Want To Overcome Your FEARS?

Do you want to easily overcome your fears? We all have fears. Some of us have never faced them, too afraid. When push comes to shove one day you may have to face some of those fears so I have a helpful suggestion for you. You may want to face some fears this week, so this will be very helpful.

A couple of years ago I remember going to the movie theatre to see an intense dark movie and decided I would be prepared for the movie. I have always been afraid of scary movies or intense drama movies. So on the way to the theatre I silently asked that I "enjoy" the movie and not receive any of the negative or intense "vibes" from the movie. It worked! While other people in the theatre were shaken and holding that negative energy, I was totally free of it and enjoyed it. I only asked maybe a couple of times and trusted that my message was received.

I also had an opportunity to ride a few rollercoasters recently. So again I mentally prepared myself to enjoy the ride and to trust that my message was received and again I was shielded and could enjoy the ride. I did ask each time I was about to board a new one so I did repeat it often, but I was not nagging or fearful, just matter of factly about this.

Now you can apply this to any situation you are in. I suggest you ask before the situation arises. Before you enter the building. Before you drive your car. Before you make that phone call. It takes practice on your part and trust and faith. It sure is a lot more fun when you enjoy the experience and not at all be caught up in the drama.

So if you are feeling intense or drama of your current situation, you may want to do this. It works. I started on something simple like watching a movie or perhaps reading a book may be a good start. But for me I built up this relationship of trust that I was okay and overtime I learned to shield myself when needed.

Enjoy the ride and excitement and leave the worry behind. All the best!

Law of Attraction Works Best When You Make The Best of It

Law of Attraction works best when you make the best of every situation. By being your best no matter what, you will end up with a very positive result more consistently. When you think of balance and how there is ebbs and flows to everything this may start to make some sense. For every negative situation, there is an opposite, a magnificent positive outcome. It is there for you, a gift.

I remember one time a number of years ago my car had a flat tire. Well, instead of going into panic mode or start blaming, I just simply made a few phone calls. First, I called to get a tow truck driver. Second, I called and left a voice mail message on my husband's office number explaining that at this point, I will be late in picking him up. We used to car pool together and he usually was waiting for me to pick him up at this point. I then phoned my mother to ask her to pick up my daughter from the daycare because I may be late.

So when the tow truck driver showed up, he couldn't open up my tire lock but he did refill the air in my flat tire so I could drive it to my dealership to have them fix the tire. After leaving another phone message I drove clear across town to our dealership to have my tired repaired. I then drove back to his office building parking lot being really really late and he wasn't there. He showed up shortly after I did apologizing to me that he is so sorry he is late. His meeting ran late and he had to take back all the display materials to the other building so he never got any of my messages. How funny.

So in the end, my daughter had dinner at grandma's while Warren and I ate dinner in a restaurant and celebrated our success! It will always work out much better than you can imagine if you have faith and belief. Enjoy yourself and cherish how wonderful life works out for you.

Did You Know that Money Beliefs and Self Worth Are Two Separate Issues

The amount of money you earn should be separate from your level of self worth. It is a common assumption for many people that the more money they make the higher degree of self worth they have.

So what happens when you are in a financial slump, your level of self worth goes down. So detach from this belief immediately. Money is a form of energy, it is our own belief system of whether to attach a negative or a positive belief with money. Look around you and see if this applies to you.

I had a conversation with someone who said their marriage broke down because of the lack of money in the marriage. And consequently that individual failed in a business venture. The lesson is to detach from money as a source of your happiness and self worth.

Once you see this detachment then your next business venture and relationship will flourish because you have a balanced self esteem and have learned the lesson of what money truly is. It is a tool, an energy, it is up to you to decide how it will be of service for you on your journey.

Develop your self - self development evenly and with balance, love and patience.

How To Have More Gratitude In Your Life NOW!

How to have more gratitude in your life? It is a frequently asked question. Being grateful is to accept the current situation you are in. If you are having trouble with acceptance start there. Face your current situation because it is blocking you from the uplifting feeling of accomplishment.

Gratitude is feeling so good that you accomplished something regardless of what your current situation was. Whether it was relationship issue or something as simple as completing a task around your home. Set a goal each week to accomplish the resistant blocks that have been holding you back.

What will happen is a relief, called gratitude. You actually feel more raised compared to the situation you were in and now you have possibilities of having a greater outcome. I make thousands of dollars each time I have a strong feeling of gratitude. The stronger and longer the feeling of gratitude, the better the results.

However, it has to be genuine. You can't be pretending to be grateful. You actually have to release the resistance, the block that is holding you from this emotion. Fear of failure often holds people from having success because they didn't know that they have to face it.

Luckily, each situation you are in each day, you can accomplish. Remember in grade school when you had a big test or some obstacle that seemed incredibly rough. Well, if you today were put back into that situation in the past with what you know now, you could easily face the situation and have a wonderful outcome. Because you faced that fear and recognize it you know what to do and do it without the fear or struggle. It comes naturally for you now. Personal development is learning and growing from each situation you are in.

Each week assess your blocks and face them gently and with the expectation that a positive outcome will appear. Gratitude or relief will flood in every time you accomplish or face the situation. So look forward to the struggle, for once you face it, you won't have to struggle with it anymore! Have a great week, I know you can do it!

How to Avoid The Pitfalls of Law Of Attraction

A pitfall I encountered with Law of Attraction was the "ideal" or my perception of not thinking, speaking or talking of any negative things. As I grew to my understanding of the power of positive thinking I suppressed all negative thinking and feelings! I thought I can't be thinking anything negative at all because then I may start attracting a negative result. I thought or believed I was supposed to be learning how to be more perfect, more positive and never again experience negative emotions! What happened for me was a bottle up effect of suppressed negative emotions.

Luckily, we all know we are not instant manifestors and if a thought pops into your head it will not instantly manfiest into your reality. I discovered a positive way to disperse the negative energy I encountered. I would journal about the negative things in my life and ask for help in regards to a positive and gentle way for a solution. By writing down in the journal about a negative experience I released it and forgave myself. You are helping yourself work through the issues as they come up.


By being genuine and authentic, I gave myself permission to experience "life" as it comes along I am able to face the small things that come up so they don't grow into bigger and bigger problems. So next time something comes, excuse yourself for a few minutes when you can and in a quiet space write down and release. Or perhaps you may find another way to release that works best for you. The point is not to release it on other people or negatively take it out on others.

For example, my teenage daughter and I got into a brief and negative argument which lead her to retreat to her room. I sat down and wrote out that I need some help here and guide me as to what to do to fix the situation? So about 20 minutes later I was drawn to take her clean laundry clothes into her room. By then, she was on the floor in her bedroom organizing jigsaw pieces into two piles. I was guided to quietly fold her clothes and "hang out" and see what happens while she was doing this. What happened next was pure magic! She invited me to help her find the edges of the jigsaw pieces along with her in the box. So I gladly sat down with her on the floor and went through the box and we never had to discuss the "blow out" we had earlier. To me, whatever it was - I can't even remember - was over and I learned from that experience. I learned to ask for a gentle and positive way to solve the problem and all I did was follow my intuition to guide me.

The stillness we have inside of us allows us to hear the wisdom to really enjoy the game of life. However, it is a choice for each one of us to practice being quiet to allow the wisdom to come to us. A still pond is a lot more receptive than a raging river. Learn to quiet yourself and use that to guide you - not the labels we "think" we have to live up to. Playing this game of life is to experience the wonderful feelings we get from emotions. It isn't all about being "rosy" all the time. It is about learning to experience how to play the game in the first place. We are here to experience life - not just sit on the sidelines of life watching.

How To Manifest and Create Flow (Synchronicity) In Your Life!

How to manifest and create flow in your life. Well, it should start off with a basic understanding of what flow is that you want? What areas in your life do you want flow? Once you spend a few minutes writing down a few sentences you can start.

Really? Yes. In your day to day life, describe how you want your day to look like thinking about being in flow - going with the stream of life, not bucking the current. Focus on words like being in harmony, gentle, loving, and positive.

For example, let's say you want more harmony with the kids in the home. Describe what that might look like for you. Or perhaps you want people you work with to be more co-operative with you. So describe a scenario and how people are going along with your suggestions as an example. This applies to any situation in your life.

The next step is start to be appreciative of all that you have that is WORKING right now in your favour! Start saying "thank you" to the Universe everytime something works out for you. I personally do both. I will say thank you and then write it down perhaps compiling it with a few together and thanking the Universe for such a wonderful way it always works out for me.

So now you are in the flow by focusing on what you want that is working and by appreciating it showing up. You are manifesting your results and co-creating with the Universe. You can start with simple things like getting parking spots or that someone called you when you were thinking about them. Those things happen to us and we forget to say "thank you" to the Universe so they don't come consistently because we haven't consistently said "thank you". Once you start to get into the HABIT of focusing on creating and manifesting you will notice more evidence of things working for you. In order for me to able to work on silencing the monkey chatter, I consistently meditate daily and consistently daily write down things I want to see happen.

This past weekend everytime I went out to drive somewhere the weather was good for driving and shortly after I returned home the snow started to fall and the winds picked up! Being in flow can be something simple like being at the right place at the right time more and more consistently.

Remember it has to start off somewhere and some people may say it was a coincidence but what happens when you know it and can see it happening more and more you start to build up BELIEF in yourself. You build up confidence and trust and that is what connects you to the Universe. By trusting yourself, you allow the Universe to do the "work" for you. To line things up you want. By having faith and trust you keep the flow going strong and it works for you. By not having trust or faith or lack of confidence you cut off the flow or let it flow around you not bringing you what you want. So have the faith and trust first. Take it slow and easy and ask for gentle and positive ways to bring flow to you.

So pay attention to what is going on that you do want and say thank you and also remember to ask by writing down what it is you want, otherwise you are leaving it up to the Universe and you will get the same old the same old again and again.

Enjoy manifesting your life now to what you do want and make yourself an exuberant life.

Accomplish Your Goals - Here is HOW - Finish What You Started

In order to accomplish your goals, LEARN to finish what you started! Are you finding that you are not getting the results you want in your life? Look around your home and see for yourself if there is evidence of this in your own home. For example, do you have unfinished projects you started that are looming over you?

So often we will put the intention out there to start something and somewhere along the way we get side tracked and either abandon the project or put it off! Can you see the project lying there right now as you read this? Is it chipping away at you and bothering you? Even if you think that because it is in the garage or in the basement, the fact of the matter is, you haven't dealt with it. It is in your mind regardless of where the project is. So you have to somehow either deal with the project in your mind or physically finish the project.

Ever notice what a relief you feel when you tackle a project and see it through! That feeling will propel you forward and you will get a flood of success by finishing projects that you have started. Finding the relief and feeling it lifts you up! Now you are open to more. Remember the saying, "when one door closes another one opens". This applies here.

So what is nagging at you to complete? Deal with it and move on. That is how to create success and get unstuck! It can be anything and it may be pretty simple. Like staining that deck you put off or donating some un-used physical equipment! By taking a simple action step of completing a project you free space and then more can flow to you.

I look forward to hearing from you using simple strategies like this. Learn to help yourself achieve success in all areas of your life. Have fun on your journey of life.

Help Yourself And Then You Can Help Others

You can't help the poor by being one of them. So many people put others first and discount their own value about themselves. I occasionally have a conversation with someone who is poor and would like to be comfortable and help others.

In order to help others you have to help yourself first. In a position of lack, you cannot help others accept to comfort them. What they need is to catch your enthusiasm and hopefulness. Being hopeful starts to increase value in yourself. The process to get from here to there has to start somewhere. So by having hope you start to increase momentum and that is what is truly inspiring.

So whether this is you or not or you may occasionally have conversations with people who have poverty consciousness, by being hopeful yourself you transfer your enthusiasm. A great way to have hope is to imagine yourself already accomplishing your dreams. Pick a goal or dream and start to let your mind wander about it. Imagine how you feel when it happens and start thinking about it all the time. Let it be the catalyst of enthusiasm and excitement. Some people put together dream boards or write it all down on paper. Be persistent and consistent that it is happening for you. When you go to bed at night spend a few minutes acknowledging the dream and looking forward to when it comes and as well first thing in the morning before you get out of bed put your smile on your face and build up the enthusiasm for it.

By launching into the world of imagination you get inspired and then the ideas start to flow of how to get there. The solutions will appear by your continued belief in yourself. We all have a great powerful imagination that can inspire all of us if we stop the monkey chatter of negativity. Whenever you find yourself saying "but" stop right there. The dreams don't have a "but". You have to remember that your goals are coming and not be attached to the how. That part is not your work. Enthusiasm is your work. Keep up the excitement and joy and belief and the how comes to you.

Over Reacting To Stress, Reduce Your Stress and Live A Successful Life!

Over reacting to stress, reduce your stress and live a successful life!

There is an old tale of a very wise man who always responded to every situation with the phrase, "don't matter". For instance, one day his prized stallion ran off from the stables. His friends were so upset for him, but his response was "don't matter". Then as a result the following week, the stallion came back with a herd of mares! Again the friends response was about how lucky he is and his response was the same, "don't matter".

If you treat everything in your life without over reacting to each and every situation your situations become more positive each and every time. So how does one go about becoming a calm and trusting person? Especially in a world filled with untrust and quick response reactions.

First of all, try to start off with the little things in life, which are really important. When you accidently spill something or knock something and it breaks, don't REACT. Stay calm and remember that there will be a reward for your patience and understanding. Now after awhile I found that soon when the bigger things may start to happen, you already have been practicing on the little things and you soon start to be more patient and understanding and know that everything is going to be okay IF you don't REACT - you wait and see.

It is interesting that as well in order for me to achieve this calming and patient point of view, I had to eliminate some of the negative contributing factors in my life. Like watching the TV news each and every day. That in itself was hard as well as not to read the newspapers, but I did it! As a results, today I am calm, I am relaxed and don't have knee jerk reactions to situations that I see others still respond to.

It takes effort and I know that the rewards in life are worth it! So start today to eliminate and practice patience and trust. Have a wonderful journey to success!

Law of Attraction - Do You Believe It?

Do you believe in Law of Attraction? I find myself wondering how many people out there believe that their thoughts, their actions, are creating their own results in their lives. Yes, I believe. When I am outside of my home and interacting with teachers, parents, or relatives and neighbors, they all seem unaware of what they are doing.

The majority of people are not really conscious of their own thinking...understanding that the most powerful law out there is the Law of Attraction. I remember when I first heard that I was dismissive. I thought for sure that the Law of Gravity was stronger. It took me awhile. Luckily for me however I am finally getting a better understanding of how powerful it really is, and how powerful I really am in working with it.

The other day I had an opportunity to share a car ride with a parent of my daughter's friend. I was a little unsure about how the conversation in a car would be because once people have your attention they usually talk about all the things going wrong in their lives. And that is exactly what you don't want to be doing. Anyway...this time I turned the tables. I decided to start talking about how lucky I am. I talked about how driving on a car trip during the winter we missed all the snow storms and how fortunate we were to have people who were helpful when we were confused, that sort of thing. So now she thinks I am a lucky magnet. I even shared with her about us winning a few times at the casino. So she promptly told me she never wins...guess what will happen when she goes gambling next time.

I do have to laugh inside about how I am living a dual life. I am using the Law of Attraction always and so is everyone else, they just don't know it yet. They think when they get good luck or bad, that they are not at the cause of it. Guess what - you are. You are always at the cause of everything in your life - just how am I going to go about letting everyone else know.

It would be better if everyone knew - then we could all enjoy the game so much better. Yes, I call life a game. If you are lighthearted and relaxed about life then by Law of Attraction, you will get more of what you are BEING. So treat life like a game, enjoy who you meet and learn from each experience. Enjoy the moment of being You.

You could help me out and let others know about this blog...perhaps it may help be the click they need to understand the game. Have a great day.

Is Ego Is In The Way Of Your Success?

Is ego in the way of your success? It was for me. Having a business partner who is your husband is quite a challenge but can be very rewarding to work with your spouse once your hurdles are overcome. If you are wanting to successful in your business and perhaps with your spouse this may be the answer you are looking for.

In the beginning, when my husband and I started working together we shared the responsibilities as equally as we could and had a heck of a time getting past egos. It wasn't my husband's ego I had to get past, it was my own!

I am currently reading the book by Eckhart Tolle, "A New Earth Awakening to Your Life's Purpose." and as usual an idea pops into my head about the evolution of myself towards letting go of ego.

For me, when I worked with my husband and we shared the tasks, we stepped all over each other. We expected each other to understand or read each other's minds as to what was the next step. All kinds of chaos was the result. My ego was my problem for sure. All my husband's advice was taken as insulting so I was on the defensive side. I was looking at my past performances as a guide to my future and so far at that point, I had never ran a business only followed others. I had low self-esteem in myself when it came to the business, however I really felt a strong urge to keep going thankfully.

It was my ego in control now when I am reflecting back on the whole situation. So how do you get ego out of the way when working with your spouse? It didn't happen over night that is for sure, but I kept asking for wisdom and guidance to help me with ego. I journalled about it everyday and all of a sudden it hit me. When a situation came up and my husband shared with me his advice I understood that this is the answer! Eureka. The widsom and guidance was not showing up in a book or going to pop into my head, it was coming from him. I remember a time when after talking with someone who was on the fence about making a decision, Warren said to me that "ask what does that mean to you?" So of course in about two days' time or perhaps even the very next day I again was talking to someone else who was on the fence. I had an opportunity to learn so this time I said what my husband had told me and I asked what does that mean to him. This guy ended up sharing with me his concerns, which is exactly the response I was looking for. So the answers from my husband was the guidance all along, his guidance was heartfelt and not coming to me from ego.

When you receive other people's advice is it coming from their heart or their ego? Are you in ego state when you receive it and therefore not open to learning. For me, allowing in my true self and focusing on that allowed my ego to hang out and see how much better my life flows. I constantly think of myself in the now or remind myself in as many moments in the day as possible that I am not my ego I am much more than that. It takes effort, but you will get there, perhaps sooner than you think.

The awareness is the key. When I realized that ego was in command then of course I am going to get those old results I had in the past. Ego will always be there, for I cannot stop being Michelle, but I can relax about Michelle and let a more bigger aspect of me be my guide. The answers come from all different sources, so keep looking and finding them everyday.

Power Of Focusing On Your Goals And How To Achieve Them

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was a great time for me to understand more about the POWER we each have to focus and accomplish goals. Goal setting is vital to each and every one of those athletes as well as to each one of us.

Most people do not really believe that setting goals work or that they can accomplish them. So perhaps you need to set for yourself a small goal and see your level of belief grow. See for yourself the power of setting goals and the feeling you get when you do. Once you have the feeling of accomplishment you can memorize that feeling to assist you in achieving the next one and the next one. That is all.

Each week I speak with people who focus on failing instead of winning. Every one of us can start to notice our accomplishments not failures and start to notice how things always work out for us once we start to focus on our successes. Ever notice that the better it gets the better it gets? Ever notice how when you feel so good it doesn't matter the little things, for they don't really matter. This is law of attraction responding to your feelings. Notice it more and more each day. Start to notice how you change your feelings from negative to positive and then your results willl show things around you start to improve also from negative to positive. Whatever you notice whatever you focus on will grow by your attention to it.

Now getting back to the Olympics, I was watching olympic athletes running towards the finish line and I noticed that the runner who won had her eyes focused at one point, not looking around, focused on one thing. I am sure we all can guess a similar goal this winner had - focused on being first to cross the finish line, which she did. Her eyes did not dart sideways as she passed her competitor. She had her eyes focused forward - perhaps visualizing herself crossing the line while she was running.

I remember a goal I had about receiving an award. I rehearsed myself walking up to that stage over and over again day after day. That is the work I did first before I took action each day. I never took my eye off my goal, MY AWARD. By the time I DID WIN the award I felt like it was deja vu - for I lived it for six months in my head!

Your habit to win is to ALWAYS to focus on your goal and not be comparing yourself to others, for that will take you out of the race. Not to judge yourself by comparing yourself to others. That also is a habit you can let go of. Not force it, just release. Just allow yourself to focus on your goals and not be looking around for approval of others or noticing things you don't want.

Now that you have the awareness of FOCUS and the POWER you get as a result of Law of Attraction, start to memorize these feelings and soon accomplishing your goals can be just a matter of time. Be good to yourself and never judge. Allow yourself to achieve your success.

I welcome your comments and questions. Contact me at Michelle@InspiredAbundance.com

Personal Development Can Be Expanded By Changing Your Perspective

The power of changing your perspective is beneficial to your personal development. I have a recent story that happened to me I wish to share to help you understand this concept.

I recently went out to the garden to gather up some peas. At first glance, I was looking at three rows of peas and could not see a single pod to pick! I am sure some of you at least have had this experience or can find a similar analogy.

So anyway, determined to have some peas I walk up and down the row. Finally I spot some, but they were not fully formed or not ready to be picked yet, maybe in a few more days, sigh. However, I walked up and down the row and something transformational happened. You see I started to focus better my eyesight or my vision of what my goal was.

When you first come across a row of pea plants you see a wall of green. The wall can be shoulder high even and lots of green leaves. You may notice flowers first because of the color difference but you have to adjust your eyesight and concentrate, perhaps start to walk slower and scan all around. At last I started to find pea pods that were just the right size. I knew they were there but honestly at first glance you couldn't see any at all! I sometimes had to push the leaves around to penetrate the foliage and there perhaps may be a pea pod or two undiscovered. Or I just bent down and looked up from knee level and could see them much clearer and in abundance!

The point of this reference is that you too can change your perspective and find abundance too. Just perhaps look at it differently, slow yourself down, or get down at a lower level to see it all that is hidden and waiting just for you. Sometimes we rush around and too impatient and all too eager to dismiss the obvious.

I am sure you have heard of the old wise man sitting on top of a mountain story. I find that he is there to remind us about mental clarity. We are a society which is demanding instant gratification and not in the process to get there. In order to help you experience more out of life both financial and personally, pause as often as you can. Just ponder even for a 2 second grace period so you can develop the habit of getting the BEST perspective of life you can.

Meditation too is also a way of changing your perspective, but for now be open to learning how to change your perspective.

This life has so much all around us to really appreciate and can certainly provide a bounty for you. Be open to looking at things from different vantage points. They always say that you should put yourself into the other persons's shoes for instance. Take the time to sit and quiet yourself, not always do things the same and perhaps in no time at all you will start to see what has been there all along. Just change your perspective.

Prosperity Consciousness vs. Poverity Consciousness - Controlling Positive Emotions

Prosperity consciousness versus proverty consciousness. There is a big difference between the two and your results in your financial affairs are a result of this thinking.

The difference should be pretty obvious. If you have some brief conversations with people in a very short period of time you will discover if those you are talking with speak about lack of money and are focused on the nothingness they have then they have poverity consciousness. They complain and will draw more attention on what it is they don't like and therefore attract more of it.

However, on the opposite side of the coin is prosperity consciousness! Seeing abundance at every corner, talking with those who have a bright future and have great excitement of what is coming and feeling good about money and prosperity! That is prosperity consciousness and that is how you must feel in order to attract more of it.

The lack of financial prosperity in your life feels awful to you and you are worried, even upsetting others. So now you know you have to change how you feel first. You first have to be aware that you have these negative LIMITING beliefs and are only attracting more of that. Congratulations for now being able to see that if you can only feel free of those negative thoughts and then start working on getting what you do want, instead of what you don't want.

So each day, in a quiet spot, sit by yourself and ask yourself that you want to feel prosperity consciousness. You want to relax your muscles, to breathe, and now focus yourself on what it feels like to be prosperity consciousness. Each and every day you must remind yourself and do this exercise. During the day, when you catch yourself feeling a negative emotion about lack of abundance, say a quick thank you to yourself and that you will now allow in the feeling of prosperity consciousness once again. You are allowing yourself to feel prosperity and feel the energy of abundance. Welcome the feeling, breathing in and out and relax.

By controlling how you feel about something will change dramatically your future outcomes. Just slow yourself down a bit and allow your mind to stop beating yourself up. This is all exercise in your mind, no different than exercising your muscles. After awhile, it becomes your new level of thinking and the results will show up in your results.

Stress and Frustration, How To Reduce Stress and Be Happy

Stress and frustration, how to reduce your stress and be happy. Stress is caused by the current situation you are in and you are reacting to it with a negative emotion. When one is allowing your mind to drift off and think of the consequences of your day to day life, often you can start to focus on the negative stuff and let that start to take you on a downward spiral. The trick is to re-focus on what it is you want, not what it is your current situation.

Your current situation is the now, so take stock and start to focus on the what it is you do want. Easier said than done, I agree. However, it can be done! A great tip is to remove yourself from the situation, take a break. Often, the removal of yourself allows things to cool down, and then from there you can say to yourself what it is you do want. Remember that phrase. What is it I do want!

Let's say you are in a situation where you cannot leave but you are still having the negative thoughts taking you on a downward spiral. There is several other solutions you can choose. First, you can write it down in a short phrase what happened and what it is you do want. You can release some of the pent up emotions that way too. It often is a great way to help you start to focus on what it is you want. You can draw a quick picture of what your day would look like when you have gone passed the outcome for example. After only about 20 minutes, you are done and their is a great release of emotions.

What if it is a really big problem, what then...well, if the the really big problem is still nagging at you, you can noise it out. I will put my headphones on and listen to someone else talk about creating joy and happiness. This helps remove your own thoughts in your head as you are listening. It takes effort on your part, depending on how big the problem is, but by putting positive thoughts in your head, no matter whose voice it is, it works. You cannot hear both your monkey chatter (those negative monkeys talking in your head) and the audio you are currently listening to. Sometimes, a great music CD or watch a funny movie can help, but the point is to be able to get past focusing on the problem and open yourself up to solutions. When solutions appear, you feel better. Your stomach doesn't bother you anymore and you can actually start to feel a little bit better, maybe even hungry.

I have created an audio format of 7 Steps To Happiness which is currently available for you to help you get that monkey chatter out of your head. Visit my website at http://www.7StepsToHappiness.com . I look forward to your feedback. Make yourself a great day!

Wanting Success But Don't Know Where To Start?

Wanting success but don't know where to start? I speak with lots of people who are looking for "something" to do from home but have no idea what it could be. They figure they will know it when they see it. If you have been looking for several months or even for about a year, you haven't got your heart in it.

To truly want "something" is for you to figure out first! What I mean is that decide first what is it you want. Is it the job you currently do so maybe the answer is to change jobs. Or is it the income and "not getting paid what you are worth" feeling? The first thing to do is to figure it all out. Find out what is your "why" and are you really ready to commit yourself to starting a business and treating it like a business. People start businesses everyday but have no idea about committment! Sometimes I talk with people who have been looking for months and I usually ask them how consistent have they been looking? Have they been focused on finding a business 4 or 5 days a week and discovering all that is out there with excitement and anticipation? The answer is no, they sort of look for awhile and then stop. That tells me that those people have no idea what consistency really is, they don't know how to "do" it, even when searching for something to do.

If you don't have the desire to find the right thing that is for you to do at the beginnning stages how can you expect to carry it forward throughout the coming years. It all starts with baby steps! Learning to develop better habits of what successful people do on a daily basis. I will ask them to describe some characteristics a person should have if they are to be business entrepreneurs. Some people say words like consistency and persistency. I then ask them if they have it. They tell me yes, but their actions are reflecting that they do not know how to "do". I am being honest with them and show them that they need to first be honest with themselves and start developing better habits of other successful people.

So don't sit there on the couch in your evenings and watch TV. It means taking all out action to follow through on what it is your really want, but first -- DECIDE on what it is you want.

How to figure out what you want is different for everyone. Talk with your spouse, read books or attend seminars or events which can show you. Meet business entrepreneurs and see how they discovered how to get success. I am sure you really know deep down what it is you need to do - you just have to LEARN how to do it consistently and persistently.

So now if you realize that and you still don't have a strong belief in yourself, all that may mean is that you are lacking confidence in getting there -- that is all. So start with personal development to help you get there - that is why personal development is there in the first place - to help us get to where we really want to go in life! Use it, every day, and you will get what you want and know without a doubt that you are on a path to success!

I know you will get there -- just start right now. Take baby steps to LEARN how to be, do and have, and then it will be easier for you to proceed. To Your Success -- Cheers!

Achieve Success Faster, Learn How Now.

Want to achieve success faster. Learn to "let go" of what your idea of how things work. Relax about yourself. You will feel a whole lot better and by learning how to relax you are in flow of achieving success faster.

Let's look at the other side of the coin to help you through this.

Being all stressed and uptight about things is not serving you. Constantly pushing against the things that you do not want only focuses your attention upon it, expands it and wastes your energy. Disease is the result of this negative pent up resistence. That is right. Dis-Ease. When you are not at ease with yourself, you are at dis--EASE. So learn to relax and let it out. Release is the key.

The tighter your try to hang on to something the more it slips through your grasp. Look around in your life for examples. The more you push against something the more resistence you will get.

You will find that with business partners you will go through this attachment as well. You have one point of view and they have another. Remember to be the best person you can be. Don't push or force it. It takes practice to let go. But every day you get a new chance to improve.

You will soon learn to trust your instincts and let go of controlling others and allow them to also learn in a way that best serves themselves. Your role is not to make it happen for them. Just be there showing them how to "BE" the best person one can be. By being forgiving and unattached to how things should be, and see what wonderful "new" ways it can happen.

Success happens much faster to those who expect it and not try to resist it. Relax and enjoy your life and don't be so attached to what the other person is doing. Afterall, they have to take person responsibility for themselves too.

Increasing Your Success With Business Partners, The "How".

So to increase your success in business with partners and POTENTIAL business partners you have to be able to have them trust you. You have to Be the person they want to do business with, that they trust.


It has occured to me lately that the truly "being" is often an overlooked component to success in life! The phrase BE, DO and HAVE is the essentials to your everyday results. Most people think it is in a different order, have, do and be. Which really doesn't make sense. Because not everyone "have" or has it to begin with so how can they get more of it? To truly get success in anything in your life, you have to "BE". Then the action of doing is a lot less work and effort.


For instance, I talk with my business partners and potential business partners on the phone each and every day. In order for them to be in business with me they have to have "trust" in me. I have to BE "trustworthy".


So how does one go about BEing one of trust? This is the hard part for if you look around you, society is not really big on that one. People lock their doors, don't look directly at each other and are very fearful.


However, if you can visit a small town or community, you get a better feeling of trust! Now, you don't have to move from your community but there are many examples of trust out there, just start to look for it. For starters, turn off the TV and stop reading the "untrustworthy" newspapers for they are full of mistrust and judgement! By soaking in the negative stuff from the outside sources on a constant day to day bombardment, how can you feel trust? This is all little things you can do, but your awareness of it is the "key". Take the babysteps necessary in realizing that if you are yourself not trusting, then how will anyone else want to trust you? If they don't get the sense that they can trust you you cannot attract business partners.


So if you are having a lack of success in attracting business partners, perhaps a little sprucing up of your own values will benefit you. You will start attracting the better business partners and being more trustworthy yourself if you focus on "trust" for yourself first!

Building Success With Business Partners In Your Network Marketing Business

It is vitally important in your network marketing business to stay connected with your business partners and help them achieve success! The people you work with have so much valuable information and by you tapping into all the people in your network to share their information you are increasing everyone's success!


One way in which Warren and I have achieved this is by putting together a team website in which all can contribute! Photos, articles, audios, and links can all be added by anyone of the business partners thus adding lots of information available to everyone and everyone is also learning how to help others succeed as well. We liked the website so much that we created a different one to assist those who initially get started as well and need some guidance in their first baby steps to success!


This second website also has email list that they are encouraged to subscribe to for free so that they get emails from us on a regular basis to help them stay connected. In any business, you need to develop good habits of communication and consistency. Of course, it really is up each and every individual who chooses to start a business to be able be open to guidance from others and learn as much as possible. The learning is in the doing and taking action. Some people who get started get stuck in getting ready to do and never take the action steps necessary. Basically it is fear that holds them back. Fear of rejection or failure. But I find that once you take those action steps, those fears soon disappear pretty quick. Fear in your head is bigger and dramatic but once you start working your business you soon get over it, as you will find yourself feeling good for facing your fear.


Warren and I also have put together an open forum team call once a week to our business partners. The open forum call basically has no specific agenda for each call, but a chance for people all over Canada and the US to get an opportunity to ask questions openly and hear a variety of answers for which they can choose to use or not. This call is not recorded so it is a relaxed atmosphere, kind of like sitting around a coffee table with a cup of tea and getting absorbed in learning how to think better.


The calls do not have to have lots of people on them but I usually recommend 4 or 5 people as a minimum. Our open forum call lasts for only one hour and anyone is allowed to ask questions or answer them. Participation is the best way to learn how to be a leader in building a successful business and everyone benefits from our open forum calls. Discussions have varied from call to call and no call is alike. We never really know what the call will be like, as we just ask our partners for any questions and allow the discussion to flow.


So stay connected with your team. Provide a service that is valuable for their success and you will see rewards coming to back to you in various ways you never imagined possible!

If you need help setting up your own open forum team call or would like to further discuss any of these principles, please email to Michelle@inspiredabundance.com for further discussions. Remember the questions you do not ask are the stupid ones.

So What Comes After Success?

So what comes after you have started your career and reached a level of success? This question actually applies to all areas of your life. Whether you have just gotten married, or have a successful business or practice. The point to remember is to keep moving forward.

It was recently brought to my attention a different perspective of looking at your life. If you can picture yourself like a pendulum, swinging back and forth as you grow your business, like the ebbs and flows of a tide, that you cannot really stop the motion, you have to allow it to swing back and forth. The problem most of have is the attachment to the pendulum when it is on a certain point in the swing, we say, yes we like it, but everything is constantly changing and growing and expanding or degenerating or shrinking.

So in your career or in relationships, don't try to hold on, but keep moving forward. Keep yourself in forward motion to achieve new goals or intentions. Your marriage will rot and decay if you don't keep it flowing for example. So many of us hold on to the past and expect the marriage to stay as it was the day you first got married. So think about that for awhile and decide that in order to really keep up, you have to keep moving forward, to work at creating not holding on. The waves will carry you, just allow it, don't force against it.

In business this works the same way. Once your business is up and running you often get caught up in the "drama" of the day to day running of it and stop the creating process. Then you start to get stagnation and decay. So change the perspective of how you look at things, don't be so attached in yesterday, and keep moving forward and then tell me what comes for you after success!

I look forward to your feedback! You can reply to michelle@inspiredabundance.com