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Hey Folks,

We are now at Step 8 of “9 Secret Steps To Life Transformation” and we will be talking about staying on course for your objective, your goals, your dreams or whatever you have set on your vision board.

In my experience, as well as probably everyone else I have talk to, setting a goal is easy. Setting a solid, achievable goal is not too difficult with the help of Ladder of Dreams. But following through till you achieve your goal is, to most people, a challenge.

Why? Well because there are always “noise” along the way and below are some of the most common noise:

1) Distractions - Such are common in our life. For me, distractions come in the form of a good movie, a solid addictive game, a good TV serial that I don’t want to miss, etc. You get the idea. Unless and until my dream is to win the World Cyber Game or to become an accomplished actor/director/script writer, these things I love to do will continue to be a distraction in my life. Although I do, do, do, love them

2) Road Blocks - Such are a result of our lack of skill or knowledge for the most part. 3 years ago, when I quit my job to embark on my journey towards financial freedom, I lacked many skills and knowledge necessary for a smooth transition between an employee and an entrepreneur and I encountered many such road blocks. As I attended more courses, joined more programs, learned from more mentors, my skill and knowledge gained exponentially and the road blocks were removed one by one.

3) Negative Feedbacks - These are unexpected events and setbacks that will slow you down to a standstill and sometimes even cause you to go into reverse gear. One type that I had to consistently deal with was discouragements from love ones, in particular, my parents. Don’t get me wrong, they are supportive in their own ways but they frown upon what I do for a living as they cannot understand what it is I am doing. To them, a professional job is the only “proper way” to earn a living.

Everyone will have to deal with their own unique “noise” in their path to achieve their dreams. The better you can deal with those “noise”, they better are your chances to achieve success.

I will be sharing with you a story about Steve Jobs in the next post. In that story, I found the mindset that I believe can help everyone better handle “noises” in their life. So till then, Stay tuned!

Love,
James

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Hi,

What I am sharing today is a True Story.

Have you ever felt stressed over a job assignment? You know, the kind that you just don’t know what to do, how to handle or simply out of your depth of comprehension? The kind of assignment that you think was assigned to you to make you quit the job (or as they say “look for a greener pasture”)? I have been through a few round.

In the past, before I learn of the Law of Attraction, when I was assigned the implementation of an IT project for my company. I would dread it from the moment it was assigned to me. I am not a technical person and I do not know how to manage an IT project from conception to implementation. I felt that it would take too long for me to learn and I have no idea what I was supposed to do so naturally I do what most people in similar situation will do. I quit!

A few years and another job later, I was in a similar situation and I needed to implement an IT project for my company. I am still as nontechnical as I was and still have yet to manage any IT project from conception to implementation but now I understand what Abundance is about and I could see choices and options that I have never seen before.

As James mentioned in his last post, Knowledge can create Abundance. That is what I chose to do. I acquired knowledge. Not from books, not from course but from James (He was previously an IT Project Manager, hee hee). So why didn’t I think of that last time, again it’s about limited mindset (I belief it could not be done, with or without James help and advice) and hence limited choices.

I learn from him that I need to concentrate on the “Management” aspect of the project and let the vendors offer the technical advice and solutions. I learn from him that I need to enlist the full support of upper and middle management and key users in the implementation of the IT project and make them understand their responsibilities towards the project (I would have had a heart attack if I had to do this in the past). I learn from him that project management is all about managing schedule, collecting and understanding requirements, moderating user’s expectations and basically getting a workable system up and running that is usable within an acceptable time frame and budget!

At the end, it still wasn’t an easy assignment but neither was it “Mission Impossible”. With knowledge, I ended up with a lot of choices to choose from. Choices such as:

• It’s too technical or It’s about management
• It’s too much work or It can be delegated
• It’s my responsibility or It’s my colleague’ responsibility as well
• There’s too much with too short a time or It’s about which is important given the time frame
• Management does not support me or I need to win management support
• And many other choices, major and minor ones

To be honest, the choices were always there but we limit them by our limited mindset. What I did was to open the door to Abundance with a key called knowledge. And the key reasoning that helped me was when James said this

“No company would like to spend tens and hundreds of thousand to implement a project doomed to failure, they might as well save the money. No software company is out to mess up their own project, reputation and incur a liability, they might as well don’t take the project. Hence, I conclude that no one is out to mess up your assignment unless you mess it up yourself. If that is the case, you have the choice to turn down the assignment and save yourself the trouble!”

I would say that without those new knowledge I acquire from James on how to manage that project, the chances of messing up would be high.

So how does the Law of Attraction fit into all this? Knowing Law of Attraction allowed me to handle difficulties with a positive attitude and see immediate choices to fill the gap between where I am to my end goal. Once of those choices was learning from James (he was always there beside me but I never bother to tap into this side of his knowledge) and I took it.

Acquiring that knowledge creates an Abundance of choices that led to more knowledge and choices and it goes on, as long as you focus on the positive side of things and keep pressing on. Issues with work, resistance to change, tight work schedules of co-workers, uncountable requirements that everyone wants implemented and countless perceived negative situation are bound to pop up here and there. We have to acknowledge and work around them.

One of the most important lessons I learn in this period was to ASK when in doubt, ASK when you need more information, ASK when you need clarification, ASK to confirm if you have to and never ASSUME. Asking is a very powerful way of tapping into the knowledge of the people around you.

Understand this, what we are sharing here may sound like a different concept of abundance commonly discussed elsewhere but actually they are the same. We just add a missing piece of the puzzle where many people could not bridge (i.e. what you need to do to get from limited to abundance mindset). Knowledge is one of the many possible missing piece of puzzle that can close that gap and I hope by sharing my story, you will embrace Abundance by acquiring whatever necessary knowledge you need.

Hugs,
Karen

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Hey Folks,

In my last post, I told you that the key to an abundance mindset involves just a simple change in your mindset.

For those who could grasp the concept, the change is simple and immediate. It’s light switching on the light in a dark room and every thing suddenly becomes so clear! But as with every circumstances, there are always cases where it is not so simple. Some perspective just can’t be changed like throwing a switch. Some minds just can’t be opened up so simply.

So what’s the solution? How do we “Open Up” these minds? One word: KNOWLEDGE.

Knowledge opens up possibilities and choices. Knowledge opens up new avenue and ways to do things. So how do you acquire the knowledge you need and where do you acquire them? Well, you can acquire it

1) By reading a book
2) Attending a Seminar or Course
3) By further Studies
4) From a Mentor
5) From your friends/colleagues/people around you
6) By simply Observing and Learning

Didn’t I say that the key was lying around you? Could you find someone or something from the above choice that you can learn from? I bet you could. So if you need more options, more opportunities, you know what to do now, right?

However, do take note of relevance. If you want more choices in career advancement then read, study, learn something relevant to your career or pick up a career enhancing skill. If you need more customers for your business, observe and learn from a successful businessman in your trade!

Next post on Friday (20 Jul), Karen will share a real life story related to Abundance. So stay tuned.

Love,
James

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Hey Folks,

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Love,
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Hey Folks,

We have shared how to take action and keep procrastination at bay in Step 6 of “9 Secret Steps To Life Transformation“. Now we’ll proceed to Step 8 and it’s about “Feeling The Abundance“.

Did you ever have the feeling that there is not enough of these and not enough of that? In the past, I always do.

1) When I was studying, I was worried that I wouldn’t be good enough to make it to the local university.
2) When I was working as a professional computer engineer, I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough vacancies for promotion.
3) When I was a property agent, I was worried that there wasn’t enough customers in my selected niche are.
4) When I go for buffet, I had to eat as much as possible like there is no tomorrow and usually the meal was done in a rather short time (too full to eat anymore).

I was brought up believing that there is not enough to go around and I must compete with my peers for that limited whatever (that we were competing for). The truth is, I had limiting beliefs. I do not have the “Abundance” mindset.

My Definition of Limiting Belief
Believing that there is not enough in the universe for everyone who wants it. You will tend to compete for it, unwilling to give out freely and in your eyes, there is very few other choices.

Having learn about the “Law of Attraction” since watching “The Secret“. I understood that it was my limiting beliefs that had trapped me, focused my mind on scarcity and I attracted “limits” all my life till that point. That was more than 30 years of my life.

But once I adopted the “Abundance” mindset and believed that there is enough to go around. I started to see choices and opportunities that I could not see before. The scenarios about became

1) There are other choices of universities and places of higher learning that I have not considered.
2) There are other departments and projects with vacancies. In the worst case, I’ll change a company.
3) If there isn’t enough customer in this niche area, expand to another niche area.
4) I pick and choose what I love to eat at the Buffet. I take my time to enjoy eating each and every item I picked. Nowadays eating buffet takes hours on end and I’m every satisfied at the end of the meal without feeling bloated!

It sounds like a simple concept and I assure you IT IS that simple and it involves just a change in perspective of your mindset but I have seen so many people failing to recognize and adopt it.

So now, I would like you to reflect on yourself, your past and your present. Have you been limiting your beliefs? If so, what could you do to release yourself from it. Share it with me here, it is a way of releasing it. *WINK*

Love,
James

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