How to Create ANYTHING in Your Life

How to Create ANYTHING in Your Life

The Art of Creating Anything You Want In Life

If you are reading this right now there is something you want. What is it? What in your life do you want to change? There is something that is causing you pain of some degree at this very moment - if so what is it? Do you want the answer? Just a warning this is so simple yet so powerful that only those ready to embark on this journey will enter this world of creating anything you want in life.
No matter what the reason for reading deep down you are searching for an answer - you seek information. Before I go any further I just want to ask - are you aware of what you actually want? What is your goal in life? What is missing? Unless you set a fixed point - the line of freedom keeps creeping forward and you are forever chasing this line in the sand.
So I urge you now to take a second and write down two headings -
1. Where am I now
2. Where do I want to be.
Underneath the first heading I want you to identify key area in your life you are not happy with. Look at your health, wealth, relationships - the longer the list the better. Now once you have done this I ask you to fill in the next column and answering the opposite to everything you wrote on that list. This is actually the source of all pain and suffering - your lists don't match. When you can consciously create every moment everything is perfect, everything is balanced.
So what happens next? How do get list '2' to be my reality? Where do I even begin?
If you are asking questions you are on the right track - because I will now share with you the tool that has guided me towards a blissful existence and that I know can can work for you too. When I understood the power of this knowledge my life changed in an instant. You wanna know what it is?You ready for it...... its asking questions. Plain and simple - that's all you need to do - ask questions.
What do you mean ask questions?
Well asking a question means we don't know the answer. When we don't know an answer to something we are in a position to accept any answer, possibility or outcome. The answer to all your problems are out there somewhere the world - if you broadcast it out there the answer will come. This is the magic of life - ask and you shall receive. It is the secret - what you put out you will attract. So how well you ask questions is how well you manifest your reality and ultimately your life. So begin questioning absolutely everything, don't just accept something because someone told you - question it and enjoy the adventure it creates. Question everything I say in this report - you would be crazy not to. If something doesn't feel right question it - don't judge it because that implies you know the answer - ask a question. Why do I feel like this? Why did he say that? What does he mean? Why does that make me mad? Why cant I be bothered reading this? If you want to understand something or yourself ask the right questions and the answer will come. To make this even more powerful - write it down! It took me a long time to understand the concept of asking questions - but I promise you that there is a world of power that exists for those people that ask the right questions
So here is a list of my questions - what I asked myself. These are the questions I needed to understand before I could let go and trust that everything is perfect in my life. When I could let go of trying to understand everything my life became effortless and I could simply allow my life to express itself naturally. I spent years researching and experiencing different sciences, religions, healing's, meditations, massages, drugs and relationships to end up in a place of balance and joy. Its like I have done a full circle and ended up at the start point but this all makes sense now as you will understand as you continue reading. I now live my dream life all due to the gradual changing of my thought to these listed below. Some points I have repeated but I attempted to step out of this process as much as I could and just let the questions flow so what ever is written is written for a reason. Are these facts or even right? I don't know and I don't care. All I know is how is how I experience my life and each day I wake filled with joy and excitement to have the opportunity to consciously create every moment of my day.
GUIDE TO QUESTIONS
1. Read each question one at a time
2. Explore how you feel, think, react -
Does this create an experience for you in any way?
If yes - record your experience/question/comment and let it go (you can come back and explore this later)
3. Continue to the next question only when you are ready and focused
QUESTIONS
How do I get everything I want in life? You Create it
How do I create? With your thoughts
How do I turn my thoughts into reality? You don't - that is not your role.
How do I think then? A thought is simply a by-product of experience.
What is experience? Your reality
What is reality? A individualised experience based on the interpretation of Universal Energy
What is Universal Energy? The 'stuff' everything is made up of
How do I experience this Universal Energy then? With the body and its sensory systems
What are my sensory systems? Channels that interpret energy from the external world and relays this data to the brain
What happens then? your reality is then created from how you interpret this data
What determine the way I interpret the data? Your mind
What is my mind? A collection of past experiences
Is my mind even real? Reality is whatever you experience
Well how do I change my reality then? Change the way you experience
How do I change the way I experience? Change the way you think
How do I change the way I think? Change the way you interpret energy
How do I change the way I interpret Universal Energy? Become aware of your reality
What is my reality? What ever is happening this very moment - the NOW
What do you mean the NOW? NOW is the only moment that exists
What about my past and future? They happened in the NOW - but cease to exist in your reality NOW
What about my memories? You experience memories in the NOW - the event ceases to exist
Why? For something to exist it must be real
What makes something real? You must experience it
How do I experience something? Though your body and its senses
How do I change my body and its senses? Become aware of the body
How do I become aware of my body? Become aware of the mind
How do I become aware of my mind? Become awareness of your thoughts
How do I become aware of my thoughts? Become aware of your reality
How do I become aware of my reality? Become aware of the NOW
What do you mean? What ever is happening in your life right NOW is your reality
Well I want to change the NOW - how do I do this? Change your thoughts
How do I change my thoughts? By consciously directing your thought patterns
How do I do this? By mastering your mind
How do I master the mind? Through meditation
What is meditation? Focusing the mind on one task and holding it there
How do I do this? Focus your mind on one thing
For how long? As long as you can
What should I be doing while I focus on one thing? Anything you want
Don't I have to sit in a quiet room? You can do what ever you choose - the focus of the mind is the only important factor
So I can walk around? As long as the mind is focused on one thing
What is the purpose? To control your mind
Why do I want to control my mind? Because this guides your thoughts
Why do I want to guide my thoughts? So you can create anything you choose and master the art of creation
What is a master? Someone who performs an action using the unconscious mind
What is the unconscious mind? Is the automated system of your reality
What do you mean? Things you perform without thinking is done by the unconscious mind
Where does thinking live then? The conscious mind
How do I control the unconscious? You don't its a automated system that performs exactly how it is programmed
How do I program the unconscious then? With the conscious mind
What is the conscious mind? The opposite to the unconscious
What do you mean? It is the other component to your reality and you have full control of this system
What do you mean by system? The conscious and unconscious mind work together to create your reality
How does this system work? The conscious mind creates a thought and when this thought is energised enough it is transferred and stored into the subconscious.
What happens then? The subconscious then continually transmits this thought bringing about the reality that matches it
How do I change the thoughts in my subconscious? By changing the thoughts in your conscious mind
How do I make a thought strong enough to go into my subconscious? With focused attention
How do I focus my attention? By being able to control your thoughts
How do I control my thoughts? Meditation
How do I mediate? Focus on one thing
What is the point of all this? To balance your mind
What do you mean balance? When two opposing energies become equal in strength a third existence arises
What is the third existence? They are ONE
What is ONE? Is the mid point of all opposing energies as is the birth point of their existence
So it is a different energy emerging? No all energy is the same - just the experience changes
How do I experience this ONE? By balancing Universal Energy
How do I balance energy? Find unbalanced energy and match it with its opposite
How do I find unbalanced energy? Become aware of your body?
Why my body? Because this is instrument you experience energy with.
How do I know what is unbalanced energy? If it drags you away from the present moment it is unbalanced
How do I know if it is balanced energy? This is an experience that cannot be captured with the conscious mind
What do you mean? When energies are perfectly in balance and become ONE - the mind cannot exist
Why? The mind is simply a collection of stored past experiences that filter the way you perceive the present moment
So does this mean that you cannot think in the NOW? To remain totally in the NOW you cannot think with your conscious mind
Why? Because thinking means you are interpreting the present and not experiencing it
What is the future then? It is a mind made dream based on collected past experience.
So whats real? What ever you experience
Yes but ultimately what is reality? What ever is happening for you right NOW
How do stay in the now? Balance
Balance what? What ever is unbalanced
What do you mean? What ever prevents you from living totally in the now is your guide to entering the present moment
What happens when I enter the NOW? That can only be experienced
What if its bad? The NOW is both good and bad combined
So what stops it from being bad? You create whatever you want in the NOW
How? Because you can balance both energies you can decide which you want to experience
How will I know if I'm in the NOW? By comparing it to not being in the NOW
What do you mean? You must consciously create situations to experience the NOW. Only when you have experienced the NOW can you have a point of reference to stiff towards?
How do I create these situations? Mediation
Have I ever experienced the NOW? Yes
When? You experienced it when you learned to ride a bike or you caught your first wave on a surfboard. An orgasm is another good example of the NOW
What do you mean? The moment of orgasm you have no thoughts, you have no concept of time, space even reality - you are totally in the NOW for just a fraction of an instant
So living in the NOW is like an orgasm? An orgasm is a huge discharge of sexual energy - being in the now is balancing energies but the mindset is the same.
So now what? Decide what you want
Where do I start? With the end point
The end point? You need a direction to head in and a reference point to know when you have achieved it
I want to be happy - how do I create this? With your thoughts
But what if my life situation is bad? Change your life situation
But to do that I need more money - how do I create more money? With your thoughts
You cant just think and money appears can you? Your reality is based on your experience
So if I want to change my reality on money or life I just change the way I experience it? Correct
How do I change the way I experience? Change how you interpret the energy
How is energy interpreted? The body sends signals to the brain where it is interpreted by the mind?
So how do I change the signals sent to my brain? You cant change the signal
What do you mean? The signals are simply an energy - and all enrages are ONE
What can I do then? Change the way you interpret the energy
How do I do this? By changing your thoughts
How do I do this? By changing your identity
What is my identity? Who you 'think' you are - it is the sum of all you experiences
How can I change my identity? With your thoughts
How can I change my thoughts? By becoming aware of them
Then what? Change them
How do I change them? Focus
How do I focus? Choose one thing and focus you mind on it
My mind wanders too quickly - how do I keep it there? Practice
Whats the main goal of mediation? To balance your mind
Why should I balance my mind? Because when something is balanced it gives bit to a new state of being - the NOW
Whats so good about the NOW? Its the only thing that ever exists
How come I can't instantly go and stay in the NOW? Because you cannot balance the energy of being in there
Any tips on how to balance? Balance can only be achieved with the use of reference points
What are reference points? Points of focus
What are points of focus? The experience of energy existing in time and space
Im lost can you give me an example? OK when you sit your focus points are your feet, backside and possibly your hands
So whatever I can feel? Yes
So whats this got to do with balance? When you have reference points you can balance the energies between each point.
How do I balance each point? With a focused mind
How will I know when its balanced? You no longer need to think about it and you can dwell in the perfect existence that is the NOW
What can I do now? Balance your mind and your body
What happens then? When these energies balance your spiritual energy emerges
What is spiritual energy? Your true nature
What is my true nature? The balance point - the present moment - the ONE energy
What is my mission? To experience yourself in this pure form
Then what? Share it with the world
SUMMARY
1. Everything is ENERGY
2. The is only ONE moment that exists - the NOW
3. The answer to everything is BALANCE
PRACTICAL STEPS TO CREATING ANYTHING
1. Decide what you want to create. Know what the end result and make it measurable.
2. Plan your path. Start at the end and work backwards. Ask 'how can I achieve this step?' or 'what is needed to achieve this?' and keep working backward till where you are now.
3. Take action on the first step. Forget about everything else but this first step. Nothing else matters - nothing else exists except this first step.
EXTRA TIPS
1. Record everything. Keep a track of what you are creating and doing.
2. Have a minimum of 3 mental reference points when undertaking a task. Ask yourself - Why am I doing this? How does this support my goals? You will find it very hard to stay present in your task unless it has multi benefits to your evolution
3. Have fun. If you create everything in your life rejoice and laugh at your life now - no matter what the situation. You created it and you have done a perfect job to date. Now you simply have more information to create a better one.
CONCLUSION
As mentioned before these are just simply a collection of thoughts and all I now do is focus my attention on them. In no way do I claim these as fact or that I own them - I just simply believe them to be true. Will this work for you? That is up to you - you are in control of your life. All I know is what I experience and what I now experience is a life overflowing with joy, love, peace, abundance and happiness. I have everything I have ever wanted and if I ever need anything it magically appears. I just want to share my experience with you in the hope that some part of you awakened and recognised some truth that can help you in your journey. All I know is what I experience - and this is all I will ever know. I believe that we are all here to experience life and share this experience with everyone in the world around you. I'm am so happy that I can share this with everyone around the world. Thank you for reading this and happy creating.

We Have the Power and Ability to Overcome Any Obstacle

Do you know the assets that we all possess mentally? You may say "that is not pertaining to me". Please don't forget that big computer that sets on your shoulders. Our brains are there for our personal use. Unfortunately, most of us do not take full advantage of this incredible power that is at our disposal. In fact, we use very little of its resources.
Though I graduated from college, I have just an average intelligence, I think. It takes determination and perseverance to accomplish anything you set out to do. You need to have a desire and a plan for the future in order to meet any goal. We all possess the ability to accomplish any mission if we put our mind to it. If you can't reach your goal, then you should make a list of what you believe your problems are. This list should highlight your assets and liabilities that you feel are causing you to not obtain your desired goal or goals.
Once you understand what is making you falter, it is time to align your assets, eliminate the deficiencies you have and reorder how you are going to obtain the desired outcome. You absolutely can do it! You have the resources just like I have and others have. You have the very same ability. Forget about the people you think are smarter than you are. They merely use more of their brain than you do presently. It is time to start believing in yourself and you can accomplish anything you set your mind to do. Your brain wants to help you out but you have to know how to activate it. You aren't inferior to anyone else. Start applying yourself and utilize that god given asset that sits at your own disposal.
Be sure to have a positive attitude in what ever you say or do. End any negative thoughts and ideas that you possess if you want to accomplish anything in life. You need to believe you are worthy of great things. You can do anything now. So you've made lots of mistakes already. Haven't we all. If your mouth gets out of hand, start being a listener. If you have said things that you regret, change it. Say you're sorry and didn't mean what you said. It is easier to correct some things and more difficult with others. If you're going to be successful, get in a successful mode. You will need lots of support from as many people as you can get in your court to help reach your goals. Networking skills need to be part of what you do. Be someone that others like and will readily help and advise along the way.
Correct your problems and then move forward in a positive way. If you lost your job recently, it probably is not anything you did or didn't do. Don't beat yourself up. Start showing your positive attitude and find your new job. You are just as good as anyone else. Show your positive energy and bring a smile with you on your next interview.
Please don't make any negative comments when being examined in an interview. That will eliminate you quicker than you can imagine. Use complements if possible, research the company and its job requirements for the position you are seeking. Then, ask questions (that you thought about before hand) and then ask for the job at the end of the interview. You deserve it. Be neat and well groomed. It is those first impressions that you want to appear favorable in the eyes of the hiring manager.
Problems at home can be smoothed out as well. Compliments, kindnesses, forgiveness and appreciation go along way to make everyone happy and stress free. Accomplish your goals without little or big things to distract your thoughts. Have the belief in yourself that will carry you forward. You can obtain what you set out to do. Use your ability and coupled with your determination and desire to meet that accomplishment head on.

Self Discipline, the Number One Key to Success

Self Discipline, the Number One Key to Success


If you seriously want to master and dominate every aspect of your life, then it is very expedient that you develop the virtue of self discipline. It is very inevitable if you want to have substantial achievement and reach your heart desires. Setting goals and targets are not enough to be successful in any endeavour. You need to work persistently on them and for that to be possible to a large extent, self discipline is highly needed. I am yet to see anyone who has made outstanding achievement and success without discipline. It is the number one attribute one must possess to attain excellence in business, sports, personal development etc.
One who is self disciplined finds it easy to make decision, whether big or small. They take action quickly based on the decision made. Even in spite of challenges, and discomfort, they still persist until their goal is achieved. Based on what have been discussed so far, what then is self discipline? It is simply the ability to refrain from instant gratification and force yourself to do thing that you should do whether you like it or not, in comfort or not. You have to give up short term pleasures in order to achieve a worthwhile goal.
To be disciplined means that you stick to plans and action that leads to the realization of your goal. It also means having self control which eventually leads to self mastery. To fully develop the habit of self discipline, one has to be consistent in taking disciplined actions daily.
To be disciplined does not connote living a reclusive, constricted or narrow minded life. It does not also mean that you should give up pleasures, enjoyment at all times. Self discipline gives you the ability to focus your attention on your aims and objectives until they are attained. It means blocking away any form of distraction that may want to arise to take you away from what you hope to achieve. Self discipline gives order to life.
There are several ways of developing self discipline, but the best and effective way is by deliberately refusing to attend to desires and pleasure that are not important. Endless temptations and desires that are of no significant importance confronts everyone daily, but by practicing to ignore them, you get stronger. In my next article, I will discuss some of the methods of developing self discipline.
Some Benefits Of Self discipline
Your confidence level increases. -By developing the habit of discipline consistently, you level of self esteem increases which eventually increase your level of confidence.
You will become more productive and accomplish more in less time. When you refuse to pay attention to temptations and desires that tend to distract you and limit your pace of work, your level of productivity increases. You will achieve far more in less time.
Ability to stay calm and positive in the midst of challenges and obstacles. Challenges and obstacle are bound to arise when planning to achieve your goals. It takes the habit of self discipline to stay on course no matter the circumstances.
Life becomes easy and cheap when you are disciplined.
Better Finance, good health, happy relationship with others etc. The benefits of living a disciplined life are endless.
It is never too late to set goals and resolve to be discipline to attain them. Project your life into the future and visualize what you desire to attain or become. Have it in mind that you will only achieve what you see when you are discipline. When you have a picture of your projected goal in mind, you will find it easily to delay instant gratification and pleasure because in the long run, they will lead you away from you heart desires.

Persistence - Your Key to Success

Persistence - Your Key to Success


Do you really want to succeed in life? Is there a goal that you would like to achieve? Do you want to be happier, healthier or richer? One of the most important ingredients to achieve anything great in your life is persistence. Persistence has the power to transform desires into reality. John D. Rockefeller once said "I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
Persistence separates extraordinary people from ordinary ones. You too can succeed and achieve great things in your life if you cultivate the habit of persisting. All things are possible if you persist. People who persevere, never accept defeat. They just keep moving forward in the direction of their goals.
One of the main reasons why goals remain unachieved and why most people are not successful is a lack of persistence. Initially you are very excited and highly motivated when you make the decision to achieve your new goal and you are determined to succeed. However once an obstacle, large or small, appears you most often allow that obstacle to discourage you from continuing to do what it takes to achieve your goal and succeed.
People who achieved excellence have encountered many obstacles while climbing the ladder to success. Such obstacles would have discouraged most ordinary people a long time back. These extraordinary people, however, refused to quit. They persisted until they succeeded. Thomas Edison is a very good example of the power of perseverance. When he was asked how he managed to persist in the face of continued failure, he answered, "I did not fail. I have just found 10,000 ways not to invent the light bulb." Most people fail simply because they gave up too soon. If they had persisted, success would have been theirs.
You need to persist regardless of the obstacles you come across. You must keep telling yourself that as long as you keep trying, as long as you keep putting effort into doing what you need to do to achieve what you strongly desire, you will succeed. Always remember the wise words of Og Mandino who once said "I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking."
If you persist, you will succeed over the person who has more money, more education or even more talents than you have. Calvin Coolidge was right when he said "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
Persistence has incredible power. Take constant action in the direction of your goals and trust that the best outcome will always materialize. Never quit. Do not stop singing if you are not accepted at an audition, do not give up on that job you always wanted, do not stop striving to be the person you always wanted to be, do not give up your big dreams. Always remember that all great people started as ordinary people but had a dream and persisted and with a positive mental attitude achieved extraordinary success. If they persisted and succeeded, you can too! So begin to persist now and remember what Winston Churchill said "Never, never, never give up!"

Self Help to Success - Help Yourself Reach Your Goals

Self Help to Success - Help Yourself Reach Your Goals

Success is not defined by a person for something he or she has done in front of others. Success is something that you will feel yourself when you have designed your destiny and achieved it the hard way. Once you attain success you feel satisfied and you are much happier knowing the efforts that you have put into it. Here is a little bit that you have to know for your own self-help to success.
There are many ways in which you can make it to the top and achieve success. Success need not be associated with the amount of money you make. Success is not money. Success is seeing a dream and drawing it out as real as you have seen it in your own life. Many of us just don't go that extra mile to get a small taste of success. Many of us drop off half way through our journey to success. The reasons for this could be consistent rejection, fear of being a failure, losing self-esteem, and diminishing courage which will drain you and discourage you in going that extra mile. Many of us are in the same race and the reason why others reached their goals is because they didn't give up; those who didn't reach their goals quit ahead of time feeling that those that did succeed had it too easy in their journey.
Every person makes their own choices to make that dream become reality and to decide your own destiny and fate. In your own self-help path to success you must learn to help yourself out of any difficult situation that may arise or from any ongoing situation. How to do this is split and discussed in short in the following lines to come. This is a very simple, strong and pretty effective way to help you with your future success.
First of all set aside any confusion associated with you and your future. Think of nothing but you and the happiness of your family and your life. When you think about your happiness figure out what you notice most or what makes you happy which could be a specific job, business, situation, or lifestyle and fixate on those things. That will be your ultimate driving force to motivate you in becoming successful. For example, if you are happy when you cook and you love cooking but by profession you are a salesperson, you may never be fully content with your life which can basically force you to become a person who is very much confused with the idea of what your own personal success is or how to obtain that. That is where you have to take a risk and do what you love to do because success is associated with what you do the best. From your self-help to success now you know that an initiative to your success lies in your own hands.
After you take your risks and make certain moves you are in a race against only yourself; this is a race where you are your own competitor and where you have to excel each and every time in everything you do. If everything is done properly everything else will fall into place which most people mistake for luck. Luck comes only after hard work. There are no instances where luck brought success to a number of people. After taking the initiative to succeed as well as taking a risk comes our favorite part which is the hard working part. All these are components of what will be your success or how you define your success is going to be.

THE PILLAR OF SUCCES

The pillar Of succes

Success is desired by the majority of the human population. But what exactly is success?
Success means different things to different people. We must always remember that, and not be quick to judge others and their views of success.
One persons idea of success is having their own family, home with the white picket fence included. To another, their idea of success may be becoming an entrepreneur and leading a very fast paced, business oriented life.
And to yet another individual, success may simply be leading a simple life, focused on their faith or religion and enjoying every moment that they are alive.
Do you see how different we all are? Success may mean the achievement of your goals, but the goals of every human being differs drastically.
So if we all desire success, but have different goals, there must be some common elements of behaviour that would enable us to achieve those goals.
The common elements are discipline, focus, persistence/perseverance, joy, optimism, the ability to adapt, motivation and assertiveness.
Discipline: The ability to do the same activity or task every day or at regular intervals. By mastering this element, you can become successful very quickly at whatever you choose. Discipline is what makes it happen!
Focus: Having a laser sharp focus helps you to "tune out" the distractions of the world and pay attention to only the tasks you need to do. Too often we get distracted by the outside world, our friends, parties, clubs, activities etc.
Persistence/Perseverance: To keep at something even though it does not give immediate gratification is a quality that is rare to come by. Those who train themselves to never give up are the only ones on the finish line! Make sure that person is you.
Ability to Adapt: Even though you must strive to be persistent and persevere, you must at the same time be able to realize when your plan is not working. You must keep aware of your environment and the events that affect your goals. The ability to adapt to changing situations is golden. Stay awake! Look around and take note of what is going on NOW. It is only by doing this that you are able to alter your plan for faster success.
Joy and Optimism: A person who is always serious has no time to smell the roses. What is the point of fulfilling goals when you forget that life is magical and beautiful? What about your internal joy? Remember to maintain your relationships with those you love. It will give you the fuel to keep going.
Motivation: Have you ever gotten so caught up in what you are doing that you forget the reason why you even started? Make sure to have your reason, i.e. motivation in front of you every day. Whether it be your spouse, daughter, son or even the thought of total financial freedom. Images or words that represent your motivation should be at the forefront of your work space. You won't get anywhere if you can't remember why you want to go there in the first place.
Assertiveness: This is what pushes you out in 1st place. Be assertive; know who you are and what you want. Chase after your dreams like an Olympic athlete. If you want gold, you've got to grab it.
These elements are the pillars of success. Master these and you will be guaranteed to succeed at whatever your heart, body, mind and soul desires.
Always follow your dreams...
Live long and prosper!

Want Success in Life? How to Get the Results You Want - Dreams to Reality!

Want Success in Life? How to Get the Results You Want - Dreams to Reality!

If you want to start seeing success in your life and start achieving great results then you have come to the right place. My ethos in life is that dreams can become a reality, the same goes for having success in life... read on....
~ Life is a journey..... Success is also a journey not just a destination ~
If you are looking to be successful in certain area's in your life then first and foremost you need to look at the results you want to achieve to bring you the success you dream of.
The best place to start is to think about the area in your life you want to improve, where you want to see success, you want to see great results.... Where, dare I say it... In what areas of life do you want your dreams to become your reality?
Once you are clear about this you can then look at the goals you need to set and the results you need to achieve to start to move towards the success. Maybe it's a promotion at work you desire, maybe you want to improve your business situation, maybe you want a new business, maybe it's something on a personal level.
What results do you want to see to help you reach your goals? Once you know this you can then start to look at the steps you need to take to work towards the results which will help you meet your goals which in turn will help you towards your success in life.
Even if you only take baby steps to start with this is better than doing nothing. Just make the choice to move towards your success. To take the journey!

Is financial freedom etical ?

what images come to mind when you think about financially successful people? Do you see spoilt rich kids, indolent lifestyles and general excess? Many people do. The media constantly feeds us images of the excessive lives of the rich and famous. Lavish wedding celebrations and celebrity shopping trips sell more copies than Bill Gates' latest charitable foundation.

What words are associated with being rich? Filthy, stinking, greedy, irresponsible, and spoilt come to mind. Not how most people would choose to describe themselves. Many people have a love-hate feeling about financial freedom: they'd love the money but hate the values that seem to come with it.

You Can Make Money and Keep Your Values

We all choose our own beliefs and values in life -- at least we should. Many people accept the values and beliefs of others such as family, teachers, or their community, without ever questioning these. Others allow the media or savvy marketers to shape their values. You don't really become more attractive to the opposite sex by wearing a particular perfume; your life won't end because you don't drive the latest model; you don't have to agree with capital punishment or object to immigration just because a newspaper headline tells you to. These are all values and beliefs you have chosen to hold.

Similarly we can choose the values we want to hold about money and financial freedom. It's impossible to achieve financial success while you hold negative values and beliefs about it. If you see negative images and hear negative words when you think about wealth you'll never become wealthy yourself: you're trying to achieve something that is against your beliefs and values. You need to change.

One quick and easy way to begin this is to change your reading and viewing matter. Throw out the celebrity magazines and sensationalizing newspapers. Replace them with success stories of the millions of quietly wealthy people. Read about the foundations endowed by Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates and other business leaders. Learn how Warren Buffet and Richard Branson use their money wisely. Fill your picture with people using money responsibly. Change your perspective and you'll soon see yourself in a group whose values now reflect your own.

Achieve Your Financial Freedom by Helping Others Achieve Theirs

Many people believe you can only succeed at the expense of others. They see success like a mountain -- the higher you climb the narrower it gets and there's only room for a few at the top. In their view you climb over others to reach success and protect yourself by keeping the others down on the lower slopes.

There is no rule that says your success can only be achieved at the expense of others. It isn't necessary to step on them or do them down in some way. In Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill says:

'...no wealth or position can long endure, unless built on truth and justice...'

In fact, Hill goes on to explain, trying to succeed at the expense of others is counter-productive and more likely to lead to failure. Let's think about it:

If I take business from you by using underhand methods you will be unhappy. You may become resentful and look for ways to get back at me. Our business relationship -- and reputations -- may suffer as a result of what happened. Maybe I sold under cost to get the business. I can't keep doing this, and when I put my prices back up I have a customer who knows he's been given a bad deal. No-one wins.

But if we compete on equal terms, accepting that each will win and lose sometimes, we create a better business environment and the potential to work collaboratively for mutual benefit. Maybe I have problems meeting an order due to sickness and need to call on someone I can trust for help. Maybe you need an introduction into a business forum that I'm active in. We're more likely to want to help and support each other, and both of us will benefit by this.