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I just added these quotes to my facebook profile.

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” ~ Aristotle “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life he imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Thoreau “I gave a talk last year; some student at Harvard asked me, ‘Who should I go to work for?’ I said go to work for whoever you admire the most. I got a call from the dean about two weeks later. He said, ‘What are you telling these kids? They’re all becoming self-employed.’” ~ Warren Buffett

They’re three of my favorite quotes about the mindset that leads to an abundant life.

The last one by Warren Buffet has become even more meaningful to me.  I left my current corporate job that I’ve had for the past five years.  It was a huge move for me and daring in some ways. I am now faced with the goal of creating a new life for myself.  The decision is filled with possiblity and uncertainty.  It’s exciting!

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I’m a Tony Robbins fan. Sometimes I think he tries to pack too much information in a single message, but mostly he is right on describing why we do what we do, and how successful minds work to achieve great results.

Here’s a video from his appearance at TED. You may have seen it already. That’s okay. I suggest watching it again. I get something new each time I view it.

In the video, one of the things Robbins talks about is how choosing to think about something or ourselves leads to emotions and feelings. These feelings drive the actions we take leading to either positive or negative results.

It’s a theme that you’ll see over and over on this blog. To get successful results in our lives, we must start with our thoughts. Focus on your thinking rather than trying to change the result.

The video is very good. I’ll warn you about the language. Robbins throws out some f-bombs and others.

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So, I’ll continue this Lou Tice series with the principles around changing your beliefs and releasing your potential. Let’s start with a foundational quote from Lou:

“We act and behave not in accordance with the truth, but the truth as we believe it to be.”

Some children hold back their academic abilities because along the way they began to believe it’s not good to look smart.  Or, a man gains wealth and loses it, because he believes that money doesn’t make you happy.  The truth may be that the little girl is smart and the man can be wealthy and happy, but it doesn’t matter.  You see, we ALWAYS act and behave in accordance with the truth as we believe it to be.

Change your beliefs and you change the way you run your life. Your beliefs are the key to releasing your potential. What you believe about yourself, your business, and your friends and family determine the results in your life.  Like eating junk food leads to poor health results, eating junk thoughts which lead to junk beliefs will give me poor life results.

Lou Tice says,

“The quality of belief that you hold in your mind, detemines the quality of life you have around you.”

If you want something, and you believe, “There’s no way.”, well, guess what? Your subconsious mind blocks out the way.  Your results come from your beliefs.

So, believe it or not…we get to choose our own beliefs. In our mind, it’s only true if we believe it to be true. This is powerful.  I don’t have to believe a truth or someone else’s truth. In fact, T. Harv Eker points out in Secrets of the Millionaire Mind that if a “truth” builds you up or moves you forward, then believe it. If a “truth” holds you back or tears you down, then don’t believe it.  There’s a lot of power in changing beliefs that don’t serve you so that you can release your potential.

If you have trouble changing a limiting belief about yourself, begin by setting an end goal. Don’t worry about “how” you’ll achieve it, just set the end result of something you want to achieve.  Then  work on unconditioning yourself and building your self-efficacy. You’ll be changing your beliefs, and opportunities will begin to happen everywhere.  Our perceptions change and we see new things when our beliefs change. So, as your beliefs change and you go toward your goal, you’ll begin to see the answers to reaching your goal.

“I don’t need to know the how. I need to set the goal, and then I need to work on unconditioning myself inside. And as I do, opportunity happens everywhere.” ~ Lou Tice

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When Lou Tice begins a training event, he usually uses a quotation to help people discover where they’re at and where they can be.

“Change the way you think, and you can change the way you run your life.”

So, the first step in changing the way I think is to assess my potential and what I believe about my potential. In other words, when I ask, “Why do I underlive my life?”, I’m also asking, “What is my potential?”. I’m not really talking about my potential in terms of my nature or my knowledge. Instead, I’m really talking about my potential in terms of my inner desire, my goals, and that part of me that drives to be better every day.

Emotion is the important factor in realizing this part of our potential, according to Tice. We can have the desire to do something, and we can have the ability, but sometimes we can’t seem to release ourselves to do it. So, what is holding us back? Answering that question is the key to living our potential.

And, living your potential is to have high self-efficacy. Self-Efficacy is essentially to make something happen.

My daily life consists of ways to develop my power to bring about the results that I want in my financial life, my love life, my social life, my spiritual life, and the person who I want to be. I look at a problem or a goal and ask, “Is this bigger than me, or am I bigger than it?”

The Lou Tice course material helps people to to grow bigger than those things in front of you, and to take on even bigger goals and aspirations. Dream Big.

Two important principles:

You let yourself want what you believe you can cause.

Your inner efficacy controls the size of your dreams.

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One of the most important books that I’ve read during the past year is T. Harv Eker’s Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth.

I want to review and share a savings plan that Eker shares in Chapter 14 called the “Millionaire Mind Money Management Plan”.

Eker begins his chapter with these words:

Rich people manage their money well, Poor people mismanage their money well.

It’s an excellent chapter, and I’m going to share with you a summary of the financial management plan that will set you on the right path to building wealth. It’s important in all things resulting in success that you take action. So, no matter what you can start with, even if it’s a dollar a month, you must take action and begin to manage your money.

Some people say, “Well, when I get ahead financially, I’ll manage my money.” That’s a poor person mindset! The millionaire mind begins to manage now, because if you can manage a little, then you’ll begin to manage a lot. I was SO into this way of thinking in the past. When I turned it around and began to manage money, I started to get wealthy!

Before I share the money management plan, here are some wealth principles from the chapter and that Eker teaches at his Millionaire Mind Intensives.

• Until you can handle what you’ve got, you won’t get any more!
• The habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.
• Either you control money, or it will control you.

So, how exactly do you manage your money?

Here’s a great plan from the book. Remember, it’s important to start, not the amount.

Start with $1 if you must; just start! Get the habit going!

Prepare 6 jars (”Jars” can be literal, or bank accounts, or categories on a spreadsheet). Place the following amounts in each of the jars every month after taxes.

1. Financial Freedom Account (10%)- used only for investments and buying or creating passive income streams. Money is never spent, only invested. Also, have a Financial Freedom Jar where you deposit money each day ($1, $10, loose change). Do something daily.
2. Play Account (10%)- Use this money to nurture yourself. Use it for extra-special things in your life. The only guideline is that you must spend the money every month. Use it each month in a way that makes you feel rich!
3. Education Account (10%) - Set aside money for your education (school, seminars,etc.) or your child’s education.
4. Long-term Savings for Spending Account (10%)
5. Giving (10%)
6. Necessities Account (50%)

Start the plan and let the universe know that you are ready for more money.

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Today, I’m going to start my series on the Lou Tice program, Thought Patterns for Success, from the Pacific Institute. As I’ve said in earlier posts, this program has done more than anything to contribute to my success mindset and personal growth. I’m now a facilitator for the program, and I enjoy sharing these principles with people everyday.

The best thing about Thought Patterns for Success is that it’s rooted in 4 main concepts. These concepts are simple, but they’ll produce results in your life when you put them into practice. You see, Lou Tice is an expert at showing people how the mind actually works.

Lou says, “we do not teach people what to think, we teach them how to think.”

Here are the 4 main concepts that the series is based on…

1. Personal accountability - The future is in my own hands. I’m responsible for the results in my life. Blaming others or circumstances is not an effective way of dealing with life.
2. Self-Efficacy - Success doesn’t rest on my abilities, instead it comes from my belief in my abilities. Learning how to believe in my ability makes things happen.
3. Positive Self-Talk - I move toward what I think. This is an ancient principle that all great leaders have shared. My self-talk is the single most important thing in creating a successful future.
4. End Result Thinking - Thinking in terms of the goal or possibility helps me achieve my potential.

There you have it. Each post in my series will be based on these 4 concepts.

I’m not selling Lou’s program. In other words, links in this series are not affiliate links. So, although I’m an internet marketer and make money online, I’m not selling anything here. You may see an occasional book link from Amazon, but any links to Lou Tice’s material are affiliate-free (in case that makes a difference to you).

This information has transformed my thinking and life results. I hope you find value in it. The next post will be about “what holds us back”. Until then…all the best!

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A Wealth Attitude

Write down all that you are grateful for in your life right now—read it every day.

Make a decision that you will be wealthy. Affirm that decision every day by taking action in that direction.

Surround yourself with the people who are where you want to be financially

Read and listen to material that will support your new outlook and attitude about what’s possible.

Teach others the attitudes of wealth. Once you teach it, you will learn it.

Gratitude, Clear focus, Mentors, Read, and Teach…an outstanding recipe for success and a success mindset.

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I’m reading The Answer by John Assaraf & Murray Smith. It’s an excellent guide to creating the conditions in your mind and subconscious to attain the vision you have for your financial and business success.

Five Musts if you want to create success on every level in terms of financial freedom and a massive happy and fulfilled life…

You must find something that stirs your soul.

You must become excellent at it.

You must recondition your mind to believe you can have it and achieve it.

You must understand how to make money at it.

You must take daily action.

I agree, and the more that I achieve and move forward, the more convinced I am that #3 presents the most challenge, but uncovering unproductive beliefs and reconditioning them yield tremendous results.

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