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Unbreakable spirit.

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” ~ Benjamin Franklin; Founding Father of The United States, political theorist, Freemason, politician, printer, author, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

The human spirit is the hidden mystery for the ones that dwell in fear and confusion, but for the ones that dwell in faith and persistence there is a bright light that is guiding our paths, and even if the path looks dark one must always keep looking at the bright light at a distance. If we stop looking at this brilliant light or deviate our course just one inch, then, the outcomes of our experience are bound to differ and we may not enjoy the journey of our path.

This is why the only unique way to reach success on anything great in life is to focus upon this brilliant light, our goals and dreams, through persistence. Persisting is remaining focused and targeted upon our heart’s innermost desire, walking the path no matter the obstacles and challenges we may encounter. But that is just the key: Walking the path, not running. If we run and allow excitement or anxiety to overwhelm us, then our minds will become obfuscated and stressed, thus we will quit; however, by walking you develop patience in your journey, your mind expands in understanding and resilience, you develop wisdom, and you enjoy every moment of this wonderful journey as well.

Never lose faith in your path or yourself. There is a higher reason, perhaps one you may not understand at the moment, for everything to happen the way it happens. Life is building you stronger, but you need to allow it to do so through persistence and faith. Give it time.

“The Only Path To Success Is Persistence”

All of us have dreams and goals, the expansion of our talents, the sharing of our love, the need to reach out and develop in this world. This is success, the bliss taking over our bodies and making us soar through the skies, the strong feeling of value and human identity in us, and the recognition as valuable human beings in our society; but, we must understand, success is not a destination, thus you cannot wait for success or wait to have success whenever you reach your goal.
Success is a journey you have to enjoy daily, otherwise it can become an illusion you’ll never reach. Do not let your ego trick you in this.
You must enjoy every moment you are alive and awake, through the good and the bad times; furthermore, this is success–a constant feeling in your heart and mind. And you can only feel success within you if you maintain yourself busy towards a goal or goals (whatever those might be for you). It is the persistence, and specifically the persistence through hard times, the one that will make sure you are feeling successful.
If you do not have goals and dreams, no matter your age, your mind will wither and you will become miserable, and emanate that misery onto others. This is the opposite of success, like fear is the opposite of love.
Be persistent, no matter your race, culture, or where you were born, because it is the only path to true success.
A Quitter Never Wins!
A Winner Never Quits!

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Tips on Problem Solving

“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” ~ Sir Bernard Williams; English Moral philosopher.

Life is challenges, that is the value of life, the rich essence of human existence. Imagine if you didn’t have problems or challenges, you would never grow and learn, you would never feel blissful and accomplished whenever you have achieved something you have worked for. Human beings only know success because they know frustration and failure. Human beings only know happiness because they know unhappiness. Human beings only know how love feels because they know how fear, hate, and rejection feels.

A few tips on Problem Solving for your everyday life:

Accept the problem: Quite often we try to push on, live our lives ignoring a problem or just hoping it goes away on its own; however, this might be counterproductive for growth and for a solution, because it could backfire on us. Acceptance of a problem means that you are not resisting and not feeding that problem by an immature and damaging process. Accepting it means that you allow peace and clarity to enter your mind and so think better, to become one with the problem and not running away from it like it is your enemy. Problems are not enemies, they are there for a reason; to help us grow and master ourselves, master our skills of creativity, of imagination. So become one with the energies of your problems; because those energies can be transformed in solutions if you work with that problem.
Keep calm and analyze: Ask yourself: What’s the worst that could happen…?? Is this really the end of my life…?? Should I let this problem rob me of happiness and clarity…?? Should I allow fear to take over my mind and my body…?? Thoughts of obsession and darkness seem to overwhelm the mind when we have a problem, and by taking a step back, sitting calmly, breathing deeply and meditating or contemplating on the problem, we can then become rulers over the situation and get rid of the brunt or heart of the stress we feel. And remember that stress is conducive to illness and all sorts of problems, specially it blocks your creative thinking.
Remember who you are and look at failure as nothing to you: This is a big one, and one that most of us forget. What human beings really are, beyond the mere thoughts we have and the decaying flesh we see in the mirror, is energy, energy inside each atom that makes us; and this energy is what we call Imagination or Creativity, and this is why we are given by life problems and challenges in the first place, because we are equipped by nature to solve them, whether you are conscious of it or not… Also whenever problems overwhelm you, look and learn from highly successful people and their views on failure–i.e., failure is just a state of the mind for them, and something not to be feared but to be welcomed and learn from.
Don’t be proud, ask for help: Quite often, there is that foolish pride the ego creates, that embarrassment perhaps, that fear; but, the opposite of fear is love, so you have to accept to expand that love to get rid of that fear, and you do it by connecting with others, by sharing the weights you carry on your shoulders with others. As human beings, we are to support each other because we are a collective species, we are one in the sense that we must help each other with the challenges we present. Pride drives the ego and so the problems you may have exacerbate or become heavier on you; therefore, help others with their problems, and help yourself by connecting with others and sharing the burden you carry. Asking for help means trust, and trust is the expansion of love; the expansion of love is not a weakness but a strength, an imaginable power.
Use The Universal Law: This law says that a task will expand in time and seeming complexity depending on the time you set aside for it. For instance, if you say to yourself that you will come up with a solution within a week, then the problem will seem to grow more difficult and you will spend more and more time trying to come up with a solution. So focus your time on finding solutions, be clear of mind first and then give yourself an hour or so (instead than a whole week) to find that solution. In this manner, you will rule your own mind and not allow panic or stress to set in and take over, you will give your mind a definite time frame and structure to come up with a solution in a very ordered way; and this will drive the best methods to use the energies of creativity that lie within you.
Watch your words about the problem: Words, like thoughts, are energy, powerful energy which attracts either positive or negative outcomes. Most people fail on finding solutions to big problems because they ignore this deep understanding; this can either bring more problems and stress or it can bring solutions and mental peace. Your choice… Whenever you feel frustrated and say something negative like “I cannot do this!” or, “There’s no solution here!” you allow more stressful thoughts and situations to appear in your midst, to overwhelm you further. Whenever you do this, you are summoning negative energy by picturing a “giving up” image in your mind. This is the loser’s mentality, but most people do not realize it. The winner’s mentality realizes that there is no failure or losing in life, just challenges to learn from and always grow. So be wise, adopt a winner’s mentality!

There is always a solution to your problems, but the challenge is to keep your mind clear and peaceful to find it.

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The light to the darkness (video)

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Post date July 24, 2017
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“If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.” ~ Kris Carr; best-selling author, wellness activist and cancer survivor.

Don’t think you will be able to pay the mortgage coming up? The kids are being kicked out of school? Someone called you something you don’t like? You lost your job? Someone close to you died? You engaged into a conversation with a moron who has a very small mind? Your reaction is everything in life.
I am not saying is easy, mind you. I am not saying you shouldn’t care, mind you.
I am indeed saying that you should always think clearly, and do not become trapped by thoughts of destruction which can alter your mood and behavior thus making the problem even worse.
See, when you laugh at the problems presented in your midst and to the nonsense other people do, then you become stronger and resilient to deal with whatever happens in your life, your mind elevates and you see above your own problems, you come up with imaginative ideas and great solutions to further progress.
And so quite often, consciously or subconsciously, we allow stress to obscure our thoughts and cloud our judgement, but there is something very simple humankind can do to raise themselves above all this.
Creativity is the all-cure process which comes in many forms. But a process you must enjoy. And so this is the greatest tool of any creator.

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Mastermind (PART4)

This is PART 4 of a short series of blogs on Mastermind Leadership from a book I am writing, titled: “Inner Wealth. Outer Wealth.,” which deals with the spiritual, mental, and physical processes of all success achievement in life.

–Earlier, or in yesterday’s blog, I talked about a little bit about persistence in the mastermind as the greatest organizational tool of the true and wise leader.

I mentioned, among many other things, that no real man achieves great success in any function by giving in to stress and fear, or by letting life’s challenges and seeming setbacks belittle him and his efforts; however, you need to incorporate into your very biology this universal law right now, that the harder the challenges presented in your life, the more you will receive from the universe in terms of success if you remain strong and resilient throughout those hard challenges.

Now a little about delegating, its importance in all growth, and its extreme organization.

And in regards to the collective mastermind, most people believe that as leaders or creative individuals to their own vision theirs should always be the responsibilities to do everything, the grand ideas and moves of the business should be their doing, that they should not trust others as much; however, one mind cannot cover all fields of knowledge and expertise, one mind cannot see all the concealed details for advancement needed in the bumpy road to success, and so full trust on others is paramount here. Delegating is a strength only the true and powerful leader knows and uses to his advantage, and so delegating means a calm and ordered state of mind which is free of fear and anxiety.

This takes some of the pressure off the leader and balances life and work for him; therefore, balance is the key to the door to all success and bliss, balance brings peace and clear-headedness to any undertaking. Like Buddha said, “Follow the Middle-Way.” Find your balance between two extremes in life.

Delegating as the most important skill of the leader in life and in business.

“Don’t be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.” ~ Donald Rumsfeld; American politician and businessman.

As a top manager and wise leader, delegation should claim its rightful center stage in the energies of your consciousness, and should be allowed to penetrate your very cellular composition, and thus become your persona in the way you run things. Good delegation is a priority of organization, without a doubt, because delegating means dissecting problems or studying the field to develop further and so trusting the right people to be of value to you and to themselves. Good delegation saves time and energy, it adds dynamic growth to your business venture, it motivates people and expands their horizons of the undertaking, allows issues or process problems to be detected with competency and rapidity, it brings focus and experience to people, and it builds and boosts great management assets around you—i.e., makes wise leaders out of the people who work with you.

But, you must have in mind this also, poor delegation will bring much frustration and stress to you and to your venture, it will make the other person feel confused and depressed, it will create tension and emotional distance in the work atmosphere, it will certainly stunt all growth, and it might design an attraction vortex to more poor choices. This last one is extremely important, and quite often ignored by many unwise entrepreneurs, perhaps because it is the opposite of success attraction; therefore, good choices and good delegation attract success, and poor choices and poor delegation attract disappointments. History is full of many stories of great and intelligent people, and even of great empires, who lost everything they had built because of poor delegation skills.

Still, delegating, when it comes to true organizational skills in the leader, cannot be detached or indifferent from the professional mastermind because it creates forward growth and unites people, and that is exactly what professional business development, and even life in general, is all about, the unity of people and the advocacy of coming together for a greater purpose.

Following, I bring you some suggestions to have in mind when making use of the powers of delegation in your own mastermind:

1) Cultivate patience: When delegating and trusting people you must remain calm and stress free, guide your thoughts of anxiety toward some other task, let the process of delegation work, simply accept that you are sharpening your leadership and strengthening your business venture by letting the other person be part of that growth. When you do this is also important that you have in mind that no one works the same way, with the same ideas and strengths, so be supportive and let people around you flourish and claim their own value and, most importantly, at their own time.

2) Know your people: Get to know people beforehand and connect at a professional level which can you give you insight into their individual strengths and professional skills, because in the good and wise leader falls the responsibility of delegating to the right people. Qualifications beyond just emotional attachment are paramount in a work atmosphere, or in any life venture where you have a serious purpose. Furthermore, you do not get the best people for the task being delegated just for the sake of the task itself, but mainly because the person you are trusting with the task will develop himself or herself further and grow emotionally if that person possesses the right qualifications to do a good job. As a leader, think always in terms of people growth and the rest will grow by itself; if the people expands intellectually and emotionally, so will the business venture.

3) Be proactive, not lazy: The process of delegation is about intelligent organization and creative leadership, and not about overwhelming people with the tasks you do not like; therefore, you delegate masterfully by being organized and professional while having in mind the right procedures for growth regarding people’s unique strengths. You must claim wisdom in this, not only due to the ambition for business expansion you might have, but because people around you can sense your lack of proclivity in your own work, thus you will lose leadership by being disorganized and by forcing most of the tasks on them.

4) Know in your mind precisely why you are delegating: This is the basic understanding of the serious and committed leader, because there is no real leadership without understanding of the processes of your business or tasks; however, this is a slow process, I know, and you cannot figure out everything by yourself, but this is why you study everything in detail, the ins and outs of your business venture, and also this is why you have partnered with individuals with different skills. Each member of the partnership or mastermind alliance should understand what the other does, for this creates great strength and connection in the group, just like a pack of wolves or coyotes each has a definite task in the group and respects each other’s roles. And, of course, it goes without saying that, also when delegating, you as the leader must always explain why you are delegating to whomever you are delegating; thus, you show and increase leadership skills, and you pass your vision and mentally prepare people further for the task at hand. Unity and connection is all. Harmony in the business orchestra is all.

5) Inquire and give feedback: While you let the person work on his/her assignment, make sure you touch base once in a while during the process, not to hurry the person or to invade the process itself, but to demonstrate your support and interest and also offer your opinions or feedback without demanding or controlling the situation. This brings an atmosphere of honest collaboration and forthcoming dedication to the same goal, and it, too, communicates to the group a dynamic and close unity. Using welcoming ideas and opinions while boosting morale goes a long way when it comes to the professional atmosphere, and, of course, always appreciate the efforts of somebody else. The one thing in common which people searches in anything they do, consciously or subconsciously, is to feel of value themselves, to feel important; whether is about starting a business or starting a family, they crave the feeling of being somebody and doing something to create value—so if you find a way to fulfill this human need in your mastermind, then, connection will grow stronger and you will reach success.

6) Include people in the process: Another great idea, natural of the empowering leader, is to delegate by including people in the process, which means, when possible, letting each member tell you what they can do and at what task they can stand out. The goal always is to succeed as a group, not to outshine others as an individual by telling them all the time what to do. Success is a collective effort which demands group unity and forethought, and true leadership is the higher system keeping this harmony operating and away from all ego.

7) Communicate clearly and with focus: This is extremely important and basic of leadership, because here you make sure that your vision and specific need of the assignment or task is clearly conveyed to your partner or business ally. Your mind and heart has to find absolute focus upon the delegated theme or task, in order for this process to be fruitful and also become a strong foundation for the whole business venture; therefore, ensure clear communication, state perfectly your needs for the project, your mental projections and expectations, but do it in a gentle and professional manner thus truly leading and not demanding of the other person or persons. Give or talk about clear timelines or processing time and what to expect in reality, engage and connect and allow people to ask and also have access to all they need to fulfill the job; consequently, it is very helpful for the leader, for the person being delegated, and for the very process itself, to write everything I mentioned down in a piece of paper or template with guidelines for the project or goal. Remember, the more specific and organized you are, the more connection with people and thus the more probability of getting the results you need for success.

8) Identify the task portion to delegate: Sometimes you do not have to delegate the whole task, perhaps you can manage some duties really well and some others are not your forte, and that is why you must be really acquainted with the job at hand and align it with the right expertise; therefore, give others the value of helping you and sharing the responsibility through each individual expertise. When you delegate a portion of the task, you have to make sure all the group parts understand what they specifically have to do on their respective portions. This is deep sharing which must work in harmony and unity, and it ought to bring you closer in communication with all the group parts involved in order to take the whole task or job to great success.

9) Give credit when due, NEVER blame: When something goes right or when somebody achieves something, then is time for the leader to give thanks and credit to that person in the mastermind group session, in public; besides being good for the person praised after a good job, this deepens values in leadership itself and designs vast connection platforms in which to build stronger partnerships based on higher morale. If something is missing or somebody for some reason does not get the job done, withhold blame and all negative reactions, do not create embarrassment in the other person, because stating your disappointment or anger does not help but it only belittles the value of people, and it, too, creates anxiety and a defensive attitude; furthermore, to increase their value and boost all productivity always think clearly and think emotional connection, so help in whatever they need, and help in the dissection of mistakes in a gentle and professional manner in order to learn from those mistakes and study their specifics.

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Mastermind (PART 3)

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” ~ Calvin Coolidge; lawyer, politician, governor, and President of The United States.

This is PART 3 of a short series of blogs on Mastermind Leadership from a book I am writing, titled: “Inner Wealth. Outer Wealth.,” which deals with the spiritual, mental, and physical processes of all success achievement in life.

–Earlier, or in yesterday’s blog, I talked about Collective Mastermind and further specifics on forming a promising team which thinks and is driven like in your road to success.

I mentioned, among many other things, that if you want others to feel comfortable around you and work by your side, then, there is no other way. Human beings accomplish more and greater things when they work together towards the same goal.

Now, A little bit about persistence in the mastermind as the greatest organizational tool of the true and wise leader.

Greater organization is persisting through it all.

You must always have in mind that you have now made the most important decision of your life, which is to continue in the path to success, which, to be an earnest and heartfelt decision, should be based on discipline and deep love. Discipline to stay the challenging path to success, and deep love to regard your vision as sacred. Nothing exalts the mind of man more than an ambitious and sincere goal founded on pure love for the development of his vision, and nothing attracts success, in all facets of the human experience, more than an ambitious and sincere man with goals; so, it goes without saying then, that attraction quality living in the realm of the invisible cannot remain if the man with the ambitious and sincere goals has weakened and lost his way.

As we mentioned in chapter 1, “The most destructive and wicked force, and the most creative and beautiful force as well; therein lies all human power, all human achievement of good and evil, the mighty height of your Higher or Lower Consciousness, your hidden genius or your chosen mediocrity, your self-destruction or embraced immortality. Because it all depends on you, and just on you.” The key then is to recognize the conscious mind as just a tool, and not let it design fear and confusion out of the challenges you will encounter. This is the greater organization of your mind, which evolves into steely persistence, because in recognizing the conscious mind as just a tool then you become wise and resilient, able to withstand the blows coming from life’s challenges and the so-called “failures” you may encounter.

You do have to make perfectly sure that your own mastermind, your own mental planning and analysis of the way to your vision, and to develop that vision, is unflawed or as best it can be as a process of evolution, because this is the grand, dynamic, powerful foundation which will serve to build on and motivate you further, or keep you motivated and pumped up whenever negative things or thoughts appear in your experience. Challenges in life will only make you stronger and wiser to your goal if you have a strong and organized foundation, but if your foundation is weak and disorganized then they will depress you and bring you down with the first blow; so, like the professional boxer before the grand fight, you have to visualize the opponent beforehand and analyze his form and style, then you can understand the mindset you must espouse in order to be prepared to resist the blows or even to get back up.

Many men around the world never achieve great success, even though they might be extremely talented and clever, because of that very fact, they neglect the condition of mind they have to adopt, they do not visualize the challenges and issues which could rest in wait for them; but, what they are good at doing is visualize the ultimate goal of their desire and none of the blows they could receive on their path, and that brings the mind to a constant illusion which also weakens their decision and forms subconsciously so they fall hard on the ring mat when things do not go as planned. When things go wrong or not as you planned, do not panic or feel down like a sheep, be calmed and collected, tame your unruly mind and take charge like a lion, go back and analyze your plans and if you need to change them or tweak them a little, then, do it.

No real man achieves great success in any function by giving in to stress and fear, or by letting life’s challenges and seeming setbacks belittle him and his efforts; however, you need to incorporate into your very biology this universal law right now, that the harder the challenges presented in your life, the more you will receive from the universe in terms of success if you remain strong and resilient throughout those hard challenges. After those challenges, you will stand tall and mighty to get your rewards, and you will be a new man, wiser, more confident, more powerful, stronger of mind and body. Persistence is just that, not letting anything come between yourself and your vision for success. You are the driver and the one being driven, and you have to visualize the route you’ll take; so, if you take a bad route in spite of your good planning and efforts, do not fret and become a victim, take a rest for a moment and plan a new route, and again, and again, until you have mastered the meandering road to success.

Let us take as an example Milton Hershey, founder of the famous ‘Hershey Chocolate Company,’ which really embraced the mastermind process and became persistence itself. Mr. Hershey left school in the fourth grade and worked as an apprentice for a printmaker, but that did not work and soon he was fired. He then became an apprentice to a candy manufacturer in Lancaster, PA, where he studied and practiced the skill of making candy for about four years. Full of confidence and motivation then, he started his own company, who soon failed. Not giving in to stress and fear, he started another company, which, regardless of his planning, it failed again. But he had become the very heart of persistence by now, so he dust himself off and continued by building another company, which did not succeed either. Seeing that the companies, located in Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, he had worked so hard to build had not given him the success his heart deeply desired, he went back in his mind and came up with new ideas and better organization of his vision.

He then moved back to Lancaster and initiated the ‘Lancaster Caramel Company,’ but now, with his own caramel recipe added, it became finally a success; however, he was a visionary and a true leader, so he knew that the future and the greater opportunity for him rested upon chocolate-making (because the Swiss owned that delicacy and he wanted to innovate it here in the U.S.), so he sold his caramel company for about (what would be considered in today’s currency) $26 million and started the famous and extremely successful Hershey Chocolate Company. And so, as you can tell from this great man, not only did Mr. Hershey persist through the many blows life gave him, but he also did it at home and helped embellish and strengthen the very spirit of his vast community by creating hundreds of jobs, by building churches, houses, and schools; thus, he became cemented as a true legend and hero for many in Pennsylvania.

Henry Ford, for example, designed extremely great success and prosperity, not because he possessed a higher intellect than you or anybody else, but because he created his own mastermind, individual and collective, and so organized his ideas through real commitment and persistence. Persistence in the face of adversity is key to accomplishing everything you really want in life. See, Mr. Ford knew that he wasn’t the most qualified and educated, cunning and talented, person in the world, but he never let that weak fact bring down his vision and passion for success; for he, like Hershey, had something most men with better education and higher intelligence, and even money for a smoother business ride, did not have: PERSISTENCE.

Tomorrow, PART 4 of Mastermind Leadership, about delegating, its importance in all growth, and its extreme organization.

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Mastermind (PART 2)

“To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.” ~ Meg Whitman; American business executive, political activist and donor.

This is PART 2 of a short series of blogs on Mastermind Leadership from a book I am writing, titled: “Inner Wealth. Outer Wealth.,” which deals with the spiritual, mental, and physical processes of all success achievement in life.

–Earlier, I talked about the core of mastermind and the Individual Mastermind.

I mentioned that Leadership is the association of energies living in your consciousness to self-discipline your mortal mind and lead your absolute focus to target in spite of space and time anomalies. The value of leadership brings the strength and structure of the mastermind you need to develop your idea from thought-form into actual dynamic delivery, and this entails as well the mastermind alliance with other people which carry the same ambition and intention. This blog talks about then Collective Mastermind.

These are some specific thoughts following this matter:

1) When you further expand your mastermind in the search for others to join you, do not settle for others just because they are friends or family, or because they just need to do something with their own lives; but, instead respect your own vision and commitment by associating with people which shares exactly the same core values and driving force you do, no less than the best is required for success. This might seem strict and cold, but the reason behind this rigorous process is based on pure excellence, quality, emotional connection, creative management of the vision you have fashioned, and the attraction of that success you are looking for. You have designed your vision of success with careful effort and profound love, so do not entrust your vision to just anybody. And I always say to myself, “Good enough just doesn’t cut it, excellence does.”

2) When you choose or locate the people you will be talking into join you, you must transform yourself in the most passionate and driven, energetic and committed person you know, because this will create the best inner and outer atmosphere to convey your thoughts and intentions into people, this process will also keep you self-motivated and ready to transfer that value from within you into the mastermind group. People respond to great emotional content and to the fulfilled need of feeling important, so your job is to make them feel they can bring expertise and value (a feeling of importance within themselves) through the emotional content in your delivered speech.

3) Believe it or not, the way you dress and articulate your thoughts matter, so when you talk about your vision with yourself and with others you need to feel like you are honoring those thoughts and ideas. People need to feel this commitment as well, and not just feel it but become part of this noble and ambitious process. The way you talk and dress gives that needed boost of serious mental planning and steely determination to your vision before yourself and others. Always remember, carry yourself and your speech with good pride and deep love, and people will be attracted to your ideas and vision like some sort of magic.

4) Before you deliver your presentation or speech to people, make sure you have analyzed and planned specifically what they will be getting in return for their alliance with you. It could be some promotional tool, some percentage incentive, some level partnership, some boost to their sales, or even some fixed payment; but whatever it is, be precise and put attention to detail, and most importantly make sure you are clear on your purpose to create value for them. Like I said before, nobody does anything for free; whether emotional or mental gain, whether material or spiritual gain, it is your main job to produce the best exchange in your mastermind group as the excellent leader you need to be. Extraordinary success calls only upon extraordinary people; therefore, you must breathe and live this each day with your whole heart and with your whole mind.

5) Engage people with great mastery (believe in yourself, in the unique persona beyond your intellect), find whatever makes you unique and practice it, own it and nourish it, even if you do not think is attractive enough. See, in this day and age, people, even good and smart people, behave like drones, live in fear and embarrassment to be truly unique, always reciting ideas and speeches from memory and following others in the way they do things; however, the fact stands on its own, if you are to innovate or propose any venture at all towards success, then, it must be yours, and only yours, uniquely you, emotional you, your very presence, your very energy, and make it loud and known to people. This is how you stand out from the ordinary crowd, and this is your ticket to all success in life—i.e., financial, mental, and spiritual success. Never be afraid to emanate your spiritual strength and emotional power onto others, because unleashing this makes you truly unique and worth the time of others, because unleashing this makes you powerful and valuable in a society which really lacks uniqueness and originality.

Furthermore, you want to spread real love and motivate others into being their very best?? There is only one authentic way to do it, the rest is just the illusion of the ego to make you feel good about yourself. The only way to help others see their own value and power is through your own winning attitude, through unleashing your own energy, and through being really proud and loud and celebrating that with them (because this process is highly contagious, it elevates the human spirit).

Unlock and elevate the greatest human asset in business and in all other aspects of your life, the human spirit. That is where the power to everything lies.

6) Once you have your partners or people joining you, or interested deeply in your ideas, you must arrange to meet regularly (whether in person, by phone, by mail, or by social network, depends on your business and situation). But, and I cannot stress this enough, whatever your situation is or style of communication in the new relationship, the mastermind process has to be based on harmony and profound connection, and you as a good leader must build very powerful emotional content at a slow pace, that means trust and value through time and effort; and that is, people may intellectually agree and be on your side, but it is not intellect what moves people to connect deeply and work passionately (and stay on a definite goal), but emotions rule over intellect, and so emotions build through time and persistence. Do not rush deeper emotional connection, for the greatest and most meaningful things in life are born out of the heart and not out of the intellect—i.e., the intellect is an important tool to build, yes, but the heart is the powerful magic which creates greatness in the world.

So, ask yourself, “What do I want in my world—to achieve the acceptable or to achieve true greatness…?? If your answer is to achieve true greatness, then do not rush the process but be persistent in your determination. Remember, whether as a businessman or as lover, this is the universal rule to be truly great and extraordinary.

7) Since at this time you have already committed yourself 100% upon reaching the best mastermind to success, then you have committed yourself 100% to step into the shoes of a true leader, for they are both two sides of the same coin; for this, you will have to listen and acknowledge the ideas and enthusiasm of the people who have joined you, even if the ideas or opinions you listen to are not highly creative or specially tailored to your vision. Never dismiss, ignore, or humiliate someone’s ideas or opinions; because this is one of the big reasons why people never truly succeed, why there are divorces, why there are different problems in the world today. As a true and powerful leader, you must not feed your ego in feeling yourself superior in any way, even if your vision and ideas are great and your talents are vast; like so, a true and powerful leader leads others to feel themselves important and valued within the scope of their individual capacities.

In my own experience, I have learned to see beyond my own creative talents, beyond my own ego, to understand and acknowledge the talents of others; furthermore, I admit this is a constant process in me, not that easy to maintain, but if you want others to feel comfortable around you and work by your side, then, there is no other way. Human beings accomplish more and greater things when they work together towards the same goal.

Tomorrow, PART 3 of Mastermind Leadership, about mastermind persistence and its greater organization.

Tags Business, Heart, Leadership, Life, Mind, motivation, Thoughts

Business mind.

Mastermind (PART 1)

“We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope we get to death without being badly bruised or we can live a full, complete life achieving our goals and realizing our wildest dreams.” – Bob Proctor; businessman, business consultant, and motivational speaker.

This is PART 1 of a short series of blogs on Mastermind Leadership from a book I am writing, titled: “Inner Wealth. Outer Wealth.,” which deals with the spiritual, mental, and physical processes of all success achievement in life.

The forces behind leadership are crucial for the development of the passion and ambition to move forward with your heartfelt desire to create success, including a business venture and/or a more personal growth. Does not matter the intellect and even creative powers you have, you must become a leader and build mastermind within yourself and also through connecting with others which regard passion and ambition to thrive like you; in this, follow that wise adage that goes, “Two heads are better than one”—i.e., two minds, or three, or four, certainly can create and resolve more than one can in your path to success.

You will need structure and organization of your ideas, self-discipline in your vision of what you want, frame it and own it in your mind first, you need to see it and experience it like a movie in your mind via the great essence of your imagination; and this means that desire will not be enough, for desire is just a humble start and, by its lonesome, it can wane or lose itself in the distractions of everyday life. But desire may turn strong and powerful, it can transmute itself into the material realm through your own mastermind and sharpening of your vision; however, baby steps will make sure your vision is realized, careful and persistent action must become you and you must become it.

Two steps are key to turn desire into energetic or dynamic action:

1) First, Individual Mastermind, or its elevated process, is primarily analytical, belonging to and within your own mind only, the detail and structure of your mental energies to create the image and steps to it into the realm of the material form.

2) Following, there is the Collective Mastermind, such which belongs to a group seeking the same intention as you, and its process is all about further design of that vision that was first conceived within your rich mind, and it is also about the organization of the steps to take to fruition based on the different views and knowledge each member of the group brings.

In order to fulfill the natural desire of eating a specific meal, you must first take certain steps of exact analysis in your mind, steps which you surely take speedily and without much effort; thus, you visualize the food you want, its detailed structure and the experience along it, then you must search in your memory bank if this food item is something you have already at home or if you have to visit the grocery store for it. Then this same mental energy transmutes itself into kinetic energy, and either you go to your kitchen for the food item you want or go to the grocery store.

This is, obviously, the basic example of mastermind in general, and one has to respect and follow all the steps to fruition in all cases while ignoring the level of importance they may present; accordingly, the mental process is, with a tweak here and another tweak there, basically the same as in your more ambitious ventures.

Both mental processes start with conscious energies which are transmuted into kinetic energies. Both mental processes have a strong intention which needs a deliberate action. The great issue here is the commitment, the great energy quantity, to that desire to afford the steps of mastermind; because the commitment to food is not the same as the commitment to professional success, or the great quantity of energy behind satiating your desire for food is not the same as the great quantity of energy behind reaching professional success. The quantity of energy you accumulate, enrich and process for longer periods of time will determine your level of leadership; ergo, for example, going to the grocery store or making this determination to satiate hunger will not require as much energy as building your way to professional success, and so true leadership is found in the latter ambition.

Leadership is the association of energies living in your consciousness to self-discipline your mortal mind and lead your absolute focus to target in spite of space and time anomalies. The value of leadership brings the strength and structure of the mastermind you need to develop your idea from thought-form into actual dynamic delivery, and this entails as well the mastermind alliance with other people which carry the same ambition and intention.

Now, this group or team (which may be any number you need) will require you to pay a toll, or to create some kind of value for them to join you, for this is when your leadership comes into play by connecting you to your environment, by the very process of bringing out the value you have created within yourself (within your vision) and thus developing meaningful relationships; therefore, nothing is for free, especially in the road to success, see it as an exchange for their unity, loyalty, and power brought to your passionate cause. This is your collective mastermind.

Tomorrow, PART 2 of Mastermind Leadership, specific guides or ways to creative mastermind within the group.

Tags Business, delegation, Leadership, Life, motivation, people, psychology

Business mind.

The human miracle.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.” ~ Albert Einstein; German-American physicist.

The following is an excerpt of a book I just started writing, titled, “Inner Wealth! Outer Wealth!”

The brain and the mind, of course, are two very different things, working in tandem but very different from each other; but, as it were, the ego’s deceit makes it look like they are one and the same (the ever-nagging duality of the truly mental energies and the basic physical ones), because that is how most people experiences this phenomenon on a daily routine—the brain emits thoughts and this is the mind, plain and simple this is the common belief of the average person.

Now, to find out the reality we must delve deeper into that which is mental science, so one must come to understand that thought is simply a physical tool, that’s it, a “dead” object itself—like things emerging or being thrown at us to be used to navigate and make choices in our daily living—which is completely mechanical, crass, base, and which creates from the past and the future because it lives indeed in the past and the future. Like we have seen before this chapter, thought is just a reflection of our physical senses on the outside environment, obviously, to sense our way in this material universe; and this is why thought is mechanical and base, objective and dualistic in nature, always changing and obsessive if maintained unruly, for the mentioned reason that it acts upon what the physical senses receive or gather from the outer world, the ever-changing environment, and so thought in our conscious mind is an entity which is physical itself and subject to all change.

Having established that premise, for thought to be born and emerge within the physical brain, via electric signals and chemicals, there has to be “space” for it to flow unencumbered, a space in which it can gravitate and expand if it shall become a thought we may choose to officiate, perhaps a vast grid where it swims and it flourishes and ferments (a field-stream where the seed or thought can germinate richly) to create great ideas to thus move our life forward, to innovate our unique craft, to weave inspirational stories from the past and mold our future, and to finally bestow upon life schemes of love or hatred.

This vast grid or space in which thought can emerge and manifest, as an idea that grows and grows, is the mighty but misused human mind; so, as one can easily tell by now, thoughts are like ripples or waves, and the mind is like the ocean.

The human brain then acts as a receiving and also signaling antenna for energy patterns residing within the mind itself, which exist as consciousness conveyed in the physical form of thought. Thoughts are not created out of nothing and not only out of our own physical senses, but they are “dead” objects flowing in and out of this vast grid—such being a grid of in-formation and energy fields known to science as Attractors. Thoughts are then constantly flowing when the conscious mind is on (when one is awake)—i.e., your thoughts, my thoughts, everybody else’s thoughts swimming in this vast grid or ocean—but arranged to each Attractor or energy field—i.e., my energy field, your energy field, etc. etc.

But, however personal these thoughts flowing to, and within, each Attractor Field are, still, people quite often might pick up the thoughts of somebody else since, like above-mentioned, the brain acts as a receiving and signaling antenna and this antenna, depending on how powerful it is, does not discriminate among different signals that might cross the individual Attractor Field.

Needless to say, our individual brain receives the thought, molds it to our own physical senses, computes the new information gathered and creates our unique perspective.

For example, a great artist in one side of the world has access to an inspiring idea, in the form of raw energy, to create a wonderful masterpiece, and that same idea is also available to be picked up from this grid by the brain of a janitor living on the other side of the world; however, the difference here is that the physical and mechanical brain of the artist has been conditioned and strengthened for years in creativity and innovation through self-discipline (could be more grey matter formed, more neural connections in the physical brain, etc.) to receive this grand signal he will turn into a great idea, but the janitor’s brain is not prepared to receive this signal (could be not enough knowledge of the craft, less neural connections, polluted brain by drugs or unhealthy foods or poisons of any kind, etc.) thus he will not access this mental energy.

Of course, this is just an example and in no way I mean to say that a janitor couldn’t achieve great accomplishments as the artist; even so, the message here is clear, that preparing the brain through self-discipline, for as long as it takes, is all there is to access these wonderful, raw energies of mental origin.

The molding, shaping, and managing of these energies create genius as we know it in our human society.

Tags Business, Freedom, Life, Mind, motivation, psychology

Business mind.

The one with all.

“You must lay aside your greed; have no unworthy motive in your desire to become rich and powerful. It is legitimate and right to desire riches, if you want them for the sake of your soul, but not if you desire them for the lists of the flesh.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles; American author and New Thought writer.

When choosing your greatest desire make sure it assimilates the nobility and incredible power of life inside you; that rigorous selection, and only that, may give you the strength and burning passion you need to reach success without fearing the obstacles and falling prey of the distractions in the path ahead. This is absolutely paramount for us to understand when we initiate the process of choosing the right and most important desire, because if we have in mind that life itself is success and also the greatest desire of existential growth, then we will choose that very desire which is brilliance in the path to our goals but also challenging to our minds’ development as life itself, the greatest teacher, is to each of us.
See, the problem with most people’s desires is that they have only superficial and known glamour which do not go beyond simple imagination, and hence have no uniqueness and warrior spirit in themselves. People watches TV and want to be the successful businessman or famed actor, people reads popular magazines and want that car or that amount of cash, people praises leaders in the economy and politics of our society and they feel they can follow them and learn to lead like them, people see great houses and cars and boats and wishes to possess that same luxury, people hear of great science and/or spiritual educators and they follow them and read their books religiously to gain their wisdom and reach their level of mastery.

But, you tell me, where is the uniqueness and the creativity of a powerful and inspiring desire in that..?? Where is the incredibly magnificent design of life’s ultimate desire in that…??
No, it is not to be. That is shallow and mediocre, dull-witted and crude, the spawn of a lazy and selfish mind which only sees itself and its ego possessing riches and knowledge without a unique, inner identity to advocate mankind’s higher growth and purpose.
And mankind’s higher growth and purpose is not what the asleep and unperceptive society dictates, and it is definitely not the soulless consumerism you watch on TV, read in magazines, or hear on the radio; however, I do understand the tremendous mind control and emotional hold these “fashionable” media sources wield upon the weak minds of the pitiable masses, but I also see beyond the misleading façade of these thieves of all reason and healthy encouragement, and I experience in myself the incredible greatness and potentiality of all mankind well past what the misleading physical senses tell me every day.

business-success
Remember this higher law of the universe, that the true and higher living is indeed life, and this life is success; on the opposite, the law of the lower ego in man deceives thus, that the lazy and selfish living is life, and this life is success. Now, meditate on them, choose between the two, and do what truly elevates your spirit and makes you into a better man for the sake of all mankind.
You see, growing a true and spiritually elevating desire to better yourself, your life, and your loved ones, is the key to motivate yourself and surround your heart with a burning passion so great which cannot be extinguished by nothing at all. Now, this is especially true for the acquisition of material riches, because in the faithful pursuit of these your heart has to be in it with a burning passion which surpasses all fear and indecisiveness within your dual mind.
The deepest desire of growing economically has to be built upon the greatest and most noble foundation humankind may yet reach from within itself, which is in fact spiritual foundation due to the origin of divinity and perfect life the mortal body and dual thought lack; consequently, the noble and honest desire for riches and economic abundance in your life must be originated and sustained by the spiritual motivation/fuel of reaching your higher self, and thus not based on the competitor ego which deceives the human mind into believing that wealth has to be attained by means of aggressive and selfish nature.
Life in its true essence beyond this physical realm is an active DESIRE of dynamic evolution, a self-motivated engine moving ever forward, energies of creativity and conscious awareness of themselves as all corporeal existence is brought into being, then the most beautiful and perfect dance throughout itself and designer of all space and time; for this reason, the desire in man to obtain riches and a prosperous life is something natural and good if the mind in question is under the right impressions and guided by wisdom. The natural desire born in man to have wealth is not something to feel ashamed of, run away from, or even loathe, as many religions and “spiritual” people seem to believe and self-righteously condemn in other men.
Isn’t it pathetic and hypocritical that many religions of the world express great disapproval, and even hellish denouncement, of the pursuit of wealth while the same institutions take billions of dollars from their blind followers to build hugely massive and pompously luxurious places to worship their blasphemous nonsense and feed those obtuse egos they have…?? They make billions each year and pay no taxes, gloat and teach about the virtuous pursuit of a common life with no riches whatsoever, and all this while millions of people around the world suffer extreme poverty and starvation under conditions which are gravely inhumane and that of the lowest creature existing under God’s shining Sun.
Human beings are meant to obtain growth, not only spiritually but economically as well, because that is what the essence of life itself is, unlimited and powerful growth. That one man occupies his whole time and effort in achieving material riches is absolutely weak and wrong. That one man occupies his whole time and effort in reaching spiritual growth is narrow-minded and obtuse. The two pursuits shall go together in order to be and feel whole, the spiritual and physical beings we are. We are dual beings and as long as we have a body and a flawed mind we shall be that, no matter the enlightenment or the status in society.

We need to embrace what we are and what we need in this life. No wise man can lead a full life either only spiritually or only materially. The wise sage finds the balance in the pursuit of both.
Economic growth must be seen as something noble and good because it adds to a better life, a freedom’s advocate; but the spirit and mind have to grow with it, lest we become monsters which remain enslaved to our own physical senses and commanding ego. The same goes for spiritual growth. They both need to find balance in order for the mind of man to reach spiritual, and also human, freedom and bliss.

Tags Business, Freedom, Mind, motivation, spirituality, Thoughts, unique, Wisdom

Business mind.

Creator of worlds.

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” ~ Pablo Picasso; Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist, printmaker, stage designer, poet and playwright.

Daily stress, as we all know and science proves, is a sure sign of the mind and body decaying, even though we might not notice it at first, and it shall become our very path to an early grave if we let it. The bloodstream gets slushy or thick, exhaustion sets in, energy becomes drained easily and rapidly, sleep at night gets difficult, our immune system has problems, the mind gets foggy and overwhelmed and we cannot see a solution to our problems, etc. etc.; hence, we now feel depressed, moody, and our perception of ourselves, of others, and of life itself changes for the worse.

We fall on all sorts of vices because there is no clarity of mind and spirited emotion to sustain the energy which runs through us daily, so we are now polluted and living in darkness, perhaps without even noticing it, until is too late because we find ourselves at the nearest hospital under a serious condition.

That is why embracing your energies of creativity, which is who you really are (because you are not your limited intellect but unlimited imagination to create), is so important, and really the most important activity one should embody; consequently, shaping and directing those energies will get rid of all stress and give you that fresh mind to think clearly and see solutions and even find great ideas for your business and personal life.

I personally base my life on my creativity and the power of these energies living and flowing through me, and dwelling within my very cellular make-up, within my very consciousness; and, furthermore, I do this not only because I feel the desire to express these energies of imagination, but also because this activity of pure expression clears my mind and emotional body from all clutter. I wanted to share a few forms of expression which help me see and understand myself and the world around me with clarity:

I love cooking. Creating in the kitchen for a healthy body and mind.

Titled: “Kate.” I love painting. It is a powerful way to be stress free and sharpen my mind for better ideas in general life.

Titled: “Raw Rage.”

Besides that, I enjoy exercising and writing whatever can wake my emotions into a deeper understanding of myself and of life.

Any form of artistic expression which involves your emotional content in a personal way will bring you great peace of mind and strength that you never knew you had before; and I attest to this because it is my direct communication with my subconscious, which is where the great energies of creativity come from. Imagination and creativity is the process of creating value within yourself, distanced from your intellect and ego, and then bringing that value out into the world to create connections, as in ideas, partnerships, entrepreneurial and private undertakings, and, of course, the constant experience of freedom and real bliss within yourself.

And the great thing about expressing yourself through artistic forms is that you are not limited, but with knowledge from school or books only you are indeed limited; therefore, by creating any form of art on a daily basis, it does not matter if you are good at it or not, you are soaring beyond all limitations imposed by society and its rules.

By creating something, anything, you are not just another person following the trends set for you and the masses, but you are unique, truly unique, and highly expressive; and this will transform your life in many ways, for the art is not just a drawing, or a writing, or a painting, or a food dish, but it is the very process of recharging your whole body to grow in E.Q. (Emotional Quotient or Intelligence), which is the power you need to reach success in all aspects of your life.

Tags Art, Business, emotions, fun, happiness, Mind, unique