A Declaration

I have never considered myself as a motivational book person. Over the years novels were my very best friends, so I have literally tons of romance novels which I collected since junior high. So how did all these motivational readings and teachings fall on to my lap, I really should 'blame' it to the universe or the divine :) It's really the answer to my questions of how to be more of who I am, and how be more of service to others.

Anyways, to really put the teachings into practice in my daily life is another story. Although I'm pretty sure that I'm committed to success, often I still find myself procrastinate a lot, and fall to the same old habits of over spending. The results of these are already showing in my life, I just lost a really good chance of house investment because I was too afraid to call the guy who owned the property and made an offer. 

I was doing this game of thinking a lot (and I mean A LOT), like whether it was a good decision to make, or would this investment drain my savings. I was thinking what if this guy rejected my offer, or what if he said yes, what would i do? Then I began to ask for advice from my friends, and considered all the advice I got again. It was like this circle over and over again in my head! 

I was hesitating so much and put sooooo many considerations, that at some point a new awareness began to emerge in my mind: oh wow, it turned out to be that I had all this fear inside me. I think it was Robert Kiyosaki that said to beat our fear is just to DO what it is that we're so frightened about. Just do it, because everything has no meaning unless you put the meaning to it. So I decided to look fear in the eye and called the owner of the house. And yes, the house was already taken by somebody else :(

I really got the point of what they say: just ACT! I knew deep down inside that it was a very good investment to make, yet I hesitated because I fear so much. Even now when I look back to all my what if's I feel ridiculous. I really need to fix this so it won't happen again in the future.

So be my witness, for I'm making a declaration to myself, just like what T. Harv Eker taught in his book Secrets of The Millionaire Mind which you can find here. He said that a declaration is a positive statement you say out loud emphatically, to make it vibrate throughout every cells of your body. It sends the message to the universe and to your unconscious mind as well. A declaration is not stating that it's already true right now (like affirmation does), but it's stating that this is true in the future. 

So here's my declaration: 
(put my hands on my heart) I choose to adopt new thinking that support my happiness and success. (Then put my index finger on my forehead): I have a millionaire mind.

Do this for 30 days in the morning and evening, and hopefully you'll be ready to rock your world! :)

Many blessings, peace and love,
-angel apprentice-

Self Sabotage

Hi guys,
Yesterday at church, the priest was asking a question about which one would you choose, earthly possession, or heavenly possession. I said in whisper to my hubby sitting next to me, of course earthly possession, because we live here and now on earth, and I never heard any dead people still need any possession ha ha ha...

I remembered not so long ago I felt really reluctant to admit that I wanted to be more successful, that I want to be rich in every aspects in my life. It seemed that it's a sin to want more money, more success... it seemed that I was being greedy, and not thankful for what I already had. Now those thoughts are beginning to shift, thanks to all the books and great life coaches out there :)

In spite of all the wishes to be successful, sometimes I still find myself sabotaging my own success. You might never think that you're sabotaging your own success. You might be thinking, why in the world do I sabotage my own success? 

Well, have you ever:

• Procrastinate --> you avoid doing things to avoid being criticized
• Played it small --> that you think you're being humble, or you're saying that you don't want any promotion, or no I can't do that, that's not for me.... but actually you're being self protective
• Blew opportunities --> e.g. by not doing your best at that presentation, or at that job interview, etc.
• Not wanted to rock the boat --> you don't want to leave your convenient spot, you don't want any change. It's frightening to ever change!
• Over did stuff --> you over spent your money so your credit card bills are piling up, you over drank, or even being a workaholic that would exhaust yourself and your health.

All the above are examples of how we often self sabotage ourselves. You might want to ask, if I'm sabotaging myself, I must be so afraid of something. I wonder what is it that I'm so afraid of? 

What is it the down side of completing my website? (for example). Well... maybe I'm afraid that somebody would criticize me.
What is the up side of staying where I am right now? Why does it feel safer not to rock the boat and want to change?

Well guys, really ask yourselves all those questions, and when the answer comes to your mind, I surely hope that you're ready to take action to clear your path to success!
I learned this wonderful teaching of success and self sabotage from Carol Look in The Tapping World Summit 2013. Hope this little posting is useful to you :)

Many blessings, peace and love,
-angel apprentice-