IT'S POSSIBLE (Les Brown's Greatest Hits)

We All Love To Win, If You Do Not Like To Work Toward It, You Do Not Really Want It

We all want an "easier way to win" than we see the path of, so to speak. We all have complaints about how hard our road is, and some even claim they have it too easy and complain in the opposite direction of the people who complain how hard their road is. Either way, a complaint is a complaint, and all satisfaction is genuinely up to you and your mind as it is up to my mind and my personal reality. Also, either way, wanting something is more exciting than having it most of the time. It sounds a little stupid, indeed, though that reality of life is a human truth. Everyone wants an easier way to get what they want and want something better than they have usually.

Recently, I faced a few small crisis points that told me in so many ways about the realities about life I have just mentioned culminating with my Mother telling me that it could be worse, and I should be grateful that it is not worse.

Listen, we all prefer better, and we all prefer to consistently and always win, but, without the bad, we definitely cannot have the good. I realize that. Indeed, what I also realize is that without losers, you cannot have winners. I know that is a reality that sounds horribly dualistic, but without up, you cannot have down and the other directions, and political correctness about it will save nobody. The only way out is through with objective correctness or realistic correctness.

Recently, I watched a Dr. Matt James video on you tube about cause and effect and realized the full basis of this article that you can only make a better effect by working fully on the cause in reality. It cannot work any other way or for all down time, there is always up time. For every flower blooming there are weeds dying somewhere.

Like anyone, I would love to circumvent the "bad medicine" and the "even worse" cure that comes from the "bad medicine". Reality is bitter work and sweet reward, almost always. It could work in other ways as genuinely anything is rationally possible such as bitter rewards and sweet work, or the process being better than the end. Again, the reward and win is in the eye and mind of the beholder, so is the genuine loss.

There are certain solutions that have a "did the chicken or the egg come first?" type thing going on, and I just mentioned one of those realities. It is up to you.

My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker. I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.

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WATCH THIS BEFORE YOU GIVE UP - Steve Harvey Motivational Story

The Miracle Machine

Our subconscious mind is the miracle machine, especially when we know how to program it and have the patience to do so. With that said, I begin this article. Sure, I could say many things in this article, but I will start out with this: ninety percent of our minds is in that subconscious operation factor, and we only use ten percent or less of what is obvious or consciously operating. Our conscious minds are like the house on the hill that is dimly lighted, and our subconscious is the rest of the universe around that little house.

Living in that little house with the rest of the universe operating around us is how it seems and how it is. Indeed, though, hypnosis and metaphysics is genuinely exploring that universe around us in so many ways outside that limited conscious arc of operation or dimly lighted little house on the hill I just described as the contents of our conscious minds.

So, think about this fact, our little dim lives in comparison to all of existence are just a drop in the bucket compared to all of the consciousness and reality that exists. However our minds seem to be open, they are always closed to something until opened up to the possibility genuinely. Reality is more than just something we live in, it is everything in existence right down to fleeting thoughts and fantasies that seem to come and go.

Can I simply say this: There is more.

Sure, it may seem as ridiculous as Edgar Allan Poe getting drunk and screaming "Lenore, Lenore!" in The Raven poetry without knowing the context of what he was screaming, and the ancient Greek philosopher Aristocles-Plato said that poetry is a divine madness without full consciousness of the realities being put forth in the verse. Although we must realistically open our minds and fully understand contexts to understand anything, for the miracles are all around if we genuinely look for them right down to the atoms, molecules and particles all around up that are ever-changing energy with one unchanging fact, everything in existence is the same material of energy.

So, I end with the genuine and real miracle of reality and being: Everything starts as a thought and ends as reality. Sure, I can sound worse than the George Harrison song on "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Beatles album "Within You, Without You" in this article although I mean to sound as coherent as George Frederic Handel's "Messiah", but you do have to admit that the reality of life consciousness is the ultimate miracle.

My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker. I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.

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Did You Ignore the Warning Signs?

Our money lives were a mess back then.

It was hard to admit that we were a total shipwreck.

Especially embarrassing since I am the "money gal" in this family.

I've been counseling others on money and debt management, as well as the deeper issues that money elicits in us, for the better part of 20 years.

Unimaginable for us to end up in such a seriously awful place with all this knowledge, expertise, and wisdom about money?

As is true for many Americans, It happened slowly over time.

Little shifts and warning signs that we handled. No drastic changes in money behavior required of us. Just a glitch. Nothing serious.

Or, so we thought.

Yet, those small, initial warning signs were bigger than we recognized.

How was it possible for us to have missed them? Are they truly that subtle?
All was well in money land. We had a nice house, a healthy 401(k), and income flowing in regularly. We drove nice cars and paid our bills on time. We used credit wisely, something we thought was required of us to build a good credit score.

Took periodic vacations to nice places and celebrated holidays and birthdays with relish.

We followed all the rules that the financial experts suggested and for many years we hummed along just fine.

Until we didn't.

And, in a blink of an eye, we crashed and burned.

How was that possible if we followed all the rules?

What if the rules had changed and we simply hadn't noticed?

Maybe we followed them incorrectly?

Or, what if they were ones we were not meant to follow in the first place?

Those were disturbing questions to ask, yet the answers were so desperately needed. Not only for my own healthy money life but, for my clients, too.

I had to take a step back...

And, take a big, deep breath...

Then, dive into what really happened.

It took courage to look back at all the warning signs we had missed and admit we could have done something different back then.

At first, I beat myself up. Blamed myself for my stupidity and ignorance. Chastised and criticized my intelligence, know-how and abilities.

But then, my anger set in and kicked me into gear. Enough with all that self flagellation. It was time to take action to turn this shipwreck around!

So, what were the warning signs we needed to sit up and take notice before they became unmanageable?

You may be surprised by some of them, something that I, too, had to embrace.

Here are nine of the most prevalent warning signs:

1. You outgrow your house or feel compelled to buy a different one. You believe newer, bigger or a different neighborhood is better. Or, that you need more room for your stuff.

2. You refinance the house to pay off debt. Or, to pay off your car. Maybe more than once.

3. You believe your house is an asset and its equity is healthy. You look great on paper, but you can't put food on the table, or pay your bills with equity. And, as long as you live in the house, it is a liability.

4. You use credit to pay for everything or to get things you do not have the cash to buy. Did you know that when you use credit to buy or pay for everything, you spend more? As much as 83% more. And, by the way, if you don't have the cash for it, you can't afford it.

5. You don't save regularly or have an emergency fund. Just one glitch or extra cost could mean you can't make ends meet or pay your other bills. Flat tire anyone?

6. You have magical thinking. You are convinced that everything will work out no matter what you do or how bad it gets. Where's that magic wand when you need it?

7. You wing it or fly by the seat of your pants. You have no plan or budget. You earn the money. You spend it. That's it.

8. You believe you will earn more down the road. Even though statistics show that paychecks are flat, barely a single percentage point rise in salaries in the last 40 years.

9. You thought the financial road map you were following was the right one for you.

How many of these do you see in your financial life? Any of them make you squirm a bit?

Did you find yourself objecting to any of them being a warning sign? If so, that in itself may be a warning sign!

After all, I did not see the big mack truck coming until it hit us full on. Not to be graphic, but it was a shock.

All it took was a financial downturn in 2008 on top of my husband's company doing a big layoff, for which he was one of them. Add to that, our 401(k) dropped by half and our house was upside down.

I realize these were catastrophic life events, which most Americans would not survive financially.

However, we certainly would have weathered the storm better had we taken heed of the warning signs early on.

Want to know what we did to turn things around?

* We accepted responsibility for the mess we had made of our financial lives.

* We stopped using credit to buy things, in fact, we no longer used credit for anything.

* We paid off and kept our vehicles.

* The only debt we had was our mortgage.

* We cut back on unnecessary spending, and paid cash for everything.

* We planned and tracked our money regularly.

* We did not buy anything we did not truly need and got rid of stuff we no longer used or wanted.

* And, we did not upgrade our home to "keep up with the Joneses!"

In other words, we made radical life changes.

We admitted we messed up, took responsibility, took a deep breath and changed our ways. AND, designed and followed our own money road map, not someone else's.

We have recently even considered selling our home, banking our money, and renting.

Now, that's radical folks!

Maybe a few of these ideas would work for you? Why not give it a try! Don't wait for that big mack truck to get your attention!

No need to agonize over money matters. There is an easier way -- a pain-free money life.

Not experiencing that?

Well then, Let's talk

Because, by the way... I didn't do it alone. You don't need to do it alone, either!

Email me at joan@joansilva.com to learn more.

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Tony Robbins Helps You Train Your Brain To Stay Focused

A Method To x100 Your Productivity

The Invisible Backpack - Travel Light to Travel Far

Cesare Pavese says, "If you want to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears."

We all travel through life with memories, experiences, and stories that serve as the backdrop of our lives. We approach each new encounter carrying an invisible backpack filled with everything we believe we need to successfully navigate through life. If we took a careful look in our backpacks, we would find joyful memories, satisfying aha moments, financial successes, hopes, and dreams. These are packed side by side with sadness, unforgiveness, losses, and fears. Even though our lives are filled with a cornucopia of experiences, often we discount the good and amplify the bad.

Psychologists have discovered that in spite of the good things we have accomplished, negative emotions are processed in a different hemisphere in the brain than positive emotions. Because of this, negative emotions require more thinking and more information to resolve. In addition, Professor Roy Baumeister, co-author of Bad is Stronger than Good, discovered that bad experiences have more impact on us than good ones. This makes it easy for us to forget the things for which we are grateful.

To lighten our bags and empty our invisible backpacks so we can travel fast, we must unpack the negative beliefs, unforgiving attitudes we have justified hanging onto and the "they did me wrong" stories. We must eliminate as many of the things that weigh us down as we can.

Start transforming your life and unpacking your backpack by doing the following:

Remember the Good that happens to you. Five (5) good things will change one (1) negative experience. This is an excellent time to start a Gratitude Journal or a "Daily Miracle Journal." List five or more things for which you are grateful. In gratitude, there are no limits; there are no big or small miracles. There is only gratitude. In a year, you will have from 365 - 1,825 "daily" miracles.

Brag Lists. Create a list of things you have accomplished that you can brag about. Try to list seven things. Keep this list readily available and review it weekly at a minimum. Your brag list will remind you that in the midst of every new storm that you are pretty amazing and have already conquered many storms. When life whispers "You cannot withstand the storm." You reply, "I AM the storm."

Identify the Miracle. Each experience brings with it a litany of lessons and blessings. List the lessons learned, the insights gained. If you cannot change the situation, use the lessons learned and the ideas gained so you can change how you think about it. Asking yourself how you can grow from this experience will help you find the golden nugget in the midst of what you perceived to be darkness.

Now your bags are lighter. What is your next stop?
Get on-board. Your dream is waiting.
Dream Big! Live the life you have imagined.
Remember, life is too short to drink cheap champagne.

Stephanie, a Success Mindset Mentor & Transformational Specialist, has the uncanny ability to help others break through toxic emotions and heal the residue left from traumatic experiences that are causing them to sabotage their success. She has an insatiable appetite for helping others achieve the impossible. She lives her inspiration as the founder of The Champagne Connection, Inc., the author of 3 books and the Host of the television show "A Sip of Inspiration". Her superpower: Transforming Lives

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