How to Get Rich

According to Jack Canfield, in order to get rich there are three things that we need to do:

1. Make the decision to be rich


2. Visual the lifestyle that you want to have


3. Study being rich

I'll let Jack tell you himself.

Supporting Yourself

Are you your biggest fan? When you try something new or difficult, do you support and commend yourself?

Most people have beaten themselves up mentally over things they feel thay should have done better or differently. In truth, they did exactly what they should have done for their level of knowledge and experience.

New experiences are learning tools and stepping stones. When you complete them, be mindful of your self-talk. Acknowledge what you've accomplished and feel that you did well.

It's fine to think of areas that you'd like to change or improve, but do so in a way that is supportive. It is a positive thing, afterall.

I believe that we can nurture our self-esteem by being our own inner cheerleaders. Next time you are feeling down about yourself, why not bring out the mental pom-poms. You deserve a pat on the back for what you've accomplished!

Be blessed!

Listen and Feel

You probably know by now that listening to your inner guidance is really helpful - go with your gut, go with your instincts, never second guess yourself.

Call it what you will, that kind of source navigation is giving you hints and leading you to opportunities. You expressed a desire and the way to manifest it is being given to you, but sometimes those instructions come in a whisper, such as a hunch.

If you're not listening or you ignore your intuition, you may miss a valuable manifesting gift. Can you sometimes misunderstand? Sure.

Our brains have filters and thoughts that can colour our interpretation of the information we receive. Even if we have understood the message, if we discarded it in favour of doing something else, we usually feel that we shouldn't have second guessed ourselves. In that way, though, the not listening or trusting that whisper is a tool.

Eventually, we notice that our gut is right most of the time. After a while, we get to know that feeling and trust it enough to follow it. When we get to that place, we feel lucky and life goes pretty smoothly. Abraham would say that we are aligned, a vibrational match to our desire. It's what we all want, but we have to listen to it when it comes.

Tips to Help You Hear
 
In order to speed things up, try quieting your thoughts. Ways of doing that appeal to people differently. You might try:

• meditation
• yoga
• a walk in the woods
• exercise, laughing, having fun
• anything that leaves your mind open (no drugs!)

All of these things will relax your mind and help you to listen to the 'secrets' that are being whispered in your ear and felt in your gut. Why? Because you've released your resistance to hearing them. Once you're doing that, you're essentially fast-tracking. It's a cause for joy.

Consciously experiment with listening to your inner guidance for a month and see if you notice a difference. It's easy. Just listen and feel.

Bob Proctor and Trying Harder

I came across this video today that ties in perfectly with my post called, Trying Too Hard.

Indeed, this find seems very synchronistic. :)

Resistance is Doing It Backwards

There's a time for action and a time for non-action. I have more trouble with the latter, especially if I'm stressed out. In an attempt to find peace and feel better, I feel like I just need to do something to take care of things. Then, I think to myself, I can relax.

At times like that, two things are happening:

• I'm attracting more stress
• I'm not letting the solution come to me

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Resistance Never Works!

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Rather than relaxing first in order to objectively see what's really going on and what needs to happen, I make it my goal. In other words, in that situation, I'm doing it backwards and therefore blocking my inner guidance system. That's resistance, which never works.

One of the things I'm working on in 2009 is to stop myself so that I can become still and listen before I become stressed and jump back into habitual resistance. In that way, my life will be easier and more relaxed. Who knows what surprises lie in the answers that will arrive in the form of divine inspiration by my doing so. I'm looking forward to finding out.

Changing Your Story

I was listening to Abraham-Hicks on Hay House Radio this morning. I often tune in, especially when Abraham is speaking. The focus of today's program had to do with the stories that we're telling to and about ourselves. It was the basic, what you focus on expands, but with some excellent reminders and pointers.

I find that sometimes I've thought that I was thinking about what I want when in fact, I was thinking about what I didn't want. In case you're new to Law of Attraction, when you think about you don't want, you get more of what you don't want.

A great example is when we think, "I want to get out of debt." When we repeat this story, we are actually attracting more debt because we are thinking about and vibrating debt. It is better to think about how we want our life to be - abundant, prosperous, financially independent and secure, etc. Erase the word debt from your mind and conversation. Treat it as a memory that you quickly dismiss without value if it comes up. Don't feed it any energy and it can't grow.

In my case, I find that I need to be more mindful of those automatic thoughts that run through my head. This is especially important to me now, as I want to make 2009 the most magnificent year ever. It's only the second day of January, but so far I haven't done too badly. The occasions that I found myself slipping into old habitual thoughts, I caught the thinking midstream and changed it without being upset with myself.
I can't wait to see how things will manifest as a result of my new story and vibration. I'm sure that the more I practise, the more naturally it will happen, and the greater the results.

What are you telling others and yourself about you and your life? Will you be changing your story in 2009?
Happy New Year and all the best!

The First 20 Minutes of The Secret