The Starting Point of All Achievement

My thoughts on chapter 2 of Think And Grow Rich.

Desire:

My thoughts are the starting point. I must chose
a definite goal and place all my energy, all my
will power, all my effort, everything, back of
that goal.

I think the biggest obstacle for me is actually
seeing myself in possession of the kind of money
that I desire. I have been so programed to failure
that my subconscious mind keeps putting that
message out there without being consciously
aware of it.

Hill writes, "Here is where a BURNING DESIRE
will come to your aid. If you truly DESIRE money
so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you
will have no difficulty in convincing yourself that
you will acquire it. The object is to want money,
and to become so determined to have it that
you convince yourself you will have it."

OK, here is a trigger point for me....
[The object is to want money]
Having been brought up in a strong Baptist
based faith belief, "money is the root of all
evil", the desire to have it, programed my mind to
judge myself as a bad person.

If I was worthy of God's love, I should not
have a desire to "want money", and if I did,
I was unworthy.

Wow, I am beginning to see and understand
the programing and how it has affected my life.
By thinking that money is evil, it will never
come to me. So changing my thoughts about
money, I can attract it to me.

Hill says, "You can never have riches in great
quantities unless you can work yourself into a
white heat of desire for money, and actually
believe you will possess it.

Now, I know a white fire is mighty HOT !
I believe that the past three years of dealing
with my husbands illness and preparing for
the inevitable, I worked myself into a white
heat of desire for his wellness and well being.
God had His own desire and plan for Gaylord
and took him Home. All of this has brought me
to a turning point where I have found my other self.

I am on a mission to change my world and
discover the genius which lies asleep within.
For I know that when I set my mind to a mission,
it comes to be. My mission has always been
about someone else and never about me.

I've lived in a yellow care giving mode all of
my life, secretly desiring the fun that blues
possess and frightened to death of a red's
short temper experienced during my childhood.
Only to discover, this past week while visiting
my dear friend and mentor, Sarah Thompson,
that I have some pretty strong green traits.

So, here it is, my burning desire, for right now,
is to find, nurture and believe in Judy. If I can
do this for others, I can and will, do it
for myself. I have always been sure that there
was a way to be successful with a home based
business and Mentoring For Free has come to
show me "How"

Gratefully, Your Friend
Judy Narum

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"Small Minded People Talk ABOUT People while Brilliant People Talk ABOUT Thoughts and Ideas."

It is true,"Small Minded People Talk ABOUT
People while Brilliant People Talk ABOUT Thoughts
and Ideas."

My Good Friend and Mentor, Michael Dlouhy, has
created a master piece recipe for self improvement
and teaches us skills to learn "HOW to THINK."

Every Wednesday at Mentoring For Free, we come
together and Master Mind the lessons learned from
reading the book "Think And Grow Rich"

I have shared my thoughts in previous writings
and would like to include some more wonderful
insights on lessons learned from chapter 9

Persistence

After reading these brilliant lessons, I invite you to comment
below and consider joining our Master Mind sessions.

I appreciate your feed back and comments.

Judy Narum

Be A Mentor With A Servants Heart

I hope you enjoy these brilliant lessons from fellow colleagues.

Ken Klemm writes:

Chapter 9 - PERSISTENCE
The Sustained Effort Necessary To Induce Faith

Most people fail because they quit things BEFORE
they give the things a chance to work..At the first
sign of difficulty, they are "out of here".

Most network marketers quit working with a company
before their first year is complete. They are probably
driven by a WISH, not a REAL DESIRE for SPECIFIC
results - no CLEARLY DEFINED "WHY".

The question I often hear is, "How do I develop
BELIEF?" They seem to be looking for some
magical belief-button to press and make it so.

BELIEF develops through a PROCESS, over time.
It did for me. I had to TRUST the PROCESS, and
had the WILLINGNESS to PERSIST at it.

How many approach the 30-Day Mental Cleanse
with merely a WISH to become more?

I became fully immersed in this process on January
2, 2008. I had a strong DESIRE to become more.

The funny thing about progress is, it is so gradual,
I realized I had experienced growth after the fact.
For me, the realization came while we were
discussing Chapter 10 for the THIRD time on
October 1, 2008 - ten months after I began the
process.

I do not allow FEAR OF CRITICISM to get in my way.

My daughter recently asked me if I had made my
first million yet. I asked her why she was obsessed
with a million dollars.

I only need $5,000 in recurring income outside of a
job to have the equivalent income of a millionaire.

I am much further toward my goal than those who
PERSIST by buying lottery tickets every week.

I am getting closer every day - PERSISTING with
daily action along the Slight Edge Curve.

Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.

Your Friend Always,
Ken Klemm

Be A Mentor With A Servants Heart

Check back tomorrow for another brilliant lesson.

Judy Narum

Friday - Jan 9th

Rhonda Pfeil writes

Chapter 9 - Persistence
The Sustained effort necessary to induce faith.

When I first started network marketing I had the
persistence. What else could it have been as
large sums of money were being drained from
me weekly and I marched without hesitation
despite having less than 20% of my outgo
return to me?

I was taught to NEVER talk about the money I
was spending ONLY the money I was making.
How foolish and very interesting I bought that
line of thinking so easily. I had no plan, and
the system was not "duplicatable" as I look
back now seeing how they changed the
system every 3-6 weeks because we were
told that they were keeping up with the times.

With the encouragement of a reckless upline
who "egged me on" (for lack of better terms) to
"keep on keeping on" knowing that I was in the
midst of discouragement would tell me that I
was on the edge of "making it big" with all my
money flying out the door and no REAL progress.

Ummm..no - I wasn't on on the edge of making
it big and was initially too caught up in blindly
believing to acknowledge or grasp that "nagging
something" inside me that was saying this
doesn't look right.

It took me several months to face up to the fact
I could no longer continue to work network
marketing as my funds were near extinct.

I left this company determined to find a
company that had a better pay plan and did
not require me to spend a fortune every month
to build.

Several companies later I was burned out but
still hopeful. I knew something was out there
for me.

When I found Mentoring For Free I was excited
because it was exactly what I was looking for,
but something inside me was broken. My
burning desire seemed foreign to me and the
persistence I thought I once had fizzled. My
persistence was replaced with thinking about
and wishing about - persistently. &nnbsp;

Whatever one believes they want to do MUST
be answered with a DEFINITENESS OF
PURPOSE because what it is I think I want
is irrelevant if I am "unable to define these
terms, or give the slightest indication of a
plan by which I hope to attain these vaguely
expressed wishes.

Riches do not respond to wishes.... They
respond only to definite plans,,, backed by
definite desires, through constant persistence."

If I once had persistence and it was depleted
due to my inability to handle disappointment
how exciting is it to see that persistence is
developed within me using 4 steps that only
require MY time and effort.

As I build my habits using the slight edge
chart by opening up time to take action and
work my plan, building a fortress for my mind
with self talk, and participating in the mental
cleanse submitting my lesson and VERBALLY
participating with like minded people these
three steps are becoming solid, more
grounded in my life, and are taking shape
with determined focus to overcome me.

The persistence I employ now create skills I
require to battle disappointments of all kinds
that are inevitable at some point in the future
while I am building my network marketing
company.

My fourth and final step has been given the
red carpet treatment so to speak, possibly
even glittering lights too because this step
will have a grand entrance when it makes
its appearance.

As I live every day in an attitude of gratitude
using mediation and self talk as my guide I
see more doors opening, my world has
slowed down, and I feel the walls of fear I
built loosening as I confront all I have buried
inside over the past few years.

As each brick is removed I gain focus and
confidence. I know this last step cannot be
casually tossed aside it must be nurtured,
loved, and cared for as I uncover this mighty
gem knowing I deserve to rekindle my burning
desire and every step forward puts me that
much closer to obtaining this treasure.

My instructions in this chapter were to have
the 6 steps from Chapter 2, front and center.

Many times I have printed this with the
intention to memorize and own it only to
have this lost in the shuffle of papers.

Today I have reprinted it and added this to
my checklist. Oh my gosh I have a checklist!!

What an awesome tool and I wonder what my life
would be like today if someone had invented the
checklist years ago (big grin).

Thank you Michael and Linda, for giving me
the tools to own my life because these
lesson plans are becoming a lot more fun,
with much love and gratitude,

Rhonda Pfeil