Personal Development and Your Inner Power Revealed

Napoleon Hill writes in the book “Think and Grow Rich” that if you can conceive it you can achieve it.  If the path to riches was a marathon, then thoughts would be considered the first step.  Thoughts that are conducive to success will keep failure at bay.  Have you no matter how hard you tried could not remember a thought from a few minutes earlier?

The foundation of all success starts with a thought.  Your thoughts are important because your thoughts in turn become your words.  For example, if your mind is filled with negative self talk, then your words will derail your success.  You must fill up your mind with positive thoughts through personal development.

I am not talking about the rah-rah pump it up positivity temporary fix; no I am talking about goal driven thoughts.  I remember when I sold a very expensive product door to door our supervisor always had these meetings that were purely rah-rah pump you up and send you out the door.  He really believed that these meetings were the highlight of the day.  This concept did not work because it was one to two hours before you got into your first home to present the product.  You had to be able to motivate yourself.

Your goals had to be big enough to overcome the negative thoughts swimming in your head on that long ride to your presentation.  The beauty of tasting success is that nothing hurt when you are winning.  When your sales are down, then every little thing is a major issue.  One on one selling is one of the most transparent forms of selling.

Your potential customers will pick up on your stinking thinking.  A critical part of the presentation was performing a mattress test in your prospect‘s bedroom.  I have closed many deals at this point of the presentation and the rest was just a formality.  If you are not confident enough, then you would never be able to accomplish this key part of the presentation.  Your words move you to action, moving you towards your goals for the future.

If you are unable to move to action to perform a critical part of the presentation, a bad habit will form.  The habit of not doing your best will lead to you taking shortcuts.  You will no longer attempt to get into the bedroom, your sales would decrease. When you are in a funk amazingly everyone else is to blame for your failure.  A habit is whether good or bad is formed anywhere from 21-59 days of action so pay close attention to your actions.

Your character of who you truly are to the core is developed by these habits.  Your character in turn determines your destiny.  Where you are in live can be traced back to actions or inactions done by you.  These negative thoughts will become your future unless you make a conscious effort through personal development to change. Your destiny started from thoughts, so cultivate your thoughts wisely.

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Sean Stephenson, Author of “Get Off Your But”, gives you 3 standing lessons to implement once you get off your “buts”.  Sean’s standing lesson #1 is to connect with every one. Communication is the exchange of information, while connection is the exchange of humanity.  We meet different people throughout our life.  Have you ever met someone for the first time and it seem like you have known them forever?  Have you ever met someone who you couldn’t get away from them fast enough?  This concept sound simple but connecting with everyone is a very tall order.

The standing lesson #2 is the most important one because the man in the mirror is always the most difficult person to convince.  You have to connect with yourself.  You have to connect with you.  Insecurity is one of the “buts” that you must get off to stand.  Insecurity is one of the major “buts”, because if everyone connected with themselves in a real and honest way we would definitely have a better World.   The negative self talk in our head sometimes, we would not repeat to our worst enemy.  Thomas Edison failed 10,000 before he perfected the light bulb.  You have to learn from your mistake in a constructive ways.  The destructive ways that people normally tune out of life is through alcohol, drugs, overeating, suicide, etc.

The third and final way to stand is the ability to laugh at you.  You have to find humor in situations that you find yourself very stressful.  We laugh at the expense of others many times, but anyone that with the ability to laughs at themselves will go a long way in life.  We must not take life too seriously because the more we are attached to the outcome the more stress we bring into our lives.  If we focus on the process and not take ourselves seriously, then we would be our way.   When you can truly laugh at yourself the closer you will begin to heal all the past hurts and afflictions.

The 3 standing lessons of Sean Stephenson of connecting with everyone, connecting at you and being able to laugh at yourself is a tall order but once you get off your “buts” you will be able to implement these changes in your life.  The simple act of getting up off your “buts” is the first step and the standing lessons will lead you to a more fulfilling life.  Are you ready to take a stand?

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Sean Stephenson is a mighty man in a small frame.  Sean does not like to be described as 3 feet tall person confined to a wheelchair.  Sean Stephenson has gone through more trials and tribulations that would make the biggest man fall to his knees.  Sean is the author of “Get off Your But” so you can take a stand.  What I learned from the seminar was that we have no excuses for not achieving whatever our heart desires.

Sean‘s philosophy is that they are 3 major buts that we have to overcome.  The first are fears which normally start with “but what if I fail, But what if I lose…. and continues for as long as you allow it.  Our fears are holding us back, you can go to as many self help seminar that you can fit into a single lifetime, but until you do what is necessary to succeed you are wasting your time.  The journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step.   The first step may be the most difficult to take, but once you do it is very difficult to stop moving forward.

Excuses are but #2 which normally starts with but I don’t have to do that; but I don’t know how to do that….and continues to infinity.  “Excuses are the building blocks of nothingness.  They serve as monument to inadequacies and those who excels in them seldom do in anything else” is a poem that I heard many years ago and it still sticks in my mind today.

Insecurity is but #3 and what he considers to be the most devastating thing that plagues us.  Sean believes that insecurity of not feeling like you don’t measured up to standards that you have in your mind or set by society is crippling.  These insecurities might be caused by any number of things, but if people felt more secure in their bodies then they is no telling how far this World could evolve.  This but normally starts with but I am not……. (Fill in the blank).  I don’t know what but plagues you but whichever one does get over it and move towards the success that you deserve in your life, business and relationships.

Sean Stephenson describes his turning point in his book when he stopped feeling sorry for himself in vivid detail as a 4 years old child.  The question that his mother asked him changed his life forever.  He overcame the force inside of him that kept him living small in his mind.  When are you going to overcome this force and get off your “buts”?

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George S. Clayton writes in “The Richest Man in Babylon“ about seven cures for a lean purse. The setting for this book is in ancient time, yet his practical advice is very relevant to today times. The concepts presented are very simplistic in nature, but once applied these principles could help you to acquire wealth. It will be necessary to apply consistent and persistent actions to achieve success.  The inner actions of developing your mind are even more important than the outer actions.  The seven cures below takes discipline to control your mindset because a breakdown in your mindset might lead to a breakdown in one of the stages.

The 7 cures for a lean purse are listed below:

1. Start saving money now

Pay your immediately living expenses with 90% of your income and save the other10% of your income.

2. Control what you spend

You must control the money that you spend on a daily and monthly basis. Your results will be drastically different if you constantly spend your money on a want instead of a need. You must figure out your needs and minimize your wants to control your expenses.

3. Make investments with your savings

Your purse is fattening so now you must invest it. The true way to build wealth is by finding ways to invest your savings. You must find profitable investment that will give you a great return on your money. If you fail in your first attempt to build wealth, then start over at step 1 again.  The point of failing is learning from it and continues to move towards your goals.

4. Protect your Return on Investment

You must weigh the risks versus the rewards of every possible investment. You must only seek advice from people who specializes in investment strategy. You must make sure that you select the right person, interview and researched their credential.  Your due diligence at all stages before investing in a risky enterprise that may eradicate your nest egg.

5. Invest in property

This cure is self explanatory because everyone always dreams about owning his or her property. You would be wasting money if you are renting instead of buying your home.

6. Insure a future income

Strategic planning about your future when you have a growing surplus will help you keep your wealth. Your investments must be enough to take care of your family during your retirement years.

7. Invest in knowledge

The best way to keep your newly acquired wealth is to always invest in acquiring new skill sets.  Perfecting your craft with a solid commitment to your goals will be greatly rewarded. What would you do with your last $200.00 if you had a home based internet business?

The seven cures to a lean purse described above are a simple plan that may be followed in the Babylon of yesteryear as well as the World of today. Saving 10% of your income on a consistent basis is only the beginning. The advice offered by “The Richest Man in Babylon” may be used by everyone now or in the future.

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“The grass is always greener on the other side” I remember the picture of two cows divided by a fence with each cow stretching his neck out to other cow grass eating it.   The concepts that your fortune is located some place other than where you are currently.  They are many people who embark on finding success before utilizing the resources that is already available to you.  You might be already sitting amongst your acre of diamond and you are totally unaware.

A farmer was on that same journey of looking for diamonds.  He sold his farm, packed up and went around the World looking for diamonds.  He finally gave up and threw himself in the river and died.  The person who purchased his farm found a strange rock.  The rock was actually a diamond and led to one of the richest diamond mine.  The first farmer went all over the world looking for diamonds but his diamonds were all around him in its raw state.  He failed to recognize it so he has no idea of the amount of wealth that he had around him.

If he had investigated his current circumstances who know what legacy he would have left for the generations that was lost because of his death.  The moral of the story is look for your acre of diamonds at your current state of being, before you embark on an unnecessary journeys. Your destination to success is the long term goal but the journey may be reach be any number of ways.  The first step is using what you have within arm reach.

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The greatest asset that we possess is our mind.  The greatest liability that we possess is our mind.  The mind is a double edged sword, because your actions and in actions all stems from the space between your ears.  Napoleon Hill states that the road to success starts with your thoughts.  Your positive thoughts will lead to consistent actions and eventual success in your life, business and relationships.  Failure arises when your mind is filled with negative thoughts that lead to total inactions. What are the steps that you must take to clear up this clutter?  I use the following four methods to eliminate the negative thoughts.

1. Positive Feedback

You are told on a consistent basis that you will never amount to anything for most of your life.  The odds are that you will begin to believe these statements made by your family and peers.  The mind is like fertile land that if you plant seeds with the proper food and nutrients, then strong plants will grow.  If you have a field that is overgrown with weed, shrubs and soil that is barren, then truly nothing positive will grow.  The first thing we would have to do is clear this field and then work on the soil to make it fertile.  Positive feedback is a great way to add fertilization to the soil.  When I was in Junior High School, a teacher that I did not even know stop me in the hallway and told that he was looking forward to having me in his class next year. He turned out to be Mr. Rosen my mathematics teacher in the ninth grade.  I received the highest Mathematics Regent score in the whole school and I walk the stage at graduation to celebrate that fact.  The positive feedback that I knew he was receiving from other teachers had a lot to do with him approaching me.  You must make list of incidents where people told you positive things about you to reinforce and strengthened your mind.

2. Storytelling

Spiderman is a superhero in a comic’s strip that narrates and tells his day to day life as a college student and as a super hero.  Who do you see yourself as Peter Parker or Spiderman?  I would like to say that most of us see ourselves as Spiderman.  We would want to the satisfaction of saving lives and helping people without all of the hoopla.  We must visualize our lives the way we want it to be.  We can write our own story where we are the superhero and not the victim.  When you write your destiny the way you see it then your thoughts and actions will help you achieve it.  We sometimes suffer from the victim’s mentality where we ask Spiderman why he is trying to save us.  The victim has a strong desire to stay in his muck and mire and pull Spiderman down.  Spiderman uses his mental strength and ability to stop you from making him become a victim also.  Misery loves company.  Visualization is one of the best ways to eliminate these negative thought so you may more forward in achieving success in your life, business and relationships.

3. Media Blitz

Personal development is a compilation of books, tape, videos, seminars and audio that we listen or participated in.  We are bombarded on a daily basis with news reports on every conceivable bad thing that can happen in any given day.  The media spend more time on reporting negative news versus bringing positive news to light.  The money is in reporting the negative news.   What do you think would happen if you shut off the media from entering your thoughts?   I have made a conscious decision that I will not watch television on a daily basis.  The greatest thing about it is that I don’t even miss it.  You would have more space in your brain to fill it with more excellent personal developing material.  If something disastrous happens someone will let you know.  They are many candidates out there who like to be the bearer of bad news.  Just keep the negative media out of your mind and focus on more positive thoughts.  Food for thought: The wealthier a person becomes the less television they watch.

4. Mastermind Group

You must spend more time with the people that have your best interest at heart and less with the ones who don’t.  Mastermind groups of like minded individual who spend time building you up to help you achieve your goals are the best people to associate yourself.  You must cut out the negative naysayers that are currently in your life.  If they are preoccupied with telling you how to live your life, then you need to cut them out.  The most successful people have a network of positive and encouraging people.  One of the richest men in the World, Warren Buffet, give another of the world’s richest, Bill Gates, billions of dollars to invest in Bill Gates ‘s charity.  Is that a coincidence or a mastermind group?  I would definitely say that that relationship is one the best mastermind group in the World.

I repeat that the mind is one of the greatest assets in our life.  Our mind is also our greatest liability in our life.  You can control almost everything that is placed in your mind on a daily basis.  You may choose to develop your mind to a strong entity that allows you success in your life, business and relationship or let become barren land that nothing may grow on it.  The four methods mentioned above are the one that I use on a regular basis.  The choice is yours, chose wisely.

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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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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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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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