We all know there are certain qualities that every new business should have in order to become successful, such as expertise and access to funding. Success means something different to different people. For entrepreneurs success could mean anything from the number of employees to a high revenue that ensures the sustainability and growth of the business.
Although the above is completely factual, there is one thing that no business can go without. This must-have is a special coding program every entrepreneur should download into his or her internal, subconscious computer. Very successful and self-made millionaires like Brian Tracy, T. Harv Eker, John Assaraf, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, and others all share one common message about success: The foundation of success can be developed by the power of the mind that creates and runs the business. And that is not at the technical level, but at the level of the subconscious. John Assaraf, a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of NeuroGym, explains: “From a neurological perspective, whatever you believe, you will think, feel and act in accordance with that belief and more importantly you make those beliefs real in your life and in your world. Why? Because the brain is conditioned to make sure that your outside world of results match with your internal map of reality. So if you secretly believe that you are not able, you don’t deserve it or you don’t know how, even if you have the desire, your underlying beliefs will drive the actions that you take or don’t take. Even if you use willpower and try really hard, these beliefs will pull you back, like a thermometer in a room that has a temperature setting, whatever your financial thermostat is, coupled with beliefs, will make sure that these beliefs and that thermostat always keeps your income level into what you used to earn”. Bob Proctor, author, coach and entrepreneur, in The 11 Forgotten Laws, reminds us that “money is not just a physical entity, a piece of paper or a coin, but a form of energy that flows. It is an energy that manifests in trust and expectation.” So, the secret to attract this energy is to understand the law of prosperity – what blocks its way and what accelerates its flow. Here I have gathered a summary of what these gurus have shared with the world about what could create a fundamental shift in our subconscious mind and work as a magnet to attract prosperity and success:
Start practicing this affirmation by Bob Proctor everyday, and believe and feel that it is true: “I am so happy and grateful that money comes to me in increasing quantity through multiple sources on a continuous basis.”
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As we know, when life gets tough and we are stressed, our body goes into “fight or flight” mode. This is the primitive and automatic response of our body to protect us from danger and threats to our survival. In 1932, Walter Cannon, a Harvard physiologist discovered the “fight or flight” mechanism initiated by our brain and developed throughout our body to prepare us to fight or escape from a particular threat. When we are in danger from an external stimulus, "a sequence of nerve cells fire and release chemicals in our brain. The release of chemicals, such as cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline, into our blood stream causes an increase in our respiratory rate, blood running from our digestive track to our limbs and muscles, and the dilation of our pupils. Our sight sharpens, our immune system activity increases, and we prepare to fight or escape danger." When life gets hard and we anticipate trouble, we have thoughts that are restless, irrational and incomplete. Our mind tricks us to believe that one isolated problem or two is the source of our misery. Our brain’s fight or flight mode becomes activated and the neurons create new pathways to only awaken similar emotions and memories in the brain while triggering the same fear-based feelings. The result? The same emotions triggered in our mind create similar pathways and this goes on and on. Our body responds by sending blood into our extremities, and our brain excretes cortisol and other chemicals. These hormones in turn create stress and anxiety, which ultimately affects our thinking process and causes us to make poor decisions. When this happens, we are perceiving everything as a threat to our safety or survival, and we become super alert to everything in our environment. We overreact to the comments and reactions of others and everything is filtered through a fear-based lens. It is almost impossible to think positive thoughts and attitudes. Our heart is closed as our unconscious mind becomes focused on fear, not love. We feel unappreciated, lonely and sick. We think we need to fight to gain that respect, appreciation or love that we deserve and don’t have. We make up our mind to show others our worth or to regain our strength by becoming sour and unkind towards situations and people. In fact, we think that by taking control of the situation and fighting it, we will gain the battle. This is the start of an unfortunate and vicious cycle. Poor decisions create problems that put us in more stressful situations, and as stress has a direct correlation with the weakening of the immune system, we also become physically sick. Poor health will negatively impact our social and professional lives, resulting in more stress and sickness. This cycle goes on forever until a major event awakens us or destroys our lives all together. Stop for a moment, and ask yourself, where did this cycle start and where did it lead? How can you treat the problem at the source before it expands to takeover all aspects of your life? The answer, as recommended by many experts in the area of self-development, psychology, conflict resolution and other areas exploring mental health, is simply living a more mindful life. Mindfulness is being focused, present and vigilant. Mindfulness is a state of mind but should be practiced frequently in order to master it. What are the signs when you are mindful?
As all problems originate in our minds, the ability to change uncontrollable or stressful thoughts right at the origin is the best indication of mindfulness. We need to quiet the mind chatter of the fear-based, irrational and restless thoughts. We should detect and dissect the fight and flight reactions from physical to emotional symptoms in order to control the stress and damage caused when there is no real danger to us or our safety. Every time you feel stressed or overwhelmed about an issue, be inquisitive and ask yourself if the thought could be inaccurate, unrealistic, or unreasonable. Give yourself a break from the thought and try to change your focus onto something that can momentarily generate feelings of happiness and positive emotions. Go back to the thought later when you are not anxious or emotional. Being open to new ideas, solutions and information is also a sign of mindfulness. Being receptive of other’s point of views or new conditions creates peace in the now, and open new doors to resolution. Practicing gratitude works if we learn to stay in control of the trickery our mind plays on us when life is hard. Believing that everything will work out at the end creates a feeling of relief as well as trust in the universe and that this mind shift will take our attention away from negativity. Please listen to Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn explaining Mindfulness and how to achieve an state of awareness and cultivating attention in what is happening in your life. So let’s wrap up these ideas with some useful takeaways:
Quieting the chatter of your mind is the first, and perhaps the most important, step in becoming mindful. Be patient with yourself, and in the beginning try to practice mind relaxation techniques when you are calm. Restless thoughts initiate turmoil and disturb tranquility. The intent of restless mind is to overprotect us from dangers that are most often fabricated by our thoughts. Instead, we need to calm the waves created on the surface of the mind in order to see the bottom of the ocean more clearly, to have an unobstructed perspective, and to live a quality life. So a happy life is possible by becoming mindful and centered; by aligning our mind and body and spirit to allow the positive energy of gratitude to flow better through meditation and quieting of our minds. A few days ago, I read an article about friendship and the kinds of friends we can have over the course of our lifetime. The article suggested there are 10 kinds of friendships, and out of all of them, there is only one that counts as real and true, and that the rest have to either be terminated or ignored. It rang a bell as I felt I could relate to it by experience. The article warned us that all friendships are not to last forever of course, as some could hurt us or make us disappointed. The reason could be either the lack of support when we need or expect it, or when we are treated unfairly. The article divided friendships into four quadrants. The fourth quadrant was the group of "Rock Friends" who are the "real thing" and who make us happy and support us. The other three groups were either unhealthy, boring, or both, and were recommended to be demoted to the bottom of our list and in a "out of sight, out of mind" kind of category. Read the article here. This advice, combined with what I heard today from one of my favorite motivational speakers, made me determined to share the depth of my understanding about the subject here. The speaker of the show warned us about letting the turmoil and noise of the outside getting to the inside. This turmoil could be anger, sadness or discouragement caused by others. He said that there is nothing wrong about feeling anger, hatred and other negative feelings, but when we let these feelings sink in and enter our sacred inner-space, or as he puts it "our inner sanctuary", we will change the pattern of our mind and from then on, we will act upon the negativity and thus we will feel, see and manifest negativity. From that moment on, that negativity becomes a reality and part of our destiny. He suggested not to react to those moments of discouragement and anger, and instead ignore those who harm us to protect ourselves. After the show, I remembered what beloved Wayne Dyer suggested to me in a short private meeting that I was so fortunate to have with him after one of his public speaking events in 2011. I kept thinking about what he said to me that day and tried to digest it over the years. This wonderful human being advised me to always choose love over anything else in life, and never have any doubts that love is the highest and ultimate gift anyone can store in their sacred sanctuary, the heart. He told me to love others as God loves us, without condition and without judgement. He asked me to always think of one thing when someone hurts me, and that is, if that person knew any better, they would have acted differently and to believe they did the best they could. This advice resonated with me back then when I remembered that this honorable man was able to forgive his father who left his family when he was born, after many years of feeling extreme bitterness and hatred, by understanding his father's limitations and by believing that his father had done the best he could. He believed that he would have acted differently if his circumstances were different. Wayne chose to love and to forgive the unforgettable because seeing the goodness in others is also a choice: “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." In the video below, Listen to Wayne as he shares his story and how forgiving his father impacted his life. This message of love could have only come from a man like Dyer who has changed and saved so many lives by showing people what they are capable of, if they feel and act from the higher place of true and pure understanding of oneness. His message has helped me over and over in my life whenever I felt I couldn't comprehend or deal with something that was well beyond my will power and when the hurt and sadness was overwhelming. He said that love is the ultimate remedy to all emotional wounds. When we think from our inner-scared space, our heart, we can not, and will not, judge others because we understand the limitations that we develop over our lives. We feel the deep connectedness and oneness with anyone and anything that shares this life on Earth with us. It is an amazing piece of advice and it is life changing. He is right to say: "When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace.” Although I feel that the recommendations of the article and my favorite speaker both have merit and are very true, Wayne suggestions are more than protecting "me" from "others" and helping "myself" to find peace. What he shares with us is well beyond "me" and expands to "we", because not only does he teach us how to protect and heal ourselves, but to understand and to have compassion for those who do us harm. His solution brings about ultimate joy to the soul and creates everlasting freedom and salvation. He takes us to a place where we all feel we are connected, that we are capable of acting from a higher frequency in our temporary home here on Earth, and that we are given the chance to climb to the uncomfortable and untravelled zones of our being, and to pave a path to the higher spaces within. |