And the only way we can do that is to make the decision to
look for things to appreciate, no matter what.

As we begin to focus on the good and the brighter side of
things, the Universe responds by sending back to us the exact
photocopy of our new thoughts and vibrations.

And good things begin to appear.

And then more good things, and then more…

For the next week, decide to keep your focus on things you
can appreciate.

Just one week, and see what happens.

Need some daily steps to help you focus on appreciation?

Here you go…

1. Write down all the great things about everyone you know.

2. Make a list of all the wonderful things about you.

3. Compliment people everywhere you go.

4. Praise every single thing you see.

5. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet, and make their
   day better for having seen you.

6. Say ‘thank you’ at every turn.

7. Walk, talk, think, and breathe appreciation and gratitude.

When you do this, your outer life will change to reflect your
inner state of being.

As you go through your week post your comments and experiences below.

I’ve been informed that you need m’oney now!

And by that I mean that you need m’oney NOW - like yesterday.

Well, you’re not the only one. I’ve been hearing from a lot
of you about how you need a c’ash increase as soon as possible.

I’ve been listening to you and now I’ve got what could be the
solution to all of your m’oney problems.

Let me explain:

A couple of years ago, I was in a bad financial situation.

For those of you who know my story, you know it wasn’t pretty.
For those of you who don’t know my story, let me give you a
brief overview.

Due to a mixed-up issue with my income taxes, the government
decided to freeze my bank account.

Frozen solid - I couldn’t get a dime out of my bank account…
nothing, zilch, nada.

At first I didn’t worry about it too much because I assumed
that it would be straightened out quickly.

But as the weeks passed, and there was still no m’oney in sight,
I began to panic… to put it mildly.

This went on for another week or two when the government let
me know that it will take several weeks - if not months -
before the account was straightened out.

I didn’t have several weeks - I needed m’oney and I needed it
right then!

I began to put together a plan, and using a domain name I had
that I wasn’t using, I spent my late evenings creating a
website that I could use to bring in some m’oney.

I can’t explain to you the relief I felt when the website
started to bring in some money. At first it was only $10 a day,
then $20 a day, then it went to $30 a day, then it slowly
inched its way up to making $100 a day.

To help you create the additional i’ncome you need to survive
and thrive, I went through my notes outlining the steps I took
and I put together a Fast Track program to help you create
additional income at a rapid pace.

You can do it in only 30 days or less!

http://www.activateabundance.com/FastTrack.php

With the current economy and job situation the chances are
that your income will not increase over the next year - but
your bills and expenses probably will.

Are you prepared to deal with the increases?

Are you prepared to deal with the possibility of losing your
current income?

Since the next month is going to come and go ANYWAY, why not
use the time to learn how to create the income you WANT?

http://www.activateabundance.com/FastTrack.php

P.S. What are the consequences if you don’t take action? You
will continue trying to survive on your current income the
way you always have. But if you are ready to step it up and
move into greater wealth then you will want to be a part of
this proven process.

http://www.activateabundance.com/FastTrack.php
 

Our ability to manifest our desires can be challenging simply because our
desires carries a heavy emotional weight. In other words, we have too
much ‘needing to have it now’ wrapped around what we want that we
end up keeping it away from us - instead of attracting it into our lives.

It is really a catch 22 - we wouldn’t have the desire if we didn’t want
or need it, yet at the same time the ‘needing to have it now’ creates
blocks against receiving it. The more you think and believe that you
“need” your desire, the more desperate you become.

This in turn brings up frustration, and the more frustrated you get when
your desire isn’t showing up, the longer it’s going to take to attract it.

Here are a 4 steps to unblocking your energy around your desires.

#1: Get clear. As specifically as possible, decide what you want. The
more clear you are on what you want to have in your life, the more
likely you are to achieve it. One you know what it is specifically that
you want, get clear on the reasons why you want it.

#2: Release the limiting beliefs. When you are not receiving the results
you want, you can be sure that underneath there is a subconscious
belief running that is blocking your success. What belief are you currently
holding around your desire? Find a way to release that belief.

#3: Amp up your vibration. Find things to do that you enjoy, and spend
some time day dreaming about things that make you feel fantastic.

#4: Take inspired action. Once you are clear on what you want, and are
lined up vibrationally, then the right steps and actions to take to reach
your dreams arrive perfectly and effortlessly. As soon as you feel a nudge
from the Universe on a step to take, follow it.

Additionally, be sure to let go of WHEN your desire is suppose to come
into your life. You might be tempted to set a deadline, but the Universe
has its own timing and wisdom.

Be willing to trust and let go, and you open a floodgate for abundance to
flow into your life.

I love it as each year changes because it means new
possibilities and new beginnings.

It doesn’t matter if things didn’t work out in the past.
It doesn’t matter if you didn’t achieve all that you
wanted.

The years go by very quickly - it only seems like it was
yesterday when everyone was talking about the Y2K scare.

Now is the time to stop putting off going after your
dreams, it’s time to take charge of your life and get
things done.

Believe in yourself and you will succeed.

Create beliefs that allow you to succeed.
Fill your mind up with positive thoughts.
Surround yourself with people who support you.
Focus on your successes - large and small.

Try writing a 1-year vision of what you want your life to
look like next New Years day. Write it in the present tense,
as if it were next year, and you are explaining to me what
your life looks like.

I want you to know that this year, I am are going to do
everything I can to help you achieve your goals and
create the life you want and deserve.

You deserve happiness, success, Joy, and abundance in all
areas of your life.

I’ll be introducing audios and videos that you’ll be able
to download. 

I’ll be introducing some new programs and courses and I
will work directly with you to help you reach your dreams. 

Happy New Year… let’s make 2010 truly spectacular!

P.S. If you haven’t done so already… take a look at some
of our boxing week coaching specials:

http://www.activateabundance.com/Private-Coaching.php

January 1st is an important date because it’s the first
day of the next decade!

New Years always lights a fire in people to step up and
make some changes.

Maybe you are planning to make some New Years resolutions,
start a business, revive your relastionship, loose a few
pounds, make more money, find happiness, write a book, or
just try to stay ahead of the daily grind.

I’m well aware that most people begin the New Year with
good intentions, however most don’t take the time create
and prioritize goals, design a solid strategy and than
follow it through to completion.

Most will not make significant and lasting changes, and
most will abandon their goals and will spend the year
fighting fires and making minimal progress.

But there’s good news on the horizon… news that will
help you make 2010 the absolute best year of your life.

Make 2010 The Best Year Of Your Life

I wanted to take some time today to say thank you
for letting me share in your lives in 2009!

I hope I was able help you feel more inspired and
empowered this year. That was my goal.

Some of you were having an amazing 2009 and many
of you weren’t… but 2010 is a chance start again
and transform your life.

I would like to share some important and life
changing suggestions to help you rind in the New
Year.

- Being successful, and reaching our goals, takes
  recommitment over and over again - even when we
  feel like quitting.

- Surround yourself with people that will expand
  your mindsets, and to hold you accountable. You
  can only grow proportionally to the people you
  surround yourself with.

- Sometimes you have to just your intuition and
  just take the leap.

- The growth is almost always proportional to the
  investment.

- Growth does not come without discomfort.

- Believe that anything and everything is possible,
  regardless of how things look in each moment. It
  is only by continueing to believe that we open
  ourselves to solutions and opportunities.

These are just a few of the mindset shifts that
moved my clients and myself forward at record speed
this year.

I look forward to continuing our journey together
in 2010 and learning completely new lessons!

Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for
your trust and love.

Enjoy your holidays!

P.S. I have some new exciting stuff I’m creating
for you, including the soon-to-be-announced
International Association of Conscious Professionals,
to help you make 2010 your best year yet.

It’s like playing golf and only knowing how to use three clubs and
having to use them in every situation.

It’s like looking through a camera zoom lens instead of a wide
angle.

It’s like blindly following another’s opinion.

The fact is that most of our lives are spent re-using the
information collected in our formative years. Thus, when anything
new enters our arena we immediately go to the past to try to make
sense of it.

The outcome is: we each live an illusion. We each see our world
through some really heavily tinted spectacles. We each act as
though we are a hammer and everything that comes in front of us is
a nail.

The problem is. IT DOESN’T WORK.

We were amazed how easily we fell into the trap. How easily we
interpreted what was happening before our eyes and made it logical.
How easily we searched for closure.

To make us comfortable we wanted to put things into a comfortable
category. We wanted to place happenings in a box in the same way a
librarian codes books for easy access. Ah! That goes in the family
box. That is rude behaviour. That is unacceptable in public. That
shows he is uneducated etc etc etc…

Yes, you could argue that this form of coding is important in life
because it helps us get through life quickly.

BUT!!!

Why do we like to put ourselves and others into ‘psychological
boxes’? What is it about us that we like to say we are this type of
person or that? Why do we want to limit ourselves? Why do we want
to sell ourselves short?

It’s like being a carpenter who only has a hammer in his toolbox.
We are restricting ourselves beyond belief. Just imagine how
restricting it would be if you only had a hammer in your toolbox?

How can you get passionate about anything if all you are capable of
is knocking the brains out of any information that comes your way?
How do you find out what you were brought onto this planet to do if
all you can do is respond in the same way to whatever is put in
front of you.

How do you develop and grow your children if all they see is the
same behaviour irrespective of the problem posed.

How do you rise to the challenges of our society if all you do is
apply the same reasoning even though it doesn’t fit?

Is this why we like to categorize situations and people? We
actually don’t like hard work.

Is it that we don’t like the pressure of being our true selves?
Because to do that we have to stand out?

Is it that we can’t cope with being unique and extraordinary, so we
just want to be similar and ordinary?

Is it that we are afraid of who we might be? Are we afraid that we
can be successful? Afraid that if we admit to ourselves that we
have talent we might have to do something with our lives?

Is it that we don’t really want to find out who we really are and
what we are capable of?

I don’t know about you but I want to be unique, I want to find out
and use my uniqueness. I want to be fulfilled. I want to find my
energy source that is released when I am doing what I am intended
to do. I want to be in the flow.

I have come to realize that what stops us from being in the flow,
stops us from living our passion,stops us from behaving naturally.
 
FEAR.

Fear keeps us placing people and situations into categories.

Fear stops us from leading ourselves.

Fear stops us from letting go of the past.

Fear keeps our habitual patterns in place.

Being frightened and feeling second best stop us from finding our
true selves.

Fear buries the natural me.

Are you ready to release your fear?

If you let go of your fear, what would you accomplish?
 

Visualization is really quite simple - sit in a comfortable position, close
your eyes and imagine - in as vivid detail as you can - what you would
be looking at if the dream you have were already realized.

Imagine being inside of yourself, looking out through your eyes at the ideal
result.

Not having a vision is like sailing without a destination.  You end up on the Sea of
Destiny without a port, wandering the ocean aimlessly, getting blown in whatever
direction the wind is headed.  When a challenging storm bears down, the gale-force
winds will likely capsize your latest plans immediately.  You’ll end up looking like you
were aboard the Ship of Fools.

Having a clear vision and mission is what gives you that destination.  Even though
gale-force challenges may temporarily capsize your progress, you’ll more easily be
able to get back on course and reach your objectives. 

Contrary to what many people think, not all visions magically appear.  They can
take time - requiring introspection, self-analysis, and journaling.  It also helps to
review your past successes and – just as important – your past disappointments
and failures.  Draw on your dream, talents and desire.  Observe your reasons to
want to be in business.

The first place to look when developing your vision is within – to that deeper
inner self.  You can draw upon your talent, dreams and desires, or whatever
other avenues help you uncover those nuggets that will become your
navigational beacons in life.

Unfortunately, there are usually no shortcuts in creating your vision.  You
can’t just “make it up”; it takes WORK.  But the rewards for doing this work
can save you years – even a lifetime – of frustration by enabling you and
your customers to live the life one is destined for.

6 Steps To Help Develop Your Business Vision

Step 1: Listen and Look Within

The vision you create for your business begins in your mind and heart.  It is
something you can feel, taste, see, hear and touch with your soul.

Since vision starts within, it makes sense to listen and feel what your mind
and soul really want.  What stirs your heart?  What is your greatest desire? 
What do you dream about?

In this sacred space, your heart, mind, and soul can more easily access what
might be called Source.  What you can find there is your most Authentic Self. 
Tap into this successfully, and your vision is likely to spring forth easily.

Bottom line: Make sure your vision comes from within.  If what you want to
pursue does not truly come your inner depths, it will likely be impossible to
achieve.

Step 2: Seek the Help of Others; Make It a Team Sport

We do not live in a bubble.  Utilize a team where you can.  Heed the advice of
a person who has more experiences in you.  Find a coach or seek help from
friends who know you well. They can help you confirm or question your own
observations and provide a reality check.

Creating a MasterMind Group of 4-6 people also working on their vision can be
extremely powerful.  Use weekly or semi-weekly calls to support each other
and keep the momentum going.

Asking and using others for guidance not only helps you with your own vision;
it also puts you on the receiving end of help.  This experience will in turn help
you when you are helping others with their vision.  You’ll have done the
proverbial “walk in their shoes”.

Step 3: Ask (the Right) Questions

Ask the questions that provoke and encourage answers to the deeper questions. 
These might include:

• What is the single most important thing my business needs to go to the next
level and further help my customers best?
• What are the three most important actions I need to take in order to increase
my sales or income?
• What are the three most important changes I need to make in order to help me
and/or my customers accomplish my/their objectives?
• What is the single biggest challenge that – if resolved – would most help me or
my customers.

Step 4: Identity the Problems Holding You Back

Sometimes we’re just plain stuck.  What about you?  Where are your points of
“stuck-ed-ness”?    Discussing it with others – especially your coach and
MasterMind team – is a powerful way to uncover the detours around or through
the roadblocks holding you back from developing your vision.

There are times when we must first clear the rocks off the trail before we can
continue on our path of self-discovery.  Moving these out of the way helps
unblock the energy flow, enabling us to more easily tap into the Source for
answers.

Step 5: K.I.S.S. (Keep It Short & Simple)

Once you have a pretty good idea of your vision, simplify it.  Keep honing it
down and find ways to bring more clarity.  Be brutal; in fact go for what is
sometimes call “brutal clarity of purpose”.

The lesson: try simplifying or removing extraneous parts of your vision.  Ask
yourself, “Does it help – or hinder?  If it helps, keep the change.  If it doesn’t,
put it back.  Continue with this process until you have the best picture you can.

Step 6: Take Action and “Go For It!”

Nothing happens without action.  Once you have come up with a Vision that
seems to fit well, ACT ON IT.  It might not be perfect, but if it’s “good enough”,
then get going!  You can always “course correct” as you go along.  

Don’t get bogged down in thinking about HOW you’re going to get there.
Momentum is a powerful force, perhaps THE most important force when you’re
first embarking for your Vision.

A sailor on a long voyage can never know for sure the exact course they will
take to their destination.  He/she will need to constantly make corrections for
winds, current, and unforeseen challenges along the route.  In the same way,
you can tweak and adapt your own journey.

Conclusion

Developing a Vision and acting on it is one of the most essential steps to
creating a successful business. 

Try these 6 ideas to help you do this.  If something works for you, use it!  If
it doesn’t, discard it.  We all have our own best ways of finding and
developing our Vision.  What matters most is that you do it, then act on it.

But how do you “be grateful?” The simple answer is do the opposite of being
ungrateful or feeling that there is nothing to be grateful for. There are always
millions of reasons to be grateful. The opportunity for gratitude is limitlessly
abundant. You can never run out of things to be grateful for, because the
universe never ceases to support you, even when it seems things are going
wrong.

In fact, things seeming that they are going wrong is simply the universe
pointing out that there is a big reason to be grateful! Why don’t people get
the lesson and continue to act as victims of a cruel and unfair world? It is
just a valuable life lesson - a lesson in gratitude. Gratitude is not limited to
winning the lottery, getting on TV or passing the exams. To be grateful can
mean to be abundant and rich, right now with what you have got.

I personally guarantee that around you, right now, you have more than 50
things you could be grateful for. You see, gratitude is a choice. Choosing
to be grateful activates positive thoughts and feelings. It is even proven
to improve spiritual connection by clinical psychological studies. For a start,
you are reading this article at a computer most likely. Can’t you be grateful
for the technology? Of course you can.

How about having food on the table? What about clothes? Do you have any
friends? What if you could be grateful for those things you take for grantid?
This is not an excuse to beat yourself up, or a criticism that says you “ought
to be” grateful. This can be counterproductive. The old cliche of telling your
children to “think of the poor starving children in Ethiopia” to get them to
finish their plate never served those children in Ethiopia. If anything it taught
children to stuff themselves beyond their physical need, worse yet created
food addictions and obesity.

What this article is saying is that if you do choose to be grateful, even and
especially, starting with the small things, that maybe have been taken for
granted, then increased happiness in some capacity is actually guaranteed
if it is formed into a daily habit over the course, preferably of 21 days or more.

If you don’t know how to be grateful, start today. If you have ANY worries
in your life, start being grateful today. It will powerfully shift your focus
allowing those problems that you have been holding onto to be resolved by
you or dissolved by you…

Probably the best way to start the habit of gratitude in a world that is
dominated by a media negativity for a majority of people is to get pen onto
paper. This will get your cortical brain working again and take you out of
the arousal state into calm composure. You’ll be thinking again. Getting
down on paper 10 things that you could be grateful for - even if you feel
there is nothing to be grateful for is like planting a seed that will alter your
destiny. Maybe the changes will be subtle at first, but there will be changes.

Here is an example gratitude list of small and big things that anyone could
be grateful for, especially when your holding on to stuff which serves little
sane or real purpose in order to complain, to worry or to gain sympathy for
the problem that noone created but you in the first place. This is a random
list. It is advised that you make your own list. Starting now. Right now.
Not later. Not when you’ve finished the article, checked your email or anything
else. But right now. Put gratitude into action and see what it does for you.

1. Having a computer and having the time to read an article on it.
2. Food on the table all the life so far - wouldn’t be alive if that was not true.
3. Living in a country with good health care and a stable society.
4. Being able to improve myself using a proven technique - gratitude
5. Happiness is a choice and I choose to be happy today
6. Cashflow and having the money to be able to do what I want
7. Hands, arms, legs, feet, eyes, ears, voice that work well.
8. Knowledge about X subject 9. A family that loves and cares about me.
10. Movies that have cost millions to make that I can watch for a minute fraction of that cost

Ok, its possible that not all of those do apply to you, but for the majority of
people, most of those things are fairly modest things to be grateful for. You
see, you can always be grateful. Not because you should or you ought. But
because it will increase your own personal abundance, success and happiness.
Do it for you! Be grateful today and everyday and watch how your life begins
to improve in every area.

One last thing. Let’s say you’ve got a really bad challenge on at the moment
that seems like it just cannot be resolved. Maybe its a longstanding health
issue, or maybe you’ve been stuck in a self created or “natural disaster”
created financial situation that has been bugging you. Sometimes, these
seemingly unfortunate events can be completely turned around when looking
for the good in the situation. Ask youself: what in this situation could I be
grateful for? Keep digging for answers to this question and similar other questions…

In this way you will find positive and start off on a new track towards the
already expansive realms of solution - and excitement, enthusiasm, peace
of mind and joy, instead of into the expanding problem and what comes with
it - anxiety, unhappiness, frustration etc. Maybe it is an opportunity for you
to learn. Or to meet someone, or to get your life finally into gear in the way
you really wanted. Maybe the challenge will enable you to help others once
you have got through it yourself. The more reasons you can find to be
grateful, right here and now, the more quickly you will find a way to resolve
your challenge in a way that is for your highest good.

Surprise yourself today by making a big list of things you could feel gratitude
about and cultivate those feelings of gratitude. You’ll find gratitude is a
pleasure rather than a pain. And a gift rather than a chore. Go for it!