The Best Years of Your Life… Now!

Beware of the misunderstood and potentially dangerous state of “acceptance”.

When you “accept” something the Universe maintains it in your reality. The Universe is always working as a tool of your desire. If you choose to “accept” what you don’t want – it translates into what you desire! Sounds crazy but that’s how it works folks!

The Universe is always responding to where you place your attention. It its designed to translate your attention into your desire to experience whatever it is you are placing your attention on. It does not differentiate between what you “want or don’t want” – as far as “it’s” concerned you want everything you put your attention on – Got that?

This is a part of the “LIFE PROCESSING RECIPE” that is fixed.

The Universe always maintains the reality of whatever you’re acknowledging. Anything you put your attention on you are acknowledging and accepting as your reality.

That’s why the cliche: “Accept those things you can’t change” – is insane!

Never “accept or allow” as your reality what you think you can’t change. Instead, shift you’re attention away to what you currently believe you can change. Over time what you thought you couldn’t change (and those who don’t understand the Law of Attraction would tell you to “accept”) must also change along with the ongoing shift in your reality…

My own example:

A few years ago I lived in the downtown area of Helena, MT. I had a seperate buiding with a soundproofed recording studio in it. I’d shut the door and it was quite. However my house next door was like any other house in the neighborhood. And being downtown it was almost a nightly ritual to hear a cop car siren or ambulance at some point in the middle of the night…

Although I couldn’t change that noise I refused to accept it!

Instead I “intended” that one day I would live in a place where it was quiet. Quiet like the experience I had in my recoding studio. I never “accepted or allowed” what I didn’t like – the noise in the middle of the night as my permanent reality. Do you “see” what I’m saying here?

I didn’t wake up pissed off every night when the siren woke me up… I just reinforced that soon this would never again be an issue… And imagined a wonderfully quite place to sleep in peace.

I think I’ve heard one siren in the last two years in this wonderful quite place I’ve lived in for the last decade.

NEVER ACCEPT WHAT YOU CAN’T CHANGE!

Shift your attention to those things and activities which will create the reality you want. Never reinforce by accepting or allowing what “appears” to be something you can’t change. Maybe you can’t change “it” but you absolutely can change your reality so “it” is no longer part of your new reality….!

On a lighter note: Here’s a video of “When Love Comes Again” from my new web site Our Special Secret.com hope you enjoy! click here

-Bob Baran

In my last blog I spoke to the reality that there’s no money for all the changes people are hoping for… 

We did however elect a President who absolutely inspires.

So let’s take a deep breath and look at what our new President elect’s own advisors are now saying about what he can realistically accomplish:

From the front page of  New York Times (online) November 5, 2008:

–The caution reflected the inevitable perils of taking control of the White House at such a difficult time, particularly after a campaign that stirred so much hope among voters. The economic crisis will certainly complicate Mr. Obama’s more ambitious domestic efforts like broadening health care coverage and cutting taxes for most Americans. His call for a change in the tone in Washington would require a sharp shift in history. Even with substantial Democratic majorities in the Senate and the House, passing major legislation could still be time-consuming for Mr. Obama and require compromise.–

Do you get the message?

DON’T WAIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP YOU.

I’ll make another prediction:  You’re going to hear a growing theme of “self reliance” coming from our newly elected administration (It’s good and about time!) … Because the problems are so overwhelming that it’s going to take an enormous effort to reverse.  You’re going to have to become responsible for your own welfare in the coming weeks and months.

As you know I’ve been working on a video with the working title: “Radical Prosperity Mindset”. I’m happy to announce that Gwen and I have decided on an upgraded title more befitting and frankly kind of obvious when you think about it:

“Intentional Self-Reliance” 

So we’re moving ahead with this exciting new video.  In fact our new report – “Intentional Self-Reliance — 5 Radical Tips You Can Use Now”  will be on the web site within the next 24 hours so make sure you download your copy.

“Intentional Self-Reliance Workshop” is our new video that’s going to give you a step by step process for transforming your current mindset and your lifestyle into one you can face any challenge or change in the coming weeks and months…

As I’ve written before now that the election is over you are going to start being told the real immensity of the financial crisis we are facing.  I think the New York Times article is just the beginning of the “reality check” we are now all in for…

For those of you who know you have to take control of your day-to-day reality — the coming days are going to be a chapter in your life full of possibilities and opportunities.  

But it’s an attitude thing:  If you are prepared to amplify your personal self-reliance you’re going to successfully ride the wave of change…

If you choose to bury your head in denial or worse, wait for the government to help you out — just remember what happened in New Orleans, during hurricane Katrina.  

Don’t wait around…

Bob Baran

As we’ve been putting together our Radical Prosperity Mindset workshop video — one of the topics we’re covering seemed like it should find it’s way into a post — so here goes:

As soon as you are able to, you need to arrange a time with your immediate family, or your extended family of friends and trusted neighbors and have a very serious discussion about everyone’s reaction to what’s going on in the world.

The reason I bring this up is some of the reports we’ve been getting — from surprising sources — regarding how the stress and panic of the ongoing financial crisis and how it’s beginning to affect people. It’s happening in ways that are not always obvious.  

For example: according to a news report I heard on the radio a couple of days ago the suicide rate amongst middle aged “white women” has risen 300% in recent weeks — and it’s being attributed to stress from the financial crisis.  This is a very alarming trend and could be an early indicator of how stress could be affecting many women.

That’s why I urge you to take time to reach out to those you care about and have a conversation about the potential implications of the our rapidly changing world…

There’s a real problem of denial in our day-to-day world right now.  People who are not having their concerns reflected in the mainstream media or other areas of society may feel isolated or that they are all alone facing their particular situation.

We also need to be talking to each other and defining our relationships. Who are you going to be able to count on when you really need  to count on someone?  Don’t wait until an unexpected situation occurs and then find out a relationship — you had been counting on —  was based upon your assuming certain things that were not shared with the other person…

You need to know where you stand with the people in your life.

The current changes taking place in the world makes it all that more essential for you to make sure you’re not caught up in “one sided” relationships with people who will let you down when you need them most.

You should look at getting a reality check on your interpersonal life as an important part of your “personal survival network”.  I’m talking about emotional as well as physical survival.  

This may be the first time in your life you’ve had to think about what part your relationships with your family, friends and neighbors are going to play in case your physical survival becomes an issue — but it’s something you need to consider very seriously.

As always my motto remains: “Expect the best but prepare for the worst”.  

Knowing who you can trust and to what degree you can expect someone to act in your best interest — is really nothing more than allowing yourself to become “street smart”.  Believe me when I was a kid growing up on the streets of Detroit — I knew who my friends were — and I had no illusions about how much they would be willing to help me when the chips were down.

-Bob Baran 

I’ve always believed that doing nothing in any life situation — that begs you to take action — makes it inevitable that the real cost to you  –  in time, emotion and money —  will quickly escalate.

I had a conversation with someone today that brought this truism home.

We had a computer repair guy stop by to do warranty work on one of our Mac’s.  It was a small thing — replacing the headphone jack.  As one thing led to another the topic of the financial crisis came up.

“Right after I first heard about the financial crisis — I was ready to sell off my stocks and cash out — but all of my friends told me to hang in there — now I’m afraid to look at what’s left…” was the computer repair guy’s comment on the situation.

 I felt so bad for him when I heard this… Why do people not trust their gut feelings when it comes to something as important as their life savings?

What possessed him to ask his friends what they thought?

Are they now going to rescue him financially?

The problem with asking your friends what they think you should do (about anything) is that unless they are experts and have real experience with a given situation, their advice is usually worthless!  

Sorry to put it so bluntly but that’s a fact.

You see, most people are afraid to take action —  even when their personal early warning radar is screaming at them to do something.  Instead they contact their friends or family members —  who are also feeling the same sense of concern — but a strange phenomenon then takes place:  

The person being asked for advice doesn’t want to disclose his or her own feelings and  betray their emotions. So they attempt to come off as being unflappable.   In other words, they tell their friends to stay calm and not overreact — which in this case was the worst advice anybody could give!

I mentioned to him that I posted a blog on  Monday October 10, 2008 and told everyone I knew to sell-off their stocks immediately — and park the money in an FDIC insured bank account for the time being… I was motivated to write that posting by watching Jim Cramer, from the “Mad Money” cable show… I was just relaying his advice — and he was someone who I knew was an expert — and didn’t have some kind of hidden agenda...

What I was struck with was the if the repair guy  had embraced a  Radical Prosperity Mindset — he would have taken the most obvious action — which is to protect his nest egg!  

Instead he chose not to trust himself or his “radar” and reached out to his friends and family for advice.  So they all lost a significant portion of their nest eggs together!

Why will people rationalize doing the opposite of what their own “internal survival mechanism” is urging them to do?  Because our society has made rational thought — even when it is based upon bad information — to be more valuable than an “emotional feeling”.

Big mistake!

As I explain in “The Intentional Prosperity™ System” — an emotional feeling can often be a rapid synopsis of an enormous amount of data.  Think of it this way:  His gut’s told him to do something quick — that feeling was based upon the right side of his brain quickly scanning his attitudes, opinions and beliefs as well as his current day-to-day reality.  That “scan” came back as a feeling —  he didn’t feel comfortable with —  so to dispel its effects he rationalized his feeling as being reactionary and not valid.

Of course it was reactionary!

The right brain function of your mind has a 360 degree view of your current reality!  I’m convinced that it (the right brain) also has the ability to accurately project into the future —  likely probabilities…  Because he couldn’t decipher the flavor of emotion he was feeling — which was telling him to get out of the stock market because he was going to loose a lot of money.   He trusted his limited left brain rationale and the limited rationale of others who he trusted more than he trusted himself and talked himself into doing nothing.

Instead of trusting himself he consciously chose to become a victim.

By adopting a Radical Prosperity Mindset, you learn quickly to trust yourself because you allow yourself to enter the “zone” where your awareness is amplified and your feelings become your long-range radar — working for you — protecting you.

If you diminish the importance of how you feel — instead of paying attention to what the flavor of that feeling may be communicating to you — you become your own worst enemy. Because you’ve turned your back on one of the most powerful “survival and success” tools you possess — instead of understanding, embracing and utilizing it for your own good.

-Bob Baran 

I hated listening to those gloom and doom guys!

You know the type — for the last twenty years they’ve been telling you about the impending global financial crises — the collapse of the stock market — the end of civilization as we know it. I used to turn them off.

Yeah, well it took twenty years to get here…

If you would have listened to those gloom and doom guys you would have been living in fear, uncertainty and doubt for a good part of your life — waiting for the other shoe to drop… That’s no way to live.

Okay… the other shoe has dropped.

Now let’s face reality.

The mainstream media is not going to tell you the entire truth about what’s going on because they don’t want to lose your patronage. If what they tell you makes you feel bad you’re going to tune them out — So you’ll continue to get more of the same with small doses of reality on the 6:00 pm news.

The mainstream media is not the early warning system it may have been once upon a time.

After all, how is it possible that we all went to bed one night — where everything was fine and the next morning — on that fateful day in September — we wake up to find out we were “days away” from a global financial meltdown — Excuse me? (What is it about September anyway?)

So, do yourself a favor and don’t count on the media to tell you what’s really going on

By the time they “get it” it’s usually too late for you to do anything about it…

The media has become isolated from reality. It’s the old “herd mentality” at work. The media jumps on a story because their “group think” (read lazy journalism) determines something is finally important enough to discuss it. By the time this happens the real significance to you has already diminished… and the reason is this:

When the mass of society finally adopts something as being significant — that significance has already been diluted to the lowest common denominator.

What does this mean to you?

Don’t wait around with your finger up in the air trying to judge which way the wind is blowing! If you wait for the wind to reach you it’s already too late to change your direction!

You’ve got to become proactive about your life and your lifestyle.

You must develop a “Radical Prosperity Mindset” and get “street smart” about your life and your options. Don’t sit back and act as if everything is just going to continue as it has in the past. We’re undergoing fundamental change to our way of life and we will not fully understand what those changes are going to be for months to come.

I’m working on a new video that will be titled “RPM — Radical Prosperity Mindset”

It’s a highly focused workshop that will show you how to squeeze the financial fat out of your lifestyle and reposition yourself to ride the wave of change — a wave that’s already here and is going to continue to build in the coming months… The video is also going to show you how to become “street smart” about your life and the world around you.

Change is already underway — Either you understand, accept and adjust to it by empowering yourself to become the Master of your destiny — or do nothing and wake up one morning paralyzed by fear, uncertainty and doubt — because you don’t know how to react to a world that just happened to change…

While you were sleeping.

-Bob Baran