But the title and contents of this life changing book begs the question, ‘why do we need to think and grow rich?’

I live in a land where people often fail to see how rich we really are. I know for a fact that, when even in our personal darkest financial hour, my family and I never went hungry or ever wanted for a roof over our head. There was a short period of time when we lived in a garage, but it was still a roof and we were able to make it into a comfortable home.

Now I’m not fool enough to think that, for whatever reason, there are not those who suffer these indignities in our land, but when we take a look at overseas (and I have personally spent some time in some very poor Third World Nations) it is clear to see that as a whole we are a nation blessed with opportunity and possibility – if we choose to think this way, and if we choose to act this way.

But Does Being A Billionaire Make You Rich?

There are two billionaires in my country, one deceased and the other living, that I would like to share with you.

The one who died left behind a situation where his mistress ended up taking his family to court in order to pursue monies that she said had been promised by the deceased. Such a situation brings to question the definition of rich. Although rich in monetary terms, it seemed that this man had been somewhat of a pauper when it came to relationships and commitment to his wife and family.

Then now for the living – of late his actions with fellow workers, as reported in the press – have depicted the man as extremely poor in relation to people skills and wisdom when it comes to the handling of people who are close to him.

The Day I Started To Think & Grow Rich

When I moved to the city I have now lived in for over ten years, I reached one of the lowest points in my life, again, where I was convinced that I could never gain suitable employment there, and that I would have to leave my family for bigger cities in order to secure a job.

But I started to think.

I looked at what I had in my own hands, and remembered that I had made a decision many years before, that I would never work for another man in a full time capacity ever again.

I thought possibility.

I thought ‘what if?’

That’s when I spent all my savings and attended an Internet Marketing seminar.

That’s when I shared some free online tutorials with my son about the language of the Internet.

That’s when I approached my 14-year-old son about starting a web design business as he had been transformed into an Internet guru, and had developed the ability and skill to build the engines that ran websites.

That’s when I walked down Leda Drive West Burleigh with some advertising cards.

That’s when I returned home, having sold five websites on my first day in business, and had to find a web designer to help me fulfill what I had just promised.

Seven years later, that’s when we sold the web design business and my two eldest children, who had worked with me in the company, launched their own online businesses, and I was freed to pursue other business opportunities.

If you have not yet read ‘Think & Grow Rich’ then why not purchase a copy now.

This Is What Rich Means To Me

Rich is the ability to create something from nothing.

Rich is to be able to teach your children that nothing is impossible to them if they believe.

Rich is to listen to those who say that you can’t while you just go ahead and do it anyway.

Rich is to be willing to take a risk, and even if it fails you live for another day, and are wiser from the experience.

Rich is to be able to swim upstream.

Rich is to be your own boss and to be the definer of your own destiny.

Rich is to rise every morning because you are excited about creating something of significance.

Rich is to spend your day the way you want to spend your day.

Rich is to dream big dreams and to execute the plans to see their fulfilment.

Rich is to be surrounded by family and friends who love and respect you for who you are.

Rich is to have all your needs met and to be in a position to even pursue your wants.

Rich is to be able to give a hand up to others.

Rich is to be able to help others to become rich.

Rich is to know the freedom of liberty.

Rich is to have clothes on your back, food in your belly, a roof over your head and a dream in your heart.

Rich is to be loved and to love.

Rich is more than stuff. Rich is having more than enough so that you can share your stuff.

You & I Have A Responsibility To Think & Grow Rich

Yes that is right. You and I have a responsibility to think and grow rich. We live in a world of abundance. Think rich. Grow rich.

My observation, particularly of those in business who continue to complain how hard their life is, is this. They lack one essential ingredient, or maybe two that could make them rich.

They lack imagination.

They lack creativity.

There is always a better way.

I thought I had to leave my home to find riches in another city, but when I considered the possibilities in my own hands I was able to create something of significance that would assist both my family and I to think and grow rich.

The more we have used the power of rich thinking, the richer we have become.

Join us as we grow!

How are you using the power of think and grow rich in your life?

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I put in place contracts that I felt were fair for both parties. I wanted the new contractor to win, and was prepared to do whatever it took to assist in their success.

I even provided some rent-free time as a part of the good will that I wanted to bring to the new business relationship.

But this is what happened.

As soon as the free rent period was up the other party ‘did a runner’. Now that may be an Aussie term, so let me explain.

They upped and left, removing all their equipment – disappeared and then courageously returned behind the safety veil of emails that threatened legal action.

I had a dream and a plan for what we were going to do to execute this growth, but someone tried to kill it. I was even in discussion with another party that would have completed the threefold strategy I was initiating to swiftly and effectively increase our business income by 20-30 per cent, while at the same time opening up a wonderful opportunity for three other entrepreneurs.

So what do you do when someone tries to kill your dream?

Hey I’m as human as the next man. Get mad.

But don’t stay there.

So within one week I have reassessed the lessons learnt from the experience and am now making further plans on how to move forward.

Here are the lessons…

1. Never put your trust in a contract

I’ve paid lawyers thousands of dollars in the past to write up contracts and have found gaping holes in those contracts. And in many cases those very same writers of contacts take no responsibility and are not accountable for any mistakes made.

I have written my own contracts and found gaping holes in them as well. So what do you do? If you have a contract in place then don’t be fooled in to thinking that all will be well. Read them carefully, but also have an exit strategy in place, just in case. Calculate the risk carefully. The days of giving a handshake to establish that people’s word is their honor are long gone.

2. Build more than one income stream

I have already done this, and so the events of this past week are not devastating – simply sobering. Whatever you do make it your mission to develop a number of income streams just in case one fails or falters. Reliance on one income stream is a recipe for disaster. Develop other streams.

3. Press on with your dreams

Sure you may have been disappointed or let down or even derailed. Don’t stop dreaming. Dreams, though killed or mortally wounded, can be resurrected. You may have to make some fresh maneuvers to divert disaster, or you may even have to take a longer route. Don’t stay mad, just get wise.

4. Expand the number of possibilities that will allow you to fulfill your dreams

If you have a dream, and have only one way to see its fulfillment or are reliant on one person to bring it to pass, may I suggest that you develop a number of plans, or a range of different routes to achieve your goal.

Have a number of balls in the air simultaneously so that you have a larger net in place to catch your dreams fulfillment. Don’t be reliant on only one possible success strategy to influence your whole future.

So there you have it – four ways to deal successfully with the dream killer. Don’t seek revenge. Pursue success and put it down, what you have just faced, to valuable experience. This is the very stuff of life.

How have you overcome the dream killer in your own life?

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Her name is Shelley.

I take no credit for the success of our relationship. However, it has been a joint effort, with my wife being a major contributor to the results.

The facts are that I am an extremely lucky man who married a woman who demonstrates some incredible qualities that are the necessary ingredients required for any successful relationship.

So here is a snapshot of what it takes to build a successful relationship.

There are just four qualities that I want to touch on.

There are probably more, but if you can master these four you will be on the path to success in all your relationships.

1. Trust

My wife trusts me. Wow!

I trust her.

She is my true friend, and has followed me into endeavors throughout the years where even angels would have feared to tread.

When our children were very young we packed up all our belongings and headed around the world for a period of six months, endured incredible challenges, nearly lost our one year old son, faced insurmountable odds, met some amazing people, saw some amazing sights and survived.

In a number of business ventures throughout the years we have failed and we have succeeded.

With every new venture though she trusted that I would find a way, and that to any problem faced we would find a solution.

She trusted my judgment. She trusted my tenacity. She also was smart enough to trust the one who had created both her and me.

Together, our Christian faith has sustained us as we trusted in someone greater than ourselves, and it is that trust that has permeated down and into our own relationship, one with each other.

2. Forgiveness

I have made some monumental stuff ups throughout our married life, and yet I have a partner who has continued to forgive me. In turn I have done the same with her, though her mistakes have never been, in my opinion, as astronomical as mine.

In the heat of the moment some harsh things have been said, but the healing Balm of Gilead has always been applied through the activation of forgiveness.

‘Sorry’ is a powerful word. So too are the words ‘I forgive you’.

If there is One greater than us who can forgive us, then it is only natural that we should forgive others.

3. Blindness

I have faults. My wife has faults. Do we concentrate on our human flaws, or do we choose to be blind to some of those things, and rather become attuned to those qualities of the other party that we admire.

Both of us have chosen to concentrate on the finer qualities that we portray rather than focusing on those things that annoy us.

Early on in our relationship I was always trying to change Shelley to become more like me, until I finally realised that what I was trying to do was absolutely and totally ridiculous.

How can I change an incredibly unique individual into a clone of myself? And who am I to think that the world would ever want two of me? One of me is more than enough to handle.

I couldn’t change my wife. The change that needed to occur was within me.

The incredible thing was that as soon as I took my eyes off wanting to change her, and focused on how I could improve myself, I began to change and miraculously she too started to change with no coercion from myself.

4. Commitment

When we decided to get married it was and is for life. There was never an escape or exit strategy. There was no back up plan if this one failed. There was no next-in-line partner waiting in the wings. The contract of marriage was something that we committed ourselves to on the very day that we exchanged our marriage vows.

Through the years I have seen business partnerships dissolved, friendships wax and wane, but our commitment to each other, through thick and thin, has continued to become stronger as iron does in the furnace.

Does this make us superhuman? Does this mean that we are invincible?

No. I remember a day when my young wife had her bags packed ready to leave. She had good reason to, but she didn’t. Why? Because she was committed.

The amazing thing is this, that many people have come in and out of our lives these past twenty-nine years, and yet our relationship is stronger than ever – and we are more in love with each other than the very first day we met.

I watch as many walk in and out of marriage, as if it is some disposable entity that one can simply discard. It saddens me, and the one’s who are most impacted are usually the children from that union.

Hey I’m not naïve. I agree that marriage is not easy. But is it something that we throw away so easily, like trash, when we face life’s challenges?

Please allow me to invite you to follow this piece of advice…

If you do find yourself in a situation where your relationship is going pear shaped, I want to encourage you to call out to the Creator and ask for a little bit of help from above.

Some Other Important Ingredients

And finally, here are some other important ingredients that are necessary in the recipe of a successful relationship.

My wife and I pray together. We dream together. We respect each other and our differences. We give each other room to grow. We listen. We talk. We date. We laugh. We plan. We look for ways to give, and not just to get. We share intimacy.

But please understand that this attention to detail, for the sustainment of a strong relationship, is required not only for the first twenty nine years, but will be the very same necessary ingredients needed for another successful twenty nine years.

We will have to keep at it. We have not arrived and never will until the day we die.

Successful relationships are forever.

So how can you begin to make your relationship stronger from this day forward?

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I am sure you have heard the quote by Benjamin Franklin: “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”, and I believe this saying is true indeed. I used to find it hard to wake up early in the morning, but I never thought of it as something that could get in a way of my success.

But one day I got promoted to the main office and my new job entailed much more responsibility than before. I couldn’t afford to be late for work or important meetings, and I didn’t want to arrive at my office looking like I had just jumped out of bed. So starting a new life in another city I decided to become an early riser.

It turned out to not be as easy as I thought. I continued to go to bed after midnight, because I was used to being a night owl. Then I had to wake up at 5 a.m. I felt frustrated and my productivity reached a very low level. I felt sleepy and exhausted all day long, and after a week of my new schedule I went to the doctor. I thought I might be in need of some magic pills that would do the entire job for me, but the doctor explained that it was extremely stressful for my body to experience drastic sleeping schedule changes. So he gave me a brochure about the importance of sleeping hygiene and said that I needed to sleep 8 hours a day – no more, no less.

From Baby Steps To Success

I decided to take baby steps towards my goal. I started waking up 15 minutes earlier every day, and of course I went to bed earlier too. I got rid of all the unnecessary equipment in my bedroom as a direct result of reading a Feng Shui book. I turned my bedroom into a sleeping zone and nothing else. I would now watch TV and play Xbox in another place, besides it’s not a good idea to do any of these activities before bedtime. Personally I am easily excited, so I choose carefully what I do before my bedtime. I prefer reading books, meditating, taking a bath or cuddling my partner.

Eating heavy and spicy foods for dinner was one of my bad habits too, but not anymore. Also consuming alcohol before going to bed can mess up my biological clock, and now that I know it, I try to avoid it. If you want to achieve success, you need to work hard, and first of all work hard on yourself. Giving up bad habits, being persistent, planning my day throughout and sticking to the plan has helped me greatly.

After a few weeks of hard work and waking up early I was able to feel the difference. What I wasn’t expecting was that my morning routine gave me an energy boost and I felt full of vigor for the whole day. I discovered that I had time for so many things I had never found time for before. Now I get out of bed as soon as my alarm clock rings, take a shower, drink my morning coffee and have breakfast. That is how my morning routine looks like. I never skip any of these. Then I drive to work when everyone is just waking up, saving me precious time, avoiding the rush hour, and here I am, ready for new challenges and achievements!

This post is by Amber Smith. Amber is a time management expert and runs the site HowToGetUpEarly.com. The site is about helping people to get up early and be more productive by sharing original tips and innovative products.

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It very much has to do with what we allow to pass through our lips.

Personally, I can tell a person’s attitude level by the words that they speak. So take a moment to consider the following suggestions by best selling author [amazon_link id="0840743777" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]John Maxwell[/amazon_link].

He suggests that instead of saying, ‘We’ve never done it before,’ say, ‘We have the opportunity to be the first.’

Instead of  saying, ‘We don’t have the resources,’ say, ‘Necessity fuels invention.’

Instead of saying ‘We’ve already tried that,’ say, ‘We learned from experience.’

Instead of saying, ‘We don’t have the expertise,’ say, ‘Let’s network with those who do.’

Instead of saying, ‘Our vendors and customers won’t go for it,’ say, ‘Let’s show them the opportunities.’

Instead of saying, ‘We don’t have enough money,’ say, ‘Maybe there’s something we can cut.’

Instead of saying, ‘It’ll never get any better,’ say, ‘We’ll try one more time.’

Instead of saying, ‘Let somebody else deal with it,’ say, I’m ready to learn something new.’

Instead of saying, ‘I can’t,’ say, ‘By God’s grace I can.’

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Firstly she gave birth to me. Wow! Now that has to be something to shout about. She gave me the greatest gift that can be given to any human – and that is life. She carried me for nine months before I gasped for air and then loved me throughout my childhood, on through my teenage years and well into adulthood.

Of her childhood I know little except that at some point her mother and father separated and divorced and with her other siblings was deposited into a home with strangers. I can only imagine the pain experienced for a child to be plucked from their surroundings and placed into the care of strangers.

At the tender age of 14 she left school and took up employment. In 1957 she was married and took up residence with my father in a two bedroom fibro house at Peakhurst South, a southern suburb in the city of Sydney Australia at the age of 18, and then gave birth to me when she was 20 years of age.

When I was six years old she decided that she wanted to learn the piano and at the same time I was included in the equation. This is when I took my first piano lessons and developed my love for music.

Throughout my childhood, although a stay at home mum, she was always busying herself by teaching Sunday school, taking on piano students, teaching Scripture at our local school and even took on the responsibility of a foster child when I was nine.

Back To School

Mum was always willing to learn new things. There was an insatiable desire that she had to learn new things and meet new people. It was unstoppable, and culminated when I was nearly  eighteen years of age when she announced that she was going to go back to school with the intentions of becoming a school teacher.

So while I was nearing the end of my own studies at school my mother attended a local college to study for her year 11 exams. She did so well that she skipped a year and was promoted straight into teacher’s college. That’s where she spent the next three years before qualifying as a fully fledged primary school teacher.

From that day on she continued to keep learning and ultimately became a teacher at the very school that I had started out at the age of 4. By the time she retired she had reached the position of executive teacher, and if she had so desired could have gone on to become principal.

When I wrote the orchestral music for a musical that was performed at our church there was mum volunteering to conduct a full orchestra, something she had never done before, but fearlessly she stepped up and successfully did just that.

She was the first one in our family who owned an apple computer and even to this day, now in her seventies, keeps up to date with the latest technologies that are available to use.

Gifted as a cook. Creative with her hands  - producing works of art that adorn our beds and my children’s beds. Always taking part in this group and that group. Recently she had her photo in a local newspaper as she championed a cause in her local area to keep a space free for the walking of dogs and for health and recreation for the dog owners.

Fearless. Motivated. Avid learner. Proactive. Creative.

That’s my mother.

And the other thing that tops it all is the fact that she had me in church from the very day that I was born, and it is because of that positioning that I eventually met my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. My faith is a direct result of her spiritual influence on my life throughout those years.

I love her and respect her for all the good that she has deposited into my life through word and action.

She also invested into my life the love of books by buying me and reading to me the books that won book awards. I know that I am a writer today because of her direct influence in that area.

My mother, and her name is June, as she was born in the month of June, inspires me to be the same to my children and grand children along with all those others, like yourself, that I have the privilege of influencing throughout my lifetime.

May I encourage you to be proud of someone in your life, and don’t ever forget to tell them.

Share below in the comments who you are proud of in your life?

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According to a 2-year study conducted by Northwestern National Life Insurance, 72 percent of American workers experience frequent physical and mental conditions that are directly related to stress in their jobs – that’s 3 out of 4 are getting sick from their jobs.

Fact is, if you want to FREELY follow your passion and increase your personal wellness, you must be your own boss.

This means that you must quit the job you hate and start for the first time in your life waking up in the morning excited to go to work!

7 Things You Must Sacrifice

You just need to be aware of 7 things you must sacrifice when you quit your job and become your own boss:

1. Boredom
2. Stress
3. Company Rules
4. Rush-hour
5. Bad Bosses & Co-workers
6. Repetitive Work
7. Vacations on Permission

These might seem to be good things to let go of. So, why am I saying you have to sacrifice them?

Unfortunately, you will sacrifice these things because you’ve been used to them for so long that your newly acquired freedom will confuse you. You won’t feel at ease in the beginning.

Surprisingly, you will be out of your comfort zone struggling to manage your new FREEDOM:

1. You’re doing exciting work that you’re passionate about DAILY! (sacrificing boredom)
2. This in turn increases your overall well-being (sacrificing stress)
3. You set your own rules and freely choose your working hours (sacrificing company rules)
4. You don’t spend stressful hours commuting (sacrificing rush-hour)
5. You don’t have to work with people you don’t like (sacrificing bad bosses and coworkers)
6. You bring your creativity and full potential back to life (sacrificing repetitive work)
7. You take vacations whenever you like without asking for permission! (sacrificing imposed vacations)

This new freedom will take you some time to embrace and make it part of your comfort zone.

Now, you’ll probably be asking, “What is the first thing I should do to plan a safe quit from my current job and start experiencing this new freedom?”

Well, the first step is to find your lost passion and discover your purpose in life.

Finding your purpose gives you clarity.

And clarity increases your personal power.

And your increased personal power will help you start forging a bright new future and a NEW PASSIONATE FREEDOM.

Do you think it’s easy to make the sacrifice? Let’s discuss in the comments section.

Mohamed Tohami is a bestselling author and the creator of “The P.A.S. Technique: The World’s Easiest Way To Find Your Passion and Purpose In Life”. If you want to set your heart & soul free from the prison of the paycheck and discover how to proudly follow your passion, give a visit to his Transformational Motivation blog now.

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They particularly played a dominant role in my life when I was nine years old and my parents decided to invite a twelve-year-old boy to live with us.

Being super-athletic, on the very first day he attended my school, he was challenged to race the fastest boy in the school. With mixed feelings I celebrated the fact that the boy who had just moved into our house was now the toast of the school and faster than the fastest.

He could swim (which I struggled with and in fact nearly drowned in a twenty five meter swimming race in front of a crowd of onlookers), he could run fast, he could jump high, he could play any sport, was clever with his hands and could make anything. It appeared that he could do everything that I couldn’t.

So all in all I, as the boy who played the piano, and who always came last in running races, I found myself shrinking more and more back into my shell.

But after three years the star left our home and I was once again able to come out from under his bright and shining light that had cast such a shadow over my life.

So What Next?

I overcame fear through action. There was no other cure.

I destroyed timidity by placing myself in situations where I was forced to oil my wheels of self-confidence. At times I made myself vulnerable and even fallible. It made me stronger no matter the results.

And lastly, when it came to self-pity I stopped feeling sorry for myself. I stood in front of the mirror and spoke to myself sternly. At the same time I listed all the things that I could be grateful for. I focused on my strengths, not my weaknesses.

So What Now?

These lessons, which I learnt as a boy, are the very same lessons that I have needed to repeat as an adult, for those giants of fear, timidity and self pity have reared their ugly heads time and time again throughout my life in many different forms.

So what have I done to defeat them time and time again?

Living Life As An Overcomer

Apply these following three steps and watch victory become your companion.

1. Action cures fear. That’s right. If you sit around and wallow in your fear then nothing will ever change. Lift a finger. Speak a word. Do something, no matter how minuscule it might seem to you and watch how courage will be infused into your being to do even more.

2. Stand tall. Speak Confidently. Act confidently. Walk confidently. Put a smile on your face and watch timidity leave.

3. Replace self-pity with an attitude of gratitude. Count your blessings and stop whining. Refuse to feel sorry for yourself. Help others.

So there you have it. You have all that you need to live a victorious life.

And while we’re here please share with us how you have defeated these three giants in your day-to-day life.

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I think it was when I heard read to me The Owl & The Pussy Cat as a child. Then as a teenager I had a teacher introduce me to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Donne.

So from time to time I play with words – and as I was a song lyricist for many years and a librettist, I from time to time wander back and tinker with words.

Some time ago on Facebook I published this poem – and thought that it deserved a place on my blog. So here it is entitled – From That Heart. Enjoy!

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One thing that all of us have in common is the ability to focus on external objects or events. Today I was watching my beloved Baltimore Ravens play the Houston Texans for the AFC playoff hunt.

Maybe you don’t care a lick about American Football and I am alright with that, but I want to use this as an example for this post.

Let’s back up for a moment. At 1:00 pm on Sunday January the 15th the Ravens and the Texans played each other for a chance to go to the AFC championship game against the New England Patriots next Sunday. So my wife and I are eagerly watching the game as my son, who could care less about Football begins to watch Scooby Doo on his computer. Wow, great for my wife and I because we won’t be distracted with the 100th comment by my son of, “when will this be over so I can watch ICarly?”

The game has started and the Ravens are winning for a while and my attention is directly focused on the game. No thoughts of money, work , health, relationships or any other thoughts that commonly go through my head. Oh what a feeling to be free of the trivial worries/thoughts that I have daily.

You see, my focus was on one thing and one thing only, the Ravens Football game. After many close calls the Ravens did eventually win the game and will go on to play at New England next week for the AFC Championship game much to my delight I might add.

So for four hours my thoughts and attention were on the game until it was over. My reality for four hours was the game and nothing else other than the occasional bathroom break.

Why am I telling you about the Football game and reality? What you focus on becomes real to you whether it is “real” or not.

When your thoughts are spiraling out of control with fear, worry and stress, yes it happens to the best of us, begin to change your focus on something that makes you feel good instead. The truth is that most worries will work themselves out if you do not add any more stress to it by focusing your attention on them. Trust me, the phrase “Let Go and Let God is around for a reason.”

How to change your focus to a better feeling place

There are many ways that I use to get my focus in alignment with how I really want to feel. Below are some really easy ways that work.

• Do something creative like drawing, coloring, decorating etc to activate your creative right brain.
• Take five minutes and do some breathing exercises. Breathe in for four seconds, hold for eight seconds, and then exhale for four seconds. Do this at least three times to feel more focused.
• Exercise for fifteen minutes. Exercise does not have to be strenuous either. Do whatever feels good, get’s your lungs pumping and get’s your body moving. I’ll leave how you do that up to you.
• Go for a drive. Take the family or go solo for a nice country drive. Before my family and I moved to the Country we would take Sunday drives out here just to relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of it all.
• Get Cooking. I love to learn new recipes and try them out at home. Baking is fun and creative and you can give away the goodies to your friends and family.
• The best thing you can do with your energy is to focus it where you’d like to see further expansion. If you want to see more joy in this world then focus on joy. If you want to see more peace then focus on peace. If you want to see more prosperity in this world then focus on prosperity. Is this making sense yet?

What’s fun about these exercises is that you can train your brain to focus on what you want to instead of allowing every thought and reaction that normally comes your way. What else is great about focusing your reality is that you will gain some sense of managing the thoughts that come through your head each day.

This post was written by Justin Mazza of  Mazzastick.com. Justin has immersed himself with knowledge and experience for over 15 years pertaining to the fields of psychology, personal development, spirituality, physical health and vitality, and metaphysical studies. Have a look at his coaching page and get an email, phone or Skype session with him.

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