I saw a movie today, called Mirror Mirror. It’s a short movie, only 11 minutes, but it’s power packed with truth.
What do you see when you look in your mirror? Do you see all your mistakes, weaknesses and regrets? Or do you see the strong, powerful leader you are, and who you are growing into? You will act in accordance with who you see.
You ARE a leader, with tremendous potential for more. Learn to see that leader, and your actions will follow suit. Continue reading »
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 »
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 »
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.
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 »
POWER is organized effort, produced through the coordination of effort of two or more people who work toward a definite end, in a spirit of harmony.
Napoleon Hill speaks of the Stream of Power, which is like a river with two sides, flowing in opposite directions to one another. The negative side flows to misery and poverty, and the positive side flows to wealth. Some people alternate between the positive and negative sides of the stream, being sometimes in the middle and sometimes on one side or the other. Continue reading »
Every week you sit down to read a chapter and listen to a recording from Think and Grow Rich.
You are eager to learn from those who have mastered the principles.
You brainstorm with the best mastermind group you’ve ever been in before.
You say your self talk faithfully and you do everything you’ve been taught to do, to the best of your ability.
You feel as if you are teetering on the edge of something great and wonderful. Continue reading »
STAY CLOSE THE FIRE!
What does that really mean, and why do we need to do it?
Napoleon Hill says the mastermind principle has two characteristics – economic and psychic.
Economic
We will have success if we surround ourselves with the advice, counsel and personal cooperation of those who are successful, and who are willing to lend us wholehearted aid in a spirit of perfect harmony. Continue reading »
NOTE: For an interesting discussion on the following, listen to our Mentoring For Free Monday afternoon call… Removing YOU from the Equation
Think and Grow Rich – Chapter 7
ORGANIZED PLANNING
“It is no disgrace to be a follower. On the other hand, it is no credit to remain a follower.”
I’ve always been a follower. Never quite forgave my mom for having me first, and then four younger ones who, she reminded me often, were “looking up to” me. I always felt sorry for my classmate, Suzanne Alger, because our school teachers called upon students in alphabetical order Continue reading »
I am a magnet, attracting people and circumstances that are in harmony with my dominant vibrations.
A magnet does not pick and choose what it attracts. It automatically attracts what it is programmed to attract. A magnet cannot change its nature.
We attract automatically too. We attract what we focus on, whether they are good or bad… positive or negative.
The difference is Continue reading »
All of the following have something in common. Can you tell me what it is?
Does it sound strange to say that my 25-year-old son is a member of my mastermind group? It would have been strange to ME, had someone said as much a year ago.
Napoleon Hill speaks of his own mastermind group, or his “invisible counsellors”, as he calls them. Many of the members in his group had already passed away, and yet he knew them well enough that he could look to their wisdom and glean from their writings. He knew what they would say if they were in the same room with him, talking to him. Continue reading »
