Out of the Blog, Into the Light

Letting Go In Order to Allow More In

To read the introduction post to this series.

It's day one of my Birthday Week – Sunday. I didn't want to get out of bed, which is very unusual for me. Normally I pop right out at 5 am. I laid there in twilight zone for a few hours. I just knew it was snowing, I felt the barometer change in the room, even before I looked out the window. March 1 and snow.

Yesterday was an interesting day. I called Angela for a tarot card reading.  No answer, no voice mail.

As I sat in my meditation wondering what did I really desire for today the word clutter appeared and then was quickly over-ridden with "letting go of past possibilities."

Are you an under earner?

Here is a list of four very good possibilities keeping you there:

1. Under earning gives feelings of moral superiority

2. Under earning is caused by low self-esteem / low-confidence in who you are and your value

3. Under earners believe unconsciously someone is going to resume them

4. Under earners believe there's virtue in not having money

Exercise to begin the change:

List every way you are under earning in your life.

(No matter how hair brain what you write down, what appears is there. Because it can not appear if it isn't there.)

This is “Library Lover’s Month”

Lighten your bookshelves…donate some books, or your time, to the library this month.  This opens the shelf and your energy to attracting more up-to-date information you most likely need.

Many people think volunteering at the library requires you to know a lot about how a library functions.  Not so.  You don’t need any skills.  They train.

What's coming up

By popular request, I've add audio posts this month.  Every Sunday, an audio will be available on how you can change a word in your vocabular to improve what you attract in life.  For subscribers, these posts will arrive in your a day later. 

I've also include some personal development topics this month on audio . . .

On January 21st I'm sending you some new and improved imformation on removing procrastination.  And it works!

On the 28th, a longer audio on how to stop your fears.  This discussion is quite different ad I'm including some valuable notes you will want to keep a copy of and revisit with as you work through them.

These aren't the only posts you will enjoy, its just a few highlights.  Stay tuned for more.

Choose not to join in

A friend of mine, Tom Martin, reminded me of a quote today in his newsletter.  TomMartinMedia.com

 "I remember the last time everybody was talking about being in a recession.  At my company, we held a meeting to discuss it.  We took a vote, and it was unanimous.  We decided that we just weren't going to participate in the recession.  There was no simply no doubt about it.  And we didn't!"
                     -- Zig Ziglar

Tom has been in the fields of network news production and public relations for more than 25 years.  He appeared on my radio show and helped thousands of listeners during that time to uncover new meaning to public relations.  Tom worked with Jim Rohn marketing his book, The Seasons of Life.  Of course, besides so many other great speakers and authors.

Abundance Is A Life Style

A personal note from Catherine Franz

After having the Abundance Centerfor five years, one morning I realized I didn't have a clear, powerful definition of what abundance meant to me.

Later that morning, I sat down and began a week long journal exploring it.  The process was powerful to say the least. 

A few weeks later, from devine inspiration, I turned it into an article.  Now published more than 800 times in magazines, ezines, eBooks and Books.  It's been talked about on television shows, including a soap opera and even a news story.  Which I believe could only have happened from devine intervention.  Now you can read it here (for a limited time).  Enjoy!

Read here

Happy Thanksgiving!

To all the Canadians on my list!

Sending blessings for an extra joyous day!

Catherine

Don't forget these three things in your next presentation!

Are you going to do a presentation, a speech, at a networking group?

BNI, the Chamber of Commerce, and all the others, allow each of their members give a 10-minute presentation.

In fact, I was talking with a client of mine.

I had forgotten about the two rules that must be followed in order to be successful in a networking group.

Don't be intimidated anymore . . .

Hey, do you ever feel intimidated by someone?  We all do when we're babes in the woods and learning something.

Yet, I've found the older we get the less we appreciate what we already know.  And it's so easy to do too.

Everywhere we look; something new is coming out that's marketed as something better than before.  Giving us the assumption that it has to be better than it was before. 

That's the marketing ploy.

Committed vs. Interested -- from John Assaraf

This week I've been reading John Assaraf's new book, The Answer.  In Chapter 6, I came across the same words he shared with the crew and I while taping the movie, The Secret.  Something that sent chills down my spine then and shifted many thoughts and behavior since.

Reading, hearing, it again, I knew it's something that needed sharing.  It matches what I discovered as a coach every day when I talk to people -- they are more interested in success than committed to it.  Your belief on this is a deal breaker on what you achieve.

“There is a difference between being committed to your success and being interested in your success. 

If you are interested, you will do what’s convenient. 

If you are committed, you will do whatever it takes – and doing whatever it takes is what you need to succeed in business, no matter who or where you are.  It’s no longer possible to get by with a halfhearted approach.”

The next time you can't figure out why you aren't attracting your desires, look and see whether you're committed or interested.  The answer could be your awakening.