How do you view money? When you see money laying around, what feelings do you have or what thoughts run through your head? The way you feel and react towards money may determine whether or not you will ever see more of it. It is widely known that in order to change your life from being poor to being rich, you must first change the way you think. Part of this change involves the way you think, feel, and respond to money.

We were at a restaurant the other day and noticed a waitress acting a little different. She would hover around the tables of guests who were leaving. As she would walk by the table that had not yet been cleared, she would look around as if to see who was watching, and with lightning speed she would snag up the tip that was on the table and shove it into her pocket. As she started to walk off she noticed some change underneath the few bucks she had snagged, and just as quickly as before, snagged that and left the area without cleaning the table off. Now, she obviously is in need of money or feels that she does not get enough of it.

If you get a negative feeling at the site of money than you have a huge problem with allowing more money to come your way. Money is a form of energy. It touches so many hands and is a tool used for the creation of so many things. But it is no more than a bunch of ore or stacks rectangular of paper. Yet it has value and when something has value, then it can be used to create. It is meant to be in flow. The man who keeps his output of money steady, will get a steady return. A man who keeps his money in flow will be richer than the man who doesn’t. Action and reaction. When you have figured out how to establish a flow of income, it will keep coming if you keep it moving. Think of it as a river. In order to really harness the strength of a river you must build a dam. Now, to create electricity you must keep the water flowing through the dam. If you don’t, the damn will  be overrun, it will break and you will lose it all. Harness the power and energy of money by allowing a steady incoming and outgoing flow of it.

Money is a great tool in the creation of your dreams. Think of it as a tool used to build whatever you desire. It is a positive thing to have money. Most people want it out of neediness, not ambition or creativity. Determine your reason for obtaining money and if it is to pay your bills, then that is all you will ever do. But if it is to create, then you will find that it will come easier than ever before. 

1 - Identify your desires

In order to attract your desires, you must have a very strong desire and become passionate about that desire. The Law of Attraction knows if you are truly serious about your goals. If you are just testing it out to see if it works, you have skepticism and the law responds to that. You must have true intentions tied to true feelings in regards to your desires. If you really desire something, you will do what is necessary to obtain it. Get clear on your desire!

2 – Set Goals

Setting goals is necessary to maintain your focus and urgency. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Goals are directly tied to your desires. Whether your goals are materialistic, lifestyle, realationship oriented, they must have a time set in which they will be obtained. Now I know that the Law of Attraction has no time restraints on when it will manisfest itself, but as your focus towards your goal or desire increases, so will your output of energy towards that given goal. Set goals and then set a time by which you will achieve that goal. As you approach the end of your time limit, your focus and energy towards your goal gets more intense. There must be acountability.

3 – Have a goal board/goal cards/written goals.

Get your goal out of your head and put it into reality through picture or writing. Create a goal board and post all the things that relate to your goal right there in front of you. If you desire a mansion, post a picture of the exact mansion you desire where you see it all day long. This will keep it constantly in your mind. Get some cards and write your goals on them and stick them in your wallet or purse. Put a “goal stone” in your pocket. Everytime you reach in your pocket and feel that stone, it will remind you of your desires to achieve your goals.

4 – Set yourself up for deliberate attraction.

This part seems so minor but is essential to keeping your focus and frame of mind in a positive state. For example, if you look in your wallet, and your desire is to create wealth, and you don’t have any money inside, what feelings or thoughts do you get? The Law of Attraction responds to the energy you put out. Now, thoughts are energy and feelings are a reaction from the thoughts you have. If you look into your wallet and see no money, what feeling does that give you? It makes you feel broke! What then are you going to get from the Law of Attraction? More of that feeling. The goal to deliberate attraction is to stay in control of the way you feel and to keep those feelings parallel or correspondent to the what your desire is.

5 – Well what do you want?

When going throughout your day and something happens that you do not like or want in your world, sway your attention away from it and think of what you would like. It is just as simple as that. When you come across something you don’t want or like, ask yourself what you do want or like and your attention, energy and focus will do an immediate shift.

6 – Visualization

Creating the emotions and feelings of already having what you desire is the real key to applying the Law of Attraction. I reference the Law of Attraction to the Be-Do-Have principle quite often. Be the person you want to be first, then you will do the things that person does, and then have the things that person has. A huge part of the “Be” is how you feel. When you acquire the ability to create the feeling of being rich, you will then act as if you are rich. It is the feelings you get that create action towards your desires. Not just mediocre action but strong persistent action. Take the time every day to sit and visualize what you desire. Get clear and specific to the point at which you can feel yourself there. Then, will it come.

7 – Always be in a state of gratitude.

As you start the day in gratitude, you will find that you will get, into your life, more and more to be grateful for. As you appreciate what you have been blessed with and are thankful and grateful for that, you will get more. Just, as in the Bible, those who used their talents instead of hiding them up, were given more. Be grateful for what you have. Notice abundance in everything around you.  

8 – Be an allowing person.

Don’t resist. Allow the Law to work for you. It is a law and is governed by a set of principles. If you do this…..then it, in return, does this. If you fulfill your part then it, in return, fulfills what it has been predicated to do. It has no choice. When you fulfill your part then it happens, but you must be willing and allowing. If it is wealth you desire, you must be willing to accept large somes of money from people over and over again. Allow it. Do away with the poverty mindset and concentrate on wealth. Money comes to you naturally. You are a money magnet. Allow it and it will come.

9 – Always be a person of action.

The Law of Attraction may present itself to you in the form of an opportunity. When you see an opportunity, choose to go forward without fear or doubt. You must have your eyes open. Things do not fall into your lap. The Law of Attraction has the word “action” in it. You must be willing to make choices, and take action towards your desire. Things come to the ones who are moving towards it, not to the sluggish. The wide-receiver that gets the touch-down pass in the one that is moving.

Just remember that what you give your focus and attention to is what you get. Be sure to plan ahead, you are the creator of your life. Design your day to focus on what you desire and you will find that mastering the Law of Attraction will become a habit and you will find yourself in the midst of your dreams.

Does your life have meaning? When you wake up each day are you full of excitement for what the waiting hours might bring your way? Do you go throughout your day savoring every minute of it as if there were not enough of them or do you count them down as if sleep is your only moment of joy? Are you slowly awaiting your death or are you living in purpose?

As you answer these questions to yourself, remember the feelings you get when you do. That feeling will give you a pretty good idea of whether or not you are living. My family and I travel quite a bit which leaves a lot of time for reflection. The conversation came up regarding what our life used to be before finding this opportunity and the industry of Personal Development. I used to wake up every day, go to the same place to work every day, do the same thing there every day, and come home to spend time with my family every night for an hour or two before it was time to sleep. Now don’t get me wrong, there are those who have no time with their family after work! So I had it better than some, but what was I thinking? I was slowly dying! As I woke every morning, I was not excited for my day. I didn’t expect my day tomorrow to be much different from today.

What did I have to look forward to? I could see then, how someone could get excited over a new job or promotion, but now, it seems like such a hard and uneventful life. Besides the part that involves family and friends, most of your life is wasted in building someones elses dream. Everyday spent at a job is a day wasted in your dream. All that work for two weeks of vacation a year! I in stupidity at myself, because I used to think that was fair!

It is my goals to create as many entrepreneurs as I possibly can in my lifetime. Since I transitioned from the work force to entrepreneuralism, I have experienced a life of opportunity and excitement. I can hardly wait to see what the future brings our way. I love living and love those I am surrounded with and those I am able to assist in living the life of their dreams. What are you here on Earth for? You are only here once, make the best of it and live the life you imagine you would, because you know what, you are the creator of it!

Have you ever driven by an empty commercial lot and thought, “That would be an awesome place for a business right there,” but then couldn’t think of the perfect business to go there? I know I have and it drives me crazy until I can come up with something that would be perfect for that location. It may take me a few days but I will come up with something that would be a fit. How many people just don’t, or better yet, just can’t figure out what would be a success for that area?

I believe the reason some people will never see success is not because of their lack of ambition, but more so because of their lack of creativity or vision. It is easy to spot a good location for a business but the real challenge comes in building a creating the perfect business for the spot. Those that fail to use the creative side of their brains tend to stay closer to the security of what they know versus what could happen. To most, having a job is comfortable for them, even though it may be far less secure.

Vise-versa, some fail to reach their goals due to lack of ambition yet have many great ideas. I should also add the lack of action in association with ambition. In order to truly live the lifestyle of your dreams, you must have vision and be willing to take the action towards what drives you. When it all comes down to it, if you truly have a vision, there is nothing that will keep you from it. An idea is just an idea, but vision has passion behind it. If you fail to follow your passions, you fail to live!

I am so inspired but Andy Andrews’ book “The Travelers Gift.” If you haven’t read this book, get it and read it. It will change your life. This one book has had a huge effect on the way I perceive myself and the possibilities around me. I won’t give away the story line of the book but I will touch upon each of the decisions for success covered in his book. I will touch on the first in this article.

The Buck stops here! What exactly does that even mean? In doing some research I found that it means: Responsibility is not passed on beyond this point. U.S. president Harry S. Truman had a sign with this inscription on his desk. This was meant to indicate that he didn’t ‘pass the buck’ to anyone else but accepted personal responsibility for the way the country was governed. Although he didn’t create the saying, it may have never been as commonly know if he hadn’t used it so frequently.

The buck stops here. Take responsibility for your actions whether positive or negative. This is a phrase of integrity and true character. When facing difficulties or tough decisions take hold of what is placed before you and run with it. The only one that is going to create success for you is you! Where you are today physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially is because of your thoughts. Your actions are a direct reflection of what you think about and thus, your results are a manifestation of your thoughts and actions. You are where you are because of you.

Take hold of that concept, accept your wins and your losses as your own and start new. Today is the first day to the rest of your life. You own it. Whatever brand has marked you in the past is no longer. What you were yesterday will not matter tomorrow because you have the power to change that. It is within you to create anything. Take responsibility for your actions. The buck stops here!

You know, I think the title to this entry is a kind of a trick question, but what decisions or choices would you be making if there were no posibilities of failure? Whatever you decided to accomplish today would happen. What thoughts would be going through your head? Would you be doing the same thing you do everyday or would there be a significant shift in your daily method of operation? How would this one day effect the rest of your life and the decisions you make from this point on?

I can tell you this much….if there was something that you wanted to change about your life or current circumstance, you would start with that. I can pretty much guarantee that you would not be going into work today, especially if you have a job. At least I would hope that you would choose not to continue in a life of limitation because that, to a degree, is what having a job is. Whatever it is that you feel passionate about, I would hope that you would persue that, if the possibilty of success were 100% guaranteed. I am sure that you have dreams and goals that are still floating around in your head somewhere that you would like to see a reality.

The trick to this question is that your belief in your success, is the only thing that seperates you from success or failure. Now let me rephrase that so it sticks and is clear. Your success or failure is directly and immediately tied to your belief in yourself. If you knew, that today you could succeed at anything you wanted to, then you would. It is all in your head. Fear, sadness, pain, happiness, confindence, insecurity, and all emotions are in your head. They are direct reflections of how you act towards an outside influence. You control your thoughts. Your thoughts govern your actions and actions create results.

Cultivate a belief in yourself, eliminate all doubt, and go after the life of your dreams. We all have the same 24 hours today, what are you going to do with yours?