Prosperity Thinking

Current economic situations tend to place prosperity thinking at the bottom of a deep well. I am extending a golden opportunity for you to float those creative thoughts to the surface of the well. In fact, let prosperous thoughts overflow.

Your thoughts are triggered by your beliefs. Those thoughts transmit into feelings and words. Your words influence your actions and your results materialize accordingly. Have a heart-to-heart talk with your core beliefs. Do you truly believe, absolutely know in your heart, that you are in the process of becoming a resounding success? Examine your self-talk. Are you telling yourself that you will “try” or “test it out for awhile?” Those thoughts and words are the kiss of death for your current and future success. “Try” is a way of giving yourself permission to fail.

No one ever starts a business with the deliberate intention of failing. If so, why bother? Unfortunately so many people start a business, especially a home based business, with a half-hearted desire and lukewarm expectation of success. It is the “dip your toe in the water” mentality. How many Olympic swimmers would ever succeed if they did the toe test and walked away from the edge of the pool because the water felt a little cool today? Are you doing that same “toe test” attitude with your business?

Ok, I understand that you have a family to support and you feel compelled to start your business on a part time basis rather than plunging into the business stream head first. I advocate responsible thinking and actions. Before you breathe a sign of relief and start making excuses for yourself, stop right now and breathe in an air of determination. Every good swimmer puts their head down and surges forward. Sometimes it is every stroke and sometimes every few strokes, but they do take a breath of air. My caution to you is not to spend so much time casually breathing and relaxing that you forget to put your head down and focus on the task at hand.

Every successful business person spends absolute focused time and effort surging forward with their business. Regardless of whether you start part time with only 2 or 3 hours per day or 8 hours per day, you must do 2 critical things:

1. You must have an uncompromisingly positive attitude and expectation of total success. No options, no hesitation, no “toe testing.” Success is the only outcome acceptable. Commit to do whatever it takes to succeed and persist until you succeed.

2. Design a specific plan to proceed from where you are with your current economic situation to reach your predetermined goal. If you decide to swim across the lake, you start on one shore and determine the exact line necessary to reach the predetermined spot on the shore on the other side of the lake. The exact principle works with your business. Distractions occur even more with a home based business. You must design a clear and workable plan.

3. Work that plan with focus. Give yourself checkpoints along your path. For instance if your success plan is designed to be achieved in 6 months, then set a progress checkpoint for a week, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days and 180 days. Check your progress and make slight course corrections if needed.

Who knows, you may have to increase the goal because you are ahead of schedule.

Prosperous thinking, a well designed plan and focused implementation of the plan yield success. It really is that simple. Head down and surge ahead. Checkpoint to breathe and celebrate prosperity at the finish line.

Always Be Grateful – Fear Holds Back Prosperity

Fear is false expectations appearing real. We all deal with fear on some level at various times in our lives. To say that you have never ever been afraid of anything means you are either one in ten million or perhaps not totally honest with yourself.

We all experience fear. An interesting statistic is that most people fear public speaking even more than death. Since joining Toastmasters, I find that I absolutely love public speaking. For me, that is not a fear.

Whether it is a fear of not being loved, or not being successful or any of a myriad of other things, every one has fears. In this economy, it is the fear of not having enough money to pay the bills for over 80% of Americans. That is a very real fear for far too many people right now.

The problem is that focusing on the negative and the fear only brings more of the negative. You will always get more of whatever you give your time, energy and focus. Shift your thoughts and feelings to concentrate on your desired outcome. Is it difficult? At first it may be; however, what do you truly desire? If you want more lack and desperation, then go ahead and focus on that. I believe you want and deserve prosperity.

I do not believe for a moment that a small child says, “I want to grow up to be poor and never have enough to eat.” Of course not. That thought starts slipping into our conscious mind as an adult. Then we focus on the lack of money to pay the bills and the lack expands.

Am I saying that all we have to do is think about money flowing in and it will flow into our bank accounts? No. Thinking positive thoughts about abundance and being grateful for what we do have will trigger our subconscious mind to create ways we can either earn more money or make wiser use of the money we do have.

Fear is never a positive reaction unless you are being chased by a tiger or some such valid experience. Concentrate on the positive things you desire to have in your life and be open to receiving them. Open your mind to receiving solutions rather than focusing totally on the problem.

Ok skeptics; is it at least worth consideration? Stuff the fear in a corner and tell it to shut up and go away so you can put all of your mental energy into positive solutions.

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.

Sarah Ban Breathnach ~ Simple Abundance

Consistent Words and Intention

In yesterday’s discussion we spoke about “giving makes you rich.” Another key element to that theme is the mindset for prosperity. There must be consistency.

If someone says, “I want to be rich” and at the same time condemns everyone who is rich, that is a conflict. If there is envy or jealousy or even outright criticism of the rich, then the subconscious mind can not create the opportunity for wealth. Statements such as “filthy money” or “there is virtue in poverty” will absolutely block the flow of prosperity to you. Analyze your statements and your thoughts. What words are you using in your thoughts and speech about money? Are the words consistent with your affirmed goal of prosperity?

Having a conflict like that is the same as saying I want to lose weight and then sitting down to eat a pan of brownies and a gallon of ice cream. You will NOT lose weight with such a major conflict.

There are two books I have read lately which really emphasize the prosperity secrets; “Prosperity Secrets of the Ages” by Catherine Ponder and “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind” by Dr. Joseph Murphy (later revised by Ian McMahan) are totally in agreement that it is your mindset which is the ultimate controlling factor.

When I first started on this journey of personal development, I discovered that I had deserveability issues. Old programming from childhood had created unconscious blocks. Simply stated, I was getting in my own way of creating prosperity. In order for me to be able to create the wealth I desired and deserved, I had to readjust my thinking. The old programming needed to be erased and replaced with new.

We all know about the law of attraction. We attract more of whatever we give our time, energy and focus. We also know Napoleon Hill’s famous quote, “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Both of these are absolutely true. Our job is to be absolutely certain that we are consistent in what we say we desire and what we speak to ourselves and others about that desire.

Learn to bless and forgive every successful person and every wealthy person. When you speak and think prosperity and increase for them, you are opening the door for prosperity and wealth for yourself as well. Be conscious of all of your thoughts and words relative to money and those who possess money. When you hold totally positive thoughts for them and affirm the same for yourself, you create opportunities for your own wealth.

Amazing that the secret can be so very simple. It is all within your control at this very minute. You can turn your circumstances from lack to prosperity simply by controlling your own mind. Even if you do everything else right, but have the wrong thoughts and feelings, you will not prosper.

Control you mind and you control your future. Be consistent in thoughts, feelings and words of prosperity to one and all. You will achieve all of your dreams and goals.

Giving Will Make You Rich

Always Be Giving – Charity

In the book “Prosperity Secrets of the Ages” by Catherine Ponder, it states a profound secret. “The supreme prosperity secret of the ages is that your giving can make you rich!” This secret has been handed down from the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians, Arabians, Greeks, Romans and the Chinese. Many of our modern millionaires such as the Colgate, Heinz, Kraft and Rockefeller families all used this prosperity secret. They credit this secret as the special formula which brought them riches.

In ancient Christian times, the families not only gave 10% of their money but also 10% of their crops and livestock. Unfortunately the modern average in the United States seems to be closer to 2.6% than 10%. The question is do we give to charity and the church after we have paid all of our other bills and desires or do we section off the charity donation first and then pay the remainder of the expenses. Most people pay themselves first and if there is nothing left for charity, then so be it.

The prosperity secret of giving requires that we give that portion first. Now I do grant that there is ample discussion about whether it is a percentage of the gross income or a percentage of the net income. In the case of business, it is commonly accepted to give a percentage of the net profit. Relative to the personal income, it seems more acceptable to give a percentage of the gross income.

Divine order will shower you with prosperity in both expected and unexpected ways when you place giving as first on the list. This is a giving universe. You have always heard that it is more blessed to give than to receive, but how many of you actually believe that principle and practice it?

“The ancients, who knew the wisdom of the ages, understood the nature of universal substance out of which all wealth is created,” related Catherine Ponder. Ancient wealth was created by giving with the knowing that this giving created a vacuum which substance rushed in to fill.

“Giving in order to make room to receive is a scientific method that always works to prosper those who use it consistently.” Prosperity Secrets of the Ages.

A further secret is that you must do it consistently. It is like bathing, it must be done on a very frequent and regular basis. You may both surprise and delight yourself and you bank account. Giving with a cheerful heart and willing spirit will make you rich.