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You Are Worthy

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Of all the obstacles to creating wealth, one of the biggest is the feeling of unworthiness.

It’s something we’ve all had to subconsciously deal with just being children. What happens when toddlers do something we don’t want them to do? We say, “No!” A kid is much more likely to hear the word “No” versus the word “Yes.” It just happens.

As children we often take these No’s personally, don’t we? Hell—many adults still do (the ones that don’t go for what they really want in their lives because they’re too afraid of the rejection!). The interpretation in the mind is ‘I am not good,’ or ‘good enough.’ In our society what happens to “bad” people? Punishment.

As adults our parents aren’t usually around to do the punishing. Our memories are enough to take care of that so we take over unconsciously, yes or yes? One of the many ways that people punish themselves is by making sure they don’t have an abundant, happy and successful life. It comes down to that.

When you’re “bad,” bad things are going to happen to you. Someone is obviously taking advantage of a person with a good, sincere intention—in business, in a relationship—and they know they’re being taken advantage of, but they “feel bad” for the one who they rightfully acknowledge as being the truly weaker one in the situation by taking from others without proper reciprocation.

Yet the one being taken advantage of lets it keep happening until the situation inevitably crashes. Then they say, “Why do these things always happen to me?” They know why, but something prevents them from fully embracing the truth. And that something is often a subconscious feeling of not deserving better. It’s the thing that ensures that they have pain and struggle in their lives.

This feeling of not being good enough leads to another conclusion: “I don’t deserve wealth.”

Everything again boils down to your own frickin’ interpretation. Who’s to say whether you deserve it or not? You decide. It’s your game, right?

Feelings of unworthiness show up in people when they give their time or services away for too little money in the business world, or no money. How many of you have a hard time charging for your services, especially to people that you know? Common problem, common issue!

What you gave you gave for too little, right? So what do you have in return right now? The big nada! And what do they have? They have the service. There is a missing half in the universal energy. This person right now owes a karmic debt. You have placed it on them, even if they think they got something over on you.

It’s not about giving your service to others freely if you choose to. We still want to do that, of course, because other things can come back to you. But the power of giving is that much greater when it’s coming from a soul that knows it deserves all the things life has to offer, the good and the bad; fair exchange, or more than what they ever imagined. That’s how balance occurs.

What are some other ways feelings of unworthiness show up in our lives? The more we’re able to identify the inner obstacles that hold us back, the quicker we’re truly able to develop the Millionaire Mind. We want to hear from you!

It’s a Zen Thing, Baby

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Last week we took a look at the power of positive focus. So easy to know, yes? Yet most people do the opposite—they focus on the negative. We’ve done it too, so we can’t be too hard on anyone. But we can’t just let this slip into one of those concepts we take for granted, either. This is extremely important.

It’s one of the greatest secrets to both happiness and success. You’ve heard it 100 times; you just have to do it. If you have to read it a thousand times a day as a reminder, so be it. Eventually it’s got to get into you naturally and effortlessly.

Focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want.

Most people spend most of their day thinking about, talking about, and being about what they don’t want. ‘I don’t like this. This isn’t going right. This is a problem.’ Well, guess what? You just got more of it. What you focus on expands! Your attention has created your reality. Reality really is what you make it.

If you want more money, don’t focus on what you don’t have because that gives you that focus on the lack in your life. That’s a lack of consciousness, and you get more lack. Focus on earning and accumulating more money for your reason. If you want to create a great new business opportunity, don’t focus on how much you hate what you’re doing now. Focus on discovering a great opportunity. Focus on the solution.

Remember, I’m talking about positive focus, not positive thinking.  What’s the difference?

Positive thinking doesn’t acknowledge “negative” reality. It kind of glosses over things. You can focus on finding more opportunities to make more money, but that doesn’t change the fact that you have to eat now. You don’t change a car accident by thinking, “If I drive away, maybe nobody will notice.” Positive thinking doesn’t always account for personal responsibility.

Positive focus means looking at the now, getting the most out of now, which will affect a later future. It acknowledges the law of duality; that there must be both a positive and a negative side to everything.

Then we are just being aware that we simply are choosing to put our attention on and accentuate the positive because we know that’s what will expand for us. We know that’s what supports us; we know that’s what will make for a happier, more successful life.

It’s a Zen difference—knowing that as we paint it, we make it something, and it’s going to be empowering for us to think and focus on the positive. That’s why we do it, not because it’s true! The positive and the negative are both true!

We choose our thoughts not based on true or false. We choose them based on whether they support us or not. The mind is limited in its conscious attention. You can only entertain one thought at a time. Make sure it’s got a positive focus.

What do you think? What are your thoughts on the differences between positive thinking and positive focus? Are there any times when “positive thinking” is appropriate? We want to hear from you on this Zen-logical mind-twister!

Nothing Has Meaning … Till You Say It Does

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We’ve all either seen, experienced or heard of someone who made the proverbial mountain out of a molehill. The consequences can vary anywhere from entertaining, to frustrating, even tragic. The everyday tragedy, though, is that so many people continue to assess a negative perception on life’s circumstances when they could just as easily do the opposite.

One of the most important spiritual laws of money, success and happiness is positive focus while also understanding that we live in a universe of duality—up/down; light/dark; black/white; right/left; in and out. You can’t have a back without there being a front. Yin cannot exist without Yang.

That duality is always going to be in everything, no matter what. You’re not going to get some good into your life without there being a downside, and vice versa. So what do we do? It’s our choice. If you see the negative side of things because that’s what you choose to look at, then all that exists for you at that time will be what?

You see the positive side, though, and what will exist for you? You and I know none of this is new, but how many people actually live this way? We get sucked into the mind Frick and we get into a habit of seeing things on the negative side, and we think that that’s what is. That’s the hilarious part. We think that what we see is reality. No! It’s your reality! You just made it your reality. Nothing has meaning until we give it meaning.

The sound is not loud, and it’s not quiet. It is vibrations going out. That’s it. You paint the picture. ‘It’s loud for me.’ For you; sure! You make it anything you want. It’s nothing until you make it something. You’re going to decide. You color things light, and then they’re light. You color them dark, they become dark. They aren’t anything. You make them something.

So what would you like to start coloring things? Light! Positive! What if it turns out to be a disaster? What do you do? You realize it’s not a disaster. It’s a nothing. It’s a neutral. You get to say, “I am going to color it that after this ‘disaster’ something good might happen.”

You’re the one in charge up here. Your thoughts aren’t anything. They’re just flickers of energy and they mean nothing until you let them mean something. You have to have empowering thoughts.

Now let’s get something straight … we know that it’s impossible to never have negative thoughts, right or right? Are we going to let that stuff live inside us? Of course we will. It’s going to happen, but the question is how long will you stay stuck in them?

What determines that? Your habits! That’s all it is. Change your habit by practicing positive focus. You practice and you move on.

Now we want to hear from you. Can you think of a situation where a pattern of negative focus cost you something? What was the specific lesson you took away from that? What practices did you implement to start cultivating a pattern of positive focus?

Tending Your Turf

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In developing strategies for millionaire success, there are crucial truths I couldn’t say enough: start with the end in mind; create a business to sell it, not run it indefinitely. Create systems that can be imitated and duplicated. Increase its value and worth. Sell high!
As redundant as it seems, those words never get tired to me. It’s part of my gospel.  I’m talking about creating a business with the full thought, knowledge and intention that you won’t be running it one day.
How powerful is that intention? It’s the difference between being a poor business owner who gets by and a rich business owner who isn’t working anymore. He or she is doing exactly what he or she wants and intends to do.
Knowing your intention to sell your business will determine who you’re bringing in on your team and in what capacity you’re bringing them on. In order to systemize as well as grow value and worth, you have to have people who are going to help you achieve that effectively.
One of the most important areas to focus on is building a team that you trust, a team that is reliable, and will be held accountable for their performance.
To increase accountability and get the results you need, you have to define your role as leader. It’s your turf and your responsibility. One of your responsibilities is to create winning situations for your team, where winning is defined as meeting the business’ top priorities toward profit making.  Once these priorities are identified they should be clear, measurable and achievable if not easy.
To help your team win, you have to remove the obstacles that stand in their way. Have each team member identify three things they need to accomplish, have each set a goal and review. These suggestions may work or may not, but give the respect and practicality of seeing the plan from their point of view. Finally, reward results. Whatever stake you have in profit, make that stake relative to their performance and results.
But remember, one way or another you’ll ultimately be held just as accountable for your decisions and commitment as should your team, and this accountability will show in one simple result—can that business run without you, and can you sell it for gobs of money?
Here a few quick tips on how to build a strong organization and system to facilitate smoother operations, growth, success and win-win scenarios for you and your team:
Write down your top three objectives and how to measure them.
Write down the three most important ways for you to improve your leadership abilities.
Who needs to delegate better? How can you get him or her to do that?
Finally, here’s one last point on the importance of choosing a good team to grow the value and worth of the company. The more exclusive products or service you offer that no one else in your market has or can get, the more your company is worth! This means higher quality candidates, but as we saw before—more money means more energy, hence more or higher quality people—it depends on how far you want to go.
Now it’s your turn! What about your Millionaire Mind community? Do you have any quick, simple tips or suggestions on how to spot great potential team members, what to look for, signals that tell you to steer clear? Leadership suggestions? Share them below.
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In developing strategies for millionaire success, there are crucial truths I couldn’t say enough: start with the end in mind; create a business to sell it, not run it indefinitely. Create systems that can be imitated and duplicated. Increase its value and worth. Sell high!

As redundant as it seems, those words never get tired to me. It’s part of my gospel.  I’m talking about creating a business with the full thought, knowledge and intention that you won’t be running it one day.How powerful is that intention? It’s the difference between being a poor business owner who gets by and a rich business owner who isn’t working anymore. He or she is doing exactly what he or she wants and intends to do.

Knowing your intention to sell your business will determine who you’re bringing in on your team and in what capacity you’re bringing them on. In order to systemize as well as grow value and worth, you have to have people who are going to help you achieve that effectively.

One of the most important areas to focus on is building a team that you trust, a team that is reliable, and will be held accountable for their performance.

To increase accountability and get the results you need, you have to define your role as leader. It’s your turf and your responsibility. One of your responsibilities is to create winning situations for your team, where winning is defined as meeting the business’ top priorities toward profit making.  Once these priorities are identified they should be clear, measurable and achievable if not easy.

To help your team win, you have to remove the obstacles that stand in their way. Have each team member identify three things they need to accomplish, have each set a goal and review. These suggestions may work or may not, but give the respect and practicality of seeing the plan from their point of view. Finally, reward results. Whatever stake you have in profit, make that stake relative to their performance and results.

But remember, one way or another you’ll ultimately be held just as accountable for your decisions and commitment as should your team, and this accountability will show in one simple result—can that business run without you, and can you sell it for gobs of money?

Here a few quick tips on how to build a strong organization and system to facilitate smoother operations, growth, success and win-win scenarios for you and your team:

1. Write down your top three objectives and how to measure them.

2. Write down the three most important ways for you to improve your leadership abilities.

3. Who needs to delegate better? How can you get him or her to do that?

Finally, here’s one last point on the importance of choosing a good team to grow the value and worth of the company. The more exclusive products or service you offer that no one else in your market has or can get, the more your company is worth! This means higher quality candidates, but as we saw before—more money means more energy, hence more or higher quality people—it depends on how far you want to go.

Now it’s your turn! What about your Millionaire Mind community? Do you have any quick, simple tips or suggestions on how to spot great potential team members, what to look for, signals that tell you to steer clear? Leadership suggestions? Share them below.
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