Over the last 3 months, we’ve had the opportunity of connecting with over 300 fascinating individuals from the LWL community. 30 to 45-minute consultations about anything under the sun… you name it: relationships, politics, weather, careers, business, money, love, travel, ideas, etc…<\/p>\n
Through these varied conversations — all beautiful in their own right — we’ve come to find a few simple TRUTHS…<\/p>\n
…. and several insights — some of which you may already know about (’cause, well, ya’re wrestling with it, baby).<\/p>\n
In no way are we suggesting that these are absolute, or that we’ve got a monopoly on ’em. Nevertheless, when one is in the game long enough (meeting with, interviewing and hearing about others in the game, studying human dynamics, and listening to and\/or reading about all the different “gurus” of the moment), one starts to notice things.<\/p>\n
What’ve we noticed?<\/strong><\/p>\n Click the continue reading<\/em> link to find out…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We’ve noticed:<\/em><\/p>\n ><\/strong><\/span> You’re beginning to wonder why people, in some circles, assume that they have to fix themselves completely before they’ll ever be “somebody”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Being in permanent student status<\/strong> (where someone always puts their dreams on hold because they always feel they have more to learn), you now realize, isn’t that smart.<\/p>\n ><\/span> <\/strong>You’re beginning to question the folks around you who feel “enlightenment by association” (following around one “feel-good” mentor from seminar to seminar like a groupie) is the equivalent of their “easy street” to inner peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You’re stepping up to the accountability plate and ensuring your close friends and associates understand that just because they put “Namaste” or \u201cIn love and light\u201d above their name, that doesn’t guarantee consistent RESULTS as a conscious manifestor<\/strong>. A few key “things” (there’s that word again) DO though (keep reading).<\/p>\n > <\/strong><\/span>You’ve come to understand how there are other essential (oftentimes more powerful) laws that govern your ability to learn, grow, and develop in THIS physical world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n While the Law of Attraction has had its 15 minutes of fame, you’re watching in fascination as more and more astute teachers are taking it off its totem pole and talking about things like: “divergence” and “perfect counterpart” — as in good-evil, light-dark, hot-cold, and so on — or also known as The Law of Duality<\/em><\/strong> (it’s important, study this law).<\/p>\n > You’re in information overload and, because of the proliferation of income-opportunity offers that hit your inbox, you feel “there are just too, too many darn ways to earn money… how do I choose?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yep, we hear you. It’s almost unbearable.<\/p>\n “Do I start online?” “… website needed?” “What do I sell or promote… create my own product, do affiliate marketing, or buy resell rights?” “Ebay, newsletters, list building, PPC advertising, joint ventures?” I yi, yi… the possibilities never stop.<\/p>\n Business is business (the basic foundational rules haven’t changed,<\/strong> regardless how some Internet mavericks have purported otherwise) and as one of the J’s we’re about to introduce you to once said, “… avoid anything and anyone who offers you their shortcut to success. Because, if it won’t take two to five years to build, it’s not a business, it’s a game — and one you’re bound to lose.<\/em>“<\/p>\n And, believe us, the mentor who said this isn’t all that cynical, either. He’s quite the optimistic, open-minded, super human being who’s accomplished a lot, and provided (and still is providing) VALUE in extreme doses.<\/p>\n Speaking of that….<\/p>\n ><\/strong><\/span> You’re not that fascinated anymore by trading time for money<\/span> or trying to build wealth in a non-leveraged way because, well, guess what… you know to do it this way means it’s going to be at the expense of you enjoying (experiencing) a life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You intellectually KNOW that “money” is a medium of exchange, nothing more and nothing less. There’s no magic way to acquire it without value (i.e., wealth can’t come, and never will come, BEFORE “value”).<\/p>\n You become wealthy (generate value) by starting with this question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “What am I most talented at and passionate about? And, once I know this answer, how can I use this to solve a problem or add value to a group of people?”<\/p>\n Again, every one — yes, EVERY one — of the millionaires we’ve met and know have had to ask themselves this question and find an answer within.<\/p>\n Other than investing money to earn money, the most powerful and sustained way we know to BUILD (and enjoy pretty quickly) LEVERAGED-wealth is to teach what you know<\/em> (your life skills, business knowledge, personal experiences, etc.) while guiding, mentoring, and coaching SELECT people in a business that rewards passive, royalty income for the CONSUMPTION of an exclusive, cutting-edge repeat-type product or service.<\/p>\n In a few days, Barry will be releasing another blog post titled: “Network, Teach, and Grow Rich<\/span><\/strong>,” which will cover this in detail.<\/p>\n ><\/strong><\/span> You’re sick and tired of certain online personalities showing videos of themselves driving around in cars, telling you how great they are, and how much money they create.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, yeah, we know, the HYPE is getting ridiculous, and you’re beginning to wonder if there’s anybody left in the entrepreneurial world who’s too darn busy working their business to care about being famous<\/em> anymore.<\/p>\n You wonder, with just a glimmer of hope and faith, “Truly, is there anyone out there, who understands how to build residual income, while keeping things REAL and being more interested in me, and my ongoing consistent success in ONE business, than in pushing me product after product?”<\/p>\n Slam-bam-thank-ya-ma’am…. you hate that quick “love you and leave you” mindset that’s so easy to perform these days online<\/strong> (a place that, yep, let’s be real, DOES make it easy to put a personal connection with a prospective business partner on the backburner) and you sure as hell aren’t going to be THAT person to others.<\/p>\n So, who are these the two J’s that we look up to and respect for their long-standing ability to take a “people first, lifestyle\/opportunity second, product last<\/span>” approach to your success (you’ll understand why this order is so, so important in Barry’s upcoming blog post).<\/p>\n The first is a person Barry has admired for more than 15 years from afar, and once an unmet hero and mentor of his — a man of integrity and leadership that he now considers a new friend.<\/p>\n John Milton Fogg<\/a><\/strong> has, for more than 20 years, been been an editor, writer, speaker and coach. He authored The Greatest Networker in the World,<\/em> which, having sold more than a million copies around the world, is one of the highest-ever selling network marketing titles. Some people call it a “classic”. Barry calls it a “masterpiece” (more on that in another upcoming blog post).<\/p>\n The second is a person Heather has had the pleasure of interviewing several times and getting to know, through some very powerful one-on-one dialoguing about how to live a happier, healthier and wealthier life.<\/p>\n Dr. Joe Rubino<\/strong><\/a> is an acclaimed MLM and personal-development trainer, life-changing success-coach and author of 11 best-selling books and audios available in 19 languages. He is the CEO of a life-impacting leadership-development company, The Center for Personal Transformation<\/em>, and the creator of the acclaimed audio album and workbook, \u201c10 Weeks to Network Marketing Success: The Secrets to Launching Your Very Own Million-Dollar Organization In a 10-Week Business-Building and Personal-Development Self-Study Course.”<\/p>\n The cool part is this:<\/strong><\/p>\n Both of these seasoned industry LEADERS also know and respect each other. They’re friends, associates, and have a very similarly-connected SECRET that they feel is the foundational ingredient that dictates what we can and can’t — or will or won’t — achieve in this lifetime!<\/p>\n What’s the one or two “things” that, after 50+ years of collective study into the minds of super-achievers, they’ve pinned down as the “secret sauce” for super-success?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n It is skills?\u00a0 Talent?\u00a0 Ambition?\u00a0 Drive and determination?<\/p>\n Partly… but what dictates exactly what our skills, talent, and level of ambition and determination are?<\/p>\n John Fogg is adamant that it comes from our beliefs.<\/p>\n Can you walk across hot coals that are so high in temperature they’d fry an egg in seconds?<\/p>\n Well, that depends on what you believe.\u00a0 Many people have done it without feeling the slightest bit of warmth, or ending up with any kind of mark on their skin.<\/p>\n Others have jumped off in pain with the mark of their efforts branded on the soles of their feet.<\/p>\n Why?<\/p>\n It’s like Henry Ford said… “whether you believe you can… or you can’t… you’re right.<\/em>“<\/p>\n As John says, nothing more adequately illustrates how beliefs are the bottom line<\/span> for all human beings.<\/p>\n He says:<\/p>\n “Our fundamental beliefs are just like the Operating System in our computers. They control and direct all of our hardware and software from the auto-pilot functioning of our vital organs, to the movements of our hands, fingers and feet to the complex thinking and the emotional feelings we experience every minute of every day of our waking and sleeping lives. Problem is, this Operating System is 20, 30, 40 or more years old\u2026 and it was made up in the mind of a child (of four, five or six\u2026) and most likely, a disappointed or dissatisfied, discouraged and disheartened little “programmer” trying desperately to safely navigate the stormy seas of life and protect him or herself from pain.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n John learned from his research with BeliefBusters<\/a><\/strong> that beliefs come in two (and only two) flavors: unwanted, self-sabotaging beliefs that limit you and even stop you from achieving what you desire, dream of and deserve\u2026 and empowering beliefs that serve and inspire you to success and accomplishment in all domains of life and work.<\/p>\n Want to know what your beliefs are? <\/strong>Look at your life. Don’t like what you see? Change your beliefs. It’s the only way.<\/p>\n Our limiting beliefs can have a huge effect on our lives.\u00a0 And it’s not just about walking on hot coals, although that certainly can be a powerful illustration of the truth… but it’s about every aspect of the life you lead.<\/p>\n Dr. Joe Rubino talks about self-esteem being the #1 ingredient for success and happiness, and how 85% of the population is lacking in self-esteem in one or more areas of their lives (physical health, occupation, finances, relationships and family, spiritual and personal development, or fun and recreation).<\/p>\n And where do you think your level of self-esteem comes from?<\/p>\n That’s right, it comes from your core beliefs.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, as John also pointed out, most of our beliefs were formed when we were very young children, before we had the mental capacity to filter out what we were being told and ask ourselves if it really made sense.<\/p>\n Hence, we believe<\/strong> we can’t draw… simply because our older sibling told us so.<\/p>\n We believe<\/strong> we can’t write… just because one teacher made one off-handed remark about our poor grammar skills.<\/p>\n We believe<\/strong> we can’t sing… because the choirmaster told us to just move our lips and not make a sound, so we wouldn’t throw off the other kids.<\/p>\n We believe<\/strong> we can’t dance… because nobody ever asked us to.<\/p>\n We believe<\/strong> we’re repulsive… because the other kids call us names (is there anybody they DON’T call names?)<\/p>\n We believe<\/strong> we don’t deserve wealth… because our parents told us that money doesn’t grow on trees.<\/p>\n And it goes on and on and on, with some beliefs being far more irrational, or far more life-impacting, than others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And that’s how we end up with low self-esteem, or low self-worth.<\/p>\n That’s a bad place to find ourselves, because if WE don’t believe in our own worth, who the heck will?<\/p>\n Of course, some people confuse self-esteem with ego, and try to condemn it as a bad thing.\u00a0 But in fact, as Joe Rubino explains it, people with high self-esteem want to help others to be their best, too; people with big ego problems only care about themselves — for better or worse.<\/p>\n In fact, often those with the biggest ego are the ones trying to hide how low their self-worth really is.\u00a0 They figure prancing around like a peacock and putting on a show will take the attention off the fact that they really feel like an ugly duckling underneath it all.<\/p>\n Now, hey, that’s not to say there’s anything wrong with “acting as if<\/a>” (follow that link for Heather’s personal account of using this principle); in fact, one way to change your beliefs and prove to yourself how ridiculous they are in the first place is to “fake it ’till you make it”, or live the life you WANT to have before you have it (otherwise known as the be-do-have principle).<\/p>\n But the “act”, or the “faking”, needs to come from a place of sincerity, and concern for the greater good; a place where we add value to others and feel good about it, not a place where we’re just trying to shout, “look at me! I’m special!”<\/p>\n And self-esteem is not just about believing in our own worth; it impacts every area of our lives, including our communication with others, the richness of our relationships, our personal effectiveness, the level of success, happiness and fulfillment we achieve, and our ability to manifest what we want… all of which rely heavily on how we feel about ourselves.<\/p>\n So what’s the best way to remove our limiting beliefs and move forward with high self-esteem?<\/p>\n According to Dr Joe<\/a>, there’s really three steps, and they revolve around the past, present and future.\u00a0 Here’s how we paraphrase what he teaches:<\/p>\n 1. PAST:<\/strong> Find out where your lack of self-esteem comes from, and stop the downward spiral that’s keeping you there.\u00a0 Re-frame any upsetting events of your childhood in a way that involves forgiveness, empathy and gratitude.\u00a0 Understand that other people act the only way they know how, and that while these events may have caused you to make a decision about yourself, you can now make a different decision:\u00a0 to be grateful for your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses, or to forgive someone who hurt you rather than be resentful.<\/p>\n 2. PRESENT<\/strong>: Evaluate what’s working in your life, and what isn’t.\u00a0 What would honor your values and inspire you to be passionate?\u00a0 What would you like to be doing instead of what you’re doing now?\u00a0 Highlight your strengths and work on improving in areas that you find lacking.\u00a0 Replace negative messages from the past with new core beliefs that support your happiness and level of excellence.<\/p>\n 3. FUTURE<\/strong>: Design the reality you want to create, including a new self-image that supports how magnificent you truly are.\u00a0 Get rid of that gloomy state of low self-esteem, and any self-pity or victimitis-thinking that no longer supports you.\u00a0 Create a vision for who you are, how you want to be known, how you’ll spend your days, what you’ll have, where you’ll live, who you’ll live with, who you’ll serve and contribute to, and what gifts you’d like to manifest (remember, the gifts you think you don’t have are only missing because you believe they are).<\/p>\n So the bottom line is, you can’t re-create the past.\u00a0 It’s done and over with, and provided you with a lot of lessons that you hopefully learned from.<\/p>\n But the past doesn’t need to dictate how you live today, or how you’re going to live tomorrow.<\/p>\n What’s stopping you from achieving everything you want?<\/p>\n The only thing that CAN stop you is the belief that you can’t do it, shouldn’t have it, or don’t deserve it.<\/p>\n STOP!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you can conceive it, believe it — and know you DESERVE it — then you can achieve it.<\/p>\n In a few days, courtesy of John Milton’s Fogg’s business model for leveraged wealth<\/em><\/strong>, Barry will show you how to build a “Shipping and Receiving Business” (that’s a play on words) and earn an absolute fortune (as in walkaway, self-perpetuating, passive income) and retire, if you like, AFTER 24 to 36 months of hard work.<\/p>\n Your Partners in the Quest For Look at your life right now\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n That’s what you have believed up till now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t like what you’ve got?<\/strong><\/p>\n Change your beliefs.<\/strong><\/p>\n John is adamant about saying: “It’s the only way.”<\/p>\n BeliefBusters is a 13-week (three months) iCourse of weekly Lessons you get as download links in your email. It’s priced at $47 a month (again for three months), because he knew that the people who needed it most could afford it least. Just about anybody can do 47 bucks. And to have people feel comfortable, John guarantees the results or your money-back.<\/p>\n You know the truth of The Law of Attraction, that “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it ALWAYS achieves” and “You will achieve ONLY what you believe”\u2014 for good, bad or indifferent.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>John likes to say that BeliefBusters is MP3 for him: His Pleasure, Passion and Purpose.<\/p>\n