Have You Seen Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture?”
Just a quick head’s up in case you haven’t seen this video from Randy Pausch. Randy is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University where the professor’s have a tradition of giving their “last lecture:” the lecture they would give if they were dying. Well for Randy, this is not just an exercise. Randy is dying of cancer.
He gave this lecture on How to Achieve Your Childhood Dreams
I could tell you more about it, but I think I’ll leave it to Randy. However, I will encourage you to spend the full 11 1/2 minutes watching this first video all the way through to the end. There are some truly powerful insights at the end.
Here’s the 12-minute “cliff’’s notes version of the lecture he gave on the Oprah show recently:
And here is the full lecture he presented at Carnegie Mellon. This one is over an hour.
Vision Board Contest Winners
Well the 2008 Vision Board Invitational is officially over. If you didn’t get your vision board done by yesterday, you’ll have another opportunity to participate next year.
If you haven’t checked out the entries yet, please take some time to go look at the awesome vision boards that were submitted. I know that I always get inspired seeing other people’s vision boards. I get ideas and new desires.
No, it’s not stealing! Go ahead; let yourself be inspired. There is no copyright on dreams!
And now onto the best part… the winners!
First, a huge thank you to everyone who participated. It was great fun and I look forward to doing it again next year.
Everyone who submitted a link to their vision board receives the online version of my CD Introduction to Brainwave Entrainment Technology for Personal Growth and Success. Congratulations.
Three of the participants are going to get a hard copy of that CD along with a copy of the inspiring and award winning anthology Healing the Heart of the World. which includes my essay, The Evolutionary Warrior.
All the winners were chosen at random using a random number generator.
And those three winners are:
Congratulations!
And the grand prize winner receives an amazing package of online learning tools that will truly help you achieve your desires.
Simpleology 101: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want (This one is free and on its own can dramatically increase your effectiveness at achieving your intentions. So go sign up now).
Simpleology 102: The Simple Science of Money
Simpleology 103: The Simple Science of Personal Energy
And…
Mark Joyner’s 7-Day Business Turnaround (which I have used with great success!)
This incredible grand prize package goes to Jennifer Manion.
Congratulations Jenny!
And again, congratulations to all the participants and to all of you who created a vision board for 2008.
Now it’s time to turn our attention to attracting those visions through focused, inspired action. So watch for more articles on sustaining and attaining your visions in coming weeks!
Well the official submission deadline for the 2008 Vision Board Invitational has passed. And we’ve got some truly incredible submissions to the contest. Many thanks to all of you who participated in this inspiring event. What do you think? Should we do it again next year? It was interesting to note that there were people who left comments or sent an email saying they would submit a vision board for the contest and then there were the people who left comments with a link to their completed vision board. A few months ago I heard a great recording on accountability with T. Harv Ecker, creator of the Secrets of The Millionaire Mind. He pointed out that every time you say you’re going to do something and don’t, you’re training yourself to fail. Even if you don’t think it’s a big deal, your mind does. This was a big lesson for me, and one that I’m admittedly still working on. I have huge desires and in the past, my eyes have tended to be larger than my tummy when it comes to making commitments. But when I heard Harv explain this piece of accountability - the inner piece - I got it. And I’ve been slowly changing that pattern and working on under-promising and over-delivering, to others and to myself. So for those of you who said you were going to submit a Vision Board (either in a comment, an email or even if you just made a promise to yourself) and have not yet done so, I’m extending the submission deadline through this weekend. You’ll still be eligible to participate in the prize drawing. But more importantly you’ll set yourself up for success in 2008 by completing something you have said you would. For many of you, this will be the start of breaking a long self-sabotaging pattern. So I encourage you to take advantage of this second chance! Now, for those of you who did already submit a Vision Board, there is a benefit to your on-time submission. You’ll receive two slots in the drawing so your chances of winning will be double those who submit their boards from this point on. And there’s something even more powerful than any prize I could ever give you: You have set up a pattern of completion, follow through and success in your life. And this pattern will lead you to a great year in 2008! So congratulations. And now, here’s the first round of submissions (posted in random order). If these are posted on a blog, be sure to stop by to congratulate them on their successful vision board creation. (If the image was easily linkable and was not larger than 450 pixels wide, I’ve included the actual image. Otherwise, you’ll have to click on the Vision Board link to see the image). Alex Dimond at BrightMe has this vision board: Brian Wu at Live Meliora has this vision board: Summer at Wired for Noise has this Vision Board Lorraine Cohen at Powerfull Living has this Vision Board post and this vision board. Adam Kayce at Monk at Work has a wonderful Video Vision Board. Jennifer Manion at Heal Pain Naturally has this vision board: Louise Aspden at Attract More Joy has this Vision Board: Richard Lemon at MindPlunge has another beautiful video vision board. Shelly Fitzsimmons has this vision board: Diana Samour has this vision board: Jasmine Gold of Spirit Gold has this Vision Board. Sterling Hoffman of The Art of Sterling Hoffman has this Vision Board: [Update] Aaron Potts of Today is That Day completed this vision board just in time! [End update] There they are! Let’s give them a rousing virtual round of applause. Great going everyone. And if you made a commitment to submit a vision board but “didn’t get to it” you now have a few more days. Think about it; if you can’t “get to” your vision board, how does that reflect on your ability to “get to” your vision? Today is the final day to submit your entries to the 2008 Vision Board Invitational. If you have not yet created your Vision Board for 2008, it’s not too late. If you set your mind to it, and focus, you can create a highly targeted vision board in less than 2-hours. I’ve done it. So finish up those boards and leave a comment on the announcement post with a link to your vision board. You actually have until tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 7:00am (pacific time). That’s when I’ll be compiling the entries and posting them. If you need a little inspiration, go take a look at some of the amazing boards that have already been submitted. By creating and submitting your Vision Board, not only will you get 2008 off to a powerful, intentional start, but you’ll also be in the running for some great prizes including a complete Simpleology package worth over $400! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Personal Growth Resource Roundup here at Evolving Times. This is the first edition of 2008 and to celebrate the Vision Board 2008 Invitational, I’ve found some wonderful Vision Board Resources. If you have not yet submitted a link to your vision board for the contest, you have until Monday to do so. Just leave a comment with the link on the announcement post. And remember, the grand prize is a complete Simpleology package. And I can’t think of a more powerful tool for helping you attract the intentions you place on your vision board. Here then, are a few excellent resources to help you finish up your vision board by Monday! Christine Kane has a wonderful post all about Vision Boards. If you’re looking for a clear, step by step, guide for creating your board, look no further than this post from Christine. Ellese at Goal Setting College has an entire series of posts on her Vision Board experiment. Reading through them is like watching a living laboratory in action. A good place to start is with her Vision Board Experiment update. And finally, Alex Shalman has this post on a Practical Approach to Vision Boards. There are many more Vision Board resources out there. But I’d much prefer you spend your time actually creating your vision board! Take a look at these three posts for some background information and then start creating! And don’t forget to leave a comment with a link to your vision board by Monday! Happy Creation. At Saturday’s vision board group I knew I had to come up with a framework that would enable participants to finish their boards by 1:00pm. Past experience (the vision board 2007 event) taught me that, given free reign to vision about everything, most people would not complete their board in the allotted time. So narrowing the focus would be crucial. The framework I chose to narrow it down was the Bagua map from Feng Shui. If you are not familiar with Feng Shui, it is the Chinese art or practice of positioning objects based on the flow of chi or energy. One of the major tools used by Feng Shui practitioners is the Bagua map which lays out nine major life areas and allows you to chart them within your property, home, room, office, desk, etc. You can download a copy of this bagua map here. The nine areas outlined in the Bagua map are: I asked the participants to choose just one of these areas to focus on. I asked them to consider what area was most important to them in 2008, which one area, if improved, would have the most profound effect on their entire life? Most of them came up with a primary life are to focus on in their vision board and for the first part of 2008. Others had two life areas that were equally important. And a few chose to do the entire Bagua! This person chose the Wealth and Prosperity area: Obviously when you are creating your vision board on your own, you do not have the same time constraints that we had during the workshop. However, there are still some definite benefits to working with a single, focused life area when creating your vision board. As I like to say, we can have ANYTHING we want, but we can’t have EVERYTHING we want. At least not all at the same time. So narrowing the focus of your vision board, actually empowers your intentions. What do you think would be more effective? A vision board with 20 or more intentions, or a vision board that focused on just one or two? When I began creating Vision Boards several years ago (Back then they were collages or treasure maps) I often put everything I could possibly imagine wanting onto the boards. They were beautiful but a bit overwhelming. And ultimately, my success rate was not that great. I was spreading my intention energy too thin! Now, when I create a vision board, I focus on just one life area or just one specific desire. The board I posted yesterday was focused exclusively on the center quadrant of the Bagua map since this is the intangible area I plan to focus on throughout 2008. And in a few weeks I will create a second board that focuses just on the wealth and prosperity quadrant since my primary, tangible intention for 2008 is to dramatically increase my passive income. One of the beautiful things about using the Bagua map as your framework is that once you have created a vision board for one of the quadrants, you know exactly where to put it in your home or office to get the maximum energetic benefit. Just look at the map, find that area of your home and put your vision board there. And one last note: Another way to combine the Bagua map with your vision board is to overlay the map onto your board and choose images for each area of the board that represent the corresponding Bagua areas. That’s what this person did: So when you’re creating your entry for the Vision Board 2008 Invitational, keep in mind that with vision boards less is often more. Consider picking one life area to focus on. And then, when those intentions manifest, move on to the next area! And don’t forget to submit your vision board by Monday, January 14th for a chance to win one of the great prizes including a complete Simpleology package which will absolutely facilitate the attraction of your desires! Just leave a comment on the Vision Board Invitational post with a link to your board and you’ll be entered! And please pass this on to anyone you know who could benefit from creating a Vision Board! I’ve been teaching this Law of Attraction thing for five years now. And in all that time I’ve struggled to find the right language to explain what Abraham-Hicks calls the emotional scale. Most of the teaching and writing defines the emotional scale in terms of “good” and “bad” feelings, “positive” and “negative” feelings, “high vibrations” and “low vibrations.” None of those definitions have felt right to me. Those definitions contribute to the continued, erroneous belief that some emotions are “negative” and should be avoided. In my opinion, and the way I teach the Law of Attraction, all feelings are positive, powerful indicators of our present state. Our emotions, all of them, provide us with some of our clearest guidance on the journey of deliberate creation. The other day I picked up a little book by Marshall Rosenberg, the creator of Non-violent communication, called, Being Me, Loving You: A Practical Guide to Extraordinary Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) When I read the following passage, a big, bright, lightbulb went off for me: When I wrote my first book [Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values] I put in a list of positive feelings and a list of negative feelings. Then I noticed how people think negative feelings are negative. Since that’s not what I wanted, in my next edition I put the words “positive” and “negative” in quotes, but that still didn’t seem to help. Now I write, “feelings present when our needs are being met” and “feelings present when our needs are not being met” to show how valuable they both are because they are both talking about life. I knew that Marshall was on the right track. But it wasn’t quite right. When we approach our lives from the perspective of deliberate creation we must accept that our needs are always being met. Whatever is in our life is in response to something we have “asked” for. Remember, the Law of Attraction is always working! But Marshall’s phrasing led me to what I think is a great definition of the two ends of the emotional scale.
Feelings present when we are allowing our desires. And Feelings present when we are resisting our desires. When we look at the emotional scale from this perspective, it’s easier to see that all of our emotions are necessary and beneficial. When you feel excited, you know that you are being given a positive, beneficial sign that you are in a state of allowing your desires. Be grateful and see if you can move even deeper into a state of allowing! But when you feel angry, realize that, here too, you are being given a positive, beneficial sign that you are resisting some desire. Give thanks! And see if you can begin moving closer to a state of allowing. Both of these experiences are positive. Indeed, every piece of input from your emotional guidance system is valuable and can lead you closer to your desires. If you let them! So when you notice strong - or even not-so-strong emotions - see if you can begin thinking about them in these terms: “Is this an emotion of allowing or of resistance? Am I allowing my desires or resisting them?” By asking this question, you discover where you are on the emotional scale and can begin to take the small, incremental steps to move up. (Not to better emotions but rather to a space of more complete allowing). Welcome to the August 14th, 2007 edition of the Law of Attraction Blog Carnival, the longest running blog carnival devoted to the exploration of the Law of Attraction and its powerful applications in daily life. As you may already know, August marks the one-year anniversary of the Law of Attraction Blog Carnival, and to celebrate, we’re having a party! Throughout the month of August, I’ll be doing some interviews on the Law of Attraction with experts to help you put the Law of Attraction into action in your life and create real success! And, if you haven’t already done so, make sure you enter to win one of the amazing prizes that are being given away throughout the month. And now, onto the Carnival! This edition of the Law of Attraction Blog Carnival will be another General Roundup of insights, stories, tools, and techniques related to the Law of Attraction. For this edition it was no easy task choosing the featured entries. It seems that with every edition, the quality of the entries gets better! And that is great. So let’s jump right in and begin with those featured entries. But don’t stop there. You’ll find a wealth of great material in all of these entries! Let’s start with a great entry from Aaron M. Potts on 10 Things you Can’t do with the Law of Attraction. This is a must read for anyone that might be thinking that the Law of Attraction makes everything possible. Sorry! At least not at this point in our personal and planetary evolution. This one’s posted at Today is that Day. Next up is Mark McManus at Build Your Life To Order ™, who gives us If the Law of Attraction is True, Why was Jesus Crucified? This is a truly insightful and very dense article. Give yourself some time to read it and contemplate the ideas. Next, Scott Lee at Scott Free Thinking shares his thoughts on how to Design Your Life, Like a Paint Brush. I particularly enjoyed reading his list of the 7 Hermetic Principles and seeing where they align with the Law of Attraction. Leave it to Raymond David Salas to bring the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox (I don’t think he knew that I grew up near Boston) into his exploration of the Law of Attraction in his entry, Does The Law of Attraction Really Work? It’s posted over at ZenChill.com Power Tools Blog. Nneka at Balanced Life Center, opens up an interesting conversation with her post, The Secret Remixed: How Does The Law of Attraction Work? Why do some of the things we desire manifest while others don’t? And why do some of the things that manifest in our life have a clear connetion to a thought while others don’t? Good questions to ponder, even if the answers aren’t immediately obvious. And finally, a new contributor to the carnival, Chris614 at The Philosophy of Change.com gives us Bart Simpson Hates Writing Affirmations. This entry provides some truly helpful ideas - based on his personal experience - about how to effectively use affirmations. That’s it for this edition’s Featured Entries. Remember, to be eligible for the featured entry section, submit your best articles, make sure they are focused on the topic (if there is a specific topic) and provide a link back to the carnival. And now onto The Best of The Rest Uni presents My Proof of The Law of Attracion-in action posted at You Deserve More, saying, “NA cute Law of Attraction article!”Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents The Millionaire Mommy Next Door Recipe for Success, Wealth & Happiness posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door. Tupelo Kenyon presents The Dilemma of Desire posted at Tupelo Kenyon. Enoch Tan presents Detachment allows your Desires to Come to You posted at Secrets of Mind and Reality - MindReality.com. Anastasia Kile presents Like Attracts Like posted at Beyond Manifesting - Anastasia Kile’s Official Blog. Will Mitchell presents My experience with the Law of Attraction posted at www.SparkedBlog.com. Alan Torres presents Are we God? posted at Made to Be Great. Hal Sommerschield, Ph.D. presents Psychological Determinism and the Law of Attraction posted at North Star Mental Fitness Blog. Susan Velez presents The Millionaire Inside; Get Inspired posted at The Secret To Life. Aldian Prakoso presents How to Get Started the Law of Attraction posted at The Secret of Law of Attraction Accelerator. Fiona Taylor presents Why the Secret (Law of Attraction) may not be working for you. posted at Fiona Taylor. Lola presents Law of Attraction: Make the Conscious Unconscious - part 1 posted at Real World Spiritual and Personal Development. John Sanders presents Criticisms and Commendations on the Law of Attraction posted at Voice in the Wilderness. Paul Piotrowski presents Worry Not Attract A Lot posted at Self Help Wisdom . com. x3r0bug presents What are Positive Affirmations? posted at Everyday Guide to Self-Help. Gustav S presents Important Biblical Messages for Success in Life posted at success-is-in-you.com. Jeannette Maw presents Manifesting Missing Kitty posted at Law of Attraction Playground. Patricia Singleton presents The Most Influencial Person—#4—Birth Of A Dream posted at Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker, saying, “My creativity comes from the Universe and benefits the Universe through the sharing of my journey. This article tells how my blog came into existence through someone that I met on the internet.” Chris Stevens presents Positive Thought for the day posted at Positive thoughts and more. That’s it for this edition of the Law of Attraction Blog Carnival. You can read all the past editions on the Law of Attraction Homepage. The next edition will be published on Tuesday, August 28th and will mark the official one-year Anniversary of the Law of Attraction Carnival. The theme for the next edition is, 1-year with the Law of Attraction! Take this opportunity to write a post that explores how the Law of Attraction has changed your life in the past year (or however long you have been actively using it). Let us know what important lessons you have learned from putting the Law of Attraction into action in your life. What mistakes (there are no mistakes of course) have you made with the Law of Attraction? For the featured entry section, I’ll choose about 5 entries that focus on personal lessons related to the Law of Attraction that this past year has brought. So join in the fun and the celebration and submit your entries at the Law of Attraction BlogCarnival page. And don’t forget to enter to win one of the great prizes during this anniversary celebration! I just came across a new product that has the potential to significantly amplify our Deliberate Creation work and activate the Law of Attraction. I’m always exploring new techniques and tools to help my clients and friends (and myself) become more effective Deliberate Creators. MindMovies Normally I would wait and tell you about it after I’ve used it, but this looks so good I want you to have the opportunity to jump in and get started now. I’m going to be making my MindMovie this weekend! Here’s a short clip from the intro site. (Personally, I’m not a big fan of the hard rock tunes they used on their videos, but I’ll get to use whatever music I want when I make my own). I think the power of this tool is two-fold. First, the creation of the movie provides an amazing opportunity to get clear about what you want. Clarity leads to power and attraction! And second, there is a lot of power in the combination of images, words/phrases and music that you have chosen. I don’t know about you, but music has a huge impact on me. And by creating and watching movies that incorporate inspiring music that I have chosen, I know I will be ready to kick it up a notch! And if any of you Law of Attraction bloggers out there are reading this and think this tool could help your readers - I certainly do! - consider signing up for the affiliate program. It’s a great way to increase abundance in your life while helping your readers to do the same in theirs! Alex Shalman at Practical Personal Development has initiated a new personal development meme. (Well, it’s not so new anymore, since this post has been sitting in my drafts folder for a couple of weeks)! This one is called “Gotta Get Goals.”Here is what Alex says about Gotta Get Goals: “In a new blog post, list and write about the top 5 to 10 goals that you gotta’ get so that you can truly say you have achieved your wildest dreams in life. These have to be your best, most exclusive, and over-the-top goals that you can pick off your goals list.” I need to acknowledge that I have a bit of a semantic problem with the term “goals.” Personally, I equate goals with the specific smaller steps you take along the journey to achieving your “wildest dreams.” When I think goals, I think SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-based). When I hear “wildest dreams,” on the other hand, I think in terms of my life vision. The phrase “the grandest version of the greatest vision I’ve ever had,” that Neale Donald Walsch speaks of in his Conversations with God books comes to mind. I don’t want my grand life vision to be SMART! I want a life vision that will draw out the biggest and best in me, and do so for a long time to come! So how to approach this meme? Goals or dreams? SMART or outrageous? How about a compromise? Here are a few of the long-term visions for my life, intentions that I will create within the next 6-months to 5-years. Here they are: Now it’s your turn. If you have a blog, go ahead and post your biggest intentions, grandest goals and wildest dreams. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to use the comments here to share your “Gotta Get Goals!” I’m going to tag the following folks. Yes, many of you have probably been tagged already. (I told you, this post has been sitting in my drafts folder for two-weeks). Dan and Jennifer - together or separate - of askdanandjennifer.com My friend Niya - who still hasn’t responded to one of my tags. But that’s ok, I’ll keep trying! Gleb Reys of Personal Development Ideas. I bet he has some great goals. Lyman Reed at Creating a Better Life. Raymond David Salas of ZenChill Pam at Make The Most of You. Steve Johnson at The Fast Lane Noel Kingsley at Noel’s Blog Richard Lemon at Mindplunge And I’m going to tag the last 10 blogs that have linked to Evolving Times. I truly appreciate your links. So jump in and share your Gotta Get Goals. Keeping the Secret Well that’s probably a good list. What about you? What are your Gotta Get Goals? If you’re a blogger, go ahead and post them. You don’t have to wait until you’re tagged. And if you don’t have a blog, leave a comment with your Gotta Get Goals.
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