Maria Duval - Trust the “System” �" It Works!

Trust the “System” �" It Works!
The “System” �" the overall structure and organization of this great creation that we’re a part of… including our ability to personally interact with (and benefit from) the spiritual aspects of this creation (universal consciousness, God, whatever you’d like to call it). Here’s the story behind our move to the Ozarks. It all started with a single comment as we merged onto the 101 and pointed the van westward from Phoenix toward a short vacation in California. “What the hell are we doing here?” I had lived in the Phoenix metropolitan area for over 30 years and was ready for a change to a slower-paced lifestyle, less traffic and congestion and yes, a lower summertime temperature. Don’t get me wrong. Phoenix is a great place to live �" a great climate, good employment opportunities and plenty to do year around. It’s just that now, on that early September morning, I was starting to feel an urge to be somewhere else. Where �" I had no clue. “So where would you like to be?” I asked my life companion. “Well, I remember driving through a small town in Missouri about 30 years ago that I thought was really nice. I can’t remember the name of the town but maybe if I look at a map it will come back to me.” Obviously since we’re talking about changing zip codes, she recognized the name of the town and to make a long story really short �" we moved. Pretty simple, huh? We moved �" to a town I’d never been to and that she had spent maybe all of seven minutes driving through. And �" we bought a house �" without ever having seen it in person. Sure, we did our research and were fortunate to have someone available fairly close by to check out the house. And we were fortunate to have complete strangers work closely with us to make sure the process was completed in a reasonably efficient manner. We moved �" and are now living in an absolutely beautiful part of the country, in a great small town in a nice older home surrounded by absolutely super neighbors and friends. No big deal you say? Thousands of people move every day. You’re absolutely right. But how many thousands don’t move �" or don’t do those really nice things they could do because they’re afraid to make a change? Because they’re afraid that things might not turn out as well as they’d like? Because they’re afraid to step outside of their comfortable little womb to experience a different lifestyle, a different job, a different group of friends, or a different environment? How many people hold themselves prisoners in their present situation because they lack the confidence in themselves �" and in the “system” �" to carry them on to a more enjoyable destination? To new opportunities to experience new situations and to learn from them? The likely answer is “far too many”. What a pity. I am thoroughly convinced that each one of us has the ability to interact with what I have referred to as the “system” to a degree that will provide us each with tremendous benefits. All we need to do is follow our instincts, our gut feelings, our “knowing” and let the system work for us. Sure, we need to do our part and do our research and sometimes even really bust our buns to get to wherever we feel we should be. But that’s just the normal doing �" the actions that are a necessary part of making any change or achieving any goal. Are you ready for a change? So go for it! The system is already in place to help you…

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Why Are You Not The Success You Want To Be?
Just sometime ago, my mentor asked me the exact same question, “Why are you not the success you want to be?” Well, you can imagine the look on my face. The question just caught me off guard while I was having lunch with him. “Well, I think it’s because I am not focus enough and not taking the correct actions?”, I answered in guilt. “No, no. From what I can see, you’re laser focused and is taking massive actions. So why are you still not obtaining the success you desire to have?” At that time I was confused. Totally confused. So what was my mentor driving at? After pondering over the question for some time, I slowly shook my head to signal to him my ignorance and embrace myself for a valuable lesson. During our lunch time, he went into a lengthy explanation that we are in fact the successes that we want to be. Just that, we often put our foresight too far in front of us that we fail to see what’s just in front of us. “Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.” ~~ W.E.B. Du Bois ~~ We’re in fact successes in accordance to our values. Like any other people, including successful entrepreneurs, we all have within us a value system. And within the value system, we have a hierarchy of values. What we place highest in our value system, we’ll work towards them and attain success in them. Think about it. What do you really value in life? Friendship? Career? Family? Richness? Health? Those are the things that we value strongly and it is through them that we get our inspiration, support and motivation to work towards them, obtaining successes in them. So when my mentor asked me the question, he was in fact trying to tell me that I am in fact already the success I want to be. It’s just that I have been neglecting them and taking them for granted. In additional, he actually asked me to list down all the successes I have achieved in my life till now. To be frank, that was not an easy task. It took me quite some time to come up with only 1-2 successes I think I have achieved so far. Noticing my struggle, my mentor slowly began to lead me in the correct direction to uncover my “buried” successes and after some time, I was able to come up with more than 20 achievements I have made in my life. I have never realized I am that successful in my life! “Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.” ~~ Corita Kent ~~ Not many achievements you may say, however, like what my mentor mentioned, these are just a portion of the successes I have achieved. I have yet to uncover all of them. He personally believed that everyone must have made hundreds or even thousands of break-through achievements in their lives. They just have to uncover them like what I did. They need not be big to be considered a break-through achievement. It can be something small yet powerful to change your belief system. So why is there a need to uncover of our previous successes? How can it help us in our quest for our desire success? Well, the reason is pretty simple. It is through our previous successes that we build and achieved even greater achievements and successes. In addition, by recognizing our previous achievements, no matter how small they are, we actually start to recognize that we’re in fact making tremendous improvements in our lives. Slowly, bit by bit. We’ll also gradually learn to become grateful for the things that happen to us and not take things for granted. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” ~~ John F. Kennedy ~~ Do you know of anyone who achieves something but loses another? For example, do you know of any successful entrepreneur who sacrifices their relationships in return for success in their business. That actually happens because they fail to give gratitude for their previous success in relationships. They fail to realize that all those previous successes require hard work to build and achieve. Furthermore, those successes also require additional effort to maintain. Are you currently maintaining your present successes? Or are you neglecting them for other successes? During my lunch with my mentor, I come to realize that we all have successes in our live and we’re in fact already living that successes we always wanted in accordance to the hierarchy of values. Also, it takes tremendous amount of time, energy and effort to achieve those successes. Therefore it truly doesn’t make any sense to give up those successes for another success. Success in one area does not make up for failures in other areas. Learn to truly appreciate the successes in you’ve achieved so far and make use of the knowledge you gained to help you further your quest to achieve other successes in other areas of your life. Start by recognizing, be grateful and be happy about all those previous successes you have achieved in your life till now. Are you prepared to list down your life achievements till now? “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” ~~ Eric Hoffer ~~

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Pick up women using humour easily!
A great tool about comedians and other funny people is their natural ability to carry out stories and keep you hooked in and listening intently as they make you laugh again and again. When you are lauging and in a good mood it puts you off guard and at ease. The same works with beautiful women. Humour is an invaluable tool to use in getting women, since it drops their guard and puts them in a favourable mood. When you can get a woman laughing it shows you are comfortable with who you are and you are confident. You want to show her that you are a cool, fun, interesting, funny and attractive guy, and not some loser that has to succeed or is going to bed alone. When you get her laughing with you (never at you) it gives her the opportunity to have some fun too! Another great tool with humour, is the fact that you can sift through the mean women and go after the women that laugh with you and have an actual personality, and not some stuck up ego you want nothing to do with! Just remember when using humour with women, be friendly, up to date and don't talk about the stuff you talk about with your buddies. Don't be scared to use sexual innuendo or jokes.. but don't talk about guy stuff whatever you do!

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The Science of Getting Rich - Getting Rich the Scientific Way?
If you pay attention to the people around you what you will find is that there are far too many persons who desire to be rich, or to get rich and at the same time believe they will never get rich, for whatever reason. Usually what it really boils down to is the mere fact that they do not know what to do to get rich, or they may know some things but not others. They are unaware of the principles involved in getting rich and thus by extension the science of getting rich. When Wallace D. Wattles release his book ‘the Science of Getting Rich’ in 1910, little did he know the impact it would have on many persons lives almost one hundred years later. According to Wattles (and I totally agree with him) there is a science of getting rich and in order to be rich every man must adhere to its principles. Now what is the science, what are the principles of getting rich? The major principle, I believe, is a natural law which states that ‘like causes always produces like effects’. Therefore the people in this world who are rich, become and remain rich because they are doing things in a particular way whether consciously or unconsciously. Those who are not doing things in this particular way, will remain poor no matter how hard or how long they work or how capable they are. This principle eliminates the excuse that the environment is why many are not rich. You see too many persons from poor backgrounds are rich or are becoming rich for this excuse to be true. It also eliminates the idea that doing things a particular way is only for persons with talent. No, no, no this can’t be it for there are many, many persons who possess great talent who continue to be poor, whilst others with little or no talent are getting rich every day. Let me repeat getting rich is the result of doing things a particular way. So if you are a plumber and other plumbers in your area are getting rich from plumbing while you are not then it will be because you are not doing things in the same way that the other plumbers are doing them. The next principle is one that has over the last year or so, and still is, been getting a lot of attention. It is called The law of attraction and it has been made famous by Rhonda Byrnes' book and DVD ‘The Secret’ which was featured on CNN and Oprah among other media programs. This principle states ‘Thoughts Become Things’. You see our world and everything in it first began with a thought. The thoughts that we think are emitted vibrations broadcasted into the universe, attracting to them vibrations of the same frequency which manifest what we come to see and experience in our physical world as our current reality. Man cannot shape a thing until he has first, thought that thing. So if a person has the thought of a kitchen of a certain design and this thought is in line with the same frequency in the universe, it may not cause the kitchen to just instantly appear, but it would set in motion events and creative processes that will bring about the building of the kitchen to the specific design. For this reason it is important for us to communicate our thoughts to the universe if we are to cause the creation, or formation of the thing we think about. The third principle is ‘The Law of Gratitude’ which is nothing more than giving thanks to God for his gifts. The more grateful we are as we focus our mind on God when good things come our way the more good things we will receive and the more quickly they will come. Gratitude draws our mind into closer link with God and His blessing. Many are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude. If you consistently and truthfully express your gratitude and it is strong enough then God’s reaction will also be consistent, strong and continuous. The things you want always be moving toward you. When you live your life with gratitude you will find yourself focused on only the best and in turn this will bring to you only the best. Waste no time thinking or talking about the faults and flaws of others or even in you. Work instead on cultivating the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you and give God thanks. The fourth principle is that of Visualization of your desire and its attainment. You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself. Visualization is about forming and holding a clear and definite mental picture of what it is you want. If it is you desire a brand new car, then it’s not good enough to visualize any old car. You must be more specific, in fact be as specific as possible. So instead you must see in your minds eye the car you want, the make and model, how it feels on the road, the colour, size of the wheel, its features, and even how you will feel driving it. You must see the thing you want as they already exists, take possession of it in faith believing it is already yours and do not waiver for a moment in the faith that it is real. The fifth principle is Personal Action. This arguably the second most important principle in the Science of Getting Rich for without action all your thoughts will mean and attain nothing. You must take definite action now. Your personal action, however, must be of such that you can rightly receive what you want when it comes. It makes no sense to desire something and not take some action towards its attainment, this will only lead to frustration leaving you feeling discouraged. There is a quote which says “He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence”. The way you think brings things to you but your by actions you receive them. You must act in a particular way such that you can appropriate what is yours when it comes to you. It does not matter what your situation is, whether it be favourable or not, you must not delay taking action. Wait not for favourable conditions. When you take personal action, do so with no thought of yesterday or tomorrow as your present action will be divided in your mind making you ineffective. So put your whole mind and body into the present action. Take action where you are now. The last principle is that of Getting in the Right Business. You will do best in that business for which your abilities are best suited. That means it will be easier to succeed if you are in a business for which you are well equipped with the skills and mental tools. Bear in mind, however, that you can get rich in any business even if you do not possess the necessary talents because you can develop the skills needed as you go along. Also you can get rich most satisfactorily if you do that which you want to do. Doing what you want to do is at the core of what life is about. Now if you are in a business or situation that you do not want to be in but you have ‘no choice’ due to some obligation or responsibility like children to support, then do what you have to do. You can make the doing of it pleasing by knowing (reminding yourself) that it is making it possible for you to get to the doing of what you want to do. By making constructive use of the business you are already in and working in a particular way, you can get into the business you want. Always start from where you are. The science of getting rich gives you the courage and the power to handle any circumstance that may obstruct your progress towards getting rich. Once you follow and obey the principles you cannot fail to get rich. Practice the instructions and you will surely get rich and you will do so in exact proportion to the definiteness of your vision, the fixity of your purpose, the steadiness of your faith and the depth of your gratitude.

Vladimir Murray is a father of two boys, runs his own internet marketing business and enjoys helping others improve their lives. To learn more about the Science of Getting Rich and how to apply it to your life then Vladimir recommends Bob Proctor's SGR Program. For info go to http://www.sgrprogramme.com