Filthy Rich - Reframe

I've noticed recently I've alot of negative self talk going on inside my head. This I'm correcting when I catch myself.

I've just heard a story where somebody described another person as filthy rich. For some reason this I caught and heard. It got me thinking. I don't want to hold this belief or attitude. How else can I hold it or thinking about it. Time to reframe it.

Reframing is taking a word and its meaning or context and changing either or both.

Initially I thought filthy rich...????

Then I thought actually all rich, filthy or otherwise are very clean. Those that I know drive nice clean cars, have nice clean clothes. Nothing filthy about it! So that was a good start.

Then I did what I often do..go look for the origin of a word. Words fascinate me. Meanings often get lost. Words, statements and beliefs all become 'old wives tales'. So much of which is true yet lost at the same time.

A quick look at the etymology of the word filth revealed. The following, there are many definitions.

One of which was as follows:

lucre

c.1380, from L. lucrum "gain, profit," from PIE base *lu-/*leu- (cf. Gk. apo-lanein "to enjoy," Goth. launs, Ger. lohn "wages, reward," and possibly Skt. lotam, lotram "booty"). Filthy lucre (Tit. i:11) is Tyndale's rendering of Gk. aischron kerdos.

From this I therefore took the following to be filthy rich is actually to to gain or to profit. Today when we profit or gain, it is often in the form of money, thus it is a wage or reward for work we have done, which surely is to be enjoyed!

So, being filthy rich is just enjoying the fruits of what you have done. Thus the question is do you hate or dislike rich people?

Is it because you actually aren't getting the rewards and thus the enjoyment from what you are doing.

So, here is to being filthy rich because it is my gain and reward for the work I've done. Now I'm off to enjoy myself.

Happy Travels.

A

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How Much Should You Get Paid?

I've just finished listening to another audio book and had a spare few minutes to listen to the radio on the way to work. I don't normally listen to the radio or what television and certainly not the news as I don't actually think it is that good for you. For me the news is telling the masses how to live, behave and think..This is fine if you just want to be average. What if you want to be more than average?

I was listening to a conversation about director's pay. People were complaining about the amount 'non-performing' directors get paid.It actually really made me laugh because the people that were complaining, where those not getting the money. A director agrees a deal (contract) before he signs on, just like an employee. The difference being he things very differently to a employee and their contract.

What is to stop a potential employee asking for share options, bonuses etc ? I think because deep down an employee doesn't expect those things. A director does.

Your Salary = How specialist your job is and how easily you can be replaced. That is if you own your own company, you potentially can pay yourself whatever you want. Somebody once told me your salary is equal to your self worth. Ponder that one. I nearly cried when I first thought on that one. I'm worth much, much more than my current salary.

Happy Travels

A

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The Next Step

All,

Post travelling I always think..mmm..I need more of this. Travelling or even just landing in another country is just brilliant to me.The planning, the excitement. My passport is full of stamps and visas. I love it. They each remind me of a time, place and people.

Whilst I was travelling recently, I remember sitting in one of my many aeroplanes and as I sat there thinking.. I thought God...I have the next X number of years to sit in an office, earn a pittance..oh how dull. There must be more to life than that. I posted recently that after reading Rich Dad's Prophecy . Be it true of not I have only 2 years potential before something 'big' may happen. I think the signs may be screaming at us all. Am I financially ready for it...Not by a long shot! Yet I could easily be.

Fear

Sat here in my office I realise that all my efforts are helping somebody else further their own goals..At least on the surface not my own. I noticed in Japan that many of the people were just working for a company ie somebody else and not themselves...(Salary men) Ouch. This has really begun to play on my mind. I'm slowly finishing my E-Books, yet, again not as fast as I would like...why? I actually think because I have a job. If I didn't have a job and it was really life threatening . I'd be working harder and faster, no? Everything comes down to importance and a mind set. I've just ordered myself a heap of books from Amazon to kick start myself and the proper formation of ME.PLC and build the systems that I know I can and maybe even must.

Some of the lack of 'work' on my goals is fear. What if it all goes wrong...or even what if it all works out? It is a balance sometimes as to what I'm focusing on. What will my friends think? Yet in all fairness, the only person I really have to satisfy is myself. I know if by next trip I'm no further down the line..I'll be cross with myself. Is actually what I'm working on something I really, really want? Maybe there is some apathy. I'm a great talker after all. Not always a great doer.

Insight

I know the following :

I can do it. I need to do it. I must do it.

I'm worth more than the next X number of years sitting in front of a PC at a desk..wishing and hoping. Yes, you get what you focus on...yet sometimes you also have to do as much as you can to help, further, draw your goals towards yourself. Are you doing all that you can, from where you currently sit to achieve your goals?

As far as my career is concerned and there are many other areas where you should have goals :

I want to work (Well, almost)...yet the ultimate goal is be the owner not the worker. So that I don't work, I play..I spend time with my family and friends in all corners of the globe.

Once I have my business set up, the goal is to have it run itself.

I want more travel and if I choose 1st Class and stay in the best hotels. = Web based control or view of work therefore I think.

Earn as much in a month as I currently do in a year. This should be passive income ie I get the money without being tied down to one location. (Question to Accountant - How can I get that as a wage without paying 40% tax or how to get more each month without waiting for a dividend

I've got more studying and revision to do and quickly.

On the bright side

I've found that because you desire or want something. Your mind and you only think of that because you have the potential to achieve that. Therefore all that you want you can achieve if you can think about it.

Happy Travels

A

p.s I really wondered what I was going to write about today and in the future...I just started writing..Does it all make sense, is it coherent...should it actually have been multiple posts (rants) ? Anyhow, thanks for letting me just run with it!!

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The Most Important Question

All,

I know your time is valuable so I'll not beat around the point. I need your advice!

I'm putting together the finishing touches to several new e-books that are all about

Hypnosis

NLP

4 Hour Work Week

Photoreading

I want to make sure I don't leave anything out. So, will you let me know your biggest, no.1 question about any or all of the topics above. It could be anything...even if you think it is silly. All you have to do is email me at the following address blogging@3ldevelopment.com. In exchange for your advice I'll give you a free copy of the book or books when they are ready. (Should be a few weeks)

Thanks and Happy Travels.

A

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4HWW - Bish, Bash, Bosh...Belief

Last night I was training for my up coming sport's season. I play hockey, field hockey. It is huge in Europe. This year I'm playing in a new position. I get the opportunity to openly score goals and play up front. Anyway after the game I really noticed how I was talking to others.I was so up beat and positive. Some how, shape or form. I've taken on a whole new belief system...just like that. I did notice I was playing in my mind a certain skill that I know I've wanted to master for ages..yet I know I'm going to score some of my best goals that way this year.

It got me thinking ..how come everything in that one instance, split second is in total alignment and bang, my belief therefore my end result will come into actuality? I can't wait for the end of season and goal tally. Yet for some of my other goals..the belief or strength of belief isn't quite there. I know the results will happen soon, yet I do not totally feel it. Yet I know I'm going to end up with 20 goals this season. A whole 20 more than last year. I normally play at the back and defend. Now I attack and score.

It does remind me of a question I posed earlier : if a phobia can be caused in a split second, why can't positive beliefs happen the same way? I guess they can! Therefore the higher level question is how do I replicate it and quickly to get my other goal beliefs up to speed and in no doubt that they will occur? Therefore I need to start believing I can find that answer and soon. I'll share when I do. How much do I like playing with an enhancing beliefs quickly and easily?

Happy Travels

A

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4HWW - News = Beliefs You Must Think The Opposite Of

I just caught a little news this morning...ugh.. The main reason I am finding not to listen to the news if nothing else is quite simply. This is one of the easiest ways for you not to take on the beliefs of what society thinks is possible or correct. I heard a 'stocks and shares' expect say

Over the next 4 months things are going to be really tough. Given the number of people that watch this morning show, GMTV... (5,000,000)how many will have a financially difficult next 4 months? He was referring to interest rates, prices of X,Y,Z. Mortgages etc. Soon people will start coming down with flu and colds because we are told it is the flu season. Yet, if you jump on a plane and go to Australia..no flu, yet same month of year.

Therefore. If the majority of people are believing the above. Of course they will struggle. Thus, think the opposite and you'll get the opposite results. Yet how do you do that? Dare to think differently.

I've just reread my last post and there is something I just noticed. If I've written this what was I thinking of?

we are all infallible to new systems and ways of working. I'm not filling my void.

Who Wants The Best Cinema In The World?

We all posses the greatest results mechanism in the world...Us! Yes, that thing that daydreams on a daily basis, sends us off to far places. This is how to begin getting what you want.

See the END result. By that I mean. Imagine you have the best cinema screen inside your head. You are sitting in the most comfortable chair, eating pop corn etc. You see yourself on the large cinema screen doing, getting, having exactly what you want. The END result. I find it helps if you See the Result, Feel the Result, Hear the Result.

An Example

Supposing you want a house..I already have my car!

See yourself standing in the house? See - What is the flooring made of? .What colour are the walls? How big are the windows? What about the dining room. How many chairs? Is there anybody else there with you? Are you throwing a dinner party. What is the food you are eating? How big is your smile?

Feel - What does it feel like to have this house? If you want you can step into yourself and really get the feelings. I do this and then step out of my self and see myself again. What does it feel like to watch television, on that top of the range flat screen television? What does it feel like when you open the door and your mate is there and you feel great, because you are about to show him your house? What does super happiness feel like?

Audio - What does the music sound like from your top of the range sound system that you have installed? What is that sound coming from the perfect roast you have just lifted from your oven? What about the laughter from yourself and friends?

Me A Supercharger - It Is A 3 Way Thing

I have found the following really useful. Once or twice a day go over the above imagery of the end result of your goal.

Get some paper, some photographs, pictures of the end result. Put them all together. Hang the poster up somewhere you will see it everyday. Even on holidays. - Feel as you make it and gather the pictures, you should get really excited doing this. Hell you don't need a poster a diary works just as well, as does PC wallpaper. Some of you may know this as vision board.

Write about your goal as if you have already achieved it. Write it with a date and in the present tense i.e. I have... I feel.. I am.

Not only are you getting excited about what you want, you'll be doing multiple things in all you senses to achieve your goals. In the peripheral vision your mind will see what you want and work out ways for you to get what you want.

Where Is My Goal?

If your goal hasn't come about just yet. I find the following has helped me. Is the end result something that I really want? Not, friends, family..ME If yes..

It is on its way. You are just being tested as it is just around the corner waiting for you. Do you really want the goal?

Do you feel good when thinking about your end results? If so you are on the right track to getting what you want.

If the above seems like to much work....welcome to boredom and not getting what you want. It just isn't that important to you.

Happy Travels

A

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4HWW - Motivational Medicine.

So here I find myself sat in my current office and day job bored and with 'nothing' to do. Yet in reality I've got much I could be doing towards MY goals, dreamlining targets etc. and yet I seem to have stalled. Lost/lack motivation. So I type this little ditty, since last time I was lacking motivation, I actually found writing for my blog was a great motivational cure. I'm hoping for the same this time around. I'm sure I've plenty I could be doing. Yet none I want to be doing. I've noticed my random website surfing has taken on a new lease of life today as has checking my personal emails more than twice a day. In some regards I think this is a good thing as it shows we are all infallible to new systems and ways of working. I'm not filling my void.

It has got me thinking about doing some form action everyday or every few days towards my goals. In the beginning of dreamlining, you have to state and do three actions over the next 48 hours. I've noticed with my previous goals that I have attained. Action towards what I've wanted has happened little and often.

Burning into Action

If my work building blew up and I had 10 days to get things going for me.PLC. Would I not kick things into action? Why is it that when you're not being pushed to complete and finish something that in actual fact will give you great pleasure and a new back account (TMI). Why do you just sit and procrastinate? Do the people in the office realise I'm doing very little?

You Can Be, Do and Have Anything - Facing the Fear

Having said that as part of my new and wanting working life style. I'm playing with ideas from the Secret, visualisation the end result and hearing what I am saying to myself. One of my goals is to work only 4 hours a week if that....lol and behold I think that is where I am already at! If not, pretty close. Although when I thought about working just 4 hours a week, I didn't necessarily realise it would be at my current place of work. I was more hoping (there is the killer word..hope, not expect!) to be on a beach..

So what do to next? What 3-6 things can I do next to achieve my dreamline target?

I now have back the magazine details for areas of interest to me. Here I stall. I think the ideas that I'm coming up with aren't actually that exciting and I don't know the details of how to create X,Y and Z product. Having said that, I don't know if people would want them. I've not tested the market. I was being put off by my own thoughts. I've been playing with my thoughts over the weekend.

Therefore I ask you

Do you know anybody who records, produces spoken word CDs?

Change my end result for my image of 4 hours work week. Hello Fiji Beach!.

As I write I've just thought of a very quick and easy way to achieve 'expert' status in one of my chosen fields...Oh this blogging is rather therapeutic.

Happy Travels

A

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4HWW - DreamLining Ouch...Something Uncomfortable - How Much!?

So there I was using the Deamlining. Filling out the Dreamline spreadsheet as provided by Set Consulting. Happily going along until I had to put a monetary figure on my Havings, Beings, and Doings. When it all totalled up I was shocked at my TMI (target monthly imcome). I began saying to myself bloody hell. That is expensive..Then I thought hang on a second here. What are you thinking? Remember...your wish is my command etc. To cut it short. My TMI, give or take a few pennies difference is currently what I earn in a year. Then I remembered Doing the Unrealistic is Easier Than Doing the Realistic. One thing about the 4HWW is to push your comfort zone and boundaries. Yet, again, this realisation of a monetary figure will stop many people in there tracks. I then began to think, oh how I could have my beings, doings and havings cheaper. This I quickly threw out as to do it cheaper would not be doing it how I wanted to do it. I then thought, once I've done one of my Doings, Beings or Havings, great. I'll have done something that I really want to do. I can cross it off my Dreamline, yet I'll still be getting the money for my TMI! Therefore very quickly regaining what I've spent out.

If you hit a bumb or an uncomfortable feeling during all the processes. Write down the worst case scenario. What is the worst thing that could happen? Once you've defined that, the problem, doesn't quite seem so large.

What Am I Worth?

Then it really started to get me thinking. If a footballer (soccer) can earn.£676000 or a NBA star can earn $5.356 million. My TMI is certainly smaller. I am then certainly worth at least that much. I can achieve that. Do I, will I not provide as much to people as they do?

The TMI figure will stop many people from moving forward, because they believe they can't have it. If there is any other reason to carry on, it is to prove to myself and yourself that you and I can get it or do it and are worth that much at least! As somebody often says to me. No matter what you think you are, you are always more than that. Worse Case scenario..I sit in my current office and still get paid! Best Case...how do I choose just one option from my Dreamline 6 month list.?

Happy Travels

A

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4HWW - The Eyes Have It

In the 4HWW book there is an exercise about looking into people's eyes as you talk to them. This reminded me very much of my Germany Friends, who when we have a drink together, they get very offended that you don't look them in the eye when you toast. Something about 7 years bad sex. Now if that wasn't a good enough reason to look people in the eye, I don't know what would be.

I didn't realise how many times I look away from people. I think I often do it when I'm bored or have nothing more to say, yet, I've to sit and listen. Over the last two days I've made a conscious effort to talk and look at people when I am talking to them and listening to them.

Although It did make me think. This is one of the first exercises in the book. How many people have bought and read the book and haven't done even the first exercise?

Happy Travels

A

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4HWW - Previous Experience - More Than I Thought.

Where do I currently fit in?

I've travelled for a year before. Australia,Fiji and Singapore. By myself...often the best way to do it I think. Therefore I know that I am able to travel and live out of a rucksack for a year. I would like to stay in a few more hotels or apartments. 8-12 bed dorms, get a little tiresome after a while. I've been able to come back, fit into the workplace. Pretty much pick up from where I left off. I've grown as a person because of my travels. I've been, seen and done some amazing things, yet the the best thing for me has to have been the great people that I've met and seen along the way. I am still in contact with many of them. This means European Weekend Trips...pleasure!

The downside... Each time I prepare, go away. I'm terribly excited. I just want more travelling. For me there is something exciting about going somewhere, seeing somebody. Each time I come back home. The travelling blues hit. Sometime maybe a month later or so..I just want to go somewhere else. This time though, perhaps for 3-6 months at a time, not the year.Yet, I want to travel when I want and how I want. Not have to work to some two week schedule.

I did work whilst travelling. Thankfully I had IT to fall back on. It certainly beats fruit picking! Somewhat more lucrative. Yet, now I want an automated cash flow machine. I don't want to be in the or an office and yet still have money coming in. This was the key missing component last time around. When you are travelling, many people, certainly the younger ones have to make a decision on a daily basis...trip somewhere or food? How they and many think 2 grand is going to last them a year, I just don't know. Does it last that long at home? Many don't realise the cost of accommodation. That can eat a large chunk of your pre saved travel cash. With an automated cash flow...this worry disappears.

My Friends Will Miss Me If I Go Away.

Sorry, no they won't. Or not as much as you think they will. Many actually are jealous of you for being brave enough to go travelling. They'll all say I wish I could do that..The fact is, they all can. They just don't want to. It isn't important enough for them. They'll give you all manner of reasons or excuses why not. Remember, Your Wish Is My Command. Therefore until they change what they say and think, they aren't going anywhere.

I Need My Entertainment

You'll get use to not having the TV, news, instant messenger, hell even the Internet and Email. If something is really important you just find out. The news comes to you. You'll begin checking email once a week maybe even less. Yes, there are still places that don't have the Internet. You'll be surprised at the amount of email you don't receive. Especially if you unsubscribe from your junk mailing list that you joined to access a website that you know longer use.

I would write up my travel stories with links to photographs etc. The length was something I'd have been proud to hand in as a college assignment. It went out to more and more people. At the last count 100+. How many replies did I get? Apart from my parents, even they were few. You could count on your two hands how many people would email you back in the year, forget after each mailing.

I sent out 30 ghastly kangaroo/koalas Christmas cards. They were cheap and tacky, yet Australian.What does that tell you? How many did I receive whilst at the other end of the world. 1. This is despite, before my departure, giving everybody email, mobile and postal contact options for the year.

Coming Home

This is where it all really kicks in. You have been to and done some amazing things. Your friends haven't. After the third saying "In Fiji, In Australia.." their eyes will glaze over, they will still talk about and go to the same places that you went to before you left to go travelling. This is when you begin to contemplate your next away day. Realising that actually it is all rather easy.

Meeting The New Rich (NR)

I met a New Rich, type in Exmouth, Australia, without realising it. His name was Paul. He had founded an IT company, and then upped sticks and left his office to let it run itself, and he was still getting paid for it. He was currently scuba diving, what seemed like the world. If he and others have done it, then so can I.

Business Employee

I've briefly had my own company, yet I was in effect the employee, not the owner. This is now going to change. Yet I've been exposed to the joys of accounting, law etc. Some things are worth outsourcing!

Happy Travels

A

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