The Best Years of Your Life… Now!

Completing the job at hand may sound like a cliche — but failure to do so can cause you to “spin your wheels” and not get any traction.

Let me explain:

Lets’ say you’re working toward something you desire — which requires a certain task to be completed. You begin the task but somewhere along the way you stop before it’s completed.

Maybe you became distracted by something or just ran out of the energy and determination to complete the task. So it goes unfinished — but you continue to carry it along as an — “I need to do this” — albatross around your neck.

An unfinished task is like a memory that has no resolution

it continues to replay itself in the theatre of your mind and require energy until that point in time it becomes resolved.

An unfinished task is an energy vampire!

Of course there are certain tasks that shouldn’t be completed:

When you can see the “end of the tunnel” and realize that completing the task is a waste of time. This is actually a completed task and has been put to rest.

Or tasks that are “in-process”:

A task you begin that requires something to take place in your life — a situation which needs to be resolved — or an epiphany — that gives you new insight and renewed inspiration to complete the task.

If you pay attention to your inner voice you’ll be able to recognize when this type of task needs to continue through it’s gestating period. This type of task is not draining your energy because it is still in the process of being completed — even though it may not be ready to physically manifest itself.

The energy vampire is always the uncompleted task you know you need to finish.

The only real excuse you have for not completing it — is you got distracted and it’s still waiting for you get it done.

Clear out the “closet of your mind” and get rid of those unfinished tasks — by getting them done! You’ll be rewarded with a sense of accomplishment — feeling less overwhelmed — and have a lot more energy!

-Bob Baran

Three Strikes And You’re Out…

There’s an old story that goes something like this:

A young Brave came to the Council of Elders to seek advice on a problem.
The Elders discussed the problem amongst themselves and then summoned the Brave.

He was given the combined wisdom of the Elders in the form of a solution to his problem.

The Brave returned a second time and again asked the Council of Elders for help with the same problem. This time there was no discussion amongst the Elders. The Brave was given the combined wisdom of the Elders in the form of a solution to his problem — which was identical to what he was given the first time.

The Brave returned a third time and asked the Council of Elders for help with his problem.

“Why do you bother us with the same question we have answered two times? Nothing has changed and our answer to your problem is still the same.

Now you insult us by asking a third time.

You insult us because you disrespect our wisdom. You insult us because you are deaf to our words. You waste our time because you think your problem is special or different — yet you make no effort to use our solution.

Instead you choose to protect your problem because it gives you medicine — a reason to come before the Elders. You fear solving the problem because without it you no longer have meaning to your life. What will you talk about once the problem is solved?

Answer that question and the problem will go away.”

The Brave returned a fourth time — his status as Brave was immediately reduced to that of a boy.

“In the world of people — said one of the Elders — a Brave seeks the council of his Elders when he has faced the end of his understanding.

To be kicked by his pony is the destiny of a boy.”

-Bob Baran

Recently, I was reminded of the “Fear of Happiness”. (I’d thought I’d put that particular fear out of my head. Funny how much like onions we all are. Peel one layer and there’s just another below it.)

It was a stunningly beautiful morning. In fact, the most spectacular day we’ve had all summer. A day where the sky was a brilliant blue, no clouds and the air was crystal clear! I was overjoyed to be able to experience such a day. It seemed like we hadn’t had a day like that in many years.

I wanted to express my gratitude for this amazing day and I found myself afraid. Yes, afraid… I had the fear that if I expressed my happiness over this beautiful clear day that the next day there would be a forest fire and we wouldn’t see the sky for weeks after.

Well, I expressed my gratitude anyway after Bob pointed out to me that what I was experiencing was the “Fear of Happiness”. I was afraid my happiness would trigger something bad …And not just in my life but in the lives of everyone in Montana, where I live, and the surrounding area. That was heavy!

The next day there was a little fire in the valley that was quickly put out. Although we haven’t had another day of the crystalline quality of the one before, we haven’t had any forest fires in the area and we can see the sky. I daily express my gratitude for that exceptional day and that we continue to have good air quality.

In Bob’s post “Fear of Happiness” I found these paragraphs most relevant to that incident:

Have you ever felt uncomfortable or had the feeling of dread when something good (that makes you feel happy) suddenly appears in your life?… Wondering when “its too good to be true” is going to kick in and bring everything back to the way it was?

Hey, I’ve been there. For many years I thought that I simply didn’t deserve joy and fulfillment in my life… So, I made sure that I didn’t have any. You see, when you honestly believe you don’t deserve good in your life you will sabotage whatever good does appear in your life… I know, I did it many times… And in those moments when I knew I was engaging in activities that would quickly undermine the good thing… It was as if I heard the combined voices of every negative person and bad experience from my past suddenly confirming that I was not worthy of happiness.

You can read the rest of the post here…

Because I experienced that amazing day, I was worthy of the experience. If you are experiencing something wonderful in your life and it’s making you afraid. Look at where the fear is coming from. You’re having the experience, that means you are worthy!

So remember: if you find yourself in a place where you’re afraid to acknowledge and be grateful for something wonderful that’s happening in your life, stop and recognize where that fear is coming from… your “Fear of Happiness”.

Take care and let us know if we can help,

Gwen Baran

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P.P.S. “The Romance Trap” will be available this week…

If somebody walked into your life and calmly announced: “I’ve got the missing key that will unlock the door to a brand new life”– how would you react?

Most people would ignore it.

The thought of taking a single step that could transform their day-to-day reality is frightening: How would it change me? What would be different about my life?

The truth is, most people feel safer not changing anything — even when they know, in their heart of hearts — something needs to change.

There’s an old saying about misery that goes something like this:

“I may be miserable, but at least it’s mine.”

I think that speaks for itself.

Too many of us think that whatever change we are contemplating is something we can deal with at a later time. So we put it on a back burner and over time simply forget about it.

Nothing changes, therefore everything remains the same or so it appears — except the relentless march of time.

Time refuses to go on the back burner — as it ticks away, the passage of time brings us into the future and the inevitability of the very change we once tried to avoid. Only now we’ve lost our ability to manipulate the outcome of the change. What comes, comes.

We choose instead to place the limited window of opportunity on that same back burner. As the future rushes into now, we have to accept what we could have — somewhere in time — changed.

When you ignore or avoid the inevitable — it always becomes your destiny — so don’t be so surprised when what you decided to ignore or deny shows up one day…

The biggest thing in your life!

-Bob Baran

In order to discuss living your dream life, I need to tell you a little about mine:

I remember staying overnight at a lodge in Yellowstone Park a few years ago. I thought having a herd of deer meandering though the parking lot (clearly visible from the window in my room) had to be one of the coolest things I’d ever experienced… To be so close to nature–deer casually walking through your world was a normal experience.

Fast forward ten or so years…

There’s a herd of nine deer that beds down every night on my property. About 200 ft from my front deck. That’s right, the cool fantasy of being so closely connected to nature is the reality I’m now living.

I don’t live in Yellowstone National Park. I’m about 150 miles away as the crow flies. Gwen and I designed and built our dream house (in 2001) on the side of a mountain overlooking the Elkhorn Mountain range in Southwestern Montana.

The herd of deer was an unexpected surprise.

It seems that every fantasy I had about living in Montana has come true. I should add however, that I moved here in 1984 and had lived in the city (Helena, the state capitol) until I met Gwen. So I had plenty of time to get to know what I wanted. Many “Yellowstone” type experiences–which became an essential part of what my ideal Montana experience would “feel” like.

When the time came to create our own “land of magic” all of those idyllic scenes and feelings suddenly appeared. Many I had forgotten about as the years passed and was pleasantly surprised to realize “oh yeah, I always wanted that!”–was now a part of my personal discovery process–as I became more aware of the details of my dream life.

You’ve been collecting bits and pieces of your own dream life.

Either you’re now living the result of that accumulation or you’re not. If you’re not it’s because you’re afraid to. Your current day-to-day life makes you think and feel like you’re locked in–I know, I felt that way for far too many years.

For years I thought about a dream house with a world-class recording studio on the side of a mountain… In my case, I had to first find true love–which for me was the most important thing in my life. Then the rest seemed to flow from there. Building my dream house was the most natural thing I had ever done. Yet it took 17 years from the time I moved to Montana for it to happen.

There were a lot of barriers in my day-to-day reality that had to be removed. Then the dream poured forth like so many bottles of paint on a blank canvass–triggered by my intent–and knowingness that the time was right.

The inspirational journey Gwen and I have taken since we met almost nine years ago is the basis of the Intentional Prosperity™ System. Being able to consciously manifest your dreams at will–is the result of identifying a duplicatable and repeatable manifestation process.

Making your dreams come true is not a matter of luck–yet the experience feels that way, because everything unfolds in a manner which defies coincidence.

I’d be honored to show you what I’ve learned

-Bob Baran