2012-14: Predicions, Feng Shui, Astrology, Resolutions etc

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Resolution Challenge #12 – Eliminating Conflicting Priorities

Another big challenge that can derail your resolutions is conflicting priorities, or even conflicting intentions.

You know what you want and you probably know what you need to do to get it, but following through can sometimes be difficult.

You may have demands in other areas of your life, such as family or work that prevent you from sticking to your plans. Or you may have a lot of distractions that make it hard to stay focused.

Conflicting priorities can cause such a heavy sense of defeat that you may be tempted to give up on your goals altogether.

Even more importantly, feeling conflicted within only communicates that conflict to the universe, which means you keep attracting more conflict and split intentions.

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The Remedy:

The good news is that there are several ways to handle inner conflict.

First, consider whether your outer distractions might actually be caused by you, and you are creating chaos without realizing it.

For example, if you have a fear of success or failure related to your goals, you may find yourself agreeing to extra obligations so you can avoid working on your goals. The extra work provides a great excuse for why you failed to achieve your goals again.

Or you may procrastinate to the point where everything converges at once and you need to scramble to meet deadlines at the last minute. Sometimes what seem to be outer distractions may actually be caused by inner conflict. That would be the first place to look, and resolve any fears, doubts, uncertainties or problematic issues you find.

If you discover that you're not sabotaging your efforts but still have a lot of chaos and disorder in your life, do what you can to get balanced and organized again.

You may need to cancel a few unnecessary obligations so you'll have more time to work on your goals, or speak to your family members and ask for their support and cooperation.

Remember also that the calmer and more centered you feel, the more your outer circumstances will reflect that essence. Take time each day to quiet your mind, relax your body and create harmony in body, mind and spirit.

If you can't seem to find time to work on your goals, remember that "priority" means taking precedence in order of importance. That means you'll probably have to decide what's most important to you, moment to moment.

Just how important is your goal? Is it more or less important than your other obligations and commitments? If your goal is truly important to you, you will do what it takes to make time for working on it – no matter how much juggling or eliminating unnecessary obligations you may have to do.

No matter the causes of your inner and outer conflicts, you will find that they can be easily resolved if you focus on the solutions rather than getting upset about the challenges.

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Resolution Challenge #13 – Strengthening Your Commitment

This challenge goes hand in hand with prioritizing because if you are not truly committed to your goal, you simply won't make it a priority in your life.

When you first set a resolution, you are "resolving" to do something. That means pledging, or swearing to the fact that you will follow through. But how often do you really mean this when you set goals?

What many of us do instead is attach little addendums to our pledge, like staying committed until we lose interest or obstacles threaten our confidence. That's why getting crystal clear about what you really want (as covered in Challenge #1) is so important.

You're much more likely to go the distance for something you want badly rather than a vague desire.

Still, no matter your objective, you'll need to make a firm commitment to achieving it and believe that you will achieve it, no matter what. That's what commitment is; a pledge of constancy and loyalty.

Believe it or not, the universe absolutely reads the "signals" of strong commitment or wishy-washy intent and delivers outcomes accordingly. But how do you get and stay committed?

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The Remedy:

The number one way to strengthen your commitment is to make your goal so vitally important that quitting is simply not an option.

Imagine what it would be like to have a goal that you simply couldn't give up on; a goal that you would work toward for years on end if you had to. Is your goal that important to you? If not, you've got two choices:

Make it that important: Take some time to think about the negative consequences of abandoning your goal. What would the likely outcome be? Poor health and reduced lifespan?
Professional stagnation? Depression and emptiness?

Are you willing to accept those outcomes? You've got to convince yourself that there is no other acceptable outcome for your goals but success.

Choose a better goal: If you can't seem to summon the level of commitment needed to achieve your goal, it's probably not as important as you'd like it to be.

Take some time to think about what you really want, and set a goal that WILL be vitally important; important enough to inspire a rock-solid level of commitment.

Keep affirming daily that your goals will be your reality and you will not accept anything less.

Insist that they will be manifested in full physical form – and the universe will receive your signal of unwavering faith and deliver exactly what you intend to see.

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Resolution Challenge #14 – Devoting Time and Energy

Closely related to commitment is willpower – or what could be called "strength of will".

Willpower could accurately be described as the unyielding determination to follow through with an intention.

This is a little different than being committed to a goal. Willpower focuses more on the moment to moment decisions we make in relation to our intentions.

Let's face it; you can set all the intentions you want but if you don't have the willpower to stick to them you won't get far.

Most of us have strong willpower until it's tested by temptation or challenges. We'll be sticking to a new healthy eating plan, feeling fine – until a coworker brings in a box of donuts, or until the scale stops being cooperative.

We're committed to working on our goals every day – until we decide we're not seeing results as quickly as we'd like.

In order to achieve a goal and manifest the outcome you want, you need to work on it daily. Not just physically, although physical action is part of it.

But I mean also mentally and energetically - building up the energy, intention, and inner vision in addition to taking action.

If you don't do that, you won't be putting forth enough focus to make the goal reality

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The Remedy:

How do you strengthen your willpower so that you will put forth the time and effort to keep working on your goals? The best way I've found is simply to create a daily practice.

Set an intention to work on it consistently and stick to that intention like glue. You could start with smaller intentions if you feel overwhelmed by bigger ones; for example, set an intention to avoid eating sugar for just one day, or an intention to work on your goals for just 10 minutes each day.

The most important thing is to not give up when you slip. If you give in to temptation once, simply strengthen your resolve and start again. The more you do that, the stronger your willpower is going to get.

It is a process, however, so don't expect yourself to display tremendous willpower right away. Just keep practicing setting intentions and following through with them and before long it will get easier to dismiss any temptations that come your way.

You can also use the power of visualization to strengthen your willpower. Visualize yourself easily being able to ignore temptations; or eagerly spending time working on your goals each day.

The more you focus on being committed and empowered about your goals, the more you will find yourself displaying that strength and focus when you really need it.

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Resolution Challenge #15 – Staying Motivated and Enthusiastic

I purposely saved this challenge for last because it's probably the most common problem that people face when it comes to pursuing their goals.

It's difficult to keep pushing forward when you lose that inner fire, isn't it? Yet it happens to all of us at one point or another.

Feeling motivated and enthusiastic is easy when you first set your resolutions, because you're feeling inspired and excited about the positive changes you're going to make in your life.

Most often you are optimistic about the ease of achieving your goals because you haven't had to deal with obstacles, distractions, stress and frustration yet. Once you begin working toward your goals and the going gets tough, your motivation begins to wane.

Maybe you get frustrated because you're not seeing results right away, or you wonder if you took on too big a goal with all of your other responsibilities.

Even worse, you may start doubting your own capabilities. All of these things act like big splashes of water on your inner fire.

Before you know it, you're running out of steam and don't know what to do to get
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The Remedy:

There are many ways to re-ignite your motivation, but some are more effective than others. Below are some of the best ones that work well in context with the Law of Attraction.

Take a break and let go: Believe it or not, stepping back from your goals for a day or two can do wonders for your state of mind. If you notice that you're feeling irritable and frustrated a lot as you pursue your goals, you may be pushing too hard and burning yourself out.

This is especially true when you're trying to FORCE results to happen. Step back and take some time off to recharge your batteries. Before long you'll probably be itching to get back to it again.

Change your approach: You may be feeling bored or uninspired by the action steps you were once so certain would lead you to your goal – and now you're wishing you'd never set the goal at all.

But remember that you don't have to stick with your original plan if it's not working for you. Change it up! Go back over your plans and see if there is a better way to proceed. Engage your creative thinking and see if you can come up with alternate steps that you would enjoy more.

The changes themselves don't matter except for one thing: that they get you fired up and eager to proceed once again.

Build yourself up: It's possible that your enthusiasm is dipping because self-
doubts have begun popping up in your mind, even if you're not consciously aware of them.

A good way to move past these limiting thoughts is to stimulate your confidence, inner strength and power. Think about the things you've done in the past that you were proud of, and imagine all that you can still accomplish.

Imagine feeling satisfied and fulfilled with your life circumstances, being proud of who you are and all you've done (and will do yet). Affirm that you are much stronger than you usually think you are, and inspire yourself to push right through these feelings of lethargy and boredom.

Rekindle your excitement: When you first set your goals, you were fired up just by the idea of achieving them, and you can easily get that fire back by mentally revisiting what you want to accomplish.

If you can't seem to get a clear mental image of your desired outcome, write it down.

Put as much detail as you can into it, and be sure to infuse the description with feelings of excitement and happiness. Even better, write it in present tense – as if you've already achieved it! Express your feelings of joy and satisfaction for having this new experience in your life.

With a fitness goal, for example, you could write about how great you feel, how much more energy and focus you have, how your business is booming because you now have more energy and enthusiasm when you work, how you're buying a brand new wardrobe to celebrate your achievement, and so on.

There are no right or wrong ways to do this exercise; simply write what you WANT to happen as a result of achieving your goal! Once you've got it all written down, be sure to keep it nearby and read it when you need a boost – several times a day, if necessary.

This exercise is powerful because you begin attuning your energetic signal to the outcome you want to achieve, rather than the obstacles that may be holding you back from it. And the more you focus on the thrilling outcome, the more you will be drawing forth the enthusiasm, the means, opportunities and resources to make it happen easily.

http://www.mindpowernews.com/NewYearsResolutions.htm

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10 Predictions for 2013

1. Stock market decline: Many economic forecasters have been predicting a stock market crash every year since the financial crisis of 2008. Yet, it has remained strong and even hit a 3-year high in September, 2012.

There are many false reasons for this strength that don’t have to do with real economic growth; devalued dollars, cheap money for Wall Street banks, corporations hoarding cash and investments, etc. It’s a false bull market. That is why we feel comfortable predicting a significant decline in the stock market during 2013.

The Baltic Dry index, which is believed to be the best indicator of our consumer economy, suffered a dramatic loss in December. Some say a new recession is already here and the stock market will soon reflect that with a crash in 2013. Look for the Dow Jones to dip below the 10K mark (around 30% or more) next year.


2. Precious metals rise over 50%: Using the same data points as the previous prediction, we predict gold and silver to rise at least 50%.


3. Schools start to install body scanners: Since these recent shootings actually resulted in horrific deaths of innocent people including children, the public is scared enough to accept just about anything.


4. European Union announces central Treasury: The Eurozone debt crisis will once again flare up particularly within the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain), as well as in new countries. Instead of resorting to constantly increasing their “rescue fund” to bail out ailing European nations, the European Central Bank announced unlimited bond purchasing of any member state in need this September.


5. Marijuana legalization sweeps America and the world: After Colorado and Washington voters proved it can be done, marijuana legalization is an idea whose time has finally come. No amount of fear mongering or lies will stop its liberation now. Although 15 states have decriminalized marijuana possession, along with 18 states with legal medical cannabis, this past election will be viewed as the tipping point in the full-scale legalization of weed. The ripple effects are already traveling quickly as at least 7 more states are considering legalization.


6. Major cyber attack hits America: All governments and many large corporations want to put more controls on the Internet. However, the general population does not want to see their beloved Internet change, so there must be an event that sways the public to believe that Internet “security” is a priority.

Many officials have been predicting a cyber 9/11 or “Pearl Harbor” event for some time, claiming it’s not a matter of if but when. That “when” will be 2013. Major antivirus companies such as McAfee are also warning of just such an event in 2013, labeled Project Blitzkrieg. And just like prior to 9/11, there is freedom-crushing legislation sitting on the shelf just waiting to be enacted if a cyber version of 9/11 were to take place.


7. Syria’s Assad is toppled: Many pundits predicted this would have happened already, but without a NATO no-fly zone (aka massive air strikes on Assad in a Libya-style destruction) the ragtag rebels have proven to be no match for the Syrian government thus far.


8. West attacks Iran, starts WW3: The toppling of Syria will leave Iran as the only nation in the Middle East not controlled by the West. Besides having vast oil reserves, Iran also has the last strategic public central bank not run by the international banking cartel — and they want it. It is the endgame written about by many think tanks.

The war with Iran has been years in the making and has already technically begun with crippling economic sanctions and strategic military bases surrounding it.


9. Food and oil prices break records, again: This might have the highest guarantee of coming true, since it is mathematically impossible for it not to in an era of unlimited money creation, expanding conflicts in oil regions, and record demand but unstable climates for food production. Some food and commodity prices set new record highs in 2012, while oil is still chasing its 2008 high of $147/bbl.

10. More extreme weather and earth changes: Extreme weather appears to be the new norm. In 2012 we saw the warmest year on record, record droughts in America’s bread basket, and an odd super storm Hurricane Sandy which still has thousands without power more than two months later.

However, the jury is still out on what’s causing our extreme weather. Since the climates appear to be changing on all of the celestial bodies in our solar system, it seems unlikely that increased CO2 is the primary cause of climate change.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/12/10- ... -2013.html

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Resolutions

The common new year's party question is, "What's your resolution?"

We often think that if you need to make a change in your life, you shouldn't have to wait until new years to put it into action.

But, the reason it is a tradition is that it is a powerful mechanism, and requires you to be accountable to the friends that you tell.

Whether you think it is silly or not, it is important that you set goals for yourself and your business.

Attempt to look at your endeavors in a new light and from a different angle..

It isn't about working harder, and destroying your quality of life... It's about working smarter...

Break throughs happen, but only when you are open to them.

Take some time out to examine what is working for you and what isn't...

Don't repeat the mistakes of last year, or spin your wheels when you don't have to.


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