4 Unusual Steps To Attract More Money Into Your Life

Are you struggling to attract money? I did, until I started following 4 unusual steps that have changed my financial and personal life.

Since then, I’ve been experiencing one success after another.

A reputable publisher asked me to write a book. Ideas flow effortlessly to me. The right people, information, and solution come up unexpectedly when any challenge arise.

4_unusual_steps_to_attract_more_money_into_your_lifeI’ve become a human magnet for wealth, wonderful opportunities, creative ideas, and good luck. And now, I want to share these 4 steps with you so you too can experience the same.

Step 1: Have A Big Enough “Why.”

Imagine for a moment that you’re earning $2000 a month from your day job. Then one day, your mom (who has no savings) called to tell you that she has a serious illness; but it can be cured through medical treatments worth $3000 monthly.

If you love your mom, would you be able to find a way to pay for her medical expenses along with your personal expenses? Absolutely!

If you have a big enough “why”, you would do anything to achieve what you want.

So let me ask you…

Why do you want more wealth or prosperity? The reason must have a strong emotional attachment to you.

The pleasure you want to attain must be so gratifying – or the pain you want to avoid must be so agonizing – that you would put 100% of your focus and efforts to accomplish your financial goals.

If for example, you’re stuck in a dead end job but you want to operate your own business, your “why” (as it relates to pain) could be something like… you want to stop waking up depressed every morning, avoid hours of traffic, and stop worrying about whether you could pay for emergencies and other expenses.

Your “why” (as it relates to pleasure) could be something like… you want to work and earn massively on what you truly love to do, be with your family more often, and enjoy your life to the fullest.

Step 2: Change Your Limiting Wealth Beliefs.

Okay, so you said you want to be rich. But deep inside, do you believe that…

– Rich people are greedy or dishonest?
– Your friends and relatives would take advantage of you if you’re wealthy?
– Having plenty of money makes you spiritually poor?
– Money can’t buy happiness?
– Getting wealthy is not your destiny?
– You’re too old (or too young or too uneducated, etc.) to get rich?
And the classic…
– Money is the root of all evil?

If you answered “yes” to any one or more of the above, then you have to change those limiting beliefs pronto!

You can’t expect to attract money if you’re repelling it at the same time.

Mingle with wealthy people and you will realize they’re among the most generous and honest individuals you could meet.

Realize that by being rich, you could help a lot of people (and still have more than enough for yourself and loved ones).

By tithing or contributing to a worthy cause, you could boost your happiness and spiritual well-being at the same time. (After all, God loves cheerful givers.)

Your destiny is in your own hands. And it’s never too late nor too early to start accumulating wealth. Stop making excuses!

As Bill Gates said, “If you are born poor, it’s not your mistake. But if you die poor, it’s your mistake.”

Step 3: Surround Yourself With Wealthy, Optimistic People.

If you’re serious in attracting wealth, you have to be around rich and successful people as much as possible.

The best thing you could do is find one or more mentors who are already successful in the field you want to enter. You could leverage from their knowledge, experience, and connections. By modeling their system and getting access to their network, you could get a head start and gain momentum in the process.

The next best thing is to attend their seminars, read their books or watch their videos (if they have any). That way, you can adopt their positive mindset, beliefs, and attitude.

On the contrary, beware those people in your life who always complain, discourage you from achieving your goals, drain your energy, or simply make you feel bad. Avoid them at all cost!

Associate and surround yourself only with the right people, so their “aura” can rub off on you. Your financial destiny depends on it!

Step 4: Immerse Yourself With “Wealth Reminders”.

“Wealth Reminders” are stuffs that remind you of wealth and other things that you want to be, do, or have.

They will program your mind to be conscious of abundance and prosperity.

Here are some ideas:

– Create a vision board where you paste images of money and other things you desire (such as a mansion, a luxury car, etc.). Put it in a place where you could see it often. Mentally and emotionally put yourself in those images and let your imagination go wild for a few minutes.

– Create a video (aka mind movies) filled with images and affirmations that support your financial goals. Watch it as often as you can. (If you don’t know how to create a video, hire a video creator from Fiverr.com for just 5 bucks.)

– Write million dollar checks payable to yourself. Put them in your ceiling, in your bathroom mirror, in your wallet, and any other possible spots you can think of.

– Choose a desktop wallpaper or background that depicts stacks of $100 bills or other things that remind you of money.

– Use everyday things with designs that represent wealth and abundance. It could be anything – clothes, blankets, pens, notebooks, plates… the sky’s the limit.

On the other hand, eliminating negative influences and things is just as important. Throw or give away stuffs that make you feel down. Avoid watching the news and stop reading gossip magazines.

Follow these 4 unusual ways and you’ll soon find yourself getting more wealth opportunities, creating more profitable ideas, and simply having more “lucky” experiences than you’ve ever had in your life.

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10 Habits That Will Make You Happy Today (Even If Life Isn’t Going Your Way)

10 Habits That Will Make You Happy Today (Even If Life Isn't Going Your Way)

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In 2010, after losing my job and being unable to find another one for close to a year, I fell into a deep depression. During this time I read dozens (maybe a hundred) books on happiness, purpose and meaning, trying to cheer myself up.

Here are ten of the best habits from my research to help you become happier today – even if your life feels like it’s in the dumps.

1. Create your flow list.

One of the things that most helped me during this time period was to track all my happiest moments during the day – even if there were very few. Even if I could only track the few happy moments each week, I did.

When I tracked all of the best moments during the week, initially I found small things: drinking a coffee in the morning, reading a great book, or taking a shower. Gradually the happy things became bigger and more frequent.

Once I figured out which moments were happy and “flow producing” for me, I scheduled more of them into my routine. For me that usually meant spending time each day to read a book in a great café, or taking the time to go for a long walk with my dog.

Whereas I usually found myself thinking about all the things going horribly in my life, I found that if I actually scheduled happiness activities into my routine, I would do them without fail.

  1. Stop doing what doesn’t work.

This sounds crazy, but usually if we’re unhappy, we’re feeling stuck in life. Whether that’s due to our relationships or whether that’s due to finances, our job, or just lacking purpose and meaning, something isn’t working.

Whatever aspect of life isn’t working well – let’s say relationships – do an evaluation. Do I keep attracting the same kind of people? Do I keep making the same mistake? Do I keep forgetting to make time for my partner? Whatever isn’t working – stop doing it.

  1. Cultivate a happiness diet.

We’re so used to changing our physical diet to improve our physical health, but what about changing our mental and psychological diet for our happiness health?

Think about it.

On a diet, we remove things that don’t help us like Oreos or cakes, and then we add things that do help us – like plants and water.

On a happiness diet, we remove things that aren’t making us happy – like certain people, routines, or schedules.

And then we add things that DO help us become happy – an activity every single day we enjoy, being around more people that inspire us, and filling our mind with things that create happiness and inspiration, not fear.

What things can you add or subtract to your happiness diet?

  1. Eliminate energy leaks.

Throughout the day, there are always certain people, places, or activities that are energy leaks.

You know, there are always people filled with negativity, fear, and the latest gossip they’ve found on the television. And there are other people that are filled with inspiration, happiness, and motivation.

How does each person make you feel after you interact with him or her?

How does each situation make you feel after you’re involved in it?

Do certain places or people make you just feel tired after dealing with them?

Another big thing that we sometimes forget is that fear and anxiety are also energy leaks – the more we let them into our mind, the more they exhaust us and prevent us from doing what we have to do to be happy.

  1. Replace fear with vision.

Once of the toughest things for me during this rough patch in my life was trying to overcome the constant anxiety and fear that was filling my mind every time I tried to push myself forward.

It seemed like every single time I would take a step forward, one little barrier would get in my way and the massive self doubt would settle in again, “Oh, you’re never going to make it, you don’t know what you’re doing, you don’t deserve this, you’re not progressing fast enough.”

And if I wasn’t careful, the fear itself would crush me, and it would sometimes take a day or longer to recover from it and begin again.

One of the core practices that helped me during this time was visualizing the future I wanted – any time the feeling of fear cropped up. So once I sensed a little bit of self-doubt creeping into my life, I took the time to pause for five minutes, visualize the life I wanted in full detail, and then continue on my way.

This never failed to keep me focused and inspired.

  1. Take the first step… even if you can’t see the staircase.

There were so many days, weeks, months and years where I was utterly paralyzed because I couldn’t figure out the exact path that was going to get me to where I wanted to be – all the way there.

And it took me a very long time to realize that we often don’t know step 2 until we take step 1. And the problem is that step 2 doesn’t even reveal itself unless we just start walking.

So sometimes it can be easy to find ourselves overwhelmed and frustrated because we’re living in our mind – trying to figure it all out before we even step.

One of the best kept secrets that a mentor once told me was this: once you take the first step into the dark, enchanted forest, you’ll see exactly where step #2 is.

  1. Reframe limitations.

I’ll never forget, a few years back when I was working for someone else, I told myself, “I will never be happy as long as I work for someone else.”

And you know what happened? I never was happy working for someone else – even when I had objectively amazing jobs, great bosses, incredible colleagues with good pay and more. I had poisoned my mind by “promising” to myself (or rather, negatively affirming) that I would never be happy “so long as…”

Sometimes this happens in other aspects of life though. We tell ourselves we’ll never be happy if we’re single. Or we’ll never be happy as long as we’re overweight, or as long as we live in this location.

And those become self-fulfilling prophecies more often than not. One thing that really helped me during this time was writing down all negative self-talk – and then I wrote affirmations that were the exact opposite.

So if I told myself “I’ll never be fully happy single” the affirmation was, “I’m always happy, regardless of whether or not I’m in a relationship.”

  1. Create a life changing morning focus routine. 

By far, and I mean by far, one of the biggest things that saved my life when I was in the dumps was a morning routine.

Now I don’t know about you, but for me the morning is often the least focused, and the unhappiest part of the day. My mind wanders. I’m tired. I’m groggy.

There were a few things I started doing that immediately jumpstarted my day and put me on the trajectory I wanted to be on.

Here’s what that looked like:

10 minutes of yoga, which helped me wake up, provided my brain with oxygen, and made the next step easier.

10 minutes of meditation, which helped me start the day with a “clear” head and no negativity in my mind.

10 minutes of visualizing my goals, which allowed me to focus on what I wanted in my life – and made me consider how I could possibly get there.

This three-part morning routine has dramatically impacted my life – and years later I still do this.

  1. Think about what you want – not what you don’t want.

When life isn’t going well, it’s extremely easy to think about all the stuff that isn’t going well.

“Ugh, I hate my job.”

“Ugh, did my partner just really say that to me?”

“Ugh, I’m so tired of waking up to this routine I hate.”

Unfortunately, when we do this the mind simply filters out all the good stuff, and keeps us looking for the bad stuff.

Have you ever dated someone for a long time (or been married) and found yourself one day picking out a particular “flaw” the person had – and then all you could see was flaws for days or weeks on end?

The mind is funny like that – when we emphasize what’s not working, we keep finding more things that aren’t working.

But the opposite is also true – when we focus on all the awesome things in life, we begin to see and experience more of them.

  1. Make uncertainty known.

One of the things that really prevented me from taking action was overwhelm with all of the things I felt like I could be doing to improve my life, when I was at rock bottom.

“Do I get a new job?”

“Do I make new friends first?”

“Do I pick up some new hobbies?”

Through all of the overwhelm, one exercise helped me immensely: I just wrote down all the things frustrating or confusing me, and I learned that once they were down on paper, they either weren’t as confusing as I thought, or they were not as scary as I thought.

In fact, they usually weren’t that big of a deal. Just by putting my fears on paper it made everything a lot clearer.

When we’re afraid, just by writing down the problem it can help us distance ourselves from it, and get the clarity we need to move forward.

These ten daily habits dramatically improved my life and helped me get through a long period at the bottom – what has helped you?

About Alex: Alex is the founder of Modern Health Monk – an integrative health site that shows busy professionals how to look and feel amazing using the psychology of habit change. You can grab his free guide here: 5 daily habits to help you get your dream body.

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The 3 Top Strategies for Bringing Your Dreams of Living Abroad to Life

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Come on, admit it…

You’re fantasizing about moving abroad and living a life of your dreams, but in reality, you think it’s unachievable, right?

Even though you always wanted to do it, secretly you thought moving abroad is something only retirees could do, or maybe hippies.

Could that really be a great way for you to live your life?

Maybe it’s just a day-dream, a distraction from your daily grind…an ill-fated fantasy that, if you just wait long enough, will disappear on its own?”

And of course you ask yourself that rather nagging question: “How do I make money, buy groceries, and pay my rent and bills-, living abroad? “

In the end, all options considered, you think: “There is no chance in hell I can really pull this off so my family and I will live happily ever after.”

Or is there?

I have no hesitations at all to tell you that:

You have countless opportunities to live the life of your dreams abroad

People often ask me how to make living abroad work for them financially. They’ll agree that the cost of living can be cheaper abroad, but when the wages there are also much lower, they think they won’t be better off than they are now.
But moving abroad doesn’t mean you should rent a cheap place and enter into employment on a starvation salary…That would be ridiculous.
You are not a FOOL and you know there must be better ways…

And there is!

So let’s take a look at three ways you can finance a wonderful life in paradise.

#1 – Being Employed, The Other Kind

“The trick to being employed abroad without sacrificing salary is to avoid working for a local employer who pays local wages. Instead, you want to work for one who pays American dollars on the same base salary you would earn if you were doing your job in North America.“

A definite perk of living in places with a low cost of living and being paid an American salary, – is that your dollar can go much further.

Even better, employees working overseas often get paid more than their equals back home. They enjoy an extra allowance for their inconvenience of acclimatizing to the new country; plus they get other bonuses, like pay for their full move and free flights home.

So now you have some exciting options…

• If you already work for a company who has outlets overseas, find out if you could work at one of those foreign locations.

• Perhaps your company would allow you to work remotely from home; where-ever home is. There is clearly a growing acceptance of remote working among employers.

• Maybe you’re unemployed, or your current employer does not have an overseas opportunity for you. Not a problem…there are plenty of options to find good-paying employment abroad.

For those considering the third option, the following are two good examples of well-paying jobs abroad:

o ESL Teacher
For native English speaker, it is simple to find English teaching gigs. ESL teachers are in high demand in many, often well-paying, locations. The countries that pay the highest wages and offer great benefit packages are: The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Vietnam, and South Korea.

o Yacht Crew
And here, my all-time favorite: Live somewhere in a low cost but beautiful location, and work on a yacht crew or a cruise ship line….how cool is that! You get paid well, you don’t have much chance to spend money on board, and the place where you return to in your off time is so cheap that your money in the bank grows like stink.

#2 – Freelancing, the faraway kind

Freelancing allows you to work only when you need to, or build a thriving career for yourself. By utilizing technology, – (like the Internet) to your benefit, you can run a professional operation without revealing that you may really be sitting on a beach sipping Margaritas.

Here are some work-from-home opportunities you may not have thought about:

o Freelance Writer
As a freelance writer, you have lots of option. You can find work as a copywriter, content manager, or writer and editor for blogs. Or venture out into research, communication management, or online training. Freelance writing is perfect if you have some expertise, experience, and good skills in a popular field.

o Freelance Teacher
As a freelance teacher, you have plenty of opportunities at all grade levels. You can find work writing training materials, providing special needs educational services and, tutoring online. Colleges and universities are your most likely employers.

o Freelance Translator
As a freelance translator, you are in demand. You need a foreign language dictionary, a computer, software, Internet access, and you’re ready to go. The pay is good, and those who can specialize in a less common language or area like finance, the law, or medical can charge even more.

o Health-care
You may live in the U.S., but a transcriptionist in India might type your doctor’s note, a specialist in the U.S. might interpret your test results, and a European top surgeon may lead your surgery by video chat.
Health care is one of the rapidly growing sectors within remote working. Job opportunities are plenty and vary depending on your expertise. Currently, you’ll find most job offers in nursing, therapy, psychiatry, nutrition, transcription and pharmaceutical.

#3 Being Self Employed, The Right Kind

When I talk self-employment in paradise to bring your dreams to life, I’m not talking about becoming a seafood tostada vendor in Mexico, or running a Tuk-Tuk business in Thailand or a Kayak rental in the Caribbean.
No, I’m talking about self-employment that provides you with a maximum level of flexibility, geographic freedom, work schedule, and good income potential…of course I’m talking about an online business.

You can start an online business in many ways, but one popular example is to start a blog.
Blogging itself isn’t really a business, – but rather a podium for business opportunities related to it, like…
• Sell advertising space on your blog,
• Use affiliated marketing to get paid a percentage from sales made through your blog,
• Sell services like consulting or speaking,
• Or sell premium content like webinars, and e-books and such to generate an income.

“Making a full monthly income from blogging will take some time and effort, but the beauty of it is that you can work on it on the side. And once you’ve established a good income stream, the effort will have been worth it. You’ll be able to work on it from wherever you choose.”

Your Dreams of Living Abroad CAN Come True

Having seen these various ways of making a living abroad, do you still doubt you can do it?

Thought not.

So isn’t it finally time to make your dreams a reality?

You can live in paradise and make enough money to enjoy it.

Stop procrastinating on your dreams.

You can start looking for a job abroad, find freelance work, or start a blog right now.

The life of your dreams is waiting for you…

What are you waiting for?

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Wilfried Lehmkuhler is passionate about helping people achieve their dreams; create financial Freedom and a Life they love by applying proven success strategies. Wilfried is a blogger, speaker, consultant and accomplished author who has worked with professional athletes and businesses in Europe and North America. You can find him at FinancialFreedomAndALifeYouLove.com or @WLehmkuhler

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7 Tips For Introverts to Lead a Balanced Life

7 Trips For Introverts To Live A Balanced Life

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Introverts seem to be on the hot seat nowadays.

People are acknowledging that certain people in the world prefer to be alone. They prefer to stay in on weekends, not make conversations, decline invitations to party and even, when they do indeed go to the party, be alone and leave early.

That’s your introvert in a nutshell. I am one myself and I love it.

But how does one really lead a introvert’s life? Do all of the above characteristics equate to happiness?

I don’t think so. There must be a balance. Too much of something or focusing on either extreme end of the spectrum is never good.

Here’s 7 tips for introverts to lead a balanced life

1) Go out once in a while

So maybe you love staying home on weekends, but that doesn’t mean you have to do it every weekend.

I don’t believe that anybody enjoys being alone all the time. We’re human and we need each other. It just depends on how much.

Don’t adhere strictly to the idea that since you’re introverted you should stay home all the time. If you want to head out, then just get out. That’s healthy for you.

2) Indulge in a variety of lonesome activities

I personally go from reading novels, watching TV series, watching movies, watching anime, reading comics to playing video games.

It doesn’t work in the way where you can do one thing only over and over. You have to mix it up otherwise you’re going to get bored and tired.

3) Remember that you’ve to respect others’ opinions

Because they’re doing the best they can to try to understand.

It’s easy to get annoyed and think, “These guys don’t understand introverts! They’re so stupid! I’m better than them!”

Nah. That’s just going to make you more annoyed. You’ve to understand that it’s all about perspective. Respect others, and they will respect you. Get irritated all the time and they’ll think you’re unfriendly and bitchy.

4) Remember that they’re probably just joking

So introverts are weird, different or crazy to people who don’t get it right?

Relax. If they’re your friends, they’re probably just joking. Let them. Chill out. It’s no big deal. There’s no reason to get upset just because your friends don’t understand you.

5) Being an introvert doesn’t mean you have to be unfriendly, or shy

Because you’re bound to interact with other people. Now, why don’t you just make the best of it and be a friend?

If you do feel shy indeed, learn how to socialize. Learn body language. Learn how to talk to the opposite sex. Start with what resonates with you most, like perhaps reading a book.

If you don’t ever mean to come across unfriendly, and feel misunderstood for that, I strongly suggest doing the above. You don’t need unnecessary stress and garbage from others.

6)  Set extremely strict boundaries with your partner

An introvert doesn’t mean you’ve to be alone!

So in order to be in a happy relationship, you’ve to let your partner know what your lifestyle is like by setting clear boundaries.

Tell him or her that you prefer not to reply a text when you’re reading, so they shouldn’t have to worry at all if you happen to be silent on the radar.

This will save a lot of trouble!

7) You ultimately need your core set of friends

Because no one ever wants to be alone forever. An introvert doesn’t mean a life without friends.

So this is how it works in a couple of ways:

First, remember that you don’t have to make a ton of friends. You don’t need to please everybody in life. You’re not aiming to be prom queen.

Secondly, stick to your close few friends. And know that that’s enough. That’s it.

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