LifeSuccess Formula

When Adversity Turns Out To Be Your Biggest Blessing-Lesson In Life!

2011-06-15T10:55:00.001-07:00

WHAT A MOVIE ! If you havent seen this - go rent it. NOW.

I have watched it over 36 times now and am about to watch it again TONIGHT!

Excellent reminders that whatever challenges we face...usually turn out to be our biggest blessings to grow as a person ... powerfully moving ..

I loved it where in this movie (following an accident) the young guy says 'HOW CAN I TRAIN WITH THIS ACCIDENT?' and Nick Nolte replies THE ACCIDENT IS YOUR TRAINING! WOOWWW!

TRAILERS AND CLIPS HERE -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MNB7zjBXk&feature=related - PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9nu-SOJi7Y&feature=related - PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg8x_40QG-o&feature=related - PART 3

Enjoy!
Michelle x

Short Video: Long-lasting MESSAGE: Our Hearts Beat The Same Worldwide!

2011-03-10T08:58:00.001-08:00

WOW. I am lost for words watching this video. I just had to share with you!

Moved me to tears at his selfless actions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_3BEwpv0dM

What do you think of this moving movie? What action are you taking to contribute?

For every troubled soul in this world I believe we have ONE HUNDRED more happy souls who are here to help spread the love and compassion throughout this world! I for one can truly resonate with this guy - this is EXACTLY how I feel when I see the smiles on people's faces that I have been in contact with.

I love to leave people with a sense of increase in whatever capacity I can. It truly is a win-win - they feel good to receive your love and you feel good to share your love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_3BEwpv0dM

Humbled. Our hearts are one and the same - they beat no different!

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Pastures New Or Hit A Brick Wall? BE READY TO SPRING CLEAN!

2011-03-09T14:45:00.000-08:00

Spring Clean!

It's that time again where the sun begins to peep through the clouds, the Daffodils begin to poke through the soil, my Orchid begins to flower. I love the Springtime!

The seeds that were planted previously are now beginning to show the fruits of their roots!

What seedling ideas are you planting in 2011? Most people's resolutions have been long forgotten. Why not revive them and give them some resuscitation, breathe new life into them by giving them the required energy to help them grow into beautiful blossoms and blooms! Filled with colour and a vibrancy and renewed energy!

I bet your visionboard has been pushed back into the cupboard or is getting dusty under the stairs?

Perhaps its now time to create a brand new visionboard, especially with your increased awareness of what you want to bring forth into being.

Today I am feeling very excited about the unfolding of my purpose here on the planet. The next chapter is about to unfold and every day 'pieces of the jigsaw are being 'pipetted' to me drip by drip, to allow me to see the profoundness of the bigger picture that is coming forth. I recognise now that it has to be at such a drop by drop speed since my mind would not be able to cope with the enormity of the task that has been gifted to me while here on Earth. (I believe we are all messengers for the greater good, some of us 'get it' and some of us never become aware of it). I thank god that I was open minded enough to allow spirit to work with and through me as a vehicle for planetary changes and changing the status quo on certain worldwide held beliefs.

It hasnt always been like that. A few years ago my spirit was crushed by a certain experience that for a while I resented. I went on a downward spiral that caused a lot of pain and emotion and at one point I did not see a way out. I began sabotaging because my spirit was broken. My faith was no more. My strong beliefs and passion, that I had once believed in, had been shattered. It wasn't until I began working with a mentor that I began to turn things around.

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change" ~ Wayne Dyer

With some work I began to change my perception to see that the experience was to help me grow and I sure did after seeing a new perspective. My spirit began to lift like a helium balloon since I no longer perceived the experience as a bad one! My faith in my ability to carry out this mammoth task began to build again.

I listened to my intuition and began building a new visionboard (same vision but with new vibrant images for fresh eyes to observe!).

Moving back to my hometown of Manchester has caused me to do a HUGE Spring clean as I definitely do not want anything that is not in harmony with the direction of where my goal is going. Shedding anything that I now no longer have a need for. It feels like the wheels are set in motion again after a period of patient persistence! (As per Napoleon Hill's Persistence Test!).

Certain serendipitous moments are occurring DAILY now as each day unfolds. I feel exceptionally blessed to be 'chosen' for this life path. I have always maintained that I would be involved in Charitable work close to my heart ... This is now unfolding - the EXACT charitable cause relating to mental health since my nan passed away in 2001 suffering with Alzheimers.

The only good thing about it is that nan was never aware of her condition.

So as long as you advance in the direction of the vision you are holding, no matter what attempts to throw you off course, your vision may come into fruition. Once you begin to believe that you can achieve it, BE READY! Luck is when opportunity meets with preparation. No matter what the obstacles may appear to be, hold the vision. Clear the cobwebs from your dreams and fly them high as a kite. Be the tall poppy, be grateful for those experiences that do not necessarily feel good at the time but in time become the good lessons to grow from.

PREPARE YOURSELF. Start where you are with the resources you have available to you and begin seeing yourself in the bigger picture by asking yourself WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO ME? WHAT IS MY BIGGER PICTURE?

I declared that with the proceeds from my books, movies and online products that I would get more involved in charitable work and invest in stem cell research, mental health research - Alzheimers, Dementia etc since my nan suffered from it and I am positive that there will be a cure (My humble opinion is diet and a lack of protein creating a NO FRILLS version of the brain which causes malfunction!).

Anyhow - I have now been given the opportunity to bring that dream alive NOW as the opportunity has now presented itself !

More to follow... HOW EXCITING!

Would you be READY if the opportunity of a lifetime knocked on your door TODAY? Or would you let it slip away.... because you are 'not ready'. BE READY. You just never know what is around the corner... BRICK WALL OR PASTURES NEW?

Michelle

PS - What are you waiting for? An opportunity to come knocking? GO OUT MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Photo of napkin sourced from

www.idea-sandbox.com

Flowers from Google Images

Who do you Love? Who Loves You? Celebrate L'AMOUR today WITH ME..

2011-01-21T08:11:00.000-08:00

Too early to celebrate I hear you say?!

Nooooo..

Its NEVER too early! Why wait until Valentine's Day?! It's not just to be celebrated on ONE day!

Is your love life stormy? Hard work? Romantic? Funny? Long term? Short fling? Stable? Flimsy? Ready for commitment? Ready for break up?! Will your relationship weather all storms?

No matter what stage your relationship, why not follow me on a loveboat journey.....

Who do you Love? Who Loves You? Celebrate L'AMOUR today WITH ME..

What are your relationships like? Do you do just enough to get by? .. Do you do little things for your partner to make them feel special? Do you ask them how you can support their goals? Do you sit down and work out/reviewyour goals together over a glass of champagne? or your fave drink?

Have you told your partner you LOVE THEM and how blessed you are to have them in your life today?

Have you hugged them BIGTIME? Really think about that... HUGS ARE FREE yet they feel fantastic... I LOVE GIVING HUGS, I LOVE RECEIVING HUGS..... they ALWAYS raise a smile... Hug More.. Laugh More... Love More...

How about your family? Do you visit them enough? Do you tell them how blessed you are to have them as your parents /sister/ brother/ aunt/uncle...

THINK: If they were not around right now to tell them, would you feel sad that you didnt tell them how much they mean to you TODAY? Go tell them, pick up the phone and tell them - most people dont call unless they want something.. sad fact.... but its true... Phone with NO REASON other than to tell them you love them very much...

PICK UP THE PHONE... OR BETTER STILL... GO VISIT YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY/PARTNER AND GIVE THEM THEBIGGEST SQUEEZIEST HUG IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD....

LOVE AND HUGS LOVE AND HUGS LOVE AND HUGS LOVE AND HUGS LOVE AND HUGS..KISSES AND SQUEEZES KISSES AND SQUEEZES... and one kissy!

Best ever,

LovedUp Michelle xx

Celebrate your LIFE TODAY!!!

Live it, Feel it, LOVE IT!

Michelle MWAHHH xxx now pass me those heart-shaped chocs!

It's a New Day Its a New Dawn... And am feeling GOOOOD!

2011-01-04T13:05:00.000-08:00

It's A New Day ... A New Dawn... And am feeling GOOOOOD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmwRQqJsegw (Muse - Feelin Good!) Crank it UP!

Its a NEW LIFE... FOR ME! & AM FEELING..... GOOOD!

Hey Happy New Year Peeps!

Ever seen the movie Sliding Doors?!

Well... You just never know when someone might just walk right into your life...

and change your life forever...

If you were not where you were meant to be, you were late, you didnt get that train, bus, plane...

Divinity at its finest...

Go with the flow.... its a new YEAR filled with OPPORTUNITIES!

Luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.... BE READY..

You just NEVER know when opportunity comes knocking on your door...

Will you close the door on it when it comes knocking or will you invite it into your life?

Be open minded. Be prepared. Start NOW.

Whatever you are creating today will show in your future...

Today's thoughts become tomorrow's reality.

Think of all the thoughts and actions you have taken since Millenium to 2010...

Make one resolution: RESOLVE to make 2011 your best year yet. PERIOD.

Start your new 10 year diary NOW! You will be amazed if you write just ONE line per night at just how fast life changes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmwRQqJsegw

Happy New Year peeps, hugs, Michelle x

NEWSFLASH. "RIP. Michelle was an amazing loving and giving girl with a zest for life.

2010-11-23T03:58:00.000-08:00

NEWSFLASH. "RIP. Michelle was an amazing loving and giving girl with a zest for life. Living life to the max in most areas of her life. She struggled with her weight until it got the better of her. There were symptoms she knew she had and symptoms she did not. Her arteries were blocked over time. She was unaware as she relatively felt fit, healthy, active-ish and a strong mindset! She had everything to live for.

Dropped down DEAD today ironically the day she should have been born aged 37, a week before her actually birthday. Her visionboards and diaries documented all the things she wanted to do with her life and how she had a thirst for knowledge and helping others. She was about to get married and was also pregnant but she did not know it.

Such a waste of life at such an early age. Her family are devastated and distraught at their loss of their daughter and sister. Her friends are also completely devastated by the unexpected death.

What if this was REAL? Would it make you reflect on your own mortality? Are you waiting for a shock to WAKE YOU UP AND STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS? I know I was and I didnt know I was WHAITING EITHER!

DID THIS SHOCK YOU? HOPE SO".

What are you waiting for? To die?

How many wake up calls before one puts HEALTH at NUMBER ONE priority? I am getting stronger by the day - feeling healthier than ever before with regular exercise, drinking a lot of water and eating the right food to help cleanse me not clog me.

THE DEATH OF THE OLD MICHELLE AS WE ALL KNOW AND LOVED HER IS NO MORE.

WE ARE DELIGHTED AT THE BIRTH OF THE NEW MICHELLE WHO LOOKS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AS A FUNLOVING VIBRANT 6 YEAR OLD - A PILLAR OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

RIP Old Ways Michelle!

We are not as fortunate as cats where they have nine lives, we have just the one.

STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. Take a REAL health check. Not a pretend look but a good hard look at how you are treating your body day to day. I 'thought' I was healthy-ish - didnt realise it was LIFE THREATENING. Awareness is the KEY.

I know this seems a harsh blog - and some of you will wonder what planet I am on as I rarely, if ever, write anything NEGATIVE... However you will now see that writing the above IS POSITIVE and that if this touches even one more life by thinking I was now brown bread and making them reflect on their own life and where they are - then the blog has served its purpose.

DONT WHAITE. GET CHECKED. DRINK EVEN 1 GLASS OF WATER THAN YOU DID YESTERDAY. EAT 1 HEALTHY THING MORE THAN YESTERDAY. EXERCISE FOR LONGER THAN YOU DID YESTERDAY.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO WHAITE.....IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE.

Blessings and here's to living LIFE TO THE MAX WITHOUT WHAITING FOR A REASON TO GET HEALTHY!

Best

Michelle xxx

PS - THIS IS BECAUSE I CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOU AND I...Live it.Love it!

PPS - I have the ENERGY OF A CAREFREE 7 YEAR OLD - not just mentally now, but physically! :--)

Once upon a time, a young boy DREAMED & IMAGINED opening his own toy shop…

2010-11-21T08:55:00.000-08:00

In 1760, Cornishman William Hamley moved to London and opened a toy shop ak his ‘joy emporium’. The shop has survived five blitz bombings and near liquidation during the depression of 1931 to become the biggest and most famous toy shop in the world. Hamleys is now one of London's major tourist attractions; around 5 million people visit the store every year.

Where better to begin the life design process than at the world’s most famous toy store! The energy and excitement in that shop is truly electric! Adults unleashing their own inner child as they walk around the store playing life-size games with their children, watching magic shows and enjoying the youthful energy!

Parents who take their children to Hamleys may secretly enjoy blowing giant bubbles, flying miniature helicopters, racing remote control cars and seeing their children’s’ faces light up eager to experience the house of fun! Such a multi-sensory experience with all the squeaking, bleeping, whizzing and chiming of toys, you hear children laughing excitedly with eyes wide at the sheer choice over seven floors of toys and games. Imaginations let loose! A heavenly haven of fun and laughter regardless of your age! It’s like being given the ‘GET OUT OF LIFE JAIL’ permission card to be carefree because ‘everyone’ in the shop is too! Leaving the store can sometimes feel sad, tears and tantrums as they want to stay inside the enchanted world, not just for the children but for the adults too as they to feel they must quickly tune out from their ‘childish’ ways to come back in the ‘real’ world and ‘act’ like a ‘responsible’ parent again.

Fairytales and make believe stories can also be truly magical to help stretch the imagination! Children have such unlimited amazing imaginations! They have NO problem writing a ‘Santa List’ with every toy they can think of. When was the last time that you lifted the lid from your glorious imagination and began to dream lofty dreams? A new Santa’s List may well be the way forward – YES begin NOW! What are you waiting for? Christmas?

With news last month of a future Fairytale Royal Wedding in the offing between Wills and Kate, it got me thinking about the intellectual faculty of imagination and how this assists in the life achievement process. I imagine the wedding will be spectacular with an entourage of people to assist in the preparation of the nation’s biggest wedding since Charles and Di. The one day event requires months of preparation in advance. Wills and Kate have a picture of how their wedding will proceed. They will have had to flex their imagination muscles to imagine what the day will be like and share that dream with the wedding planners. I also imagine that the minute the marriage was announced, merchandisers began production of goods now to sell next year. They don’t wait until the last minute – they get prepared now, visualising their sales and anticipating ahead of time.

Often times children make up their own exciting adventure stories whereas the usual stories adults tend to share may be negative ones. Adults tend to focus their imagination on all the things they are not happy with in their lives, sometimes even over-exaggerating their current situation, letting their imaginations run wild towards the worst case scenario! Embroiling everyone else into the pity party! Plenty of times out socialising I have listened to the group chatter and more often than not people are discussing what is wrong in their lives.

It’s rare to hear a person say ‘well, business is booming, my wife and I enjoy a beautiful relationship, we travel the world together, have beautiful children, we are totally enjoying life and we have more than enough money coming in! As refreshing as that would be to hear, others may feel they were ‘blowing their own trumpet’ and cannot relate to that - and so we feel safer making life out to be ‘bad’ to ‘fit in’ and be included in conversations.

We are, as humans, conditioned for survival, living mainly in survival mode. Sometimes, engaging in the woes of life, to some extent, may feel like you are bonding in the ‘pack’ and to feel like we are all ‘in the same boat’ together. I sometimes throw in a few questions to try and lighten the atmosphere by asking ‘So, Fred, are you planning anything nice in the next 6 months?’ Anything you want to see? Any place you want to go? This can help people begin to re focus on ‘good times ahead’ engaging in what they would like to experience such as holidays, day trips, city breaks, BBQs or family celebrations, however, more often than not, the conversation dips towards the end as people may focus on the ‘cost’ of the experience! Washing away their seedling ideas of excitement and replacing them with their ‘reasoning’ factor imagining why it ‘wont’ come to fruition.

My belief is that we only have a short time to make long lasting life memories, filled with experiences good or bad. We can plan ahead today for tomorrow’s way of life. Are you wedded to a fun-loving-and-living future or focusing on all the reasons why the future looks bleak? How about digging into the recesses of your imagination, dusting down the cobwebs and creating your own fun-filled future instead?

So what are the benefits of using your imagination? Sometimes people say to me ‘I just don’t know what I want’ yet when I ask what they do not want – they instantly know the answer to that!

I help them get back to their childhood with the following exercise. Think of a child’s bumper colouring book with black and white cartoon characters outlined ready to be coloured in, got it? OK, now young children do not necessarily have any awareness of how those pictures should be coloured in, most children when they begin to colour in the picture - begin to colour them in any way they want to with no pre-conceived ideas of what it ‘should’ look like. They scribble all over it, use any colours that take their fancy…draw outside the lines and although that picture doesn’t particularly resemble anything like what we as adults ‘recognise’ – we hang those pictures on the fridge door simply because that picture has captured the child’s imagination in that form and we LOVE IT!

It’s only usually when we begin to be conditioned to ‘colour within the lines, don’t go over the edges, colour it this way…’ that we stop using our imagination. The point is that if 100 people all had the same black and white image to colour in, the same felt tip colouring pens and the same amount of time to fill it in, the chances are that no two images would be coloured the same! This is exactly the same for you – your life blueprint is whatever you decide it to be – how you will colour in your new life character is up to YOU. Ask yourself, are you colouring your world in black and white or could you inject a little colour and fun back into your life? Take some quiet time out for you with a blank sheet of paper, a nice pen and begin filling the sheet with things you want to experience in the future by planning today. Step into Hamleys’ shoes. Dream lofty dreams.

Life by design means exactly that, to sit and design your future today. Achieving what you want is the ‘easy’ part, the hardest part is actually DECIDING - not whimsical but clear-cut decisions! Taking action on those decisions is crucial. Hamley didn’t just dream it. He acted on his imagination. Life’s not always about living the fairytale or having happy endings, however, life is meant to be enjoyed, savoured and most of all remembered in your prime years. What do you want to be most remembered for? How much time you spent in the office or how much zest for life you had living life to the max? William Hamley held a dream as a young boy, he made that dream come to life. Bring your life back to life, design it now.

What are you waiting for…The End...?

Have You Mastered Your Mind Lately? Or Is It Mastering YOU?

2010-10-17T07:42:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Master Elite Thinkers!

Did You Have A Great Weekend?

Some of you may have heard, my Nan passed away on Thurs 7th Oct.

When I heard, I immediately felt sad as to my loss as you would expect. However, my Nan had been ill for a long time and I felt that she was now at peace.

I was going to cancel an event that I was booked to go on called Master Your Mind by T Harv Eker beginning Fri 8th Oct and wasn't sure if I should go or not.

All I can say is that it's a good job I went because it TOTALLY CHANGED THE WAY I 'PERCEIVE' LIFE! Nothing IS until we make it so and I had heard that before but not really LISTENED and UNDERSTOOD this until this weekend. My Nan's passing was totally turned around from one of negative to at least one of positive in that even though I have a funeral to attend, I get to see all my friends and family up North before Xmas which was unexpected which I am looking forward to. Its about looking for the positive in a perhaps perceived negative.

Sometimes we REACT instead of respond ie. He said this so this means that and we react accordingly instead of asking WHAT ELSE COULD THIS MEAN and responding carefully! I have been guilty of this in past where I perceived a situation to be something only to find out later it was TOTALLY NOTHING LIKE what I 'thought' it was and was WAY OFF!

For example, I attended another event of Harv's last year - Guerilla Business Intensive 5 day course - whereby a lady sat next to me who appeared to be in a foul mood! She had walked in late, slammed down in the chair, dropped her bags and let out a huge sigh... My instant 'reaction' was 'wonder what's up with her?!' She gave me a 'dirty' look (or so I thought) and I decided that she just didnt like ME! I felt very uncomfortable with this vibe and wanted to move away!!

Something in my intuition told me 'why not stick it out' and see if there is anything you can help with... We got into a group of 3 and it was blantantly clear that this woman was not going to participate nor give back to the group and clearly it looked like she didnt want to be there! HOW WRONG I WAS. It wasnt until I invited her to lunch and asked her about herself that she began to 'thaw' out a little...

I decided to take the plunge and ask 'You looked a little stressed this morning, were you OK?' She profusely apologised and said 'I left ALL my notes on the tube train this morning and I am absolutely gutted that they are gone.... They had all my new business ideas and thoughts on them from the past week. I am really very disappointed!!'.

Why oh why did I take it to mean that I had done something wrong? Phew, now I gave a huge sigh of relief! The point is - my world became what I thought it was due to the filter I CHOSE to colour this situation! I chose to see she was angry at ME for some reason.

If I had only asked myself WHAT ELSE COULD THIS MEAN? I may not have felt so 'on edge'! I may have empathised with her which is a wholly different energy and vibe altogether!

The next time someone says or acts in a way that you 'PERCEIVE' to be negative, why not try out this exercise to keep your mind CALM, collected and positive - OBSERVE what you THINK is the cause... Then ask yourself what ELSE might be going on for that person who is perhaps lashing out at you for no reason or letting off steam? It might not he what you THINK it is!

Have a great week and remember YOU CAN MASTER YOUR MIND!

Michelle

PS - Check out this 2 min VIDEO - watch it DAILY when you wake up - its VERY similar to the one that was used at the Master Your Mind event INCLUDING THE FAB HYPNOTIC MUSIC!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZXh9yyP2eI

Why not use the tube strike to your advantage?

2010-10-04T05:45:00.000-07:00

Moan Moan Moan! Widespread disruption! London in Dissaray!

The tube strike strikes again. Disgruntled commuters are hit by TFL's strike action. Many commuters hate the daily trek into the office even on a good day without disruption.

TAKE ADVANTAGE of the tube strikes and really 'THINK' outside the box - how can you stay in control of your commute?

People may moan about the commute but how many actually try and change their journey? Sometimes going a different way to work can give you a new perspective on life itself! Granted, I take on board the fact that many have no alternative method of transport, however, there is usually a certain amount of 'walking' to and from the stations where a personal diversion might be good for your health! They say a change is as good as a rest!

Overground trains? Riverboat cruises?
Most of us travel the exact same route every day to our place of work, walking the same way to the bus stop or cycling down the same streets to the train station only to do the same come 5.30pm. They also say that variety is the spice of life and if you are feeling that your life is a tad stagnant and repetitive why not take a small step to change by beginning with taking a different route to work!

Could you perhaps walk home a different way or if you travel by train - could you take the bus?

Is it possible to dig out your old bike from the shed and cycle your way into the office? Getting exercise is a double bonus!

Instead of moaning at outside circumstances, why not see if there is any other way you can make your journey just that little bit more bearable. Walking a different way to the office you never know who you might meet, what you might see on the way that you didnt know existed like a cool boutique or nice coffeeshop! Wake up and smell the Autumn!

A change of scenery can also help you feel more alert since your mind is not on 'autopilot' and is actually taking in new experiences. I know its a small step towards making bigger changes but hey it takes one step at a time to climb Mount Everest!

Instead of head down to the ground, why not look up, smell the Autumnal nip in the air, take in the beauty around you and marvel at your environment around you. A journey begins with taking the first step...

How can you improve your journey? Not just to work and back but the journey of life? Are you a bystander or a creator? Do you follow the crowd or are you a born leader?

Think about your own life and how you might also be 'waiting' for something to happen and feeling like your life is 'out of your hands'... Take back control and start designing the journey you want to be on!

Life is passing by whether you are on board or not. DECIDE TODAY. Make ONE change in your life and build upon that change... even if it's to begin walking a different route to work to start your day refreshed!

The People's Papal! Pope Benedict XVI: What Are Your Values & Beliefs?

2010-09-16T04:51:00.000-07:00

The People's Papal! Pope Benedict XVI.

The word Pope Comes From Latin: papa; from Greek: πάππας(pappas),[1] a child's word for

father.

The Father Of Hope. The Pope Has Landed In Edinburgh for his historic 4 day visit!

If my nan was still alive she would have been ecstatic to see him visit since I remember when I watched Pope John Paul II visit in 1982 how she adored the Pope coming from a staunch Catholic upbringing. While I was not brought up with the Catholic faith, I follow spirituality myself as a preference, I believe its important to visit our beliefs once in a while to ensure that they still serve us or were they passed to us as unsolicited gifts from our ancestors?

His visit touches many hearts today as they get a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI. However, his visit is not just all about hand waving, smiling, meeting and greeting. The Pope has come to address certain world issues. The Pope desires to bring Hope, Reconcilliation and Peace which will take an Openness of all of us - not listening to the media and observing for ourselves. Now that we are becoming a world of mixed faiths more than ever, this is the time for all of us to dig deep and stand for GlobalPeaceUality as I call it but moreover it got me thinking about our own values and ethics.

What values are you upholding or ignoring in your life?

Do you hold beliefs that are antiquated and in dire need of review?

Perhaps its time to visit your own inner world to find inner peace and joy from your heart outwards and thereby radiate to the world what you stand for.

We all have greatness inside of us, we all have values that serve us. It is now time to re-visit some of your beliefs and take a check-up from the neck-up to see if you are living by your own morals, ethics, values and beliefs.

If you are not sure what new beliefs you desire to hold...Then ask yourself - what beliefs do you currently hold that no longer serve you? For example 'the belief that you are not able to succeed in business' may be replaced with a firm belief that you are able to be, do and have anything you want in this life IF you have the COURAGE to ask for it and go for it.

So while Pope Benedict XVI is visiting let this be a reminder to us all to take this opportunity to revisit our own beliefs and how we can begin the global peace movement one person at a time from within. The Pope Brings A Message Of Hope and we know that a positive movement is very powerful and can work wonders - ask Mother Theresa - she never attended anything that was anti-war, anti- anything - Mother Theresa said (paraphrasing) when you have a peace rally, invite me and I will come.

Finally, it is not about just positive thinking as that alone will not make solid changes, it is about positive actioneering and taking actual steps towards getting in alignment with your new firm beliefs whether that be in raising your confidence, self-esteem, improving on your health, family values or re-visiting your beliefs about your creator whether that be via science or theology, it all boils down to one core belief throughout - that we all have a spirit within us that is always for fuller expression and expansion.

Think of THREE beliefs that must be destroyed and replaced RIGHT NOW? What key actions can you take to reinforce those new beliefs? Use the next FOUR days to make a New Belief Plan!

If you would like my Free Beliefs Workbook relating to financial improvement - email me now SUBJECT LINE 'BELIEFS WB PLEASE' and I will be sure to send it to you to help you.

My favourite quotes:

"Be the example you wish to see in the world" Ghandi ~

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve,” ~ Napoleon Hill

For full details on the Pope's Visit http://www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/

Derren Brown's Hero at 30,000 ft spectacular life changing show for ONE MAN & HIS FAMILY! Missed it? Here's a link!

2010-09-10T20:03:00.000-07:00

Derren Brown's Hero at 30,000 Feet took an ‘average Joe’ on an extraordinary psychological journey which culminated with him facing a life-changing decision of whether to take control of a Boeing 737 packed with passengers, which he believed was about to fall out of the sky on Wed night! The guy was working in an insurance company experiencing the groundhog day work, eat, sleep, work, eat sleep cycle... when he applied to go on a 'gameshow' with Derren Brown.. and didnt know that he was already chosen to be a major player in his best ever show yet! This inspired THOUSANDS of people after watching this to closely examine their own lives as a mirror .... watch and be inspired ... BE PRESENT. LIVE IN THE NOW. CHOOSE LIFE!

Enjoy!

LINK TO WATCH ALL 55 MINS! HURRY AS IT MAY BE ARCHIVED SOON!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NPlBGum7g&feature=hp_SLN&has_verified=1

Ultimate Big Brother! 10 Year Chapter Closes! Which Habit Goes? YOU DECIDE!

2010-09-10T19:11:00.000-07:00

Wow! Its been a while! Love it or Loathe it, BIG BROTHER is now RIP.. Awwww. Bless.

Well, it was the end of a 10 year chapter for our good lady Davina! Davina's emotion really touched me as it was blatantly clear that this was her baby and it was like her child was flying the nest and she was no longer required, she had done her job nurturing the show!

It was the final final final finale of the Ultimate Big Brother tonight and it was fantastic to watch all the highlights from the TEN YEARS' worth of footage in short 'best bits'...

The show made me think about life in a number of ways such as:

All that's now left for Big Brother are recordings to replay, relive and enjoy - the highlights, the best bits, the showreels - all compact into a short few golden moments! It made me think: isnt that the same as when we come to the end of our lives and look back on our best bits, our golden moments, memories to relive and enjoy! It stands to reason therefore the time is NOW to create those cherished memories to look back on! What would be on your showreel? What are your best moments so far? What were your best moments for 2010 looking back?!

For some, they will look back and say the concerts were fantastic, the picnics in the park with friends were amazing, the quality family time spent camping together, the birth of my child, my baby's first steps, first tooth, first day at school, the holidays splashing in the sea and basking in the sun with my lover, contributing to a worthy cause and volunteering to help in times of world crisis, first bungee, first helicopter flight, skydive, first view of NEW YORK SKYLINE, cruised, road tripped, theme parked, got married, got divorced, passed your driving test!

For others, they may look back and think - WHERE DID THIS YEAR GO??? Because they have thought the same things, taken the same actions and lived a groundhog day for the last 9 months! Every day has been the same old same old... "Some people live to a hundred years old.. Others live the same day 100 times!" (Mary Morrisey). Which are you living?

Are you living or existing day to day? Drifting or creating? If we are not creating we are disintegrating!

Secondly, it always feels challenging when a long term project completes, maybe you leave a job after 10 years and hate the leaving party as its a final closure on that chapter of your life, reality kicks in of the 'unknown ahead', perhaps you re-build a home that takes 5 years to rennovate and then feel lost with nothing to do as it had taken over your life building it slowly day by day and now its rented out! Completed!

Your child may have experienced its first day at school meaning the baby days are truly over and you have to recognise your baby is now a young person!

A possible final realisation that the end of a relationship has come after 10+ years of being together having grown apart, some feel trapped - sad to stay and sad to move on fearing the unknown! Stuck between a rock and a hard place! Sometimes we know we should move on and let go, sometimes the letting go feels difficult to do!

The fear of the unknown is usually what upsets us the most... Our body has become used to its environment, knows every permutation and daily routine to keep it just so and all we have to do is let autopilot kick in with our thoughts and actions ... until SHOCK! We are jolted and something changes within us... Something happens to make us SIT UP and be PRESENT. To take NOTICE and to DO something. Take some action. Most of us wait until our back is against the wall before we will make a choice to leave, stay, move!

I say EMBRACE this moment when it happens as its the most you ever feel alive when you are on the edge of reason! Getting unreasonable is a great place to be. Setting new standards is a great place to be. Deciding on educating yourself with new skills and fulfilling more of your potential is a great place to be. Becoming the person you desire to become is one of the most powerful self-journies one will ever make...

However, most of us are quite happy to just SLEEPWALK right through our years... wondering where the days, weeks, months went as we head for another New Year's Eve....

Think back TEN years ago to Millennium.. Where were you ? Who were you with ? Did you make it memorable ? What have you achieved in the last ten years? If not as much as you would like, then what plans are you crafting for the next 10 years ahead to the divine year 20:20 for perfect vision! What is your perfect vision? Begin at once to begin painting the picture of your next 10 years... and watch yourself grow into it!

As Davina McCall embraced the role of TV presenter of the Big Brother phenomenon, I believe she grew in character, became a mother and a beautiful sculpted young woman after years of drug abuse and carved her perfect life with this opportunity, to which she said she owes her life to.

Incidentally, Davina was chosen to present the show because of her PERSONALITY, ZEST FOR LIFE, GENUINE LOVE FOR PEOPLE AND CAN DO ATTITUDE over and above her skills as a presenter and had NEVER interviewed anyone before this job!!!!

JUST GOES TO PROVE: ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

Which habit are you going to KICK? Which good habit are you going to BEGIN?

In the words of Henry Ford (paraphrasing) 'if you think you can or can't, you are right'.

As one chapter closes... Another one unfolds.... How have you grown in the last 10 years? Spiritually, confidently, educationally, physically....?

BRING ON THE NEXT 10 YEAR SOLID LIFE PLAN!

Whats in yours?

Michelle x

2010-07-06T06:45:00.000-07:00

How Much Is Enough?

By Bob Proctor (Michelle Whaite’s Mentor)

"Have you ever given any serious thought to how much money you’d like to have? Interesting question, isn’t it? Unfortunately, most people don’t take it seriously and tend to regard this type of question as rhetorical. And, if the question is posed to an individual, it isn’t asked or taken with any degree of sincerity. Make no mistake about it – it is not a rhetorical question and requires a definite answer if you are ever going to have the amount of money you need, to provide for the things you want, to live the way you choose. It’s a choice and the choice is yours to make. I had the good fortune of working with Earl Nightingale back in the 60s. Earl had a brilliant mind and was a pioneer of the personal development movement. Referencing money, Earl once said, “Most people think they want more money than they really do, and they settle for a lot less than they could get.” I believe he was right on the mark! Are you aware that there’s an infinite source of supply and all you have to do is ask?

Certainly as kids, we were cautioned more times than I care to imagine that money didn’t grow on trees. And, although it doesn’t grow on trees, it is readily available to us if we ask. The Bible teaches us, “Ask and ye shall receive!” Why is it that we’re quick to believe parts of what’s written in the Bible and doubt or question those areas that aren’t in consonance with our way of thinking or our paradigm? We’ve been conditioned to believe that hard work alone will bring about riches. And of course that is not true. In fact, hard work is probably the very worst way to earn money. Listen to what Napoleon Hill has to say on this particular subject. He says, “If you are one of those who believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring riches, perish the thought! It is not true! Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!

Riches come in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck.” Science and theology are both in agreement when it comes to the fact that everything that ever was, already is. If that’s true, then that would lead me to believe that all I have to do is tap into the abundance that already exists. What if that theory is correct?

I know that some of you are probably thinking that I’ve lost my mind or that I’m just talking nonsense. However, stay with me for a moment while I ask you to consider: How much money do you need, to provide for the things you want, to live the way you choose? How much money do you really want? If you’re like most, you probably haven’t given it much thought. In the seminars I conduct, I quite often, at random, choose a few people in the audience and ask them, “What would you change, if your yearly income suddenly became your monthly income?” Without exception, at first I get an incredulous blank stare and then the individual scrambles to come up with something that sounds logical. A few people ramble off a list of things they want or where they might like to travel, but after those things are out of the way, they really don’t know what they’d change. In truth, most people have never given that question much thought and have never seriously planned to increase their income to that degree!

Well, in this brief exercise, I’m going to ask you to give it some thought, some serious thought. It’s important to note that you are working with your sub-conscious mind and the sub-conscious does not think; it is totally deductive and merely accepts images and then moves them into form. So for you to say, I want “lotsa money” isn’t good enough, because no one, least of all, your subconscious mind, knows how much “lotsa” is. Before you answer the question, how much do you really want, it would probably be a good idea for you to decide what you want the money for. To simply say, “I want the money to live on,” is not good enough. If you’re thrifty, you can probably live on a minimum wage. In all probability, you’d want to live better than that. So, let’s get specific—how MUCH better?

Bearing in mind that this kind of an exercise is going to require some serious planning on your part, get out a sheet of paper and draw up a list of all the “things” or “activities” that you plan to spend money on over the course of the next year.

To assist you in getting started with your list, I have outlined several sample categories below:

Food,
Rent/mortgage,
Clothes,
Cars,
Utilities,
Education,
Vacations,
Recreation,
Insurance,
Savings.

Understandably, these are just a few of the many possibilities; so keep working on your own list until it is complete! And remember, you do not fill in the amounts you are now spending. Rather, you take each item on the list, visualize how you want to live and then fill in the amount of money it will cost you to do so. For example, you might only go out to a nice restaurant to dine on very special occasions, but you might visualize yourself spending a very enjoyable evening out for dinner once a week, where the service is excellent, the food is even better, and the environment is fit for royalty. How much would that cost? — that is the figure you’re looking for. You could be driving a car that is getting old and is showing signs of rust, but you might visualize yourself driving a brand new car of your choice, that you trade every year or two. How much would that cost? It’s important to note, you do not have a contract to live forever, nor is this a practice run — this is your life and you should be enjoying it to the fullest extent humanly possible! Therefore, you should have the amount of money you need, to provide the things you want, to live the way you choose to live.

At this point, it would not be unusual for you to be thinking, “I’m never going to have the money to live the way I want.” However, I want to remind you, that there are many people who do have enough money to live the way they choose—they weren’t born with it—and no one left it to them. They were “Born Rich” in the sense of having the God-given potential to succeed (everyone is), but like most people, they were at one time short of money. In Earl Nightingale’s tape on Attitude, he suggests, “Now, right here we come to a rather strange fact.

We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can reach, and yet, for some equally strange reason, we think others can do things that we cannot.” Earl went on to say, “I want you to know that is not true. You do have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you, and you can have the things you want.” The suggestions I have given you here are sufficient to get your head in gear on this subject. But let me caution you, deciding “How much is enough” has nothing to do with earning it; you are merely deciding how much money you need, to live the way you choose. Earning money is another subject, which we’ll be addressing many times in our year ahead!"

So - How Much Is Enough For You? Do The Exercise! You May Be Surprised At How Much LESS You Need Or How Much BIGGER Your Dreams Really Are!

Enjoy & Be Well,

Michelle

A Father's Day To Remember! How The S*X Industry Made Us Howl During Dinner!

2010-06-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

Preparing to interview Mr Millionaire ("AKA Mr X") on Thursday 24th June 2010!

He is worth over £9m and lives in an estate of 7 acres with his wife and children in the Cotswolds.

Mr X has made his fortune through sales, marketing and mentorship advice helping people increase their profit and become highly visible through effective marketing and PR.

Prior to that as you know it was Father's Day yesterday and the whole family were out in garden having a bite to eat in the Summer sunshine.

As a conversation starter, I began to casually ask around the outdoor dining table a key question for two reasons, 1: to see how they would react and 2: what their responses would be.

I asked them this important question:-

"If you had the opportunity to go for dinner with a multi-millionnaire,
what question(s) would you ask?

At first some of the family were rejecting the idea giggling and saying:

"well thats never going to happen now is it?"

Not knowing that this was happening for real this Thursday coming!

I then asked if anyone would like to pretend to be Mr Millionaire X where I get to ask some basic questions for role play purposes as a kind of 'game'.

Sidenote: I had had some basic interview questions ready that I would be asking Mr X: ie:

How did you get started in the industry you are in today?

What time do you now get up in the morning?
What time do you now go to bed at night?
Does it help having multiple organisations under your belt?
What is the secret to your success?
Is success addictive seeing that you are on your seventh enterprise?
What was the best decision you ever made?
What was the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
How do you manage to juggle your time between your work and your family commitments?
How do you spend your leisure time?

What did you buy with your first million?

So, as the idea of having dinner with Mr X was wrestled with by other family members, the conversation took an interesting turn shall we say that none of us expected. It was highly amusing for all of us to say the least to some of the answers that were being given!

The conversation suddenly became an X-rated conversation in that a relative decided he would answer the questions (after a few home-measured G&T's for Dutch courage, being the 'quiet one') and proclaimed he had made his fortune in the sex industry and when asked the questions above starting with 'where did it all begin?' replied "Well, Michelle, it all began when I started having sex...!). Now as if that wasnt funny enough and to see my family near on choke on their BBQ spare ribs, the fact that the relative is in his late 80's makes it even worse!

This was so hilarious but at the same time felt wrong on all levels to be having a conversation with the family about this, my youngest brother of 16 and a half rolling his eyes to the sky and blushing, I was not sure how my innocent question began getting deeper into trouble as the family began asking other fake interview questions such as does having 'multiple organisations' help with your success and 'what time do you go to bed' which all now seemed inappropriate but appropriately fit in line with his industry!

Well, roaring with belly laughs all around the table, barring a couple of relatives who 'coincidently' moved into the kitchen to top up their side plates, as we moved through all of the questions, each answer had tears strolling down my cheek as I watched my 87 year old relative - relish in this game that was priceless. I was astonished at how his body language changed effortlessly as he got into the role play of a multi millionaire p****n star (not that I would know I might add but what I think the body language might be! haha)

As they say up North, there is nowt as queer as folk and since he runs up and down the stairs 200 times per day and looks younger than he did when he was 60, I would say that that was the secret to his success - staying fit, healthy and young at heart!

A healthy mind equals a healthy body, even if it is risque at times! It's a good job we can all have a sense of humour about these things and when I revealed to them that I was indeed interviewing a multi-millionaire after all on Thursday, they said that I probably will not be able to keep my face straight now for flashbacks to the garden yesterday!

What memories are you creating to live TODAY, recall and relive later in your twilight years?

Some things money just cant buy! PRICELESS MEMORIES!

I trust you have a smile on your face reading this as I was not going to share it but then thought what the heck - spread the LURVE! (grins).

(Blushing) Michelle

PS - Money was never meant to make you happy as happiness is a state of mind - the purpose of money is to make you comfortable along the journey of life as you expand your awareness! Money gives you choices and access to resources you may not have been privy too without it. You can do more good with it than you can with out it and you can help more people with it than without it that extends beyond your physical capabilities.

Why we do what we do... Constructively... Or Destructively! Tony Robbins' intervention: OUTSTANDING

2010-06-04T05:00:00.000-07:00

Why we do what we do... Constructively... Or Destructively!

Ths is the MENTAL COACHING from the last post - the UNDERSTANDING of why we do what we do - even if it seems TOTALLY ILLOGICAL!

We are not DEALING WITH LOGIC! We are dealing with the 6 HUMAN needs and how we get them fulfilled...

How are you meeting your SIX human needs? Constructively or Destructively?

If you really want to understand how to make a life-lasting WEIGHT RELEASE changes - WATCH THIS and ANSWER HONESTLY the questions asked... (The questions can be asked of ANY unwanted result)...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH: (Tony Robbins doing an amazing intervention)

http://robbinsmadanestraining.com/beverleyview1.html

May be best 90 min you spend...so that you dont spend another second wasting your life away on 'diets'.. ever again

Michelle

PS - If you missed the link here it is:
http://robbinsmadanestraining.com/beverleyview1.html

Surgery is only SKIN DEEP. Mental Surgery via Coaching is a MUST

2010-06-04T04:36:00.000-07:00

Surgery is only SKIN DEEP. Mental Surgery via Coaching is a MUST.

WARNING: THIS DOCUMENTARY is DEEPLY disturbing. SHOCKING imagery and DO NOT WATCH if you are squeamish UNLESS you WANT to have a WAKE UP CALL.

GRAPHIC SURGERY IMAGES.

This was similar to a powerful Tony Robbins DICKENS process via my Coach - seeing yourself in 20 years' time as THIS as a real possibility. MY GOD THE FIRST THING I DID AFTER WATCHING IT - WAS TO GRAB MY BOTTLE OF WATER AND DRINK IT like it was medicinal... IT IS MEDICINAL! Never underestimate the power of WATER especially in this HEAT!

GET LEVERAGE. GET DISTURBED ABOUT YOUR CURRENT RESULTS (applies to ALL results that do NOT SERVE YOU). TAKE ACTION NOW TO PREVENT IT GETTING WORSE.

Connie has endured INTENSE PAIN. WHY AM I SHARING THIS THEN? REASON: Do not wait for your back to be against the wall before you make a change in your life.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. D.I.N. - DO IT NOW.

CLICK HERE O-N-L-Y IF, LIKE ME, you have a sincere desire to get even MORE leverage than you had to MAKE THAT LASTING CHANGE. THIS IS IT.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/the-shrinking-woman/bn24nkdi

Mindset Coaching is VITAL. The surgeons in this footage are like her coaches. They support her, comfort her on her waking and are her LIFE SAVERS. Who is YOUR SUPPORT? Do you have a coach? Who is fighting your corner with you all the way? Who is your BACKBONE of support?

YOU ARE. YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED WITHIN YOU RIGHT NOW. FIND YOUR YES PEOPLE WHO CAN ALSO SUPPORT YOUR STRENGTH AS YOU BUILD UPON IT.

Who is saving your life? Who are you grateful for in your life? Who would be HURT if you continue the way you live your life now? (NOT just weight issues, but ANYTHING that is out of control in your life. When would NOW be an amazing time to make those changes?

GET LEVERAGE. GET DISTURBED. THEN GET EXCITED THAT THIS IS NOT YOU. You have 20 years to put things RIGHT. You do have the inner strength to CRACK those demons that have been minimising your GREATNESS! BREAK THE MOULD. Create a NEW ENERGISED REVISED AND RESTORED VERSION OF YOU!

Be BOLD and go where angels fear to tread.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/the-shrinking-woman/bn24nkdi

YOU have been WARNED. This video is probably about as graphic as it gets for surgery. It got to me. It's stepped my game up. I desire the same for you, whatever challenges you are faced with, mental surgery can create lasting changes.

I know this footage may be controversial for some. I respect your opinion, however, I may not always agree with it but I respect it. Please afford me the same respect today, thank you.

TO YOUR SUCCESS!

Michelle
Your Accountability Coach & Friend for 2010

PS - If you dont have a coach - take the first step and watch this about the MENTAL REASONS why we do what we do....Really want to understand how to make a life-lasting WEIGHT RELEASE change - WATCH THIS and ANSWER HONESTLY the questions asked...

http://robbinsmadanestraining.com/beverleyview1.html

May be best 90 min you spend...so that you dont spend another second wasting your life away on 'diets'.. ever again!!!!!

PPS - If you want to know more about my coaching services, email michelle.whaite@gmail.com for a brief analysis to see if I can help you get the results you want too. You have my word and my full support.

What Do You Stand For? VOTE NOW!

2010-04-15T05:31:00.000-07:00

As the 'political media' turns into a frenzy of false promises once again (in my opinion only), it made me think about my own values and what I stand for. I asked myself this question:

"Am I being congruent with what I say and do in all areas of my life?" Well in most of the key areas I could say YES with solid conviction, however, my value on health was a glaringly obvious big PHAT ZERO. SCANDALOUS!

I had been so busy looking after my 'constituents' thoroughly enjoying giving giving giving, I forgot to look after the most important person at the party! YES ME! It wasn't until I realised I could no longer run for more than 20 seconds to catch the train that it hit me hard. Something had to give before my knees gave in first! Every good coach has a good coach and I have a Business Coach and Mentor for business strategising etc.. .However, to re-educate myself and to learn from the best - I engaged the services of what I describe as a Human Dynamo - the vibrant Mr Jason Vale of www.thejuicemaster.com to assist my road to health recovery!

It turns out that while I was busy focusing on being the rock for others in my line of work as a coach and consultant and enjoying it, I didnt notice that I was completely hooked on the cocaine of the food world today which is... quite simply SUGAR! It kind of crept up on me without conscious awareness... Meaning it was only when I consciously STOPPED ingesting sugar that I recognised that I was HOOKED LIKE AN ADDICT! The hunger and cravings for the sugar were IMMENSE! As I had been 'feeding' the habit anytime the body requested it (say on the train in between meetings etc and busy on the laptop, one hand would click away and one hand would feed the habit with a KitKat washed down with a large tea with milk and yes you've guessed it MORE SUGAR!

Therefore, my values recalibrated completely after reading Jason Vale's Turbo Your Life in 14 days - and I there and then elected to have HEALTH as my No 1 Priority. CUT BACKS NECESSARY & IMMINENT! Curb your spending on cravings!

No speculation required when looking into the FUTURE. DECIDE NOW. Attack the (Sugar) OPPOSITION with full force and RECLAIM your health BACK.

The Health Priority Party says DONT PUT YOUR HEALTH on the BACKBENCH!

There now follows a Health Priority Party Broadcast:

My Values:

- I value MYSELF enough to RELEASE the Sugar Addiction that was KILLING ME SOFTLY...
- I value BREATHING without wheezing from the LACTOSE intolerance I have
- I value having BRIGHT VISION instead of seeing 'trails' from being OVERTIRED
- I value SLEEP to assist in the body's recovery from the day's activities
- I value my JOINTS in free movement (My legs were stiff when I got up in the morning!)
- I value my LIMBS! Being able to WALK, RUN, SKIP, HOP as I used to as a child!
- I value my LIFESPAN! Growing Evermore Youthful!
- I value having a FAMILY of my own in the future
- I value my PARTNER and being more active outdoors on hill walks, camping and cycling!
- I value FASHION and being able to wear WHAT I WANT from the front of the rail!
- I value the power of the SUN and the endorphins produced to assist in wellbeing
- I value WATER and the POWER in water
- I value FRUIT and the power that fruit has for the body
- I value fresh GREEN VEG and the superfood that assists the body's recovery

My Motto is similar to Bob Proctor although I added the latter:
(Back of the car, (Chauffeur) Front of the Plane (1st Class) and Front of the Rail (size 10)

N o
H arsh
S ugar!

THERE IS NO WEALTH WITHOUT YOUR HEALTH.

Q: What do you stand for?

If you do not stand for the answer to the above question yet, what do you DESIRE your new values to be from NOW? COUNT YOURSELF IN THE GAME. VOTE NOW!

What is your new Manifesto?
What are your ethics, morals and values?
Who do you value the most right now? The answer must be YOU FIRST....
Make a list NOW of the things you have been TOLERATING or singing to the tune of someone else's Political Party Values! STOP DEBATING and ACT NOW.

Now make a NEW list of EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR AND STEP INTO YOUR OWN POWER!

And so it IS!

VOTE NOW FOR -YOU- !!!
- Michelle -

What Is The TRUE Purpose Of A Goal?

2010-03-30T05:57:00.000-07:00

What Is The TRUE Purpose Of A Goal?

Most people think that setting a goal for material wealth is to be able to accumulate nicer things such as bigger homes, swankier cars, boats, planes etc. The truth is that that is NOT the true purpose of a goal. Accumulation of ‘things’ is NOT the purpose at all. Granted there is nothing wrong with having nice things – however, having nice ‘things’ is not the true purpose of setting a goal. The true purpose of a goal is to help you grow and to reach within and bring something extra out of you that you did not know you had! Such as extra courage, confidence, belief and wellbeing. These attributes are all locked up within you waiting to come ALIVE! Spirit is always for fuller expression and expansion – that’s why you may get inspired ideas all day long however many people use one of their six intellectual faculties of REASON and they use it to work AGAINST THEM – washing the idea away with as many reasons they can find in their mind as to why it will not work for them to go after that particular goal. Our intellectual faculties are on 24-7 – therefore there is no middle ground – you are either using them to work WITH you or AGAINST you.

I had a client recently come to me to say that one of their goals was to get a new car. I asked what he drove and he said he drove a Ford Mondeo and had done for about 3 years. I asked what car he would now like to get and he said ‘just another perhaps slightly better model Ford Mondeo’. I said that that would not really constitute a goal for growth as such because he had already purchased a Ford Mondeo and has known how to get a Ford Mondeo for 3 years. Therefore the client already has the knowledge and know-how. A goal must scare and excite you at the same time. Scare you enough to feel like you are growing and moving in a new direction and exciting enough to pull you through any possible obstacles that may come up along the way. The client also knew how it felt to drive a Ford Mondeo and so there was no growth in terms of experiencing new feelings. Now I am not here to say that buying Ferrari’s or Bentleys are always the way to go – however, to ‘experience’ how it ‘feels’ to drive something you may only dream of driving can be a lot of fun! My client recognised that there could be some growth to be had when he said he would go test drive a brand new Bentley even though he did not have the funds in his bank account at this time to go get it! That did not matter at this moment. I asked him to journal his experience right from booking the test drive through to getting behind the wheel for the first time. I asked my client to tap into ALL the feelings that were being generated. He agreed he would do and was not fully sure what would happen but went about it nevertheless. He called me the next day to say that he felt SCARED to even pick up the phone and book the test drive let alone drive the car!

At that moment, he GOT IT! He recognised what we were doing! We were uncovering his hidden FEAR! We worked through some limiting beliefs and he made the call. He called me post-test drive and proceeded to read out the full experience that he had journalled - having had so much fear of just walking into the dealership that he did not know he had as another part of the growth! He felt like everyone was looking at him. He felt a ‘fraud’ as his inner voice was saying ‘what are you doing in here? You don’t belong in here? You don’t even have the money for one of these cars! Still he continued to walk into the dealership IGNORING the inner voice of doubt with the attitude that he DID belong there to see how it felt. He said that at first he was worried he would crash the car due to the sheer perceived ‘expense’ of the car if he bumped it and so he found he was driving erratically! Then he decided in his mind that he was in control of the car – he told himself he was in control and not the car and that he was going to enjoy the ride. His mindset CHANGED because what you THINK ABOUT THE MOST YOU BRING ABOUT THE MOST! (This works if you are worrying too as you can see before he decided to enjoy it, he nearly crashed the car through worrying about crashing the car!) Does that make sense? So are you REALLY thinking about what you are thinking about? The goal is not accumulation for the sake of it – the purpose of a goal is to accumulate experiences, generate feelings that lock into and become memories from having those ‘things’! What memories are you creating to LIVE OUT & EXPERIENCE, ENJOY AND THEN RECALL later in life?

Bob Proctor shared recently that the best way to help achieve a goal FASTER is to tap into the ‘feeling’ that would be generated on achieving that goal. Suffice to say that my client has now set a goal for himself to be the owner of the new Bentley within 12 months! This is because he has now ‘experienced’ physically, mentally and emotionally what it is like to drive a car that represents a higher level of wealth to him than ever before.

I say it is similar to the first time you dive off a diving board into the deep end of a pool – the first time you may be very frightened and your toes might white knuckle onto the edge before taking that leap into the unknown! However the first time you do it there may be an almighty yell that can come with fear. However, once you dive in and then rise to the surface – VICTORY! You feel euphoric! You took a leap of faith and it paid off! Many children experience this – they are perhaps scared to jump in first but believe me once they have done it once and know they have survived – they are usually scrambling their way out of the pool to dive in again and again because they KNOW what the feeling is going to be when they jump! So – what are you scared to DIVE IN and have a go at? What is something you would like to experience in your life that you can perhaps get a ‘taster’ or a test drive of? You see once you have done it ONCE, it feels much easier to do it again and to repeat the action over and over until it perhaps becomes part of you. I dare say once my client gets the Bentley and has been driving it for a while, it will become second nature to him and he may then think about another car that can generate another level of confidence or he may now have the confidence to go try something else – skydiving! Marathon running! You very much find that once you achieve a goal that seemed to be so far out of your comfort zone, it gives you renewed confidence to be a little more adventurous as confidence builds on confidence!

Bob says by making an affirmation to re-affirm into the mind what you desire and as repetition is the mother of all skill, he says this exercise can help the most if you read the affirmation of choice every day as many times as possible AND take inspired ACTION on that goal every day. Example: ‘By the ___day of ___________2010, I am so happy and grateful now that I have experienced what it feels like to ... [drive a Bentley], it made me feel confident, giving myself VIP treatment, worthy and a sense of exquisite style and felt like I had arrived! I particularly liked how my car was now a head turner at traffic lights!’

Now you may not want to experience what it feels like to drive a Bentley, you can substitute this for a goal of your desire. Remember you do NOT need to know the how until you FIRST decide what it is you desire to experience FIRST and WHY! (What feeling do you desire to generate?). At the end of our short lives we will only have our memories and our experiences to look back on and reflect on what we achieved in our lives. Maybe you have a goal to become a parent but are feeling a little under-confident? Perhaps it might be an idea to visit your friends more regularly who have children and to ask them what it is like and even perhaps look after them for a couple of hours when you feel more confident. Maybe you have a desire to go on a world trip of a lifetime but you don’t even know where you would like to begin the journey from! Perhaps it’s time to get into the travel agents NOW even if it’s a trip you desire to take in 2011!!!

Begin planning and advancing NOW acting AS IF it were something you desire to experience. Take all the actions you know you can take and if you would take, would move you closer to your goal. Even sitting in a travel agent deciding where you will go, for how long and which type of holiday you desire to experience can feel exhilarating. Plus, the mind likes numbers and anything that can add WEIGHT to the goal itself – If you know how much the trip will cost – you can then work backwards realistically from say May 2011 of how much you may need to save to make it happen! The problem with most people is they look at their CURRENT results and let their current results dictate their future when in actual fact if that is the case – they doom themselves to more of the same if they are not getting the results they desire! It is VITALLY important to engage another of your intellectual faculties which is your IMAGINATION and lift the lid from your glorious mind. You will be surprised at how many more inspired actions come to you when you have made a decision to have a GOAL FOR GROWTH!

Don’t ‘WHAITE’ to LIVE! Don’t LIVE to WHAITE! Do it now! What two actions can you take RIGHT NOW that will move you in the direction of the goal you are aiming for? Book a test drive of a new home, car, new clothes... What do you feel? What can you see, hear, smell, almost taste and touch? See the sparkle of the metallic paint? Hear the purr of the engine? Smell the leather interior?! What are you WHAITING for? Life is experiential! GO LIVE IT NOW!

Michelle Whaite

If you would like a free 20 minute acceleration call to flesh out some goals, email michelle.whaite@gmail.com subject line GOALS FOR GROWTH and I will have one of our team contact you. We will send you our brief questionnaire for completion ahead of the call - to help you achieve the most from your complimentary 20 minute Goal Achieving session. The more information you can provide, the more we can tailor the tools and techniques to your Goal Achieving process!

To your continued success for 2010. LifeSuccess Consulting, International

Do You Have The Courage To Be Rich? What IS Courage?

2010-03-15T05:04:00.000-07:00

According to Wikepedia the definition of Courage is:

"Courage, also known as bravery, fortitude, will, and intrepidity, is the ability to confront fear, pain, risk/danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. "Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, Death, or threat of death, while "moral courage" is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. Overall, doing what no one else would do or want to do. Courage is the mental and moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty."

Question is: Do You Have The Courage To Be Rich?

A high level of wealth can often bring a certain amount of 'attention' shall we say to it. Having wealth can attract attention to you and so if you are a fairly shy introverted person, having wealth may make you feel very uncomfortable. For example, when driving an expensive car can have people look at you when you drive past or are stationary at traffic lights. The sound of the purring engine can be a head turner! Therefore it takes a lot of courage to 'stand out' from the crowd.

To be truly wealthy one must be able to have the requisite courage to withstand potential ridicule from others, confronting possible fears and uncertainty for example if you won the lottery, you may become concerned about people wanting to 'steal' your money or 'take' all your money from you!

My personal belief is this. If you have the courage to say 'I am comfortable if I lose the wealth' - having no fear of 'going broke' then usually you do not lose it - simply because you are not focusing on the loss - you are focusing on all of the good things that money can give you access to and the choices having a lot of money can provide for you.

The courage to give financial assistance for someone to do 'something' with it but not enough to do 'nothing' with it is also key here. One may have to face difficult decisions because having a high level of wealth brings with it a new set of responsibilities.

Some people think that having a large amount of money will make them a 'bad person' somehow... When in actual fact what money tends to be is a magnifier. Let me explain. Usually, if a person is of a good character, generous and giving before earning or receiving a large amount of money then the chances are they will even MORE generous and giving - the cash will merely serve to magnify their giving attitude even greater. If a person was already arrogant, miserly and always worried about being 'taken advantage of' then it is more likely that this person, when in possession of a large amount of money, may become even more selfish, arrogant or miserly, increasing their concerns about people pinching or stealing from him / her.

Therefore, having the courage to be wealthy is to say 'I do have money, I am not afraid to enjoy it - because there will be people who do not like what I do and there will always be people who love what I do with my money - in terms of contribution and helping others' etc.

It is fair to say that you can do more with money than you can without it for the greater good. It is our duty on this planet to become wealthy so that we can help as many other people in this world as possible starting with ourselves, our families and beyond.

I therefore encourage you to be courageous enough to say 'I am willing to become super rich in order for me to carry out my life legacy for the world. It is my duty to rise above other people's fears and criticisms and live my life the way I choose without living in fear of what other people think of me as a truly wealthy person'.

Wizard Of Oz - Cowardly Lion: (wikepedia)

"Since lions are supposed to be "the kings of beasts," the Cowardly Lion believes that his fear makes him inadequate. He does not understand that courage means acting in the face of fear, which he does frequently. Only during the after effects of the Wizard's gift, when he is under the influence of an unknown liquid substance that the Wizard orders him to drink (perhaps wine) is he not filled with fear. He argues that the courage from the Wizard is only temporary, although he continues to do brave deeds while openly and embarrassedly fearful."

Some people think that they do not possess courage...

Courage is locked within every human being, it just takes a decision to access it, and strengthen it by acting on it in spite of fear!

Courage is the mental and moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty."

I encourage you to exercise your mental muscles of COURAGE, focus, discipline, perseverance and your right to be rich!

We are here on this planet to serve ourselves (putting your own oxygen mask on first - we cannot give what we do not have ourselves first have), our families and then beyond to reach out to help others and be a beacon of strength for the world. This takes a great deal of courage to STEP UP and feel that fear of the unknown. This is why many people invest in having a coach to support them while they strengthen their courage, their confidence and their persistence skills in spite of fear!

What are you WHAITING for?

What ONE thing can you do that would be courageous on your part? To step out and step up on something that you may have been fearful of doing prior to reading this?

As Susan Jeffers says 'Feel the fear and do it anyway!'.

Michelle

Word Of The Day: Responsibility: How Is Your Respond-Ability?

2010-03-07T06:31:00.000-08:00

Spring Into Success! Take Responsibility Today!

Written By Mr Bob Proctor

(Michelle Whaite’s Mentor from LifeSuccess Productions & Lead Secret Teacher)
www.michellewhaite.com

Responsibility is a choice. I often refer to it as being the key to freedom. Your future can be everything you have ever dreamed about and then some. You have the talent and tools to experience one beautiful day after another. That is, in fact, what I believe the architect of the universe had in mind for you when you were created. If that was not so, you would have never been endowed with such awesome powers. My good friend and mentor, Val Van De Wall wrote, “When a person takes responsibility for their life and the results they are obtaining, they will cease to blame others as the cause of their results. Since you cannot change other people, blame is inappropriate. Blaming others causes a person to remain bound in a prison of their own making. When you take responsibility, blame is eliminated and you are free to grow.” Those who haven’t taken responsibility for their results and their life often find themselves in a mental prison, and in many ways, a mental prison is a much worse place to live than a federal prison or penitentiary. Mental torment can destroy just about everything that is necessary for a meaningful life: self image, self respect, relationships and a host of other attributes. It will even cause a person’s physical health to deteriorate. Responsibility opens the door and permits you to walk into freedom. If you find yourself confined to such a mental state, understand there is a way out. Escape is encouraged and possible. The master key that fits the lock is clearly marked and is within everyone’s reach. It is responsibility. I think it would be a fair comment to say that the people we have the greatest respect for are those who have accepted responsibility for every aspect of their lives. These individuals rarely duck responsibility by blaming someone else. When faced with an unfavorable situation, they are usually aware they have attracted the negative circumstance and know everything happens for a reason.

When this happens, they merely learn their lesson and keep reaching out, above and beyond to the new frontier, taking responsibility for whatever happens, every step of the way. When a person refuses to accept responsibility for their life, they reject their uniqueness and they turn all of their special powers over to other people, situations or circumstances. They are then no longer in control of their future. They will be hoping something good will happen, but because of past experiences they will very likely be expecting something they do not want to happen. When you accept responsibility for your life and for the results which you alone determine, you will develop confidence that your dreams can be realised, that your plans can be carried out. Awareness of this magnificent truth is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest thing that can happen in your life. It’s Alladin’s lamp, a magic wand, the tooth fairy all wrapped up in one. Dr. Rollo May, a distinguished psychiatrist, once wrote, “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” It requires great courage to take responsibility for your life. It’s so much easier to blame someone else or something outside of you. George Bernard Shaw said, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, they make them.” I believe Shaw was right. In my opinion, those who win big in life take responsibility and create their own destiny. Earlier on it was suggested that responsibility brings with it a certain amount of freedom. For some, these last few paragraphs may be life-altering. And, with the proper understanding, I guarantee it has the power to free you of unnecessary mental weight that you may have been carrying around with you all of your life. The concept to which I’m referring has been misunderstood by so many and has probably single-handedly ruined more lives than one can possibly imagine. Ignorance of this principle will most certainly cause a person to experience the destructive emotions of anger, guilt and resentment. Here it is: there is a vast difference between being responsible “for” and being responsible “to.” It seems so simple, but I don’t want you to let its apparent simplicity fool you. I’m going to repeat it again. There is a big difference between being responsible “for” and being responsible “to. ”It’s not uncommon to hear parents blame themselves and assume responsibility for something that has happened to their child, and that child might be 40 years old! “If only we ...” Or, “I should have …” Far too often we inappropriately assume responsibility for something, when in fact our real duty to the person may have ended 20 years ago.

Unfortunately for most, they carry that baggage around with them for life, never realising they have a choice. The correct interpretation of this is: you are responsible FOR your feelings and your results - not another person's. You may be responsible TO another person for one thing or another, but not FOR another person. The exception, of course, is when you choose to take on the responsibility of raising children until they reach the age of maturity. In that case, you are both responsible TO and FOR them, until such time as they become responsible for themselves. At times, it might even be appealing to contemplate having another person take on our responsibilities for us. We could even trick ourselves into believing that by doing this, we would be more free to play, have fun and do the things we wanted. Without serious thought, it might never enter our mind that exactly the opposite would happen. When you permit others to take on your responsibilities, you become dependent on them. They become the giver and you become the receiver. Your well-being is dependent upon their generosity. Hopefully, at some point, it will become very clear that this kind of behaviour only leads to a life of lack, limitation, resentment and confusion on the parts of both the giver and the receiver.

I’ve never witnessed anything positive that has come from the misuse of responsibility. When you take on the responsibility for another person's feelings, results, or actions, you destroy their self-reliance and self-respect. You are responsible for all of the results in your life. You are responsible for your happiness. You are responsible for your health. You are responsible for your wealth. You are responsible for your emotional state. Regardless of what has happened in the past, the future lies ahead with an open slate, waiting for you to take control and create a wonderful life for yourself. Winston Churchill, who certainly knew something about responsibility, said, “Responsibility is the price of greatness.” Here’s a marvelous affirmation that you can verbalise every night before you go to sleep and every morning as you step out of bed. “I am responsible for my life ...for my feelings ...for my personal growth ...and for every result I get.”

Best

Michelle

PS - Note from Michelle: When you master the ABILITY to RESPOND versus REACT to situations, you know that you are beginning to take RESPONSIBILITY (respond-ability) for your own results without blaming outside circumstances or pointing the finger of blame at other people for you not getting the results you desire. Take responsibility today. Take action! What TWO actions can you take RIGHT NOW that you know you could do and if you would do, would move you closer to your goals?

MARCH Madness Multi-Tasking! Have a little PATIENCE!

2010-02-18T01:35:00.000-08:00

TAKE THAT in 2009 had a hit song entitled this. Even George Michael had an album with the same name! This is another name for the card game Solitaire! What am I talking about? I am talking about PATIENCE!

Being christened at age 7 in a Spiritualist Church as Michelle Anne Patience Whaite, a few years ago I began to take an interest in my middle name of Patience, to get a better understanding of what the true meaning of Patience was in relation to the goal setting process. Plus, having a surname like ‘Whaite’ I came to realise, over the years, that being PATIENT when going through the goal achieving process IS the way forward! Impatience is a renowned KILLER of hopes and dreams. Where people QUIT on their dreams because they don’t give them sufficient time to come to fruition. They don’t see immediate results so they perceive that nothing is working!

Today, I continue to perfect the art of being patient on a daily basis. Being patient was something I was NEVER good at even though it was middle name!!! It wasn’t until I discovered the importance of patiently waiting (without procrastinating and knowing the subtle difference between the two which many fail to recognise!) that my goals and dreams began to materialise in my world!

So many people are impatient as we live in the ‘I want it done yesterday’ society. You know, in a fast food restaurant, if you are not served within 90 seconds of giving your order, you may receive a profuse apology for your wait and inconvenience caused! If you are not connected to a customer service operator within 1 minute of waiting, many will either hang up or hit zero to ask to be put through to the Complaints Department! If something is not received immediately after being sent via a handheld communication device, we can pick up the phone, call a centre based in India to ask what the problem maybe as to why our friend in Tokyo has not received our email or why our internet service has gone down for 20 minutes and how fast can they reconnect us! This rapid way of life that most are now accustomed to appears (even though technology has sped up the process of receiving data through the internet) to have at the same time, created a virtual monster in terms of other people’s expectations in how fast they can receive a reply! If they do not hear back within 24 hours (which is considered to be a long time in business these days) then some may pick up the phone to enquire what the delay is!

Are people TRULY ‘multi tasking’ on a daily basis? With such new handheld communication devices such as the new Nokia N900 (a device that lets you open more ‘windows’ (screens) at the same time than I can imagine what to do with) many people are feeling more and more frustrated as they are actually being LESS productive flitting through numerous unfinished yet open screens during their day causing suffering and possibly mental exhaustion spinning even more virtual ‘plates’ than a circus juggler who has had years of practice!

I don’t know about you but having, say, 24 ‘windows’ or applications open would only lead me to feel completely overwhelmed and frazzled to have so many ‘unfinished’ tasks on the go rather than having ONE open and getting COMPLETION on that one task before moving on to the next. People may be lulled into a false sense of security in that this is the ‘way forward’ for entrepreneurs and that by having 24 windows open or open ‘tasks’ is what multi tasking is about when it is certainly NOT. In reality our brain can ONLY deal with ONE specific task at a time with any degree of clarity and focus. Granted when we are driving it may appear that we are multi tasking but the truth is that when driving – so many of the rituals that must be learned have become second nature that do not need our conscious attention and we therefore only ever focus on ONE action at a time consciously. True multi tasking comes in the form of such as examples as learning to drive where you learn ONE aspect of driving at a time, let it become a habit BEFORE you move onto learning more complex manoeuvres and with practice over a sustained period of time, we can begin to master the basics first, have them running on autopilot which can then assist us when having a desire to multi task, simply because we are still in fact only CONSCIOUSLY focusing on one job in hand, while the other roles are running automatically by your SUBCONCIOUS MIND effortlessly. If we could do the same for our actioneering on a daily basis and get things running on autopilot, then that may be classed as true effective multi tasking, rather than this back and forth flit between 24 different open ended windows or jobs to do.

People rarely take the time to sit down these days and afford the requisite time and energy to commit their goals to paper, take action and then PATIENTLY wait for them to come to fruition! Most people may excitedly set a goal in January with the masses, take a few steps towards it and then by March 1^st as the ‘motivation’ wears off and they do not see the results show up immediately in their lives, they may QUIT and give up on that goal thinking it isn’t working for them. Take dieting for example, if someone is more than 3 stone overweight, the chances are it may have taken a while to gain that weight. However, dieters do not usually give themselves equal ‘time’ to lose or release that same amount of weight. It may have crept on at a lb a month but ask any dieter if they feel like they have accomplished much by losing just lb and most may feel defeated! They expect to eat a few lettuce leaves, change a few small eating habits for a week or two and maybe, if they are really going for it, get to the gym for an hour or two a week and hey presto they desire to lose the 3 stone pretty much overnight! Totally unrealistic. It takes sustained effort, patience and discipline spread out over a longer period of time to really begin to see the fruits of one’s labour. Most people are not willing to wait. They want results NOW or even yesterday! Hence why there is an increase in plastic surgery, gastric bands and all these kinds of operations, people going under the knife because they believe it is easier and FASTER to take that route than to be patient and chip away at the weight themselves with realistic goals, professional advice and a practical timeframe.

Lets face it even exercising for an hour or two per week (although it is better than doing NONE at all of course) isn’t really going to make fast dramatic changes that most people want, especially considering we have 165 hours in a week and so those two little hours may not produce the RAPID results that people want! Although over time, they will probably see dramatic changes but they would need to permit themselves to be VERY VERY PATIENT to re-cultivate the muscle groups and shape the body! Many celebrities work out 4-6 hours per day on average to get in shape plus they have a strict diet regime, a nutritionist, professional advisers and are truly monitored to get on track – a team to help them – most people think they can do this alone when in reality having support can be the difference in success or failure in weight release. This is also why some celebrity mums can get back in shape after just 4 weeks after giving birth! They do not show you the committed hours and dedicated diet planning they do with their team not to mention the discipline and PATIENT effort that they endure to achieve their goal. (I am not advocating any of the celebrity diets, this is purely to make the point that although they may have made it look like it was effortless to achieve that baby-weight loss in 4 weeks, the reality is they worked very very hard to look the way they do in a short period of time). Many comedians also practice and perfect their craft daily to make it look like effortless conversation on their shows! They understand discipline and patience!

Impatience causes many people problems in the world today as we have discussed and can be seen as an ADDICTION or a VICE! (A vice being the polar opposite to a virtue). Patience being a virtue….

Firstly, What IS PATIENCE? The Definition Of Patience (According to http://www.answers.com/) is:

“Patience (pā-shəns) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation”
These nouns denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint. Patience emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay.

Patience Is A Virtue…’

What is a virtue? A virtue is a character trait valued as being good. It is intentional and habitual excellence and it is something that in order to maintain you need to practice. It is something you learn how to be over time. Patience is like gardening - knowing how to cultivate a seed into a blooming flowerbed! Your subconscious mind IS that fertile garden, feed it, nurture it and allow yourself the gift of time to strengthen your faculty of patience, after all ‘all good things come to those who wait’.

By: Michelle Anne PATIENCE WHAITE! (by name and now nature)!

How Do You Know Your Want Has Turned Into A DESIRE?

2010-02-03T05:18:00.000-08:00

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR WANT HAS BECOME YOUR DESIRE?

According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DESIRE the definition of Desire is: “to long for: exhibit or feel desire for”. To desire something becomes a stronger feeling in your central nervous system than just to want something which may be a mere hope or wish. Stronger feelings can help trigger actioneering because your desire can move you in the direction of your dreams and goals. 10 steps to knowing if your want has now become a desire below…

1. The Physical Results You Desire Begin To Manifest Themselves

Most are looking for the Big Change when really we should be aware of the smallest signs of attraction to us which should encourage us that we are on right path. Small opportunities may well be the seeds of those big changes. You may begin to notice them, if you begin to look for them. Usually they are all around us but we can get so caught up in the daily grind that we forget to see just how far we have come over time. Think back 10 years ago – where were you? What were you doing? Did you have to go through many challenges and learnings to be who you are today? Most would agree that over the last 10 years they have grown a lot in awareness.

2. You See The World Through The Prism Of Your Desire

You begin to see opportunities everywhere! Ever noticed on a billboard, something that is in harmony with your new goal? Maybe you desire a holiday and everywhere you go there seems to be advertisements about holidays! On the television, radio or out walking. Or perhaps a certain car you desire and suddenly you become aware of lots of the one you desire and in the colour you desire too! maybe you desire to meet a new person into your life and suddenly when you begin to look around you, you begin to see people you are attracted to that you never saw before because you were not looking.

3. You Are Not Affected By Outside Circumstances

Things that used to upset you – no longer affect you. They have no impact on your life because you become aware that in the grand scheme of things they really are not worth expending energy on. You find it's much wiser to use that energy on creating rather than getting caught up.

4. You Attract Like-Minded People

Sometimes you may find that the people around you now are just not in harmony with you any more. You may find that your new way of thinking feels like you are growing apart – going on a different path or journey and become really aware of that difference. Hence you may begin to attract new friends who are in alignment with your new way of thinking and attract to yourself likeminded people who support your new views and values.

5. You Are Awakened And Your View Of The World Changes

Wayne Dyer one time said “When you change the way you look at things the things you begin to look at change!” Some jokes that some may say may not seem so funny anymore, especially where they are perhaps making fun of people less fortunate or who have been going through a bad time in the press etc. Things on the news may take a different importance. They may be less important or more important to now that you have raised your level of awareness.

6. Your Intuitive Factor Grows

Part of you that gets hunches and ideas or what is termed as your ‘6^th sense’ ability begins to be heightened. Some say they hear the voice of god or their inner voice moves from a whisper to move you in a different direction and gets louder as you take action on these ideas and hunches. Acting on your ‘gut instinct’ has proved for many to be a successful way of moving forward to what it is they are desiring to achieve and the more they heed the inner voice, the more their intuition faculty grows.

7. You Easily Give Up Things That Are Not In Harmony With Your Purpose

Soap opera omnibuses or re-runs of your favourite TV shows (ie. something you have already watched) perhaps go on the back burner where you utilise that time more effectively. It becomes very easy for you to make decisions if out of harmony with your purpose. Eg. Is by taking that action bringing me closer or further away from my goals? You can become more efficient with your time, for example, getting into the gym may be easier maybe because your strong desire to improve your heath outweighs sitting at home just thinking about it. It becomes a natural occurrence of wanting to get out and exercise more and the choosing of the right foods without a feeling of sacrifice. These are purely examples. When you have a strong enough and desirous why you must change and why you must change today, the actioneering becomes easy. It only feels difficult for most if they have not made a clear cut decision to do all they can towards making their goals happen - and uncovering their Why Factor!

8. Your Wants Change

For most people – as wants turn to desire – they are able to build a bigger picture – their wants change for the better – begin to believe in themselves and their ability to achieve what it is that they want. They understand that small steps over a sustained period of time can have far reaching results into the future when getting clear today.

9. You Gain Emotional Control

This is twofold. i) You don’t get angry or upset anymore because you gain emotional control ii) you are able to express emotion in a calm manner (responding rather than reacting) and it becomes easier to tell people we care and love them – life begins to feel more alive with a new meaning for us.

10. You Move From A Competitive To A Creative Mindset

Powerful financially for most eg. not having to worry about getting your ‘piece of the pie’. You begin to realise that there is enough for everyone. Cross-pollination of ideas and attracting the right people to move forward with becomes easier when you do not feel you have to keep your ideas ‘secret’ for fear of someone stealing them.***If you would like a free 60 min MP3 sign up for my Newsletter at www.michellewhaite.com***!

Forget SnowBoarding! Get Vision/DreamBoarding this Jan 2010!

2010-01-08T04:47:00.000-08:00

Visionboards are a great way to kickstart momentum!

All you need is: A pair of scissors, a large cork board (or some A3 paper), board pins (or pritt stick glue if using paper), a stack of magazines to cut out from and a whole heap of excitement as you begin to design the life you desire to lead in the coming year! You may want to learn a new language, visit a foreign country, find new love, slim down, bulk up, new career, improve your finances! Here's my top 5 strategies for getting started with Goal Achievement for 2010! Simply cut out images that inspire you towards your new goals and that support the new life you desire to lead! Cut out quotes, phrases, words that empower you so that every time you see the visionboard - you feel excited about what you are creating!

1. Decide What You Want

2. Decide What You Will Give In Return

3. Set A Final Accomplishment Deadline

4. Set milestones Leading Up To Deadline

5. Find Your Yes People!

1. Decide What You Want

Most people think it is hard to get what they want in life when in reality when you ask most people what they do want - they give you a rundown of all the things they do not want and wonder why they keep attracting the things they do not want! Examples would be 'I dont want to be in debt for 2010, I dont want to be overweight thats for sure, I dont want to attract the wrong man/woman like I always do! I hate my job and want to get out ASAP to do something different! Yet when I repeat the question so that they hear it again 'What is it that you DO want - not what you do not? More often than not, they will find it challenging to come up with alternatives or what they do want because they have been so focused on what they do not want!

The deciding can be the challenging part when you really get to it! Sit down with a pad and pen in a quiet space with no distraction and really think about the life you desire to lead. What feelings do you desire to generate? For example, a nice car might equate to feeling luxurious or even getting your first car might lead to a feeling of freedom and independence! When we tap into the FEELING we are desiring to generate, we can see things happen faster as the mind does not know what is real and what is imagined - if you can FEEL how it feels NOW you are more likely to move into action towards making it a reality!

2. Decide What You Will Give In Return

Sometimes we may have to sacrifice something of a lower value for the attainment of a larger goal! It might be that you sacrifice watching the re-run of Friends or soap opera's that you may have already watched once during the week. Or perhaps stopping old subscriptions that you no longer use so that you can utilise that money and create something that we call 'seed' capital that can go towards a bigger project. Seed capital being the small sum of money that you use to start up a project and then it can grow from there.

3. Set A Final Accomplishment Deadline

Many people over-estimate what they can do in a year and under-estimate what they can do in 5. We believe that by setting out a 5-10 year goal plan can be a very effective way of getting clarity longer term and now that a new decade is here, what better time to start than NOW! The challenge that most people face is that because it seems so far away, they make little effort and gain momentum NOW! The key to getting momentum is discipline. Discipline is being able to give yourself a command and then follow it. Discipline comes from creating habits and rituals to get things done NOW with milestones in between to check you are on target for your 10 year plan. People who have daily rituals and have created long lasting positive habits accomplish more than those who just get up and bounce around all day long with no strategy or purpose. You would be amazed if you actually sat down and wrote down on a timesheet for the day just how you spend your day and you will be amazed how 30 minutes can fly by without you even knowing what you have done with that time! Try it out. Get a sheet of paper, draw a line down the centre. Add two headings - one on the left DESCRIPTION and one of the right under TIME TAKEN and from the minute you wake up, document every thing you do on the left side under DESCRIPTION and the time it took you on the right under TIME TAKEN. You can then see how disciplined, productive (or non-productive!) during your day! Its a big eye opener!

(If you want my ONE PAGE DAILY ACTION PLANNER email michelle.whaite@gmail.com SUBJECT DAILY PLANNER PLEASE.

4. Set milestones Leading Up To Deadline
So now you have a main deadline for a 10 year plan, for example 30 November 2020. Lets work backwards now on a basic yearly plan 2019, 2018, 2017....2010, then breaking the next year down further for 2010 into months and weeks. This can take some time to do and I encourage you to spend a full day doing this as it might be the best time you spend ON your life plan instead of just firefighting IN your lifetime. Having smaller milestones and deadlines can work effectively at keeping you moving towards that end goal deadline in 10 years' time, since 80% of the effort usually comes when we have 20% of the time left! Similar to exams when revising, most students leave it until the week before! Therefore you dont want to be waiting 9.9 years before you start to see results! This is why it is vital to have smaller deadlines to work to.

It is also very important to have a TREAT SHEET filled with treat ideas that you will reward yourself with when you accomplish your goals! For example, a person weight releasing may well give themselves the equivalent in cash pound for pound for every lb lost to go and buy a nice new smaller garment! Eg if they lose 20lb - they give themselves £20 to spend! Treats do not have to be monetary - the gift of a full uninterrupted 8 hours sleep of an early night can do wonders for the restoration of your mind and body! Or to sit at a cafe reading a non-work book and people watch over a hot mug of cocoa! Giving yourself the gift of 2 hrs to pamper and preen yourself in a home made spa!
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5. Find Your Yes People!

I encourage you to keep your counsel if the people around you are not as forward thinking as you are becoming at this point. Sometimes the people we think will be excited by our new dreams and goals are the very people who get unsettled and unnerved by them! People like change but they resist being changed, therefore if your changes may affect them, they may feel uncomfortable and not as supportive as you might desire. The best way to make this work for you is to become the best shining example you can be and let your actions speak louder than your words. Of course it is important to be able to build lofty dreams and vocalise those dreams but choose those people you share with very carefully. Find your YES people. Those are people who naturally encourage rather than stifle your growth!

We run Mastermind Groups where we get together on a call once a week or fortnightly to listen to the principles by master thinker Napoleon Hill who created the concept of Masterminding. In his classic book Think & Grow Rich, written in 1937 in a depression, Hill shares some of the most profound principles throughout that book and we study those principles and learn how we can apply them to our every day lives and businesses. These are your YES people! We actively encourage each other to build big dreams and keep each other accountable to the actions we say we are going to take - another vital ingredient in the goal achieving process for 2010. Being held accountable is probably one of the key factors as to whether one fails or succeeds in achieving the goals created over time. The ability to become more personally productive is the all-time ingredient - getting more done in less time. Getting into the habit of doing the important htings that we do not view as exciting in order to treat ourselves when we do them! A kind of Reward System! The mind and body enjoys being praised and rewarded! Lets face it, if we just kept on doing doing doing and never acknowledging our good efforts, the body and mind may just give up and say 'what is the point' you never reward me for my good behaviour! Treat Sheets are an excellent way to enjoy the journey along the way with success parties and celebrations in between!

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Make 2010 your most FUN year ever!

Best
Michelle

www.tonyrobbinsblog.com/how-to-kickstart-and-keep-your-new-years-resolutions/

How Good Habits Can Work For You! How To Create Discipline in Small Steps!

2009-12-25T05:55:00.000-08:00

Rituals & Habits!

Tony Robbins, one of the leading motivational speakers in the world today, swears by rituals and GOOD habits!

Check him out here talking about creating rituals to create the life you desire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VHdquVp7wM

Check him out here talking about MUSTS v SHOULDS too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTf4qb3Ih1w&NR=1

Habits and rituals are vital as they assist with the creation of discipline. Discipline is required to get things done regularly so that we effectively manage our activities better which equates to better time management. Better time management means we get more done in less time! As we are only here for a short time, there is no time to fool around and waste time. Bob Proctor one time said 'if we were able to live to 1,000 years old, we could spend the first couple a hundred fooling around' but we are not, only the lucky few make it to even 100 years old!

So to get the best out of life we must introduce rituals and habits and boundaries. This helps to RUN A TIGHT SHIP! Think of sailors in the Navy! They also have very tight spaces to work with and so everything does have to be kept tidy!

If you have ever seen the program Supernanny where Dr Jo Frost arrives in the household to instill some discipline and routine into the house, you may recall that those children fight the new regimes as its not something they are used to and do not like the changes being made, however, once they are in a routine, they begin to sleep better, eat better, are more calm and know their boundaries! The parents also benefit from the discipline and routine too as they can also find some 'me time' after the children are in bed.

This is exactly what we must introduce - routines - not always to fit more in but to perhaps introduce quality time scheduled into the working week instead of trying to steal 5 minutes' peace here and there.

Where chaos is present in one area of life, you can usually bet its happening in other areas of life too. The good thing is that out of chaos can come order and since our mind likes order to work with and to be directed, sometimes when we feel chaos around us - this can be a wake up call to do something about it and to introduce routine or rituals to gain control of what can feel like an out of control life.

A dear friend of mine when I asked her what her rituals were to keep an orderly house of 6 children, a husband, 2 dogs and one guinea pig, replied that she had a strict regime that she kept to, to keep on top of things. She also said that her children were given their chores to do in an joint team effort to keep the household running and to instill into them the discipline of looking after their home in the future, cooking, ironing, laundry, tidying etc. She said that her husband looked after all the financial rituals of checking statements, managing receipts on a weekly basis and organising their household accounts and so it seemed to me like she had her own Mastermind Team around her - where everyone pulled together towards one purpose and brought their strengths together. I asked her what she thought would happen if none of the family including herself decided to give up the routine and to just 'leave' everything for a week - what would happen and she said she couldnt bare to think about the chaos that would cause - no-one would have any fresh laundered and ironed clothes to wear, no food would be cooked, no cleaning would be done and the 8 members of the family would probably go into a meltdown! My friend told me that in a short space of time the house could get chaotic - as she experienced this when her husband was working away who also dealt with kitchen duties of emptying garbage, recycling etc! Everything in its place and a place for everything she said. It keeps chaos at bay when things are in order. Prevents stress and worry - her two biggest fears.

If you are not sure whether you have rituals or not take a look at these to begin the basics with:

1) Making your bed daily

2) Showering/shaving/grooming daily

3) Laundry

4) Ironing

5) Cooking

6) Cleaning

7) Recycling

8) Hanging up clothes

9) Putting shoes away or taking them off on arrival

10) Washing dishes/loading dishwasher

If you are finding that you do the above 'ad hoc' without routine, perhaps its time to test your disciplinity as I call it!

Do ONE thing for 30 days straight every day. This may just be to make your bed immaculate on waking. Or it may be to meditate for 10 minutes prior to sleeping. Perhaps you dont go to bed at the same time every day and now want to regulate your body clock to go to bed at the same time and wake at the same time. Reading? Maybe you dont read enough and you have a desire to read more books? Reading 10 pages per night before sleep could see you finishing a book in 30 days! A new book every month! 12 books in 12 months!

CHOOSE one of the above to begin strengthening your mental muscle of discipline. Remember, you wouldnt walk into a gym and try and lift a 100lb weight the first time (well not most anyway!), you would perhaps build up to the more heavier weights - its the same with discipline, start with a small new discipline and work up to maybe more bigger routines as you get comfortable with your new found discipline!

Go for it!

Best

Michelle

http://www.michellewhaite.com/

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Skype: michelle800m

What is on your Wish List for 2010?

2009-12-23T03:24:00.001-08:00

(sample visionboard)

What is on your Wish List for 2010?

World Peace?

Inner Peace?

Fun times with friends and family?

Holidays?

Sunshine?

Healthy New You?

Renewed Vows?

New relationship?

Starting a Family?

Planning your wedding / honeymoon?

Having a divorce party to celebrate freedom?
Organising your finances better?

Getting your tax returns DONE.. by someone else!

Becoming a .... Speaker, Writer, Language Interpreter, Midwife, Doctor, Accountant....?

Training for a Marathon?

10K?

If you would like to join my FREE 5 week teleclass Mastermind Group starting in January, drop me an email directly to be notified of the release date as places are limited on the conference line!

My email is michelle.whaite@gmail.com

It has been a pleasure to write for you for the last 12 months, I look forward to sharing more insights to assist and support your continual growth in 2010 and beyond!

Festive Best To You & Yours

Michelle & The LifeSuccess Global Team

Spread That Winter Spruce Clean To Your Office!

2009-12-15T06:44:00.000-08:00

Look familiar?

Why not go from this... to the below.... Look at the difference.. look at how different it can FEEL JUST BY LOOKING AT IT! Complete chaos! How Do you ever expect to get good results with this going on?! Well... .The one good thing is this... OUT OF CHAOS COMES ORDER!

Why not give your desk a Winter Spruce and get some order and clarity? Give some old data its marching orders!

Some of those desk drawers may have loose staples or paperclips in the bottom that make the drawer look chaotic. Lift the draw out, empty into a box and begin putting the things you want back into your drawers only and then empty the box contents into a bin if they are odds and ends. Maybe invest in a drawer organiser/dividers, these are fantastic for organising your clips and pens neatly.

(Perhaps the runners are a bit stiff, take the drawer out, spray some household furniture polish along the runner rails, clean off, return drawer and see the drawer whiz open and closed and not getting stuck! Freeflow in the office! It then becomes a pleasure to open and close your desk drawers. Cable ties are a fantastic way to avoid that all too familar spaghetti junction behind the desktop!

Maybe get some pine fragranced polish to get that lovely Winter scent into your office as you polish the shelving and windowsills, or add a mulled wine candle or two, to engage your senses of wellbeing to truly get into the spirit of the festive month? Empty your wastepaper baskets - remember, in sight is in mind, clear it out regularly. A clear environment on the outside can equate to wellbeing on the inside. A feeling of calmness and a sense of organisation can do wonders for your mindset. Keep it weed free.

Perhaps you have been rushing to 'save' documents to your desktop with an attitude of 'will go back and save that later' and then you wonder why your PC takes an age to boot up because the desktop is littered with strewn documents on it! I was so embarrassed when I called in a 'PC Doctor' as my machine was running very oddly, only to find that he said there is only one thing wrong with your laptop, it is clogged with too much data all over the place. He gave the screen a gentle clean, the keyboard a special polish and proceeded to inform me it would be better to invest in a separate hard drive for data I was no longer using. This would then free up the memory space on the laptop / with fewest icons on my desktop - and to my delight he was right!

My laptop is now in 'tip-top' condition, running at super racehorse speed! I feel like I have gotten a brand new laptop for Christmas! Ooo and how excited am I to work in my new office environment in 2010! Get set NOW ahead of the masses!

Enjoy! Make your office environment a haven for creativity and ingenuity!

Best

Michelle

http://www.michellewhaite.com/

Inbox From Hell? Have an Inbox Detox NOW for 2010!

2009-12-15T06:42:00.000-08:00

Winter Clear-Out!

Is Your Inbox Screaming At You?

Bursting At the Seams?

Packed Full With Old Emails That Should Be Given The 3 D's Approach?

Do it, Delegate it or DITCH IT!

Do It Now!

A) We have wardrobe and cupboard clearouts in Spring but rarely take time clearing our inbox in Winter ahead of Spring! Remember when you got your first email account? How clean and nice it looked, fresh without clutter? To see a little (1) was thrilling!

Well, If you are anything like I was (up until recently I am ashamed to say!) I had 1392 unread messages in my inbox and the irony is, I was NEVER going to read them either - I just kept them thinking 'one day I would read them! They were from companies I had subscribed to long ago but had no current interest in!

B) So I took my inbox in hand and began the purging process of getting rid of emails that I either :1) was not going to read ever or the ones I no longer required 2) Unsubscribed from other people's newsletters or products/services that I no longer had an interest in. (It helps you and it helps them - because you are not buying anyway!) and 3) Label or create folders for the top 5 people who are most important to you so you can keep them organised.

C) Set specific time aside to do this, as its not a task that many can sit and do in one go (especially if your inbox gets filled as fast you empty it!). This may be an ongoing process for you, even if you take EVERYTHING in your inbox right now and file it into a new FOLDER saying up to Dec 09! So that you have a clean inbox for 2010! Simples!

Get yourself organised and have an INBOX DETOX NOW! We detox our bodies in January, why not detox our mind - out of sight out of mind.... in sight (very much) IN MIND!

Michelle

www.michellewhaite.com

PS - Check out Marsha Egan's book aptly entitled Inbox Detox! Or visit Marsha's blog

http://inboxdetox.com.

Inbox Detox book is available to purchase on Amazon here : http://eganemailsolutions.com if you would like to find out more on how to organise yourself as a professional emailer!

Magic Moments! What Do You Recall Your Best Moment for 2009?

2009-12-03T08:43:00.000-08:00

Are You One Of Those People Who Always Says 'Ive Got A Terrible Memory!'?

If you are, then it is vital that you understand that everyone has a perfect memory, but most have poor recall at best.

As the end of 2009 draws closer, I often ask my clients 'what were your best memories that you can recall for 2009?'. Most of them will say that it feels like the year has 'flown' by because for most days they have done the same thing day in day out without anything 'extraordinary' happening apart from a few odd occasions.

This is why it is VITAL to follow a 3 step plan for memory making because all we will be left with at the end of our time on this planet is our memories.

The first step is:

1) Think of something that you would like to experience - a birthday celebration, a holiday with family, swim with dolphins, learn how to fly... Something that you are passionate about

2) Plan ahead with the people you want to experience the event with or if its by yourself, think of when you want to experience it say for the year ahead and schedule it into your diary as something to look forward to - and even countdown to (my fave is counting down the sleeps to its arrival - like Christmas Eve or a forthcoming holiday!)

3) Live it! Experience it! Love it! Enjoy it!

4) Lock the key memory in your memory bank forever to recall! Taking photographs or filming the event can also support keeping the memory alive!

Before my 'lady' passed away, I used to visit her as a volunteer with Age Concern and there was a time when I had popped in to see her on my way to the gym. It was cold and wet and I was delaying leaving for as long as possible! My lady snapped at my lack of 'motivation' in the cold weather and quite rightly pointed out that at least I had the choice to go for a swim! My lady said that she had once owned her own swimming pool and would give anything to be able to go for a swim again and here was I moaning to her about not wanting to go out in the cold!

With that - I realised that my lady didnt even have the choice as she couldnt leave the house unaided let alone get in a swimming pool because she was unable to walk.

As I walked out of her house, I really thought about the mental 'whipping I had just recieved from my lady - unintentional and I wondered if my visit to see her was for her or for me!

Suffice to say I swam and swam and swam with heaps of energy knowing that I felt like I was swimming for both of us!

What a fab memory I have of her - how she never let me be ungrateful to the fact I still had choices and was ignoring them!

Brand new Newsletter launching soon!

Watch this space!

Michelle

ABCs of Business Building! Lets get Back To Basics!

2009-11-20T17:02:00.000-08:00

A = Accountability

B = Belief

C = Confidence

Accountability
Who is holding you accountable to your actions that you SAY you will DO?
Who is helping you get totally committed to your outcomes?
When will you achieve your goals for 2009? How about utilising the last 30 or so days of 09 to nail them!?

Belief
Do you believe you can achieve?
What strategies are you putting in place to support NEW beliefs and habits?
Many coaches talk about OLD habits that may hinder you moving forward...
However, it is also vital that you understand that until a NEW HABIT is formed or a new BELIEF - and undertaken over and over and over until its cemented into the mindset and 'body' is doing what 'mind' is now commanding it to, usually not much happens!

Your new beliefs must be diamond hard in the face of the many obstacles that you may face- and there will be many - as am positive the universe likes to really test you to see if you want it badly enough - and then victory then tastes sweeter when you break on through!

Confidence
Confidence can be built upon and exercised like a muscle...
However, too much confidence and you may think you dont have to learn...
Too little and you may think you cant learn...
Thats why it is vital that you gain a balance between the two with just enough to get you started!
Confidence grows as we begin to see the fruits of our beliefs taking hold...
Opportunities appear for us to grow in confidence and also to test our level of confidence...

That is the ABCs of business building - you must be held accountable so that you get what you say you want to get done.. DONE! Believe you can do it... & have the confidence to take that first step!

If you need someone to keep you accountable, mail me to find out about our MAP Massive Accountability Plan!

Best
Michelle

New Horizons.. Pastures New...

2009-11-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

Happy New Month To You!

Wow my birthday month is here again already!

Which means another new chapter is about to unfold for me.

If I am honest, 2009 was one of the most challenging years of my life but one where I did the most learning, growing and developing!

2010 (adding up to my lucky number incidentally!) I do feel is going to be a year of actioneering and movement now that 'loose' ends will have been tied up and carried away with 2009.

So wth new horizons... On the horizon, the world is my oyster - not my crabstick!

For the next 30 days I am looking at all the possible options that are out there which appear to be unfolding right now...

I asked... Now I must be ready to recieve...

I am definitely ready for for change...

Having a true belief that life changes ever 7 years along with a new body, I believe I have lived 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and am now moving in the next 7 year phase of which I am thoroughly looking forward to!!!!

FUN is the NEW trend for 2010 in my book!

I say dont wait until 2010 is here to make your decisions - make your resolutions NOW way ahead of the game and prepare yourself mentally, physically and emotionally for what seems to be a year ahead that is pregnant with possibilities! It is now down to you to conceive the ideas to make them real for you from theory into fact!

Enjoy the Crisp November Sunshine!

Michelle

2009-10-18T17:08:00.000-07:00

Ever felt like the more you 'try' the more it eludes you?

Force negates....

Stop trying so hard....

Let go...
Let god...

Do all you can but I encourage you not to then worry about whether it will work or whether the action you took was right...

There are no right and wrong just different outcomes than sometimes anticipated.

Deal with the outcome.

Set a new standard. Change the plan never the goal. Keep going. Persistence is not the definition of being a bullish bulldog...

It merely means keeping persistent focus...

A laserbeam gets watered down if it is forced to split in different directions... the full strength of the beam is less...

The beam is only at its strongest when it is focused on ONE THING at a time...

What one thing are you focusing on?

Or are you trying to do too much?

Underestimating what you can do and overestiminating the time you need?

Back to basics...

ONE THING AT A TIME. NAIL IT - GET IT HABITUALISED. THEN THE NEXT. NAIL IT....

Keep going.

Thank you for reading.

Michelle

2009-10-13T15:26:00.000-07:00

All Change!!

Ok - so my goal of 12 properties in 12 months is now on hold! Sometimes you have to do the thing to find out whether that was the thing you wanted to do!

After trekking to Manchester on a number of occasions and viewing over 30 properties in two day stints, I was so propertied-out that they were merging into one mass melting pot of houses - even from my notes I was forgetting which property had which feature etc.... So I decided that property route was not for me at this precise time as you actually DO need to put a lot of time, effort and energy into building it!!!! surprise surprise!

So having been there now and done that - I realise that my true passion is elsewhere....

After attending T Harv Eker's geurilla business intensive week (AWESOME!) I gave birth to my business baby that I had been nesting over for over 20 years.... my passion for writing of course!

I gave birth to a HUGE concept... one that I truly believe I have been put on this planet to fulfill!

It took Penny and Peter my two new buddies to help me deliver this huge concept - so I aptly named them my business baby midwives!! Honestly it felt like I had just given birth by sharing my deepest secret desire to become a writer, producer and movie director who owned a chain of centres....

Thats all I can say for the moment.... Anyhow, there is also now the opportunity to work in LA .... so I may be blogging from there soon!

Watch this space!

You see - the point of this story is - there is never anything that is a mistake or a regret - only feedforward and sometimes doing the percieved wrong thing can lead you towards doing the 'right' thing and following your heart!

Goodnight for now, Michelle x

2009-08-07T10:29:00.000-07:00

Shall we take a trip to A&E?

Well my body seemed to think it was a good idea last Thurs (6th)!

I thought I had a high pain threshold but this food poisoning FLOORED ME!

It didnt help when the product I purchased was a year out of date! August 2008!!

I bought a relish for my cheese sandwich from the local butchers (where I buy all my food from there - fruit, veg and meat).

I had a sandwich the day before, had a few gripes but thought nothing of it, the next day (Thurs) I smothered a thick layer of this organic caremelised relish onto my cheese sandwich for lunch.

I thought I had bad indigestion so I popped over to the local chemist. I was in absolute agony sitting in the chemist's waiting area. The assistant showed me a selection of indigestion remedies - I said the one that works the fastest please as I was reeling from the waves of pain!

The assistant said there was one that works within 2 minutes! That will do I said. It did nothing. I took two even. Nothing.

I sat down and the pain was getting worse. I decided to ask my friend to take me to A&E as this seemed to be getting worse and I felt sick and nauseous.

All the way to the hospital I was in agony. For a minute there would be no pain and then like a tidal wave the pain would be so searing that I thought I would pass out.

I had never experienced pain like this before, well not since I got Pharoah's revenge in Egypt 8 years ago and I never remembered it being that bad!

The triage nurse could clearly see I was in agony. She immediately referred me. I had to wait in the waiting room for 14 whole minutes which can seem like a lifetime when you think you are dying!

I was given a paper mache kidney bowl in case I wanted to be sick.... 6 times later, I was then taken onto the hospital bed, and blood pressure taken. I was still reeling and feeling like I was going to wretch again. I thought this cant be happening to me. No-one is here with me. Was I going to die on my own? All manner of thoughts ran through my mind!

The nurse came by to fix the cannulla in to fix the drip of cyclizine for rehydration and pain relief. The nurse bled me all over the floor !!! She then pushed the needle in further than it needed to be as she was manoeuvring it and apologised - I said this was supposed to be PAIN RELIEF!!!

While the doctors and nurses came in and out of the room, I began to sink lower into the bed. The pain relief was finally kicking in. It felt like a whole body experience of relief and calmness came awash over me. It was magic. It was the first time in 4 hours that I had not felt like my insides were being wrung out.

I rested for 2 hours as the drip was slowly fed into my system. I didnt even know which planet I was on and for the first time in ages I felt relaxed and had the 'I dont care' attitude. Whatever was going on could go on for all I cared. I was in another world of bliss and relaxation!!!!

My friend came back to take me home after having many blood tests. Suspected food poisoning! As I suspected. Armed with tablets and pain relief, I headed home to bed.

It felt like a whirlwind as if days had passed and as if I was not on this planet!

All my days that followed merged into one....Until at least Sunday. 3 and a half whole days of pure rest were bliss. Without a care in the world as the tablets were chilling me right back!

Day 8 now, I feel like I have recovered 75%. I approached the butcher where I bought the food from and he admitted that it would be the relish. He said he sold the last '4' this weekend (funny that as they had been there a year before - dated August 2008 - yet they all were sold that weekend!) I told him he would need a product recall before had further cases of poisoning on his hands. He said he knew who had bought two of them!!

There were also new jars on the shelf behind as he had replenished his stock! Hmmmmm.

Anyhow, the main thing is that I am alive!!! and I live to tell the tale. I am gutted now as I used to buy ALL my food from him as the food was organic. Am sure we have both learned a lesson.

Check the dates on everything! Specially local shops. These products may have been on the shelves for a while!! August 2008! A Year out though.

MY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: You just dont know when your time is up, would you be happy with what you have achieved if you did find yourself in this position? If not what are you waiting for? Are you waiting to live or living to live???

Health first. Life can then flow..

More property updates soon as I get back on track with my property searches up North!! That had to be postponed as did some of my coaching calls!!

Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding.

I am in discussions now with the butcher, hopefully we can bring this to a conclusion with lessons learned on either side.

Mish x

Manchester Evening Property Post (Mindset) Emotions...

2009-08-02T11:16:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to add an addendum to the property viewing day. I was not prepared for how emotional it could be and the realisation that this was people's homes we were peering into. They were dressing their homes to impress us to buy them. Hearing the different reasons of why people were selling were usually from the end of a chapter in their life and it was time to move on.

The one thing I learned is that I was going to have to be a lot tougher emotionally when getting into this property business as I am a people's person and could end up buying for all the wrong reasons!!! It has to be done with no emotion and only buying if the property stacks well monetarily and not because Mrs "Smith's" mother passed away or that Mr "Bloggs"' kids were being terrorised by the neighbours kids and they wanted to get out asap!

So be prepared to get tougher emotionally otherwise you may end up buying something you later regret and are stuck with rather than something you wanted for the right reasons.

It must be a win-win all round when you get into this business. That means for you and the seller - not just the seller and not just the buyer but for everyone involved.

mx

Manchester Evening Property Post Week 2 cont...d

2009-08-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

OK So, after the meeting with the mortgage adviser, dad came along to go round the properties with me. My first was not until 11.30am which gave dad and I 30 mins to grab some breakfast and tea! Good Yorkshire Northern Tea in a local cafe! Breakfast for two for under £3 - now you know you are in Manchester!

We then headed off to the first of 12 properties! Excited with intrepidation we met with the local viewing rep who, as much as I was excited, he was not excited about his day at all. I asked him if he had many to do today to make conversation and he immediately sniped saying 'more than ive ever had in one day... that the office had given him 6 with me and 6 on top of that to do! He also said he had a stinking cold and was not in the best frames of mind. Not a good start to begin building rapport with your agent but we persisted and kept asking questions and as the day wore on he began to come out of his shell a bit and start to chat about the properties he was showing us - the high lights the downsides etc... which ones he would buy and which he would steer clear of or how much he thought it would rent for done up etc...

He was actually quite a funny guy once he livened up later that day! I was beginning to warm to his frankness and straight talking charm.

By property No 6 - dad and I were exhausted - good job I made notes on each property on the viewing details otherwise they would have merged into one melting pot of properties and features! Those first 6 were empty and the next 6 had vendors so more likely to be a chain. Out of the first 6 I liked three of them that had potential for BMV offers. One couple were splitting up and it was apparent there was still some animosity there as she had moved out that day and was going around the property not really wanting to show us the property as she got into her vision of how she was going to finish her master bedroom but then hesitated and said - well how things change and that it had to sell. The others were people who had passed away and so the family were keen to let the properties go.

Dad and I headed back for a quick sandwich break at 1pm as we had finished faster than we had been scheduled which was good as it gave us time to reflect and recharge as we were in and out of the car checking roof tiling, guttering, front gardens, lounges, up and down stairs, some even down to cellars and up to lofts! Who said you need a gym to get fit!

After lunch and upon hearing many sad plights from families by house No 9 Dad and I were exhausted and things were starting to merge.... We kept our promise to the estate agent even though we felt like giving up and we went on to see the last 3 even though our heart wasnt in it, am glad we did though as property No 12 really made an impact on me - so much so that I would even consider living there!!

Learned:
Doing too many viewings in one day means quantity and not quality - quality viewings would have been better - to have chatted to the owners more - heard their stories, got to know them a bit and vice versa and to build rapport with them a bit.

When you are in and out in 15 mins, the vendors dont really get to know you so this was not the way to do it! But you learn from doing it wrong!

I also learned about the amount of work needing to be done for certain properties was sometimes more than the asking price would allow for so would have to offer way below market value anyway.

I learned that I now wanted relatively quality properties with hardly any work to do so that I could get it rented out asap. The ones with substantial work to do I would pass on for armchair investors or investors who want to get more involved in property development than I do at this stage of my early learning!

Next I am going to be making offers in my next blog - you can read about whether they got accepted or not as I must do some due dilligence now of checking whether what the asking price is the same as what the surveyor would value it at!

Mx

The Manchester Evening Property Post Week 2 / Aug 1st

2009-08-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

Week 1 recap:
So, last week I spent the day going around properties with a lady from the local estate agents in Manchester. I will call her Miss Y. Miss Y was a very bubbly young lady - I got a good energy vibe about her and am positive that she and I will become really good friends and JV partners!

This week, week 2!
I was booked in first thing to see a local mortgage adviser who was exceptionally helpful! I asked him to treat me as if he were trying to explain the mortgage and buying a house process as if I were 5 years old! I am a very right brained person and enjoy immense creativity, however, my left brain is in 'training' and so is very newborn to this side of learning. Therefore, like any new skill that you learn it is important to understand the basics and foundations first before trying to get ahead of yourself. The mortgage guy was very good at explaining things every step of the way. He even gave me a flowchart that I could understand (most I do not if they are technical!).

He walked me through the process and for the first time I really felt like I understood the process - as before, I would chat to people who had gone through the process but would give me pieces of the puzzle in different orders and miss out crucial pieces of the puzzle too! For example, they would tell me that offers are put in and I would then say well when do surveys kick in or are the offers legally binding and who does the valuation and when does it happen? This guy went through all of that and if you want me to send you the flow chart by email then email me at michelle.whaite@gmail.com.

I was in there an hour! I definitely think I could do business with him as he was very accommodating :). A decision in principle - DIP - you only need to do one - otherwise it can leave footprints on your credit scoring and actually harm it if you do too many with different estate agents!

Learned:
The process of buying a house from start to finish - ABC style
How mortgages work and the different types of mortgage for BTL or residential
Percentages of deposit required
Understanding how to work out whether the property would 'stack up' as they say for positive cashflow
What a DIP is!
Why its important to only get ONE estate agent to do your DIP.

More to follow on why its NOT good to try and squeeze in 12 property viewings in one day!

Mx

Manchester Evening Property Post Continued... Gearing up for Aug 1st Property Fest!

2009-07-30T08:32:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for the mammoth trip to Manchester on Sat 1st August!

Goal: 15 property viewings back to back every 30 minutes from 11.30am to 5.30pm!

ETA: 9.30am - Manchester Piccadilly Train Station!

First Apt: 10am - Denton for a Mortgage Advice appointment to see whats what and who's who!

Then the games really begin - Just call me Challenge Annika!!

This PM, reviewing on Hometrack as to what the 'real' value of the 3 properties are that I liked from last Saturday - possibly making my first offers on Monday!

Been reading Angela Bryant's Property Investing Book which is fascinating! Insights and tidbits of info that you might lose a fortune first to learn! Thanks Angela! Best £10 spent yet on my 'future investments'!

Spoke to Mark Penn of G&A Properties yesterday for a good 25 solid minutes. I cannot wait to be at his level of awareness in the property game - every word he spoke was just golden!!

Years of studying and actively investing has seen Mark's awareness expand tenfold! In the grand scheme of things, I am about 2 months old in my learnings... compared to Mark and the G&A Team of Oooh about 20 years! So I have a fairway to go but hey... journies are good!

Its what we are here for! Travel light ;)

Keep you posted!

Property Mindset Extraordinaire

The Manchester Evening Post - A Taste For Property!

2009-07-26T14:59:00.000-07:00

My first understanding about property was when Mum got herself her first two-up two down terraced house in the early 80s, (which was under a demolition order at that time as she worked for a conveyancing solicitor) for £1,000 and borrowed £7,000 to do it up as it was under 2 inches of water, filled with damp and 60’s salvaged (waterlogged) furniture and old-fashioned (now considered ‘retro’!) kitchen cabinets. To the outside there were wildly overgrown privet bushes blocking the front door and a manky rotten vestibule with plastic ridged windows!

When I first saw it I was shocked. I asked mum ‘what on earth have you bought?’ but mum was ecstatic and beaming from ear to ear like a Cheshire cat as she had a vision of what it would look like after all the work was done and told me not to worry! I have to admit I did not share the same vision as all I could see (and smell) was a mould and damp infested rotting ‘half a house’ and could not envision ourselves living there! (From the side of the house it looked like half a house a kind of ‘L’ shape). The previous house that was next to ours had blown up from a gas explosion and so ours was under a demolition order as it had blown part of that house away with it!

Mum turned it into a real palace from what it was – we even had state of the art (at that time) wall lights fitted in the lounge with clap-on-clap-off dimmer switches!! Not bad for a twenty something single parent! (They were a good idea at the time!). Amazing what you can do with bricks, mortar, paint, timber, heaps of elbow grease (yours or your builders!) and a ton of faith and vision! Going up in the world!

Mum went on to sell that house in Reddish that she got for £1,000, years later for £22,950 and was able to buy a lovely house on a private drive!! Mum had always been savvy like that! So we might not have had a lot of money to begin with, but mum certainly had a wealthy mindset and we never really seemed to go without. Mum set up her own thriving business too in the 80s working from home!

Mum worked really hard to provide for me - making sure I always had the best new uniform, new shoes and schoolbag etc. I remember laying all my new clothes out on the bed with my new schoolbag and pencil case and how the new eraser was pristine and my jazzy new pencils not been sharpened yet. Mum got me a couple of pens as well to encourage me to write in pen as she taught me how to read and write before I was at school (which I definitely believe serves me today)!

I also remember coming home from my dads every now and then to a whole new bedroom! Mum would enlist her best friend to come over for the weekend and wallpaper and paint it! (Mum knew the power of managing your weaknesses and focusing on your strengths!). Mum’s friend was also a mumpreneur in that she was also a single parent and did all the DIY and decorating in the homes she had too. Mum was never keen on decorating walls, she preferred the interior furnishings – the final touches etc and left the ‘other job’s for others to do – paid for I guess by a shared bottle of wine, some Northern Soul music to work to and a generous helping of putting the world to rights whilst painting my room! I used to love it! New curtains, new duvet set and the smell of fresh paint! It was like coming home to a new home!

I am looking forward to helping a family live in my new investment home(s)!
Watch out for my next blog on what went WRONG when I went to Manchester as well as the success I had!

Best
Michelle
Property-Mindset-Extraordinaire

The Manchester Evening News Post - 26 07 09 - Growing Up In Gorton As An Kid-preneur!

2009-07-26T09:17:00.000-07:00

On the way home from the butchers I would nip into Nellies the Newsagents as mum would give me some money for sweets for going to the shops. The owners were probably only in their forties but they always looked like a grandma and grumpy grandpa wearing old fashioned matching home knitted wool cardigans! I would ask for a packet of Spacedust, a Starbar, Rainbow crystals, Cola Cubes and a packet of Football cards! This would then do me for the week as mum wouldnt allow me to keep all the sweets to have at once which I usually found very unfair!

(Win-Win swap of services in exchange for sweet money!)

I was a bit of a tomboy and enjoyed hanging around with the lads at primary school rather than doing girly stuff. Making daisy chains was not my idea of adventure but climbing on the canteen roof was exciting - to show how brave I was to get up onto a silver pig bin and onto the roof to rescue the 'rounders' ball!
(Rapport building skills)

So the football cards came in really handy of having something to build rapport with! These cards were the ace up my sleeve! We would swap different ones as I didnt really care which ones I had - I just wanted to have something in common to chat about - to show them I was interested in boys games rather than girls fluffy games. Although I had to admit I did have a penchant for the silver and gold shiny Trophy stickers! My fellow classmates would ask me what new cards I had got and would respond with 'got, not got, got, got, not got'.... and sometimes I would get two or three of theirs in exchange for my one shiny silver card!

(Negotiation Skills for perceived value!)

Wardles toy shop was another favourite memory of mine from when I was about 10 years old. I would often gaze in the shop window at all their shiney new bicycles, kites and other goodies and wonder how on earth the shop keeper could afford to buy all his stock as he never seemed to sell anything, he just used to open up everyday and I would only ever see the odd person pop in for an inner tube or something, never a large purchase such as a bike as his prices were way over the top! When I was about 13, as his shop window was on the main high street, the back of his shop was two doors down from our house which also had a double garage. I saw the owner open the garage doors and come reversing out in a seriously pristine 'old fashioned' car. - it looked like he bought it in the 1930's!

Must have been worth a mint even then - he had definitely looked after it and this was my first taste really of seeing how the other half live as he didnt live in the shop, they only used the shop to sell from - and lived elsewhere. Smart cookie. I would watch him, without blinking, with my mates as we stood in awe of his shiney car that had 'spokes' on the wheels!!

We would buy our water bombs (balloons) from him and have water fights in the back alleyway where I used to play with the neighbours kids). I would buy a packet a week with my pocket money as I used to do chores in exchange for pocket money. I remember loving ironing when I first learned how - yes the novelty soon wore off and now I have someone do my ironing for me!

I can do it obviously but its actually better to pay someone else to do it so that it frees up my time to focus on more important and creative things... such as time for my Property Education!

More to follow on how I am recognising that its all mapped out...!

Michelle

Property Mindset Extraordinaire!

The Manchester Evening News Post - 26 07 09 - Growing Up In Gorton As An Kid-preneur!

2009-07-26T06:29:00.001-07:00

While Belle Vue was once a place that people travelled far and wide to visit, the area has become less popular with revellers and more popular with property investors. I didnt know what the term 'slumlord' was until someone explained that it was a term given to someone who owned properties in less than desirable areas. I enjoyed growing up and had a fairly happy upbringing as I had loving parents even though they divorced. Having recently gone back there though, am not sure its an area I would bring children up! Its changed a lot...

Having grown up in the heart of Gorton, when I lived there, I knew nothing else and so Gorton was home for me, it was safe to play on the streets, I recall we had a fantastic Silver Jubilee celebration as the area had a strong community feel to it. Everybody knew everybody and it was quite safe for me to go the newsagents by myself and to fetch some bread from the local bakers. All mums knew each other and where my Nan lived (in the next street) the houses were just like what you see on Coronation Street with the old back yards to play in! Alleyways or entries as we called them were our playgrounds!

Doors could be left open and kids would roam the streets until after dark and I remember the local pub having a strong smell of beer hops, fags and smoke wafting from the heavy duty door, along with cheesy live music blasting from their glitzy centre stage! The sound of symbols and drum rolls always made it sound exciting from outside!

Curiosity Killed the Cat...
The black and white checquered flooring at the entrance always seemed dirty looking even after the cleaners cleaned it with strong smelling Ajax! With its dot to dot cigarette holes where people had dropped their burning dimps The main door was always closed and because you werent allowed in until you were 18, I always wanted to know what was going on, being a nosey child I popped my head in after my friends dared me to open the door! A stern looking lady yelled from the top of her lungs at me to get out!!!

My mum always used to say 'stay away from those dirty pubs' - not nice people go in those places, yet I had watched people come out of there laughing and fall about appearing to be very happy indeed! I couldnt understand why they werent nice people except usually for those nice people got down the road and then began fighting with each other!! However, I did what I was told after that telling off - and only watched from across the road on my way home from the bakers or the local butchers. Their alsation at the back of the pub was always foaming at the mouth and barking so I knew there was something secret it was guarding and couldnt wait to turn 18 to see what was going on in there!
(Curiosity!)

See next post for more of my success principles!

Michelle

Property-Mindset-KidPreneur...More to follow x

The Manchester Evening Property Post - The Journey...

2009-07-26T05:07:00.001-07:00

Generating The Feeling of Luxury...On A Budget... A TIME Budget!

Feeling luxurious doesnt necessarily have to be perceived as expensive! Time is priceless and if I can save it - I will pay for it to be saved!!! The way I see it - It was going to cost me my TIME & my SAFETY by travelling by tube to Euston:

WRONG WAY TO DO IT FOR ME:
£10.00 taxi to Uxbridge (one way) at 4.45am to get first train out at 5.11am to Euston (I dont like driving!). (Possible safety compromised as sitting on a lonely tube station/train at that time of the morning didnt appeal to me!).

£16.20 just for my return travelcard to get to Euston which would take me from 4.45am - roughly 6.15am (90 mins to cross London from Denham!).

Total : £26.20 cash
Total Time spent travelling to save money: 90 minutes
(and getting up at ungodly hour of 3.45am!) Wasting 1 HOUR having to be ready earlier!

RIGHT WAY TO DO IT FOR ME:
OR - leave the house at 5.45am in plush Perwood Cars (Mercedes Taxi)
(Saving 1 HOUR and getting up at 4.45am rather than 3.45am!).
Letting the driver worry about the journey while I read from the back of the car!
Arrive Euston direct and comfortable, safe and enjoyable !
Bargain of £35 (one way) to Euston from outside my house!

So instead of paying £10 for a 5 min journey - for an extra £25 I get to travel safely, comfortably and in style to Euston!!! (inkeeping with my motto below).... Arriving in advance not having to think about signal failures as the roads are clear!

£25 for luxury and peace of mind?! How much are you worth??!

My motto for travel - is 'front of the plane, back of the car' and as I was born to be driven I now have a Mercedes Chauffeur! (eventually I will book him for the day to take me all the way to Manchester, around the properties and back and stay with me for the day but NOT in the Mercedes!!). - Actually - I must share a lesson on why it would be WRONG to turn up in the Mercedes!!

My further motto is to save TIME not money - money buys back time AND its how you feel when travelling - I actually felt calmer, more relaxed and enjoyed sitting in the back of the car reading - this has been a dream of mine for a long time as my pet-hate is dealing with traffic and early morning crazy drivers - let the driver take the strain for £25!!!!!! My stress levels are worth keeping down for £25! I value paying £25 for his service!

I am a TIME saver and like to feel safe when travelling. (Plus I like reading my property books in the back of the car on my way to the train station as thats 40 mins' extra reading time that I wouldnt have, if I was doing the driving!).

My driver now takes me from my home at 5.45am to catch the 6.55am train (I like to get a coffee and chill out for 30 mins at the train station - a bit like waiting in the airport with anticipation of the new journey!).

My journey begins in the station!!! I like to browse and mooch around in WHSmiths, usually the Money, Mortgage/Property, Business & Car sections in that order to top up my visualisation!

(The new Porsche Panamera (left) looks quite snazzy although a tad wide methinks! Although that wont matter about me parking it if am not the driver - my 'Parker' will be the Parker! As some of you know its not my most favourite pastime as you can probably tell! I just like being inside the car feeling the purrrrr not the pulling power or the speed! Am not into Ferarri's Lambo's or boxey looking sci-fi cars - sleek, chic, curvacious and personality is what I look for in a car!) Of course colour is also important - Champagne Gold or Metallic Cobalt Blue... What will your property portfolio do for you short term? Its not the car that I want.. its the FEELING that the car assist to generate ;-) Everything we do we do it to generate a feeling ... wellbeing, safety, fun, excitement...

I quite fancy the Vanquish with my own registration plate!

Catch up with me week to week with my blog - I promise to tell you all the things that go wrong as well as right and share all my key learnings with you so that you dont have to make my mistakes!

Michelle x

Property-Mindset-Extraordinaire!

The Manchester Evening Property Post - 26 07 09

2009-07-26T03:54:00.000-07:00

Hello and Welcome! Newsflash! My Property Ladder News UpDate!

As some of you are aware, I have embarked on a very exciting property journey with Glenn Armstrong of www.glennarmstrong.com - so I have decided to create an online diary of events sharing the ups, the downs, the pitfalls and the successes of finding properties for Buy To Let (BTL) with NMD (no money down) which, by the way success is usually as a result of going through the pitfalls! (smiles).

Heres the idea:

My 1 year goal is: To become a property portfolio owner of between 6 and 12 properties in 12 months doing a No Money Down Deal 6-12 times with Glenn's Property Mastermind Team! (My new joint venture buddies!).

My monthly goal is: To travel back to Manchester each week to view as many properties as I can and build rapport with the Estate Agents so that we can work on getting the best deals - win-win!

(I may spend the first 6 months just finding my feet and begin buying in month 7! Or I may end up buying my first one in month 1! Keep this in your favourites to follow with me!).

I declared this excitingly scary goal at Glenn Armstrong's Think Yourself Rich event earlier this month! (By the way - fyi - Goals must scare and excite you for two reasons: 1) to scare you just enough to kick out your old habits and 2) to excite you enough to move you into action and to keep a picture of the exciting outcome in mind when the journey has a tad of tough terrain!

Each week I shall be commuting back to my hometown of Manchester by the tilting (what I call the 'Bullet') Train (real name - the Pendolino) which is an experience itself in that it gets me from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly in 2 hrs! (It actually used to take me a good hour to get from my house to Euston - crossing London when going by tube before getting a driver - as I dont use a vehicle - you will see why later...!).

Looking forward to sharing with you! Who knows whether this will be something that I can make happen in 12 months - All I know is I am determined to do everything possible that I can from my side to make it happen - the rest will be up to the universe to conspire with me!

Enjoy!

Best,
Michelle
Property-Mindset-Extraordinaire!

Peaceful Warrior the movie! I recommend it!

2009-07-15T04:53:00.000-07:00

Wowsers!
I watched the Peaceful Warrior movie! IT ROCKED! wow wow.

Seriously good movie - lots of life lessons that everyone watching it can relate to!

Powerfully moving drama!

Mx

Peaceful Warrior - How Adversity Can Be A Blessing To Grow...

2009-06-08T07:36:00.000-07:00

WHAT A MOVIE ! If you havent seen this - go rent it. I have watched it over 36 times now and am about to watch it again TONIGHT!

Excellent reminders that whatever challenges we face...usually turn out to be our biggest blessings to grow as a person ... powerfully moving ..

I loved it where in this movie (following an accident) the young guy says 'HOW CAN I TRAIN WITH THIS ACCIDENT?' and Nick Nolte replies THE ACCIDENT IS YOUR TRAINING! WOOWWW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MNB7zjBXk &feature=related - PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9nu-SOJi7Y&feature=related - PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg8x_40QG-o&feature=related - PART 3

Enjoy!
Michelle x

One Minute Entrepreneur INSIGHTS!

2009-05-20T04:29:00.000-07:00

J-U-N-E A-L-R-E-A-D-Y… ARE YOU READY?

Happy New Month to You! Welcome to the HALF-WAY MARK!

“June already!” I hear in conversations - ‘I can’t believe we are in XXX already’ X months have ‘flown’ by – the years go by faster and faster! Like we are truly surprised as to how June landed without us even noticing!! It fascinates me how we believe that it just creeps up on us – because most of us are completely running head down on autopilot. Only on rare occasions do we glimpse upwards, take stock of where we are going and raise our eyes to the prize rather than keeping our nose to the ground… Are you truly on track with your yearly goals to shine in 2009? Are you going to NAIL June-Dec now to really push the boundaries of your capabilities?

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE CHARGE TODAY! I mean, who else is going to make your memories memorable for you to recall later in life?! When New Years Eve comes around again – most people will have a handful of memorable days they can recall upon. Perhaps birthdays, holidays, special occasions but other than that days can become weeks, weeks can turn into months and before we know it…Big Ben is ringing in what feels like another ‘Ground Hog Day’ New Year where we all chime ‘I can’t believe another year is over already?!! Where did it Go? What will you do differently NOW? Fast forward to 31 Dec 2009 – how will you like to look back on this year? What will you be pleased to have achieved?

With time in mind and how we cannot manage time itself – only our activities within time - this month I have been reading ‘The One Minute Entrepreneur’ by Ken Blanchard & Don Hutson as I believe EVERY MINUTE COUNTS!

In essence – the book contains what Ken and Don refer to as ‘One Minute Insights’ that have been captured throughout! I have decided to list some of them here for you to enjoy as much as I have been enjoying reading them! Take the ones you like, see how they can apply to your life – even if you get just ONE IDEA IN ONE MINUTE after reading this article, then perhaps this could be the best TIME you spend THIS YEAR ALONE! This could be the turning point for the rest of your life! Change can happen in an instant. When we DECIDE it can. Maybe an Insight may trigger an idea or lead you to take inspired action on that one idea!!

I will begin with one key Insight that states ‘you’ll be the same year after year except for the books you read and the people you meet’. Which books are you reading? Are they impacting your life positively? Are you internalising and applying what you are digesting? Otherwise you don’t know until you are doing what you know! Do the people around you inspire you? Les Browne (a global motivational speaker) one time said (paraphrasing) that if you are the most intelligent person in your inner circle of friends and you are earning the most financially then perhaps its time to mix in new circles so that you can learn, grown and stretch yourself in awareness! Keep the old but make some new!

Taken from The One Minute Entrepreneur, these Insights can make compelling reading for anyone striving to improve their lives and others. There are heaps more that I would love to list but we don’t have the space at our command to go through them all! I suggest you go get the book yourself and immerse yourself in it too! So here we go:

 Associate with people you admire and can learn from! (Be humble enough!) (If you want new results you must mix with those thinking differently than you currently think! Your very best thinking has only gotten you the results you have thus far).
 Keep a notebook of the wisdom you read, hear and learn and distill that learning into one minute insights!
 You never need to cheat to win! (That’s not truly winning – ie having a private victory within…)
 Watch your Ego! Stay humbled! (Dr Demartini says whenever you are cocky someone will pull you down but whenever you stay humble someone will want to raise you up!)
 Lead with your EARS! What do people need? How can you serve them better?
 When you feel moments impacting your destiny seize the opportunity!
 Take care of your numbers and your numbers will take care of you!
 Never let expenses outstrip your revenue!
 Don’t be a banker for your customers – timely collection of invoices is crucial!
 To create a successful business, first you must master the basics!
 Without good cash management, you’ll never make it as an entrepreneur!
 Profit is the applause you get from taking care of customers and creating a motivating environment for your people!
 Always visualize your desired outcome way ahead of time and be grateful for what is in the process of becoming… (take DAILY action towards your desired outcome – what gets measured – gets done!)
 In Sales and in every other business, you are constantly on (the) stage (of life) So ACT LIKE IT!
 Ambition is the fuel that can drive LIFE CHANGING EVENTS!
 Don’t be afraid to dream BIG!
 On the entrepreneurial path, few people come into your life without a reason!
 When it comes to finding a life partner, character and (aligned) values trump personality and looks!
 Nurture your people. They make it all happen. Without them – you have no company!
 Don’t be afraid to seek advice when your business goes to a new level!
 Won’t beat competition with products but can win business through customer care, attention and focus!
 Never create a company of ‘ducks’, let your people soar like eagles to deliver superior customer service!
Ever come across a company that is scripted to ‘quack’ comments like ‘sorry sir, its company policy!?’. Let your customer service be led by eagles who respond, listen and not react!

A few Insights I have come across elsewhere that I would like to share with you:
 Why be a passenger of life watching the world go by when you can decide to turn the ignition key yourself and get in the driving seat?!
 Our most exciting memories are times where we can recall when we had the most fun, excitement, laughter – dancing along life’s highway!
 By the same rule, we can also recall and dwell on all the times we had the most challenges, the most pain, the most tears! YOU CHOOSE which you want to recall – the victories or the victim!
 Life should not be defined by how many breathes you take, but by the moments that your breathe has been taken away (Anon)
 If you don’t like someone, the way he holds his spoon will make you furious. If you do like him, he can turn his plate over into your lap and you won’t mind! (Oscar Wilde)
 A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
 A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.
 A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
 A man may make many mistakes, but is not a failure until he starts blaming someone else for them!

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERY MINUTE!

Social Media - Web 2.0 - Get the Most from Social Media with Bobby Gill's insider secrets!

2009-05-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

http://bobby-gill.blogspot.com/2009/04/social-media-web-20-facebook.html

Check out my good friend's Web 2.0 Social Media Presentation at the above link (Mr Bobby Gill!) - 47 mins of quality 'back to basics' info on how to generate traffic from the 'minefield' of social networking and how to do it to the best effect!

Bobby is an excellent networker and connector, a guy who is also very well clued up on the internet with social media! Bobby is also my joint venture partner who runs LifeSuccess (Think and Grow Rich) Mastermind Groups up North alongside his property network groups!

You can also become a 'fan' on facebook of Bobby Gill at this link and follow him on twitter for regular updates!

Enjoy!

Michelle

www.michellewhaite.lifesuccessconsultants.com

LifeSuccess Times Newsletter Launch! June 1st! Sign up now to be first to know WHEN LIVE!!

2009-04-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hello & a warm welcome for a Stupendous Saturday!!

Just a quick note to mention that if you like following my blog - you can always subscribe to my brand new monthly Newsletter 'LifeSuccess Times' which is being launched on June 1st!
You heard it here FIRST! (Go to: www.michellewhaite.com to subscribe)

This will be packed with freebies, useful recommended website resources, tips and useful books to read that have been shared with me over the recent months. Plus events happening around the world that may be of interest to you relating to (amongst others) Bob Proctor, Tony Robbins, Loral Langemeier, Nick Laight, Daniel Wagner, Mark Anastasi, John Demartini (Triumphant Events) and MORE!

It will be a kind of one-stop shop for business owners who want to learn more about tips on Creating Your own Economy, Goal Achieving, Purpose, Vision Goals creation, Changing the hidden self-image, internet marketing resources and much more!

My good friend Victoria Player is an internet Marketing Coach who I will interviewing soon plus info on a wonderful lady who is a successful Femalepreneur!!
My video interview series is also in the pipeline and other Audios are on the way!

You will also be able to get your hands on my Beliefs Workbook,
my new series of Layman's Guides To...

I may also send you info from time to time during the course of the month that you may find helpful to help optimise your business and well being!

On a lighter note, you can keep up to date with my 90 Day Health Challenge in the run up to the 10K for the Rainbow Trust charity here at my blog! www.mwlifesuccess.blogspot.com

By subscribing to my cutting edge Newsletter, this will ensure that you are kept up in the loop for those Internet Web Secrets and First Come First Served Opportunities!!!!
Have a smashing Saturday,
To your continued success and beyond!
Yours in support
Michelle x

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12lb released and fighting fit! BACK ON TRACK! PUMP IT UP-The Ministry of Sound Way!

2009-04-25T03:57:00.001-07:00

Just an update, I have thus far released 12lb in weight and 3 INCHES from my waisteline! (need a belt now for my trousers!) determined not to buy any new clothes after all I know that they will be too big for me so for now, if you see me in clown pants, now you know why! :-)

I am having a spending spree when at weight goal target! Roll on the new wardrobe and new me!
(well its the same me but an enhanced REAL ME - from inside out!).

I am now not getting ill when I eat fruit as my body has calmed down now and is now used to seeing fruit and veg !! It now no longer freaks out when I down a plate of steamed cod & dark leaf cabbage! Which is actually much nicer than you think!

Ministry of Sound Pump it Up Workout awaits me!
Have a fab Saturday!

You gotta pump it up to get buff and beautiful the lead dancer of the MOS dvd says!!!

(This is the one I use - its FAB!!)
http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/Pump_It_Up_The_Ultimate_Beach_Body_Workout_DVD__6225236

Its set on a beach so you can get in the mood for your holidays and get FEELING like you are already there with the sand between your toes, the sun on your face, the wind between your hair.... Its a great workout!!

A MUST FOR ANY SELF-RESPECTING BEACH BABE THIS YEAR!!!

Lets get buff and beautiful!

Hugs
Michelle x

Funny how kids want to grow old fast.....!! Adding years!

2009-04-24T12:12:00.000-07:00

Funny how you talk to children they are dying to ADD years to their age to sound older... and then when you get older... you want to shave off a few years and sometimes even HIDE our age on social networks!

Or is that just me?!

I find it really fascinating that we cannot wait to get old and then when we get old we chase eternal youth!

My niece is (I quote) "10 and three quarters"
My nephew is " (12 and a bit)
My youngest brother is 15 and a half (but tells everyone he is already 16... with 'well I am nearly!')
Its usually between age 10 and 21 where we add years ... I was 'always nearly 18'...until I reached 18.. even at age 16 because I looked older than my biological age!

I was on holiday with my friend and her parents one year when I was 16 (and a half!) and met a lovely young man who wanted to travel to Manchester to see me again as my friend and his friend had enjoyed meeting up over the holiday. Problem was I told him I was already 18 as he was 19!!

We kept in touch by phone and penpals for AGEEES and months went by... Finally he asked me the dreaded question....could he come to Manchester to see me as we had been writing for months and months....and then I had to tell him that I was having my 18th birthday party in 6 months' time! Suffice to say he still came to the party and enjoyed meeting my family (actually my 4 families as I have step-families too!!).

The distance became a problem and we went our separate ways but I always remember wishing I was older and now that I am older (35) I am now striving to achieve the energy of when I was 25 - 10 YEARS YOUNGER!

We just cant win! Some women now worry about their 'biological clock' ticking away!! Let it chime I say... When the time is right... it will happen... If not, plenty of children in this world need a loving home, care and attention :-) be a mother of the children of the world I say!

So even if you are 6 and 3 quarters, 9 and a half or 39 and a quarter.... I believe you are as young or as old as you feel in the mind which means I am happy to have the childlike mental age of about 6 but with the age old wisdom of a 35 year old!

I have met some 90 year old ravers and some 50 year old OAPs... Age is a state of mind.... What state is yours in?!!

Have a fab day WHATEVER YOUR AGE...
I think the sunshine brings out the inner child within anyhoo!
Enjoy the rays!
Solar Powered Meesh xxx

How to BLOCK your PROCRASTINATION plugholes!!

2009-04-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

We all do it!
But why do we do it?
It doesnt serve us (well it meets SOME need - the need to DELAY!) but it aint for the greater good now is it?
What am I talking about? Well...
I am talking about Procrastination Plugholes where we let TIME slip down the plughole!!!
We all know that report should be done, that garden could be weeded and the gym membership is burning another black hole in your wallet! But why do we do it? Why do we end up sitting on Google 'researching' (aka surfing for nothing in particular) or social networks like Facebook throwing sheep and Twittering to faceless friends in the virtual world?

Well, it all boils down to two things - pain and pleasure according to Tony Robbins!
Apparently, we will do more towards pleasure and move away from pain so anything we even remotely perceive as being challenging we usually move away from doing it!

This is what I call the creation of a procrastination plughole to avoid doing anything remotely perceived as mind or body taxing!

We may know the outcome of sitting on Facebook for 4 hours is going to be slightly (only slightly) more entertaining AND we may have certainty that we can create a certain outcome! Time passes so rapidly when we are engaged - like anything you enjoy, you dont clockwatch and can do it for hours - when I get my head buried into a good book on the sofa, I do not even see the sun go down or how dark it has gotten in the lounge until I look up!! Time passes as I get lost in the plot! (Note I say lost in the plot and not lost the plot! (Grins).

Contrary, if you have ever sat and watched a real hourglass with sand grains in it or an original egg-timer or as my nan used to say 'a watched kettle never boils', you will think that time does not go that fast because you are consciously watching it, which seems like an eternity!!!

Similarly, a watched clock in school praying for break-time or forward thinking to lunch break - the clock hands seem to stay stuck!!! Turn your back on the clock and do something to take your mind off it and before you know it time has gone on fast forward again!!

So how do we know where our procrastination plugholes lie?

Well, the first key ACTION is to know WHERE they are happening and just like a new slimmer would embark on a food diary to become aware of the true picture, I would encourage you to create a TIME DIARY!!!

This is where you document for 7 days EVERYTHING you do in a day - am not talking about what you would LIKE to do during your day / eve but everything you currently do in a day.

Your day might look like this:

8am - drag yourself to shower
9am - in work or if self-employed for the first time (11am after a 2hr mooch on facebook)
11am - think about doing the report then get on google and research ANYTHING but what you are supposed to
12 noon - check emails gmail, hotmail and twitter
12.10 - update twitter, send emails and wonder what is for lunch... because after lunch you will get started on the report...
1pm - lunch which goes SO FAST!
2pm - back to work - just check emails in case someone has replied to yours over lunch!
3pm - make a coffee and think about starting the report now...
3.10pm - just check back into facebook until 5.10pm as someone might have replied to your posts - blimey - got caught up in facebook - joining groups, pretending to network, adding friends, working out who the new 'friends requests' are, replied to statuses, joined more groups....
5.15pm - no point in starting the report as I finish work at 5.30pm.... start it tomorrow...

and before you know it..... your whole day has been unproductive, unprofitable and meaningless AND your report didnt get done!

This rang true for me when I was made redundant as I went from having NO time to myself to having ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD and no 'boss' to tell me what to do and no set time to be 'at work'!

If this rings true for you REMEMBER: you CANNOT buy time back but you can always earn more money to buy YOUR time back eventually by DELEGATING 50, 60, 70% of the admin stuff! INCLUDING FACEBOOK and social networks!

So, after you have documented your 7 day activities for what they are NOW - it should be blatantly obvious because we secretly KNOW when we are procrastinating but when its in black and white it makes it very real to see how much WASTED time is going down the procrastination plughole!!
Next you will need to draw up a 7 day plan for how you desire your week to look (if you are in full time work - then its blocking off 'WORK' time and separating your own time before and after work for the things YOU desire to get done during that week.
If a 7 day plan is too much to think about in one hit, why not start with just one day - to plan for the one day ahead - you may want to get up 1 hour early to get in the gym, you may want to get up 1 early just to be able to relax while having breakfast so there is no more rushing around !!
Next - USE the 'idle' time as a TREAT - ie GET YOUR REPORT DONE FIRST or your gym session and THEN have an egg-timer to track your time on the social networks as you will feel like you have EARNED the right to twitter on!!! KNOWING the meaningful work is already in hand...

Finally, Dr Demartini talks about 4 key headings to give your activities to prioritise and if you would like these 4 prioritising headings, EMAIL ME at michelle.whaite@gmail.com and I will email you them.

Procrastination plugholes are like time blackholes.....

I have recently had a brush with experiencing how it would feel to be around 80 years old in body with an active mind and I can honestly say its humbled me to make the BEST OF EVER MINUTE OF MY LIFE including being the healthiest I can ever be to stay as fit and healthy as ever possible and to AGE BEFORE MY TIME...

Are YOU AGEING BEFORE YOUR TIME because time is being WASTED?

An 80 year old lady whom I visit regularly used to own her own swimming pool and when I commented a few months ago that I didnt feel like going swimming ... she said she would KILL to have ONE LAST SWIM in her life KNOWING that she now doesnt have the choice. She said to me 'make the most of the time you have while you still have the choice...' and since then I made a clear decision NOT TO WASTE a single moment and to see it as a GIFT - THE GIFT OF TIME.

Where are your procrastination plugholes? YOU DO KNOW..... GET HONEST - is it taking you CLOSER OR FURTHER AWAY FROM YOUR GOALS?!

Plug them up!!! Seal them !! THEN USE THEM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE! use them as a carrot while riding the crest of the stick to get the work DONE!

Michelle Whaite

LifeSuccess Consulting

(Book Review – the Go-Giver by Bob Burg & David Mann)

2009-04-18T19:18:00.000-07:00

As an avid reader and devourer of personal development material, I am frequently asked which books I would recommend reading as having made the most impact on me. This is in terms of 4 key areas 1) applicable content, 2) readability, 3) enjoyment and 4) which ones I was still reading at midnight gripped until finished! Well, as you can imagine, I have read from A-Z in the personal development arena – from Anthony Robbins to Zig Ziglar so I had to truly think about this question carefully.

After some thought, I would confidently say there are probably 12 books that have made an impact in different ways on me and so for the coming months I have decided to turn my column into a small personal development ‘book review’ with a key summary of the salient points that are being made in each book.

Kick-starting this month, an aptly entitled book named the ‘Go-Giver’ (co-written by Bob Burg & David Mann). Having just finished reading/reviewing this small but amazingly powerful book, I have decided to begin with this one first due to the WOW factor I found amongst the 131punchy pages from beginning to end! The Go-Giver flowed as it is told in a story format that you can relate to. I couldn’t wait to absorb the full content into to my mind!

“Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving...Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were”. (Go-Giver)

“The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true ‘go-getter’, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away from his goals seem to be. And so one day, desperate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to by his many devotees simply as ‘the Chairman’. Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of Go-Givers who share with Joe the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success which teach him how to open himself up to the power of giving! Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving – putting others’ interests first and continually adding value to their lives – ultimately leads to unexpected returns.” (Go-Giver)

The book basically defines 5 key ‘Laws to Stratospheric Success’ which are:-

1) The Law of Value – Your true worth is determined by how much MORE you GIVE in VALUE than you take in payment

2) The Law of Compensation – Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them

3) The Law of Influence – Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests FIRST

4) The Law of Authenticity – The most valuable gift you have to offer is YOURSELF! People buy people FIRST not products!

5) The Law of Receptivity/Reciprocity – The key to effective giving is to stay open to RECEIVING!

Throughout the book young Joe meets many different people along the way who cleverly go about changing his perceptions especially a big one of ‘never to judge a book by its cover’ as you never know just WHO you might be speaking to! Meaning treat everyone equally from the cleaner to the CEO! Joe also realised that success was not about what he can go-GET from people but more of what he can get up and go-GIVE people!

I believe that success can be defined in a number of ways. The most common belief about success that I hear regularly is about having the right car, the multiple holiday homes, the yachts and the lifestyle. This is fine to begin with but once this has been ‘accumulated’ a lot of ‘materially wealthy’ people find that they achieve material wealth status and say ‘is that it? Now what?!’ which can be a scary place to be in if suddenly you feel ‘is that it?!’.

Some even say that it’s no wealth at all if along the way you have lost all your friends and family to experience the wealth with! Tony Robbins (Master Motivational Speaker) says that the human experience of life is usually magnified when shared with another human being.

Material wealth is a fraction of what real success is all about as material wealth was never meant to make you happy, fulfilled or feel complete which is where many people go wrong and feel cheated when they don’t ‘feel’ complete upon accumulation of ‘goods’. Material goods are merely meant to make the journey more ‘comfortable’ along the way while you GROW into the person you desire to become! True success for me means being able to move sometimes through adversity and challenges and breaking through to success by growing as a person and becoming a master of ones emotions along the way.

After reading this little stick of dynamite book I decided to interview a number of people and asked them to define success for them personally and with each person I received a different answer as I imagined I would do! One friend explained that she had accumulated the cars and the homes but not the loving partner and so she was rattling around in a large house on her own and hated every minute of it! Suffice to say she has now realised the man of her dreams after realising that it was no fun to be lonely regardless of your surroundings! Another described success as having paid off the mortgage, being debt-free and being able to work doing a job that doesn’t pay very much but gives huge rewards and psychic income – thereby defining success as having the power of ‘choice’ on reaching a level of success in life.

The Law of Value – My definition is to GO THE EXTRA MILE so that you GIVE more than you take in payment – people like VFM! (value for money!)

The Law of Compensation – My definition is that if you get involved in the MISSION of helping first then your commission / earnings naturally follow!

The Law of Influence – If you can seek to understand first – you can then be understood –ie understanding others with genuine compassion to seek out how you can help them

The Law of Authenticity - You cannot fake it – you must truly care about people and feel genuine empathy to help them reach their outcome – as people can pick up on your ‘vibe’ much earlier if you are not congruent with your spoken word

The Law of Reciprocity - The true art of giving and receiving. Meaning not to refuse gifts from people as this prevents the ‘giver’ from giving a gift. A lot of ‘giving people’ have to learn how to receive fully as they like to give gifts but feel uncomfortable receiving gifts and vice versa – people who are used to receiving gifts or ‘taking / go-getting’ find it challenging at first to go-GIVE!

My overall view of the book is that it is a gentle reminder to us all that instead of striving to be a GO-GETTER, become a GO-GIVER as you can never truly give a gift away – it can come back to you in many forms and not always from the person you give the gift to! Therefore my GIFT this month is to GIVE AWAY a secret surprise GIFT to anyone that emails me with subject line SUCCESS GIFT PLEASE! THANK YOU

Asking.. and you can RECEIVE very fast indeed!

2009-04-05T11:11:00.000-07:00

Just a quick one...
I have begun ASKING with expectation that it will show up and boy oh boy the universe DOES like speed!

People, opportunities, guidance and even new sparks of interest! Will keep you posted!

All I can say is when you want something intensely, and you support your heirarchy of values, asking with expectation is a MUST! Be prepared for it to show up almost IMMEDIATELY!

So now for my next trick.... I am going to go against the grain and say I AM expecting to win the lottery so that I can quantum leap to my altruistic goals of building orphanages around the world and elderly residential twilight years homes!! True care and attention at both ends of the spectrum!

So here it is: I hereby declare to the universe to bring me the fastest path to cash to my doorstep and that I receive £2.4m GBP to set myself up initially and to give more TO the world and do more FOR the world and my family.

Okies, I have released it to the universe! (*Catapults it!) Lets see how long it takes to boomerang back as I am aware of the law of gender :)

Which I can explain in my next post but for now I am off to bed as its V late!

Goodnight peeps!

Getting Fit has made me ill....

2009-04-04T06:54:00.000-07:00

Well not quite!

Although it feels like it!

I must be what they call detoxing and clearing 'stuff' as I am all bunged up, eyes streaming and throat really sore and this was only since I went swimming on Tuesday! Grrr...

Here I am doing my best to get back on the health wagon and now I feel worse than ever!

Am sticking to it though - no chocolate now for ageees! Miracle of Miracles that is!

Its a gorgeous day outside and I am stuck indoors watching the re-run of the Apprentice and Secret Millionaire - I definitely manifested this time out for sure! So not all is lost as I do like to watch some 'trashy' tv including X Factor when its on!

If you look at the above - they have an underlying common factor between them - they are about people's journies to success and I think thats why I watch them as I like to 'walk a mile in their shoes' to see how it feels - the ups, the downs etc !

So I have completed my frst 5k on the treadmill with a profound walk, jog and sprint in 50 minutes and was very proud of myself until a personal trainer at the local gym where I go said that this was the WORST way to train - as I hadnt built up to it and could cause myself some injuries before I even get going! I thought I was doing alright until that point! You cant win eh!

So am nursing the cold (hopefully its not just hayfever and am being all girly!!) and ive had more hot water/ lemon / honey today than in my life - still its all cleansing one way or another!

Okies, am off now for a breathe of fresh air which they say is good for you!!! Hopefully it wont aggravate my streaming eyes otherwise I will have panda eyes when I get home from running mascara!

Finally, remember to register for my new Think and Grow Rich Mastermind Group telecalls - we are on meeting No 2 at 7pm GMT thurs 9th April!!
Register yourself here and its free for 5 weeks!
http://www.conferencegenie.co.uk/michellewhaite.php

Hugs for now, michelle

So far So Good! although its not midnight its really 11pm ;-P

2009-03-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

Update:

Been food shopping! Not a BAD thing in my basket! resisted the doorways in tesco's PACKED with easter eggs and bags of Mini Eggs as I usually would head straight for them 'on offer' !!!

Yes can definitely say I felt sick at the thought of eatingthe choc so the NLP has worked - just need it for icecream, crisps, and bacon sarnies now and I will be sprinting that 10K in 30 mins flat ;-) watch out Roger Bannister ;-P

The only reason I needed to go and buy food was because the order I placed over the weekend with DietChef to try out their 'ready' made food wont arrive until Tuesday! So I went and got some salad and fruit for my nibbbles as I am definitely a grazer so I thought it would be fun to get some hummus, carrot batons and really go for it! 90 days here we go!

EASY PEAZY! Lemon Squeezy!
Just need my body and lungs to catch up with my mind as my mind has already ran the race over a few times and it says its a piece a cake! (Gosh even my language relates to food!!!)

Drank more water, ate more veg today, had some tummy somersaults though so my body is probably saying 'hey whats all this foreign stuff all at once?! I thought you were going to do this gently miss whaite? I get upset tummy when I begin to eat more fruit and veg but am sure it will settle!! Yes - its official (and my old 'limiting belief of why I was not destinted to be slim again - I used to say 'I get ill!!!'

OKies, signing off to go to bed now... is it me or does everyone for the first few days say (when the clocks go back or forth) yeah but its not really midnight, its only 11pm really?!

Anyhoo, am going to bed because ive lost an hour somewhere so I figure if I go to bed at midnight instead of 1am like usual, I can gain it back ;-)

Ciao for now, so far so good on the diet OOPS sorry healthy eating plan! ;-P

Mish x

OMG what have I done? Leverage or pure stupidity?

2009-03-27T06:27:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update, I have decided to take on a challenge set for me by my new Coach - to... wait for it... RUN A 10K RACE IN JULY (12TH) with him! OMG I said NO WAY at first so then I knew I had to say YES - as some of you know me, every time I say an immediate resounding NO to something, its a sure sign that I MUST do it!! For example if ever I said I didnt feel like going to the gym, I MUST then go because this would be the best time for me to go - and every time I would go I would always come out feeling miles better than when I went in beforehand.

OMG the reality has kicked in?! Where do I start?
Ok - when you make any kinda decision its always best to find supporting knowledge/info/articles to back up your decision - so if you are big into personal development then the chances are you are already well rehearsed and practiced in this area but if you have not ever been that much into fitness then its highly likely that you may lack some knowledge, skills in that area that need brushing up on!

SO, good old Google - my library at my fingertips! I begin searching for Beginners Guides to Running and blogs with useful ideas and tips on where to START!

Little did I realise - I had already BEGUN! Entering a race is not just about doing the run on the day its about mental and physical preparation in ADVANCE!

I had already inspired two other ladies to do a run in May - one had been asked by a friend to join her and she had refused but after listening to me and my determination and certainty that I was going to pull this off, she said she was going to call her up and DO THE RUN IN MAY! On listening to her then her friend on the call said - hey I will join you both too !!!

THIS felt fantastic as I hadnt even ran the race yet and already two women had committed to getting fitter which means I had already contributed in some way to adding years on their lives!!!!!

lets face it if we are not truly living and looking after ourselves properly, we are truly DYING and disintegrating - we dont die - we kill ourselves off slowly with all the trash we pile in and expect to live 100 years plus! (YES I know there are rare occasions when people can eat what they want, smoke 20 fags a day, drink dry sherry and live on to be 101 but these are rarities!).

I for one am not that fortunate - If I even so much as look at the bar of chocolate I gain weight!

However, I am one of the fortunate ones that as fast as it goes on me, I can melt it away just as quickly - ie by drinking more water, exercising more and eating smaller portions, just doing a BIT MORE than before - I can actually feel results - my tummy is not as bloated, my clothes dont feel as tight and I seem to have more clarity and calmness of mind instead of 'on the go go go go' all the time.

So ive taken the plunge and I am going to document my progress here from time to time as I have always dreamed of having 'before' and 'after' photos for people to be inspired by and that I just know I wont even look like the same person for sure!

Okies, gotta run now... LITERALLY - AM OFF FOR A RUN!, NOT DONE ANY RUNNING SINCE CROSS COUNTRY AT SCHOOL so this should be very interesting! Luckily I now live in a very safe rural part of Buckinghamshire where the countryside is literally a 5 minute walk from my door! Thats got to be inspiration!

CREDIT CRUNCH HAS HELPED ME GET BACK OUT INTO NATURE AND NOT STUCK IN A GYM!

See you soon - hoepfully you will begin to see LESS of me - in a good way!

Ciao for now, mish xxx
THE 10K RACE WINNER!

Falling in Love WITH YOUR GOALS! Love = Resonance! Resonate...with LIFE!

2009-01-21T06:28:00.000-08:00

Q: “What possible role does LOVE play in achieving goals???” was the question I was asked at my recent seminar!!

A: “LOVE has everything to do with the goal setting and achieving process I gushed! As LOVE is RESONANCE and when you can resonate with something that you desire – you can begin to feel in harmony with that which you are seeking! In turn, this can trigger powerful feelings of joy, passion and excitement which play a HUGE part in the goal achieving process!!

Why? Those desired goals when linked with a positive feeling can be attracted to you much faster because you are more likely to take action on the opportunities that you may ‘now’ see now that you have become aware of them! They were there all along! For example – when you decide that you want to go abroad and get very excited at the prospect of that holiday – suddenly your mind tunes in to all the holiday billboards, the adverts on television, the radio and everywhere you go, there seem to be travel agents that have suddenly appeared on the High Street that you never knew existed because you were not actively looking for them before!

Feelings engage the conscious and subconscious mind and when the two parts of your mind/personality are working in unison – its like the train that suddenly gets switched onto a FAST TRACK! There are always trains leaving that take the scenic route and you can get to your destination over time. However, some prefer to travel on the FAST TRACK WITH FEELING ‘train’ (the equivalent to say Mr Branson’s ‘bullet train’ that gets you from London to Manchester in 2 hours!) which can reach the destination/goal in less TIME giving you more time to do other things on arrival! Since none of us have a contract to live forever, when would NOW be a good time to fall in LOVE with your goals and outcomes that you may have set yourself last month for the rest of 2009!? How can you make them compelling? How can you add vibrancy to them? Plus when you enjoy pursuing your goals through excitement, enthusiasm and passion, any obstacles that may get in the way, you can usually find a way under, over or around the obstacle or challenge and the sheer passion and enthusiasm to succeed can pull you through the challenge and not pull you apart at the first hurdle. This is why it is vitally important to choose a goal that is all consuming!

When you strive to achieve a goal that you have fallen in love with, achievement may happen much faster so long as it does not violate the rights of others and that it is something that you have a burning red hot desire to achieve! Like a furnace in the belly when you think of it! The feelings are like superchargers which when fired up move like rockets!

Have you ever fallen head over heels in Love?
Where it was not difficult to think of that person because the fond image of them may dominate your mind at the onset of a romance?! For example - when you wake first thing in the morning, you think of them, when you retire to bed last thing at night, you think of them! You may long to be closer to them when you are apart! You can see their face in your potatoes as you daydream over dinner about the next time you will be close to them. You may be reminded of them when you smell the same perfume/aftershave wafting by your nose as a stranger walks past you during the day and it reminds you of them instantly! Love is a very powerful energy and affairs of the heart can get stronger and stronger as each day passes with more thoughts and more memory recall especially if the last time you saw them you had an amazing evening/day out together!

True Love?
I just read about the ‘silver surfers’ who surf the internet looking for companionship! This is fantastic! The internet has made the world a smaller place! We are only a matter of hours away from anywhere! Nothing ventured, nothing gained! I think this is fantastic that at ANY age you can search for love on the planet and you are no longer restricted to finding the love of your life on your doorstep! Heck I would not even be living and writing in Denham had it not been for my move to London in 2004 for a man I fell in love with across the miles!

So how do you attract a Heavenly mate rather than the opposite?
Well – there is a teeny bit of a formula that has worked for many in the past when beginning to manifest the man / woman of their dreams and I will share the simple formula with you here and now. Are you sitting comfortably? Okay, the first step in attracting a Heavenly mate to you is to write down ALL the traits that would make up your Heavenly soulmate for you. If you are struggling with this exercise with the Heavenly mate first, write down the mate from HELL – we always know what we DON’T WANT in our life or in our future partner and usually when we create a ‘role description’ of that person and all the attributes we would NOT WANT in our partner, we can then write down the polar opposite that would make for the Heavenly mate, for example: if you did not want someone who is dishonest you would write down ‘honesty’ as one of your heavenly attributes! Some people say that this formula restricts your options – I say that it rules out those people who are not in harmony or in true alignment with what you are searching for! A smoker? Non-Smoker? Pet lover, Outdoorsy, sporty etc.

Perhaps you are now thinking about finding a companion, a playmate, a soulmate, a travel buddy to LOVE LIFE together in 2009! Or maybe injecting some well-needed romance into your existing relationship! All too often a lot of ladies believe that it should be the man who makes the romantic gestures of wining and dining their partner when in fact in this day and age, my belief is, if your goal is to create fun-loving relationships (friends, family and soulmates) and you desire something to happen, instead of waiting around and dropping subtle brick hints - why not take Cupid by the Bow and take ACTION yourself? AIM! FIRE! GO! What are you waiting for? You may wait a long time for your fair maiden or handsome prince to come knocking on your door!!

Maybe you could be the one who reserves the best seats at the theatre or the finest VIP table/view at your partner’s favourite restaurant! Maybe you can cook a wonderful romantic candlelit dinner at home as a surprise for when the/she walks through the door and run a hot bath for them after a day at the office! Maybe you guys out there may treat you and your lady to a day of indulgent pampering at a secluded sanctuary/spa! Or perhaps organise the day ‘off’ from everything (if you are super busy on Saturdays!) on the 14th and have an uber cool duvet day where you only get up to make snacks all day long!

Remember: the ideas do not have to cost the earth but they may have a long lasting effect if some time and thought goes into it – ie. Much more than the local ‘already-half-dead’ garage bouquet and a half-price tin of Roses! Or grabbing the discounted Valentine card late eve on the way home from work on the 14th!! What are you planning to do this Valentine? Maybe if you are single you might want to get your possible other single friends together and go out to a speed-dating event for a giggle!!

Memories – 3 key elements: First: Create, Second: Live & Thirdly: ETCH in your mind FOREVER!

Most have a perfect memory … with major poor RECALL! One simple way to exercise your ‘Recall’ mental muscle is to see what you saw, hear what you heard and feel what you felt – was your memory bright, exciting and inspirational when living them out to engrave them into the memory bank? Most memories are remembered when, without getting too technical, in some form of peak state!! Dancing to music being one of the most favoured ways of ‘anchoring’ events – ie if I asked you to think of your favourite holiday song – the song that reminds you of the brilliant holiday you had (10 months or 10 years ago!) this can trigger the feelings to that holiday when you hear it playing as if you were right back there again like it was yesterday!

I believe (and it was stated on the internet “Old Age is like a bank account! You withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories!!”).

A wonderful memory for me was when I was spontaneously whisked away for the weekend by my then boyfriend to a 5 star hotel, treated to an 8 course romantic cordon bleu dinner, a candlelit ‘tealite’ luxury bubble bath/soak, hot white fluffy hotel robe to step into, saxophone love-songs playing while we shared pink champagne and mini choc Rolos!!! (nice combo huh!) and planned our next rendez vous as we worked a lot of hours back then, even though we had been dating for 2 years it was wonderful to create that feeling of ‘courting’ again! That was 10 years ago but I can remember it like it was YESTERDAY!

The best way to RECEIVE love is to GIVE love…
An Indian head massage is for me an absolutely marvellous way to completely relax and unwind and this may well be a good idea to perhaps get a Gift Voucher from a reputable Beauty Spa (– as we all enjoy being pampered!). Often times when you show your love and appreciation to your partner, usually they want to do more for you too – and instead of both sides thinking ‘its up to him/her to do something…’ why not be spontaneous! If funds are low post-Christmas spending, Valentine’s Day is usually either something that you love or you hate – either you LOVE being romantic and whisking your partner away for the night or you HATE it because it appears to be that there are hundreds of cooing couples everywhere you look when your facing your microwave meal for one on the 14th! The truth is Valentine’s Day represents many different things to different people. Some say it’s a celebration of ALL life relationships and LOVE for LIFE itself and should be celebrated! this may well mean that you have a healthy respect for yourself and that you give yourself the gift of being pampered by YOU and take yourself off to a spa for the day!

A sure way of enhancing your ability to attract is to focus on the love you have for what you're wanting to manifest. Love is probably the highest vibration we know and feeling love for what you wish to create will raise your energetic resonance, pulling your target to you that much faster.

Let's say you've been experiencing a drought and you want to make it rain. Clear your mind of any and all negative thoughts about the drought. Focus your attention on the rain. See it falling. Smell it if you can. Hear it hitting the roof of your house or the leaves of the trees. Now focus on feelings of love. "I love the sound of rain hitting my roof." and then feel that love. "I love the smell of a spring thunderstorm." and feel that love. "I love how the rain waters my flowers." Whatever it is about rain that you truly love, focus on that thing and then feel the emotion.

Maybe you want to attract your dream job or your dream relationship. You don't even have to know what the job is or who the person is. Simply focus your attention on what you would love about having them. "I love how it feels to get up every morning and be excited about my work day." Then feel the love. "I love how wonderful it is to come home to my wife or husband's smiling face and warm embrace." Then feel the love. The longer you can stay in this state of love, the stronger your creativity becomes.

The next important thing is to not destroy what you've built by thinking negative thoughts. Don't spend time telling yourself how unlikely it is you'll get what you want or how long it's bound to take. It is also important not to limit the outcome by assuming it must take a particular form; this creates resistance. Be open to all possibilities and let your goal come to you however it does. Just know that you've lovingly planted a seed and let it grow.

Whatever your plans are this coming Valentine’s Day I would encourage you to view this day as a celebration of LOVE FOR LIFE!

Who needs Job Satisfaction when you've got LIFE SATISFACTION!?

2008-07-30T04:04:00.000-07:00

Do you have A HEALTHY LIFE SATISFACTION right now?

Have you got enough ENERGY?

The answer should be... I AM ENERGY! We dont get it...

We RELEASE IT..WE TRIGGER MORE OF IT when we feel good!!

Are you spending your time here on this planet how YOU decide..

Are you able to jet off to see friends at the other side of the world at the drop of a hat?

Are you able to go shopping when, with whom you choose when you desire to go?

Are you making money while you sleep? Do you make money while awake? HAVE YOU GIVEN YOUR ENERGY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

Fully awake? or Finally Woken...

For me, its finally woken. I have truly realised that HEALTH must be the TOP PRIORITY goal FIRST before wealth otherwise one spends their WEALTH on their HEALTH bills....

Back to the gym, personal trainer, full nutrition adviser, new wardrobe, new hairstyle, new FIGURE, energised, revitalised, mesmerised by life!

Ive been so busy helping others WIN that my health has taken a bit of a backseat... but now am back in the DRIVING SEAT as I can help more people if I am FIT AND HEALTHY TOO!

Watch this space..... I have FINALLY WOKEN....
You wont recognise me...
I hardly recognise me already.... from the inside...
now let the outside reflect what goes on inside...

If you make a DECISION to get LIFE SATISFACTION....
One must first decide what you are DISSATISFIED with....
Then the answer will come to you which ACTIONS you take....

DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

MAKE A DECISION.
STICK TO IT.
GET ON WITH THE WORK.
ONE STEP AT A TIME UNTIL COMPLETION....
FROM CHRYSALIS - SOCIAL BUTTERFLY...

I will be back.....

Love Michelle
Your Daytime Diva / Northern Night Owl

Are you USING YOUR IMAGINATION THE RIGHT WAY OR THE WRONG WAY?

2008-07-24T03:03:00.000-07:00

When was the last time you thought out of the BOX and got back to your IMAGINATION IN THE SAND BOX here like my friend's cool laid back lil fella huh?

Are you using your imagination to fire up THEE BEST CASE SCENARIO/REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD STEP OUT OF THE BOX... or

Are you USING YOUR faculty of IMAGINATION to imagine the WORST CASE SCENARIO... All the reasons why you should stay PUT....IN YOUR BOXWORLD...

You see its like Tony Robbins said: its like this:-

Get up out of the bed BOX...

Start the day with a BOX of cornflakes..

Switch on the BOX...

Get showered in the CUBICLE BOX...

Leave the BOX house to get into the BOX car...

Arrive to work and take the BOX elevator to the BOX office space....

Switch on the BOX monitor/laptop...

Send a text from your BOX mobile/cellphone...while the box is booting...

Do some 'without thinking' work... then get asked to THINK OUT OF THE BOX while sitting in the BOX cubicle... interesting...

Nip out quickly for a ''breathe of fresh air they say'' while opening a new BOX of cigarettes....

Might visit the lavatory box during that time...

Bit more work then back into the BOX elevator down to the BOX shop to pick up the LUNCHBOX salad...

Stand by the BOX coffee machine/water tank...

Back to the BOX office...

Shut down, pick up the keys for the BOX car...

Leave the BOX office, arrive at the BOX house, switch the BOX back on, put in the BOX dinner for one in the BOX microwave oven....

Shower in the BOX cubicle..... ready for BOX BED...

Read your BOX shaped book....

Switch off the light and look forward to another day of LIVING IN A BOX...

UNTIL YOU REACH YOUR FINAL BOX AT THE END OF THE ROAD...AND SAY WHAT A TRIP! I really DID live out of the Box!! OR...I really REGRET not thinking and living outside of the box......

PUT YOUR HEAD THROUGH THE PARAPET... where the air is thin and the IDEAS APLENTY...

If you didnt have a BOX home..... there's always living in a cardboard box.. under a box bridge...

HAVE YOU REALLY REVIEWED HOW YOU ARE LIVING? are you LIVING someone else's BOX RULES?

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU DESIRE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE PROVERBIAL BOX!!!!

YOU DONT HAVE TO BE GOOD TO GET STARTED..... BUT YOU DO HAVE TO GET STARTED TO GET GOOD (Les Brown, Motivational Speaker, Presenter & Author).

Start with changing the shape to a GLOBE instead of a BOX .... and think globally - where do you want to go? What do you want to experience? Who you going with? What will you do when you get there? Who will you help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHt_GzOgjvA

Go listen to 80s song LIVING IN A BOX.... and see how you are living....

Are you stuck in a timewarp in the 80S... Are you still doing business the same way you did 20 YEARS AGO... even 5 years go...

THE GLOBE IS CHANGING... ITS GETTING SMALLER AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO EACH OTHER... GET CONNECTED.. GET PLUGGED IN AND TUNE OUT OF THE BOX FREQUENCY.... SWITCH THE DIAL ON THE BOX RADIO TO HEAR BETTER MUSIC TO FEED YOUR SOUL...

Dont put yourself in a cubicle and expect your glorious mind to think outside the box... you gotta step out of it FIRST and then start to find your GLOBE...your WORLD..

With Love & Light

Global Intention Daytime Diva of LoA in Action...

Michelle xxx

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The New Credit Crunch Breakfast Cereal... How NOT to start your day...

2008-07-24T02:02:00.000-07:00

Well hello and Welcome!

Champagne THOUGHTS for breakfast?!

It has been a long time since I manifested time to write (in a good way - such a lot happening which is ALL good!).

I was at the Bob Proctor seminar this weekend and a good friend of mine stood up and said that as he didnt read trashpapers anymore, he wondered what people were talking about - the new Credit Crunch... he thought it was a new breakfast cereal! I HOWLED with laughter! I also realised that people WERE digesting this sort of information for their BREAKFAST and were being spoon-fed that the world is in crisis instead of in EVOLVEMENT!

As with all universal laws there is the law of opposites so when one person is favouring to focus on the crisis, many other people are singing YIPPERDEE DOO DAR all day long as they are HAPPY that people are WAKING UP to a new way of living... of THINKING before they SPEND.

Do you know that if most people said what they were TRULY thinking they would be speechless!!!

Most people DO NOT have a creative thought for more than twice a year!!! Once when they get a leaky tap and perhaps think of ways to solve the problem and second when its New Years' Eve and even then they probably think the same thoughts as previous by setting the SAME goals they set the year before.... and the year before.... and the one before that....

Most people mistakenly think that activity in the mind IS thinking when really it is just old programs playing in a mish-mash way to make YOU BELIEVE its thinking.

NOW, understand this: People go out and make a living ... and truly living people make a LIFE REGARDLESS OF THE MASSES .... its a CHOICE.

Now you can choose to get your teeth into a bowl of Credit Crunch or you can choose to really dig into NEW ways of thinking IN this economy!!!

TAKE 3 VITALLY IMPORTANT THINGS FROM THIS POST: (I call it your 3 times a day medication for the mind to remind yourself you are the creator of your own life!

1) The first Level of Awareness is Animal - fight or flight but the more important level to be AWARE OF is the Second Level of Awareness - Mass Awareness. I am going to suggest that if you let someone else's thoughts and ideas slip right into your mind and are going to follow what the masses say, think and feel... YOU ARE GOING WHERE THEY ARE GOING....NO QUESTION.

2) If you desire to BE A MASTER of your own thoughts, FEELINGS and actions, start choosing the Actioneer's HEARTY breakfast with wholesome thoughts, nourishing ideas and dine on the finest most HIGHEST BEST USE of your thinking energy to ACTIVELY CREATE your world around you!

3) Take a Check up from the Neck-Up - Am I listening to my inner guide or am I being swept along and caught up invisibly by mass thought here..? OR worse still, am I one of the people SPREADING the energy towards doom and gloom - Jam, toast and SPREAD? I encourage you to SPREAD only highest quality energy onto the toast of life and BE SURE to do a check-up from the neck-up...WHAT AM I TRULY THINKING? ARE THESE MY OWN DECIDED THOUGHTS or SOMEONE ELSE'S....

If you like what I share with you, I have BOATLOADS more - enroll for free onto my VIP list today. This will ensure you are tuned into the right frequency to hear all the latest GOOD NEWS, including when Bob Proctor is next here in the UK and to hear about my forthcoming Workshop in Ireland (Sept 23rd) where we dig into the marvellous mind of Napoleon Hill in his classic book Think & Grow Rich (plus get to see more of this film clip here, based on the same book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlB6sYtzPT4

Enjoy your CORNFLAKES, remember: (M&S Ad):

THERE'S NOT JUST CREDIT CRUNCH MIND FOOD... THERE'S ALSO M&W MIND FOOD....

Food for Thought eh.....

What are you FEEDING ON?

Best Love

Michelle (MAW) x

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Leadership By Consent v Dictatorship - HAPPY SUNNY DISPOSITIONS WIN!

2008-05-25T23:23:00.000-07:00

Sunny Dispositions WIN MORE!

THE STORY OF THE SUN & THE WIND - WHOSE POWER WINS OVER?

The sun and wind decided to have a competition to see which was the more powerful. They would do this by seeing which of them was more sucessful at getting a man to take off his coact. The wind boasted that with his strength, he would simply create such blustery forceful conditions it would blow the coat off the man.

He started blowing an enormous gale, but, to his dismay, his blustory storm actually had the opposite effect because the man simply buttoned his coat and clutched it tighter to him.

Eventually, the wind stepped aside and invited the Sun to have a go... Well, the Sun was confident but not arrogant and simply shone brightly and soon it was so warm that the man unbuttoned his coat and took it off.

The moral of the story is that sometimes the gentle approach can work wonders...

Remember:

FORCE NEGATES - when you push forward, they push back - its a natural reaction if someone is forcing something then the instinct is to do the same and push back...

However, when you employ the warmth and the caring side of your nature, be it in business and/or personal relationships PEOPLE WANT TO RELATE TO YOU.. THEY WANT TO WORK W-I-T-H YOU, THEY WANT TO BE AROUND YOU AND HELP YOU because YOU are helping them to feel relaxed.

When one can leave the sense of increase after one has left the building, one can truly say they are doing a good job/service! If a person feels good after they have been in your company, you know you have given then a piece of Sunshine energy! People ALWAYS RETURN FOR MORE SUNSHINE!

BE THE PIED PIPER!! Lead by consent NOT forced by desperation and fear.

Dont think of closing deals / sales...

See it as OPENING/BEGINNING NEW RELATIONSHIPS..

Especially when you meet new people :)

Avoid pushing your businesscard into their hand - ASK FOR THEIR CARD FIRST AND TAKE A GENUINE INTEREST IN THEIR BUSINESS...

Then think - how can I help this person WIN MORE?

Treat them as if meeting new friends!

Because thats what ALL my 'associates'/contacts ARE... MY GOOD FRIENDS..

Somewhere along the line, I opened a relationship with YOU and I give my GRATITUDE to you for allowing me to live my life every day on purpose connecting you to yours.

Be well.

Have a TopTastic Tuesday ahead!

BestMichelle

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2008-04-19T12:12:00.000-07:00

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LILY-MAY MORGAN, MIRACLE MASTERMIND BABY! (Million Dollar (thought) Baby!)

SPECIAL TESTIMONIAL Dinah & Karl Morgan

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I was working at the local Bank when I met Michelle. We hit it off straight away (Sept 06) and Michelle picked up on the fact that I was at a point in my life that I was yearning for something different.

Michelle told me about her classes that she runs to help people make decisions and manage change regardless of current results (MASTERMIND groups) and invited me along.

To cut a long story short, I enrolled and I went (did not know at the time but it was the best thing I have ever done). A question was asked what would you really like (I thought to myself for the first time in my life I was going to be REALLY HONEST with myself, and thought - what have I got to lose – even though I now say what have I got to gain!)

So I said I would love my own baby, to foster deprived children and be a Gold Distributor in my business. I started to slowly apply the principles by writing that goal down to cause regular thinking on that goal. I did become obsessed with this - all I thought about was being pregnant, what I would do when I had my child, what activities I would do with my child whether it be a boy or a girl (I chose a girl).

I kept writing it out that I strongly desired to have babies and it got stronger and stronger the more I allowed myself to believe it would happen. Sometimes it got me feeling low then I would remember the FAITH part that got me though. I also had a big blow at work as my manager came in and announced she was pregnant. Gutted. Something inside me wanted to say I am pregnant as well but I put that to the back of my mind - I thought I was just being a bitch because I so longed to be pregnant, now that I had accepted it was what I wanted.

I went to see my partner Karl and cried to him saying I will never get pregnant. I truly do love him and he was very understanding. At that point I let go of the idea, wiped my eyes and got on with life. At the back of my mind, the idea was still there even though I thought I had let go of it...it was still playing on my mind in the background. I continued on the course and kept the faith but felt really challenged and was glad of the support of the group. I now know that even though my conscious mind was reasoning with me to let go because it was painful, my subconscious mind was still working overtime on the 'vibe' of my strong desire to have a baby!

To my surprise when my manager was telling me she was pregnant and I wanted to say I was too – little did I know at the time - it was not that I was saying it to be a bitch, but I was actually pregnant and it was confirmed on the 7th January 2007 (best day of my life).

Our daughter, who's name is Lily-May Brenda Morgan, was born on 14th September 2007 at 15.50pm weighing 8lb 8oz. Lily-May cut her first tooth 15th March 2008, a day after her being six months old and is now munching me out of house and home!

I would say that Lily-May might not have been here today, had it not been for Michelle helping me make that decision to do her course.

Michelle said that Lily-May is her first MasterMind Baby and is a little miracle. You don't even know how it can change your life until you make a decision to find out.

Thank you.

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