Day 20
Staying on Track
So you have been reading this book and have taken in all the information, done all the exercises, and changed your way of thinking. You are well on the way to becoming a Money Magnet. But how do you maintain momentum and stay on track? That is our topic for today.
It sounds easy to stay in touch with what we really want, but how many times have you fallen by the wayside? Perhaps you’ve gone along with the crowd, just for the sake of convenience? Maybe you’d love to leave your job but it feels scary to be without the regular pay packet, so you’ve held off taking action? In order to stay connected to abundance, you have to start honoring your own desires. Listen to your truth, listen to what you really want, and then take just one step toward achieving it right now. Look for the one action that feels the most uncomfortable and scary. When you take that one step toward your dreams, you will feel a huge sense of relief. You will know that you are on track. Avoid the scary step outside of your comfort zone and you risk going round in the same circle forever.
The trap is when you look at what you currently have rather than what you wish to have. You stay in the same job in order to have money. If you are miserable in the job, your thoughts will not be the kind to attract money—you are likely to attract redundancy or ill-health. Sickness is often a sign from your body that you are ignoring yourself.
Case Study: Ill-health Is Your Body Shouting at You
Debbie arrived at the class out of breath and overweight. She told us how her job was making her ill. She was working too many hours, because “it won’t get done if I don’t do it.” She told us how she’d love to leave her job but they couldn’t afford to have one less salary in the family. In fact she didn’t dare tell her husband that she didn’t want to do the job any more.
Can you see now where Debbie was going wrong? Debbie had been ignoring her heart’s desires for so long that her body was now “shouting” at her to stop doing something that she hated. Shortly afterward Debbie was signed off on sick leave.
Fortunately Debbie had taken the first step by coming to the class. Once she acknowledged that she was blocking her own path to health, wealth, and happiness, Debbie then found the courage to tell her husband. To her surprise he was 100 per cent supportive of her desire to leave work. He wanted a happy and healthy wife.
Debbie used the classes to find out what she really wanted to do. She rediscovered her love of writing and has already taken action, putting pen to paper to write her first screenplay. The last I heard Debbie was leaving work with a $75,000 leaving package.
Do What You Say You Are Going to Do
By honoring your truth, you honor yourself. By doing what you say you are going to do, you start to trust your own word. You start to trust yourself. You get more and more in touch with what you want and you start to trust that your heart’s desires are OK, irrespective of what others may be thinking. In honoring your own word, you effectively give yourself a massive dose of self-esteem.
Now you are radiating like those who truly respect themselves. Consciously or unconsciously, people will be drawn to you for your magnetic self-confidence. You will attract opportunities from people of integrity. Now that you truly value yourself, others will value you, and you naturally become a Money Magnet.
Case Study: Helen’s Story
Helen changed her thinking to stay focused and connected. Here’s her story in her own words:
“From a young age, I remember my mum and grandmother saying to me, “We never win anything in this family.” That sentence stayed with me throughout my childhood and through many of my adult years. I did not question it, as I thought that was my destiny.
“All that changed when I began my coaching journey in 2005. I became exposed to new and more inspiring ways of thinking. All of a sudden I became fed up of settling for second best and I decided to make a conscious intention to become more successful, like many of the people I had read about. I started using intentions to find car parking spaces and—lo and behold—whenever I’d go into a car park, there would be a space waiting for me. Then a few days later, I saw a competition in a magazine to win $1,500 of store vouchers. All it required was to complete a slogan. I sent it off. Then I got a message back saying that I’d won!
“Being encouraged by this, I then decided to focus on what I really wanted. I was at a charity lunch and one of the prizes there was a beautiful $450 watch. Before the lunch started I was looking at the prizes and imagining myself wearing it. When my name got picked out of the hat, I felt as though I had fulfilled my goal.
“Two other great wins have happened since then—a $37,500 package at Stockport County Football Club and a course of singing lessons with celebrated singing coach David Gregory.
“When I think about how all these things have happened, I would say that the way I achieved them was first to focus on them and then to take action. The focusing is the lever that makes you take the action to win.”
Mirror Magnets
If you have people in your life who are always moaning or who feel that they have been treated badly, whatever you do, do not try to change them. These people are extremely helpful to you in your quest to become a Money Magnet and to stay on track.
Why? Because energetically they are there as a reflection of the parts of you that you have not yet acknowledged. When you are working on changing your thoughts to become a Money Magnet, this can be really useful.
Remember, “Like attracts like” and there is no exception. Once you acknowledge where you are still moaning, or where you feel that you have been treated badly, the energies will change. When you shift to a more positive energy, one of three things is likely to happen regarding the negative person in your life:
If you have a few “needy” or “stingy” friends, look to see where you are “needy” or “stingy” yourself. Don’t just ditch these friends, as you will only attract more of the same kind until you acknowledge those parts of you.
When you are surrounded by positive, happy, wealthy people, you will know that you are on the right track.
The money is already there. The only thing preventing you from being rich is you.