Think and Grow Rich — Part One — Knowing What You Want
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“If you’re one of those that believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring riches, perish the thought! It’s not true!”
“Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of hard work alone! Riches come, if they come at all, in response to DEFINITE DEMANDS, based upon the application of DEFINITE PRINCIPLES, and not by chance or luck.”
— Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
One of the things I admire about T. Harv Eker is his unabashed pursuit of continuous education. In training sessions he often refers to the eighteen months after he sold his business as a time of intense study. He cheerfully recounts how he took every class, listened to every audio book, studied every book he could to help him understand and master the inner game of wealth. Eker often quotes from his teachers and mentors and suggests books to Millionaire Minded students.
One of the books he and is trainers often quote is Think and Grow Rich.
Think and Grow Rich is one of those classic books almost everyone has on their bookshelf. Many of today’s “New Thought” gurus draw inspiration from the writings of Napoleon Hill. If fact, it was after I read Joe Vitale’s “Meet and Grow Rich” that I decided to revisit Napoleon Hill’s masterwork. I got the audio book and listened to one CD each evening. I took notes and contemplated his suggestions and observations, made so many years ago, yet still so relevant today,
Napoleon Hill, T. Harv Eker, Stuart Wilde, Joe Vitale, and the other “Secret “ teachers are saying the same thing:
- Knowing What You Want
- Moving into a Meditative State of Mind
- Creative Visualization
- Taking Definite Action
Journey Starts HERE
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Know What You Want
This statement is NOT self-evident.
The first time I heard Stuart Wilde bark, “What do you want?” I just stared at my CD-player. I truly did not know how to frame an answer. The reason Janet Bray Attwood’s “The Passion Test” swept to best seller status, is her approach helps lots of folks clearly defined what they want.
KNOWING what you want is not just about setting clearly defined goals. The big question is, are those goals and the action steps they precipitated, in alignment with you purpose — your true heart’s desire. It is amazing the lengths people go, to deny their special talents and pursuing the one thing that fully expresses their perfection.
Focus Your Intention
Once you’ve identified your goals, write them down — feel the power in committing your goals to paper. If you are like me, you will probably “key” them into a WORD document on your computer. After word-smithing “your heart’s desire” documents, print several copies. Post a few copies where you will see them every day. Keep a copy in your billfold or purse. Place one copy in special folder in your personal meditation or contemplation space.
Lastly, with focused intention, transcribe your document, in your own handwriting. This is for your eyes and your heart. There is something holy about the act of personally writing something with pen and paper. This tactile act of creation somehow connects your mind/ heart energy. To me it seems more tangible than packets of data, thrown in a certain order, against specified matrix of toner particles.
Moving into a Meditative State of Mind
Next, pick a time of the day, where you can focus, uninterrupted, on your “passionate purpose” for about five to fifteen minutes. My best contemplation time is first thing in the morning. I just lay comfortably in bed for a few minutes after I wake-up, and “gift” myself with the time for a daily “meditation” practice. This is when I find it easiest to just “Be” — to relax into a peaceful state where I can connect to my subconscious. I don’t fuss about esthetic meditation techniques, I just breathe deeply and regularly, focusing on the feelings around reaching and enjoying my goals. I smile — mouth, eyes and heart. I feel the joy of having my dream.
Now is the time to focus on what you wish to attract into your life — health, money, and love. Use your creativity and intuition to feel how you would manage your time talent and treasure, if you had complete freedom to do what you want, when you want, with whom you want.
Continued, 07.30.07 blog entry, Think and Grow Rich— Part Two — Creative Visualization
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