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I don’t know if the Pink Floyd tune with almost the same title is stuck in your head as well, but I would say it must be one of the best songs they have ever written.
But what on earth does this have to do with improving your life you ask? A lot, actually.
Have you noticed that some days you are helping out the people around you only to feel that you are completely drained of your own energy at the end of the day? You are probably, like most people out there a very decent and generally good person who would help an old lady across the street or pick up a grocery bag for your aging relatives if they couldn’t handle it on their own.
But this is not what I’m talking about here. I am talking about a much more fundamental issue and one that is crucial to your happiness and success on a daily basis. So what do I mean? I am talking about not being too compassionate for your own good.
In a sense you could say that it is essential to be a bit selfish in order to pursue your own dream and as a result you will help people a lot more by having achieved your dream and then helping them achieve theirs. Nothing you can do in the short term other than allowing and empowering people to learn how to help themselves and advance.
If you protect your energy from being drained by others, you will in a sense turn a bit numb to the outside world, and instead replace it by turning your focus to the inside. It matters a great deal to have your inner energy aligned with your path or you will not be able to move in the desired direction.
So the easy approach to this concept is to simply focus on all the things that are good in your life and take comfort and joy in them. Do not focus or dwell on the things you may see as problems or issues with others and that will allow you to keep more of your energy in this state of being a little “numb”.
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The snow outside my window is still falling as I write this post. Living in Vancouver, the majority of people are not happy about the winter we had so far, because the whole reason they chose to live in Vancouver was to get away from the snow and the cold of winter.
So, many people that I speak with are complaining about the cold and the so called recession that they feel we are in at the moment. Have you ever stopped yourself for long enough to notice that 98 % of the thought space that occupies our mind is negative?
It is scary when you come to that conclusion, because I’d be willing to bet that you cannot uphold a conversation with anyone for more than 2 minutes before the topic resorts to a popular belief of negativity. “Did you hear the news this morning, Microsoft is letting go 5000 people. Citigroup had to even refuse to take delivery of their corporate jet due to pressure from none other than president Obama. ”
So let me ask you this: How bad is your life really at this moment? Do you have all your body parts? Are you living in a country that allows you to vote, choose where to live and what you want to do with your life? Yes?Well, that is great! It all comes down to the choices we have and more importantly to the choices we are about to make. I’ll let you in on a little secret that can propel your mood and your day from blah to outstanding in no time.
Use the words “What if…?” more often.
Here is a quick example:
What if things were different right now?
What if I didn’t believe there was a recession here and now? Or better yet: What if there was no recession and we were in an age of abundance and creative growth and enlightenment for all that are open to believe it?
What if I got a promotion instead of having to fear to loose my job next week?
What if I finally took my dreams and started building my own business, rather than wait for someone to offer me a job and pay me a measly salary to build their dream for them?
What if I focused on the bright side of all the things that I do have rather than on the lack of what I think I should have?
Well, this little game has truly powerful implications. Before anything can be created in physical form it must be conceived in thought form first. It’s like Walt Disney thinking of Mickey Mouse before he could start to draw the character and lend life to it on the silver screen?
Would your life benefit from having more money? Yes? well, then put it in there. Would your life be better if you had more free time, a better relationship, better health, peace of mind etc…?
I challenge you to participate if you are not currently living the life of your dreams. I urge you to get a piece of paper and write down 30 times at the beginning of each line the words “What if…”
Then you complete the sentence in whichever thought comes to mind. Be mindful though because the unverse is such a fair friend, for it will give you exactly what you focus on, even though you may say that it is NOT what you wanted after all.
So be creative and have fun with this and if you manage to do the game for a week straight get prepared for your mind to take you on a magical journey to a better life experience.
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By Thorsten on January 11, 2009 | No Comments
One could say that this blog has been left for dead after my last post in October, and indeed I have been absent from writing and building this blog.
I can also say, however, that on a personal level I have made good use of this time away and so there will be a staedy number of posts coming up which I can guarantee you will like.
For now, I wish all my loyal and future readers and visitors a belated Happy New Year and remember:
Get ready to make your life shine in 2009 !
Love to all,
Thorsten
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By Thorsten on October 4, 2008 | No Comments
I know there is a lot of stuff floating around with regards to the election in the US on November 4th.
As usual I am very selective about my media intake and while I don’t quite endorse the website I found this article on in general, I really feel this one hits the nail on the head.
So head over to this page and see what it’s all about if you have ever even considered voting for Obama.
Happy reading and have a wonderful weekend.
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By Thorsten on October 1, 2008 | No Comments
The difference between success and failure is sometimes a wide gap and sometimes a matter of milliseconds. But there is a crucial point to be made for all successful achievers out there.
How do you measure success? Is it money in the bank? Trophies won for a special achievement? or maybe it is simply the recognition and gratitude of your peers or society as a whole that gives you the confirmation that you have accomplished something.
Whatever it may be, tracking your success along the way is the key to advancement.
An athlete has a coach that covers both the tasks of tracking success and motivating higher performance. You and I, although we may also have a coach to help us with staying on track, need to incorporate this simple step into our daily routine.
Let’s assume you wish to increase your income to a certain point but as life has it, that total income figure is made up of several sources which all vary from month to month.
You wouldn’t know if you are making progress or sliding backwards if you didn’t at least track those income streams on a regular basis and use them to adjust your strategy. Nothing seems more silly than having to bring in 5 million a year just to make sure you are left with 1 million in the end because your don’t track your cashflow.
The energy you expense to get the other 4 million can be used for other things and if you want a million, then simply put, get clear on how far you have yet to go and go do what you need to do.
See you at the top…
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By Thorsten on September 18, 2008 | No Comments
Today’s post will be the first in a series to help understand why the rich get richer and how seemingly ordinary people such as you and I can harness some of the mentality that got them there.
The most common misconception is that rich people are totally different from poor people. That is nonsense. If that was the case, there would be no point in me writing this blog, because unless you are a certain way from birth or by some divine selection there simply wouldn’t be a chance that you could improve your station in life.
Fact is that rich people are 99% like the rest of us. They breathe the same oxygen, use the same water and have two arms and two legs to a person. So if they are not physically different, what else could it be then?
T. Harv Ecker wrote a brilliant book about the ‘Millionaire Mind’ outlining several key factors that seperate the rich from the rest. But it doesn’t even have to be that deep or that detailed to get the main point of this post.
The bottom line is that the availabiity or lack of money in your life right now has 100 % to do with you and nothing else. Once we understand that and take full responsibility for it the biggest obstacle is starting to crumble.
Next we have to demistify this thing called money, because the more we read into it the more it seems to hold us back from reaching it. But before I get philosophical here, just do yourself a favor and think of money as your servant to get things done. PERIOD! I read in a very good book a long time ago that money makes a dreadful master but a lovely servant.
Since I’ll be devoting more time and space to this range of topics in the near future, make sure to sunscribe to the RSS feed if you haven’t already done that. Otherwise you may miss an important follow up post.
That’s it for today, I’ll be in Vegas for a few days, but will have some new and exciting updates for September and October lined up.
See you at the top…
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I was originally going to write a different post today, but being prompted by a conversation I overheard a few days ago, I decided to share this story with you instead.
I had a conversation with a fellow hotel guest in the hot tub about eating out and family lifestyle and the likes when a third man entered the health club area and starting chatting with his friend and me. It turned out that the guy I was talking to, let’s call him John for now, was complaining about getting bad sleep after eating a big meal at a diner while on the road.
So, naturally, his buddy asks him what he has eaten that night. John answers that he had a big steak with baked potato and an appetizer. The friend then asks him if he wants a couple of beers from the store nearby.
John says he had already had 3 beer with his dinner, but a couple more wouldn’t hurt. And here my friends is where the story grabbed my attention. John says that they have this great new medicine out that let’s you eat lots of junk food, have several beers and with only one pill you still sleep like a baby without any indigestion or heartburn.
He forgot to mention the fact that he is about 60 pounds overweight and this diet simlpy cannot be good for you in the long run.
But wait, we are not done with the story yet, it is getting even more obscure. So the other guy, a bit older and skinny but complaining about his ailments also, adds the following comment: Yeah I know, my wife and I are on this drug that let’s you eat what you want and not even gain weight and it is even without a prescription.
Now people, let’s be honest here for just a second: Is this a disturbing situation or what? Neither of these guys are healthy or attempting to be by changing their bad habits and getting better nutrition. But they both are swearing by prescription drugs that will magically cure all bad and let them do whatever they please.
Well, I have news for you ! It doesn’t work like that. The phrase “Garbage in, garbage out” comes to mind although it is usally used for computer data, it applies to humans as well. If you are mistreating your body with junk food and lack of exercise then non pill in the world will help you long term.
I am not opposed to modern medicine and while I do accept that drugs may be helpful for treating certain ailments until we can accept a firm belief of health and wellbeing to replace outside substances to keep us well, this story makes a wonderful point.
You cannot change anything in your life or improve the outcome of any situation no matter what it is by putting a band aid on the problem. You will always just be covering up a symptom rather than treating the root cause of your issue.
Applying this to the topic of your financial situation it would look something like this: if you are finding yourself in a spot where you are always short of money to pay your bills or to do what you would like to do then it is not good enough to get another credit card, max it out and not have a plan to get out of the bad symptoms you are experiencing with money or the lack of it.
Instead, you have to try and go to the root of the issue and either find legitimate ways to make more money than you spend or find a way to spend within the budget you do have. I knwo that the second solution is not very exciting or gratifying, therefore I propose to look at the beliefs you hold about money and then change them to get a different outcome and better symptoms.
See you at the top…
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By Thorsten on September 5, 2008 | 11 Comments
Don’t worry about the title of this post, ok! I haven’t lost my positive attitude or suddenly felt the urge to write about somebody on their death bed.
Actually, it’s a lot less dramatic a much lighter than that. I am writing this post to point out a stubborn issue that is often coming up when people mean well, but then don’t take into account the law of attraction’s rules when they state their desires.
Here’s an example: Let’s go and have an anti-war rally. HMMM. That may sound like a pacifist thing to do, but one of the main reasons we still even have wars in this day and age is the fact that we keep mulling them over in our mind so much.
I think it was none other than Mother Theresa who said: I won’t be joining the anti war rally, but let me know when you have a peace rally and I’ll be first in line.
That really illustrates my point very well. Do not look and articulate the events or issues that you DO NOT want or the law of attraction will find a way to bring them to you.
Here is another favorite of mine: “Breast Cancer Awareness month….or the fight to end breast cancer.”
Well, of course I agree with most people out there that breast cancer is a terrible thing. But, as the title of this post says very clearly: what are the last words in this sentence….?
Correct, you got it: “Breast Cancer”
It is a never ending fight because the awareness of it will create more of it just like the charity to help the poor will somehow NEVER run out of finding poor people to help.
Turning this around is a very simple task that can form a habit and yield wonderful dividends for yourself. Next time you are becoming aware of a negative issue that bugs you, try and state it in the opposite and make that statement an affirmation.
Going back to the anti war really you could say: I allow peace and harmony into my life now. And instead find a cause that gets it right. Again, fighting pretty much anything will just bring you more of that sentiment, namely more fighting and more struggle.
Let me conclude this post with an observation from the words in the McCain speech. Although I am not a GOP supporter at all, he has done a pretty decent job at moving the audience with his war stories. But here is the catch: Since McCain is thinking in terms of fighting for anything in life and in his political career, that is exactly what he gets - constant fighting for everything.
Whether it is his days as soldier or his “fight” for the nomination. So here is my final tip for you John McCain: Next time you sate that you “hate war” try saying ” I love peace and intend to bring peace and prosperity to the United States of America. It somehow worked for Barak Obama…
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By Thorsten on August 31, 2008 | 5 Comments
Since we are at the end of the month I thought that today would be a good time to write a post that was originally inspired by a TV commercial. Don’t worry, there is nothing for sale here, the concept the ad firm used illustrates a very important concept that I’d like to share with you.
But first let me describe the commercial so you have some background.
The first image on the screen shows a pro-surfer riding on the the famous big waves that looks at least 30 foot high if not more. He is doing a superb job and surely the male audience to which this is geared can identify that we would love to be able to do this. The caption reads: “Step 1,042″ and then it fades to the next image.
We are brought back to a different reality and see an acountant type thirty something male sitting over a bowl of healthy cereal at his kitchen table. The caption this time reads: “Step 1″
The commercial goes on for a few more seconds, but this is the gist of it.
I believe that the mjority of us that have a desire to accomplish anything in life have made this mistake. It’s the faulty thinking that we can start at the end result and go from a TV dinner and McDonald’s diet to being a Hawaii pro surfer and impress the ladies with our washboard abs instantly. Not so fast I say…
Virtually nothing that we set our mind to and wish to accomplish is out of reach, and that is the good news. However, the Internet and our society is also filled with the thinking that we can go from broke to billionaire overnight or from nobody to CEO in the same timeframe.
Here’s what those ads and society does ommitt: The period of cultivating the seed of your desire.
Have you heard the commercial that says: ” Make $50,000 from home per month, no selling, training and capital required.” Sounds great, does it not? Or we read about figures like movie stars and celebrities that seem to come out of nowhere and all of a sudden get paid 25 million dollars to do a signle movie and end up on the A-List of Hollywood.
But let’s look at what really happens in thes cases: The actor that gets the gig to be the next James Bond may be virtually unknown to pop culture, but did we acknowledge that he started with really small roles at the tender age of 5, then went to theatre school and did small scale plays before landing bigger gigs much later?
What about people like Barak Obama? A celbrated speaker and gifted politician who was working in the shadows of Chicago fro a long time before his tipping point came and he delivered a keynote address that would change his life forever. He didn’t just walk out of Harvard and into the Democratic party and get nominated to be the next presidential candidate.
We often forget the middle part that lies between forming our desire in the mind and the tipping point where the flood gates open and it is all there for us in total abundance. The length of that time period is individually different, but let me tell you that it is rarely an overnight thing.
So when you feel like you are not going forward in your dreams, may they be of becoming a millionaire or otherwise, remember that every seed takes time to grow into a big tall tree. The mental attitude you take in that time frame should be one of considering it already done and acting as if. But don’t think even for a moment that it’s not moving forward just because the end result is not in fron of you yet.
Enjoy the long weekend and I’ll see you in September with more exciting posts and a suprise for all my loyal readers.
See you at the top…
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By Thorsten on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
Let’s face it. We all want certain things in life and when it comes to financial abundance, it ussually is on top of our wishlist. We also quite often have an upbringing that has taught us to work hard, save and eventually we will be able to put together a small nestegg on which we can retire.
Frankly speaking, I don’t think that idea is too appealing. First off it involves a long timeframe stretching over decades. Secondly, it relies heavily on elbow grease and long hours to get us that next promotion and pay off that mortgage and the nice car we financed.
So what do those of us do that want the shorter road, the more comfortable path to wealth? Are we simply out of luck because there is but one way to a bright future and even that is not guaranteed because we may loose our job or make bad financial decisions along the way.
As we leave this idea of the slow and hard road to wealth behind there has got to be more options on getting to the top, right. Well, you guessed it, there are tons of them. But here’s the deal…
In the next step, many people begin a new project or venture and they are totally sure that this time they will strike it big and go home with a big moneybag ready to retire at age 29. I’m talking about the Network Marketing systems, the guy who opens his software company to beat Google at its game or the secretary that sells Avon on the side to make it big and retire rich.
At the more extreme end of this spectrum are those that go to the casino and make it a habit to try and hit that jackpot every night. Others yet will buy an obscene amount of lottery tickets and cross their fingers at every draw that they will forever wave goodbye to their financial issues and be a carefree millionaire.
Well, I got news for you! Unless you change the way you think about the money you are trying to attract, none of these methods will yield any true results because they are not accompanied by a change in consciousness. Only when we change the way we think and feel about money and about having it in our life, do we actually open the door to have that money come into our life.
It’s a statistical fact that most lottery winners, regardless of the amount they won, are back to where they started or worse within 2 years with nothing to show for all the money that flowed through their hands. Again that’s because what they are telling the universe is that they DO NOT BELIEVE that they deserve more money except by a fluke chance that it is awarded to them from a casino jackpot or by winning the lottery.
You are in the spot you are in today because of the beliefs you have and the thoughts you offered about your life. Money or the absence of it is a wonderful indicator of how your mental realtionship to the source of abundance really is. The numbers in your bank account are never an accident, the paycheck you receive is never an accident. So start by taking responsibility for all you have at this point and find what is good about it.
Next, start to offer a different mental picture about money and that is the starting point of change in your money consciousness which will inevitably lead to lasting abundance if you so choose.
Have fun with this concept and I’ll see you at the top…
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