Visualization Technique

The first secret to success is to raise your self esteem. What if you think that you are capable of doing anything? What if you have a state of mind that you believe that you can do anything if you put your mind to? What will you do? What will your try? Who will you connect to? What opportunities will you take?

The way to build your self esteem is to put successful events in the front of your mind.

If I ask you this question: what is the most significant event you had in your childhood? In a split second, you will think of something. Whether it is a happy memory or not, the first thing that comes to your mind is what is in front of your mind.

There are so many events that happened in your childhood, but there are only a handful of events that comes first when you think about it. The human brain can only focus on a few things at the same time.

Is it possible that you had so many successes in your life, but you keep on recalling the few failures that you had? Is it possible that your confidence level and your self esteem got lower because these few failures kept on playing in your mind like a broken record?

We are going to change that!

You are going to replace what is consistently in front of your mind with successes instead if failures. You can only build on successes, you can’t build on failures. By consistently reminding yourselves of our past successes, you will value yourselves more. You will feel that you deserve the successes. You will feel that you deserve to have a better life and begin expecting it. You will feel better, more confident and believe that you can accomplish anything that you want to.

The easiest way to do that is to write down all your notable accomplishments in a sheet of paper. This doesn’t have to be big accomplishment. You don’t have to be a Nobel Prize winner or find cures for cancer. It can be when you made someone’s life better. It can be that you helped your friends or family when they are in need. It can be giving to charities or religious organizations. It can be making someone smiles. All this are your accomplishments.

Your first task is to write at least 5 notable accomplishments that you had in your life so far. Then add more when you remember them. Your second task is to carry this sheet of paper everywhere you go. Then review this sheet of notable accomplishments at least twice a day. Review once when you wake up and once before you sleep. This is guaranteed to boost your self esteem!

If you have a bad day, which all of us have, just review your list of notable accomplishment. Doing this alone will turns our day around.

This simple exercise is not to be taken lightly. It is done by billionaire Bill Bartmann. And he still does it till today.

The 2 secrets to all successes are shared by Bill Bartmann. He is one of the richest Americans and he built his wealth from scratch. He was only a high school drop but he created novel financial instruments that are still being used on Wall Street. Harvard Business School uses him as a case study. He has been included in the Forbes Magazine list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, named as “One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years” by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Allbusiness.com and Apple Computer. Bill has transformed his life from a failure to a success story, and has done so for countless other people. Now he spends a lot of his time traveling and speaking to share what he learnt about life and success.

He talked about the secret to success. Like most secrets in life, there is no secret or the secret is so simple and obvious that many chose not to believe them. To be successful, you need to take risks. There is no success that doesn’t require taking risk. You need to take risks in business, investment, or even in relationship. Most people are afraid to take risk because they are afraid of failure. They are afraid to fail because they are afraid of what others will think of them. They are afraid of what others will think of them because they have low self esteem.

So the first secret to success is to raise your self esteem. Think about it. If you have a high self esteem, you are not afraid of what others think of you, failure doesn’t bother you, you take more calculated risks and eventually you will be successful.

Can you think of any successful people who don’t have a high self esteem? Most people think that they will have high self esteem when they are successful. The truth is exactly the opposite. You will be successful if you have a high self esteem.

Your brain has survival instincts. It is there to protect you. Naturally, you won’t do anything that will hurt yourself. Your brain simply won’t let you do that. It is not going to do anything that is harmful to you. What if your brain tells you that failure is harmful? You will not take the risk or finish the tasks or project you started. Your brain tells you that if you don’t take risk or doesn’t finish a task or project, you are not failing. Not doing or not finishing is different from failing.

To counter that you need to build your self esteem. High self esteem is when you think you are capable of doing anything. I repeat - high self esteem is when you think you are capable of doing anything. It is a state of mind that you believe that you can do anything if you put your mind to.

Tomorrow we will talk about how to raise your self esteem.

I read a post on beliefnet.com today on Signs of Positive and Negative Energy. Judith Orloff hit the nail on the head when she wrote, positive energy is the first prescription’s formula for success. When you generate positive energy you attract positive things in your life. You can even heal yourself from illness by being in a positive state. One way of raising your energy level is by treating yourself an everyone else with love. When you are vibrating at a higher level you will attract things and people who are also vibrating at a higher level.

Enjoy the post below:

From “Positive Energy,” by Judith Orloff, M.D.:

Certain people give off positive energy, others negative. It’s the quality of someone’s being, a measure of love with which they’ve led their lives. It also reflects the inner work they’ve done, their efforts to heal anger, hatred, or self-loathing, which poison us like toxic fumes. Energetically these linger, precluding joy from shining through. It’s important to grasp, however, that once you undertake the process of healing, it changes the quality of even the negativity that remains. Don’t be too hard on yourself-we’re all works in progress.

SIGNS OF POSITIVE ENERGY IN PEOPLE
+ They exude an inviting sense of heart, compassion, and support.
+ You intuitively feel safe, relaxed, wanting to get closer.
+ They emanate a peaceful glow.
+ You feel better around them. Your energy and optimism increase.

SIGNS OF NEGATIVE ENERGY IN PEOPLE
+ You experience a sense of being demeaned, constricted, or attacked
+ You intuitively feel unsafe, tense, or on guard.
+ You sense prickly, off-putting vibes. You can’t wait to get away from them.
+ Your energy starts to fizzle. You may feel beleaguered or ill.

I’m a big fan of being proactive in generating positive energy. The First Prescription’s formula for success: Do whatever makes your inner light burn brighter. In other words, try to treat yourself and everyone else with love. It’s a constant process of tuning in: finding people who support your spirit, trusting your gut-centered decisions to guide you. Then you won’t end up in a relationship that looks right but feels wrong. Or miss the chance to meet a loving man or woman because he or she doesn’t fit some preconception. When you’re with trying people, aim for the high road; find common ground, rather than inflame negativity. The care with which you approach life is intuitively evident in your energy field. We can feel each other’s love: that’s the great attraction. Spread openheartedness around.

You can apply the concept of Be-Do-Have in gratitude. That’s is why in law of attraction or the science of getting rich, you are asked to Be grateful first. Be grateful for your goals as if you had already achieved them. Then you Do visualizations of gratitude and take massive actions to attain your goals. Finally you will Have what you aimed for.

Most people do it the other way round. They want to have something first before they take any actions. If they don’t see immediate results, they will stop doing what is necessary. Usually they will tell you that they will be grateful when they achieve their goals but chances are, they won’t.

You can’t Be grateful only after you Have something. You need to Be grateful, way before you Have it. Then your mind and thoughts are in sync with your actions. And you will Have what you are grateful for.

In my last post I mentioned T Harv Eker’s “groundbreaking book “Secret of The Millionaire Mind.” Harv stands by a few Wealth principles that he follows. I have listed down some of them below for you to emulate:-

• Your income can grow only to the extent you do!
• If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible!
• Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause an effect.
• When the subconscious mind must choose between deeply rooted emotions and logic. Emotions will almost always win.
• If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes froma nonsupportive root such as fear, anger, or the need to “prove” yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
• Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past.
• You can choose to think in ways that will support you in your happiness and success instead of ways that don’t.
• When you are complaining, you become a living, breathing “crap magnet”.

Think like rich people think, do what rich people do and you are more likely to get rich.

There is so much wisdom in what Harv says. His seminars such as the “Millionaire Mind Intensive”, “Life Directions Intensive”, Guerilla Business School, Enlightened Warrior Training Camp and his “Secret of the Millionaire Mind” book are highly recommended for everyone who has a desire to increase their financial and emotional wealth.

To your abundance,

Zainah

As I had mentioned in my earlier posts I was fortunate to be a participant at T Harv Eker’s “Milionaire Minds Intensive” seminar a few week sago. For those of you who are not familiar with Harv, he wrote the groundbreaking book Secret of The Millionaire Mind.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others seem destined for a life of financial struggle? Harv believes that each and every one of us has ingrained in his or her subconscious mind, our own personal “money and success blueprint” that will determine our financial lives. Our financial blueprint consists primarily of the conditioning or “programming” we received in the past, and especially as a young child. Parents, other members of family, friends, teachers, religious leaders, media, culture, etc.

If your money blueprint is geared for success, you will go through life attracting money and opportunities where ever you go. Even if you lose money, you will gain it back quickly like Donald Trump. If your money blueprint is ‘flawed’ due to your past conditioning, you will go through life with a lot of financial challenges. Even when you make a lot of money, somehow you will lose the money that you have one way or another and will be back to financial struggles.

“You can have all the knowledge and skills in the world, but if your
“blueprint” isn’t set for success, you’re financially doomed.”
–T. Harv Eker

At the “Millionaire Mind Intensive” Seminar you will get to the root of what determines your financial success, mediocrity or failure. Not only will you identify your money blueprint but throughout the seminar you will get a chance to reset it for natural and automatic success. These new ways of thinking and being will not only enhance your financial life, but every other area of your life as well. At this not to be missed seminar you get to learn, have fun and go to a brand new level in your life! Do not miss the golden opportunity to learn from T Harv Eker and to change your life.

Do you have a Millionaire Mind?

To your abundance,

Zainah

In wealth, we also need to follow the universal law of Be-Do-Have. What many people do is exactly the opposite. They looked at what they have first. They chased many opportunities around them just because they promised good money. But somehow, it didn’t workout, or they lost their drive and didn’t follow through. They usually blame the opportunities, or the events instead of looking at themselves. Then they will continue to look for a new opportunity and this cycle continues. 

Following the law of Be-Do-Have, we need to have the mindset of a wealthy person. We need to understand about money management, asset and liabilities. We need to understand the law of money. We need to change our negative believes about wealth. We need to educate ourselves first. Then we look for the vehicles to create wealth that resonates with our core, whether in business, stock market or property market. By doing this, we will achieve success effortlessly and without contradiction. We will have the level of wealth that we desire. 

We need to learn the concept of Be-Do-Have. We have to Be a successful person first. We must have the mindset and attitude of a successful person first. Then we will naturally Do what successful people do, and inevitably we will Have the results.

We live in a world where everyone is looking at the results and try to change the results. They are looking at what they Have, and normally what they have is always not enough. Then to change what they Have, they try to change what they Do. An obvious example is in health. An overweight person wants to Have a healthy and fit body. Usually in our culture this overweight person will look for ways for him to change his body. He might try dieting. As we know, diet alone rarely works. Then he try to purchase some slimming pills, equipments, join a club, and so on. The problem is that without a mindset change, this overweight person will always revert back to his old habits and lifestyles, thus having the same results. As you can see, this person is trying to change what he Have by changing what he Does.

This person needs to change his mindset first. He needs to Be the person that he needs to be in order for him to achieve the results he wanted. He needs to adopt the thinking of a healthy and fit person. He needs to change his perspective, his believes, and his expectations. Then, it is easy for him to Do the things that he needs to do to lose weight. With a new thinking, he will have a different evaluation on the food he eats, the lifestyle he has and a different appreciation of his body. He will eat differently and will be more committed to stick to his plans. Overtime, he will get the results that he wants.

Then best time to do the visualization on gratitude is in the morning when you wake up. Do this visualization exercise when it is quiet to prepare yourself mentally for the day ahead. Start by finding a comfortable place where you can sit quietly and make sure there won’t be any distractions while you are doing this visualization.

Take a few deep breaths and breath slower and slower. Imagine and see yourself in a place that is so serene and tranquil. Your mind starts to relax. Feel your body begin to let go of all the tensions that you might have. Begin to feel that you are connected to the universe. Feel that you are unbounded and free.

There are so much that we can be grateful for. Really feel the emotion of happiness that your life is full of abundance and joy. Be thankful for what today is. Be grateful for today.

Start by being grateful for everything within you. Give thanks to your health and your body. Be happy that you are alive today. What else within you that you can be happy about? What about your intelligence, your ability to love unconditionally and your compassion?

Then expand out to things or event around you. Be grateful for your family and friends. Who do you love? Who loves you? Who is contributing to your life? Who is helping you either directly or indirectly? Be grateful for the job your have or the business that you run. Be grateful for the place you live. What else can you be grateful for?

Expand even more to the people that you interact with everyday. For the opportunities that are around you all the time, and for the peaceful country that you live in.
Do this exercise daily and see what will happen to your thoughts, your feelings and your life.

Visualization on gratitude is an important practice that if you do it daily, it will change how you feel and your perception of your life. You will have a deeper appreciation of your life. While it is important for you to focus on your goals, it is easy to forget what you already have in your life. If you really think about it, you already have everything you need to be happy right now. You already have what is takes for you to be fulfilled.

By showing gratitude of what you already have, it creates a high level of energy within you. Like everything in the world, we are made of energy. Our thoughts are energy. The universe responds to our thoughts consistently.

If we have negative, chaotic or limiting thoughts, thoughts which focus on what is lack in our life, this will drain our energy. It lowers our energy. If our mind creates harmonious and positive thoughts, this naturally creates higher energy levels within and around us. Thoughts of gratitude and appreciations are uplifting and energizing. If we say thank you for what we already have and for what we desire in our life, we will always be abundant.

If your mind is only thinking positive thoughts, thoughts of gratitude and appreciation, you will be more open and receptive to all the opportunities in our life.

One reason most people never reach their financial potential is that they are poor receivers. Most people feel unworthy or undeserving. Most people have been conditioned to believe that it is better to give than receive. They have been taught from young that it is better to be in a position to give than to receive. If both have to be there for the other to exist, how could one be better that the other?

T Har Eker Harv at the Milionaire Mindset Intensive seminar taught a few wealth declarations to become a better receiver. Say these declarations out loud everyday:-

• “Universe, if anyone has something great coming to them, and they’re not willing to take it, send it to me. I am open and willing to receive all of your blessing. Thank you.”

• “I am a generous giver and an excellent receiver!”

It does not matter whether you feel worthy or not, you can still get rich either way. Whether you are worthy or not is all a made-up story. If I say I’m worthy I am. If I say I am unworthy, I’m not.

To Practice Receiving:
1. Practice nurturing yourself with your Play Account. ( Refer to our blog titled “I am a Money Magnet” posted on 3rd December 2007)
2. Practice fully receiving all the money that comes your way.

Whenever you find money, scream…
“I’m a money magnet. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

The subconscious mind remembers best with rhythm and rhyme.
Create and write a short song or jingle that supports your financial success and happiness.

I have used the Jingle Bells tune to my song and it goes something like this:
Laughing all the way
to the bank and back I say
Money comes easily to me
and continuously
Life is such a joy
with all the wealth I have
What fun it is to laugh and sing
when you are finally free

Oh, money magnet, money magnet
I’m a money magnet
Oh, what fun it is to attract
money easily heh
Money magnet, money magnet
I’m a money magnet
Oh, what fun it is to share
my riches with everyone heh!

It is really fun! So be creative and come up with your own success jingle and have a ball with it. Sing it out loud at least 5 times a day throughout the day. With the positiveenergy you are vibrating you are will start to attract abundance in your life.

To your abundance,

Zainah

Vision board acts like a magnet that attracts what you really want into your life. It also serves as visual reminder that keeps you and your mind (including your subconscious mind) on what you are going after. Your mind will automatically notice things that will bring you closer to your goals. Your mind will think and come out with ideas that will realize what is in your vision board.

To create an effective vision board, first you have to divide your life into several general categories. The common categories are like health, wealth, career, relationship, emotional and spiritual. Brainstorm a few categories that you want to focus on in your life. You should also balance your life because you want all parts of your life to be doing well!

The next thing you need to do is to decide whether you want to make a vision board for each category or you want to create a single vision board that combines all these categories. I would recommend that you do one for each category.

To create a vision board for a category, health for example, find pictures from magazines, newspapers and other media that has pictures which represents your ideal health and fitness. It can be pictures of an athlete, a model, a person exercising, or healthy foods. The most important thing is that the pictures should make you excited! If you have the body of perfect fitness and live the life of perfect health just as in the pictures, how would you feel? If the pictures do not excite you enough, look for more! Another example might be the things that you want to have. If a picture of a race car does not excite you enough, maybe that is not what you really want. Try other pictures such as a jet plane or a helicopter! Let your mind go wild. Don’t set any limitation to yourself! Be a child and let your heart and desires drive you.

Other than pictures, you can also use words. If you are doing a vision board on relationship, you can cut out words like “Passionate Relationship”, “Ultimate Lover”, “Sexy Moments”, “Lover of My Life” or the like. You want to combine pictures and words to give a deeper effect. If you are doing a vision board on health, cut out words like “Athlete”, “Adonis”, “Iron Man”, “Perfect Health”, “Strong and Powerful Body”, “Role Model of Health” or “Holistic Health”. Similar to pictures, these words should excite you. Read through the magazine or websites to get some ideas of phrases that really excites you. If you find it through your computer, print it out and put it to your vision board.

Combine all the pictures and words and paste them together to form a vision board. If you are creating only one vision board for all categories, make sure you have a balance and include pictures and words for each category. Again, you want to excel in all areas of your life.

Finally, look at it again and make sure it really motivate you and drive you to make it happen! Hang your vision board on a place that you will look at every single day.

I am a huge believer in continuous learning and growing. Last weekend I attended T. Harv Eker Millionaire Mindset Intensive Seminar in Singapore. It was pretty amazing. I learned a lot about money management and my relationship with money. It was a real eye opener.

T. Harv Eker emphasized that wealthy people aren’t any smarter, they just have better money management habits. The most important part of money managing is separating your income into different accounts for specific purposes. Harv recommended that you have 6 separate accounts. He calls it the 6 money jars.
1. Financial Freedom Account (FFA)
2. Long Term Savings For Spending (LTSS)
3. Education Account (EDUC)
4. Necessities Account (NEC)
5. Play Account
6. Give Account

Once your paycheck is cleared, immediately transfer your money to the different accounts. Harv calls it the World’s Easiest & Most Effective Money Management System. The percentage of money to be distributed are as follows:

10% FFA
10% LTSS
10% EDUC
55% NEC
10% PLAY
5% GIVE
FFA
You should never, ever, ever spend your FFA capital. The idea is to create a golden goose or passive income with your FFA. Only when you stop working you get to spend the egg (but never the goose).

LTSS Account
The LTSS account is used for savings for down payment for a house, a car, education for kids, major vacation.

EDUCATION Account
The Education account is used for your own education and not for your children. It is important to continuously learning and growing. Your money can only grow as much as you grow.

“If you are not growing, you are dying”.

NECESSITY Account
Obviously the necessity account is to pay for your daily expenses including bils, mortgage or rent, car payment, food, necessary clothing etc. If you can’t live on 55% of your income, simplify your life. Everything is a choice. You don’t have to drive a new car every 3 years. You don’t have to live in a huge house and you don’t have to have the latest new gadget to hit town. Make wise choices when it comes to your money. Wealthy people think long term and poor people think short term. Practice delayed gratification instead of instant gratification. It will be well worth it when you achieve financial freedom.

PLAY Account
The objective of the Play Account is to nurture your inner child by having fun and being outrageous. It can be used for entertainment, getaways, toys. Even if you do not have much to begin with you can still have fun with a little money. For instance you can buy a bubble gum and be a kid again or you can get one of those soap bubble fun and have a blast blowing bubbles. The only rule with your Play Account is that you must spend your Play Account monthly or at least quarterly.

GIVE Account
Money from the Give account is to be given away to anyone or any organization that would benefit from your help. If you choose to give more than 5% take the extra from your NEC Account. For example if you would like to give 10%, take the extra 5% from the NEC Account and change NEC to 50%.

Your money can be kept in separate jars or separate bank and investment accounts. As soon as I came back from the seminar I got my 6 money jars and have started putting money daily in my FFA. It feels great!

Take note that “It’s not when I have plenty of money. I’ll begin to manage it.”It’s when I begin to manage it, I’ll have plenty of money.”The Universal Principle of Management says “Until you show you can handle what you’ve got, you won’t get any more.” The habit is more important than the amount. It does not matter if you start out with only a dollar.

It is important that you always pay yourself first.

Wealth Rule # 1:Pay yourself first (your FFA).

Broke people use the leftover strategy; they pay everyone first, then save or invest what’s leftover. If you follow this route it will be almost impossible to achieve financial freedom.
The law of attraction states that Like attracts like; money attracts money.
The FFA acts like a money magnet. Where attention goes, energy flows and result goes.

To accelerate the process affirm to yourself out loud daily:
“I am a money magnet. Money comes to me easily and continuously!”

You are on the way to financial freedom if you follow this easy money management system!

To your abundance,

Zainah