What Napoleon Hill and Andrew Carnegie Taught Me About Opportunity

“He can’t make it Thursday to do a talk on ‘Think and Grow Rich’. We think it’s a good fit for you. Would you want to do it?”

Caught by surprise, I started to think it over while I gathered some info.

To give some perspective, Andrew Carnegie had offered Napoleon Hill the opportunity to interview America’s wealthiest people for the purpose of creating a success system, he secretly held a stopwatch in his pocket and gave young Napoleon no more than 60 seconds to decide.

Napoleon Hill came back with a resounding “yes” 32 seconds later and the rest is history.

Having had listened to Napoleon Hill’s recorded talks countless times, I knew the importance of being decisive.

I checked my calendar, checked my gut (always do) and came back with a resounding “yes”. Maybe not in 32 seconds but pretty quickly considering I didn’t even have a talk on Think and Grow Rich that I could give!

Those who know me know that I invest part of my time teaching clients and students to recognize opportunity where they normally may not have.

But this article isn’t about that. It’s about about what you DO when opportunity knocks.

Do you answer?

Or do you turn off the lights and pretend no one’s home?

I’d thought about saying “no thanks” to the talk because I knew saying yes would mean having to craft a brand new presentation, coordinating my roundtrip travel to New York, getting a place to stay and putting together a sales presenation for the end of the talk.

Not to mention the reality that for two days I’d be away from my business and not building it the way I’d planned.

But Keith, so then why the heck did you say ‘yes?’

Because “no” doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for new possibilities.

“No” pretty much puts an end to the conversation and you never get to find out where it would have led to.

I don’t mind using myself here as a live case study for you. In fact, it’s my pleasure if it ends up helping you in some way.

Success stories don’t happen all at once….they unfold over a series of events and choices. You don’t have to know all the details of how you’re going to get where you want to get to.

You just need to know how to say yes when opportunity knocks.

I knew there was a chance I’d stumble a bit during the talk because it was my first time doing it. My biggest concern was that I’d run out of content and not fill the full 2 1/2 hours because I hadn’t a chance to time myself before the event.

The great thing about answering the door when opportunity knocks is that you put yourself ‘in motion’ and end up growing while your “fanny” is in the fire. There isn’t much time to worry or be fearful when necessity keeps you in the moment.

I ended up taking on two new clients as a result of the talk (which at least covered my expenses from the trip) and now I have two more people I can help create better outcomes for themselves.

Answering the door when opportunity knocked has now pushed me into building out the infrastructure of my business (mastermind groups, a new mentoring program etc).

Undoubtedly this is going to lead to more knocks on the door and more wealth-building opportunities for both myself and my newsletter subscribers.

In fact, the day after I’d answered the door and said yes to speaking on the topic ‘Think and Grow Rich’, I was contacted and asked to coauthor a book on a similar topic.

An hour BEFORE the talk, I swung by my friend’s office in Manhattan and asked him about his recent trip to China. What came out of my 50-minute visit with him? Now we’ll be having regular mastermind sessions together along with other high-powered people (This friend recently pre-sold his next seminar and pulled in $200,000 – just to give you an idea of the company I keep).

Answer the door when opportunity knocks and great things will happen.

Normally I recommend you DO NOT talk too much about your successes when a cycle isn’t yet completed (ie, the experience isn’t finished yet) because it can compromise the outcome. That’s because you invite the energies of other people into your sphere and they can negatively impact your success vibration.

I’m ok with sharing this one with you though. Even if everything I’ve mentioned changes before you read this, I know practicing putting this success principle of “answering the door when opportunity knocks” into action in your life will always produce great things. So if everything changes, I’m certain it will change into something just as miraculous (maybe even better!).

Since this article is a live case study, it really has no ending…just a pause.

Practice answering the door and saying yes to opportunity – keep the conversation going and see where it leads you.

Then write me at keith@selfmasterysecrets.com and let me know how it turns out!

Keith Matthew

Mastering Wealth: Are You Fed Up Enough to Succeed?

Are you fed up yet with the results you’re getting (or NOT getting) this year?

I’m asking you because if you’re NOT fed up yet, then you can probably look forward to more of the same going into next year.

Scary thought – would you agree?

So the question really is this: when have you had enough of doing it ‘the backwards way’ and not making the money you want to be making?

Because until you can finally say with conviction, “I’ve had enough” and really mean it, I can’t help you.

I’d love to, but I just can’t. Not until you’re ready to commit to your own success.

On the other hand, when you sincerely start feeling fed up with spending your hard-earned money on so many ‘make money online’ and self-help programs and not knowing how to IMPLEMENT what they teach you…

…THEN I can finally step in and help you build your own 6-figure business – just like the one I’ve had for years.

I’m going to be showing someone exactly what to do to create money – a lot more mulah than your boss is probably paying you right now.

Look, if you want to be personally mentored to success and shown exactly how to get there, then let’s get on the phone and discuss how you can get started right away.

And by the way: no tire-kickers allowed! If you’re REALLY ready to create wealth for your family, go right now to http://www.keithmatthew.com and fill in as much info about your present situation as possible.

Also, somewhere on the form, write what time you are available to do a session together (including time zone). I charge $500 an hour for consulting but you can grab 30 minutes of my time at no cost to you.

Only a specific number of people will get this free session with me so the sooner you fill out the form, the better your chances are of being one of the fortunate ones. http://www.keithmatthew.com

Are you fed up with mediocre results? Let’s not read or talk about it anymore.

Let’s put together a plan for IMPLEMENTATION and creating verifiable results!!!

Accelerating Your Success,

Keith Matthew

The Secret Science of Purposeful Living

“One of the best personal growth items I have purchased over the internet” – Dr. Mike in NY

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The Secret Power of ‘Creating Your Life’
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I drove into town this morning to get myself a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast. Waiting for the light, I noticed all these people in such a great hurry.

“What’s all the commotion about?” I thought to myself.

And then it suddenly hit me…

They were all rushing to catch the train to WORK!

If you race to catch the train or drive into work every morning, then you probably think I AM the strange one!!!

But you see, I left the crazy “grind-it-out” way of living several years ago so I forget it even is happening sometimes.

I really have no concept of “rush hour” or “finding a parking spot,” or even “alternate side of the street parking” for that matter.

I used to know these things. For MANY years, in fact.

I’d get up tired, race to work, go through the usual train delays, sometimes get in late and scurry to my desk with no window. Then I’d put in a full day (or more), and get back on the train for more train delays.

…get home late, see people I care about for 30 minutes, then get ready to do it all over again.

aaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

You know, if you grind something consistently and long enough, it turns into a stub.

I didn’t want to become a stub of a person.

I’m not going to sit here and tell you I cracked some code and followed my Limitless Wealth and Success System to the letter which then brought me greater freedom.

Why not? Well, first of all, because no one gave me an exact system. I created this program by piecing together some of the valuable lessons I’ve learned in life which have then led me to where I am today.

And where is that?

Not on a train grinding it out until I’m on my way out the door for good (ie, dead or at the least too old to enjoy life). I can tell you that much!

I have personally practiced and tested the success techniques outlined in this book (along with the CDs I provide you with) and I know firsthand that they are effective and will bring you definite results.

The content of the ‘Limitless Wealth and Success System’, because I APPLIED IT to my own life as I discovered important success secrets, has enabled me to:

* Increase my self image so I can value myself more appropriately

* Leave my comfy job so I can accelerate my success

* Work from home instead of commuting every day

* Double my income the first year, then double it again the following year.

* Get on stage alongside top personal development public speakers

* Help people in 21 different countries to realize THEIR dreams

* Have deeper, more fulfilling relationships with my partners (it’s even helped me to FIND my perfect partners!)

So while I didn’t have a complete system for mastering wealth to follow along the way, at least I can make this information available to you so that YOU can have an easier time reaching higher levels of success than I did when I first started asking the right questions.

Many of my friends and peers have insisted, because of the powerful information this product reveals, that it is WAY under-priced and I should raise it quite higher.

I have resisted their badgering and so today I keep it ridiculously affordable.

I have to warn you though: I HAVE been considering raising it higher to reflect its true value. I’m pretty sure I will be doing this in the very near future.

If you’re interested in creating a new stream of income and improving your lifestyle all in one shot, then take advantage of this before I fully come to my senses.

When I do raise the price, it’s NOT going to be another $10 or $20. It’ll be much, much more.

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Accelerating Your Success,

Keith Matthew

P.S. – You are guaranteed success when you invest in yourself. And of course, if you don’t like it for some reason, you can send it back for a re.fund. Fair enough?

P.P.S. – Everyone who gets this Success System, not only gets valuable info on how to live a happier life, but can also receive a free coaching session with me PERSONALLY!

Have a Powerful Day.

Who Put Ice in My Freezer?

I’ve probably purchased bags of ice five times in the past 38 years.

The first four times were for other people (birthday parties, graduation parties, and maybe a neighbor’s barbecue.) Truth is, it’s happened so few times I can’t even recall when.

To me, paying for ice was stupid. I mean, it’s frozen water! I’m going to hand over my money for frozen water?

When was the fifth time? Actually, it was only a few weeks ago. I’d been playing basketball and I felt this sudden, sharp burning sensation go up the arch of my foot.

Not good.

So on my way back home, I picked up a bag of ice to put under my foot and help it start healing.

I know of a mixed martial arts fighter that, each times after he trains, he submerges his whole body into a tub of ice.

I don’t know HOW that guy does it! As for me, I had put the bag under my foot for about 5 minutes and I’d had my fill. I guess you won’t be seeing me in “the octagon” with him any time soon.

I’ve probably used this bag of ice 30 times and I’m still not quite to the bottom of it yet. In fact, I have a cold drink beside me during this hot night as I write my article to you.

This bag of ice has had me thinking about the choices we make in life and why we make them. Are they based upon a sound success process? Or are they perhaps based on inconsistent definitions and irrational conclusions?

I’m starting to wonder…

Have you ever heard the saying, “there are lies…damn lies…and then statistics?”

What’s being suggested is that statistics are not reliable because they can be manipulated.

Seems to me that our decision-making process might also be under a lot of manipulation as well.

Manipulation by our present perception of reality.

Let me explain some more here with personal, more ‘concrete’ examples…

A year ago, I wouldn’t have paid $1500 a month for an apartment or home.
I found a place for $1200 that met my needs and kept me happy.

Later on, when I was trying to save my family and relationship, I was willing to pay several thousand dollars a month toward a mortgage.

Recently, in preparing for my move to Atlanta, Georgia, I was offered use of a ‘Carriage House’ for only $500 a month. My immediate thought was, “ok, it’s small but I can do this because there’s a chance the person who has the house might bail and then I’ll take it over.”

And my answer was ‘Yes, let‘s do it.’

Then I found out that pets weren’t allowed and I might not be moving in at all.

So I started looking at other houses in the area to see if maybe I’d buy one outright instead of waiting to shop around later.

By the time I revisited the home for $1500 a month, I’d realized that I would feel much better moving in for $1400 a month since it’s closer to the $1200 I’d been paying the past year.

But then I stopped everything, sat back, and replayed the viewpoints I’d taken on with all this house stuff. The first thing that hit me was how eager I was to take over the house when at first I couldn’t. I remember the feeling: it was like, “if I had this house, though it’s not my dream house, I’d definitely be happy and ready to move forward with it.”

One week later the house was suddenly available. Someone called me on that one, eh?

Then, tonight, I flashed back again to just a short couple of months ago when I was ready and willing to pay DOUBLE that amount on a house I didn’t want – just to hold my family together.

This article is about ‘valuation’ and how we relate one instance to another. It’s about how YOU value people, places and things.

Ponder me this: with all the dates you’ll have to go on and drinks you’ll need to buy in order to find someone you can love and who can love you back, doesn’t it make sense to just treat your partner or spouse better right NOW rather than end up losing them later because you held back and didn’t value them appropriately?

Less headache, less heartache, and you won’t have to keep swapping photo albums in the future. You can focus your time, energy and money on creating a brighter tomorrow with someone who cares about how your day went.

Most of my choices made perfect sense at the time. I bet yours did too.

But here’s the thing: we place a specific value on a person, place or thing in relation to other ‘stuff.’ What that ‘stuff’ is isn’t really the important thing to look at here. It’s the fact that we are creating values based on relationships of one to another.

Call it perspective, proportion, or propensity. You might even say we’re discussing ‘framing’ here (an NLP term). I don’t mind what we call it as long as we take a closer look at ‘what relates to what’…and why.

When I was 13, a girl I’d known for 5 years starting showing me she liked me.

‘Do you like me? Check YES or NO.’ And I thought those were the hard days of dating!

We played together and grew closer. One day, a friend of mine said, “You don’t really like Natalie, do you? Because that’s what some of the guys are saying.”

My heart said, “Yes, I do!” but instead came out, “Oh, no! you kidding me? No way! We’re just friends.”

My ‘liking Natalie’ had become tied to how my friends would see me.

We make choices, sometimes very important choices in our lives, based on how we relate things to one another and the value we place on them.

The value of what my friends thought of me outweighed the value of how I felt about my ‘could-be’ girlfriend. Fortunately, even at 13, I wasn’t THAT confused about the dynamics of life. I soon after went back and ‘fessed up’. Then everyone went back to throwing the ball around like we always did.

Valuations…

What value do you place on:

Your relationships?

Your career?

Your family?

Your religion?

Your environment?

Your appearance?

Your health?

Your own freedom?

Some people finally discover the need to place better valuations on all of the above only after they get older…because their time here shortens and they suddenly realize, “Hey, I want to play my cards differently! Deal me more cards!”

Oh, we all get more cards…but it’s a new hand in a new game.

I am discovering the importance of placing more accurate values on everyone and everything in my life and I warmly invite you to do the same. I think you’ll find the quality of living becomes higher and more refined once you do. And you will undoubtedly live a deeper, more fulfilling life the rest of your stay here because of it.

Accelerating Your Success,

Keith Matthew

P.S. – I’m headed to the freezer to grab a few more ice cubes from the bag of ice that started this article. When the bag is done, I may buy another – or I may not.

But at least I now know what it’s really worth to me. Be well…

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Gun Shy, Broke and Going Nowhere FAST!

Remember the first time you opened your heart to that special someone?

How wonderful it felt to be loved and IN love?

‘They’ could do no wrong. To you, they were that PERFECT person you’d been looking for.

You beamed as you entered a room…and the world was your oyster.

Feels good, right? Sure it does.

Oh, and what about THIS…

Remember the day the honeymoon ended?

When you realized they were NOT so perfect? In fact they had a whole damn LOT of things wrong with them. How could you have been so blind? So naïve …so foolish?

You went your separate ways, though your mind and heart wished you could transport back to that blissful and orgasmic honeymoon.

Not gonna happen! This party is O-V-E-R!

And you feel the pain, longing and loneliness. That warm, fuzzy feeling quickly slips into the recesses of a land of distant memories.

Putting it plainly, THIS SUCKS!

If this is how it’s going to feel, I don’t WANT to find love! It’s not worth risking feeling so lousy over.

Ever feel that way before?

Sure you have.

Well, it’s the same with creating a life of wealth and success.

You have to at some point venture off into the unknown and take some risks.

Unless you have a mentor, someone who’s already arrived at where you want to get to, more likely than not you’re going to take risks that do not lead to what you’d hoped for. And, keep in mind, having a mentor doesn’t guarantee your success right away either. He or she keeps you from going down unnecessary paths and stacks the odds in your favor. They’re meant to be your guide; not your savior.

That said, if you don’t get outside your comfort level and stretch yourself, guess where you will be several years from now?

Right…pretty much where you are today. Actually, that’s an understatement. You see, life is always seeking to move forward or fall backward. And if you’re not pressing forward?

You do the math.

If you commit yourself to providing a better life for your family and the people you love, and you get OFF the safe path to nowhere, you will be pleasantly surprised with the results.

But you have to commit. You have to start “courting” your own future success.

If you want to fall in love, you have to go where attractive people are and engage them.

If you want to want wealth and success, you have to go where wealth and success lives and knock on the door.

Knock as many times as you have to. If you knock and no one answers (ie, you invest time or money into something and it turns into a miserable flop), knock again! And again!

Keep knocking and the doorway to your financial freedom WILL open.

It has to.

When I was in my teens, I cycled the hills of Harriman State Park in New York. One time, I was going downhill at about 35 miles per hour and, as a turn approached, suddenly I realized I wasn’t going to make it.

Boy was that NOT a good feeling!

My subconscious reaction was to ‘hit the breaks’. Imagine slamming on the breaks of a bicycle while going 35 mph!

My bike stopped.

I did not.

I went F-L-Y-I-N-G and did two somersaults once I cleared the handlebars.

I was banged up pretty good. My friend caught up to me and a car pulled over; they both looked worried and asked me if I was alright.

You see, the front wheel of my bike was completely bent in half!!! They were hoping my body was doing better than that wheel!

More than twenty years later, I still have physical scars on my left knee from that day…just like we sometimes get emotional scars when a relationship doesn’t work out…just like we have financial scars when a business opportunity takes our money like an ungrateful whore. Ouch! Did I just say that?

The first time I sat on a bike again and went downhill, I was fearful. I was fearful that I was not safe, that I was leaving myself vulnerable.

Sure, I could have stayed away from bikes the rest of my life. Just like you could play it safe the rest of YOUR life.

But then I wouldn’t be able to ride with my friends and you wouldn’t be able to give your family a better life.

Really: Don’t be Gun Shy, Broke and Going Nowhere FAST…

KNOCK on the door of success. Get back ON the bike as many times as you have to. Let the passion to give your family everything they ever wanted and needed propel you forward through uncertainty and into greater wealth and success. You deserve it and they do too!

If you’re searching for a mentor to help you create wealth online, go to www.keithmatthew.com and let me help YOU manifest and enjoy the life you desire. If you’re not looking for a mentor, then just get on that bike and ride. Ride, ride, ride…

Climbing the Mountain of Self-Worth

My Success-minded Friend,

Have you lived long enough?
Have you worked hard enough?
Have you struggled, scratched and clawed?

The cumbersome climb up your mountain of success is purposefully a slow, particular one.

And for what purpose exactly?

Why, to PROVE that you can pass all the rigorous tests of course!

To prove that you are ‘worthy’ of entering that elite circle of the wealthy and successful.

No, wait. Let me correct myself here as you read this.

These s-l-o-w, arduous steps are designed to prove that you are ‘worthy’ of claiming the success they afford you. It’s not a blueprint for entering the elite circle of the wealthy and successful. No, no, no. The elite hold close to them realizations that are very different from the ones this path leads to.

“THEY” are on the ACCELERATED path to success.

“YOU” are on the path to growing old and hoping your legs work well enough to get you around your remaining years.

Gee, Keith, remind me to NOT invite you to my next party!!!

Understood. AND…I don’t write to tell you what you want to hear. I write to help you live a better, fuller, deeper kind of life.

Erase from your mind whatever you’ve been taught about working harder will take you there.

It does to a point. And then it’s time to let that belief go. It served you well and now you want to start making quantum leaps.

Life is the greatest of merchants that will pay you exactly what you believe it can afford.

Whatever salary you make, or income level you’re at…YOU have signaled the universe to pay to you.

You think tweaking sales copy leads to greater returns? Try tweaking your perception or perspective of life – then you’ll see some JAWDROPPING returns!

Even if you’re not quite ready to, I on the other hand anticipate great things from you in the coming months. I already know what you are worth.

Do YOU?

If you’re worth $100,000 and up, then why do you do tasks each day that essentially pay you $8 an hour for your very precious time?

If your love is deeper than any ocean’s bottom, then why do you let unconscious people romance you and treat you badly?

If you know that processed sugar sabotages your success and caffeine drugs your inner senses, why do you continue to play someone else’s game?

Everyone climbs up the same mountain. The question is: what will YOUR climb be like? Has someone else already decided it for you when you learned to shadow their beliefs and approximate the slow speed of their ascent?

Tell me what you’re worth and I’ll tell you what you’ll be paid.

Show me who you are and I’ll slide a mirror in front of you to show YOU…someone who is flexible, flowing and unstoppable.

See you at the TOP!!!

Keith Matthew
http://selfmasterysecrets.com/ns-freecd.html

The Great Mystery Woven Within Your Success

When I was 19, I had a spiritual experience that showed me I was not alone.

The illusory veil had been pierced and pulled back. Behind it…stood ME.

It was a ME I had known so very long ago.

It was thrilling to feel alive again.

But with the taste of greater freedom comes greater responsibility too.

You see, until age 19, I saw the world in color. Or so I thought. Then I woke up one day to a world of gray.

This was depressing…until I looked inside and again saw colors. Only now they were vibrant and pulsating and alive.

My challenge then was to see the world around me as enchanting – like the world inside. Sometimes I forget and see worlds of gray. But then I remember to look at it “inside-out.”

Many people with each sunrise awaken to new possibilities. Seeking the Great Mystery woven within their successes and failures, some go on long journeys to find their “Answer.”

I know I almost did.

But something inside said, “you’ll never discover it where you’re thinking it should be.”

So I skipped out on my own journey to Mecca or Vision Quest and became rooted right where I stood.

And the tapestry of awareness you and I may call a “veil” unwound itself still further…slowly, slowly.

What is the Great Mystery woven within your success? Great questions are doorways to greater answers.

Why not start off with a powerful one that has worked for the span of time, and then some?

“Who am I?”

The greatest mystery is woven within your own success and it’s forever tied to this question. Ask it and then enjoy what you find…

The Secret to Becoming More Like Ed Zimbardi and Matt Bacak

“There’s Nothing Stopping You.”

That’s what it says in the top left corner of “go” magazine which I have in front of me right now.

I’m speeding toward Atlanta, high above the clouds, to invest my time with Ed “the Closer” Zimbardi, fulfillment specialist Brenda Zimbardi (www.fulfillmentcentral.com) and internet marketing wizard Matt Bacak (www.powerfulpromoter.com ).

So how exactly did Ed Zimbardi end up inviting me to his home and Matt Bacak to his office?

Well, initially, they didn’t…I invited myself.

Sure, I’ve know these great people for years now. But I wouldn’t be landing in Atlanta 57 minutes from now if I didn’t wake up one July morning and say to myself, “I’m going to Atlanta to visit Ed, Brenda and Matt.

Successful people put themselves “in position to win.” Failures stay on the sidelines of life and just accept what life deals to them…then they complain, criticize and sometimes even attack others who have what they don’t.

Have you ever seen a drop dead gorgeous woman with an average-looking-at-best man and wondered, “how did HE end up with her!

Well, the answer may shock you: he went up to her, he struck up a conversation and then he asked her out on a date! Mind-boggling stuff, don’t you think?

Like a gorgeous woman (or man) who doesn’t have a date because everyone was afraid to ask them out or assumed they were “taken,”so too your extraordinary success sits idly waiting for you to “show up.”

Be BOLD! You can be bold without encroaching on others. You definitely can.

Be bold and keep putting yourself in front of people who are living the kind of life you want to be living too. More often than not, good things will happen.

If you work with this success principle, you will see results – in ANY area of your life you choose to focus on.

I guess that’s all for now. My plane is fast approaching Atlanta as I propel myself toward a 7-figure income. It is my great pleasure and privilege you’ve chosen to join me for this part of the ride.

Remember: be BOLD. There is nothing stopping you!

Why Success Forces Converge Upon You (Or Don’t)

I DIDN’T KNOW IT back then but I was very blessed to get the sales training I did when I was only 21 years old.

Sometimes I’d hear other “sales people” saying, “oh, it’s just a numbers game.”

Intuitively I knew that was only partly true – but I kept quiet and went about my business.

Before long, I became the owner’s right hand person…his protege.

We also became good friends.

I had to move on though – I was young and I had many more experiences I needed to have. In retrospect I now see that I was in training to one day become an entrepreneur and have my own thriving business.

I can’t say I was the quickest learn – it wasn’t until my early 30s that I finally started putting it all together. But then this article isn’t about who’s the quickest anyway.

It’s about WHY success forces converge upon you…or don’t.

Many years after my initial sales training, I traded S&P 500 options in the stock market. It was during the dot com boom where money was flying every which way. I had natural abilities in this area – problem is none of them were getting me the results I expected. I was certain my technical analysis was spot on – and yet I kept having bad trades!

Any idea why? I’ll give you a hint: I was trading during times of “irrational exuberance.”

Everything Has a Time and Place

You see, everything has a “time and place”. Charting and fundamental analysis went out the window for the time being.

I adjusted and managed to finish my 2000-2001 trades with some decent profits.

I still had to learn this lesson in another way, though. I had to really “get it” to set up for my future successes.

One night, I found myself lucid dreaming. I was participating in a group discussion about a spiritual topic. A question was asked and so I quickly raised my hand to share my thoughts . To my surprise, the group facilitator instead of praising my contribution, came over to me and explained that I should hold that comment for later on in the class.

Why am I telling you this?

Because everything has a rhythm of unfoldment…career, relationship, wealth-building. Success forces will converge upon you when you are ready for them.

I can’t tell you how many times someone reads one of my emails and writes or calls me to say, “Hey, I can totally relate with what you’re saying. It’s like your email came at just the right time.”

Same thing with my mentoring program. Someone won’t read my emails for MONTHS and then the day they read it is the day I’m talking about how I teach people my business model for creating a 6-figure income from home.

And it just happens to be the day they’re also ready to take ACTION and start growing their income!

Success Forces will converge upon you when time and place meet. Or another way of saying it is “when you’re good and ready.”

Master in Command

Only YOU can decide when you’re good and ready. No one else.

That’s why sales is not just a numbers game and that’s why my bond with clients is so strong. Because I let success forces converge upon us both in a way that time and place stay aligned.

You may even be thinking to yourself, “That’s funny, I was just thinking about that.” Or, “I’ve been considering getting mentored. What a coincidence to read your email today!”

Anyhow, I’d love to hear what YOU think. Do ‘Success Forces’ converge upon YOU or do you feel that they elude you? Do you find yourself in the right place at the right time a lot?

Keith Matthew
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Goldilocks and the Three Marketers: A Tale of Two Chairs

As you may know, I was at the ‘JVAlertLive’ seminar in Philadelphia recently. What you don’t know is that I saw a success principle in action while standing in the back of the room. JV Alert is a seminar for marketers but here’s the thing: life reveals its hidden meanings wherever it decides to. It’s not saying, “oh, this is a marketing seminar so I won’t express my principles here…not how it works. That said, it then really becomes more a matter of whether you’re paying attention to what’s happening around you or not.

Ok, so I’m standing in the back of the room (I mean the VERY back) and not far from me is Alan Bechtold sitting in a chair. Everyone’s is listening to Yanik Silver speak onstage. After a while, Alan gets up walks away. I didn’t want to jump on the chair so quickly in case he was coming right back. So I waited…and waited. No Alan. Apparently the red haired woman standing right next to the now empty chair was thinking similarly because she didn’t go over and sit in it either. A good 15 to 20 minutes went by and this chair was just sitting there, empty and unused. At that point, I decided the chair was looking pretty good now and I was going to go jump on it.

I’m telling you: not TWO seconds later, the red haired woman (I think her name is Lauren), looks at the chair and then goes and sits in it! Lauren! You hadn’t so much as moved a muscle to sit in the chair for 20 minutes…now I decide I’m going to sit there and you suddenly have an overwhelming urge to do the exact same thing?

I wasn’t upset as much as I was caught off guard. But then again, I should know better because life is teaching it’s secrets regardless of whether or not we’re listening.

Here’s the success principle I’d like to share with you today: Your ideas are NOT yours only. In fact, there are streams of thoughts…there are INNER movements and shifts that occur BEFORE they actually take place in your outer, physical world. Think about this the next time you are looking to manifest what you want in your life. Think about where it manifests from.

We’re not done yet, though. I have one more success principle to share with you here. So Alan actually comes back and now he has nowhere to sit since Lauren is sitting in the chair he left and I’m eyeing the thing too. With only one chair amongst us in the back of the room, it looks pretty much like Alan is going to be standing until Yank is done presenting…right?

WRONG!

Instead, at the prompting of a friend, Alan goes across the room and grabs another empty chair, dragging it back with him. He plops it down right beside Lauren’s and settles in to hear the rest of Yanik’s talk.

Is this example earth-shattering? Nope. Is it directly related to your own successes?

Definitely.

You see, sometimes you don’t yet have the best solution to your present circumstances because you don’t have enough relevant information. So if you’re able to introduce a new element into the mix (ie, another chair to sit in), you can often end up experiencing a new and revised perspective. With this new and revised perspective, you’ll often be able to see solutions you didn’t even know were there before.

Keith Matthew
http://www.selfmasterysecrets.com/success

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