Five things to consider before starting your own business

1. Do you have enough start-up capital and a back-up income?
It takes money to make money, even if it is only a home business. Make sure that you have enough funds to equip yourself and begin marketing before taking the plunge. Also, don't expect to make a lot of money in the early stages of your business. You will need to set aside enough money to provide for you and your family during the initial start-up period for your business. Consult with other similar businesses and find out how long it took them to become viable.

2. Are you a self-moving person?
This is the key quality that separates an employee from and entrepreneur. If you need to wait around and be told what to do, then you would find it easier to get a job with a company rather than to launch your own business. On the other hand, if you are able to think of an idea and carry it out without prodding from someone else, then you may be able to succeed in your own business.

3. Are you willing to work more than a standard 9-5 day?
When you work for someone else you are contracted to work a certain schedule. At the end of the day, you can often able to just forget about the job, go home and relax. When you have your own business you carry a load of responsibility on your shoulders and you will often end up working longer hours than a normal salaried employee. If you like what you are doing and if your business is financially rewarding then you may not mind putting in a lot of extra hours and working when other people are resting. Once again, there is no "right" or "wrong" here. It is just a question of looking deeply at yourself and finding out what you are best cut out to do.

4. Is your family ready to back you up?
You may have a great idea for your own business, but before you begin you have to see if your family is ready to support your ideas. If you start your own business there may be an element of risk and an increased demand on your time. Owning your own business and having a lot of responsibility can also be very stressful. It is crucial that your closest loved one, the ones who share your life, also share your vision and will provide the emotional support and understanding that you need in order to be successful.

5. Are you passionate about the business that you want to set up?
In order to be successful in your own enterprise you will have to be self-moving and you may have to work harder than an employee in someone else's firm. If you do not really like what you are doing you will find it hard to get the inspiration and drive that is required for such a task. Choose an activity that you know something about and choose an activity that you enjoy doing. The ideal business would be one where you have some prior knowledge and something which you enjoy doing. One thing to remember, there is nothing wrong with being an employee and working for someone else. There are a lot of advantages in terms of job security, steady income, standard hours and other benefits. It is just a question of looking at your total situation and making the right choice. On the other hand, if you do possess the qualities of an entrepreneur and really have a good idea backed by adequate capital and expertise, then starting your own business may be the best thing you will ever do.


"The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities." Michael Gerber

Home equity loan

More and more lenders are offering home equity lines of credit. By using the equity in your home, you may qualify for a sizable amount of credit, available for use when and how you please, at an interest rate that is relatively low. Furthermore, under the tax law--depending on your specific situation--you may be allowed to deduct the interest because the debt is secured by your home.

If you are in the market for credit, a home equity plan may be right for you. Or perhaps another form of credit would be better. Before making a decision, you should weigh carefully the costs of a home equity line against the benefits. Shop for the credit terms that best meet your borrowing needs without posing undue financial risk. And remember, failure to repay the amounts you've borrowed, plus interest, could mean the loss of your home.

Affirmation Imprinting

The goal with Affirmation Imprinting is to repeat
a statement over and over again, day after day,
until it makes an "imprint" on your subconscious.

Once this occurs, your subconscious mind will sense
a difference between what it sees as being "real"
and your outer physical world.

This difference will cause a tension and your
subconscious mind will provide you with ideas,
motivation and behaviors so that your outer world
will begin to match up with your inner world.

It will seem almost magical the way doors and
opportunities open up for you everywhere in order
to make that affirmation a reality.

But wait! In order for the affirmation imprinting
to occur most effectively, the affirmation statements
need to be written a specific way.

Three guidelines to powerful affirmation statements:

1. They must be personal.

2. They must be positive.

3. They must be in present tense

The Big Secret

What is the one thing that determines whether you
live a rich, successful life?

Is it the school you went to? Well, there are a lot
of doctors, lawyers and top tier MBA's wishing
that were true.

Is it whether your parents were rich or poor?
The history of the world is told, it seems, by those
bold and daring folks that came from humble
beginnings to make a rich and lasting contribution
to the wealth of humanity.

Is it what country, station, race, gender or religion
you were born to? Gandhi, George Washington Carver,
Carrie Nation, Sam Walton, even the Beatles testify
to the folly of such thinking.

The big secret to wealth is and always has been very
simple. So simple in fact that we have for centuries
ignored its effectiveness. And when you hear it now,
you may be tempted to discount it as a homily or
even a remnant of religious thinking.

The truth is we use this secret in a very specific and
systematic way to become Rich Beyond Our Wildest
Dreams. And you can too.

Ask and Receive.

That's the big secret. You can have anything you
want, all you have to do is ask correctly and be willing
to receive.

*mind power* secrets: Lesson 1

The mind is a truly amazing tool. Anything that you want to have,
do, or be -- your mind can make happen.

But the reality is... as powerful as the mind is, humans for the
most part greatly under use it. We've all heard the theory that we
only use about 10% of our brain's capacity.

Just 10%!

What's even crazier is that new studies suggest we don't even use
that much. It may be closer to 1 percent ...even as low as 1/10th
of 1 percent.

So "why" aren't we using more of our brains and minds?

I believe it's because we honestly don't realize how much we're
capable of.

==> WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO ACCOMPLISH ALMOST ANY GOAL WE SET FOR
OURSELVES RIGHT NOW!!

Most people just don't know it.

Here's a Visual Representation of what I mean:

Right now, right this very second, you live in this oversized, ten
million dollar mansion. It has 26 bedrooms, 32 bathrooms, an
indoor heated pool, a bowling alley, two kitchens, three exercise
rooms, a movie theater, six hot tubs, and even a carousel for when
kids come over.

Trust me, you have all this right now inside you.

The problem is you don't know it. And because you don't know it
...you are living in a small, cramped closet in one of the many
bedrooms that you have.

Now - if you *knew* about the rest of the house, you'd be out of
that closet in a second, wouldn't you?

Unfortunately most people don't know the rest of the house exists,
so they live frustrated in that cramped little closet....

Feeling trapped, poor and unhappy - when there is a MASSIVE FEAST
on the other side of the door.

Ok, so now you know about the mansion inside of you. What's next?

Once you realize you have this incredible potential already in you,
the next step is to use simple but powerful techniques to help your
'subconscious mind' transform your potential ...into REALITY.

There are some very *powerful* mind techniques that've been around
for many years, but few people know of them ...and even fewer still
actually perform them.

If you look at the biographies and writings of most great
individuals, you will see they put these "mind techniques" into
daily practice (although many did so without being aware of it).

This Is Exciting News!

Just Think: Whether you want a million dollars, a slimmer figure,
more confidence, a better golf game, or anything else ...you can have
it.

Performing these 'mind techniques' puts you back in charge.

In the coming days, I'll be providing you with clear,
easy-to-follow "action steps" and guidance to help you activate
your 'hidden mind powers', and get you on track to reach your goals
and your dreams faster and easier than you thought would ever be
possible.

This will become your guaranteed "Action Plan" for SUCCESS -- in
every and any area of your life you choose to apply it.

The Simplest Plan in the World for Getting Whatever You Want

STEP ONE: KNOW WHAT YOU WANT

Yes, it seems so obvious, doesn't it?

You must know what you want in order to get what you want. Yet this most basic fist step is missed by the majority of people. You must know what you want as specifically as possible. This is the magic first step.

Daydreaming about your future will not bring you what you want. Waiting for life to work out the way you've always expected won't bring you what you want. The only wayt o get what you want is to decide, with clarity and focus, exactly what you want to create.

So how do you know what you want? Well, it's very simple. Write down your desires, your dreams, and everything that you want for your life. Then pick the one thing on your list that you know you could accomplish if you dedicated some energy to it. Pick that one and forget about the rest. Pick the very next goal in the creation of your live and go for it.

Focus, focus, focus. Don't waste your energy wishing and dreaming for a million and one things. Pick one and go with it. Just as the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, so does the journey to your ideal life begin with a single goal.

So begin with an easy, do-able goal, so far unaccomplished, plug it into this 4-step system. Write down as specifically and exactly what it is you will create. After it's finished, move on to the next goal.

STEP TWO: FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANT

You must give positive focus, energy, and attention to your goal. Setting a goal and then forgetting about it will not do. You must imprint it on your conscious and subconscious mind until it becomes reality.

Remember, thought is blindingly fast compared to the manifestation of thoughts into reality. Of course, as you practice this system and become more confident, your thoughts will come into reality much more quickly. But as a beginner, you must keep your energy and intention directly on your goal.

You must focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. Stop complaining about things that are not the way you want them to be. Instead, decide how you would like them to be and focus on that. Whenever you find yourself giving attention to some area of your life with which you are unhappy, immediately ask yourself "What do I want in this situation?" and focus on the answer.

Take a look at your goal every day, give it positive focus and attention. Before you fall asleep and after you wake up, instead of worrying about your problems, imagine your goal successfully attained, and feel how you would feel if your goal was accomplished. Go to sleep with this feeling, and your subconscious mind will quickly find a way to bring it into your reality.

STEP THREE: TAKE ACTION NOW!

You must take action towards your goal, and you must take action right now! There is no other time that you can act. The past is gone, the future is an illusion. Making plans to take action is not action. You must take action right now.

There is always something that you can do to propel you towards your goal. It doesn't matter how tiny the action is, or how insignificant you might feel it is, you must do it. There is always some small step you can take. Take that step.

You must convince your subconscious mind that you are serious about accomplishing your goal, and there is nothing more convincing than taking action.

No matter where you are along your path to your goal, no matter how near or far you mihgts feel to be, there is always an obvious next step you can take. Take that step in this present moment. Right now.

If you have trouble figuring out what to do, or are paralyzed into inaction because it seems there are too many things to do, just do this: Make a list of all the things that need to happen in order for your goal to arrive. List all the intermediary steps that you will experience as your goal begins to enter your life.

Somewhere on this list will be the obvious next step. Do it. Do it now!

If your goal is truly out of your hands, you need a new goal. Waiting for other people to change or give you what you want is a sure way to always be unsatisfied. You must pick a goal you are in control of and do whatever it takes to make it come true. That is the only path to power and mastery in life, and the only way to ever feel fulfilled.

STEP FOUR: CHOOSE THE SAME THING EVERY DAY

You must be consistent. You must, consistently, choose the same goal every day until your goal is accomplished. You cannot send out constantly changing vague wishes into the universe and expect to create results in the real world.

It's as simple as ordering a meal in a restaurant. You must decide what you want and then ask for it. If you can't make up your mind the waiter will simply server someone else until you're ready. If you do not provide the universe with a specific goal which you consistently ake action toward, your "meal" will never come to you.

And the most important secret of all...

DON'T GIVE UP UNTIL YOUR GOAL IS ACCOMPLISHED

The Master Key Psychological Chart

**You are strongly encouraged to print this out**

It is a psychological fact that 90% of our mental
power is never or seldom used. Therefore, most men
have the power to achieve ten times as much as they
ever accomplish.

This chart will tell you exactly where you stand,
what you are accomplishing, and what you can
accomplish if you make the necessary effort.

Fill this in

Mental Product.......................

.............. %
Health................................................... %
Time Efficiency..................................... %
Creative Power..................................... %
Concentration....................................... %

Total...................................................... %
Divide by 5 (Average).......................... %

Mental product is about your self worth. Are
you cashing in on it? Are you getting full value
for it? Estimate the value of what you have to
SELL - your knowledge, experience, energy - and
if you are marketing it at its full rate, give
yourself 100%. If you are getting half of what
it is worth give yourself 50%.

Health. If you can eat well, sleep well, take
a reasonable amount of recreation and attend to
your business, profession and household duties
without any consideration for the state of your
health, give yourself 100%. But if your body needs
constant attention and you are continually worried
about what to eat or what not to eat etc, then
deduct from the 100%. If you think your health is
90% or if you are only 50% efficient, then put it
down. Be absolutely fair.

Time efficiency. If you work 8 hours, sleep 8 hours
and use 8 hours for recreation, study and self
improvement, all the time is fully utilized, give
yourself 100%. But if any part of the 8 hours should
you spent in idleness, gossip or any form of mental
dissipation; cut your percentage accordingly.

Creative Power. If most persons whom you meet do
what you want them to do; if they feel toward you as
you wish them to feel; if they think what you want
them to think, then give yourself 100%, for everything
we get must come from others. There is no other channel
by which success can reach us. If, however, you have
to make a tremendous effort when you wish to accomplish
something, if you have to fret and worry, cut your
percentage down to 50% or 40% or even less, because you
do not understand the principle involved.

Concentration. Can you concentrate and focus? Do
you know what it means to concentrate? Can you direct
the thought to any problem that may arise for 5, 10,
15 minutes without getting distracted? Be careful to
give yourself exactly the percentage to which you feel
you are entitled.

Now strike an average. See where you stand. If you
are a little above average, your chart will look
like this:

Mental Product..................................... 50%
Health.................................................... 80%
Time Efficiency..................................... 80%
Creative Power..................................... 50%
Concentration....................................... 10%

Total...................................................... 270%
Divide by 5 (Average).......................... 54%

Assuming you are earning $24,000 a year and that
you feel that your mental product should be worth
$48,000 a year, which is the basis for your
calculation, then any method which would assist
you to increase your earning power to $48,000 a
year would be worth $24,000 a year to you.

Again any method that would bring you health,
efficiency in your time, efficiency in your
creative power or increase your ability to
concentrate would be worth at least $24,000 a
year to you.

The "Mind Power Special Reports" is a system
of applied techniques based on practical science
to increase your mental product, health, time
efficiency, creative power and concentration.
You will see - you must see! - that our thoughts
manifest into things and that once we enter into
the discipline to plant positive thoughts, we
will bring about positive radical changes in our lives.

Why Gratitude is the Key to Getting Anything You Want

When it comes to worldly affairs, the saying, "Seeing is believing" reigns supreme. When you “see” someone accomplish something, you start to “believe” in that person's ability. If a product delivers what it promises, you then believe that it works. When you see a "formula" yield positive results, you begin to believe in it.

Evidence is essential in order for people to believe. This has led to the saying, "I'll believe it when I see it." The proof is in the pudding.

But in spiritual affairs, the opposite is true. "Believing is seeing." If you believe first, you will see that thing that you believe in manifest itself in front of your very eyes.

That's a testament to the awesome power of belief. This has led to another saying: "I'll see it when I believe it."

However, for most people, believing is the problem.
That's why most people who lack conviction when they recite affirmations, for instance, are missing the secret ingredient that's necessary to materialize their dreams.

If you've ever encountered some internal resistance when you first read or speak a positive affirmation, that's an indication that you do not really believe what you're saying. For example, how can you really believe the affirmation, "I am perfectly healthy in body, mind and spirit" when outer appearances point to the contrary (e.g., you're sick or in pain)?

An important part of believing is to feel "as if it has already happened." I have found that one of the best ways to evoke that feeling is to express gratitude after you recite an affirmation.

SIMPLY SAY "THANK YOU" TO THE UNIVERSE

Just saying the words, "Thank you" after you state your affirmation reinforces the belief that the universe (or God, or your Creator, or whatever name you call the Supreme Being) has already set about the fulfillment of your desire.

You may not see your affirmed desire fully manifested yet at the present time, but expressing thanks makes you believe that what you've asked for is already done. Thereafter, you have a sense of expectancy that what you desire will eventually come to fruition.

If there was ever a "formula" for manifesting desires, this is it. Ancient spiritual manuscripts, including the Bible, emphasize that a single-minded belief is essential in receiving what you ask for. They also warn against double-mindedness.

Know with absolute and unwavering certainty that what you are affirming is already yours. "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." So believe that it's already done by simply saying "Thank you" or assuming an attitude of gratitude after affirming what you want.

I once heard a wonderful quotation from an anonymous author that says it profoundly: "We can start with who we are and what we have today, apply gratitude, then let it work it's magic.

Say thank you, until you mean it. If you say it long enough, you will believe it. Today will shine the transforming light of gratitude on all the circumstances of my life."

5 Steps to Build a Successful Business

In essence, building a strong downline and customer base comes
down to the following things:

1. Be an enthusiastic user of your company's products or services

2. Generate Leads

3. Qualify and Convert (where appropriate) your leads

4. Help your downline and customers fulfil what was promised

5. Teach your downline to do the same thing and become leaders
themselves

Do these things on a consistent basis and you'll build a
successful business.

Planning

If you don't have a plan in place, create one. If you do have a
plan, review it constantly to make sure you're following the plan
and to monitor how well it is working for you.

Building A "Hands-Free" Downline Online... Can It Be Done? Mike Dillard

Ah yes...

That's sure would be nice wouldn't it ;)

And I'll admit, I've even done some thinking on this subject myself, but here's the deal...

It can be done.

But... (Yes, there's a "but").

It will not last long.

A typical downline consists of three types of people:

1: Retail customers who love the products and have nothing to do with the business. This makes up 20 to 50% of an average downline.

2: The successful upline leaders who pursue their business as a professional in a full time career. This makes up .5 to 1% of any downline, or 1 in every 100 to 200 distributors.

3: The downline members who are struggling to develop themselves and achieve success. This group is always the largest and makes up 50 to 80% of any downline.

Group 3 is the tricky part, because it's the largest segment of any downline, yet it's the most volatile. This is where all of the attrition occurs. With new reps pouring in, and the rest quitting or becoming a member of Groups 1 or 2.

If you're an upline leader, you need these people to stick around as long as possible because they make up such a large portion of your group, and therefore, your check.

This can be done in three ways:

1: Create an irrationally powerful belief and loyalty in the products so they will continue on as a consumer even if they drop the business. This can only be done with a nutrition product due to the life-changing affects they can have.

These effects create the incredible testimonials and stories that manifest that irrational level of belief that "I need to keep taking these products in order to prevent something really bad from happening to my health."

2: Identify and mentor the diamonds in the rough who are destined for a leadership role. (This is only going to be 1 in every 100+ reps).

3: Form a personal bond and friendship with the large group of new/struggling reps through constant training and motivation. You must become the leader that your flock will continue to follow even though they've been in the business for over a year and have only sponsored 2 people.

Playing this role is extremely important to the stability of your downline, and it's why building a "net only" downline will never work in the long run.

The person to person relationship must be there because it's the glue that keeps people active and involved even when they're struggling. This doesn't mean you want to spend all of your time on the phone dealing with your unproductive reps.

You create and foster these relationships through leveraged tools and events like team training calls and email.

Without this personal relationship, there is no accountability and it becomes extremely easy to quit because you can't let a website downline, unlike your sponsor who's been investing time and energy into you.

Can you sponsor people by the thousands automatically on the internet?

Absolutely.

But just know that they will quit as fast as they joined because no one will know or care if they walk away.

If you want to build a revenue stream online that does not involve human contact, network is not the right industry to do it in.

A better option would be Ad Sense, direct response, or affiliate marketing.

But if you want to combine the best of both worlds... Internet marketing AND networking, then I can help you because that's exactly what I've personally done over the past few years.

I call my method the "Traffic Formula", and I feel safe saying that this guide changed our industry in many ways.

Why? Because it's the only course of it's kind that provided distributors with a step-by-step blueprint for building a networking business in the internet age.

Now you can't automate the team building aspect of a networking business, but you CAN automate the online lead generation, and marketing portion.

You can even take advantage of multiple streams of income once you start using this method as well.

"How I 'Close' My Prospects For Incredible Results..." Mike Dillard

Now in my experience, there are two approaches to "closing" in sales...

I'll call them "guided" and "voluntary".

Going for a guided close takes place during direct, person-to-person conversation.

That might be on the phone, or at the end of a meeting.

You're there in conversation with your prospect and it's decision time. They've gone through a presentation, and now it's your turn to go for the sale and "close" the deal...

Many leaders in this industry have mastered this game. They have a response for every objection. They have a list of their prospects desires, their wish list, and their emotional triggers which they acquired from the previous "interview" conversation.

They will personally "guide" them down a path that leads to a purchase.

If the networker is skilled at the guided close, that prospect is going to "buy" today whether they want to or not.

These guys have become extremely talented sales people, and are usually the top recruiters in their company.

As I began to acquire my phone skills years ago, learning the "direct" approach was just an assumed requirement of the process.

I didn't know there was an alternative.

If I wanted to sponsor a new rep, I was going to have to learn how to answer objections and close.

As I began to learn "real marketing", a better option became available which went for the voluntary close - where a prospect "sells themselves" and makes the decision to purchase on their own.

Now both methods use salesmanship and influence. The primary difference between the two is that the prospect is not put on the spot or asked to make a decision by the sponsor directly on a phone call or after a meeting.

There are several reasons I personally believe the voluntary approach is much more powerful than a guided approach, and it comes down to one primary piece of psychology:

"A person convinced against their will is of the same opinion still."

Many times during a guided sale, the person is buying for the wrong reason. It usually comes down to giving into the sales pressure which always leads to buyer's remorse shortly after.

The salesperson gets the prospects emotions flowing and they have no time to think logically which is the recipe that always leads to a sale which is why it's the primary tool of choice for direct response marketers.

This "heart only" approach is extremely effective, but counter-productive for our industry because we're not making a one-time sale... We're looking for the years of commitment it will take to build a successful business.

Unfortunately, once those emotions dissipate and logic sets in, the person may regret the decision they made, and in this industry, they usually end up quitting within days or weeks.

The ideal situation is where the prospects head catches up with their heart in order to make a "whole" decision which leads to a "voluntary purchase".

You don't want to convince your prospects to buy, you want them to convince themselves to buy, and then voluntarily make the purchase when the time is right for them.

Once they make their choice, it will be much more concrete and in order to stay congruent with that choice, they will work much harder and stay dedicated longer because "it was their idea".

Now a voluntary approach doesn't mean that you're going to just act all "nice and sweet" and not go for the sale.

You're still going sell the hell out of them.

But you're going to do it indirectly through tools and marketing instead of direct personal pressure.

I want to hit my prospects with a new marketing piece every few days whether it's through email, a letter, a website, a postcard... Whatever.

I'm still going to push those same emotional buttons, and I'm still going to ask for the sale, but I'm not going to do it directly through personal conversation.

I'm going to apply indirect pressure though my marketing which will allow them to come to a decision on their own and then force them to voluntarily "push the buy button".

It's this marketing drip-drip-drip process over time that allows their head to catch up with their heart and make the fully committed decision that's so important in this industry.

Here's my personal sponsoring process and it's probably going to be much different than what you've been taught. In order for it to work correctly, you will need to be truly believe you are a leader and you cannot come from a place of "neediness".

You must be completely willing to let a sale go.

1: Lead is generated and a quick introductory phone call is made just to let them know that I'm a real person. I'll ask them a few questions, BUT, it's not to build up "ammo" like their finding out their "reason why" so I can bring it back up later when it's "decision time".

I ask questions because I want to find out if this is someone I want to personally work with. Honestly, I'm trying to find a reason NOT to work with them or sell them product because the wrong customers/partners will cost you MUCH more than you'll ever make in the long run.

This qualification process is evident to the prospect through the verbal and non-verbal leadership ques that are expressed during the conversation. Things like energy level, voice level, tonalities, etc...

Now you're probably wondering what all of those are, but honestly, if you truly see yourself as a leader, you'll unconsciously start conveying these traits automatically.

2: If I like the person, I'll give them the address to the business overview via email and then instruct them verbally and in the email to contact me when they're done.

Because they came though a capture page when they became a lead, they are already in my marketing pipeline.

At this point, the ball is completely in their court.

I NEVER chase people. I'm too busy. And so are you whether that's true or not. Your business lives in a state of abundance. There is no neediness.

My marketing system will stay in contact with them for me. I don't have time to make follow up calls and I lose power if I do, but I will give them continual opportunities to contact me through my marketing campaign.

Scheduling follow-up calls and all that crap on your prospect's terms... Whatever.

They call me and I'll contact them back when I feel like doing so.

If you're positioning yourself correctly, they will be excited and feel privileged that you contacted them.

(This is something pretty foreign to most networkers who deal with prospects who never return their phone calls and voicemails).

3: Once they do contact me, they're going to have some questions which I will answer in a very friendly manner. I like this person and I wouldn't mind working with them...

BUT, for the rest of the call, I'm silent.

I don't ask them to get started and I don't try to keep the conversation going.

Dead spots in a conversation ARE AWKWARD. You want to make them feel off-balance and then force them to fill the dead air.

My attitude is that you called me to ask me some questions which I will answer, and that's it. Anything else that we discuss is up to you.

Because you're unwilling to keep the conversation going or try to talk them into getting started, you are in the position of power.

In any relationship, the person who cares the least holds the power.

So I'm just going to answer their questions and then sit there. They're testing me and my leadership frame whether they realize it or not.

And you know what happens 9 times out of 10 because I didn't take the bait and start chasing them?

They fill that awkward silence with statements like, "So what's next? How do I get started?"

Now in order for this method to work, you must TRULY see yourself as a leader and live in a mindset of abundance. If you don't and you're just pretending to act this way on a phone call, they will see straight through it.

You cannot pretend in anyway. You must truly live and believe that mindset.

This was only possible for me after I let go of the emotional roller coaster I was on when it came to building this business and just let whatever happen, happen

To Build A Downline,Or Not To Build A Downline...?

Beginning entrepreneurs who do not have years of experience to draw from, are very open and susceptible the opinions of other people they perceive as leaders.

By nature, they are also "opportunistic", and their decisions are always based on emotion, and then justified by logic.

You cannot fight this, and it's not economically justifiable to spend hours of your time trying to give your reps a mature outlook on business ownership and development. You can tell them, but it will be up to them to listen and learn which you have no control over.

So given this information, a downline built on recruiting business builders, who recruit business builders, will never be stable.

Product customers are where stability and longevity is found.

With this in mind, the most successful downlines have been built though systems that distributors used to acquire new customers.

Think New Vision's "Dead Doctors Don't Lie" campaign, Herbalife's "Lose Weight Now" campaign, and the Sea Silver radio campaign.

They are three of the most successful systems in history, and every one of them sold the company's product.

Because product sales were so easy, the system attracted new business builders who wanted to use it, perpetuating the customer acquisition process exponentially.

So again, you want to find a system that effectively sells a product, and then sell that customer acquisition system to potential business builders.

The business builders will eventually flake and move onto something bigger and better, but they will leave a long-lasting customer base in their place.

Thinking Bigger...

With that said, it's still thinking small because every marketing campaign will eventually run it's course. Of the 3 successful one's I mentioned above, none are around today.

So what do you do now? Start over again with a new company and marketing tool every 5 to 7 years?

Yuck.

No, there is a better way.

A REAL, life-long business that is completely immune to attrition and market trends can be built, but it can't be centered around an opportunity or a product.

It must be built around you, your name, and your relationships.

That's your true asset because it cannot be taken away.

Networking is a people business driven by marketing.

People are the commodity being traded, and you must position yourself in a manner that allows you to capitalize on that process through many different channels.

Instead of simply building a downline which can disappear at any moment, why don't you build an empire that reaches out and touches many people as possible throughout the entire industry, including your "competition"?

The biggest epiphany I ever had was that simply wanting to just "build a downline" was really dumb idea from a business stand point.

I know hundreds of full-time networkers making multiple six-figure incomes who constantly pulling their hair out trying to keep status-quo - filling gaps in the comp plan to keep their check, buying extra volume to qualify for the monthly bonus, etc... They are always a few distributors away from losing half their income.

You have two choices... You can put both your hands into one company basket and just build a "downline", or...

You can realize that "people" are your business and put your hand in as many baskets as you want - ensuring you and your "real business" are safe and profitable no matter what happens.

"I'm Thinking... But I'm Not Growing Rich"

So you’ve read “Think and Grow Rich”, and you’ve got an intellectual understanding that you “become what you think about”. You have a list of affirmations about wealth, and you recite them every day.

But you still have no money. Wealth doesn’t seem to be anywhere around.

What’s the deal here? According to Napoleon Hill, you ought to be filthy stinkin’ rich, right?

Well, here’s the real deal: If you’re not “Wealth Conscious”, than all this thinking, and all this affirming isn’t going to bring you wealth. Thinking and affirming are simply actions you’re taking. But they are just PART of the sequence of creating wealth. If you skip the FIRST step, you simply can’t get anywhere.

So what’s the first step?

Being.

"HOW CAN I BE WEALTHY IF I'M NOT WEALTHY?"

To attract wealth, you first have to BE wealthy. THEN, you think wealthy thoughts, speak wealthy affirmations, and take wealthy action.

“But how can I BE wealthy if I’m NOT wealthy?” you ask.

Logical question, but it’s based on the false assumption that you don’t have wealth. You HAVE wealth. You’re simply not aware of it. You have constructed a physical reality that prevents you from experiencing Wealth. This can all be explained with the science of Quantum Physics. So let’s look at some very basic concepts of Quantum Physics that will explain what I’m talking about.

First, you probably are aware - at least on an intellectual level - that at a subatomic level, we, and everything else in the Universe, is Energy. When you break everything down, we’re all made of the same stuff, and we’re all connected.

THE UNIVERSE IS AN OCEAN OF ENERGY

The Universe is just this huge ocean of Energy, vibrating at various frequencies which gives the illusion of individuation. That is, we experience the illusion of separateness from each other, physical objects, and wealth because our “senses” are decoding the Energy around us in such a way as to create our physical reality. This all happens in our thoughts.

So, to simplify things quickly here for the sake of time (another illusion), “things” only exist because we observe them. It is in our observing that things come into existence. Without our observing, things are simply “waves” - probabilities of existence. Physicists agree on this.

Our beliefs are a very powerful Energy system in our lives. Our beliefs allow or disallow certain experiences in our lives, including wealth.They make up who we are. We “BE” in the world according to our beliefs. If we are being “someone who is trying to get wealthy by repeating affirmations”, then THAT is what our reality will be. We will just be TRYING to get wealthy.

WEALTH IS A DECISION YOU CAN MAKE

We have to make the decision that we ARE wealthy, contrary to any external physical evidence. That evidence is an illusion based on the belief systems that have guided who we have been being up to that point. A truly wealthy person isn’t wealthy because they have money. They have money, because they are wealthy! That’s the distinction that most people have backward!

Here’s an example to illustrate what I mean: Tony Robbins became a millionaire at a very young age. Then, due to a series of poor judgments, he lost it. But within a year, he had it back. How did he do this? HE NEVER LOST HIS WEALTH. He only lost his money, which is just a symbol of wealth! Because he is “Wealth Conscious”, he literally “magnetically attracts” wealth into his life. He truly can’t help it! It’s who he is! And there are thousands out there like him, who attract wealth simply because it’s who they are. You can make the same decision and have the same results.

Conversely, a person who has grown up with “lack consciousness” can win millions in the lottery and lose it within a year. Their consciousness - their ENERGY - simply can’t maintain the attraction to Wealth because they aren’t “wealthy” in who they are being.

But again, Wealth is a decision. If you aren’t currently experiencing wealth, you first need to realize that abundance is everywhere...in fact it’s all there is. Poverty and lack are the illusions.

You can shift your consciousness to Wealth - BE Wealth - by simply making the decision, THEN your thoughts, speech, and action will allow you to experience the wealth that is yours! This is indeed a complex subject which challenges our core belief systems. But it is those very belief systems that keep a person in a state of lack.

Look at your financial situation today. Look at your core beliefs about Wealth and You, and see if your life isn’t a PERFECT reflection of your beliefs. Then, look where those beliefs may have originated. When you can awaken to yourself that your beliefs create your reality, rather than the other way around, you have the option to truly be free to experience a reality of prosperity that you deserve!

The Secrets of Rapid Manifestation

Rapid Manifestation is based on the premise that we attract what we vibrate in the PRESENT MOMENT. In other words, what we have in our life is a vibrational match to our present moment awareness.

Everything comes to us through the most elemental law of physics – LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE! Like Attracts Like is nothing more than the Law of Attraction. It is absolute and has nothing to do with your personality, your religious beliefs, being a “good” or a “bad” person or anything else. No one lives beyond this Law. It is an irrefutable law of the universe.

You may not have realized until now that this Law applies to your life and every other person’s life on the planet. The Law of Attraction, like all laws, is impartial and impersonal, which means it works when you want it to and when you don’t want it to.

YOU ARE A CREATOR, AND YOU ARE ALWAYS CREATING WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT

It is important to understand that you are a creator. In fact, you have no choice about whether you are creating because you are always creating whether you realize it or not.

However, you do have a choice about WHAT you create.

Unfortunately, most creations in people’s lives are by default. This is why most people feel their lives are out of control or that things are “happening” to them.

The reason we feel that things are “happening” to us is because we do not understand how the Law of Attraction works. This causes us to reap results, benefits and disadvantages that we do not understand.

The Law of Attraction is irresistible. All natural laws are irresistible. This includes the law of gravity, electricity or any other law that operates with mathematical exactitude. There is no variation. The law works perfectly EVERY time. Only the channel of distribution may be imperfect.

In order to understand how the Law of Attraction and Rapif Manifestation works and how it affects our lives, we need to take a few moments and talk about our creative thought process.

Put simply, every thought that you think has its own energetic vibrational frequency. That thought is impressed into your subconscious mind. Then, through the Law of Attraction it will energetically attract another person, place, thing, or circumstance that has a vibrational match or is vibrating at the same frequency. Every thought is a vibratory pattern. Vibratory patterns tend to resonate with similar vibrations and this resonance initiates the creative process.

Quantum physics has shown that all matter is simply a certain vibratory rate of energy. Matter is attracted to other matter. We call this the Law of Gravity. All energies will gravitate to other energies of the same or similar vibratory rates. All beliefs and thoughts, especially when attached to or accompanied by a strong emotional current, vibrate at a certain frequency or energy. And things, events, people and ideas that vibrate harmoniously with these thoughts will gravitate to them.

Everything is created through energetic vibration. Sound is vibration. Light is vibration. Matter is vibration. Thought is vibration. Emotion is vibration. Everything is vibration. Anything that vibrates at a specific pattern will attract like vibrations. This works on the chemical, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level.

GOOD OR BAD, YOU ALWAYS ATTRACT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT

Once you understand this principle you will realize why you do NOT have the things you desire in your life. Whenever you think about something you do NOT want, you set into motion the vibratory pattern that attracts the very thing you are trying to avoid.

The same thing happens if you reach into your past experience and project the negativity into your present or future. You will attract more of the same thoughts from other people; more conversation, more evidence, more circumstances and more events that perpetuate this negative thought. Like attracts like. It cannot be avoided.

It works the same way for positive or creative thought. Whatever you focus your intention on you attract.
In this inclusion based Universe, you attract what you think about, whether you want it or not. And so, if you’re saying “yes” to what you desire, or if you are saying “no” to it – you are still including it in your thoughts. The end result is that which you really want, you get - and that which you really don't want you get. The Law of Attraction works for both equally as well.

The important point is this: The more you struggle against something that you do not want, the more you attract it to yourself because you set up resistance to what you want. It can be summed up in this statement - Whatever you resist will continue to persist.

We have been programmed with the mistaken belief that we can get what we want by resisting or defeating what we don’t want. However, that defies the Law of Attraction.

Here is what you must know. That which you defend against will become your experience, that which you fear or worry about will become your experience and that which you prepare against will become your experience.

What we fail to understand is that the defense against sickness is the cause of it. The defense against poverty is the cause of it. The defense against evil is the cause of it. The defense of being hurt in a relationship is the cause of not having the relationship we desire.

As you prepare yourself and guard yourself, and are frightened and worried about anything you do not want, by focusing your attention on it and adding emotion to your thought, you are attracting the very thing you are trying to guard against. The more you try to defend, resist and guard against it, the more you fear it and the more powerful the attraction becomes.

However, the good news is if you put yourself in a clear, unrestrained nonresistance state of mind, allowing what you desire, you only need to relax, and it will come to you.

NEVER STRUGGLE OR WORRY AGAIN!

Rather than struggling against illness, relax and allow wellness. Rather than fighting against poverty or not having enough, just relax and allow more to come into your life. This means no more struggle and strain. No more discouragement, doubt, worry and defeat, but a sure and happy process of creating the life you desire. As you look into your own life experience and see the lack of anything; money, relationships, or whatever you desire, understand that lack exists for only one reason. You have chosen thoughts that are not in harmony with your desire and so you are literally vibrating or attracting what you are getting.

When you understand precisely how everything comes to you, you are also free forever from worry and fear about what others may do to you. You no longer have to worry about the economic conditions, the government, your parents, and all the influences that you fear. The only reason you worry and feel threatened is because you have accepted the belief that if someone else does something that is not in harmony with what you desire it will somehow affect your life. But it cannot come into your life if you do not invite it through the energy of your thoughts, fears and worry.

Nothing is more important than focusing on what you want. That is the mindset that you have to have to be at. In other words, you must stop trying to get rid of things that you don’t want or don’t make you feel good, because you can’t. You can’t make people go away or make them stop thinking or talking about you. You can’t rid the world of terrorists.

You can’t rid the world of disease. You can’t get rid of the things that you don’t want. This is an illusion. It has never worked since recorded history and will never work because it violates the Law of Attraction. Rapid Manifestation helps you to find the Path of Least Resistance to what you desire.

As you are reaching, in a determined way, for the Path of Least Resistance, anything that is resistant within you will present itself for you to take a look at. All your fears, doubts, and insecurities will pop up. This is your subconscious resistance based on your past experiences. All you have to do when this happens is to turn your focus in the other direction toward what you want.

As you start focusing on your desire, you become the owner of it, so to speak, without the complication of the details of manifestation. The Universe knows the essence of what you are reaching for and is yielding to you what you really want in the moment that you are able to relax and let go.

LET THE NATURAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE DO THEIR WORK

If you plant a seed in your garden I am sure you have enough common sense to know that your creation is well underway before you see any physical evidence. It is highly unlikely you will go out to your garden and stomp on the seed you planted and demand that you see results right now! You don’t worry about it, instead, you allow the natural laws of the universe to do their work and the small seed you planted matures into what you desire.

If you look at your life you will see you have planted many wonderful seeds of creation. However, in your impatience, worry or lack of understanding concerning the principles of the creative process you have focused on what you don’t have or don’t want and therefore have destroyed or sabotaged the seeds of your desire.

Your desires will come to you at the very best time. You can influence the very best time by releasing your desire and saying, “The Universe knows the bigger picture. I’m going to let it deal with the timing of this. Meanwhile, I’ll just do everything I can to keep focused on what I desire or open myself to SOMETHING BETTER!”

Sometimes you may think there is a shortage of what you desire. That you will not get what you want because someone else will get there first. What you must realize is there is no shortage. If you miss one opportunity, another will open up, then another, then another. Your stream of opportunity never runs out. You don’t have to tire yourself by trying to force things to happen – just enjoy what you have and create more of what you desire.

You must know that Universe supports you in everything that you desire, and that there is nothing that you can identify, whether you articulate it or not, that the Universe withholds from you. All things are given in the moment that you ask and accept.

When you are specific about what you want, and you accept the Path of Least Resistance, the Energy flows through you toward your inspired idea – and you will manifest what you desire. However, if you want more than you believe you can achieve, you’re out of balance. And if what you are accepting is less than what you want, you’re out of balance. And so, you have to find your balance.

YOU ARE CREATING YOUR FUTURE IN THIS MOMENT

You must know, believe and understand that you are creating what you call your future in this moment. What you are looking for is balance in your thinking. In other words, living in the present moment while giving thought to something you desire and expecting it. If you desire and expect it, it will be yours.

If there is anything that I want you to take away from this is that you do not have to struggle to have what you want. Let the Universe that links everything together (and allows the seed to grow) to take care of the process or the details. When you focus on the end result, you will be guided to the specific people, circumstances, conditions, techniques or strategies in how to go about bringing forth your desire. Furthermore, you will know that these people, circumstances, conditions, techniques or strategies are the “right” ones by the way you feel because you will feel positive emotion.

Rapid Manifestation is about accepting that whatever you desire is already yours NOW. Everything is created NOW. If you visualize or think about the future, you will wait longer than necessary to manifest what your desire.

What this technique does is allow you to create in the NOW. It forces you mind to stay in the present while you create what you want. It is an ACTIVE exercise where you are taken through the Rapid Manifestation process. It is short, simple, but extremely powerful.

Six Ways of Thinking "Rich"

Rich people have a way of thinking that is different from poor and middle class people. They think differently about money, wealth, themselves, other people, and life. Let’s examine six crucial differences between how rich people think and how poor or middle class people think.

By doing so, you will have some alternative beliefs in the files of your mind from which to choose. In this way, you can catch yourself thinking as poor people do and quickly switch over to how rich people think.

Remember, beliefs are not right, wrong, true or false, they're just past opinions which can be changed on your command. The fact is, you can CHOOSE to think in ways that will support you instead of ways that don't.

1. RICH PEOPLE BELIEVE "I CREATE MY LIFE."
Poor people believe "Life happens to me."

If you want to create wealth, it is imperative that you believe that you are at the steering wheel of your life; that you create every moment of your life, especially your financial life. If you don't believe this, then you must believe you have little control over your life and that financial success has nothing to do with you. That is not a very rich attitude.

Instead of taking responsibility for what's going on in their lives, poor people choose to play the role of victim. Of course, any "victim's" predominant thought process is "poor me." And presto, through the law of intention that's literally what they get; "poor," as in money, me.

Here's some homework I promise will change your life. For the next seven days, I challenge you not to complain at all. Not just out loud, but in your head too. I've given this little challenge to thousands of people and several hundred have personally told me that this exercise completely transformed their lives. I invite you to email me with the results of this experiment. I guarantee you'll be astonished as to how amazing your life will become when you stop focusing on the "crap."

It's time to decide. You can be a victim OR you can be rich, but you can't be both. It's time to take back your power and acknowledge the fact that you create every moment of your life. That you create everything that is in your life and everything that is not in it. That you create your wealth and you create your non-wealth and everything in between.

2. RICH PEOPLE PLAY THE MONEY GAME TO WIN
Poor people play the money game not to lose.

Poor people play the money game on defense rather than offense. Let me ask you, if you were to play any sport or any game strictly on defense, what are the chances of you winning that game? Most people agree; slim and none.

Yet, that's exactly how most people play the money game. Their primary concern is survival and security, not wealth and abundance. So, what is your goal? What is your real objective? What is your true intention?

Rich people's big goal is to have massive wealth and abundance. Poor people's big goal is to have "enough to pay the bills..." on time would be a miracle! Again, let me remind you of the power of intention. When your objective is to have enough to pay the bills, that's exactly how much you'll get; just enough to pay the bills and usually not a cent more. You get what you truly intend to get. If you want to get rich, your goal has to be "rich." Not just enough to pay the bills and not just enough to be comfortable. Rich, darn it, rich!

3. RICH PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING RICH
Poor people are uncommitted to being rich.

Most of us have good reasons as to why it would be wonderful to be rich, but what about the other side of the coin? Are there reasons why it might not be so great to be rich or go through the process of trying to get rich?

Each of us has a file on wealth in our mind. This file contains our personal beliefs that include why being wealthy would be great. But for many people, their file also includes information as to why being rich might not be so great. These people have mixed internal messages around money and especially wealth.

One part of them says, "Having more money will make life a lot more fun." But then another part screams, "Yeah, but "I'm going to have to work like a dog! What kind of fun is that?" One part says, "I'll be able to travel the world." then the other part responds, "Yeah, and everyone in the world will want something from me." These mixed messages are one of the biggest reasons that most people never become rich.

In fact, the #1 reason most people don't get what they want is they don't know what they want. Rich people are totally clear they want wealth. They are unwavering in their desire. They are fully committed to creating wealth. They will do "whatever it takes" to have wealth as long as it's moral, legal and ethical. Rich people do not send mixed messages to the universe. Poor people do.

I hate to break the news to you, but getting rich is not a "stroll in the park." It's takes focus, expertise, 100% effort, and "never say die" perseverance. You have to really commit to it, both consciously and subconsciously. You have to believe in your heart you can do it and you deserve it. If you are not fully committed to creating wealth, chances are you won't.

4. RICH PEOPLE THINK BIG
Poor people think small.

We once had a trainer teaching at one of our seminars who went from a net worth of $250 thousand to over $600 million in only 3 years. When asked his secret he said, "Everything changed the day I began to think big." In my book, SpeedWealth, I discuss the "Law of Income" which states that "you will be paid in direct proportion to the value you deliver according to the market place."
Another way of understanding this is to answer the following question: How many people do you actually serve or affect?

For instance in my business, some trainers enjoy speaking to groups of 20, others are comfortable with 100, others like an audience of 500, still others want 5000 people or more in attendance. Is there is a difference in income between these trainers? You bet there is.

Who are you? How do you want to live your life? How do you want to play the game?

Do you want to play in the big leagues or in little league, in the majors or the minors?

Will you play big or play small? It's your choice.

But hear this. It's not about you. It's about living your mission. It's about living true to your purpose. It's about adding your piece of the puzzle to the world. It's about serving others.

Most of us are so stuck in our egos that everything revolves around "me, me and more me." But again, it's not about you, it's about adding value to other people's lives. It's your choice. One road leads to being broke and miserable, the other leads to money, meaning, and fulfillment.

It's time to stop hiding out and start stepping out. It's time to stop needing and start leading. It's time to start being the star that you are. It's time to share your gifts and value in a BIG way. There could be thousands or even millions of people counting on you. Are you up to the challenge for our society and our children's sake? Let's hope so.

5. RICH PEOPLE ARE BIGGER THAN THEIR PROBLEMS
Poor people are smaller than their problems.

Getting rich is not a stroll in the park. It's a journey that is full of obstacles, twists, and detours. The simple fact is, success is messy. The road is fraught with pitfalls and that's why most people don't take it. They don't want the hassles, the headaches and the responsibilities. In short, they don't want the problems.

Therein lies one of the biggest differences between rich people and poor people. Rich and successful people are bigger than their problems while poor and unsuccessful people are smaller than their problems.

Poor people will do almost anything to avoid anything that looks like it could be a problem. They back away from challenges. The irony is that in their quest to make sure they don't have problems, they have the biggest problem of all... they're broke and miserable.

The secret to success is not to try to avoid or shrink your problems; it's to grow yourself so you're bigger than any problem.

Imagine a "level 2" character person looking at a "level 5" problem. Would this problem appear to be big or small? The answer is that from a "level 2" perspective, a "level 5" problem would seem BIG.

Now imagine a "level 8" person looking at the same "level 5" problem. From this person's perspective, is this problem big or small? Magically the identical problem is now a SMALL problem.

And for a "level 10" person, it's NO problem at all. It's just an everyday occurrence, like getting dressed or brushing your teeth. Whether you are rich or poor, playing big or playing small, problems do not go away. If you're breathing, you will always have so-called "problems."

What's important to realize is that the size of the problem is never the real issue. What matters is the size of you!
Remember, your wealth can only grow to the extent that you do! The idea is to grow yourself to a place where you can overcome any problems that get in your way of creating wealth and keeping it once you have it.

Rich people do not back away from problems, do not avoid problems and do not complain about problems. Rich people are financial warriors and when a warrior is confronted with a challenge they shout: BRING IT ON!

6. RICH PEOPLE FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES
Poor people focus on problems.

Rich people see potential growth. Poor people see potential loss.

Rich people focus on the rewards. Poor people focus on the risks.

It's the age-old question, is the glass half empty or half full? We're not merely talking about "positive thinking" here, we're talking about a habitual way of seeing the world. Poor people come from fear. Their minds are constantly scanning for what's wrong or what could go wrong in any situation. Their primary mindset is "What if it doesn't work?" or, more bluntly, "It won't work." Rich people, as we discussed earlier, take responsibility for creating their life and come from the mindset, "It will work because I'll make it work."

In the financial world, as in most other arenas, risk is directly proportionate to reward; generally, the higher the reward, the higher the risk. People with rich mentalities are willing to take that risk.

Rich people expect to succeed. They have confidence in their abilities, they have confidence in their creativity and they believe that should the "doo-doo hit the fan", they can always make their money back or succeed in another way.

On the other hand, poor people expect to fail. They lack confidence in themselves and in their abilities, and should things not work out, they believe it would be catastrophic.

You have to do something, buy something, or start something in order to succeed financially. You have to see opportunities for profit all around you instead of focusing on ways of losing money.

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Tapping the Enormous Power of Your Superconscious Mind

You have available to you, right now, a power like a supercomputer that can enable you to solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal you can set for yourself.

This power has been used throughout history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment. And it can do the same for you.

This power has been called many things by many people in many places. It is the fundamental principle of most religions, philosophies and metaphysical teachings. It underlies much of psychology and is the cornerstone of all success and achievement.

In its simplest terms, it is called the “subconscious mind,” although this is a misunderstanding because the true subconscious mind is merely a memory bank of senses and impressions that reacts automatically based on your previous experiences.

It has also been called the “universal subconscious mind” and the “collective unconscious.”

The great Austrian psychoanalyst, Carl Jung, referred to this as the “superconscious mind.” He felt that the collective wisdom and knowledge of all the ages was contained in this superconscious mind and was available to everyone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson referred to it as the “oversoul” and wrote that, “We live in the lap of an immense intelligence that, when we are in its presence, we realize that it is far beyond our human mind.” Emerson, the great American transcendentalist, felt that all power and possibility for the average person came from using this mind on a regular basis.

Napoleon Hill, perhaps the greatest researcher on success of the 20th century, called this power the “infinite intelligence.” After spending more than 20 years interviewing 500 of the most successful men and women alive in America at that time, he concluded that, without exception, their ability to tap into this higher form of infinite intelligence was the primary reason for their great success in life.

THE INFINITE INTELLIGENCE OF YOUR SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND IS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN EVERY MOMENT

Whatever you choose to call it, this power is as available to you at this very minute as it ever has been to anyone, anywhere. I refer to it as the “superconscious mind,” the mind that is above and outside all other minds or intelligences.

The superconscious mind is the source of all examples of pure creativity. It is the superconscious mind that is functioning at the creation of anything that is completely new in the universe. The superconscious mind was tapped into and used by all the great inventors, writers, artists and composers of history on a regular basis, right up to the present day. Every great work of art or creativity is infused with superconscious energy.

Thomas Edison used his superconscious mind regularly to come up with hundreds of brand new ideas and inventions, more than 1,000 of which completely transformed America at the beginning of the 20th century. More recently, William Gates came up with an idea for a basic operating system for the early computers, which he called “MS-DOS.” It was so unique and revolutionary that he and Paul Allen were actually writing the program on the airplane as they flew to their meeting with their first customer.

Today, Bill Gates is the world’s richest man, and it all came from a superconscious flash of insight. Bach, Beethoven and Brahms tapped into the superconscious mind regularly to write some of the finest music ever heard. Mozart was so finely tuned into his superconscious mind that he could both see and hear the music in his head and was then able to write down some of the most beautiful music of the ages, note perfect, the very first time he put pen to paper.

YOUR SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND CAN ACCESS EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION IN THE UNIVERSAL MIND

Whenever you see, read, listen to, or experience a great achievement of any kind that touches something deep inside you, you are witness to a superconscious creation.
Your superconscious mind can access every piece of information stored in your conscious and subconscious minds. It can also access data and ideas outside your own experience, because it actually lies outside your human mind. This is why it is called a form of universal or infinite intelligence.

You will often get ideas that come to you from far beyond you. It is not unusual for two people separated by thousands of miles of distance to come up with the same idea at the same time. When you are well-attuned to another person, such as your spouse or mate, you will often have thoughts identical to him or her at the same time during the day, and you will only find out that you had reached the same conclusion when you compare notes hours later.

This is an example of your superconscious mind at work. Your superconscious mind is capable of goal-oriented motivation. When you are working determinedly toward a goal of your own choosing, your superconscious mind will generate a continuous flow of ideas and energy to help you move onward. In fact, your superconscious mind is a form of “free energy.” This free energy becomes available to you when you become excited or inspired about achieving something that is really important to you. You seem to be able to continue hour after hour without fatigue.

Sometimes you even forget to eat, and you need far less sleep than you would normally. After you have achieved your goal, you may collapse in exhaustion, but while you are moving toward it, you seem to be flowing with continuous energy and enthusiasm.

YOUR SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND AUTOMATICALLY SOLVES EVERY PROBLEM ON THE WAY TO YOUR GOAL

Your superconscious mind automatically and continually solves every problem on the way to your goal, as long as your goal is clear. Your superconscious mind will also give you the lessons and experiences that you need to succeed, in the form of setbacks, problems, frustrations and temporary failures.

Your superconscious mind will also bring you the exact answer you require to solve your problem or achieve your goal, exactly when you are ready for it. When your superconscious mind gives you a hunch or an inspiration, remember, this is time-dated material. You must act on it immediately.

I’ve had many experiences of wrestling with a problem that I have been unable to resolve until the last minute. Then, right when I need it, the answer becomes perfectly clear. This will happen to you as well when you use the power of your superconscious mind.

The critical factor in using your superconscious mind is your attitude. Your superconscious mind functions best with an attitude of calm, confident expectations. When you adopt an attitude of faith and acceptance, when you confidently accept and believe that everything that is happening to you is moving you progressively toward the achievement of your goal, your superconscious mind seems to come alive, like all the lights have been turned on in a room.

This is why successful people seem to have tremendous clarity concerning what they want, along with tremendous calmness and confidence regarding their ability to achieve it. This combination of attitudes will throw the power switch on your superconscious abilities.

Because of your superconscious powers, anything that you can hold in your mind on a continuing basis, you can have. Emerson wrote, “A man becomes what he thinks about, most of the time.” Earl Nightingale wrote, “You become what you think about.” In the Bible it says that, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.” And this law of sowing and reaping refers to mental states; to your thoughts. Of course, there is a potential danger in the use of your superconscious mind. It is like fire - a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. If you use it improperly, and think negative, fearful thoughts, your superconscious mind will accept your thoughts as a command and go to work to materialize them into your reality.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE AND UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

What is the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people? It is as simple as this: Successful people think and talk about what they want, and unsuccessful people talk about what they don’t want.

So here is a 10-step plan for plugging into your superconscious power to get what you truly want in life. Make this plan a regular habit, and you will be astonished at the results.

1. Decide exactly what you want. This is usually the biggest problem that people have. They don’t know what they want and then they’re surprised when they don’t get it.

2. Write your goal clearly in every detail. A goal that is not written down is merely a wish. When you write it down, you signal to your superconscious mind that you really want to accomplish this particular objective.

3. Write your goal in simple, present tense words on a three-by-five index card and carry it with you to read and re-read throughout the day whenever you get a chance.

4. Make a list of everything you can think of that you can do that will move you toward your goal. Making a list intensifies your desire and deepens your belief that the attainment of the goal is possible for you.

5. Organize the list by priority. What is more important and what is less important?

6. Resolve to take action every day on one of the items on your list. Do something every day that moves you toward your goal so that you can maintain your momentum.

7. Visualize your goal repeatedly. See it in your mind’s eye as though it were already a reality. The more clear and vivid your mental picture of your goal, the faster it will come into your life.

8. Get the feeling of pleasure and enjoyment that you would have if your goal were realized at this very moment. Create the emotion of happiness, satisfaction, and pleasure that you would have if you really achieved your goal.

9. Confidently behave as if your superconscious mind were bringing your goal into reality. Accept that you are moving toward your goal and it is moving toward you.

10. Release your goal completely to your superconscious mind. When you turn your goal over to the power of the universe and just get out of the way, you will always know the right actions to take at the right time.

Starting today, try this power of yours, your superconscious mind, on one goal or idea, and practice it continually until you succeed in achieving that goal. By doing so, you will move from the “positive thinking” of the hopeful person to the “positive knowing” of the totally successful person.