In Pursuit of Wealth

Hold Onto Your Dreams And You Will Live Them In Your Future

Just recently I went to a concert in the Park which featured Music artist, Phil Vasser.  Now, I did not really know what songs he sang or that he wrote many songs for other country stars but I was happy to be going to a function that I knew i would enjoy.  How did I know this, you ask?  It is because I love music, concerts, being in big groups of people and most of all enjoying the freedom that I have been so diligently working on creating. But Phil's new song "Don't Miss Your Life" not only got me to thinking but it also got me to appreciating what I have created and lived.  It also helped me to open up more to the Universe that is there for each of us that chose to keep taking our lives to a higher level and live the dreams that we so often dream and set aside.

Since becoming an entrepreneur, I have actively been addressing the fact that I have a few dreams and things on my bucket list but I was not really any closer to living them.  Or so I thought.  Until I realized that being able to work with Peak Potentials Training as a logistics coordinator was living a dream of helping people make life changing decisions that could and would take their lives to the next level. If they chose to.

While not on the road, I have the opportunity to work on some internet projects that are now starting to grow and create more freedom. I also have the opportunity to travel to Arizona and experience the lives of my kids, grand kids and great grand kids.  For instance, just recently my youngest got married and I was able to be in Arizona while living in Nevada to help with some of the arrangements and decisions that went into her wedding.  I also was able to attend the wedding of my grand daughter as well. I will also be able to  be there when another of my daughters travels with her husband and family across the country to start a new life.  How exciting.

And even just recently I jumped on an airplane out of the blue and went to Tampa to go to the beaches I love and spend time with some friends as we played in the ocean.  This sparked my intense desire to live a little more of life so a cruise will be next with a trip to England or Italy on the horizon.  Now to create more streams of income to allow that freedom to see and experienc other parts of the world.

Are you living any of your dreams?  What is holding you back?  Did you let go of your dreams because you did not think they were reachable?  Well guess again!  They are...one dream at a time.  So get busy resserecting them and one at a time make plans to live a least one.  Not just the picture on you wall...the real deal!  You have the same 24 hours as everyone else has.  Make the best of them! And listen to the song by Phil Vasser "Don't Miss Your LIfe" What are you waiting for?

 

 

Do You Know Who Really Own Your Mortgage Note?

Just recently I have been doing some research on the logistics behind loan modifications and foreclosures.  Many Americans have run into financial difficulties throughout the past few years and have been faced with losing their homes to foreclosure or short sales because they could not get a loan modification from the bank that they thought owned the note.  Come to find out that most people do not know that the institution they were paying their mortgage payments to were not the note owner but just a servicing institution which from my research does not have a right to force a short sale or forclose on your property. They also can not modify a loan note that they do not own.  Wow!

                         

So, as I learn more about what really goes on behind the scenes when it comes to loan modifications, short sales and foreclosures...I will be happy to share this information.  It is time we hold accountable those that we trusted with our futures, the banks.  Sometimes silence is Golden but not so much in these cases.

A New Year, A New Season. Are You Ready For New Tomorrows

Recently the economy has taken a tole on the lives of thousands if not millions of people.  Many were not prepared for the changes that occurred and continue to occur. Are you one of those people? 

Individuals have lost sight of the future and seem to remain in the past or even the present. Why is this so?  It is because they have not recognized that much of our lives comes in seasons.  They have not recognized that the season is over. But just because something is over does not mean that it was or is a failure. It is not a failure but the end of a temporary provision and an opportunity to reposition yourself for the future.

It is often the habit of being too proud or too stubborn that blocks this realization.  Most people try to make a temporary provision permanent. When in fact the end of a season gets you into position to receive.  This is similar to the pruning process which is a process that promotes growth.  Old things are cut away so there is room for the new.  

Just because things worked last year does not mean they will work forever. A small adjustment can make a major improvement. Change is inevitable and the most difficult thing we will face.  We get stuck in the comfortable and familiar instead of moving forward at the change of the season. When the provisions begin to cease…move forward and look for new opportunities, a new season.  Enjoy the season you are in but be open to the change.

Consistantly evaluate your friendships and relationships.  If you continue to hold onto friendships that are not working and are wrong, the right friends will not come in.

Everyone is not supposed to be in our lives forever.  Appreciate the people who helped but recognized when their part is over.  Let go of the old before you will receive the new.  

It does not have to be a new year to create a new tomorrow. Stay open and pay attention to what is working in the now and not the past.  When that begins to falter and a new season is coming,  just remember that a minor adjustment can make a major difference.  Every provision is not supposed to last forever.  Most are temporary and subject to Change.

There Is a Difference between being a Supervisor and Excellent Leadership

It is very surprising that many individuals believe that just because they are in a supervisor position that they are a good leader.  Unfortunately this is not the case more often than not. There is a huge difference between being a good or excellent leader and supervising a group of people and not all supervisors possess the qualities of a good leader.

A good leader is considerate. He or she  realizes that without the others on the team there is no need for a leader

A good leader is also a good follower.  Not all leadership is at the front of the line.

A good leader is fair to the circumstance and the individuals involved.

A good leader know how to give, take and evaluate feedback.

A good leader can make adjustments. He or she is adaptable and does not claim to know it all. 

A good leader communicates in a manner that is understood by others and redirects when necessary when communication is hindered.

A good leader know when and when not to delegate.

The way in which a good leader implements these qualities comes with a certain amount of discipline.  This is something that many supervisors do not possess.  They not only do not display the qualities but they themselves do not own the discipline necessary to lead others to victory so they become know as sheep herders.  Do you know which you are.....Just a supervisor calling the shots or an excellent leader?

Hold Onto Your Dreams And You Will Live Them In Your Future

You have heard this a hundred times before, if you have heard it once, "Never Abort your dreams!"  In recent months and the past couple of years many have given up on the things they jonce dreamed about.  but deep inside there is still a little flame of hope that those ddreams may someday be a reality.  All I can say to you is "Fan the Flame".  You once had a vision, get your vision back. 

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Untold Millions Of Americans Appear Prosperous But Are Technically Bankrupt

The fact that millions of Americans are broke has little to do with the failed economy in many cases.  The national norm is to spend as much as you can and then as much as your credit cards will allow. When people get a raise, the majority of the time it helps to pay down some of the credit card debit so they can spend more or the excess is spent before it gets to a bank account to use as a payment.  The more we make the more we spend.  But it is true that the extent in which you save and handle money can be an indicator as to how serious people are or are not about their lives and their success.

If you take a good look around, a society that does not save or invest for the future does not believe that it has a future. So why not get it all now while we can.  Live for the day, eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall all die anyway.  Problem is we all do not die tomorrow so we wake up with the results and are severly in debt.  While in much of the industrial world, they are building up savings accounts, we in the United States are building up our credit card accounts.  Or at least till recently.  Many, many Americans have lost their credit and their accounts have gone belly up because without some sort of savings there was no resources for that rainy day. Sound familiar?

As a nation we need to get back to the fundamentals of handling money.  We must think of accumulating and managing our money as a process and not an event.  Sacrifice and saving are two essential elements for peace of mind and long term success. We must learn to implement delaying immediate gratification for greater tomorrow.  When you set aside a small protion of your income regularly the first thing that you realize is that you do not miss it.  The second thing is that people with money tend to attract more from other sources. With a little preparation, a large number of Americans could have avoided the downfall of the economy and been able to maintain their lifestyle until the nation got back on its feet again.

Key Principles To Prepare For And Create Success In Tough Economic Times

It is an age old myth that success and the money that can go with it sometimes is a glorious happening and does so over night. Unfortunately most overnight successes took many years to build and create. But every one of them followed the same basic principles.

The very first thing that happen was each one had a Big Vision. Without a vision there is no beginning, no starting point and no foundation from which success can be built.

Always remember that all success happens one step at a time. Just like walking it takes one foot in front of the other. For each new step the previous one must be completed.

Everything that grows goes through a process of growth before it reaches maturity. Plants, animals humans and yes, success does too. In its infant stage is where the most processing happens and if not allowed to do so it can be stunted or even die.

When things do not go right during the growing process then the important concept is to correct and continue. Make the necessary adjustments and take the next step. You can always finds ways to improve something that took a wrong turn. Even a spaceship going to the moon does not get there on a straight shot. It is always correcting the course and continuing.

Always be asking yourself "What's the next step?" When you look ahead at what your next move is going to be, your can make sure that what you are doing now is going to get you there. It is amazing how many people just cruise along and figure they will know what is next when they get there. The problem is that if you don't look ahead you do not have a clear look at where you are going and may not get there at all.

Whatever it is that you are doing to become successful a key concept to remember is that it doesn't have to be perfect to work. There are no points for style or flare. The main objective is to get the job done. And sometimes it is not pretty in the process. But the process is necessary to establish the end product whatever that may look like of be.

Abundance Does Not Always Come The Easy Way

It is quite apparent that the economy is playing havic on a huge number of people.  it also is being said that we will be facing these types of financial crisises for a few years to come.  But sometimes in the face of disaster comes blessing and abundance of some kind to replace what once seemed a somewhat hopeless situation.

This happened to me in the not so distant past.  If you have been following me at all you will see that I have been away from my computer for some time and I am excited to be back on track online, at least for now. I have been assisting at various financial and personal development events helping other people make life changing decisions to take their businesses and their lives to the next level.  This type of change is not only necessary but imperative to steer through the tough economy many individuals face.

During this absence, I experience a bit of crisis of my own as well when I learned while in New York that my home in Las Vegas was flooded and the damage was extensive.  Not only was there not ample homeowners insurance to cover the damage which I was unaware of, but the woman who was responsible for the accidental flooding had no homeowners insurance and is refusing to provide any reasonable restitution. Now that could raise the hair on the back of your neck for sure.

With dilegence though, I was able to secure some funds to begin repairs and restoration of my home.  The interesting thing that I would like to share is that I was looking into replacing old carpet upstairs and change my kitchen cabinets sometime in the future to create an environment of abundance and newness.  But, I was not planning on replacing ceilings, walls and basebords, etc in the process.  The amazing point is that through this disaster the very things that I was believing the Universe for in creating a better lifestyle is in fact coming to fullfillment.  Not exactly the way I had planned but then again a very important lesson was learned. 

So do not give up on your dreams and plans for your future and continue believing that you too can live an abundant life.  Always look for the positive in even the most negative of situations.  Giving up will only take you to a dead end.  As much as it has been difficult and inconvenient for the past three months to live in my home the way it was, I am already enjoying the opportunity to receive the very things I believed for...be manifested even in times like these when the economy is at an extreme low.  The Law of Attraction is just that....like attracts like and with a positve outlook and attitude in a negative situation, who knows how far open that door of opportunity will swing.

Is There Such A Thing As Being Too Honest?

I was working on an event a while back and was having difficulty confirming some figures when I was told that I was being too honest.  Being accurate and above board is a value that all people should have but apparently this in not the case as I am being told.  I did not know that here was such a thing as being too honest. 

I guess that the opposite is not being honest enough.   Maybe not disclosing certain facts, details, or feelings is not being honest enough.  Or is there such a thing as not being honest enough?  I was unaware that there were supposed to be varying degrees of honesty.  Any more than I am aware that there are varying degrees of integity.  What I do believe is that honesty and integrity go hand in hand.

How can someone stand in integrity if they are not honest and can tell the truth?  What I do know is that the truth will set you free.  And another very important virtue that goes immediately with honesty and integrity is accountability.  If you are to be trusted in the wold of success you must be honest enough to stand in your integrity and be accountable.  These are the principles of a leader.

All in all I did inform those that I was accountable to about the discrepancies that I was encountering so that they may find the issues on the backside when they received all of the information.  In that I did feel that I had done my job well.  And those that entrusted me with the task could trust me to be truthful and hold strong to my own integrity.  In the world of success these are truely attributes for every leader.

Sometimes You Have To Be Able To Recieve

Last week I was working at Enlightened Warrior Training Camp in New York.  Everytime I work one of these camps I get strengthened and reminded of the ways of a warrior.  One of those ways is that I am bigger than any obstacle.  Well while I was in the final days of camp and the changing of many lives I received a phone call that my home was seriously damaged by water.  In pursueing the the explaination I learned that my friend who was watching over my animals left the water running in my master bathroom for several hours at full force damaging the upstairs but more so the downstairs as the water ran throughout the walls and ceilings. 

Now the first thing said to me as people began to hear of the disaster was "Are you mad at her" and my answer is no.  Her intentions were good and fortunately things are replaceable and real friends are not.  However the news that came to me as I landed back in Las Vegas to start putting a wet life back together was that the insurance company was not covering the damages and I would have to foot this project on my own.  There are legitimate reasons that the coverage is minimal but I now have to remember that I am not only a Warrior but I am a Wizard as well. I will stay calm and centered regardless of anything. 

Through all of my training I have taught and learned one thing...and that is if you do not ask you will not receive.  And at times you must be a receiver as well as a giver.  So I chose to ask for assistance from my internet friends, affiliates, associates, readers, purchasers, Tweeters and everyone who has been even a small part of my life.  I watched as a nation and many businesses gave to rebuild the lives of thousands who lost their homes in Haiti, Louisiana, and several other location devastated by disasters.  And I gave to countless causes to assist in those restorations never dreaming that someday I would remotely experience what they did.  Fortunately many of my furnishings were spared but the structural damage is extensive. 

From my heart I now ask for any donation from the thousands that I have been in touch with for the past several years to help me put back together this place that I call home and welcome all that choose to visit. Every dollar matters. And the appreciation is beyond a simple Thank You.

Another way you can assist is to get your own one year Success Journal or your one month Success Journal and remember that in appreaciation of your support I also give 10% of those purchases to others in need but predominantly animal and childrens charities. It is in giving that we are truely blessed.