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2011-10-16T17:12:00.000-07:00

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Why You Should Follow Your Inner Wisdom

2011-01-06T13:13:00.000-08:00

Why You Should Follow Your Inner Wisdom

Author: Roseanna Leaton

We all have what might be termed an "animal instinct" or "gut feeling", although the majority of us pay scant attention to it. This is a shame, because those instinctive feelings tend to be extremely accurate preceptors.
This built in ability which we have dates back to the era when man lived in caves and had to live off his wits for survival. Intellectual learning was not then as highly valued as the ability to detect danger or to be a good hunter. The latter attributes required a keen ability to sense even the minutest changes in the nearby environment. This gut instinct became hard-wired in the brains of the human race and was passed down as a highly desired adaptive trait.

We see now that animals still have this instinct. We hear of many examples of this. Horses or dogs will sense when a person is anxious and scared. You really cannot "bluff" them into believing that you are confident and relaxed when you are not. Elephants will sense a tsunami as it begins its approach and will run to the hills.

We do still have a similar natural ability to be so perceptive; it is just that in the modern day world we do not have to rely upon it so much as a basic requirement for survival. It has lost its primary importance. But it is still very advantageous.

Those who take the time to focus upon these natural abilities will be richly rewarded. We might not need to be able to "smell" a change in wind direction or the presence of a lion or tiger, but it would be rather helpful to be able to "smell a rat" within the human species. In this day and age we do not tend to be faced so much with physical dangers as opposed to emotional ones, and so we need to be able to use apply our "gut instinct" within this arena instead.

The ability to re-focus our instinctive ability to detect danger towards sensing emotional predators is one which we can all learn. There are many examples of two-legged predators; some reside within the office, whilst others may even live in your own home.

You may have watched the movie "Sex and the City Two", and noticed how long it took Amanda to realize that her boss was in fact an emotional predator. Wouldn't it have been nice if she had been able to work that out earlier? How might things have been different if she had been able to sense that aspect of her boss when she went for her interview? I'm sure many of us can relate to this scenario and when we look back we do realize that our gut instinct had been correct way back when, but we chose to ignore it and rely solely on our logical intellectual mind instead. Bad choice!

In close relationships we do exactly the same. We all too easily see what we want to see instead of paying attention to our more sensory perceptive gut instincts. We get involved in relationships because we so want to be in a relationship, and want to see the good in others and we become good at making excuses or thinking that we can "fix" them, and so on. And all this time our senses are screaming at us, telling us that it's not right, it doesn't feel right.

In reality we have to learn to pay attention to both our intellect and our gut instincts; both have valuable things to say. To ignore one or the other places us at a serious disadvantage. Often the real issue is a lack of confidence in our instincts, a lack of trust in ourselves. But confidence and trust in your own inner wisdom can be learned, and this process is made a whole lot easier with hypnosis.

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Persuasion Tips To Help You Reach Your Goals

2009-08-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

Having exceptional persuasion skills is one of the most essential abilities to possess in today's fast-paced society. We need the support and cooperation of other people to help us in our goal setting efforts. The saying "No man is an island" is an undeniable truth.

Here are some hot tips to effectively influence and persuade anyone you desire.

1) Be Nice and Friendly.

Smile to brighten up the day. Make a sincere compliment to encourage and raise their spirits. Simple little things like these count a lot.

Make them feel that whenever they need support or just someone who can give them guidance, you'll always be there to lend a hand. They would tend to be more receptive to people that they trust and respect.

If you want to ask your boss a favor, do everything you can to please him. Overdeliver and exceed his expectations. Soon, he will notice your efforts and can easily be receptive to your persuasion efforts.

2) Enter their world.

You must understand the situation according to their point of view. Set aside your personal interests and focus on them.

Just pretend that if you are them, what would you do? What would be your suggestion? Then take the appropriate action that would be beneficial to them.

Copy them. Observe how they act, how they speak, and how they think. If they rub their hands while they talk to you, act like them. If they speak at a clear and slow pace, try to do the same thing. This is called mirroring.

In due time, the people you're mirroring will subconsciously feel more comfortable with you. It's as if they see themselves in you.

However, you must proceed with caution. Mirroring is different from mimicry. Do not let them be aware that you are copying them. They might interpret it as mockery and you'll just get into hot water.

3) Provide them with undeniable proof or evidence.

Explain to them how your ideas or opinions could be the most effective methods to implement. Show them undeniable proof that you have the best product by way of testimonials, before and after scenarios, and detailed comparisons against your competitors. Just make sure that all your claims are true and verifiable. Always maintain a good reputation.

4) Satisfy their existing needs and wants.

People are self-centered. They are initially concerned with their own well-being before others. If you can prove that your proposal will provide more advantages to them than to your own, then they will probably accept it.

If you could concentrate more on their interests, desires, needs, and expectations, then you would satisfy their cravings for attention. Moreover, it would show that you really care about them. Mutual trust and respect would be established.

This is the most important thing to remember when persuading anyone. No matter how close you are to becoming like them or how compelling your evidence is, if it does not satisfy the "What's In It For Me?" test, your persuasion endeavors will not produce satisfactory results. Always bear in mind how they will benefit from your actions.

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Michael Lee is the author of the highly-acclaimed How To Be An Expert Persuader... In 20 Days or Less. This power-packed course reveals mind-altering persuasion secrets to turbocharge your earnings, win lots of friends, captivate the opposite sex, and make anyone subconsciously like and trust you. If you want to easily and quickly persuade anyone to eagerly do anything you want, go to http://tinyurl.com/mindpowers2 now! Special surprise gift awaits you.

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The Benefits of a Self Motivational Exercise

2009-08-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

If you want to change the path of your future, get rid of a bad habit or improve the way you work; you definitely can gain a lot by practicing self motivation exercises. Getting motivated is really what drives you to conquer all your goals and all your dreams. Sometimes though, stresses of day to day life can overcome and completely drain us. These day to day pressures can take away our energy and sometimes cause us to lose site of what we were originally after. If you practice some motivational exercises it will help bring you back to your focus and reshape your life.

Creative visualization is something you can do anywhere at anytime. This is a technique that allows you to see yourself already having what it is that you are after or trying to accomplish. You visualize it to be as simple or as complicated as you want. It's a great thing to do when you are falling asleep or if you take the time to dim the lights and play some calming music. Create
an image in your mind that represents you achieving your goal. Hold on to it and practice it every day.

Positive speaking is a way to complement visualizations. Speak encouraging words with your visualization and it will help promote your vision. If you find yourself feeling self-doubt speak the opposite of what you believe. By changing your negative thoughts to positive ones you will be empowering yourself and setting up life to your vision.

Practicing these exercises can have great benefits to changing your life. Combat the negative thinking and beliefs and change them into positive ones. Practice daily affirmations and you will eventually walk out what you believe in. If you have the faith and belief that you can achieve, you will achieve. If you believe you won't conquer what it is that you are after then you won't.
It's the law of attraction! Start practicing them now and watch the course of your life change before your eyes.

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Subliminal Persuasion Techniques

2009-07-01T04:24:00.000-07:00

Subliminal persuasion is the way of getting another party to agree with you without outwardly doing so and without the other person noticing that you were trying to persuade him or her. A lot of people do not even notice that they have been won over by a simple smile - thus, making even that a tool for subliminal persuasion. It is essential in becoming an influential leader.

You can subliminally persuade another person through two techniques: via his or her own words, and via inflection, or the particular words we give emphasis to in a given statement. A simple sentence like "I can't assure you that" can have a lot of meanings, depending on which word you have inflected. See the examples below.

I can't assure you that. (But somebody else probably can)

I can't assure you that. (No way that will happen!)

I can't assure you that. (But, if you're lucky, you might get it.)

I can't assure you that. (But I can if it's somebody else.)

I can't assure you that. (Maybe I can assure you something else.)

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Giving off what we mean via inflection is subtle. It will also help spare you from being overtly direct, especially if you're the type who hates the thought of turning someone down. Understanding which words to emphasize will save you from this awkward moment (yet you still get to have things go your way).

Another way to subliminally persuade other people is to have them eventually agree with you without them noticing it (because they thought it was their idea).

This is a rather tricky method of persuasion and not many people might agree with it. But, hey, it works!

When negotiating, repeat what the other person said and then show how you will be able to achieve what they want for them. Be consistent so you don't run the risk of contradicting yourself. As long as you have what the other party needs, you hold an advantage.

Here's an example. Let's say you're trying to sell used cars to a friend. After listening to the other person tell you what he or she is looking for in a used car, emphasize the items being sought in the vehicles you have in your roster.

It will be difficult for the other party to say 'no' since you already have what he or she said he or she needed. This is what subliminal persuasion is; and when employed the right way, it works like a charm every time.

There's nothing bad about using such clever persuasion techniques to get what you want. That's the way life is played. This is how the rest of the world operates. The important thing is always go for the win-win resolution. If your persuasion skills are powerful enough (and even cunning enough), you'll have no trouble winning people over.

Some like to call this influence; some argue this is foolery. However you might choose to view it, it is effective. And it won't be a surprise if you attempt to employ these effective strategies in the future; that is, if you haven't already applied them in the past.

About the Author:

Michael Lee is the author of the highly-acclaimed How To Be An Expert Persuader... In 20 Days or Less. This power-packed course reveals mind-altering persuasion secrets to turbocharge your earnings, win lots of friends, captivate the opposite sex, and make anyone subconsciously like and trust you. If you want to easily and quickly persuade anyone to eagerly do anything you want, go to http://www.20daypersuasion.com now! Special surprise gift awaits you.

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2009-05-04T16:10:00.000-07:00

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2009-05-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

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Subliminal Messages -- Control Your Thoughts and Create Your Life

2009-02-24T04:21:00.000-08:00

You know that YOU are the creator of all that occurs in all of your life experience, right?

You create your physical life experience through your thoughts. Literally, every thought that you think gives birth to a creation. EVERY thought has creative power.

The subconscious accepts whatever you pretend is real and will use it to create your outer reality.

The thoughts that you think, regarding those things that you want, set into motion the creation, and eventual fulfillment of that which you want. And likewise, the thoughts that you think, regarding those things that you do not want, set into motion the creation, and eventual fulfillment of that which you do NOT want.

Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life. There is nothing at all new, strange or unusual about creative visualization. You are already using it every day, every minute in fact. It is your natural power of imagination, the basic creative energy of the universe which you use constantly, whether or not you are aware of it.

Spend time thinking of what you want rather than what you don't want and test it. Be careful of this, my friends, because if you envision something quite casually and do it with conviction, even though you may not be sure you want it, it will manifest.

This is neither magic, nor false hope. It is the reality of the power of your subconscious mind. This is why it is so important to develop self-awareness to the depths of your ability so that no creation can come about in your life without your having made the choice.

The world of images is the source of power in your physical world. Imagining what you want is like creating a model before you build the real thing. The images direct the energy in your body.

You have designed your life yourself. You have created nothing in your outer reality that is a stranger to you. There is comfort to be had by looking at your "outer circumstances" and realize that this is a perfect reflection of what you truly believe as a soul.

With each breath, with each pulsation of energy, you send out this essence of yourself, which mingles with other essences and creates and re-creates your physical environment. Feel yourself centered within and sending out waves of your energy. See it radiation outward from your physical being and into the environment, where it becomes an extension of yourself.
Realize that the objects you perceive "out there" are the materialization of your thoughts, formed by YOUR energy into symbols of the inner you, your essence, your soul.

You are the creator of everything in your life. Nothing happens that you have not called to you. The inner desire of the wise and conscious soul is to externalize, to create a tangible manifestation of what it internally holds to be true and thereby experience that belief. It is through that experience that the transformation occurs.

Your life is not your master, it is your child. Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request and everything your heart desires must come to you.

Emotions help you create reality. When you believe in something, love, desire, and want it, you can create it more quickly. If there is anything you want to become aware of, focus upon it. Whatever you turn your attention to, you will create.

Life is really very simple. What we give out, we get back. You create creation with the thoughts that you think.

Beliefs generate thoughts and emotions, which create your inner experience and outer reality. If any area of your life is not working, one of your beliefs in that area simply needs to be enhanced.

You CAN control your thoughts and create with deliberate intent.

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Enjoy Your Life: Change Your Point of View

2009-02-08T06:01:00.000-08:00

"Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one sees the stars."- Frederick Langbridge, A Cluster of Quiet Thoughts

If you’ve placed second in a writing contest, will you jump for joy and push for better results the next time or will you be discouraged and find an excuse not to join again?

In life, you are always filled with choices. You may opt to have a pessimist’s view and live a self-defeated life or you may decide to take the optimist’s route and take a challenging and fulfilling life.

So why nurture an optimist’s point of view? And why now?

Well, optimism has been linked to positive mood and good morale; to academic, athletic, military, occupational and political success; to popularity; to good health and even to long life and freedom from trauma.

On the other hand, the rates of depression and pessimism have never been higher. It affects middle-aged adults the same way it hits younger people. The mean age of onset has gone from 30 to 15. It is no longer a middle-aged housewife’s disorder but also a teen-ager’s disorder’ as well.

Here’s how optimists are in action and researches that back up why it really pays to be an optimist:

Optimists expect the best

The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events, which will last a long time and undermine everything they do, are their own fault.

The truth is optimists are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world. What differs is the way they explain their misfortune---it’s the opposite way. They tend to believe defeat is just a temporary setback, that its causes are confined to this one case.

Optimists tend to focus on and plan for the 'problem' at hand. They use 'positive reinterpretation.' In other words, they most likely reinterpret a negative experience in a way that helps them learn and grow. Such people are unfazed by bad situation, they perceive it is a challenge and try harder.

They won’t say “things will never get better,” “If I failed once, it will happen again” and “If I experience misfortune in one part of my life, then it will happen in my whole life.”

Positive expectancies of optimists also predict better reactions during transitions to new environments, sudden tragedies and unlikely turn of events. If they fall, they will stand up. They see opportunities instead of obstacles.

People respond positively to optimists

Optimists are proactive and less dependent on others for their happiness. They find no need to control or manipulate people. They usually draw people towards them. Their optimistic view of the world can be contagious and influence those they are with.

Optimism seems a socially desirable trait in all communities. Those who share optimism are generally accepted while those who spread gloom, panic and hysteria are treated unfavorably.

In life, these people often win elections; get voted most congenial and sought for advice.

When the going gets tough, optimists get tougher

Optimists typically maintain higher levels of subjective well-being during times of stress than do people who are less optimistic. In contrast, pessimists are likely to react to stressful events by denying that they exist or by avoiding dealing with problems. Pessimists are more likely to quit trying when difficulties arise.

They persevere. They just don’t give up easily, they are also known for their patience. Inching their way a step closer to that goal or elusive dream.

Optimists are healthier and live longer

Medical research has justified that simple pleasures and a positive outlook can cause a measurable increase in the body's ability to fight disease.

Optimists’ health is unusually good. They age well, much freer than most people from the usual physical ills of middle age. And they get to outlive those prone to negative thoughts.

So why not be an optimist today? And think positively towards a more fulfilled life.

Why not look forward to success in all your endeavors? Why not be resilient? Like everybody else you are bound to hit lows sometimes but don’t just stay there. Carry yourself out of the mud and improve your chances of getting back on the right track. And why not inspire others to remove their dark-colored glasses and see life in the bright side?

Dream Your Life

2009-02-05T10:47:00.000-08:00

Impossible is Just a Word

Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn't dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our relationships?

Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic.

This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing.

But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.

The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can't do this. It's too hard. It's too impossible. No one can do this.

However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.

On the other hand, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations.

If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.

Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’

Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’

As you iterate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish. And the impossible begin to seem possible after all.

You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.

Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.

On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.

Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.

Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.

So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.

Build Your Self Esteem, a Starter Guide to Self Improvement

2009-01-14T05:03:00.000-08:00

So how do you stay calm, composed and maintain self esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may to consider as a starter guide to self improvement.

Imagine yourself as a Dart Board. Everything and everyone else around you may become Dart Pins, at one point or another. These dart pins will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you. So which dart pins should you avoid?

Dart Pin #1 : Negative Work Environment
Beware of “dog eat dog” theory where everyone else is fighting just to get ahead. This is where non-appreciative people usually thrive. No one will appreciate your contributions even if you miss lunch and dinner, and stay up late. Most of the time you get to work too much without getting help from people concerned. Stay out of this, it will ruin your self esteem. Competition is at stake anywhere. Be healthy enough to compete, but in a healthy competition that is.
Dart Pin #2: Other People’s Behavior
Bulldozers, brown nosers, gossipmongers, whiners, backstabbers, snipers, people walking wounded, controllers, naggers, complainers, exploders, patronizers, sluffers… all these kinds of people will pose bad vibes for your self esteem, as well as to your self improvement scheme.

Dart Pin #3: Changing Environment
You can’t be a green bug on a brown field. Changes challenge our paradigms. It tests our flexibility, adaptability and alters the way we think. Changes will make life difficult for awhile, it may cause stress but it will help us find ways to improve our selves. Change will be there forever, we must be susceptible to it.

Dart Pin #4: Past Experience
It’s okay to cry and say “ouch!” when we experience pain. But don’t let pain transform itself into fear. It might grab you by the tail and swing you around. Treat each failure and mistake as a lesson.

Dart Pin #5: Negative World View
Look at what you’re looking at. Don’t wrap yourself up with all the negativities of the world. In building self esteem, we must learn how to make the best out of worst situations.

Dart Pin #6: Determination Theory
The way you are and your behavioral traits is said to be a mixed end product of your inherited traits (genetics), your upbringing (psychic), and your environmental surroundings such as your spouse, the company, the economy or your circle of friends. You have your own identity. If your father is a failure, it doesn’t mean you have to be a failure too. Learn from other people’s experience, so you’ll never have to encounter the same mistakes.

Sometimes, you may want to wonder if some people are born leaders or positive thinkers. NO. Being positive, and staying positive is a choice. Building self esteem and drawing lines for self improvement is a choice, not a rule or a talent. God wouldn’t come down from heaven and tell you – “George, you may now have the permission to build self esteem and improve your self.”

In life, its hard to stay tough specially when things and people around you keep pulling you down. When we get to the battle field, we should choose the right luggage to bring and armors to use, and pick those that are bullet proof. Life’s options give us arrays of more options. Along the battle, we will get hit and bruised. And wearing a bullet proof armor ideally means ‘self change’. The kind of change which comes from within. Voluntarily. Armor or Self Change changes 3 things: our attitude, our behavior and our way of thinking.

Building self esteem will eventually lead to self improvement if we start to become responsible for who we are, what we have and what we do. Its like a flame that should gradually spread like a brush fire from inside and out. When we develop self esteem, we take control of our mission, values and discipline. Self esteem brings about self improvement, true assessment, and determination. So how do you start putting up the building blocks of self esteem? Be positive. Be contented and happy. Be appreciative. Never miss an opportunity to compliment. A positive way of living will help you build self esteem, your starter guide to self improvement.

The Only 10 Books You Need to Read to Succeed

2009-01-05T05:26:00.000-08:00

Personal development is a multi-billion dollar industry. That industry publishes literally thousands of books every year on the topic of success and how to achieve it. From the practical to the new age, there is a different flavor of book for every taste.

So, which books should you read - which books will actually help you on your quest - and which books should you toss to the side? People are busy, so this is a vital question.

This is the list of the only ten books you need to read in order to fully understand the philosophy of success. From positive thinking and the law of attraction to goals and enlightenment, these books hit all the topics.

Get them. Read them. Study them. When you've digested the contents of these books, you will be more than ready to get to the important part of your success journey - getting into action.

10. The Magic of Believing - Claude M. Bristol

This book is a classic. Mr. Bristol explains in great detail how to tap into the powers of your subconscious mind. While that may make it sound like it's new age woo, it's not. Bristol provides great techniques for auto-suggestion and how to actually think about the problems that may face us. You will get a lot from this book - guaranteed.

9. No-Nonsense Guide to Enlightenment - Blair Warren

Blair Warren is one of the smartest people I know and this book (e-book, actually) showcases that. His premise? That while many of us quest for enlightenment, the fact is that all of us have actually experienced enlightenment at one time or another - and probably even multiple times. I've read this book a few times and every time I read it I get something new from it. Want to know the best thing? Mr. Warren provides it as a free download. Get enlightened - get Mr. Warren's book.

8. Psycho-Cybernetics - Maxwell Maltz

Do you want to know how your brain works? Do you want to improve your golf swing without physically practicing? Do you want to be like a guided missile when it comes to achieving your goals? Then this is the book for you. This is one of the most powerful books you will ever read. This books is such a classic that there is a decent chance that you have read it. If that is the case, then read it again. The concepts in this book bear repeating.

7. Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

What list of books about the philosophy of success would be complete without this book? It's a classic that deserves repeated readings. I can't write much that isn't already written about this book. If you already have it on your shelf, get it and read it again. If you don't have it, then get it and read it. The proof is in the pudding with Think & Grow Rich: many, many successful people cite this book as a major influence on their success.

6. SHAM - Steve Salerno

The sub-title for this book is How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless. So, what is what one would consider to be an anti-self-help book doing on a list of the best self-help books? In order to separate the wheat from the chaff, not only does one have to know what the wheat looks like, one has to be familiar with what the chaffs looks like as well. Mr. Salerno does an excellent job of illustrating where self-help and personal development have gone awry - and how in some circumstances it is actually hurting people. Like any other human endeavor, the personal development field has its share of charlatans and scammers. The better prepared you are to notice them before they lead you astray, the better are your chances for becoming the success you want to be.

5. How to Get Rich - Felix Dennis

This is not new age fluff. Not at all. This book is not like any book on this list. Mr. Dennis, the multi-millionaire publisher and founder of Maxim Magazine among others, actually calls his little tome an "anti-self-help book". So, what will you garner from this book? You'll get Mr. Dennis' perspective on what it takes to really become rich. And not just six-figures-a-year rich, but multi-millionaire, never-have-to-worry-about-money-ever-again rich. Do you think that you have what it takes to get that far? Read this book and find out. Trust me - it will open your eyes.

4. You Were Born Rich - Bob Proctor

Before he jumped the shark and became "Scientist" Bob the quantum physics "expert", Bob Proctor actually wrote books and delivered seminars that made sense. As much as I dislike what he's become, I cannot deny that You Were Born Rich is one of the best personal development books ever written. Not only do I have the book, but I also have the unabridged audio version, which I have played countless times. I know it might be tempting to get some of his other works, but you really don't need to do that. This is the only book that he's written that actually has any merit and that will actually help you on your path to success.

3. The Master Key Workbook - Anthony R. Michalski

Yes, I wrote this book. Yes, I really do think that it is that good. And, no, I am not tooting my own horn. As I researched the success philosophy and as I talked with countless people, I discovered one of the main reasons people do not achieve a notable level of success. It is not because they don't try hard enough; it's not because they don't understand the philosophy of success; it's often not even because they're not talented or skilled in some way. The main reason many people do not succeed is because they don't know what they actually want! That's where the Workbook comes into play. The Workbook is chock full of concepts, mental exercises, and written exercises that will help you hone what your idea of success is. This book will help you to decide what you truly want. Once you have the goal, then attaining it becomes that much easier. You will love this book. And since it's a workbook and you will be writing in it, you will return to it again and again as you journey toward success.

2. The Master Key System - Charles F. Haanel

What more needs to be said? The Master Key System is "the only clear, concise, comprehensive, definitive, distinctive, and scientific presentation of the creative power of thought ever formulated." As you read though the 24 weeks of the book and as you practice the exercises, you will be training your brain to focus and to visualize. You will learn how to look at a problem or situation or opportunity and to solve it or see it for what it really is or take advantage of it. This is truly a powerful book and the people who study it get a lot from it.

1. Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson

If you read only one book on this list, then make it this one. I read it at least once per year - and every time that I do I get something new out of it. In Prometheus Rising, Mr. Wilson takes the reader on a journey through the seven "circuits" of consciousness as delineated by Timothy Leary. What will you learn? A lot. Too much to get into here. I can only say that I have found this book to be one of the most important books that I've ever read. I am highly confident that you will agree with me once you've read it.

And there you have it. The only ten books you need to read to succeed.

You may be asking, Why only ten?

I know that it is a common claim in the personal development arena that you should be constantly reading every personal development book that you can get your hands on. Some seminar speakers say that you are "investing in your education" while others claim that reading all the books should be like "combing your hair" - you do that every day, so you should read personal development books everyday, lest you backslide into your unsuccessful ways.

I don't agree with that line of reasoning. In my experience, one of two things happens if a person reads too many personal development books.

1. The person becomes confused because they are exposed to far too many ideas and techniques, thus they never tap into their ultimate potential.
2. The person becomes a "self-help junkie" looking for the "silver bullet" that will make them successful.

Both are equally debilitating and both are only caused by reading too many of what I refer to as softcore self-help books.

There are two classifications of self-help/personal development books: softcore and hardcore.

Softcore books refer to those books that espouse ideas and techniques related to the philosophy of success. They are books that are about the Law of Attraction, how to make friends, how your mind works. Things of that nature. This list is a collection of softcore self-help books.

Hardcore books are those books that actually tell you how to do something, such as how to start a business, step-by-step guides to learning a skill, how to invest your money. A good example of a hardcore self-help book is David Portney's 129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips.

Once you have read and studied the books on this list, you should be good to go with regards to softcore self-help books. Sure, you can read a new one once in a while, but you should be quite familiar with the philosophy, if not practicing it somewhat fluently. If you don't understand something, re-read one or all of these books. In most cases, it's not a matter of requiring another book; it's just a matter of understanding what you already have!

When you understand the philosophy, that is when you move to the hardcore self-help books so that you can learn the actual skills you need to learn in order to become competent at whatever you aim to do.

"You see, it is important that you learn that you can do it; then it is important to learn how to do it; and then you must go out and actually do it."

With these ten books, you will learn everything you need to know about the philosophy of success. You will learn that you can do just about anything to which you set your mind. Speaking of your mind, you will learn how to properly use it.

Read these books and succeed. Or, as Haanel would say -

"You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do."

These ten book will give you that knowledge of your power. By honing your skills, you will develop the courage to dare. After that, it's all up to you. And I have faith that you can do it!

About the Author

Tony Michalski is the founder and owner of Kallisti Publishing, Inc. - "The Books You Need to Read to Succeed" - http://www.kallistipublishing.com. Kallisti Publishing, Inc. has been publishing books since 2000 and has successfully published the entire Charles F. Haanel library, Steven "Rusty" Johnson's book Walk, Don't Run, the US National Security Commission report Road Map For National Security, and others. Tony is also the author of the Master Key Workbook.

A New Thought Creates Change

2009-01-03T05:47:00.000-08:00

Really think about this. How wonderful would it be to have the life that you want? We don't mean a fast forward version and a 'quick think' of how wonderful life 'could' be. We're talking about really thinking and feeling how it would be to have the life that you truly, really, one hundred percent want. The money, the relationships, the career, the health. What would you do with your life and how would you spend your days?

Would it be with your family traveling around the world or sitting at the computer writing the book you have been thinking about? Would you be touring the world letting everyone know about the charity or cause that you are excited about? Would you just sit back, relax and enjoy? Really think about the life that you want and at the same time remember not to worry about 'how' it will happen or that it couldn't possibly happen. Just think and feel how wonderful life 'could' be. Build these thoughts and emotions and daydream as much as you want.

Forget about the worries of your current life for the moment and begin to build a wonderful account full of visualizations that represents your perfect life. Do this every day because every thought you bank will enable you to withdraw from your Universal account when it is full, assuming you have aligned with the thoughts of what you want.

New thought creates change in your life. Old thought processes will create the same repetitive patterns you are currently living. That's not necessarily bad, assuming you're already living the life you want. Just remember that when you don't do a thing to change your thinking and focus, your life will continue to be as it is.

Again, if you are happy with that keep it up but if you want a better life full of manifested wants, then start creating new thoughts and beliefs that work for you and begin making those your repetitive thoughts full of wonderful feelings. Kick out the desperation, kick out the doubt, kick out the worry, and replace them with new thought and new positive feelings. Sometimes when you are so down and your world feels as if it is crumbling around you, this is the time to change your course.

Your inner you is telling you it is time for the next journey in your life. Thank the Universe and the inner you (your Core Being) and begin to focus on what you want in life. Sure, you have to deal with the changes and the current world you have created but deal with it knowing that your new life is right around the corner. You are closing down the old life. This is something to be excited about even when you may be in the midst of negative situations.

What will bring you out of where you are is new thought. New thought and the 'what if' I had everything I wanted right now' exercise. In order to have the life that you want you have to be in alignment with the thoughts and feelings of what you want. The Universe only brings you what you are emitting. What have you got to lose by believing everything is right there just for you? Think, think, think, feel, feel, feel, and see it now.

Really give yourself some time to live each day as if you have it all. Just because the new car isn't sitting in the driveway doesn't mean it isn't coming. See it in the driveway. Feel how wonderful it feels to live the life you want and live it within your mind throughout the day. These thoughts and feelings will bring you what you are focusing on.

Is it easy to just change to new thoughts? It takes some mental retraining on your part, but once you get the ball rolling it will become your new life that you want. It can happen a step at a time or all at once. This depends on how well you are able to align with what you want. New thought creates change. And it creates change for the good.

About the Author

Beth and Lee McCain host a popular nationally syndicated weekly radio show Radio LOA and publish the national LOA magazine, The Indicator. You are invited to visit Beth and Lee McCain Law of Attraction Web Site for more Law of Attraction information and free study materials.

Marketing Strategies for a Work at Home Business

2009-01-02T08:23:00.000-08:00

Marketing Strategies for a Work at Home Business

Every home based business news a marketing plan. A common mistake new business owners make is thinking that their work at home business virtually sells itself. They think that people will surf the web and find their website. The truth is that creative a website is not enough to bring in enough traffic to make a healthy profit.

Regardless of the product or services a business offers, there are some goals that all businesses have in common.

* To increase exposure to the website and the product or service

* To grow the business by increasing the customer base

* To target potential customers who are already interested in the product

* To improve sales

* To earn more money and remain profitable

* To stick within the advertising budget limits

To accomplish these goals you need a plan. Work at home businesses are prevalent on the Internet. You have to show people why your business is different and why it's a good idea to buy from you. To do this, present your business in a positive light. Brand your business to give potential and current customers a positive image to remember you by. Brand identification influences how people shop and who they buy from. Come up with a creative business logo, maintain a degree of professionalism and present yourself as an expert in the field.

Online promotion is another way to let people know about a work at home business. Promote your website by running a contest or giving away a free sample when people join a mailing list. Press releases can also be used to let the public know about innovative products and services.

Internet marketing is another key component to the success of an online business. An Internet marketing strategy can include several advertising methods including banner ads, pay per click ads, article marketing, an email campaign using an opt-in list and adding SEO content to your business website. Each of these strategies works for different reasons. Experiment to see which methods are the most cost-effective and which bring in the biggest return.

Other methods of advertising a work at home business are using social networking sites, posting on forums within your niche topic, adding a link to your email signature and other postings, obtaining back links to your site, sending out a newsletter and contributing free articles to ezines.

There is always tradition advertising for your home based business as well. Placing classified ads, handing out business cards and using word-of-mouth advertising are still popular ways of getting word out about a new business.

Ultimately, how you choose to advertise your work at home business will depend on a number of things. Your marketing strategy will be based on your budget, the type of business it is, who your target market is, your marketing skills and the amount of time you have available to devote to marketing.

Keep your goals in mind when developing a marketing strategy for your work at home business. Decide which strategies will fit best into your budget and time constraints while providing good results. Track your sales and study where your traffic is coming from to determine which strategies are the most help at building your business. Only then will you know how to advertise in the future with the least amount of effort and the biggest payoff.

About the Author

Dominic Boykin is the owner of Work from Home Based Business and he reviews popular home business ideas and opportunities. Click Work at Home Business to learn how to start your own home based business today!

A Positive Attitude In Life Will Allow You To Live Better

2008-12-02T02:54:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite authors, William James, said, "It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome." That much I have always known to be true. To have a Positive Attitude in Life is more of a mission than something I SHOULD do to make my life better.

There have been some studies done recently about how Attitude has affected folks who have lived to be a ripe old age and the results are nothing short of amazing. A majority of the studies were done on people that it had been determined that they had realized early on that A Positive Mental Attitude was worth it over the long haul. It was not something that they "Picked up" during a bad situation, not that is a bad thing if you make that change from a negative attitude for good. It is a lot like faith, really. Once you realize the intrinsic value of what faith can do for you, you can and will have a better quality of life, I believe.

These studies were shown to clearly establish that the folks that gave themselves completely to the Attitude that no matter what, they were determined to look at the situation in a Positive manner, they, more often than not, got a successful outcome to their situation.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a "Pie in the Sky" attitude that negates serious situations, but it is a better approach to thinking than the "Nothing good ever happens to me" approach.

My grandmother had an old wooden placard than hung on her wall in her kitchen for as long as I can remember that said, "I once complained that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet." Now the imagery to a little kid of a man with no feet was never pleasant as I remember first reading it, but the significance, in my later years, was never lost on me.

The whole act of gratitude is a vital aspect of living with a Positive mindset. You see, if there is nothing inside of you that can be grateful for any small part of your life, then maybe it isn't possible for you to have a Positive Attitude in Life. I dare not think that the case, however.

Look around you and find someone else to share yourself with and that will give you a leg up on having a Positive Attitude. If you find that "Man with no feet" and can still not think of yourself in a better light, then shame on you.

Do it for yourself. My grandmother would be proud.

About the Author
DA Southern is an entrepreneur who has learned the hard way that unless you are doing something you are passionate about, you cannot begin to realize true financial riches. DA blogs about Directing Your Own Life in his blog where he likes to examine ideas that lead to living a financially free lifestyle by creating a future that you love.
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How Napoleon Hill Got Me a Porsche with Subliminal Messages

2008-11-30T03:32:00.000-08:00

We all want to improve! But picking the most straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, uninvolved and untroublesome way to improve is sometimes discouraging. I should know...

Let me explain and share with you about my personal experience with this merry-go-round enigma and maybe you can relate, or have experienced the same mind-boggler yourself.

I had grown up in a commercialism oriented family. After college, I met a guy who was my age, driving a Porsche, had a nice 3-bedroom condo, beautiful live-in girlfriend in Boulder, CO and didn't go to college. I thought, "Jeez, I wonder what he does". I asked him and he told me, "I market highly speculative oil & gas deals."

This was right around the time of the Kuwait Invasion by Iraq, so oil & gas was a blistering topic in the telecast and around the universe. The price of oil skyrocketed and everyone wanted some of the pipeline. It piqued my interest and I thought I could do it. At least I was ambitious. Actually, I craved what he had. He related, "I'll get you an interview and call you tomorrow. I'll help you out to learn how to do this."

When I got there for an interview, I noticed he wasn't the only one who had a Porsche in the parking lot, there where Porsches, Monster Trucks, Mercedes, BMWs and then a couple of shoddy cars parked in the back. I didn't just park in the back, I parked 1/2 block away!

I go in and see well groomed guys and gals walking around with suits. It looked like the inside of a GQ magazine. The smell of cigarettes permeated the air. I could hear all this yelling and racket going on in the background, behind the partition and really wanted to see what was going on back there.

I filled out an overly simple questionnaire in the lobby and was called in for the interview. I walked into the office of the principal (the top guy). He was a big burly guy that was very well groomed, but he seemed to have a nervous twitch on his neck. I remember it was like he kept trying to adjust his tie without his hand.

He invited me to lunch and we scaled into his monster truck and when he fired that thing up, it sounded like a bomb went off in the truck bed!

We went to a place called the Flagstaff House. For those of you who know Boulder, this is "THE" 5-Star eatery in town. The scenery looking over the mountain range and the smell of brisk mountain air and my experience of the day so far was making me think I was getting closer to that Porsche that I coveted. It was nice, but I got the feeling that I was being rushed for a fraternity. After the $200 feast, he explained the indoctrination required and told me to start tomorrow. He didn't ask, he told me! I'm IN!!!!

Dry cleaning wasn't an option at that time, so I was up early ironing coat & tie so I could "look" like everyone else. I had these clothes left over from my college days and was used to doing my own ironing. Except I didn't have an ironing board! But I had a can of starch! I laid down a good clean towel and ironed them on the floor.

I arrived and walked around that partition for the first time...

Have you ever seen the movie "Boiler Room"?

The only difference between this location and an actual boiler room was that they had air conditioning.

The only marketing they had was the phone and boxes of leads from D&B.

The SEC license training was intense. New recruits where expected to spend 12 hours per day on the phone, eat lunch at their desk and make 300 cold calls a day plus do the training classes. I didn't mind the hard work, I wanted that "Porsche"!

I got my license after about a month and was a full broker. I was off to the races... every little bit of extra money I got was going into more sales training programs.

6 months later... I had financially failed at this job. I was tired and couldn't figure out why I wasn't doing better. I had asked around the office, but, in hindsight, one thing I can tell you about most "top salespeople" is that they don't share their secrets around their office. Except for 1 guy who, after work one day, gave me his copy of "Think & Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. He wished me luck as sped off in his "Beemer". I opened it up and saw underlines, highlights, notes in the margins... it looked like a 5th-time hand-me-down college text book. I pondered if this may be the secret. I hadn't gotten any boost from any of the other guys except the standard training, so I really treasured this gift.

One of the chapters was double underscored and seemed like the pages where worn out more in that chapter than any other. It was the chapter on "Auto-Suggestion"...

"I have never known anyone who was inspired to use the secret, who did not achieve noteworthy success in his chosen calling. I have never known any person to distinguish himself, or to accumulate riches of any consequence, without possession of the secret." - Napoleon Hill

I applied it immediately and in about 60 days, it was starting...

Now this is 8 months into my new job (my first job AND only commission) and I hadn't made any meaningful exchanges worth telling you about. My folks where tired of me mooching off of them so this is where the rubber hits the road. Poverty was an understatement! I gave it another 30 days and was offered, or "drawn" to, a job in sales at another place that wasn't all commission and my sales went through the roof. That was 15 years ago.

At the time, I couldn't tell if it was the culmination my education, experience & training or if it was Think & Grow Rich that helped flip the switch on. Now I know that it takes both... I also know that it is hard to apply certain types of information, education & training without doing "inside work", or subconscious work ALSO.

Then I was drawn to subliminal messages. I realized that subliminal messages weren't yet available back in 1937, so I got with a sound engineer and started making my own.

I found that I could apply these same techniques with subliminal messages while I was doing something else and my productivity increased exponentially.

I bet you can too!

What is your "Porsche"? Are you ready?

Warmly,

Nelson Berry
Subliminal Video Messages

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See the Future - Subliminal Messages in Video

2008-11-28T05:31:00.000-08:00

"There will be two buses leaving the hotel for the ballpark tomorrow. The 2 p.m. bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work. The empty bus will leave at 5 p.m." – Dave Bristol, from 1966 to 1980, managed the Reds, Brewers, Braves and Giants.

When you think of being your best, always thinking about what your mental vision is. Every time…

If you are not getting the best experiences and results, there is something wrong with your actions.

If there is something wrong with your actions, you need to look at your thinking and emotions.

If there is something wrong with your thinking and emotions, you need to look at your beliefs…

… because if you can change your beliefs…

… that will automatically change your thinking and emotions…

… which will automatically change your actions…

… which will in-turn, without trying, change your experiences and results!

Sure sounds simple doesn’t it?

It really is simple once you know how to do it. If you do not know how to do it, you will be "stuck" until you learn how to do it. But once you learn how to do it, you will be able to:

- Be, do and have whatever you want.
- Remove any "glass ceilings" you may have on your life or your income.
- Be Free!

How does it work?

Subliminal Messages have long been proven to impact your thinking and decision making almost immediately.

It has also been proven that it takes 21 days for any new thought pattern to become a "habit of thought".

Logically, if you use subliminal messages for 21 days straight, you will have a new habit of thought.

Experience shows that this new habit of thought can take hold instantly and as long as Subliminal Messages are used every day, the "new" thought produces "habit like" results as if you have been using subliminal messages for the last 21 days.

What does this mean?

It means that if you start using subliminal messages today, you will immediately change your life for the better. If you KEEP using subliminal messages daily, your life will continue to get better… better experiences and results… better actions… better thinking and emotions…

How does that sound?

Scientific evidence keeps proving over and over the power of subliminal messages and with all the new computer technology available in the home, you can now harness, at your own desk, what used to take a room full of equipment to achieve just 10 years ago.

The latest proven element of this powerful technology is Subliminal Messages in Video that you can download to your computer instantly and then play them in AVI, DVD, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MOV formats.

Why don't you give it a try?

With Respect,

Nelson Berry
Subliminal Video Messages

The website and the company that is pioneer in the field of Subliminal Messages Online, the leader in Subliminal Messages and has continued to be the leader in Subliminal Messages and Subliminal Messages Technology has been Nelson Berry with Subliminal Video Messages at Subliminal Video Messages Nelson Berry Subliminal Messages Technology is responsible for Millions of Subliminal Messages products sold annually for almost 2 decades.

What Is My State Of Mind? Is It Geared For Success?

2008-11-27T04:52:00.000-08:00

I mean, really, how do we know? It is the vaguest question any article title can pose to the reader but it is something this article will try and tackle. The question 'What is the state of my mind?' and 'Is it geared for success?' is fraught with deep, dark jungles of uncertainly because we are talking about millions of people, with different minds, different backgrounds and different objectives in life?

You are right. This article can in no way answer this question effectively but it will at least cause you to think and think hard about your life. It will be a provocation to re-evaluation and hopefully a spark to start yourself to investigate the things your life and whether you are exactly where you want to be. There is a checklist, a general one though, that you can use to assess your life.

Your mind is a powerful thing and it is so powerful, that it can actually be either the cause or the downfall or your existence. The thing is about people nowadays that they go about life thinking that the time to enrich the mind ended when you left college. The time to investigate the mind and its potentials stopped once you no longer needed to lift up a book. Constantly your mind is learning and good or bad, life entrenches messages in your subconscious - messages that define your behavior, your attitudes and your emotions. Who you are as a person, as an individual, as a lover, as a worker and your future is completely determined how you nurture your mind.

Are you where you want to be? Are there any negative thoughts that have creeped into your brain, things you wanted to do and passions you wanted to pursue in your life? Have you ever imagines yourself as somebody else, dreamed of things you felt you never could pursue anymore because of various reasons and excuses that seem to crop up and things that seem to 'get in the way' of your pursuit.

These are just some of the questions you can ask yourself. How truly do we know where we are in life and how positive are we that this is the route we chose for ourselves, by our free will and now steered into because of reasons that seem to be out of control. 'Carpe Diem' - is a meaning that can only be translated and not really understood by most of us. Don't just look up the meaning of those two words; live it! Seize the day! We live in fear, and that is something we cannot deny. Fear we will lose our jobs, fear we will fail, fear of the world around us and the unknown. No one has NO fear in their life. But rise above your fear, rise above your doubts and seize the day.

Fear can be useful but the root of that fear is important. I won't ramble on, but I will leave you with a proverb that someone left me a long time ago - if success is a road, then we have never truly arrived. So if you're wondering if this article has answered the question posed to you in the beginning, it hasn't, because it can't. Only you can answer it for yourself, and the answer should always be yes.

About the Author

Get your Free 'Ultimate Success Unleashed' Subliminal Cd today at http://www.chargedaudio.com/freesubliminal.html and supercharge your success. Greg Frost is an authority in the subliminal industry for many years and has helped thousands of individuals worldwide to attain their dreams and goals at http://www.chargedaudio.com

Review: Automatic Positive Affirmations Software

2008-11-25T15:34:00.000-08:00

We all know what an excellent instrument the Internet can be.
Where else can you reach millions of people from different walks of life within seconds, simultaneously?

Studies indicate that the average person spends at least 30% of their time in front of a computer. Imagine if every time you were on your computer, whether it is working, writing emails or surfing the net, you could enhance your personal development. Well, that's exactly what Dino and the folks at MindZoom had in mind when they launched their site.

Our mind can either be our best friend or our worst enemy depending on what you feed it. You wouldn't believe how much trash we feed our mind every day! Why don't we give our mind possitive bursts of input? We can easily.

Affirmations are defined as the assertion that something exists or is true. That being said, positive affirmations are basically when we assert that something positive about ourselves or anything else is true. This activity in turn, yields positive results as our inner world reflects our outer world.

Many of us have a hard time feeding ourselves positive affirmations. And for those who can, we sometimes can run into a "blockage" from our conscious mind. Our conscious mind sometimes tends to question our beliefs to the point that we can become discouraged.

The sub-conscious mind accepts commands without questioning them. So it is imperative that you feed it positive affirmations. Well, imagine if you could feed your sub-conscious positive affirmations while performing your daily activities on your computer. Through the affirmation-delivering engine and the silent subliminal messaging center, that is exactly what the MindZoom software can and will do for you: Positive Affirmations Software

The Affirmation Delivering Engine conveys thousands of positive commands at speeds that bypass your conscious mind and sends them directly to your sub-conscious, SAFELY AND DISCRETELY.

The Silent Subliminal Messaging System translates text affirmations into to speech that are then delivered through a High Frequency envelope, which reach the brain but are not heard by the human ear.

This software comes complete with a manual and is packed with special options such as ways to add, change or delete your affirmations, select the display position, change your font preferences as well as change your message frequency and display time.

This incredible software can and will enhance your life by allowing you to:

- Remove bad habits
- Learn Faster
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Water Mindfulness Creates Health

2008-11-24T01:28:00.000-08:00

How seriously do you think about the quality and need for water? Are you aware that the water you drink has the ability to improve your health and your life? Do you know that your thinking has the ability to change water?

(1) Experiments by Masaru Emoto outlined in his book; The True Power of Water - Healing And Discovering Ourselves (HADO), through the process of taking pictures of ice crystals shows the effect on water depending on the information it has received.

Water improves or deteriorates reflecting the information it takes in. As our body is made up by 70 percent water, we human beings are also affected by the information we take in. So when we take in good information our body can become healthier and when we take in bad information our body can become sick. Through the use of words, love, gratitude and prayers Emoto's experiments showed how we change how the water reacts.

In Emoto's research, it became clear that water improves or deteriorates reflecting the information it takes in. He goes on to say that in ancient Greece, people paid true respect for water, and many Greek myths are based on the protection of water. But then science appeared and rejected these myths because they were not scientific. Water lost its mystique and became just another substance.

But some cultures even today have a much better respect for water than most of us. For a short time I worked for an Arabic Doctor. I noticed that in the kitchen sink there was an ice cream container and puzzled when I saw the receptionist washing up from the ice cream container. Curiosity got me to ask; "Why"? And it was explained that because water is precious in their country they are brought up not to waste it. The ice cream container held significantly less water than the sink did and so less water was needed to be used for the washing up. I have since taken on this wise teaching into my own house. As I have with the saying; "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down". Of course, there is a frantic rush around to all the toilets when we have visitors...

(2) In Woman's Day, April 21, 1986 was an article on Water, The 'new' diet secret! It said that water suppresses the appetite. It helps the body metabolize stored fat... Studies show that a decrease in water intake will cause fat deposits to increase, while an increase in water intake can actually reduce fat deposits.

The reason for this was that the kidneys can't work properly without enough water. If they don't work as well as they should, the liver has to do some of the work. And if the liver now has to do some of the kidneys work then it can't do its job properly. If it can't do this as efficiently, more fat remains stored in the body and weight loss stops.

If we don't have enough water, our body feels threatened and holds on to every drop in case of an emergency, and the best way to overcome the problem of water retention is to give the body what it needs, i.e. plenty of water. Only then will stored water be released. Retained water shows up as excess weight.

The article goes on about an overweight person needing more water than a thin person, and how water helps to maintain proper muscle tone which prevents the muscles dehydrating and also helps to prevent sagging skin that usually follows weight loss.

It warns about diet drink being loaded with sodium, which can cause fluid retention and the high levels of phosphates in diet drinks interfering with the body's absorption of calcium, which can be critical to the dieter.

The sum total was - to lose weight efficiently, consume 1 litre of water over a 30-minute period, three times a day, i.e. morning, noon and evening (before six o'clock or you will have to get up in the night to go to toilet). The benefits at the end of the day being - There is a loss of hunger almost overnight, the liver metabolizes stored fat more efficiently and stored water (water retention) leaves the body.

*Just a word of caution here. One of my early clients to whom I gave this article, ended up becoming dizzy and her Doctor said that this was caused through being on blood pressure tablets that had caused the adverse effects. So always get your clients to check with their doctor first. (A lesson learnt the hard way.)

(3) An article on ScienceDaily had a recent look at what is known about the health effects of drinking water and reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence. The findings indicate that most people do not need to worry about drinking their recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces of water per day.

A review of published clinical studies on the topic found solid evidence that individuals in hot, dry climates, as well as athletes, have an increased need for water. In addition, people with certain diseases benefit from increased fluid intake. But no such data exists for average, healthy individuals. In addition, no single study indicates that people need to drink the recommend 8 glasses of water each day. The article advises that it is unclear where this recommendation came from.

Do we conclude that although a recent review has not found any data to support evidence of the need for 8 glasses of water a day, the Woman's day article was written on heresay or perhaps validated by the writers through their own research? Should we take note of Emoto, who advises we must pay respect to water, feel love and gratitude, and receive vibrations with a positive attitude, for then, water changes, you change, and I change. After all, both you and I are water.

My advice? Well actually it's the advice from Buddah; "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense".

References: (1) The True Power of Water - Healing and Discovering Ourselves, Masaru Emoto, ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-8981-8, Atria Books, 2005 (2) Woman's Day, April 21, 1986, Reprint, The Snowbird Diet copyright 1985 by Donald S. Robertson MD. MSc, and Carol P. Robertson, Warner Books (3)American Society of Nephrology (2008, April 3). Evidence Lacking On Health Benefits Of Drinking Lots of Water, According to Review of Literature, ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402120522.htm

About the Author: Bruni Brewin

Clinical Hypnotherapist Counsellor Energy Psychology Practitioner

National President & Fellow of the Australian Hypnotherapists' Association (FAHA). Clinical Member of The Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS) and Member of the Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP)

Subliminal Mind Control In Your Daily Life

2008-11-21T02:58:00.000-08:00

With the heated campaign season mostly behind us, a topic of discussion I've heard bantered about here and there is the political act of Subliminal Mind Control and how it may have been used in the political season. Many may not even be aware of what Subliminal Mind Control is and how it impacts their daily life. If you are of the mindset that Subliminal Mind Control is just some "Whacked out" method of becoming more positive, think again.

First I need to set the stage for what Subliminal Mind Control is. Essentially, Subliminal Mind Control means below the level of the conscious mind. In theory, the brain perceives the information, but the mind does not interpret the information for meaning. Many studies have shown that we do indeed assimilate information at the Subliminal level.

Here is an example; Say that you are going to get a new red car and on your way to work, you see several of them thinking that you had never seen them before. It is not that they were not there, it is just that your Subliminal mind knew you didn't need the information. Kind of Subliminal Mind Control in reverse.

Years ago, Sigmund Freud suggested that a murky, conflicted subconscious infused all of our actions. Freud thought that there was a subconscious component to what we did, but the actual application of the subconscious differs from what Freud thought of it. He just didn't have the technology available in his day to investigate the true nature of the unconscious.

In the last several decades, it seems that medical science has made some fairly substantial strides using advanced brain scanning technology, even to the extent of proving that coma patient's brains are activated by photographs of familiar faces or if family members speak to them. There has even been studies that the subconscious mind seems to trigger the body to start to react to a fearful situation, even before the person actually realizes the fear.

The point is that there are elements of the unconscious that can be trained, whether you like it or not. Advertisers know this implicitly.

There have been countless studies on how advertisers use subliminal placement of elements in their ads to conjure up an image to the subconscious mind. Back in the '60's, movie theaters used quick images of popcorn and coke flashed at such speed that most didn't know they were seeing it. Well, they saw it all right and the coke and popcorn sales went through the roof...as high as 70% in some cases. Well the US Government got wind of that and put the kibosh on that little experiment.

Still, there is always very Subliminal Mind Control going on around you every day and to dismiss it as some "Wacked Out" theory is absurd. Why do you think corporations spend billions putting products in movies and video games? Because the Subconscious Mind picks up the data for you as you are engrossed in the activity and when you need that product later, wow, there it is.

Amazing isn't it? You bet it is.

I say this because I believe there is going to be an explosion of products in the marketplace in the coming year that can truly turn your life around when it comes to using these powerful techniques. Many Doctors use Subliminal Mind Control to treat stress and advance weight-loss techniques as well as to treat other self-destructive habits.

Here is my caveat; You need to be careful and thoughtful on how you use the products. You must use your power for good...really...you do. You need to honestly evaluate different products and see if they will work for you.

These techniques are indeed powerful and whether you believe in them or not, they have been scientifically proven. Can they be used to give you a better attitude? Yes they can!

So use them and, remember, a Subliminal Mind is a terrible thing to waste.

About the Author

DA Southern is an entrepreneur who has learned the hard way that unless you are doing something you are passionate about, you cannot begin to realize true financial riches. He has been involved in several startups and has learned the lessons that give him the ability to talk about true Financial Freedom. DA blogs about Directing Your Own Life from a financial standpoint at itsyourshowitsyourlife.com/blog

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8 Steps to Success in Anything

2008-11-16T01:44:00.000-08:00

Successful people are successful because of their way of thinking. Success in any area of life has little to do with luck. If there is any area of your life you would like to improve then you should follow these eight steps:

Step 1: Know What You Want and Make a Plan

Sit down and visualize being the person you want to be. What areas of your life do you want to improve? You need to know what you want to become before you can get there. Write these thoughts down. It helps you stay focused when you have them down on paper. Make a commitment to yourself to improve these areas. Make a plan.

"Failing to plan is planning to fail." Alan Lakein

Step 2: Learn, Learn, Learn

There is tons of information out there on just about any subject you can think of. After you have decided on what areas of your life you want to improve, acquire the knowledge necessary to get where you want to go. Read everything you can. Go to seminars. Do what you have to do. Learn the subject inside and out.

"Knowledge is the food of the soul." Plato

Step 3: Think Positive

Know that you can achieve what you have set out to do. Positive thinking is a trait that all successful people have. They know they can succeed.

"For myself, I am an optimist-it does not seem to be much use being anything else." Winston Churchill

Step 4: Take Action

Be a doer, not a thinker. This is the most important step. Anyone can spend countless hours researching the area they want to improve, but the truly successful take the knowledge they have acquired and do something with it. Read The Most Important Key to Success for more on taking action.

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." Henry David Thoreau

Step 5: Be Willing to Take Risks

Successful people know they are not perfect. They know they will make mistakes. The key is to control your risk. As long as you are able to try again, no risk is to great. Don't be afraid to try because you may fail.

"Our doubts are traitors,And make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." William Shakespeare

Step 6: Be Persistent

Never give up. The only true failure is when you stop trying. They say it took Thomas Edison 1,000 tries before he invented the light bulb. Now that is persistence.

"Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential." Winston Churchill

Step 7: Network

Get out there and make some contacts. Find people that are good at what you want to be good at. Surround yourself with successful people. I'm sure you have heard the saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know." I disagree. It should be "It's what you know, and who you know."

"Position yourself as a center of influence - the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you'll soon become what you project." Bob Burg

Step 8: Be Patient

Patience is important. No one becomes successful at anything overnight. As long as you strive to make a positive step towards your goals everyday, success will come. Enjoy the journey.

"The value of achievement lies in the achieving." Albert Einstein

Follow the Path

This is the path to success. It has been laid out for you. Now it is up to you to take these steps and achieve the things you always wanted. Don't accept failure. If you follow these steps you will become successful in any area you want to improve.

About the Author

Eric Twitty is the owner and author of The School of Success,a website dedicated to helping you achieve your goals in any area of your life you wish to improve.

For more articles about achieving success in any endeavor, visit my blog at http://www.you-can-achieve-success.com

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2008-10-28T13:42:00.000-07:00

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Focus For Success

2008-10-15T01:38:00.000-07:00

There is a lot of dire news at the moment. Not only are we still fighting two terrible wars, but the economic world as we have know it for the last seventy years is collapsing from under our feet. The stock market just took its biggest one day dive since the great depression, and the great bailout plan is hitting obstacles at every turn (I won't get into that here, but for my take on that, please visit our blog at http://www.abundancebound.blogspot.com). So, given all this negative news, how are we supposed to do all the positive things necessary to move our financial security, and hence our artistic careers, forward?

The answer is our focus. Consider this for a minute: what are you spending your time thinking about and focussing on? Chances are you will find it all too easy to spend every second of every day thinking about the environment, and the economy, and the Presidential race, and what your next audition will be, and where your rent is going to come from, and how will you find the money for your children's tuition, and so on, and so on...

Except it isn't healthy. Yes, there is a lot to be concerned about in the world today, but what you need to ask yourself is, how do you feel when you've spent an hour (or two or three) worrying about it all? Do you feel up-beat, and excited, and ready to get out there? Or do you feel depressed, and lethargic, and wanting to curl up in front of bad soap operas (if there are any other kind) for the rest of the day? Conversely, how do you feel when you've just worked out, and have finished a great book, are are doing really well in class? Ready to take on the world, is the answer.

So what has changed? The world is the same, all that is different is what part of it we are focussing on, and that is the answer: what has changed is our focus and, from that, our mental state.

Now, I am not saying to ignore the outside world: we are part of society, and have an obligation (in my opinion) to be a thoughtful part of that. However, we don't have to spend all day every day thinking about what is going wrong with the world. The Law of Attraction teaches us that we get more of what we think about. So, if we are dwelling on poverty and misery, do we really expect to have joy and wealth coming into our lives?

The trick to this is what motivational expert Brian Tracy calls The Law of Substitution. He says that the conscious mind can only really hold one thought at a time, so that, when a negative emotion or thought enters your mind, you can replace it instantly with something positive. Do this consistently, and you are well on the way to achieving a generally positive outlook on life. So, next time you start to feel down about yourself, or your career, try saying "That thought is trying to trick me and make me unhappy..." and then focussing on what you want your career to look like. When finances are getting you down, look instead at what opportunities exist in this current climate, and remember what Warren Buffet says - "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful". Why is he a good example? When everyone else is panicking and pulling out of the markets, he just bought a $6 billion piece of Goldman-Sachs... talk about focussing on the upside, even if it is 5 to 10 years in the making.

All this is to say choose your focus, don't just happen upon it. Consciously direct your attention onto things that support and benefit you the majority of the time, and watch as your the world around you aligns with your new thoughts...

About the Author

Miata Edoga is a working actor and founder of Abundance Bound, Inc, the financial education company for actors and artists. She recently released The Artists' Prosperity Home Study System, designed to give anyone who wants them the tools to take control of their money.

Learning - The Power of Positive Thinking

2008-09-17T02:37:00.000-07:00

The Power of Positive Thinking is the title of a best-selling book by the late Norman Vincent Peale. Thousands of people claim that the Power of Positive Thinking was a major factor in achieving their success.

Is it really the biggest factor in becoming successful?

Recent studies have shown that attitude, above education and other factors, has the biggest impact on your future success. If you have dreams that you want to achieve, you better start by evaluating your attitude.

Having a positive attitude and becoming a positive thinker is the most important step you can take in achieving your dreams. The best part is that it is relatively easy to become a positive thinker. It is just a matter of changing your habits of thought.

Positive thinking just requires that you change the way you handle the circumstances of your life. You want to start paying attention to the thoughts that you have throughout the day. Most of us have an internal monologue that goes through our minds during the day. Have you ever paid close attention to those thoughts?

Make it a habit to start monitoring your thoughts. Notice how many times in the day you are feeling discouraged, critical, sad, depressed or any one of many negative emotions. To set yourself up for better success, you've got to start thinking more positively.

When you become a positive thinker, you do not let one bad event ruin the rest of your day, or worse, the rest of your life. So many people walk around with a chip on their shoulder, and most of them do not even have a right to be mad. They are holding onto trivial matters and making themselves miserable.

Embrace the power of positive thinking by releasing those grudges. Allow yourself to react to bad events in your life, but pick yourself up again and keep on going toward your goal. Do not hold onto those bad feelings, and do not make yourself miserable. There is no point in holding onto those negative thoughts.

Positive thinking is not about being detached from reality. It is about taking charge of your reality, and taking charge of your thoughts. Whatever you concentrate on for most of the day is what you will create in your life. If you are concentrating on the negative, guess what you will get more of?

Become a positive thinker by focusing on the good in your life. You will begin to see more good come into your life, and then you will realize the true power of positive thinking.

About the Author

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Why Does Mind Power Work?

2008-08-10T11:19:00.000-07:00

Have you ever heard the expression be careful what you wish for? Or have you ever been accused of "daydreaming" or "being too much in your head"? Mind power scares people. That is partly why those phrases are said. When you develop a conscious relationship with your own mind it is like bringing home a giant super-computer and starting to actually use it.

Things are going to change in your life when you do that! You already have a powerful mind. However you might not even know what it feels like, or how it works, or where it is.You can gain all this knowledge and experience the feeling of enjoying the awesome benefits and life improving power when you have a friendly relationship with your own mind.

Hearing the words, "you have a powerful mind" and experiencing it is like the difference between watching a rocket blast off to the moon on TV and being on that rocket when it blasts off. Consciously working with your own mind is not for everyone. It can be frightening because you are handling something that is powerful, like a rocket fuel, or nuclear energy.

Mind power is so powerful that it can be scary. That is why most people do not use it. If you use your mind power consciously you set yourself apart from most other people. That alone can be frightening for you or for those around you. Hey, wouldn't you rather I warned you first? This way you can understand and find ways to be more comfortable as you use this vast power that is available to everyone.

Now how is it that the mind works so well to accomplish things in life? Think of the mind as part of your body that extends into other dimensions. It is like a master software engine that runs all the other levels. It is very subtle and immensely effective at controlling you and your life. One little change has a ripple effect throughout your whole system. What happens at the level of the mind, filters down to all the other levels.

In my own universe, you are delighted to experience the power of your own mind and to discover what a great friend that it can be to you. You are comfortable working and living with mind power and your life is vastly improved from the day you started to really use it.
Jorj Elprehzleinn's techniques, insights, and assistance in the right use of thought and mind power are based on a lifetime of research,personal experience, and success getting results. Visit his website at http://www.FocusYourMindonHappiness.com

Success Benefits From Creative Visualization Techniques

2008-07-14T06:06:00.000-07:00

Success Benefits From Creative Visualization Techniques
by Leon Edward

Creative visualization is the practice of attempting to alter your thoughts in order to positively affect the world around you. There are many ways that this can be done but the basic principle is usually the same. The purpose is to improve one's surroundings via positive thinking.

While this may sound a lot like daydreaming there are a few key differences. When people daydream they are usually visualizing something from a third person perspective. During creative visualization it is important to picture everything from the first person point of view. The good things that you image must literally be unfolding around you just as they would in real life. You aren't looking at things as if they were on a TV screen. You're looking at them as if they're really happening to you.

Another key difference in creative visualization is that you are performing these tasks with a purpose. You must believe that the things you desire are actually on the way to you. When you daydream, it is usually just an idle wish that you don't really expect to happen. When practicing creative visualization you actually expect the best to happen.

Elements of creative visualization can be found in nearly every religion in the world in one form or another. Buddhists must visualize in order to practice their religion. Many Eastern religions believe in the power of creative visualizations. In the 19th century the concept came to the forefront of the New Thought movement. This movement was spearheaded by such thinkers as Wallace Wattles. Wattles wrote the classic The Science of Getting Rich and it is still studied today by many people. The movie "The Secret" was spawned from the concepts in this very book. In it, Wattles writes that one must have a "clear mental image" of the things that they want. When coupled with faith, gratitude, and the expectant attitude, the vision is literally created around them.

What are some of the benefits that one can expect from practicing creative visualization? The sky is the limit! Everything is affected by what we image. You can improve health, relationships, financial resources, and any situation that you desire.

Many people have improved from poor health conditions simply by the concept of creative visualization. They have also used the same practice to go from broke to comfortable financially. So how do you specifically practice creative visualization?

The first step in creative visualization is to relax. The best way to do this is to get in a comfortable position. Lying flat on your back is a great position to be in if you can keep yourself from falling asleep. Then start to take deep breaths and relax each part of your body. Start at your toes and work your way up to the top of your head. Each time you breathe out, a different part of your body should be relaxing. When you're done with this step you should feel completely relaxed in every part of your body. Again, try not to fall asleep. This is easier said than done sometimes, but with a little practice, it can be done.

The next step is to decide what you want and to actually picture it on the screen of your mind. The first time that you try this it will most likely be difficult. Your mind will probably jump around from one thought to the other. This is ok, as it is the natural way your mind works. However, when this happens just simply allow yourself to focus back on what you want.

Deciding what you want can also be difficult at times. We want so many things in life that it's sometimes hard to narrow it down. However, if you really put some thought into it, one thing usually will feel right. It's the one thing that would make your life better.

Once you decide what it is that you want, try to imagine it as if it was unfolding all around you in the present tense. Believe that it is actually happening. Faith is a very powerful force in your life and can be the difference in getting want you want. The longer you can devote to visualization, the better. However, 10 or 15 minutes is usually a good amount of time. Any amount of time is better than none.

Then try to think of your picture as often as you can throughout the day...the more often the better. Once you have formed the habit of doing this daily, your life will start to improve by leaps and bounds.

About the Author

Leon Edward helps people achieve goals and dreams through understanding and following the universal laws, subconscious programming, hypnosis, law of attraction and mind power.

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An Easy Way To Attain Your Desires

2008-07-04T07:12:00.000-07:00

There is a hard way to get what you want, and there is an easy way. Which one do you choose? The answer is obvious, everybody wants the easy way, but most people are not even aware of the existence of the easy way. Most of us have been told, since the moment we were born, that in order to succeed in life, we have to work hard and struggle. It has been said "no pain, no gain". For most people, life is just a long series of struggles.

If that is what you are feeling, I have good news for you! There is an easy way, which will lead to your ultimate destiny in the most stress free manner.
Listen carefully, because this is going to determine whether your life is fulfilling, happy and stress free,leading to a high quality of life.
Here is the ultimate secret of the universe: "Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change."

Pay special attention to these words. Really think about what they mean.

Yes, I hear what you are saying. You have heard it a million times. Everybody knows it. If this is what you are thinking, I must warn you not to take these words lightly. I can tell you 90% of people read these words, and don't understand what they truly mean. You can tell by simply watching their lives. If you are not living a happy, fulfilled life RIGHT NOW, I can tell you, "You are not truly understanding these words”. Then let's get down to a deep understanding of this golden rule of success.

As I have discussed in my earlier articles, we are living in a material world, which is made up of molecules, which are made up of atoms, which in turn are made up of subatomic particles. We have also discussed that these subatomic particles act at our commands, they come into existence only when we observe them.

Let's see what scientists say about these amazing building blocks of this world. The subatomic particle is a kind of wave packet, which can be in the state of wave and particle simultaneously. We describe a particle by its location, and we describe a wave by its momentum. However, the subatomic particle can exist as a particle and a wave at the same time. This sounds very counterintuitive, but it is true. Either the subatomic particle becomes a particle or it becomes a wave, it depends on how you measure it. If you decide to measure it by its location, it instantly becomes a particle, if you decide to measure it by its momentum, it instantly becomes a wave. It all depends on how we measure (or how we observe) it.

Deepak Chopra in his new book, "Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desires", describes a thought experiment by Erwin Schrödinger. Imagine you have a closed box that contains a wave-particle, a cat, a lever, and a bowl of cat food with a loose lid. If the wave-particle becomes a particle, the particle will trip the lid, and the cat will eat. If the wave-particle becomes a wave, the lid will remain on the food. When we open the box (making an observation), we will either see an empty bowl and a happy cat, or a full bowl and a hungry cat. It all depends on how we observe. Before we open the box, the bowl is both empty and full, and the cat is both fed and hungry. Both possibilities exist at the same time. Deepak says "It is the observation alone that turns possibility into reality."

The whole point is that the basic building block of the material world acts at our command. At the very moment of our observation, it comes into existence. We are the creator of our world. Nothing exists without our observation.

How does that relate to manifesting your desires? Well, it has everything to do with manifesting your desires. Why does our life seem like a struggle? Why don’t we get the money we want? Why don't we get the relationship that we have always desired? Why is our life is filled with a long list of never ending problems? All these are because of our habitual way of observing the world. We have been conditioned that what we are seeing is reality, and we continue to live this way and continue to observe the same things happen in our lives. Let me tell you, your reality is not reality. Only you choose and observe it to be your reality. As soon as you realize your own observation is the cause of everything, then you can literally decide to create another reality. You can decide to observe another reality into your world, only when you choose to.How do you do it? First, don't let your outer world delude you, this is not necessarily the reality. Secondly, observe exactly what you want in your mind, observe it with certainty and clarity, and then let it go, knowing that you have already created your desires at the quantum level. You simply let the universe arrange for it to come to you. When the opportunities come, don't forget to take action and express your gratitude. Everything begins with your change of the way you look at your world.

Remember "Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change."

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Song Chengxiang is the author of popular online ebooks "Rapid Manifestation" and "The Lost secrets of Manifestation". His words have helped thousands of people greatly change the quality of their lives and manifest their true desires easily and effortlessly. He has recently developed a powerful mind programming system- Quantum Mind Power, with a top brainwave entrainment Engineer Morry Zelcovitch. Check out this amazing new system and get a FREE 5 part Quantum Mind Power ecourse at http://tinyurl.com/ywn6o5

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The Power of Appreciation

2008-06-30T14:28:00.000-07:00

The Power of Appreciation

There is a powerful force within each one of us that you can use to overcome any obstacles, no matter how bad the situation is. Once you know how powerful this force is and how it works, you will never have to worry about anything in your life, no fears, no worries, and no anxieties. Life becomes an easy and fulfilling process. You start to enjoy your life; you start to enjoy every moment of your existence.

Are you getting excited about knowing what this power is? The powerful force that I am making reference to is “The power of appreciation.”

Yes, it is the power of appreciation. If you want to win, and win big in life, you have to know the power of appreciation, and you have to know how it works, and live by it. This is the secret weapon that you can use to win the battle of life, no matter how bad your current circumstances are. Don’t let its simplicity fool you. Just this one simple idea will completely change your life.

Ok, let me make a clear statement, let it enter your subconscious mind. “No matter what circumstance you encounter, no matter what situation you are in, you always have the choice of finding something to appreciate in it, and you can immediately change your point of attraction at that moment!”

Remember, the quality of your life is determined by the quality of this moment. And you have a choice in every moment. You can choose to feel depressed and unhappy, or you can choose to find something to appreciate, and change your point of attraction immediately.

OK, now you ask “How can I find something to appreciate?”

Let’s do a simple exercise…

Stop whatever you are doing now, find something right here that you can appreciate. Go ahead, find something.

Have you got it? If you haven’t, let me remind you of something. No matter who you are, and where you are, I can assure you that you at least have one thing to appreciate,just because you are reading this. Have you got it? Yes! You got it… It is the internet! How wonderful it is that we can have access to the internet and find literally any information we want in minutes. Now, stop for a moment, and really feel it. What does that make you feel? Think about how fortunate you are, compared to those people living in third world countries where they don’t even have a computer. Hold on to the good feeling for a few seconds, really feel it. If you can keep it for 17 seconds, your life will dramatically change. I guarantee you.

This is just an example to demonstrate how you can find something to appreciate anytime and anywhere. It is actually very simple, it only takes a few seconds here and a few seconds there, and your life will never be the same. You will find yourself full of energy and happiness.

Appreciate the food that you eat, appreciate the air that you breathe, appreciate the sunshine, appreciate the relationship that you are in, appreciate the room that you are sitting in. Appreciate everything.

Well, you may say “The food that I eat is not as good as what the rich eat”,“the air that I breathe is not as good as the air in another city”, “the relationship that I am in is not as fulfilling as it should be”, “the room that I live in is not as big as I want”. Maybe all these are true, but it is true only because you have chosen to perceive it this way. And the important thing is you can perceive it in a different way right at this moment. Ok, think about the food you are eating. DO you know there are millions of children in Africa who do not have enough to eat? Think
about the relationship that you are in. Don’t you remember that last time your partner gave you a hug when you were facing a major challenge? Don’t you remember all the wonderful things that your partner has done for you over the years? Instead of focusing on what he/she did wrong, why not focus on what he/she did right? More importantly, appreciate him/her; appreciate what your partner has done for you.

So you get my point, there are always positive and negative aspects to any circumstances or any people, you can either focus on the negativities and blame what is wrong, or you can choose to appreciate the positive aspect and what is right. This will make a big difference to the quality of your life. I have to repeat, don’t let the simplicity of this idea fool you, practise appreciating here and there, and you will find miracles in your life.

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Song Chengxiang is the author of popular online ebooks "Rapid Manifestation" and "The Lost secrets of Manifestation". His words have helped thousands of people greatly change the quality of their lives and manifest their true desires easily and effortlessly. He has recently developed a powerful mind programming system- Quantum Mind Power, with a top brainwave entrainment Engineer Morry
Zelcovitch. Check out this amazing new system and get a FREE 5 part Quantum Mind Power ecourse at http://tinyurl.com/ywn6o5

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The Core Skills You Need To Learn Hypnosis

2008-06-28T04:31:00.000-07:00

Conversational Hypnosis is an art that takes a certain set of skills in order to master. Conversational hypnosis is the practice of inducing hypnotic trances through the focused skills learned in language, speech and suggestion. The skills most required of you as the hypnotist are to master a signal recognition system, develop a relationship with your subject beyond rapport, learn the foundations of hypnotic language and advanced hypnotic language, develop authority strategies, recognize emotional triggers, destroy resistance as well as become skilled in conversational induction, conversational trance formulas and advanced frame control…

The Core Skills You Need To Learn Hypnosis

Conversational Hypnosis is an art that takes a certain set of skills in order to master. These skills are quite attainable when the correct instruction and study of hypnosis has been focused on.
Conversational hypnosis is the practice of inducing hypnotic trances through the focused skills learned in language, speech and suggestion. The primary objective is to induce a trance in order to accomplish a motivated outcome or reach a specific purpose; for example ease emotional pain, enhance health, and lead a happier life.

The skills most required of you as the hypnotist are to master a signal recognition system, develop a relationship with your subject beyond rapport, learn the foundations of hypnotic language and advanced hypnotic language, develop authority strategies, recognize emotional triggers, destroy resistance as well as become skilled in conversational induction, conversational trance formulas and advanced frame control.

All of these skills will help you attain the highest level of success in conversational hypnosis and achieve a better life for your subjects as well as for yourself.

Signal recognition systems are the foundation in hypnosis training from which you will start to see when a subject is entering a hypnotic trance. These skills will aide you in opening your senses to the signs given by your subject when becoming hypnotized.

Signal recognition will save you time in that you will be able to quickly asses when your subject is in trance instead of using unnecessary time to talk you subject into hypnosis. You will learn to see, hear and feel when people are responding to you hypnotically.

This skill will also allow you to see those around you moving in and out of hypnotic trances produced everyday by their environments. The signal recognition system is important to master and continue to study as it is a core fundamental skill you will use throughout your study and practice of hypnosis.

Everyday we develop rapport with people, friends, family and strangers. In conversational hypnosis it is important to learn to move on beyond the normal constraints of typical rapport and to develop deeper relationships with your subjects.

In hypnosis you and your subject are developing an intimate relationship that allows you as the hypnotist into your subject’s mind, to understand and ultimately control certain thoughts through suggestion and language.

In order to accomplish this you must go beyond rapport and embody an intense connection that allows your subject the unconscious freedom to do something simply because it pleases them to please you.

This can be considered an abnormal or skewed relationship in that the subject allows you into their world and will follow your lead through the conversations, language and suggestions you give to them. This is a very powerful and unique connection.

Conversational hypnosis is just that, there is an art to the language you as the hypnotist need to master. Part of this skill is found in hypnotic language foundation and advanced hypnotic language. The main idea is that conversational hypnosis is attained through language.

You need to learn how to shape the conversation you are having with your subject in a way that makes the words you speak themselves hypnotic, causing your subjects mind to set off into hypnotic state that responds to you in hypnotic ways. This skill should get strong focus from you as you master hypnosis techniques.

In the language you use for hypnosis you will also want to develop your authority strategy. Authority strategy is a tactic that is required in order to be a successful hypnotist.
It allows you to phrase suggestions in a way that the conscious mind of your subject responds, without this skill you will not be able to attain your goals as a hypnotist.

The authority strategy gives your subject the will and wants to carry out your hypnotic suggestions, if you are not the authority within their trance the subject will not listen to your suggestions. This skill is fundamental as it will be a large piece of the puzzle that will aide in your success as a hypnotist and allow you to achieve your goals in hypnotism.

Emotional triggers are the way to your subject’s unconscious responses, once you learn to control emotional triggers you will have the power to control the pictures and feelings that govern a subjects mind and ultimately change their life.

This skill will give you access to pictures and feelings from within your subjects mind. As you perfect this skill you will be able to be able to alter feelings that lead to a healthier, happier, and more fulfilling life for your subject. This will aide in your objective to create rewarding and wonderful happiness for those who attain your services.

In conversational hypnosis there is often resistance and this brings us to the next fundamental skill you will need to acquire. How you as the hypnotist will destroy this resistance, the most popular way being through the telling of stories.

Destroying resistance through story telling involves you becoming the story teller to bypass the minds usual filtering systems that tell a person, “this is not right”, or “this can’t be happening”. Once you have mastered story telling that will create a hypnotic trance you will be allowed into your subjects mind to place new ideas, perceptions and thoughts dealing with their lives and how they ultimately live them.

Conversational hypnosis will require you to also learn how to deal directly with the unconscious mind; this is done through conversational inductions. This concept is a way to formulate how to induce a trance through conversation, the real core of conversational hypnosis.

Conversational induction will provide you with the skill of moving from normal speech into a conversational hypnotic induction with ease. In doing this you will then be dealing directly with the unconscious mind of your subject which is what your job as a hypnotist is ultimately all about.

This technique will teach you to mold conversation that sounds completely ordinary to others into something much more intense for you and your subject; this in itself will take a grand amount of understanding and skill.

Conversational trance formulas are paramount in the art of hypnosis. These are formulas that will get you exactly where and what you want from your subject. Getting your subject into a trance come very easily to you but then where do you go from there, this is where conversational trance formulas are required.

The formulas consist of the P-CAT formula, which is used for personal change in a subject. This is handy for those rough days, bad times in relationships and even when ending a relationship.
The COMILA formula is used mainly for persuading and influencing people. This formula is helpful to people in their professions such as influencing an individual to want to learn, sales, education, management as well as for general inspiration.

Next in the list of helpful formulas is the LIFE checklist. This is a checklist developed to help you know you are actually engaged in a hypnotic conversation. The LIFE check list consists of four steps that will help you identify quickly and efficiently that hypnosis is underway.
Conversational hypnosis will also require you to master such techniques as “future memories” and “stacking realities”. Future memories are memories you place in your hypnotized subject’s mind that have not taken place yet.

The goal is that they will become memories as the subjects unconscious brings them to their conscious mind as events that have already happened. The art in this is to make the future memory so compelling that the unconscious mind will want the memory to have happened and eventually follow your suggestion to make the memory a real instance that has happened in the past.

“Stacking realities” and “accidental trance identification” are other techniques that help hypnotists to slip past the resistance and interference within a subjects mind that prevent hypnosis.

Advanced frame control will also be paramount to master. This is the art of leading all your hypnotic interactions in the direction you desire. Without this skill you will not be able to control the direction of conversation, hampering your goal of creating a more peaceful, happy, healthy mindset for your subjects. All of these strategies, once mastered, will help you in the ease of your conversational hypnosis.

There are many exciting and great skills involved in becoming a successful conversational hypnotist, while this information may seem overwhelming at first it is just a taste of the powerful skills that you will enjoy perfecting as you assume your role as a hypnotist.

Once mastered many of these skills will provide you with a life time of learning and development personally and professionally, as well as help you to change lives for the better.
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The Easiest Way to Achieve Happiness

2008-06-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

The Easiest Way to Achieve Happiness

People always think that what they want is money, relationships, and material possessions, but what they truly want is happiness. Wealth, health and relationships are just the rewards of being happy. Happiness is a state of vibration that is in harmony with the universe. As you already know, the same frequency vibrations tend to attract each other, so the vibration of happiness is going to attract more wealth, better relationships and better health, since these things are going to add more happiness to your life, and they are in the same vibration. If you go after money, you may not get it, but if you go after happiness, money will flow to you. The same applies to relationships and health.

I believe the ultimate goal in life is to achieve a state of well being, or we can simply say happiness. Is there an easier way to achieve happiness? The answer is Yes! and I am now going to show you how. I have learned one phrase from Dr Wayne Dyer, that I will never forget. The phrase is “How may I serve?”. Dr Dyer said that before his seminars, he always meditates, and repeats the phrase as a mantra “How may I serve… How may I serve?”. He never brings any notes with him, and when he speaks, the words just keep flowing to him. He knows exactly what to say, and what to teach. Dr Wayne Dyer is one of my favourite role models. He has achieved great success in almost every area of his life. I believe the one single most important element in Dr Wayne Dyer’s success is this mantra “How may I serve?”

Ask yourself now “How may I serve?”. This is the key to ultimate happiness and fulfillment in life. I would like to share some of my own experience.

The most enjoyable thing in my life at this stage is writing articles that can make a difference to the quality of people’s lives. Whenever I finish writing an article, I
feel positive energy throughout my body. I sometime get puzzled myself! Where does this information come from? How do I write so many articles, having thousands of people read my articles every week? I have finally realized the secret is within this phrase “How may I serve?”.

Every time I write an article for my newsletter, I sit in front of my computer, and ask myself “How may I serve? How may I serve?”. Strangely, the ideas come, and I put my fingers on the keyboard, and words just start flowing.

I didn’t understand how this process works, until one day I realized that the information does not come from me, it comes from God (or the Higher Intelligence), I am only a channel for the information to flow. I am a channel that God has created to serve the world. Because that is what I am here for, when I am serving, I feel positive energy, and I feel happy.

I have learned that my life purpose is to serve, and I think this is applicable to everyone. This is what God wants me to learn, this is also what God wants you to
learn. You will only feel truly fulfilled once you realize this truth. “Your life purpose is to serve”. I am sure you have heard that “If you seek happiness for yourself, it will always elude you, if you seek happiness for others, you will find it for yourself.” I know this is why every time I finish an article, I feel so happy, because I know that my article is going to benefit thousands of people, and it is going to change the world to some small extent. Maybe 90% of people will not take any action after they read my articles, this is the nature of human beings, but I know as long as they read them, their awareness will be expanded, and they will see a difference in the long run. For that less than 10% of people who do take action, I know my words are going to change their lives for the better. What a great thing I am doing! I am proud of it. I feel very happy about it.

So starting from today, find ways to help other people. Find some way to serve. You will get addicted to it, because it is so enjoyable helping others. Your help is
going to change people’s lives. I often receive emails from my subscribers asking me for help. Can you imagine how happy I am after I’ve answered their questions? I know that this person’s life is going to change for the better just because of my words. How wonderful that is!

Here is a secret I want you to know…

The person who benefits the most is not the one you give service to, but yourself. You may find it sounds strange, but this is true, and it is governed by the universal law of cause and effect. Anything you cause others to experience will come back to you, and multiplied. If you cause others to experience love, you will find more love in your life; if you cause others to have wealth, you will have more in your own life; if you cause others to succeed, you are guaranteed to succeed. This is the law of the universe, and it never fails. So, whatever you want to experience in your life, cause others to experience it first. This is the most powerful way to attain your own desires, and the easiest way to achieve happiness.

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Song Chengxiang is the author of popular online ebooks "Rapid Manifestation" and "The Lost secrets of Manifestation". His words have helped thousands of people
greatly change the quality of their lives and manifest their true desires easily and effortlessly. He has recently developed a powerful mind programming system- Quantum Mind Power, with a top brainwave entrainment Engineer Morry Zelcovitch. Check out this amazing new system and get a FREE 5 part Quantum Mind Power ecourse at http://tinyurl.com/ywn6o5

The Law of Attraction and the Science of Getting Rich

2008-06-17T05:05:00.000-07:00

The Law of Attraction and the Science of Getting Rich

What are you thinking about right now? The Law of Attraction states that “whatever we think about, we bring about”. This law may initially seem like new age fluff but believe it or not, there are scientific merits to this proposition. The top quantum physicists of our time have discovered that our universe and our reality is very much directed by the “observer”.

When studying quantum particles (the smallest observable unit of matter), these scientists discovered that such particles behave in accordance with the person conducting the experiment. If the scientists “predict” that quantum particles behave in a certain way, they do. And yet, if the scientists “predict” that quantum particles behave in another way, they do. It is the “observer” that dictates the outcome of the experiment!

What does all this mean for us normal people? Well actually, these scientific experiments has far reaching implications for us as our world is made up of these same quantum particles! In this case, we are the “observer” the director and hence the creator of our reality, our world and our experience.

So, be careful of what you think about! for example, have you thoughts ever begun with the following phrases:

I don’t understand…

I don’t want…

I’m frustrated that…

I hate my…

I can’t figure out …

I’m stressed about…

I’m worried that…

I should be able to… but I can’t…

Why am I having so much trouble?

The Law of Attraction indifferent to the words preceding your thought. Whatever you think about you will attract into your life. When you think “I don’t understand why bad things always happen to me?”, you are “attracting” bad things into your life. When you think “I want to get out of debt”, you are attracting more debt into your life. When you think “I’m worried I will get sick”, you are attracting sickness into your life! The Law of Attraction brings about what you focus on even if it is not what you want. Get it?

If you understand this principle, here are some examples of how to make the law of attraction work to support you rather than to act against you. Try observing your thoughts and changing your thinking in the following way:

“I want to get out of debt” to “I want to earn amazing riches”

“I hate my boss” to “I look forward to owning my own business”

“I don’t understand why he is so lazy” to “I love it when he helps out around the house”

“I’m stressed about this project” to “I always create amazing results in my projects”

“I’m worried about getting sick” to “I experience vibrant health daily”

Now that we have a better understanding of the Law of Attraction, it is no surprise why so many people struggle with regards to money. It is been said that “the rich get richer while the poor get poorer”. This is actually the Law of Attraction in action. Because the wealthy have money, they often think about how to best use their money and hence they attract more money. The poor on the other hand often think about their present lack of money and unfortunately, that also attracts lack into their lives. Currently, 96% of the world’s wealth is being earned by just 1% of the population!

To address this issue, the main teachers behind the movie is launching a program is called “The Science of Getting Rich” and it is based on employing the law of attraction to create wealth. This amazing program is based on the principles and philosophies outlined in a book of the same title written in 1910 by Wallace D Wattles. This is the same book that inspired the movie.

What is the Science of Getting Rich about? Well in the words of Wallace D. Wattles, “The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich. Those who do not do things in this certain way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich.” The Science of Getting Rich Seminar is all about teaching how to do things in this “certain” way to create wealth.

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The Ultimate Secrets of Truly Effective Affirmation Techniques

2008-06-17T04:21:00.000-07:00

Affirmation has been used by successful people for centuries. It has helped many ordinary people achieve extraordinary results in their lives. It has turned many failures into successes. It has made many miracles happen in the history of human evolution. However, the majority of people who use affirmation find that it doesn’t work. Why is this the case? What are the elements that people have missed when they use affirmation techniques? I constantly ask myself these questions, and seek for the answers. The result is, no one book gives the complete answer. Some tips given in one book work for a specific situation, but not for others. Other books give other tips that work for other situations, but not for this. I have tested and filtered out the ineffective ones, and left only what I call the ultimate effective technique secrets.

The purpose of affirmation :

Before I give you the effective techniques, I must make you understand the true purpose of affirmation. Simply stated, the purpose of affirmation is to pass a command from the conscious mind to the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind has the ability, in anything it accepts as true, to do whatever it takes to turn it into reality. The purpose of an affirmation is to pass a message to the subconscious mind, and to make it believe the message is true. So this brings us to the first element of an effective affirmation.

1.The affirmation must be believable to the subconscious mind

Most of the affirmations people use, fail at this first stage. They tend to give an unrealistic message to the subconscious mind, hoping for a positive response. If you
are financially broke, and you say to yourself “I earn $100,000 per year”, is this believable to your mind? If your body is totally out of shape, and you say to yourself “I am very attractive”, is this believable to your mind? I doubt it.

What if you are currently broke, and you want to make $100,000 per year? What if you are out of shape, and you want to make yourself attractive? I find the best and easiest way is to use the word “I choose” in your affirmation.

Instead of saying “I earn $100,000 per year.”

Say “I choose to earn $100,000 per year”

Instead of saying “I am very attractive”

Say “I choose to feel that people find me attractive”

Do you feel the difference?

2.The subconscious mind seeks for proof

There is a misconception that the affirmation must be repeated thousands of times before it can be installed in the subconscious mind. This is not necessarily true. You can use the repetition method to embed your affirmation, but there is an easier way. It is, at the time you find the proof, state your affirmation. Many people stay in poverty because they associate pain with money. Whenever they spend their money, they think of their bills, loans etc. This will automatically lead to ultimate pain. It is the feeling you attach to money that makes you rich or poor.
How can we turn this to our advantage? Instead of feeling pain when spending money, what if we associate pleasure with it? Next time when you go out shopping, at the moment you take out your money or credit card, say this affirmation to yourself “I always have more than enough to spend.”

See how you feel. This works because the subconscious mind sees the proof. As long as you have some money left in your pocket, this affirmation is always true, so the subconscious mind will believe it.

How about if we combine the first and second methods together and make an affirmation like this: “I choose to feel that I always have more than enough to spend.” Say this at the time you spend your money. See how you feel. You don’t have to repeat it thousands of times, a few times of real life proof will make your subconscious mind believe it.

3.The affirmation must trigger feelings

A fact about the subconscious mind is that it does not speak in words, you can only communicate with it through feelings, and emotions. There are two methods that you can
use to trigger your feelings. The first method is to use words that involve feelings. Words like “fun, enjoyable, comfortable, delightful” will work effectively. The second method is to use imagination. Visualize that the situation stated in your affirmation has already come true. See yourself in that situation and feel the feelings.

4.The affirmation must obey the 3 Ps factor

The 3 Ps are Positive, Present Tense, and Personal. Affirmations must be stated positively. Instead of saying “I am not fat”, say “I choose to stay slim”. The reason for this is that before the mind knows the meaning of, “I am not fat”, it must think of what fat means first. So saying that statement will inevitably lead to the feeling of being fat.

Affirmations must be in the present tense. Many books mention this. However, I only agree to some extent. If you say “I have a luxury car”, your mind will not believe you.
The reason I include this here is that once it is combined with the first technique, it will work perfectly. Now say “I choose to have a luxury car”. Your mind will do its best to bring it into reality.

Affirmations must be personal. Your subconscious mind only works for you, not for others. If you say “Ann loves me”, it will not be effective, because you have no control over Ann. Now say “I choose to feel that Ann really loves me”. This time you are in control, because you can control your own feelings.

5.Personal development affirmations should be stated in the comparative

“I am confident” may not be as effective as “I am becoming more and more confident”.

An even better affirmation might be “I choose to feel more and more confident”.

The reason for using the comparative, is because there is no end to how much more confident you can become. Otherwise, your mind may think you are already confident enough, and it will not need to do any more work.

These 5 techniques are the most effective ones that I have found from my research on affirmations. If you can use all the 5 techniques, I guarantee your results will be amazing.
Even if you only use one or two of the techniques stated here, you will find your affirmations will become far more effective.

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Song Chengxiang is the author of popular online ebooks “ Rapid Manifestation” and “ The Lost secrets of Manifestation“. His words have helped thousands of people greatly change the quality of their lives and manifest their true desires easily and effortlessly. He has recently developed a powerful mind programming system- Quantum Mind Power, with a top brainwave entrainment Engineer Morry Zelcovitch. Check out this amazing new system and get a FREE 5 part Quantum Mind Power ecourse.