Understand Manifestation - the Step-By-Step Process Revealed

By Laura D Adams

Manifesting results we want in our lives--like more wealth, better health, happier relationships, etc.--can happen in two different ways.

(1) We can simply do nothing, wait, and hope that they arrive by pure happenstance, or

(2) we can be diligent each and every day to put effort into bringing the results we want closer to us.

I don't know about you, but I'm setting up my tent in the second camp! This is because I know that manifestation is not a mystery. Manifesting our desires, which begin as fuzzy thoughts, into our everyday reality is a process we can master.

Knowledge, by itself, produces nothing. It's the combination of knowledge, intent, desire, and action that really starts to make things happen.

It's like having knowledge about how to grow a garden. If you want big, healthy vegetables, you certainly must have gardening knowledge. But only when you see yourself picking ripe fresh tomatoes and enjoying them so much, will the desire move you.

The desire to fulfill your vision takes you straight to the actions of buying, planting, and watering the seeds. Once this process is complete, the vegetable garden can become a reality.

There is a technique available right now for manifesting our dream life. Here's the step-by-step process revealed for you:

1. Determine the Ideal
Ask yourself, "in the ideal world, what would be different about my current situation" or "if I could have absolutely any outcome I wanted for this particular problem, what would that look like". Be very specific and don't get bogged down with you think may not be possible. Brainstorm at least 3 different answers. If you catch that little voice in the back of your head saying, "no, that's not possible", you must ignore it. Choose your favorite ideal.

2. Virtual-ize the Ideal
Pretend the ideal has occurred. Close you eyes and imagine that it's about to happen, that it does happen, and that it already happened. Feel grateful that the ideal did happen, and understand how it changes your life.
Of course you know that your ideal scenario did not happen in your "real" life, but that it is working in your "virtual" life. When you can exist in both your "real" life and your "virtual" life simultaneously, you are making progress. The more consistently you can exist with one foot in both worlds, the closer they will move toward each other.

3. Realize the Ideal
As your "virtual" life gets very close to your "real" life, you will feel it so powerfully that you have no choice but to speak about it as truth. You will have no choice but to take actions toward your "virtual" life that begin to place it in your reality. You start to look forward to it so much that the joy of having your "virtual" life soaks through you.

4. Manifest the Ideal
This is the point at which your "virtual" and "real" lives merge completely.
The real trick to Step #2, Virtual-ize the Ideal, is to spend time focusing on exactly what you want. Many people are so frustrated and upset about not having what they want, that they focus on their lack. This, of course, creates the complete opposite result that we want.

There are some powerful visualization tools that can be used to imprint your "virtual" life into your subconscious. This will speed up the time it takes to move into Step #3 and to accomplish Step #4.

So be sure to catch your mind sneaking off to think about the wrong things, and pull it back into concentration on the right things. For instance, always believe:

• that you have a right to have what you want

• that you are personally worthy of anything you want

• that the world has plenty of whatever you want to go around

• that there is a higher purpose in having what you want

• that having what you want is attainable

• that you are already grateful for your future abundance

• that negative thoughts never serve you

Master the 4-step manifestation process, keep your thoughts focused on what is positive and productive, and you'll be surprised how quickly you can manifest your dream life

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1440 Simple Steps to Personal Success

By Lisa Almeida

For many business owners, checking email is one of the first tasks of the day. What if you checked your email one morning and found something like this?

Good Morning!

Today is your lucky day! If you check your bank account, you will find that $1440 dollars have been added to it while you were sleeping. This is not a trick. This money is yours to use in any way you like today. But at the end of the day, whatever you do not use will disappear - forever.

I think you'd agree that this is a very generous offer. However there are some restrictions:

"You can exchange the money for anything you like.

"You can buy things for yourself and others.

"You can invest it in things that will bring a future return.

"But you cannot save it - at midnight each night the balance of the $1440 will go to zero.

"However, at 12:01 another $1440 will appear with the same restrictions as the previous day.

Enjoy this gift and use it wisely!

What would you do with an opportunity like this? I challenge you to stop for a moment and really consider what you would do with an endless daily supply of $1440.

Ah, what a nice fantasy. Too bad it isn't real, right? Oh, but it is. Except that the 1440 you receive everyday is not money - it's minutes.

Everyday you get 1440 minutes to spend or invest any way you like. How you use your daily allotment of minutes is entirely up to you.

"You can spend your minutes engaged in activities that bring you and those around you joy and pleasure.

"You can invest your minutes in endeavors that will generate a return of wealth in countless ways down the road - including financial rewards.

"But you can't bank them because at the end of the day, the minutes that made it up are gone forever.

This is a really interesting concept, but the frosting on the cake comes when you realize that everyone gets the same deal everyday. Everyone - regardless of age, social standing, education, bank balance, shoe size, height, weight, gender, race, geographical location or any other classification you can come up with - gets a daily package of 1440 minutes to make the most of.

So how have you been using your 1440 each day? Have you been investing in yourself - your physical, mental or spiritual health? Have you been investing in your business - reading and learning how to grow your strengths and minimize your weaknesses? Have you been pursuing your passions? And what about your progress? Have you been measuring your success against your own yardstick or someone else's?

If you are able to place your head on the pillow most evenings and drift peacefully off to sleep, then chances are you're spending your minutes well and wisely.

However, if swift and sound sleep evades you because you are fraught with fear, anxiety and doubt, then you may want to re-assess the use of your 1440 and consider making some adjustments to your priorities and choices. It could be that a bit of fine tuning is all that's needed to bring you face to face with bliss.

Lisa Almeida is a Holistic Marketing Mentor and owner of Planit Production. She teaches business owners how to apply do-it-yourself techniques to powerful marketing methods to get big business results with small business resources. If you are in the market for strategies that can deliver the results you want while honoring you vision and values visit http://www.PlanitwithLisa.com today and sign up to receive the weekly ezine, Going Soul-o.

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Sleep Your Way to Success

By Lesley Munchrath

Sleep is an essential element in personal success. A good night’s sleep is important to your general health and your ability to be effective throughout the day. How much sleep is adequate, most researchers quote seven to eight hours of sleep as sufficient. There are many benefits to making sure you are getting adequate sleep.

A good night’s sleep leads to overall improved functioning. Sleep provides the body with time to repair itself from the damage it has been through from the day before. Adequate sleep supplies you with a fully functioning mind and body that has had time to fully repair itself from the day before. A fully functioning mind and body means greater focus and productivity when working toward your success goals.

Sleep is also important in decreasing your risk of effects such as obesity, diseases, infections and diabetes. I am sure you can recall a time when adequate sleep was out of your reach and as you became more fatigued your body began to respond in the same way. A fatigued body has a much more difficult time of fighting off infections.

Another significant factor in arguing for adequate sleep is the amazing effects it can have on your skin. Better sleep leads to better skin. Not only does your skin improve, you can also regulate your weight more easily when you are getting your seven to eight hours of sleep in a night.

I know it’s important to get adequate sleep for peak performance but how do I do it? Here are a few tips to assist you in having a great night’s sleep.

One of the best ways to ensure regular sleep is to institute a regular calming bedtime routine. It is important to avoid distractions such as television before going to bed. An alternative to watching television may be to have a hot shower or bath. Incorporate activities that help you wind down from the day such as drinking decaffeinated tea. Even the computer and television can be described as stimulants so steer clear of them about two hours before bedtime.

Another important step to having a great night’s sleep is to ensure a dark quiet room. As well as adjusting the light and noise you want to make sure the temperature is comfortable even on the cooler side. Your environment should be well controlled so as not to have too many extremes.

Make sure you keep away from eating large meals just before bedtime. Large meals can stimulate your digestive system which can disturb your sleep. Small snacks are absolutely okay, especially if you are diabetic – just make sure your snacks are small and healthy.

Another vital step to improved sleep is to steer clear of strenuous exercise about two to three hours before bedtime. Exercise can raise your body temperature making you uncomfortable and causing difficulty falling asleep. The key is to find relaxing activities to do before bedtime.

An absolutely essential step to your bedtime routine must include staying away from caffeine, nicotine or other stimulants within about four hours of your bedtime. For what appears to be obvious reasons, avoiding stimulants will help your body to relax when you are ready to go to bed.

Use your bed for sleeping. Your bed is not the place for your laptop or a card game of solitaire, remind your body and your brain that your bed is there for sleep. Also keep your bedroom free of clutter. I know this is sometimes difficult to do as your bedroom tends to be the "dumping ground" for things that have nowhere else to go. Try to keep from piling them in your bedroom so you are relaxed when you enter your sleeping place. Make sure your sheets are clean. Nothing better than nice clean and crisp sheets for a great night’s sleep.

Finally, make sure you are comfortable in your pyjamas (or not if you decide none is better). Make sure you use cotton or another breathable material –right down to your underwear. Natural material is best as you are less likely to overheat.

A great night of sleep is an integral part of your road to success. Sleep helps you to recuperate from your day and prepares you for the next day. A well rested person works at peak performance and is much more productive in working toward their goals!

Lesley Munchrath, Life Style Mentor and Successful Entrepreneur, is helping many become the next success story. Whether you're looking to create an extra few thousand dollars per month, be an ex-corporate executive, or the next millionaire Mom, Lesley can assist you to create a second stream of income and greater peace of mind. For more information visit : Financial and Time Freedom

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The Formula That Changes Everything

By Jack Canfield

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, you hear people talking about the economy.

What's interesting is that some people are scared to death about it, while others couldn't be happier. While I don't claim to be an economist, I do know one important fact. The economy is the same for everyone, it's how you respond to it that determines how you feel about it.

It's yet another example of what I've been teaching for years. . .

E + R = O
(Events + Responses = Outcome)

The basic idea is that every outcome you experience in life (whether it's success or failure, wealth or poverty, wellness or illness, intimacy or estrangement, joy or frustration) is the result of how you have responded to an earlier event (or events) in your life.

If you don't like the outcomes you are currently experiencing, there are two basic choices you can make:

1.) You can blame the event (E) for your lack of results (O).

In other words, you can blame the economy, the weather, the lack of money, lack of education, racism, gender bias, the current administration in Washington, your wife or husband, your boss's attitude, the lack of support, and so on.

If you're a golfer, you've probably even blamed your clubs!

No doubt all these factors exist, but if they were the deciding factor, nobody would ever succeed. For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.

It's not the external conditions and circumstances that stop you -- it's you!

We think limiting thoughts and engage in self-defeating behaviors. We defend our self-destructive habits (such as drinking and smoking) with indefensible logic.

We ignore useful feedback, fail to continuously educate ourselves and learn new skills, waste time on the trivial aspects of our lives, engage in idle gossip, eat unhealthy food, fail to exercise, spend more than we make, fail to tell the truth, don't ask for what we want, and then wonder why our lives aren't working.

2.) You can instead simply change your responses (R) to the events (E) until you get the outcomes (O) you want.

You can change your thinking, change your communication, change the pictures and you hold in your head (your images of the world) and you can change your behavior (the things you do.) That's all you really have any control over anyway.

Unfortunately, most of us are so run by our habits that we never change our behavior. We get stick in out conditioned responses-to our spouses and children, to our colleagues at work, to our customers and our clients, to our students, and to the world at large.

You have to gain control of your thoughts, your images, your dreams and daydreams, and your behavior.

Everything you think, say, and do needs to become intentional and aligned with your purpose, your values, and your goals.

If you don't like your outcomes, change your responses.

Here's an example of how this works:

Do you remember the Northridge earthquake in 1994? I do! I lived through it in Los Angeles. Two days later I watched as CNN interviewed people commuting to work, The earthquake had damaged one of the main freeways leading into the city. Traffic was at a standstill, and what was normally a 1-hour drive had become a 2-3 hour drive.

The CNN reporter knocked on the window of one of the cars stuck in traffic and asked the driver how he was doing.

He responded, angrily, "I hate California. First there were fires, then floods, and now an earthquake! No matter what time I leave in the morning, I'm late for work. I can't believe it!"

Then the Reporter knocked on the window of the car behind him and asked the driver the same question. This driver was all smiles.

He replied "It's no problem. I left my house at five am. I don't think under the circumstances my boss can ask for more than that. I have lots of music and Spanish-language tapes with me. I've got my cell phone. Coffee in a thermos, my lunch-I even have a book to read. I'm fine."

Now, if the earthquake or the traffic were really the deciding variables, then everyone should have been angry. But everyone wasn't.

It was their individual response to the traffic that gave them their particular outcome. It was thinking negative thoughts or positive thoughts, leaving the house prepared or leaving the house unprepared that made the difference. It was all a matter of attitude and behavior that created their completely different experiences.

If we all experience the same EVENT, the OUTCOME you get will be totally dependent upon your RESPONSE to the situation.

If you want to take control of how you respond to life, you'll start noticing that your outcomes will be more along the lines of what you have always hoped. Remember, you control your destiny so make it a fantastic one!

© 2008 Jack Canfield

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Exercise Your Way To Success

By Lesley Munchrath

Physical Fitness is a vital element to ensuring Personal Success. Exercise is important to keep both your body and mind functioning at peak performance levels. In order to keep your mind clear and ready, it is important that you are physically active every day. This activity provides many benefits.

Exercise and regular physical activity leads to better health. What is the importance of better health? Less down time because of illness! When you are putting regular exercise as a priority you strengthen your immune system which in turn makes less sick time away from reaching your goals.

Physical activity leads to increased energy. How does that make sense? To increase my energy I should expend it? It’s true. By making time for daily physical activity or exercise, your body begins to burn calories more efficiently. More efficient burning of your calories leads to increased energy levels. Increased energy levels leads to clearer thinking and better performance.

Regular exercise through weight training leads to greater muscle mass. Greater muscle mass leads to higher metabolism. As previously mentioned increased metabolism increases your energy and allows you higher ability to focus on Success. Another important aspect to daily physical activity is the break from your daily work schedule. Taking a break, especially a break toward health greatly increases your productivity as you give your mind a break as well. I find that it is after I have given my mind a break that the greatest ideas take flight. What better way to reduce your stress then by an activity that improves your health.

One more significant result from daily physical activity is the effect it can have on your own feelings of self esteem. Self esteem is not only reached through your changed physical appearance but also through your accomplishments by following through on your fitness goals.

So, I know the benefits of regular activity – how do I fit it into my schedule? The great thing about exercise is that you do not have to fit it in all at once! You can break it up in smaller pieces throughout the day. If you are physically active at work – that counts too. There are many ideas to including physical activity into your routine.

Take a walk during your lunch break. What better way to take a break than a half hour power walk? Clear your mind and burn calories at the same time. Not only will you feel good about meeting your fitness goals but your mind will feel much clearer for the rest of your afternoon.

Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator whenever possible. If you are on a high level floor – take a couple of flights of stairs then take the elevator the rest of the way. Take it both up and down and you’ll notice a difference very quickly. If you work in an office building, deliver messages in person instead of by email or inter-office mail. Not only do you fit in your physical activity – you can see the people you are working with. Do you print a lot of items? Walk and get each item as it is printed instead of waiting until several items are in your printer.

Have fun while you plan your physical activity. Plan a night out on the town of dancing with your friends. Find a training partner to weight train with or walking partner to keep you on track. Keeping fit with a partner is not only fun, it helps to increase your own motivation toward continuing with your fitness goals.

Regular exercise is an integral part to your success. Not only can it improve your physical fitness, it also improves your mental peak performance. As a great bonus you can even increase your social network. There are many benefits to consistent attention to physical activity not the least of which is increased productivity!

Lesley Munchrath, Life Style Mentor and Successful Entrepreneur, is helping many become the next success story. Whether you're looking to create an extra few thousand dollars per month, be an ex-corporate executive, or the next millionaire Mom, Lesley can assist you to create a second stream of income and greater peace of mind. For more information visit : Financial and Time Freedom

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Be Professional

By Mike Cosentino

In high school, I took a computer class. Part of taking the course was dressing for success. One day out of every week the instructor had us dress as if we were at work in an office. This was getting us ready for the work world and showing us how to be professional.

When we are going out and talking to people about our business or if we are hosting an in-home where people are coming to our home and we are telling people about our business we should always dress for success.

However, dressing for success is not the only way to be professional. When we are talking on the phone we also have to be professional. The way we talk to potential customers has to make them feel we are professional people they should trust with their business. Understanding this and working on this aspect of your sales call is part of your self-personal development plan.

You should always smile when you are talking on the phone. While it may not sound like much, this is one of those personal development tips that can go a long way. Believe it or not, people can tell if you are not smiling on the phone. Just adding a smile will make you sound more friendly and upbeat. You wouldn’t have become part of the business if the person that talked to you was rude and hard to get along with.

Not only how we talk but what we say is also important. Always use your manners. If the potential customer is saying something, don’t cut them off. They are the reason you are there and you are trying to make them happy enough to try your company. If they do, then your business has become more successful. Be polite and courteous. It will pay off in the end.

Most people like southern hospitality because people in the south are kind and courteous They respect each other and go out of their way to make the other person happy. Use this in your business. Go above and beyond the call of duty to make sure you are professional to each and every person you talk to. Even if you are not talking about your business be polite to people. You never know where your next customer will come from.

Always present yourself as a professional. If you want to be respected, you must respect other people. You can take a rude approach but you will be out of business before you get started. Why take that risk. Be professional from the start and you won’t have to worry about failing or having a reputation as a mean business owner.

You hear those advertisements that say you can work from home in your pajamas all day and earn an income with one of many new direct sales companies that are home based. This is fine as long as when you are talking to potential customers on the phone you are being professional in what you are saying and how you are saying it.

Mike Cosentino is a professional development expert, entrepreneur, and a top sales trainer read more of his topics or subscribe to his free newsletter at www.mikecosentino.net

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Attitude is Everything

By Paul J Meyer

Is Your Life A Runaway Train?

Does it seem like something or someone else is in charge of your life? If you think so, you might be right!

Early in my insurance career I recruited some incredibly gifted and talented people, but as I used to say, "He looks good in uniform, but he can't bat."

The problem with so many people today is that they have either been programmed with or have developed a negative mental attitude. In fact, what you have become and where you are in your present life can all be traced back to a first cause: the choices you made as a result of your dominating thoughts and attitude.

So if your life feels like a runaway train, there is a very good reason. The thoughts that have gone on inside your mind have finally materialized on the outside, forming the particulars of the life you are now experiencing.

Simply put, if you have a negative mental attitude you cannot produce a satisfying life!

Most people are busy trying to either change their circumstances or other people to make their life more comfortable and rewarding. But the problem is within. You may attain a college degree; surround yourself with influential friends; or enjoy a famous family name. But if your mind is filled with negative thoughts and a flawed attitude those attainments or advantages will not produce the success and happiness you seek.

It might help to think of your mind as the software in a computer. If your software or mind is full of doubt, fear, and "can't do," then no matter how hard you try, you're only going to produce a product or a life that replicates those negative beliefs.

In other words, if I closely observe your life, I have an incredibly accurate picture of what you have been thinking!

I'm sure we've all heard stories about people who grew up in less than desirable situations; some may even have been abused or abandoned. And yet they found a way to overcome, to put themselves in the record book in many instances. What did they do? They put themselves through a complete attitude overhaul! They changed the data in their software, developed an I-will-not-be-denied-attitude and, as a result, they produced a different life.

When I was a young man I grew up around the fruit orchards of what is now called the Silicon Valley in California. Though I picked fruit, I purposed in my heart I would not do that forever. My attitude pulled me toward another type of life. I simply refused to be dispirited, discouraged, or destroyed.

As a result, over time, the outside part of my life lined up with the inside!

It's up to you to take the steps to change your thoughts, your attitude. You don't have to be controlled by the words that may have been spoken over you as a child, or by the words you continue to speak over yourself.

You can start today by listening to the thoughts that swirl in your mind and eventually come out of your mouth. When you speak out doubt, fear, and negativity, you reap a life that reflects just that. What you think about becomes the words you speak, and the words you speak become the actions you take, and the actions you take determine your life!

So as you can see, having the right attitude isn't just important...

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

Paul J. Meyer, best-selling New York Times author, multi-millionaire, and founder of the Success Motivation Institute, has utilized the power of attitude. His powerful book, Attitude Is Everything, is available at http://www.pauljmeyer.com or Amazon.com.

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Traveling the Highway of Success

By Paul J. Meyer

Most people are traveling the wide smooth road. Can you guess which one that is? Are YOU on it?

The popular thing to conclude in today's society is that if you aren't getting what you want out of life, it must be someone else's fault. The idea that you have any personal responsibility in the process has literally never occurred to far too many people.

In fact, during the last 30 years I've observed the concepts of individual freedom, initiative, and personal responsibility have all but become obsolete in the vast majority of people's minds. Self-reliance and self motivation are simply being bred out of people at an alarming rate!

Whose job is it to supply your needs?

Many now look to the government as the provider of what they need. And if you are the least bit savvy about what has happened to our Social Security system alone, you are aware there is no safe "lock box" of funds that have been set aside to support you when you are older. All the funds being collected today are being used up along the way!

If you were able to save and invest for your own future, rather than the government handling things, you would be light years ahead monetarily as you approached your golden years. Having the government take a portion of your money and invest it for you is like receiving a blood transfusion by taking the blood out of your left arm and spilling half of it as it is on the way to your right arm!

In addition to wanting the government to supply their needs, people insist the companies they work for supply their health care, their life insurance, a pension, and a guaranteed income. Raises are expected periodically even if their performance is poor. And should there be any talk of "letting them go" certain government agencies can step in and cry discrimination.

Whatever happened to self-reliance?

Somewhere along the way, a majority of people began to believe that their life was someone else's job. Values of self-accomplishment and self-determination were relegated to the dusty pages of the "way it used to be." Instead of becoming self reliant, it has become easier to put all our energies into:

* Blaming others
* Reliving past failures
* Repeating past mistakes

The truth is that your present life is no one else's fault but yours! True, sometimes circumstances can be presented that are not of our doing, but how we respond to those circumstances are entirely our decision.

And understanding your past failures, acknowledging your negative conditions, and admitting your weaknesses have only one purpose. They are merely indicators of where you need to start now on your journey to success. They only become significant if you fail to learn from them.

Whose hands hold the answer?

The answer is in your hands and no one else's. Your willingness to step up to the plate and take responsibility for your own life is the way out and the way up. As the great philosopher Plato said, "Take charge of your life. You can do with it what you will."

If you don't, you will live a meager life at best. No government, no company, no other person is going to provide you with enough for a good life. You'll merely scrape by, and in the process you'll have no self-esteem, no sense of accomplishment, and few of the material goods that make life more satisfying.

Only YOU are responsible for what you can become! Only you can decide if you want to continue on The Boulevard to Failure, the road traveled by most as it is wide and smooth and requires minimum effort and provides little satisfaction.

Or you can travel The Highway to Success which is often uphill, rocky, and bumpy. The Success Highway demands you grow, learn, and apply yourself. You have to use your initiative, your imagination, and your determination to set and attain goals. You have to be willing to learn:

* Who you are
* Where you are going
* How you are going to get there

But oh the rewards! So worth the journey! So worth the effort! The only true freedom stems from your willingness to be, become, have, and achieve. While you may not be able to change the whole world, you can change yourself; and in that process lead a more fulfilling and dynamic life.

In the words of George Elliot, "It's never too late to be what you might have been." It's all up to YOU!

Paul J. Meyer, best-selling New York Times author and founder of the Success Motivation Institute has written 24 full-length programs plus numerous books on attitude, motivation, goal setting, management, leadership, and time management. Visit http://www.pauljmeyer.com for more resources.

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