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I sometimes get amazed as to what happens in our lives; how the unexpected brings about certain positive twists in life. Martin had such an unexpected, bad experience that turned out to be a great discovery for him.
One late July, a couple of years ago, Martin had a vital wake-up moment that he is forever thankful for.
Martin had put aside money for months so he could take his family on a five-week holiday in Spain. There they would spend two weeks in Martin’s parent’s villa in Costa Blanca, then they would take the six hour drive to Marbella, in Costa del Sol, where they would spend five days there and then they would take the eight hour scenic route back home.
All went to plan. In short, they had free use of the villa, the swimming pool and the car. In Marbella, they met a few people at the resort they stayed in, and had fun discovering the area. The drive to and from Marbella went smoothly, with absolutely no hiccups.
However, two days after that long journey, back at the villa, Martin was cursing. The car wouldn’t start. Not great news. His parents were due to join them in three days, so he decided to wait for them since he had no one else to turn to for help.
One afternoon, while Marilyn, his wife, was having one of her extended siestas and the kids were watching a DVD, Martin went onto his dad’s computer, and typed in a few words: ‘money, not enough money, always short of money’, and the like.
It was at the point that Martin made his discovery. He had his wake-up moment.
He knew about limiting beliefs and how they have an effect on relationships, business and career, health and fitness. But he had no idea that limiting beliefs also have an effect in the financial area.
He discovered that there are limiting beliefs such as: I am not deserving of money; money doesn’t grow on trees; you have to work hard for money; rich people are greedy, and so on.
Martin recognised many of the beliefs. His father used to say quite a few of these and more. “Oh my God! No wonder I’ve always struggled with money,” Martin sat back in his chair and cried long and hard.
Martin had always been knee deep in debt. He could never make ends meet. No matter what he did, his expenses always exceeded his income.
Now he knows why.
His wake-up moment set the wheels in motion. He must identify his limiting beliefs around money and eliminate them one by one. This has become a fun routine in his life, one which he does daily, without fail.
And you know what? Within a short few months, money started to flow into his life, and his money concerns have dramatically reduced. All because the car broke down. There’s always a reason why things happen, and how things just mysteriously appear into our lives.
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Filed under Change Your Life by on Sep 6th, 2011. Comment. 
I would like you to think about this: what if you had the confidence to make anything happen, just the way you want it? It could be taking the next step in your career or business, or it could be to close an important contract, or perhaps to landing the job of your dreams.
Sense how you would feel, having accomplished what you want, bathing in its outcome. Now go about your day, and as you do so, as well as taking the appropriate actions that are necessary to make it happen, it is vitally important that you expect what you are seeking to actually happen: you will have the self-confidence to get your dream contract or your dream job.
Expectation can manifest wonders, it can even bring about near-miracles. The powerful brain, or more precisely your subconscious mind is a mighty goal-seeking organism. It thrives on targets, on goals, and it loves working towards them. When you put your mind to becoming confident enough to take your company to the next level, and you set specific goals, your subconscious mind will go to work to make that a reality for you. It will work day and night to make that happen. All you have to do is keep your eye on the target, release any doubt, take action and expect your goal to manifest.
The key thing here is that you must set your subconscious mind to work on what you do want, as opposed to what you don’t. When you expect to achieve what you are seeking, you will act and behave in a manner that allows your subconscious mind to believe it is so and to actualise it. In other words, making it your goal to ‘not make a mess of taking your company to the next level’ instructs your subconscious mind to ‘make a mess of taking your company to the next level’. It receives mixed, contradictory instructions. Why? Your subconscious mind does not understand negatives; it does not understand the word not.
Neither does Google! If say, you do a Google search on “not make a mess of taking your company to the next level” you will get over 5,660,000 million ways of taking and not taking your company to the next level and any related finds. Even Google doesn’t understand negativity! And your subconscious mind is like a computer – we’ve heard that many times.
So phrase what you want in a tone of positive expectancy: ‘I intend to take my business to the next level’ or ‘I intend to land this dream job or contract.’ Take the time to come up with a couple of sentences that mean something to you, that powerfully resonate with what you are after, those that make you smile in full expectancy. Repeat them often and take all necessary inspired actions.
What you expect you will get. There is no room for doubt. Expect, believe and receive.
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Filed under Be More Confident, Building Self Esteem And Self Confidence by on Sep 13th, 2011. Comment.
