Are YOU ready for the BEST year of your life?

Are you ready to make 2010 YOUR BEST year ever?

Are you ready to throw away the excuses and begin living life on your terms?

Then keep reading because I’d like to invite you to join me on a free call where I’ll help you lay out a plan to make next year, 2010, the best year of your life.

I know that 2009 might have been a rough year… you might have had challenges… you might have had struggles… you might even have had tremendous setbacks or losses… I know that many folks fall one or more of those categories.

But I also know that if you want to turn it around, if you want to create better results in 2010, all you need to do is plan for success!

No matter what your results were last year… you can do better this year!

But hold on!

Not only can you do better – you can take your life from where you are now and completely reshape it in any form or manner you desire! You can move yourself INTO the life you dream of!

All you have to do is COMMIT to creating those things that are important to you.

How do you do that?

It is simple… You plan for success. You develop and follow an action strategy that focuses on achieving what you want. And you follow through!

I’ve made the first step of your journey incredibly simple for you…

Just dial in Tuesday night, December 29th, and join me on a very special call where I will share with you a powerful 5-step plan that will help you get on track to making 2010 a banner year in your life.

Click here: http://www.bobcrawfordonline.com/holidaygreeting.html to get all the details.

This is a free call, not a thinly-disguised sales pitch, just my way of saying thank you to all of my clients, students, readers and listeners.

I have some very special guests joining us on the call, plus we’ll have some fun as we talk about ways to explode your manifesting ability… allowing you to begin creating success and making your dreams come true in 2010.

Click here now: http://www.bobcrawfordonline.com/holidaygreeting.html to reserve your spot on this life changing call.

‘See’ you there!

Peace,

p.s. Be sure that you have paper and pencil handy for the call… you’ll need it to create YOUR plan to succeed!

p.p.s. Don’t forget to bring your biggest dream with you to the call too! You know the one I mean, the one you wish you had the courage to pursue… the dream you keep locked away in your heart out of fear! Don’t give up on your dream! If you want to give something up, give up regrets instead! This is the year, my friend, the year when you will look back and say, “I did it!” Go here now, sign up for the call and then mark it on your calendar!

p.p.p.s. Remember, lives will change this year. Dreams will come true. Desires will be manifested. Wealth will be accumulated. Happiness, joy, and peace of mind will be experienced. The only question is… will it be YOUR life that changes?

Stop using the law of attraction to get what you want.

Strange advice coming from a success coach who talks and writes about the law of attraction regularly, I know. But the truth is that if you are using the law of attraction to try to get what you want, you are in for a heap of trouble, in fact, you are practically guaranteeing yourself struggle, obstacles, roadblocks, fears, and a host of other problems and challenges. That’s not what you want, is it?

If you really want to get what you want in life… you must stop using the law of attraction.

That’s right. Stop using it.  Right now!

Here is a better approach, if you really, truly want to begin creating changes in your life you have to learn to focus on those things that you really want. Make this empowering shift in your mindset and you will immediately start seeing better results in your life.

This isn’t because there is some sort of problem or issue with the law of attraction, far from it! The law of attraction is one of the most powerful guiding forces in your life. That is not the problem. The problem comes when you try to ‘use’ the law of attraction like a tool.

This is what many people do. (You can tell which people do this by listening… they are the ones shouting, “This law of attraction stuff doesn’t work!”) They think that they can pull out their handy, dandy law of attraction tool whenever they need something new in their life.

Need a new car? I’ll use the law of attraction.

Need a new job? I’ll use the law of attraction.

Need a new love? I’ll use the law of attraction.

But it doesn’t work that way. Not at all!

What happens is that those people get all fired up about a particular goal or dream that they have and then they start doing all sorts of typical law of attraction type activities – things like saying affirmations, or making vision boards, or practicing visualizations…

… and these are all good things! They are all great things!

But they don’t unlock your true manifesting power!

Nothing does until you commit to making that change in your life. That’s what releases the true YOU. Making a commitment to change.

What all those people fail to realize is that no one ‘uses’ the law of attraction or any other success principle.

Here’s why:

If you are busy ‘using’ something like the law of attraction, chances are that a large portion of your time will be spent asking silly and useless questions like:

“Is it working yet?”

“Is my dream here yet?”

“When is it going to get here?”

“What am I doing wrong?”

Or worse yet, you may find yourself doubting your own abilities and asking something like…

“Does this stuff even work?”

I think you realize that all the time and energy spent on questions like these is really time and energy that you could have spent working on your dream.

Have you ever found yourself in this situation? Questioning your own belief?

A much better approach to getting what you want out of life is to look at things like the law of attraction as a philosophy of success to live by, rather than as a tool to use only when you need something.

Understand that the law of attraction isn’t a tool to help you manifest a dream… it is a way of thinking and acting that lets you take control and allows you to shape your life into whatever your vision of a perfect life is for yourself.

When you do that, when you integrate ideas like the law of attraction into your life you will find yourself achieving your dreams better, faster, and with less effort than before.

Peace,

Bob Crawford
Success coach, speaker,
& Creator of Growing Your SELF!

p.s. Integrating these principles into your life is easy! Get the details of my amazing home study course that shows you exactly how to take control of your life and begin seeing results that you want by clicking here:
http://www.growingyourselfcourse.com While you are there be sure to sign up for the powerful reports that I’m giving away!

p.s. If you are on my list you’ve already received your holiday greeting and special invitation to a free call I’m giving next week. If you missed it you can watch it here: http://www.bobcrawfordonline.com/holidaygreeting.html

Speaking of gratitude...

It’s that time of year again. It’s… gratitude time!

Thanksgiving is past, which means the official start of the ‘holiday season’ is almost here. (Never mind that the stores were putting out Christmas merchandise before Halloween!)

This is a time of year when you are expected to think about the idea of gratitude. Sure, you might be a grateful person all year round, but now is when you are expected to express and live that gratitude. After all, much of the world around you is focused on giving thanks – you are blasted by reminders of it on all of the television shows and magazines. You are reminded every time you walk into the store…

This is the time. Time to give thanks. Time to celebrate with your loved ones and give thanks for the blessings and joys of the year.

And for many people it IS a wonderful time of year. A time to gather with friends and family. A time to share your love and your joys with those you care about…

But not for everyone.

For some, it is hard to find anything to feel grateful for.

I’ve been there. You probably have been too.

Crisis, turmoil, struggle… it is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you are in the middle of a disaster. Sometimes you get so caught up in your situation that you forget to even look for the light! It can seem impossible to find a single thing to be grateful for.

But it’s there, just waiting for you.

So, how do you find gratitude? Especially when you are in those hopeless feeling situations?

You know the answer.

It comes from within your SELF.

It comes by making a decision within yourself to be grateful for your life.

Sometimes that all you have to start with. But that is all you need!

You can turn things around with that single decision. From there you can move forward and decide to be grateful for other things in your life.

By deciding to be grateful for the opportunities that you’ve had in the past… (whether you took advantage of those opportunities or not.)

… and more importantly, to be grateful for the opportunities that you have right now!

Right now you have the opportunity to move forward – you might resist that opportunity, but it is there, just waiting for you to step up and take advantage of it.

Finding gratitude isn’t hard.

You just have to decide to look!

Peace,

Bob Crawford
Success Coach, Speaker,
Creator of Growing Your SELF!

p.s. Thank you to the many who responded to my mini-survey about the Growing Your SELF! course. There were some excellent comments and I’ll try to answer some of the questions in an email going out to the list in the next couple of days. If you haven’t done so yet you can help me out by answering two quick questions by clicking here: www.bobcrawfordonline.com/question.html

p.p.s. See what the buzz is about by going to www.GrowingYourSelfCourse.com and getting in on the fun. There are some cool free gifts and other bonuses waiting for you.

Your Success Toolbox

There are many empowering ways to incorporate the principles of the law of attraction into your life. Here is one of my favorites. It addresses one of the major problems that you might find yourself struggling with when it comes to seeing results from your efforts.

That problem is FOCUS. One of the core principles underlying the law of attraction is that you create or become those things which you focus on the most. You probably understand this, but it can be hard to stay focused on your dreams when real life is happening all around you. You can make it easier by taking advantage of the powerful tool that I want to talk about today.

It’s called a Dream Card and it is a small, yet effective way to keep yourself focused on your dreams throughout your day.

Your Dream Card – Your dream card is simply an index card or piece of paper on which you have written your top three or four goals and dreams. You carry it in your pocket or purse and take it out and read it several times during the course of the day. That’s the important part… you have to actually take it out and read it.

Your dream card is similar to your affirmations, but differs from them in a very fundamental way. Affirmations tend to focus on traits and abilities that you seek to develop in yourself, while your dream card is the place to put the dreams and goals that you are seeking to manifest in your life.

Like affirmations, you must write your dream card in the present tense, as if you already possess whatever it is that you are trying to manifest in your life.

Your dream card is the place to put that new car you want, or that better job, or even that special relationship that you desire in your life. Remember, even though these are things that you ‘want’, you shouldn’t use the word ‘want’ at all on your dream card. You have to create positive statements that reflect yourself already in possession of your dream.

State your dreams boldly and positively. Combine several goals into one powerful statement that reflects the achievement of each of them.

Try something like, “I love driving my brand new, metallic gray, Lincoln Continental to my new position as Vice President of Marketing for one of the top firms in my state.” Change it around to include your specific dreams. Be sure to include at least three or four of your top dreams on your dream card.

Here is the most important part, the one aspect of the dream card that helps you actually manifest your desires. You have to carry your dream card with you at all times, and you have to pull it out and read it as often as you can. Every day. No exceptions. Every day. Even after you have memorized what is written on your card, you still need to physically pull it out of your pocket or purse and read it to yourself. Do this at least a dozen times a day.

Here is why dream cards work. Every time you read your dream card to yourself you are telling your subconscious mind what is important to you. Your subconscious mind can be your greatest ally in your growth, and can find connections and opportunities to achieve your dreams that your conscious mind might miss.

Dreams cards work by helping you focus and train your subconscious mind on those things that you want to bring into your life. The principles of the law of attraction state that you can only create in your life those things that you focus on the most. One of the main reasons that you struggle to achieve your dreams is that your are only focused on those dreams occasionally. You really spend more time focused on other things in your life.

If you are serious about creating change you should add this proven tool to your daily routine. When you do, you will dramatically increase your manifesting ability and begin to see amazing results in your life.

Peace,

p.s. If you want more tips and tools like this to help you apply the principles of success in your life, be sure to sign up for the Peaceful Spirit newsletter. It comes with a bonus copy of my popular eBook, “31 Ways to Supercharge Your Manifesting Ability” You can get your free copy by clicking here –> Peaceful Spirit newsletter signup with bonus.

Your success starts here!

I want to share with you one of the most powerful ways that I know to help you achieve your goals faster and with less effort.  I’m talking about success groups, or mastermind groups.  Becoming a part of a mastermind group is a fantastic way to plug yourself into the success mindset that you need, in order to see your dreams and goals manifest into your reality.

When you are a part of a group of like-minded people, people who are all focused on success, it becomes easier for you to see your own success as a very real possibility, rather than as a distant dream. Sitting there in your room, reading self improvement books and hoping for success to come knocking at your door won’t get you any closer to your goals. Joining a success group will!

There really is no substitute for a high energy mastermind group. That’s why so many successful people credit mastermind groups for helping them get to where they are today. Not only getting them there… but keeping them there. People like Jack Canfield from the movie, The Secret, recommend success groups as a way to supercharge your success.

Would you like to supercharge your success?

If you are serious about achieving success in any area of your life, you owe it to yourself to look into this powerful, life changing concept. Success groups are not new either, they have been around for a long time.

Napoleon Hill probably gets credit for the current popularity of these mastermind groups or alliances. He wrote about them in his classic, “Think and Grow Rich”. Have you read the book? Did you read the chapter on mastermind groups?

You might have skipped that chapter. Many people do. You might have skipped it because the concept of a mastermind is something that you don’t understand, and when we don’t understand something we tend to push it away.  You might also doubt that you will be able to find a mastermind, or if you do find one near where you live, you worry that you won’t fit in. After all, what group of successful people would want you as a member?

Forget all that!

Mastermind groups are not mysterious, they are not secret clubs with weird handshakes. They are simply groups of people who meet to help each other reach their individual goals. Through a combination of factors, a mastermind can help you break through any plateaus or obstacles that have been stopping you. The benefits of joining a success group are many, including:

Accountability – Learning to hold yourself accountable for your actions, (or lack of actions!) is one of the greatest benefits of belonging to a group.

Brainstorming – Helping you come up with new ways of looking at a problem, or figuring out what to do next. Discovering new solutions.

Support – You need a strong support system and a good mastermind will offer you encouragement, advice, and guidance.

Networking – You never know who you will meet who has the answer to your question or the resource that you need to move forward.

In addition, a mastermind group can be the spark that ignites your passion. There is a synergy in a group setting that is unlike anything you can achieve on your own. When like-minded people get together the impossible becomes not only possible, but expected! You gain strength and insight into your own abilities. You become more confident and self-assured.

The bottom line is that a success group is a tremendous tool to help you on your journey, whatever that journey might be for you. It might be business success, personal success, spiritual success… it doesn’t matter, a mastermind will help you get there faster than you can on your own.

I want you to experience the success in life that you desire. That’s why I created the Inner Circle of Success group, a mastermind-style group devoted to helping you achieve your goals and dreams. Not just achieving them… but surpassing them and blasting through any preconceived notions about success that you hold.

Get the details of this life changing group and decide if now is the right time for you to take action on your dreams. You won’t find a better value, especially one committed to helping you achieve your dreams. Go here now: http://www.bobcrawford.info and register so that you don’t miss out on this golden opportunity. (I’d hurry if I were you, I have to limit the number of participants in order to allow all members the maximum amount of attention and interaction.)

Peace,

p.s. Go back and reread the chapter on masterminds in “Think and Grow Rich” to understand the power that an alliance of like-minded people can create. Then join us and experience it for yourself.  Try it for a month, if you don’t see the value, I’ll give you your money back. You have nothing to lose and only your dreams to gain!