Let me ask you a question. Have they convinced you that you
cannot succeed? Have they convinced you that this market is
impossible? Have they convinced you that the market turning
around is the only thing that can help you?

Well, I got good news and bad news. The bad news is shame
on you for letting an outside force or entity to control
your outcomes but the good news is…

IT IS VERY EASY TO STOP LISTENING TO THEM!

First of all, who are THEY? They can be the media, your
friends, your family members, your parents…it may even be
those from your childhood. Perhaps you saw your parents go
through tough times and recall how tough that was and you
are simply reliving those memories in your current life.
There are two quick things you can do RIGHT NOW to change,
it will take some time and dedication but, they are FREE
and what the heck is your alternative?

First things first, if the person giving you advice is
struggling, not a millionaire, or does not live the type of
life you wished that you lived, STOP LISTENING TO THEM. Take
this one step further and learn how to only accept that
advice that HELPS you toward your goals. Want some
examples?

The statement that I hear over and over is “It is tough
to make money in this market”. Well, if you read my past
blog at http://theforeverwealthclub.com/blog/date/2008/11
you know that 2008 marked the year that more billionaires
were created than ever before, so, just take that statement
and throw it out the window or continue believing it and
like James Ray says: Your wish is my command! You see, if
you simply make statements like that or believe them, you
force them to become true. And yes, I am talking about the
law of attraction but it really goes deeper than that. In
the bible when Moses and his people were in the desert, the
people came to Moses and told them they didn’t have water.
So what did he tell them to do? He told them to pray for
rain. When he visited them and they cried about praying and
praying but no rain showing up, he asked them where the
ditches were. They looked puzzled and asked what he meant.
He said, and this is so important to understand, where did
you expect the rain to go if you didn’t dig ditches?

ARE YOU DIGGING THE DITCHES TO ACCEPT YOUR RAIN?

You need to have an invisible force field around you that
protects you from all malignant statements. Negative
statements about your future are cancerous and need to be
quickly thrown away. Negative events also need to be used
for what they are meant to be used for. Let me give you an
example.

I got a massage the other day and I came out to my car and
the car would not start. The battery was so dead that my
door locks would not even work and I had an important
meeting to get to. Did I sit there and moan and groan? Did
I say how much it  sucked and say woe is me? No, my very
first thought, the one that came to me instantly was, I
wonder who I am supposed to meet for this to happen. You
see, everything happens for a reason. Every bad event in
your life happens for a reason. They may happen because you
do not currently hold the mental state to accomplish a goal
you are focusing on. They may happen because had your life
gone on as planned, you would have missed out on something
wonderful. Heck, they may happen to save you from something
even worse! So, back to my car not working…
After I called AAA, I grabbed some food and sat on a bench
outside of an animal hospital. A lady came out about 2
minutes later, obviously distraught, and asked if she could
sit down beside me. I said sure (and kind of laughed inside
on how fast this one happened). She got on the phone and
called someone, I assume her husband, and expressed her
dismay at the health conditions of her dog. When she got
off the phone I told her that I hoped her dog would get
better soon. She spent the next 40 minutes telling me all
about her dogs, how she rescues animals and how much she
loves her pets. I sat there quietly and listened,
contributing where I could but let her go on and on about
her pets. After all this time, she got up, looked at me,
told me I was a great guy, thanked me for listening and
went about her day. She looked infinitely better than she
did when she came out of that hospital. I don’t say this
to impress you but to impress upon you that you can make a
huge difference in someone’s life by just listening to
them. Now, another interesting thing that happened is when
the AAA driver arrived, I didn’t have cash to tip him so
I looked in my trunk, found an unopened set of Audio CD’s
for the secret, which, he had never heard of, and gave them
to him. Hopefully he will get something out of them and
change his life as I did when I first listened to them.

Now, ready to change your life? Ready to wipe those excuses
out of existence? Then let’s do it RIGHT NOW! I told my
good friend Tim Hart this step and he calls me every couple
days to tell me that something else just happened from doing
it.

Every single day, write down what you want to accomplish in
the present tense.

If your immediate response is that you don’t have time,
then I am here to tell you that you are full of crap and
get over it. I write a page and a half every single day no
matter what and it takes about 15 minutes to do. Here are
some of my more generic ones that you can instantly use as
examples:

I feel wonderful now that I only have fantastic things
happen to me.
I am so happy that I have such wonderful personal and
business relationships.
I feel so happy that I have so much money coming in from
all kinds of avenues.

If you notice the pattern, I am stating them in the present
tense, only using positive terms and saying them with
emotion. Do not worry if you have a hard time believing
your statements at first, with repetition and not listening
to negative forces around you, they will start to stick. To
start this process, pick one statement and focus on
something you can measure shortly. The more you see
results, the more you believe, the more they will start to
work. If someone owes you money, then write a statement
saying how grateful you are that you were paid from that
person.

STILL CONVINCED YOU CANNOT SUCCEED?

The great Tony Robbins was in New York City and told his
team that he wanted to go around and give bags of food to
the homeless. He told them to rent a van so they could
transport the food. Hours later he asked where the van was
and they said there were no vans available as they had
called all the rental places. Determined to get his way he
went into traffic and started knocking on the windows of
vans, stating what he wanted to accomplish and if they
would let him use their van. After 30 minutes he knocked on
the window of the head of the salvation army and
accomplished his goal.

WOULD YOU KNOCK ON THE WINDOWS OF NEW YORK CARS TO
ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS?

Ray Higdon

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Make it an Awesome Day!

So how the heck do you stay motivated in this market?
Yesterday I was in the Beacon Executive Suites Dropping off a
check to the Boys and Girls Club of the Money we raised from
the holiday party (thank you everyone) and I ran into some
folks that were working on building a multi level marketing
company. As most of you know, I fully believe in these
companies being an engine for passive income if the product is
good. They were asking me how I always stayed motivated. They
seemed to really like and appreciate what I told them so I
thought it would be worthwhile to share with you all.

“Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by
those doing it”
- James Arthur Baldwin

Isn’t that a wonderful quote? All throughout my life people have been
telling me I could not do something or wanting me to come down from
my beliefs and agree with them how hard it is to do something or bad
things are and I have just refused. In real estate, if someone told me
no way to my offer, I would say no problem and move on, knowing that I
didn’t need that deal. Know that in business whatever project or client you are working on is not something you NEED. For example my friends in Network Marketing hear about a 7 to 1 no to yes ratio if they are decent. The good ones know it is just a numbers game and continue to stay motivated and plug away at getting the RIGHT people. The ones that will never ever make it in that type of business go home and cry to Mama after the 4th or 5th no.

Whatever you lack in skill, make up for in numbers
Staying motivated has nothing to do with anything on the outside of your mind and everything to do with the real estate between your ears. If you believe in your product, which is YOURSELF, then you know that if you stay upbeat, positive and moving toward (versus away) from your goals then you will succeed, period.

“There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

That quote is so true and tells us that if we can envision a goal or dream, just by the ability to envision it means we can accomplish it! I find it much easier to stay motivated when I know I am working toward something I want to accomplish. When you take the time to write down your goals and write them down everyday, throughout your day just think to yourself if what you are doing, thinking, or listening to is moving you toward your goals or not. If it is not then either accept it and recognize it or stop doing it and do something that will move you forward! This does not mean eliminate time with family or time doing the things you love to do because when you do the things you love to do, you are in harmony and good things will be attracted to you.

“Don’t wish for things to be easier, wish for you to be better”
- Jim Rohn

A couple years ago I bought plane tickets, hotel accommodations and spent $750 to attend a course in San Francisco called photo reading. I figured that I had become too busy to read as much as I used to, so, learning how to read faster made sense to me! This really helped me a lot and I can whip through books a lot faster now than I used to but this is the type of thinking you may consider to stay motivated and get ahead in this market. There are several programs out there that I have seen to increase your reading speed, one I just saw that looks pretty interesting is this one, and it concentrates on some of the same principles that my course did (but for much cheaper) http://directofficial.com/a.php?a=CD10599&b=28144&d=0&l=0&o=&p=0&c=4961&s1=&s2=&s3=&s4=&s5=

I envision that 2009 will be 2-3 times better than any year I have ever had and not just financially. I feel that I have the greatest friends I have ever had, awesome business people around me and a great relationship with my family. I hope that you are able to say the same and if not, hope you put steps in place to reach toward your goals and above all else….Smile!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and in the immortal words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, “I’ll make it to the Moon if I have to crawl”!