The title of the post says it all… how you hold yourself when sharing about your business will determine your success.  Posture isn’t just when you are face to face with people.  It’s in effect whenever you’re sharing about your business.

If your writing a blog post, your posture comes through.  If you’re shooting a video, your posture comes through.  This matters 100% of the time.  Posture comes down to belief in what you are doing.

Check out this quick video I created about this:

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So what did you think?  Do you believe that posture creates the decision to buy?  I’d love to hear your feedback on this.  Leave a comment below here in the community.  Also, pass this post along to your Social Media buddies… retweet it or share it on your Facebook.

Thanks in advance…

Yours In Empowerment,

Eric Goldstein

Consistency Is KING… It’s the ‘secret sauce’ in getting anything you want!

Out of anything you can do to achieving your goals, consistency is the #1 thing that is definitely needed.  Are you getting the results you desire in a certain area of your life?

If you answered ‘yes’ to that question, then I will be that you are doing a certain set of things CONSISTENTLY… and if you said ‘no’, that I’ll bet that you’re not being consistent.

If you’re building a Personal Brand for yourself… then Consistency is an absolute MUST!  I look at it like this… Try baking a cake without baking soda, what happens?  It doesn’t rise… it’s flat and boring!  Same goes for ‘baking’ a brand without consistency… Do you want to be flat and boring??

Check out the video that I created for you sharing my experience with consistency…

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I’d love to hear your feedback on this… Is there an area of your life where you are being consistent and you’re achieving the results that you desire?  Is there an area of your life where you’re not being consistent?  Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below

Also, pass this post on to your Facebook and Twitter buddies… everyone can use a little consistency in their life!

In Appreciation,

Eric Goldstein

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

One thing that I’m becoming more and more conscious of is the way that I talk to myself.  The more aware of this you can be, the easier it is to get to where you want to go.

The mind is a slippery little sucker.  It will say all sorts of things to STOP you from getting what you want.  Most people get frustrated over this, but the mind is only doing what it is designed to do.  It’s job is to protect you…

So the mind looks at it this way…

If you don’t grow, you’re safe.  Meaning, if you stand still and don’t move anywhere, you are less likely to get hurt.  So it’s job is to stop you from growing!

So if your mind is doing that, then be happy!  Now why would I say such a thing… because it means that your mind is working correctly… no need to go see a doctor

Now there are 3 words that the mind says OVER AND OVER that gets most people every single time… and it stops them dead in their tracks!  When you discover this and pay attention to when your mind says this to you, you will know the exact things that you need to do to grow.

Listen in on the video I created sharing the 3 Most Dangerous Words…

So do you hear your mind saying these 3 words to you often?  Leave a comment below and share with the community how these 3 words have stopped you in the past.  I always LOVE to hear your feedback and read your comments.

Also, share this post with all of your Facebook and Twitter peeps.  Their mind is saying the same 3 words to them:)

I appreciate you for taking the time to read and share today… thank you!

Yours In Abundance,

Eric Goldstein

The other day I put a post on my Facebook that read …

“One of the things that I love most about life is learning… what is 1 thing you know today that you didn’t know yesterday?” 

That status update caught the attention of Teach Jim from Utah.  Jim had left a comment, visited my blog, and noticed the similarities in the information that we share. 

He then asked me to join him on his BlogTalkRadio show for a chat…. gotta love the viral nature of Social Media!

Listen in as Jim interviews me about the work that I do in the arena of “Empowering Ordinary People To Do Extraordinary Things”.  We dig into some great info on building a Personal Brand as well as some info about my Personal Growth journey.  Listen in now:

I’d love to hear your feedback and thoughts.  Share by leaving a comment below…

Also, blast this out to your Facebook and Twitter peeps, it’s good info for them

Yours In Abundance,

Eric Goldstein

Photo courtesy of “Tryana”

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

Have you had a defining moment in your life? A moment that changed the course of your life. Yes you have, we all have! Sometimes we are so quick to keep looking into the future, that we forget to look back.

For some, the moment is something they will NEVER forget because it creating such a big impact. For others, the moment might have seemed very small and minuscule, but that moment as life went on was the catalyst for BIG changes.

A defining moment in my life happened to be a day that will go down in Eric Goldstein history as one of the most special days of my life… juicy juicy juicy! I haven’t shared this story with many, so here goes sharing it with the world:)

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I hope you enjoyed the video, as I shared something with you that is very close to my heart. I’d love to hear your feedback and have you share a defining moment in your life. Leave a comment below here in the community…

Also, if you found value in this video share it with your Facebook and Twitter buddies by clicking the icons on the top or bottom of this page. I THANK YOU in advance for doing so:)

We’ll speak soon… I appreciate you!

Yours In Success,
Eric Goldstein