Take the “lottery test”.
The lottery test is a simple test to see what you would do if you won the lottery. Would your life be different or the same? What would you do differently? Simply take 5-10 minutes and create a list and then put it in a safe place – somewhere you can review it from time to time. The key to putting this list in writing is to feel your desire for what you want without the limitations of money, or society – it is simply about you and your desires and how you would like to live your life.
About 13 years ago, I took the lottery test for the first time. I realized several things I would do if I won the lottery. I would certainly be working for myself. I would write a book. I would buy myself a Ford Explorer. I would take my kids skiing and I would live close to the beach. Was I doing any of these at the present time? Absolutely not. I was working in a job and pretending I liked it because I made good money. I was driving a car I didn’t like because I was afraid to spend the money on a new one. I was afraid to spend money on taking my kids skiing. I never even attempted to write a book and I didn’t live near the beach. I saw from my list how far I was actually living from the life I really wanted. It was a bittersweet reality. But the truth was out – I knew now how I wanted to live. What I really wanted my life to be like. I didn’t know it at the time but I actually created a new vision for my future and was starting to work towards it.
What was most surprising about creating this list was that the things on the list started to happen. Within a year of making this list, I bought myself a Ford Explorer. It was used – but that didn’t matter – I bought the car I desired. I dealt with the discomfort of spending the money and the uncertainty of whether I could afford it. Next, I took my kids skiing – I bought all of our ski clothes at a second hand store – but we went and again I dealt with the discomfort of spending money. It was about this time that I realized that I was doing what I desired – what was on my lottery list – and I hadn’t won the lottery. I realized that winning the lottery wasn’t the secret – having a vision and working towards it was. I discovered that money wasn’t the limitation. I was. My thinking was. My beliefs were and my lack of a vision for my life was the limitation. I realized that if I had the ability to limit my desires, then I had the ability to manifest them as well. This little lottery list opened up an entirely new part of myself that I had never seen before. Why didn’t I know this before?
Ten years ago I left my job and started a business. I wrote my first book five years ago and four years ago I moved walking distance to the beach. I, with the help of the universe, manifested all the things on my lottery list. Has it been easy? No. Has it been worth it? Yes.
Create a lottery list. Trust time. Trust yourself. Trust life to bring you your highest good, and it will happen. Believe that.
Feel free to share your lottery list with us in our comments.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Emotional Endurance Success Story - Warren Wandling
The First Step
Warren Wandling
Academic Success, Inc.
The first step for an entrepreneur is, well, the “first step.” It can be overwhelming for an entrepreneur to actually launch out on his own, despite that he has dreamed and planned this for probably months, if not years. Employee to Entrepreneur™ convinced me in a way that I had never understood before that my first step needs to be “Getting the Guts.”
In reality, though, entrepreneurs take many first steps. Along with their businesses, they continue to grow at each new level, and each step of growth requires new “firsts.” Employee to Entrepreneur™ showed me how to work through this never-ending new “firsts” process, and I now see the importance of Emotional Endurance®.
My instructor, Suzanne Mulvehill, demystified the journey of being an entrepreneur. She pulled back the curtain and exposed how many entrepreneurs struggle. In the process, she effectively guided her clients to understand, implement and manage the essential Emotional Endurance® techniques.
Following the training, I had to start taking action in my own business and taking it to the next level in order to really understand “Getting the Guts.” Since then, I have begun developing Employee to Entrepreneur™ discussion groups, sending out press releases and scheduling opportunities to speak at various networking meetings.
Granted, I had several unanswered questions as I began, such as, how will my audience receive and perceive my material? But Suzanne taught me to be confident in my ability and to expect success. As a result, I began to share this information with others and, just as she had said, they responded positively with saying things like, “Yes, that is what I need to help me be successful,” or “Wow – I’m not the only one that is experiencing this!” I truly believe this is the missing key to my entrepreneurial journey so far.
Though I have had many opportunities throughout my career to be brave and take bold action, Employee to Entrepreneur™ challenged me to ask myself if I am currently being brave. As I self-coached, asked tough questions and forced myself to respond honestly, my answer was a painful but resounding “No.”
And so I have discovered that I once again need to be brave if I am to implement “Getting the Guts.” It takes bravery to schedule an Employee to Entrepreneur™ group and not know who is going to attend. For that matter, it takes bravery to show up and be a part of the group. The “Brave and Courageous” material gave me focus, energy and excitement to take bold action.
Thanks to Employee to Entrepreneur™, I now teach my clients to have the unfair advantage over their competition as they learn how to develop an unshakable emotional endurance. I teach them to get the guts, and encourage them to be brave and courageous.
And I also encourage anyone who has not taken the first step in a journey to entrepreneurship to go ahead and step out.
Warren Wandling
warren@awakeningsignificance.com
www.awakeningsignificance.com
Warren Wandling
Academic Success, Inc.
The first step for an entrepreneur is, well, the “first step.” It can be overwhelming for an entrepreneur to actually launch out on his own, despite that he has dreamed and planned this for probably months, if not years. Employee to Entrepreneur™ convinced me in a way that I had never understood before that my first step needs to be “Getting the Guts.”
In reality, though, entrepreneurs take many first steps. Along with their businesses, they continue to grow at each new level, and each step of growth requires new “firsts.” Employee to Entrepreneur™ showed me how to work through this never-ending new “firsts” process, and I now see the importance of Emotional Endurance®.
My instructor, Suzanne Mulvehill, demystified the journey of being an entrepreneur. She pulled back the curtain and exposed how many entrepreneurs struggle. In the process, she effectively guided her clients to understand, implement and manage the essential Emotional Endurance® techniques.
Following the training, I had to start taking action in my own business and taking it to the next level in order to really understand “Getting the Guts.” Since then, I have begun developing Employee to Entrepreneur™ discussion groups, sending out press releases and scheduling opportunities to speak at various networking meetings.
Granted, I had several unanswered questions as I began, such as, how will my audience receive and perceive my material? But Suzanne taught me to be confident in my ability and to expect success. As a result, I began to share this information with others and, just as she had said, they responded positively with saying things like, “Yes, that is what I need to help me be successful,” or “Wow – I’m not the only one that is experiencing this!” I truly believe this is the missing key to my entrepreneurial journey so far.
Though I have had many opportunities throughout my career to be brave and take bold action, Employee to Entrepreneur™ challenged me to ask myself if I am currently being brave. As I self-coached, asked tough questions and forced myself to respond honestly, my answer was a painful but resounding “No.”
And so I have discovered that I once again need to be brave if I am to implement “Getting the Guts.” It takes bravery to schedule an Employee to Entrepreneur™ group and not know who is going to attend. For that matter, it takes bravery to show up and be a part of the group. The “Brave and Courageous” material gave me focus, energy and excitement to take bold action.
Thanks to Employee to Entrepreneur™, I now teach my clients to have the unfair advantage over their competition as they learn how to develop an unshakable emotional endurance. I teach them to get the guts, and encourage them to be brave and courageous.
And I also encourage anyone who has not taken the first step in a journey to entrepreneurship to go ahead and step out.
Warren Wandling
warren@awakeningsignificance.com
www.awakeningsignificance.com
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
June's Emotional Endurance Tip
Write down all the questions that you don’t know the answer to.
You may ask – “Why?” When you write down questions, you allow your subconscious to do the work for you. I have used this practice for years. In fact, I like to write my questions on a large, easel size pad of paper and then post them on the wall. Each time I have a question, I simply write it down. Sometimes I forget about the questions – and then when I look to read them – be it one week or one month later, I have answers. I have found this exercise to work, every time. We simply will KNOW what the answer is. We don’t have to seek out answers; they will come to us in their own time. We have to trust time to bring us the answers we need – that is the benefit of this exercise – to know you have a question, to put it in writing and then allow time to help bring an answer to you. The key is that once you know that answer, it is important to take action – and do whatever it is you now know to do. This is not always comfortable as sometimes you will get an answer that might mean making a call and saying, “no” or making a call and saying, “yes”. Either way, action is necessary so you and I can remain open and not get bogged down in non-action – we need to stay in the flow – which we will discuss more next time.
Share your outcomes when you wrote down your questions in our comment section.
You may ask – “Why?” When you write down questions, you allow your subconscious to do the work for you. I have used this practice for years. In fact, I like to write my questions on a large, easel size pad of paper and then post them on the wall. Each time I have a question, I simply write it down. Sometimes I forget about the questions – and then when I look to read them – be it one week or one month later, I have answers. I have found this exercise to work, every time. We simply will KNOW what the answer is. We don’t have to seek out answers; they will come to us in their own time. We have to trust time to bring us the answers we need – that is the benefit of this exercise – to know you have a question, to put it in writing and then allow time to help bring an answer to you. The key is that once you know that answer, it is important to take action – and do whatever it is you now know to do. This is not always comfortable as sometimes you will get an answer that might mean making a call and saying, “no” or making a call and saying, “yes”. Either way, action is necessary so you and I can remain open and not get bogged down in non-action – we need to stay in the flow – which we will discuss more next time.
Share your outcomes when you wrote down your questions in our comment section.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Entrepreneur inquiry: Are their tax benefits to dual citizenship?
Ms Mulvehill:
I was originally doing some research into the "economic benefits" of maintaining dual citizenship and came across an article in the Palm Beach Post that implied some benefits of EU access to entreprenuers. It stated that a Mr. Levine is a facilitator in the process and that a lot of student entreprenuers under your guidance are seeking his help. Here's a clip from the Post article:
"He [Mr. Levine] is receiving calls from people like Mulvehill, executive director of the Emotional Institute, a Lake Worth-based company that trains entrepreneurs..."
I'm wondering if you'd share with me the benefits you've discovered regarding dual USA/EU citizenship. I would particularly like to know about any tax benefits that would be available to me as an independent contractor working in the USA.
I'd like to state at this point that i am coincidentally a "budding" entreprenuer. I may remain in this budding position if logistics in executing any of my concepts dictate such. Frankly, i am very happy with my career as a dental specialist. Still, I know that this career has its limits. I've possess personal attributes that may make me a shoe-in as an entreprenuer; if what clients and friends are telling me is true. Perhaps my research and the crossing of our paths may develop this discussion into a tangible advance for me?
Here are some quick facts: If USA/EU dual-citizenship proves to be something worth pursuing then I would do so as a first-generation Italian. My mother and father were both born in Italy, as were both of their parents. My mother was born in Italy in 1930, and my father was born in Italy in 1910. My mother and father immigrated to the USA in 1944. My grandfather on my father's side came to the USA in the 30's and worked on the railroads and to the best of our knowledge died here of tuberculosis. His grave is reportedly located somewhere in Pennsylvania but we havent been able to substantiate the location or obtain a death certificate. I am the youngest in my family of five and I was born here in the USA in 1968. My oldest brother and a sister are also cursorily interested in this citizenship issue and we are all sharing the results of our research.
Hopefully, we''ll speak more on this issue soon, but in the meantime thank you very kindly in advance for your time and response.
Regards,
Mr. Tom S., DDS
_____________________________________________________
Dear Tom,
Thank you for writing. I have not yet obtained my dual citizenship. I am here in England for 3 months on an academic visa – teaching my Emotional Endurance training programmes and establishing an international alliance here in the UK.
As far as tax benefits, I don’t know yet. But I will share with you that the personal and professional benefits have been worth this exploration for the reasons I shared in the article. To me, tapping into opportunities that are available and accessible and can be integrated into an international scope are advantageous. I also believe there are many opportunities outside the US for my work of helping entrepreneurs develop their own emotional endurance. You bring up a great topic that would be worth a newspaper story.
Sincerely,
Suzanne
I was originally doing some research into the "economic benefits" of maintaining dual citizenship and came across an article in the Palm Beach Post that implied some benefits of EU access to entreprenuers. It stated that a Mr. Levine is a facilitator in the process and that a lot of student entreprenuers under your guidance are seeking his help. Here's a clip from the Post article:
"He [Mr. Levine] is receiving calls from people like Mulvehill, executive director of the Emotional Institute, a Lake Worth-based company that trains entrepreneurs..."
I'm wondering if you'd share with me the benefits you've discovered regarding dual USA/EU citizenship. I would particularly like to know about any tax benefits that would be available to me as an independent contractor working in the USA.
I'd like to state at this point that i am coincidentally a "budding" entreprenuer. I may remain in this budding position if logistics in executing any of my concepts dictate such. Frankly, i am very happy with my career as a dental specialist. Still, I know that this career has its limits. I've possess personal attributes that may make me a shoe-in as an entreprenuer; if what clients and friends are telling me is true. Perhaps my research and the crossing of our paths may develop this discussion into a tangible advance for me?
Here are some quick facts: If USA/EU dual-citizenship proves to be something worth pursuing then I would do so as a first-generation Italian. My mother and father were both born in Italy, as were both of their parents. My mother was born in Italy in 1930, and my father was born in Italy in 1910. My mother and father immigrated to the USA in 1944. My grandfather on my father's side came to the USA in the 30's and worked on the railroads and to the best of our knowledge died here of tuberculosis. His grave is reportedly located somewhere in Pennsylvania but we havent been able to substantiate the location or obtain a death certificate. I am the youngest in my family of five and I was born here in the USA in 1968. My oldest brother and a sister are also cursorily interested in this citizenship issue and we are all sharing the results of our research.
Hopefully, we''ll speak more on this issue soon, but in the meantime thank you very kindly in advance for your time and response.
Regards,
Mr. Tom S., DDS
_____________________________________________________
Dear Tom,
Thank you for writing. I have not yet obtained my dual citizenship. I am here in England for 3 months on an academic visa – teaching my Emotional Endurance training programmes and establishing an international alliance here in the UK.
As far as tax benefits, I don’t know yet. But I will share with you that the personal and professional benefits have been worth this exploration for the reasons I shared in the article. To me, tapping into opportunities that are available and accessible and can be integrated into an international scope are advantageous. I also believe there are many opportunities outside the US for my work of helping entrepreneurs develop their own emotional endurance. You bring up a great topic that would be worth a newspaper story.
Sincerely,
Suzanne
Teachers remain clueless
This article ties in a comment Suzanne Mulvehill made in the Financial Times on May 22 - the previous blog entry.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
University of Essex - School of Entrepreneurship and Business
University of Essex - School of Entrepreneurship and Business
I will be presenting at this workshop on 26 June. Please contact mgohar@essex.ac.uk for more information.
I will be presenting at this workshop on 26 June. Please contact mgohar@essex.ac.uk for more information.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
