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How to Find Your Purpose in Life – Why am I Here?

On April 6, 2015June 6, 2016 By Trisha BarnesIn Coaching, Personal Growth, Quit Your JobLeave a comment

Most people want to know how to find your purpose in life … why am I here?

The question churns through your mind constantly.

What am I supposed to do with my life?

It’s a great question to ask.

There is a sure-fire way to tell if you are truly following your purpose in life.

Before you finish reading this article, you’ll know what it is.

At one point or sometimes several times during life… there comes a time when you are faced at the fork in the road.

You have two choices …

You can choose the well-worn path that the multitude follow and continue on in life.

It’s the path of least resistance – the way to please others, do what they expect or suggest, the robotic, day after day routine, the this-is-all-there-is-to-life kind of existence.

It’s so well worn that you can walk it blindly; in fact, many do.

But, that’s not living up to your true self.

Your true self seeks expression, seeks freedom, seeks so much more than the status quo. Unless you allow your true self to be expressed and to create the life that ignites the fire within your soul, you are denying a life of fulfillment – both for yourself and all the others who will be touched by your passion.

So, there is another choice. It’s the other path … the road less traveled.

less-traveled-path-naked-hippies-roadtrip — Take the path less traveled …

So, how do you find your purpose in life?

It all comes down to this: what can I do with my time and knowledge and skills that would contribute to my life and the life of others?

These questions will help you drill down to know exactly why am I here?

1. What is it I love to do that makes me jump out of bed every morning?

If the work that you are doing now is not a drudgery, you’re on the right track. But, if you find yourself slamming the alarm clock, dragging yourself out of bed every single day … it’s a sign that you are not living a life that is fulfilling. (I know – you’re saying DUH right now, but too many people assume they have to play the hand that was dealt them – and don’t realize how it doesn’t have to be this way.)

2. What am I really, really good at doing?

Take a quick assessment because you do have skills that will contribute to your purpose in life. What are those skills? It could be you are technically saavy; or a great writer; or a visual artist; or one who people turn to for counseling and advice. What are your amazing skills?

3. What am I interested in learning more about?

You will never stop learning , or at least, you SHOULD never stop learning. What do you study? What do you crave to learn more about? What could you spend hours studying- so absorbed that you forget to eat? What drives your curiosity and intellect?

4. What is it I do that makes time disappear?

You know how it is when you are having a really great time and when you look up at the clock, hours have passed without you realizing it? No, not the hours spent walking hand-in-hand along the beach with your beautiful spouse … the hours you spend working at something without realizing the sun came up and set and it seemed like you just got started.

5. How do I want to be remembered?

A great way to answer this question is to take time to write your eulogy. Your eulogy as it would be written today … and then your eulogy as you would like it to be written. If there’s no difference between the two – you are living your life’s purpose. However, the majority of people are never really done with being, doing and having more in life. Write both eulogies and see what comes up in the second one. That will be a clue and a catalyst for finding your purpose in life.

HOMEWORK TIME!

Take some time to answer these questions. Pick a time to get away from everything – this is serious work to do. Find a quiet place where you can be totally focused on seeking your purpose in life.

In the stillness, the quiet, search and reflect on your answers.

After you have done this, write your statement of purpose that encompasses all that you believe defines your vision and purpose. It doesn’t have to be long; in fact, brevity is better because you will soon have this memorized so that you can repeat it to yourself often.

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One final piece to this amazing discovery of your purpose in life is to lay its foundation in your subconscious mind. Many find the following Self Confidence Formula from the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill to be the perfect affirmation of their purpose in life:

First. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.

Second. I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture.

Third. I know through the principle of auto-suggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it, therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of SELF-CONFIDENCE.

Fourth. I have clearly written down a description of my DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life, and I will never stop trying, until I have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.

Fifth. I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me, because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day, with full FAITH that it will gradually influence my THOUGHTS and ACTIONS so that I will become a self-reliant, and successful person.

Taking the road less traveled and discovering your purpose in life is the path to freedom.

Freedom from struggle.
Freedom from being controlled by other’s perceptions of you.
Freedom from regrets.

How will you know when you’re there? You’ll know you have found your purpose in life when at the end of your day’s work, you feel energized instead of drained.

May you find the courage to step on that less-traveled path and allow the amazing spirit of YOU energize, create and live a fulfilling life.

What would you do with your life if you had no time or money restrictions?

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What Is It You Plan to Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life?

On April 2, 2015June 6, 2016 By Trisha BarnesIn Coaching, Personal Growth, Quit Your JobLeave a comment

Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
― Mary Oliver

If you asked me that at age 8, my answer was, “to be Miss America!”

What about you? What did you used to imagine and dream of being?

Do you remember how it was when you were eight years old and you had the belief that you could be, do and have anything you wanted?

What happened … to our imagination, to our invincible, daring beliefs?

You got suckered in, that’s what happened.

Suckered in by other peoples’ beliefs, indoctrinations, manipulations, ideas and control.

Once you entered school you were bombarded with the message to go to college because that was the only way you would ever get a decent job.

And then reality hit. It’s hitting even harder now to the younger generation.

The reality that a piece of paper that cost you thousands of dollars (which you will pay for the rest of your life) is not a guarantee that you will be paid what you are worth.

In fact, you may be a college graduate working at McDonalds because that’s the only job you can get right now.

If you are of my generation, the Baby Boomers, you may have secured that fantastic job and worked your way up for two or three decades when reality hit. When you got the pink slip because the company was downsizing.

Sometimes, we think about what we would have done differently – if we knew then what we know now.

I’m pretty sure there are many who would have skipped the college loans.

elephant — It’s a HUGE elephant in the room!

So now what? The elephant in the room is HUGE. Call it the matrix, call it corporate, call it the way of the sheeple … whatever you call it, it’s enormous.

It’s so gigantic that there’s hardly any room to move. You have to watch your back all the time because one move and you could be squashed. To survive being in this room with the monster elephant, you have to learn to move with the crowd, follow the pattern, stay in line.

There will be times you feel like you can’t breathe. Some days, others will push you out of the way so they can get to a better spot in the room.

You’ve got two choices now.

1. You can stay in the room with the elephant and learn to cope with the cramped and stifling space you are in, OR

2. You can find a way out.

There is a better way to live your one wild and precious life.

It’s to live it on your own terms, by your own design, where everything that you do adds increase. Increase into your own life and also into the lives of others.

It’s becoming a network marketer, being your own boss, working online to create your freedom.

In this video, Eric Worre gives compelling reasons why Network Marketing is the better way:

I got away from the elephant two years ago. It wasn’t because the job was an awful job or that my boss was horrendous. It was because the call to be and do and have more was never silent.

I had a choice … survive or THRIVE.

Has it been easy? Not at all. There have been times I hit a wall and felt like nothing was going to work.

There have been times of extreme success and also times of falling back down. Times of drought and times of bounty.

There have been leaders who misguided and companies who closed their doors.

Has it been worth it?

Oh, hell yes! Every single bit of it.

All the experiences were stepping stones to more. More growth, more confidence, more lessons.

That little eight year old who wanted to be Miss America is now more alive and more fulfilled than ever before.

If there is a spark of desire in your heart to break free from that dang ol’ elephant … just do it.

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

I’ll keep asking you that question … until you find your answer.

With all the opportunities available, you will find one that resonates with you. You’ll find someone to work with who shares your vision, who believes in you, who walks beside you on this powerful journey.

Maybe that will be me. Maybe not. Doesn’t matter who it is who helps you. All that matters is that you get started now.

what-will-you-do-with-your-one-wild-precious-life — Freedom feels like riding a wave, dancing in clouds. It feels like floating on air and walking on water.

Get out of that room. Breathe in the fresh air of freedom. Take control of your life.

I believe in you. Others do, too.

what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

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Living in Instant Gratification Mode

On March 31, 2015June 6, 2016 By Trisha BarnesIn Coaching, Personal Growth, Work From AnywhereLeave a comment

We are living in instant gratification mode.

We want everything NOW. In fact, we EXPECT it.

Our culture has become one of instant gratification, instant reward.

For example …

We go through a fast-food drive thru and get irritated if we have to pull forward and wait a few minutes for our food.

Our internet doesn’t load pages instantly and we get start gritting our teeth.

Our viewing habits on the internet reveal the impatience that has developed by the instant gratification culture.

A recent study of 6.7 million internet users revealed that viewers became impatient after waiting for 2 seconds. After five seconds, 25% of the viewers clicked off. At ten seconds, 50% were gone.

Retailers now offer same-day, overnight or two-day delivery services.

Our Smartphone apps eliminate the wait for a cab, a date, or a table at a restaurant.

Streaming movies and TV shows has become the norm. Netflix has 33 million customers who stream videos compared to 8 million who order the DVDs by mail.

Visitors at Disney World and other amusement parks pay for a “fast” pass so they don’t have to wait in line.

It’s apparent – we are gravitation toward being more focused on quick fun and instant results than on reading books or magazines.

That echoes the Pew study where researchers found the rapid pace of technology can lead to more nimble thinking, but that “trends are leading to a future in which most people are shallow consumers of information.”

And that’s just the beginning of this discussion …

Instant gratification prevails in the internet marketing industry, too. It constantly shows up when people join a business opportunity and expect to receive income immediately, and become angry and bitter when it doesn’t happen for them. (Of course, hype and spammed ads play a huge role in this – ads which promise big money in 30 days.)

And then, there’s the personal development journey of discovery and growth that many entrepreneurs value and study; but even in this quest, people desire results NOW.

We read books like Think and Grow Rich, the Master Key System, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and we “get it” – we understand what is being taught – but the changes we desire don’t just miraculously happen overnight.

Charles Haanel writes in Chapter 23 of the Master Key System:

Perfection in this is not acquired in six days,
nor in six weeks, nor in six months. It is the
labor of life.

A favorite saying rings true, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.”

It is best to remember this advice as you are seeking to grow personally and financially:

To go fast, go slow. To go slow, go fast.

We will always be learning more about ourselves, our power, our ability to create and manifest our desires. Sometimes, results will be instant; however, most of the time it will seem like it’s taking
F O R E V E R.

When the wait seems so long, problems arise. Doubt starts to seep in and take over your thoughts and emotions.

Maybe I’m not cut out for this,

Maybe I’m not smart enough, techy enough,

Maybe I’m too old

Maybe I should give up

These doubts sneak up on you because you start looking around and see other people’s results, and it seems like they are just breezing through, having all kinds of success.

Your thoughts begin to drift away from your ability for creating more, taking inspired action, being open to the people and things that are put in your path to help you achieve all that you desire.

Doubt sneaks in until you are thinking more about what you aren’t accomplishing rather than what you are.

And, as the Law of Attraction teaches – what you think about comes about.

Another issue that often develops on the journey of personal development is separating the study and practice from all that you do.

If personal development is just a thing you do in your spare time, as opposed to a way of life, well, the results will be temporary and unfulfilling.

If I asked most people, “What do you do for personal development?” I know the answers I would hear: I read, study, meditate, visualize, repeat affirmations, etc.

If you view personal development as a tool to pick up and master in order to get results, you are missing the secret.

Personal development is not a tool, it is a way of being.

But, if you totally immerse in personal development – in thinking, acting, believing, doing all that you have learned and have yet to learn; if it has become your normal operating mode – where you don’t have to think about it – you just live it 24/7, you will create the life and results that you desire.

August Turak author of Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity writes

“Whether you call it personal development, personal growth, self-actualization, self-transcendence, or spirituality does not matter. What matters is realizing that the reason you were born is to become the best human being you can possibly be. Personal development is not a tool for reaching a bigger goal. Becoming a complete human being is already the biggest and most noble goal you can aspire to.”

Really, it just goes back to familiar words: “seek ye first … and all these things will be added unto you.”

It is through aligning your thoughts and beliefs with Universe – God – Source – Spirit that is the goal. Making the connection – creating the harmony between your desires and beliefs.

Seek the connection, the alignment first in every single thing you do.

Ask yourself as you go through your day making decisions, marketing your business:

Will this help me become a better person?
Does this serve the highest good?
Am I growing?
Am I moving forward?
Am I becoming more aligned?

Of course, it’s hard to take your mind of the money because as Charles Haanel writes in The Master Key System “money weaves itself into the entire fabric of our very existence.”

It’s why we go to work at the 8-5. It’s why we decide to start our own business. Money is woven into our existence.

But our success is not measured in a dollar amount. That’s what the world wants us to believe and we get caught up in that. We ooh and aah over income levels.

Success is not measured in dollar amounts.

The law of success is service.

We get what we give.

To get more get value, you must give more give value. It’s the Golden Rule, Karma, the Law of Compensation.

For this reason we should consider it a great privilege to be able to give.

Not only of our money, but of our time, our joy and happiness, our patience and understanding, our love and encouragement. You have much to give to others.

When we avail ourselves as servants to others, we become a conduit for more, for the flow, for the alignment with Universal Power.

When we look at the outside and see what others are achieving and start comparing, we start doubting and the flow is stopped.

Les Brown speaks on giving in this powerful speech:

See yourself as an opening for the Universe to work through to move through to make a difference in life. –Les Brown

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
There are those who give little of the much which they have–and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

And there are those who have little and give it all.

These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.

-Kahib Gibran

Serving is the way of being and
giving is the means of serving.

Living in instant gratification mode can be rewarding if you focus solely on giving to others. The instant gratification will be a feeling of joy and love … and you absolutely can’t beat that feeling.

Here’s to your life of serving others.

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You Can Expand Your Money Consciousness

On March 30, 2015June 6, 2016 By Trisha BarnesIn Coaching, Personal Growth, Work From AnywhereLeave a comment

You ABSOLUTELY can expand your money consciousness!

Not sure if you have a money consciousness? Here’s the difference between a money and a poverty consciousness:

A money consciousness believes and thinks of abundance and the unlimited possibilities to create more.

A poverty consciousness believes and thinks of lack and the constant struggle to make ends meet.

Is it possible to change from a poverty consciousness to a money consciousness?

Absolutely! You are more powerful than you realize.

How often have you heard – what you think about comes about?

The Law of Attraction IS money consciousness in action. It is not some airy-fairy, weird, magical practice that “New Agers” have adopted. It’s a proven science that was being taught over one hundred years ago.

Charles Haanel wrote in the early 1900s in “The Master Key System:”

The money consciousness is an attitude of mind; it is the open door to the arteries of commerce. It is the receptive attitude. Desire is the attractive force which sets the current in motion and fear is the great obstacle by which the current is stopped or completely reversed, turned away from us.

Fear is just the opposite from money consciousness; it is poverty consciousness, and as the law is unchangeable we get exactly what we give; if we fear we get what we feared.

So now what? What can you do if you recognize that you have been living with a poverty consciousness?

In this guest blog post, Jack Canfield shares how to

Develop a Positive Money Consciousness

Money is an area in which most people believe that their success in blocked in some way. An overwhelming number feel that they don’t have enough money, and many also experience emotional distress related to money.

If you want to have more money – and most people do – improving your money consciousness is an important first step in attracting the abundance of financial wealth you deserve. In this article, I’ll reveal powerful ways to raise your money consciousness.

2 Key Processes to Use

I recommend using two processes to help cultivate a positive money consciousness. The first is identifying any limiting beliefs you have about money. Start by writing down all beliefs you have about money. Then identify the beliefs that do not support your conscious dreams and desires.

The second process is to identify any incidents from your past that caused you to make a decision – and take on additional limiting beliefs – about money. Negative emotions from past events often can hinder our efforts to earn, receive and keep more money. Releasing these negative emotions also will help to cultivate a positive money consciousness.

Types of Money Beliefs

After more than 4 decades of helping individuals achieve greater success, I’ve discovered that there are 4 common types of limiting money beliefs:

Money and Your Identity. Many people have an identity that is linked to a certain income. If your family was poor or working class, you may have difficulty identifying yourself as wealthy.

“I’m just a ‘jeans and T-shirt’ kind of person” or “I can’t imagine myself doing what wealthy people do” are some of the beliefs that might feel true to you if your identity is linked with a lower income than you’re consciously trying to achieve.

Money Beliefs About Others. Most people grow up with attitudes about people who have money – and often, these beliefs are not positive. For example, you might belief that “rich people are greedy” or “rich people care only about themselves.”

You may notice that you believe statements like these consciously. You might also know intellectually that these statements are false, but still have an emotional belief that they are true. Either way, if you have negative emotions about rich people, you’re unlikely to become one.

Money and Spirituality. Many people believe that money is not spiritual. It’s not surprising, because many societal and religious messages link spirituality with poverty.

If this is the case for you, you may find that statements like “It’s not spiritual to want money,” “If I focus too much on money, I’ll lose my spiritual focus,” or “It’s wrong to ask for more than I need” to feel true.

However, remember that everything is simply energy, which means that money is just another form of energy. One thing I’ve found to be true is that money is a magnifier. If you’re greedy and mean-spirited, money will make you more so. Likewise, if you’re generous, spiritual and compassionate, money will make you more so.

Money and Worthiness. If you have low self-esteem, you may not feel that you deserve to make or receive more money. You may feel that there are people who need the money more and if you get it, you’ll be taking from them. Or you may feel that if you’ve lost money in the past, you don’t deserve to get more because you’ll waste it.

Common limiting beliefs that show up in this area include “I don’t deserve to make more money” and “I’m not worthy of being wealthy.” One way to work with this type of belief is to make a list of what you’ll do when you have a specific amount of money. When you plan for more money, you’ll naturally attract it to you.

When you identify limiting beliefs around money, take time to identify how the belief has served you in the past.

The subconscious mind’s job is to keep us safe. Limiting beliefs arise as a way to protect us. For example, if you have a belief that “rich people are greedy,” you’ll unconsciously avoid doing things that will increase your wealth. After all, you don’t want to become greedy or be judged by others as being greedy. By clearing these additional beliefs, you’ll pave the way to install new beliefs that are more supportive of your efforts to increase wealth.

Creating Your Big “Why”

In addition to clearing the limiting beliefs that are keeping you at a lower level of wealth than you deserve, I recommend finding what I call “your big ‘why.’” When you have a compelling reason behind an action you’re taking or goal you’re pursuing, you’re much more motivated to take action.

Create a list of reasons why you want to have the amount of money you’ve set as your goal. Is it so that you can afford a certain type of home in a certain area? Is it because you want to contribute money to good causes? Is it because you want to create a certain type of lifestyle?

Create a list of what you’d like to do with your money. Notice what thoughts or emotions come up for you. If you’re shying away from things you want because of feelings of guilt, unworthiness or inability to receive them, you will sabotage your success. Use these negative emotions as important clues about additional limiting money beliefs that you’ll want to clear.

Although it may seem odd that anyone would have a negative predisposition toward wealth, we often hold these negative beliefs in our subconscious mind from childhood. To become wealthy, you’ll need to surface, identify, root out and replace any negative or limiting beliefs you have about money. Use the suggestions outlined here to uncover the beliefs that are keeping you stuck, so that you can change your results and finally enjoy the wealth you deserve.

Jack Canfield, America’s #1 Success Coach, is founder of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul® and a leading authority on Peak Performance and Life Success. If you’re ready to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do, get FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now at: www.FreeSuccessStrategies.com

T Harv Eker, author of “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind,” gives four compelling reasons to expand your money consciousness and wealth in this video:

If you have been impacted by these words and the video shared, there is one final step you can take to begin the change to a money consciousness…

Surround yourself with others who are also changing to a money consciousness. One of the best ways to do that is to join a mastermind group that studies and discusses mindset victory.

You are welcome to come join us at the Freedom Uprising Mindset Victory call. We gather every morning, Monday through Friday at 10 am Eastern.

Here is the recent call recording where the topic of discussion is all about the awareness and how to expand your money consciousness.

We read, study, and discuss books that will expand your money consciousness. We share ideas and stories of our experiences in the journey to wealth. It would be an honor if you joined us!

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You are an amazing creator, and maybe right now you can’t even begin to fathom having that kind of power to create the life that you desire.

As Dr. Seuss says so well,

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…

Here’s to you expanding your money consciousness!

What would you do if time and money were no object?

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Prodigal Son or Complaining Brother?

On March 14, 2015June 6, 2016 By Trisha BarnesIn Coaching, Marketing Tips, Personal GrowthLeave a comment

Do you remember the parable of the prodigal son?

The story recently came to mind as I studied The Master Key System by Charles Haanel.

Haanel writes in Chapter 20, “Spiritual wealth: unless you recognize it and use it, it will have no value. The one and only condition of spiritual power is use or recognition.”

A parable is a short story intended to illustrate a spiritual lesson. In the story of the prodigal son is the same message that Charles Haanel teaches in The Master Key System.

We can fail to recognize this world within, and so exclude it from our consciousness, but it will still be the basic fact of all existence; and when we learn to recognize it, not only in ourselves, but in all persons, events, things and circumstances we shall have found the “Kingdom of heaven” which we are told is “within” us. -Haanel

As the story goes … a father gave his younger son his share of the family fortune and as you know, the son took off and squandered everything. When he returned home, he was greeted with a party which totally pissed off his older brother.

The older brother complained how unfair it was because he had played by the rules and never messed up.

His father replied, “Son, you don’t understand. You’re with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours. All you have to do is understand that it belongs to you and you can ask for it any time! It doesn’t become useful until you acknowledge it and receive it.”

The lesson of the Prodigal Son lies in this question:

Which one are you? The prodigal son or the jealous brother?

The older son recognized, asked and received the gifts that were available to him.

He took action. He dared to live life differently, to try something he had never done before.

He lost it all.

Did he give up, say this doesn’t work, throw in the towel and agree to struggle for the rest of his life?

NO!

He didn’t stay in the lowest, desperate, financially devasted state because … he remembered.

He remembered that spiritual wealth is always available to everyone. He reconnected to the Universal Source where all that he needed, desired, and imagined was waiting for him.

He returned home.

Home – the re-connection to Universal mind, to the ALL in ALL for he knew that He who made him was in him … was him.

The brother, on the other hand, complained and became bitter, jealous, envious crying out “it’s not fair.”

He did not recognize or make use of the spiritual wealth that was his to access at anytime.

His father reminded him, “Son, all you have to do is understand that it belongs to you and you can ask for it any time! It doesn’t become useful until you acknowledge it and receive it.”

We can take this a little deeper and see how it also applies to your experiences in building your business.

As marketers, especially when you are not seeing the results that you desire, you have probably at one time or another experienced the feeling of jealousy and envy when you witness the success of others.

You become like the other brother.

You begin to think “they are better than me, more skillful, more knowledgeable … even lucky.”

You begin to feel resentment, jealousy, even anger.

When that happens, it’s time to recognize that the power to receive more blessings is already within you. You just have to recognize it and use it, as Charles Haanel teaches.

When you begin to perceive that the essence of the Universal is within yourself—is you—you begin to do things; you begin to feel your power; it is the fuel which fires the imagination; which lights the torch of inspiration; which gives vitality to thought; which enables you to connect with all the invisible forces of the Universe. It is this power which will enable you to plan fearlessly, to execute masterfully. -Haanel

On the other hand, if you, like the prodigal son, have tried and failed, all is not lost.

It isn’t your last rodeo.

Just go back home … AGAIN.

Reconnect with He who made you and is in you … and is you.

There you will be greeted with embraces and celebrations, luscious robes, the fatted calf, the golden ring on your hand for it is all available and waiting for you.

“In him we live and move and have our being” is literally and scientifically exact! That you ARE because He IS, that if He is Omnipresent He must be in you. That if He is all in all you must be in Him! That He is Spirit and you are made in “His image and likeness” and that the only difference between His spirit and your spirit is one of degree, that a part must be the same in kind and quality as the whole. When you can realize this clearly you will have found the secret of the creative power of thought, you will have found the origin of both good and evil, you will have found the secret of the wonderful power of concentration, you will have found the key to the solution of every problem whether physical, financial, or environmental. -Haanel

The key to manifesting the desires for success and abundance is to connect with the power that is within you.

When you do, there will be no jealousy or blame. There will be no fear or doubt.

You just have to recognize and access the power that is yours.

The secret of power is a perfect understanding of the principles, forces, methods and combinations of Mind, and a perfect understanding of our relationship to the Universal Mind. It is well to remember that this principle is unchangeable; if this were not so, it would not be reliable; all principles are changeless. This stability is your opportunity; you are its active attribute, the channel for its activity; the Universal can act only through the individual. -Haanel

This classic book, “The Master Key System” was written over one hundred years ago but the message is as prevalent today as it was back then.

If you would like to join the study and discussion of this powerful, life-changing book, we meet every Monday thru Friday morning on an open conference call.

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Which one are you right now – the prodigal son or the complaining brother?

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Seen It All, Know It All Fallacy Warning

On March 13, 2015June 6, 2016 By Trisha BarnesIn Coaching, Personal Growth, Work From Anywhere2 Comments

WARNING: One of the biggest stumbling blocks for internet marketers to beware of is the seen it all, know it all fallacy.

It will smack you in the butt every time.

In this video, I share a story about the first time Bruce and I went camping … to help illustrate the point that what you know or have always done isn’t always the best …

Maybe you have seen A LOT …

Maybe you even know A LOT …

But unless you get out of your own way and allow new experiences, opportunities and ideas to ignite your life, you will soon find yourself stuck.

The more you know,
the more you know you don’t know.

― Aristotle

The seen it all, know it all fallacy has been the downfall of many internet marketers.

Just beware of it’s clutches.

What opportunities have you ignored in the past thinking you had seen it all, know it all?

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Trisha
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P.S. We live the Freedom Lifestyle. We can work from anywhere we choose to be. We can be across the country visiting friends and family, walking on the beach, climbing the red rocks in Sedona, or parked in a campground. And we can still work ON our business. This business does not require me to punch a clock, sit in commuter traffic wasting hours we could be spending together, waking up at some crazy hour just to make it to work. We get to work with people we choose to work with, whose company we enjoy. We are the CEOs of us – the Naked Hippies!

Subscribe to our Naked Hippies Newsletter. We’ll share stories of our travels, inspiration and motivation, tips and resources for creating your own freedom lifestyle AND you’ll get our free ebook that tells the story of how the Naked Hippies came to be. Click here to subscribe.

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