Success University 09 (Jun 11 - Oct 11)

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10. I will not be the person I don’t want to be. I will not be petty, jealous, or envious, or give in to any other of those lazy emotions.

I will not gossip or speak badly of others, no matter who I am with or what environment I am in. I will not be negative when it is easier to be positive. I will not hurt others when it is possible to help.

I will know the temptations, situations and environments in life that I must avoid, and I will, in fact, avoid them, even if it means loosening relationships with others who “live” in those environments. It’s my life and that matters more than what other people think of me.


11. “I will always keep the child within me alive.” – Frank McKinney.

I will laugh everyday. That’s not hard when you have the friends – and dog – that I have. And if they don’t make me laugh, there’s plenty of Louis CK on Netflix.


12. “I will write with honesty and feeling.” – Ted Nicholas.

I’ve long since giving up caring about how others choose to judge me. What matters more than other’s opinions is the number of people that I can help by sharing advice and encouragement in my writing.

The most powerful songs are written by songwriters who bare their souls. So screw it, let’s do it. Let’s put it all out there.

I’m not going to help as many people as I could if I keep the “real info” to myself. I also understand now, better than ever, that sometimes you have to “write to repel” in order to strongly attract the readers you desire.

So that’s it. These 12 rules allow me to live my life with less guilt, more energy, and more productivity than if I did not have these personal philosophies outlined.

Now I know there will be two types of reactions to this content. First, some will dismiss it – and dismiss me.

But to those people, remember the point of the list is not for you to sit there and think, “Oh, what a total weirdo. I never want to hang around with this guy.”

Instead, the point of the list, the idea, the article is to simply stimulate your thinking.

And that’s the 2nd type of reaction you can have to this article.

This is the reaction of the people who I’m interested in – the people who will realize what’s holding them back is not a lack of knowledge (because the knowledge is out there and freely available), but instead, it is decision making.

Listen, I know that every week you make decisions that leave you full of guilt and remorse, but on the other hand you also make decisions that you know are correct – even though they are difficult to make.

Wouldn’t you be better off if you made MORE correct decisions with less effort?

Of course, and that is where you rules to live by, your personal philosophies, come into play.

With this post, I’ve given you a model so that you can create your own personal philosophies that will allow you to make the correct decision and fewer decisions that leave you with remorse.

As a result of making more correct decisions, you’ll move closer to your goals and suffer less frustration. Life will be simpler once you start adhering to your own personal philosophies – and not worrying about what others think.

Source: ETR

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it might be easier to follow the teachings of the Bible

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Who you are and what you know when you are born is everything that you need to know to thrive.

You are born with a sense of self and a sense of wanting self to feel good and the mechanisms to bring it about.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Kansas City, KS on Wednesday, September 17th, 2003 # 142


Source: abraham-hicks.com

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The 3 Most Important Qualities of Successful Individuals

Success stories often sound very similar. Why? It’s likely because the people who do well all share very similar personality traits which put them in the position to do well. If you too are looking to walk the path of success, then follow in the footsteps of all great entrepreneurs with these three traits.

Harvard Business Review describes the traits…

Practical. Listening to her brainstorm reminded me that successful entrepreneurs know how to keep their feet on the ground. First, they get inspired through personal observation, developing ideas from needs they see in the world around them. Second, they develop a concrete plan. They may work the plan, changing it as they go, but always with an eye towards getting a good return.

Purposeful. People with a practical outlook seek opportunities that add value, as opposed to opportunities that just seem “cool.” (It’s easy to forget this distinction, especially in well-established organizations.) Their focus is offering products and services that customers need and will pay for. For instance, Joan’s second job as a caregiver: that’s a service for which there is always a need.

Impatient. Sure, patience is a virtue in some cases. But for an entrepreneur, so is impatience. Joan is eager to make things happen so that she can continue to earn a good living. When it comes time for her husband to leave the trucking business, she will be ready with another venture. Her gumption and ambition make her impatient for success, and that drive increases her chances of getting there.

There’s one final trait that successful entrepreneurs share: They realize that inspiration is useless without perspiration.

http://wealthbuildingdaily.com/2011/07/ ... dividuals/

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Source Energy is intimately, infinitely, always responding to your requests, no matter how great or small they may be deemed by you or anyone else who is observing them.

There is nothing so big that Source Energy can't get its thoughts around it—and there is nothing so small that Source Energy isn't willing to get its thoughts around it.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, August 4th, 2001 # 143

Source: abraham-hicks.com

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Allowing

We would like you to release the word "achieve" or "earn" from your vocabulary and from your understanding, altogether; and we would like you to replace those words with the word "allow".

You're wanting to allow your Well-being, not achieve it. It's not something that you need to earn. All you have to do is decide what it is you would like to experience, and then allow it in order to achieve it.

It isn't something you have to struggle for or try for. You are all worthy beings. You are deserving of this Well-being.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Detroit, MI on Saturday, July 8th, 2000 # 145

Source: abraham-hicks.com

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Some people like to lengthy articles just to get a simple point across

Write It Down To Get It Done By Josh Hinds

If you want to remember something, be sure to write it down. If you've heard that said once, you have heard it a million times. For good reason I might add. It's solid advice.

When it comes to accomplishing things, in most cases we tend to over complicate the process. Certainly, in some instances there is a basic learning curve that might be required to overcome (notice the emphasis on basic). That said, you will give yourself a better then average chance of accomplishing more, more often if you will develop the habit of writing down what you want to achieve.

Yes, we're talking about making lists. No, it's not fancy, but it is effective. Simple and effective. Two words that go
together like peanut butter and jelly.

Got it? Good! ...

The reason keeping lists work so well is because the chances of you getting sidetracked, as long as you have a visual reminder of what you want to do is greatly reduced. Provided of course you can keep what needs to be done -- where you are most likely to see it!

At this point you've got the basics down. If you want to get really fancy you can keep your lists in your phone, and
assign handy reminders for yourself.

Alternatively, you can keep your lists on a sheet of paper (so long as you're not prone to lose it prior to completing
the tasks on it of course).

Here's something I like to do with paper based lists...

I keep my daily actions list in a notebook that includes tear out sheets of paper. It's got a lightweight plastic
type front and back so it can withstand a little wear and tear.

Each day (actually the night before) I will draw a line down the piece of paper. On one side I write "Work" and on the other side of the line I write "Personal".

I then go down each side of the paper writing down my "to do action items" which fit within the two broad categories.

This gives me a handy at a glance view of the things that I've identified as being most important to complete for the particular day.

As I accomplish the particular items on my list I like to put the letter v with a little circle around it (as in v for
victory) and then I'll scratch through the item as well (making sure I can still make out what I've completed). I
find that this allows me to enjoy the little mental boost that goes along with having completed the task, while at the same time letting me look back on what I have completed and review if necessary.

At the end of the day I turn to a new page -- repeat the steps mentioned above, and add whatever tasks I didn't
complete the day before. It's also worth noting that in some cases some of the items that were on the list before may no longer be relevant or as important as I thought they were -- so they don't get moved to my new list.

I should also mention that in some instances I also include tasks in my phone or calendar for additional reminding. It is also worth noting that the items that go on this daily list are just that -- daily action items I need to do. I
don't include long term goals or things which need to be recalled longer term. Those things go in my calendar, or
phone where I can let the "technology" keep up with reminding me and ensuring I stay on task.

The main thing to keep in mind is that you don't want to drive yourself nuts trying to adhere to a system that
doesn't feel right to you personally. Feel free to give the ideas above a try, if they resonate with you, wonderful, if
not, by all means use bits and pieces of what you learn and mash it all up into a system that works best for you.

Keep in mind that personal development is a hands on project -- which is to say that you have to be the biggest part in the equation. Certainly be open to shared ideas, but more then that be open to trying and when necessary adapting what you learn into something that's workable for you.


Source: getmotivation.com

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You are meant to succeed, and failure should feel bad to you.

Life is supposed to go well for you—and when it does not— there is something wrong.

But what is wrong is not something that is outside of you over which you have no control. What is wrong is within you, and you do have control.

And taking control is not difficult to do once you understand the basis of who-you-are and the basics of the Law of Attraction and the value of your personal Emotional Guidance System.


--- Abraham

Excerpted from the book "Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness" # 149

Source: abraham-hicks.com

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Start taking pleasure from your inner reality.

Most people are approaching this backwards. Most people are saying, "Okay, I want that, and I am not fulfilled until I get that manifestation."

The reason for that promise of manifestation out there, to begin with, is that it gives you the reason to play the game in the inner reality.

It is your imagination, it is the feeling of Energy flowing through you that is life.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Kansas City, KS on Sunday, September 27th, 1998 # 150

Source: abraham-hicks.com

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How to Slow Down Time With Your Mind By Enoch Tan / Creator of Secrets of Mind and Reality

Your spirit operates outside time and space. When there is an emergency where danger is about to approach you faster than you can normally sense, your spirit will compell you to act quickly without pondering. It directs you through your instinct and reflexes.

Think of a time when you moved out of harm's way in an instant and the move was so spontaneous it seems that everything just flowed in the moment. Your awareness of what was happening and your response happened without hesistation, but so quickly that it was almost together at the same time.

That is because your spirit can observe things and sense reality beyond your ordinary rate and range of awareness. Imagine that a dagger is flying towards you from the side. In ordinary rate of awareness, there is simply not enough time to notice the dagger coming and to move out of the way. But in the realm of your spirit’s awareness, time is slowed down to a crawl and it can fully perceive everything that is happening no matter how quickly.

It sends the message to you and in that moment you experience the spontaneous and seemingly simultaneous knowing and action. The awareness comes just before the action but it seems that time slows almost to a standstill during that moment of thought. Perception and action become as one.

If you want to consciously perceive faster so that things don’t seem to happen so quickly, you have to slow time down in your consciousness.

http://www.mindpowernews.com/SlowDownTime.htm