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You Can Take Life for Granted

October 20, 2009 By admin 15 Comments

You can take Life for granted, if you want.

Yesterday, I’ve shared with everyone about Grandma leaving us forever. She has been with me for many years and I’ve introduced her to all of my subscribers since 2004. Well, when the time to leave this world comes, it cannot be prevented because this is part of life – we live and we die.

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But the sad part is, I didn’t see Grandma for almost a month before she passed away – simply because I was ‘busy’ working and being lazy to spare my time with her. When she’s alive and healthy, I always think that I can visit her next week and that’s exactly what I thought a few days back. But right now, we don’t get to go out for an outing anymore. Our relationship is now, slightly different.

I don’t feel embarrass to say out this truth because I truly want to pass the message to you, right in your face. If you don’t cherish those who you love or love you right now, you will never know what will happen tomorrow.

You know what, probably, nothing’s going to happen.

But why not enjoy the happiness that you can right now?

At the same time, I hope you’re not getting the negative feeling that I’m left feeling regret. That’s not how I felt (although I did in the beginning), it’s just a ‘mixed’ feeling that cannot be explained in words when you lose someone very close to you.

Going to next thing that happened in my business life recently…

I did not back up my hard drive. Yup, it ‘crashed’. Everything there was gone. But here’s the thing - it already shows me some signs that it’s going to crash but I ignore it because I was lazy to do the backing stuff and thought I can do it when I’m ‘free’. The ‘free’ part never come and now, I’m slightly handicap with my business without it.

Other things that happened to me because I was taking Life for granted…

* I missed my high school classmate wedding because I didn’t check the wedding card for the date. There were 2 empty seats reserved for my wife and me in his grand wedding - imagine how I explain to him the next day that I miss out the date.

* I didn’t launch a new course that I was developing because I thought I can launch this anytime - well, a competitor just launched a similar course. So when I launch mine, not only it’ll be harder for me to sell, I’ll probably end looking like copycat.

* Right now, I couldn’t finish my presentation for an upcoming seminar that I’ll be speaking because I thought that I can do this last minute. Honestly, I never thought that Grandma’s going to leave so soon and my hard drive’s going to crash THIS WEEK.

From today onwards, I’ve committed to myself NOT to take things and Life for granted.

Let me ask you…

Are you taking things for granted right now, in your LIFE?

That you think your friends will still be your friends tomorrow?

Your elderly love ones will still be around?

Your spouse will continue to be understanding towards you if you’re always doing things your way?

WILL YOUR DREAMS STILL BE HERE TOMORROW IF YOU KEEP ON DELAYING THEM?

If you want to say, “I love you” to someone, do it now.

If you want to start a business, do it now.

If you want to travel, do it now.

If you want to learn something new, do it now.

If you want to watch your diet, do it now.

If you want to start going to the gym, do it now.

If you want to spend time with your kids, do it now.

If you want to go fishing for God’s sake, do it.

Don’t wait because you’ll never know what will happen tomorrow. If it doesn’t happen tomorrow, it might happen next week, next month or next year. And worse still, you might not even do it at all.

Look at Michael Jackson.

The fact is, there are people who take him for granted. Now, you can be an anti-Michael Jackson and hate me too… but my point of bringing MJ here is not to debate about his lifestyle.

The question is… why appreciating him as a person, his contribution and talent… after he died?

If they want to make him proud and happy, do it when he’s still alive so that he can appreciates it and feel worthwhile for what he has contributed and how he touched millions of life.

I’m not saying that he should not be acknowledged and praised today… he should… but he should be acknowledged and praised when he’s still alive… and dancing and singing, “Heal The World, Make It A Better Place…”.

I guess that’s the problem with how our brain is wired - we tend to appreciate the things that we lose but when they’re in front of us, we take them for granted.

I’ve already make my vow to stop taking things and Life for granted. (Although, once in a while, I might since I’m not perfect. I’m human.)

Are you ready to make yours?

Or are you going to take this for granted as well? 

Patric

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Grandma Passed Away Peacefully

October 19, 2009 By admin 109 Comments

My beloved Grandma passed away peacefully this morning at 5.00 AM. She was healthy as usual yesterday and she got unconscious at about 2.00 AM and a few hours later, she has gone “asleep”.

Grandma Passed Away Peacefully

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(This is the music that I play when I’m writing this, if you play it, you’ll know my feeling when I’m writing)

Letter to Grandma…

“Hi Grandma,

By the time I wrote this, you’re already on your journey to Heaven. As silly as it sounds, I want to tell you not to be anxious if no one’s holding your hand because when you reach Heaven, you’ll be ready. I know you’re used to having someone holding your warm hand.

I always remember how happy you are waiting at the porch for me to pick you up to go out for a walk, lunch or catch a movie. You’ll always bring a sweater along, just in case if you get cold and don’t want that to spoil your outing.

And you’ll wear the black color Croc sandal I bought for you last year. Although it’s tight recently, you still want to wear it because of how much you love it.

I always remember how happy you are when you’re eating your favorite food - that, you like to taste all kinds of food and share it with us. You never eat alone, you always ask me to eat with you.

I always remember how much you like taking pictures - and then if you don’t look good in it, you’ll “complain”. :-)  And you always like to wear bright colors.

I always remember when I drop you back home after a fun day, you’ll say, ‘thank you’ many times to my wife and me because you really appreciate the time we’re together. And you’ll ask softly, “When will I see you again?” and looking forward for another outing even if it’s a month later. God, I miss that moment.

I can remember how happy you are when you hold Marin, my baby girl, in your hand. Your face glitters with happiness, she likes smiling to you too.

I can remember that once in a while, you’ll call me on my cell phone when you miss me too much- that you keep my phone number in your notepad, somewhere stuff in your messy drawer. I wish you’ve called me again last week.

I also know how much you love my wife and baby and they love you too. Sometimes, you forget my wife’s name but you’ll always ask me how is she doing.

Grandma,

Today you look so beautiful and peaceful. I spoke to you, I know you can’t say anything back because you’re looking at me from above smiling - I told you that I will always love you as your grandchild and how much you mean to me. When I touch your hand today in your final bed, it’s cold but I know God has a better place for you now.

Today, I sit on the chair at the porch - the same chair that you always wait for me to come pick you up. When I look out to the road, I know the exact feeling of cheerfulness that you have at that moment of time.

Grandma, I want you to know that I’m not sad that you have to go – I guess I’m just missing the moments with you and talking with you like how we use to chat and laugh, especially since I haven’t seen you for a month now, until today. Today, our ‘outing’ was… a little bit different.

On another side, I’m blessed with my own family right now - Emily, my wife and Marin, my baby girl. Also, Mum and Dad are still here, I’m grateful for that.

Grandma, if you happen to see me crying once in a while from above, please don’t worry :-) - they’re all happy tears because you’re always close to my heart and live in my memory. Any grandson or anyone who miss their love ones in heaven would understand.”

Love,

Your grandson

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March 17, 2009

Re: I Cried When She Doesn’t Recognize Me Anymore

LATEST UPDATE: Good news! Doctor said that it’s a mild stroke, not Alzheimer that affects her brain – it can be healed if Grandma’s strong. THANK YOU for being part of this ‘healing’. I believe, this might not happen if it wasn’t with your kind prayers.

(There were many grammar mistakes in the sharing below because I wrote this in a hurry last night. I was thinking to edit it today but I’ve decided to leave them as it is to remain who I am.)

It’s just so hard to start writing this because I don’t know where to begin.

I will write as what I heart wants to share, as what I experienced today.

The day, Tuesday 17 March 2009 starts as usual – until my Auntie called me on the phone, telling me that I have to see Grandma quick, something’s very wrong.

You see, if this is the first time you’re reading my blog, you might not get the whole story of my grandma – she’s the women that I love very much, the women who is strong at heart and the women who gave me the unconditional love that I could ever dream of.

I wrote about her 5 years ago – the story of what is meaningful in our life. If you like to read that, click here. Once read, you will understand how I feel today.

I was prepared to accept anything but in truth, I wasn’t prepared for anything.

Uncles, aunties and cousins were all there – at Grandma’s house.

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That’s Grandma when she’s 80, 5 years ago – today she’s 85.

I went to see Grandma, smile at her as usual and talk to her but she replied, ‘I couldn’t sleep’.

I thought it was still normal because she always says that to me so that I’ll show my care but then she said, ‘Who are you?’, I don’t know what to think. She is the same Grandma who took me to shopping malls to buy toys when she has no money, bring me to McDonald’s to spoil me when I was a kid, love me unconditionally and the same women that I love with all my heart – couldn’t remember me anymore. Couldn’t even call my name.

At that time, I know I ‘lost’ her.

I look into her eyes, touch her cheek gently and ask her again – “Do you know me?” I can tell she’s trying very hard but she can’t answer me.

I started crying. Tears were coming down but I try to be strong. Grandma didn’t even know why I’m crying but she wipes the tears off my cheek with her hanky and still giving me the same caring Grandma smile – the same one that I always look forward to see when I meet her.

I hold her hand and try to talk to her again – “Grandma, remember last week when you visited me at my house, you told me your birthday is coming next week? That you were all excited about the celebration, that I’ll buy you a gift?”

She was wearing my gift for her birthday last year, the bracelet she wears everyday with happiness and pride – a bracelet that is carved with the design of leaf. I remembered that was the best gift she’s ever gotten from me, she’ll always tell me how much she loves the bracelet and tell all our relatives about it, bragging about it – how much I love her.

Now, she can’t even remember her birthday’s next week.

She says things that are not real like, “I cannot see” when her eyes is still open and seeing things.

She doesn’t remember where the bracelet comes from – she keeps on asking innocently me, “Do you know who put this bracelet on my hand?”

She was all fine a few days ago but I think I’ve lose her to Alzheimer. But I won’t quit even I cannot win – I’ll still be by my Grandma’s side until God thinks it’s time. She’s now in her own world, a happy nor sad world – a world that doesn’t represents anything but time will keeps on going by. I know she likes to eat a lot of stuff, I’ll still take her if she wants, although she couldn’t appreciate it anymore, or even enjoy eating. She is my loving, only Grandma.

This is the latest picture that I have with Grandma in January 2009 when she’s 85.

Grandma Passed Away Peacefully

Yes, her eyes and mouth are slightly disoriented because she was hit with another “illless” last year but her spirit for living in this world is bigger – she strived and was back in the game of life. But this time, I guess, luck wasn’t on our side.

Grandma enjoys taking pictures – she always asks us to take her pictures everytime we can. Now I know why, she enjoys seeing them and keeping the wonderful memory she experienced, the joy and happiness. But now, I don’t think she remembers anything but I’m sure I’ll find a stack of photos she kept in her room one day.

You see, in life, we cannot prevent unwanted things to happen. You sure can do everything but there’s no guarantee it won’t happen. There are people who never smoke in their life before but still get cancer. There are people who exercise, live a healthy diet and yet died of heart attack. There are people like my Grandma – who we showered all of the love we can, give her the best nutrition we can afford, live a healthy diet and pamper her with the things she wants – and yet, ugly shit still creeps into her life.

But what you can do is cherish what you have, TODAY.

Do you cherish every moment in your life and your love ones, starting from the time you wake up in the morning?

Do you do give the best you can, EVERY DAY so that you can look back say, “I’ve done all I can”.

And finally, did you touch someone’s life today so that you won’t regret anything missing?

From today’s onwards, I make a vow that I’ll make AT LEAST a person happy so that I will look back and say, ‘I have contribute to create happiness today and someone is smiling’.

Last but not least – do you say prayers? If you don’t, that’s okay but if you do – I have a big favor to ask from you and I hope you’ll do this for me because you once have a Grandma too. Would you please say your prayer tonight before you go to sleep, that you’ll wish Grandma will be okay soon? That’s all I ask for.

- Patric
*A grandson who misses his Grandma very much*

This entire sharing is 100% true experience – exactly what happened to me today. It’s written so that I get the chance to tell the world how much she means to it. It is also, as a reminder to everyone who reads it that, life is short. Make full use of it especially making yourself and your love ones happy – be it your Mum, Dad, son, daughter, wife, husband, Grandpa, Grandma and so on. Don’t forget that age pass by very fast so don’t make the mistake of chasing wealth but end up spending it alone. Feel free to share what you read with anyone who you think would appreciate what you read today. – www.whenwealthmeansnothing.com

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Sleeping And Your Subconscious Mind

October 10, 2009 By admin 3 Comments

In my earlier post, I share about The Power Of Sleep - today, I’ll cover the other aspect of sleeping… using the subconscious mind to attract success while you’re sleeping. It may be hard to grasp at first so take your time to understand this power.

Your body sleeps but your sub-conscious mind never sleeps. It is awake from the time of your birth until the day you leave this world. Without conscious guidance (meaning your direct instruction), it takes care of all the involuntary operations of your body from extracting the necessary elements from your food for blood, bone, tissue and energy to keeping your blood in circulation.

More importantly, your subconscious mind also governs your personality, your character and your inmost drives, your deepest and most secret desires.

Note that it’s also working independently from conscious mind. So we find that the subconscious mind is not only in charge of all of the involuntary operations in the body, but it also does the big job of following instructions from the conscious mind. And, in carrying out those instructions, it must, necessarily, be capable of reasoning.

Here is a very simple example to make this concept easier to grasp:

Suppose you hire a carpenter to do a repair job on your house. He would inspect the place, bring the tools he would need: a saw, hammer, auger, etc. He would not get a huge van and bring with him every tool and machine he had in his shop.

It is the same with your two minds. The conscious mind will bring in only the information you need to enable you to carry on the work you are doing at the time.

Sometimes there is a “road block” and wanted facts fail to come into consciousness.

These facts will not come into consciousness until the conscious mind gives the subconscious mind instructions to locate the facts through some such remark as: “It will come to me in a moment.” (Never use a negative, such as: “I have forgotten.” This is just the same as consciously instructing your subconscious mind to do nothing about it.)

As mentioned earlier, the subconscious mind has reasoning abilities which is independent of the conscious mind, but with this difference. The conscious mind, in making a decision, can base its judgment either on facts already stored within the subconscious mind, or on facts which it finds through research, outside the subconscious mind. The decision, therefore, may come from existing facts, newly acquired facts, or a combination of both.

The reasoning of the subconscious mind is confined to the facts and information already contained within it. This is important to know and to remember! Decisions reached through the reasoning of the subconscious mind will be good or faulty, depending upon the type of information it contains. If your mind leans heavily toward the negative side, your decisions will be negative in their nature. If your mind leans toward the positive side, your decisions will be positive in their nature.

Got it so far?

Suppose you had the opportunity to acquire a business of your own. You might decide to call upon your subconscious mind for a decision as to whether or not to accept the offer. Before retiring at night, you might hold a thought, such as: “Tonight, while I am asleep, my subconscious mind will work on my problem and give me a decision when I awaken in the morning.”

This is the part of how sleeping is so important in helping you to achieve success.

If you have a subconscious mind which leans toward the negative side, you will be apt to get a decision something like this: “No, I don’t think I had better tackle this business. I have not had very good luck in the past with my ventures; this one would probably cause me to lose money on it. No, I’d better stick to my present job, as poor as it is.”

On the other hand, if your subconscious mind is definitely on the positive, constructive side, most likely your decision will run something like this: “Boy, this is just the break I have been waiting for. With much study—and not being afraid to work—I know I can put it over in a big way. My decision is yes.”

With this illustration, you can easily understand why it was suggested in an earlier chapter that you hold to the thought: I CAN be a Success, until it establishes an impenetrable layer of positiveness in your subconscious mind.

SO HOW TO MAKE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WORK FOR YOU?

If you wanted an errand boy to do something for you, what would you do? You would merely give him the proper instruction. If you wished him to go to the post office and mail a letter, you’d tell him to do so; and with perfect certainty that he would do just that, you dismiss it from your mind and think no more about it. You wouldn’t doubt his ability to do so; nor would you doubt his willingness to do so. You would instinctively know that the errand would be done.

You can give your subconscious mind instructions with the same carefree certainty.

Two specific things would happen—quickly:

1. You would lose the feeling of doubt as to whether or not you could obtain the money. There would be a feeling of assurance that within a short period of time, the needed money would be available.

2. Thoughts would begin flowing into your conscious mind not only telling you what to do to get the money, but actually inspiring you to take immediate steps to obtain it.

Here again I must repeat a statement made before: Your subconscious mind works best when your conscious mind is either in abeyance {ASLEEP) or pleasantly occupied.

Robert Updegraff, in his book, Putting Your Subconscious Mind to Work for You, said:

“It is not so much a lack of Brain Power or of business capacity or acumen that keeps men from progressing faster toward their objectives, and toward a solid position in the world. It is rather, because they take only half a mind into business with them. The result is—that they work their conscious mind too hard—too many hours of the day—and too many days of the year. We feel virtuous, because we work so hard and so conscientiously that we are tired, whereas we should feel ashamed that we work so hard— and make so little progress—and we are weary of mind.”

Mr. Updegraff meant by “half a mind” that we attempt to do all of our work consciously without taking advantage of the tremendous reservoir of power at our command in the subconscious mind.

From this moment onward you should begin forming the habit of putting the subconscious mind to work for you. This power-in-hand is on the job twenty-four hours every day. As you learn to use that great force, that endless source of intelligence at your disposal, you will find that, consciously, you have more time for recreation and enjoyment.

Have you ever observed that those people who accomplish the most are the ones who seem to work the least?

Let me crystallize the dominant idea in this blog post: The subconscious mind does its best work while the conscious mind is either in abeyance or pleasantly occupied.

This gives you the happy news that to be successful, it is really essential that you take more time for enjoyable diversion, instead of working harder—and longer. This is possible by utilizing the forces of the subconscious mind to do your constructive thinking and planning, while your conscious mind puts into action the results from the efforts of your subconscious mind.

“If I work my Creative Mind twenty-four hours each day, won’t I always be mentally tired?”

No because right now, your subconscious mind is already working twenty-four hours each day. If it is not being directed into positive, constructive channels through constructive thinking, it will be working against you by obeying negative thoughts.

You can, at will, direct your subconscious mind to assist you in the solving of problems; to help you make the right decisions; to create ways and means of great achievement.

Remember: Be specific in the instructions you give to your subconscious mind. If it is better health you want, know that your subconscious mind is directing the glands and organs of your body to bring you better health, and that thoughts will come into your consciousness directing you to do the things necessary to obtain better health.

If you desire further advancement in your work, know that your subconscious mind will direct you to take the steps necessary to assure advancement.

If problems stand between you and your happiness, know that your subconscious mind, with its reasoning faculties, will provide a practical solution for you.  Know that your subconscious mind stands ready, able and willing to assist you in any way you may desire.

And you need to have faith. Make certain you are not merely wishing for better conditions through your subconscious mind.

What you have read in this blog is priceless. Make it a part of your consciousness by rereading it before exit this page, for your own advantage.

If you find value in what you read, please leave your comment below. This goes without saying that I’ll appreciate that since I read every single comment personally to know what my readers like and think.

Patric Chan
www.SuccessTrace.com

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The Power Of Sleep

October 9, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

Today, I think, I’ll write on a topic that most self improvement gurus hardly talk about…

The power of sleeping. I know it’s not a ‘sexy’ topic but if you understand the power of it, you can actually see changes in your life - not just health but wealth.

I tried to write something for you to read yesterday but I couldn’t force myself to do that because I was having lack of sleep. But today, as I’m writing right now, it’s just a breeze of effort because I slept ‘enough’ last night.

I know that many people get rich at the cost of their health- which of course, it defeats the point of being wealthy.

This should not happen to you, or to me. When you build your wealth, it should be your happiest journey of all time and not a struggling moment.

I used to try to sleep less so that I have more ‘time’ to do more work. Theoretically, that sounded like an effective way but in reality, I was actually producing less and being an unhappy person.

Your body and mine are scientifically developed so that they’ll automatically rejuvenate themselves when our bodies go to rest - this includes your brain development and body cells. They need this time for them to ‘work’ so that you’re healthy.

There are exceptional people who can sleep very little and still be at top performance. Who knows, you might be one of them but if you’re not, then you need to get enough sleep.

You see, with ‘enough’ sleep, you can stay fresh, energetic and most importantly, not being grumpy.

Let me give you an example…

You wake up and not having enough sleep. Your mind goes into this thougt… “Sigh, I got to wake up again…. I wish I can sleep for another hour or two.”

Then your whole day is messed up because you start with a ‘bad’ day, right at the spot you woke up!

But on the other hand, if you wake up and say, “That was a good sleep, I can’t wait to see what the Day has to offer and do my stuff!”

You wake up smiling and look forward for your day.

So how much is enough?

To me, it’s not really by the hours but how much your body needs. So by definition, ‘enough’ would means whenever my body and mind are ready to ‘wake up’. If you’re thinking that this is not achievable for you, that’s rational saying because you might have a commitment to wake up on time (like getting to the office).

But if you’re determine enough, this can change. It doesn’t require you to be a genius to achieve this because you have the control to choose when to sleep at night. If you have to wake up early, then wouldn’t it make sense for you to sleep earlier?

Even if you have less hours in a day now (because you sleep more), it really doesn’t means that you’ll be accomplishing less.

Have you heard of the sentence, “less is more”?

I read a book, The Power Of Less by Leo Babauta and it talks about being efficient and effective in your life. One of the key lessons I’ve learned in it is knowing how to set limits for own yourself. Once you have your own limits, you know what you’re aiming for and you don’t get overwhelmed with the unnecessary tasks and ‘opportunities’.

Going back to the topic of sleeping.

There are a few things I want to share with you to get the most out of it:

1. Don’t eat a lot before you go to sleep. I know you’ve heard about this, I’m not worry about you getting fat but by eating that way, you’re going to sleep more unnecessarily. Your body will need to work overtime to process that food when you’re sleeping.

2. Before you sleep, reflect what are the 3 most important tasks you’ve completed today and sleep on it - let your unconscious world take over from there.

3. Before you go to sleep, reflect your day of how gratitude you are - you’ll have a happier sleep.

4. Take a quick nap in the day time if you have to, don’t feel guilty with it - it’ll rejuvenate you to perform better at your work, whether it’s a physical work or work that requires your thinking power. Of course, this goes without saying, it’s a nap, not sleep.

5. If you find yourself having hard to sleep because your mind won’t ‘sleep’ yet, have a conversation with it - let your mind knows that you’re aware of his message and acknowledge it.

Sleeping is not really part of your body but part of your mind. Most people think that sleeping is just an ‘activity’ where it is required for the body to be fully functional. That’s true but I believe, the biggest part that people are missing out is sleeping is actually a way how your sub-conscious mind connects with the Universe to ‘attract’ success and wealth into your life effortlessly.

As strange as it sounds, our subconscious minds are busy working on our goals mostly during the period of your sleep.

So not only sleeping is important for your health and positive thoughts, it’s also doing other thing for you at the subconscious level, which is manifesting success into your life.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Reading this article is not an excuse for you to sleep a lot and waste time. That’s not the purpose of this article at all. Use your own common sense of how much sleep you need.

If you find value in what you read, please leave your comment below. This goes without saying that I’ll appreciate that since I read every single comment personally to know what my readers like and think.

Patric Chan
www.SuccessTrace.com

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Everybody Can Be A Millionaire

October 6, 2009 By admin 26 Comments

I know it’s hard to grasp for some - I mean, if you say that to my face 5 years ago, I’ll say that you’re out of your mind. To be frank, it never comes across my mind at all that I’ll be where I am today humbly.

You see, in this new age of time that we’re living in, there are many ‘vehicles’ for you become a millionaire. It has created a new platform where ideas and some willingness to act upon them can turn an ordinary person to a self-made millionaire.

For instance, at only 15 years old, Jasmine Lawrence became a millionaire by creating her own brand of natural beauty products and has a distribution deal with Wal-Mart. Yes, fifteen.

Remember the “Secrets” about Law Of Attraction? If you’ve been reading personal development books all of these while like Think And Grow Rich, Science Of Getting Rich and so on, you’ll know that it wasn’t something very novel but it was an idea of “recreating” the concept and adding more energy to it. By the way, I believe the creator of The Secrets wasn’t a known person before and she literally leverage on other speakers and authors to achieve this phenomenal success. I bet she’s now a millionaire and she gets my highest admiration for her acomplishement today.

There are so many other people who became millionaires from nothing that are not ‘advertised’ on the internet or in the newspapers. Who knows, your neighbors might even be millionaires. Whether the millions are created from starting businesses or trading stocks, the internet have definitely made it much simpler for anyone. For the obvious main reason… the internet allows you to leverage on the world’s market. Whether you’re selling a product or becoming an author, the internet can help you do it faster.

To become a millionaire, you need a good idea.

But that alone won’t help you with anything because everyone has a million-dollar idea in them.

It’s the WILLINGLESS to act upon it.

Let me tell you something - most people are just like dead people walking with absolutely no energy and drive for success. They want the ‘easy way’ and that’s not wrong but the problem is, the ‘easy way’ doesn’t exist until you’ve taken the ‘hard way’. Then everything is ‘easy’.

A few hours ago (before I wrote this), I was driving in the parking lot area and a young man was in the middle of the lane, walking extremely slow. I stopped my car but did not horn him to avoid being rude and arrogant in my car. He stopped walking across the lane and looked up at me in the windscreen, starring for a while. Then he continues walking slowly with absolutely no urgency to move faster for me to pass, with a grudge on his face that he doesn’t wants to ‘lose’. (I’ve checked, he is not injured or anything.)

The weirdest thing is he felt intimidated because I ‘win’ that he has to move for me to pass, so he decided to walk even slower proving that he doesn’t needs to do what I want, to follow my ‘instruction’.

And secondly, he walked so slow as if he has nothing to live for.

Let me repeat – he’s not injured or just finish exercising.

Well, I could be wrong to be judgmental. The point is, I want to relate this to you because that’s HOW MOST PEOPLE ACT and wonders why they don’t become millionaires.

Young or old, there are people who are not willing to learn from others just to prove to themselves that they’re not ‘stupid’. Then there are people who find it extremely hard to compliment or admire others because they don’t want to feel inferior.

For me, when I see someone else’s success, I admire that. And if I get the chance to speak with him or her, I’ll be the first to tell him how great he/she is because his/her success is my inspiration to strive for greater success in life.

Understand this success principle – you’re not in competition with anyone, therefore, the inferior emotion is just an illusion created by your brain, basing on your environment and surrounding people. The only competition that you’re competing is YOU, to better perform what you’re capable of achieving today.

Remember the young guy who’s walking slowly? That will determine how he acts and thinks too. You know why people in Singapore are more successful than most other developed countries (based on ratio)? This is the same too  in big cities because they are ‘fast people’.

When you move fast, you somehow gain energy and momentum. It’s a fascinating fact that your movement is connected with your mind.

You walk slow, you feel tired.

So if you want to create the habit of taking action, shouldn’t you be slightly faster in your life, in anything that you do?

Of course, use your logical mind - I’m not asking you to eat faster and choke yourself and so on. I know you’re a smart person, assert it yourself of what you should be fast at.

Until today, I haven’t met a millionaire that has no energy - they’re all energetic people in one form or another.

You see, energy equals passion. You got to be passionate when you’re doing what you’re doing to become a millionaire. I mean, if you’re not passionate with your own goal, how are you going to expect anyone else to be passionate of your dream and help you to achieve it?

Now, I want you to do something for yourself – believe that you can be a millionaire because that’s the very first step to realizing any dream into a reality. (If you’re already a millionaire, what’s your next goal? That is where you got to strive for now…).

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Patric Chan
www.SuccessTrace.com

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