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Or, perhaps Sean D’Souza’s version of remaining rooted and growing…

Lesson Of The Moving Tree

Once upon a time there was a little tree. He sat in the soil and danced in the wind. And he looked around and saw the other trees.

“Man, they sure look taller than me,” said the little tree. “Probably it’s the soil,” he mumbled.

So he lifted up his roots and moved over to the part of the garden which he thought had better soil. A few weeks later the little tree looked up again.

Probably, it’s the sunshine

“Damn,” he cursed under his breath,”the other trees are growing taller than me. Probably it’s the sunshine. Let me move into where I get more sunshine.”

And so the little tree moved from point to point, always picking up his roots. Always moving. Always searching for the right soil, water, fertiliser, sunshine and other more favourable conditions.

And he stayed stunted

The trees that stayed in one place built strong roots. Their barks grew solid. Their branches soared. And the little tree stayed little.

Are you a little tree?

A tree that keeps uprooting itself doesn’t get a chance to grow. It stays confused and scattered. Stay where you are. Learn what you need to. And grow strong roots. That’s what will make you a big tree.

Move upward. Not sidewards.

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It’s been over a week now. I’m still fuzzy-headed, cloudy, unfocused.

Think I’ll go hit some golf balls to break outta my funk…

Last Wednesday morning, a little after 8 a.m. Eastern, he took his last breath.

For over fifty years, he got up at 5:30 in the morning. Never complained once.

Same routine.

Shave, cup of tea, bowl of Bran Flakes, brush teeth. Out the door and off to work.

For weekend fun,(and to escape the mind-numbing routine and stress of the work week) he loved fishing and boating on the Delaware Bay and Atlantic. Chasing bluefish.

The guy could build and fix anything. Built a modest, solid brick house , high on a hill, in a sleepy little village in Lancaster County where he was born, raised, and spent his entire life.

He finally retired seven years ago.

A weak heart kept him from his fishing and boating.

We all thought he’d keep busy woodworking.

Didn’t happen.

For some reason, he lost interest. Somehow couldn’t focus?

Two Octobers ago, he saw a dog and a duck in the front yard of his home.

He shouted to his wife of 55 years…

“Come look, a dog and a duck! Right outside in the yard!”

She looked. And looked.

No dog. No duck.

“I think I need to go see a Doctor.”

He never returned to the home he built high on the hill.

His neurologist called it Lewy Bodie Dementia. It’s kinda like Alzheimer’s. Protein deposits form on parts of the brain. It effects everything. Walking, talking, eating, memory. It’s tough to say how long he was suffering. And, even tougher to say how long he’d last.

After 20 months of daily routines over which he had no control and that he didn’t remember, he caught a cold and couldn’t fight it off.

As my friend Rick Reilly wrote in his ESPN debut piece, for better or worse, my Dad shaped me. My Dad was quiet, a man of few words. Yet, he was always there. Loyal. To my Mom, to his family, to his community, his employer, his country.

Loyality seems so rare today. Loyality is a long-term play. It’s a 57 year marriage. It’s working for two employers your entire career. It’s going off to the Army when you’re drafted.

My Dad had zero pretense. You always knew where you stood with him, even though he spoke few words.

Loyality and being true to yourself. Dad never said a word about either of ‘em to me. He simply lived ‘em.

Thanks Dad. You’ve taught me lots.

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Golf prolongs life

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So, what have we learned here on a beautiful, sunny, late-spring afternoon…

1. Play more golf.

2. Work on your golf game. Play better golf.

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Each day we wake up with opportunities, with a plate-full of possibilities.

The keys to our success lie not in the big break-throughs, but in how we seize each and every day gifted to us.

You’ve no doubt heard that luck is when opportunity meets preparation

How prepared are you to be “lucky” today?

Here Jack Canfield shares 6 Daily Disciplines to make today great.

Daily Disciplines for Effortless Success
by Jack Canfield

Hand’s down, one of the most popular questions I’m asked by students is this… “Jack, what are your most important daily actions that you correlate with your success.”

In fact, Oprah Winfrey asked me a similar question just days before appearing on her show last year. She asked me to come up with some easy-to-apply steps for her viewers to start applying The Law of Attraction in their lives, starting today!

One of the basic first steps is to determine, write down and talk about what you do want, not what you don’t want. Be as specific as possible. Once you have clarified what you want, do the following each and every day.

1. Morning Intention, Visualization and Releasing

As soon as you wake up in the morning, take about 5 minutes to focus your mind on your desires, goals and intentions. Start by sitting in a comfortable position, closing your eyes and visualizing your desires and goals as already being fulfilled. Spend 30 seconds to a minute on each of your core desires and goals. You can also take a few moments to visualize your day going exactly as you would like it to.

When you do this, you will often find negative limiting beliefs that are the result of negative programming from your childhood will come up. You may hear thoughts like “I could never afford that,”"there’s no way I’ll ever get that,” or “who am I kidding?” coming up. If you do, use one of the many releasing techniques that are available (see the list below) to release the negative thought. Don’t fight or argue with the thought; just release it.

Remember to also spend several moments feeling the feelings you would feel if you had already manifested your desire in your life. The intensity of the feeling is what fuels the intensity of the attraction.

Powerful releasing techniques:

• The Sedona Method by Hale Dwoskin: http://www.sedonamethod.com
  (Hale will be sharing his techniques when he speaks at my summer training
  Breakthrough to Success.)
• The Work by Byron Katie: www.TheWork.com
• The Emotional Freedom Technique: www.emofree.com

2. Use External Images to Keep you Focused on Your Desires and Goals

Keep yourself focused on what you want to manifest by surrounding yourself with visual images of the things and experiences you want to create in your life. There are many tools you can use for this, including creating a Vision Book from our Dream Big Collection.

1.) Cut out pictures of the things you wish to own (like your ideal car or home) and pictures that represent the experiences you want to have (like the perfect relationship, your ideal job, perfect health, being at your ideal weight, more joy, inner peace or balance in your life)to remind yourself of how you want it to be. Put them somewhere where you will see them every day–on the mirror, the refrigerator, or in your Vision Book.

2.) For even greater impact, combine your pictures with words that reflect your desired outcome, such as abundance, romance, fun, vitality, etc. I think you get the picture.

When you look at any of these pictures, do what Bob Doyle, who is featured in The Secret teaches– think the thought, “THIS IS MINE NOW! THIS IS WHO I AM!”

3. Think a Better Feeling Thought

Start paying attention to the many times during the day that you have emotional responses (to other people, experiences, or your own thoughts) that are not in alignment with having or producing your desires. Pay special attention to when you feel disappointment, resentment, frustration or anger about your experiences and circumstances.

Remember, it’s your feelings (which are created by your thoughts, opinions, and beliefs) that are creating your current circumstances. You must make a shift by changing your thoughts to ones that make you feel better (i.e., raise your vibration). Remember that you must become a vibrational match for the things and experiences that you want to attract into your life.

It is especially important to focus your thoughts and behaviors on things that cause you to feel joy. Focus your thoughts on thoughts that bring you joy (your lover, your best friend, your grandchildren, your favorite vacation spot) and your actions on doing the things you love to do (pet your cat, work in your garden, listen to your favorite music).

4. Have an Attitude of Gratitude

It is critical to take time each and every day to focus on what you are grateful for. Some people do this in the morning before or after they visualize their desires; others prefer to do it in the evening. Focus on all of the things in your life (most of which you take for granted) that you are grateful for–your health, your children, your job, the nice weather, electricity, running water, a nice stereo system, your flower garden, your pets, your friends).

No matter what your situation, there are always things to be grateful for. The more you focus on what you are grateful for, the more things and experiences you will attract to be grateful for. You may wish to carry a “gratitude rock” like the one Lee Brower talks about in “The Secret.”

5. Take Action

There are two kinds of actions you can take. Obvious actions are things like, if you want a better car, going to test drive all of the models you are interested in and choosing the exact car you want to have, and saving 10% of your income in a “car account.” If you want to be a doctor, apply to medical school.

There is also what I call “inspired actions.” Once you begin to do the things described above, the universe will start responding by sending people, resources and opportunities you need to manifest your desired result. You are going to find that you have inspired ideas; you must act on them. You must follow those gentle proddings from the universe. Often these intuitive impulses will have no seeming connection to achieving your goal, but if you follow them, they will lead you down a path of wonderful fulfillment.

Here’s a quick way to know if the actions you’re taking are taking you closer to the fulfillment of your dreams and desires. If you are feeling joy while you are doing them, then you are on the right path. Remember, joy is your internal guidance system, just like the GPS system in a car, telling you are taking the right actions. Follow your joy.

6. Acknowledge That it is Working

If you start to see something change for the better, acknowledge that it is happening. Appreciate it. When you find the perfect parking space, acknowledge it. When you get the table you want in the restaurant, acknowledge it. When you receive unexpected income, acknowledge it. When you meet someone who can help you achieve your goal, acknowledge that Law of Attraction is working. The more you acknowledge that it’s working, the more it will work. It’s that simple.

If you are attracting things into your life that you don’t want, remember the Law of Attraction is still working. Instead of thinking or saying, “It’s not working,” ask your self, “What am I focusing on, thinking about, talking about, feeling or doing that is bringing this into my life?” If you want to know what you are thinking about, notice the results you are producing in your life. To change those results, you will first have to change your vibration by changing your thoughts and feelings.

When you make a commitment to take these actions each day, you’ll start to move forward, with confidence, in the direction of your dreams. Believe that they are not only possible, but that they are already in progress.

© 2008 Jack Canfield

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Set aside your political opinions.

Rush Limbaugh’s interview with Jim Nantz, one of the true gentlemen and best at what he does, is well worth the hour listen or read.

Treat yourself to great stories and life lessons.

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Losing sleep because things aren’t working out?

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Mr. “Four Hour Work Week”…

Invitations to drive hot cars…

Virtual assistants answering all his emails…

Bet the guy even has tickets on the 50 to The Super Bowl.

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I love fast cars. Enter the Audi R8 supercar. OMFG.

I get a massive amount of e-mail — almost 300 per hour at one point during major media — which is why I outsourced my inbox in the first place to virtual assistants.

Sometimes, though, comes a snort-worthy e-mail — a zinger exciting enough to make me choke and spurt morning coffee out of my nose like a fire-breathing dragon (not recommended).

Here is one of them, received last week, from James Tate of Traction magazine:

“I’ve got a gray six-speed Audi R8 booked from the 28th through the 4th of Feb. and can do any of those dates. Any chance you’ll be in town?”

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Hey, let me ask ya a question…

What “drives” you?

FOCUS on personal growth.

FOCUS on your business growth.

FOCUS on your marketing.

“Not just the target where you have circles with the bull’s eye in the middle red circle and the yellow, blue and other circles surrounding that center red circle. Once an arrow hits the middle of the red bull’s eye, the resolution is the arrow that comes after that and splits the first arrow in the center of the bull’s eye- that is how FOCUSED your resolution… personal, business, marketing… must be.”

That’s the Secret of FOCUS Alex Mandossian shares with you in his “5 Secrets to MAKING CHANGE”

Take a few minutes, join Joe Vitale, and learn “The Secret” ( and also “The Key”) to reach your goals and dreams in 2008.