Prosperity Thinker

When people become successful, there is usually a turning point in their life which marks the transition from failure to success.

It’s the point of critical mass, or simply the tipping point.

What exactly is the tipping point?

“It’s when a person acquires the impetus for sudden change. It’s the point where possibility begins to turn into reality.”

It’s the specific moment in a person’s life when things begin to “click” and become easier for them.

It’s the point where one little success leads to another and then another and then another.

It’s the point where success and prosperity just flows.

For example…

If you’re in business, the sales just keep coming …better and more frequent than ever before.

If you’re looking for a great job, you get it.

If you’re searching for your soul mate, they show up in your life.

If there’s something specific you’d like to be, do, or have, all of the people, resources and opportunities you need seem to magically appear to help you.

It’s the point where you don’t have to act “as if” anymore because you are it.

You now have the traction to accomplish your goals. You are accomplishing your goals.

“The tipping point is the bridge that takes you from a life of struggle and strain, to one of victory and fulfillment.”

And when the tipping point occurs, you will find it easier to accomplish your next goal.

“The old saying that “success breeds success” has something to it. It’s that feeling of confidence that can banish negativity and procrastination and get you going the right way.” ~ Donald Trump

Now you might be asking…. “Does something like this really happen to people?”

And my answer is simple …absolutely.

The fact is, you may have already experienced the tipping point at one point or another in your life.

Maybe when you were a kid or a teenager. Maybe a few years or even a few months ago.

Perhaps you’ve already achieved a certain level of success in your life and somehow it dissipated or slipped away.

Maybe you haven’t yet reached or experienced the tipping point.

Don’t worry. It doesn’t matter.

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That’s right. You can reach the tipping point in your life anytime you want.

Unfortunately, many people are afraid to reach the tipping point. They unknowingly resist it.

Since the tipping point usually brings big changes in one’s life, it makes some people feel uncomfortable.

Many people actually prefer the status quo because it is a known quantity. They may desire or yearn for something different, but subconsciously they actually resist it because it involves something new, or it involves a lifestyle change they perceive as uncomfortable.

Other people have the tipping point forced upon them.

For some, an emotional trauma or life-threatening experience changes their entire outlook. They can’t help but go forward in a completely new and positive direction.

Another wonderful thing about the tipping point is that it will help you to unleash your hidden powers.

“The most valuable thing that can come into anyone’s life is that book, that proverb, that experience, that person, that emergency or incident that introduces a man or woman to his or her inner unknown powers.” ~ Frank Tibolt, author of A Touch of Greatness

Once you reach the tipping point, seemingly miracles begin to happen.

Ideas to help you realize your goal will come from everywhere.

Your hopes rise …you change from drifting to driving. Your whole life seems to surge ahead.

Optimism replaces pessimism, positive replaces negative. Hope blooms and despair flees.

Your confidence drives out all doubt — indifference changes to enthusiasm. You’re on your way!

So now the question is… “How do I reach the tipping point in my life?”

Glad you asked…

Here are 3 tips for getting to your tipping point:

1) Belief is essential.

If you think it takes lots of hard work and struggle to get where you need to go in life, then that’s exactly what it will take for you to succeed.

“Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.” ~ Claude Bristol

In order to reach the tipping point, you must believe in instant and spontaneous change.

Think about this…

“The solution to your exact problem or predicament already exists.”

Right now, whatever it is that you need to reach your goals; whether it’s a person you need to contact, a piece of vital information you need to acquire, a specific action you need to take, or a book you need to read, …it (or they) already exists, right now, at this very moment.

So, if what you need already exists, instant and spontaneous change is indeed possible.

You just need to recognize that fact and believe in it.

Affirmations are a great way to increase your belief. Here are two of my favorites from prosperity writer Florence Scovel Shinn:

“Today is the day of my amazing good fortune.”

“My seemingly impossible dreams now come to pass.”

Repeat these affirmations constantly throughout the day. And even better still, FEEL them.

2) Reprogram the Guardian of Your Mind

Author Maxwell Maltz in his book Psycho-Cybernetics wrote:

“Every living thing has a built-in guidance system or goal-striving device, put there by its Creator to help it achieve its goal - which is, in broad terms - to live.”

This built-in guidance system is responsible for many things; it helps us to find answers to our problems, it helps us write, be creative and explore new frontiers in science and medicine.

But it also can keep us from realizing our dreams.

Inside our brains is a small network of cells called the “reticular activating system“. This reticular activating system performs the unique function of filtering incoming sensory stimuli - sight, sound, smell and touch.

This system determines which stimuli are going to make an impression in your mind.

So if you are focused on negative and unpleasant circumstances in your life, then only negative and unpleasant circumstances will make an impression in your mind.

On the other hand, if you are focused on success and opportunity, then your reticular activating system will actively seek out circumstances and stimuli to help you succeed.

The recticular activating system is truly the Guardian of Your Mind.

It records everything in your experience and it will turn your desires — or your fears — into your goals.

The great thing about the reticular activating system is that it has the power to AUTOMATICALLY drive you towards success.

If you simply focus on where you want to go instead of where you don’t, you can actually program your mind for success.

Keep in mind that your reticular activating system filters your world according to your most dominant thoughts.

What’s a great way to reprogram the guardian of your mind?

3) Meditate and visualize the tipping point.

If you’ve been a student of self improvement for as long as I have, then you already know how important meditation and visualization are for producing optimal thoughts, reducing stress, promoting health, creating abundance and achieving higher states of consciousness.

Meditation and visualization also happen to be a wonderful methods for reprogramming the guardian of your mind.

As you meditate and visualize, simply focus on your tipping point.

Ask yourself these questions…

What is the next thing I need to do?

Who do I need to contact?

Where do I need to go?

What specific thing do I need to do today to bring about my tipping point?

Focus on these questions for a full 30 minutes and your answers will come to you, maybe not right away, but soon enough.

But you must do it. Most people have the time to think about what they want, but they don’t have the time to actually do what it takes to actually bring about those desires.

You must tie your mind to these questions for the full 30 minutes, allowing nothing to stop you.

After the 30 minutes are up, just relax, detach and let your subconscious mind and reticular activating system (see #2 above) find the answers for you.

Interestingly, when your brain is forced to find answers in this manner, it oftentimes continues to work even without you.

“Act now. For now is all you have” ~ Og Mandino

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And here is one final, important point to accelerate your tipping point…

Start taking daily actions, even if they are small, in the direction of your goals.

Most people do all of the right things, like writing down their goals, visualizing, meditating, and so forth, but they fail to take the necessary steps to actually bring their goal into physical reality.

Keep in mind that focusing on your goals is focusing on the end result. There’s nothing wrong with that.

But, also keep in mind that in order to reach the end, you must first begin.

As Russell Conwell once said:

“To win, BEGIN. All winning starts with beginning. The hardest part is always the start. So a thing begun is more than half done.”

Long-term success is simply a series of short-term accomplishments.

And a series of short-term accomplishments are simply a collection of positive actions taken on a daily basis.

When all else fails, doing something on a daily basis in the direction of your goals will accelerate your tipping point faster than you may realize.

For many people, the tipping point is the missing ingredient to their success.

They may have all the desire and knowledge to succeed, but they are still shy of their goal because they have not yet reached their tipping point.

If you have an intense desire to succeed and the willingness to do what it takes to realize your goals, I urge you to discover your tipping point utilizing the 3 steps I outlined above.

Your tipping point is closer than you think. In fact, it’s there waiting for you to grab it.

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The other day while driving home from a ‘challenging’ business meeting, I heard a song on the radio which instantly took me back to another time and place.

The tune playing on the radio was my high school prom song and the moment it began, my mind shifted gears and I immediately let go of all the stress and tension I was feeling.

I started thinking about my lovely prom date and how beautiful she looked in her prom gown.

I easily recalled, with amazing clarity, the magnificent sunny day of the prom, the shiny, freshly waxed car we drove in, and especially the captivating scent of my girlfriend’s perfume.

Problems? What problems? I was in a whole new frame of mind and relishing every moment of it.

“Music has charms to soothe a savage beast.” - William Congreve

Although the event happened over 26 years ago, in my minds eye I remembered everything as if it all happened yesterday.

To say that I was overcome by strong emotional feelings, would be an understatement. That prom was one of the many wonderful experiences I had during my teenage years. It always makes me happy to think about it.

And here’s an important lesson: Success demands a high level of emotional well-being day in and day out. In order to maintain that high level, it’s critical that you leverage any success or personal accomplishment that you’ve had in the past. Think about them. Relish them. And USE those feelings as often as you can in your current undertakings.

“Your past successes — and the feelings surrounding them — are launching pads which can help blast you off into higher levels of accomplishment.”

As for me, what originally started out as a stressful and aggravating day, ended up being a day filled with peace, joy and contentment. All I did was replace my current negative mood with a positive one from my past.

I not only had a wonderfully productive day from that point on, but the feelings generated by that one song also carried me through the next few days.

And what caused this abrupt and much needed transformation in my disposition?

…The Astonishing Creative Power of Sound

And just about everyone has had a similar experience at one point or another. You hear a sound or a piece of music and instantly you can recall something that happened a long time ago.

Sometimes these memories are so vivid, you can recall particular smells (like fresh bread baking in your grandmother’s oven), specific sounds (like the rustle of leaves on a windy day) and even sensations (such as wet sand between your toes from a day at the beach or a kiss from a lover or spouse).

Some people have such vivid and intense recollections that they actually give themselves ‘goose bumps‘.

Music — and specifically sound — is an incredibly powerful and creative energy.

Sound can open up a direct channel to your powerful subconscious mind, that universal mind — the God mind — where all power dwells and where all things are possible.

If you’re not using music or sound in your daily success practice, you aren’t doing all you can to accomplish your goals.

The Ancients Knew All About The Incredible Power and Potential of Sound

Since time immemorial, mystics, priests, shamans and medicine men in many different parts of the world have used rhythm, chants and drum beats as principle tools in rituals and ceremonies to promote healing, enlist the divine help of spirits and to achieve altered states of consciousness.

Many cultures skillfully use sounds and tones in their prayers and rituals even to this day. For example…

=> A trance dance performed by the !Kung Bushmen of Africa has enormous healing power as has been documented in numerous anthropological studies.

=> The Navajo people of the American Southwest use healing rituals known as ’singings’ which they believe opens up a pathway between man and divine gods. Many miraculous healings have been reported.

=>Tibetan chanting and repeating of mantras has long been recognized as an effective aid to help facilitate altered states of consciousness during meditation.

=>The ancient Indian spiritual practice of Nada Yoga stresses inner transformation using sound and tone. This teaching tells us that there is a specific connection between sound frequencies and the individual chakras.

Clearly, sound and music was (and still is) considered a powerful force of nature…

It has an impact on our health, our emotions, our feelings, and — as we are now discovering — our state of mind.

The fact is, modern science is now confirming what the ancients knew thousands of years ago; that sound is an astonishing creative energy.

Used correctly, sound and music have the power to transform your life.

Everything in the Universe is Made up of Vibrating Energy

Everything in the universe vibrates and is made up of energy. You, me, this website, and even the thoughts you are having right now.

Sound and music are no different.

In fact, musical notes vibrate at specific cycles per second. When a note or chord is played on a guitar, for example, the corresponding energy vibrates.

This vibrating energy moves out into the surrounding environment and enters our bodies and alters our blood pressure, breathing, muscle tension and skin temperature.

Here’s the amazing thing: Besides using your ears to “hear” a piece of music, you are also experiencing it in many other ways; physically, mentally, spiritually and even unconsciously.

Music is so much more than a mere melody or song. It has creative — as well as destructive — power.

Numerous studies have shown that plants exposed to classical music actually thrive and grow faster than plants exposed to no music at all.

The same studies have also shown that plants exposed to rock and heavy metal music actually deteriorate and die rather quickly.

Even four-month-old human fetuses respond in very specific ways to sound; if exposed to loud music, their heart beat will accelerate. And just the opposite will occur when a fetus is exposed to soft, relaxing music.

The fact is, sound is an energy which we can “feel” as well as hear.

Studies Suggest That Sound Can Even Rearrange Physical Objects

The science of Cymatics, discovered by Swiss scientist Hans Jenny, is the study of wave phenomena. Cymatics visually demonstrates that sound has the power to shape matter.

Jenny’s experiments showed that fine powders, such as sand and iron filings, actually arrange themselves into intricate patterns when sound waves are aimed at them.

Scientists suggest that these changes occur through the manipulation of energy fields.

Since human beings are made up of energy too, sound has the potential to create changes in us as well.

This is perhaps one explanation for the miraculous healings which take place during the rituals and ceremonies I described earlier; certain sound frequencies have a healing effect on the body’s energy field.

“Music sets up a certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction.” - George Gershwin

How to Use Sound to Create What You Want in Life

If music can help heal your body, enhance learning and cause plants to grow faster, I believe that it also can be used to help you achieve your goals.

How?

By making “sound therapy” an integral part of your daily self-improvement practice.

Remember, in order to achieve more than the crowd, you have to think more than the crowd.

The concept is simple…

The subconscious mind controls how you react to the world. Fears, habits, desires, and personality traits all stem from associations you have in your subconscious mind.

By changing these subconscious associations and patterns, you can change the way you think and act. You can overcome all of those bad habits, emotional reactions and fears that block and sabotage your success.

You can even install new patterns and associations, like having a prosperity consciousness, a winning attitude and so forth.

And the way you can accomplish this is to use sound as part of your meditation and visualization practice.

When you meditate on your goals or visualize your success, do it with sound!

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I even recite my affirmations while particular songs play in the background.

Guess what?

After a few days, all I need to do is hear the song and I instantly think of the affirmations.

Sound is powerful stuff!

Supercharge Your Meditation and Visualization Sessions

It’s no secret that visualization and meditation are highly potent personal success tools.

Visualization — and especially meditation — provide enormous mental, physical and spiritual benefits.

The scientific research conducted over the last few decades is unquestionably clear: during meditation, a person’s mind operates at optimal efficiency.

Why not supercharge your efforts by adding music or sounds to your meditation and visualization sessions?

If you’re already listening to soothing music or sounds while you’re ‘going within’, that’s wonderful. You’re ahead of the game.

But did you know that there are certain sounds and kinds of music which are much better than others in achieving results?

Of course, millions of people listen to sounds and music each day. But do they really know how to USE it as a self-development tool?

Hardly…

In order to fully benefit from the amazing healing and creative energy inherent in sound and music, you must first learn what kind of sound and music to listen to. The fact is, not all sounds and music are good for you.

Next, you must learn how to properly “listen”.

Most people tend to use sound and music as an acoustic background. But in order to unleash sound and music’s incredible creative powers, you must listen in a focused and specific manner.

Here Are 5 Tips to Maximize Your Meditation and Visualization Sessions Using Sound:

1) The music must inspire you and evoke deep feelings. Thinking about what you want isn’t enough. You have to FEEL IT. And if you’re not feeling particularly happy or inspired one day, simply choose a piece of music that’s going to put you in the right frame of mind.

2) You must suspend any kind of intellectual activity like trying to think about the band playing the tune, what instruments are being used and so on. You have to let the music completely flow throughout your consciousness without any thinking about it on your part.

3) Music should be of high artistic quality. Keep in mind, music is energy! High quality music tends to have more positive energy while lower quality music tends to give off negative energy. Plants don’t die listening to heavy metal music for no reason. That kind of music is loaded with uninviting energy. Stay away from it for purposes of meditation. Choose peaceful and slow moving pieces instead. Leave the high octane stuff for your exercise workouts.

4) Music or sounds which incorporate brainwave synchronization technology are ideal. This includes binaural beats, isochronic and monaural tones and filtered natural sounds. These types of sounds can actually facilitate meditation and help you to achieve altered states of consciousness such as the “Theta” state, which is associated with creativity, deep meditation and access to the subconscious mind.

5) Natural sounds are excellent meditation and visualization aids. Nothing connects us to nature and life as do natural sounds such as birds, oceans, country streams, rain showers, waterfalls and so on. This is one of my personal favorites. And the great thing is that natural sounds are all around us.

Personally, I find regular music hard to focus with. Instead, I prefer to meditate using natural sounds or soundscapes.

Soundscapes are simply environmental sounds, such as ocean waves, rain, wind, waterfalls, birds, crickets and so forth.

In my opinion, there’s nothing like a natural sound environment to help deepen relaxation and prepare the subconscious mind for reprogramming.

And if you combine these kinds of sounds with powerful brainwave entrainment technology (as I discussed above), you have an incredibly effective and potent tool for creating results.

Remember, if used properly, sound can enhance your experience when you meditate or visualize.

If you aren’t using sound and music as part of your daily success practice, consider doing so…

There’s an astonishing creative energy in sound that you could be using to your advantage.

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What do you do if something you desire isn’t showing up in your life as quickly as you hoped it would?

Today, I’d like to share with you 3 of my own personal strategies for getting faster results.

Over the years, I’ve used these 3 techniques with some pretty dramatic results.

Earlier this year, when things weren’t happening as fast as I wanted, I realized I was no longer using one or more of these techniques.

As soon as I started using all 3 again, results flowed more easily to me.

Try them for yourself, they really do work….

3 TECHNIQUES TO GET FASTER RESULTS

#1 - Think Big for the Long-Term, But Think Small in the Short-Term

It’s great to have big dreams and goals, but if you’re looking for FAST results, you have to break up your goals into smaller chunks.

Sometimes it just pays to think small.

Here’s what I mean….

Long-term goals are simply a series of accomplished small-term goals.

For example, if you’re looking for the job of your dreams, getting it would be the BIG long-term goal.

But getting that perfect job, involves a series of smaller steps like putting your resume together, networking, interviewing, and so forth.

So instead of focusing solely on getting that great job, focus on the smaller parts of it first.

For example, over the next few days, focus on finding the right networking contacts.

In other words, forget thinking about the job itself. Think about the people who could introduce you to the job instead.

If you work on the smaller parts of your goal first, you’ll end up reaching the whole goal before you know it.

And this technique applies to anything: money, people, cars, houses, business and so on.

So…

Think big for the long-term, but think small in the short-term.

#2 - Let Go of Expectations

Many goal setting experts and coaches recommend setting specific goals and deadlines for their accomplishment.

While I would ordinarily agree with this strategy (it’s vital when working on certain projects, for example), oftentimes this approach doesn’t work with many people and certain goals (like finding a soul mate).

And because of the “cut and dry” nature of deadlines, it’s too easy to get discouraged once the deadline passes and you still didn’t accomplish what you set out to do.

So…let’s say that you need a certain amount of money to fund a new business, buy a new car, or just pay some bills.

Instead of focusing on the amount of money required and the specific date it’s needed, just focus on the things “behind the money“.

In other words, if you need money to pay some bills, think about the feelings of security and peace you’ll have once the bills have been paid in full.

After all, that’s really what you want anyway isn’t it?

You want the feelings associated with what you can do with the money, and not the feelings of having the money itself.

Next… do not limit yourself to specific ways the money can come to you.

Keep your mind completely open to ALL possibilities.

In fact, if you do this, you may not even get money. You may get something else that accomplishes the same exact thing as if you had the money.

In other words, you may get the things “behind the money” and not the money itself!

If you continue to hold expectations for specific sums or dates, you may completely miss out on the perfect solution to your situation.

I’m not saying you should lower your standards. Not at all.

What I am saying is that you should focus on what you really want (i.e., the thing “behind the money” ) and not on the money or material thing itself.

You’ll get much, much faster results if you do.

Sure, you may want a new Mercedes Benz S430, but what if another car or another Mercedes is better for you?

If you keep focusing on a specific car, you may not get any car at all.

Or, you may end up getting a car that is completely wrong for you (i.e., it may cost a fortune to repair, insure, maintain and so forth).

In my opinion, focusing too much on expectations is the #1 reason why so many people get let down when it comes to getting what they truly want in life.

God (and the universe) does not operate according to human timetables or standards.

So…if you’re not getting what you want as quickly as you want it, try to…

Let go of expectations

#3 - Create What You Want on The Inside First

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.

If you don’t have something in your life right now, there’s a good chance that you really don’t have it in your inner world as well.

In other words, you have to BECOME WHAT YOU WANT on the inside first before you can actually experience it in physical reality.

If you want to be rich, you have to develop a wealth consciousness first.

Every new level of experience or consciousness demands a different you.

Whether you want to be a star athlete a famous musician, or a successful businessperson, you have to experience it in your mind first.

Doing so will not only strengthen your belief and resolve, but it will also harness the incredible powers of your subconscious mind.

Before long, all of the resources, people and things you need to succeed will start appearing in your life….some things will seemingly appear out of nowhere, as if by magic.

You can certainly skip this step and still achieve your goal, but it will definitely take a lot longer.

What’s the Best Way to Create What You Want on the Inside?

Any method of prayer, meditation or visualization works great just as long as you are able to see the thing that you want …right now…as already existing in the present moment.

For me, this is THE MOST IMPORTANT step to achieving my goals.

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I’ll repeat this because it’s vitally important:

In order to get what you want in the physical world, it’s important to create it first in your inner world.

And the best way to accomplish this is through prayer, meditation and visualization.

If you do this on a consistent basis, you will speed up your results.

So, there you have it. 3 techniques for getting faster results.

Keep in mind that these 3 techniques must be used together in order to get the fastest results possible.

You can still achieve results if you don’t use them all, but personally, I’ve gotten the fastest …and best results… using all three.

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I’m writing today from the beaches of Salvo, North Carolina.

Salvo is a coastal town in the Outer Banks of North Carolina; a 200 mile stretch of barrier islands off the Eastern coast of the United States.

I’m here for a much needed, week-long vacation.

Salvo is about a half hour away from the town of Kitty Hawk; the place where the Wright brothers made history by building and flying the first airplane.

That first flight, as you know, forever made the world a smaller place.

As I stood at the spot where the Wright brothers took their first flight, I was deeply inspired. For a brief moment, I imagined that fateful day back in 1903 when the whole world changed forever.

“The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together.” - Bill Gates

Orville and Wilbur Wright made more advances in aviation from 1900 to 1903 than all of the rest of mankind since the beginning of time.

Yet before they took that first flight, the Wright brothers had to endure ridicule, pessimism and doubt from those who said it coud not be done.

I’m glad they didn’t listen and instead followed their dream and passion.

I’m sure you are too.

Although people have dreamed about flying for thousands of years, the Wright brothers actually did it.

And the world will never again be the same because of it.

It all started with a simple idea, a vision and the courage and perseverance to make it happen.

So, my questions to you today are…

What have you been thinking about doing but keep putting off?

Who’s been talking you out of your dreams?

Why have you been listening to them?

Are you letting that little negative voice inside of your head talk you out of your plans?

Are you listening to the doubters and naysayers instead of following your heart?

Please keep this in mind…

No one ever built a monument to a cynic, a doubter or a critic.

As the Roman poet Virgil said over 2,000 years ago:

“Fortune favors the bold.”

And that wise advise is as important today as it has ever been.

Success and wealth always flows to those who are willing to step aside from the crowd and follow their own path.

The Wright brothers didn’t think about changing the whole world. If they did, they may have never accomplished what they did.

Instead, they just thought about flying. They followed their dreams and took action.

They refused to listen to the critics and naysers and as a result, they made the impossible possible.

And in case you think the Wright brothers were prodigies or something special, consider these facts:

1. They didn’t graduate high school.

2. They had no formal training in aviation or engineering; they were self taught.

3. They were bicycle shop owners.

4. They lacked funding for their project.

5. They did not have the latest technology.

6. They lacked support.

They just believed….and that was enough!

So, listen up…

It’s time to fly.

Whatever it is that you’ve been planning on doing or acheiving, it’s time to get it going.

You may not change the whole world as the Wright brothers did.

But then again, you just might.

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Are you dissatisfied with the way certain things are going in your life?

Is your income not what you had hoped it would be?

Does your job leave you feeling unfulfilled?

Are you facing a personal crisis or relationship problem?

Relax …

Whatever problems you face, they are opportunities in disguise.

I repeat…

Your problems are opportunities in disguise.

So take a deep breath and get ready to unmask the GREATNESS hiding inside of you.

Problems are as vital to your life as the air you breathe and the food and water you need to stay alive.

Nature’s purpose for giving you problems is not to torment you, but to force you to grow.

Tough problems build strong, successful [and rich] people, while easy problems make people soft, lazy and mediocre.

“I expect, even look for obstacles and problems, knowing they are not interruptions of normal life. THEY ARE NORMAL LIFE. Life’s greatest game is licking obstacles.” - Frank Tibolt

I pity the person who has no problems in life.

They may be alive, but they’re just half awake as far as I’m concerned.

Problems make people strong as steel.

Before steel acquires it’s strength, toughness and durability, it must undergo extreme temperatures.

“The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire” - John N. Mitchell

The high heat also makes the steel malleable. Once it’s malleable, it can be molded into a specific shape for a particular job or purpose.

Problems are to people as fire is to steel.

Problems Create Opportunities …and Wealth

Look at the world around you. Just about every invention or discovery solves some type of problem.

Take for example, billionaire inventor James Sorenson. During his lifetime he held over 40 patents.

His most famous invention, the disposable surgical mask, came about after he observed surgeons reusing cloth masks.

The practice of reusing the cloth masks was unsanitary and it increased the chance of spreading germs and infection.

But instead of focusing on the problem, Sorenson focused on the opportunity.

His personal mantra was: “How can I find a better way?”

And that one simple question asked over and over again, made him a billionaire.

It All Depends On What You’re Focusing On

As I look back over my own life, my greatest achievements have always come right after I faced a big and challenging problem.

If you look back at your own life, you’ll see that this is true for you as well.

Unfortunately, most people don’t see their problems as opportunities in disguise.

Instead, they dwell on the negative aspects of the problem and completely ignore the opportunities the problem presents.

By focusing only on what is wrong in your life you will only see what is wrong.

“Problems are the price of progress: Don’t bring me anything but trouble - good news weakens me.” - Charles F. Kettering

Before I learned to view my problems as opportunities, I was prone to negative thinking in a big way.

I’d complain about how bad things were going. I’d blame people and circumstances for my bad luck.

I’d often wake up feeling depressed and miserable and those feelings would spill over into all areas of my life.

I was caught in a vicious cycle of negative thinking.

And guess what?

I’d always end up getting more of the same.

It wasn’t until I changed my focus that my problems became my strongest allies.

Instead of thinking about the bad that happened, I started to think about the good that CAN HAPPEN.

And all you need to do to start profiting from your problems is to start asking the right questions.

Ask yourself, “What did I forget, neglect or foul up? What specific steps can I take to prevent these foul ups in the future? What can I do to improve on today’s work? - Frank Tibolt

5 Steps to Unmasking the Opportunities Hidden in Your Problems

1) Start by creating a shift in your thinking.

It’s o.k. to be frustrated and disappointed with something not going your way …for a short while at least.

Being temporarily dissatisfied and unhappy about something will create the impetus you need to start unmasking an opportunity.

Get the negative feelings out of the way as quickly as possible, then get busy focusing on opportunities and solutions.

Once you begin to focus on solutions and answers, you will create an important shift in your thinking. This shift will help change your mentality from victim to victor.

And that’s an important shift many people take a long, long time to realize, if they even realize it at all.

But once that shift occurs, powerful changes will begin to take place.

Your new thinking will permeate your subconscious mind and you will begin to see opportunities all around you.

Ever think about a certain kind of car and all of a sudden you start seeing it everywhere? The cars were there all along. You just never noticed them because you simply weren’t focusing on them.

Once you begin focusing on possible solutions and opportunities, you will literally begin to ’see’ them everywhere. You will begin to attract all of the information, people and opportunities you need to succeed.

What’s the best way to realize specific opportunities and solutions?

2) Focus on the lessons and learnings.

Ask yourself, what is this situation or problem trying to teach me? What lesson can I learn from my predicament?

If you’re not happy with your current job, for example, consider the reason or reasons why?

Ask yourself, what is my dissatisfaction trying to teach me? Is it time for me to move on? Do I need to be doing something more challenging or rewarding?

It’s important to focus on the lessons of the situation and not on the negative feelings.

Remember, what you focus on expands.

Focus on the lessons and learnings in all problematic situations and you’ll be profiting from your circumstances in no time.

Here’s a great way to come up with a specific action plan for turning a problem into an opportunity…

3) Write an article about the solution to your problem.

Francis Bacon said:

“Reading maketh a full man; speech a ready man; and writing an exact man”.

Language is one of the great differences between lower animals and man. And writing is the highest form of language.

In fact, writing forces us to think. It has ten times the power to force us to concentrate and think accurately, exactly, and meaningfully as mere talking or silent pondering.

So, brainstorm a list of solutions to your problem and then write an article about how to solve it.

Many executives and successful people use this powerful method of writing to solve difficult problems. Try it. It really works.

4) Have faith that an answer to your problem exists.

Believing that you can solve a problem is vital to actually solving it!

In fact, belief or non-belief in a thing, whatever it might be, is THE determining factor as to whether you are able to accomplish a thing or not.

So it’s really important to firmly believe in your ability to solve a problem.

Belief will give you the ‘I can win’ attitude that will generate the enthusiasm, power, skill and energy needed to solve your dilemma.

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” - Mahatma Gandhi

If you study successful people, you’ll notice that most of them are simply ordinary people who have developed tremendous belief in themselves.

When you believe that you can do something, your subconscious mind will automatically search for the means necessary to help you achieve your desires.

And whatever you do…

5) Don’t get discouraged if your opportunity doesn’t show up right away.

Even if things don’t look like they’re going exactly the way you intended, trust that there’s a reason for it.

Your problem may be preparing you for an amazing opportunity or set of circumstances that you just can’t see at the moment.

God oftentimes works in mysterious ways and He has a plan for every single one of us. You just might not be privy to it yet.

Many times I am amazed how circumstances work out. And I often don’t see how it will turn out until the end. Then I’ll look back and be completely in awe at how well everything fell into place.

Consider the story of my good friend Ivan Zitek of Ontario, Canada.

Back in the early 70’s, Ivan made the decision to flee his birthplace of communist Yugoslavia.

In search of a better life, he planned his escape.

After nearly reaching the Austrian border (and his freedom) Ivan was captured, beaten and thrown in jail.

But he never gave up…

After being released from prison, he went home and tried to escape again …the very next day.

And this time he was successful. Eventually he made it across the Atlantic to Canada.

In Canada, he was able to start a completely new life.

He eventually started his own business, raised a family and did things he could never dream of doing in his former homeland of Yugoslavia.

But one day, things took a turn for the worse.

While driving to work one morning, his vehicle was struck by a huge construction crane.

When he woke up in the hospital some time later, he realized that he had been severely injured.

The doctors told him that he would need at least 6 months to recuperate. That meant he wasn’t able to do any physical labor whatsoever - including working in his construction business.

As you can imagine, the news left him feeling depressed and nearly hopeless. He immediately thought about how was going to support his wife and small children.

Then he shifted his thinking and got an idea…

He began to frequent garage sales and started to buy and sell merchandise to generate income. It wasn’t the income he was used to, but eventually was able to generate enough income to live on.

And then — out of the blue — opportunity came knocking.

At one of those garage sales, he discovered a book called A Touch of Greatness which changed the course of his entire life from that point on.

That book led to a friendship with its author Frank Tibolt and eventually to an improbable opportunity to acquire the rights to this inspirational classic.

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I recently interviewed Ivan and you can hear his amazing story for yourself. In addition, you’ll hear how the law of attraction played a significant role in how MindStudio got the rights to publish A Touch of Greatness. I assure you; the story is amazing. If you have the time, I urge you to listen to it.

To listen to “The Amazing Story of A Touch of Greatness” please click on this link.

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So you see, what may first appear as a stretch of bad luck and misfortune could easily end up being one of the greatest things that ever happened to you…as it did in Ivan Zitek’s case.

You just have to shift your thinking and start focusing on the possibilities your problem presents.

When you do this, you’ll begin seeding your powerful subconscious with new thoughts and ideas.

And eventually, these seeds will sprout and lead you to the people, places and circumstances needed to change your whole life around.

So relax …your problems are opportunities in disguise. Start unmasking them today.

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Although there are many things in life which we don’t have direct power over, like wars, natural disasters, taxes and governments…

We do possess one of the greatest and most astonishing powers of all…

The Power to BE

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - John Lubbock

Simply put, the power to be is influence and mastery over one’s self.

It is one of the most POWERFUL FORCES in the Universe. It determines your fate, fortune and destiny.

And of all God’s creatures, Man is the only one who has this extraordinary power and gift.

You can use it to change from creature of circumstance to MASTER of circumstance.

The power to be can just as easily create a life of struggle and strain, as one of abundance and prosperity.

How you decide to use it is entirely up to you.

Sadly, most people give away this awesome power every single day. They let others dictate their path in life and they let less-than-perfect situations get the best of them.

If your life isn’t exactly the way you want it to be right now, take heart…

All it takes to create positive change in your life is to call upon your Power to BE! It’s something you can start doing in the next few minutes!

“We are what we believe we are.” - Benjamin Cardozo

Regardless of what perils and challenges you face — hurricanes, earthquakes, financial ruin, unemployment, rogue governments, sickness and more — as long as you are still breathing, you have the awesome Power to BE be at your disposal.

The reality is this: Everyone goes through trials and tribulations in his or her life. No one is immune. There are very few people (if any) who are born into perfect families and circumstances. Regardless of how we start out in life, we ALL face challenges and struggles along the way.

That’s the way life is. Accept it and your problem is half solved.

“Our lives are never certain, even for an hour.” - Ferrant Sanchez Calavera

Whenever I face a challenge in life, I always consider the accomplishments of others less fortunate than myself.

For example…

On June 27th 1880, a healthy baby girl was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. However, a subsequent illness left her deaf and blind before her second birthday. She spent the first years of her life in virtual isolation, cut off from the rest of the world and having little understanding of what was going on around her.

Yet despite having a double disability, Helen Keller went on to live a life of extraordinary achievement and service to others.

She learned Braille and used it to read not only English but also French, German, Greek and Latin. At the age of 24, she was the first deaf and blind person in history to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree after graduating college Magna cum Laude.

She became a prolific writer and a world-famous speaker. She campaigned for various progressive causes, such as women’s suffrage, workers’ rights and birth control.

She revolutionized people’s outlook on disability and revealed the amazing potential of the human being.

Amazingly, each time I think about Helen Keller (and others like her), my problems disappear.

Most people start out life in much better shape than Helen Keller did.

Yet despite the obvious advantages, many give their power away and as a result, never get to experience the incredible possibilities which lie just within their reach.

“To be thrown upon one’s own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune, for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.” - Benjamin Franklin

Your life is a direct result of the choices you have made in the past. And the choices you make today – even right now at this very moment — will determine how you’ll live your life tomorrow.

You can’t control everything, but you can control much.

If you want to see a change in your life, you have to first change something in your life, right now, today. You have to start using THE POWER TO BE.

If a deaf and blind woman like Helen Keller can rise to GREATNESS from the ashes of defeat, so can you.

How Can I Start Using The Power to BE?

Millions have changed themselves from weak to strong, from cowards to heroes, from lazy to ambitious, from sinners to benefactors, from useless to helpful, from poor to rich.

How?

By simply changing their thoughts, attitudes and actions and by focusing on what they want to BE.

In his fantastic book A Happy Pocket Full of Money, author David Cameron Gikandi explains the power to be extremely well (he calls it ‘Being’) .

He writes:

The fastest way to create is to simply be, right now, whatever you wish to create. Then do not negate it by thought. Do not think about it. Just be. All your thoughts, words and actions after that should then be of that new state you chose to be. If you are not wealthy and you wish to become wealthy, just decide right now, to be wealthy from this moment of Now. Do not then start to think about it, just choose to be. From then on, all your thoughts, words and actions should be of a wealthy person. In Ultimate Reality, this is not a lie to you. You are actually all things anyway, even though you may be experiencing small sections of the all. By choosing to be something else, you cause your environment and circumstances to shift to experience the new state.”

Do you think this is some far-out, new age philosophy?

Think again….

Your attitude and the way you think has a lot to do with how successful you’ll ultimately become in life. Some say, it has EVERYTHING to do with it.

And quantum physics is now showing us that all possibilities can in fact exist in ultimate reality, the moment of now.

Your thoughts are powerhouses for either success or failure depending on whether they are positive or negative.

T. Harv Eker, in his book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, states this key success principle as follows:

Thoughts lead to feelings.
Feelings lead to actions.
Actions lead to results.

This is one of the most simple and accurate depictions of success I have ever read.

Of course, it is all easier said than done, but here again, if you want to have a life better than the rest, it’s time to start ‘being’ different than the rest.

And being different than the rest includes doing a few extra, simple things most people don’t want to do, don’t have time to do, or simply couldn’t be bothered with (i.e., the 1% difference).

Here are some more great ways to harness the power to be (You probably have seen many of these things before. They work. Are you doing them?)

1. Auto suggestions … telling yourself, aloud if alone, in positive tones that you will realize your goal. Still better, telling yourself that you are already realizing it.

2. Visualizing, seeing it mentally as realized.

3. Every evening reading the list of all the rich, rewards of your goal.

4. Meditation and affirmations.

5. Talking to people in fields of your interest.

6. Reading trade journals and magazines about your goal.

7. Reading success books, articles and stories about people in your field of interest.

8. Listening to lectures and CD’s on success.

9. Associating with successful people.

10. Taking courses and seminars to improve yourself or your skills.

The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought. - James Allen, author of “As a Man Thinketh”

Every successful man and woman exercises the power to be whether they realize it or not. They do not let situations or circumstances decide who or what they will become. They decide. They choose.

You have a great power within you. It is the power to BE.

How you use it and what becomes of your life is entirely up to you.

Once you realize that no one or nothing else has direct power over you, a whole new world of opportunity will begin to emerge.

You can then create a life of opportunity and greatness just as easily as you can create one of mediocrity and despair.

Which will you choose?

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What a difference an idea makes!

In his book, Brainstorming: How to Create Successful Ideas, Professor Charles Clark writes:

“You will see the difference an idea makes in the men and women who move ahead. You will see it in the products which make sales records. You will see it in the business which prospers. You will see it in the profit and loss statements, on the stock exchange, in the delicatessen which closes, in the headlines. You will see it in your home and other homes, in the family which does things, in your church and lodge, in your political party, in your government. The one quality which turns the ordinary into the extraordinary is ideas.”

And here is the great news…

Whatever challenges you currently face …money, marital, spiritual, occupational, business, personal….the solution — in the form of an idea — already exists.

You simply aren’t aware of it yet.

The question is not, ‘Is there a way out of my predicament?”, but rather…

“When my solution comes, will I be prepared to receive it?”

I believe — as do many others — that all possible outcomes exist right now, simultaneously, in the present moment.

Quantum physics even has a mind-blowing theory about it called the ‘many-worlds interpretation‘.

This concept, by the way, is hardly new.

For centuries, wise men and sages, have been teaching this very same notion.

But even more important than knowing your solution already exists, is recognizing that when it does indeed come, it will most likely come…and go…like ‘thief in the night‘.

And unless you’re prepared to ‘capture’ your solution before it gets away, you may be needlessly prolonging a difficult situation.

For many people, their success arrives nearly every day in what appears to be a series of random thoughts and ideas.

I like to call them ‘idea bursts‘.

The good news is that we all have them.

The bad news is that most of us let them get away.

Why?

Because when these ideas and thoughts arrive, they tend to come at a time when we are NOT in a position to capture them. As a result, we inadvertently allow them to take wings and fly away.

For example, it’s no accident that people get their best ideas and solutions while they are on vacation, in the shower, or while driving in their cars.

Early morning before fully awake and just before drifting off to sleep are also times when ideas seem to abundantly flow …and easily escape.

Ideas, solutions, inspiration –and even great insight– are free to flow during these times because our conscious mind is relaxed and free of resistance.

Unfortunately, only a small number of people actually do what it takes to capture ideas from this endless stream of immense wisdom and opportunity.

If you’ve been reading my blog posts over the past month or so, you’ll know that I’ve been referring to a success factor called the 1% difference.

Here it is again: The difference between success and mediocrity, between winners and losers, is oftentimes just a 1% difference.

As Andrew Carniege once said:

“You don’t need to know many things to succeed and get rich, IF you know the few things that are important.”

After it is all said and done, success is just a series of simple things most people won’t do, don’t like to do, or can’t find the time to do.

And by not doing these things, success won’t happen …period.

It really IS that simple.

You don’t need to be a genius to become wealthy or successful, you just have to commit to doing a few, simple things on a consistent basis.

It’s the 1% difference. And it’s the difference between a life of GREATNESS and one of constant struggle and mediocrity.

So, are you ready for today’s simple, MILLION DOLLAR TIP…..a tip which has turned more ‘little shots’ into ‘BIG SHOTS’, than any high-priced motivational seminar or trendy ’secret’ of success?

Here it is…

Be prepared at all times to write down passing thoughts, ideas and concepts.

This tip is so deceptively simple, yet so incredibly powerful, that most people mistakenly brush it aside.

Yet this humble little tip is responsible for creating so much more wealth and worldly magnificence than all other success ’secrets’ …combined.

Capturing Ideas - Your Secret Weapon to Unlimited Wealth

In my over 20 years as a business adviser, I never met one successful business owner who did NOT have the habit of carrying around a notepad or notebook with him or her at all times to write down passing ideas, thoughts, concepts and plans.

It’s no accident that many successful people carry around notepads.

Don’t believe me?

Let’s see what a few famous successful and wealthy people think about the idea…

Aristotle Onasis, legendary Greek shipping tycoon, (he at one time owned over 200 companies) said:

“Always carry a notebook. Write everything down. When you have an idea, write it down. When you meet someone new, write down everything you know about them. That way you will know how much time they are worth. When you hear something interesting, write it down. Writing it down will make you act upon it. If you don’t write it down you will forget it. THAT is a million dollar lesson they don’t teach you in business school!”

Sir Richard Branson, English billionaire best known for his Virgin brand, prefers to conduct his business the same way he’s done it since the beginning; by writing all of his ideas in a notebook.

Branson says:

“I can’t believe when I see people not writing things down. You know they’re not going to remember everything.”

Branson now has a collection of over 125 black ledger notebooks that he’s written in over the years.

Think about this: Those notebooks probably cost him under $3 each, yet they’ve undoubtedly helped him to create billions.

Do not overlook the fact that the simplest ideas are often the greatest in getting results.

Use What Works Best for YOU

You don’t really need to carry around a notebook or notepad. You simply use what works best for you.

In addition to ‘writing pads’ (which I leave all over the place in my home and office), I also like to use a pocket device called the Voice Zone digital recorder (pictured at right).

It’s nothing fancy really (I’m sure there are much better ones), but it’s convenient — especially while driving — and much quicker than writing.

I take it with me everywhere because you just never know when a profitable idea is going to pop up out of nowhere.

This little device (which cost about $30) has already paid for itself hundreds of times over.

I no longer read books without taking notes.

Most people read a book and then say “Yeah, what a great book. Lots of really great ideas in there.”

But then after a week, the book and everything in it is forgotten.

Unless you take notes while reading your favorite books, how are you supposed to remember, much less implement, any of the ideas you’ve read?

If you are serious about success, it’s time to be different…

Take notes if you like the ideas in a book you’re reading.

In fact, jot down great ideas, bits of information, names, words, slogans, websites and so on at every opportunity…when you’re watching TV, listening to the radio, working out at the gym, and so forth.

As I said earlier, when those ideas and pieces of information come, they’ll come fast and furious.

And they’ll leave just as quickly.

Make sure you are ready to capture them.

The difference could mark the turning point in your life as it has done for so many others. It may even make you rich.

So, what are you waiting for?

Why not use this silent partner, this secret weapon to unlimited success?


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“It has been said that true genius is the ability to recognize the profound truth amidst the plethora of useless facts. “A Touch of Greatness” is a book that, despite the utter simplicity of the premises within, exposes and illuminates truth: the real truth behind what it takes to become successful. To become “great”. I found myself saying, “I know this already” upon reading “A Touch of Greatness”. That was the easy part…

The challenge was to admit that I wasn’t applying what I knew. The serendipitous bonuses came in the many truths I was unaware of. Truth delivered in simple quotes; some of which changed the way I ran my business immediately and increased my profits as a result. Others which inspired me to take actions in my personal life to achieve greater happiness. I began to earmark all the pages I highlighted.

Upon re-reading, I found that I highlighted 90% of the things I already knew but simply was not doing. The other 10%? — hidden gold. All of this from a book based on two simple success principles that have stood the test of time! I highly recommend “A Touch of Greatness” to anyone who is humble enough to learn from simplicity and willing to put that knowledge into action. Do this, and you too can achieve a touch of greatness.”

— Jon Benson, Creator, “Fit Over 40”
www.fitover40.com

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When it comes to the state of the economy, do NOT listen to pundits or your average TV news show.

These people, and the organizations behind them, make money and get high ratings by ’selling’ you BAD NEWS.

And whatever you do….Don’t listen to ‘them”!
For example, this morning I turned on the TV (to listen to a music channel while getting ready for work) and I accidentally landed on a major cable TV news station.

I could NOT believe my ears….

Some so-called ‘experts’ are comparing the current U.S and world economy to the Great Depression of the 1920’s.

Wow!

Maybe I should have stayed in bed!? (…not!)

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Unfortunately, this type of limited and scarcity thinking will give MILLIONS of people the excuse to do …NOTHING.

For many, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The bad news will permeate their subconscious mind and cause them to ’see’ limitation instead of POSSIBILITY.

I am NOT at all a wishful thinker.

I’m a REALIST (I also have over 20 years of experience handling other people’s money, investments and finances as a CPA. I think I know a thing or two about money).

And the reality is that, yes…there ARE indeed some economic challenges that we’ve ALL had to deal with recently.

Gas and food prices are at all-time record highs…

That’s a FACT…

Many people (myself included) have had to deal with their fair share of “money storms” this past year…

We ALL go through it at one point or another…

It’s part of the natural cycle of things.

But here are some more FACTS….

=> There is more wealth being created today than at any other time in history.

=> There will be THOUSANDS more millionaires today than there were yesterday (there were one million new millionaires created in the U.S. alone in the year 2000!)

=> Thousands of people around the world will DOUBLE their income just in the next hour alone!

=> The Internet has opened up the world to a whole new realm of possibilities. Ordinary citizens can now turn hobbies and side businesses into lucrative money-making ventures like never before. And sell their products and services to a global market to boot!

I could go on and on….

It all depends on where you’d like to focus your attention.

Looking for bad news? You’ll find plenty…

Looking for good news? It’s there as well….although you won’t find much of it on the major news networks.

I rarely watch the news anymore.

Instead, I prefer to fill my mind with positive thoughts and music before I start my day.

A wholesome breakfast for the mind is just as important as the one you feed your body.

You have a choice.

Reach for GOOD NEWS at every opportunity.

I talked about a great way to start your day in this blog post.

After nearly 40 years of battling my own mind and its negative thinking, I’ve now reached a point where I am extremely sensitive to negative news of any kind.

I simply REFUSE to listen to it.

I recommend you do the same.

It’s POISON.

I’m not saying you should go about your day wearing rose-colored glasses.

But what I am saying is to refrain from ingesting the kind of news you always hear on the 6 o’clock news.

You know the kind I’m talking about…

Most people, through no fault of their own, are ADDICTED to doom and gloom news. I know I was.

It’s hard to avoid, since it’s fed to us every single day by the media.

Will you be like the rest of the crowd?

Or will you heed the wisdom of Harvard University’s 23rd president, Dr James Conant when he said…

“You’ll never achieve more than the crowd until you think more than the crowd”.

Crisis or Opportunity?

If you’d like to finally put an end to the economic scarcity debate, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND a book written by world-renowned economist and presidential adviser Paul Zane Pilzer.

His book, The Next Millionaires, is written in simple, easy-to-understand language and it will dispel many of the economic myths and realities permeated by the major news media.

He writes:

“We will never run out of resources, because we always invent new ones. Ever since our earliest ancestors’ days as hunter-gatherers, when we roamed from place to place every time we exhausted our immediate food supply, we have always been ‘running out’ of resources. Yet every time we reach the limits on one resource, we use our human ingenuity to invent a new and better one.”

There really ARE no limits.

Possibilities are endless and everywhere…oftentimes right under our own noses.

Think!

What can you do today, better and more profitably than yesterday?

All it takes is one simple idea to transform scarcity into abundance.

Think!

And whatever you do …Please don’t listen to them!


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This is one of my favorite stories of all time.

In case you don’t know it, The Parable of the Talents is from The Gospel of Matthew (25:14-30).

Here is the full King James version:

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

I believe this story gives us a fantastic clue about one of THE GREATEST OF ALL UNIVERSAL LAWS (and no, it’s NOT Positive Thinking, or the Law of Attraction).

This LAW tells us in simple and unequivocal terms how to achieve immense wealth and success in life.

It is so obvious and simple, that most people mistakenly ignore it.

In fact, most people are like the servant who received one talent, but buried it in the ground.

As you probably know, ever since The Secret introduced the Law of Attraction to the masses, millions of people around the world have been trying to use it to attract more money, success, and happiness.

Unfortunately, many people aren’t getting the results they expected.

Many have given up on The Secret entirely, claiming that it just doesn’t work.

Well, the truth is The Secret most certainly works.

In fact, The Secret is at work ALL of the time, whether you realize it or not.

The problem with The Secret is that it is only a two-legged stool, so to speak.

Obviously, without the third leg, the stool will never support you.

Likewise, if you are relying solely on the methods contained in The Secret to bring you what you want in life, then you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

…JUST LIKE THE SERVANT WHO BURIED HIS TALENT!!!!

Here’s why…

If you’ve been a student of POSITIVE THINKING and the LAW OF ATTRACTION for as long as I have, then you already know that nothing begins without a thought.

Your thoughts — and the energy and emotions you put behind them — are the building blocks to all success.

Unfortunately, what most POSITIVE THINKING and LAW OF ATTRACTION systems and books don’t tell you is that your thoughts — and the way you ‘feel’ about them — are only small pieces to the success puzzle.

In fact, if you use POSITIVE THINKING and the LAW OF ATTRACTION the wrong way (which most people do anyway) — you could inadvertently sabotage yourself and end up worse off than when you first started.

The bottom line is this: In order for your desires to begin appearing in your life right now — on the physical plane — you need to learn how to effectively use NATURE’S GREATEST LAW (and no — It’s NOT the Law of Attraction or Positive Thinking)…

Because of my background (I’m a CPA and business advisor), I’m no stranger to money and finances.

In the over 20 years I’ve been in business, I’ve had the privilege of knowing some incredibly wealthy and influential people.

I can tell you from experience that it doesn’t take exceptional talent or brains to become rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams.

Instead, what I found is that rich and successful people THINK and DO certain things which virtually GUARANTEES their success.

The only difference between you and someone who is worth MILLIONS of dollars is that they are doing a few things that you aren’t.

I call it THE 1% DIFFERENCE.

And I just recently discussed it in THIS blog post and THIS one.

And the beauty is ANYONE can do these things — EVEN YOU!

It’s not that you don’t “KNOW ENOUGH”; it’s that you are not “DOING ENOUGH.”

The concept is actually quite simple…

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET RICH; YOU JUST HAVE TO DO WHAT WORKS

Wise old Andrew Carnegie, multi-millionaire philanthropist, and builder of men (he created 43 millionaires) said:

“You don’t need to know many things to succeed and get rich, if you know the few things that are important.”

SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RICH AND SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO, THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON WON’T DO OR COULDN’T BE BOTHERED WITH?

First and most importantly, most rich people know all about NATURE’S GREATEST AND CHANGELESS LAW.

They know that you cannot go against this law to create money.

They know that money and success are merely “echoes” of something more profound and soul-stirring.

Henry Ford once said:

“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”

And herein lies the key….

So please listen closely — This is one of those simple things rich and successful people know and understand that the average person mistakenly doesn’t seem to be too concerned about. And without it, success won’t happen…period.

All great accomplishments and successes are a result of being in harmony with NATURE’S GREATEST AND CHANGELESS LAW.

Yet sadly, most of the Self-Help and Law of Attraction books and products on the market today are woefully deficient in this — the REAL SECRET — to having all the money, power and success you could ever imagine.

The fact is, many of these ‘well-meaning’ books, courses and coaching programs, inadvertently try to get you to ‘break nature’s laws‘.

Unfortunately, you can NOT break nature’s laws.

If you try, she will break YOU …as she has done so many times in the past to so many people looking for a quick