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LEARNING TO LIVE

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Contents

Preface..............................................................11Introduction: Pain Causes Change!....................................13Chapter 1: Freeing Your Conscious....................................17Chapter 2: Taking Responsibility.....................................32Chapter 3: Self-Esteem and Confidence................................41Chapter 4: Gratitude and Appreciation................................53Chapter 5: Positive Mental Attitude..................................59Chapter 6: Affirmations..............................................71Chapter 7: Goal Setting..............................................83Chapter 8: Purpose and Service.......................................93Chapter 9: Perseverance and Determination............................106Chapter 10: Lifelong Learning........................................112Chapter 11: Body Language and Personal Influence.....................122

Chapter One

You Deserve to Be Happy, Healthy and Wealthy

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you."

~ Marrianne Williamson

Have you ever wondered why you are not successful, wealthy or living the life you truly desire? Have you ever wondered what separates the wealthy from the poor? Do you think they are smarter? Do you believe it's their connections, or that they are just plain lucky?

Let me assure you, wealth does not have anything to do with luck or above average intelligence. If you have the intelligence and power to read this book, you have the ability to become wealthy and successful.

It has been discovered that the average person spends more time planning a two week vacation, than planning their financial independence and examining their own life.

So ask yourself, if it is not superior intelligence, luck, connections or wealthy parents, what is it that separates the wealthy from the poor? Why do some people rise to the top, and seem to have whatever they dream and desire, while the rest remain dissatisfied and unhappy? The Answer—it is their personal belief system that makes the difference.

What does that mean? It means that their core values and thoughts encourage them to stay upbeat, positive and truly believe that they can do and achieve whatever they desire. No one has ever become successful or wealthy without first believing that they could! It starts with how you see yourself, how you see the world, and how you see money! It starts in the mind.

3 THOUGHTS YOU NEED TO GET RID OF FAST!!

There are three false beliefs that holdback the majority of people from reaching their full potential and living the life God intended.

1. Unworthiness—The "I don't deserve happiness" syndrome. People are trapped in miserable lives not because they are bad people, but because they don't believe they deserve happiness! They think there is too much suffering in the world for them to be happy. They ask, "Who am I to have what I want!?" This POOR BELIEF will cripple you forever if you don't work to overcome it!

2. Powerlessness—The "World is against me" syndrome. The belief that we are just leaves blowing in the wind, and that we have no power to change our lives is both destructive and weak. Have you heard any of these comments before? Nothing good ever happens to me, I had the wrong parents, I am too young, I am too old. I am the wrong color. No one will give me a job. Please understand that if you believe you have no power, you will have just that—no power! However, we all have power! And I am going to show you how to use and control this power to change your life!

3. Money is Evil—I must say this is my least favorite false belief of all, because it has crippled entire generations and communities. The false idea that money is the root of all evil has stemmed from a misinterpretation of the Bible, and has been used to manipulate the poor and keep most in poverty! What the Bible verse states, is that the love of money is the root of all evil! NOT THE MONEY! The love of money over all else is the root of all evil. This may seem like a small point, but it is CRITICAL to your success that you understand this slight but significant difference. If you adopt the belief that MONEY IS GOOD AND BENEFICIAL, you will not only have the ability to change your life, but the lives of all those around you.

These three beliefs are all false, and have been programmed into our subconscious mind as children and reinforced as adults. These beliefs are often given to us unknowingly by our parents, passed on by our teachers, and solidified by society!

This is not done on purpose, but the damage is still devastating. Sadly, the majority of people will never grow out of this poor thinking, because as we get older, our own fear, negativity, and ignorance continue to fuel these thoughts! Unless you search for the truth, you will remain handicapped by these debilitating beliefs.

The title of this chapter is Free Your Conscious, because you must first free your mind from these false beliefs before you can succeed!

Until you truly believe that you deserve happiness, until you truly believe that you have the power to achieve your goals, you will struggle in life. Unless you strongly believe that money is beneficial and necessary, you will be constantly fighting against your own subconscious mind!

Think about it, if you were in a dark alley and three guys attacked you with bats and crowbars, you wouldn't defend yourself by first punching yourself in the mouth!

Until you free your conscious mind, and change your thoughts about wealth and success, that is exactly what you are doing!

THE MIND GAME

The human mind has often been compared to an iceberg. Only the very tip of an iceberg is seen above the water, while the remaining 90 percent floats deep beneath the visible surface. The same is true of our thoughts; the ideas we experience in our everyday thinking are just the tip of our mental iceberg!

Our conscious mind (the thoughts we are aware of) is only 10 percent of our total thought process, while the remaining 90 percent of our thoughts take place in our subconscious mind! Think about that for a second—the majority of our thoughts take place when we are NOT aware of them!

This is why it's absolutely imperative that we let positive and productive thoughts dominate our mind. Can you imagine what the subconscious (90 percent) of our mind does with thoughts of fear, jealousy, and negativity?

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