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This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

7.      Choices: There are a lot of objections that immediately come to mind for most people about how and why they Choicessimply do not have the time to consider programming their subconscious mind for success. The simplest reason for this is that people’s old conditioning gets in the way. We have been married to our old conditioning for a long time, so naturally, when you try to replace this mental ‘spouse’ it is bound to put up resistance. And the simplest expression of that is to create fear, doubt, distractions, and laziness in our conscious minds.

When we are faced with fear, our natural instinct is to hide, to shrink away from that which is causing discomfort. Nevertheless, we are unique in that we have the ability to consciously choose to ignore the fear and do it anyway. People say they don’t have time to do the work. Truth is everyone has the same 24 hours. Everyone does have time, it’s just a matter of how different people spend their time. Few people spend the time to learn, to educate themselves, to invest in their continued growth, to engage in the quest for fulfillment. In the same amout of time, most other people choose to ‘unplug’, ‘unwind’, and watch tv.

As a result, you are standing on the razor’s edge. One step over the edge in the right direction will give you the glorious results you seek. One step backwards, and you make the choice to remain as you now are, with no further potential for growth.

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #7: Choices

This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

6.      Audio: Along with what you are reading and positively affirming, you must also be listening to the words that expand your awareness and bring you closer to your future lifestyle. Much of the material you can purchase for relatively cheap amounts as audio books. This way you can start to turn your time turning your car into a university on wheels, or plug into your mp3 player while cooking or shovelling, mowing the lawn, in transit while on the way to work, etc. There is a lot of time in our lives that goes unaccounted for, and we can utilize that to expand our awareness.

a.       Audio books

i. A lot of audio books can be purchased on Amazon or SuccessMagazine.com.

ii. Here is a torrent link where I got many of my audio books (you will need a torrent downloading program like bittorrent): Audio Books

iii. Start listening!

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #6: Audio

This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

5.      A new library of books: What you put in is what you put out. Imagine a garden hose for a moment. Now one end is personal libraryscrewed onto a water tap, and the other end has been left open. When you turn on the tap on one end, eventually, water flows out the other end. Now imagine of you had screwed the hose to the back of a sewage truck, and turned on the tap. What’s going to flow out of the other end? Precisely. Not to over-simplify the human experience down to being a garden hose, but it gets the point across. What we put into our minds is what we get out of our experience. You speak English because you were taught English; you would speak Mandarin if you were taught Mandarin. What you put in is what you put out.

a.       Books

i. On my Books and Resources page, I have a number of suggested readings that will help to expand the level of your awareness on a number of subjects. Read the books that you like. Read the books that are in-tune with your future lifestyle.

ii. Caveat: Although fictional books may be part of your library, spend most of your focus on non-fiction. Read the biographies or autobiographies of people who have excelled in the things that interest you. Reading about vampires may help you improve your vocabulary, but it does not help you understand how to take a minimum 6 vacations a year. Sir Richard Branson will give you that answer. Read the life stories of people who have laid down the path ahead of you; it will make it easier to follow in their footsteps.

b.      Library

i. Wisdom of the world, available at your fingertips. My mentors collectively have spend millions of dollars on their own self education. I can then buy a book they have written with their new insights for $10 – $20. Wow.

ii. Buy the books, create the library. In the homes of wealthy people, you will always find a …. library. Wisdom of the world, available at your fingertips.

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #5: Books

This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

4.      Introspection Time: This is a critical element to the process of re-training your subconscious mind. Now that you are inputting all this new future-focused information, much of it may seem wild and extraordinary. You may wish to earn $1 million dollars in 2 years time, and the little voice in the back of your head may say “yeah right!” Of course your mind would say that; it’s looking at where you want to be, with the old conditioning that we’re trying to change anyway. It’s like saying, “Well I haven’t earned a million dollars before, so I don’t think it is likely to happen for me inintrospection the future.” If every millionaire thought like that, we wouldn’t have any millionaires!!

a.       What is introspection time?

i. Introspection time is essentially you talking to yourself. You and your inner voice are going to have a little discussion about the material you are absorbing. This is not to see if the new information will fit your old information. You will be telling your inner voice that this is the direction in which you wish to move, and you expect to help you along the way. You are replacing the old information with the new information.

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #4: Introspection Time

This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

3.      Meditation: Meditation as I understand it is to relax your body and mind so that your conscious mind with all its distractions has the opportunity to slow down and relax. With practice, this enables you to become more in-tune with your body and facilitates easier passing of instructions to the subconscious mind. You can meditate as often as you like; I suggest at least once a day.

a.       Self meditation

i. This is how the Buddha attained enlightenment and there are millions of people around the world who meditate every day. I’m sure Google will help you find the best practices for self meditation.

b.      Guided meditation with affirmations

i. This is my personal preference. This way I am able to respond to the instructions of people I trust (Brian Tracy and John Assaraf) as they lead me into a guided meditation state. Additionally, their meditation material has affirmations included.

You can get the 5 mp3s here: Brian Tracy and John Assaraf guided meditation

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #3: Meditation

This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

2.      Affirmations and  Lifestyle Mind Movie: Affirmations are specific commands that you are consciously impressing upon your subconscious mind. Repeat them 3-5 times in the first person in present tense. I have 12 of these that I Power of Affirmationscarry around with me in my journal and they relate to all areas of my life including self concept, wealth, relationships, health, happiness, skills, abilities, etc.

a.       Here are some examples of affirmations:

i. “I am so happy and grateful now that money comes to me in increasing quantities, through multiple sources, on a continuous basis.”

ii. “I am so happy and grateful now that I am happy, I am healthy, I am wealthy, and I have wonderful friends all over the world”

iii. You get the idea. Create your lifestyle, then affirm it to your subconscious mind.

b.      A mind movie is a collection of images that resonate with you and your desired future lifestyle, plus an audio track that really gets your emotions flowing in a super positive way. The aim of a mind movie is to supplant the current images in your conscious mind with images of the lifestyle you want. This way, with repetition, your subconscious mind ‘gets it’ and realizes this is the direction you wish to move in.

i. Head over to Google images, and start looking for images you want to experience in your own life. They could be of the trips you want, the house you want, the car you want, anything.

ii. This is what I did: in the search box type in “luxury ~”. Replace the “~” with each of the alphabets, and Google will automatically suggest options!!!

iii. For example: “luxury a”, “luxury b”, “luxury c”, and so on. Get lots of pictures.

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #2: Affirmations and Mind Movie

This is a step-by-step manual to help re-program your subconscious mind for success. Begin here: “WHY?” then “HOW TO

1.      Setting a schedule: Training our mind is very much like an athlete training their body. It must be done on a continuous basis, repeatedly, and discipline is needed otherwise we become lazy again. Obviously, just like any novice scheduleathlete, perfect discipline doesn’t come right away; it takes a little time to have the body and mind adjust, and then presto! your results multiply! This is how I have broken down my schedule, and it has been yielding ultra-positive results:

a.       90 minutes to plant your daily mental garden (best to do first thing in the morning)

i. 30 minutes – audio book chapter on mp3 player (You were Born Rich – Bob Proctor) (Link to download audio book here)

ii. 30 minutes – ultra reading (See Books and Resources page for suggestions)

iii. 15 minutes – meditation and audio affirmations

iv. 15 minutes – lifestyle mind movie

b.      5 reminders every day

i. I found out that Muslims pray 5 times a day to remain conscious of their duty to Allah. I thought to myself, “What a fantastic principle to use to remain conscious of the lifestyle I desire.”

ii. Every day at 9:20 am, 12:32 pm, 3:06 pm, 6:06 pm, 9:00 pm (reminder set on blackberry so I am notified automatically). These are times I selected for myself, you can choose your own.

iii. For 5-10 minutes at these particular times, I review 12 affirmations on the back pages of my journal

…continue reading Re-program subconscious step #1: set a schedule

In a previous post I discussed the importance of the role of the subconscious mind. This is the part of the mind that Conscious Mind - Subconscious Mind - Bodycontrols your bodily functions in such a way that you never have to consciously think about making your heart beat, or your eye blink, or your hair growing. These things and much more happen automatically, because they are regulated by the subconscious mind. Now an important point to consider is that not only is our bodily functions dictated by our subconscious mind, our character, beliefs, and results are also dictated by this part of the mind.

So, how does one reprogram their whole mind for success? Here are a collection of steps that I have been using over a period of time, and it has revolutionised my life. From higher levels of self satisfaction and self fulfillment to increased levels of energy and health, it all resides within you. To change the results you will be enjoying in the future, your subconscious mind needs different commands on a consistent basis.

This is a long article, treat it as a manual. Your conscious mind needs to be inundated with material that expands your awareness and brings you closer to the future lifestyle you desire in order for it to seep into your subconscious mind. Once your subconscious mind takes hold of this information, your body will begin to start acting in line with the lifestyle you desire. This process has made multi-millionaires of men and women. Treat it with care.

1.      Set a schedule

2.      Affirmations and lifestyle mind movie

3.      Meditation

4.      Introspection time

5.      A new library of books

6.      Audio

7.      Choices

Let me start with some background to this topic.

Over the years in study and constant observation, I’ve come to realize that most people talk a lot about what they want and rightfully desire however the results typically aren’t there; or if the results are there, they come with a tremendous amount of stress and fear. Having examined many peak performers and mentors, I’ve found that while everyone is the same in the aspect of having a physical form, their paradigms of achievement are galaxies apart! Our subconscious mind houses our paradigm, it is what dictates the results we achieve no matter what we may consciously think, say, or do.

An example of this is the expectations of a child. A child born into a wealthy family expects success, while a child born into a poor family hopes for success. Allow me to make a distinction here: by ‘wealthy’ and ‘poor’ I am not only talking about finances, I am also talking about personal values, relationships, education, personal development, work ethic, health, spirituality, etc. People can be financially wealthy, but poor in relationships or health. People can also be wealthy in education, but poor in finances. But how do we develop harmonious wealth? How can we take steps towards being fulfilled?

In order to have better results, we must reshape our paradigm. Our paradigm essentially is the box that our subconscious mind is occupying. It is the collective belief system we have about ourselves and the world around us. The best way I can convey this across to you is with this statement: “The only reason we settle for earning our current annual income is because we don’t already know how to earn that amount every month.” Simply put, we settle for earning $50,000/year because we don’t know how to earn $50,000/month. Is this such a ridiculous claim? NO! People around the world are already earning $50,000/month and more. So what separates us? Our physical bodies are essentially the same, we live on the same planet, we are affected by the same 4 seasons, precipitation, the global economy, etc.

…continue reading Reprogram your subconscious mind for success: Why?

This is from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

1. Rich people believe “I create my life.” Poor people believe, “Life happens to me.”

2. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.

3. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.

4. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.

5. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.

6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.

7. Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.

8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.

…continue reading Wealthy mindset vs. Mediocre mindset. Fantastic!

I recently attended an investor meeting that was organized by some of the real estate investment team members I work with, and while I always seem to come across people with an increasing amount of money, I also hear about people who have very high debt levels that is putting a huge strain on many aspects of their lives. I can fully understand the weight of such debt as I have been in a similar situation with significant debt due to school and blatant spending. Here, I would like to talk about the things I used to eliminate the debt, and push myself into a positive cash reserve position.

I came upon this strategy while reading T. Harv Eker’s “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” and have found that this similar strategy has been used elsewhere (Bob Proctor’s “You were Born Rich“, and George Classon’s “The Richest Man in Babylon”) to help generate great wealth for a lot of people over the centuries. The essence of the strategy is to not only help you eliminate debt and move into positive cash reserves, but also to help fund personal development and charities, while at the same time having enough to carry out your monthly obligations for yourself or your family.

Before I get into the steps however, I would like to point out that you can start by working with very small numbers, and resolve to gradually increase those numbers over the course of 30 days or 60 days to accelerate your results. By that I mean you can start with the pennies in your pocket and gradually work towards building your fortune. Keep in mind, this may require a little sacrifice on your part in the way of letting go of pointless expenditures (when considered in the long term view) and substitute it with something else like reading books (wisdom of the world at your fingertips).

Consider your current income as a full pie. Now as your income flows in, the people/companies you owe money to (bills) take pieces of the pie over the course of a month, and you’re left with a few crumbs.

…continue reading Managing wealth starts with managing the pennies in your pocket

The World is Flat – by Thomas Friedman

Leaders mention it, personal development coaches expound upon it, and children are a good measure of it: time flies!

A short 10 years ago it was the dawning of a new millennium. The year 2000 brought about many exciting changes and challenges as did the years leading up to 2010, however the common denominator is that regardless of the negative and positive events, the past 10 years have come and gone. Multitudes of personal, business, and financial goals have been set and achieved over the decade taking thousands of people to higher levels of achievement and fulfilment. On the flip side: how many millions of people did not set any solid goals; how many people had good intentions but no results due to inaction; how many people still have the same results, same financial standing, same lifestyle?

The point to understand here is that there is nothing we can do about our past, but we can learn from it. The next 10 years will come and go whether we choose to plan it out or not. We can either choose to continue sitting in front of the tv, watching The Amazing Race 2020, or we can take a year off and actually travel to the destinations on the show because our businesses and investments are paying for all our expenses. Which would you rather have? Seriously, think about it. 10 years ago you started out with a group of people who were quite similar to you – some excelled, some didn’t. Where are you in relation to them? Where would you have liked to have been? Where would you like to be 10 years from now?

…continue reading A decade past, a new one on the horizon – where are you on the map of life?

Every now and again I kept hearing about a book titled ‘All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten’ by Robert Fulghum and at some point I looked up the quick summary of the book to see what it was all about. It was not until recently that the messages in the book came back to me, however not in the way I might have thought. It truly did remind me that almost everything I NEED to know, I learned in my younger years!

Having now progressed into the world of business ownership and recruiting business partners, a common objection to taking action I find arising in the people I meet, and in many instances myself as well, is that we don’t know enough, or we don’t know how to do it (‘it’ being whatever is the necessary action to take), or we don’t know how to live a balanced life, or we don’t know how to properly interact with people, etc. These things that we look to overcome – or many times completely shy away from to the detriment of our own personal progress and fulfillment – are things that, believe it or not, we have already overcome! Brian Tracy says that if you’ve had a tough childhood, you’re better off than someone who has had it easy. Why? Because time and time again you’ve bounced back; you faced tough times with friends, or parents, or curfew, or fitting in, and you’ve bounced back. You already have the tools for success.

Most of the fear and excuses the conscious part of our brain comes up with when we are trying something new evaporates immediately when we realize that at some point over the course of our life (mostly when we were kids) that we stood up to some great obstacle and overcame it. The time that we mustered up enough courage to talk to the boy/girl we had a crush on; the time that we didn’t know what was on the other side of the bushes, but we crawled through anyway; the time that we had to ask for help in spite of our pride. This list can go on and on, and soon we realize that the very fears and anxieties that paralyze us from taking action today are the same fears that we overcame as children or teenagers.

…continue reading Tracking your progress is critical to your future success

Upon revisiting Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Workweek, I came across a paragraph that piqued my interest in relation to eliminating distractions, thereby sharpening your focus. He says, “If you take just this point from this book, it will put you in the top 1% of performers in the world and keep most philosophical distress out of your life”. That’s a pretty bold statement to make, so let’s examine what he’s talking about shall we?

“If you can’t define it, or act upon it, forget it.”

There it is, that’s the statement. So how does this work out. Well let’s preface this exposition by acknowledging that far too many of us are worry warts, and as a result, we think about too many things that are outside of our sphere of influence. Agreed? Good. Ferriss explains that people ask questions – some positive, but mostly negative (because of our innate fear of loss) – however if an answer to the question(s) posed cannot be acted upon to improve things, then it should be ignored! And rightly so. Remember, many of us spend too much time negative questions like, “what if there’s traffic this evening?” or “what if the train is late tomorrow?” These are questions about topics that are outside of a person’s direct influence.

So what comes of worrying about it? Nothing. Chances are you will run into more of what you didn’t want. Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you bought a car, or got a wrist watch as a gift, or purchased a new pair of running shoes; and then all of a sudden, as if by magic, you started noticing how many other people have the same thing that you just received or purchased? You may not have ever wondered why that happens, but I know of at least one person who has wondered, and went out there to find the answer. He is one of my brain-mentors – John Assaraf – and he has found that there is a particular part of our brain called the Reticular Activating System (RAS) that increases the amount of attention paid to things that you are constantly thinking about.

…continue reading If you can’t define it, or act upon it, forget it!

If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it? Where would you go; what would you see; what would you buy; what would you eat? What would you do with a million dollars in winnings?

one-million-dollarsI have something in common with many of you, and that is that we live in North America. Chances are like a great majority of people that live in North America, you’ve probably been asked a question like this, “What would you do if you won a million dollars?”, or “Would you like a chance to win a million dollars?” Now it has been my observation that over the course of people’s lives they somehow become ingrained with the idea that a million dollars would solve everything; that a million dollars would remove all their problems – they would then be able to enjoy the rest of their lives from that point on without a care in the world – because they now have a million dollars. It very nearly is the stuff of bedtime stories.

You don’t have to look very far to see the opposite however, that people who win big also lose big. In fact many of them lose everything they won in very short periods of time and end up with greater liabilities than when they started. How could this be? A man won a million dollars, his problems are supposed to go away, not come back bigger. So what could it be? Are the prices for food, gas, clothing really all that high? I think we can all agree that isn’t the case. A modest home, car, lifestyle – is that too expensive? Maybe; but this shouldn’t be the case if you’ve won a million dollars.

…continue reading Chance to Win a Million Dollars

Looking for a mentor? Good, you’re on a strong path. Still can’t find a mentor to start with? I know of several mentors in all parts of the globe – they are eager to coach and guide you to greatness. Don’t know who or what I’m talking Mentorabout? You should. The process of attracting these mentors has become a lot easier now – easier than it has ever been in the history of human-kind’s existence. And it is all right at your fingertips; in fact you are using it right now.

Your access to the internet provides you with an opportunity to connect with mentors young and old, alive or passed on that no previous generation of human beings have ever had. We have always been separated by large distances, vast areas of land and oceans, lack of tv, radio, and telephone connections. But that doesn’t exist now – it has permanently been eradicated due to the appearance of the internet on the world scene. Now a mentor is a click away; a download away; an audio book away; an e-book away; a webinar away.

As of this very moment I have 12 gigabytes of my various mentor’s teachings, learnings, mistakes, advice, guidance, coaching, etc., – the very skills and tools that I require to craft my own life in the direction I choose. That represents 1,966 individual files, in other words 1,966 lessons on personal development and living a life of harmonious success. They are eager, willing, thoughtful, insightful, challenging, positive, motivating. All of this at my fingertips. All I need is my laptop or mp3 player and a set of headphones, and my mentors are ready to assist me.

…continue reading Find a Mentor in your local area

In my ongoing research of exceptionally wealthy and valuable people, I have found a few common denominators that is consistent amongst the majority of these individuals. Not fairly consistent, not maybe consistent; but absolutely consistent! This lead me to look at formulas of success – is there a proven way to become harmoniously wealthy? To enjoy life, relationships, vacations, toys, etc, etc.?

It seems like there is such a formula! I was watching a presentation that Canadian Billionaire Michael Lee-Chin delivered to a banquet of top-notch investment advisors and he blurted out the best summation of the absolutely consistent common denominator I mentioned above:

1.    Find a wealthy individual whose success you respect the most.

2.    Find out their Recipe for Success. Keep digging, calling, reading, and learning, until you find the foundational recipe.

3.    Implement the recipe exactly in your own life.

4.    Most important step: DON’T CHANGE THE RECIPE!!

…continue reading Your ULTIMATE secret to success – 4 supercharged tips

What has always surprised me is that the people who generate incredible amounts of value for humanity, and consequently tremendous wealth for themselves in the process, are happy to share that they had help from someone on a higher plateau, a mentor who took them under their wing. However, the majority of people I come across seem intent on proving that they did it all themselves, that they achieved some form of ultimate glory by not enlisting the help or services of anyone else.  To each their own, I suppose, yet I believe the former provides the path to greater, more harmonious riches.

The fortunate thing is that with the dawn of the internet, some mentors can be found more easily than they used to. One of the most incredible things that the United States has ever produced is a segment of the population that turned out to be exceptionally value-driven, travelling mentors. The likes of Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Og Mandino, Brian Tracy, Tom Hopkins, Denis Waitley, and the list goes on. These are people who, with much fewer distractions than our age, were able to bring incredible value to the marketplace and to people’s lives. They struggled through the Great Depression, World War II, and somewhere after the time of military-structure corporate America, they realized there was a wind of change coming – one that could empower the individual to take responsibility for themselves in a way that was not entirely possible before. A person had not only the right to free speech; they also had the implicit right to wake up as early as they wanted to; to work as many hours as they wanted to; to work as many jobs simultaneously as they wanted to; to care for their reputation and their customers reputation as much as they wanted to, etc., etc., etc.

Here is a sample of Jim Rohn talking about personal development and why you should value the people you interact with.

Life is a game that consists of a number of sub-games: health, wealth, spirituality, self-development, etc., which in turn have their own number of periodical mini-games.

Alternatively, life can be seen as a delicate act of juggling multicoloured balls, and each ball represents an aspect of your life: family, health, mental well being, money, etc. Now picture yourself juggling these items and suppose you drop the money ball. You soon discover, fortunately, that the money ball is made of Jugglingrubber, it bounces right back and soon you are on your way to juggling again. But suppose you drop any of the other items – family, health, mental well being – and you discover they are made of glass; once shattered, they can never be put together entirely again. There will always be pieces missing. So make sure you take care of those first.

Now, ways to get that money rubber ball to bounce back.

I came across an article on thestar.com called “Don’t get peanuts on your savings” by Ellen Roseman. In it, the author goes on to explain large financial institutions, such as CIBC, RBC, TD, Scotiabank, BMO, etc., are providing their customers with very low “high-savings” interest rates currently sitting anywhere in the range of 0.5% to 2.2% per year. It is worrisome to see these rates of return especially when you consider that the average rate of inflation in Canada is above 2.0% per year. Yikes! In other words, if your money is sitting in a bank account or basic savings account, you are effectively losing money unless you are invested in something that provides a higher return than inflation and taxes combined!

The simple rule of thumb here is that banks do what’s good for banks first; period! That’s why they have the nicest, tallest buildings in every city. The responsibility for your financial well being, just like everything else, relies solely on your shoulders. You have to find ways to make your earned income work hard for you. This is what makes people wealthy – their money earns more money through sound investment.

Throughout this blog I have shared thoughts on wealth management. Do some research, and execute.

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