conversations with Millionaires.

Mike Litman is the co-author of the #1 Best-Selling book
“Conversations with Millionaires.” http://www.mikelitman.com

How Giving and “Swiping” Led to Passive Income

2007-09-13T12:34:00.000-07:00

It was back in September, 2001 when I completed an e-book titled The Hypnotic Writer's Swipe File. The term “swipe file” was coined by copywriters who collected sales generating words and
phrases throughout their careers to model and use in their own sales letters.

My problem was I wasn’t sure how I was going to market the ebook.

I really didn’t have a targeted customer base at the time. So I decided to ask Joe Vitale if he would co-author the book with me for a share of the profits. I was willing to give him authorship credit and share the profits with him, too.

I knew that Joe.s series of “hypnotic” e-books was already branded and famous. When you think of hypnotic writing, copywriting, and marketing, you think of Joe Vitale, “The World’s First Hypnotic Writer and Marketer.”

Joe agreed. He wrote a truly hypnotic introduction to the book, added a lot of his own material to what I had already compiled, and we released our book later that same year.

The rest is history. Since that first e-book , Joe and I have coauthored 7 more hypnotic e-books.

And when Joe was planning to write an e-book on “Hypnotic Stories” by himself --- which he was obviously capable of doing --- he asked me if I wanted to be the co-author of it. He didn't have to
do that. But because I gave to him, he felt like giving to me. That end result was a beautiful e-book called Hypnotic Selling Stories.

By giving to Joe, and him giving back to me, we both received.

We make a good amount of money every month from our e-books, and we developed a strong online friendship and solid business relationship. To this date, we still haven.t met in person, or even talked by phone. All of our co-authoring has been done by e-mail only.

And it all started from giving.

Larry Dotson is the co-author of several books with me. See
http://www.HypnoticWritingSwipeFile.com

It Took Me 30 Years to Learn This Secret

2007-09-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

I have always given, but funnily enough, I gave out of fear.

If someone asked me for money, I would always put my hand in my pocket. If they didn’t ask, I would walk past without offering anything.

My thinking was that if someone asked, I had a choice of saying “yes” or “no”. If I gave them money, it meant I would always have money. If I said .no,. I was subconsciously attracting a lack of
money.

So it was the fear of having a lack of money that made me give.

Of course, although I was giving, it was always small amounts.

The Richard Webster Popular Fiction Award changed my life.

It developed from a slightly boozy lunch I had with some writer friends. We were bemoaning the fact that authors of popular fiction found it hard to get published and receive any recognition.

Writers of literary fiction received grants and other handouts to get their work published, but commercial writers received nothing. I announced that I’d launch an award, with a prize of $1,000. My friends laughed, and the conversation went to other things.

However, the thought stayed with me, and eventually I decided to go ahead with it. I must admit my motives were selfish. I thought that having an award with my name on it would increase my name and reputation, and that might help book sales.

I found a publisher who was prepared to publish the winning entry, and two years ago we launched it. I increased the first prize to $5,000, and added a second prize of $1,000. This seemed like a huge amount of money to give away.

To my pleasure, the award did increase my exposure, and I gave dozens of newspaper articles and radio interviews. I don’t think any author has ever sponsored an award for other authors before, and this made it newsworthy. I felt good about doing it, but didn’t expect any other benefits.

However, to my amazement, this award seemed to open a floodgate of money.

My book sales increased.

The foreign language rights sales to my books multiplied, and I received paid offers to speak all around the world.

My income, which comes entirely from my books, more than doubled in the first twelve months.

Naturally, I’m much more generous now than I used to be. I love giving money away. And the more I give away, the better off I become.

I wish I’d learned this secret thirty years ago.

Richard Webster lives in New Zealand and has written numerous books, including "Is Your Pet Psychic?" See his websites at www.psychic.co.nz and www.richardwebster.co.nz

“Act wealthy. Talk prosperously. Be a free avenue through which riches may pass to all. The world needs to learn the spiritual science of wealth, and your home can be a classroom.”
-- Annie Rix Militz, Both Riches and Honor

What to Give When You Don't Have Any Money

2007-09-11T12:30:00.000-07:00

About two years ago, although I had several high-income businesses, I had very little personal income from those businesses - but I still felt a passion for giving - I just had nothing to give (or so I thought).

During the months that I stopped tithing (giving), I found that things got even harder - in fact - even proven marketing campaigns that my company had run many times in the past stopped pulling in revenue. At times I felt like there was a dark cloud following me.

I knew from years of experience that the more I gave, the more I would receive in return, but again, I had little to give (financially) and several business to support, along with all the families of the employees that went along with each of those businesses.

What I learned in those early days was that my giving didn’t necessarily have to come from my bank account. And that during the lean years, I needn’t give money. I just had to keep "giving" to help set up for all the "receiving" that was in store for me in later years.

I learned that when I stopped giving, I literally ’clogged up’ all the good that God had in store for me. So I began giving what I did have - time, prayers, and lots of help to those who needed my specialized help.

When I look back, I see those lean years as a test to see if I could learn how to give even when it seemed to hurt to do so. I also look back and thank God for that experience and for what it taught me -- which was -- to never stop giving. I can change the form of my tithing, I can even change the amount of my tithing, but I will never stop tithing.

I now tithe as much as I can financially, then I make up the difference in some other category. I always financially tithe first, because to reach the goals I have in life I need a lot of money to circulate through me and my businesses.

It’s been my experience that giving is the secret to keeping money, success, health, love and happiness circulating through your life.

Christopher Guerriero, Author of the best-selling book “Maximize Your Metabolism - Double your metabolism in 30 days or less!” See
www.MaximizeYourMetabolism.com

How to Get What You Want

2007-09-10T12:28:00.000-07:00

It seems like such a strange concept, but when you give away what you want -- you really do get more of it.

We’re living proof. And here’s why...

We have an incredible relationship filled with lots of love, passion and a deep connection with each other and with our creator.

Our relationships weren’t always like this. In fact our previous relationships were in many ways a mirror for what we didn’t want.

Before getting together, totally independent of each other, we each decided we were willing to do whatever was necessary to create the relationship of our dreams.

Out of our passion to have this incredible relationship, we read every book, went to every seminar, listened to every tape and spent countless hours talking about and discussing relationships trying to
figuring out what it takes to create the relationship of our dreams.

So what did we do next?

We began giving love away.

Out of our own passion for love, connection and having a great relationship--we began sharing with others what we had discovered.

As a result of our desire to "give love away" and share with others what we’ve learned about love, relationships and happiness, not only has our own relationship grown deeper and more connected
but our bank account has grown as well.

People started asking us what we did to create such a great relationship.

So in 1999 we started an online newsletter on relationships and personal growth.

We simply shared tips and ideas we used to create a great relationship.

In other words we gave away what we most wanted: Love.

Now, almost 20,000 people get our free weekly Relationship Gold newsletter.

We’ve also written three books on relationships including Communication Magic, Should You Stay or Should You Go? andCreating Relationship Magic. We have two others planned.

We’re not counselors or therapists. We simply share from our hearts and lives what we know about love and relationships that we wish we’d known years ago.

What we have is so great that we want others to know how they can have it too.

We have discovered that just like money, there is an abundance of love that is there wanting to be tapped into.

We just have to be willing to be open to it.

What we wanted more than anything else was a deep, connected, loving relationship.

We are now happy to say that with each other we have the kind of relationship that we want.

As a result of "giving love away" --- we’re not only getting love back --- but, now we’re being rewarded with financial abundance as well.

This is an abundant universe we live in.

Give, Give, Give.

There will be more where that came from.

Susie and Otto Collins are Relationship Coaches, Authors and married Life Partners from Ohio. For more info on their books, tapes, seminars or to sign up for their free weekly Relationship Gold online newsletter, visit their websites at
http://www.collinspartners.com or
http://www.RelationshipGold.com

The Fine Print No One Told You About

2007-09-09T12:26:00.000-07:00

Giving and Receiving:
The Fine Print No One
Told You About

Much has been written about the universal law of giving and receiving, but I have discovered in my dealings with others that there is often a great deal of misunderstanding about how to apply the principle.

The general notion is that the more you give, the more you get.

As you sow, so shall you reap. That’s all well and good, but I believe the misunderstanding of this wonderful secret could be easily cleared up with a simple corollary to the law of giving. The corollary is that it’s not what you do but why you do it. Intention and motivation are everything.

What this means is that you should only give if you are giving for the pure joy of giving. If you give because you expect to get, you are defeating the purpose. The universe is not so easily fooled.

Giving with the motive of getting is actually an affirmation of lack. Saying that you have to get because you have just given is saying to the world “I don’t have enough.” Your belief will soon be proven correct. The energy vibration of lack will only attract more lack.

Again, as you sow, so shall you reap.

Many people I know give grudgingly or feel deprived after they have made a gift of time or money. If you give out of a feeling of obligation or a sense of sacrifice, the underlying feeling is one of lack. Dressing up a feeling of lack under of mask of generosity will only lead to disappointment. It’s not what you do but why you do it.

Don’t waste your time by giving with the expectation of getting a return on your investment. God is not a share of stock that you trade on the NASDAQ (ticker symbol GODD). “If I give, I’d better get something back or else.” Such thinking originates from a position of “there’s not enough.”

While some people give with ulterior motives, there are others of us who rarely give at all because of the belief, “I can’t afford it.”

Henry Ford often said that there are two kinds of people. Those that think they can and those that think they can.t; and they’re both right. Your beliefs create your experience every time.

So much for the ways NOT to give. What to do instead?

My personal experience suggests waiting until you are in flow with life. We all have mood swings. Sometimes we feel good, and sometimes we feel bad. When you happen to catch yourself feeling good, seize that opportunity to give out of a sense of sharing the abundance that is already yours.

By being grateful for whatever you currently have, it is much easier to pass some of your good fortune onto someone else. In those moments, you get the sense that there is more where that came from.

My first experience with true giving, at least in recent memory, occurred during a relapse of cancer several years ago. Once I got over the initial shock of the diagnosis, spiritual aspects within me started to awaken and I began to count my blessings.

After several months of chemotherapy, I had the opportunity to visit New York City during the Christmas holiday season. My doctor had decided to give me a few weeks off from chemotherapy to enjoy the holidays, and a mini-vacation was just what I needed.

The Christmas lights in NYC, the crisp winter air, and the fact that I was still alive put me in good spirits. I was feeling abundant and grateful.

One evening on the way to dinner with my wife and my brother, a homeless man outside the restaurant we had selected asked me if I could spare a dollar. I was feeling great, and I gave him $20 instead.

This in turn made him feel great, and it made me feel even better that I had made his day. The important subtlety for me was that I had waited for my wife and my brother to go inside the restaurant before I gave him the money. I wanted the act to be anonymous, and I didn’t want anyone questioning the wisdom of giving away a $20 bill while I was on medical leave with a very limited income. If I had to defend or justify my actions to anyone else, it would have taken away the joy and spontaneity of the moment.

At that point, I did not know what the future had in store for me, but in that instant things were perfect. I was feeling good, and I didn’t want anyone else to ruin the feeling of that moment by telling me to be sensible. Waiting until no one was looking to give this man some money seemed like the best means to that end.

It was a win-win situation. The guy felt great, and I continued to feel great the rest of the evening. It was my secret. I was feeling prosperous for no apparent reason, and I made someone else feel prosperous by giving him 20 times more than he had asked for or expected. I happened to be in the flow of life in that moment, and it was a perfect time to give.

Over the next few months, my supposedly .fixed. Disability payments somehow increased by 20%. I don’t know how or why, and I certainly didn’t ask.

I did not know about the law of giving and receiving at that time in my life. I was just acting on pure impulse. It was only after I began my spiritual studies that I came across this principle. With my new understanding and the benefit of hindsight, I began to see the connection.

The most important aspect of this principle to me, and it bears repeating, is to remember that it is not what you do but why you do it. If you are having a bad day, or you are in a negative frame of
mind, don’t give just because you think you are supposed to. There is no extra credit for God, and it won’t benefit you or the other person under those conditions.

Instead, wait until you are having a particularly good day and are feeling great. Then give while you are in that state, and observe what happens. If you find yourself doing mathematical calculations to decide how much you can afford to give or worry over what others think is sensible, don’t bother.

You’ve lost the feeling.

Wait until you’re back in the flow and just choose an amount based on your first impulse. Go with whatever amount makes you feel good and that won’t cause you to feel poorer because there is that much less in your wallet or bank account.

This universal law may take only a moment to understand, but it can take a lifetime to master. But just because you haven’t mastered it does not mean that you can’t have fun practicing. Give it a try, and let your own experience be the judge.

John Zappa is a publicity consultant in Austin, Texas. As a refugee from Corporate America, he now chooses to invent his own work.

Giving Really Does Lead To Receiving

2007-09-07T12:25:00.000-07:00

Whenever I speak on the topic of Networking, I always make sure to provide my definition of what the term "Networking" means to me.

By and large, the very concept is misunderstood and carries with it a somewhat negative preconceived notion (i.e., shove as many business cards into people’s faces as you can while telling
them all about yourself and your products or services while attending a one-hour business/social mixer).

I define Networking as "The cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win/win relationships.”

As you can see, the emphasis is on the "give" part.

"But wait," the person asks, "Isn’t that just Pollyanna-type thinking that doesn’t work in the real world?"

Not at all. Giving works.

Let me say it again. Giving works!

And there’s nothing "Pollyanna" about it. Giving works both from a practical, as well as spiritual side. Let’s look though, at just the practical side.

What I call "The Golden Rule" of Networking is, "All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust."

When we give to - or do something for - someone, we take an important step toward causing those "know, like and trust" feelings toward us in that other person. I’ve often said that the best way to get business and get referrals is to first give business and give referrals.

Why? Because when someone knows you care about them enough to send business their way, they feel good about you. No, they feel great about you, and desire to give back to you.

Of course, it doesn’t have to be actual business that you give. It could be information, whether that information is something that would help them in regard to their business, personal, social, or recreational lives.

Perhaps you suggested a book (or bought them that book) that you know would be of true value to that person.

Maybe you knew their son or daughter was looking for work at a certain company and, knowing someone there who knew the personnel director, you made a call and put in the kind word that helped ensure employment.

It really doesn’t matter. Allow me, if you will, to share one example from my personal life. This took place several years after I had begun speaking professionally. There was one corporate client in particular - one with many divisions - I had been trying to "land."

However, I could not seem to even get a foot in the door. Not only that, I couldn’t even find the door to try and stick my foot in.

It happened that at a Speakers. convention I met a man who had been speaking professionally for quite awhile. I struck up a friendship with him and his family and looked forward to seeing them at various events.

During that time, despite the fact that I knew he was quite successful, I never asked him for anything. I did, however, help him as much as I could. Several times, when I was already booked for an engagement on a certain date, I would refer him to the person from the company who had called me.

Having articles published fairly often in magazines, I would refer him as a contributor to the editor. This was appreciated by all parties, of course, and didn’t take anything from me in any way.

That’s one of the great things about giving; it helps everyone and hurts no one.

It was only a couple of years after meeting him that I found out, through a third party, that the client I had been unsuccessfully seeking, was a major client of this speaker friend of mine.

Now, I probably could have come right out and asked him for help but I didn’t feel that would be quite right. I didn’t want him to feel that because I had gone out of my way for him that he "owed" me anything. I did feel comfortable, however, asking for his advice on how I might myself best pursue them.

I said to him, "I know this is a huge client of yours and am not in any way asking for you to make a connection for me. I’d love to know, though, how would be the best way for me to contact the person myself to at least let them know who I am and how I could help them, so that I get the opportunity to establish and develop a relationship?.

Well, to make a long story end, he would have none of that.

He said, "I’ll have the guy who’s my main contact call you."

And he did.

And that client, together will all the spin-off engagements I’ve had wetting that company’s umbrella over the years has accounted for several million dollars in sales.

And that was not the first, and certainly not the only time, that giving first has literally paid big financial dividends. It’s the way I run my business; it’s the way I run my life.

Giving first works.

There is a major caution here, however: You cannot give with the expectation of direct reciprocation or, for that matter, any reciprocation.

This won’t work if you are thinking, "Okay, what is he or she going to do for me?"

Not that you might not get something in return. But that something will more than likely be a one-time something, done out of obligation, and not inspiring the "know you, like you, and trust you" feelings toward you from that other person that will elicit this person desiring to see you successful.

No, give because it’s the right thing, without the expectation of direct reciprocation, and you’ll find this principle to be one of the truest of universal truths.

Bob Burg speaks internationally on the topics of "Business Networking" and "Positive Persuasion Skills." His books "Endless Referrals" and "Winning Without Intimidation" have each sold over 100,000 copies. To subscribe to Bob’s free weekly email newsletter, visit www.burg.com

“Love must be the guiding principle in all our giving.”
-- James A. Decker, Magnificent Decision

How Giving Led to $1,500,000

2007-09-06T12:23:00.000-07:00

Lots of authors take custody of the "best-seller" claim for their book. Yeah, well... it may be a best-seller at the 'Ain’t Words Cool' book store in their own home town, but.... It’s a whole other thing to be able to say that a book has sold a million copies!

That’s just what John Milton Fogg can claim for his book "The Greatest Networker in the World". How did he do that? John’s answer is...

I gave the book away.

I wrote The Greatest Networker... in 1992. At the time I was the owner/editor of a publication named Upline, that served men and women in the network marketing profession. At that time, we probably had a couple of thousand subscribers at most.

I didn’t have the money for the first-print run. A friend and mentor of mine in the business, Tom "Big Al" Schreiter, suggested I "pre-sell" the books to people who could sell them to others: book wholesalers, vendors to network marketers, people who had magazines or catalogs which sold books, tapes and tools. Tom told me to make a great low-price deal to these folks so they could make more money. That would pay for the printing, make a profit for myself and generate the money to print more books. Tom bought 1000 copies at $3 each.

I asked him how he was going to sell those books. He told me he wasn’t. He was going to give them away.

That got my attention, so I asked, "Why?"

Tom explained he was going to "seed" the market. He figured people would like or love the book, and they’d come back and buy more to give or sell to other people. And, it would create word-ofmouth advertising for the book, which meant more sales for him (and me).

Tom also explained the idea of a "value-added" premium to me:

He’d make an offer of one of his products to his people and give The Greatest Networker... away free as an incentive to buy. People would get a $10 value, which Tom only paid $3 for.

Good deal for him- helped him sell more of his products.

Good deal for them- they got a free gift, felt great and were more inclined to buy his offer.

I don’t know how many of my books Tom sold over the years. I do know he made his investment back and them some - lots of some.

I knew a great idea when I saw one, so I started giving The Greatest Networker... away with every single subscription to Upline.

My subscribers got a free gift and were more likely to buy the magazine to begin with. I got my book being read by the best possible people who could spread the word and help me sell more.

When the Internet came along, I put The Greatest Networker... up on our website and gave it away there, too.

Over the years I probably gave away 40,000-plus copies of my book. The cost of that was, say, $50,000. So one way to look at it was I gave away $50,000.

But I earned a buck a book royalty on all the copies of The Greatest Networker in the World that were sold. That doesn’t include any "extra" money I earned from the wholesale or retail sales when
people bought the book.

Do the math.

My guess would be all-in-all that’s $1.5 million of net profit to me.

All because I gave my book away.

Here's yet another true story about the power of giving:

Do you know who Seth Godin is? (He’s the other Internet Marketing guru besides Joe.) :-) Seth wrote The Idea Virus. That book started a revolution. Seth gave it away on-line. People told him
he was crazy. More than a million and a-half of Seth’s e-books are out there. AND, after he gave it away for free, he printed up a hardcover edition for $45 and made a fortune selling that! Go figure.

I had the fascinating privilege of interviewing Seth Godin for Networking Times magazine. He told me the following "Giving-Marketing" story and it just blew me away. This is utterly brilliant!

Seth knows a great folksinger who does music for kids. She has five CDs and she sells them on her own. Now, Seth doesn’t do consulting any more, but this lady is a personal friend, so when she asked if he had any ideas on how she could sell more of her CDs, Mr. Permission Marketing (he wrote that book, too) complied.

Seth asked how much she sold her CDs for. She told him $15.

Seth asked how much one cost her to produce and package. She told him 80 cents. So Seth said...

"Look, every time someone buys one CD, send them two. Nobody has any use for a second CD, because it’s the same music. What are they going to do? They’re going to give it away, probably
as a present. One of these kids gives one of these CDs to another kid as a birthday present and they’re likely to buy two, three or four more, because the parents get tired of hearing the same songs over and over again."

Like I said, "Brilliant." Each one of those give-away CDs that results in just one additional sale nets the folksinger $14.20. And as Seth pointed out, parents will probably buy two or three more, perhaps all five. And each time they do, they get an extra one free, that they turn around and give to a friend saying, "This is great. Little Harry will really love this."

Oh, that lady folksinger doubled, then tripled her business with that CD she gave away.

John Milton Fogg's website is at:
http://www.GreatestNetworker.com/is/jmf

Enlightenment-by-Email

2007-09-05T12:22:00.000-07:00

Enlightenment-by-Email,
or, How to Make Your Great
TUT Come True

Mike Dooley didn’t know what he was going to do. He quit his job at Price Waterhouse. He left the company, his security, and his home. He went to Orlando and sat there, lost, confused, waiting for direction. None came.

Meanwhile, his brother was making some money from royalties on a few t-shirts he had designed. So Mike, his brother, and later their mother, went into the T-shirt business. They called their business TUT, for Totally Unique T-shirts. Everyone from Disney to Macy’s bought and sold them. Within ten years they sold more than one million shirts. Life was good.

As the market began to change, and major buyers began to make their own T-shirts, the family decided to stop business. The artistic brother began a career as an actor and improv comic. The enterprising mother, who had already written two books, began a full-time career as a writer. Mike decided to buy out the family business --- which by that time had come to be known as "Totally Unique Thoughts" --- and run it himself.

"Our most popular T-shirts had always been the ones with inspiring or spiritual sayings written on them," Mike told me over the phone one day. "So I decided to offer a Monday Morning Motivator by e-mail to our loyal list of followers."

The Monday memos were usually poems. And his small band of followers at the time amounted to 1,000 names. Instead of writing to these people with an opening that said, "Dear loyal T-shirt customer...," Mike decided on a more unique approach.

"I created an Adventure’s Club and invited them to be a member for the sum of only $36 a year," Mike explained. "They would get weekly and even daily messages from me, all of an inspiring, motivational and/or spiritual nature."

Did it work?

"No. Almost no one paid for it. So I naturally decided to offer it for free, knowing I would somehow figure out how to make money from it down the road."

Mike’s Monday Morning Memos caught on. People loved the inspiring weekly poetry. Eventually he gathered the courage to add his own insightful commentaries that would accompany each poem.
His subscriber base grew to 3,000 names.

"About this time I had a friend of mine who was making $15,000 every month from banner ads on his e-cards," says Mike.

"So I put all my energy into making free e-cards that people could sponsor click-through ads on. I used the old T-shirt art I had and added some commentary to make the e-cards unique."

But that didn’t work out, either.

"Within six months advertisers quit taking ads on e-cards. My friend stopped making $15,000 a month. I never made more than $100 from my e-cards. But I’m still glad I did them."

Why is he glad?

"They have become a viral marketing campaign," Mike explains. "People send them to others and suddenly my website is known to potentially millions of people. Those e-cards are still a popular feature on my website."

Around this time --- in 2001 --- Mike decided to take the biggest leap of faith of all.

"I recorded 12 audiotapes, packaged them, and called them Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams. They are a combination of my weekly e-memos, old talks I had given, and entirely fresh material."

That tape set became a turning point for Mike’s online business.

"People would get an e-card from someone, see a link at the bottom for my tapes, and make an impulse buy right then and there."

Mike sells 40 to 60 tape sets every month, at a retail price of $125 for either cassettes or CDs.
While he’s never asked for a single testimonial for his tapes, he has at this point collected an overwhelming amount of them. You can see them at http://www.tut.com/auwc.htm

Here are three quick ones:

"Riveting. Inspiring. Even miraculous. Rarely have I heard such wisdom, such mind-stretching beauty, such practical inspiration and proven advice."

"I was blown away! I squealed with delight!"

"I’m listening to the tapes repeatedly... EXCELLENT material, endless new perspectives, spin-offs...your words have set me in motion!"

While Mike has added a daily e-memo to his weekly ones, he has never advertised, done any publicity, or implemented any marketing. His tape sales come from word-of-mouth sharing. His database is currently 5,000 hot names, and growing. He plans to use pay-for-click services to build his database. Next he’ll focus on his affiliate program, which he just added to his site.

In short, Mike went from a company drop-out with no mission to a man with a giant mission. And he uses the Internet as his primary vehicle to help people go for their dreams. His main marketing tool is his "Enlightenment-by-E-mail" daily and weekly inspiring messages, which continue to be free.

What’s his advice for building a successful business and making your own TUT---totally unique thoughts---come true?

"As clearly as possible define the end result of what you want in emotional terms," he advises. "Get into that emotion now, even before you start working for the dream or even quitting your job. Having the end result firmly in mind now will help you weather any setbacks that may occur later."

"And don’t worry about how you will get to that end result," he adds. "There are a million ways to achieve fame or wealth, or whatever you want. Don’t tie the hands of the universe by thinking it has to come in one certain way. The universe has ’Infinite Possibilities’ at its beck and call. Trust it."

Finally, I asked Mike if he would offer a "totally unique thought" specifically for you, the reader of this book. Here’s what he sent:

"Success in the world, business or otherwise, is far more a function of how well you engage the Universe and its magic, than it is of how well you manipulate the time and space around you. This
is every tycoon’s secret - whether they know it or not.

"Your job is NOT to out-maneuver the competition, to play into the hands of future clients and customers, or to reinvent the wheel. Your job is to define your dream, to imagine the end result, and to move with your hunches and instincts - that’s it. The rest will automatically and effortlessly fall into place...a brilliant marketing strategy, the best "location," the "clutch" idea, and perfect timing between them. The Universe is ALIVE in the unseen, and active in all of your affairs. Learn how to use it."

And here's another very relevant quote from Mike:

“GIVING tells the Universe that you believe YOU are provided for. For even as you empty your purse you fear not, demonstrating faith that you will remain whole, that your coffers will be replenished, and that your love for whomever you gave, is what’s most important. Verily, as you believe these things to be true, you will experience such truths, and abundance shall be showered upon you as if the heavens had opened up.”

You'll note that a large degree of Mike's success came from giving --- he gave away (and still gives away) e-cards, and he still writes and gives away his inspiring daily and weekly memos.

Total sales, plus speaking fees, and revenues from new books in the mill (Notes from the Universe, Totally Unique Thoughts, More Reminders Of Life's Everyday Magic, etc,) should top $250,000 this
year, and Mike projects $1,000,000 in 2004!

Mike says, 'None of this would have happened if I hadn't offered all my mailings, and club membership for free, though at the time I had no idea of where it would take me, nor of how I would eventually profit. It just felt right, people were grateful, and I was loving my 'job'.

“Sometimes the Universe doesn't always respond in kind, or by throwing dollars at you, but instead, it returns to you confidence, dreams, and inspiration...which is even better than bucks, because it's like learning to fish (as opposed to being given a fish). You then know how to go get more.”

47 Limiting Beliefs About Money And How to Release Them Right Now

2007-09-04T12:17:00.000-07:00

I've known Mandy Evans for about twenty years. She is a remarkable belief-clearing counselor. I asked her to compile a list of the most common negative or limiting beliefs about money that she could find. I also asked her to tell us how to remove them. The reason for my request is sometimes people give but have beliefblocks keeping them from receiving. Clear the blocks and the prosperity comes. The following article by Mandy offers a truly brilliant way out of the maze of limiting beliefs about money.

What you believe about money will play a greater role in your level of prosperity and in your enjoyment of that prosperity than most people imagine.

In fact, most people do not imagine the role beliefs play in their financial success or lack of it. Most people never even think about their beliefs. We just act on them.

I have been collecting examples of self-defeating beliefs like squirrels collect nuts for the winter for a long time. Here are some real beliefs about money from real people in real workshops and classes.

These beliefs cut off the inflow of money into countless lives or slowed it to a trickle. Some of them are familiar and some are so unique that they seem strange. Sometimes the same belief can be life-expanding for one person and life-extinguishing for another.

Read through this list and see if you identify with any of the beliefs.

Money is the root of all evil. (The actual quote is "The love of money is the root of all evil.")
If I am successful people will hate me.
If I make a million dollars, I might lose it and then I would feel stupid and hate myself forever.
There is not enough money to go around.
If I have a little more than I need to get by, someone else has to go without.
If I have a lot more than I need to get by, lots of people will have to go without.
It is better to take less than to be responsible for someone else's hardship.
Democrats punish the rich.
Republicans punish the poor.
If I make a lot of money, I will be betraying my father who never made much money.
The rich get richer.
The poor get poorer.
I am smart and talented; I should get more!
You should always use money well.
Money is hard to deal with.
Money is hard to get.
You have to work hard to get it.
To save money you have to do without things.
Time is money.
I can't have money and free time.
Money is not spiritual.
You have to do lots of things you don't like in order to have money.
I do not have enough to share or give away.
Accepting money obligates me.
It is better to take less than my due and be free from sticky situations.
To be a valuable person I have to work more for less money than other people do.
Having money stops you from being happy.
Money spoils you.
I will never have enough.
If I don't feel bad about past mistakes and afraid about the future I will make the same mistakes again. (From an investment broker)
It's best if I just want enough to get by.
You get what you deserve.
Being super-conscious about every single penny is the good . the right - thing to do.
Never buy anything that you don't need.
If you were a smart woman you would be supporting yourself easily by now.
If you were a smart and cute woman you would have married someone with money by now.
I always rent; owning a house would be too scary.
I would never feel secure if I had to be responsible for much more than a hammock.
I have to own my own home to feel secure unless I had at least maybe a yacht. If I buy something that breaks, I'm stupid.
Worrying about money is tacky.
Daddy will like me better if I don't spend much.
I want to have a lot of money when I get old, then people will be nice to me.
I never want people to know I have so much money because people are really mean to rich people.
If I get paid a lot people will find out that I am a fraud.
Daddy will love me lots more if I don't spend much.
Everybody wants more; when it comes to money, less is better.
There's somebody else inside me that spends all of my money.

If you identify with any of these beliefs, go though them one by one and answer these three questions about each belief.

• Why do I believe that?
• Is it true?
• What might I be concerned would happen if I did not believe that?

By asking those three probing questions of any belief, you can dis-charge it --- and become free to go for your desires.

You'll also be free to give --- as well as to receive.

Go ahead and work through those beliefs right now.

Mandy Evans has taught thousands of people how to become freer, more creative, and much happier by changing the beliefs that keep them stuck, limit them, and cause emotional pain. Her books "TRAVELLING FREE: How to Recover From the Past" And "Emotional Options" drew endorsements from Deepak Chopra, Bernie Siegel, John Gray and me. Visit www.mandyevans.com
Order her books from www.amazon.com or call 800-431-1579.

"One of the reasons many people do not have money is that they are silently or openly condemning it."-- Joseph Murphy, How To Attract Money

Does Free Have Value?

2007-09-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

There's a theory in marketing that people don.t appreciate what they get for free.

Is that true?

While it is true that the word "Free" is probably the most powerful and persuasive word someone can use in their marketing, itmay also be true that anything someone receives for free is usually treated with disregard or disrespect.

This has been proven over and over again. Consultants who give their time and services away often find the people who received their gifts don't appreciate them. In general, only when someone pays for something do they pay attention to it.

But is that true in the art of giving money?

First, I don't think so.

Second, it doesn't matter.

Let's look at both statements.

First, I don't think people look down on gifts of money because money is such a highly charged symbol in our world. People scramble, fight, work, worry and die for money. They know its
value. When most people receive it, they welcome it. Some people will grumble about the money not being enough, but that.s their belief in lack and limitation. In general, give money and people will know you gave them something of real value.

Second, I don't think it matters what they think about the money or what they do with it. You're giving the money to activate your own heart.

My friend Bob Proctor, author of the book You Were Born Rich, once told me, “I don't care what they do with the money. They can take it out and burn it for all I care. I.m giving it for me.”

And that's the point. While you want your gift to be received and appreciated, what you're really doing when you give it is awakening your own spirit and activating a spiritual law.

I remember giving a friend of mine a treasured copy of the nowlegendary book, The Robert Collier Letter Book. The book is extremely rare, highly valued, and worth a lot of money.

My friend was at my house and said he had been looking for the book for years. I had an extra copy and just handed it to him. His eyes popped wide. He was stunned. He couldn't believe it, and he couldn't stop thanking me.

That was also the last time I saw my friend.

Did he not appreciate the gift?

Maybe.

Was it too much for him to receive as a gift?

Maybe.
Would I give it to him if I had to do it all over again?

In a heartbeat.

Giving that gift to him made me feel great.

Here's another example.

Some twenty-five years ago I was reading books and listening to tapes by Barry Neil Kaufman, founder of The Option Institute. I had little money at the time and found it hard to part with what I had. But I wanted to give something to show my support for Barry.

So I sent him five dollars. It was a big deal for me, and I hoped it would somehow add to whatever others were sending to Barry.

Then, in 1985, I went to The Option Institute and studied with Barry, or 'Bears,' as his friends call him. On the last night of my stay there, we had a public Gratitude Night. Everyone who had been to the Institute that week gathered in a room, sat in a circle and took turns saying what we had been thankful for. This lasted three hours.

You can't imagine the energy in a room of thirty people thanking each other for three hours for all they had received. It was phenomenal. I still vividly recall that night.

When Bears took a moment to speak, he singled me out. He acknowledged me for my letters to him, for my support --- and for the five dollars I had sent him many months earlier.

I was stunned.

While it had felt great to help Bears in a small way, I realized he had felt great to receive it. It was a beautiful win-win.

Remember, how you feel as you give is the key.

If the other person feels the joy, too --- as Bears did with my gift --- it.s further reason to celebrate and feel happy.

And if the other person says little and maybe even drops out of your life --- as my friend with the priceless book --- allow it.

Again, how you feel as you give is the key.

“Money-giving is a very good criterion of a person’s mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people.”
-- Dr. Karl A. Menninger

Leo Buscaglia's Big Mistake

2007-09-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

I met Leo Buscaglia many years ago. He was the charming, passionate, and colorful author of the best-selling book, Love. He once said in a lecture, "I own the copyright on love!"

He was a loveable man. His words warmed my heart and inspired my soul. Marian, my wife at the time, and I used to watch Leo on television. He inspired us.

We were learning about tithing at the time. I was very skeptical.

I still thought giving was a scheme. But Marian was always more open-minded and trusting than me. She practiced giving more than I did in those early years.

One day, when Marian looked around to see who she was going to send money to, she easily remembered Leo Buscaglia. She wanted to thank him for all his sharing, and for reminding her through his books and talks to always live a life of love.

So Marian found his address and sent him a check. I remember how happy she looked as she wrote him a note and mailed him the gift. Her heart was alive.

But then something sad happened.

A few weeks later, Marian received a letter from Leo Buscaglia.

He had returned her check. He added a note that said he had plenty and didn't want or need more, so please give the check to someone in need.

Marian was hurt. She was offended. She felt rejected. She saw the refusal of the gift as a dismissal of her. It was a sad moment.

While we could talk about Marian's response to the letter she received, my point here is more about Leo's action. I think Leo made a mistake. In order to be in the flow of life, you must give as well as receive. Leo cut off the flow.

Much later I learned --- from Leo himself --- that he had experienced several robberies. His house had been broken into and his belongings taken. It happened to him at least twice that I recall.

I can't help but think Leo had inner blocks about receiving.

Those blocks showed up in his outer world by losing all he had. I could be wrong, but I really wonder if there was a connection between his refusing gifts and losing what he had.

Let's learn from Leo's mistake.

When someone offers you money, accept it.
When someone offers you a compliment, accept it.
When someone offers you any gift, joyfully welcome it.

If you refuse gifts, compliments, and money, you are closing a door on the prosperity that is trying to come to you. The key is to be in the flow. When you give and receive, you are participating in the flow of life.

After all, money has to circulate to do everyone any good.

Give it.
And when it returns to you, receive it.

The Greatest Spiritual Mind Treatment

2007-09-01T12:09:00.000-07:00

May I offer you a gentle reminder of how the principle of giving works?

I went online and created the following short "Spiritual Mind Treatment" specifically for you. You can go to the same forms I did and create one even more personal and relevant for you. Just go online to http://www.wmop.org/Smt.htm

A "Spiritual Mind Treatment" or affirmative prayer is "...a recognition of Spirit’s Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence, and a realization of humanity’s unity with Spirit..." (Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind textbook, pg. 149.)

That may be more than you or I can understand, so let's just call a Spiritual Mind Treatment a formula for getting in tune with the infinite. Call it magic. Call it a reminder. Call it a lucky charm. It doesn't really matter.

"Treatment is not trying to make yourself believe something that is not so, but is based upon truth," wrote Robert Bitzer in Collected Essays of Robert Bitzer. "It is to change your belief so that you can recognize and accept the truth."

In other words, a treatment is a way to remind yourself of what already exists. For example, the law of giving already exists. It is truth. A treatment would be to remind you of that fact.

You can say the words below at night, in the morning, to yourself, or out loud. Most importantly, whenever you are about to give money away, say these words (or ones of your own that have meaning for you):

"I know there is an infinite energy system in the universe that is of me, in me and around me. We are all connected to it, are in it, and are of it.

I am connected to you as well as to everyone else through the energy that sustains us.

I know that when I give anything into this energy system, it will return to me in kind, multiplied and amplified because the nature of the system is to grow and expand.

I am grateful for this realization, and for the gifts I have now, am receiving, and will receive. I trust the process to work for me, as it does for everyone who activates it with giving. So be it.

It is so!"

As always, how you feel as you say those words is what matters most. Emotion activates the law.

Feel joyous.

Show Me The Money!

2007-08-31T12:06:00.000-07:00

Am I the only one who really saw the movie Jerry McGuire?

That hit movie starring Tom Cruise had everyone repeating the famous line, "Show me the money!"

I didn't watch the movie for nearly one year after it was released because I thought it was all about greed. Since everyone who saw the movie smiled and repeated that one line --- "Show me the money!" --- as if it were some sort of national mantra, I wasn't interested.

But then one day Nerissa and I wanted to watch something on television. As luck would have it, Jerry McGuire was coming on the tube right about then. So we settled in to watch it.

I was amazed. The movie wasn.t about greed at all. Yes, Jerry came from a money-hungry place, but he soon learned that that mindset wasn't going to work.

Greed was out.

Greed was a dead-end street.

Greed led to a poverty of spirit.

Instead, Jerry the sports agent learns about the power of passion. When he truly starts to care for his client, to look for and activate the heart in the one player he represents (who does the same for him), then and only then does he start to taste real success and start to experience real happiness.

Oh, there's no doubt the refrain "Show me the money!" is a catchy one. It.s done so well in the movie, and said so often, and delivered with such upbeat emotion in the one unforgettable scene, that you can't help but remember it.

But that's not what the movie is about. Not to me. The movie is about show me your heart, not show me your money.

Giving is like that.

If you give because you want money, you are not giving but simply trading.

If you give because your heart sings to do so, then you are truly giving.

It's the difference between "Show me the money!" and "Show me your heart."

The universe responds to your heart, not your money. The money is just a symbol.

Give money from your heart.

When you do, very quickly and in the most surprising ways, the universe itself will then "Show you the money!"

But don't give to get. Don't give as a negotiation with the universe.

Give to give.

The Summer JV Giveaway!

2007-08-06T03:42:00.000-07:00

Summer heat got you down? If so, be prepared to get refreshed!

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"Psychology Of Advertising"
by
Walter Dill Scott

This little-known book was discovered in Max Sackheim’s: “My First 60 Years in Advertising”. Max Sackheim is the mail-order genius famous for the classic headline: “Do You Make These Mistakes in English” that ran un- challenged for over 40 years (a record that still remains unbeaten).

Here’s what he says about this work:

“The only book on advertising I read as a youth was written by Professor Walter Dill Scott of Northeastern University and was titled ‘The Psychology of Advertising’. I still think it is one of the finest books ever written on the subject – and that his formula for successful advertising has never been surpassed.”

Maxwell Sackheim
Creator of “Book of the Month” club
And Mail Order guru

After learning that, we didn’t need much convincing that we should read this book and find out all the secrets it held.

This book is an absolute treasure trove of psychological reasoning and insight into what makes people buy and respond to advertising.

Although some of the material is dated – the concepts are just as valid today as they were nearly a century ago when Professor Scott first introduced them. In fact, it’s a fair bet that not 1 in 100 so-called “gurus” could even tell you who Professor Scott was. But their borrowed ideas and much of their “secret” information is probably derived from what he discovered all those years ago.

To be honest with you. This is a classic manuscript, for sure, and it is fairly hard to read, the secrets are in there but, you’ve just got to search a little bit harder that’s all. You may want to read this book several times before some of the points are rammed home to you.

However, you don’t necessarily have to do that. Some of the out-dated material has been edited out by us and the bullets points below highlight all the most important points for you, so you can get straight down to the nitty-gritty:

Use the irresistible power of “direct commands” to achieve immediate action to your ads. Professor Scott found certain words that work wonders. This is on page 136
The little-known psychological trigger to gaining a prospect’s immediate attention. Find this on page 18
Solve one of the biggest problems all advertisers face – getting attention! Here are 4 psychological principles that really work. You’ll find them on page 87
The 5 immutable laws of “idea association”. Find out on page 56 why you need to start using these.
4 secrets to making your ad stick to a prospect’s memory like Velcro. Most people forget any message within 2 seconds – don’t let that happen to your ad with the information contained on page 9
One glaring mistake most companies make (even today) that are costing them thousands in lost sales. Could you be making this same glaring mistake? You’ll never know unless you go to page 33
9 ways to awaken the prospect’s imagination and get them to buy even if they cannot see, touch, taste or hear your product or service (perfect for the internet). See what this is on page 36

And this is just the tip of the iceberg – because you’ll also discover:

What “triggers” you can use to enter your prospects’ mind just as they’re thinking of your product or service. You’ll find what they are on page 63
2 ways you can use the power of suggestion to create immediate action. See page 49
How to make your product or service so well known that your competitors ads will actually work for you. Find out how on page 32
3 key points to making “fusion” work for you – instead of against your ad. Very important for any kind of product that needs a credibility boost. See page 101
Discover the 5 steps all prospects use before they decide to buy. Understand these and you can be on your way to a fortune. What are they? Find out on page 63
What to do so that your product or service is the only possible choice a prospect can make. Find out the two ways to make sure that this happens. See page 130
The top 7 reasons why customers buy (hint: price is NOT #1). Turn to page 71
What kind of pictures succeed to attracting attention. See page 11

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The Great Man Who Gave Away 30 Million Dollars

2007-07-29T07:09:00.000-07:00

I just learned that a famous, colorful and charming American philanthropist is dead.

I had always loved his book, Ask for the Moon and Get It: The Secret to Getting What You Want by Knowing How to Ask.

His name was Percy Ross. Maybe you heard of him. Ross gave away an estimated thirty million dollars to various charities and organizations.

He also wrote a syndicated newspaper column, called Thanks a Million, for approximately 800 nationwide newspapers for 17 years. The column contained letters from people writing Ross, telling him their story and asking for his help. It was fascinating.

It was fascinating because Ross could always see through people. He would read their letters and sense if they were sincere, or lazy, or begging. And he always replied with words of wisdom--- and sometimes with a check. He gave checks 120 times per week.

And in 17 years he gave away about $30,000,000.

The thing is, Ross started with two million dollars!

Do you see the giving principle at work here?

Ross began with two million dollars as his source funds. You may not have that amount, but the story still holds true. In 17 years Ross gave away thirty million dollars!

Again, giving leads to receiving.

Consider: Have you ever experienced a situation where you were asked to donate money to a particular cause, and looking at your shrinking bank balance you were torn between giving money or not? Many people have told me stories about being in this exact situation, but after deciding to go ahead and make a donation, these same people were very surprised when suddenly a sum of money came to them from some unexpected source to replace the money they just gave away.

The truth is, if you hold on to your money, you risk losing the very thing you are hoarding. On the other hand, if you trust good things flow to those who give freely, you will always have funds available to suit your needs.

To prove this, look at Percy Ross. He started his charitable ways with $2 million dollars and yet over the course of 17 years donated some $30 million dollars!

I miss Percy Ross.

But now you can take his place.

My Great Confession

2007-07-28T06:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'll confess.

I found it hard to believe I would receive money if I gave money.

It just sounded like such a con, like a strategy promoted by people who wanted me to give money to them.
Well, I was too smart for that.

I decided that I would not give money, but that I would instead give books.

That's right. Books. I had plenty of books. Since I had worked as a New Age journalist and book reviewer for many years, I had collected a lot of books. I had more than I needed. Why not give some of them away?

I still remember making the decision. I was lying in bed in Houston, where I lived at the time, reflecting on how to get prosperous.

I remember thinking, "I can become the richest man in America in terms of books."

And right then and there I decided to try out the giving principle on books.

Within days I had called a few friends over and let them pick out books. I didn't let them pick out any books or all my books, of course. But I pulled a few piles of books out and let my friends take what they wanted.

Then, over the course of the next few months, whenever I gave a talk someplace, I also gave out books. I found it a terrific way to hold attention. Whenever someone.s attention seemed to wander, I announced a free book for the next person who asked me a question.

Everyone in the room perked up.

And when I moved into this country estate where I now live, I set about 25 boxes of books in the garage. I then threw a housewarming party and had people come over. I told them that before they left, they were encouraged to go through the boxes and takewhat they wanted. Everyone did. One person took so many books that he needed a dolly to wheel them to his car.

What was the result of my grand book-giving?

Ever since the day in Houston when I decided to give books to receive books, I have always had an abundance of books.

And today I own one of the largest book collections in the world on marketing, and another on metaphysics.

People see my collection whenever they visit here and are in awe.

What they don't understand is this:

Books will always come to me because I always give books.

I was activating the great giving principle, but on books.

Today I know to give money to receive money. And as a result, I have money, far more than I ever did when I lived in Houston.

But in those early days, when I feared losing money and wanted to hold on to all I had, all I could allow myself to give were books.

As a result, books came.

Listen and learn: Give what you want to receive.

"We must not try to fix the avenues through which our good is to come. There is no reason for thinking that what you give will come back through the one to whom you gave it."
-- Charles Fillmore, Prosperity

Beware This Great Trap On Money-making

2007-07-27T06:02:00.000-07:00

The article that gave birth to this book was called "The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History," which was a shorter version of chapter one.

That article became so popular that it was distributed to thousands of people across the Internet. Ezine publishers reproduced and distributed it. Content websites stored the article on their sites. And dozens of people wrote me, most thanking me and praising the article.

But a few of the emails I received were curious. They were from people asking me for money.

Apparently they read my article and concluded that I was someone who would give money to anyone who asked for it. So they wrote and asked for it.

The problem is, that.s not what the article describes as the great secret for attracting wealth. I never wrote, "Ask for money and you'll get wealthy." Instead I conveyed the message, "Give money to wherever you received spiritual nourishment and you'll activate the money-attracting law."

I wrote to every person who had written to me asking for money. I explained the concept.

None of them wrote back.

I'm bringing this experience up for you to consider for two reasons:

1. Don't beg for money and expect to get wealthy. Just look at the beggars on the streets. They are not living
prosperous life styles. They are just getting by, if that. Or look at the people who do fund-raising. Most of them are begging, though they would never call it that, and they never seem to have enough. Is that a clue or what?

2. Don't give money to beggars and expect to get wealthy. I didn't say don't help the poor, though it's questionable how much it helps them to hand them things. Instead, I.m saying don.t give money to people just because they ask for it and expect to turn on the universe's cornucopia.

I see giving money out of a sense of obligation or duty as a trap.

That was always the problem I had with ministers who asked people to give money because either (a) they needed it or (b) the Bible decreed it.

Either may be true. But if you or anyone gives money without a feeling of joy in your heart, it is highly unlikely that the money you gave will come back to you multiplied.

The best way to determine where to give money is to ask yourself one simple question:

Where did you receive the most joy?

And if you want further clarity, or more questions to assist you in knowing where to give money, try these on for size:

Where were you reminded of your divinity?
Where were you encouraged to go for your dreams?
Who made you feel glad to be alive?

Whatever your answer, that's where to give your money.

"Many people have had a psychological block against tithing (giving), because so many theologians have stressed what tithing would do for the church rather than what it could do for the individual."
-- Catherine Ponder, Open Your Mind to Prosperity

The Great Back-Door Secret to Wealth

2007-07-26T06:00:00.000-07:00

I received a check in the mail today from a long-lost friend.

The check is for only a portion of the money he owes me. But since he took almost ten years to send this amount, I am glad to see it.

Ten years ago he hired me to write a detailed marketing strategy for him. At that time, I charged a few thousand dollars for such a service. He agreed to it and said he would pay. I did the work and he didn't pay.

Because he was my friend, I let the invoice slide. Months went by. Then years. Then he moved to another state. And I moved to another city. He went on his way in life and basically dropped out of my awareness. I went on my own way and fairly quickly became somewhat famous on the Internet for my books and tapes.

One day a few months ago I received an email from someone who wanted to co-author a book with me. He said he knew some of my friends, and mentioned the one who owed me money.

As soon as I saw my old friend's name, my blood pressure rose.

I felt myself get angry. I felt ripped off. Betrayed. Hurt.

I took some deep breaths and calmed myself down. I talked to myself. I reminded myself that the universe is a big place (some understatement) and that wealth can come from many avenues, not just from past invoices. I decided to forgive my friend. And I did, mentally. I sincerely let him and his debt go. I didn't need the money. And I didn't need to be right.

After maybe nine years, my friend sent me an email. He said he knew he owed me money. He explained that he had tough times, that he had moved, that he was trying to make it as a professional speaker. He added that he wanted to bring peace to our oldfriendship.

I wrote him a brief note saying we already had peace. I also invited him to pay off his invoice by sending me a check for a tiny percentage of what he owed me (about twenty percent, as I recall).

He agreed.

Well, he didn't send me a check. Not right away, anyway.

Several more months passed before I heard from him again. This time it was another email, and this time he was again explaining his situation to me.

I remained at peace. I knew I would have money. It didn't have to come from him. The universe---whatever you want to call that power bigger than you or I---would see that money came to me as long as I stayed in the flow. And being at peace is a good way to stay in the flow.

And, as I explained in the beginning of this chapter, the check arrived today.

I have no idea how my old friend felt as he wrote that check. I hope he did it with a heart full of joy. If so, he activated the moneyattracting principle.

I know when I wrote a check for $500 to my brother, who had helped me out of a bind twenty years before and I finally paid him off, I felt exhilarated. Writing that check to Ted made me feel like a king. And it gave me such an inner sense of peace that that alone was worth a million dollars.

I'm calling this sense of peace---or forgiveness, if you will---a back-door secret to wealth.

Where in your life are you holding grudges because someone owes you money? Or maybe because you owe someone money?

Let it go. Talk to yourself. Allow yourself the heavenlyawareness that the universe provides, not your friends. Money doesn.t come to you from them, it comes to you through them.

Once you can let the grudges go, you free yourself to receive.