The Secret of Deliberate Creation!

Dr. Anthony and fear...

"It's alright to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation." - Dr. Rob Gilbert

The tendency for most people is to get into a comfort zone and build a nice little nest there. The comfort zone is made up of all the thoughts we've had and all the things we've done often enough to feel comfortable thinking or doing them. Anything that threatens to push us out of our nest makes us feel uncomfortable.

"Uncomfortable" is a catch all term that encompasses many emotions; fear, unworthiness, doubt, anger, hurt and distrust, to name a few. Since we have labeled these emotions as "bad", we don't want to feel them and so we crawl back into our nests.

It can be argued that there are really only two human emotions, fear and love and that all other emotions are variations on these two themes. Any negative emotion is a spin-off of fear. Except for rare occasions, most of the fear that we experience is over imagined circumstances or consequences. But, since fear keeps us from doing things, we never really check out the validity of the fear itself. A feedback loop of fear "not doing","ignorance" then back to fear develops.

When something pushes us out of our comfort zone we feel some variation of fear. The bodily sensations that go along with fear are something that we have come to label as "bad" and we want to avoid them at all costs. Let's look at what happens when the body feels fear; adrenaline, glucose and other energy producing chemicals are released into the bloodstream. Our senses actually sharpen when non-essential fears such as, "Did I remember to TiVo Lost?", pop up and we gain an instant ability to focus on the task at hand.

When we are outside of our comfort zone, most of the time, the only thing we are in danger of is learning something new. What is helpful in learning something new? Energy, clarity and the ability to focus - all available to you via your friend, fear.

Now, am I saying that fear is the best motivator? No, but I am saying that you can change the way you look at the sensations that fear produces. Do you realize that, at a somatic level, excitement feels pretty much the same as fear? So what I'm suggesting is that the next time you get pushed out of your comfort zone and you feel the adrenaline of fear, instead of crawling swiftly back into the safety of your nest, change the way you look at it. Choose to experience the sensations of excitement and use the clarity, energy and increased focus at your disposal to say "YES" to the experience and learn something new!

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how large or small, please record it. It will only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony
The Secret of Deliberate Creation

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9 Simple Ideas for Coping with Financial Stress
By Leo Quinn, creator of How to Own Your Paycheck Again

In stressful financial times the media likes to remind us of other stressful times in our history. When I look at those past recessions that happened when I was a functioning member of society (a.k.a. an adult) I am struck by the fact that I don�ft ever remember being aware of them. If I was aware of them at the time they didn�ft scar me for life.

Here are 9 ideas to help you cope better with your financial stress in the hopes that this recession will be a soon forgotten memory for you.

1) TURN OFF AND TUNE OUT

Author Barry Neil Kaufman says "We stare bug-eyed at the eleven o'clock news, striving to be well informed, as if knowledge of the latest disasters will enhance our sense of well-being."

Why do you need to watch or listen to the news? Very few people NEED to get their information this way. Short of a tornado headed to your house, you can live your life quite nicely without 24/7 news. Try it for a week and see what happens.

2) IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER

Og Mandino is his book �"The Greatest Salesman in the World" gave four words that "have been passed down from the ancients that will carry me through every adversity and maintain my life in balance. These four words are: This too shall pass."

He�is right. It WILL pass and 5 or 10 years from today we'll be reading about this in the paper and we'll think�"oh yeah, I remember that" and it will make a great story to tell your kids or grandkids.

Who said it?...�"the only difference between�tragedy and comedy is time"

3) ZIP IT!

Quit yapping about the economy to everyone you meet. Pity parties help no one on any subject so keep the complaining to a minimum. And don't hang around people who insist on wallowing in all the negativity.

Ed Diener, author of "Happiness, Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth" , says "It's not that you shouldn't think about (the economic crisis) but think about it to the extent that you can control it. Put your money places where you are comfortable, deal with it and move forward."

4) LAUGH!

Since 1922 Reader's Digest has been telling us that laughter is the best medicine. Take daily laugh breaks. It�fs so easy with the internet. Go to YouTube and search for �"game show bloopers" and you'll be laughing AND feeling smarter in seconds. Family Feud and The Newlywed Game bloopers are my favorites.

You can find Saturday Night Live and Mad TV clips all over the internet. Many cartoons, full length movies and sitcoms can be viewed in their entirety at www.Hulu.com

5) FACE YOUR FINANCES

They won't get better by ignoring them. They won't go away. Your credit score might be hurt if you can't pay your bills or your get behind but you won't go to debtor's prison.

It's no fun jumping every time the phone rings for fear it's a creditor. If you need help in the U.S., visit www.NFCC.org the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Don't deal with any organization that promises to help you with your finances that doesn't get a link from this website.

The specific page on that site where you can find local help.

If you can pay all your debts on time now and you don't have a plan to pay them off much faster, use my plan. Over 18,000 people in the last 4 years have made the investment in "How To Own Your Paycheck Again!"

6) KEEP TRACK

Be ruthless in tracking your spending and income. By ruthless I mean keep track of every penny. We all have a problem with �"mental accounting." We don't look at 50 cents as real money and thus would likely not even consider tracking expenses that small. Fifty cents a day over a year is $182.50. It really does add up.

Keeping track of all your spending can be an eye-opening experience. You�fll often discover unnecessary waste that is easy to fix.

7) GO FOR A ONE MINUTE WALK

It's been proven that those who regularly exercise have lower stress levels than those who don't.

In his book, "One Small Step Can Change Your Life - The Kaizen Way", Robert Maurer, Ph.D. states that the part of our brain called the "amygdala"... "sets off alarm bells whenever we want to make a departure from our usual, safe routines. The brain is designed that way so that any new challenge or opportunity or desire triggers some degree of fear"

He suggests we take VERY small steps so as not to "wake up" our amygdala.

My favorite example in the book was a client he wanted to march in place, in front of the TV for one minute a day. That would be her exercise routine. Just one minute.

Eventually she marched for 3 minute commercial breaks and then for whole shows.

"Soon her ridiculously small actions had grown into the firm habit of running one mile each day. Note that this gradual buildup to a steady program is the exact opposite of the usual pattern, in which a person starts off with a burst of activity for a few weeks, but then returns to a comfortable spot on the couch"

8) START ANOTHER INCOME STREAM

People who work 9-5 and do nothing else to earn money have always perplexed me.

They get up every day, shower, drive to work, work, drive home, do whatever they do at home, go to bed and start it over again every day for 40 years.

At home they worry about job security, promotions, raises, benefits and the like but they do little if anything to ensure their own future, content to rely on an employer who may or may not be around in 5 years.

Spend some of your worry time researching ways to make extra money. Any bookstore or library will have many books on the subject.

Get your children involved. Make it a partnership. What an incredible gift to give your children. The gift of independence.

Yes, there may be laws and rules and regulations you need to follow but don�ft let those stop you. They are many resources available to help.

Start at the small business administration. www.SBA.gov and also check out SCORE at www.score.org

9) PLAY THE LOTTERY!

No, not the state lottery, also known as �"a tax on people bad at math". I'm talking about the comptroller's office lottery. Every state has an office that handles what are known as �"Unclaimed Funds" or �"Unclaimed Property". In NY it's called the Comptroller's Office. Other states give it various names. Unclaimed funds are forgotten bank deposits, tax refunds, and security deposits from landlords and utility companies to name a few.

Most amounts are very small but it's still fun to search. You can search the databases online. Most won't tell you how much is owed but some will give you a range. Search for your name and the names of all your friends and relatives in whatever states they live.

When you find some money that is owed, point your friend or relative to the appropriate website and collect the gratitude (and hopefully a finders fee!) Soon you�fll feel like Santa at Christmas handing out wads of cash.

The site to begin your search is: FindLostMoneyHere.com

So there are nine ideas for you to try. None of them are hard and most you'll find rather fun. Turn off the TV and the radio�cignore the nattering nabobs of negativity and live a less stressful and more peaceful life.

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Leo Quinn is a financial educator from Upstate NY. Since 1997 he has helped over 18,000 people from around the world, through his live workshops and website, get better control of their finances and pay off their debts much faster than normal.

The Secret Scroll...

When you look at yourself and feel dissatisfaction about any part of you, you will continue to attract feelings of dissatisfaction, because the law mirrors back to you exactly what you are holding inside.

Be in awe and wonder at the magnificence of you!

~ Rhonda Byrne