Contrast is an important part of feeling confident enough in yourself to boldy move forward and claiming what you desire, knowing you deserve it and that it’s meant to be yours.

For example if you’ve had “a few” setbacks or one major one, that may have deflated your confidence and made you feel like a failure.

It may have been so painful, you unconsciously told yourself that you will not go through anything like that again, so you have instead allowed yourself to be stuck where you were and given up instead of trying, because that trying to improve yourself might feel a lot like risking more failure and going through that painful experience all over.

So, instead, we want to find the right contrast.

No matter how bad things seemed for you, there are always plenty of examples of people who were much worse off than you.

For example is your computer crashed and you lost everything, well you were able to afford to have a computer, whereas hundreds of millions of people don’t even have running water, much less electricity.

Do you think they have any thought whatsoever about losing an e-mail or the links to the sites you visit regularly?

I realize that’s a simple example, yet the same principle applies to whatever happened that you have allowed as your “Mr. Alibi” that -previously- prevented you from moving forward and creating a better life.

When you’re finding the right contrast for yourself, focus on someone who overcame an obstacle far worse than yours, and acknowledge and accept the fact that he or she was no more bright or intelligent or smart or lucky or attractive or any other factor your brain could possibly use as a “Yeah But…!” to prevent you from getting started and taking action on what’s truly important to you.

For example, one of the top Internet marketers was once in my mastermind and he told me when I interviewed him earlier that he had unspeakable things happen to him when he was growing up. (He wouldn’t even talk about it with generalities because he just shut out that part of his past.)

That was obviously a sizable obstacle for anyone to have experienced.

And it would have been enough for most people to say “I can’t ___ (succeed, enjoy life, be happy, be loved, love someone, get a job, make a difference to others, amount to anything, be wealthy…. whatever it is you want) because I was (whatever happened, whatever you previously used as the rationale for quitting, giving up, not trying, being a failure – previously! — as your Mr. Alibi, as Napoleon Hill talks about it in Think and Grow Rich)

Most people take the easy way out.

They may try a little, although they give up when it starts getting hard.

Or when they feel like they’re going to fall flat on their face.

IN CONTRAST – the people we look to as your “Right Contrast”, the ones who accomplished great things, enjoyed wealth and success, and perhaps even a place in the history books….

They for sure went through the same challenges and hardships we all did.

It’s just that they persevered. They continued where others quit. They kept going and even started running when the going got tough – toward the obstacle, not away from it!

They even used it as the motivation to stay the course and go the distance, by making the firm, unfailing Decision to keep going at all costs and allow no other option but to push through to victory.

That’s a key point, how they took the challenge and used it to light a fire under their feet, and also how they kept that unwavering, undying focus and became blind to everything else (such as the challenge or “I can’t do this” garbage that most people allow to sabotage their success).

So what is The Right Contrast for you?

This guy I mentioned might be a helpful one for you. He went on to become very wealthy and well-known by a lot of people.

I doubt very much whether your challenge, in contrast, was any more daunting than his – and I know there’s nothing magical about him or his personality or skills that would allow him to do anything that you couldn’t do yourself.

Seriously think about these things, and then make the Decision – right now – that you will no longer let anything stand in the way of you achieving your Greatness, and fulfilling your Burning Desire and experiencing the life of your dreams!

Then hold to that, with that same unwavering, undying focus – until that experience is yours!!!

Resources:

I can help you keep that undying, unwavering focus so you keep your attention only on your Burning Desire and allow nothing in to throw you off course or distract you.

1. First I recommend you use the “Think And Grow Rich Subliminal Desire“ audio program every day, especially combining it with “The Secret” Custom Subliminal Software which makes every minute you’re behind your computer “Personal Growth Time” as it constantly reinforces what’s most important for you as it “Erases and Replaces” the old limiting beliefs and programming.

2. I also recommend you begin right away today using my “Focused & Fired Up!” System, especially the incredible “Feeling Great All The Time!” audio that I have you listen to begin your day, and whenever you need an instant rush of energy, power, excitement, motivation or stamina.

The whole Focused & Fired Up! System keeps you on track and laser-focused on the tasks you know you need to keep your mind on… until they’re done.

No matter what excuses you have allowed to hold yourself back, no matter how many reasons you have used as justifications for failing, others went through much worse circumstances and pushed through the challenges and went on to do great things. You can benefit from their contrast to overcome your fears and limitations and persevere until you’ve broken through yourself and are enjoying The Good Life, as well!

They say patience is a virtue. I don’t know about that, although I do know it can get you cold pizza!

There I was, hungry and ready to eat – now!

Which was why I decided to use the microwave instead of the toaster oven, because that would have taken longer.

When, all of a sudden, I pushed the wrong button. I hit “Time” instead of “Quick On”!

That’s where you have to “manually” enter the full amount. You know, like, “3-0-0″ and “Enter” – all that work… and time away from the fulfillment of my ever need… the hot, juicy, mouth-watering pizza being in my hand and in my mouth, fast!!!

The Quick On button was what I had meant to hit, which would have saved me like 2.5 whole seconds, which in Pizza Time seems like an eternity.

That would have been where after hitting “Quick On” I just would have pressed “3″ and it would go for 3 minutes and shut off.

For about three-fourths of a second I looked at the display and “What to do?” ran through my mind….

“Do I hit cancel and then go back and hit the Quick-On button? Or I’m already here, I guess it won’t be so bad to type in the full time manually (I PROBABLY won’t die of starvation having to wait that extra 1.5 seconds!)”

Can you believe that? I actually had to use critical thinking to heat my pizza!?

What’s this world coming to when you have to make an important decision before you can have your instant food done in an instant?

Well… my three minutes are up (my pizza’s getting cold, in fact).

Go ahead and mull that over.

…While I’m eating!

Warmly,

Dan Klatt,
“Think And Grow Rich Guy”
Founder of the CarnegieCentre and
President of the Internet Marketing Organization

….Serving as Your WealthSensei!

Resources:

- The best way to learn patience…. Huh?!

Do you really want to buy a product purporting to teach patience from someone who can’t even wait an extra second and a half before heating up his pizza in the microwave?

I don’t have any way of helping you learn patience. In fact, left me know if you know of one!

Today’s an interesting day for me, and I’m going to describe it so you can put yourself in my shoes and see how greedy you may be.

Let’s say you’ve been training a guy how to reprogram his thoughts for wealth, and it’s been working fantastically and he’s your star student… enjoying great results because he’s been getting it.

And he likes buying lottery tickets because he thinks you have to dream big and open yourself up to the big wins, and it just happens that tonight the lottery prize is $96 million.

Your star student has a really good feeling and he’s had you work your manifestation and focus YOUR great power on picking the winning numbers, through a whole series of numerology, intuition, instinct, even random chance, much of which was his system – and yet it’s also very realistic that the ticket he buys that could very well win was the numbers you intuitively felt were the jackpot takers.

And your star student keeps saying, “don’t worry, I’m not greedy, I’ll take care of you” and he’s painting this vivid picture including for you the $1.4 million Bugatti you’d love to have, you tell him about the $15.4 million house you toured last year and fell in love with, and he knows how important it is for you to fulfill your dharma by getting word out about your valuable materials to people around the world.

He keeps saying over and over how your stuff works, and works fast, and works far better than he imagined.

So you could even feel that he won the jackpot because of all the training and mindset reshaping you’ve done for him, and you know if it weren’t for you, he would not have won the big prize.

How much of the $96 million that he would win would you feel you’re entitled to?

Would you tell him how much you expect him to share with you and have a clear agreement about that before the lottery drawing?

What if he chokes at your request, do you make an issue out of it?

How about if he calls you because he left the winning lottery numbers in a place where only you had access to, and you took extra time reading the numbers off over the phone, so he could write them down again…. or for sure he would not have won – would that be worth more to you in terms of how much you expected him to share with you?

What if he made a comment to the effect of “I’ll throw you a million or two” – so you know he’s not talking about sharing half his winnings with you, even though he only won because of all the coaching you’ve given him, as well as more tangibly the work you did to help him get the winning numbers, which you probably even picked from your intuition?

Interesting questions, would you agree?

Or, would you be aware of the influence of greed and not be seduced by it, and instead do all you can to be of service to your student, because that’s important to you to serve him as well as you can, and the results of being of service (how much money he makes through your assistance, as well as what you get in exchange for helping him) is irrelevant, because you were just doing what you need to do, with no thought of getting anything in return – and you let it go?

And what if he also talked about him winning the $96 million and being your greatest success would give you global attention as proof of the power of your materials, which then would get you more clients and allow you to do your work more effectively and allow your work ot serve its purpose (as though he’s hinting at that being enough of a reward)?

These are interesting questions, especially if you know that money is just an idea, and energy, and you have the power to create as much of it as you desire – and even more to the point that any money you create is just the reflection of what’s in your mind, the thoughts you empower through attention, and the external world is only a reflection of what’s inside you.

It’s a real-world “final exam” you might say.

How did you respond to it?

Did you keep your focus within – and even celebrate his winning the $96 million…. being as happy and joyful as he was to have won all that money, without knowing whether he’ll even share a penny of it with you?

If you know the teachings and have done as Andrew Carnegie implores each of us to do and  reined in your mind, yes, you will have done that.

What did I do?

At first I did have the notion to talk to him about sharing half the money with me, not to write it down or make a contract, just to talk about that as a friendly agreement. Then I let it go and instead just trusted that this will play out according to the Greatest Good, as it always does.

There also was the impulse to pay for half of his $22 ticket purchase as a way to solidify the symbolism of us being equal partners in this. Although I did not offer to do that. (Actually, when he called saying he forgot the numbers, he did ask about me buying the tickets for him, so I could have done that and made sure I was an equal partner. I instead chose to suggest I read the numbers over the phone.)

“What are you, an idiot?” I can hear a few people thinking

Well, lottery tickets are really not my chosen way of serving the masses, because they promote “something for nothing”, the idea of taking without giving an equal or greater amount, and promote dreaming instead of being of service and taking action. At least that’s not how I’m meant to act on my Burning Desire to ensure that “The Carnegie Vision” is fulfilled through your results, meaning that you have the ability to become as wealthy as you desire.

My dharma is different than that. At the same time, I remain open to a billionaire giving me the means to fulfill my purpose. And I even have conceptualized “The Billionaire Manifesto” where I organize the world’s wealthiest to agree on the responsibility they have to use their money to benefit everyone.

These are my ways. My friend’s way is different, and I respect, support and honor that difference.

With no expectation to get anything other than what he may feel to share with me, from his $96 million lottery win.

How about you, how would you feel if that much money were within reach for you? It’s an interesting way of measuring the strength of your convictions and how true you are to yourself, knowing, for example, that your beliefs – you – are not for sale at any price, because you’re worth a whole lot more than any material amount.

It’s quite revealing to think about these things.

Please share your thoughts with us in the “Think And Grow Rich Mastermind”, which is an important way I’m able to be of service. If you’re not a member yet, it’s free when you’re in the “CarnegieCentre Bronze Membership”, which is almost ridiculously inexpensive, considering you’re also getting something that costs others $197, the “Rediscover Think And Grow Rich E-Course”, among several other things.

By the way, was there every any doubt about him being able to win the $96 million?

None. Because he gets my teaching at such a high level, and I’ve already seen him use it to manifest the love of his life, where they were absolutely perfect matches for each other and giving each other deep kisses, about 20 minutes after they met. And he wanted that love more than he wanted money, so he’s already manifested his greatest Burning Desire (kind of, which is up to him whether he wants to share more about that).

By the way, follow along yourself, by doing the “CarnegieCentre WealthChat Prosperity Intensive“ yourself, without having to pay the $197/month you’d expect to pay, because for how it’s actually free at WealthChat.com!

So far the first six videos are uploaded and set up for you to go through.

Warmly,

Dan Klatt
“Think And Grow Rich Guy”
Founder of the CarnegieCentre,
President of the Internet Marketing Organization

By doing the $96 million greed test, you’re able to see how strong your convictions are, and whether you would compromise your values at a price – or hold true to those values (and strengthen them). Based on something really going on, right now.

There was a tragedy in Sedona near where I live where 2 people died in a sweat lodge. I share my experiences going through one myself, and how I endured the extreme heat – through focus, just as you can survive and overcome any life challenge with the right mindset.

A friend from Australia knew I call Sedona Arizona my home and he was concerned I may have been involved in the recent sweat lodge ceremony in Sedona that left 2 dead and a number of others ill.

If you’re unfamiliar with a sweat lodge, it’s a Native American tradition often used in shamanic circles.

The facilitator builds a small enclosure similar to a teepee or wigwam centered around a pit with hot rocks over a fire. In the sweat lodge I did shortly after moving to Sedona in 1999, there were maybe 16 of us in this small space, and it was “excruciatingly intense” – meaning the heat, the feeling of being baked, the discomfort.

I don’t know for sure what’s supposed to be going on when you do one, although I think it’s meant to purify a person, let the body “sweat it out” – sweat out the toxins, release negative energy… I believe it’s a purification ritual.

Who knows whether any of that happened. For me…. it was damn hot!!!!

(I didn’t enjoy the experience. Although I am glad I went through it – once.)

As I told my friend Tristan

in Australia, it was similar to fire-walking, where you do it not because it’s fun. You do it because it puts you in extreme physical conditions – to go through it and build character. Like running a marathon to overcome a difficult challenge.

For what it makes you.

The key to surviving being “roasted in the fire”, as the sweat lodge felt like to me, was focus.

I got through it with no scathing burns and probably just red skin and a lot of sweat, by putting all my attention (which I knew intuitively to do) on the image I “saw” before me in my mind of a red rose. By keeping that the focal point, I wasn’t giving my attention to the heat, the discomfort, the little voice that was screaming ‘Are you crazy, this is HOTTTT!”

And I endured through it until the leader said it was time to diminish the “torture” and let us out. (We could leave anytime we wanted, and a few people did exit early.

Can you relate to going through something extremely difficult that tested your limits – and seeing it through as a better person? I bet you can because that’s what going through any life challenge can and will do for you when you have that mindset that “I’m going to learn and grow and become a better person by having gone through this.

Warmly,

Dan Klatt,
“Think and Grow Rich Guy”
Founder of the Carnegie Centre,
President of the Internet Marketing Organization

….Serving as Your WealthSensei!

Microsoft has continued to live up to its reputation, in this case in a way similar to how people expect its operating systems to be prone to virus attacks.

To my knowledge, this information is a world exclusive and you’re hearing it here first!

(I used to be a newspaper reporter for six years and assistant managing editor for four, so getting the scoop has been ingrained in my psyche.)

You know how Microsoft just re-engineered its distant third-place search engine, “Bing”?

If you have your own products or services, you’ve probably put considerable effort into naming them before you release them.

And you appreciate how important that name is.

First of all, what does “Bing” make you think of?

When I first heard of it, I thought, “Bing Crosby? Bing cherries? It’s not a very attractive name.”

The thing is, it is memorable.

Maybe Steve Ballmer and company knew they needed something memorable because the online world had forgotten Microsoft even had a search engine… except for something like 7% of online users.

Just a little piece of advice if you’re planning on making a big launch, or even a small one… you might want to do a careful search of what your *proposed* name means in other languages.

Before you spend millions upon millions of dollars to get as many people as possible to know what that name is.

Particularly if you did not do that process and you end up looking extremely foolish because of this huge oversight, and blunder!

So what did some of the brightest minds and most successful marketers out there anywhere miss?

First of all, people have been talking for years about how China is the emerging global force and we’re all going to need to learn Chinese to reach its billion-plus market and exponentially grow our businesses.

It’s an important culture. It’s an important country. It’s an important economy. And the Chinese language is important.

Especially -BEFORE- you go name your search engine after the Chinese word for *disease*!!!!

(No, I am not kidding, in fact.)

Ever since Microsoft announced it was going to rename its search engine Bing, millions of Chinese-speaking people probably had a big laugh. And maybe it was even a source of great humor for them.

Or maybe they thought, “WTF?”

Now you’re in on the “joke”, too. Except I’m guessing Microsoft won’t think it’s very funny.

Now that the damage is done and they’ve named their search engine, “Disease” -

(No jokes, please, about how fitting that is considering how vulnerable Windows has always been to diseases, requiring everyone to buy anti-virus programs to protect their computers.)

- What’s the “ill” search engine to do?

Change it’s name again? That would be a PR disaster.

Maybe they’re just hoping no one finds out about the ‘Big Bad Bing Blunder” (if Microsoft is even aware of it!)

And they’re just biding their time until the deal with the No. 2 search engine goes through and Yahoo cures “the Disease”.

It won’t be long after that until the world forgets….. and people go back to their daily routine of cursing Windows and looking forward to Google’s operating system arriving.

(Actually, I’m joking about that. I use Vista, and I like it.)

Dan Klatt is president of the Internet Marketing Organization and founder of the CarnegieCentre, which empowers people to Think and Grow Rich.

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Jim Rohn’s guidance can still make a huge difference to your life, even by reading the tributes people have posted about how he inspired their lives. What about this tribute is most valuable for you?

My friend Jason was really influenced by Jim Rohn, and in this great blog post, he shares the sage advice that meant a great deal to him.

Click on that link and read his post.

I replied to it, with this:

Thanks for inspiring me with this wisdom, both yours and his. I forwarded your link to a client, asking him which section was most meaningful to him.

For me it was “Wishing”, the point about being a successful person to attract success, rather than striving for it or chasing it. ‘

Thanks much! Warmly, Dan

What inspired you the most from Jim Rohn and Jason Fladlien’s wisdom?

How will you act on that inspiration?

I’m going to set aside the time I’ve wanted to spend each day on becoming a better copywriter. This will be through my CopyU.org or CopyU.org sites. (Join me if you share that goal or desire that you’ve known you need to improve, as well.)

Because as great as my Think and Grow Rich wisdom and trainings are, I know I can benefit from presenting them in a way that hits more people the right way, allowing me to fulfill my dharma (life purpose) that much more effectively.

Another tangible action I’m going to do is make it a higher priority to continue my own studies, also every day. I’m going through “Talks with Ramana Maharshi” and the last two days did not take the time to do my daily reading because my work day was compressed while my girlfriend was staying here. (I don’t mean to make an excuse. She went back to her house and realistically I know I could have carved out the time while she was hear. Also, related to that, to take less time for movies or the few favorite TV shows, like Monk, Star Trek, South Park, Merlin. And to spend less time looking for new marketing materials and products to buy and more time to learn from the ones I already bought.

How about you?!

Warmly,

Dan Klatt,

“Think And Grow Rich Guy”

Founder of the CarnegieCentre,

President of the Internet Marketing Organization

1. They don’t know what they have going for them.

2. They don’t know how to earn money from what they have going for them.

3. They don’t know how to access the people who will pay them.

We often put obstacles in our way, which we don’t realize are there until we look at our lives thoughtfully and become more aware. The spotlight of that awareness allows us to transcend these obstacles, also causing us to strengthen our character.

A strange thought occurred to me.

I was looking out the front doors windows to see whether it looked like it may rain. The windows have blinds that are closed to keep it cooler in the Arizona summer sun.

When I stepped on a pebble or something that I wanted to throw away, yet the waste basket was at a diagonal that would require me to walk around my long couch and the love seat perpendicular to it.

The thought came to mind that it would be more direct to just walk right over the couch, instead of around it.

Yet I didn’t want to do that, for obvious reasons – because the couch is an obstacle in my way that could trip me up or cause me to fall and hurt myself if I attempted to climb over it.

(I admit it was tempting for a minute just to do something unusual or unexpected or different.)

The thing is, how many times do we erect our own obstacles and put them so they’re in the way and stand between us and our goals?

Such as any number of distractions (e-mail is the big one, maybe it’s Facebook or Twitter or a forum you hang out in, maybe it’s text messaging… what is it for you?)

….Or fears!

For example fear of failing. Or fear of redicule or disapproval/criticism. Or fear of success.

People tend to allow their fears to stand in their way, just like a couch or other obstacle between where they’re at now and where they want to be on their journey.

Although, unlike in my “office”, which others may call a living room/great room – it’s easier to walk around the long couch than to climb over it when it’s standing in the way of where I’m going….

The obstacles people put in their way on their journey toward success they often choose to sit down and stop going forward.

They allow those obstacles to stand in their way and prevent them from succeeding.

Sure, they could just say “Hmm, that’s interesting, I seem to have allowed my fear of ___ to stand in my way and prevent me from succeeding” – where that awareness is how in fact they’ve just walked around that obstacle and put it behind them on their path.

Yet the obstacles are often things we cannot see, even as they’re preventing us (apparently) from moving forward.

Awareness is the spotlight that makes all subtle and hidden obstacles visible to you.

You shine it through introspection, keeping your mind quiet, self-reflection, maybe it’s meditation for you.

Doing what I call “give in and go within”.

What obstacles at least previously were standing in the way of your success and happiness and enjoyment and fulfillment?

Now that you’re aware of them by doing that introspection, they are behind you and no longer an issue.

Alright, I just climbed over my couch, both the front and back of it, both ways. It was fun. I didn’t trip and fall.

And, as it turns out – as with all obstacles we push through – we build character and strength *THROUGH* pushing through and transcending the obstacles we previously allowed to stand in our way and limit or prevent our success.

We build character and become a better person by doing that.

What obstacle are you transcending now!?

Warmly,

Dan Klatt,
“Think And Grow Rich Guy”
Founder of the Carnegie Centre,
President of the Internet Marketing Organization

….Serving as Your WealthSensei!

Resources:

- What comes to mind as how I’m best able to help you overcome your obstacles is to learn to master the things you’re focusing on and giving power to.

See the “Recession Proof Your Thinking Prosperity Fire Sale“ for sure!

And consider joining the “Think And Grow Rich Mastermind“ for the daily support, insights and ongoing reminder to keep your focus on only that which “gives you joy, inspires you and moves you closer to your goals, desires and dreams”.