Success University 02 (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

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You are not Stuck: You can change at will

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Law of Attraction: Do you Attract or Create?

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All Success, No Matter How Large Or Small, Can Be Boiled Down To Following This Two Step Formula.
By Daniel Herzner

If you’re going to read this article with hopes of discovering the only advice you’ll ever need to achieve anything in life you desire then you’re in luck. If you’re expecting the advice to be some drawn out, complicated formula then, I’m sorry to say, you’re out of luck. The fact is, any and all success in life can be boiled down to a two step process.

The process is ALWAYS the same. The process, at times, is more involved, more detailed than at other times but it always remains the same. So, by the time you’re done reading the next 945 words, you’ll know the exact success formula that anybody who has ever achieved their heart’s desire has already used. These statements are not hype and I assure you that if you take what this article has to say to heart, then you’re ultimate success will become a certainty. So, without further ado, let’s get right into it.

This process can be used by both employees to garner higher wages and professional advancement and entrepreneurs to command higher fees of their clients. The process I’m about to reveal does not discriminate; it can be applied equally by anyone regardless of age, sex, race, religion, background, education level or any other “obstacle” you think might be standing in your way. I can promise you that if you apply the formula I’m about to give you with consistency then your success is a foregone conclusion.

In the simplest of terms, your income is a reflection of the value you bring to others. The more valuable your skill set, the better your chances of earning a high income. For example, an auto mechanic stands a better chance of earning more than a day laborer and an attorney stands a better chance of earning more than an auto mechanic. The reason for this is obvious. The marketplace is willing to pay higher prices for greater skills. And, the more specialized the skill one can bring to their area of expertise, the more they can expect to get paid for their service.

It’s important you understand that the marketplace will always pay you what you’re worth and never a penny more. If you want to make more, then you must become more. From this observation we can conclude that the first part of the success formula is to make yourself more valuable by improving your skill set. Adding value to your skill set means learning something new – acquiring more knowledge – about your area of expertise or developing a new area of expertise altogether. The more specialized – or niche – your chosen area of expertise, the greater your probability of earning a higher income.

And, avoid stagnation. You’ll want to add to your skill set in perpetuity. There is always an opportunity to expand your knowledge of a particular subject. The more knowledge you acquire on the subject, the more valuable you become.

Acquiring knowledge is the first part of the success formula, applying that knowledge is the second part. After all, what good is acquired knowledge if it’s not put to good use? But, many people neglect this crucial step. I offer you the following example to illustrate this point.

Let’s say you decide to get involved in real estate investing. You know that real estate is a dynamic investment and many people who know their stuff have become wealthy in real estate. So you buy a book to learn more about the topic. The book was good, it was informative but you determine you need to know more so you purchase a “get rich in real estate” training course from a late night TV infomercial. You study the course and it looks like foreclosure investing is an interesting niche. So, you buy another book specifically on how to buy and sell foreclosed property. After all, you owe it to yourself to know as much as possible about this complex subject matter. However, after a while, things at work have gotten really busy and whatever free time you may’ve had is spent taking care of the kids. So, in the end, your aspirations of becoming a real estate investor are placed on the back burner – life has simply gotten in the way.

Does this scenario sound familiar? Have you ever let this type of thing happen to you or perhaps you know someone whom this story describes? The truth is, anyone who reads two books and studies a course on real estate investing has built up a great deal of knowledge on the subject. They probably know more on the topic than most other people they’ll ever come in contact with. But sadly, all that acquired knowledge will go to waste because the knowledge was never given a fair chance – it was never applied and used.

Sometimes, what’s called analysis paralysis, will hold someone back from reaching a goal. So much time is spent getting ready to get ready that no meaningful action is ever taken. There are many underlying reasons why we, as human beings, hold ourselves back from accomplishing more with our lives – reasons that stretch far beyond the scope of this article. It could be fear of failure or fear of success. It could be the potential pain of getting out of our comfort zone. It could be just about any excuse we might want to tell ourselves. But, in the end, action not taken is opportunity lost.

To recap, the universal success formula can always be boiled down to a two step process:-
1) acquire new knowledge and skills and
2) apply the acquired knowledge and skills.

Here are a few final thoughts: the knowledge or skills you choose to acquire will have a direct impact on your value to others. The more specialized or niche your skills, the more valuable those skills are likely to be. And, always, always add to your skill set. For example, an interior painter can make himself more valuable by learning faux finishes. He can make himself more valuable still by learning Venetian plastering techniques and so on.

You hold the key – it’s all up to you. You can either survive or you can thrive. You alone will determine which path you’ll take based on how valuable a resource you are to others.

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i am not ware if in reality, there's a tertiary institution that is named "success university" and should anyone use this term in future, we will know that perhaps Huatopedia originated it...

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What I think and feel and what I get are always a match.

And so, if I want something different than what I've been getting, I have to, somehow, generate different feelings.

Excerpted from a workshop in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, July 26th, 1997

All Is Well

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7 Ways to Create the Abundance Mindset by Stephen Martile

These days it seems that most people are focused on what they don’t have. There is this mindset and emphasis on not having enough or “not enoughness”. I know it’s crazy. Why would you want to be stuck in a lake of lack? If you want to develop the abundance mindset, you’ve got to send the right signals - you’ve got to be giving. Giving signals to the Universe that you have more than enough. Give away what you don’t have and you’ll create the abundance mindset.

Here are 7 ways to create the abundance mindset:

1. Short on Cash? Give it away. Yes, you heard me right. I’m not saying you should sell the farm, far from it. But you may consider giving some money to a charity, giving money to a friend who needs cash, or even giving money to a panhandler in the street. If there is one principle that highly aware human beings understand, it’s this: You give away and share everything you have because you understand that you are a creative being, meaning you can create anything you want.

2. Are you short on time? Then, give away your time. Take time to give to others. You don’t have to dedicate 90% of your day to serving others - that’s not what I’m saying. Just find that balance between giving and receiving. Find an organization or a person that you really love and volunteer for them. Give away your time for free! Just take some of your time and place your attention on contributing to others.

3. Short on Food? Give it away. This is such a good one. I’m always craving food because I love eating. If you want more food, then give some away. This is so easy to do. You could buy your friend dinner, or just share a snack with someone you know. You could cook for your family or invite your friends over for dinner.

4. Don’t feel loved? You’ve got to give away some before you get some. Give away some hugs. Go out right now and give 5 people you know a big hug. I guarantee right after you do this, you’ll feel great. You’ll feel like a million bucks! Why? Because you feel loved. And you can only feel loved if you give that love to others. Go out right now and start hugging

5. Want help with something? Help others first. Think of someone you know that is having a problem. And think of a way that you could help them out. Write down what you plan to do to help this person and then go out and do it. I’m telling you this works! Remember, you reap what you sow. When you help others whole-heartedly, help will always come back for you.

6. Lacking faith or self-belief? Yup, you know it. You’ve got to give it away! If you lack faith in your ability to create money, to build a business and be successful, you’ve got to give this faith away. Find someone you know who is lacking in self-confidence or self-belief and give them a boost.

Spend some time with this person and feed their mind good thoughts. Tell them how much you believe in what they’re doing. Tell them how successful they are going to be; how you always knew they could make it. Tell them how proud you are of them. Feed their brain with positive thoughts and this will create that self-belief. Reassure this person that they are going to be very successful. Instill this confidence in them. Your faith in others will always come back and provide faith for you. Share your faith in others and faith will come to you.

7. Short on creative ideas? This is my favorite. If you’re short on creative ideas, give them away! Give others creative ways to increase the growth of their business. Give away ideas to help someone create a form of passive income. Don’t hoard everything for yourself - share your ideas as they come to you.

Give whatever you’ve got. If all you know is electricity, then give away your ideas to help others. Maybe you know a safe way to change a light fixture or a simple way to save money in your home. Maybe you’ve got some knowledge on solar power that will help your neighbour out. Just give away your ideas on how to do that. Get known as being a person with good ideas. And you do that by giving them away. Give away your ideas and ideas will always abundantly return to you.

Remember if you focus on lack and limitation then that’s what you will continue to get. The only way to create the abundance mindset is by giving what you have from where you are.

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Positive Thought: The Stages of Power by David Lynch

There has always been an interest in the power of the mind and, specifically, the effect of its polarity. My goal in writing this article is to offer an explanation without any attachment to spirituality or religion as my understanding doesn't require that you subscribe to any particular system of beliefs.

I think it's important to clarify that I don't believe positive thinking removes all obligation of taking action simply because the action step (no matter how seemingly insignificant the action may seem) is the step that solidifies the thought. In other words, your thoughts can also be called intentions and our actions/decisions/choices can be called beliefs in action.

Lets outline the steps involved in solving any problem or coming up with a desired event. Unconscious steps will be lettered and conscious steps numbered.

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
Winston Churchill

a. "See" Possible Outcomes - It is important to note that this step is often overlooked. This is where a negative mind will filter out goals that current beliefs deem impossible and the goal is ruled out before getting to step 1. Therefore, the ultimate outcome is never even attempted.

1. Choose Outcome - According to the results in step a, the goal is selected.

b. Creative Inspiration - It is possible, before the rational/logical mind takes the reins, to allow yourself the luxury of inspired action. Instead of trying to figure out how according to what the logical mind is capable of focusing on you simply act on any impulses or inspiration that pops into your head. The negative mind will either be too focused on "the problem" to notice this step or just outright ignore it.

2. Plan - Implementing or ignoring anything from step b, the small details that require completion first and overall process are defined.

c. Visualize - Yes we do. Even if it only takes a fraction of a second. We "see" it or we don't. We believe it or we don't. This is where the negative mind, more often than not, has already chosen failure. That's right, before we even take the action step our mind has sabotaged our plans.

3. Action - Despite the feelings that arose in step c, the majority of the time we proceed to the action step. It sounds crazy but we do it all the time. We complete the process whether we believe it will work or not.

d. Confirmation - This is where we confirm our beliefs, limitations, and attitude. The negative mind says, "See I told you we were screwed!" and the positive minds says, "I knew it would work! It was even easier than I expected!"

4. Review - We followed the plan, did it work?


"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible." Unknown

Ok so what's the catch? Will you always succeed if you're positive and always fail if you're negative? No. It depends entirely on the limitations and beliefs specific to each scenario. The difference is the positive mind has more freedom, more opportunities and most importantly - more fun. The negative mind keeps building walls of limitations and failure until it can't even see the way out.

The good news is that we have a choice. The bad news is that we have habits. In an effort to spare us from having to consciously control every aspect of our lives our unconscious mind provides us with an autopilot. The autopilot gets you to and from work, brushes your teeth in the same order, gets you dressed, and unfortunately - keeps you positive or negative.

If you desire a change in mental polarity you must realize that you must make a conscious effort to switch habits. Be gentle with your mind, it was only doing what it was made to do. Your awareness of your thoughts will grow with your efforts to focus on them and change them and, eventually, your autopilot will be positive.

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The Dangers of Being Off Balance By Tom Hopkins

It's easy to get out of balance during particularly hectic times such as the current holidays. Being off balance can be exhilarating if it's just for a few moments such as when you're falling in love, receiving an honor or recognition or simply enjoying a real roller coaster or carnival ride.

Being off balance longer than that, however, can be dangerous to our relationships, our physical beings or our
careers. The best way to gain and retain a sense of balance is by setting goals and sticking to your plan.

Having a set of goals to refer to regularly will help keep your feet planted on the ground and give your mind a focal point to bring you back to earth when something sidetracks you (either something good or something bad).

A well-lived life is a balancing act. If you're out of balance, it will show in your demeanor. You won't handle
personal or business situations as best you can and that will eventually have a negative affect on your bottom line and the level of enjoyment you have in your everyday life.

Don't risk the detriment of being out of balance long term. Take a few moments each day to consider what might be pulling you off the course you've set for yourself. Then, schedule (and take) the actions necessary to even things out.

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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?! by Mike Brescia

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Today's Empowering Quote
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"Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it." -Col. Michael Friedsam

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Today's Empowering Question
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"What would I like to be and do, more than anything else?"

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Today's Fast Session
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The only way you are ever going to get what you want in life is if you KNOW what you want.

What do you want?

To be treated with kindness? To make a million? To get the girl or guy? To get rid of some awful habit that has complete control over you? To live at a normal weight?

How badly do you want it?

A movie about the early life of Homer Hickam is now on video. It's called 'October Sky.' As a teenager in 1957, he saw Sputnik, the Soviet satellite streaking across the sky, and from that day forward, he wanted to make rockets.

He learned that if he won a regional science fair, he could get a college scholarship and avoid working in the coal mine, where most everyone else in town worked.

First he had the stick, the pain of working in the mine. Then he found his carrot, working at NASA.

So he had an advantage that most other kids in the country didn't have... a very emotional reason WHY he had to succeed.

Homer and his 3 friends "The Rocket Boys," won not just the regional, but the NATIONAL Science Fair. Homer got his
college scholarship and now trains astronauts for NASA.

This is the 2nd of Stephen Covey's '7 Habits of Highly Effective People.' - Starting with the end in mind.

Unless you know what you want, you can't achieve it.

"I want to stop falling apart at the thought of (taking some specific action)." "I want to stop smoking or overeating." "I want to get a promotion and a raise."

No matter what your ambition, the "end" you have in mind is also lined with markers along the way. They let you know if you're getting closer.

One big reason why 19 out of 20 people fail to reach ANY goal they set is that even if they are specific about what they want, the first time they mess up, they often say, "I knew I couldn't do it. I don't know why I even try."

And that is that. Bye-bye, goal. Hello self-image of a loser.

Your dreams aren't just going to be handed to you...

It takes many little actions to get there. Take it one hour at time. Make your goal not to give up for just one hour.

Big goal: To ear n $40,000 a year. (Or plug your own number in.)

Intermediate goal: Buy and read a book on selling big ticket items, or building a down line, or sewing, or whatever the next logical step is on the way to your goal.

Make your goal reading (or other action) for an hour today...

Do the same tomorrow.

Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul) told me that only 1 out of 7 people in the U.S. EVER goes into a book store and buys a book, IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES!

That means that 6 out of 7 refuse to learn what they need to know to get what they want.

Take the next step today...

Give yourself hourly goals in the context of your larger dream. I think... no, I know that you'll start to get excited when you achieve your one hour goal today.

Then go out and achieve it again tomorrow.

Remember, when you mess up, and you will occasionally, it's no big deal. You didn't fail. You just delayed the attainment of the big goal. Just get up, dust yourself off and set a goal for the next hour.

Then pat yourself on the back when you achieve it.

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*** Article: Wearing Commitment Under Your Sleeve - By Kevin Burns ***
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Her name is Holly, and she is what appears to be a typical 17-year-old. I first met Holly at a music recital. Children as young as six years old each took the stage and played at least one solo apiece. The audience was a gathering of family and friends of the children who had been taking music lessons. Obviously, this was a friendly crowd for any child who performed.

When Holly took the stage, we could see a tattoo peeking out from under the sleeve of her t-shirt. She sat herself upon the piano bench and proceeded to "blow the hair back" of every audience member. What this young girl accomplished at the piano was astounding. Needless to say, she didn't miss a single note, and her fingers were flying across the ivories.

After the recital, as we gathered in the church hall for snacks, Holly and her mother sat at our table.

"That was pretty impressive," I said to her.

"Thank you," was her shy reply.

It was then I could see the bottom of the tattoo peeking out from under her sleeve. This time I was close enough to read what it said: "Ludwig Von Beethoven."

"I think this is the first time I've ever seen someone sporting a Beethoven tattoo," I smiled at Holly.

With that said, Holly pulled up the sleeve to show the rest of the tattoo -- a full picture of Beethoven's bust with his name inscribed below. The tattoo went up to her shoulder and halfway down her bicep. All told, it was about six inches tall and four inches wide. And it was magnificent work -- incredibly detailed.

"That's my commitment," Holly said with a smile.

Turns out Holly, at 17, has been playing for only two-and-a-half years. However, she said she practices about three to four hours a day. Her mother, who also played piano as a child, is very proud of her daughter's commitment to the piano, even though it seems Holly has a hard time finding enough time in the day to practice -- as she also helps out the family financially. In addition to contributing to household finances for the family, she is still in school, plus she helps her music teacher out with lessons and other ways in exchange for extra lessons for herself.

Holly's commitment to being the best she can be on the piano is evident. Her heart is in it, and her commitment to her music is unwavering in spite of her financial situation. There are no excuses for not being her very best.

Attitude Adjustment: What are you prepared to do to be the best on the job you can be? Are you letting reasons, excuses, and justifiers stand in the way of your personal performance? Really, it doesn't take a lot of time to read a chapter in a book that can improve your performance. If you would one day like to move up into a promotion, are you preparing yourself now by reading everything you can on leadership, management, or communications? Why is it that once we have a job, we think we can stop learning? The world is an ever-changing place.

Think about the technological advancements that have been made over the past five years. Are you in front of the curve or lagging behind it? If you're not constantly self-improving, in this day and age, you are falling behind. And trust me when I say this, the people who will be rewarded with perks, bonuses, and promotions in the future are the same people who are self-schooling and self-improving today. So what can you learn today that improves your potential rewards tomorrow? Remember, no excuses.