There’s a piece of dialogue in the movie “Wall Street” (1987), where Hal Holbrook’s character says: “Man looks in the abyss. There’s nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character, and that is what keeps him out of the abyss.” For so many of us – myself included – it is so true: we needed to hit ‘rock bottom’ before we could find our true character and climb out of the hole. For others, their true character comes naturally and there are no such severe trials. Read more... (1326 words, 5 images, estimated 5:18 mins reading time)
We live in a time of fast-paced, seemingly insensitive, frenzy; it is, in fact, sensory-overload. It can be a challenge to keep up with the world around us, let alone get ahead and build an abundant life. I’m not just talking about money either. I am speaking about true abundance, across the board, in all areas of life; a balanced and happy lifetime – of course not without its minor challenges – that moves steadily along, accumulating a life of plenty. Given the frantic world and all the demands of life, how does one enjoy a life of “getting there” and employ a natural transition into a comfortable retirement? Read more... (979 words, 5 images, estimated 3:55 mins reading time)
Recently I had a dream that I was once again on my wealthy uncle’s sensational yacht, way out in the center of a vast ocean, all-alone, and feeling incredibly tiny and vulnerable. There were no winds to fill the sails of the 75-foot, luxurious trimaran, and there was nothing but water stretching to the horizon in all directions. Success would be to find an island of paradise, or to be spotted and rescued in the shipping lanes. But alas, I was stranded, out of food and fresh water, and large sharks were now circling ever closer. Read more... (896 words, 5 images, estimated 3:35 mins reading time)
As an “Abundant Life Coach” I get asked about the meaning of “financial abundance” very often. What this means to you can be the difference between living the lifestyle of your dreams, or settling for something less than your dreams. I want you to live the life of your dreams!
Here, then, are the main 5 Factors of Financial Abundance:
“The Abundant Mindset”
Thousands upon thousands of books, articles, media, programs, and so much more have been produced that discuss the awesome power of our minds, and the influence of our thinking upon our lives. It is difficult to say enough or emphasize enough that truth. As I see it, we are exactly as we think. Read more... (723 words, 5 images, estimated 2:54 mins reading time)
In my lower-middle-class youth, I was raised to discuss money almost never; money was mostly to be associated with all the evils of the world. As a result of my childhood, I came to hold internal conflicting messages about having money, which made it tough to go out into the world and build abundance.
As I reach the age of fifty, my money intelligence has evolved, of course. I no longer regard money as evil. Just as a gun becomes evil in the wrong hands, so it is with money. How we go about earning it, keeping it, and using it is what truly counts in the end run. Now that may sound elementary, but the implications are many. Read more... (939 words, 5 images, estimated 3:45 mins reading time)
I love to get movie DVDs that have an additional disc of just special features! Last night I watched all the documentaries about Howard Hughes, from the DVD “The Aviator”. The special features almost always contain tidbits of this idea or that idea that went into making the film. So often these features are inspiring and are just one place to trigger ideas of my own. Read more... (666 words, 5 images, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)
So much has been written about success. So many success programs, books, CDs, and other media exist on the subject. A Google search (06.29.10) on the keyword “success” returns over 335-million results.
The term is like one tiny star in the cosmos.
I think it’s safe to say that ‘success’ is/has been an over-used word throughout our human world and throughout (recorded) history.
It’s also fair to say that success means something different for each and every person, and yet most would agree that a simple and accurate definition might be: to obtain a desired result (or set of results). Read more... (1208 words, 5 images, estimated 4:50 mins reading time)
The best way to stop a child from crying is to distract them, occupying their mind with new stimuli. The best way to get attention is to do something outlandishly unexpected. The quickest path to wealth is to have an ingenious idea that becomes virally popular. When Pearl Harbor was suprisingly attacked, the U.S. joined in World War II and the entire country came together in support of winning the war. Time and again, the solution to major issues, or a seemingly insurmountable problem, has been a novel concept (new idea), or a Cause greater than the sum of its parts, or ideally both. I’m sure you can think of many more examples even stronger than these. The point is that we tend to see only as we focus, yet that focal power can be enough to change the world, given a great cause plus new – focal changing – ideas. Read more... (1241 words, 5 images, estimated 4:58 mins reading time)
Our world is complicated which tends to complicate our individual lives. For millions of us the daily stresses of career, family, and life in general are incredible. An alarm clock wakes us before we’re ready and we’re off to the races! We rush to get the kids ready and off to school, or dash to get off to work, or scurry to meet the obligations of the morning. Our day is filled with the redundant pressures of routine. Evenings are too short. We work towards a weekend for a break in the grind. The months and years fly by as we are so busy and caught up in our chaotic lives.
Citizens the world over – for the most part – spend so much time “doing” that there is not sufficient time built in for “enjoying” (life). I know, it is not as if there were many choices in the matter; we all must do what is necessary to survive (and perhaps prosper?). At some point, however, there must be a compromise between “building a quality life” and “enjoying a quality of life”. Read more... (669 words, 5 images, estimated 2:41 mins reading time)
When I was 13, my family built a home in the mountains of Idaho. My father always referred to it as my mother’s “dream home” (which was his way of saying that it cost a bloody fortune!). I remember watching the big yellow backhoe dig out a hole in the hillside upon which the house would perch. Just inside the entire outer edge of the excavation was an even deeper, three-foot trench. I asked my father: “Why is there a deep trench all the way around where the house will stand?” He explained that any structure is only as strong and stable as the footings and foundation upon which it stands. “In that trench,” he said, “a reinforced cement footing will be poured. The cement walls of the house foundation will be sealed to that footing,” he continued, “and this will firmly anchor the house to the hillside.” He added a little metaphor about the footings of marriage being true love, and that upon that footing is the foundation for building a strong family. This simple tidbit stuck with me. Read more... (463 words, 5 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)
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