Hi Readers!
I know there haven't been a lot of new posts lately but that's because I've been hard at work on getting my two new websites up. If you enjoy my current blog then I know you're going to love these new sites. One of the sites is an extension of this blog and will feature more functionality and organization. The other deals entirely with the Law of Attraction. I plan to have both up and running by Friday.
I also have a great writing on the way that will help you with your visualizing and attracting so look forward to that! Until then!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Take Action NOW!!!
“I’ve heard of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. But I’ve never heard of Someday.” – Reverend Ike
“People are always trying to put off until tomorrow what they could be doing today”. – Russell Simmons.
The previous two quotes were taken from Russell Simmons’ new book Do You! And I think they perfectly illustrate the focus of this writing which is to take action NOW!
So many people have great goals, dreams, and intentions but aren’t doing anything to fulfill them. “After my kids go to school…” “When my check comes in…” “When I get that job...” “When I hear from that client” “When I am in better shape…” “Someday I’ll get my nose done” “I’ve been thinking about doing…” The list goes on and on.
I think there are three main reasons why people don’t take the action they should to produce the results they would like: 1) Fear 2) Uncertainty 3) Ignorance & 4) Laziness. Let’s explore these four.
1. Fear
I think the most prevalent reason people don’t take action to realize their ideal life is simply do to fear. As Susan Jeffers, author of the bestselling book Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway likes to say, fear is simply “False Evidence Appearing REAL”. Many people allow FEAR “False Evidence Appearing REAL” to stop them before they even get into the game: “What if she says no to me asking her out?” “What if my manager doesn’t give me the raise?” “What if he doesn’t like me?” “What if I mess up on my speech?” “What if I fail my test?” Just imagine for a second if she did say YES! If your manager WOULD give you that raise, if you DID do great on your speech and you DO pass your test. The fact of the matter is that you won’t know unless you TRY!
Let’s look at FEAR again “False Evidence Appearing REAL”. Unless you are a fortune-teller, you don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. If you’re allowing fear to run you, then you’re looking at the future from a negative perspective. The reality is that you don’t know what’s going to happen. Things might turn out much better then you could have ever thought or planned. As Dr. Fleet of the Concept-Therapy Institute says in his book Rays of the Dawn: “Fear is the antithesis of faith. It is based on a lack of confidence or an apprehension of danger, unhappiness, doubt, anxiety, worry, dread, hatred, anger, horror, fright, shock, terror.”
“Fear is a destructive emotion. Anyone who suffers from it should know and comply with the laws governing fear:
1. Find out what it is that causes you to fear
2. Eliminate the fear through intelligent action
3. If it is not within your power to eliminate the fear, then consult someone who has a made a study of the human mind. Present your case to the doctor, or mental healer, who in turn will analyze this fear. Then, using your intelligence and willpower, eliminate the fear.
4. Do not fear anything needlessly. Analyze your fears in the light of truth, and you will find that there is, in reality, nothing worthy of being feared”
Let’s try an example of this. Let’s say you’re someone who has a fear of talking to women. You’re worried that when you talk to women they might reject you so instead of talking to them, you simply leave them alone. This fear is causing havoc with your life as you don’t have the proper relationships or the normal sex life you desire.
So, what can we do? First, “Find out what it is that causes you to fear”. In the previous case it would be talking to women. Second, “Eliminate the fear through intelligent action”. Intelligent action could be; signing up for a course on how to meet women, taking speech classes to get better at speaking, purchasing a book on the art of pick-up and/or seduction, practicing making small-talk with women you see while out, and having your friends introduce you to their women friends.
If your fear is so big that you can’t do any of those steps, then I would say you go to step 3 of the laws governing fear; “If it is not within your power to eliminate the fear, then consult someone who has a made a study of the human mind. Present your case to the doctor, or mental healer, who in turn will analyze this fear. Then, using your intelligence and willpower, eliminate the fear.” You can get the number of a good therapist or hypnotist and find out what the root cause of this fear is. Once you know it, the two of you can come up with a logical plan to eliminate it.
Lastly, “Do not fear anything needlessly. Analyze your fears in the light of truth, and you will find that there is, in reality, nothing worthy of being feared.” This quote is so true. You are one with the Divine. One with this great all-pervading power that rules, governs, and flows throughout the universe. What problem could be so big that you could not solve it? Apply some reason and faith to your problems and you’ll see that there really is nothing worthy of being feared. In fact, most of the time your problems are blessings in disguise. They’re showing you what areas you need to improve upon so that you could lead a better life.
2. Uncertainty
A lot of times there will be people who are willing to take action but often don’t know exactly what it is they should be doing. One of the easiest ways to get over this hurdle is to develop a strong image of what you would like to be doing. This image will give you the direction and motivation you need to get started. Also, a strong image will give you the drive and determination to see your image through to the end, even when bumps and hurdles come up along the way.
Two examples I like to use for this are: 1) Imagine if I gave you a magic wand and you were living your ideal life right now, what would you be doing? That simple question usually allows people to completely express themselves. Everyone on some level has an idea as to what they should be doing. This simple question releases any type of restrictions a person might have. For instance many people are not in their ideal jobs because they are busy doing something that they think they should be doing instead of something they want to do. This simple question allows them to really free themselves up to get to the core of what they want to do.
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2) I oftentimes tell people to write out: “I am so happy and grateful” and to keep writing whatever comes out for their ideal life. This natural process of writing allows their true desires to come out. It stops the conscious part of their mind from filtering out their true real desires that are right below the conscious surface.
In my opinion, developing a strong image is the first thing someone should do when they want to get into shape. By developing a STRONG image of what they would like to look and FEEL like, this image will give them the inspiration to go about creating their perfect body. Also, on those days when they might be feeling down or unmotivated, all they have to do is turn to their perfect image for motivation.
For people reading this who might be suffering from depression, a strong self-image is one of the best ways to start feeling good again. The image of a person’s perfect life will give the imager faith and hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. It will also give them a direction to head in which will take their negative energy that was once flowing destructively inward and have it flowing constructively outward.
3. Ignorance
Sometimes people know what they want to do but just aren’t sure how to do it. For instance let’s say you wanted to become really good at karate but have never done karate before. You could read a book on karate, attend a karate class or seminar, take a private one on one karate lesson, and study about the best karate fighters throughout history.
The same process is analogous to pretty much anything. Let’s say for instance you wanted to attend Harvard University. You could call and speak to an admissions counselor at Harvard, speak to your school’s admissions counselor about Harvard, spend a day walking around Harvard’s campus, check out various online resources regarding its application process, and much more. Within a very short time you would be extremely knowledgeable about Harvard and what steps you would need to take to get accepted into their university.
I would like to make a special note about taking action NOW. A lot of people fail to realize just how MANY resources are available to them. The world is really limitless with the number of available resources, many of which are FREE. If you are unemployed, there are tons of employment agencies that would like to get you a job and won’t charge you a thing for it. If you’re suffering from some type of mental illness, there are tons of therapists out there who would like to help you just for the sake of helping you. If you’re hungry, there are a variety of food-assistance programs that will help keep you fed. But none of these resources can reach you if you don’t take some type of action to let them. Sometimes it might be something as simple as calling up and registering for a free class or filling out a form for some type of government assistance.
4. Laziness
Of all the factors on this list, I think laziness is the most difficult to overcome. The reason being that lazy people often want others to do the work for them. As motivational speaker Jim Rohn likes to say “You can’t pay someone to do the push-ups for you”. If you want to get into shape you are going to have to exercise and/or eat right. If you want to graduate from college then you are going to have to take classes, study, and work hard. If you want to get a black belt in karate then you will have to practice and train, often times for years on end before you will receive it. The list goes on and on.
So how do you combat laziness? The answer is with a strong image. A strong enough image can force nearly anyone to get off their butt and begin taking action. It will motivate them to reach for heights they might never have thought were possible and will give them the fuel to keep going along the way. The only problem with lazy people is that many are too lazy to begin doing even that!!! They want someone else to solve their problems and to do their thinking for them. They would rather watch TV all day, play the lotto, drink, gamble, etc. rather than put in the necessary work to create their ideal life now.
If you’re reading this and there is some area in your life that you have been neglecting or been lazy about, develop a strong positive image of how you would like it to be. If you are a lazy student, see yourself getting all A's and your teachers congratulating you about your success. If you are overweight, see yourself in your new body and people telling you how great you look. If you’re broke, see yourself as being rich and driving your brand new car and living in your perfect house. Bombard your mind daily with these positive images until they become ingrained in your subconscious mind. As I said in my previous talks, over 90% of what you do is subconscious. You drive to work the same way every day, brush your teeth the same way every day, put your pants on the same way every day and so on. By impregnating your subconscious with these new images of your life, it will go to work on creating them for you. It’s like putting your mind on autopilot to create what you want.
Take Action NOW!!!!
I’ve found in my own experience that once you begin to take action, doors that you could have never even dreamt of will begin to open for you. The universe, being all-wise and intelligent, will see your desire to improve some aspect of your life and will reward you accordingly. With that said I would like to share a small humorous story about taking action now.
One day a man approaches Dr. Fleet and asks him how he could use the law of attraction to find his perfect job. Fleet tells the man to draft up a great resume, to make twenty or so copies of it, and to visualize every day that he is working in his perfect job. Some time goes by and one day the man approaches Fleet after a class and proceeds to tell him that the law of attraction doesn’t work, that he’s been sitting around visualizing his ideal job and still hasn’t heard anything! Dr. Fleet asks the man if he’s sent any of his resumes out to which the man says no.
So take some action NOW! Don’t be like the guy with all his resumes visualizing but not taking any action to make his dreams a reality. By the way, you know what happens when you don’t take action? NOTHING! And sometimes that is the worst thing of all. Also, for those who might be letting fear stop them from taking action, I would say to you, how do you know things aren’t going to go your way? What if they actually do? What if your new business idea IS successful and changes the world? What if you do find your soul mate? What if you do get into your ideal college? Wouldn’t that action be worth the risk???
“People are always trying to put off until tomorrow what they could be doing today”. – Russell Simmons.
The previous two quotes were taken from Russell Simmons’ new book Do You! And I think they perfectly illustrate the focus of this writing which is to take action NOW!
So many people have great goals, dreams, and intentions but aren’t doing anything to fulfill them. “After my kids go to school…” “When my check comes in…” “When I get that job...” “When I hear from that client” “When I am in better shape…” “Someday I’ll get my nose done” “I’ve been thinking about doing…” The list goes on and on.
I think there are three main reasons why people don’t take the action they should to produce the results they would like: 1) Fear 2) Uncertainty 3) Ignorance & 4) Laziness. Let’s explore these four.
1. Fear
I think the most prevalent reason people don’t take action to realize their ideal life is simply do to fear. As Susan Jeffers, author of the bestselling book Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway likes to say, fear is simply “False Evidence Appearing REAL”. Many people allow FEAR “False Evidence Appearing REAL” to stop them before they even get into the game: “What if she says no to me asking her out?” “What if my manager doesn’t give me the raise?” “What if he doesn’t like me?” “What if I mess up on my speech?” “What if I fail my test?” Just imagine for a second if she did say YES! If your manager WOULD give you that raise, if you DID do great on your speech and you DO pass your test. The fact of the matter is that you won’t know unless you TRY!
Let’s look at FEAR again “False Evidence Appearing REAL”. Unless you are a fortune-teller, you don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. If you’re allowing fear to run you, then you’re looking at the future from a negative perspective. The reality is that you don’t know what’s going to happen. Things might turn out much better then you could have ever thought or planned. As Dr. Fleet of the Concept-Therapy Institute says in his book Rays of the Dawn: “Fear is the antithesis of faith. It is based on a lack of confidence or an apprehension of danger, unhappiness, doubt, anxiety, worry, dread, hatred, anger, horror, fright, shock, terror.”
“Fear is a destructive emotion. Anyone who suffers from it should know and comply with the laws governing fear:
1. Find out what it is that causes you to fear
2. Eliminate the fear through intelligent action
3. If it is not within your power to eliminate the fear, then consult someone who has a made a study of the human mind. Present your case to the doctor, or mental healer, who in turn will analyze this fear. Then, using your intelligence and willpower, eliminate the fear.
4. Do not fear anything needlessly. Analyze your fears in the light of truth, and you will find that there is, in reality, nothing worthy of being feared”
Let’s try an example of this. Let’s say you’re someone who has a fear of talking to women. You’re worried that when you talk to women they might reject you so instead of talking to them, you simply leave them alone. This fear is causing havoc with your life as you don’t have the proper relationships or the normal sex life you desire.
So, what can we do? First, “Find out what it is that causes you to fear”. In the previous case it would be talking to women. Second, “Eliminate the fear through intelligent action”. Intelligent action could be; signing up for a course on how to meet women, taking speech classes to get better at speaking, purchasing a book on the art of pick-up and/or seduction, practicing making small-talk with women you see while out, and having your friends introduce you to their women friends.
If your fear is so big that you can’t do any of those steps, then I would say you go to step 3 of the laws governing fear; “If it is not within your power to eliminate the fear, then consult someone who has a made a study of the human mind. Present your case to the doctor, or mental healer, who in turn will analyze this fear. Then, using your intelligence and willpower, eliminate the fear.” You can get the number of a good therapist or hypnotist and find out what the root cause of this fear is. Once you know it, the two of you can come up with a logical plan to eliminate it.
Lastly, “Do not fear anything needlessly. Analyze your fears in the light of truth, and you will find that there is, in reality, nothing worthy of being feared.” This quote is so true. You are one with the Divine. One with this great all-pervading power that rules, governs, and flows throughout the universe. What problem could be so big that you could not solve it? Apply some reason and faith to your problems and you’ll see that there really is nothing worthy of being feared. In fact, most of the time your problems are blessings in disguise. They’re showing you what areas you need to improve upon so that you could lead a better life.
2. Uncertainty
A lot of times there will be people who are willing to take action but often don’t know exactly what it is they should be doing. One of the easiest ways to get over this hurdle is to develop a strong image of what you would like to be doing. This image will give you the direction and motivation you need to get started. Also, a strong image will give you the drive and determination to see your image through to the end, even when bumps and hurdles come up along the way.
Two examples I like to use for this are: 1) Imagine if I gave you a magic wand and you were living your ideal life right now, what would you be doing? That simple question usually allows people to completely express themselves. Everyone on some level has an idea as to what they should be doing. This simple question releases any type of restrictions a person might have. For instance many people are not in their ideal jobs because they are busy doing something that they think they should be doing instead of something they want to do. This simple question allows them to really free themselves up to get to the core of what they want to do.
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2) I oftentimes tell people to write out: “I am so happy and grateful” and to keep writing whatever comes out for their ideal life. This natural process of writing allows their true desires to come out. It stops the conscious part of their mind from filtering out their true real desires that are right below the conscious surface.
In my opinion, developing a strong image is the first thing someone should do when they want to get into shape. By developing a STRONG image of what they would like to look and FEEL like, this image will give them the inspiration to go about creating their perfect body. Also, on those days when they might be feeling down or unmotivated, all they have to do is turn to their perfect image for motivation.
For people reading this who might be suffering from depression, a strong self-image is one of the best ways to start feeling good again. The image of a person’s perfect life will give the imager faith and hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. It will also give them a direction to head in which will take their negative energy that was once flowing destructively inward and have it flowing constructively outward.
3. Ignorance
Sometimes people know what they want to do but just aren’t sure how to do it. For instance let’s say you wanted to become really good at karate but have never done karate before. You could read a book on karate, attend a karate class or seminar, take a private one on one karate lesson, and study about the best karate fighters throughout history.
The same process is analogous to pretty much anything. Let’s say for instance you wanted to attend Harvard University. You could call and speak to an admissions counselor at Harvard, speak to your school’s admissions counselor about Harvard, spend a day walking around Harvard’s campus, check out various online resources regarding its application process, and much more. Within a very short time you would be extremely knowledgeable about Harvard and what steps you would need to take to get accepted into their university.
I would like to make a special note about taking action NOW. A lot of people fail to realize just how MANY resources are available to them. The world is really limitless with the number of available resources, many of which are FREE. If you are unemployed, there are tons of employment agencies that would like to get you a job and won’t charge you a thing for it. If you’re suffering from some type of mental illness, there are tons of therapists out there who would like to help you just for the sake of helping you. If you’re hungry, there are a variety of food-assistance programs that will help keep you fed. But none of these resources can reach you if you don’t take some type of action to let them. Sometimes it might be something as simple as calling up and registering for a free class or filling out a form for some type of government assistance.
4. Laziness
Of all the factors on this list, I think laziness is the most difficult to overcome. The reason being that lazy people often want others to do the work for them. As motivational speaker Jim Rohn likes to say “You can’t pay someone to do the push-ups for you”. If you want to get into shape you are going to have to exercise and/or eat right. If you want to graduate from college then you are going to have to take classes, study, and work hard. If you want to get a black belt in karate then you will have to practice and train, often times for years on end before you will receive it. The list goes on and on.
So how do you combat laziness? The answer is with a strong image. A strong enough image can force nearly anyone to get off their butt and begin taking action. It will motivate them to reach for heights they might never have thought were possible and will give them the fuel to keep going along the way. The only problem with lazy people is that many are too lazy to begin doing even that!!! They want someone else to solve their problems and to do their thinking for them. They would rather watch TV all day, play the lotto, drink, gamble, etc. rather than put in the necessary work to create their ideal life now.
If you’re reading this and there is some area in your life that you have been neglecting or been lazy about, develop a strong positive image of how you would like it to be. If you are a lazy student, see yourself getting all A's and your teachers congratulating you about your success. If you are overweight, see yourself in your new body and people telling you how great you look. If you’re broke, see yourself as being rich and driving your brand new car and living in your perfect house. Bombard your mind daily with these positive images until they become ingrained in your subconscious mind. As I said in my previous talks, over 90% of what you do is subconscious. You drive to work the same way every day, brush your teeth the same way every day, put your pants on the same way every day and so on. By impregnating your subconscious with these new images of your life, it will go to work on creating them for you. It’s like putting your mind on autopilot to create what you want.
Take Action NOW!!!!
I’ve found in my own experience that once you begin to take action, doors that you could have never even dreamt of will begin to open for you. The universe, being all-wise and intelligent, will see your desire to improve some aspect of your life and will reward you accordingly. With that said I would like to share a small humorous story about taking action now.
One day a man approaches Dr. Fleet and asks him how he could use the law of attraction to find his perfect job. Fleet tells the man to draft up a great resume, to make twenty or so copies of it, and to visualize every day that he is working in his perfect job. Some time goes by and one day the man approaches Fleet after a class and proceeds to tell him that the law of attraction doesn’t work, that he’s been sitting around visualizing his ideal job and still hasn’t heard anything! Dr. Fleet asks the man if he’s sent any of his resumes out to which the man says no.
So take some action NOW! Don’t be like the guy with all his resumes visualizing but not taking any action to make his dreams a reality. By the way, you know what happens when you don’t take action? NOTHING! And sometimes that is the worst thing of all. Also, for those who might be letting fear stop them from taking action, I would say to you, how do you know things aren’t going to go your way? What if they actually do? What if your new business idea IS successful and changes the world? What if you do find your soul mate? What if you do get into your ideal college? Wouldn’t that action be worth the risk???
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Do Not Waste Time Idling
“Do not waste time idling, or thinking after you have set your goals”. The previous quote was taken from Miyamoto Musashi’s Book of Five Rings. For those unfamiliar as to whom Musashi is, he was, in my opinion, Japan’s greatest swordsmen and one of its greatest samurai. Musashi was so skilled in the art of the sword that he once used a wooden boat oar that he carved into a booken (Japanese wooden sword) to kill a man in a duel.
The simplicity of Musashi’s message is so powerful and so seemingly overlooked by so many: “Do not waste time idling, or thinking after you have set your goals”. How many people, after they have set their goals, sit around thinking “Is this possible?” “Can I do it?” “Is it worth it?” “Will people still like me?” and so on. They’re literally self-sabotaging the positive events they set into motion only moments ago.
As Joseph Murphy, author of the book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind likes to say “When you place a seed in the ground, you do not dig it up. You let it take root and grow”. Once you have an intention or set a goal, allow it to grow. Feed it, nurture it, give it the sunshine and warmth it needs so it can grow and bloom beautifully. By feeding and nurturing, I mean to think positively about its manifestation. See it coming into your life as you would like it to be. If you have to think about your goals, think about them positively. Get excited about the good things coming your way and be grateful for their arrival.
Speaking of gratitude, a great way to start attracting (or keep attracting for some of you) more positive experiences into your life is to start being grateful for what you have right now. By being grateful for your current reality, you are putting yourself into a vibration to attract more experiences that you can be grateful about. The vibration of gratitude is one of the highest states you can be in. Through it you can attract virtually anything you need for a healthy successful life.
Now back to Musashi’s quote: ““Do not waste time idling, or thinking after you have set your goals” This reminds of the saying “Plan your work, and work your plan”. Once you have set your goals, go to work on them. Don’t wait for the right time, or the right day, or the right person, or when the stars are in the proper alignment, or when that girl or boy finally likes you. If you want life to work sometimes you have to work for life. You have to take action on that business you’ve been thinking about, or ask out that girl you’ve always wanted to date, or sign-up for that gym you’ve wanted to go to. By taking action you’ll open up doors to bring you what you like, oftentimes in inexplicable ways.
I’ll give you an example from my own life. When I was at the University of Southern California, I knew I wanted to start a business. I wasn’t sure as to what kind but I knew I wanted to start my own. While I was thinking about this, I received a phone call from my cousin Dominic that would dramatically change my life “Hey Tony, I am going into clothing design and need a good manufacturer. Can you find me one?” I said yes and told my cousin that I would either charge him a fee for finding a good manufacturer or receive a commission from the manufacturer for bringing him a client. At this same time in my life I was getting really heavily into kickboxing and asked former Ultimate Fighting Heavyweight Champion Bas Rutten if he would train me. Rutten said no as he was no longer training people, asked me what I did, to which I told him, and then he told me he needed some clothing done. That one “Yes” I said to my cousin started a partnership with Rutten and I that became profitable for us both. Also, as I working with Rutten, I was able to meet Dr. Peter Goldman, DC, an amazing teacher and the chiropractor to a lot of famous fighters. Dr. Goldman introduced me to the work of Dr. Thurman Fleet, a man who taught how one can achieve health and happiness through a knowledge and application of the laws of the body, mind, and Soul. Dr. Fleet’s work drastically changed my life for the better and makes up the foundation for what I am sharing with you.
By saying yes to that one question I was able to; start a business which helped thousands of people get into shape, find a great gym (through Bas) to learn kickboxing at, started a profitable business while still in college, and become healthy thanks to Dr. Goldman, Concept-Therapy (Dr. Fleet founded Concept-Therapy), and Zone Healing (Zone Healing is a chiropractic technique created by Dr. Fleet).
So set your goals down and get to work on them! For those that have not set goals before; a goal is: “the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end”. For instance your goal might be to lose 15lbs in 3 months. If you currently weigh 150lbs, at the end of the 3 months you should weigh 135lbs. Goals should be quantifiable. As Jack Canfield likes to say in his book The Success Principles, goals should tell you “How Much, By When”. So for instance if I wanted to earn $15,000 next month, I could say “I will have earned $15,000 by midnight November 30th, 2008”. On November 30th I will either have that $15000 or I won’t.
For my goals, I like to have 30 and 60 day goals that I actively work towards. Right now I actually have a countdown timer on my computer displaying how many days and hours I have left for me to reach my 60 day goals. I like to keep my goals within a 30 to 60 day period as I really feel and notice the impact of them. I also set goals for each week based on my larger 30-60 day goals.
So get to work! And I will see you back here soon.
The simplicity of Musashi’s message is so powerful and so seemingly overlooked by so many: “Do not waste time idling, or thinking after you have set your goals”. How many people, after they have set their goals, sit around thinking “Is this possible?” “Can I do it?” “Is it worth it?” “Will people still like me?” and so on. They’re literally self-sabotaging the positive events they set into motion only moments ago.
As Joseph Murphy, author of the book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind likes to say “When you place a seed in the ground, you do not dig it up. You let it take root and grow”. Once you have an intention or set a goal, allow it to grow. Feed it, nurture it, give it the sunshine and warmth it needs so it can grow and bloom beautifully. By feeding and nurturing, I mean to think positively about its manifestation. See it coming into your life as you would like it to be. If you have to think about your goals, think about them positively. Get excited about the good things coming your way and be grateful for their arrival.
Speaking of gratitude, a great way to start attracting (or keep attracting for some of you) more positive experiences into your life is to start being grateful for what you have right now. By being grateful for your current reality, you are putting yourself into a vibration to attract more experiences that you can be grateful about. The vibration of gratitude is one of the highest states you can be in. Through it you can attract virtually anything you need for a healthy successful life.
Now back to Musashi’s quote: ““Do not waste time idling, or thinking after you have set your goals” This reminds of the saying “Plan your work, and work your plan”. Once you have set your goals, go to work on them. Don’t wait for the right time, or the right day, or the right person, or when the stars are in the proper alignment, or when that girl or boy finally likes you. If you want life to work sometimes you have to work for life. You have to take action on that business you’ve been thinking about, or ask out that girl you’ve always wanted to date, or sign-up for that gym you’ve wanted to go to. By taking action you’ll open up doors to bring you what you like, oftentimes in inexplicable ways.
I’ll give you an example from my own life. When I was at the University of Southern California, I knew I wanted to start a business. I wasn’t sure as to what kind but I knew I wanted to start my own. While I was thinking about this, I received a phone call from my cousin Dominic that would dramatically change my life “Hey Tony, I am going into clothing design and need a good manufacturer. Can you find me one?” I said yes and told my cousin that I would either charge him a fee for finding a good manufacturer or receive a commission from the manufacturer for bringing him a client. At this same time in my life I was getting really heavily into kickboxing and asked former Ultimate Fighting Heavyweight Champion Bas Rutten if he would train me. Rutten said no as he was no longer training people, asked me what I did, to which I told him, and then he told me he needed some clothing done. That one “Yes” I said to my cousin started a partnership with Rutten and I that became profitable for us both. Also, as I working with Rutten, I was able to meet Dr. Peter Goldman, DC, an amazing teacher and the chiropractor to a lot of famous fighters. Dr. Goldman introduced me to the work of Dr. Thurman Fleet, a man who taught how one can achieve health and happiness through a knowledge and application of the laws of the body, mind, and Soul. Dr. Fleet’s work drastically changed my life for the better and makes up the foundation for what I am sharing with you.
By saying yes to that one question I was able to; start a business which helped thousands of people get into shape, find a great gym (through Bas) to learn kickboxing at, started a profitable business while still in college, and become healthy thanks to Dr. Goldman, Concept-Therapy (Dr. Fleet founded Concept-Therapy), and Zone Healing (Zone Healing is a chiropractic technique created by Dr. Fleet).
So set your goals down and get to work on them! For those that have not set goals before; a goal is: “the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end”. For instance your goal might be to lose 15lbs in 3 months. If you currently weigh 150lbs, at the end of the 3 months you should weigh 135lbs. Goals should be quantifiable. As Jack Canfield likes to say in his book The Success Principles, goals should tell you “How Much, By When”. So for instance if I wanted to earn $15,000 next month, I could say “I will have earned $15,000 by midnight November 30th, 2008”. On November 30th I will either have that $15000 or I won’t.
For my goals, I like to have 30 and 60 day goals that I actively work towards. Right now I actually have a countdown timer on my computer displaying how many days and hours I have left for me to reach my 60 day goals. I like to keep my goals within a 30 to 60 day period as I really feel and notice the impact of them. I also set goals for each week based on my larger 30-60 day goals.
So get to work! And I will see you back here soon.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Want a boyfriend or girlfriend? Do this.
Grab a pen and paper and write "My Perfect Girlfriend" or "My Perfect Boyfriend" at the top of the page. Then write out ALL of your perfect mate's qualities; hair, eye color, how they behave with you, EVERYTHING. I mean REALLY go crazy with it. After you finish that, put up a picture of someone that looks fairly close to what your ideal person would look like. I then want you to write one powerful affirmation that you will say to yourself to get you in the right feeling to attract this person.
I use to use; "I am excitedly walking down the street holding hands with my gorgeous curly blond haired girlfriend". For my picture I put up a picture of Shakira. A few days later I was walking down the street holding hands with a gorgeous curly blond haired woman. In fact I met two more women after that one who both had blond curly hair and I had a great time with all 3.
So try it! REALLY put some feeling behind it. See yourself with your ideal person and then say your affirmation to yourself. After saying it, visualize again your ideal situation.
For your affirmation it has to have a descriptive word and a verb, " I am excitedly walking..." "I am passionately kissing" "I am playfully squeezing" etc....
So try it! and let me know how it goes.
PS - Make sure to hold the image for at least 1-2 minutes. It's been said that it takes at least 33 seconds for a concept to be implanted into your subconscious. I ask for a minute or two just to make sure it really gets in there.
I use to use; "I am excitedly walking down the street holding hands with my gorgeous curly blond haired girlfriend". For my picture I put up a picture of Shakira. A few days later I was walking down the street holding hands with a gorgeous curly blond haired woman. In fact I met two more women after that one who both had blond curly hair and I had a great time with all 3.
So try it! REALLY put some feeling behind it. See yourself with your ideal person and then say your affirmation to yourself. After saying it, visualize again your ideal situation.
For your affirmation it has to have a descriptive word and a verb, " I am excitedly walking..." "I am passionately kissing" "I am playfully squeezing" etc....
So try it! and let me know how it goes.
PS - Make sure to hold the image for at least 1-2 minutes. It's been said that it takes at least 33 seconds for a concept to be implanted into your subconscious. I ask for a minute or two just to make sure it really gets in there.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Audio Recordings - Improve Your Brain! Improve Your LIFE!!!
This write-up is really an add-on to “Train Your Brain for Success”.
A GREAT, and I mean GREAT way to train your brain for success is through the use of audio recordings. By audio recordings, I mean recordings you either do yourself or purchase pre-made to listen to that contain positive affirmations. The purpose of the recordings is to change your internal self-talk to one that is more positive through constant repetition of the material. For those that are into the Law of Attraction, as your thoughts become more positive, so will whatever you attract into your life. Also, if you are talking more positively to yourself, you will be willing to take more positive actions which will lead to more positive results for you.
Recently I picked up a copy of Succeed and Grow Rich through Persuasion by Napoleon Hill that dealt with this concept. In the book Hill talks about how when one is asleep, their subconscious mind is completely open to suggestions. A suggestion is “is the name given to the psychological process by which one person may guide the thoughts, feelings or behavior of another”. For instance, some kids are told by their parents how good looking they are. When these kids grow up, they might see themselves as attractive thanks to the positive suggestions of their parents. Now, back to Hill’s book. In the book Hill proposed that in the future a time would come when people would have audio recordings that would play while they sleep. As the person’s conscious mind was not awake to filter out the recording’s suggestions, whatever was on the recording would go straight into their subconscious mind which would go about manifesting it in their life. As over 90% of what you do is subconscious, impregnating your subconscious with these new powerful suggestions could have an amazingly positive impact on your life. As I was reading that chapter a light bulb went off in my head “Hey, we have that now!” and I decided to put this method to the test.
So with my newfound inspiration, I went to my local Target store and bought a $10 microphone for my computer. I then used the free program “Sound Recorder” (for Windows users go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder) which comes customary with all Windows packages to make a recording of a series of affirmations. The affirmations went something like this:
I am wealthy and successful.
I am well-sexed.
I am confident.
I am wise.
I am happy.
I am loved.
I am wealthy.
I am great with my finances.
My life is great.
I’m in great shape.
My clothes are of the latest trend and fashion.
I enjoy a life of peace and prosperity,
I am whole, perfect, harmonious, and happy.
I express myself clearly and confidently.
And so on. I then downloaded a free alarm clock at that plays MP3 files and installed it on my computer. As my computer is in my room, every night at 3:00AM my audio recording comes on and plays for several hours until I wake up for my day.
I have to say, the results have been enlightening. The first few days I did this I started having the most amazing dreams. It’s been said that dreams are your subconscious mind working out your problems/issues while you sleep. If that is the case, my subconscious definitely liked what I was feeding it now. Dreams of me being super successful, surrounded by stunning women, and living my most amazing life were all that would flood my mind (what a great way to sleep). Within a week or so of doing this technique I was offered a new job with better pay, I physically look the best I have ever looked, and I have been getting phone numbers from women nearly everywhere I go. Internally I feel the best I have ever felt and even started this blog after doing this exercise.
I also did a similar recording for a friend of mine who is a young single man trying to raise a daughter. His went something like this:
I am an excellent father.
I am kind, loving, and understanding with my daughter.
I am an excellent provider for my family.
I am in great shape.
I feel good about my life.
Good things are coming to me in all areas of my life now.
I am well-rewarded; physically, mentally, and spiritually for all the good work that I do.
I eat healthy balanced meals and my body looks and feels great.
I am confident
And so on. I even did a second track for him that had the following bonuses. In the first track where it said “I am an excellent father” I then added two more affirmations after that “You are an excellent father” & “Roger is an excellent father” (his name is Roger). The first of the two new affirmations “You are an excellent father” conveys to his mind the image of someone telling him that he is an excellent father. It’s always great to tell yourself something good but sometimes it feels just as good, if not better, to hear it from someone else. The second of the new affirmations “Roger is an excellent father” conveys to his mind the image of him hearing someone else talk about him in a positive way. By adding in these additional affirmations his mind is now receiving these powerful suggestions in the first, second, and third person. The first person would be the “I am”, the second is the “You are” and the third is the “Roger is”.
For those of you that don’t have the time or desire to make your own recordings, there are good resources out there such as Shad Helmstetter’s Self-Talk CDs. Helmstetter is the author of the best selling book: “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” and has a series of CDs that cover:
• 1 — SELF-ESTEEM
• 2 — TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE
• 3 — HEALTH & FITNESS
• 4 — CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
• 5 — FINANCIAL SUCCESS
• 6 — POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
• 7 — PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
• 8 — QUALITY OF LIFE
Helmstetter has a really powerful and motivating voice that comes through great on the CDs. Each CD has four tracks on it that vary from eight to thirteen minutes in length. I use to listen to these CDs quite frequently while driving in my car or while working on my computer. In fact, now that I think about it, I might start playing some of these CDs again as they really have a good tone to them. The CDs have a ton of powerful affirmations on them and are done in both the first “I am” and second “You are” tones of voice. By the way, when I first started listening to these CDs my business had a positive increase in sales by something like $8000 in one month.
While purchasing pre-made CDs is great, I like the process of making my own recordings as well. It allows me to work on specific key issues that I might be facing or to include something specific I would like in my life. For instance I can add in my recordings: “I enjoy living in my beautiful Penthouse”, “I sleep at a healthy time every night and wake up feeling great”. And so on. Whatever I would like to really key in on, I can.
Notes Regarding Audio Recordings:
1) If you have a recording set to play while you sleep, please check its volume level PRIOR to sleeping. The first few times I set my recordings to play, I didn’t realize how loud they would be. The result was that at 3:00AM I would be woken up abruptly from my sleep by my own voice telling me how awesome I am.
2) You can hear at a much lower level subconsciously then you can consciously. Why is this important? When you sleep or while you work, you can have your recordings playing in the background at lower level then normal. These recordings will literally go to work changing your self-talk as you go about your normal day. There is a great story Helmstetter tells about how he use to have his weight-loss self-talk cassette (they were on cassette at that time) play while he shaved every morning. In 10 ½ weeks while listening to the cassettes, he lost 38lbs!!! And he wasn’t on a diet. Also, his wife, who use to share the same mirror every morning to put on her makeup, lost 25 lbs simply by overhearing the messages played in the recording.
3) There are several good free programs online that you can use to make audio recordings. I just downloaded the recording program “Audacity” to see if it is any good.
So whether you purchase some CDs or decide to make your own, I hope you realize the potential of using audio recordings to improve your brain and your life.
A GREAT, and I mean GREAT way to train your brain for success is through the use of audio recordings. By audio recordings, I mean recordings you either do yourself or purchase pre-made to listen to that contain positive affirmations. The purpose of the recordings is to change your internal self-talk to one that is more positive through constant repetition of the material. For those that are into the Law of Attraction, as your thoughts become more positive, so will whatever you attract into your life. Also, if you are talking more positively to yourself, you will be willing to take more positive actions which will lead to more positive results for you.
Recently I picked up a copy of Succeed and Grow Rich through Persuasion by Napoleon Hill that dealt with this concept. In the book Hill talks about how when one is asleep, their subconscious mind is completely open to suggestions. A suggestion is “is the name given to the psychological process by which one person may guide the thoughts, feelings or behavior of another”. For instance, some kids are told by their parents how good looking they are. When these kids grow up, they might see themselves as attractive thanks to the positive suggestions of their parents. Now, back to Hill’s book. In the book Hill proposed that in the future a time would come when people would have audio recordings that would play while they sleep. As the person’s conscious mind was not awake to filter out the recording’s suggestions, whatever was on the recording would go straight into their subconscious mind which would go about manifesting it in their life. As over 90% of what you do is subconscious, impregnating your subconscious with these new powerful suggestions could have an amazingly positive impact on your life. As I was reading that chapter a light bulb went off in my head “Hey, we have that now!” and I decided to put this method to the test.
So with my newfound inspiration, I went to my local Target store and bought a $10 microphone for my computer. I then used the free program “Sound Recorder” (for Windows users go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder) which comes customary with all Windows packages to make a recording of a series of affirmations. The affirmations went something like this:
I am wealthy and successful.
I am well-sexed.
I am confident.
I am wise.
I am happy.
I am loved.
I am wealthy.
I am great with my finances.
My life is great.
I’m in great shape.
My clothes are of the latest trend and fashion.
I enjoy a life of peace and prosperity,
I am whole, perfect, harmonious, and happy.
I express myself clearly and confidently.
And so on. I then downloaded a free alarm clock at that plays MP3 files and installed it on my computer. As my computer is in my room, every night at 3:00AM my audio recording comes on and plays for several hours until I wake up for my day.
I have to say, the results have been enlightening. The first few days I did this I started having the most amazing dreams. It’s been said that dreams are your subconscious mind working out your problems/issues while you sleep. If that is the case, my subconscious definitely liked what I was feeding it now. Dreams of me being super successful, surrounded by stunning women, and living my most amazing life were all that would flood my mind (what a great way to sleep). Within a week or so of doing this technique I was offered a new job with better pay, I physically look the best I have ever looked, and I have been getting phone numbers from women nearly everywhere I go. Internally I feel the best I have ever felt and even started this blog after doing this exercise.
I also did a similar recording for a friend of mine who is a young single man trying to raise a daughter. His went something like this:
I am an excellent father.
I am kind, loving, and understanding with my daughter.
I am an excellent provider for my family.
I am in great shape.
I feel good about my life.
Good things are coming to me in all areas of my life now.
I am well-rewarded; physically, mentally, and spiritually for all the good work that I do.
I eat healthy balanced meals and my body looks and feels great.
I am confident
And so on. I even did a second track for him that had the following bonuses. In the first track where it said “I am an excellent father” I then added two more affirmations after that “You are an excellent father” & “Roger is an excellent father” (his name is Roger). The first of the two new affirmations “You are an excellent father” conveys to his mind the image of someone telling him that he is an excellent father. It’s always great to tell yourself something good but sometimes it feels just as good, if not better, to hear it from someone else. The second of the new affirmations “Roger is an excellent father” conveys to his mind the image of him hearing someone else talk about him in a positive way. By adding in these additional affirmations his mind is now receiving these powerful suggestions in the first, second, and third person. The first person would be the “I am”, the second is the “You are” and the third is the “Roger is”.
For those of you that don’t have the time or desire to make your own recordings, there are good resources out there such as Shad Helmstetter’s Self-Talk CDs. Helmstetter is the author of the best selling book: “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” and has a series of CDs that cover:
• 1 — SELF-ESTEEM
• 2 — TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE
• 3 — HEALTH & FITNESS
• 4 — CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
• 5 — FINANCIAL SUCCESS
• 6 — POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
• 7 — PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
• 8 — QUALITY OF LIFE
Helmstetter has a really powerful and motivating voice that comes through great on the CDs. Each CD has four tracks on it that vary from eight to thirteen minutes in length. I use to listen to these CDs quite frequently while driving in my car or while working on my computer. In fact, now that I think about it, I might start playing some of these CDs again as they really have a good tone to them. The CDs have a ton of powerful affirmations on them and are done in both the first “I am” and second “You are” tones of voice. By the way, when I first started listening to these CDs my business had a positive increase in sales by something like $8000 in one month.
While purchasing pre-made CDs is great, I like the process of making my own recordings as well. It allows me to work on specific key issues that I might be facing or to include something specific I would like in my life. For instance I can add in my recordings: “I enjoy living in my beautiful Penthouse”, “I sleep at a healthy time every night and wake up feeling great”. And so on. Whatever I would like to really key in on, I can.
Notes Regarding Audio Recordings:
1) If you have a recording set to play while you sleep, please check its volume level PRIOR to sleeping. The first few times I set my recordings to play, I didn’t realize how loud they would be. The result was that at 3:00AM I would be woken up abruptly from my sleep by my own voice telling me how awesome I am.
2) You can hear at a much lower level subconsciously then you can consciously. Why is this important? When you sleep or while you work, you can have your recordings playing in the background at lower level then normal. These recordings will literally go to work changing your self-talk as you go about your normal day. There is a great story Helmstetter tells about how he use to have his weight-loss self-talk cassette (they were on cassette at that time) play while he shaved every morning. In 10 ½ weeks while listening to the cassettes, he lost 38lbs!!! And he wasn’t on a diet. Also, his wife, who use to share the same mirror every morning to put on her makeup, lost 25 lbs simply by overhearing the messages played in the recording.
3) There are several good free programs online that you can use to make audio recordings. I just downloaded the recording program “Audacity” to see if it is any good.
So whether you purchase some CDs or decide to make your own, I hope you realize the potential of using audio recordings to improve your brain and your life.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Training Your Brain for Success (Part 3 of 3); Vision Boards, Statements, & Wallpapers
For Part 1:
For Part 2:
Vision Boards
A great way to really focus your mind on what you want is through the use of Vision Boards. Basically a Vision Board is a poster board that you paste, tape, or somehow attach pictures to of things that you would like to see manifested in your life. Here is an example of my current Vision Board:
Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!
I am going to move to New York soon so I included some pictures of it. There are several pictures of gorgeous women that I would like to see in my life so I included them as well. I also included some pictures of successful people, my perfect car, stacks of money (I love money), and an awesome nightclub in Ibiza as I love the nightlife.
Now why do Vision Boards work and why should you make one? In part one of this talk I said that over 90% of what you do is subconscious. You go to work to the same way every day, put your pants on the same way every day, brush your teeth the same way every day and so on. By constantly focusing your mind on these new images you would like to see in your life, you are retraining your brain and focusing your subconscious to go about bringing these things to you. It will begin to look for new ways to fill the gap between your current life and what it is constantly seeing on your boards.
When you are focusing your mind on these new images, and seeing yourself as having them, you are, through the Law of Attraction, putting yourself into a vibration to attract them. That is the main secret to these boards. When you really see yourself having that ideal person or dream vacation, and feel it as if it is real, you are in a vibration to have it come to you.
Here is something else I would like to elaborate on. Anytime you focus your thoughts on an image; for example let’s you are thinking of an orange car. As you think of this orange car, you are setting off a group of brain cells that will vibrate in response to this image. These vibrations go out and land on people that are in resonance or vibration with them. For instance let’s say you were to hit a key on a piano and a crystal on a nearby chandelier would vibrate, you would say that that crystal was in resonance or in the same vibration with the piano key you just pressed. Just as with the piano, you too can put out vibrations (from your thoughts and images) that will go out and land on people that are in resonance with you and will bring you what you want.
I had this happen recently. I needed a new LCD screen for my computer and was looking at different ones to buy. As I was focusing on how much each one cost, I stopped myself and said, “You know the imaging process. Just focus on the end result” which was me having the computer screen. Shortly thereafter, my brother and some friends received immediate job offers to move to Texas. For whatever reason my brother left his computer here and said I could take whatever I needed. Now here I am typing on my new LCD screen and keyboard (he did say whatever I needed).
Now let’s take the imaging process and Vision Boards one step further. When you are continuously focusing on new images, such as the images in your Vision Board, these new images will begin to form brain cells which will form clusters or groups in your brain. These brain clusters will vibrate right below the conscious surface and will send out vibrations based on what you were thinking about. These new cells are vibrating non-stop right below the conscious surface, all day, attracting to you whatever it is you were focused on. So train your brain to bring it what you would like. Choose thoughts of happiness, love, success, spiritual wellness and more. You ARE the creator of your reality.
Here is something I would like to elaborate on regarding Vision Boards. If you look at my Vision Board you will see that I have Shakira on it. Does that mean that I am actually trying to manifest Shakira? While that would be great, what I am trying to do is manifest someone who has that similar look (and similar qualities as Shakira is great). I go crazy for women with curly blond hair so Shakira is a great example of this. By the way, a few years back I wanted to meet a great woman. So what did I do? I put up a picture of what my ideal woman would like. To me that was Shakira. A few days later I was out with a gorgeous woman who looked just like her. Literally everywhere we would go people would yell “Shakira!” “Shakira” as the resemblance was so uncanny.
One time I was making a new Vision Board for my life and cut out a picture of Jessica Alba. I think she is super sexy and would love to go out with a woman like her. As I was literally pasting the picture to my Vision Board my friend called me and told me that he had this girl that I had to meet. “Tony, there is this girl you have to meet. You’ll never believe who she looks like. She looks just like Jessica Alba!” To which I told him, “You know what? I believe it.” When he came to pick me up so I could meet this new woman, I first brought him inside to see my Vision Board and explained to him the power of the mind.
In some cases of working with Vision Boards I actually manifested the EXACT person I put on the board. Talk about being amazed! Several times I put up high profile clients on my board and within a week or less they were standing in my office. It’s truly amazing what you can do with this stuff once you understand it.
Here is a cautionary note I would like to add in regard to Vision Boards and letting go of your attachments to them. Let’s say a guy would like a brunette woman and puts up a picture of one. The Universe, being all-wise and powerful, sends this man a gorgeous blond-haired woman as it knows they would match up better together. If the man cannot let go of his attachment to his original idea of the brunette woman, he might miss out on a much better relationship for him. Make sense?
I’ll give you another example just to illustrate this fact. When I was living in San Diego I KNEW, absolutely knew that I was going to move back to Los Angeles. I decided to move to the western part of Los Angeles, where Hollywood and the nightclubs are located, and began looking for places. One night while out on a date, the woman I was with introduced me to Pasadena which is a city in the Los Angeles County. Immediately I fell in love with the place. A few weeks later I was living there and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The reason I bring this up is because had I been attached to my original idea of living in West LA, I would have missed out on a place that was a much better suit for me.
When you make a make Vision Board it helps to clarify your desires and goals for your life. You’re no longer unsure of what you would like and can now concentrate your thoughts instead on what you would like to see in your life. It’s such an amazing process and I can’t talk enough about its importance.
Now here is what you would need for a Vision Board.
1) A poster board.
2) Some magazines or pictures of what you would like to see in your life. If you don’t want to buy magazines, or can’t find pictures you like, you can always go online and find pictures of your ideal life. You can then print these pictures out and attach them to your board.
3) Some tapes, tacks, or glue to put your pictures on the boards.
For those of you that might be shy or don’t want others to see your boards, you can always make a Vision Notebook. I got this idea from Jack Canfield’s book, “The Success Principles”. The principle is pretty much the same. You take pictures of your ideal life and paste them onto the pages of a notebook. By notebook I mean a blank notebook, the kind you can write in. You can also buy a notebook, the kind that has 3 rings and is empty inside and put your pictures into that. Simply flip through your notebook once or twice a day and you’re on your way!
Also, you don’t have to have an actual board. Sometimes I see pictures of things I would like and just put them on my wall. The process and end result is the same.
Vision Statements
A similar idea to Vision Boards is the Vision Statement. Basically it is a series of pictures put together onto a slide show that you watch every day. I prefer to watch it twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night to really get my day going. I first heard about this idea in a video by Malcolm Cohan:
The fun thing about making Vision Statements is that you can include writing and music to your pictures. It’s a really powerful tool for anyone who wants to use it. For my Vision Statement, I used Microsoft PowerPoint to make it. I am sure there are other programs on the net, some of which are free, that can help you do the same. There are also free 60 day trials of Microsoft PowerPoint that you can download and use to make your Vision Statement.
Vision Wallpaper
A Vision Wallpaper is just like a Vision Board except it acts as the wallpaper/desktop background on your computer screen. You saw mine before:
Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!
I love the use of a Vision Wallpaper as it constantly puts you into a good feeling and vibration every time you see it. It is also constantly retraining your brain to bring this stuff to you as you are so focused on it.
For my wallpaper, I simply saved some pictures onto my computer that I liked and used Microsoft Paint, a free program for all Windows users, to put the pictures onto one file. I then saved the file, right clicked it and selected “Set as Desktop Background”.
I will be back tomorrow with how to make audio recordings to train your brain for success. Until then, get to work on your Vision Boards, Statements, and Wallpapers!
For Part 2:
Vision Boards
A great way to really focus your mind on what you want is through the use of Vision Boards. Basically a Vision Board is a poster board that you paste, tape, or somehow attach pictures to of things that you would like to see manifested in your life. Here is an example of my current Vision Board:
Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!I am going to move to New York soon so I included some pictures of it. There are several pictures of gorgeous women that I would like to see in my life so I included them as well. I also included some pictures of successful people, my perfect car, stacks of money (I love money), and an awesome nightclub in Ibiza as I love the nightlife.
Now why do Vision Boards work and why should you make one? In part one of this talk I said that over 90% of what you do is subconscious. You go to work to the same way every day, put your pants on the same way every day, brush your teeth the same way every day and so on. By constantly focusing your mind on these new images you would like to see in your life, you are retraining your brain and focusing your subconscious to go about bringing these things to you. It will begin to look for new ways to fill the gap between your current life and what it is constantly seeing on your boards.
When you are focusing your mind on these new images, and seeing yourself as having them, you are, through the Law of Attraction, putting yourself into a vibration to attract them. That is the main secret to these boards. When you really see yourself having that ideal person or dream vacation, and feel it as if it is real, you are in a vibration to have it come to you.
Here is something else I would like to elaborate on. Anytime you focus your thoughts on an image; for example let’s you are thinking of an orange car. As you think of this orange car, you are setting off a group of brain cells that will vibrate in response to this image. These vibrations go out and land on people that are in resonance or vibration with them. For instance let’s say you were to hit a key on a piano and a crystal on a nearby chandelier would vibrate, you would say that that crystal was in resonance or in the same vibration with the piano key you just pressed. Just as with the piano, you too can put out vibrations (from your thoughts and images) that will go out and land on people that are in resonance with you and will bring you what you want.
I had this happen recently. I needed a new LCD screen for my computer and was looking at different ones to buy. As I was focusing on how much each one cost, I stopped myself and said, “You know the imaging process. Just focus on the end result” which was me having the computer screen. Shortly thereafter, my brother and some friends received immediate job offers to move to Texas. For whatever reason my brother left his computer here and said I could take whatever I needed. Now here I am typing on my new LCD screen and keyboard (he did say whatever I needed).
Now let’s take the imaging process and Vision Boards one step further. When you are continuously focusing on new images, such as the images in your Vision Board, these new images will begin to form brain cells which will form clusters or groups in your brain. These brain clusters will vibrate right below the conscious surface and will send out vibrations based on what you were thinking about. These new cells are vibrating non-stop right below the conscious surface, all day, attracting to you whatever it is you were focused on. So train your brain to bring it what you would like. Choose thoughts of happiness, love, success, spiritual wellness and more. You ARE the creator of your reality.
Here is something I would like to elaborate on regarding Vision Boards. If you look at my Vision Board you will see that I have Shakira on it. Does that mean that I am actually trying to manifest Shakira? While that would be great, what I am trying to do is manifest someone who has that similar look (and similar qualities as Shakira is great). I go crazy for women with curly blond hair so Shakira is a great example of this. By the way, a few years back I wanted to meet a great woman. So what did I do? I put up a picture of what my ideal woman would like. To me that was Shakira. A few days later I was out with a gorgeous woman who looked just like her. Literally everywhere we would go people would yell “Shakira!” “Shakira” as the resemblance was so uncanny.
One time I was making a new Vision Board for my life and cut out a picture of Jessica Alba. I think she is super sexy and would love to go out with a woman like her. As I was literally pasting the picture to my Vision Board my friend called me and told me that he had this girl that I had to meet. “Tony, there is this girl you have to meet. You’ll never believe who she looks like. She looks just like Jessica Alba!” To which I told him, “You know what? I believe it.” When he came to pick me up so I could meet this new woman, I first brought him inside to see my Vision Board and explained to him the power of the mind.
In some cases of working with Vision Boards I actually manifested the EXACT person I put on the board. Talk about being amazed! Several times I put up high profile clients on my board and within a week or less they were standing in my office. It’s truly amazing what you can do with this stuff once you understand it.
Here is a cautionary note I would like to add in regard to Vision Boards and letting go of your attachments to them. Let’s say a guy would like a brunette woman and puts up a picture of one. The Universe, being all-wise and powerful, sends this man a gorgeous blond-haired woman as it knows they would match up better together. If the man cannot let go of his attachment to his original idea of the brunette woman, he might miss out on a much better relationship for him. Make sense?
I’ll give you another example just to illustrate this fact. When I was living in San Diego I KNEW, absolutely knew that I was going to move back to Los Angeles. I decided to move to the western part of Los Angeles, where Hollywood and the nightclubs are located, and began looking for places. One night while out on a date, the woman I was with introduced me to Pasadena which is a city in the Los Angeles County. Immediately I fell in love with the place. A few weeks later I was living there and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The reason I bring this up is because had I been attached to my original idea of living in West LA, I would have missed out on a place that was a much better suit for me.
When you make a make Vision Board it helps to clarify your desires and goals for your life. You’re no longer unsure of what you would like and can now concentrate your thoughts instead on what you would like to see in your life. It’s such an amazing process and I can’t talk enough about its importance.
Now here is what you would need for a Vision Board.
1) A poster board.
2) Some magazines or pictures of what you would like to see in your life. If you don’t want to buy magazines, or can’t find pictures you like, you can always go online and find pictures of your ideal life. You can then print these pictures out and attach them to your board.
3) Some tapes, tacks, or glue to put your pictures on the boards.
For those of you that might be shy or don’t want others to see your boards, you can always make a Vision Notebook. I got this idea from Jack Canfield’s book, “The Success Principles”. The principle is pretty much the same. You take pictures of your ideal life and paste them onto the pages of a notebook. By notebook I mean a blank notebook, the kind you can write in. You can also buy a notebook, the kind that has 3 rings and is empty inside and put your pictures into that. Simply flip through your notebook once or twice a day and you’re on your way!
Also, you don’t have to have an actual board. Sometimes I see pictures of things I would like and just put them on my wall. The process and end result is the same.
Vision Statements
A similar idea to Vision Boards is the Vision Statement. Basically it is a series of pictures put together onto a slide show that you watch every day. I prefer to watch it twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night to really get my day going. I first heard about this idea in a video by Malcolm Cohan:
The fun thing about making Vision Statements is that you can include writing and music to your pictures. It’s a really powerful tool for anyone who wants to use it. For my Vision Statement, I used Microsoft PowerPoint to make it. I am sure there are other programs on the net, some of which are free, that can help you do the same. There are also free 60 day trials of Microsoft PowerPoint that you can download and use to make your Vision Statement.
Vision Wallpaper
A Vision Wallpaper is just like a Vision Board except it acts as the wallpaper/desktop background on your computer screen. You saw mine before:
Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!I love the use of a Vision Wallpaper as it constantly puts you into a good feeling and vibration every time you see it. It is also constantly retraining your brain to bring this stuff to you as you are so focused on it.
For my wallpaper, I simply saved some pictures onto my computer that I liked and used Microsoft Paint, a free program for all Windows users, to put the pictures onto one file. I then saved the file, right clicked it and selected “Set as Desktop Background”.
I will be back tomorrow with how to make audio recordings to train your brain for success. Until then, get to work on your Vision Boards, Statements, and Wallpapers!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Training Your Brain for Success (Part 2 of 3)
For part 1, click here
It’s time for Part 2 of training your brain for success! Two important tools that a lot of people might not be using (or might be using incorrectly) are Affirmations and “Acting As If”. As I recently just covered both of these topics, I am just going to link to them and move on to the next tip.
Affirmations
Acting As If
Reading New Books or Books on Audio CDs
A GREAT way to train your brain for success is by reading new books or online articles such as this. As Dr. Thurman Fleet of the Concept-Therapy Institute likes to say, when you read things like this, you are creating new brain cells and these are of the positive type. As you create more and more of these cells, the Divine Power that operates in the world will be able to flow through you in a more positive way.
When you read new books you expose yourself to new thoughts and ideas that can dramatically improve your life. For instance, after I read “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It”, the principles in that book changed my business. I was able to drastically cut down the amount of time I worked while my income went way up.
As well as the new ideas and thoughts that books can expose you to, you can also derive motivation and inspiration from books. Reading about successful people that you would like to emulate, can really motivate you to take positive actions to transform your own life. Also, as “like attracts like”, when you are reading and thinking about success, happiness, wealth, etc… you are in a vibration to attract more of that into your life.
By the way, for those that don’t like books or might not have time for them, there are always books on CDs. These are great to listen to while driving. Imagine getting a whole book done while simply driving to and from work every day.
Here is a list of books I’ve used to improve different areas of my life:
1. Rays of the Dawn by Dr. Thurman Fleet:
ANYTHING and I mean just about ANYTHING by Dr. Fleet is amazing. Rays of the Dawn; Natural Laws of the Body, Mind, and Soul covers just that, the known natural laws of the body, mind, and soul. The laws are explained to you in an easy to understand way and there are also menus in the chapter on the “Law of Nourishment” so that you can properly combine your meals.
As for the Mind, and Soul, the book breaks those up into two sections and according to polarities. So for instance, if you were to read the chapter on “Fear” first, you would then read the chapter on “Faith” next.
Opposites/Polarities:
MIND ◄—► SOUL
MANY ◄—► ONE LIFE
DISEASE ◄—► HEALTH
FEAR ◄—► FAITH
WORRY ◄—► HOPE
SELFISHNESS ◄—► GENEROSITY
VANITY ◄—► ASPIRATION
ANGER ◄—► PATIENCE
CRITICISM ◄—► SYMPATHY
ENVY ◄—► NON-INTERFERENCE
GREED ◄—► KINDNESS
HYPOCRISY / SELF-CONDEMNATION ◄—► COURAGE
PREJUDICE / INTOLERANCE ◄—► FORGIVENESS
JEALOUSY ◄—► DUTY
HATE ◄—► LOVE
EGO ◄—► REAL SELF
ENDLESS FEARS/DESIRES ◄—► PEACE
*Any two opposites are the SAME thing in different degrees. For example, where there is faith, there is no fear.*
2. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
This is one of the best selling inspirational books of all time and for good reason. Hill was taught by Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest men who ever lived, all of his principles behind success and wealth creation. Hill then put those principles into his book and shares it with you. I strongly recommend it for anyone who would like to see the role their mind and imagination plays in creating their success and also the steps to being successful.
3. The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield
This book is written by Jack Canfield, author of the famous “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books and also a speaker in the law of attraction film, “The Secret”. In the book, Canfield covers the various principles he believes one needs in order to be successful. J really love this book due to its simplicity and the large number of areas it covers. Each chapter is usually only a few pages long and nearly everything from releasing negative experiences from your past, to making new images and affirmations, and even how to invest your money are all covered in it.
4. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Ecker
Another great book on wealth creation. In it Ecker talks about how just like you can set your thermostat to whatever temperature you like, you can also set your financial thermostat to whatever temperature you like. Ecker provides exercises for the reader to do to rid themselves of any negative concepts they might have acquired in the past and has a passion for wealth creation that really comes out in his book.
5. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Business Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber
This book has done too much for me to not mention it. In my opinion, it should be required reading by ANYONE who plans on starting a business. It basically states that a business should be looked at like its own independent entity and that the reason most entrepreneurs fail is because they get stuck inside the day to day operations of their business. Gerber states that instead of going to work in your business, you should go to work ON your business. You should look at it as if it was its own separate entity that should be able to run without you. If your business cannot run without you being there, then you don’t have a business, you have a JOB.
My next writing will talk about the power of vision statements, vision boards, vision wallpapers and how to make your own audio recordings to train your brain for success!
It’s time for Part 2 of training your brain for success! Two important tools that a lot of people might not be using (or might be using incorrectly) are Affirmations and “Acting As If”. As I recently just covered both of these topics, I am just going to link to them and move on to the next tip.
Affirmations
Acting As If
Reading New Books or Books on Audio CDs
A GREAT way to train your brain for success is by reading new books or online articles such as this. As Dr. Thurman Fleet of the Concept-Therapy Institute likes to say, when you read things like this, you are creating new brain cells and these are of the positive type. As you create more and more of these cells, the Divine Power that operates in the world will be able to flow through you in a more positive way.
When you read new books you expose yourself to new thoughts and ideas that can dramatically improve your life. For instance, after I read “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It”, the principles in that book changed my business. I was able to drastically cut down the amount of time I worked while my income went way up.
As well as the new ideas and thoughts that books can expose you to, you can also derive motivation and inspiration from books. Reading about successful people that you would like to emulate, can really motivate you to take positive actions to transform your own life. Also, as “like attracts like”, when you are reading and thinking about success, happiness, wealth, etc… you are in a vibration to attract more of that into your life.
By the way, for those that don’t like books or might not have time for them, there are always books on CDs. These are great to listen to while driving. Imagine getting a whole book done while simply driving to and from work every day.
Here is a list of books I’ve used to improve different areas of my life:
1. Rays of the Dawn by Dr. Thurman Fleet:
ANYTHING and I mean just about ANYTHING by Dr. Fleet is amazing. Rays of the Dawn; Natural Laws of the Body, Mind, and Soul covers just that, the known natural laws of the body, mind, and soul. The laws are explained to you in an easy to understand way and there are also menus in the chapter on the “Law of Nourishment” so that you can properly combine your meals.
As for the Mind, and Soul, the book breaks those up into two sections and according to polarities. So for instance, if you were to read the chapter on “Fear” first, you would then read the chapter on “Faith” next.
Opposites/Polarities:
MIND ◄—► SOUL
MANY ◄—► ONE LIFE
DISEASE ◄—► HEALTH
FEAR ◄—► FAITH
WORRY ◄—► HOPE
SELFISHNESS ◄—► GENEROSITY
VANITY ◄—► ASPIRATION
ANGER ◄—► PATIENCE
CRITICISM ◄—► SYMPATHY
ENVY ◄—► NON-INTERFERENCE
GREED ◄—► KINDNESS
HYPOCRISY / SELF-CONDEMNATION ◄—► COURAGE
PREJUDICE / INTOLERANCE ◄—► FORGIVENESS
JEALOUSY ◄—► DUTY
HATE ◄—► LOVE
EGO ◄—► REAL SELF
ENDLESS FEARS/DESIRES ◄—► PEACE
*Any two opposites are the SAME thing in different degrees. For example, where there is faith, there is no fear.*
2. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
This is one of the best selling inspirational books of all time and for good reason. Hill was taught by Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest men who ever lived, all of his principles behind success and wealth creation. Hill then put those principles into his book and shares it with you. I strongly recommend it for anyone who would like to see the role their mind and imagination plays in creating their success and also the steps to being successful.
3. The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield
This book is written by Jack Canfield, author of the famous “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books and also a speaker in the law of attraction film, “The Secret”. In the book, Canfield covers the various principles he believes one needs in order to be successful. J really love this book due to its simplicity and the large number of areas it covers. Each chapter is usually only a few pages long and nearly everything from releasing negative experiences from your past, to making new images and affirmations, and even how to invest your money are all covered in it.
4. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Ecker
Another great book on wealth creation. In it Ecker talks about how just like you can set your thermostat to whatever temperature you like, you can also set your financial thermostat to whatever temperature you like. Ecker provides exercises for the reader to do to rid themselves of any negative concepts they might have acquired in the past and has a passion for wealth creation that really comes out in his book.
5. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Business Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber
This book has done too much for me to not mention it. In my opinion, it should be required reading by ANYONE who plans on starting a business. It basically states that a business should be looked at like its own independent entity and that the reason most entrepreneurs fail is because they get stuck inside the day to day operations of their business. Gerber states that instead of going to work in your business, you should go to work ON your business. You should look at it as if it was its own separate entity that should be able to run without you. If your business cannot run without you being there, then you don’t have a business, you have a JOB.
My next writing will talk about the power of vision statements, vision boards, vision wallpapers and how to make your own audio recordings to train your brain for success!
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