The Power of Intention

"Doing isn't difficult. Deciding is."
- Foster Hibbard

What is the one thing that you want in life? A loving spouse? A mansion? A sport car? A promotion? Go to grad school?

Regardless of what you want, the critical step is deciding. Decide what you want. If you do not decide, you won't get it. It's as simple as that.

Once you've decided, take steps to move yourself towards your desire. It doesn't have to be something earth-shattering. It could be something as simple as putting aside $10 a month to buy that fancy dress you've been eying. Each day, take small baby steps to get you there.

I know that deciding and taking small steps work because it has worked for me. If it works for me, it would also work for you.

Since I decided I want to be financially free and start taking baby steps, a series of events have occurred that take me closer to my goal. A seminar invitation, a new contact, new acquaintances, new opportunities. When I look back on what has happened in the past 6 months, I could not help but feel amazed by how things seem to fall into place.

When you read books on how to be successful, all of them advice you to get into the company of like-minded people. Surround yourself with successful people. When you do so, you cannot help but be influenced by their success and that will help propel you forward. The next most common advice is to find a mentor. A mentor is vital in securing your success because s/he had done it and can guide you, and reduces the chances of you making unnecessary mistakes.

I asked myself for months, how and where I can find like-minded and successful people. An opportunity presents itself last May. I heard this really loud voice telling me, "Go join them. Go for it. If you don't do this you'll regret it for the rest of your life." I followed that voice and found myself in the company of like-minded people and some very successful ones too! This is the power of intention at work!

My next concern was finding a mentor who can guide me. Last month, another opportunity was presented and I decided to grab it. I am now working under the guidance of a success coach. This is my second week in the program. What an awesome 2 weeks it have been.

If you've ever tried to enroll yourself in a coaching/mentoring program you'd know how costly it can be. I can barely afford it myself, but I decided to jump in anyway because I know that if I can go through this and achieve my goal within the next year, the reward I'll receive will far exceed the price I'm paying now.

I'm going to let you know what I'm doing in this coaching program. So if you can't afford such programs, pay attention, and I'll share what I learn with you.

September has been exciting!

Yup, it sure has been an exciting month. One of the speakers at the National Achievers Congress (NAC) that I attended in May was Roger Hamilton who talked about the path of least resistance to your wealth. Each person is born with a certain wealth profile. If you want to be wealthy (the definition of which may vary depending on who you talk to), you must first identify your wealth profile. This is important as it allows you to follow your natural flow of building wealth.

If you read the biographies of famous people, you'll find that they have different strategies in wealth building, e.g Donald Trump's approach is to make himself accessible whereas Oprah Winfrey says make yourself inaccessible. Neither advice is wrong. Trump's advice suits his profile. Doing otherwise would be disaster for him.

Before you decide whose advice you want to follow, you must know what is right for you. How do you know what is your wealth profile? Roger Hamilton introduced a wealth profiling system that tells you what is your path of least resistance in building your wealth. You can read about it in his book Your Life Your Legacy. After reading that, you might also want to read WINK - an interesting parable of wealth building.

At NAC, I also signed up for the Wealth Dynamics seminar, conducted by Roger Hamilton, which was held 2 weeks ago. It was awesome. That was the most amazing 3 days of my life.

One of the advice I encountered repeatedly is the importance of a mastermind group. Members of this group shares their goals and challenges with each other, and help each other move forward. I've been asking myself how I can form a master group. I found it at the Wealth Dynamics seminar. One of the things that we're required to is to form a team comprising of people of different wealth profiles. I now have my mastermind group. I'm so excited. I really hope this groups will work as planned and that we'll help one another to achieve our goals and be successful.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.