“Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances….Strong men believe in cause and effect.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every thought you form broadcasts a distinct and particular frequency, and that frequency elicits a response from the quantum universe as surely as a swinging hammer has an impact on the surface it strikes. Things don’t arbitrarily happen to you. Events in your business are the reflection of your thoughts, the echo of your own actions and the thinking behind them. In the East, this truth is reflected in the idea of Karma, and in the West, the Golden Rule. The core of this principle is this—You are at cause in your life and your business.

For many people, this is a challenging principle because it puts you squarely in the driver’s seat. Embracing this principle means you no longer have the luxury of blaming other people or external circumstances for the things that happen in your life.

Here is the flip side of that equation: Embracing this principle also means you have far more capacity to create the events and circumstances in your life than you have ever imagined possible.

When we don’t recognize this principle operating in our lives, it’s easy to start seeing ourselves as being the effect of those events. Rather than seeing that we are making things happen, we start to believe that things are simply happening to us. This easily leads to what is often called victim mentality.

If you are someone who is growing a massively successful business, there is no place for victim mentality in your life. The two states of mind—victim thinking and entrepreneurship—are 100 percent incompatible.

The word entrepreneur derives from the French word that refers to the source of the event, the one who initiates. Building and growing a successful business requires a commitment to being at cause, not at effect.

There are many things you need to know to successfully play the game of business. A great many of them you can learn as you go, and a great many skills and fields of expertise you can bring into your business by hiring or partnering with people who possess them.

But there is one skill you must have yourself, and it is a single most important skill of any successful businessperson, the one without which success is impossible: You must be practiced at creating the thoughts that will serve your business.

Creating a clear business vision is the critical first step to your success, but it’s just that: the first step. No matter how crystal clear it is, simply having a goal doesn’t make it happen. If you want to create financial freedom for yourself, five key elements have to be in place.

The Five Musts are:

1. You must find something that stirs your soul.
2. You must become excellent at it.
3. You must recondition your mind to believe you can have it and achieve it.
4. You must understand how to make money at it.
5. You must take daily action.

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The Answer for you: The right thoughts, held clearly and resolutely, can build your dream business.

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” —James Allen

To create your successful business, you need to start with the part nobody else sees, the hidden part of your iceberg—your vision. The seed of your business is the vision. People tend to be focused on the how, thinking that is where the answer lies, but it’s not. Yes, eventually you need to learn all sorts of “hows” crucial to the success of your business. But the real key to building your dream business lies in the clarity and strength of the idea—the seed.

That is why “more capital” is rarely the answer to business start-up challenges. People often believe that lack of funding is one of a new business’s major problems. It’s not. In the same way that air, water and sunlight are not hard to find, financing is not all that hard to find—if you have a compelling and clearly viable idea and strategic plan for growth.

The world around you is absolutely flooded with money, ready to flow toward you and nourish your sprouting business. Just when we think resources are dwindling, we find new resources that can achieve the same things.

Develop your vision.

The way the right note, sung clearly and loudly enough, can cause a tuning fork to vibrate and even shatter glass, is the same way the right thought, held clearly and strongly enough, can cause events in the physical world to happen. A single thought, held clearly and firmly can defeat an empire, as Gandhi demonstrated. And the right thoughts—held clearly and resolutely can build your dream business.

Create the seed of your business with great precision and clarity. This is the groundwork for every successful business that has ever been and ever will be. A vaguely formed, ambiguous seed will never sprout or take route. For a seed to flourish, it must be viable.

o   Write down the vision of your idea with specifics.

o   Make sure your vision is clear and strong.

o Figuring out the “how” comes after the vision and the decision. The How will always come after the What, when your Why is big enough.

Be patient.

Nature takes time to work, and so will the seed of your business. It’s called the Law of Gestation. A carrot seed takes about 70 days from the time you plant it until the time you have a fully grown carrot, ready for the eating. A lamb has a gestation period of 145 days. Human beings? About 280 days.

How long will it take the world to wrap you in the right set of circumstances for your business? I don’t know. But it will take some time. And I know this: If you keep digging up those seeds after you’ve planted them, you’ll stop the process cold. Gardens don’t work that way and neither does the picture of your dream business. You have to allow an idea the time to germinate and grow, to take root and find its resources in its own time. Let go of impatience.

Start putting your trust in your own resourcefulness and in the universe around you. The universe is ready to give you everything you want, once you are clear on what it is and patient enough to let it do its work.

Nothing is limited—not resources or anything else. You can only limit yourself in your mind.

The Answer for you: Your need the clarity and focus of a magnifying glass to create your dream business.

“Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the power which gave it birth—yourself.” —Genevieve Behrend

In the quantum universe, there are no accidents. There are no coincidences. Every particle and every action is accounted for. We live in a universe of absolute precision.

The world of thoughts and ideas, of human ingenuity, creativity and enterprise, is not separate from the world of chemistry and gravity and fields and forests. There are no separate rules—they all come from the same rulebook. The laws that govern the movement of subatomic particles and solar systems, also govern our thoughts and feelings, families and careers.

This fundamental truth is all too easy to forget as we go about out daily routines, because we seem to live in two worlds—the seen and the unseen—the world we can touch, taste and see, and the intangible world that lies hidden away behind the curtain of our senses.

The events and circumstances of your business take place in the seen world. It is the immense, hidden portion of the iceberg that most of us are unaware of 99 percent of the time, while the tangible, material world we think of as “real” is only the miniscule tip that juts above the surface of our conscious awareness.

What sunk the Titanic was the hidden part of the iceberg that nobody saw coming, the part beneath the surface. And that is the part that sinks every business that ends up closing its doors.

The creative process through which the unseen world gives birth to the circumstances and events of our lives is the Law of Attraction. There are actually a number of distinct principles at work within the Law of Attraction. Here are six ways to put the laws to work for you:

1. Everything starts as an idea. Everything in nature, every phenomenon starts in the universe, starts as an idea. Everything you manifest in your life follows the precise same pathway, from idea to physical form. We create from the nonphysical level, turning that which we can’t see, into that which we can.
2. Realize you are at cause in your life. Science has shown us that the principle of cause and effect applies to the mechanics of everything, including our thoughts. Things don’t randomly happen to you. Realize you are making things happen or not happen. Commit to being at cause and don’t blame external factors.
3. Understand how resonance is at work. Resonance, from the Latin meaning “to sound again” is simply the transfer of vibration from one medium to another. Thoughts held clearly and strongly enough can cause events in the physical world to happen.
4. Your dream is within the seed. The seed of your business is your vision. This is the groundwork for every successful business. Your vision needs to be clear and strong.
5. Be purposeful, patient and active. These three concepts enable the Laws of Attraction, Gestation and Action to work together. You will save yourself years of trial and error, and manifest what you want in your life and business much faster than you’ve ever created anything before.
6. Get clarity. The more clarity you create around your business in every aspect, from its largest objectives to the particulars in everyday actions, the more you harness the mind-boggling power of the quantum field to do your bidding and bring that idea into reality.

More detailed explanations on how these principles work can be found in my book, The Answer.

The Answer for you: The universe is ready and willing to give you what you want, once you are clear on what it is.

“The universe likes speed. Don’t delay. Don’t second guess. Don’t doubt. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse is there, when the intuitive nudge from within is there, act. That’s your job. And that’s all you have to do.” — Dr. Joe Vitale

As a result of the film The Secret, millions of people have become aware of the principle called the Law of Attraction, which explains the creative process through which the unseen world gives birth to the circumstances and events of our lives. Because of The Secret, thousands of people from around the world have emailed, written and called my office to share stories about how knowing and applying the Law of Attraction has changed their lives. These stories are sometimes astonishing, often quite moving, and the range and variety of circumstances involved is staggering.

You can begin to use the power of the unseen world to create your ideal life and business. But here is the part so many people seem to have missed: The Law of Attraction cannot work effectively unless you also follow the Law of Action. Unless you get off your butt and do something, it’s not realistic to expect that much will happen.

Knowing the law of attraction, I wanted to really put it to use and see what would happen so in 1995, I created a vision board. I put pictures of things I wanted to achieve and attract—like a car or a watch—up on this board. Every day I would sit in my office and I would look up at this board and I would start to visualize. I would really get into the state of already acquiring it.

After moving three times and ending up in California, I opened a box that included my vision boards. I cut open the box that had been packed away for five years, and on one vision board was a picture of a home I clipped from an old copy of Dream Homes magazine. When I cut it out of the magazine, I hadn’t known where it was located or how much it cost. But there was no mistaking it. It was a picture of the house I was sitting in at that very moment. Not a house like it. It was a unique house on six acres, with 188 windows, 320 orange trees, 2 lemon trees, and a slew of other special features. I actually bought my dream home, renovated it and didn’t even know it. I was blown away.

I finally understood the power of visualization. While it all starts with an idea and a crystal clear picture of what you want, you can’t just sit around visualizing and waiting for things to happen. If all you do is visualize, the men in the overalls with the big trucks will come take your furniture.

You have work to do.

Visualize and create a vision board. Write down your goals and then find images that match those goals. Use magazines and cut out the words and images that resonate with you. My book, The Complete Vision Board Kit comes with a DVD, sample vision board and tools to help you create a vision board that will positively change your life!

Feel the emotion. Act as if. Act as if you already possess the things pictured on your vision board—the house, the car, or your business. Say, “this” is already mine. State your goals in the present tense like you have already achieved them.

Repetition. Look at the images on your vision board over and over. Repetitiveness of vision combined with your associated emotions will develop your power to visualize and take action to achieve your goals.

The Quakers have an expression, “When you pray, move your feet.” Another expression goes like this: “If you’re going to be praying for potatoes, you better have a hoe ready.”

In a word—act.

The Answer for you: Massive action equals massive results.

In a recent lottery, the lottery being one of the quickest ways for how to become a millionaire, a West Virginia man won $317 million in the Powerball lottery. Now, did you know that the odds of winning this lottery are just over 120 million: 1?

Yes, those are pretty steep odds. However, winning the lottery is really a piece of cake in comparison to the odds of you being born again. When your parents decided to stop procrastinating, you become the product of 23 chromosomes from your mother and 23 chromosomes from your father.

Geneticists have determined that the odds of your parents having another child just like you are 10 to the 2 billionth powers: 1. Is doesn’t take any special coaching or mentoring to know right away these odds are astronomical.

It would take you 75 years working day and night just to write out this number by hand.

With all of that said, it sometimes makes me wonder why so many people are focused on how to become a millionaire. Instead, we should focus on being the best person we can be, we should stop procrastinating, and we should go out to leave a positive and lasting impression for someone or something.

The bottom line is that there will never be another you. You are one-of-a-kind.

Act like yourself. Be yourself. And live the life only you were meant to live.

To You Having It All,

John Assaraf

You may find this hard to believe… but I swear it’s true. Given the opportunity to learn what it takes to become a millionaire… and I’m talking about a step-by-step, take-you-by-the-hand, tell-you-exactly-what –to-do type of program… here is what 100 people would actually do.

Twenty percent (20 people) will have “excusitis” right off the bat and start naming every reason under the sun why they can’t participate. Why? They simply don’t believe it’s possible for them to accomplish this type of result… no matter what you say or do. So to justify their decision logically, (and give themselves permission to fail like they always do), they come up with excuses why they just can’t find the time, the energy, the money, the motivation, etc) to commit to taking the actions that would produce this result. Let’s face it… these people are in a self-imposed mental prison and will remain there for their entire lives.

Of the 80 people remaining, twenty percent of them (16 people) will make an initial attempt to learn and apply the information for about two weeks… and then decide “it’s just too big of a commitment for me right now.” Then they’re gone. These are the ones that change is just too much trouble. They simply “feel” better reverting back to their old ways of thinking and acting. These are the people who claim that the timing just wasn’t right)

Of the 64 people who remain…  

32 people (or 50%) will give up half way through the program (or earlier). They usually last around the 3-6 month mark.

These people really do want to succeed… and actually have what it takes to succeed, but they tend to think that effort is all that’s required… NOT results.

What they fail to understand is that hard work is only part of the recipe to becoming financially free. You must also focus on the right things in the right order.

Now pay close attention to the next part….

Of the 32 people remaining – 90% will fail because they decided to do it their way… or a different way. (After all, their way is better, right. After all, they have succeeded in other areas of their lives but most have struggled financially. These folks have this idea that because they are smart, they can also be rich

When this program doesn’t work for them, they do one of the following…

1-     Blame someone else because IT doesn’t work

2-     Look for another book, CD, DVD, course, teacher or system (the “magic pill”)

3-     Realize it was them… not the system, and they start over

These people prefer to be right than rich. These people have hope… and they’re easy to help… especially after they’ve tried it their way a few times and failed.

So, with the 100 great loving, kind smart individuals that we started with, we’re now left with a whopping total of 3 people.

3% of the total population actually has what it takes to LISTEN, LEARN, APPLY and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.  3% will check their egos at the door and their “I know a better way attitude.”

With a few small adjustments, these people can really have it all and be rich in every area of their lives. 

What about you?  Are you ready to HAVE IT ALL? Are you ready to put your ego aside? Are you ready to allow someone who has done this over and over, again and again and knows the formula for success to guide you and show you how to do it “for yourself?”

LIFE IS ALL ABOUT COMMITMENT VS INTEREST

Committed people MAKE things happen.

Interested people watch it happen to those who are committed.

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To You Having It All,

John Assaraf

I love the Olympics for many reasons. The sheer fun, joy and spirit we get to participate in while watching the athletes, their stories, their families, and the highs and lows makes for a great way to invest time in observing others pursue their goals and dreams. Partly for their country, mostly for themselves.

I can’t help but ask myself what these athletes did to prepare for the Olympics. What physical workouts, diets, practice and dreaming did they do? What doubts, fears anxieties, lack of confidence, certainties and feelings did they experience on their journey to Vancouver and, mostly, what did they do to overcome these feelings that each one of us has at one time or another in pursuit of our goals and dreams?

The Olympics I believe, gives us a chance to live vicariously through the participants be it athlete or coach, spectator or employee. In asking myself these questions and watching the games, I realized that I want to be on the field playing my heart out regardless of whether I win or lose. What about you? Do you want to be playing or watching? Cheering or checking? Feeling the exhilaration of the game on the track or from the stands?

Either way, life is a game that you can either play or watch, hope or do, enjoy or not. It’s your choice. Either way, the game is very short when you are playing full out or very long when all you do is find what’s wrong with it.

As I observed the games, I felt a sense of pride and joy and a sense of sadness. In every sporting event someone won the gold, silver or bronze. Many of the athletes didn’t win a medal. Were they losers? I prefer to think of all of them as winners, just in varying degrees based on their own set of circumstances.

If they showed up, did their best and felt and knew that they did…isn’t that a win? I say yes!

Life is not about winning medals. Life is about showing up ready to play full out and doing the best YOU can do. Competition, helps each of us see what is possible by pushing or pulling us to meet our potential and our goals.

Every one of the athletes came to the Olympic games with a goal. A goal that they committed to, trained for physically and mentally and then went after with all their will.

What are your goals? Have you committed to them and are you playing full out? Like the Olympic games, your flame will burn out. My hope and wish for you is that you have no more game left in you because you left it all on the field, doing and knowing you did your very best!

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If the answer is yes, watch this video and sign up for my webinar this Thursday to find out how at http://johnassaraf.com/webinar/

Hey friends, sometimes it just takes a little bit of instruction – the right information in the right order with some support – to get everything in life to fall in to place,  to get you on the right track and keep you on the right track.

I want to share these insightful thoughts from Albert Einstein and how you and I can apply these thoughts to our own lives to achieve everything we want. If you would like to understand how to make your dreams a reality, you must see this video! Then join me Thursday for a free 75-min webinar where we will explore this more http://johnassaraf.com/webinar