How to Stop Attracting Debt, Forever!

December 31, 2008 | 14 Comments

Are you looking for practical tools to eliminate debt? Practical tools that will help create a new and powerful mindset, the abundance mindset? You’re in the right place. Here is an exercise that will set you up as a vibratory magnet for money, regardless of where you are financially. It’s a great way to set your vibration to attract more money while paying the bills.

I normally don’t do this exercise with bills because our bills are automatically withdrawn from our necessity account. Instead, I do this exercise when I receive checks, regardless of what size they are.

Recently, I received an affiliate commission check for $179.19. I took a piece of paper and wrote down 100x that amount.

$17,919.00

Then I just closed my eyes and held the image of the new check in my hand with the new amount. It felt like it was really in my hands; I was thinking about what I was going to do with that money….. all the great luxuries I could afford, the gifts I would buy, the places I would visit, the people I would see and the vacations I would take. It felt wonderful. How do I know it’s working? Because of the feeling, that’s how.

“Great hearts send forth steadily the secret forces that incessantly draw great events, and wherever the mind of man goes, nature will accompany him, no matter what the path.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s just a simple visualization. Straight forward, right?

Why this Visualization Doesn’t Work for Most People

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Personal Growth Series: 5 of 5

December 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

This is the last article in my personal growth series. In this last article I’ll share about blogging, how I got started and why I started blogging. And if you have a blog I’ll share two actions you can take now to grow your blog.

2007, How I got Started Blogging

I got started blogging by accident.

In December 2006 I met Lori-Ann Jackel who at the time was the editor in chief of Confidence Bound Magazine. We had never met before. During this time I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do in life. I was exploring coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

During our meeting I shared a story with Lori-Ann. She loved my story so much that she asked me to write an article for her magazine.

Before this I hadn’t written much at all. Actually, I hated writing and was terrible at it. I studied and practiced as an engineer for years. I was a math and science guy for the most part. I couldn’t understand why she would want me to write for her magazine.

I wrote that article. My mom proof read the article. After reading it she said,

“When did you learn how to write? You were never any good at writing before.” ~ Mom

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Dec

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Personal Growth Series: 4 of 5

December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments

I started tutoring in high school in 1996. I volunteered as a math tutor in high school and later at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. I never thought of myself as a teacher before this, but it just seemed to fit. Teaching came naturally to me and I really enjoyed it. It was at this time that I knew teaching was in alignment with my true purpose.

2005, Tutoring as a Business

In 2005, I started my own tutoring business and started working with a few paying clients. This was just a part-time gig while I worked full time as an engineer. The tutoring business lasted about 16 months.

At the time my tutoring business was just starting to ramp up. I had built a name for myself and was getting referrals by word of mouth. Everything was working out great. There was a need for tutoring and I was filling this need. Just give people what they want, right?

Well sort of.

You see in 2005 I got interested in personal development and life coaching. This was a new area for me and I was fascinated with it. I thought this was something I could incorporate into my tutoring business.

I ran my idea by the parents of the students first. Once I got their approval I started doing it. You see I would teach the kids math for 1.5 hours. Then I would spend a half hour coaching the students on their personal goals.

My plan was to convert my math students into coaching clients, but there was one problem. The kids I was tutoring didn’t want coaching. They wanted a math tutor, so what did I do?

I stopped tutoring altogether.

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Dec

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Personal Growth Series: 3 of 5

December 23, 2008 | 5 Comments

Let’s skip a few years and get to the really good stuff. In 2005 I officially started my personal growth journey and later in 2006 I participated in the Landmark Forum. At the time I was completely frustrated with my career and needed a change. I changed alright, but it didn’t happen the way I expected.

2005, Career Change Inevitable

In was 2005 and at that time I had been working as an engineer for about four years. I wanted to leave the profession, but I felt stuck. I kept thinking, “there has got to be more to life than this.” I felt empty inside. I didn’t feel like my life had any meaning.

You see, I went to school for 5 years. Four years of academics plus one year of work experience during my undergraduate studies. I felt guilty with the idea of leaving a profession where I spent so much time preparing and learning. It seemed like a waste. So instead of doing something about it, I remained idle and miserable.

At the time Trisha began to catch on. She new something was up so we started talking. I remember our conversation as clear as day. Trisha and I were talking in the car on our drive up to Sudbury.

Trisha: “Steve, are you unhappy? What seems to be the matter?”

Steve: “I hate working as a project manager and engineer. There is something missing, something else I should be doing.”

Trisha: “Well, what do you want to do?”

Steve: “I don’t know. Something else, not what I’m doing now.”

You see, I knew there was something else I should have been doing. I just didn’t know what it was.

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Dec

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Personal Growth Series: 2 of 5

December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

This is the second in the series on my personal growth journey. I’ll share more on mindset and some empowering beliefs I used when I was younger as a hockey player. These beliefs were the foundation to a lot of my earlier success in hockey and other sports.

Now I didn’t play hockey professionally, it was just for fun. The thing with hockey is that there are so many skill sets that you need to learn at one time. It’s a tough sport to pick up quickly.

We used to play hockey both indoors and outdoors. There is a park and outdoor skating rink nearby my parents place in Sudbury. We used to play in all sorts of weather when we were growing up. A group of my friends would even play when it was below -25 C (-13 F) outside.

I started playing hockey when I was 10 years old. I was terrible at the time. I couldn’t skate or puck handle. I was one of those kids that we used to call an, “ankle burner.” You know, ankles rubbing the ice…. I think you get the picture.

1987, Quantum Leap Learning from Hockey

After my first year of hockey, I was devastated. My confidence was at an all time low and I wasn’t sure if hockey was for me. I was just so bad. I was terrible. I couldn’t skate, I couldn’t puck handle and I wasn’t having any fun.

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Dec

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Personal Growth Series: 1 of 5

December 21, 2008 | 6 Comments

This series of articles tells my story. I’ll share with you some of my earlier experiences, my failures, my wins and how I got started with personal growth. I’ll share with you what worked and what didn’t work and the lessons I learned along the way.

1977, Born in Sudbury

I grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. I’m proud to be Canadian. Hockey, beer and real North American winters. Yup, it’s the life. I’m 31 years old as of this writing. Yes - it’s true! I’m not 25 years old, like most people think, but I won’t tell anyone if you don’t :-)

Here’s a little pick of me just starting out. My mom even put my hair into a spike. My hair style hasn’t changed much. Trisha says I look determined in that picture, like I’m on some sort of mission or something. I’m not so sure what to think of it.

Sudbury was a great place to grow up. It is a small community of about 100,000 people located a four hour drive north of Toronto. Sudbury is a hockey and mining town for the most part. Mining is driven by INCO, the local mining company.

Mental Programming Growing Up

When you grow up in Sudbury, there is some mental programming just like any small community. You’ve got to remember that everything revolves around mining. It’s what keeps the local economy alive and well.

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Dec

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Think BIG!

December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments

There is a story about this fisherman. The fisherman spends his whole day looking for fish. On the side of the boat the fisherman keeps an old broken piece of ruler to measure his fish. When the fishermen brings in a catch he takes the fish and measures it alongside the ruler to see if it’s a keeper. Every time the fisherman finds a fish that is longer that the ruler he throws it back. Every time the fisherman finds a fish smaller than the ruler he puts the fish aside for cleaning.

The owner of the marina notices this and goes up to the fisherman to see why he does this. As the owner of the marina approaches the fisherman he says, “Why do you keep throwing back the big fish and keeping the small fish?” Well the fisherman looks up at the marina owner and says, “Well because the bigger fish wouldn’t fit in my frying pan, silly.”

The Lesson: Think small and you’ll always get small. Think big and you’ll receive big.

In this weeks’ video I’ll give you a suggestion for setting a financial goal for the upcoming year. If you place your attention on this one goal, you’ll be off to a great start for 2009. Enjoy!

Steve Thinking Big

Dec

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11 Ways You Create Your Own Recession

December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

The media seems to be hypnotized with a recession (if that’s what you want to call it). The media is just killing the minds of the masses and it’s gone too far.

You see, there have been many big ideas out there, except there is one problem. The big ideas are in the wrong direction - the ideas are on big debt instead of earning big money.

I have a close friend of mine tell me that the sky is falling - that I should be worried about this recession.

Masses in Recession

Let me tell you something. This is a game. Life is a game. If you believe what the media is telling you then you’re no smarter than the cats and dogs that walk down my street. You’re working at the same level of animal awareness. Through your senses only.

There is something you’ve got to understand - you’ve got this magic power inside. You have the mental power to think anything you want. You’ve got to start thinking what you want instead of letting others tell you what to think!

But a great majority of people don’t do this. They do what everyone else does; they think what everyone else does, and they do it unconsciously. Don’t let this be you. Stop letting your outside influences poison your thinking!

How do you change?

In order to change, you have to be aware of what it is you’re doing first. This is what I call your blind spot. You can’t change what you can’t see. To see blind spots you first have to become aware of them. You’ve got to be aware of what you’re thinking and programming your mind to do. Everything starts with a thought. Here is a list of ways that YOU create your own recession.

11 Ways You Create Your Own Recession

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Dec

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What Everybody Ought to Know About Bob Proctor

December 9, 2008 | 4 Comments

This is a true story about Bob Proctor. Bob Proctor was earning $4,000 per year as a fire fighter in East York of Toronto in the 1960’s. At this time he was also $6,000 in debt. The only way he could pay his debt would be to work for an entire year and a half without spending any money on food, living expenses or taxes. His situation seemed hopeless. During this time Bob was given a copy of Think & Grow Rich and it changed his life.

Within one year of receiving this book his income went from $4,000 to $175,000 per year. He later went on to earn a million dollars.

How did Bob Proctor do it?

Bob was in the cleaning business at the time. He started a company to clean office tower buildings. This simple idea grew into a big idea that made millions of dollars for him. He began opening offices in Toronto, London and other major cities around the world.

At the time Bob couldn’t figure out how he was able to earn so much money so quickly. He honestly didn’t know how he was able to do it. He was sick, unhappy and didn’t have any previous business experience. The odds were against him, yet he was still able to drastically change his life and his income in a relatively short period of time.

Bob became very curious. He wanted to know why this had happened to him.

How could someone in his situation change so much in such a short period of time?

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Develop a Positive Attitude

December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.” ~ Lydia M. Child

Easier said than done, right? In this week’s video, I”ll give you a tip that will transform your way of speaking and thinking. You can start using it right away. Enjoy the video!

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