Most addictions are transmutation of energy. When the “fight or flight” response kicks in, we can’t always do either one. How can you fight when you can’t pinpoint your enemy? So you do something that will minimize awareness of pain, and numb the pain caused by troublesome mind chatter. But the pain and chatter don’t go away. They are still there, waiting to raise their ugly heads when the numbing wears off. On top of that, there is guilt over spending precious time and energy in useless and damaging pursuits. This often results in even more pain and chatter. Continue reading »
Chapter 11 is the LEAST understood chapter in Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill. It’s been modified or even omitted from some editions of the book. Most people can’t get past that word “sex”. They don’t know Mr. Hill is not talking about the act itself. He’s talking about harnessing the emotional energy and using it elsewhere.
Andrew Flewelling is 20 years old, and not yet married. He has grasped the true meaning of Chapter 11.
He is also my son.
I am proud to share with you this powerful lesson he’s learned about transmuting ENERGY into ACTION! Continue reading »
I was grown, married, and mother of six children before I saw my first Charlie Chaplin movie. It boggled my mind to think “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” was filmed in 1914!!
But NOTHING prepared me for the absolute amazement of discovering that this wacky comic actor also composed the music for many of his silent movies. I mean, who would ever guess that the little man who is branded and stamped on our minds as The Tramp could write something as serene and lovely as “Eternally” aka the “Theme from Limelight”??? And imagine my surprise on discovering that he also composed my favourite song by Petula Clark, “This is My Song”!
Charlie Chaplin was born 123 years ago today, on April 16, 1889. In honour of his birthday, I am sharing two of my favourites among his many compositions. First, here is Paul Mauriat’s beautiful rendition of “This is My Song”, composed by Sir Charles Chaplin. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
What is the POWER of the MASTERMIND? And what is a MASTERMIND??
The mastermind is The Driving Force behind any endeavour. The result can go either way… negative or positive… depending on the mastermind group and how it governs itself.
When I was in high school I had to read two books I particularly disliked… Continue reading »
Did you know there’s no saltwater in saltwater taffy?
Taffy has actually been around for nearly 1000 years. In Atlantic City, back in the 1880s, a lot of shops sprang up when they first put up the boardwalk. One guy sold several things in his shop, including taffy.
One day, the ocean arrived and flooded his shop. Lots of stuff was ruined. But the taffy tasted fine. In a flash of marketing genius, he decided to call it “saltwater taffy.”
A lot of great marketing can happen by accident. The “Success in 10 Steps” ebook, so popular to so many MLMers now, was originally titled “The 10 Biggest MLM Marketing Mistakes and How You Can Avoid Them.”
But the focus was wrong. Continue reading »
Carol Scheid, from A Country Garden, sounds like a woman after my own heart! I go on a walk “for exercise”, but it doesn’t do me a whole lot of good in that way when I’m stopping every few minutes to examine, listen, watch, feel, smell or taste something! At times, I’ve been a little embarrassed about my love of the little things. But isn’t being me a big part of writing my own book?
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I’ve just realized the absolute brilliance of Napoleon Hill in this chapter by sending us back to the six steps described in chapter 2. He says his reason is that the first test of our persistence will come when we begin to follow those steps. But there is something else, and therein lies the brilliance.
Part of the 6 steps is to write out a clear, concise statement of what you want, when you want it, and what you will do in return for receiving it. AND to read your written statement aloud, twice a day, in the morning and evening. I call this my vision statement.
Mar 192012
It looks to me like a few people in this delightful video are a few years beyond 64. Or is it just that my husband looks younger than the average 64-year-old? At any rate…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ian!! Continue reading »
Mar 182012
I never thought I was persistent. Stubborn, yes, but not persistent. I’ll stubbornly weed the garden for hours in the blazing hot sun just to get it done, and then suffering with a headache later — or shovel snow for hours in the biting wind just because I am compelled to keep on going till its done, even though I haven’t shoveled since last year and will surely pay for it later, with aching muscles. But when it comes to the important things, like a healthy diet or building my business, I give in to challenges far too easily.
When my children were small, I felt as if my life was perpetually on hold. Because I never knew when an infant or toddler would need me, I never wanted to start a new project, for fear of being interrupted. Even the necessary things, like the supper dishes, often didn’t get done till the next day. I remember reading in a child care book, not to worry about the housework, because Continue reading »
Mar 142012
What happens when you require your teenage sons to participate in a mastermind call, and add their own thoughts to the mix? It means a LOT to them in terms of their success in the future. And sometimes it makes Mom more than a little uncomfortable, as she is prodded into action and challenged to practice what she preaches!
All of my older kids have given me plenty of reason to be proud of them. Timothy is no exception. He is a serious, deep thinker, and surprises me often with his ability to reason things through. Someimes I forget how old he is. At 18, he is on the threshold of manhood.
These are Timothy’s thoughts on Chapter 8 in Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich.
When you’re a Green personality type married to a Green with several Green children, there’s sure to be plenty of indecision, waffling and frustration. When our children were little, we would not make promises to them because we weren’t sure we would be able to carry through on them. Now, it’s one thing when it’s someone else we aren’t sure of, such as a favourite aunty who doesn’t come to visit when she says she will. But all too often we would cave in to circumstances, allowing the smallest thing to stop us from our so-called intentions. This was devastating to our children, who never knew whether to Continue reading »
Recently a group of my friends went on a cruise. They go every year, so I’ve known about it for some time–in plenty of time to join them, had I only planned better and worked toward realizing my goal. Why didn’t I? I allowed my old thinking to take over.
All my life I have been at the bottom of the heap financially. To go on a cruise would have been a far bigger thing for me than for many. Or so I thought. No transportation. No passport. No nice clothes. Ah yes, the roadblocks abounded.
Or so I thought. Continue reading »
