Harness the Power of a Healthy Attitude

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”  ~Winston Churchill

Have you ever had someone say to you, “Change your attitude?” I find myself saying it frequently to my teenagers, and they look at me like I’ve asked them to morph into an alien. Bad attitude and teenagers go together like white on rice.
In spite of their age-appropriate resistance to a healthy attitude, I remind them that attitude is a choice. Regardless of your life circumstances, you always have to power to change your attitude. And what a power that is.  Mind Secret Exposed
Your attitude is your disposition, your way of thinking, and the feelings that go along with those. A healthy attitude is characterized by a general sense of well-being and equanimity about life. You view the glass as half full rather than half empty. With a healthy attitude, you can respond to your life circumstances with balance, positivity, and control.
Why do we encounter some people, full-grown adults, with a healthy and positive attitude about life and others who always seem to complain and focus on the negative? It’s true that one’s natural personality and disposition can affect attitude. Certainly life circumstances and unpleasant situations can affect it. But those things don’t have to determine one’s attitude.

A healthy attitude begins with awareness which is the precursor to choice.

When you become aware that you have the power to choose your attitude, regardless of life circumstances, then you have the power to change the entire tenor of your life. Attitude is also a habit, a habit that can be changed once we have the awareness of choice.
Take a moment now to ask yourself these questions:

• What is my general attitude most of the time?

• What do my friends and family say about my attitude?

• What situations or circumstances shift my attitude negatively?

• What situations or circumstances shift it positively?

• Do I frequently shift back and forth between a positive and negative attitude?

• In the past, how have I felt when I’ve chosen to have a healthy attitude?

It is important to examine your “attitude state” on a regular basis. Sometimes we unknowingly fall into patterns of negativity that can diminish our sense of well-being and joy for life. Maintaining a healthy attitude is vital for many reasons:
A healthy attitude keeps you physically and mentally healthy.
When you have a generally positive and balanced attitude you are less prone to stress, anxiety, and depression. You are also more likely to want to take care of yourself, eat healthy, and stay fit.
A healthy attitude enhances relationships.
Your attitude can either attract or repel people. A healthy attitude  is very attractive. People desire to associate with others who are generally upbeat, balanced, and not prone to frequent complaining or negativity. This doesn’t mean you must be happy all of the time. It means you regularly return back to the awareness and choice of seeing the glass half full.
A healthy attitude creates opportunity.
When your attitude is healthy, you are in a frame of mind to recognize opportunity and act on it. Your awareness is open and positive. When you have a bad attitude, you shut things out of your life. You are closed and resistant.
A healthy attitude fosters discernment, objectivity, and clear thinking.
When you are in a generally positive frame of mind, you have the ability to handle life’s difficulties with more brain power. You aren’t distracted by the cloud of negative thinking and feeling. Your mind is clear and able to discern the best actions and decisions in any situation.
A healthy attitude promotes learning. Mind Secret Exposed
Again, with a clear and receptive mind, you are more engaged in life. You are curious and interested in the world around you. Your mind and psyche are open to learning new ideas and behaviors. And accomplishment in these endeavors further promotes your healthy attitude. This is a way of building the habit of positivity.
A healthy attitude makes you appear more attractive.
When you are in a negative frame of mind, it shows on your face. It takes a tolls on your body. The most physically attractive people are those who are comfortable and content in their own skin, regardless of the traditional standard of physical beauty. Positivity shines from the inside out.
If your attitude needs a bit of repair work, try these ten steps:
1. Take a moment to evaluate your attitude. Ask yourself the questions outlined above.
2.  Ask for feedback on your attitude from someone who knows you well. Like having spinach in your teeth, it isn’t pleasant to have it pointed out, but you don’t want to walk around with it forever.
3. Challenge negative thinking. When you get in a cycle of negativity, turn the tables on yourself and challenge the thoughts with evidence to the contrary. Just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s totally true. Once you change your thinking, your feelings will follow.
4. Seek the good in the bad. Even when times are difficult or challenging situations arise, there is always something to be learned and gained from the situation. Take time to focus on that.
5. Let it go. Most things really aren’t worth worrying about. Make the effort to drop old resentments, anger, and frustrations. Work to forgive people who have hurt you.
6. Stop comparing yourself. This only breeds contempt, jealousy, and frustration which define a bad attitude. There will always be people in better and worse situations than yours. And if you want to improve your life, a healthy attitude fosters achievement.
7. Seek out the beauty and good all around you. Let the wonderful things in life rise to the forefront of your daily perception. Look for them everywhere, in the beauty of nature, the smile of a child, the taste of a good meal, the warmth of friendship. When you seek these things out, there isn’t much room for negativity.
8. Make life corrections where you can. If there are circumstances or events that consistently bring you down and effect your attitude, find a way to address these things. Don’t just accept them or tolerate them. They drain your energy and rob you of joy that you otherwise might be experiencing. Don’t settle. Ask for help from a coach or counselor if you need help.
9. Create accountability. Commit to a healthy attitude and back up your commitment by asking friends or family to hold you accountable with gentle reminders when they see an unhealthy attitude.
10. Begin each day with a choice. When you wake up, say to yourself or out loud if possible, “I choose a healthy attitude today.” Say it throughout the day or post it where you can see the words frequently. It is your choice in every minute.
A healthy attitude doesn’t happen by itself.  Creating a healthy attitude requires consistent commitment, a plan of action, a support system, and lots of practice. Over the next week, pay attention to your own thoughts, reactions, and feeling, and see how you can begin small changes that will harness the life-changing power of a healthy attitude. Mind Secret Exposed

Agatha Christie's Hypnotic Writing Secret

Did mystery novelist Agatha Christie
literally hypnotize her readers?

Scientists from three leading universities
studied 80 of the famed novelist's works and
discovered she used words that invoked
chemical responses in the brains of her readers.

The study - The Agatha Project - involved
loading Christie's novels into a computer
and analyzing her words, phrases and sentences.

They concluded that her phrases trigger a
pleasure response. This causes people to
seek out her books again and again, almost
like an addiction.

According to the study, Christie used literary
techniques mirroring those employed by
hypnotherapists and psychologists, which
have a hypnotic effect on readers.

This is clear evidence that the principles in my
Hypnotic Writing book, and in my Hypnotic
Writing Wizard software, truly work.

Deliberate Creation Instant Self-Hypnosis

The study found that common phrases used by
Christie act as a trigger to raise levels of
serotonin and endorphins, the chemical
messengers in the brain that induce pleasure.

I've been saying this for years. Certain words
and phrases push buttons unconsciously in
people. They respond without being aware of it.

I've been teaching people how to improve their
sales letters and website copy with these
very insights.

Apparently Agatha Christie used hypnotic writing
to make her books -- as one scientist
un-hypnotically said --  "unputdownable."

It sure worked for her.

Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, (1890-1976)
is possibly the world's best-known mystery
writer. The Guinness Book of Records listed her
as the best-selling fiction author of all time
with over two billion copies in the English
language.

Obviously, hypnotic writing helped her.

The study went on to report the following about
Agatha's writings --

Favorite words or phrases, repeatedly used in a
"mesmerizing" way, help stimulate the pleasure-
inducing side of the brain. They include "she,
yes, girl, kind, smiled" and "suddenly."

Again, to me, this isn't news.

There are similar words and phrases in marketing
that set off brain activity -- and later buying
activity.

Do you know what they are?

Probably not.

Few people do.

But they are revealed in my e-books and software.

My hypnotic writing software -- which can help you
write sales letters, articles, books, news
releases and much more -- now comes in two
Windows (not for Mac) versions:

#1. The Basic one gives you all the tools you
need to write letters, ads, books, talks, etc.
It comes with the formulas, inductions, tools,
headline generator, readability analyzer,
unconscious directed writing, etc. You could
become a hypnotic writer with just this alone.
It's that powerful.

#2. The Deluxe version comes with all the
basic tools but includes the famous Swipe
File, containing proven words, phrases,
sentences, closers, etc, which you can just
weave into your writing to make it much
more compelling. This is beyond powerful.
You simply copy and paste -- "swipe" --
the proven sentences that improve your
writing. This is almost too easy.

The Swipe File has been and still is my secret
weapon in writing my emails, sites, articles, and
books with such speed and power. I love it and
*always* use it. Obviously, it works. Again, it
comes with the Deluxe version.

I'm very excited about Hypnotic Writing Wizard.
This program is based on my first best-selling
e-books, Hypnotic Writing and Advanced Hypnotic
Writing (and includes them for easy reference).

While the software won't do your writing or
thinking for you, it *will* guide you to writing
with more ease and power. The hypnotic inductions
and other tools will stimulate your mind to come
up with fresh ways to express yourself with
persuasive power.

If you want to give yourself the best gift of the
year, get Hypnotic Writing Wizard and start to
write with the simple riveting power of one of the
bestselling novelists of our time - Agatha
Christie.

Deliberate Creation Instant Self-Hypnosis

How to Develop a Multimillionaire Mindset

A man observes evergreens growing along the roadside and thinks that they look pretty, covered with snow. Another man sees the same trees and thinks, "These trees would look good in people's living rooms at Christmas. I wonder what they would pay for them?"

The first man has an ordinary mind. The second, the mind of a natural-born moneymaker.

In The Prime Movers, Edwin A. Locke provides some interesting insights into the way moneymakers think:check out the The Wealth Trigger 

He argues that an active, inquisitive mind is a hallmark of the successful entrepreneur. The most successful entrepreneurs in history, he says, had this sort of mind.

• Thomas Edison: He was a "virtual thinking machine. Almost until the day he died, his mind      poured forth a torrent of ideas, and he might track as many as 60 experiments at a time in his  laboratory."

• Steve Jobs: He bombarded people with his ideas - his investors, his board of directors, his customers, his subordinates, and his CEO.

• Henry Ford: "He threw himself into every detail, insisting on getting small things abso­lutely      right.... But he never lost sight of the ultimate, overall objection. He had a vision of what his new car (the Model T) should look like. From all the improvisation, hard thought, and hard work came a machine that was at once the simplest and the most sophisticated automobile built to date anywhere in the world."

Take my friend Bernard...

I have a friend, an émigré from Manchester England, who has this kind of moneymaking mind. I have known him for more than twenty years. During that time he has started at least a dozen successful companies. Every company he forms, it seems, becomes successful very quickly. He has become a wealthy man and enjoys a wealthy man's lifestyle, but his interest in making money has never waned.

In that respect he is very different from me. I became wealthy by making plans and working my ass off. And once I made more than I needed I stopped paying attention to it.

He made his money effortlessly. Or so it always seemed. And he continues to make money because he really enjoys the process.
He makes money not just by starting successful businesses and investing in real estate (my primary vehicles) but by buying and selling exotic cars, boats, antiques and expensive watches. Every time I see him he is driving a new car. One month it's a Bentley. The next month it's a Ferrari. He buys slightly used cars and enjoys them and then turns them over for a profit. He has become an expert in barter and countertrade. He never pays full price for anything. He knows how to get the best price for everything. And he loves the game.

Bernard may not have my net worth, but he's got more than enough for the rest of his life and he seems to enjoy making money much more than I do.

I admire that about him. I like talking to him about all his recent deals. His excitement gets me excited. It also embarrasses me when I discover that he pays a fraction of what I pay for just about everything.check out the The Wealth Trigger 

What if you don't have the Mind?

I have another friend, Jeff, who used to be my partner. He was making $400,000 a year when he suddenly sold his business and retired. Today he makes a living teaching Tai Chi. His income is modest, but he lives in a beautiful house, belongs to a private yacht club and takes vacations every two months.

Like Bernard, Jeff enjoys his life. He works when he wants to, rests when he wants to and enjoys the best that life has to offer.

Jeff's secret is that he knows how to buy the best of everything for pennies on the dollar. I am always amazed at how he and his wife can meet us in Chicago, Nicaragua or China, stay at fine hotels and do everything we do but on a budget.

I'm convinced that Jeff and Bernard both have very special brains minds. Like Edison, Jobs and Ford, they think differently than I do.

Raw intelligence is not the issue. These guys are smart but don't think they are any smarter than I am. And anyway, if it were a matter of intelligence, Einstein and a slew of other geniuses would have been wealthy men.

I call what Bernard and Jeff have the multimillionaire's mindset. I've also called it the Rich Mind.

This is the first of several essays I'll be writing on this point: how to think like a multimillionaire.

And here's the goal: to discover exactly how they do what they do by figuring out how they think. If you study this and subsequent essays seriously - and implement the suggestions I'll be making - you may be able to "upgrade" your brain to one that will allow you to have the kind of life they enjoy.

I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for myself. I've mastered one part of the equation: making money through entrepreneurship. But the other part - enjoying a multimillionaire's lifestyle on a limited budget - has so far eluded me.

Some Preliminary Observations To get started, here are some observations I've made from studying my two friends and from reading about great wealth builders like Jobs and Edison and Ford.

1. A "normal" person is concerned with protecting his ego. When dealing with a problem he doesn't really understand, he pretends he understands the contributing factors and doesn't try to find out what anyone else thinks. A person with a multimillionaire mind asks questions inces­santly. He has no ego when it comes to learning. He knows that knowledge is power.

2. A "normal" person has a consumer mentality. He looks at a hot new product and thinks about how he would like to own one. A person with a multimillionaire mind has an entrepreneurial men­tality. He looks at it and thinks, "How can I produce this or something similar in my own industry?" 

3. A "normal" person is wish-focused. He daydreams about making gobs of money. A person with a  multimillionaire mind is reality-based. He is always analyzing his own success and the suc­cess of others and wondering how he could learn from it.

4. A "normal" person, when confronted with a challenging idea, thinks of all the reasons why it might not work. A person with a multimillionaire mind sees the potential in it and disregards the problems until he has a clear vision of how it might succeed.

5. A "normal" person resists change. A person with a multimillionaire mind embraces it.

6. A "normal" person accepts the status quo. A person with a multimillionaire mind is always looking to make things - even good things - better.

7. A "normal" person reacts. A person with a multimillionaire mind is proactive.

8. A "normal" person looks at a successful business owner and thinks, "That guy's lucky." Or "That guy's a shyster." A person with a multimillionaire mind thinks, "What's his secret?" And, "How can I do that?"

Most importantly, a person with a multimillionaire's mind likes living like a multimillionaire. He doesn't shortchange himself when it comes to comfort and luxury. Rather than believing always that pain leads to gain, he thinks, "If I'm smart I can have my cake and eat it too.

You can start your mental transformation by studying this list and assessing your own impulses. Be  honest. Identify the habits you don't have and try to develop them. Rather than think of this process as work, think of it as fun.

I've been talking about this rich mind concept for years. Everybody at ETR has had it drummed into him or her. Charlie Byrne, a copywriter and consultant, has taken a special interest in it. He's been studying my friends and other natural moneymakers for years. He's especially interested - like I am - in not just making the money, but enjoying the process.

A while ago, Charlie came to us with a proposal for a new product. He wanted to create the first newsletter that explored wealth building from this particular perspective. "Most of the newsletters out there are about investing in stocks and bonds and futures and so on," he explained. "But there are so many other ways to make money. And so many ways to save money. I want to do a newsletter that's about having fun with it and living the lifestyle.

He worked with a guy named Charles Newcastle, a bona-fide moneymaker with a multimillionaire's mind. Charles began his career as a commodity and currency Futures trader back in the 1980's. Since then, he has launched 41 successful businesses (and advised on many more). Charles has been successful in real estate, money management, collectibles, Internet ventures, software development and database marketing to name a few.

But the most important thing to keep in mind is that he didn't lose one dime in the market in 2008 and 2009. 

Together they have been working on the concept for about six months. They beta tested the newsletter as a membership club and have been adding new benefits to it almost every week.

Last month, for the first time, I had a chance to see the new working model. It was pretty exciting, I have to say. It incorporated my own ideas and many more. It's something I intend to read in the future, to upgrade my own brain. I want to be able to enjoy the fun of making money and the pleasures that go with it. And I want to be able to get all these good deals that Bernard and Jeff enjoy. I think this club will be able to help me do that.

The Liberty Street Investor, as we're calling it, will cover all sorts of moneymaking opportunities. Not just stocks and bonds and real estate, but commodities, precious metals, bonds, and other "under-the-radar" investments.

But it won't be a guru-driven newsletter. Charles will be looking all over the world, starting with my friends, to find out how people are having fun making money today.

I've been impressed with the contributions they have secured for the new, revamped issues. Included among the experts are none other than the likes of Doug Casey, Jim Rogers, Charles Newcastle, Marc Faber, Gary North, and Alexander Green, among many other professionals.

Here's an example of what they will be offering, base on a sales letter that they are finishing up right now:

• How to invest in an "undercover" profit opportunity 99 out of 100 people are not aware of - yet one that could generate more than $28,000 in just a few weeks time...

• The "secret" method the airlines will never tell you for flying around the world for practically nothing (or perhaps just jet off to the Caribbean to escape the cold winter)...

• How to rake in a 200% return on an investment in "The Green Technology Revolution"...

• Using your hidden "home equity" to collect an extra $500 by next weekend, repeatable week after week - even if you don't own a house (plus, you don't have to pay this back)...

• Paying off your Visa or MasterCard thanks to "reclaiming" the $4,302 your family threw away on gasoline last year? (this government "rebate" loophole is closing fast)...

• How to collect $500 to $1000 in hidden home equity...

• An insider's guide to building massive wealth (toss away money worries if you follow this simple plan)...

• The safe (and fun) way to real estate profits (without owning a single property)...

• How "Digital Farmers" are reaping massive cash crops (without getting their hands dirty)...

• Buying and selling this can be a lucrative side business (and the start up costs are minimal)...

• Insider dope: how to profit 15% to 40% from the "Great Diamond Hoax"...

• How the secret of Baron Rothschild could treat you "royally" too...

• Invest in "The Other Side Of Gold" safely And watch your portfolio sparkle...

• The safest way to make 200% in the next two years From the "green" technology revolution...

• How to collect $1000 to $1 million from Uncle Sam...

• Buying cars at deep, deep discounts...

• Never pay in full for magazines...

• "Chill Weekends" that make buying overseas real estate fun and profitable...

Plus they've convinced me to throw in the manuscript I've been writing on the subject... it's not exhaustive, but it does have some good ideas. Like...

• How to buy a car as good as a Ferrari... at one sixth the price...

• Easy ways to make a modest, three-bedroom home as comfortable as a king's palace...

• Warren Buffett's trick for creating the perfect (and ultra-productive) office environment...

• The secret to adding "stolen moments" of pleasure to your everyday schedule.

As I said, I'm going to be joining the Liberty Street Investor so that I can be stimulated by all these  good ideas. You can do so too with a very small investment... just ten cents a day... or you can make the change yourself by reading future articles in ETR on the subject and getting to work on changing your mental habits, as I've explained in the first part of this essay.

If the newsletter interests you, check out the The Wealth Trigger 

Control -vs- Surrender...

When someone mentions the word "Surrender", what does that mean to
you?  We commonly mistake surrender for giving up. Unfortunately
there is a fine line between obsessive control and determination or
between surrendering and giving up.The Secret Of Delibrate Creation

Imagine hanging onto a small branch on the side of a cliff. You
would hold on as tightly as possible to keep from falling to the
ground wouldn't you? You would grit your teeth with a dogged
determination vowing not to give up until help arrives. The last
thing you want to do is surrender to the inevitable fate of falling.

Now, what if I told you the danger is not real and that you are
actually only two feet from the ground? Would you loosen your grip
on the branch? Of course you would! This is Surrender. It is the
ability to relax one's grip on life in the place of the ILLUSION of
danger.

Yes. It is possible your business might fail. Your wife or husband
may divorce you. Your whole city could be wiped out by a natural
disaster or terrorist attack.  This doesn't mean you don't do what
you can to be prepared. But you are defeating yourself when you
try to control things outside of your direct influence. So
Surrender is demonstrated by the willingness to let go of the need
to control things OUTSIDE of your direct influence.

Surrender happens when you do what you can do in the moment, and
let go of the things that are outside of your control.

Here is a way to experience Control versus Surrender.  Clench your
fist. Make your hand so tight that nothing can slip through into
your palm. What would you do if I wanted to put $1,000 into the
palm of your hand right now? Would you keep your fist clenched or
would you surrender your clenched hand to accept what I am
offering?  Life works the same way.  When your mind is clenched,
you cannot open yourself to the riches you deserve.  Here is a
quote from Lao Tzu - "He who grasps loses."  Remember it!

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT!  No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.
The Secret Of Delibrate Creation
Truly Caring for Your Success!

clear your head ...

What's happening with you?


Just dropping in to share a cool tip with you.
Hope you're having a good week!
I've been quite busy this week with running my business !

I'm always on the internet, Hani ...looking for
informative Attention Deficit Disorder articles!  I found
one that I think you'll really like.


2 Tips for Transitions
 
by Mary Jane Johnson, PCC, ACT
 
 
1. For some AD/HD individuals, transitioning from work to
home can be a problem, as the stresses from a hard day at
work are often taken home at night.

Try to take at least 10 to 15 minutes at the end of each
workday (even if you have to stay after work for a few
minutes) to wrap up on any odds and ends and clean off
your desk.

Check your calendar/schedule to see if anything important
is due the following day, placing these folders and supporting
materials neatly on the middle of your desk for the morning.

This is closure for the workday.

Once that is done take a few minutes to look at your
calendar/schedule for anything that needs to be done
that evening at home. For instance, review what you
will be making for dinner and/or if you will need
to stop by the store on the way home.

Do you have an evening appointment or does
Johnny have a piano lesson tonight?

What chores need to be done?

This process brings your mind from focusing on work
issues to focusing on home issues. As you drive home
continue to review in your mind what needs to be
done when you get home.

That evening lay out your clothes for work the
next day, pack your lunch if needed, and place
all items that need to go with you in the morning
by the door you will be leaving from.

Later in the evening (or first thing in the morning),
review your calendar/schedule checking off items
that have been completed or writing in things that
need to be done at home the next evening and then
see what needs to be done when first arriving at
work the following day.

This provides closure at home and starts you thinking
about work. On the drive to work, continue to review
in your mind what needs to done at work.

When you arrive your important "to dos" for the
day will be waiting for you on your desk.

2. Many AD/HD individuals fail to plan for transitions.
When starting a project/task, and scheduling time on
your calendar/schedule to complete the project/task,
make sure to allow time for transitions.

Not only do you need to plan for the amount of time
it takes to work on the project/task, but you also
need to look at what steps it takes to get ready to
do the project (i.e., find a place to do it, get out
the necessary supplies, or go to the store to get
what you will need, etc.).

Add another 15-30 minutes to your project time to
transition into the project/task. Once the project
has been completed, another transition needs to
take place (i.e., clean up, put materials away, etc.)

Add another 10-15 minutes to project time to
transition out of the project/task. Planning ahead
for this additional time in your schedule enables
you to be more realistic about what you can actually
accomplish in a day.

Well, take care, and we'll see ya next time!