The Language of Success - How the Way You Think Determines the Results You Get

Guest post by Stuart Doughty

DO you know how to succeed? Really know, so that anything you imagined that you wanted to do you KNEW you could achieve it?

Million dollars? Know how to get that. Climb Mount Everest? I can do that.  

A little reminder...

Run a marathon? Tick it off. Find perfect love? Become a movie star, write a best-selling novel?

What would you have to know, feel or believe to be able to tell yourself, 'Yes I can do that'?

Not to tell others, who have no way of knowing whether you can achieve your goals, but to say to yourself, this is an idea I want to pursue, and I will do it? And know, deep down, that you will succeed.

Well Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess prodigy who became the world champion at 22, is an extraordinary example of how.

At 13 he told a TV interviewer his goal was to become the world champion. Of course, it's every child's dream to become the best in the world at something, but what he said was more startling than the size of his dream.

"I will do what it takes to become world champion."

Well, nine years later he became the second-youngest world champion ever, since Garry Kasparov was crowned king of chess in 1985.

The first clue to achieving our ultimate goals, to live the dream we have dreamed, is to "declare and decide". Declare that this is our goal, so that others know, and to decide that we shall pursue it. Until we reach it.

Bob Proctor likes to tell the story of how the late Sir Edmund Hillary declared he would reach the top of Mount Everest when no one had ever done it and most who thought they knew said it could not be done.

Despite failures by previous expeditions, Hillary accomplished the feat with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, and fulfilled the Everest of goals he set himself.

Hillary once described himself as "just an enthusiastic mountaineer of modest abilities who was willing to work quite hard and had the necessary imagination and determination".

But deciding to do something and being determined are no guarantees of success. That requires something more: Belief and imagination, plus a particular way of thinking.

When Carlsen beat India's Viswanathan Anand in the championship without losing a game to become only the second world chess champion from the West in the modern era, he epitomized what it takes to succeed in any venture.

It requires more than study, or knowledge, more than effort or a 'feel' for the game, and more even than talent. It requires being inside the paradigm of chess.

In a documentary shot before the championship, one of the Carlsen's sisters unwittingly reveals this other key. Magnus, she says, "speaks chess as a language".

She means he's always talking and thinking chess. The reason he was able to become world champion is because he speaks the language of chess.

He doesn't 'play' chess. He is chess. He exists inside of a paradigm, or mental-physical awareness, where everything else is secondary.

Chess does not occur as something extra inside his life, like a job. His life occurs inside the idea 'chess'. He speaks it, thinks it, dreams, relates to life from chess. It is his way of thinking.

This is evident from a clip in the documentary in which he plays 10 lawyers at Harvard University simultaneously, while blindfolded, following each game only in his mind. And wins them all.

His father says "It's a mystery why he is so good". But to those understand the power of the paradigm within the subconscious mind, there is no mystery.

Perhaps the only puzzle was that Carlsen had a gift of concentration as a child, and ability to think in pictures, to visualize a chess board so clearly he could play the game in his mind as easily as on a physical board.

But it is a willingness to concentrate and focus on a goal that manifests a desired result in life. And we can all train ourselves to do that.

When we are passionate about a subject, immerse ourselves in it, when it is the first thing we think of when we wake, the energy of that entity merges with us and seeks expression through us.

We cannot fail when we become one with the object of our focus; when we are intertwined with the subject of our destiny.

This is what it takes to succeed at the highest level; to achieve our biggest goals and live our dreams. To become one with the dream. To live from the goal instead of striving to reach it.

If there is a burning desire within you to achieve a thing - to live inside of your dream - you must step inside of its world and live from the inside out.

Then you will know what to do, or be guided how to reach your Everest, to become the champion of your dream. Do you know how to build your paradigm of success?

"Thinking Into Results", the 12-step program of personal transformation shows you how to master the language of success that you want to speak.

You can find out more about Magnus Carlsen at his YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/themagnuscarlsen

Stuart Doughty is a Life Coach and 'Thinking Into Results' consultant working with Bob Proctor, and an expert in transformational coaching.

He works with individuals and businesses, helping them understand how to master the power of the mind so they can achieve the results they desire.

If you want to learn how to think into results to achieve your goals and live your dreams, contact him at http://www.LivetheTotality.com or stuartdoughty@aol.com

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Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck - Advice for Entrepreneurs from Tony Tjan

By John Lee of YourBestYouEver.net

HOW do we become inspired in our everyday life? What truly drives us on to achieve our desires, both large and small?

Which of the four traits of Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck dominates our behavior and thus colors our life experience?

Philippe Petit tight-rope walking the World Trade Center in 1974

And why is reaching 'the ultimate state of self-awareness or self-congruence' the 'one real truth'?

These are all questions posed and answered by writer and US venture capitalist, Anthony (Tony) Tjan, in the fascinating video you can access below.

Speaking at TED, the lead author of New York Times Best Seller, "Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck" examines:

* The five different ways we're all inspired

* The four different traits in the title of his book, how they manifest themselves and how they can help you achieve self-awareness

* Why we should all take the time to 'turn the spotlight on ourselves' and the beneficial effects it can have on our lives

In what is a lively, entertaining and thought-provoking presentation, Tony also talks about the Entrepreneurial Aptitude Test (EAT) that formed part of research carried out in collaboration with Harvard Business School Publishing.

And he illustrates his points with two excellent movies.

One, entitled 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi', recounts the insiring story of a Michelin-starred, octogenarian, sushi chef in Japan.

The other tells the incredible story of how French tightrope-walker, Philippe Petit, completed a high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, back in 1974.

It's a wonderfully informative video that will surely make you think. Take a look. Click on the link below:

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Courage or Conformity?

Guest post by Bob Proctor

THE late Earl Nightingale was, for many years, the most listened to man on radio. His radio show, "Our Changing World", was broadcast on over 1,000 radio stations around the world.

He researched and wrote every show himself. The man virtually devoured books. He was consumed with the idea of why so few people succeed in life and so many others do not.

The late, great Earl Nightingale

I had the good fortune of working for a number of years with Earl. It was a tremendous learning experience; one I treasure more with each passing year.

We all admire the courageous person and quite often consider the individual who lacks courage, a coward. However, that is not how Earl Nightingale saw it.

He said the opposite of courage was not cowardness, it was conformity. I believe the more you think about that, the more you will be inclined to agree with him.

It takes courage to break away from the crowd, to go your own way, to do the thing that may be unpopular.

It takes courage to stand up for the person who is being unjustly criticized, rather than agreeing and going along with the crowd.

It takes courage for the teenager to say no, when all the rest of the kids begin going down the wrong path.

Earl Nightingale was correct - the opposite of courage is conformity. It is one reason so few people enjoy any lasting success.

It is so easy to go along with the large group. We don't have to stand out, to be different.

The next time you are encouraged to fall into line, to be a sport and everything in you says, 'No' - be courageous and go your own way.

There is no compensation in conformity.

Bob Proctor

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A Special 'Note from the Universe' - with Mike Dooley

Posted by John Lee of YourBestYouEver.net

A friend of mine - a lady called June K Spencer - who's a Reiki Master and a tutor in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) once suggested to me, during a session where she was training me in EFT, that openly admitting you're 'into personal development' is a huge challenge for many people.

I knew exactly what she meant. There's a very real fear, for some of us, that the revelation will bring laughter, ridicule, incredulity, a sense that we're inadequate in some way and thus worthy of pity, along with accusations of being some 'new-age hippy'.

Speaker and author, Mike Dooley

Yet virtually everyone needs a level encouragement to help keep their spirits up and their momentum moving in the right direction - whether it be a kind word from a loved one, a note of appreciation from a boss or something similar - while the right kind of support in a given area of life can be nothing short of invaluable.

Sadly, it often seems in very short supply. Worse still, cynicism appears to rule - not least in the media. There's often one positive and/or heart-warming news story at the end of every bulletin.... although that's about it. As for so-called TV entertainment programs, so many are full of conflict, disaster, failed relationships, murder, intrigue and the like.

I think it was Jack Canfield, of the 'Chicken Soup For The Soul' books, who advised taking a complete break from news reports, newspapers, magazines, the TV and so on for a month and then examining how much better you actually feel. I managed a couple of weeks and it certainly made a difference.

So to the real point of this article, as indicated in the headline.

Fortunately, there are services such as Mike Dooley's 'A Note from the Universe', which sends an uplifting, encouraging and often spookily insightful message to the email inbox of the subscriber, totally free of charge. (Mike, in case you're struggling to place him, is one of the stars of  the movie, 'The Secret' and a prolific author and speaker.)

Anyway, the 'Note' you can read below arrived in my inbox today and it's such a simple and straightforward approach to 'getting what you want out of life', I felt I had to share it. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful.

And if you're celebrating this weekend, may a wish you and those you love a very Happy and Peaceful Easter. Here's the Note.....

"John, it's not really a matter of feeling worthy of love, friends, health, or wealth. Or of appreciating what you already have. Or even of learning to love yourself. These don't have to come first. You don't have to wear a halo to manifest the changes you want.

It's simply a matter of understanding that if you do your part: visualize, prepare the way, and act "as if", without looking over your shoulder for quick results, what you want must be added unto you... as will the feelings of worthiness, appreciation and loving your most lovable self.

You were pre-qualified,
The Universe."

PS. Should you wish to know more about June Spencer and the work she does on 'Inner Repatterning', along with another eminent complementary therapist here in the UK - Tania A Prince - please go to www.innerrepatterning.com

Are you living a BIG, FULL Life?

Guest post by Meredith Bell

I was sitting in one of the church pews with my husband, daughter Alison and son-in-law. We were attending the funeral of a good friend; the father of one of Alison’s best friends.

His death had come as a shock. Just two weeks before, he’d been admitted into the hospital for a medical problem…and now he was gone.  

The church was packed with family, friends, church members, and patients from his dental practice.

During the service, four people delivered touching eulogies. Reactions alternated between tears and laughter as each person shared special memories of their relationship with Harold.

The first speaker had been Harold’s friend for more than 50 years. They had met their first year at the University of Richmond and remained close throughout the decades.

And he was not alone. There were more than a dozen other men in attendance who could trace their relationship with Harold back to those early college years.

I found it remarkable that Harold had managed to maintain strong friendships with all these people.

They had shared a love of U of Richmond football and basketball, attending games together whenever possible over the years.

As the friend said, Harold was not a fan, he was a “fanatic” about the Richmond Spiders. Clearly, many of his buddies shared his passion and were equally committed to honoring their friend by attending this service.

The second speaker was a retired minister who had gotten to know Harold as pastor and friend almost 30 years before when he’d been assigned to this church.

Again, he and Harold had remained close throughout the years, even as the pastor’s assignments had taken him hundreds of miles away.

Third up was Harold’s oldest of 5 grandsons; a 20-year old college student. He warned us that he was going to cry, and he did…along with everyone else in the church.

He delivered a moving tribute to his grandfather, sharing some of their experiences and adventures.

It was obvious he deeply admired the man he called “Grandpa” and would be forever impacted by the love and memories they’d created together.

Last to speak was Harold’s daughter, Alison’s friend, who is now an ordained minister herself.

Despite her sorrow in the unexpected loss of her father, she was able to pay homage to her dad through her stories about their relationship.

She spoke of his high expectations for her throughout her growing-up years. You could tell that, even as an adult, she held his opinion in high regard and valued his approval.

What came across loud and clear as each person spoke was the love and commitment that Harold had for those in his world.

Each one recalled how kind and thoughtful he was. He took a genuine interest in others and was always eager to hear what was important to them.

This carried through in his work as well, where he practiced dentistry for over 30 years.

He created a caring environment where his staff loved coming to work and his patients actually looked forward to going to the dentist.

Many of them were loyal patients for all those years, bringing their children and grandchildren to his practice.

His wife Kathy said that he’d lived a BIG, FULL life. What a great statement. And it had nothing to do with the places he traveled or the money he earned.

No, Harold lived a life dedicated to creating special, memorable experiences for those he loved, just by his presence.

He squeezed every ounce of enjoyment from everything he did, and he enriched the lives of all who were privileged to know him.

Think about your own life. What are you doing to make sure it’s BIG and FULL?

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If You Think Imagination Has Nothing to Do With Reality, You Are Wrong

Guest post by Remez Sasson

THE Wright brothers wanted to fly, and people considered them lunatics.

Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison and Bill Gates were considered as daydreamers, when actually, they were visualizing and imagining their vision.

Whatever they were imagining years ago, is now a solid reality.

Most people tend to treat imagination as something that has nothing to do with reality, but this is a wrong attitude.

Imagination has much to do with reality. It shapes the way we see our reality, and therefore, affects our expectations and hopes, our actions and behavior.

Imagination is like a software that programs our behavior, expectations and actions. This means that we have to be very careful with what we imagine, since what we see in our mind’s eye can become our reality.

If we imagine bad things, we program our mind accordingly, and sooner or later see, act and behave accordingly, and create what we imagined.

This also works the other way. Imagine good things, and this will affect your actions and behavior, which consequently, would create in your life what you imagined in your mind.

Your reality mirrors what goes on in your mind.

If you imagine yourself weak and poor, you will enact this part in your life. But if you imagine yourself powerful and rich, you will eventually become so.

Everything starts in the mind, and in the imagination. Your imagination is responsible, to a large extent, for the kind of life you are experiencing right now, and what goes on in your mind now, would affect your future.

* A business starts as a thought and a mental image.

* You first imagine yourself possessing a certain kind of car, and then you do something to get it.

* If you wish to lose weight, you start by imagining yourself slim and well-shaped. If this thought is clear and focused, and you allow no doubt, you will sooner or later find the ideas, the information, and the energy to do something about it.

* If you imagine yourself as an athlete, a teacher or an actor, and repeat this thought in your mind, day after day, this thought will drive you into action, and eventually would turn into reality.

* This is exactly how successful people become prosperous.

4 Reasons, Why Your Imagination Is Creating the Events in Your Life

1) When you imagine a certain thing, day after day, gradually, you start thinking about it most of the time. This will drive you instinctively to search for information about it, to become aware of opportunities concerning it, and to become motivated to accomplish what you imagined.

2) Using your imagination to build a mental picture of what you want, tells your subconscious mind that you really want it. Consequently, the subconscious mind will supply you the energy to do something about it, and will also make you aware of any opportunities that could make it a reality.

3) Your thoughts create a mental image of the object, situation or people you are thinking about, and in subtle ways, affect you and your environment.

Repeating the same scenario in your mind, affects your thinking, which in some way, affects the thoughts of other people, and attracts to you people, who think like you, and who can help you make your thought come true.

It is not a coincidence that sometimes, when you are looking desperately for a certain object, an answer to something that is troubling you, or for a specialist in a certain area, and all of a sudden the object or the answer pops up, or you find the person you are looking for.

4) You, through your imagination, are shaping your life’s events.

If you tend to worry, think negatively and expect failure, you are using your imagination in a negative manner. Eventually, you might get what you imagine... failure!

And vice versa. If you imagine and envision progress, promotion and successful results, you will attract opportunities and take action. You will see opportunities, which otherwise you would have missed. In this case, you will get what you imagine, success!

Imagine for yourself only the highest good

When you learn to be in command of your imagination, you control your destiny.

I have covered this subject in other of my articles, as also wrote about it extensively, and provided practical guidance and advice in my book Visualize and Achieve.

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Ways to Stay Motivated When You Tumble Down

Guest post by Norah Abraham (originally appeared at pickthebrain.com)

WHEN you are feeling down, it can be very difficult to find the motivation you need to get back up and going again. Sometimes, you may need to rely on a service or a person other than yourself for help. If you think your company morale is sagging a bit, bringing in a speaker or another service to get going again can do wonders for productivity and motivation. Whether you are an individual or a corporation, you probably know that motivation is vital for doing your job well and staying ahead.  

Get yourself out of that slump!

Stuck in a Slump

We’ve all been there – we go to start an assignment or finish an important task at work but the motivation to start and finish the job just isn’t there. If you’re stuck in a slump, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is something wrong with you. Most people end up in a slump at some point during their professional lives, and it can happen repeatedly in some cases.

Although getting stuck in a slump is no fun, the most important thing is to determine how to get yourself out of the rut and get moving again. You may feel stuck, and your co-workers may need to pick up slack for you until you are back to normal form. Once you have regained control of your life, you need to make sure you know how to pick yourself up from a slump in the future.

Getting Out of a Slump

You may feel as though it is nearly impossible to get out of the slump that you are in, but fortunately that’s not necessarily true. It will, likely, take time and effort, but you can eventually conquer the slippery slope and make your way back to being a productive individual. As you overcome this difficult time, take a close look at what got you into the slump in the first place and how you can prevent it in the future. Fortunately, some simple steps can help get you started in the right direction.

You can begin by narrowing down your focus, since having a single goal or project in mind is much easier than trying to organize jumbled thoughts and turn them into cohesive ideas. If you are like most people, you get worn out and start to lose motivation if you have been assigned a large amount of work. Instead, break up one large assignment into smaller pieces so that you have a more manageable workload in front of you. Decide to focus on just one thing at a time, whether it’s a specific goal or a target for your next project.

Another option is to make your thoughts and feelings known publicly. In many instances, simply sharing your struggles with others and getting pesky thoughts and feelings out into the open can have a tremendously positive impact on your overall morale. The more you publicize the fact that you are in a slump, the more likely it is that you will find people who are willing and able to give you the assistance you need. If you have made a commitment or have a big project coming up at work, go ahead and announce it. After all, it is more difficult to quit a task or leave it unfinished when you have announced it publicly.

It is important to have a support system for both the good and the bad times. Simply knowing that your support system is there, and ready to help, can go a long way in boosting your morale. Begin by surrounding yourself with close friends and family members, and anyone else you know well and can trust. Just as you would be there for them in a time of need, you can expect your support system to assist you the same way in return.

Staying Safe from Slumps in the Future

Once you have successfully climbed out of the slump you were in, you probably want to make sure it doesn’t happen again. There are several ways to find your motivation after a slump and to keep yourself excited about your work and your personal life. For example, there are speakers to increase self motivation. The right speaker will work to inspire his or her audience and promote general positive feelings towards work and productivity. Some other motivation goals may include exploring and regaining a sense of adventure and providing a service that can help others, and for which others are willing to pay.

Losing motivation can be tough, but it is pretty easy to get back on track. Loss of motivation happens to just about everyone at some point. Fortunately, there are ways to regain the footing you lost.

Norah Abraham has been a freelance writer since 2005. She attended the University of Boston and graduated with a Bachelor in English Literature. She loves public speaking and motivates people in her own comic style. She loves gadgets and techie stuffs. In her career, she has written dozens of press releases, articles, and essays. Find her on Google Plus.

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Are You Too Busy to Be Happy or Fulfilled?

Guest posting by Joyce Shafer

AN image was posted on a social site that said: Stop the glorification of busy. This reminds me of how much emphasis we put on what people do versus who they are, and how happy they are. There's a theme running through our psyches that says we have to be and or stay busy or we're not living up to our full potential.

Underneath that is the other theme: concern about what others will think and say about us. Society-at-large claims to admire people who are on the go all the time, who live in the fast lane, who "live large." The implication is that if you don't fit into that mold, you aren't someone special; your value or worth is less, according to those parameters.

Take time to, "Smell the Roses" (Courtesy of cutestpaw.com)

I saw someone I hadn't seen in years, which meant we had catching-up to do, so I asked about her children.

Her conversation went something like this (all identifying information has been changed): "Mark is working for Acme Insurance. He's a department manager. His wife, Anna, works at Booker Bank. She's the loan manager. Their older son, Steve, is the floor manager at Estates Antiques. Their younger son, George, is the top salesman at Luxury Cars. Their daughter, Angie-" well, you get the picture.

As the time passed, I asked more specific questions, but one thing stuck in my mind: how happy someone is, is rarely the first thing someone says about another.

We put so much emphasis on what people do when we could put it on who they are and how happy they are. How much admiration do we have or value do we place on someone who is genuinely kind, caring, and happy, and has a job, say, as a personal assistant, a cook, or a housekeeper?

Or, we might comment, when asked how a mutual friend is doing after a move to a new town, that the move was a bold one; that we believe in our friend's abilities; that we know there will be adjustment time involved, but that our friend possesses what she or he needs at the inner and outer levels to make life a good experience in the new place, rather than what work our friend is doing.

There's a story you may be familiar with about a business executive who visited a coastal village.

He had a conversation with a local man and learned the local man got up in the morning when he wanted to, took his small boat out for an hour or two and caught enough fish to sell for money his family used, then spent the rest of the day and evening with his family and friends, where they all enjoyed each other's companionship. It was a simple, easy, joyful life the local man described.

The executive launched into a discussion about how the man could get more boats over time and create a huge, profitable business. The executive was in his element during this conversation: Building businesses from scratch and growing them was his expertise and passion.

The local man listened carefully then asked why he should do that. The executive explained that with proper management, the man could sell the company and retire in twenty years with enough money that would allow him to get up in the morning when he wanted to, fish when he wanted to, and spend as much time with his family and friends as he wanted to.

The local man replied, "I do that now."

Someone posed an excellent question about this story: Which man was happy? What's your answer to that question? The question-poser's answer was an intriguing one: Both of them.

What made each man happy was different. One man liked to stay busy in a particular way to feel fulfilled; the other liked to stay just busy enough to feel fulfilled. Each man had certain responsibilities they had to attend to, which they did, and you can bet that each man had challenges they had to meet in life, but they knew what made them happy and lived it.

We put so much emphasis on what we and others do and so little on what makes us genuinely happy. We keep ourselves busy, either with genuine responsibilities, some of which we probably could delegate, or with busy work, so we can appear productive to ourselves and others. Never confuse activity with productivity. We trap ourselves in that vortex far too often and too easily, either with physical activity or mental activity.

One friend of mine had the thought instilled in her that if she took the time to read a book for her own purpose or pleasure she was guilty of the sin of laziness (I just heard the collective gasp of avid readers). So she worked and worked and did and did, all the time.

She and I had many conversations about this, until she was finally able to find the courage to read a book. She was in her 40s before this happened, and she did so under the disapproving gaze of the person most adamant about it being a lazy person's thing to do, as she took her turn to sit with him in his hospital room.

My father was a workaholic. My mother was always doing something. Neither ever sat and watched TV without doing some other task at the same time. It's no surprise I too became a workaholic, until a health matter put an end to that. It took me several years to move past denial of this, as well as continuing to push myself to the borderline critical stage, before I really got the message.

Then it took another year or two to figure out how to live and function in a new way, and to see the gifts that came with this, such as a different level of creativity, because I could no longer afford to be active without being productive. It was especially challenging to deal with others who couldn't comprehend or adapt to this new "reality" for me.

Comments were often harsh. Eventually, I had to not care what others thought. It shouldn't take a health matter for us to not care what others think or to choose balance for ourselves and our lives.

We have been programmed to believe if we are busy enough, it will lead to happiness. Why? Because if you're busy, you must be being compensated, right? And if you're compensated, you must be able to afford stuff, and stuff makes us happy, right? Yet, some of the busiest people are the most under-compensated and some of the best-compensated people are some of the unhappiest.

There's also the aspect of strengthening our spiritual side to consider. How can we do this if we never sit still long enough to hear the deeper messages or to balance and recharge our energy, or to nurture our connection with the One Consciousness? We also need to consider the mental, emotional, and physical drain on us that can happen when we don't have that balance in our lives.

Do you identify with who you really are, or with what you do and are experiencing? Do you project this onto others, as well? Maybe a good question is: How happy am I in general? Do I make time to not be busy so that the other parts of my life are fulfilling and joyful?

It's time to stop the glorification of busy for ourselves and others and embrace life and its many facets, and determine for ourselves what makes life a happy experience for us. It's a good practice, one you'll appreciate.

Practice makes progress.

© Joyce Shafer

Joyce Shafer is a Life Empowerment Coach dedicated to helping people feel, be, and live their true inner power. She's author of "I Don't Want to be Your Guru" and other books/ebooks, and publishes a free weekly online newsletter that offers empowering articles. See all that's offered by Joyce and on her site at http://stateofappreciation.weebly.com/guest-articles.html#.UPGKUB3BGSo

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The #1 Key to Manifesting - with Gabrielle Bernstein

By John Lee of YourBestYouEver.net

MANIFESTING the life that you truly desire is one of the biggest themes in the world of self-help, personal development, personal growth or however you like to characterize it.

Author, speaker and TV regular, Gabrielle Bernstein

Much of this, in recent times, has been down to the success of movies such as 'The Secret', which brought the 'Law of Attraction' to a wider and more diverse audience than ever before.

Given the possibilities that it opened up, people the world over understandably embraced the notion of 'manifestation' whole-heartedly.

So why is that so many remain frustrated in their efforts to 'attract' their ideal life? After all, it's supposed to be a pretty simple concept.

And it's one that's explained in refreshingly 'stripped back' terms in the video below by writer, speaker and US TV regular, Gabrielle Bernstein.

The author of bestsellers such as 'Spirit Junkie' and 'Add More ~ing to Your Life', plus the newly-published 'Miracles Now' gives her personal view.

She talks about the importance of clarity and 'letting go'. And she offers her '#1 Key to Manifesting' in 3 simple steps.

The recording is just a few minutes long. But it contains some great information. Take a look.

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Success Lesson: Learning from the Older Generation

Guest post by Robert Cordray

HOW many times does the average adult play the age card on their children? And then, how many children immediately refute any unwelcome advice with a comment of their own about old age, senility, or something else that is age-related? 

Learn from your elders

It is an age-old scenario, and it seems that, even if there is mutual respect between generations, there will always be at least some kind of discord between each age group. However, each one of us would benefit from paying close attention to the advice of our elders.

Some of the smartest words ever spoken came from Charles Wadsworth, when he said that “by the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” 

Too many people ignore the advice of their elders when it flows freely, and live to regret it later when they are no longer around to help. So how do we make sure that we take advantage of the wisdom of the older generation while we can?

Talk to Them

Here’s a shocking concept: if you want to learn from your elders, you might actually have to talk to them! Sit down with your parents, your grandparents, and other people who have lived on this earth longer than you, and take some quality time to pick their brains and search their memories.

Every single person on this planet has a unique and interesting story to tell, and the longer you have lived the more you have experienced. Ask them questions and uncover all you can about them.

Write it Down

Have you ever thought about one of your relatives or ancestors that you never had the chance to meet, wishing you could understand what their life and personality was like?

One of the most important things that any person can do for future generations is to record their memories with writing and pictures. Ask your relative if you can record your conversations, or take notes of the best stories that they tell and greatest pearls of wisdom

Learn from Past Generations

It is not only living generations who can teach us a thing or two. And just because someone is no longer living does not mean that we cannot learn from them. In fact, we can often learn more from those people who have gone before us.

There are a lot of free resources online that can help you to put together your family tree and also learn more about your ancestors. Once you find your ancestors, you can start to retrace their steps and learn more about their lives.

Learn from Their Mistakes

While the older generations have a lot of wisdom to pass on, not everything in their lives should necessarily be replicated. There are a lot of times when we have a more important responsibility to learn from the mistakes of our elders.

That does not show a lack of respect; you simply have to acknowledge that every life is full of good parts, bad parts, stepping stones, and learning curves.

If you learn as much as you can from the older generations, you will be all the more prepared to start making new mistakes of your own.

Robert Cordray is a freelance writer and expert in business and finance. He has received many accolades for his work in teaching solid entrepreneur advice.

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