Sep
25
Decision Making: Fear-Based or Faith-Based
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If you are faced with personal or professional decisions and feeling stuck, or if you feel that your decision may not have turned out how you would have liked; take a look at what may be keeping you stuck. Are you mired in ambivalence or scared to make a decision because you are fearful of the unknown? Is it sucking the energy out of you going over and over in your head about “what if” when faced with a big decision?
Don’t allow “what if” to stop you by thinking of things you fear happening. Let “what if” help you sprout wings to soar beyond your imagination can take you. Ask “what if” to bask in possibility thinking and dwell in the realm of creative, faith-based thought. Having faith that what you desire will be met with the resources to make it come true.
We waste loads of emotional energy on decision making, whether it be for work or for our well-being. We know emotion is actually energy in motion and emotional energy makes up about 70% of our total energy. That’s why you may still feel tired after getting much rest if your brain is working overtime dealing with emotional issues.
Are you making your decisions based on fear or faith? We usually get stuck because we are paralyzed by the fear of the unknown and the fear of letting go of what once was and moving on to what could be. We’ve got to reach a point where the fear of the unkown is much less than the current situation. Having faith that your decisions will met positively, faith in yourself for making good decisions based on your instincts and information gathering, and faith that the universe is abundant and will provide for you, if that’s what you desire.
Making decisions based on fear means not going down the path you really want, your outcomes fall short, you short-change yourself, you’re not really truly satisfied - you feel you’ve settled. You are left with a wanting something better. You’re playing not to lose instaed of playing to win. Decisions based on fear leaves you still wanting for more because it isn’t exactly right - there is lack.
Making decisions based on faith keeps you moving forward. Making decisions based on faith may seem awkward at first, but then becomes powerful beyond belief. Decisions based on faith feels like you arrived, it feels right and it feels good. It is empowering. Fear is only in our minds anyway - it’s only a perception, so let it go. Thank it for making you aware and then release that feeling and move forward in faith. It will energize you to no end.
So what is holding you back from a big decision? What decisions would you make if you could do no wrong? What would you do to move forward in your personal or professional life if you had the faith it would work out? I may have mentioned it before and it’s worth repeating: It all works out in the end. If it’s not working out, it’s not the end.
Sep
18
Free Energy - Light at the End of This Economic Tunnel
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It’s not everyday that somebody offers you free energy. It happened down in Texas during Hurricane Ike when I was attending the Ambit Energy convention. It was better than being in the Oprah audience - the screaming, the excitement, the jumping up and down. Not only did they give away a Lexus, and a trip to Puerta Vallarta for everybody in the audience; they are making history by giving away free energy.
That’s right - free energy - as in free electricity and free gas to heat your home in the deregulated energy states of NY, IL, OH and TX. Here’s the deal, if you are in an area in those states where you must choose your energy provider, and you choose Ambit, then refer 15 people to also use Ambit, at no cost to them, you get your energy for free month after month. How awesome is that???!!!
Here’s the best part - if you are a member of a church, synogogue, school or other non-profit organization; you can help them out by hooking them up to be an Ambit Affiliate for just $99 and when their congregation or members switch to using Ambit, the organization earns up to $9 per household every single month. Yep, a recurring income for the organization just for it’s members turning on their lights or heating their home.
Energy deregulation is sweeping across the country and currently Ambit is only in a handful of states with plans to expand nationally in the future. Customers earn travel rewards just for switching to Ambit at no cost to them. They also earn travel and coupons for gasoline for every kilowatt or therm they use each month and now they can get their energy for free just for telling others about switching to the program…. and who doesn’t want to save money on their energy or get free energy?
The cool thing is that consultants for Ambit also earn money every time their customers turn on the lights or heat their home. Learn more about how you can help families and have a recession-proof income, check out this 20-minute video at Ambit Energy. Giuve me a call after you watch it at 805-985-8730 (California), or drop me an email: Gail@YourEnergyExpert.com. You will be glad you got in front of this tidal wave of opportunity, as deregulation will only happen once…. are you going to catch it, or be washed ashore?
Sep
6
It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Keep: Energize Your Earnings
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It’s not necessarily what you make that counts (although making more seems to be preferable); it’s what you keep that counts even more. What if you could keep even more of what you make and learn strategies that legally help you live a better lifestyle and energize your earnings so what you keep goes even further?
For instance - did you know that your personal income is taxed at the highest rate? Corporate taxes are taxed at a lower rate. How are you earning your income? Does it come into your personal account or through one of your corporations? How many corporations do you have set up to protect your income?
Do you have companies set up that cover different aspects of your life? Do you have an accountant that knows how to play the game rather than just input numbers into a spreadsheet? Are you taking all the deductions for which you are qualified? Things such as music, pets, setting up a Roth IRA for your kids starting at birth, entertainment, mileage, gas, technology, jewelry, dry cleaning and laundry?
Once you have your own company or stable of companies, there are a gazillion things (well maybe hundreds, anyway) that you can legally write off as a business expense. If you don’t have your own business, it’s time to start one. One of the easiest, cost effective and fastest ways is to join a proven company as an individual distributor. You have the support of a team without having employees. It’s the fastest growing business model in the world because it works.
Check out these two amazing companies that will get you up and running with your own company in minutes with the potential for really energizing your earnings: Send Out Cards and Ambit Energy. These two companies have recession-proof products and services that allow you to make money when people send greeting cards or turn on their lights. It couldn’t be simpler.
To learn more about how to earn and protect your wealth, check out one of the programs by one of my colleagues, The Millionaire Maker, to build big wealth. There are even cash machine workshops to learn how to start your own business and start making money on the spot.
To keep you on track with a plan to build your wealth, visit my friend Irene at Business Road Maps. And to keep more of the wealth you build, visit my friend Sue at Abundance Accounting. She and her team know the ins and outs of keeping more of what you deserve. Particularly in these economic times, it pays to get good advice on building and protecting your wealth and ask the experts who can do just that for you.
If you want more details on any of the products or services mentioned above - drop me a line: Gail@GailHahn.com or give me a call in California at 805-985-8730. Here’s to your wealth!
Sep
5
“I’ve Had It” Moments
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Have you ever had any “I’ve Had It” moments? Those moments that you know are the turning point of your not tolerating something one more time? It’s the time you make a decision that your life will change from that moment on. It all starts with awareness, then a decision, and finally action towards something else.
I’ve experienced several of those moments recently and looking back at turning points in my life, they stemmed from those moments that I decided in faith and not in fear that I would no longer tolerate the current status quo.
Here are some of my moments:
- Saying goodbye to the W2 life of a j-o-b and hello to the entrepreneurial lifestyle. You don’t get vacation days, you don’t get sick pay, you don’t get your medical insurance covered, but you get your life. I preferred not to be held hostage to other people’s policies for a dental plan to gain my freedom and create my own security.
- Ending toxic relationships - business partnerships, bosses from hell, jerks, personal connections, firing clients. If people are making your life harder rather than easier and they bring you more stress, hurt, hardship, and disrespect than peace, love, happiness and support; then I make some hard decisions and walk. If your sanity or self worth are short-changed in the presence of particular people, lace up your running shoes and exit stage right. Some people are meant to be in your life for a reason, a season, or forever. It’s our task to decide which one it is and gracefully let go if the answer is not forever.
- Not tolerating airport shuttle vans. After over 20 years of traveling 3-8 times per month, being herded like cattle, whiplash at every turn and being subjected to every hotel and terminal stop, I decided to ride in the backs of cars and hire a sedan service from now on. My nerves, my time, my comfort are all saved because of it. What is your time, comfort and sanity worth to you?I’m thinking I should have made this wise decision about taking care of myself in this matter years ago.
- Never again staying at hotels with slippery polyester bedspreads and deluxe velux blankets. Life is too short not to be ensconced in down with nice sheets and pillows. It’s worth it to me to feel supported and cared for when I travel. If we don’t take care of ourselves, who else will do it? I’ve decided I like how I’m treated at some properties over others and I just feel better when I’m in that type of environment. Being welcomed into clean, fresh, polite, friendly, lush environments is rejuvenating after a stressful day.
- I will only live in an inspirational environment that supports who I am becoming as well as who I am now. I won’t tolerate being trapped in my home because of the hot or cold climate. That means surrounding myself with beauty, peace, quiet, great climate,wonderful people, fabulous views and with a simplified palette of the things that bring me joy - namely photos of people and places from a life well lived. How does your environment support who you are now or who you are becoming? Or is it a mere reminder of who you used to be, old ways of thinking, old styles, past lives of who you used to be? I once craved a house full of European antiques. I collected them when I lived in Europe for 10 years and then had to build a house around all of them when I returned stateside. After living with my dream for 20 years, I recently decided they weren’t me any more and divvied them out to friends and dealers. Now I enjoy my fun, simple, minimized furnishings that speak to my style of Comfortable Vitality. It’s refreshing.
Making decisions based on the faith that your situation will be better for it, that you can manifest what you need that supports you better and believing you deserve it can take you to a new level of living. Making decisions based on fear that you can’t afford it, don’t deserve it, what will people think, who do you think you are, or fear that if you let go of one thing another something better won’t appear, doesn’t serve you well.
Become aware of your “I’ve Had It” Moments and recognize when your tolerance level has hit the high water mark. Then take action to change it so you can energize your life for the better. You can’t live to your greatest fulfillment if you keep tolerating things, people, places, situations that don’t support you in your true path. I believe these things are put in our lives to irritate us into making a decision to choose otherwise and to choose our right path that leads us to a better life.
What are you choosing to do? What are you choosing to walk away from or not tolerate any more? What are you choosing to walk toward after you’ve experienced one of those moments? What are you scared of if you are ambivelant about walking away? When you feel stuck, it’s usually because you won’t yet let go of the old before embracing the new. Recognize any patterns of your stress or physical, mental or emotional discomfort. If the patterns continue, those are clues leading up to an “I’ve Had It” moment…. you will know what to do. Then make a decision and take action.