May all of your regrets for 2007...last as long as your resolutions in 2008

As a little treat before the year ends, let me share this story with you....

I went in recently to see the Doctor for my annual check up. After the good Doctor had finished his probing and prodding, I couldn't resist asking him a question.

Doc, I said, do you think I will live to be a 100?

He paused for a moment and said, "well Eduardo, let me ask you a few questions first."

Do you smoke cigarettes,marijuana or do any other illegal drugs?
"Oh no," I replied. "I don't do any unprescribed drugs, either."

"He said "Do you have many friends and entertain frequently?"
I said, "No, I like to have quiet times alone, so I stay home a lot."

"Do you eat steaks and grilled ribs?"
I said, "No, everything I read says that all red meat is unhealthy and as for the grill, not going to happen!"

"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing, hiking, beach volleyball or bicycling?"
"No, I am aware of the dangers of too much sun," I said.

"Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?"
"No," I said. "I'm certainly not into such dangerous activities."

He looked at me and said, "Then Eduardo why do you give a damn?"

(obviously a fictitious story)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Eduardo

Having fun with New Years Resolutions

Did you ever think to yourself...why bother with New Year resolutions, within a month they are all forgotten about anyway?

It feels like an obligation to make a resolution(s). You know sooner or later someone is going to ask what your resolutions are? However, lets be realistic, the studies produce the same old results...few succeed! So why bother?

You guessed it, Eduardo to the rescue. After giving this great and careful consideration as to why we fail so often and deliberting on it for at least, 60 seconds, I reached a conclusion.

Our resolutions tend to be boring

We get all serious about things like; losing weight, getting fit, making more money, and finding or improving our relationships etc. The mere thought of what might be involved to be successful defeats us before we start. In other words, our expectations exceed our committment. So what's a girl to do?

Glad you asked. The Truthteller way is to increase the odds of success by making only fun resolutions. Instead of saying, I intend to lose 30 pounds, why not say...I'm going to take my sweetie for a 30 minute walk, 5 times a week. (If your sweetie ain't so sweet, take the dog).

Instead of concentrating on losing weight by denying yourself the good stuff, how about forming a supper club with friends where every meal must be delicious, healthy and non fattening. Now you can socialize, have fun, swap recipies, drink a little (low calorie) wine and eat great meals. Granted this only covers one meal. However, you will have done something positive and your resolution is fun and easy to meet.

I've decided to make a resolution to take an extra week's holiday in the winter. As a matter of fact, I plan to make this resolution every year, until I'm gone for the whole period that snow is on the ground. Now that's a fun resolution that I'm prepared to work for. I'll let you know how that works for me.

Another way to make resolutions more fun is give yourself rewards. The most important part of any resolution is getting started so give yourself rewards early and often. Imagine that your significant other, is on your case, because over the years, you've gotten a little porky. Why not make a deal with them. You tell them, ok, I'll lose 30 lbs and for every pound I lose, you give me a 30 minute massage. 30 lbs = 30 massages. (I'd put on 30 lbs just to get that kind of deal).

Give it away

It's fun to give stuff away and what a great resolution to make. Some suggestions; smiles, compliments, a helping hand and that awful Christmas gift that you can't believe anyone in their right mind would give you.

Get more fresh air

The healthiest suggestion has to be to get yourself outside every day. Play games, drag the cat around the neighborhood, get some Vitamin D (sunshine). Excellent for your mental health and you can even peek in a few windows if that's your thing.

Learn something new

There's the usual stuff like a new language, photography, painting (no not the house that's no fun), writing and mastering technology. Then there's cool stuff like; telling jokes that are actually funny, magic, juggling and bar tricks.

Have an adventure

Maybe it's time to take your mother in laws advice and go jump out of a plane. How about white water rafting or para sailing. Maybe something tamer like a trip to a foreign country (come to Canada it's really cool especially in the winter).

My final thought is to make resolutions specific. If you say, I'm going to get fit, what does that mean? How will we know when we've succeeded? You would be better off to say, my resolution is to be able to run around the block 10 times without stopping for an ice cream break once. Now, that's measureable.

Life and resolutions should be fun and easy!

Eduardo

How to communicate better

"You hear what I say, but you don't know what I mean"

It's not the words that we get wrong, it's our interpretation of those words that gets us into trouble. Let me explain. Suppose someone says to you, 'sometimes it annoys me when you say those things'. There are several ways you could interpret that statement.

You might think to yourself... what I just said, annoys the other person a little, when they are having a bad day but otherwise, it's not much of a big deal. Or, you might think to yourself...that person really dislikes me saying those things. So which is the truth?

Well what if, the person said to you...on a scale of 1 to 10, my level of annoyance about, what you said, is a 10. If this came from the mouth of your significant other, I'll bet you would thinking....we won't be getting jiggy tonight! And if they rated it only, a 1 or 2, then you could assure yourself, it will be forgotten in a few minutes.

So there you have it, a very simple method of communication that leaves no doubt as to the depth and meaning of what was said.

Now on a scale of 1 to 10, how much do I feel like goofing off for the day....make that a 10!

Eduardo

Why not be great?

By: Seth Godin

Here's a question that you should clip out and tape to your bathroom mirror.

It might save you some angst 15 years from now. The question is, What did you do back when interest rates were at their lowest in 50 years, crime was close to zero, great employees were looking for good jobs, computers made product development and marketing easier than ever, and there was almost no competition for good news about great ideas?

Many people will have to answer that question by saying, "I spent my time waiting, whining, worrying, and wishing." Because that's what seems to be going around these days. Fortunately, though, not everyone will have to confess to having made such a bad choice.

While your company has been waiting for the economy to rebound, Reebok has launched Travel Trainers, a very cool-looking lightweight sneaker for travelers. They are selling out in Japan -- from vending machines in airports!

While Detroit's car companies have been whining about gas prices and bad publicity for SUVs (SUVs are among their most profitable products), Honda has been busy building cars that look like SUVs but get twice the gas mileage. The Honda Pilot was so popular, it had a waiting list.


While you've been wishing for the inspiration to start something great.

Thousands of entrepreneurs have used the prevailing sense of uncertainty to start truly remarkable companies. Lucrative Web businesses, successful tool catalogs, fast-growing PR firms -- all have started on a shoestring, and all have been profitable ahead of schedule. The Web is dead, right? Well, try telling that to Meetup.com, a new Web site that helps organize meetings anywhere and on any topic. It has 200,000 registered users -- and counting.

Maybe you already have a clipping on your mirror that asks you what you did during the 1990s. What's your biggest regret about that decade? Do you wish that you had started, joined, invested in, or built something? Are you left wishing that you'd at least had the courage to try? In hindsight, the 1990s were the good old days. Yet so many people missed out. Why? Because it's always possible to find a reason to stay put, to skip an opportunity, or to decline an offer. And yet, in retrospect, it's hard to remember why we said no and easy to wish that we had said yes.

The thing is, we still live in a world that's filled with opportunity.

In fact, we have more than an opportunity -- we have an obligation. An obligation to spend our time doing great things. To find ideas that matter and to share them. To push ourselves and the people around us to demonstrate gratitude, insight, and inspiration. To take risks and to make the world better by being amazing.

Are these crazy times? You bet they are. But so were the days when we were doing duck-and-cover air-raid drills in school, or going through the scares of Three Mile Island and Love Canal. There will always be crazy times.

So stop thinking about how crazy the times are.

Start thinking about what the crazy times demand. There has never been a worse time for business as usual. Business as usual is sure to fail, sure to disappoint, sure to numb our dreams. That's why there has never been a better time for the new. Your competitors are too afraid to spend money on new productivity tools. Your bankers have no idea where they can safely invest. Your potential employees are desperately looking for something exciting, something they feel passionate about, something they can genuinely engage in and engage with.

You get to make a choice.

You can remake that choice every day, in fact. It's never too late to choose optimism, to choose action, to choose excellence. The best thing is that it only takes a moment -- just one second -- to decide.

Before you finish this paragraph, you have the power to change everything that's to come. And you can do that by asking yourself (and your colleagues) the one question that every organization and every individual needs to ask today:

Why not be great?

Seth Godin (seth@sethgodin.com) is an author based outside New York. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable (Portfolio, 2003) is his latest book

That ship has sailed...

A few weeks ago, I was lamenting a missed opportunity and a friend said to me...that's too bad, but that ship has sailed. Those words have stayed with me and I've used them on others to remind them to get over it (whatever it is).

Now that 2007 is almost over, I have been thinking about all the good things that happened in my life and also some of the things that I might wish to have happened differently. As soon as a regret pops into my skull, I say to myself...oh well, that ship has sailed.

I've found this a great metaphor to remind myself to look forward and not live in the past. I like the idea of a New Year, it's like a fresh start. The slate is wiped clean and I can dream and plan for an even better future.

Sometimes sorrow and pain dominate our thoughts and it's damn difficult to just say, oh well, that ship has sailed. However, maybe that sorrow and pain was actually a gift? In order for there to have been those feelings, there must have been something worthwhile that was lost. So embrace the gift that was. Life is made difficult or easy to a large part by how you choose to interpret experiences. And if you will allow it, the intensity of feelings, fades with time.

So I'm excited about the new year and when I think back on; love lost, opportunities wasted, bad decisions and regrets, I'll be thinking...

oh well (insert big sigh here) that ship has sailed!

Eduardo

Merry Christmas

go gently in this world
like the cool summer breeze
that refreshes

be as open to inspiration
as the flower is
to the morning sun

make no more effort
than the river
on its journey to the sea

be not fixated
on the destination
for that is the end

it is the journey
that is to be enjoyed
and cherished

know that you are loved
to grow it
return it

live without effort
carry no burden
for none is necessary

know that life is
meant to be fun, easy
and over-flowing with abundance

Eduardo

Self Help and Commercialism

A couple of months ago, I bought a self-help type book on the internet. As a bonus, I received a ton of free stuff. Sounds good right? Truth is....not so much!

What I actually received was never ending emails trying to sell me other books and video programs. Oh, I got some free email reports and mini ebooks, but reality was it was all to sell me more stuff.

Christmas is just around the corner and lucky me....they keep offering me presents. Now I can save a bundle if I buy their stuff, NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

I'm thinking that if you want to convince me of your sincerity, you should give up the commercialism and trying to make a buck off of me, for at least a few days so I can enjoy the spirit of Christmas.

I probably shouldn't go on a rant at this time of the year but I would sooner see my inbox full of Christmas messages from friends then from self help gurus trying to squeese out one last buck from me!

That said......MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Eduardo

Is this the answer?

"what lies behind us
and what lies before us,
are tiny matters, compared
with what lies within us" Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've been doing a lot of reading and contemplating on life and it's purpose. The search for lasting happiness, how to make life fun and easy and manifesting abundance. Then a couple of nights ago I kept getting the message you see above, in a dream. I woke up and wrote it down. Of course I immediately turned it into a 'magic card' and have been carrying it around with me.

The more I think on it and let it settle into my subconscious, the more it seems to resonate for me. I'm thinking things like; how is it possible to have a healthy body if I don't love it? If I love my body, then shouldn't it be easy to make healthy choices?

And, isn't love the greatest attractor of all? So if love is a great attractor, does it attract abundance? I think so. There's a thought to consider; if we are more loving to everthing and everyone, do we attract more of what we want, whether it be money, people, ideas, fun or love in return?

"my first impression was to pass her by,
until I saw her with another guy"

What is our purpose for being here on this planet? Is it to learn to love? And what exactly is love? I sort of settled on this....love is unconditional caring and kindness. Hey, I didn't bother looking for a definition in the dictionary, because that is is irrevelent to me, what resonates for me or for you, is what is important.

So I've been mentally going around trying to love (unconditional caring and kind) to everything and everyone I met for the last couple of days. This is not as easy as you might think. Someone annoys the heck out of me and I'm mentally trying to conjure up a love feeling. Try stubbing your toe and thinking love for the danged rock! This takes practice and patience.

My results so far have been very favourable, I feel lighter in my spirit and if it's possible I think I've laughed more often. It seems to me that other people are more receptive to me. Don't get me wrong, I believe I am normally a nice guy so I doubt anyone would notice any great change. The difference I think would be very subtle. A few times I had to laugh to myself, like when I was walking behind this big macho brute and I started thinking to myself...I love you. If he could have read my mind, I think he would have probably thrown me into the dumpster.

"love is fun, the other stuff....not so much"

Lots of questions? I guess I'll just have to contemplate on this a little longer. Maybe you have some thoughts, you would share and help me out.

Thanking you in advance....oh, and I love you!

Eduardo

P.S. Wow, that's not easy to say...I love you, must be my male programming, I'll have to work on that.

Make them cry for Christmas!

"Christmas is not that far away. I'm going to share with you something that could make your family get-to-gether so special, you'll be thanking me for years"

Of course this idea is not exclusive to Christmas, you could use it anytime you felt it appropriate. Although, special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and religious holidays add a special touch (and a few extra tears).

Suppose that you have someone in your life that you feel you are greatly indebted to. So you want to show them your gratitude and you want to do it in a way that will be profound. This technique will do the job for you, but be warned....bring a big box of tissues!

"silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone" G.B. Stern

First, you write a letter to that person and express as fully as you possibly can how you feel about what they've done for you. Pour your heart into this as it must be as genuine and heartfelt as you are capable of. Don't send that letter off!

Next, get face to face with that person. If you think it appropriate, and it can be even more powerful if others that person loves and respects are present, read your letter to them. Then stand back because the tears will start to flow from the recipient of your gratitude. Then before you can say...your welcome...your tears will join in the outpourning of emotion. Then the dams break and soon everyone is crying like a baby.

The experience can be so moving and emotional that it will be remembered by everyone present, for the rest of their lives. The bonds of frienship will be stuck together like the world's most powerful crazy glue.

It would be perfect if this is where the story stops, but there is more. People who have tried this say that it starts a chain reaction. Soon others want to try it on someone. As it spreads the tears flow like rivers and the hugs and 'I love you's' become an unstoppable avalanche.

"before we know it, we will have flooded all the rivers, raised the sea level and...healed the world"

Eduardo

P.S. I'd love to lay claim to the idea, but I got from the book...A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink

Nothing quite like home for the holidays

I am grateful...

For the extra money I will pay in taxes this year.
(I must have made more money then last year)

For all the things that I don't have.
(I have so much to look forward to)

For the mess that got left behind from the Christmas Party I hosted.
(I was surrounded by great friends)

For the love and attention, I didn't feel I got as a child.
(it's made me so aware not be miserly with my affections as an adult)

For all the times I struggled and failed in my life.
(it's made me appreciate what I have and led me to want to help others)

For my son and his buddy who left a mess last night after watching a movie.
(they could have been out doing drugs or drinking and driving)

For that nagging feeling, I carried around for a long time. That I wasn't doing enough with my life.
(it stirred me to start writing and has led me to a world of opportunities and most importantly to the life changing realization....life was meant to be fun, easy and over-flowing with abundance.

Eduardo

P.S. You've just been privey to brief glimpse of the workings of my brain. Weird and wonderful, huh?

Got pain? Skip the painkillers!

A professor at Simon Fraser Univiersity, is trying to understand why his experiments consistantly show, people with serious pain, often find more relief in virtual reality, than with drug based treatments.

Experiments consitantly show, that those distracted in a virtual reality, such as 3 dimensional skiing adventure computer game, report less pain that they do when using drugs.

"Controlling pain through VR games and biofeedback meditation therapies has the promise of cost effective alternatives to pain medications.

Maybe it's time to wrestle control of the video games away from the kids, grandma and grandpa need some pain relief. Doesn't this make you think.....everything is possible, if you can have fun doing it (even pain relief)

Eduardo

The 6 Spiritual Rules of Money

"money doesn't seem to like people who are desperate for it" Ernie Zelinski

Ernie has written several books telling us how to quit your job and live a comfortable rewarding life. Ernie, has done it, so who am I to argue his success. One interesting part I found in his book...Real Success without a Real Job was his little known, but 'Important Spiritual Rules of Money' I invite you to read this list over and see if it resonates for you as it did for me. I'm pleased he called them rules and not laws as so many pompous writers are fond of these days. Check this out...

Spiritual Rules of Money:

1. If money becomes your primary focus in life, then money is all that you will get.
2. Spending a lot of money can get you trapped into thinking you are prosperous and
having a lot of fun, when all you are doing is spending a lot of money.
3. The person with no money may be poor; however not as poor as the person who has
nothing but money (ouch)
4. Prosperity isn't a matter of acquiring how much money you desire; it's a matter of being happy with how much you presently have.
5. It is better to be out of money than out of new creative ideas on how to have money.
6. Above all, the value of money lies in the creative and spiritual uses to which it can be put and not in how many possessions it can buy.

That's good stuff and lot's to think about. One thing I've realized is that money is attracted most easily to those who have a purpose greater than themselves. It may be to build an empire or to give your family what you never had. Or maybe the idea of developing a product or service you strongly believe in.

"pursue those things that you love to do, and do it so well that the world can't help but notice...then money must flow to you, as surely as the river must flow to the ocean"

What happens when you one day realize that you have more than you will ever need? We see this in movie stars and athletes. Because they have no meaning in their life, money soon becomes insufficent. So they turn to self destructive behaviors. All they need to do to save themselves is find a meaning greater than themselves and their problems will be solved. It's just that easy.

"money is a blessing when you have a use for it that is greater than yourself"

Eduardo

I have everything I need

Did you ever have one of those thoughts you just couldn't get out of your head? Me too!

Lately, I keep thinking....I have everything I need.

This is a strange thought for me because, I know there is no beer in the fridge and the new BMW convertible, that I've been dreaming about is no where to be seen. So amigo, what can this mean?

I have noticed lately, something different is happening in my life. At times, I'll be doing something and need a tool or I'll be writing and need an idea; then poof, I get the idea or I'll think of some way of improvising for a tool I don't have. Sometimes I need help and out of the blue, help appears.

So I'm thinking is it because I'm holding this belief that I'm seeing and finding possibilities I just might not have noticed before? Was everything I needed there, but just below my level of awareness?

What if I decide that I need 10 million dollars? Well, I'm pretty darn certain that baring a computer glitch, I can go to the bank and it won't be there.

However, if I assume that I have everything I need, then maybe I already have the ideas to manifest it? This is getting interesting!

For those of us who believe that what we concentrate on becomes real, this might be a really valuable thought. Whatever it is, I'm thinking this is a pretty good belief to have. So I'm keeping it.

Anything that makes my life; fun, easy and abundant has to be a good thing!

Eduardo

Secrets to make people like you

"I want to share with you the secrets to making people like you"

That was the title of one of those junk emails I got on the weekend. For a small sum you too could become one of those fortunate people who others can't resist. You'll be able to choose a partner from the most beautiful people in the world. You will not only have an abundance of friends but promotions and success will come easy and naturally for you. It's your destiny, so act quickly. All this and so much more, and all for a less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks for one week!

Sounded pretty good but then I already have a lot of friends so I saved my coffee money and went to see my good friend GOOGLE. There I found hundreds of pages with similar advice for FREE.

I learned a lot of neat stuff like;

* look for ways to compliment others
* be an interesting person
* make sure you shower each day
and lot's of other good points for me to consider

I could give you a list of another 100 good points to attract people to you but here at the Truthteller site I want you to have the ultimate fun and easy method. So here is the secret revealed.....

"the secret to making people like you is....to love yourself first"

Think about it!

And as an added bonus (and at no additional cost) here are two more of my never fail techniques to get people to like you...

1. Buy a pick up truck....sooner or later everyone needs a friend with a truck to help them move something.

2. Show up at a outdoor activity on a really hot summer day with a box of ice cold beer!

Glad I could be here for you!

Eduardo

You need more than positive thinking!

"emotions are powerful stuff, that bring you to abundance or despair, the choice is yours"

One of the beautiful advantages of writing a blog like this is, that I get explore my own thoughts. I learn as I go and sometimes I realize a better way to get to where I want to go.

I have always believed in the power of positive thinking from the first time I read a self help book. What I didn't know at that time is how much more powerful positive emotions are. You know I like the fun easy way and this is it. This (positive emotions) is powerful stuff that can turn your life around on a dime.

Think of positive thoughts as being like driving a Volvo. Safe and dependable, and sure to get you where you want to go. Now throw in some positive emotions such as love, wonder, bliss, confidence, inspiration, courage and faith and now you're driving a Ferrari. The ride is going to be quicker and much more exhilerating.

Emotions are the fuel that drive your life. Positive emotions propel you forward towards your desires. Mix in more that one positive emotion and its like you just upped the octane level or turbo charged your life.

Fill your tank up on negative emotions such as anger, depression, hate, emptiness, discouragement, loneliness and cowardess, and you are still moving your life...only in reverse. You will be moving away from instead of toward your desires. Mix in more than one of these emotions and you likely are headed for a crash.

Looking for neutral gear in your life? No problem, that's called indifference!

"Positive thinking is good, positive thinking plus positive emotions and you are ripe for a miracle."

One of the reasons you don't reach your desires, is that they may not be worthy of you. They don't really inspire (a positive emotion) you. Small easy achievable goals are like putting a cap full of fuel in your tank, probably not enough juice to start your engine.

It's time to raise the level of your dreams, think really BIG. Put some high octane thoughts into your tank. Ramp up your courage, confidence, love and bliss and really put the petal to the metal. Who gives a damn if your dreams are unrealistic! They are your dreams and only the small minded will be interested in discouraging you. The others, the big dreamers, they are the one's who will change their world for the better. They will admire you and support you because you are one of them now. There is great power to be found in sharing your big dreams with someone who is supportive. If you don't have it at home, maybe you need to look elesewhere for support. I'm here for you and so are lots of other like minded dreamers.

"Get excited and inspired with the bigness of your dreams and the whole universe, will and must move to make it a reality"

Eduardo

I'm (almost) as good as the real thing!

"the quickest path to success is to have a good mentor"


Those crazy researchers at Standford University have come up with another gem. If you are a computer geek, we should get together, we could make a fortune on this one!

Here is what their research revealed; when they studied sedentary people (that's code for couch potato's) they found that an automated, exercise, reminder phone call, had about the same (get up and go) power as calls from human counsellors. Think about that? We are just as motivated by a machine generated message as from some qualified expert.

Just think of the possibilities? We could sell little message machines to mothers that they could have motion actived in little Johnny's room. When Johnny retreats to his room, the machine would nag him to clean his room, just like the real Mom does. I'm sure Mothers around the world would gladly buy our machine to do the nagging for them!

Next thing the woman of the household would want is a programmable, husband nagger machine. 'Take out the garbage, cut the grass and don't be late for supper' are just a few of the pre-programmed messages on our machine (in a very sweet voice of course).

Now before I incur the rath of women all over the planet, let's get serious. What does this latest research really tell us? I'm thinking that whenever we tackle changes in our lives we need support,encouragement and reminders. There are huge opportunities for those with the technical expertise to assist those who want to lose weight, quit smoking or just become more successful.

Encouragement is addictive and pleasing to all of us.

This is something we know so well when we are kids, however as we get older we forget just how important it is. It is so much easier to critize and find fault. I wonder if anyone really ever got nagged to success?

So what should be do with this knowledge? First, let's surround ourselves with positive; images, sayings and people. Let's feed our brains with encouragement, making sure there is more good stuff going in that crap. This is why I always have my little magic cards in my car and on my desk.

Maybe you would like to get a daily, automated phone call from Eduardo, telling you what a wonderful person you are and reminding you to (fill in the blanks)________________. NO? Well, then how about, from someone you deeply admire and respect?

Eduardo

You have problems, you have solutions

"you know what to do, you just want me to find a shorcut for you"

I am a strong believer that we all have the answers to our own problems. We may have forgotten the answers or we may just be stuck. All we need are some simple techniques to bust open the dam and let the flood of answers and solutions come pouring out.

When things are going poorly, we sometimes feel overwhelmed and feel that we not capable of solving life's problems. Our mind can play tricks with us, making us feel like giving up. Or, we turn to others to ask for solutions, in the hope that we can dump our problems on them. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. But then what to do when others are not interested in solving our problems?

"I'm thinking that since our minds play tricks on us, why don't we turn it around and play tricks on our mind"

Problems are stressful and can seize up our creative thoughts and block us from what we are looking for, right? Ok, then here is my little trick, or should I say...carefully researched technique (that sounds more professional). It occurred to me, that a better approach to problem solving is to make it a game!

Games are fun, they are not stress producing. When we are having fun, we relax and even though we are expending a great deal of energy, it doesn't feel like it. Any expert worth his salt, will tell us that creativity is most evidenced when we are having fun. And you know what it says, up there in the banner...."everything is possible if you can have fun doing it"

So lets have some fun and solve your problem! Here is what I ask you to do; print off the card you see above (I'll explain how). On the back of the card, write this..."I ask for guidance", now finish the sentence. For instance you might write something like....I ask for guidance to show me how to find a better job. Or any other problem you are stuck on.

Next, meditate on the words on the card..."Don't give up, play with it" As you think about those words, and get yourself in a playful mindset, ideas will start coming to you. Write them down and take action! If you don't write them down immediately, you may lose them. And if you don't take action on your ideas, then this is all just a big waste of time.

Before you go to bed at night, read the card (both sides) and ask for guidance to solve your problem, before you nod off. Keep a pad of paper and pen by your bedside. Your answer may come in the form of a dream. You have to capture that thought as soon as possible as dreams are extremely elusive.

The most important part of this inspired technique (I dreamt about it) is that you will have fun with it. Get yourself in play mode when you are thinking about it. Now, have fun solving your problems....

Eduardo

P.S. If you want to download the card you see above, here's how to do it;

right click on the card
click on SAVE PICTURE AS
then SAVE TO DESKTOP
then OPEN FILE
then PRINT
then ENJOY!
then BUY ME A BEER

Life's 7 Big Secrets

After reading hundreds of books, too many blogs to mention, and even doing some orginal thinking I've learned a few of secrets about living a life; that is fun, easy and over-flowing with abundance. Now, since I know that you like short-cuts, I'm only too happy to spill the beans. So this is just between us, right?

Secret #1 What we give away freely, returns to us multiplied.

The key word here is freely. This secret does not apply when you give begrudgingly, tenatively or with any kind of expectation for return benefit or accolade. This only applies to what you give in a loving, unselfish manner. This is just one of those quirky things, you give not expecting anything and some how you get more than you gave. Another caveat, what you get back may not be exactly what you gave, but it will always be better.

Secret #2 The only limit to your potential for abundance is your imagination.

I know that you've read elsewhere that the universe is limitless. What you may not know is that the abundance you might manifest is limited by what you can imagine is possible for you. I'm no fan of Donald Trump, but I have to admit, that this guy has zero problems imagining 'billions' in his bank account. You simply won't attach any belief to anything that you can't readily imagine as happening to you. Because my imagination just can't seem to get around the thought of having billions of dollars, I'm cursed to be only able to manifest millions. Oh, well!

Secret #3 What gets the most attention is manifested.

Yes, I'm talking about the famous Law of Attraction. However, don't over-look the point of what gets the most attention. You can have wonderful thoughts of love, wealth and spiritual growth, but my friends if you have more thoughts of your limitations....guess which one wins?

Secret #4 Things happen quicker if you have infinite patience.

This one is a bit of mind bender. What do I mean by infinite patience? It means that you have absolute faith that something will manifest and you put your complete trust in whatever higher power you believe in, that it will happen in the perfect amount of time. Whew, that is one big leap of faith. Once the negative low energy thoughts of worry and impatience are gone, things speed up. I have no idea why, it just does.

Secret #5 The answer you seek is always out there.

Once you've accepted this secret it leads you to another. The spin off secret is that this is how you generate persistance. Once you accept that the answer is out there, it is much easier to persist. There is very little that can happen to you that has not happened to someone else at some time in history. Think about that? Somebody has probably solved your question, you just need to track it down.

Secret #6 If you don't like the answer you get, ask a different question

Secret #7 Simplify

"Simplicity is the perfect union of beauty and intelligence" When that line came to me, I just wanted to pat myself on the back, it sounded so good. The best example of how simplicity works is Nature. Nothing is without purpose in nature, no effort wasted (some even go so far as to say Nature is lazy) I've written a ton about the benefits of simplifying our lives, so enough said.

Secret #8 The universe is on our side.

It may not feel like at times, but the more I examine how the universe works, the more I am absolutely convinced that we come into this world programmed to succeed. It's just that other people and ourselves can't quit trying to rewrite the program. Everything we need to know is out there (see secret #5) We just need to get out of our way and accept what was intended for us. Ok, smartypants, I know I said there were 7 Secrets, but you are just so darn nice to be around that I thought you deserved a bonus secret, enjoy.

Smile, you are much smarter than you think!

Eduardo

Things that make me laugh

Here is a Monday morning treat for you, it's a video about the Evolution of Dance. Trust me it is hillarious, enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

Eduardo