Prosperity Thinker

Although there are many things in life which we don’t have direct power over, like wars, natural disasters, taxes and governments…

We do possess one of the greatest and most astonishing powers of all…

The Power to BE

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” – John Lubbock

Simply put, the power to be is influence and mastery over one’s self.

It is one of the most POWERFUL FORCES in the Universe. It determines your fate, fortune and destiny.

And of all God’s creatures, Man is the only one who has this extraordinary power and gift.

You can use it to change from creature of circumstance to MASTER of circumstance.

The power to be can just as easily create a life of struggle and strain, as one of abundance and prosperity.

How you decide to use it is entirely up to you.

Sadly, most people give away this awesome power every single day. They let others dictate their path in life and they let less-than-perfect situations get the best of them.

If your life isn’t exactly the way you want it to be right now, take heart…

All it takes to create positive change in your life is to call upon your Power to BE! It’s something you can start doing in the next few minutes!

“We are what we believe we are.” – Benjamin Cardozo

Regardless of what perils and challenges you face — hurricanes, earthquakes, financial ruin, unemployment, rogue governments, sickness and more — as long as you are still breathing, you have the awesome Power to BE be at your disposal.

The reality is this: Everyone goes through trials and tribulations in his or her life. No one is immune. There are very few people (if any) who are born into perfect families and circumstances. Regardless of how we start out in life, we ALL face challenges and struggles along the way.

That’s the way life is. Accept it and your problem is half solved.

“Our lives are never certain, even for an hour.” – Ferrant Sanchez Calavera

Whenever I face a challenge in life, I always consider the accomplishments of others less fortunate than myself.

For example…

On June 27th 1880, a healthy baby girl was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. However, a subsequent illness left her deaf and blind before her second birthday. She spent the first years of her life in virtual isolation, cut off from the rest of the world and having little understanding of what was going on around her.

Yet despite having a double disability, Helen Keller went on to live a life of extraordinary achievement and service to others.

She learned Braille and used it to read not only English but also French, German, Greek and Latin. At the age of 24, she was the first deaf and blind person in history to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree after graduating college Magna cum Laude.

She became a prolific writer and a world-famous speaker. She campaigned for various progressive causes, such as women’s suffrage, workers’ rights and birth control.

She revolutionized people’s outlook on disability and revealed the amazing potential of the human being.

Amazingly, each time I think about Helen Keller (and others like her), my problems disappear.

Most people start out life in much better shape than Helen Keller did.

Yet despite the obvious advantages, many give their power away and as a result, never get to experience the incredible possibilities which lie just within their reach.

“To be thrown upon one’s own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune, for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.” – Benjamin Franklin

Your life is a direct result of the choices you have made in the past. And the choices you make today – even right now at this very moment — will determine how you’ll live your life tomorrow.

You can’t control everything, but you can control much.

If you want to see a change in your life, you have to first change something in your life, right now, today. You have to start using THE POWER TO BE.

If a deaf and blind woman like Helen Keller can rise to GREATNESS from the ashes of defeat, so can you.

How Can I Start Using The Power to BE?

Millions have changed themselves from weak to strong, from cowards to heroes, from lazy to ambitious, from sinners to benefactors, from useless to helpful, from poor to rich.

How?

By simply changing their thoughts, attitudes and actions and by focusing on what they want to BE.

In his fantastic book A Happy Pocket Full of Money, author David Cameron Gikandi explains the power to be extremely well (he calls it ‘Being’) .

He writes:

The fastest way to create is to simply be, right now, whatever you wish to create. Then do not negate it by thought. Do not think about it. Just be. All your thoughts, words and actions after that should then be of that new state you chose to be. If you are not wealthy and you wish to become wealthy, just decide right now, to be wealthy from this moment of Now. Do not then start to think about it, just choose to be. From then on, all your thoughts, words and actions should be of a wealthy person. In Ultimate Reality, this is not a lie to you. You are actually all things anyway, even though you may be experiencing small sections of the all. By choosing to be something else, you cause your environment and circumstances to shift to experience the new state.”

Do you think this is some far-out, new age philosophy?

Think again….

Your attitude and the way you think has a lot to do with how successful you’ll ultimately become in life. Some say, it has EVERYTHING to do with it.

And quantum physics is now showing us that all possibilities can in fact exist in ultimate reality, the moment of now.

Your thoughts are powerhouses for either success or failure depending on whether they are positive or negative.

T. Harv Eker, in his book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, states this key success principle as follows:

Thoughts lead to feelings.
Feelings lead to actions.
Actions lead to results.

This is one of the most simple and accurate depictions of success I have ever read.

Of course, it is all easier said than done, but here again, if you want to have a life better than the rest, it’s time to start ‘being’ different than the rest.

And being different than the rest includes doing a few extra, simple things most people don’t want to do, don’t have time to do, or simply couldn’t be bothered with (i.e., the 1% difference).

Here are some more great ways to harness the power to be (You probably have seen many of these things before. They work. Are you doing them?)

1. Auto suggestions … telling yourself, aloud if alone, in positive tones that you will realize your goal. Still better, telling yourself that you are already realizing it.

2. Visualizing, seeing it mentally as realized.

3. Every evening reading the list of all the rich, rewards of your goal.

4. Meditation and affirmations.

5. Talking to people in fields of your interest.

6. Reading trade journals and magazines about your goal.

7. Reading success books, articles and stories about people in your field of interest.

8. Listening to lectures and CD’s on success.

9. Associating with successful people.

10. Taking courses and seminars to improve yourself or your skills.

The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought. – James Allen, author of “As a Man Thinketh”

Every successful man and woman exercises the power to be whether they realize it or not. They do not let situations or circumstances decide who or what they will become. They decide. They choose.

You have a great power within you. It is the power to BE.

How you use it and what becomes of your life is entirely up to you.

Once you realize that no one or nothing else has direct power over you, a whole new world of opportunity will begin to emerge.

You can then create a life of opportunity and greatness just as easily as you can create one of mediocrity and despair.

Which will you choose?

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What a difference an idea makes!

In his book, Brainstorming: How to Create Successful Ideas, Professor Charles Clark writes:

“You will see the difference an idea makes in the men and women who move ahead. You will see it in the products which make sales records. You will see it in the business which prospers. You will see it in the profit and loss statements, on the stock exchange, in the delicatessen which closes, in the headlines. You will see it in your home and other homes, in the family which does things, in your church and lodge, in your political party, in your government. The one quality which turns the ordinary into the extraordinary is ideas.”

And here is the great news…

Whatever challenges you currently face …money, marital, spiritual, occupational, business, personal….the solution — in the form of an idea — already exists.

You simply aren’t aware of it yet.

The question is not, ‘Is there a way out of my predicament?”, but rather…

“When my solution comes, will I be prepared to receive it?”

I believe — as do many others — that all possible outcomes exist right now, simultaneously, in the present moment.

Quantum physics even has a mind-blowing theory about it called the ‘many-worlds interpretation‘.

This concept, by the way, is hardly new.

For centuries, wise men and sages, have been teaching this very same notion.

But even more important than knowing your solution already exists, is recognizing that when it does indeed come, it will most likely come…and go…like a ‘thief in the night‘.

And unless you’re prepared to ‘capture’ your solution before it gets away, you may be needlessly prolonging a difficult situation.

For many people, their success arrives nearly every day in what appears to be a series of random thoughts and ideas.

I like to call them ‘idea bursts‘.

The good news is that we all have them.

The bad news is that most of us let them get away.

Why?

Because when these ideas and thoughts arrive, they tend to come at a time when we are NOT in a position to capture them. As a result, we inadvertently allow them to take wings and fly away.

For example, it’s no accident that people get their best ideas and solutions while they are on vacation, in the shower, or while driving in their cars.

Early morning before fully awake and just before drifting off to sleep are also times when ideas seem to abundantly flow …and easily escape.

Ideas, solutions, inspiration –and even great insight– are free to flow during these times because our conscious mind is relaxed and free of resistance.

Unfortunately, only a small number of people actually do what it takes to capture ideas from this endless stream of immense wisdom and opportunity.

If you’ve been reading my blog posts over the past month or so, you’ll know that I’ve been referring to a success factor called the 1% difference.

Here it is again: The difference between success and mediocrity, between winners and losers, is oftentimes just a 1% difference.

As Andrew Carniege once said:

“You don’t need to know many things to succeed and get rich, IF you know the few things that are important.”

After it is all said and done, success is just a series of simple things most people won’t do, don’t like to do, or can’t find the time to do.

And by not doing these things, success won’t happen …period.

It really IS that simple.

You don’t need to be a genius to become wealthy or successful, you just have to commit to doing a few, simple things on a consistent basis.

It’s the 1% difference. And it’s the difference between a life of GREATNESS and one of constant struggle and mediocrity.

So, are you ready for today’s simple, MILLION DOLLAR TIP…..a tip which has turned more ‘little shots’ into ‘BIG SHOTS’, than any high-priced motivational seminar or trendy ‘secret’ of success?

Here it is…

Be prepared at all times to write down passing thoughts, ideas and concepts.

This tip is so deceptively simple, yet so incredibly powerful, that most people mistakenly brush it aside.

Yet this humble little tip is responsible for creating so much more wealth and worldly magnificence than all other success ‘secrets’ …combined.

Capturing Ideas – Your Secret Weapon to Unlimited Wealth

In my over 20 years as a business adviser, I never met one successful business owner who did NOT have the habit of carrying around a notepad or notebook with him or her at all times to write down passing ideas, thoughts, concepts and plans.

It’s no accident that many successful people carry around notepads.

Don’t believe me?

Let’s see what a few famous successful and wealthy people think about the idea…

Aristotle Onasis, legendary Greek shipping tycoon, (he at one time owned over 200 companies) said:

“Always carry a notebook. Write everything down. When you have an idea, write it down. When you meet someone new, write down everything you know about them. That way you will know how much time they are worth. When you hear something interesting, write it down. Writing it down will make you act upon it. If you don’t write it down you will forget it. THAT is a million dollar lesson they don’t teach you in business school!”

Sir Richard Branson, English billionaire best known for his Virgin brand, prefers to conduct his business the same way he’s done it since the beginning; by writing all of his ideas in a notebook.

Branson says:

“I can’t believe when I see people not writing things down. You know they’re not going to remember everything.”

Branson now has a collection of over 125 black ledger notebooks that he’s written in over the years.

Think about this: Those notebooks probably cost him under $3 each, yet they’ve undoubtedly helped him to create billions.

Do not overlook the fact that the simplest ideas are often the greatest in getting results.

Use What Works Best for YOU

You don’t really need to carry around a notebook or notepad. You simply use what works best for you.

In addition to ‘writing pads’ (which I leave all over the place in my home and office), I also like to use a pocket device called the Voice Zone digital recorder (pictured at right).

It’s nothing fancy really (I’m sure there are much better ones), but it’s convenient — especially while driving — and much quicker than writing.

I take it with me everywhere because you just never know when a profitable idea is going to pop up out of nowhere.

This little device (which cost about $30) has already paid for itself hundreds of times over.

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UPDATE: 12/26/08!

I just recently upgraded my Voice Zone to an Olympus WS-311M digital recorder.

One word….Unbelievable!!!

I love this thing.

I upgraded because ideas were coming to me so fast and furious that I started running out of space on the Voice Zone.

I highly recommend the Olympus recorder (but any one will do).  Not only is there plenty of space to leave notes and ideas, but the sound quality is amazing.

I’ve used it at a few seminars and interviewed a few people with it and the sound is just top notch.

If you’re serious about capturing your ideas, I can’t say enough great things about the Olympus.

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I no longer read books without taking notes.

Most people read a book and then say “Yeah, what a great book. Lots of really great ideas in there.”

But then after a week, the book and everything in it is forgotten.

Unless you take notes while reading your favorite books, how are you supposed to remember, much less implement, any of the ideas you’ve read?

If you are serious about success, it’s time to be different…

Take notes if you like the ideas in a book you’re reading.

In fact, jot down great ideas, bits of information, names, words, slogans, websites and so on at every opportunity…when you’re watching TV, listening to the radio, working out at the gym, and so forth.

As I said earlier, when those ideas and pieces of information come, they’ll come fast and furious.

And they’ll leave just as quickly.

Make sure you are ready to capture them.

The difference could mark the turning point in your life as it has done for so many others. It may even make you rich.

So, what are you waiting for?

Why not use this silent partner, this secret weapon to unlimited success?


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Looking for more timeless tips and ideas to become successful? Discover Frank Tibolt’s classic book today:

A Touch of Greatness: How to Unleash Your
Inner Power and Accomplish Anything You Desire

Unleash Those Seeds of Greatness that
God Plants Inside Each One of Us!

Also Available as an Audio Book!
Click here for details

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