Once we move beyond the basic needs for food and shelter, we are all after one thing in life – happiness. Happiness, unfortunately, is elusive. Most people are, in fact, unhappy and most of those unhappy people will do anything to pursue happiness.  [Read more…]

Procrastination is a Poverty Habit. It prevents, even the most talented individuals, from realizing success in life. Most people have this Poverty Habit, and it is not an accident that most people struggle financially in life. Success has many moving parts and procrastination is a big moving part. [Read more…]

Getting kids motivated to do the things that will help them become successful adults is not an easy job for parents. Part of the reason for this is that kids can’t see the immediate benefit of getting straight A’s. High school, college and the adult world are far into the future. It’s also difficult for children to define their dreams. The few that can visualize their dreams and see their future are better able to focus on achievement. Parents who want their kids to live up to their potential, need to awaken their genius. [Read more…]

If you follow these rules, you will never be poor and your will have a happy and successful life:
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Parents are often the only shot any of us have at having a success-mentor in life. Being a parent success-mentor isn’t easy. It requires that you say “no” a lot. It requires that you monitor your children. It requires that you become a disciplinarian. But most importantly, it requires that you set an example for your children. Being a parent success-mentor means you need to walk the walk AND talk the talk. [Read more…]

Human beings are amazing! We are the only species on earth with the capability to turn thoughts into reality. We dream. We dream amazing dreams. We create amazing things from those dreams. We make the impossible possible from those dreams. And here’s the thing. All of us are endowed with this innate genetic ability to create something out of nothing. There is no limit to our capacity to create, except our imagination and any limiting beliefs that hold us back in life. It was not intended for humans to be poor, to struggle financially or to live a life of quiet desperation. We exist to be great, to achieve great things. It is within our genetic makeup to create, to produce, to innovate and to learn from our mistakes. We were intended to live a life of abundance; to be happy and successful in life.
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Human beings are amazing. We dream. We dream amazing dreams. We create amazing things from those dreams. We make the impossible possible from those dreams. And here’s the thing. We are all, all of us, endowed with this innate genetic ability to create something out of nothing. There is no limit to our capacity to create, except our imagination and the limiting beliefs accepted by us. For some unknown reason, we were the only species on earth blessed with the unique gift to turn thoughts into reality.
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In my five-year study on the daily habits of wealthy people I uncovered certain things the wealthy do to create, maintain or grow their wealth.

The 80:20 Rule

This rule requires that you set aside 20% of every paycheck and learn to live off the remaining 80%. You do this no matter how much money you make. If you get  a  raise or bonus set aside 20% of that raise or bonus in addition to the 20% on your regular pay. If you stick to the 80:20 Rule you will save a lot of money and you will be wealthy long before you reach retirement age. You will be one of the few among your friends and colleagues because, unfortunately, most parents don’t teach their kids the importance of saving, so nobody saves.
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If you want to achieve any goal you must first believe you can achieve that goal. The power of belief or faith has everything to do with how the subconscious mind works. When the subconscious accepts a belief it goes to work behind the scenes to shape your life around that belief. It creates those deep thoughts that many call intuition or urges which compel you to act or do something. The belief, however, must be a conviction without doubt. If you have any doubts about achieving your goals in life you won’t. Doubt erases any chance you have of achieving your goals. So how do you create certainty, conviction…belief, without doubt. There is a great visualization exercise that puts your beliefs on steroids and erases doubt. Here’s how it works:

You write a letter to yourself from the future. The letter can be 1 year, 5 years or 10 years into the future. In this letter you list all of the amazing things about your life that exist in the future. Spare no expense on the details of the future you. In this letter you lay out your ideal life. Include what you do for a living, how much money you make, the house you live in, the car you drive, the vacations you are able to have, places you’ve been, what your family is doing etc.

It’s a fun exercise and when you’re done you will feel incredibly pumped up. Every day for 30 days read the letter from the future and this will reprogram your subconscious, which will then go to work, behind the scenes, to create your new ideal future life.Your future letter to yourself brings clarity to your goals, your life and will help you discover your main purpose in life. The letter acts like a road map for your life. Painting a clear picture of your ideal life helps turn on the switch to your subconscious, which then goes to work to create your ideal life. This is important because the subconscious is responsible for directing much of our behavior.

If you’re looking for more fun, visualization strategies there is a terrific book titled: Fun With Visualization that I found very helpful (http://www.funwithvisualization.com/)