It’s that time again… another book review for Hay House Publications.  It’s funny the way things work… I wanted to read more, and now Hay House sends me new books that they’re getting ready to release to read and do a blog post review for them.  Pretty cool!

The book that I’m reviewing today is Louise Hay’s new book Experience Your Good Now!: Learning To Use Affirmations.

I really enJOYed reading this book.  I’ve been becoming aware of the way that I talk to myself more and more lately, and this book was right in alignment with this topic.

We are all speaking to ourselves on a daily basis, more than we actually know we are.  You may be reading this right now and saying “I don’t talk to myself’”… it’s that voice right there that I’m referring to.  You’re not crazy for talking to yourself… you’re human.

We are constantly thinking… which basically is talking to ourselves.  The challenge with this is that most of us have been programmed to think more towards the negative end of the spectrum.  It’s okay if you do… you had a lot of years of listening to your parents, teachers, grandparents, etc.  Most of the stuff that came out of their mouths probably wasn’t words of empowerment.

Do any of these sound familiar?

“Money doesn’t grow on trees” , “Don’t get your hopes up”, “You have to save for a rainy day”, “We can’t afford it”, “You really should watch what you’re eating”

These are just a few of the things that you may have heard.  Your parents and the others that told you these things didn’t know any better.  I believe that people always do the best they can with the resources they have.

They were programmed as well to think and talk this way, so they were just doing what they knew.  Being subjected to this year after year, caused some of these statements to become your daily habitual thoughts.

Most of them you’re thinking and not even realizing that you are.  They’ve become so ‘normal’ that you’ve almost become numb to them… you’ve acclimated to them.

The boiling frog story…

If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.  It’s sort of what’s happened to a lot of people over time.

The negative statements were made gradually over time, so they just got use to them… not realizing they were being COOKED!

Now can you see how this can changed your pattern of thinking over time?  The disempowering statements turned into your thoughts, and then the habitual thinking of those thoughts created your beliefs. 

A belief is just a thought you keep thinking… and when you think it long enough, it becomes one of your truths… better known as a ‘belief’.

Not to worry, I have good news!

Just like your parents, teachers and all of the others programmed you… you are able to re-program yourself back to thinking more on the positive side of the scale.  How do you do this?  With positive self talk… otherwise known as Affirmations.

In Louise Hay’s new book Experience Your Good Now!: Learning To Use Affirmations, she takes you by the hand and gives you a step-by-step program to creating powerful affirmations for yourself.

Louise’s style of writing is engaging and entertaining.  It’s one of those books that you’ll pick up to start reading, and next thing you know 2 hours has passed.  Louise shares it all in this book.  She gives simple processes to re-program your thinkin’ so it’s not stinkin’ anymore

One of the many POWERFUL things that I took away from this book is doing affirmations in front of a mirror.  There’s something that happens when you’re looking yourself square in the eyes and speaking your words out loud.  There’s this connection that happens… very hard to put into words… but if you’ve done them this way for a while, you know what I’m talking about.

Are you currently doing affirmations? 

I created a blog post a few weeks back on this topic and I challenged people to step up and do affirmations for 30 days straight.  If you’ve read that post and took on the challenge please share your progress so far by leaving a comment below.

If you haven’t… are you willing to take that challenge now?  30 days straight of powerful affirmations… I promise you that you will see a MAJOR difference in the unfolding of your life if you follow through on this.  Post a comment below and let me now if your up for the challenge…

Also, pass this post on to your buddies over on Twitter and Facebook.  This is VALUEABLE information that can truly make a difference in their lives.  I appreciate you taking the time to read today… thank you!

Yours In Empowerment,

Eric Goldstein

WOW!  I just got an email forwarded to me from a really good friend, Alicia Diaz.  It’s an email that I sent her a year ago almost to the day.  She came across it and wanted me to see the vision that I had and how trusting your guidance pays off.  It was so GOOD to read something that I wrote when I was starting my journey into the blogosphere.

I had absolutely NO CLUE about blogging or the whole social media game… I just knew that I had a strong feeling about something and I was going to follow it.  You know the feeling, right?  The feeling of being drawn to something, almost as if you are being pulled.

I’ve come to learn that this is the Universe showing me which route to take to get to where I want to go.  We all have wants and desires… and the Universe ALWAYS knows the best and fastest route.

We all have this internal guidance…

It’s called your emotional guidance system.  It’s just that most of us have not listened to it for so long, that we don’t even ‘hear’ or ‘see’ the signs.  The good news is that it never shuts off, no matter how long you ignore it for!

After years of listening to other people (parents, teachers, coaches, relatives, bosses, etc.) telling you what to do, you stopped trusting and listening to yourself.  The signs are so subtle sometimes, but the more you listen and trust… the stronger the feelings get and the more noticeable they are.

I’ve always been someone not to listen to others.  I would get yelled at by my mother all the time for this.  I didn’t know it then, but I was listening to my emotional guidance system.  My teachers, coaches and bosses always would say ‘Eric always does what Eric wants to do’… haha!

So here is the email Alicia sent me…

It was so great reading this email and seeing what has unfolded in my life.  I could have NEVER predicted, back then, all of the amazing things that have come into my since building my personal brand with my blog.

I was just following a feeling… an emotion that felt good

The message I really want you to get today from this blog post is to ALWAYS follow what feels good to you.  I promise you that if you start trusting your guidance more, you will get everything you want!  There will be a bunch of people out there that don’t agree with you, but it’s your internal emotional guidance system… not theirs. 

It’s like you driving in your car and calling your buddy who is in their car, and asking them what their navigation system is telling them to do so you can get to where you want to go.  It would make NO SENSE… but this is what people are doing everyday by listening to others and not trusting in their own guidance.

I hope this email will help you get back to trusting your guidance and believing in yourself more.  I was going to keep this email to myself but I’m all about EMPOWERING others, and I knew if I shared it… it would touch someone’s life and make a difference.

So… now it’s time for me to hear from you.  What came up for you when reading this post?  Are you in a place in your life where I was a year ago, only going on blind faith and trust?  Leave a comment below and share with the community.  Just like my story might touch your life, your story might touch another one of my reader’s lives.

Also, share this post with your Twitter & Facebook friends.  I think a lot of people can use a little more trust in themselves right now… they will THANK YOU for sending it to them:)

I thank you for reading today… I appreciate you more than words can explain!

Yours In Abundance,

Eric Goldstein

‘Trust’ picture courtesy of Vagawi on Flickr

Something that has been coming up a lot lately while in conversation with prospective personal branding consulting clients when it comes to building a personal brand is a sense of frustration because they don’t know where to begin or what to do.

If this is where you’re at, then this post will HELP you…

If it’s not, there are some really GOOD golden nuggets in my video below that have to do with having desire and getting what you want.  I’m going to keep the typing brief on this post as I really share a lot with you in the video.

Check it out:

So what did you think?  Can you see how we get in our own way of receiving the information that we need to manifest our desires?  I’d love to hear you’re feedback on this… leave a comment below and let me know what you’re thinking.

I feel this is a message that TONS of people need to hear!  Be the bearer of good news and share it with all of your Facebook and Twitter peeps.

I want you to know that I appreciate you for taking the time to read and watch my content.  I feel we all have value to share with others, and this is my way of making a difference in our world… so THANK YOU!

Much love to you:)

Yours In Abundance,

Eric Goldstein

Positive self talk… some will say it sounds a little crazy.  What they don’t realize is they are already talking to themselves, and most of the time it’s leaning towards the negative side of things. 

Most of us have been programmed to look at what’s wrong or what’s missing.  Don’t believe me… have you heard some of these sayings before?

Life wasn't meant to be easy
Don’t get your hopes up
It’s easier said then done
All Good things must come to an end

Remember these… most of our parents, teachers and other people who had influence over us growing up used to throw them around all the time.  If you hear something long enough, especially at a young age, you start to believe it… and then it becomes one of your truths/beliefs.

Most people are unaware of the POWER of our vocabulary.  All of your words carry a vibration, and that vibration becomes your point of attraction.  Basically, whatever you believe is what you will get.

Now you might be saying to yourself right now ‘I don’t believe those things’.  You might not want to believe them, but if they’ve been told to you over and over, they might be a deep rooted limiting beliefs.  A belief is just a thought that you keep thinking over and over.

When it gets to that point, you usually aren’t even aware that you’re thinking that thought.  It’s become so normal that you’ve acclimated to it. 

So how do you know if you talking to yourself that way?

Now you don’t want to drive yourself crazy with this.  As a human being you have an average of 60,000 thoughts per day, so you don’t want to go monitoring them all.  A litmus test to see if you are focusing more on the negative side of things is to pay attention to what you are saying.

The thoughts that are most dominant will show up in your external talk.  Just be aware of the things you are saying.  If your talk is more towards ‘what’s missing’ or ‘what’s wrong’, then you know you have some of these disempowering beliefs.

Here are a few examples:

Why do I always do that?
It’s too good to be true… it probably won’t happen 
I’m always in a rush, there is never enough time

Are any of these or similar statements familiar?  It’s okay if they are.  The first step in making a shift is awareness.  Being honest with where you are is the only way to get to where you want to go.

So how do you change your thought patterns?

Affirmations are the key to doing this.  Affirmations are just positive empowering statements that you make to reprogram you thinking.

Most people laugh at thought of doing them, but you have two choices… to keep doing what you’ve been doing and getting the results you been getting, or try something new. 

If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you will keep getting what you’ve been getting.  No matter how many times you try, if you keep trying to bake something with the wrong ingredients you’re never going to get the end result you want.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting

different results - Albert Einstein

5 Affirmations to change your life

1. I have abundance in all areas of my life
2. I trust in the Universe to deliver me exactly what I need in each moment
3. I have meaningful and loving relationships
4. I am instrument of vibrant health
5. Money flows into my life easily and frequently

These are just some examples for you.  If they resonate with you, then use them.  If not, create affirmations that you will better fit you.  One thing you have to remember, they are going to feel weird when you first start doing them.

You might not believe them in the beginning,  but the idea is to say them each day until they feel more and more real.  Once they do, you will start to see physical results showing up in your life to match the affirmations.  Pretty cool, huh?

Starting out…

Spend 5-10 minutes each day repeating your affirmations.  It’s best to do them looking in the mirror.  Now that might sound funny, but I promise you that they are much more POWERFUL when done this way.

Also, they are best done in the morning.  Why?  You are in your least resistant state in the morning because you just came off a night of rest.  Also, you want to set the point of attraction for your day on the right foot.

My challenge to you…

I’m here to EMPOWER you… so I have a challenge for you.  Spend 5-10 minutes each day for the next 30 days saying your affirmations.  This includes the weekends too:)

I promise you that if you stick with this, you will see a major difference in the people, places and experiences that show up in your life.  You will be on the path to creating abundance in your life!

Do you accept the challenge?  If you do, leave me a comment below that you are ready to ROCK the affirmation challenge.

If you do take the challenge, I’d love for you to revisit this post after your 30 days are up and share with the community your results.  Share this post with your Facebook and Twitter friends, they will thank you for adding value to their life!

You are amazing… I support you on your journey to ultimate abundance!

Yours In Abundance,

Eric Goldstein

So this morning my slippery little Ego tried keeping me in bed with stupid reasons like ‘You were up late, you should rest more’. Now did that sound like a good idea at 5:25AM? You bet!

So after I told my Ego to go and take a hike, I was off to meditate and then to the gym. I was listening to a great audio of Wayne Dyer’s book Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling in the car on the way home from the gym… and the segment I was listening to was all about the Ego.

I created a quick video for you sharing my experience… check it out:

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I hope you found value in this video today. Share your thoughts and answers to the questions I asked at the end of the video… I always love to hear your feedback. Also, a lot of the learning and value in this community comes from the comments that people leave here.

If this post inspired you, chances are it will do the same for others. Wouldn’t you agree that people can use a little inspiration today? Share this video with you Facebook and Twitter peeps… they will thank you for it

I appreciate you for spending some time with me today on my blog… much love to you!

Yours InSpirit,
Eric Goldstein

Manifesting What You Want is much EASIER then you think!

Law of Attraction has been the talk of the town the past few years… to the point where it almost feels watered down. Wouldn’t you agree? The movie ‘The Secret’ came out and everyone was running around saying that you can get anything you want if you just think about it.

That is true, but what happened was people would say they wanted something like a Million Dollars, wait a few days… and then when it didn’t show up they said ‘this stuff doesn’t work’. I laugh when I hear people say that. They only say that because they don’t understand it.

Does it really work?

It’s like saying ‘this electricity thing doesn’t work’ because I have no clue how the lights go on when I flip the switch… but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work! Just because I don’t understand it doesn’t mean it’s going to stop electricity from working.

Law of Attraction does not stop working because one doesn’t understand it either. People, places, things, circumstances and events are showing up in your life, right? It might not be all of the stuff you really want, but it’s still working. You just need a better understanding of how to turn on the light switch to get the result you want.

Manifesting what you want comes down to thinking a thought about something and BELIEVING that it will show up. If I had to sum up the Law of Attraction in one word… it would be Expectation.

Here is where the challenge is…

People realize that the thing they want is missing or non existent from their life. So instead of expecting that it will show up, they are so focused on it not being there… and those thoughts are what hold their desire from showing up in their experience.

Following me on this? It’s something that we’ve been doing for so long so it’s hard to wrap your thoughts around it. So what you need to do is coax those resistant thoughts about what you want into a better feeling place… a place of more expectation, or believability (is that a word??:)

I’ve come across a nifty process that will help you do this. DO NOT disregard this process because of it’s simplicity. The process is called ‘The Focus Wheel’. It was designed by Jerry & Ester Hicks in the book Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires.

Watch this video as I explain how to do it:

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So what did you think? Do you see how this process can help ease the resistant around those negative thoughts. It’s only the resistance that is holding what you desire out of your experience. If it wasn’t for those resistant thoughts… you’d be manifesting what you want right now!

As promised here is a link to the printable Focus Wheel template…

The ‘Manifesting What You Want Challenge’…

So I have a challenge for you… Use this process in the areas of your life where you’ve had a challenge in manifesting what you want. Leave a comment here on the bottom of the page if you are up for the challenge.

Feel free to share what you are using it for… if not, keep it private but just leave a comment and let the community here know that you are up for the challenge. I’m looking forward to all the amazing things that are going to show up in your life.

I hope you enJOYed today’s video and post. It’s my mission to Empower Ordinary People To Do Extraordinary Things… and it’s through simple processes like these that I can make that happen.

Please share this post with your Facebook and Twitter followers by clicking on the icons on this page. They will THANK YOU for it… I promise:)

Much love to you… rock the manifestation!

Yours In Success,
Eric Goldstein

If you are going to spend time hangin’ out working in your office or at your desk… it should be a comfortable place to sit. You want to feel inspired with you’re sitting there and doing your thing.

I wanted to share with you the new space that I have for myself. I still have my home office, but I wanted to have some space outside of the house as well. So I shot a video sharing with you a few of the things I’ve set up for myself there that inspire me to create my magic:)

Check out the video:

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Do you agree that setting up your workspace in a comfortable manner is important to your success? What are some of the things you have in your office or on your desk that inspire you? I’d love to hear, so please leave a comment below with your response.

Also, if you found value in this message then pass it along. Share it with all your Facebook and Twitter friends and followers. They will appreciate you passing it along to them!

Until next time… Keep it real!

Yours In Success,
Eric Goldstein

P.S. Is your workspace a comfortable place to hang? If not, WHY not?

Just like the subject reads… CHILL OUT! People are in such a rush to build a business these days that they’re NOT totally missing doing the things it takes to make it happen!

A little story for you… I was hangin’ at my desk writing a marketing piece, and a song came on that made me think of just this. So what did I do? I turned on the handy dandy little video camera and caught some footage for ya.

When I heard the chorus of this song, it made me realize that people just are taking the time to do the little things that matter because they are in such a rush. It’s those little things that truly matter when building a business online… and their totally missing out on them!

Check out the video to hear the song:

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Talk about transparency, right? I don’t have the best singing voice in the world… but guess what?! I don’t care… I think I do and that’s all that matters

So do you agree? Do you think it takes patience to build a business online? Leave your thoughts here in the community down below by leaving a comment. I’d love to hear from you!

Speak more soon…

Yours In Patience,
Eric Goldstein

P.S. Stop rushing around trying to build your business… chill out, enjoy the process and allow it all to unfold!

Hey… So I went to check out the movie Avatar. WOW! Awesome graphics… it just goes to show you how much we are advancing in technology world.

I created a quick video for you sharing with you a big lesson that I got from the movie, that was revealed the day after I watched it. Don’t worry if you haven’t seen the movie, you will see what I’m talking about in a minute.

This 1 thing is what holds most people back from living the life that they desire! Yes, that is a bold statement… and I stand behind it 100%. Go check out the video and see what I’m talking about:

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So here is the link that I mentioned in the video to check out the ‘Avatar Blues‘. Before clicking on that link, make sure to watch the video. We’ll see how many of you follow directions:)

What is your take on all of this? This is a big component of life and I’d love to hear your feedback. Leave a comment at the bottom of the page with your thoughts. Also, share this with your Facebook and Twitter friends by click the icons on this page… they will THANK YOU!

Tons of APPRECIATION your way for stopping by today…

Yours In Success,
Eric Goldstein

People are always asking me… “Eric, what is the secret to building a business online?” I can see it in their eyes that they are looking for a strategy or the next hottest tip. Most of them are thrown back when I tell them “Be YOU… And Nobody Else!”

You can have all the strategies and tools in the world… but if you are not being YOU, then it’s all for nothing. You will still continue to chase people around, trying to get what you want. I’ve been there, done that… and its damn tiring!

So it’s truly about being yourself and being transparent. I talk more about this in the video below… Check It Out:

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So are you up for the challenge that I put in front of you in this video? If so, share your thoughts at the bottom of this post by leaving a comment… and if you are not, share why you’re not.

Also, send this out to your Twitter & Facebook buddies. This is an IMPORTANT message that more people need to hear. Thank you for sharing your time with me here today!

Speak soon my friend…

Yours In Empowerment,
Eric Goldstein

P.S. The more true to yourself you can be… the happier you will be! Stop being a people pleaser and be a YOU pleaser:)