The Secret to Getting Something Better

 

"What you see is what you get!"

There's a reason why quotes become common place. It's because they have been shown to be true. Otherwise, once said, they would quickly be dismissed and forgotten.

"What you see is what you get" goes deeper than just taking things at face value. It means more than getting exactly what you see in front of you and nothing more.

What you see and how you see it actually define your reality. Notice I say YOUR REALITY and not just reality. We all live in the same world, but we don't perceive it that way. 

If I wake up one day, and it's snowing and cold outside, I might think this is terrible weather for driving the kids to school. If you're an avid skier you might wake up and think the weather is excellent today. We both wake up in the same exact world, but our reality is different.

We "SEE" things differently - just as if we were wearing colored glasses.

Colored glasses on our brain that is. Everything we think is "colored" by our past experience, good or bad. Everything we think is colored by our emotions that day. If I'm grumpy, the world takes on a sort of gray color that day. If I'm happy, the world seems a bright sunny yellow.

Fortunately, the color of our glasses is completely under our control. No external forces can make you feel anything you don't want to feel. No external forces can make you SEE things a certain way. Our creator, in his infinite wisdom, gave us complete control over only one thing...what we think. In effect, the ability to change the color of our glasses.

Having been given complete control over only one thing, it makes you wonder and appreciate just how important that one thing is. Seems it's all important. You can change, at any time, what you think. That's powerful!

Changing your thoughts can change your life...in the instant you decide to do so.

There is no "reality". The world, and every smallest part of it, is just what and how you choose to see it.

You are the creator of YOUR WORLD!

If you're looking for the fastest, easiest way to change anything in your life, I have included the proven secret on page 15 of "Building Blocks of Prosperity".

Robert Schwarztrauber

One Power Turns Dreams into Reality

Today, January 18, 2010, we celebrate a national holiday in honor of a great man who had a dream, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. We celebrate a man who let no obstacle prevent him from pursuing his dream. We celebrate a man who had what all men of accomplishment have to have, and if you'll read to the end I'll tell you where you can find that incredible power too.

Dr. King's dream was that one day all men and women in this country would be treated as equal citizens.His dream was that his four little children would one day be judged by the content of their character rather than by the color of their skin. Dr. King fought every day for that dream - until the very day his life was taken from him by an assassin's bullet.

Dr. King had a powerful dream that gave incredible purpose to his life. Luckily, his dream did not die with him. His dream was picked up by his wife and his children and millions of others who shared his passion. Although Dr. King would never come to witness his dream become reality, by the very pursuit of his dream he helped to advance an important cause for millions of men and women across this nation. He shared a dream with millions of oppressed people. Saddly, that dream still needs to be carried forward. But it is being carried forward.

And so when I woke today, I lay there in my bed for a few moments thinking thoughts for the day. I do this almost every day. Today the first thoughts in my head were for Dr. King and his famous "I have a dream" speech. (which is so inspiring I listen to it every year). As a father, it is always an emotional experience when he speaks of the dream he has for his children.

But today I began to wonder about dreams. We all have dreams. But are we all pursuing our dreams?

My sense is that a great majority of folks are not.

Many spend their time in pursuit of someone else's dream. Many have a dream of their own, but lack the discipline to advance it. Many have a dream but are stuck or overwhelmed by obstacles, sometimes real, but mostly imagined and they fail to move forward. Many folks are blessed with a life far longer than Dr. King's, but fail to accomplish much of anything at all.

And it really come's down to just one thing.

Dr. King had it. All great men and women of accomplishment had it. But it is not some special endowment given to some, but not to others. That something is available to every man, woman, or child who will use their mind and free will to choose it.

On page 37 of "Building Blocks of Prosperity" I show you exactly what that something is, how you can get it, and you instantly understand it's importance. I guarantee you've had it before, but didn't understand it's importance so you just let it drift in and out of your life as you rode the roller coaster of success and failure.

Today, think of your dreams. Think of the dreams you have for your families.Think of how pursuing your dreams will create a better tomorrow for you and those you love. And if you haven't had much success so far in reaching your dreams, grab a copy of my book online at http://helpbobhelpkids.com. It's affordable for everyone.

I guarantee you can make progress when you discover the simple secret and put it to use. And your progress, no matter how seemingly small, will create a ripple effect on the world that will benefit more folks than you could ever imagine.

Just as the dream of Dr. King has lived on to see his four little children, and millions of other parent's children, grow up to live in a world so much more like the dream he had envisioned. Dreams do come true - but not just by dreaming. You have to get to work on them first.

Get to work on your dreams today...free yourself from the self-imposed chains of hopelessness and the shackles of despair created in your mind.

Begin today to let your own personal freedom ring!

by Robert Schwarztrauber

Choose Discipline or Regret

Today I'm going to touch on discipline one more time this week because I think it's so important to our success - in everything.

Getting ourselves to take consistent action, even when we don't want to, can be tough. No question. But it's been said that the top 10% of the folks at the top are there because they are willing to do the things the rest of the folks don't want to do.

Being disciplined challenges most folks.

I keep this quote in my head all the time:

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” -Jim Rohn

I think most of us would agree that we regret far more things that we didn't do, than things we did do.

We've got to force ourselves to take action. The more action the better. More of it and more often.

Just think of how much time you waste in a day. I know if I fail to write out tomorrow's activities before I go to bed, I'll be far less productive than if I have a written plan in place. Far less.

Try it for one week and you'll see just how much more you can do. And while you're at it fix your "time" problem.

People are always impressed by how much I accomplish. I owe my success in that to two things. Having a full plan written out for the day (even if I don't get everything on it done everyday) and I've fixed my "time" problem.

How do you fix your time problem? You do it by changing your perception of how long something will take to do. Most folks go around saying they "don't have enough time". And since that is their belief, sure enough they prove themselves right. I suggest changing your belief. Instead, say to yourself, "Oh, I have time for that."

You'll find you get a whole lot more done with that attitude. Instead of wasting all those little bits of time during the day "in between things" you'll start using those times to get more done. With that belief (whose correctness your subconscious will try to justify) you'll automatically speed up and accomplish more. Getting more done will become a personal challenge - one that you'll win time and again.

One of my favorite mentors, Dan Kennedy, who I quote often in my book put it this way, "It's not the specific actions you take that make you successful as much as it is that you take lots of actions."

Discipline and action 
are critical components of your prosperity.


What can you accomplish with discipline and action? Almost anything I believe. I don't know your particular and unique set of skills, but here are just a few things I have done with not a whole lot more than you have, if anything:

• Located and purchased my first dream sports car in less than 48 hours using less than $1000 cash out of pocket.
• Planned and executed my wife's dream "Garden Wedding" in the middle of a snowy Buffalo winter, IN JUST 8 DAYS! Many guests commented that it was the classiest wedding they'd ever been to. It even included a  scale replica of Niagara Falls, indoors, and the water flowed all night long amongst the flower gardens and live tall trees at Rich's Renaissance Atrium. I received a personal thank you note from billionaire owner, Robert E. Rich, Jr. too!
  
• Took the next 30 days and wrote my first book, telling exactly how you could do that too. It was called, "Plan and Enjoy Your Perfect Wedding, In Just 8 Days!" It was a hit at all the local bridal shows.
• As a marketing representative, in less than 4 months, took an unknown Asian gem merchant from a position of not being able to get a visa to the USA, to sharing a booth with the founder of one of the world's most famous American gem shows, interviewed and published by a renowned gem testing authority, and sold more than $60,000 worth of gemstones - at wholesale price - in her first week here in the U.S..
• Most recently, assembled, photographed and published all the material for "Building Blocks of Prosperity" in just 30 days, including website and sales material...and got it's name out to more than 450,000 qualified prospects!
  

You'll really be surprised just how much you can do when you let action and discipline become your habit.

As it happens, one of my favorite authors, Robert Ringer just had a column published on discipline. Funny how that topic always comes up this time of year as we start dropping all those great New Years plans. You can read his excellent column on discipline here:
http://www.earlytorise.com/2010/01/13/be-relentlessness-in-pursuit-of-your-dreams.html

Robert Schwarztrauber

Giving Smiles

I just received notice from the printer that the first proof of my completed book has been printed and shipped out. It is due to arrive to me on December 15th, if all goes well.

Needless to say, I was sporting a great big smile when I received the news.

Hopefully it will be perfect so that I can just pop on here and give you the link to order.

Meanwhile, I've been working on putting up a website to feature this new book. And, just like everything else, that has taken a bit longer than expected too. I'm petty sure that I will launch the website (and a special preview promotion) early next week.

Be sure to check back for more news. Or better yet, sign up over at the top right to be sure you don't miss any of the specials - as I prepare to get this book out to everyone's who watched and waited with eager anticipation.

Remember the words of Dale Carnegie as you go about your preparations for the holidays. It's all too easy to forget to offer a smile as the seasonal stresses creep into our lives.

And for those who have less to give in these economic times, it is even more important to be reminded of the precious gift one smile can be, to the man or woman who has none.

Please share your smile generously this holiday season!

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Inside the book you'll find illustrated instruction from the greatest minds of all time on how to prosper, in good times and in bad.

105 brilliant quotes in all to inspire and motivate young minds...ages 3 to 103!

Toys on every page keep the young ones coming back for more!

Each time children open the book they are reminded of the master's lessons - as they look with joy upon the brilliant colored photographs that depict the major lessons. Visual reinforcement means their retention rate skyrockets. Multi-media graphics (words and pictures) combine to create an exponential learning experience that quickly anchors itself in the subconscious mind.
(kids won't even know their learning!)

1000's of years of collected wisdom...including timeless advice from the world's richest man ever, King Solomon, up to and including modern day business leaders like Zig Ziglar, Napoloeon Hill, and Dan Kennedy, religious legends like Dr. Robert Schuller, and powerful women like Oprah Winfrey. And many, many more. Over 100 quotes in all over nearly 60 pages of brilliant, full-color photographs.

While the advice is made simple to understand for kids, it's also powerful enough for adults!

You'll have hours of fun reading this book with your children. (and often by yourself!) Imagine their smiles as they turn each new page to find a wonderful new toy adventure!

There are games and word puzzles you will do together - helping you communicate the lessons in your own personal way.

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