Monday, March 17, 2008
The Biggest Money Myth
"Wealth is thoughts, not things." -Robert G. Allen
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“Money is not important.”
It’s one of the biggest myths known to man. And it is one of the core reasons why the majority of the people are not wealthy… why the majority of people not attaining financial freedom.
Tell this myth to the family who’s starving right now or to the family who needs money for some serious medical help for a member of their family. They will tell you how important money is. We have conditioned from day one to believe that money is not important. Wanting money is wrong and un-ethical. And yet, the entire world is running after money.
Money is purely a way to appraise the amount of value you create for others. If you have a lot of money, it means you have created a lot of value for other people. If you don’t have the amount of money you would like to have, that simply means that you just haven’t yet found a way to generate the amount of value for others that you are capable of, or the value that you would like to.
Lack of money also leads to many social problems. If we look at the countries, cities and particular places that are very poor, we’ll find usually more crime, more people taking advantage of weak, more diseases, more suffering, more deaths and no education at all.
Of course, money is not the only important thing in life, but without it you just can’t survive. That is the basic fact.
Money is pretty darned important especially in this pure materialistic age. To support your self and your family, to buy food, water, shelter, clothing, to pay medical bills, to socialize… you need money. With money only you could be able to support and help people around you, even your loved ones. All we know that these are all most important things.
Also, if you feel that it’s more important to contribute to others or to serve a social cause than to be rich, well guess what, again you need to earn money, grow rich and attain financial freedom. If you earn more money you can contribute more, serve more.
Then how come this myth created… money is not important? Simply ridiculous. Don’t you think so?
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Manage Your Time: 2 Missing Secrets for Small Business Owners
“Eliminate the time between the ideas and the act, and your dreams will become realities.” - Dr. Edward L. Kramer
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The secret to getting things done is time management. And the secret to time management is to list your daily to-dos and then prioritize them.
Do things first. Ok, that’s fine. We all know this for years.
The good news about being self-employed is that it permits you freedom and creativity. And the very bad news is that small business owners are forced to wear many hats: On any given day, with all the inspiration we got from our earlier successes, we may start a bigger brand new venture of diversified tasks. But the time remains the same. Just 24 hours!
Here are a couple of secrets few know: One is technical and the other one is spiritual.
Get Techy!
Needless to say, latest computer technology has changed small business forever, and for the better. If you are not using the latest technology to boost your productivity and sales, you are missing a golden opportunity. So, you must be aware of all the latest developments, everything from software training to online courses, that are useful for you to save your time.
This is the most important secret many of the small business owners neglect. So, go techy and see the amazing results for yourself!
The Spiritual Secret
Here is even a deeper secret to time management: Your mind can work on a quantity of of your to-dos while you do other ones. Surprised? But it’s a proven fact and discussed in number of books in recent times.
In other words, let’s assume you make a list of things you need to do today. You just work on the ones that are the most urgent. While you do, allow your unconscious mind to work on other ones. Confused?
For example, when I need to write and submit an article, I often ask my unconscious mind to work on it first. This may seem airy, but it’s a truth in psychology. You can turn over as many tasks as possible to your unconscious. The universe will accomplish some of your to-do list for you, if you let it.
This time when you make a to-do list, write things in the right column that you plan to do, and write things in the left column you want the universe to do.
For example, you will make phone calls, write and submit articles, pay bills, check your Paypal or Clickbank accounts. However, you may also request the universe to find the right buyer for your car or to bring you right JV partner for your new project, and so forth.
This is really a greatest missing secret: the Universe will help you get things done if you let it.
Money Is Energy
"The biggest mistake people make in life is not making a living at doing what they most enjoy." - Malcolm S. Forbes
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Artha or wealth, according to Hinduism, is legitimate. Money has prime importance and is indispensable in the present state of society. A man of the world without Money is a failure; he cannot keep his Body and Soul together.
According to an injunction of Hinduism, first comes the body and next the practice of religion. Further more, Money is needed to build hospitals, schools, holy places, museums, and educational institutions, which distinguish a civilized society from a primitive one. Money gives us leisure, a key factor in the creation of culture. But this Money must be earned according to certain Dharma; otherwise it debases a man by making him greedy and cruel.
For me, the Human-Money interaction is another form of relationship and that laws applicable to any other healthy relationship also govern the attitude towards Money. Your individual relationship with Money is similar to your relationship with yourself and others. In other words, you deal with Money the same way you deal with yourself and others. Your financial relationships develop along the same energy pathways as anything and everything else in your life.
Somewhere I read, all relations in this world are basically, directly or indirectly, financial relations. Is it not true? Very much true.
The general attitude towards Money, however, is two-fold. We are either eternally running after it or are busy berating our fate for keeping us away from more of it. The grapes are eternally sour and yet we keep on jumping for the ever-higher bunch. The few of us who manage to break this fierce cycle are the ones who have a good relationship with Money. Money is necessary for our life.
Money keeps us comfortable. Money is one of the core reasons for our happiness. Money is an indicator of our practical success, also, our self-worth.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Think Passionately!
All stories of success have one common element. You guess right, that is Passion. Passion for what they want to achieve. Enough passion to keep their eyes from wandering away from the goal. Total passion to finally see them through.
Passionate beliefs often make great sacrifices look easy and are the foundation of success. Goutham Buddha, at the age of 29, followed his urge for knowledge. He left his wife, son and kingdom to be one with the sufferings of normal human beings. After going through hardship and pain he finally experienced enlightenment. More than 1500 years after his enlightenment, the Talibans may be out to destroy his statues, but Buddhism remains one of the strongest religions in the world.
Che Guevara, in spite of being an Argentine, went to Cuba and fought its battle of independence for the sake of his ideology. And then he quit his top ministerial posts in Cuba to fight for African countries before coming to Bolivia and meeting his end. Che, of course, failed in most of his wars against oppressors, yet he achieved what he always wanted.
It was this passion for being unique that made a young boy stand at the centre of the Sydney cricket ground and tell his father “I shall never be satisfied until I play on this ground” and then not just playing there but creating history as Sir Don Bradman. He was passionate about his game and ended his career with a record average of 99.96 runs.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s passion for a non-violent struggle for democracy has won her a Nobel Prize. Stephen Hawking’s incurable motor-neuron disease couldn’t stop his passion for Physics and the universe. ‘Being kicked out of school’ Bill Gates passion for winning made him world’s leading business tycoon. All the self-made millionaires on the globe scripted their success stories out of their passionate goals. Not only did they know what they wanted but they are people who believed passionately that they CAN.
If you think you CAN you are right. Just be passionate about it. And if you lack passion, then develop it because success never comes till you are passionate about it.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Think Passionately!
Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. - Anthony Robbins
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All stories of success have one common element. You guess right, that is Passion. Passion for what they want to achieve. Enough passion to keep their eyes from wandering away from the goal. Total passion to finally see them through.
Passionate beliefs often make great sacrifices look easy and are the foundation of success. Goutham Buddha, at the age of 29, followed his urge for knowledge. He left his wife, son and kingdom to be one with the sufferings of normal human beings. After going through hardship and pain he finally experienced enlightenment. More than 1500 years after his enlightenment, the Talibans may be out to destroy his statues, but Buddhism remains one of the strongest religions in the world.
Che Guevara, in spite of being an Argentine, went to Cuba and fought its battle of independence for the sake of his ideology. And then he quit his top ministerial posts in Cuba to fight for African countries before coming to Bolivia and meeting his end. Che, of course, failed in most of his wars against oppressors, yet he achieved what he always wanted.
It was this passion for being unique that made a young boy stand at the centre of the Sydney cricket ground and tell his father “I shall never be satisfied until I play on this ground” and then not just playing there but creating history as Sir Don Bradman. He was passionate about his game and ended his career with a record average of 99.96 runs.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s passion for a non-violent struggle for democracy has won her a Nobel Prize. Stephen Hawking’s incurable motor-neuron disease couldn’t stop his passion for Physics and the universe. ‘Being kicked out of school’ Bill Gates passion for winning made him world’s leading business tycoon. All the self-made millionaires on the globe scripted their success stories out of their passionate goals. Not only did they know what they wanted but they are people who believed passionately that they CAN.
If you think you CAN you are right. Just be passionate about it. And if you lack passion, then develop it because success never comes till you are passionate about it.
Manage Your Time: 2 Missing Secrets for Small Business Owners
“Eliminate the time between the ideas and the act, and your dreams will become realities.” - Dr. Edward L. Kramer
***
The secret to getting things done is time management. And the secret to time management is to list your daily to-dos and then prioritize them.
Do things first. Ok, that’s fine. We all know this for years.
The good news about being self-employed is that it permits you freedom and creativity. And the very bad news is that small business owners are forced to wear many hats: On any given day, with all the inspiration we got from our earlier successes, we may start a bigger brand new venture of diversified tasks. But the time remains the same. Just 24 hours!
Here are a couple of secrets few know: One is technical and the other one is spiritual.
Get Techy!
Needless to say, latest computer technology has changed small business forever, and for the better. If you are not using the latest technology to boost your productivity and sales, you are missing a golden opportunity. So, you must be aware of all the latest developments, everything from software training to online courses, that are useful for you to save your time.
This is the most important secret many of the small business owners neglect. So, go techy and see the amazing results for yourself!
The Spiritual Secret
Here is even a deeper secret to time management: Your mind can work on a quantity of of your to-dos while you do other ones. Surprised? But it’s a proven fact and discussed in number of books in recent times.
In other words, let’s assume you make a list of things you need to do today. You just work on the ones that are the most urgent. While you do, allow your unconscious mind to work on other ones. Confused?
For example, when I need to write and submit an article, I often ask my unconscious mind to work on it first. This may seem airy, but it’s a truth in psychology. You can turn over as many tasks as possible to your unconscious. The universe will accomplish some of your to-do list for you, if you let it.
This time when you make a to-do list, write things in the right column that you plan to do, and write things in the left column you want the universe to do.
For example, you will make phone calls, write and submit articles, pay bills, check your Paypal or Clickbank accounts. However, you may also request the universe to find the right buyer for your car or to bring you right JV partner for your new project, and so forth.
This is really a greatest missing secret: the Universe will help you get things done if you let it.
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