Secret of Law of Attraction

After reading the posts at this site, a friend shared with me privately that she’s so inspired and motivated to get started to do what she’d wanted to do since the start of the year.

You see, she’d been kept busy for almost the entire year, but looking back, she felt she hasn’t achieved much professionally, financially, personally and spiritually. She was doing what was expected out of her job, meeting deadlines after deadlines. At the end of the day, all her energy just gets ‘zapped’ out of her that leaves her not wanting to do anything else but wait for the day to start all over again.

She was also in awe that there are so many things she wants to pen down for the rest of the year and the following year, for that matter. I could sense that if she gets overwhelmed, she will just slip back into not setting her goals, working towards some of her dreams. Do you feel that you get that feeling too?

I told her that what’s important is that she gets started with simple goals that allow her to make little changes along the way. If it’s a goal or dream she wants to pursue which might take a year or two to accomplish, break it down into smaller, more manageable baby steps.

Here are some past posts relating to taking baby steps…

Take Baby Steps to a Better Family Relationship

Take Baby Steps to a Better Career

Take Baby Steps to Better Health

Take Baby Steps …

Allow me to share an excerpt of what I read - “Decision Accurate analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed the fact that lack of decision was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of failure. This is no mere statement of a theory - it is a fact. Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer.”

There you have it… procrastinate no further! Take the decision of starting to review what you’ve accomplished and set goals for the coming year! All for the benefit of pursuing your dreams!

Carpe Diem!

Google - Randy Pausch:Live Life Well

In my last two posts, I talked about setting goals and reviewing one’s goals and see if we are all on track? Congratulations if you are on track. If you’re not, how about reviewing them? Don’t just set goals for the sake of it or the fact that everybody else is doing it. Do it because it defines who you are, satisfies your aspirations, fuel your passion and eventually making your dreams come true.

Dreams. We all have dreams. Be it childhood dreams or dreams we make in present days. Go for it!

What if you don’t have the luxury of time. What would you do? Watch this inspirational, fascinating & moving video of how Professor Randy Pausch (who was told he’s left with only 6 months to live) shared about achieving his childhood dreams, helping other children achieve their dreams through his projects and live life.

The video is rather long (about 1hr 45mins). But, trust me. It will be all worth your time.

Enjoy.

As the saying goes “time and tide wait for no man”. How time flies! With just 67 days to go & we will be singing Auld Lang Syne to 2007 and ring in for Year 2008.

Ask yourself these questions…
1) What have I achieved thus far?
2) Did they match up to the goals I have set for 2007?
3) If yes, how will I celebrating those achievements?
4) If no, is it a goal I still want to work towards for the remaining time for the year?
5) What’s the outcome if my goals are not achieved?
6) Who am I accountable to for those goals?
7) Did I make a difference in what I wanted to achieve?

These are indeed thought provoking questions. Congratulations if you are on track! On the flipside, don’t ‘beat’ yourself too hard if you realise you are off-course. Just steer yourself back, revisit those goals, make little changes or break them up into baby steps which will eventually lead you to achieving your goals.

Let’s recap (refer to last post) and use the acronym SMTCSSA as a Memory Jogger…
1) S - Specific
2) M - Measurable
3) T - Timeline
4) C - Controllable
5) S - Strategy
6) S - Steps
7) A - Accountability

Your last dash awaits! Everyone’s a winner! Go for it!

I’ll be revisiting mine too

Any thoughts and comments? Love to hear from you…

In sequel to the previous Goal Settting Steps For Building Roadmaps to Your Goals.  Successfully executing any personal strategic plan for change requires that as you develop your plan, you effectively incorporate these seven steps for attaining each and every goal.

Let us use the acronym SMTCSSA as a Memory Jogger.

1. SPECIFIC - Express your goal in terms of specific events or behaviors.

For a dream to become a goal, it has to be specifically defined in terms of operations, meaning what will be done. When a goal is broken down into steps, it can be managed and pursued much more directly. When you set out to identify a goal, define what you want in clear and specific terms. Write out small goals in order to achieve your main goals.

2. MEASURABLE - Express your goal in terms that can be measured.

How else will you be able to determine your level of progress, or even know when you have successfully arrived where you wanted to be? For instance, how much money do you aspire to make?

3. TIMELINE - Assign a timeline to your goal.

Once you have determined precisely what it is you want, you must decide on a timeframe for having it, for example, one, three or six months.
The deadline you’ve created fosters a sense of urgency or purpose, which in turn will serve as an important motivator, and prevent inertia or procrastination.

4. CONTROLLABLE - Choose a goal you can control.

Unlike dreams, which allow you to fantasize about events over which you have no control, goals have to do with aspects of your existence that you control and can therefore manipulate. In identifying your goal, strive for what you can create, not for what you can’t.

5. STRATEGY - Plan and program a strategy that will get you to your goal.

Pursuing a goal seriously requires that you realistically assess the obstacles and resources involved, and that you create a strategy for navigating that reality. Willpower is unreliable, fickle fuel because it is based on your emotions. Your environment, your schedule and your accountability must be programmed in such a way that all three support you — long after an emotional high is gone.

Life is full of temptations and opportunities to fail. Those temptations and opportunities compete with your more constructive and task-oriented behavior. Without programming, you will find it much harder to stay the course.

6. STEPS - Define your goal in terms of steps.

Major life changes don’t just happen; they happen one step at a time. Steady progress, through well-chosen, realistic, interval steps, produces results in the end. Know what those steps are before you set out.

7. ACCOUNTABILITY - Create accountability for your progress toward your goal.

Without accountability, people are apt to con themselves. If you know precisely what you want, when you want it — and there are real consequences for not doing the assigned work — you are much more likely to continue in your pursuit of your goal.

Find someone in your circle of family or friends to whom you can be accountable, to make periodic checks on your progress.

Once you have achieved each of your small goals, celebrate! In celebrating and rewarding yourself, as motivation will be a contributing factor and Accelerating Attraction to you in achieving your ultimate goal.

Just want to leave you A Thought from Anthony Robbins

“To create an extraordinary quality of life, you must create a vision that’s not only obtainable,  but sustainable.”  — Anthony Robbins

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Please share your thoughts and comments with us!  Would love to hear your comments!

Did you like the Video on An Inspriation! Identify & Sieze Opportunities?  What an amazing kid or creative entrepreneur!

I will be doing some Self Improvement Series and I was looking for pointers to be creative like “The Amazing Kid”.  As I was surfing through the web for some information, this article caught my attention on Being Creative in the internet marketing and I would like to share it with you if you have not seen it.

Looking to Be Creative? by Raymond Brookside

One of the most important aspects of an effective marketing campaign is creativity. When you’re out of marketing ideas and need a new solution, don’t despair. Many marketers struggle with the concept of creativity - but then again, many don’t. These individuals have developed techniques for improving their creative process.

Through many years of experience and significant portions of trial and error, I have discovered a number of techniques that help to jump start the creative process. Here are a few suggestions for getting you started:

1. Begin by searching the Internet. If you have an idea or concept or don’t know where to start, spend some time surfing the Internet. Looking for book titles? Visit Amazon.com or other book related sites and do a little research. Seeing similar products in your category is a great catalyst for creative ideas.
2. Start drawing. Putting pen, marker, or crayon to paper or white board is a great way to get your thoughts going. Many creative thinkers use whiteboards excessively starting with a word in the middle of the board. Circle it and created branches that contain related ideas and circle them. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can fill your whiteboard with new concepts and ideas.
3. Involve others. Anyone can have a great idea. From a marketing perspective, many new product names and even marketing concepts have come from everyday people with no formal marketing experience. Need a new product name? Ask those you work with, family, or friends. Even if you don’t get the name you were looking for the experience can provide new ideas and concepts.
4. Go to your “idea” file. Keep an idea file. Each time you find an ad, web page, or email that really moves you, throw it in your idea file. Over time you’ll probably fill more than one file and use it regularly to generate new ideas or identify concepts you wish to replicate. The idea file is an old concept but one that’s highly effective.
5. Flip through books. Printed resources including books and magazines can be a great resource for ideas. Keep in mind that some of the best resources may be those that are outside of your industry or area of expertise.
6. Pick up the remote. Television commercials are created by some of the most intelligent and creative people in the marketing industry. Use commercials as idea generators. The best way to use commercials to generate ideas is to consider the imagery, the key messaging, and the feelings they create. Can you apply any of these elements to your product or service?
7. Go for a walk. If you’re still struggling to generate that “big” idea, then go for a walk, clear your head, and refresh. Sometime taking a break is the best thing you can do for your mind. It’s said that Thomas Edison, one of the world’s greatest inventors took cat naps to clear his mind and improve his thinking. Give it a try!

Creative thinking is both fun and challenging. When your stuck and need something motivating, experiment, try something new, look for references that can start the ideas flowing again. Every struggles for new ideas so be prepared - know who you can talk to in order to get the ideas flowing again and have a plan. This results in more ideas and more creativity.

Article Source: Self Improvement Articles from PositiveArticles.Com

Of course whilst doing all these steps listening to the Attraction Accelerator audio will help on your creativity too! Do you have any other Creative Pointers?

Why not let us know what you think by adding your own comment! Your opinion is as valid as anyone elses, so come on… let us know what you think.

YouTube - Talk about seizing opportunities ...     

This kid is simply awesome! What an entrepreneurial spirit he’s got! Talk about identifying & seizing opportunities when he sees them.

Based on what I shared in the last few posts, I can see its application just from this clip…

1) have the end in mind - in the spirit of survival, making a living selling the peacock fan, he comes across lots of tourists. In order to increase his income and seize the opportunity that’s presented before him, he knew he had to connect with the tourists. The best way is to speak their language. So, he went to learn as many as he could. He make not speak like the natives, but as long as he gets the message across & clinch that sale. That matters.

2) build momentum and repeat it often - that’s how he hones his linguistic skill. A new language a day, week and month will take him to his vision of making more money. A successful entrepreneur in the making.

3) never give up… as success is just round the corner - his tenacity in surviving in the environment, how he evolves, being creative in his business and making it all work to his advantage speaks volume of a “i-will-survive” attitude. Success will definitely be just round the corner.

Lots of lessons to be drawn from this kid. Truly inspirational.

What do you think ? Share your thoughts…

The third and final master speaker at UYMG Malaysia 2007 on mental strength is non other than Sandhan (aka Kate Johnson). Sandhan is the name given by her teacher and mentor when she was in India.

Sandhan was sharing with us an overview of her Success Navigation System and how we can use it to take success a notch higher or navigate to success from where we are. What she said struck a chord with me and I definitely know it also did with many in the audience and I hope it will too for you, the reader. She said we should have a

1) Vision
- we should see beyond reality. Have a DREAM!
- have a vision board to help guide your beliefs and let the law of universe work to your benefit,

2) Focus
- always believe in yourself.
- never listen to the “Dream Stealers” out there.
- be solution oriented and not problem oriented.

3) Sensory Acuity
- be response-able. If you don’t like the results you see or the response you get, change your approach.
- never wait until there’s a real crisis before you implement change.

4) Sense of Excellence
- never settle for anything less than you deserve.
- always look fear in the face, eye to eye and take action in spite of it.
- never let Dream Stealers take YOUR DREAM, the ultimate failure is not to try anything at all.
- no such thing as Failure… only Outcomes.

It’s very true when Sandhan said that “the road to someday leads to the town of NOWHERE…”.
As Eckart Tolle said “Realise deeply that the present moment is all we ever have”. So, we have to seize the moment, seize the day, seize every opportunity.

TAKE ACTION !

Start with simple things like

• have the end in mind
• build momentum and repeat it often
• never give up… as success is just round the corner

Success is always there for everyone to seize. The question is “do you want it” ?

Carpe Diem!

In my earlier post, I mentioned there were 3 master speakers at UYMG Malaysia 2007, who focused on mental strength - power of the mind. The second inspirational speaker was none other than Inanna Lawton.

In Mesopotamian mythology, Inanna is the most important goddess of the Sumerian pantheon in ancient Mesopotamia. She is a goddess of love, fertility, and war. Fast forward to the 21st century, the Inanna who was presented before me could fit into the role of the godess for simple reasons. Let me elaborate…

Our MIND is indeed very powerful. But, did you know that the unconscious mind is 300 times more powerful than the conscious mind?

Inanna shared that our conscious mind is about our immediate life experience; conscious thoughts and feelings. Whereas, our unconscious mind actually holds the memory of all our experiences and is the primary motivator behind thoughts, beliefs, emotions and actions. When you are able to tap, work and train your unconscious mind, you will be able to achieve greater success in life, greater personal fulfillment and greater motivation.

Inanna’s forte is in the teaching of the use of Metaphors to unlock the potential of the human mind. Metaphors are not only a matter of words, but a matter of thought and energy. In the activity for all participants (with our eyes closed), Inanna used the following metaphors to guide us in the art of visualization:

1) Wolf - for motivation and protector                

2) Eagle - for vision, clarity and focus

3) Ancient Rome - for expanding one’s personal kingdom into success and wealth

It was indeed a ‘mind-blowing’ experience for many. Some were pushed to the limit and had tears streaming down their faces. Some were in awe of the power of the activity. For me, I had the feeling of being set free! Having a strong sense of achieving success, motivated, determined and perservering with the plan of action for the success journey ahead! Wow!

So, how does Inanna fit the role of the goddess? 

• Love - The very fact that she is out there to make a difference in people’s life, is love for mankind and the powerful mind they possess. 
• Fertility - it’s about the ‘ripple effect’. When the “chains” are broken and people are able to expand their personal kingdom into success and wealth, wouldn’t it also make a difference to their circle of friends and the positive ‘ripple effect’ expands?
• War - in order to break those “chains”, negative thoughts that prevent people from achieving success, is war of a different sort.

Ladies and Gentleman, I present Inanna! Thank you so much for allowing me to break those “chains” which was holding me down.

Do share your own moments when the “chains” are currently on you or when you were able to break free …