Don’t Ever Want, Wish or Hope for Anything

Ok, I have a 2.5 year old baby girl and a 6.5 year old son. They are constantly telling me what they want. “I want this, daddy! I want that, daddy!” What they don’t realize is that wanting, hoping and wishing for things, just don’t work. It would seem that most adults don’t realize this either, so it inspired this blog post.

When you want, wish or hope for anything, what happens is the universe listens… and you receive the feeling of “wanting, wishing or hoping”… you DON’T actually GET what you are wishing, wanting and hoping for. Instead you get the feeling and experience of wanting.

“So, Travis”, you say… “How are we to manifest our desires then?”

Well, this is tricky… Instead of wanting, wishing and hoping… you DECIDE in advance the outcome you desire. You CHOOSE for things to be. When you focus on your decision and your choices, then the universe and God work in a different way. It combines effort with your subconscious mind to help you FIND the way to make your desire occur.

It is better to give your mind decisions and choices, as it can work FOR you, instead of AGAINST you as it does when you are wanting, wishing and hoping.

Does this make sense?

This is truly “The Secret” to making things happen for you in this life. Decide in advance. Create the pathway and then walk down the pathway you created. Everything starts in the mind as a thought. When we then desire something, instead of wanting, wishing and hoping… you MUST DECIDE IN ADVANCE YOUR OUTCOME. If you remember this, you will be successful beyond your expectations. No Wanting. No Wishing. No Hoping. Just deciding.

It’s that simple. Now all I need to do is to get my kids to understand this principle.

Successfully,

Travis Wright

24 Daily Habits to Make the Most of this Life

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us - John Dryden

I have previously written about how the habit of Exercising Every Day has helped me tremendously. Doing something every day is such a powerful way to form a habit that I thought I would make a list of 24 habits that are worth doing on a daily basis. Note: I have divided these into morning, day and night although some could obviously be under different headings.
The Morning
1. Wake Early: I am a big fan of waking at 5am and spending time working on myself before going to work. I have written more about this habit here.

2. Exercise: when I had the goal of exercising 4 times a week I found it was very easy to tell myself I will exercise tomorrow instead. Setting the expectation of daily exercise removed this as a potential excuse and I have since reaped the benefits of this daily habit.

3. Review or (even better) Rewrite Your Goals: each day I try to get closer to achieving my short, medium and long term goals. Starting the day by reviewing or rewriting my goals means that I have better awareness of them throughout the day. As Robin Sharma says:

With better awareness you can make better choices and when you make better choices, you will see better results.

4. Read and/ or Listen to Motivational Material: in the morning a whole day of endless possibilities lies ahead. I motivate myself to play my best game by reading and listening to inspirational books/ audiobooks.

5. Visualise the Day Ahead: I like to take a few minutes to shut my eyes and visualise what I want happen in the coming day. It’s amazing how often my desires become reality when I do this.

6. Write a “To Do” list: I like to write out a list in my diary of the important tasks I need to do that day. As they are completed I put a line through them. So simple, yet so effective.

7. Check the News Headlines: I think it’s important to have an idea of what is happening in our community and the world. Also if don’t at least check the main stories, I find it is easy to feel left out of conversations throughout the day.

8. Take a Multivitamin: I try to eat a well balanced diet, but taking a multivitamin daily reassures me that I obtaining the proper amount of vitamins and minerals that I need (**Update: see comments).

9. Tidy Up: a cluttered house can lead to a cluttered mind and fuzzy thinking. I find it’s best to stay on top of things by tidying up each day.

10. Take Time to Look Good: it’s a reality of life that people judge us by our appearance. I take a few minutes each morning to ensure I go out into the world looking the best I can.

The Day

11. Put First Things First: Many people have their day controlled by tasks that are urgent , but not necessarily important. Examples include interruptions, some email and some phone calls. The habit of putting first things first is about organising and executing your life around your deepest priorities.

12. Connect with Nature: I find spending time outdoors in nature is great for my sense of wellbeing. I have written about this here.

13. Blog: blogging makes me think and write - two things that I can’t get enough of each day. I have written more about the benefits of blogging here.

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101 Tips to Help You Make Money Doing What You Love

This article here comes from Paul Piotrowski at Inspired Money Maker.com. I firmly believe that you truly need to do what you enjoy, as that is where the passion lies. If you are passionate about something and truly enjoy doing that in which you are passionate, then there is no way that you can fail. You will prevail! Without further adieu, here is Paul’s list.

1. Cut Out TV Time – Instead of watching other people doing what they love (actors, athletes, etc.) while you sit on the couch, why not invest the time into becoming an Inspired Money Maker. The average US home has the TV on for over 3,000 hours per year. A 40 hour/week job is only 2,000 hours per year.
2. Read “Think and Grow Rich”
3. Have a Sense of Humor
4. Be Yourself
5. Don’t Hide Yourself – Be Accessible
6. Visualize Your Goals Daily
7. Have an Opinion
8. Compliment People
9. Stop Letting Fancy Sounding Coffee Steal Your Dreams – $5.50 coffee and snacks each day cost you $2,000/year. That could be invested into your Inspired money Maker dreams instead. Use the money to start a business, purchase equipment, take courses, go to a seminars, etc.
10. Learn to Listen
11. Be a Simplifier, Not a Complicator
12. Learn From Your Mistakes, But Don’t Be Afraid to Make Them
13. Be Humble
14. Read “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace Wattles
15. Get Excited
16. Be Original. Be Grateful. Be courageous.
    
17. Be Unreasonable
18. Stop Being Negative – Stop justifying that you’re just being realistic. See things as they really are, not worse than they are. Then, take it a step further and see things better than they are.
19. Take Action
20. Be Nice to People
21. Create Your Own Luck
22. Stop Pretending to be a Victim
23. Don’t Worry What Others Think, That’s Their Business
24. Learn to Master Your Habits
25. Do Something New
26. Use Affirmations Daily
27. Beat the Odds – When you encounter an obstacle, realize that each obstacle you get through with your determination also eliminates 80% of your competition. Keep going, don’t give up and your odds will improve every step of the way.
28. Just Do It
29. Believe in Yourself – Nobody else is going to do it for you. Start now, in this moment.
30. Don’t be Good, Don’t be Great, Be Outstanding
31. Never Stop Growing
32. Give to Get
33. Plant Your Flag, Commit to the Inspired Money Maker Path
34. Connect With Your Spirit Guides
35. Don’t Talk Small About Yourself
36. Avoid Bureaucracy
37. Focus Your Energy
38. Read Books
39. Invest in the Tools You’ll Need – Stop being cheap and invest in the tools you may need to succeed.
40. Have Integrity
41. Always Be Creating Your Story
42. Start an Idea Journal, Capture Everything
43. Pay Attention to Your Dreams
44. Assume You Won’t Live Forever, The Time To Do This is NOW
45. Don’t Gossip, Network – Cut out wasted time gossiping on the phone with your friends. Instead, get your friends into making money doing what they love and then each hour you spend on the phone will be networking towards both of you growing your Inspired Money Maker ventures.
46. Aim to Improve the Universe. Think Big
47. Don’t Give Up
48. Get a Psychic Reading
49. Make it Fun
50. Trust Your Gut – When it comes to logic vs intuition. Go with your gut, then justify it with logic later.
51. Believe in Others
52. Skip the Party, Work on Your Dreams Instead
53. Challenge the Status Quo
54. Learn a Positive Word Every Day
55. Get Help Where Needed – Don’t try doing everything yourself. If you need web-design, hire a web designer. If you need logo design, hire a logo designer. If you need accounting done, hire an accountant. Try not to do too much yourself. Focus on what you love doing and find a way to monetize it.
56. Instill Confidence in Others
57. Email a Stranger, Propose a Win / Win Relationship
58. Take Time to Relax
59. Start a Blog and Document Your Journey
60. Digg, Stumble, Bookmark this Post and Get 9,639 Universal Karma Points
61. Model Successful People – Read biographies, books, Blogs. Study successful people. Find someone who’s already accomplished what you want to accomplish and model their beliefs, their behaviors etc.
62. Replace Your Bathroom Reader with a Self-Help Book
63. Take Two Weeks Off Work, Stay Home and Work on Your Inspired Money Maker Plans. Tell Everyone Else You’re Out of the Country.
64. Repeat Your Affirmations In Your Head Until You Fall Asleep at Night
65. Choose Financial Abundance, Stop Believing that Money is a Dirty Word
66. Compete With Yourself, Not Others
67. Smile and Make People Laugh
68. Make and Carry Your Personal Business Cards
69. Be Polite, But Don’t Be Afraid to Express Yourself Either
70. Don’t Waste Time on Stupid Crap – Does your desk really need to be cleaned again this week? Do your books really need to be alphabetically arranged?
71. Watch What People Do, Not What they Say They Do
72. Help Someone Out
73. Think “How Do I Increase My Income by $10,000” not “How Do I Cut Expenses by $100”
74. Be Nice to Yourself
75. Get Rid of Stinkin Thinkin – Stop the endless negative chatter in your mind. Re-focus your internal questions on the positive.
76. Enjoy the Journey
77. Network with People You Feel Comfortable With
78. Don’t Use Your Kids as an Excuse
79. Learn to Forgive – Stop wasting energy holding grudges. Forgiving someone is not the same as condoning whatever they did. It is simply letting go of the pent up negative energy inside you because it doesn’t serve you anymore. Let it go.
80. Try Immersion Learning
81. Find a Mentor / Coach, Don’t Let Lack of Money Be Your Excuse
82. Give Referrals, Ask for Referrals
83. Don’t Complain. Put the Violin Away. Nobody Wants to Hear It
84. Stop Looking for Shortcuts. Steady Wins the Race.
85. Share Your Success with Others
86. Don’t Hang Around Negative People. Hang Out With Other Inspired Money Makers
87. Buy Wrinkle Free Dress Pants – Saves you time on having to iron them
88. Don’t Believe Your Excuses
89. Write in a Journal
90. Don’t Underestimate the Fear of Success
91. Be Decisive
    
92. Meditate
93. Convert Your Car Into a Personal Development University – Turn off the Radio and Listen to Audio Courses and Seminars in the Car
94. Hire Someone to Mow the Lawn, Work On Your Dreams Instead
95. Sleep When You’re Dead – Stop sleeping 8-12 hours a day. Try 6 hours / night for 30 days and see how you feel. Most people sleep so much because they’re depressed about their life. Work on being an Inspired Money Maker and you won’t want to sleep.
96. Use Law of Attraction
97. Send Gifts to People
98. Ask for What You Want – Erase the fantasy from your head that others should know what you want. Ask for what you want, always. Stop talking about what you didn’t get, and focus on what you want.
99. Work on Your Communications Skills
100. Have Patience – Everything won’t come all at once. Have the patience to trust that everything will come at it’s perfect time.
101. Seek Answers Within
     

Mark Twain’s Top 9 Tips for Living a Kick-Ass Life

by Henrik Edberg

“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”

“Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”

“When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.”

You may know Mark Twain for some of his very popular books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He was a writer and also a humorist, satirist and lecturer.

Twain is known for his many – and often funny – quotes. Here are a few of my favourite tips from him.

1. Approve of yourself.

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

If you don’t approve of yourself, of your behaviour and actions then you’ll probably walk around most of the day with a sort of uncomfortable feeling. If you, on the other hand, approve of yourself then you tend to become relaxed and gain inner freedom to do more of what you really want.

This can, in a related way, be a big obstacle in personal growth. You may have all the right tools to grow in some way but you feel an inner resistance. You can’t get there.

What you may be bumping into there are success barriers. You are putting up barriers in your own mind of what you may or may not deserve. Or barriers that tell you what you are capable of. They might tell you that you aren’t really that kind of person that could this thing that you’re attempting.

Or if you make some headway in the direction you want to go you may start to sabotage for yourself. To keep yourself in a place that is familiar for you.
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