Neat free service......

Here's something I recommend that's really cool. It's called Notes from the Universe. It's a free service from www.tut.com. Basically it's an email you get 5 days a week from the universe. Yea, really. It's the universe talking to you. It's cool. They are usually a few lines long and only take seconds to read. They're uplifting, thought provoking, fun, wild, and all kinds of things like that.
It's like getting a note from someone every day that tells you things are going along well. You're doing a great job. Not to worry, that life is playing out just as it's supposed to. Sure, someone's making the stuff up, but who cares. I actually look forward to them every day. Try it.

People's reaction to millions...

It's interesting to hear people's reactions to my wanting to be millionaire.
Right off the bat almost all assume that money is the most important thing in my life. As if they know what's important to me. These same people assume I'm money hungry and I'm going to have to change my whole personality into something like a scrooge character. It's incredible. Some of these people are good friends of mine.
No wonder they're all struggling to make a go of it in life. Only two of my best circle of friends thought it was a great idea and that I could do it.

What is important to me? Off the top of my head I'd say, health, family, spirituality, freedom, relationships, and then financial independence. So there...

Interesting concept...

I read some interesting statements by a guy named Darel Rutherford today. He says that each of us has a victim story which is an excuse for not having what we want in life. This "poor me" story is nothing more than an illusion kept alive by the ego. We have the power to give up this story whenever we want. We can then choose a new story, a new reality, or a new being. Rutherford goes on to say that since we are each an individualization of All That Is, the Universe, God, or whatever you want to call it, we can chose a new being for ourselves and the events of our lives would then fall into place to support this new being. In essence, we can answer our own prayers. The question then becomes, why are we so attached to the victim role that we don't want to give it up?

Let's see. If I chose to be the person that's a millionaire, then I would have to act like one. Ok, how do I do that? Hmmm. I guess the first thing I would have to do is learn a little about finance. Afterall,if I had a million dollars, what I would I do with it? Where would I keep it? How would I make it grow and still be
able to spend some of it? I probably would have to have a working knowledge of tax law. I remember reading that Bill Gates attributed the majority of his financial success to knowing some tax law. Now I know why I'm not making as much as he is.

I'm going to conduct an experiment. I'll start reading about finance and taxes and learn a little of this and that and see if things start to change.

Big week..

There's so much going on this week. I'm involved in a large 8 day event that involves people from around the country. These events are often a test for my state of mind. Two things.

One year the event was extremely difficult because of several days of bad weather.
Through many adjustments, good decision making, and sometimes seat of the pants
reacting, I was able to complete the event on time and to the satisfaction of all the participants. It was tough on me though. Lots of stress, fatigue, more stress.
It was rough.

Ever since then I don't care if it rains or not. Now that I know I can handle things, I don't care what happens. I'm not worried. All it took was making it through one instance of extreme difficulty and I'm no longer concerned with the worse that could go wrong. I'm thinking to myself, gee, all those years I used to worry about inclement weather and what I was going to do, blah, blah, blah, and now, I don't worry about it at all.

I wish I could react that way in other areas of my life, like relationships for instance. Which brings me to item number 2.

There are people I need to work with in this event who do not have the same standards that I have. First, I have to wonder why I'm putting myself in this situation. That aside, the real test is how to deal with these people during the event. There's an old saying that you keep having the same problems until you learn the lesson. I still struggle with learning the lesson.

This year I'm trying my best to be non judgemental. I try to remember they are just like me, trying to do the best they know how. After all, we're connected on so many levels. They are me. Perhaps in judging them, I'm judging myself. I'm going to skip the therapy and go right into being non judgemental. That's the keyword.

So far I've failed every day. That's ok. I can try again tomorrow.

The key is to....

The first key to living the life you want is to take some action!! It's easy to read a book and say, "Yea, that's great!". It's another thing to actually do what the book says.

Here's something I've learned in my long journey toward fulfillment. If you want to change something in your life, anything, you need to start by making a change in your daily lifestyle. There's an old saying, if you keep doing what you are doing, you'll get the same results. One reason most people fail to follow through on a book they read or a couse they take, is because they wake up the next day and keep their same schedules. I recommend you make a drastic change. This will show you, your mind, your friends, that you are now living a new life.

I've read plenty of books, listened to cds, and who knows what else. I would try some of new techniques I learned yet I consistently fell back into my old habits.
Why? My old daily schedule, my old lifestyle, would just suck me back into doing the same old things. Before I knew it, I was just too busy to keep up with what I was learning. The action I decided to take was to get up at 5am every morning.

Now I had this extra time where I had no excuses. It wasn't in my old schedule.
I still went to bed at the same time and it's been working out ok. Once I did this I had the time to set goals, read about finance, learn the internet, and on some days I even meditate. I'm working now on what I do at lunch time.

I have to admit, my old schedule still calls me. I try not to listen. Some days I fail, but that's ok. I can honestly say my life is now moving in a different direction. Thank goodness. There's nothing worse than waking up one day and realizing you're in the same spot you were in a year ago. No more. Action!!

I'm sure you are like me and have read a bunch of self help books. Some were great, some stunk, some I can't even remember. Often I'd read a book and think this is
what I'm going to do. A few days later I was back to my normal routine. Then I'd
read another book that was better than the first one. Yes, this is what I'm going to do. A week or two later a few things came up. You know, I had to take out the garbage and stuff. I'd find myself back to my normal routine again. This is probably why these self help guys are making lots of money. People keep reading more and more books looking for the secret to life and freedom.

Have you noticed that some self help stuff is so darn hard, boring, and time
consuming that if you did it, you'd have no time to even go to work. Here's one that I like. Write your goals down. Ok. Use detail. Ok. Now every day write your goals out several times over. What?!?!?! If I did that I'd be going to bed at
one o'clock in the morning every night.

So, day one, I've pretty much just been ranting. That's ok. Got to get that out of my system. Now, we can move on.

For as long as I can remember I've had an interest in self help, self development, and self actualization. Lately I've been interested in financial freedom and having the time and money to do the things I want to do in life. I'm not one of those guys who think that to be free you have to give everything up. I feel it's a lot easier to be free when you're loaded. Besides it's more fun. Plus, I could take friends with me. Help people along the way. Give back to the general public and enhance the way of life for many. Hey, look what Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are doing.
You can't do that stuff when you have no money.

I have this craving inside me that there's more to life than what I'm doing. So how can I be all that I can be? Well, that's what we'll find out. Ok. So, where do I start?