This is better than meditation. This is one step I recently incorporated into my ebook on living that I use and is the step that I teach others the most. The reason it is so successful is because it is so doggone easy and everybody can easily relate to it.

If you’ve ever been to a convention or around a group of people with a common cause, you know how easy it is to get pumped up and feel like you’re walking on clouds - invincible! And that can last anywhere from a day to a lifetime, depending on you. The biggest challenge is that “life gets in the way” and you don’t know how to defuse that so you slowly give in to the path of least resistance.

We are wired that way because I suppose God wants us to work to succeed. Like seeds struggling to break through the hard topsoil, not all is without effort.

People get confused when they hear that living in the zone, or on your path, or doing your purpose, that the journey is easy. That is true in part. It is smooth and natural and life expands to bring you more in tune to your calling. But like the seed, even though there is a purpose and direction and the knowledge of where to go, it doesn’t mean it’s without effort. So when there is pressure in life, don’t give up. Don’t think you’re suddenly on the wrong path. Check yourself, your thoughts – it is probably you growing through experience to get to the next level where God wants you.

Here’s how to fight feeling down or depressed, and how to turn things around when you feel hopeless, or when a bad thought seems to perpetuate in your mind:

Grab a 3″ x 5″ card and sit at table with no distractions and grab your pencil. This exercise should take only a few moments, but will benefit you the rest of your life.

Now I want you to think back on times in your life when you had huge success. Can you see that? Perhaps when you won a challenge because you were the best, or when you got up and spoke to a group and they cheered you because you were so inspiring. Maybe it was helping someone overcome their fears. Or it could be how you put together a totally cool business model that made you a bunch of money. It can be anything that made you feel on top of the world and you remember how you walked differently, carried yourself differently and could take on anything.

Write that moment down on your card. In fact, try real hard to think of a few of these grand moments in your life. You at the top of your game, where everything you did worked out right. You were in sync with it, harmony.

See these moments in your mind and feel the way you felt when they were taking place. People smiling at you, congratulating you, calling you. See where you were, the lighting, the sounds, the smells. Think of what you did later to celebrate yourself. Jot down a few of these points on your card so you can easily recall them.

By now you know what the card is for. That’s right – it’s to pull out and look at when you’re feeling at the bottom of your game. This really works as it tells the mind that you CAN do it, you HAVE done it and YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN!

You have greatness within you. You have Deity in you. So take the card and fold it over and carry it with you. If it’s too big for your purse or wallet, simply write this out on paper. This is what you will use when those thoughts come creeping into your mind. You will relive these events and your mind will instantly be taken there.

And guess what? Your subconscious doesn’t know the difference between feeling it in your mind and actually experiencing it, so the more you dwell on your success, the better. You will start attracting greatness simply by reliving something in your past, and you’ll stop attracting depressing thoughts.

Let me know if you’re on board with this and start using it immediately!

I don’t care how you put it, sugar in almost any form does a number on my body. And maybe you’re not at the point with your system (body, organism) where high sugar content makes you “feel” different, but I can almost guarantee that long term it is doing something negative.

So why did God make it taste so good and why is it so hard to stop eating it?

Honestly, I think that if we didn’t have the challenges of doing right, making the right choices, we’d never grow spiritually. So the sugar thing is just one more choice, even though it’s a real hard one.

At first I thought, OK, I’ll Google a few resources to back up my claim that sugar is killing me, but then I thought that this is one thing you already know and simply choose not to think about much. So Google away if you want, just be aware of the source. The Sugar industry is not in business to make you healthier, and is not responsible for taking care of you.

Here’s what I do and suggest to people who ask.

We have a bad habit of not listening. We have people talking around us, to us, right at us, and we’re not “really” listening. I know I find my mind drifting off easily if I am not disciplined about listening. Listening is hearing what is being said and then questioning in your mind what is that person or thing trying to tell me?

Your body talks. You’ve heard that and you know where I’m going with this. When you eat, you almost immediately “feel” different. You can either choose to let your mind wander off, or you can question in your mind what your body is trying to tell you.

Some people (I did at one time and it’s a pretty cool exercise) keep diet diaries. This is good because we simply forget about 80% of things we don’t take time to note. So we eat again and the effect or feeling becomes part of the exercise. In other words, we almost expect to feel a certain way when we eat a certain food. And we don’t care why, we don’t know why.

When you feel sluggish or weird or light headed, that is not normal. It normally means, according to the dozens of health gurus and publications I’ve read (again, Google it if you want the references – OK, just this once – click Science Daily) that the body is using up tons of energy to fight and process what you’ve introduced.

Next time you eat, take time to listen to your body. Is your stomach bloated? Is your mind clear or fuzzy? Is your energy level high or low? These are just a few of the things you can feel almost immediately.

Of course the goal in all of this is to feel good and have a very clear mind, unless you decide that’s not for you. Become aware that almost all of vitality comes from diet and living and feeling great from a clean diet.

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Now that I’ve made you feel guilty about your diet, go make yourself a cup of tea and think about how you can make the decision to treat your body better while here on this planet. You were given this body because Someone trusted you enough and knew you had the potential to do greatness. If fact, the very fact that you are reading this is proof that God wants you alive! So let’s live well together, OK?

Till next time,
Dave

You know what will help you most today?  You finally being you.  You know what that is – no one else does, really.

One of the biggest challenges I see people struggle with is figuring out why they are here.  For the majority, it is following in the footsteps of someone who did a good work.  For others, it’s a daily chore of putting out fires and keeping their head above water so they can face another day.

But for a few who are aware, the challenge is finding out with absolute certainty why God put them here on planet earth.

Do you know?

If someone woke you at 2 AM would you be able to tell them exactly why you’re here?

That’s how sure you must be, according to those who have gone before AND taken the time to journal the journey.  Andrew Carnegie told Napoleon Hill that when you know with absolute certainty you can then better filter things that bombard your consciousness.

Napoleon Hill told this to Earl Nightingale – that you must figure this part of the puzzle out in order to have success.  And Earl Nightingale told this to Bob Proctor, and Bob enthusiastically tells all that they need this key part.

I first heard about it in Think and Grow Rich.  Napoleon Hill tells you to get certain of what you want and write it down and carry it with you.

But I’ve found people are confused on how to know for sure.

For example, they know they have to take care of the basic things for their family – food, water, shelter.  And whatever is left, well, that is when they work on what they’re here for.

But that, according to these “gurus” is putting the cart before the horse.  They say you should be certain first, then the taking care of will happen automatically.

This isn’t to say you should quit your job and go on a quest.  It means you should use that spare time getting this part right so all the other parts of the puzzle, as they come to you, will fit in place.

So how do you know?  What sort of exercise can we do to figure out our mission in life?

These guys tell us that it shouldn’t be a chore for you.  Gary Vaynerchuk says it should be something you’d do even if you never got paid for it, and that you’d gladly do it late into the night and wake up extra early to work at it again.

You know you have to provide, but they’re saying the work you do in exchange for the wages should not be “work” to you.  It should be your passion.

I know that many of us have to temporarily work at something we don’t like until we’re able to “do” our passion.  And you’re probably thinking like I did that if we all do our passion, who’s to do the garbage collection?  The curb building?  The office cleaning?

Did you know there are people who are passionate about doing those things and look forward to it?

And, that as we all become more aware of how to “do” our passion, to be “us”, we naturally cycle through those jobs that we don’t enjoy.  So, they’ll always be people to do them.

Remember, too, that not everyone is aware of even finding their true reason to be here.  So the majority, unfortunately, will be working in those places until they die.

Here’s the exercise to find your passion in life.

OK, for some this will be weird.  I know it was for me, coming from a strict Christian background that taught meditation was from the devil and that the Bible automatically tells you that your role on earth is to simply glorify God.

You need to get somewhere alone where you can meditate.  For me, I found a lake nearby that had a park where I could get off by myself with a composition book.

Then just start writing.  Write all the things you’d love to accomplish.  Put down where you’d like to travel, who you’d like to be with.

Next, put down things you love to do that help others.  What gifts do you have that benefit others?  What are you good at?

Finally, take some time in writing how you would love to live your life if money were no issue. Would you live in the city you’re at now?  What would your day look like?  Would you find ways to help others, or would be the kind of person that funds charities?

Write that down.

See how your purpose is coming to life?  You should feel great about it.  If there is doubt, or a struggle, this means you just need to meditate more and ask God to reveal to you what you should do.

When you have it, you’ll know it.  Crystallize it into a sentence.  Write it down so you can carry it with you.  Memorize it so you’ll know it when someone wakes you at 2 AM.

And now that you know, you’re probably wondering how you will ever be able to live that life of purpose.  Well, you CAN.

If you sign up using the form on the right, you’ll be notified each time I have a new update here.  Because I’m going to walk you through how to live that life.  Deal?

Right now I’m going through Bob Proctor’s – The Success Puzzle.  I’m posting what I learn to both the blog and the list. Tomorrow is the first installment and you don’t want to miss what I’ve learned.  So join me.

I don’t like the way that sounds – fake it until you make it – because it sounds like you’re trying to be dishonest about yourself.  But are you?  Can you be?

The answer to the second question is, Certainly!  It’s called acting!  And we ALL do it in some shape or form.  In everything we do when we are in the presence of another person, and when we feel we are communicating in some way with God or anything else, we put on a facade that allows us to project how we want the person or, funny in a way, God, to see us.

Many things make up the way we will change that “person” we become.  For example, if we’re trying to entice a neighbor to look at an opportunity we are in, we will treat them with respect and go overboard to be nice.  We will act different when they respond to our offer.

We strive to be cool, for the most part, but many times we just act acceptable only because we have no standard to live by, or to act by.

So when someone tells you to Fake It Till You Make It – you really need to know – Fake What?  What am I supposed to be living up to?  And this standard can be seen in all of the better corporations and families who take the time to teach their kids a mission statement to live by.  Two companies come to mind, both Apple Computers and Starbucks Coffee.  When you walk into an Apple store, you’re met by employees who stick to a high standard.  Same at Starbucks.  Their training is constant.

Are they like that at home?

No.  But the person they put on at work fits the workplace.  And that’s what you can do when you’re working your opportunity, too.  But where the Fake It part comes in is where you are told to act as if you’ve achieved a certain level in your business or in life.

I’ve heard this called “self-concept” or “ideal-self.”  And tomorrow I’m going to tell you how you can use this philosophy to your advantage.  So don’t miss that.  We’ll do a little dream work and an exercise in getting clarity.  And the timing in your life couldn’t be better, right?

See you then.

We were in one of my very favorite places here in Naples, Florida – the local Costco and after having made a run of the dozens of samples around the store, we got in line to check out with the things we were going to purchase.  Normal line, smiling faces.  That is… until the gal making purchases ahead stopped to find some coupons.

This went on for a minute or so and we simply break into chat when in line, or text, or something productive.  I mean, ya can’t go anywhere – but the fellow ahead of us couldn’t take it anymore.  He turned around and professed, “This happens to me every time I get in line!”

And I couldn’t hold it either – well, almost.  I just wrapped up a brand new study on the Law of Attraction and this was so much fuel for my fire.  I smiled and started to say – “Yes!  That’s because you say that!”

My words trailed off and Adriana poked me, but I wanted him to hear what he was saying.

OK, don’t most of us hear what we are saying?

NO!  Well, we “hear” it, but we don’t understand it.  If we really did, we’d stop saying it.  You know that words, the words we think and say are SO powerful.  I didn’t know how powerful they were – I mean, I’ve written to you many times before on how critical it is to choose your words.  But there are some scientific studies that I researched and have found dramatic information.

What I want you to do today after reading this is to try your hardest to just listen to what you are saying – to others.  And what you are thinking for yourself.  If you have kids, this is a real eye-opener.  But even if you don’t – you’ll catch yourself being negative without even knowing it.

Have you ever done an exercise like this?

Instead of saying, “Don’t put that glass there or it will fall off the counter!”  Say, “Put the glass in the middle of the counter so it will be safe.”

See the difference?

OK.  Try it.  It is HARD!

(Oops!  Shouldn’t have said that!)

I have discovered some GREAT ways for you to change your talk and attract the things in your life that you need and want.   And I’ll share that with you, soon.

Talk later,
Dave