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What Donald Trump Has To Say

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Guy Kawasaki has a quick ten-question interview with Donald Trump.

I particularly enjoyed Trump’s answer to:

Question: Not many people make billions, lose billions, and then make billions all over again. How did you pull this off?

Want To Become A Millionaire? Read This Post

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No, not my post. Steve Pavlina”s Post, 5 Lessons From 20 Percent of a Millionaire. In this article he provides a great, personal look at what it takes to become a millionaire - or 20% of one.

Here’s a brief summary of his lessons:

1. It’s damned hard to earn a million dollars from scratch.

2. Self-interest is insufficient motivation.

3. Focus on providing value to others, and the money will follow.

4. Becoming a millionaire requires a significant identity shift.

5. Financial trolls must be shown no mercy.
If becoming a millionaire, or even enhancing your current level of financial abundance, is a part of your vision, this is an article well worth checking out.

And if you have not already done so, I also highly recommend T. Harv Ecker’s Secrets of the Millionaire Mind book and seminars. This book and the Millionaire Mind Intensive have been a major factor in creating the “identity shift” that Steve talks about.

Law of Attraction Carnival # 9: The Art of Allowing

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Welcome to the 9th edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival. It’s appropriate that we’re closing out 2006 with the 9th edition of the Carnival – the number of completion.

I sure have had fun watching this Law of Attraction Carnival grow and evolve from the first edition on August 22nd through this final edition of the year. It has been wonderful to welcome new bloggers and also to connect with and get to know some truly inspiring bloggers on the leading edge of thought.

As I mentioned in the previous Law of Attraction Carnival, and on the Law of Attraction Carnival Homepage, now that I’ve created and guided this carnival for the past nine editions, and we’re moving into a new year, I am ready to release the Law of Attraction Carnival and let it fly out into the blogosphere… with a little help from my friends, of course.

So if you are interested in hosting a future edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival, please let me know. You can use the contact form at the link above.

And now, without further ado (I’ve always liked that phrase even though I have absolutely no idea what it means!) let’s begin this final Law of Attraction Carnival for 2006.

The topic of this edition is The Art of Allowing. Let’s see what wonderful insights we have in this round.

Let’s begin the featured entries section of the Carnival with entries from two regular contributors. Both Patricia, at A Better You Blog, and Raymond David Salas, at Zen Chill, have been regular contributors to the Law of Attraction Carnival from the very start.

And not only do they write excellent and insightful entries, but they also clearly read the guidelines for the Law of Attraction Carnival and submit entries related to the specific edition topic. I love it when that happens!

Let’s start with Patricia at A Better You Blog. She wrote the entry, Let It Get To You, that offers insights and tips to help you increase your ability to receive. Here are just two of her many suggestions:

• When someone smiles, smile back. Enjoy the kindness of strangers.
• If a friend listens to you, or shows you kindness, embrace it.

Over at Zen Chill, Raymond has posted this entry on The Power of Forgiveness. When he submitted this carnival entry he wrote: “Forgiveness can be key in practicing the Art of Allowing.” This is so true. As David writes in the entry: “To forgive does not mean that you condone, agree with, or give your approval to anyone or anything. Rather, it is a powerful acknowledgment to yourself that ‘I am willing to let this go. I am willing to move forward in my life.’”

When you forgive and are willing to move forward in your life, you are much more equipped to practice the Art of Allowing.

And then we have Maria Yu, with a wonderful personal story about Christmas Gifts and Red Envelopes. Pay particular attention to the 6th paragraph in her entry. She retells a fable many of us have heard before, but it is a wonderful reminder about the importance of balancing our focus between giving and receiving.

That’s it for the featured entries for this edition. Here are the rest of the entries from this short holiday edition.

Craig Harper presents Wanna Succeed? …. Get Uncomfortable. posted at Renovate your life with Craig.

Brandon Peele presents The Economics of Self-Awareness posted at GT.

Shamelle presents Who Borrowed Your Time Today? posted at Enhance Life.

Miguel Trujillo presents Happiness and Regretting the Past posted at Think Happy Thoughts Happiness Blog.

And I’ll throw one of my own entries into the ring. It’s my previous entry: Holiday Season Debrief - The Art of Allowing.

That’s it for this edition and this year! I want to thank all of you who have read, commented on and/or contributed to this Law of Attraction Carnival. I can’t wait to see where it goes in 2007!

You can read all of the past editions at the Law of Attraction Carnival Homepage.

Our next edition will be on Tuesday, January 9th and the topic for that edition will be Creative Visioning For The Best Year Yet!

Please send in your best entries on creative visioning. Remember, to be considered for the featured entries section, you must submit an entry that is on the specific topic.

Have a wonderful last few days of 2006. And may the coming year bring ever-expanding joy, peace and prosperity!

Understanding The Expanding Cycle Of Abundance And Gratitude

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I had a wonderful experience the other day. One of my private coaching clients who is also a regular reader of Evolving Times noticed the donation page on the blog. She asked if I would like to participate in a joint prayer of gratitude with her if she made a donation. It sounded like a very intriguing idea so I told her I would love to.

She got the idea from a Catherine Ponder book. I forget which book, but if you’re interested I can certainly find out from her.

Our coaching is focused on helping her launch a new transformational practice. When she received the payment from her first client, she tithed me $7 or 10% of her fee. Then, after our next coaching session we took a couple of minutes to share the prayer of gratitude from Catherine Ponder’s book.

As the recipient of the tithing, my job was to be fully present in the experience of receiving. I was there to receive the gift as well as to witness, acknowledge and receive her gratitude in giving.

Often when I receive something, whether a gift or payment for my services, I catch myself taking the gift for granted, not stopping to appreciate the gift. Even when I do stop and take time to offer my gratitude, there can be a desire to rush through the experience, to move on to the next task without fully embracing the gift and deepening into the gratefulness.

When gratitude is connected to abundance they both expand. When gratitude is missing, however, the expanding cycle of abundance is broken. My intention is to be someone through whom the cycle of abundance flows and continuously expands.

My receiving muscle is not one that I have paid much attention to: For most of my life, it has been much easier for me to give than to receive. So this shared prayer of gratitude was a very powerful reminder: it required my full presence in that moment of receiving. I had to be present to receive the donation as well as to witness and acknowledge the gratitude embedded in the giving.

During this prayer I could feel the flow of abundance as it moved into me. I could feel the abundance connecting with my gratitude. And I could sense both of them expanding as they flowed back out into the world.

Do you want to be a conduit for the expansion of abundance? If so, the next time you receive a gift, stop and use this technique (with or without the participation of the giver). Acknowledge your gratitude for the gift. Appreciate the giver. And allow abundance to expand as it moves through you.

Comfort Zone Equals Money Zone or I Don’t Do Touchy Feely

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On Saturday, as I was waiting for the hotel elevator after the Millionaire Mind Intensive lunch break, I overheard a snippet of conversation a man was having on a cell phone.

“I’m here at this Millionaire Mind Conference.” “Yeah, there’s been some pretty interesting stuff. But there’s also been a lot of touchy feely stuff. And you know me…I just don’t do touchy feely!”

He really put an emphasis on that last statement. “I don’t do touchy feely.”

One of the concepts that T. Harv Ecker teaches is a simple equation: CZ=$Z: The size of your Comfort Zone equals the size of your Money Zone. If you want to expand your money zone you MUST be willing to stretch the boundaries of your Comfort Zone.

Was this man in the hallway of the Holiday Inn willing to stretch his comfort zone? I don’t think so. How much is his Money Zone going to expand if he holds onto his pattern of not doing touchy feely? Not a whole heck of a lot!

Now here’s the thing. It’s never comfortable to stretch your comfort zone. After all it is called the comfort zone. During this seminar I was continuously challenged to stretch my comfort zone, beginning at the very first break.

The trainer, David Wood, challenged us to meet at least one new person during every break. “Can you commit to that?” he asked. “Yeah, yeah. No problem. I can do that.” I said. Well, actually, I got caught up in the energy of the moment and screamed at the top of my lungs. “Yes!!!”

Well, you may not believe this, but I’m not actually a very good new-person-meeter. I’d much rather be in my office talking to a coaching client, or sitting, anonymously in a café writing blog posts, or teaching small, intimate groups.

So when the first break came I found myself falling into a familiar (comfortable) pattern. I walked out of the hall (without meeting anyone new) headed up the stairs (without meeting anyone new) went straight out the doors of the convention center and found myself standing at the corner of the sidewalk, just about to take a “quick walk around the block to get some fresh air.”

That’s what the guardian of my comfort zone was saying. “Don’t worry. You’ll have time to meet someone after you walk around the block. But right now, you need some exercise and fresh air. Go on.”

STOP!

Before my foot stepped off the sidewalk, I caught myself, turned around, and walked right up to a woman that was standing there and said, “Hi.”

That’s all it took to short-circuit the part of my comfort zone that wants to remain invisible, unseen, and on the sidelines. At the moment when I said “STOP” and overruled the voice of my Comfort Zone guardian, I expanded the boundaries of my Comfort Zone and began to break a pattern that had kept me small.

After that break, I made a commitment to myself. I committed to meeting someone new at every break. I committed to breaking the pattern that kept me separate and apart from others. I committed to letting myself be seen and seeing others. I realized that, while I was quite an exceptional observer of others, as long as I remained on the sidelines, watching, I was not truly seeing them.

And here’s the best part: It got easier and easier. At every break, I met at least one new person. I had wonderful conversations and connections with these people. I got to see how my pattern of staying on the sidelines and not being seen was holding me back. I got to see just how irrational my fears were.

So let me ask you this: What is your “touchy feely?” What is one thing that you “just don’t do?”

How is that pattern holding you back? How is that pattern keeping you small?

Do you want to change that pattern? Do you want to stretch your Comfort Zone?

Remember CZ=$Z: The size of your Comfort Zone equals the size of your Money Zone. But it’s not just your money zone. The size of your Comfort Zone also equals the size of your Joy Zone, your Love Zone, your Fulfillment Zone… Get it?

If you want more of anything in your life, you have to be willing to stretch your Comfort Zone. Are you willing to do so?

If you say “yes,” I want you to click on the “add a comment” link down below right now, and let me know what one step you are going to take today to stretch the boundaries of your Comfort Zone.

Millionaire Mind Intensive: Day 1

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If you have not read T. Harv Ecker’s book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and taken, or signed up for, the three-day Millionaire Mind Intensive…do it now!

It truly is Intensive. Friday and Saturday we meet from 9:00am – 11:00pm and Sunday from 9:00am – 7:00pm.

I’ll be writing much more after I return from the seminar. I won’t give away the “secrets” of the seminar. I don’t want to ruin the surprises for you when you attend! But I will share just a couple of insights that I had at yesterday’s session.

A big aha for me came when they reframed the concept of financial freedom in a way that allowed me to see just how close I am to the first stage of financial freedom. Yeah!

And then, at the evening session, they took us through a “process” to help us understand our unconscious beliefs and patterns around money. I remembered an event that captured the financial dynamic within my family.

When I was a senior in high school, deciding on what to do after I graduated, I had a strong desire to take a year off and travel around Europe. My parents, convinced that if I took a year off I would never go to college, said that they would not pay for college if I took a year off.

As I remembered that experience, I connected with a strong feeling of resentment and anger towards my parents and, by association, towards money.

Money was a weapon in my family, a source of power over, and a source of control. In this process I realized that, at some point in my childhood, I decided – not consciously, of course – that I didn’t want to be associated with something that was used to control others, namely money.

That unconscious patterning has made it quite difficult to create financial freedom. And that sort of awareness is what leads to a change in the underlying financial blueprint.

And that’s just what we’ll be doing today. I can’t wait to see what they have in store for us.

Posted by Edward Mills | Filed Under Abundance, Money, financial freedom 

Thanksgiving, Family And The Millionaire Mind

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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and the corner is right here!

(Ed’s Note: This was supposed to come out on Wednesday, but it was hiding in my drafts folder instead of scheduled for posting. So use your imagination. And I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!)

Tomorrow morning, my wife, daughter and I begin our big Thanksgiving adventure.

We’re flying up to Boise tomorrow morning to spend Thanksgiving with my biological mother, Joan, her mother and brother, his wife, and my brother, Noah. It will be the first time that we have all been together.

From there, Melissa, Ella and I will pile into a car with Joan and Noah for the drive to Boulder for two days of sight-seeing in Noah’s relatively new hometown.

Then Joan and Noah will watch Ella while Melissa and I head down to Denver for three days at T. Harv Ecker’s Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar.

Then, on Monday it’s back to Oakland International.

It’s no coincidence (never is) that I’ll be with Joan and Noah in the days leading up to the Millionaire Mind Intensive. If you haven’t read the book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, it’s all about understanding and changing your “financial blueprint,” the mostly unconscious thoughts and beliefs that influences your relationship with money.

My financial blueprint is definitely connected to my adoption experience. Over the past few years I’ve noticed an interesting pattern: Whenever Joan (my biological mother) is coming to visit or we are going to visit her, my income takes a major hit in the days and weeks leading to the visit.

I’ve been working on this pattern for a long time. And I’m happy to say that the dip before this trip was not as acute as in the past (nor was my reaction to that dip) but there was still a noticeable decrease in my income.

I’ve heard that this seminar is extremely powerful, and I’m hoping to implement some major blueprint revisions!

From a personal growth perspective, spending a week with Joan and Noah immediately before the Millionaire Mind Seminar is absolutely perfect: If anything is going to activate the parts of my blueprint needing revision it’s time with these two people. And I say that in a very loving way.

So I’m looking forward to a holiday adventure on many levels. I’ll keep you posted as much as I can during the next few days. And, if I don’t have time to get to the juicy details, you can look forward to hearing more after I return.

Posted by Edward Mills | Filed Under Abundance, Adoption, Money, financial freedom 

A Thanksgiving Prayer Of Gratitude

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I offer my gratitude for this Earth and for the abundant blessings that spring forth from Its fertile ground

I give thanks for the blessing of this food that feeds, nurtures and sustains me.

I give thanks to all the hands and hearts that have grown and prepared this beautiful food.

I affirm and intend that this food feeds, nurtures and empowers the joy, abundance and well-being that is continually expanding in my life.

If any injury, illness or disease exists now in my body I affirm and intend that this food feeds, nurtures and empowers only the awakening of my natural well-being that will easily and effortlessly replace that dis-ease and re-connect me with my Source.

I affirm and intend that all who desire to share the abundant blessings of Earth and Source in solitude or within community have the opportunity to do so.

And with profound gratitude and appreciation I receive the wonderful gifts of this Thanksgiving meal and day of thanks.

Posted by Edward Mills | Filed Under Abundance, Intentions 

Share Your Gratitude: Expand Your Joy

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For those of us here in the US, tomorrow is our day of Thanksgiving. It is our day for offering gratitude and appreciation for the blessings in our lives. It is one of the few American holidays that I would encourage those of you outside of this country to consider joining us in.

In reality, everyday should be a day of Thanksgiving. To be in a state of gratitude is to be aligned with Source. So this day serves to remind us of our natural state, our more fully Source-connected state.

By offering our thanks for and to what the blessings that already exist in our lives, we align ourselves with a powerfully positive attraction force. The Universe loves the vibration of gratitude.

And, no matter how dreadful your life may seem, there is much for which to give thanks.

Buddha said:
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

I, for one, have much to give thanks for. And I would like to share just a few of the blessings in my life. For in sharing our gratitude it grows and blossoms. Each time we offer gratitude it is like a pebble being dropped into a pond and the ripples expand out into the world in waves of positive energy.

Here, then, are just a few of the things and people in my life for which I have deep appreciation:

Melissa, my beautiful wife who constantly provides me with opportunities to remember my true nature and choose to consciously step more fully into my magnificence.

Ella, my magical daughter who, still connected with Source, has become my best teacher in the ways of attraction and manifestation, abundance and joy.

All of my family, near and far, for supporting me even when they were not quite sure what the heck I was up to. (And still may not be!)

My community of friends here in Northern California who have become my “soul-family” and have supported me in far more ways than I could ever list.

My clients and students who enable me to live and work in alignment with my passion and purpose and who provide one of the main channels through which ever-increasing abundance now flows into my life.

The Earth and her wild places for always remembering me and welcoming me back into her arms no matter how long it has been since I have come to visit.

All of the teachers and mentors, physical, virtual and Universal who have supported me and gently (and sometimes not so gently) pushed me to become an ever-greater expression of my true-self.

And finally, I offer deep appreciation to you, the readers of Evolving Times, for showing up and making this joyous work of writing even more fulfilling. Your willingness to receive these words completes the circle and allows it to continue rolling forward:

For it is in giving that we receive. St. Francis.

And now it’s your turn. What are you grateful for? Thanksgiving is a perfect time for acknowledging those people, things, and events in your life for which you are grateful. Make a list of all the things and people that you appreciate and then choose one or more of the people on your list to share your gratitude with.

Remember that your gratitude, when shared, creates waves of positive energy that expand out into the world far beyond your ability to perceive.

May your Thanksgiving be filled with joy and love, gratitude and abundance. And may the feeling of gratitude embrace and empower you for many days to come.

Posted by Edward Mills | Filed Under Abundance, Gratitude, Law of Attraction 

Pre-Pave Your Way To Financial Freedom Using The Law Of Attraction

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My wife and I are scrambling to find coverage for Ella tomorrow. On Thursday, we’re leaving for 11-days, and Melissa and I both have work we need to finish before leaving. Ella’s pre-school is closed on Wednesday and her two regular babysitters are unavailable and two of her “aunties” are out of town leaving us with few options.

On Monday, I noticed myself feeling a great deal of anxiety about the prospect of not finding coverage for Wednesday. I started to spin out into dire scenarios of working all night Tuesday and Wednesday and leaving blearing eyed and overwhelmed on Thursday.

This feeling, as you might imagine, is not a conducive vibrational offering for attracting a positive outcome.

This morning, Tuesday, at my office, feeling a bit more grounded but still flustered, I was preparing my tea before sitting down to write when the following question popped into my head: “How would someone who was financially free feel right now?”

It was a good question because it not only helped me shift my feeling in the moment, but it also helped clarify and expand my definition and understanding of the concept of financial freedom.

Before this question came up this morning, my vision of financial freedom was almost exclusively linked to matters of money. But in the case of finding childcare for Ella, money has nothing to do with the outcome or my feelings. Financial freedom would not change the fact that all the people we have called on to watch Ella are unavailable.

What would change is my relationship to my work. Being financially free, I would be working for the joy, for the fulfillment, for the sense of purpose, and for the connection with others. Income would be far down on the list of reasons for working. While I get that now on an intellectual level – I write and teach and coach because I love it – I still feel the “need” to generate income from my work.

As I sat, sipping my tea, pondering that question, I was able to feel for a moment the freedom – in many areas of life - that is possible when you step into financial freedom. That feeling, from that one simple question, took my understanding of financial freedom to a much deeper level.

If you are moving in the direction of financial freedom I encourage you to flesh out your understanding of the concept for it has far-reaching effects that go way beyond the financial realm. The more fully you can embrace the vision and feeling of financial freedom, the faster you will arrive there in this physical realm.

You might want to consider listening to this 17-minute guided visualization on financial freedom.

Posted by Edward Mills | Filed Under Abundance, Law of Attraction, Money, financial freedom 

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