| Create an environment for maximum success by | | | | down what you are learning. |
| applying these seven simple steps. You'll streamline | | | | 4. Grab a pen and notepad. Now that it's quiet, start |
| your life and allow creative sparks to fly. | | | | listening to your thoughts. Write. Write anything that |
| My sister loves lists. She says they keep her on track | | | | comes to mind. Write about the life you want. Describe |
| and trigger her memory. So, she asked me to make a | | | | it in absolute detail. This should not be a hardship. Make |
| list detailing what it took for me to reach the level of | | | | it fun. Feel yourself living the life you always wanted. If |
| success I have. | | | | you can't handle it, go back and start from the top. |
| Actually what she really wanted is to learn what it | | | | 5. Ask questions. Ask experts who have succeeded in |
| takes to stay committed and focused on a goal. Her | | | | what you want to do all the questions you have. |
| goals seemed to blur and then disappear after initially | | | | Commit this Rudyard Kipling poem to memory: "Six |
| burning as bright as the sun on a summer's day. | | | | honest serving men--they taught me all I know--their |
| This is quite common. So don't fret. | | | | names are What and Why and When and How and |
| But now forget that you were once a | | | | Where and Who." |
| goal-setter-trasher. Go into unfamiliar territory and cast | | | | 6. Start imagining a product you want to sell. |
| off those shackles of procrastination. Be fearless and | | | | Concentrate on what interests you. Write down |
| eager to learn. | | | | anything that comes to mind. I think you're getting an |
| Let's start with the basics: | | | | idea about how important writing is in this whole |
| 1. Turn off the TV. You won't change your life if you | | | | process. |
| keep watching the world go by. So get off your couch, | | | | 7. Watch your thoughts and words. In order to |
| or bed, toss the remote, walk to your tube and press | | | | maximize success, remember: the words you choose |
| the OFF button. Better yet, put it behind closed doors. | | | | and use create your life's news. |
| It's addictive. Seeing it might disturb your creativity. | | | | The more creative fuel you emit towards your goal, |
| Now, I know you might feel deprived and suffer from | | | | the faster you'll reach it. Your financial success is |
| withdrawal, but, when your life changes you'll get over | | | | directly related to the creative energy you choose to |
| it. | | | | use. Money is energy. Not physical energy - creative |
| 2. Go to a bookstore. If you don't have a good | | | | energy. I get some of my best ideas while in the |
| dictionary and thesaurus, Walk to your local bookstore | | | | shower. I bet you do to. Now take one of your ideas |
| and purchase these two indispensable items. While | | | | seriously. Carve out the time to get one project up and |
| your browsing, check out the Biography section to | | | | running. |
| read books written by people you wish to emulate. | | | | Nobody succeeds without creative action. Now you |
| Equally as important, buy How To/Advice books on | | | | can manifest the life you always wanted by applying |
| the subject your interested in. | | | | the creativity that is inherently yours. |
| 3. Read. Back home on the couch, sans remote, read, | | | | That is the power of Creative Action. |
| read and read. Underline, highlight and take notes. Write | | | | |