Thursday, August 9, 2007

Expect Nothing But The Best For Yourself

Ever had the feeling where you expected to achieve something so intensely and you actually achieved it? Or are you able to count the times when you expected and hoped that your dreams, aspirations, desires and goals will turn out the way you imagined and they actually did? Expectation is a powerful tool and it can and will go a long way in shaping your life and your future.

In order to constructively and effectively shape the best for your life, you must first and foremost expect the best from yourself. You have to insist, nay, demand that you give a hundred and one percent (or more) in everything that you do to produce the best and successful results. Think of ways on how you can expect to churn out the most practical, useful skills and knowledge from yourself. Then ask yourself how you can expect to apply the most effective efforts and actions to obtain your success. You must make it a point not to falter, default or slacken in your tasks and actions. Treat procrastination like a bad flu - you know you have to find ways to overcome procrastination or it will halt your success, just like how a bad flu will weaken your body if not cured. Always remember that when you can afford to give your best, do not think for a moment that you can give your worst.

In fact, the subject of love is a very relevant example to illustrate how expecting the best from yourself can effectively shape your life. When you expect a boy/girl to notice you and eventually fall for you, will you take the appropriate steps like looking good, approaching him/her, complimenting him/her, getting him/her romantic gifts, etc, or will you just look your worst, sit back, relax, do nothing and expect him/her to magically fall heads over heels in love with you?

You do not live in this world alone. So, to achieve even greater success, you must not just expect the best from yourself, rather, you must also expect the people around you to give their best. You must be able to influence them with your words, your thoughts, and your actions, leading by example that they may emulate you and assist you in producing quality work and achieving positive results for your life and theirs.

Your parents are probably the most suitable example to demonstrate the truth of what I had just mentioned above. There was probably a time when your parents expected you to eat your vegetables, not just a piece of broccoli, but all your vegetables. They might have told you why you should eat your vegetables - because they are good for you - and they led by example by doing what they expected their child to do. This would have probably instilled in you the importance of eating vegetables and you subsequently started eating vegetables. In some ways too, you have actually subconsciously assisted your parents in achieving their goal of getting you to eat your vegetables.

So the next time you embark on improving your life or obtaining a certain goal, tell yourself that you must expect nothing short of the best from yourself and the people around you so as to make that improvement or goal a reality. If you would like to find out more about how you can greatly improve your life, click here.

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

10 Impeding Beliefs That Prevent You From Getting Rich

At one point in your life, you may ask yourself why other people are so successful with money when you’re not. Depending on how closely you look, you will have several answers. Do these sound familiar?

- They’re just luckier than I am
- They have a better education than I do
- They were born into a rich family
- They are white and have better opportunities than I do
- They already had money to start a business
- They already had money to invest in real estate
- They are smarter than I am
- They are younger than I am
- They look better than I do
- They probably work harder than I do

The list probably continues to fill several pages. Money is the topic that generates the most beliefs, followed by the topic of relationship. I once led a seminar where we investigated people’s beliefs about money. After only 30 minutes we came up with 3 full pages!

Beliefs - Blueprint of Your Reality

You may not know this yet, but your beliefs are the blueprint of your reality. If you knew that, would you deliberately create one from the list above? Probably not, because these beliefs are not supportive at all. These beliefs create a reality that leaves you ‘playing’ the victim, and on top of it, keeps you right where you are. You are not improving your life one bit.

Why are we creating these beliefs in the first place, when we know that they are not constructive at all? The answer lies in the nature of our consciousness. Most of us were told that there is a universe out there and this universe shapes our reality. It is the basic belief that life happens to us. Most of us get these beliefs confirmed several times per day. The result is that our consciousness gets imprinted each day with the same message. The message with the same old belief.

Meanwhile, as adults, we are not even aware that our life ‘as it happens’ is built around a belief. It becomes a profound reality that we prove to ourselves in each moment.

So how do we get out of this dilemma? We need to take a step back and look at our beliefs. Take a piece of paper and a pencil and write down all the beliefs you have around money. Don’t think too much, be spontaneous. When you have run out of your own beliefs, think about what other people’s beliefs are about money.

Then mark each belief with an ‘I’ or an ‘S’ depending if the belief is impeding or supportive. Impeding beliefs do not support creating wealth, supportive beliefs do. Now, look at your list and count each supportive and impeding belief. What is your score? How many impeding beliefs do you have, and how many supportive beliefs do you have?

Imprinting New Beliefs

Realize that all the impeding beliefs do not support the creation of fortune. Now, take a new piece of paper, and brainstorm beliefs that will exactly create the wealth you would like to have. When you are done with the list, go over each of your new beliefs and create a mental image. Hold this mental image for at least 10-20 seconds. You may need some practice, but every time you do it, you will get better with it. Do this exercise in a quiet, calm, and relaxed environment, as this will help to imprint these beliefs into your consciousness.

Remember, beliefs are the blueprint of what will manifest in your life. With a little training, you will be able to move on to the next stage, which is feeling your beliefs. Feel as if these new beliefs, that foster what you really want to create, have actually been manifested.

- How does it feel to be a millionaire?
- How does it feel to have abundance in your life?
- How does it feel to have more money than you can spend?
- How does it feel to give to others?
- How does it feel to buy without having to look at the price?

Whenever you catch yourself thinking or speaking an impeding belief about money, stop what you are doing. Go back to the place in your mind where you recall one of your deliberately created beliefs about money, and connect with it. The more you do this, the more you will train your mind to think in a new way. A way that leads to being rich.

By the way - this method actually uses principles of quantum physics. However, that is another story…

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Monday, July 9, 2007

How Beliefs Work Part II: How to Re-Program Your Beliefs

Everything that you are experiencing now is your brain's perceptions of them, it may not be real. That is why hallucination is pretty much visible to only that one guy. However, the hallucination or actual happenings have the same effect on your mind. In other words, your brain cannot tell the difference between something that had really happened or something that is make-believe. You can fool the brain by vividly imagining scenarios and the brain will believe it is true. This is also known as creative visualization. It is a vital step in the formation of our beliefs.

If you have ever skipped lunch, you will have probably experienced it too. Mental images of your favourite Cheeseburger start to saturate your mind. You can see it now. As you grab the burger, you can feel the texture of the bun and the sweet meaty scent drifting into your nostrils. You take a long and slow bite, the cheese and patty goes so well together. You can feel the amount of saliva in the mouth now. If your visualization skill is that good, you will probably find yourself drooling.

Even though there is no burger, your mind can imagine one and still send signals to your body to start salivating. So how will this affect our beliefs?

Your beliefs are never absolutely true, they are merely generalizations and ill-conceived notions. Just like the burger, they are never real, they are just fractions of the real things and subjected to third party influences. If you can remember the beliefs analogy I gave, those evidences or truck parts, are contributed by other people or yourself and contain only a fraction of the truth, never complete. Your beliefs are a combination of feedback and generalizations from you and your environment.

Hence, you can also manipulate your beliefs to achieve peak performance, by using creative visualization techniques. In the simplest term, you can choose which truck parts to go with your ideal engine and optimise the truck's functioning. You can construct your own belief and either let it work for you or hold you back. So how do you change or modify an existing belief?

Firstly, you must find enough reasons to change your current beliefs. This first step helps to build a strong emotional reason for change. Secondly, you have to challenge every piece of evidence that had supported the faulty idea, by proposing counter-evidence. Now that the truck is bare, you can easily replace the faulty engine with a new one. Thirdly, replace the old idea with a new and better one. Fourthly, support this new idea with evidence. You are now integrating the new and better truck apparels with the engine.

However, the work is not done yet. Fifthly, you must write this new belief down. Remember that no beliefs are completely true. Writing it down helps you to review your beliefs and facilitate future changes.

Always remember that your beliefs are reliant on your perceptions and they can be fooled. Use this fact to your advantage and create better and more empowering beliefs. If you realise that a current belief no longer serves you well, you can always change it simply by:

(i) finding enough reasons to change,

(ii) disproving the evidence supporting your old beliefs,

(iii) putting forth a new idea,

(iv) supporting it with relevant evidence and then

(v) writing it down.

Always be aware of your beliefs and remember that you have control over them.

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Develop your Intuition in 7 Steps

Have you had that experience when all of a sudden you just had this huge hunch that something is about to happen, and to your surprise, that intuition was eventually translated to reality?

When you feel strongly about something without logical basis to it, that's called intuition. It comes in three impressions: clairvoyance or "the third eye", sensing clearly and feeling through listening.

Clairvoyance is when your eye goes beyond what it can see. This is when you know what is happening somewhere.

Sensing clearly is basically what we refer to as "hunch" or "gut feel." This is the time when you are overwhelmed with a feeling and you can't explain it and all you can say is "I just know."

On the other hand, feeling through listening or clairaudience is being able to "listen" between the lines. Intuition also happens at times when a certain sound, whatever it is - be it a car's honk or a bird's twitting - ushers in an intense feeling.

They say only a number of people are gifted with intuition. Astrologers even insist that people born under the Scorpio or Pisces signs are naturally intuitive it almost borders on E.S.P. But studies have been sprouting left and right that proclaim that anyone can develop intuition.

Why the need to develop intuition, you ask? Why not let your emotional and psychological state as it is? First and foremost, intuition promotes good communication. It makes you more sensitive to the people around you; it often keeps you from hurting those you love because you are intuitive enough to understand them. Intuition also makes you far more creative than ever. Intuition means releasing more creative juices for any means of expression. Lastly, intuition has a healing power. This healing power is not in the physical sense, but in delving deep into your soul to eradicate some negative energy buried in it.

With that being said, are you ready to develop your intuition? Here are some ways to unlock this gift:

1. Hynosis

Oh yes, get yourself hypnotized. Hypnosis is not limited to watching a pendulum move back and forth. Perform self-hypnosis or you can avail of hypnotic programs that can strengthen your intuition.

2. Meditation

Meditating means finding peace in yourself. If your mind and heart are cluttered with too many baggage and hurt, you wouldn't be able to quiet down that part of you that could eventually initiate intuition. There are so many ways to meditate: take a yoga class, or just simply practice some breathing that could bring you straight to Zen.

3. Think positive!

A worry-free, fear-free state could do so much to improve your intuitive ability. By staying positive, you attract good energy that would be able to easily recognize imminent feelings and events.

4. Just let go.

What does this mean? If you are on the brink of making a huge decision, let go of all the inhibitions and head to a quiet place where you could find out where the letting go has brought you. Sometimes you just have to listen to the voice within you, and that voice wouldn't come out unless you let go.

5. Never expect.

After letting go of the inhibitions and all those things that stop you from thinking and feeling clearly, never expect for an answer right away. Never expect that the "hunch" would fall on your lap immediately. Give it a little time then you'd just get surprised that -- wham! -- now you have your answer.

6. Believe in your first impressions.

When you see someone for the first time and think that he is a bit too arrogant for your taste, chances are that impression actually holds true. Most of the time, first impressions are brought by intuition.

7. Stay happy!

See? All you need to be intuitive is to stay happy! Happiness attracts immense power and such power includes intuition. In tapping your intuition, your motivation must be happiness and contentment. Given that premise, intuition will fall to you easily.

Intuition is helpful, because sometimes it leads you to something that cannot be achieved otherwise. A lot of lives have been saved by intuition alone. Decisions are easier done if armed by this gift. Develop intuition now and reap benefits you have never imagined.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

How Beliefs Work Part I: 3 Things You Must Know about the Science of Beliefs.

Belief is a strange thing indeed. It can make a millionaire out of a former drug-dealing gang member, and fail millions of students at the same time. It is responsible for the airplanes that just flew above my head plus numerous other inventions, but at the same time the mastermind behind mass genocides and relentless insurgents̢۪ attacks around the globe. It has been expounded upon countless times, with its effects evident wherever you see; but people still ignore its presence and how it can build, or destroy us.

The millionaire mentioned above is Stephen Pierce. He was a gang member whose brush with death and his violent past did not prevent him from achieving roaring success with his online business. The Wright brothers who invented airplanes were just bicycle repairmen, but they had created the flying machine despite negative feedback and setbacks. Your beliefs will always exert an effect on you, whether you believe it or not. So how do beliefs work? Here are four important things to note:

1. Empowering beliefs push us forward and open our perspective, while limiting beliefs hold us back and blind us to available resources.

Your beliefs are what truly limit you in your endeavour. Not your available resources, not your parent's gene nor is it other people's comments. It is your beliefs. Your beliefs will determine how far you can go. When you have a certain belief, nothing can stop you from committing yourself to it. Your mind will tap into its potential to prove that you're right. If you think you can your mind and body will utilised every resources available to help you achieve it. Similarly, if you think you can't. Your mind will shut off all possibilities of ever achieving it.

2. Your beliefs can affect your body's functioning.

Your belief is so powerful that it does not just direct your actions, makes your decision, but even alters your body chemistry. Have you heard of the placebo effect? Human test subjects who took what they thought were depressants display effects of the drug, even though the drug is actually a stimulant. Your beliefs can actually cause chemical changes in your body, regardless of prior drug consumption! This means that you can also control your body immunity system to a certain extent, simply by making a conscious effort to live healthily and maintaining the beliefs that I am in control of my own health.

3. A belief is just a thought supported by evidence.

For example, I used to think that Rubik Cubes are impossible to solve. But once I realize that the belief is due to one faulty idea and evidences that support it, I went all out to re-examine these evidences. They include: limited knowledge of its structure (the only thing I know is that it is made of plastic) and zero knowledge of how to start. I challenge all these evidences by posing new and stronger evidences. Just to name a few, I dissected a few cubes and started watching DIY videos at YouTube until I̢۪m convinced that it is possible.

Imagine a truck cruising down the highway. What gives the truck the pushing force? It is the engine. But the engine does not make up the truck. It also requires the wheels, the chassis, fuels and other parts to move the vehicle.

A belief works exactly the same way! If a belief is likened to a truck, the engine will be the thought, and the other parts of the vehicle are evidences that support the thought and help to run your belief. To complicate matters, all these apparels, including the engine, are provided other people or events. As long as it is compatible with the engine, you will take it and never consider other options.

So how do you change the faulty engine and customize every part of the car?

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How to Be Self Motivated

Being Self-motivated means driven, focused, ready for objective discussion, also being sharp and smart enough not to be manipulated and be open to positive learning. Being in this state of mind always, is the challenge.

Steps:

  1. "Self motivated" is a state of mind which we should earnestly try to be in as often as we can. The first step to understand is that this state of mind is possible, but it is generally very elusive or comes for a short span of time, encouraged by short term commitment or by a dream fulfilment process.
  2. Remember, that what you think is unique in your life or situation is not unique at all. There may be something similar or more unique in others' lives. There are only two types of people; one who succumbs to a situation, or one who overcomes successfully.
  3. Now try to think good things around you which will bring the drive. Change your over all mood and then start taking small significant decisions - look for getting more facts for accurate assessment of the situation.
  4. Get into positive spiral. One positive step leading to the next.
  5. Remember, that being self motivated is your challenge. Do not expect any external positive contribution. If you get that, you are lucky. Looking inside on your strengths is the KEY.

Tips:

  • The objective is to unleash your true potential.
  • The journey of unleashing the potential is a truly worthy-one. During this journey knowingly/unknowingly you will have helped many unleash their respective potential.
  • There will be hurdles, but you have got to keep going. One wrong step can wash out all the good steps you have taken and similarly one right step can also leap you forward. This is Life.
  • Positive affirmations repeated often will help you become strong.
  • Choose one that fits with your problem. If you are scared, "I have no fear". If you are shy "I am a very confident person".
  • Speak them as though you are already the way you want to be. Do not say "I am becoming positive", "I am positive" is much better.

Warnings

  • Be soft to yourself.
  • Being self motivated does not mean forcefully smiling and trying to please everyone.
  • Have courage to confront hurdles if you really think you are right.
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Monday, July 2, 2007

Believe In Your Success And You Will Achieve It

“I believe I can fly.” I bet you have heard that song before. It is a nice and simple song that has a very deep and motivational theme. That theme is to believe in yourself. But what are beliefs? Beliefs are basically a set rules you abide by in your mind and life that govern the way you think and act.

What can beliefs do for you? Or how do beliefs affect you? Beliefs enable you to distinguish & differentiate right from wrong. If you have always believed that playing with matches is dangerous and wrong, you will most probably sway away from playing with a pack of matches and start setting things ablaze.

How else do beliefs affect you? Beliefs can motivate and steer you towards a certain course of focused action or actions that can eventually lead to you achieving your goals, desires, aspirations and ultimately your success. For example, if you believe that it is of utmost importance that you drive a car rather than take public transport in order to travel more accessibly and conveniently to various locations such as work, the grocery shop or your relative’s home, you will probably work towards getting a driver’s license. You will then prepare yourself by enrolling in driving lessons, consistently attending those lessons, getting tips from your instructor on how to drive better and learning from your mistakes. You will eventually be screaming in excitement when you finally pass the driving test and get your driver’s license.

Have you ever had the experience where you truly, completely believe in something and it actually came true? Like the time when you believed that your mom will cook your favourite chicken curry and she actually did or the time when you truly completely believed that you can win a race and you actually did win it and came in first place. It is not impossible to truly believe in something, then take effective actions and see it come true.

However, most people are hindered from successfully achieving their believes and goals because of something known as self-limiting beliefs. What are self limiting beliefs and what effects do they have on you? Self-limiting beliefs are negative beliefs in your mind that tend to have negative effects on you. They can lead to procrastination and laziness, destroy and dampen your hopes and aspirations, bring down your morale and deviate you from your intended successful path and goal.

Some of the most detrimental self-limiting beliefs include believing that certain tasks are too difficult or impossible to achieve and believing that you cannot succeed in a certain field although numerous people have already succeeded in that field. Internet marketing is very relevant example that can be illustrated here. There have been numerous cases of successful online marketers yet many people still believe that being a successful online marketer is totally difficult and downright impossible. They believe that they cannot succeed in marketing a product and making tons of cash online and eventually do not set out to do it. Hence, it is critically important that you conquer your self-limiting beliefs if you ever want to be successful.

So the next time your self limiting fear is getting in the way of your path to success, conquer and overcome them by asking yourself these questions:

1) What will and can I do if I know I cannot fail?

2) What effective steps and actions should I take to ensure that I will not fail or reduce my rate of failure?

3) Who are the successful people in the field I am trying to succeed in now and how I can I emulate them and their actions?

Always remember that when you believe that you are worthy of your success, and you show it in the things that you do consistently, you will definitely achieve it.

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