Most people struggle through life, repeating past mistakes over and over again and then they die… without having fulfilled their dreams.

In this video I teach you how to achieve virtually anything by using a tried and tested method for boosting your success at anything you do whether in money, sports, love – literally anything…

Once you’ve watched the video, be sure to complete the exercise below it, as the exercise will bring this important concept out of the realm of THEORY and make it PRACTICALLY applicable to your life.

If you can’t see YouTube videos, watch this video on Google Video.

Click here to download your exercise that accompanies this video.

P.S. After doing the exercise, please leave your comments below.

P.P.S. If you missed the tele-seminar I did with Roger Hamilton last week, you can listen to the replay here – “How To Make Your First Million, Even In Tough Economic Times”

Roger woke up at 6am to teach with his usual passion and fire about wealth creation and particularly how to make your first million, even in tough economic times. You can listen to this call at the bottom of this blog post.

Here’s what people said about the call:

“Great call – so many amazing insights”
“This is one of the BEST tele-seminars I have listened to”

In this interview Roger covers:

• Why making your first million is not the best goal to have
• How to ask the right questions that will lead you to wealth
• What wealth really is and how it is different from money
• The wealth equation and what it means
• Three fundamental steps to becoming a millionaire.

If you haven’t yet made your first million, make sure you listen to it below. There’s a very very special offer at the end of the call too.

My call summary is here and you can find out more about Roger’s Entrepreneur Business School here. Also, if you want to book for the Entrepreneur Business School at my radically negotiated price, click here.

Sasha Xarrian

Last month, I had a problem.

I flew to Egypt for two weeks on a windsurfing trip, but I ended up in bed.

No, I wasn’t sick – I was addicted…

A friend asked me to review a book called “Outrageous Mastery” by Sasha Xarrian (who I introduced you to last week) and I literally could not put it down.

The book was so gripping that I actually sacrificed windsurfing to read this book. If you know me well, you’ll know that hardly ANYTHING can tear me away from windsurfing.

Anyway, I want to HIGHLY recommend that you buy and read this book in 2009.

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

“Outrageous Mastery” is the TRUE story of how Sasha escaped the prison-like life of the Mormon church only to find herself on the street, without a job, abandoned by her husband and supporting her SIX children on her own.

Thought your life was tough? Think again…

One thing was in Sasha’s favour though – she is a true MASTER Manifestor, a real pro with the Law Of Attraction.

Using her powerful Law Of Attraction techniques, Sasha manifested OWNING and living in her own 9 bedroom house only one month later.

She used these same techniques to manifest $500,000, rebuild her family, and get her life on track.

If you want to know how she did it, make sure you read her new book, “Outrageous Mastery“.

Her story so fascinated and inspired me, that I called up Sasha’s office and asked one of her staff how I could help them promote the book.

During our call, they told me that they have over 100 pages of unsolicited testimonials on their website, so clearly, I’m not alone in loving this book.

I hope you enjoy the recommendation:

http://www.designer-life.com/mastery

Your partner in success,

P.S. Let me know what you think of the book by leaving a comment down below…

Without these principles, businesses fail and good people like you and I, scramble desperately from scheme to scheme trying to get rich quick, frustrated that our money making efforts still amount to nothing.

I know… I’ve been there…

Only when I learned and applied the BASICS of money making, did the tables begin to turn for me.

Thanks to the TWO principles I share in the video below, my business went from struggling to thriving and the fear I used to feel as a result of my money struggles, is gone…

I’m certain that if you apply these TWO principles in your life and your business, riches will follow you wherever you go.

Enjoy…

P.S. When you’re done, let me know what you think by leaving me a comment below the video.

P.P.S The first 7 seconds of the video are blank, so the video only starts 7 seconds in…

If you’re still dreaming of one day living the good life, you’ve possibly fallen prey to the single most common mistake I see people making when creating their designer life.

Before I dive in though, allow me to explain how I define a ‘designer life’.

In it’s simplest form, a designer life is a life that you customize to meet your ideal criteria in every area of life. As I define it, it includes having the freedom to do whatever you choose whenever you choose. There’s more to it, but for the sake of simplicity, let’s use this definition for the moment.

The Biggest Mistake People Make Is…

WAITING…

Waiting is the killer of all great ideas and probably the most common mistake that stops people taking action towards creating their dream life now and actually fulfilling their dreams.

“Waiting is only one measure above death” – Werner Erhard

Although its great to dream of one day owning a mansion overlooking the sea, a red Ferrari, sporting 6-pack abs and being married to Mr Right, you’re probably not going to get all of those things in the next 7 days.

So, here’s how you can you begin living your designer life today, without waiting for your dreams to arrive in the future?

Ask yourself this, “What is it about the things I want that make me feel good?”

Continuing the example above, you may answer:

• being able to see the sea from my bedroom
• having a car that turns heads and thrills me to drive
• having a healthy, fit body
• having a loving relationship

Now, take a moment and do the math. When you add up the monthly cost for you to actually do and have the things that make you feel good, I expect you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

You can have all of the things that make you feel good now, without having to own a mansion or a Ferrari. I’m not suggesting that you give up on your dreams. I am suggesting that you can afford your dream lifestyle right now in some shape or form and you don’t have to wait for it.

So, get busy living it now, rather that waiting for your dream life to arrive someday in the future.

Watch the video below.

I interviewed this man earlier this year. He’s 70 years old and decided to stop waiting and follow his dream of sailing around the world. He also happens to be my father…

Watch this video, it’s inspiring…

So remember, your dream lifestyle is closer than you think, if you quit waiting for it.

Till next week, keep Living (with a capital L)

Your partner in success,

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If you’re struggling with keeping positive amidst the turbulent times we live in, read this…

As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Later, he failed as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to find success.
He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858.

He later became the 16th President of the United States of America.

Winston Churchill failed sixth grade. He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62. He later wrote, “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never give up.”

Sigmund Freud was booed from the podium when he first presented his ideas to the scientific community of Europe. He returned to his office and kept on writing.

Robert Sternberg received a C in his first college introductory-psychology class. His teacher commented that “there was a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.”
Three years later Sternberg graduated with honors from Stanford University with exceptional distinction in psychology, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa.

In 2002, he became President of the American Psychological Association.

Charles Darwin gave up a medical career and was told by his father, “You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat catching.” In his autobiography, Darwin wrote, “I was considered by all my masters and my father, a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of intellect.”

Clearly, he evolved.

Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.”
He was fired from his first two jobs for being “non-productive.”
As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb.
When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison replied,
“I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”

Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was “sub-normal,” and one of his teachers described him as “mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams.”
He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.

He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a little math.

Louis Pasteur was only a mediocre pupil in undergraduate studies and ranked 15th out of 22 students in chemistry.

Henry Ford could not read nor write, failed and went broke five times in business before he succeeded.

R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York City caught on.

F. W. Woolworth was not allowed to wait on customers when he worked in a dry goods store because, his boss said, “he didn’t have enough sense.”

When Bell telephone was struggling to get started, its owners offered all their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement, “What use could this company make of an electrical toy.” How many of you have a telephone today?

Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work in the rarefied atmosphere of outer space.

An expert said of Vince Lombardi: “He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation.” Lombardi would later write, “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.”

Babe Ruth is famous for his past home run record, but for decades he also held the record for strikeouts. He hit 714 home runs and struck out 1,330 times in his career (about which he said, “Every strike out brings me closer to the next home run.”).

Hank Aaron went 0 for 5 his first time at bat with the Milwaukee Braves.

Stan Smith was rejected as a ball boy for a Davis Cup tennis match because he was “too awkward and clumsy.” He went on to clumsily win Wimbledon and the US Open…and eight Davis Cups.

Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, and Jimmy Johnson accounted for 11 of the 19 Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1993. They also share the distinction of having the worst records of first-season head coaches in NFL history – they didn’t win a single game.

Johnny Unitas’s first pass in the NFL was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Joe Montana’s first pass was also intercepted. And while we’re on quarterbacks, during his first season Troy Aikman threw twice as many interceptions (18) as touchdowns (9) . . . oh, and he didn’t win a single game. You think there’s a lesson here?

After Carl Lewis won the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, he was asked to what he attributed his longevity, having competed for almost 20 years. He said, “Remembering that you have both wins and losses along the way. I don’t take either one too seriously.”

Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.

Charles Schultz had every cartoon he submitted rejected by his high school yearbook staff. Oh, and Walt Disney wouldn’t hire him.

After Fred Astaire’s first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, read, “Can’t act. Can’t sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” He kept that memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills home. Astaire once observed that “when you’re experimenting, you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, that you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion.” And here is the reward for perseverance: “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.”

After his first audition, Sidney Poitier was told by the casting director, “Why don’t you stop wasting people’s time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?” It was at that moment, recalls Poitier, that he decided to devote his life to acting.

When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, “Try any other profession.”

The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic, he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled through “a minute-and a half” of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.

After Harrison Ford’s first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him in to his office. “Sit down kid,” the studio head said, “I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star.” Ford replied, “I thought you were spossed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy.” The vice president dismissed Ford with “You ain’t got it kid , you ain’t got it … now get out of here.”

Michael Caine’s headmaster told him, “You will be a laborer all your life.”

Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered “nonsense.”

Decca Records turned down a recording contract with The Beatles with the evaluation, “We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out.” After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia records followed suit.

In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance. He told Presley, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.”

Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him “hopeless as a composer.” And, of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest symphonies while completely deaf.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life. And this, to the sister of one of his friends, for 400 francs (approximately $50). This didn’t stop him from completing over 800 paintings.

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant by her family.

Emily Dickinson had only seven poems published in her lifetime.

18 publishers turned down Richard Bach’s story about a “soaring eagle.” Macmillan finally published Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1970. By 1975 it had sold more than 7 million copies in the U.S. alone.

21 publishers rejected Richard Hooker’s humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.

27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss’s first book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

Jack London received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his first story.

Woody Allen: “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

Is there a message here? I think so…

Never give up…

Well, not so long ago, my new friend Matt Morris found himself living his worst nightmare – living out of his car, showering in the rain in a church parking lots and washing himself in gas station bathrooms. Now, just a few years later Matt used personal development to turn his life around and now runs Success University the largest personal development website in the world, owns a multi million dollar business and his company feeds almost 100000 children every month.
Matt has lived through the ultimate rags to riches story and if you want to know how he did it, what he attributes all his success to and how you can make your own success faster, make sure that you watch this fascinating interview to the end.

To find out more about Matt’s awesome company, Success University, and how you can educate yourself for personal and financial success, click here to go to Success University’s website (opens a new browser window).

Click here to download the mp3 audio of the interview. (Size: 28Mb)

P.S. I’m a member of Success University and I use it all the time. Its has everything from Business training to personal development training to Internet marketing training. I’m also on the teaching faculty, so Success University members get my “Mind Mastery 101″ CD free (normally $67). Check out Success University here.

I just found out that I have come in as one of two runners up in the XL 2008 Extraordinary Lives award!

The winner was Dr John DeMartini, so I am in good company…

XL Results Foundation is a organization that consists of Social Entrepreneurs committed to giving back. Each year, 100 members (out of 4000 or so) are nominated for the award. Nominees are extraordinary people who are making a difference in the world.

So, you can imagine what an honor it is not only to be nominated, but to also come in second place!

Read the XL press release.

Thanks to everyone who voted for me and helped me achieve this honor. Needless to say, I am blown away!

I’ve just been chosen as one of 100 people nominated for the XL Extraordinary Lives Award alongside giants such as Dr John DeMartini. The award is given to someone who has been an inspiration to others, has grown their power to create and contribute wealth and has contributed back in a meaningful way.

Each year 100 people are chosen from the thousands of XL Life Members and only one will win. The winner gets $3000 to give to the charity of their choice. Cool, hey?

If you don’t know, XL is Roger James Hamilton’s organization committed to educating people how to earn more so that they can give more. Roger James Hamilton is the creator of the incredible Wealth Dynamics profiling system that has help thousands of entrepreneurs across the globe find their path of least resistance to wealth.

I’ll keep you posted…

As I was filming them, I got so EXCITED by the information they were sharing, that I pleaded with them to let me send you some of it.

So, after 7 days and nights of editing (not to mention lots of coffee), they’ve created a 7 part Video eCourse just for you, called ‘Dream Your Business’ that will teach you how you can discover your dream business AND make a fortune with it.

It’s a totally awesome program and best of all, they’re not charging for it! Don’t ask me why???

So, go sign up now for your ‘Dream Your Business’ video eCourse while it’s still available:

Have another miraculous day.

Your partner in success,

Bruce

P.S. I just signed up myself and saw that not only have they given you some cool videos, but also workbooks and guided visualizations too! This really is insane value, considering that they’re not charging anything for it…

So go sign up now.