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Published by Bob on 07 May 2009

“Not Interested”… Or Are You Depressed?

“Not Interested”? …Or Are You Depressed?

I have a friend in the Seattle area who lost his job a few weeks ago. He’s put in several applications for similar jobs but has been turned down - the economy is the excuse he’s given…

So like too many people he just “going through the motions” of looking for another job. The problem is the job he’s looking for will more than likely never “come back”. It’s been consolidated or eliminated altogether. Only the very best - brightest and frankly lowest paid are going to “qualify” for the few jobs left in his “field”.

Which brings me to the point of this blog:

I told him about an opportunity that would allow him to “cash-in” on his years of experience and profit from what he already knows - in a manner that would bring him a substantial increase in income over any possible job he could find.

The irony is that he could surpass the starting pay of the type of job he’s been trying to find in the next two to three months - within a year or two - several hundred thousands of dollars a year. And yes he knows it’s possible because he’s familiar with the type of opportunity I was telling him about.

He knows it’s possible - he’s not making any progress finding a job -

And now he’s not returning my phone calls or emails…

It’s not like I was “bugging” him. I had one conversation with him where he was very open - then no response.

I don’t think the reason is he’s “not interested” - I think he’s depressed!

I actually think he’s afraid of his own passion. It’s easier to just go through the motions and hold back on hope - then allow himself to dream again.

This is why the world is in a recession

Too many people are afraid to dream…

Thank God I “woke up” out of my own malaise a couple of months ago and realized that “the recession was over”! The overall economy is down maybe 10-15%. The worse case scenario is that it’s still 85% viable. People have only pulled-back on their spending - they haven’t stopped completely. We’re going through a “reset” right now.

People are reevaluating their priorities…

For some who decide that their current job is a dead-end - that there is no more adventure in their lives - that they have no quality time for their families - that they’re really not happy with what they’re doing - This recession is the best thing that could have happened to them. They are being shocked out of their denial.

Maybe they’ll finally take a long hard look at their life…

Then maybe they’ll do something about it.

-Bob Baran

Behavior

Published by Bob on 05 May 2009

Shrinking Reality

I talked to an old friend over the weekend

We hadn’t communicated in almost 15 years. We met while in college - so I’ve known him a long time. We even partnered in a couple of business ventures many years ago.

So it was with a great deal of shock that I listened to his “story”. One he told with great passion and detail about his “great fall”.

You see, he’s now living in a one room cottage in the North Carolina mountains. He has no bank account-his house was foreclosed upon - his wife divorced him and he can’t afford to declare bankruptcy so if he tries to get a job all his wages will be garnisheed - So now he can’t hold down a job.

All of this happened before the financial meltdown.

Listening to his story one thing became clear:

He kept retrenching - ever in the survival mode - and never drew the “line in the sand” and taking his “stand” against the onslaught of “poverty consciousness” - which has now fully overtaken his rationale.

He rationalizes his poverty.

This guy is no dummy. In fact he could have just as easily written the “Intentional Prosperity™ System as I did. He knows the principles and techniques just like I do. But somewhere in time he chose to use the principles and techiniques against himself. That’s right against himself.

Poverty shrinks your reality - Prosperity expands your reality

You see, we all do it to a greater or lesser degree. If you were to lay out your attitudes, opinions and beliefs - you would find an amalgam of both prosperity and poverty based rationalizations - that’s a normal part of the human condition.

It’s also what keeps you in your status quo - your current day-to-day reality.

Change 1 or 2% of your “poverty rationale” to prosperity and your life will become transformed as you rapidly move toward living the life of your dreams. On the other hand, change 1 or 2% of your prosperity rationale to poverty and you begin the downward slide…

In my friend’s case - he is living the life of his dreams - his dreams of poverty.

IF YOU ALLOW YOUR FEARS, UNCERTAINTIES AND DOUBTS TO BECOME THE FOCUS OF YOUR ATTENTION - YOUR DREAMS - YOUR DAY-TO-DAY REALITY WILL REFLECT WHAT YOU PUT YOUR ATTENTION ON.

My friend understood this truth - yet for some reason he chose to “buy into” the F.U.D. - and now his life reflects the nightmare he chose to keep dreaming.

There’s so much fear in the air right now because of the economy that it’s very easy to let yourself justify “shrinking your reality”.

Now more than ever you have to DREAM BIG. You have to go contrary to the “mood” that’s in the air. Right now we are all facing the greatest test of our lifetime. Are you going to keep keep retrenching like my old friend - stuck in the survival mode - until your entire world becomes the four walls in a shack on the side of a mountain somewhere?

Or are you going to “draw a line in the sand” and begin to expand your prosperity?

I plan on reaching out to my old friend and giving him a large dose of hope - I’ve asked some of our mutual friends to do the same - call it an intervention. I don’t know if it will break through the “cement of his current belief system”.

All I can do is try - because I love my old friend - I still see his heart.

When you see someone’s heart you have a responsibility to send him or her love. To mirror the light of hope and just maybe break through to the point where a person “remembers” who they really are - that it’s never too late - that life is just a classroom after all…

And this too is just another lesson.
-Bob Baran

Behavior

Published by Bob on 30 Apr 2009

The Phenomenon Of Conditioning

As I’ve been pursuing my new business venture - I’ve run smack into a phenomenon I refer to as “conditioning”.

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

I’ve provided a number of people with a sample of my product - the world’s most powerful anti-oxident anti-aging formula based upon the acai berry from the  Brazilian rain forest.  It’s a natural delivery system for good nutrition. Four ounces of this stuff a day (the juices of 19 different fruits)  is also the nutritional equivalent of 13 servings of fruit a day -  Really good healthy stuff.

Everyone I’ve given the product to try has said they knew they were not doing all they could as far as even meeting the Government’s “minimum” dietary suggestions of 7-10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

What separates the group into two distinct patterns of results is this:

Group A - are people who have a history of setting out and accomplishing  things in their lives.  These are people who have had several careers - entrepreneurs - artists - people who have different “chapters” in their lives.  The kind who have made decisions to “go their own way” and succeeded in doing so. Not so much “employee types” but people who engage life as a series of projects and challenges whether or not they are working for themselves or are employed.

Group B - are people who have a history of living their lives in the most predictable and “secure” manner possible - basically in the same kind of job - working for the Government - or other long-term institutions - never really achieving much as far as being aggressive  with their career path.  The quality of their lives are determined by the financial constraints of their jobs.

The group B people also tend to have more “chronic” problems - health - money - relationships - than the group A  people.

Even though both group A and group B people acknowledge their need for better nutrition - my personal experience has been that by far - people in group A have a substantially better experience with my product - they feel better - they want to continue using it - they are more apt to share their good experience with family and friends - for whatever reason they seem to be more sensitive to the good effects of “basic nutrition”.

I’m convinced from my own experience that there is a conditioning process which is the result of people accepting and living their lives within predictable financial - emotional  and lifestyle limits  - which acts to preclude them from having the sensitivity to recognize and acknowledge the effects of good nutrition  (or possibly “good” in general) their bodies may actually be “craving”… It’s as if there’s some kind of internal barrier they have in place which prevents them from doing anything that could possibly threaten their “status quo”.

What I’m saying here is that an individual’s mindset that has been conditioned over time to accept a predictably limited and structured reality will tend not to respond (emotionally) to something which is “good” that is placed into their day-to-day life. I say emotionally because - even though their bodies may be responding positively - they have an emotional disconnect so they fail to “experience” the good that’s happening.

I believe this is happening  because they have - over time -  reinforced their expectation that “there is nothing good - new  or unexpected” that is going to show up in their lives that can change anything.

It’s possible they are experiencing a kind of self-induced state of depression which negates any possibility that something new (and good for them) has appeared in their lives … and this happens before the good thing challenges their (depressed ) comfort zone.

Yes - I do believe this is the case!

Needless to say I’ve shifted my focus onto those individuals who fall into group A.

They tend to be more positive about their future - more open to new ideas - things and experiences -  which have the potential to enhance their lives - and they’re  more sensitive to perceiving and experiencing  “good” when they do experience it.

I’m looking for people who’ve lived their lives as a series of adventures.  They’re fun to be around - have a passion for whatever they happen to find interesting - and are naturally open to considering “the next good thing” in their lives.

For these group A types - the best is yet to come!

-Bob Baran

Behavior, Passion

Published by Bob on 23 Mar 2009

From Zero To $30K A Month Income In 90 Days

From zero to $30K a month income  in 90 days…

What could you do with an extra thirty thousand dollars a month? - or a thousand - or three thousand?

What if  that sum of money - OR MORE EVERY MONTH -  was real and achievable - not a daydream or a fantasy? …

Does the thought of it scare you?  Or can you “see” yourself  out of debt and financially secure?  Never worrying about money again. Doing what you want when you want.

For most of us the nagging question has always been HOW?

If  you were invited to come see and hear a person who is doing it now - Not something they did in the past - but someone who - starting from scratch -  taking his first action at the end of December - has gone from zero to about $30K a month income - in 90 days!

…With a realistic expectation of doubling or tripling that income in the next 6 to 9 months -  in the middle of the worst economic downturn in your lifetime.

IF INVITED WOULD YOU COME TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY?

After all, how many people do you personally know who have done something like this AT ANY POINT IN THEIR LIFETIME?  Much less under the current economic circumstances.

What if  he’ll show you exactly what he’s doing right now - that’s creating substantial prosperity and abundance FOR HIS FAMILY AND LOVED ONES?

It’s called “The Tree Of Life”

Not theories - or wishful thinking - but concrete wealth creating steps you can start using right away?

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN HEARING - FIRST HAND - WHAT SOMEONE  IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A PROJECTED 7 FIGURE ANNUAL INCOME  HAS TO SAY ABOUT HOW HE’S MAKING IT HAPPEN?

Could it inspire you?  Could it change your life?

What if you could ask this person any question - what would you ask him?

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS A PERSONAL INVITATION
From Bob and Gwen Baran…

The man we’re talking about is Dan Quirk, and he’s going to be here in Montana at an informal get-together Gwen and I are hosting in our home April 7 at 7:30 pm.  If you would like to attend please email us at bobbaran@mt.net or call 406-475-3458 during business hours  and we’ll reserve a spot for you. Of course you can bring friends! Seating is limited so R.S.V.P is mandatory.

How often do you get a chance to meet and connect with someone in the process of creating LIFE CHANGING  prosperity and abundance? This is an opportunity of a lifetime for you to plug directly into a very rare form of highly amplified and focused success energy.

This is going to be a very enlightening and enjoyable evening . One you’ll remember for the rest of your life.

A couple of hours you can spend this year that will change forever what you think is possible for yourself and your loved ones …and maybe change your life.

He’s going to share with you everything about how he’s doing it.

Dan  promised me he won’t hold anything back!

Stop wishing and hoping -  and start living your dreams.

THE RECESSION IS OVER!

-Bob and Gwen Baran

Intentional Prosperity™ Network
“The Power Of A Shared Vision”

This event is a part of  Intentional Prosperity™ Network’s - “Creating Prosperity and Abundance Now Series”.  Introducing you to real people with a real opportunity to create personal wealth - now!

Behavior

Published by Bob on 20 Mar 2009

The Intentional Prosperity Network

“If you are willing to do what most others are unwilling to do for the next three to five years - I believe you’ll be able to do what most others are unable to do for the rest of their lives.

-Dallin Larsen

For many “baby boomers” - who have lost an enormous amount of wealth during the last few months - as a result of their portfolios, 401k’s and other risk based investments dropping 50% or more in value - the thought of care free retirement years has been wiped away.

It happened so fast that for many it was absolutely stunning to watch a lifetime of wealth accumulation melt away.  The sad thing was those who trusted their “financial advisers” often suffered the worst. The reason: The predictive models used by the financial experts were suddenly made obsolete by forces beyond even their understanding…

It’s like what John Stewart said when he confronted “Mad Money’s” Jim Cramer last week.  Pointing out that there is a two-tiered economy and how the financial reporters have led us down the path to ruin because they were either unaware of the reality of the “other economy” or engaged in some kind of “collusion” to whitewash the immensity of the problem.

But where does that leave you?

Especially, if you had just retired or were getting ready to retire?

With President Obama telling us it’s going to take “years” to work our way out of the current economic crisis - what can you do to reverse the damage you may have already suffered?

It would be foolish to wait around for your investments to regain their value.  That may or may not happen in your lifetime.  The general consensus is that investments are eventually going to regain lost value but at a very conservative rate of growth.

In other words, don’t “bank” on it happening in the next three to five years…

Which brings me to the quote by Dallin Larsen - He’s the founder and CEO of the fastest growing company of it’s type - in history…

For many of us baby boomers we can still see focusing our energies for the next three to five years in order to create some kind of mechanism to finance our “golden years”…  It may be a matter of doing something we never imagined ourselves doing - like starting a business and creating a new stream of income above and beyond what we had hoped we had already accomplished over the last 30 + years.

The point I’m trying to make is this:

If you’ve been “rudely awakened” to the reality that you have to do something to take care of yourself - I have a very powerful proposition for you to consider.

I am assembling a team I will be personally working with to quickly establish a network of relationships for the specific purpose of creating wealth and abundance.

To this end I am pledging my full resources, time, energy and financial - the resources of Gathering Wave LLC and the Intentional Prosperity™ System -  to work directly with you to help you succeed.  In other words, we will create wealth together - But my financial reward will only come as the result of helping you to succeed. Your success in-turn will come from helping others to also succeed. - and so on.  We all succeed together - this is by design.

This is not an idle promise I’m making.

If you take the time to review my personal history you’ll find that I have a track record of succeeding by helping others to succeed.  I believe we’re all in this together.  I’m determined to find you if you’re on the same page I am about our “shared vision of the future”.  Which to put it simply: Is not to worry about money again.

Together we can create an amazing prosperity and abundance machine that will benefit all of us.

You need to let me know if you’re interested.

Call me at 406-475-3458 during business hours (Mountain Standard Time) or email me bobbaran@mt.net.  It’s time for you and me to have a conversation.  Tell me what you want and need - and I’ll tell you what I can do to help you get there.

The Intentional Prosperity™ Network is  the “last best thing” I’m devoting myself to. I’m already having the most fun I’ve ever had creating wealth.  I’m ready to focus for the next three to five years working with a select circle of individuals who also desire real financial freedom.

I know you’re reading this and wondering if you should contact me.

Don’t think about it - do it!

Intentional Prosperity™ is all about your “intent” and the action you take with that intent.

The significance of the inspiration we will ignite in others -  as we create prosperity and abundance for our loved ones and ourselves - will create a legacy of significance - as we illuminate a pathway through the darkest night of economic uncertainty and prove once again that intent and perseverance will overcome any obstacle - imagined and real.

I’m “all in!” - Call me

-Bob Baran

Behavior

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