Day: 12 September 2012

Marsha Sortino - Boston, MA

Faith
Reflecting back on my journey, I have noticed changes.
Hill states "FAITH is the “eternal elixir” which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!"
And he tells us that it's worth reading this statement many times over aloud.
And as this chapter directs us that auto-suggestion is key here as our auto-suggestion becomes the state of mind we need to be in to gain all that we want in life.
I've experienced pivitol moments in my life, where a complete trust in God was all I could do, and God has always pulled me through the most difficult circumstances.
So what has my journey been like so far since discovering MFF.
Personal growth and confidence is noticed and so are the vibrations of incredible wonderful energy I feel. The start of my self talk here and it coninues as my brain exercise. Easiest brain exercise to do is your self talk!
But I couldn't help wondering what's missing. Did I need to do a Plan, Do, Review and Adjust here if I am going to make money.
It just mades me wonder sometimes what is it that God wants from me. What does he want me to do?
Why are these moments of wondering how I'm going to do this business coming up? I know it's because of the parking situation in my area. Where I live, for me to do my business and have parties at my home, I need to have parking permits for my guests. Or they could get ticketed!
So I had been praying for a good answer to this situation. And adjusted my self talk to include this hurdle! Yes your self talk can adjust as I soon learned. What's important here is to say it!
I have certainly started to use my gut instincts on many things I do now, so when I get a chance to talk to someone I don't know and who lives in my area, I'm thrilled as it means I make new friendships!
So, my mom came home from church, her daily routine and slipped in my hand a piece of paper, saying, "Dianne wants you to call her."
I called Dianne to learn that my mother had mentioned to her what I am doing now and spoke about the products.
Thanks mom.
We spoke at length about many things, but the best part of this was getting invited to her home this Friday, so I could show her what I do! And this lovely lady, Dianne, knowing the parking situation in my area, offered to let me use her home for parties! She spoke about her interest in joining me in my business! I could tell right off ther bat, she is a blue personality like me.
I am so grateful for the answers I receive when I need them. And especially for this answer, I am so very thankful! Thank you Lord! Situation made ideal, solution and hurdle solved!
So what is the difference here between having Belief and having Faith?
Hands down, I'd say belief is your opinion, your beiefs that you form and live by, but your Faith takes it a step further. Faith is that elixer that puts all your plans in motion because you absolutely know without proof that you'll find the answer. Or let me rephrase this and say, We'll recieve the answer through prayer, through self talk and personal development as the best outcome in building a business. These are all inclusively needed for us to reach the top!
And Faith is absolutely a requirement! It is our faith in that whatever we are doing, we know with certainty that it will work and we can do it. It's our Faith that tells us, without the need to know how ahead of time what the outcome will be and we trust this process. We just have that connection on a spritual level from within our hearts and minds that Faith starts building upon us and etches into our souls like a burning fire. It's the magic and mystery of the unknown that when you see it, after it has happened, you know that Faith is at work because you have experienced it and now it's knowledge. You may not know who or when or what is at work here, but It's Faith at the very core that's at work. Believe it and trust the process! It's Faith!
Faith, keep it alive and you'll see your world in a completely different manner!
Much love and appreciation,
Marsha Sortino

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David H. Paul- St. Cloud, MN USA

This month has been a roller coaster ride between faith and lack of faith for me. While I was busy allowing myself to blindly ride that roller coaster, the following quote from Ch. 3 in "Think and Grow Rich" helped me understand my error in thinking.
"Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and
to build your own life to ORDER. Taking inventory of mental assets and
liabilities, you will discover that your greatest weakness is lack of
self-confidence. This handicap can be surmounted, and timidity translated
into courage, through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion. The
application of this principle may be made through a simple arrangement of
positive thought impulses stated in writing, memorized, and repeated, until
they become a part of the working equipment of the subconscious faculty
of your mind. " -Napoleon Hill
I can see how I allowed myself to feel a lack of self-confidence, and as soon as that "button" is pushed inside of me, I quite saying my self-talk and start internally defending myself. I replace that positive flow of emitions with excused like, "Well, you know that it IS a process…" How wonderfully green of me, yet not so wonderful when it comes to inducing the faith necessary to have success in life and business.
And, once again the answer to my lack of self-confidence and faith is self-talk; written, memorized, and repeated until those thought impulses become a part of the working equipment of my subconscious mind. So, I am guided right back to saying a well crafted self-talk 400 times per day.
The one thing I have not followed through with is saying my self-talk, the key to developing Faith, 400 times per day for 28 days straight. So, it is now time to make a decision and a conscious effort to feel the emotion of Faith most of the time. It is Now Time to step up to the plate and take personal responsibility for my success. This is how I show myself, my world and my God that I am All In.
To Your Peace and Prosperity,
David H. Paul
St. Cloud, MN USA

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Dale Rohwer

Chapter 3, FAITH
Visualization of and Belief in Attainment of Desire
"Repetition of affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only known method of voluntary
development of the emotion of faith."
"The emotions, or the "feeling" portion of thoughts, are the factors which give thoughts vitality, life, and
action. The emotions of faith, love and sex, when mixed with any thought impulse, give it greater action
than any of these emotions can do singly."
"Not only thought impulses which have been mixed with faith, but those which have been mixed with any
of the positive emotions, or any of the negative emotions, may reach and influence the subconscious
mind."
"There are millions of people who believe themselves "doomed" to poverty and failure, because of some
strange force over which they believe they have no control. They are the creators of their own "misfortunes,"
because of this negative belief, which is picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its
physical equivalent."
"A mind dominated by positive emotions becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind know as faith. A
mind so dominated may, at will, give the subconscious mind instructions, which it will accept and act upon
immediately."
Again, I find another task that Mr. Hills points out to us in this chapter that I haven't done yet. "Self-Conidence
Formula," I need to sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day, with
full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and actions so that I will become a self-reliant and
successful person.
With love and gratitude to Michael, Linda and all the people in the 30 Day Mental Cleanse, thank you for
your lessons shared.
Dale & Sharrie Rohwer
Camp Douglas, WI.

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Darlene Moore, Barnesville, Ohio

Chapter 3
Faith
Having faith is very important in every part of our life.
We have to find it within ourselves, deep into our hearts, what kind of person we want to be.
We have to take control of our own life and have the faith we are going to get what we want.
Making sure we continue to grow with baby steps each and everyday.
Every man is what he is through the dominating thoughts he permits to occupy his mind. Which
direct and control his every movement.
Any idea, plan or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. This is why
it is important to write out a statement of your major purpose, commit it to memory and repeat
it aloud until our subconscious mind is convinced.
We must have positive emotions at all times in order to succeed. Once we have enough faith to
work toward becoming the person we want to be, no negative emotions will be able to come in
and have us question our thoughts and desires.
Success begins with a person’s will. The person who knows he can.
Thank you Michael, Linda and the Mastermind Team for being here for those of us who are willing
to work to find the faith within ourselves to be who we want to be.
With Love and Appreciation
Darlene Moore
Ohio

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Gerrie Texas

From this statement, you will understand that the subconscious mind will
translate into its physical equivalent, a thought impulse of a negative or
destructive nature, just as readily as it will act upon thought impulses of a
positive or constructive nature. This accounts for the strange phenomenon
which so many millions of people experience, referred to as misfortune,” or
“bad luck.” There are millions of people who BELIEVE themselves doomed
to poverty and failure, because of some strange force over which they
BELIEVE they have no control. They are the creators of their own
misfortunes,” because of this negative BELIEF, which is picked up by the
subconscious mind, and translated into its physical equivalent.
Stories of survival always fascinate me, whenever I can get a chance to hear a story or even watch a documentary about one I do. I remember a month a so ago I watched a documentary about 3 WWll soldiers whose plane had crashed in the Pacific ocean. The men were set a drift on a
small boat for 47 days. Being stranded on a raft in the ocean is enough to do most people in. Also as I watched the documentary the little food and water supply quickly disappeared and I thought surely 1 of the 3 would not make it. Since there was no water or food I surely thought it couldn't get any worse than that, but it did. Sharks suddenly began to circle the raft on a regular basis and the men used the paddles to fight them off. No food or water and shark circling the raft it look pretty bleak for the soldiers. Suddenly the men got an idea to kill a shark and eat it, for a couple of days the men were satiated. A couple of days later the men were without food and water again. Despondent and hungry the men heard a plane and shot off their last flare to gain the passengers attention. The plane did come in their direction but it started to shoot at the men in the raft. The men pretended to be dead so that the plane would stop shooting. The plane went away however bullets had damaged the raft and it started to sink. On top of this the sharks started their circling act again. One of men without a minutes notice went to a repair kit and found puddy to men the hole as another man fought off the sharks. The men also survived this segment of misfortune. However, one of the men who honestly didn't appear to have the thirst to live soon succumb to starvation and died. The other two buried at sea, strangely enough as stated by the narrator the other men never considered cannibalism. Hungry and starving days later the men looked out to sea and saw land. Happy and delighted the men paddle towards the land but before the made it to land they were in what was described as a hurricane which almost tilted the raft over. Wow, they made it I thought and it made me feel so so good to see them make it to land. However, when they made it to land it was enemy territory and they were placed into a concentration camp into the war ended. Man, this was not a story book ending, no one would want to see this at the movies.
I was somewhat mad about the ending because it was anticlimactic in my opinion. However, the story stayed on my mind for weeks. This is some real life stuff I thought to myself, and it finally hit me that this event chronicled the life of Believers. The thing was that I watched this in a documentary, it already happened. I pretty much knew what the out come would be, but those men who were involved in the situation at the time didn't have a crystal ball to look into the future. But they did have their Faith and the desire to live. The strength of the latter two determined what men would live and who would die. More importantly my take away from this story was that the winners in life are those who truly believe that no matter what the situation is they will gain victory. Also in the midst of hard times the Faithful don't sit and let the ship sink they take action.
Gerrie

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