Bob explains what the secret to life is.

https://sixminutes.infusionsoft.com/go/life/580192

Abraham Lincoln had learned that lesson one hundred years earlier.  Lincoln was no ordinary person.  He had moved himself from a very ordinary station in life to a position where big decisions are made.  President Lincoln also learned that a position of responsibility not only brought with it big decisions, it also attracted numerous critics who would attack at every opportunity.  Those opportunities arose whenever he made a decision with which his critics did not agree.

It is recorded that a close friend of President Lincoln’s once asked him if all of these attacks bothered him.  Lincoln’s answer was a classic, one you should keep in mind the next time you make a tough decision and you are openly criticized.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any further business.  I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.  If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won’t amount to anything.  If the end brings me out wrong, ten thousand angels swearing I was right would make no difference.  What a great attitude.  It is also great advice to follow the next time you make a tough decision and are attacked by your critics.

From Bob Proctor

If you ever wondered what it takes to achieve goals, watch this

It was J.B. Matthews who wrote, “Unless a person has trained him or herself for their chance, the chance will only make them look ridiculous.  A great occasion is worth to a person exactly what their preparation enables them to make of it.”

Any winner will be quick to tell you that preparation is the key to success in any endeavor.  You should make up your mind to become so good, so competent at what you are doing you will actually force opportunities to come your way.

Take a serious look at your industry and ask yourself where you think your industry will be insofar as growth is concerned over the next ten years.  If you can see no limit to the growth of your industry, then it is only reasonable to say there is no limit to your own opportunity for growth within your industry in the same time frame.

There are people in your industry that can write their own ticket. They have developed something inside that expressed itself through their behavior.  It is called confidence.  They are affecting life in their industry rather than just being affected by it.  They take thirty minutes or so every day to think of how they can put more into their job, how to be more creative, to provide a greater service.  Rather than just giving their time, they give all they’ve got.

In a period of five years or less, you can become an acknowledged expert in your particular industry.  Surveys indicate that the great majority of people look at their job as being as far as they will go.  They should realize that an expanding, dynamic industry not only needs but seeks the uncommon person to share in its growth and will richly reward the person of vision and action.

Give everything you’ve got for the next ninety days.  Your industry will give you everything you want for the rest of your life.

Will Smith has such a dedication to creating his own reality, it really is an inspiration. His clarity of mind and purpose seem to create their own mini universe of reality and possibility. Take a listen as Will talks about life, parenting and his son’s latest move “The Karate Kid” starring Jayden Smith and Jackie Chan (also a fan of his too).

Listen to the definitiveness of his voice and mind about his world. A mind like that HAS to achieve.

In the 2nd video there’s discussion around Rich Dad, Poor Dad and mindset.

In the final video, my favorite part of the video, listen to the discussion on intent at the end.

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

I know everyone says small things make a big difference, but how big? Brian Tracy says if we improve 1% a day, we will be 1000% better in a year! Everyone is looking for a magic bullet to change their life. It doesn’t work that way. It’s the little things that add up. I got this email from a friend and thought I should share it.

I used to be a banker/notary for (a bank), and we had the TV permanently set on CNN (or one of those news chanels…dunno which one.)  The TVs were located next to the line for the teller windows…kinda used as a distraction so people wouldn’t be dwelling on how long they sometimes had to wait.  There were no TVs in the lobby where people waited for bankers.  I noticed that the customer survey scores for the tellers didn’t match the scores of the bankers.  They were considerably lower.  From my desk, I could see the TV, and sometimes found myself watching it while waiting for my computer to load things.  I was watching the news and reading the subtitles.  It was showing pics of some disastor, showing dead bodies, and generally not making America seem like a very good place to live.  It showed one bad thing after another.  And then, just in case we had missed what it said earlier, it repeated it.  Again, and again, and again.  I had enough.  I went upstairs and changed the chanel to the Food Network!  (Figured there wouldn’t be any cussing or anything, and would be acceptable for all ages.)  Guess what!!  The customer survey scores drastically changed.  In a very positive way!!  And instead of customers talking in line about how “crappy” our world is, they were bringing an extra deposit slip with them to write down recipes on the back.

Isn’t it amazing what our minds absorb?  And our reaction to different things?

I gave up TV over 10 years ago. Its not that I don’t watch it. Its just not a habit every day. I just choose WHAT I WATCH and WHEN I WATCH IT. I record everything and maybe once every other week watch for 30 minutes. I skip the advertisements and in general, only watch comedies. After a year my friends all noticed how much happier I seemed. I also got more done because I wasn’t in front of the TV.

What small thing could you do to change your life?

I can clearly remember when APECO, American Photo Copy Equipment Company dominated the photocopy market.  APECO was a giant; they were successfully selling their photocopiers in 152 countries.  In fact, they were the first to bring a photocopier into the office environment.  A piece of equipment which, today, is almost a necessity in every office.

Meanwhile a gentleman from Rochester, New York was looking for a way to make a piece of equipment that would turn out a better copy.  Since that is what Chester Carelson was looking for, that is exactly what he found.  Today, everyone around the world recognizes Xerox and hardly anyone remembers APECO, because they have vanished.

The marketplace is very fickle.  When you present a better or more efficient product, the people go with it.  That’s progress.

The poet Braely penned this:

For the best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet.

The best house hasn’t been planned.

The highest peak hasn’t been climbed yet.

The mightiest rivers aren’t spanned.

Don’t worry and fret, faint hearted.

The chances have just begun.

For the best jobs haven’t been started.

The best work hasn’t been done.

Invest a few minutes today and every day thinking of ways to do whatever you are doing better.  You could be doing your job well, you might even be the best, but I can assure you there is always a Chester Carelson lurking in the wings.  Keep doing what you did to win.  Keep improving what you are doing.

I quote, “Every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity”.
How can you apply his advice in a practical manner to today?

Every bondman
- what does he mean?  Every person who feels they are in bondage in any way … who feels trapped by circumstances … who seems bound to failure, poverty, sickness … who seems held back from what would make their life complete and good.

Every bondman bears in his own hand
- that is he possesses, he has within himself the power to
cancel
or get rid of his captivity, his seeming bondage.

You can be free.  You have the power within you to remove the shackles, which bind you.

Paul Carus wrote in The Gospel of Buddha, People are in bondage, because they have not removed the idea of ‘I’.

Leland Val Van De Wall wrote, “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness”.

The only power our problems can have over us is the power we give to them.  As Emerson wrote, “The only thing that can grow is the thing we give energy to”.

If you are in bondage, held captive by problems, you have the power in your own hands to set yourself free.  You are the only one who can set you free.

Shakespeare said it, I believe it and that settles it … for me.

Quite a few of you asked why my face looked different this week, as if I was more relaxed.

I have been meditating daily for about 10 years now and have done many types of meditation. Some have worked better than others. I just found one recently that is more powerful than any other I have found. It feels like I can “connect” far quicker and deeper. Maybe because there is a science behind it. Maybe because it is the most holistic method I have found. Either way, it has had a profound impact on me in only 3-4 days!

I would love to try this meditation in a group.

You should really check it out
http://bit.ly/coreenergymeditation