Laying out my life as an example, I will try to explain the life of a Serial Entrepreneur. I will lay out the highs and the lows and the effect it could have on both you and your loved ones... I hope you read and digest the purpose.
This is the day and age where you have to fight poverty. With today’s current global economic crisis, now is the best time that you should start creating abundance not only for yourself, but for the people that surrounds you as well.
We all know that there are company after another that is now closing or terminating their employees. You may be one of the lucky ones who were able to keep your job, but what about those people who lost their jobs to this current economic crisis? What about their family? These are some of the questions that you may not even dare answer, but if you were in their shoes, what will you do?
It is hard to deal with things like losing a job, losing a loved one, or basically everything that will lead you to feeling sad or even depressed. What you do not know is that, continually wallowing in sorrow or continually feeling all depressed and unhappy will do you no good at all. Not only will you not be able to function properly, whether you are at home or at work, you will only tend to attract negativity as well. If you truly want to help yourself and the others that are basically dependent on you, then now is the time that you should start creating abundance for yourself and for the people that you care about.
Now, you might wonder, how on earth will you be able to get pass the feelings that you are now experiencing? How will you be able to stand up now, when the person that you once depended on left you? How will you be able to find a job after you lost your current one? Or how will you be able to provide for yourself or your family now that you’ve lost everything? Different situations do not necessarily call for different answers. The answer only revolves on one thing, and this is by simply letting go of the negative thoughts, feelings or emotions that you are keeping inside of you. Imagine yourself holding out a one hundred dollar bill. This is your last money. Now, if someone will tell you to let go of it in exchange for five hundred dollars, will you let it go? I know, if that was my last money, I would hang on to it dearly. But if I will be given five hundred dollars in exchange of my one hundred dollars, I will give it in an instant. I will not think of losing that money, I will only anticipate a much bigger return. This is basically the same as letting go of your fears, unwanted negative emotions or feelings, or even negative thoughts. Once you learn how to let go of it, it is only then that you will be able to start creating abundance for yourself. Why hold on to the things that are only stopping you from prospering or doing well in this life? Why hold on to something that will only make you feel bad inside? When at the end of the day, you know you deserve something better.
Things may not be good for you, but remember, it is you who is directing the course of your life. If you want to remain where you are, unhappy and underpaid, or sad and alone, then do not blame others for your situation. It is you who chose to be in that condition. Nobody told you to drag yourself down. You were given a choice, to enhance your life or to do nothing with it at all.
These categories are what you need to understand in order to be in total control of your being!
Most go through life never reaching their potential because they never take control of all their faculties or abilities.
This information is designed to help you gain complete control of your life!
So let’s get into it
1)Awareness and perception.
In order to be in complete control of our self, actions, and ultimate success - we must learn to expand our awareness of what is around us.
FACT: there are certain states of mind that enable us to learn more information, retain more information, and be more aware of our environments
This state of mind is open to all of us; however, most people never call it to action.
In other words we just don't look' The problem with that is if we are not using our resources' we are virtually blind! Or at least vary limited.
Most of us look at the world through a tunnel vision' really blinded to what is all around us.
CAMERA
E.g.: Imagine having a really nice camera’ problem is that it is always stuck on the highest zoom! You can see a limited amount very detailed. However, you ignore the majority of what is around you'
Here is what I mean
ACTION: Focus on a point' (Pick a point, any point) stare at it intently. Don't move. Stare and Focus all of your energy into that point!
That is a great quality that we can focus so intently on one thing - but'
Keep starting at the point' but while staring' try to notice what is to the sides of the point' sides of the room' keep going. All the way and you will realize that you can even see the people sitting right next to you while still focusing on the point!
That is what is called your peripheral vision'
Every leader that I know has the ability to use both their focused vision, as well as their peripheral.
They can be laser focused on a task at hand while simultaneously keeping an open mind to other situations and opportunities'
This is what I mean by awareness'
The first step to taking charge of our lives is to broaden your vision of what is all around you all of the time'
Once we are more AWARE of what is going on, we can then start making progress on expanding our perception! It's when we do this that our transformation of self begins
Why do we get control of our perception?
We must learn to see all vantage points! All angles, all sides'
You cannot really be in control of your thoughts of you have limited thoughts!
E.g. Lifecycle?
Hit a threshold' what do you do. Some might stay quite' I say find a new lifecycle'. A new challenge and new ideas and compound!
Just a change in perception!
What about your greatest strength!
What is it? It is only strength.
I bet if you thought about it, your greatest strength when taken to an extreme could be your greatest FAULT! E.g. TITANIC!!!! Unsinkable!!!! Got rid of lifeboats' turned up speed!!! What happened?
Control of self comes from learning to shift your perceptions to all vantage points!
E.g.: at one point everything strange that happened on this planet was an act of god!
Then Isaac Newton came around and said no - everything happens because of universal laws!
The problem that people run into when trying to shift their perception is that most people think that their perception is reality!
Is it?
Is what you perceive always what is real! MATRIX!
Perception may be your reality'. But there is a difference between reality and actuality?
Once you can understand that what you perceive is only what you think is there and may not be what is actually there! Now you have the foundation to understand the next law!
2.) Cause and effect!
This is a universal force of nature. C & E
You are always on one side of the equation or another!
Either you assume causes for everything you do, or you are the effect!
E.g. my organization won't listen to me!
What side are you on with that statement? Are you a cause?
No.
What if you decided to be at cause and say that the results that I get from my organization are a direct response from my communication skills and ability to move them into action!
Our communication is always a result of that information we put out, not what is heard on the other side. If our message is not communication clearly, we should strive harder to improve our ability.
Now you are at cause.
It’s always easier to blame something or someone else with a result that you don't like.
But if you do that you are no longer in control. You are not a cause.
Another e.g., how many of you run into “circumstances in life''? What do you usually do? Most blame others. Many of us may have had that situation just recently, you always have two options:
You can blame the people around you, the weather, the events, the situation or whatever else and see how your circumstances are everybody else's fault but your own'. Basically admitting that you are no longer in control of who you are and what you do!
Or you can choose to be a cause for your present moment! Personally, if a circumstance comes to me, I call it a challenge and I think this was presented to me for a reason. I look at what other's use as reasons not to excel, and see them as challenges to test my mental toughness and emotional intelligence to see what I deserve, what reward may be just on the other side of that obstacle!!!
I am a cause! I am in control. I choose to perceive and respond do different things!
You see once you understand that YOU can choose how you perceive things' from what vantage point you want to view'. Then you we realize that you are a cause for everything in your life. You can always be in control.
You see most people never do this'. People are so predictable! When we say something wrong' what do we do? We Blame, Mimic, deny and justify!!!
Most people will do this. You can't go around changing people. You simply must learn to control yourself.
A unique realization: When you decide to change yourself, you in fact change your environment!
How?
If you take a different viewpoint ' you change your perception of reality. Your perception is what you perceive as real. Therefore by changing yourself you change your world!
So don't ask for your environment to change' that’s in EFFECT
Ask for you to change' now you are a cause!
You are either affecting your environment or your environment is affecting you! Which is it?
The catch is, sometimes you don't want to be a cause. Sometime it's easier to blame' to stay inside the matrix!
That is what personal transformation is all about!
Is this too philosophical for you? Well let's substantiate this argument with empirical science!
If our perception is not actuality' what is? Actuality really lays the 2 million pieces of information that your brain is processing right now!
What?
Science has proven that at any given moment, you are be bombarded by 2 million BITS of information at a time.
Some of them you recognize'. See, smell, feel, hear, taste.
MOST YOU DON'T!
Here is the thing' your human neurology cannot take in and process 2 million bits of information at the same time.
It has been proven that the average human brain can only take in approximately 134 bits at a time!
That 134 out of the 2 million that are all around you!
All day long, our subconscious mind deletes, distorts, and generalizes all of these bits until it narrows it down to 134 bits!!
The system that does this is called our RAS' Reticular Activation System'
This component tells our mind what to seek out! It's our filtering system so we don't walk around on information overload all the time!
Right now as I am writing to all of you. There are 2 million bits of info all around us. Each of you is picking up your own 134' that is your perception! Each of you right now is seeing a different movie in your mind!
Another example: Look around the room ‘picture a color (e.g. BLUE). Shut your eyes and focus on BLUE and open your eyes and look around and notice how much BLUE is in the room. All different shades' what? We now programmed our subconscious to pick up that bit!
How about anybody ever buy a new car! You never see them until you buy it, then what happens? Why is it that the cars were never there and the world just copied you! They were not a part of your unconscious mind; therefore, they were just among the other 2 million bits that got sorted out!
Pretty amazing, isn't it?
So the obvious question is what determines what 134 bits we pick up!
Ever hear of the law of magnetism! We attract what we put out! Here is why that is the case' your mind chooses the 134 bits that harmonize most with your unconscious mind!
In others words, what you perceive, or your so-called reality, is a direct result of what is going on in your own mind!
E.g. you ever notice how 2 people can have the same situation occur and have two completely different responses! They have different bits.
How many of you have those days when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed' and EVERYTHING GOES wrong? Why?
Do you see how this works? That is what I cringe on is when people think negative thoughts! Because you are shifting your perception to attract a negative 134 bits!!!
'If you really knew the power of a negative thought, you would never even think about having one!'
Therefore, by understanding that it is scientifically proven that we only pick on 134 out of 2 million bits and that we are only in command of what bits we pick up, then we are perpetually at cause for our reality!!!
So the main question that you have to ask yourself is what 134 bits are you picking up?
What reality are you a CAUSE for creating for yourself!
Your reality as it is today is EXACTLY what you shaped it to be.
So if you are having success and you are happy and content, congratulations, you created that for yourself.
And if you are not successful (in your mind) and want things to change - then you must change! Become more aware' shift your perceptions and be at cause for your reality!
You choose your reality.
So now that we understand cause and effect and how we are truly at cause of everything that happens in our lives.
Let’s take one last step'
Not only is this relevant for what we filer and how we perceive things, it is also tied into what actions we initiate and the results that they get!
Who here before reading this, believed in Karma' or have heard the statement that 'everything happens for a reason!'
What is this case?
Same philosophy here: for every cause that you initiate - other people are going to react or create an effect!
This philosophy has been around forever' its part of the universal law!
Do unto others, as you would have others do unto you!
What goes around comes around.
What you put out is what you get back.
All of these are quotes around the law of accumulation'
Once you decide to become a cause for everything in your life' you have to be careful with what you put out there!
Again, that's why this is a step in your personal transformation!
If you stop and consider all of your action and ask what could the effect of that action be' then you should live a long a prosperous life!
If you put your actions with integrity, honesty, good heartedness, and if you are responsible, disciplined, and focused, if you are committed, persistent, and congruent' then all of these causes will generate a desired effect!
However, the opposite is also often true. And this is where you have to be careful because being a cause, or being in control in your life allocates you a lot of power and freedom to shape your reality.
With great power, comes great responsibility.
3.) The law of accumulation just states that what you put out will continue to come back.
Therefore, as long as you do the correct things long enough' over and over - you will get your desired result.
You see successful people are not successful by chance! They are successful because they deserve to be. Just as you will deserve to be financially free when you hit that point.
Successful people are successful not because they are extraordinary people, but because they put enough good actions out there that they got there due in return' that's it!
Do you want to learn to command the law of accumulation in your favor? I hope so!
That is the third phase of personal transformation!
I felt compelled to share this information because how to take control of your life and situation was a thought that was put in my mind years ago.
Also, at that time was the launch of our organization!
I hope that the information that stemmed for me wanting to learn to be in control of my situation can help you in your journey and your personal transformation'
Just expand your awareness, shift your perceptions, and see all vantage points.
Decide to be a cause to everything in your life.
Command the law off accumulation in your favor.
By doing this you are in control!
You will write your own check in your business. You will write your own check in life.
You take the only variable in your business and not only make it good, but decide to make it great!
So next time someone says, 'are you going to retire? Are you going to be successful? Are you going to beat the system? What's your guarantee?
You can stand tall ‘look them directly in the eye, and without a flinch, without a stutter, say 'I have a guarantee' my guarantee is me!'
Take A Look In The Mirror-You Will See The Person At Fault
My weight gain crept up on me over the years, when I stopped paying attention to the severity of what I was doing, my weight was out of control. I also ate whatever I wanted, without any regard to nutrition: Pizza, french fries and doughnuts were my staples. As time went on, I knew my body was getting bigger, but I just hid myself under baggy clothes. I felt self-conscious about my shape, and by the time I realized what I was doing, I weighed 250 pounds and my self-esteem was almost nonexistent. After I realized there was more wrong then my weight and everything had an Cause attributed to it, I realized I had to turn my life around, and taking control of my weight was the first step in that process.Over the next few weeks I will try to point out the "Cause and Effect" of today's society. Over the next few weeks I will try to make us all accountable, let's stop blaming others, especially the politicians, they make enough mistakes with out blaming them for our errors. We will address:
Well, another week passes and my thoughts turn to what should I write about, then I realized the best thing to write about was... some more about who I am. Over the years I have told people that I was insecure and people that have been around me for long periods of time looked in disbelief, but I believe that everything in life should begin with being honest with yourself. I am insecure!
I am going to review several aspects to this thought:
We begin with a well known and proven program or concept what is known as a 12 Step Program...
A:Step 1 of the program is the first step to freedom. I admit to myself that something is seriously wrong in my life. I have created messes in my life. Perhaps my whole life is a mess, or maybe just important parts are a mess. I admit this and quit trying to play games with myself anymore. I realize that my life has become unmanageable in many ways. It is not under my control anymore. I do things that I later regret doing and tell myself that I will not do them again. But I do. I keep on doing them, in spite of my regrets, my denials, my vows, my cover-ups and my facades. The addiction has become bigger than I am. The first step is to admit the truth of where I am that I am really powerless over this addiction and that I need help.
- From 12Step.org
B: Socrates: Be sure to "Know thyself." This is much harder than it seems and only you will be able to find that; the unexamined life is not worth living. Nobody else can help you there-it is all up to you.
C: I received a note from a really special Life Coach I recently had the opportunity to meet. Her candid honest opinion of me was constructively taken; her first comment was; "Your happiness lies in stop running from yourself and facing who you are. - its only judgment that makes you look bad." She also felt that my newsletter too long and I should do them more often if I wanted to supply so much information. I have taken her suggestions to heart and this week there is only one article and it is focused on what we are writing about this week... Are You Insecure?
I hope you take the time to look at yourself...
My special thanks to Nancy Baker for taking the time to express her thoughts, please take the time to visit her website www.nancybaker.com
Are You Insecure? By: Edward V Ellis, Sr.
Almost every human being in this planet has its unique feeling. When a man starts to feel things like love, it is undeniably true that envy will come along. Among love and envy which is wrong or much troublesome? Is it love or envy? Well love is never incorrect in the first place it is when love is being poisoned by envy which is wrong. Why envy? This is because feeling envious to someone is called being insecure.
Most healthy relationships at the start end up very stupid. This is because of insecurities that a member of the relationship may feel towards his/her partner. There are thousands of reasons why insecurities may take place in the scene.
Here are the most common scenarios of insecurities and some advice you can lean on:
a.) Lack of self buoyancy may be the first reason. Humans are made to have imperfection. Therefore he/she may now feel that he/she is the kind of person that is insufficient enough to be someone's partner. Humans have the tendency to see things incorrectly. Making them forget to appreciate their own.
* Learn to appreciate your own self. Being uncertain about the things around you including yourself in a relationship is the most common reason why. Don't think that you're not suitable for that person even if the people around you don't like the way it is. Be proud of it because as the saying goes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" was never wrong at the first place. Humans have different standards over things in which others may consider it as a good asset. Concentrate on what you have like your character, abilities and your capacity. Of course be proud of what you have physically.
b.)Previous awful experiences of being betrayed. This is one of the common reasons why people nowadays are scared to commit some mistakes and entrust their relationship to others again.
* Well, first ask yourself? Did I betray someone before therefore I was betrayed by him/her also? It is a matter of cause-and-effect picture. This is because there is no trust established in the relationship that's why you end up very dreadful. Admit to yourself if you're wrong then make a change. If the cause of that previous experience is your partner, then ask yourself why. Is it for my behavior? By this, you can make a self assessment or evaluation about who you really are. It is better to know yourself first after knowing others so you may not misjudge them later on. Learn to let go off things because they are not for you.
c.) Being too much comparative in thinking. We sometimes confuse ourselves on things that aren't confusing in the first place. Hence, we tend to compare ourselves or our partners onto others.
* Being able to appreciate others by their physical aspect as well as their characters is good. Don't push yourself in confusions because of too much comparative in thinking. The number one rule is be contented of what you have. Having one is enough, be thankful for it because it is a God-given blessing. Don't make yourself foolish by thinking the more I have the better because in the end it is yourself that was being tricked above all.
Kicking out insecurities is a bit of a hassle but if you know how to handle certain situations, then it would not be hard for you. Always think positively and always look on the brighter side of things. Love is only a spice of your life. Go on if it's needed. What matters most is your dignity that should be kept whole all throughout.
My name is Edward V. Ellis, Sr., I am 70 years old, born in New York. I dropped out of school in June of 1955 and immediately became addicted as a Serial Entrepreneur, and NO I have never looked back.I am the luckiest individual in the world, yes I have had ups and downs but, what I do have in my family is priceless.
