A lot has been running around in my mind this week. First I need to say the getting up early thing is not working. I found myself tired and taking naps whenever I could and getting less done. I do get up by 6:00 AM thanks to my dog. I also stay up until midnight often looking up things on the internet. There is a lot of good info out there.
I get emails from mindmovies@mindmoviesmail.com which I typically just ignore as I get a lot of junk email. For some reason I decided to look at one. It was about identifying your core values. The link today was http://www.mindmovies.com/inspirationshow/index.php?18501&v_cid=NjY2NTg1435604958&episode=8&m_cid=TCphOM&data1=&data2=&data3=&data4=421_13_1
I downloaded the free core values worksheet and filled it out. I printed a second copy that I asked Debbe to look at with me in mind. She had a lot more positive entries than I did. That was a good experience.
Liz from work sends little quotes to everyone almost every day. A lot of them if not all are from DarrenDaily .com. The computer at work has no sound so I email the videos to my personal email. This is the one I saw this week, http://www.darrendaily.com/did-you-see-it/. I had seen this before but completely forgot about it. This just reinforces what I have been learning in the books about giving my subconscious mind things to focus on.
Another darrendaily I saw today that I liked, http://www.darrendaily.com/dreams-step-1/. He says you need a hunger to reach your dream and what I like is he says how that hunger is created.
I watched this video also. What I found interesting is she suggests breathing as a first step. I have just started breathing in karate and was wondering why breath this way. I don’t understand it yet I just find it very interesting. http://www.mindmovies.com/inspirationshow/inspirationshow.php?episode=406
One of the Ted Talks I listened to.
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success#t-192841
a condensed version of what I’m learning
When you are able to create and articulate your personal boundaries, you give yourself the power to say “No”.
From Rishan B.
Rishan B. is also on the list of email that I typically delete before I read any of my email. But for some reason I found myself looking at them this week.
I did pass and get my yellow belt in Karate. If anyone wants to see it, I put the video up on the website that I used to post all the games I filmed of my Grandkids playing sports, ASVbyCarl.com, you need to go all the way down to the bottom to find it. As I wrote this I remembered a few games that I have not posted yet. Watching the video I realized I was a little nervous, I did not think I was but, I know the difference between an inside and an outside block yet I screwed up a few of them…
One thing that has stood out to me, the last two days I have noticed that I have (when I’m alone) been very quick to get angry at the stupidest thing. And really angry, over nothing. I like that I noticed it and I stopped to ask myself why. I believe it is because recently something I got from the book is, to push out the hate; I need to fill myself with love. I have been filling myself with love and I don’t think the hate likes it. This just reinforces in my mind how important it is to fill myself with love.
I have to laugh at myself, last week when I answered the question, what above all else do I most desire? I said my deepest desire is to be successful. What is that? When I wrote that down I thought I had done a good job of putting on paper what my goal was. All week I have been wishing I had been more specific, the books say I need to be specific.
Success to me is being wealthy and using that wealth to enjoy life and helping others enjoy life. Being wealthy to me is having more than I can use after doing everything and anything I want to do. To put a dollar amount on it and a time frame, I want to earn over $100,000,000 a year by 2020. To start, I set a goal to earn over $10,000 before January 1st 2016, to earn $100,000 or more in 2016. I will earn this through internet marketing and Real Estate. I am spending a lot of time learning and working to become an expert in internet marketing. It is something I enjoy doing, and I look forward to teaching my kids and Grandkids how to be “successful” in life.
The books also say that I should act on a thought as soon as possible so I don’t lose it. The other day I had a thought for a website for one of my inventions. So when I got home I looked but that domain name was taken. I typed it in to see what it was and found a page saying the domain name was for sale. I did not spend any more time on it because the invention is only an idea so far. About 30 min later I had the thought to add the word my in front of the domain name. When I looked up myLiftAssist.com it was available, so I bought it. Since then thoughts of getting a patent, making, and marketing my invention have been almost constant in my mind. A few weeks ago when I looked on line about getting a patent I was left with the feeling that it was out of my budget and out of my reach.
Since then I met a guy here in the Villages selling his invention, ezrollerllc.com, out on the square (the square is where we can go every night to dance or just listen to live music for free, one of the many cool things to do here in the villages). It was something I could make for probably $2 but I bought one for $10 just to support him, and it does work great. I have bought at least 3 things from Home Depot that where ideas that I had in my head but someone actually did it. I sat and visited with him about the process, and expense of getting the patent, production, marketing, and sales. It turns out there is a guy living here who is a retired patent lawyer. He gave me the guys name and number; I have not called yet because even though it is a lot less expensive than I thought, it is still more than I want to spend. Two days ago while I was out getting dog food, all of a sudden I had a strong desire to get the parts to make a sample of my Idea. So I went to Home Depot, Harbor Freight, and Target and bought a few things. When I got home I went to work on it. In the back of my mind I was thinking of all these other things that I needed to get done, but I was driven to work on my idea. The parts I used are not what the finished product will be made out of but it worked. Having a working prototype has given me more ideas on how to make it better. I spent several hours on the internet looking for parts and prices. As I look for parts I see things I had no idea existed, and now have several versions in my mind. I get thoughts out of nowhere about options to pay for the patent and development, I haven’t settled on one yet but I love being aware of my subconscious mind at work like the books said. And I will be calling that Patent Lawyer this week to get more info.
My father in law is 85 and has a hard time getting out of a chair. My Idea will make this much easier for him, and with any chair. I wish I had started this book when my father was still alive, I may have been able to make my Lift Assist for him. I hope to sell it in the $100 range with a cheaper, and a more deluxe model.
And if this gets off the ground I have several more Ideas that I have had rolling around in my head, some for years.
Until next time, may God bless you well.
With Love,
Carl
P.S. Thanks to my sister MC who has all the pictures up on FaceBook so I did not have to hunt for mine.