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Some Reflection on “Finding Your Own North Star” by Martha Beck

Friday, August 28th, 2009

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I just started reading the book “Finding Your Own North Star claiming the life you were meant to live” and from the few pages this book is resonating with me.  We each have two selves inside us which are the essential self and the social self.  The essential self is the intricate compasses that “continuously point toward your North Star”.  The social self is the “set of skills that actually carry toward this goal”.  For example, your essential self want passionately to become an engineer, your social self will struggle through calculus and physics.  You will achieve success in your life when your essential self and social self are in alignment.  You will be amazed how your body, mind and soul are affected when your inner selves are out of alignment.  Have you ever found yourself sabotaging your job by being late, daydreaming, and countless other ways?  This is a perfect example of our essential self speaking to us and we continue to ignore it.

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When I was a student as early as junior high school all of my teachers recognized that I was excellent in mathematics and science.  The profession that all of them recommended was engineering.  My social self listened to them and went on to earn my B.S. in Electrical Engineering.  I have had my degree for over seventeen years and I have never worked in a job as an engineer.  I did not listen to my essential self because I just listened to what my teachers said.

The next thing that is drilled into to us is working for a company for over twenty-five years, retire and then travel.  The current economical environment of today shows us that this theory is a fallacy.  If I had taken the time to reflect and listened to whatever my essential self said. Who knows how much further in life I would be today?  When the essential self and social self are in alignment the satisfaction that you get out of your life would be everlasting.  My charge to you is that you take the time to listen to your essential self.

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How Does the Body Magic Garment Allow You to Have a Profitable Home Business?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

I have been seeing these commercials on television about body reshaping garment for women.  These garments profess to reduce a women dress size by 2-3 inches.  My first impression was that of a skeptic in that I thought it was false advertising.  The figure you saw with clothes on would not be the actual figure with clothes off.  When I investigated further I found that The Body Magic  helped build the confidence of the woman wearing it.  A survey found that 9 out of 10 women are unhappy with the look of certain areas of their body. There are many different ways that women try to overcome these “imperfections” whether it is through surgery, weight loss pills, diet or exercise. You may run a very profitable home business because the products are excellent. The Health and Wellness Industry is a multi-billion dollar business.  The potential to make money in this industry is endless.

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The main area that most women are not happy with is their stomach. The human body is made of mostly water and the fatty tissue is 90% water. The Body Magic is a body reshaping garment that restores the shape of your body. “Lipo-Transportation” is the ability to move fatty tissue from where it is to where it needs to be. The Body Magic brings the fatty tissue into the garment, and then compresses it till the lymphatic system removes the water from the fatty tissue. This garment support and restores your internal organs to their original positions in your body. This is the technical way of how The Body Magic works. This garment truly works which makes it a perfect opportunity for a profitable home business. When you see a woman in an outfit with her Body Magic on for the first time as a man all you say is wow. The transformation is self evident in the way that the woman carries herself and the big smile on her face.

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How to Use the Ninth Step to Riches Which is The Mastermind to Translate Your Plans Into Action?

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Napoleon Hill in “Think and grow Rich” presents the power of the mastermind as the ninth step to riches. Your definite plans are useless without enough power to translate them into action. Napoleon Hill defined power as organized and intelligently directed knowledge. The mastermind group is two or more people who with definite plans work in a spirit of harmony towards riches. The power of the mastermind group is infinite. Power is required for the accumulation and retention of money. When you are working a home business opportunity you must utilize information and knowledge that will make you very powerful.

There are three sources of knowledge:

1. Infinite Intelligence

-source of knowledge acquired through Creative Imagination

2. Accumulated Experience

-knowledge that you acquired from schools and colleges that have been classified and organized

3. Experiment and Research

-comes from people gathering, classifying and organizing new facts daily

The steps to riches will be very difficult if people depended on their efforts alone. You will not have great power without a Mastermind group. Like minded people will inject the necessary element of power that you need to succeed in your home business opportunity. You must use definitive plans with persistence and imagination that includes selecting the best mastermind group. This act in itself will bring you half way to your goals. The master mind has two characteristics which are economic and psychic.

The economic phase comes with the advantage of advice, counsel and personal cooperation of a group of people in perfect harmony. The amount of wealth that has been amassed using this method is unfathomable. The saying is that success is determined by who you know not what you know. The negative connotation of this statement is the visualization of the “old boys’ network”. The average income of your five closest friends is normally your income. The master mind group works best if you select the best possible candidates, not just your “best friends”. Your mastermind group will be your “old boys’ network” to help you succeed in your home business opportunity.

The psychic phase is more abstract and difficult to understand, because it deals with spiritual forces. Napoleon Hill believes that no two minds can come together without creating a third invisible and intangible force. He compared this force to a third mind. The human mind is partly spiritual in nature and is a form of energy. The spiritual unit of energy that is formed when two minds combine in a harmonious nature is the psychic phase.

Henry Ford is a great example of someone who surrounded himself with a great group of master minds. Henry Ford was not a learned man but he believed in having the best people to do the task that he was unable to do. Henry Ford was able to amass a fortune using this variation of the mastermind group. Your group in your home business opportunity will be about five people not fifty like Henry Ford. Your mastermind group may be just as powerful as Henry Ford so use it to the best of your ability.

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10 Health Benefits of the Pomegranate

Friday, August 14th, 2009

It is know that the Pomegranate is the oldest fruit known to man. This perfect fruit has seeds that are surrounded by a sac of sweet tart juice contained by a thin membrane. This membrane is paper-thin which is bitter to the taste. The membrane is useful as a skin wash. You have the option to eat the seeds or not.  The seeds serve as roughage to help cleanse the body. The origins of this sweet fruit are from Iran to the Himalayas in the northern India but, then it was cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient time.

Pomegranate grows in a semi-arid-temperate to subtropical climate and naturally adapted to regions with cool winter and hot summers. The pomegranate trees can bear temperatures below 12 degree Fahrenheit so this fruit can be grown in California.  This super fruit has many different health benefits.  Pomegranate has 3 times more antioxidants ounce for ounce than red wine or green tea.  It contains 40% of Recommended Daily Allowance (R.D.A) of Vitamin C.  It also contains Vitamin A, Vitamin E and Folic Acid.

Health benefits of pomegranate as listed below:

1. Works well as a blood thinner

2. Acts as an agent for promoting blood flow to the heart

3. Reduces plaque in arteries

4. Raises “good” cholesterol while helping lowering “bad” cholesterol

5. Aids in the prevention of heart disease

6. Fights breast cancer

7. Lung cancer prevention

8. Slows prostate cancer

9. Protects the neonatal brains

10. Dental protection against tooth decay

Pomegranate has many other benefits that are still in the preliminary research stage.  This fruit might be one of the most perfect fruit.   The juice when purchased from the supermarket is a little more expensive than other juices.  When the research is final on this fruit, then many people will be more than willing to pay the extra cost.

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Persistence, The Eighth Step to Riches, is Required to Succeed

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

The majority of people are ready to throw their dreams overboard with the first sign of opposition. If the journey to success was easy, then everyone would be successful.  The book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill states that persistence is the eighth step to riches. Combining willpower and desire makes an explosive pair. The perfect example of this is Hollywood.  Many “actors” go to Hollywood to find fame, fortune and success.  Hollywood is not easily conquered and it pays off and once in a while someone famous emerges.  The one recurring trait of successful people is persistence.

Persistence with definite plans will lead you to succeed in your home based business. Lack of persistence is a common trait among unsuccessful people, but it may be overcome with effort. The first step to riches is desire so if your desire is weak, then your persistence will follow suit. One remedy to strengthen your persistence is to increase your desire. Your mastermind group is also a great resource to help you be more persistent. The careful selection of your mastermind group will help in your road to riches.  The synergy created by like minded people getting together in a mastermind group is phenomenal.

Persistence is based in part on the following definite causes:

1. Definiteness of purpose

2. Desire

3. Self-Reliance

4. Definiteness of Plans

5. Accurate Knowledge

6. Cooperation

7. Willpower

8. Habit

The list above is a valid assessment of what it takes to be persistence in your road to riches.  You probably could get by with just willpower and desire, but the stronger the other six are in your life the simpler your journey will be.  Your journey may be simple, but it never will be easy.  We must take a personal inventory of ourselves to determine where our strengths and weakness lies in the definite causes above. You must rate yourself honestly and the analysis might surprise you. You might be stronger in places that you thought were weak. If you are weak in any particular area, then you must master it to accumulate wealth. Willpower is the key thing that stands out for me with persistence. The road to success is lined with many people with good intentions.  They are going to good intention you to give up your dreams.  Naysayers are always going to try to deter you from achieving your goals. Naysayers are easier to handle when it is someone else.  What if the naysayer is you?

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An Occasional Distraction is Good in Your Personal Development

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Distraction is defined the dictionary as an interruption, confusion or madness. An obstacle is defined as an impediment, hindrance or barrier. Your path to personal and financial development may have different roadblocks.  You must determine whether you should run over, sidestep or jump over the roadblock. You must recognize a distraction for what it is, an interruption, and not let it become an obstacle.

A “Google slap” is an example of an obstacle. You did not have any control over what Google did with your ad. Google for some unknown reason decided that your ad violated their rules. You did not write the rules and probably can’t find a copy of the rules written anywhere on the internet. You may waste your time investigating reasons why or take it in stride and move on to the next task at hand. The degree to which an obstacle hinders your home business on line is determines by how you react to it.  Your available options are to either knock down, side step or climb over an obstacle. You must handle a distraction differently otherwise your personal development efforts will be for nothing.

An example of a distraction is the latest Harry Potter starts on Wednesday night at a special screening time. You are in charge of whether or not you go to this movie. This screening does not help you in your financial development.  This distraction will interrupt your personal development temporarily.  The combination of a few distractions could make it very difficult for you to succeed in your personal development. These activities are in direct correlation to your income.  The more your personal development increases the more your income will grow.  The less time you spend on your personal development activities the less your income will grow.  A distraction unlike the “Google Slap” is totally up to you on how you let it interfere with your financial development.  If you allow distractions to overrun you, then your failure will be imminent.

The way you tackle an obstacle or distraction is up to you. One distraction by itself might not hinder your success.  This mole might become a mountain if you don’t differentiate between a distraction and an obstacle.  Distractions not handle appropriately leads you to procrastinate.  When procrastination takes over, then your personal development income will be affected.  You are allowed some form of distractions in your personal and financial development, but you must not let it interfere with your destiny.

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Personal Development and The Sixth Step to Riches

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

The Book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill discusses thirteen steps to riches. Organized planning is the sixth step to riches. Desire is the first step to riches and organized planning is the crystallization of desire in action. Your personal development training is useless unless you have an organized plan to accomplish it.   Your riches will only grow in proportion to your personal development.  The more you grow the more weapons you have in your arsenal to succeed. Napoleon Hill refers to forming a mastermind group, even though he has not discussed how to form one at this point in the book.  It is a good policy to have your plans checked and approved by your mastermind group. No one person is an island, therefore the cooperation of other people is critical in generating wealth.  Your mastermind group does not guaranty that your plans will work.  You will use their collective knowledge and experiences to come up with the best possible plan.  Personal developing mind will make you stronger mentally to come up with better definitive plans to help you on your road to riches.

Your organized plan still might not work; if it does not work then replace it with another plan until success is achieved. If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. The people who fail in their personal development lack the persistence to create new plans when old ones fail. Your plans must be practical and workable to be able to succeed.  We would not have the incandescent electric light bulb today if Thomas Edison did not fail over 10,000 times.  Every time he failed Thomas Edison evaluated why he failed and made another plan of action.  He did not fall short of his goal.  Thomas Edison is a perfect example that your consistent and persistent action will help you succeed in your personal development.

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True Personal Development Education Requires Health and Wellness Awareness

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Successful people sometimes give up their health to gain wealth. These same people then will give up their wealth to gain health. Your personal development education requires you train your mind, body and spirit.  Health and Wellness is a major industry and continuously growing everyday.  More people are focusing on preventing and keeping off illnesses.   You would be doing yourself an injustice if you only focused on just developing your mind.  Your body is one of the greatest marvels in the World; the inner working of your body is very complicated and intricate. Your heart is capable of beating until you are well over 100 hundred years old. The main factors that can stop your work of art from operating properly in its track are lack of exercise and your diet.  We must find the right combination of diet and exercise.  You must make a decision whether to live to eat or eat to live.   When you choose to eat to live, then food intake is easy.  There are five dirty ingredients that are detrimental to your health.  When you diet is filled with these ingredients you are more susceptible to diseases.

The five dirty ingredients are listed below:

1. High fructose corn syrup

2. Artificial color

3. Artificial Flavor

4. Enriched Flour

5. Partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated oils

You would be surprised how many products in your home have the ingredients above. Go to your refrigerator and cupboard and take an inventory of the five dirty ingredients. You will be amazed at the amount of products that have these ingredients. Your body is your temple so you have to be very careful that you don’t abuse it. You should be aware of the type of food which give or take away your energy.  When we are a little depressed we tend to eat sweets.  Sugar is one of the worst detriments to our body. We have many essential acids that are necessary to help our body function sugar is not one of them. The person who lives to eat life will be surrounded by these five dirty ingredients.   The next piece of puzzle that is extremely important is exercise.

A consistent program of exercise that has been shown to improve your bodily function is listed below:

1. Decreased risk of stroke and heart disease

2. Decreased body fat

3. Improved movements of joints and muscles

4. Improved oxygen deliveries throughout the body

5. Improved sense of well-being

6. Improved strength and endurance

Your exercise does not have to be four hours per day every day of the year.  You may exercise for twenty minutes per day for three times per week and your body will still reap the benefits listed above.  Don’t be a fanatic about exercising just develop consistency in your exercise program.

Your personal development training encompasses your mind, body and spirit. It is very important that your personal development training includes a structured program for your mind and body.  Your health and wellness care is an important arsenal in your personal development tools.   Your mind will try to fix or solve the problem when your body is not functioning at its best.  When you have your priorities in the proper sequence then diet and exercise becomes part of your life.  The right synergy of improving your personal development and taking care of your body must be achieved.  If your diet and exercise becomes natural like breathing then you know that success is not far away.

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Personal Branding is Great for Your Personal Development Training.

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Personal Branding is all about highlighting yourself as an expert and trustworthy person in your field. What knowledge do you bring to the table versus the competitors in your industry?  The expert or go to guy for information is normally the one that people recognizes and trust. The goal of a personal branding is to be that expert that people will do business with. Personal Branding is absolutely required even more, mainly due to the very impersonal nature of the Internet.  Use your personal development training to identify the type of leader that you would like to become known.

When I sold a high end home care system door to door many years ago, I did it through direct one on one contact with my customers. Customers who never saw your product before would call you to deliver it to their home never happened. This product has been sold this way for over 80 years and it will probably be done that way forever. The advent of the Internet and the other technologically Medias have now made selling more impersonal. We can go on E-Bay, purchase an item using Paypal and never see the person selling the item.

The personal touch is totally missing from the transaction. The majority of these transactions go through without a hitch, but what about the ones that the buying party is cheated. The trust factor is the first thing that is highlighted because obviously you did not know this person. Personal Branding helps put the trust factor back into buying and selling products on the Internet. People can now follow you on Twitter, get to know better you on Facebook, read your thoughts and beliefs on your blog, check out your website, “Google” your name or company, etc. before they even go into business with you and that took them a total of 10 minutes.

I had to spend at least 2 hours in people’ homes when I sold door to door to develop the trust factor before they purchased the product. The rules of first impressions apply, because within a few minutes people will know whether they want to do business with you. The importance of a clear personal branding message that is genuine and authentic is the difference between people doing business with you or going to another expert.  Personal development will help you differentiate from the other leader in your industry.

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