On March 19^th of 2004 the great State of California recognized us as a corporation doing business as Life Motivations.

It is hard to believe that we will soon be one year old. I want to thank the many people that have supported us for first year, many of whom I do not know, but it’s gratifying that you have seen a value in what we are doing.

And what are we doing? Helping people become better at their lives.

What I thought would be a uniquely American philosophy of self-development turned out to be international. We have clients from all over the world who are interested in this “American pop philosophy” called personal achievement; I am astounded and gratified that so many people are interested in what we have to share.

Since we have launched our web site in July of last year we have had a 1000% increase in our traffic to web site. We have grown from 1400 visitors a month to 14,000 visitors a month and our expansion seems to be just starting.

Why are we having this kind of success?

First I believe that we have put together a comprehensive philosophy of personal achievement that makes sense to a lot of people who are interested in achieving more personal growth. Our philosophy of the Four Dynamics provides a comprehensive and complete view of what it takes to become even better every day.

That is our goal for everyone who visits us: To help them to be better every day. This is not a get rich quick program, we don’t give promises that Success Philosophy will make you a millionaire in 30 days, but we do believe that by utilizing the principles of Success Philosophy you will achieve more, and have a lasting foundation that will give you strength and success throughout your life.

We believe the combination of all of the Four Dynamics gives you total ability to control and direct your life to where you want to go.

Success Philosophy is not just about thinking right, but being right in your actions every day. We talk about your choices, and the changes that you would like to make in your life; the attitudes that you have and how they allow risk that you need to take to move forward in your personal development. We share about your self-image and the mental models that you have created for yourself that could self-limiting; and of course the importance of realizing that failure is simply a part of life and provide tools to overcome failure by helping you develop character, values and goals of your own (not someone else’s).

We talk to ordinary people about how they can become extraordinary.

I was a small farm boy from a small town in the mid west. And now I am a successful businessperson in Beverly Hills, California. Do you think that is by chance?

I have won national and local awards in Employee Satisfaction, customer satisfaction, businessperson of the year, and others. Do you think this was by mistake, that a poor boy with a public education could do so well? Well, you can too. If I can do it, so can you. If you are not living your dreams right now, it’s because you don’t have the right tools. Success Philosophy was that tool for me, and can be for you as well.

I was watching the news last night and the newsperson was interviewing California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He spoke of the opportunity in America, and how his attitude allowed him to have risk. The governor didn’t say this, but his self-image, mental model of the world, his choices and his ability to change where also factors in his success.

Even successful people don’t always know that they are using Success Philosophy, but if you study them they are. Our research at Life Motivations has been directed at identifying the traits that create success, because knowledge is power, and we strive every day to bring forth the knowledge you need to create your own personal greatness.

Ordinary to extraordinary does not happen in one day, but you can have the dream, the success, and the accomplishment of anything that you want.

And we are here to help you. And we believe that we will grow to be the largest company of our kind, because of you.

Thanks.

We’re very proud of the growth we’ve seen recently in our newsletter, and because we would like to share it with even more people, we would like to ask you to do a favor both for us and for anyone you know who would like to have more success in his or her life. We’ll even send you a free gift to say thank you.

Just pick 10 friends in your address book and forward this newsletter to them, then click here to fill out an address form and we’ll mail you a free copy of Step’s audio CD You are a Winner!

This CD normally sells for $39.95 and we’re even paying the shipping and handling. It’s just our way of saying thank you for your continued support.

We’re doing this on the honor system, so please do forward before entering your name and address. Your friends are welcome to take advantage of this offer as well. They must subscribe before our system will accept the free offer form. Limit one free CD per household. Offer expires March 31, 2005.

What is happiness, and how do we get it? Do we want happiness? Or do we for some reason feel good sometimes about being sad or unhappy. Why do we feel unhappy? Why do we do the things we do make us not happy?

I remember an old slogan, “Happiness is a choice.” Or to quote Abe Lincoln, “Most people are about as happy as they want to be.”

How about you? What is your happiness quotient?

How do we get happiness if we want it? Will money make us happy? Life Motivations is in Beverly Hills and there are still an awful lot of people that make their living listening to other people’s problems and charge them an awful lot for it.

Psychologists and Psychiatrists here in Beverly Hills are talking to some of the richest, most famous, and successful people in the world. If you are one or more of those things, why would you be unhappy?

My point is that the people who use these professionals have problems and are not happy even though they have money.

How many times have I heard someone say “If I had just some money all of my problems would be solved?” Quite often actually in the years that I have managed and lead people. If I only had more money I would be happy.

Now that doesn’t mean that you don’t need some money. Most of us would have a problem if we didn’t have a place to sleep and enough to eat. That is a given.

But what about all of the people who are spending money talking to doctors about help - in relationships, for happiness - for whatever they feel like they need to be happy.

People in these situations sometimes have what is called an “unworthy syndrome.”

They tell themselves, “I am unworthy of this money,” “I am unworthy of this love,” and “I am unworthy of everything.”

Some of us have this unworthy syndrome and don’t know it.

People plant these seeds in their mind:

And on top of that: Someone has told me that I am unworthy.

Kevin Williamson who has successfully written for TV and the Silver Screen said this, “I always feel like a fraud. There’s always that Mrs. Tingle thing lurking in me.” Kevin was referring to a high school teacher that so eroded his confidence and paralyzed him that he didn’t write a word for 10 years.

Michelle Pfeiffer in PeopleNews (January, 2002) was quoted as saying, “I still think people will find out that I’m really not very talented. I’m really not very good. It’s all been a big sham....”

Demi Moore was quoted in Premiere magazine in 1993 as saying, “...I never took acting classes, because I was terrified if I went in there and got up and did something, they would say, oh, no, no, no. You’re not good, really; go find something else.”

If these people think that they are unworthy what chance do we mortals have to overcome this type of fear or mind speak? How would we mortals ever find happiness?

The philosopher Bertrand Russell said the whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people are full of doubts.

Tough room to play in isn’t it?

So how do we make ourselves happy and self-assured? How can we do things that we haven’t done, but think we would like to? How can we be better, and see our talents?

How do we feel happy?

Feel worthy. You are worthy, and if you are worthy shouldn’t you be happy? You develop self-esteem by doing things, and having accomplishments in life.

Give up those negative thoughts that you are currently having with yourself.

You can be your own worst enemy or your own best friend. Which one will it be today?

You need to change your course if you are feeling these kinds of negative thoughts. You need to replace them with something else.

One of the best things to do is set goals. They can be small or large. As you identify them, take a step forward toward your goals. Goal setting helps us see the future. (If you would like to know more about goal setting we have an archived article on goal setting and for even more depth we offer an audio CD, The Keys to Successful Goal Setting.) You’re making up a plan for success. Tell yourself you can, and as we reach goals we develop self-esteem though our actions, which is a great way to feel good about yourself.

The next thing to do is work on the success characteristics that we outline that many people work on to erase the fear, uncertainty and doubt in life.

You are worthy. You are worthy. You are worthy! Now go be happy or not. It is your choice after all.

Last week we spoke about being able to relax your body and mind to relieve stress.

We gave you a relaxation technique to help you feel free from the daily grind.

This same technique allows you to put suggestions you want into your unconscious mind and plant seeds that can help you be more of whatever you want.

While you are in this relaxed state of mind your unconscious mind is more accessible to your suggestions.

Try this and see if it works for you. It may not work on the first try, but keep doing this for each day for 21 days and tell me your results.

Get into your relaxed mode that we talked about last week. See nothing, feel nothing, just keep your mind as blank as possible until your body feels completely relaxed. At that time give yourself suggestions, like you feel great, that you have a lot of energy, or that you feel in the best shape of your life.

Start with general suggestions, when you have repeated these suggestions to yourself, tell yourself that when you wake up you will have all of these things. Tell yourself to open your eyes on the count of 3 and feel these things.

1,2,3 and your eyes are open.

How do you feel? Remember, try it for 21 days using the same suggestions and share with me how you feel.

Do you have a long commute? Do you watch daytime TV in the gym? Why not invest your time to create your own success?

• Create the proper mental models to be a winner in everything you do
• Take control of how you see yourself and others see you
• Push past barriers to sales success
• Remind yourself of the importance of developing values and priorities
• Discover the processes that make goals into realities, instead of empty dreams
• Build your own processes to achieve your dreams

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