Prosperity Tip: Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset
When I heard the news that Elizabeth Edwards is losing her cancer battle, I thought to myself that it doesn’t matter how much wealth or fame you enjoy in your life, what really matters is your health. Without good health, there is no prosperity or the possibility of living up to your true potential.
Although healthcare professionals can offer you advice and guidance, the ultimate responsibility for your health lies with you. Taking responsibility for your health requires commitment, determination and discipline, but knowing what to do is not rocket science.
The basics are simple: Continue reading
Prosperity Tip: Lighten Up!
Do you have a sense of humor or do you take everything very seriously? If you are serious, does this help you enjoy your life? Does it make creating increased cash flow easier?? Probably not. More likely it just keeps you all wound up in knots (and “nots”).
I’m lucky because my brother Marc, who became a high-level comedy writer and producer, has always seen humor in everything. Being brought up in our household meant learning to always see the lighter side of life, so when I started studying metaphysics, it was easy for me to understand how, from a higher point of view, people can look ridiculous.
Here we are, powerful, infinite beings who walk around scared, worried, feeling guilty and stressed out. That’s as ridiculous as an elephant being afraid of a mouse. Imagine if you could climb the proverbial stairway to heaven and look down on earth watching everyone focus on the minutiae of life. From that higher-up view, we probably look like little children getting upset about losing our toys or complaining because we aren’t getting what we want. Continue reading
Prosperity Tip: 6 Ways to Simplify and Prosper
An increasing number of people are taking a major step and scaling back their lives in order to have more time for themselves and to discover activities and relationships that make their lives meaningful. Although it would appear that they are giving up material comforts, they are, in fact, letting go of the burdens and responsibilities that often accompany acquisitions.
People who opt for a simpler life, often experience feelings of freedom and satisfaction that they never had when owning more and more was their goal. They become conscious consumers who make carefully considered purchases that add value to their lives.
If you are feeling the urge to simplify, here are some steps you can take:
1. Take a look at your life and ask yourself how much of your time and effort is being spent in the pursuit of material success? How many hours do you have to work each week in order to pay for the basic upkeep of your lifestyle? Continue reading
Prosperity Tip: Acceptance
Years ago, when I was attending a number of 12-Step programs, I learned the Serenity Prayer and repeated it often. The Serenity Prayer states:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Let’s look at the phrase, “accept the things I cannot change.”
During these tumultuous times acceptance can be an antidote to fear. Acceptance allows you to find solutions to your problems and to experience peace of mind, no matter what is going on the world. Non-acceptance leads to dissatisfaction and many forms of emotional discomfort as well as poor financial decisions. Continue reading
Finding the Silver Lining
Each day, new data is released in the United States that deepens the gloom and doom surrounding the current “economic recovery.” In the past week we have learned:
- Job openings are at a record low — there are 50% fewer than in 2007
- More homeowners are struggling as option ARMs reset higher
- Approximately one-third of all mortgage holders have a loan balance that’s higher than the current value of their home
- Cities and states are still struggling to find ways to balance their budgets
- People are using far less credit and are saving more, which is great for them, but slows the economy which depends on consumer spending
- Although the unemployment rate is 10%, the number of people who are either unemployed, underemployed, or have given up looking reaches more than 17% of the working-age population
- Qualified people who are finding work are often accepting lower salaries than they earned before they were laid off.
Embrace Change and Prosper!
Tap into the energy of a new year and new decade to move yourself rapidly in a positive direction by making small, easily-doable changes — starting today!
If you want to alter your financial position, then you must make changes in the way you think, feel, and behave. To avoid resitance to change, rather than focus on important parts of your life, make small, seemingly-insignificant changes and you can begin to shift your position in life.
The idea is to adapt your system to change while minimizing the disorientation that comes with change. It is this disorientation that stimulates resistance or backsliding.
Here are some suggestions: Continue reading
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