Guerrilla Millionaire

I am excited to announce that my new book Guerrilla Millionaire (with Jay conrad Levinson) will be released in May. To celebrate the release of this book we will be giving away $10,000. Sound interesting? If you are interested in participating in this contest please email Rachel Dobson at Rachel@douglasvermeeren.com and include your contact info with the subject: INTERESTED in Becoming a Guerrilla Millionaire!

Wealth Week for Teen

For Parents: Imagine if you knew what you know about money now when you were a teenager. Would that have made a difference to your financial situation today? Now imagine if when you were a teenager you were coached by a millionaire for a full week. How would that have changed your financial situation?

For Teens: Imagine if in a few short years you could have the cash to do almost anything you wanted to and to have financial freedom for the rest of your life. Would it be worth a week of your time this summer?

Some of the things you will learn include:

Money 101

Beliefs about money that keep most people from becoming rich.

Credit & Debt – How to avoid it or get out if you are already in

Proper spending habits and budgeting for success and abundance

Abundance wealth and why you want to become financially free

Financial freedom – what it means and how do you get there

What is a real millionaire?

What are the three kinds of millionaires that most financial institutions recognize?

Which one do you want to be and why?

What are your chances of being RICH?

What do you have in common with the majority of self-made millionaires?

How can you increase your chances of becoming a millionaire?

How are most self-made millionaires created today?

How can you speed up the millionaire process?

What can you do as a teenager to prepare?

Key components that all millionaires have and how you can get them

Millionaire Thinking – What is it and how it will change your financial future

Millionaire habits – Why even your smallest habits are important

Millionaire Systems and creating multiple streams of income

Douglas Vermeeren - Millionaire Mentor

A little about your expert presenter:

Douglas Vermeeren is the CEO of the Monthly Millionaire Mentor program, author of several best selling books including: Guerrilla Achiever, Guerrilla Millionaire, The Millionaire Myth, Millionaire Wisdom and creator of the film The Opus. He is also the host of CTV2s Powerful Thinking Powerful Results and Way of the Millionaire. The Association of Professional Coaches, Trainers and consultants nominated him as one of the top speakers of 2011.

Doug is also the author of the upcoming book Self-Made millionaires for Dummies. You can find out more about Douglas Vermeeren at www.DouglasVermeeren.com

• Each session may include guest speakers from banking institutions, investment firms, securities commissions and other financial organizations. Products will not be presented to participants for purchase. This program is for information purposes only.

Participation information

Space is limited to 300 participants

Dates: July 2 – 6, 2012

Times: 9 am – 4pm *Each day there is an hour break for lunch. Lunch is not provided for the participants.

Location: Hyatt Regency, Calgary

Participation Investment: $525.00 (Early Bird – Before May 15, 2012 $325.00)

Parents may attend sessions for an additional $325.00 (Early Bird – Before May 15, 2012 $225.00)

Additional information: The investment includes the Wealth Week for teens workbook and additional special bonuses valued at over $500

The Monthly Millionaire Mentor program is sweeping the nation as the most popular wealth education and training available. It is brain child of Douglas Vermeeren, who is known as the modern day Napoleon Hill. Over the last several decades Vermeeren has conducted extensive research in to the lives of more than 400 of the world’s top achievers and wealthy. With these lessons he has constructed a variety of programs that have been successful implemented as far away as China. (Where Vermeeren was also awarded the distinction of  Youngest Visiting Professor for his contributions to the field of human performance and motivation.) The Monthly millionaire Mentor program is different than anything that Vermeeren has constructed in the past. this program involves one on one mentorship and support from more than 100 millionaires in different parts of the world. These millionaires are partnered with individuals looking to grow their wealth and together they take the journey to increased abundance. For more information on the program go to WWW.theMonthlyMillionaireMentor.com

Upcoming events

Jan 28 Vancouver, BC

Feb 1 Edmonton AB

March 1 Las vegas, NV

March 21 Calgary, AB

April 3 Barcelona, Spain

April 7 Madrid, Spain

Are you following the flock to failure?

Are you following the flock to failure?

By Douglas Vermeeren

All around us we here tips and strategies for accomplishing more, creating better outcomes and getting to more significant results. Many of these strategies are outstanding and can really help you to move closer to your goals. But there is one technique that has been shared quite a bit recently that I fear may take you backwards and slow you down.

One of the big reasons I worry about this technique is that it is being taught as ‘The way’ to get ahead and progress, but as I conducted my research on the world’s top achievers I never saw this principle once. In fact, I saw these top achievers actually try to do the opposite.

So here’s the teaching I am talking about:

No doubt by now you’ve heard several ‘experts’ tell you that the best way to accomplish more and get better results is to start by stepping out of your comfort zone – way out. While I am not against trying new things I am against trying to build great success by stepping out of your comfort zone. Each time we step out of our comfort zone we start a new learning curve. This takes time, energy and money. If you look closely at top achievers they generally don’t focus on things out side of their comfort zone. Instead they focus on things that are inside their Brilliance Zone.

You are Brilliant!

What is a brilliance zone? It’s a term that I made up to describe  the things in our life that we are already good at and we love to do. If you look closely at the world’s wealthiest and most successful people you’d see that this is where they spend most of their time. they work in the areas that they are brilliant at and they often delegate the rest.

Let’s scale it back to a smaller business, maybe one your size. Think about what you are doing now? Most small business owners try to do everything in their business. They try to do their own advertising, bookkeeping, website building, prospecting and everything else. What happens is that their efforts not only become diluted. (It’s like trying to water too many plants in a room with only one glass of water. It just doesn’t work.) In addition, these activities are not done in a professional way and their business suffers.

You’ve probably heard the expression – Jack of all trades, master of none. That is what happens when we focus on things beyond our area of expertise or beyond our comfort zone.

In order to be highly successful we need to focus on what we are good at and focus on making that better. Delegate the things you are not good to others who are good at these things are your business will thrive. This is similar to the idea of the pareto principle (The 80/20 rule). To often people are spending their most productive asset (their brain) trying to solve things or learn new things that aren’t giving them the highest possible return. This doesn’t make sense. By focusing on you brilliance – it will grow. This is where your greatest successes and income will come.

So here’s my challenge to you: Look carefully at what is going on in your business and life right now. What areas of your brilliance are bing neglected because of distractions from things which are outside of your comfort zone, or even things which you don’t need to be doing (or even more important – things you don’t like to be doing.) How can you delegate these to others – where these things can be put in their brilliance zones?

How can you free yourself up to do more of what takes you deeper into your brilliance zone?

Douglas Vermeeren

Douglas Vermeeren is considered by many to be the modern day Napoleon Hill. He has conducted extensive research into the lives of more than 400 of the world’s top achievers. He knows what it takes to get success and he can help you get there. His research has been featured in several best selling books, films and TV shows. He is currently the how of the TV show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results. His writings have been translated into more than 22 languages worldwide and he is the author of the first personal development book in the Guerrilla series, Guerrilla Achiever. Vermeeren was also nominated as the top speaker of 2011 by the Association of Professional Coaches, Trainers and consultants. For more information on Douglas Vermeeren go to: www.DouglasVermeeren.com

Vermeeren is the CEO of the Monthly Millionaire Mentor program. The Monthly Millionaire Mentor program is the only program calculated to help those interested to learn about and grow wealth in a realistic and appropriate manner. Members of our faculty have gained their wealth in real world scenarios and are well versed in what is required to create wealth. Many of them are self-made millionaires who developed proven wealth generating systems.

Douglas Vermeeren

Set your New Years goals right

By Douglas Vermeeren 

New Years is a special time of year where people think about setting new goals and making some changes. Maybe you’ve got some ideas for new years resolutions. Maybe you’ve already started to think and plan about what you’ll do next year to be a better you. To get the outcomes you really want and maybe you’ve even thought about some things that you want to stop doing too.

In Japan it is considered the most important holiday of the year. IN the Buddhist temples that gong their large bells 180 times at midnight to symbolize overcoming the 180  human weaknesses.

In Spain they eat 12 grapes at midnight to symbolize the hope of 12 happy and prosperous months in the year to come. The dutch actually select that as the night to burn their christmas trees in the streets symbolic of purging the old year and bringing in the new. The chinese set off fireworks in hopes that the loud noises will scare away the evil spirits and pave the way for a prosperous new year.

In the US a traditional new years day dinner is supposed to include peas, because as the tradition goes the more peas you eat the more luck and fortune you will have in the upcoming year.

But a tradition that everyone is familiar with is said to have started with the ancient babylonians nearly 3000 years before the coming of Christ. That is the tradition of setting New years resolutions.

We’ve all set new years resolutions. some of those resolutions may have lasted a month, some a week, some a day and perhaps some only hours. I remember when I was a young child I set a resolution that I was going to stay up all night and never go to bed again. Sleeping I thought wasted time. That one lasted a few hours.

Most people set resolutions to lose weight, eat less or better, stop smoking, make more money, work on their relationships, work harder at work or any number of things. Yet most people end up pretty much right back where they were in a short period of time. So why is it that these resolutions don’t stick.

A few years ago USA today had an interesting article on why most people fail to fulfill their new years resolutions. They narrowed it down to three main reasons and we are going to spend some time talking about each of these today and then discuss a formula that will work a little bit better for you.

USA Today

Here’s the first reason that they felt people failed to accomplish their new Years resolutions:

1. The resolutions was too large or unrealistic.

Sometimes it’s pretty easy to get caught up in the excitement and spirit of an upcoming new year. that new year represents a lear slate or a fresh start. Kind of like the first day of school. Along with the problem of being too large or unrealistic I’d like to add one more that USA today left out but I think it should certainly be included: Resolutions often also fail because they are based on things out of our control. That may go along with unrealistic, but I think it is worth emphasizing. Often people set goals or resolutions and they build them around things that they have no control over or in extreme cases they set goals that infringe on the rights of others. For example, we had one mother who attended one of our seminars and her goal was to make her kids love her more. Here’s a hint anytime you set a goal that has the words “make someone” in it, you are most likely setting yourself up for failure. For a goal to be effective It has to begin with you and it cannot rely on the reactions of another. Now in the end if you learn better relationship skills those kids may end up liking you better, but that outcome really has to begin with you.

Some times we can set goals that are too large for us. I am not against setting large goals. But If we look at how the mind sorts information, it is necessary for the brain to recognize a path to accomplishment in order to get started. If the goal is too lofty the brain doesn’t believe it’s possible. You might get excited to begin the process, but the minute your brain can’t see the next step to take you will become paralyzed and progress will stop. If you are ultimately aiming for a big goal, break it down into smaller tasks that you can attack right away and that you can feel that you are making progress with.

Unrealistic goals are also something that keep us from succeeding. Not too long ago I had a young man at one of our Christmas high school presentations tell me that this coming year was his year to become a famous rock star. We talked about this for a while and naturally the subject turned to his music. I was surprised to find that not only did he not have any songs written, but he didn’t play an instrument.  When I asked his musically ability he told me that most famous musicians didn’t take lessons they were discovered and details weren’t important. While I really hope he does make it, I am not sure that he will. It is not enough to simply believe a thing will happen you have got to find ways of increasing the probability that the outcome you want will occur.   If there’s one lesson I have constantly tried to teach is that your life will not be a result of your wishes, it will be a result of your ability to translate your wishes into real life. If you want to have your goals become more realistic that will almost always mean a change form where you are at in your life. Get more skills, surround yourself with people and situations that can help you, and do whatever you can to increase the likihood that you will be able to take advantage of those opportunities.

The second reason on the USA today list was that most people were not heavily committed to the resolution. Because setting new years resolutions are a tradition we often find that a lot of people simply set them because, well, everyone else is. And then of course you don’t end up doing anything about it.  I think this is a big mistake. What you are teaching yourself is that when I set out to do something it really doesn’t matter whether you do it or not. As I have observed all of the top achievers that I have worked with through out the years I have noticed that they make their commitments sparingly, but they honor every commitment they make. Even to themselves.

I am not saying don’t make resolutions. I am saying make it count for something. Put some thought into it, and i you can’t come up with something that you really feel that you want to do, then don’t.

And if there is something that you really want to do, then turn up the volume on your commitment factor. Really get invested in making the change.  ONe of the strongest ways to do that is to spend some significant time exploring why you want this outocme in your life. What’s the difference that this outcome would really make. Who would it effect and how? And when you have these answers and they are strong enough and this is something that you want to do, then do it!!!

Get in fully. don’t look back. Make the change.

Sometimes it helps to involve other people in the process just to solidify the commitment. A good accountability partner can help you to stay on track and keep going as you hit barriers and challenging moments. Remember that it generally takes 28 days to build a new habit so that beginning part of the journey is going to be the hardest.

The 3rd reason on the USA today study is that people fail in their resolutions because they have no plan.

As we said earlier in this call, the brain requires specific instructions to get started. If you set a goal and then don’t have any idea what to do with that goal to get started your brain will soon discard that goal. Now I’m not saying you have to have all of the answers figured out to begin. You won’t.

In fact many of the answers of what you will need to o won’t even show up until you are doing it. But you need to have some starting points and an understanding of the general direction you are going. We are all human beings that are constantly evolving and growing. A static stationary plan seldom works. I like what Mike Tyson said, ‘Everyone has plan until he gets punched in the mouth.’ Plans and real life don’t mix very well.

Plans are important and they put you moving in the right direction. Plans may change and will change. But they are necessary to see where you are going.

Dwight Eisenhower said it best this way, “Plans are nothing, Planning is everything.”

Plans won’t provide all the answers but they will provide the direction. Direction is always more important than destination. Because the truth of the matter is the destination often changes. When you get to the top of the mountain, it’s never the end. In fact, when we get to the top we get to see where we want to go next.

Direction is the key. Get the direction right and you can’t miss.  By the way another reason I think that direciton is more important that a fixed destination is because I often change my destination on route. As I am moving towards a goal I often become aware of many opportunities I never knew about until I was involved in following my first direction. As I am moving forward I have more than once seen something that I liked better, was more capable of doing, or found to be more exciting and profitable than what I originally wanted.

The key is to get started. don’t worry about direction. Don’t worry about having all the answers.

The next time you feel like you need all the answer to get started think about this:

Top Achievers are not perfectionists, They are improvisors. Get started and the answers will come as you are doing it.

So as we approach the beginning of another year it is an important time to think about changes you may want to make. These improvements can be large or they can be small. They can be something that you’ve needed to do for a long time coming or they can be things that you’ve newly realized. The only thing constant about life is change.  Now is the time to look at how you can be on the edge of change for this year rather than under the wave of it.

This coming year can be your most incredible year yet. To make it so, remember these three things 1)Make your resolutions realistic, break down the big goals into ones that are actionable right now, and make sure that they are goals that you can control and don’t rely on the violating the rights of others.

2)Make sure you are committed and if you’re not pass, until you find something you are committed to. By the way, you were aware that you can decide to change something in your life anytime, you don’t have to wait for new years.

3)Have a plan in place, not that you are going to be married to it, but that so you have some direction as to where you need to go and to shout at you if you get too far off course.

Now how can you really get to your goals? How can you really set resolutions that stick.  Here are a few simple points to consider that will go a long way for you.

1. Make sure you are doing it for the right reasons. In other words choose to set a resolution about something that means something to you. In the Movie the Godfather Marlon Brando says, It’s not personal, It’s business. In setting effective goals it must be the opposite. It can’t be business. It must be personal. You have got to have a burning reason why this goal is important to you and why you need it in your life.

You can’t participate from a distance. You can’t be a spectator. You are a player on the ice. (Pardon the Hockey analogy, remember I am Canadian after all.) But seriously you must be fully invested in the outcome.

As a side note if you are a manager of people this is important to remember.  You ever wonder why productivtiy is sometimes down in a n office? It’s because the manager often assigns people their goals. You cannot assign people their goals. They must pick them. They can’t be invested in goals that are assigned to them.

So principle one – Make it personal.

2)The second thing I’d suggest is that you need to get really clear about the resolution or goal. I am not just talking about getting clear with what it is that you want. – That is very important. You can’t hit a target you can’t see. You need to be fully aware of what you want and more importantly the direction you need to go to get it. But something that many people forget when it comes to getting to your goals and creating better outcomes is that clarity is also required when it comes to understanding what to do first.

If you don’t know what you should do first you can often get paralyzed and not do anything at all. Get clear. What is it you want and what can you do right now. A goal that is specific and clear is attainable and near. Generally you can tell if a goal is too large when you can’t recognize the first steps to take.

A friend of mine shared an interesting analogy once. He held an elastic band around his wrist and as he stretched it said, this elastic is kind of like goal setting. If it’s too easy it has no tension. It is too far or unrealistic I pull the elastic too far and it breaks. But if it’s tight it has tension and the power to pull me.  Goals should be like that.

The final thing I’d like to mention that will make the biggest difference in getting to your goals is to seek for ways Increase your probability. Aristotle once said, that which is probable is most likely to happen. So if we want to get to our goals we really need to find a way to make it more probable that the outcome will occur. You’ll remember my high school student who wanted to be a rock star? Well, there are a lot of things that he could do to increase his probabilty. The first might be to go learn an instrument, write some songs, get out performing, meet the right people and start doing the right things. Nowadays, it’s very possible for people to use tools like social media and the interenet to build audiences and followings for musicians. And who knows maybe things will take off in a big way. But you won’t ever know unless you give yourself the best possible chances for success. And that begins with increasing probability.

Remember these three things From USA Today 1)Make your resolutions realistic, break down the big goals into ones that are actionable right now, and make sure that they are goals that you can control and don’t rely on the violating the rights of others.

2)Make sure you are committed and if you’re not pass, until you find something you are committed to. By the way, you were aware that you can decide to change something in your life anytime, you don’t have to wait for new years.

3)Have a plan in place, not that you are going to be married to it, but that so you have some direction as to where you need to go and to shout at you if you get too far off course.

And from me:

1. Make it personal, do it for the right reasons. Give yourself several big reasons why you want, need and must have these changes in your life. If you reasons are small your results will be small. Your results are always a reflection of your reasons.

1. Get clear. Clarity is king. Your brain absolutely needs a clear path to get to work. You need to be clear about what it is you want and also clear about what it is you need to do to get started. Now again I’m not saying you have to have all of the answers. But you have to know the first step, and from there the next steps will appear. You’ve probably heard the analogy of a car driving with headlights in the dark. The road appears in your headlights as you need it. The same is true of achievement. You won’t have all the answers at the beginning but you’ll have them as you need them.

1. And lastly, the most important achievement principle that i could share. Look for ways to increase your probability. Notice I didn’t say find a way to do it perfectly. Increasing probability means that you will have occassional set backs. This is natural you are learning something new. You are doing something you’ve never done before. But keep going. There is no such thing as failure or falling down. Everything is falling forward. everything you do is  a step in the right direction. There are no wrong answers only discoveries about a better way to move forward. Keep moving forward. Keep increasing your probability and you will arrive.

Remember you have great potential. This new year is a fresh beginning. In fact, each day is a new beginning. Tomorrow is. One minute from now is. You don’t live in the past. You don’t really live in the future either although we are heading there quickly. You live in the moment of now. And if now is the time to change then get started.

The Gratitude Experiment

Artwork announced for The Gratitude Experiment.

This Tuesday Magnificent Motion Picture works unveiled the artwork on their newest film The Gratitude Experiment. The film promises to unlock the hidden secrets on how to harness the power of Gratitude and features the expertise of thought leaders such as Bob Proctor (The Secret), Dr. John Demartini (The Secret), Marie Diamond (The Secret) and several others.

The power of gratitude has been featured as one of the central components from the beginning of time. The challenge that most people have is unlocking this power and learning how to harness it.

The producer of the film Douglas Vermeeren, who was also the producer behind the film The Opus, explains that, “This film will attempt to share that gratitude really can make a difference in the lives of individuals and has the power to shape the future of the entire planet.”

The Gratitude Experiment is slated for release in April of 2012. Additional cast members include: Douglas Vermeeren, Lisa Ryan, Laurie Davis, Maura Leon, Dr. Joe Rubino.

More information on this film is available through the official website: www.TheGratitudeExperiment.com or by calling 1-877-393-9496

Monthly Millionaire Mentor

Monthly Millionaire Mentor Program coming to Edmonton  for One day special event!
Do you want to learn what it takes to become a millionaire? Do you want to learn techniques to accelerate your wealth growth in todays economy? Do you want to discover tools that anyone can apply to create a fortune? If you answered yes to any of these questions you need to be in Edmonton November 25, 2011.

Monthly Millionaire Mentor Program coming to Edmonton for One day special event!

Mr. Vermeeren is the CEO of the Monthly Millionaire Mentor program. After conducting extensive research into the lives of more than 400 of the world’s top achievers, much in the style of Napoleon Hill, he made $1,000,000 in 180 days starting with just $1. Since that time he has been teaching others superior and little known ways for growing their wealth securely and consistently in his coaching and mentoring programs. Vermeeren is the author of several books including the latest ‘Guerrilla’ book with Jay Conrad Levinson, ‘Guerrilla Achiever’ and ‘The Millionaire Myth.’ (With foreword by Bob Doyle from The Secret.) Vermeeren has been highly successful helping many to take giant steps towards their financial freedom.
Why is a mentor important? And what would you look for in a mentor?
Let’s say that your objective wasn’t just to learn about growing wealth. Let’s say it was something a little more dangerous. For example consider the following question:
If you had to walk through a field of explosive land mines which option would you choose?
a) To attempt to go through alone.
b) To go with some one who also had never been through.
c) Go with a person who knew the safe way through.
d) Read a book about it and give it your best shot.

Naturally, the correct answer is C) Go with a person who knew the safe way through. Unfortunately too often people try to go through life and create a life of wealth focused on one of the other three options. Their results are  generally unproductive.
To get to the best results in the quickest time possible you need a mentor who can help you recognize the dangers, time-wasters and pitfalls that will take you off course or even keep you from completing your goals.

The Monthly Millionaire Mentor program is such a program. It is the first program of its kind that involves an ongoing relationship with your mentor and not just a one-time seminar. It is also the first program to take the participants through the process of the education all the way through to implementation. What that means is that you no longer have to wonder what to do next when you hit the inevitable challenges that will appear on your path. Growing your wealth exponentially is not a get rich quick or easy venture. If you want to do it correctly there will be many thins to learn ahead. This program ensures that you get it!

The Monthly Millionaire Mentor Program in Edmonton!!!!

Douglas Vermeeren

For one day only in Edmonton, Douglas Vermeeren will be presenting more about The Monthly Millionaire Mentor program to attendees of the Powerful Possibilities Event on November 25th. At this event he will be sharing the 7 Reasons why you are not rich and what you can do about it.  If you are interested in qualifying for a free ticket for a free ticket please contact Rachel@douglasvermeeren.com and she will send you details of what you can do to get one of these tickets.

Attendees will also be entered into a draw for several door prizes including a one-on-one wealth building session with Douglas Vermeeren.

Powerful Thinking Powerful Results

Powerful Thinking Powerful Results – New Website now LIVE!

The new Website for the TV show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results is now live. The Television show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results is focused on exploring insights into the psychology of success and how to harness the power of thought to create better outcomes in the real world.

The show is hosted by Douglas Vermeeren, a top personal development teacher often thought of as the modern day Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow rich) for  his research into the lives of more than 400 of the world’s top achievers. His research differs from Hills in that Vermeerens research focused on understanding the achievers cognitive reasoning rather than external behaviours. Vermeeren also explored a wide range of industries and business models that did not exist in Napoleon Hills day. Vermeeren has shared the findings from his research in several books, movies and at live training events.  Vermeeren is probably best known as the producer behind the Hit film ‘The Opus’ featuring many other top personal development teachers like Jack Canfield, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Joe Vitale, Marci Shimoff, Mark Victor Hansen, Bob doyle, Morris Goodman, Bill Bartmann  and others.

The show Powerful Thinking Powerful Results will explore further the importance of our  thinking in order to create the desired outcomes in our lives. The show begins airing Spring of 2012 on Canadian television with dates in the US, UK and Australia to follow.

This website features many new and useful tools in regards to the show. Some of the features include information about:

TV Program schedule

Live programs

Appearances and events

Online programs

Information on show sponsors

Facebook links

Blog links

and more.

The site also features an opportunity for free gifts based on information from the show.  In the near future the site will also feature behind the scenes videos (including exclusive footage not included in the regular series) a photo gallery and exclusive tools for application of show principles. This Official site is a one stop location for all information on the show. Be sure to check it out  www.PowerfulThinkingPowerfulResults.com

Powerful Thinking Powerful Results

DATE: November 1st, 2011

TIME: 10:00am(PST) | 11:00am(MST) | 12:00pm(CST) | 1:00pm (EST)

TOPIC:

3 Mistakes of the mind that sabotage the most motivated achievers

3 Misconceptions about harnessing the power of Gratitude

Click to join us:

http://www.innerhealingcompass.net/fe/17365-douglas-vermeeren-dashboard

Did you know  that the incorrect use of gratitude is what

has created our currently global financial recession,

incorrect expressions of gratitude is what contributes

most to the breakdown of families and society and incorrect

use of gratitude is what is causing our crime rates to escalate?

Why is the role of brain science so important for us to understand

if we want to be successful in our lives? You can change what you are

and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

Have we got your attention yet?

While it seems certain that Douglas Vermeeren is destined to

leave his mark in the personal development world. It might be more

interesting to chart the difference he will make in the many lives

he is touching. He surely is a force for extreme good in this world.

Join us for this inspiring call!

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Douglas Vermeeren, Producer of The Opus, The Gratitude Experiment,

How Thoughts Become Things. Author of Guerrilla Achiever, Amazing Success, The Millionaire Myth.

Douglas Vermeeren, considered the modern day Napoleon Hill has conducted

research into the lives of more than 400 of the world’s top achievers. His books and programs have been translated into more

than 22 languages world wide. He was the first North American to address the Chinese government leaders on human

performance and motivation. He currently coaches many celebrities and business leaders and speaks world wide on the subjects

of the power of powerful thinking, achievement, productivity and wealth.

Powerful Thinking Powerful Results with Douglas Vermeeren

Be on the call  and webcast early to secure your spot…this interview will be in high demand…and oh Yes….

submit your questions now…and there is a good chance you can might get  them answered by Doug.

We will be waiting for you…so join us on this interview!

Talk to you soon…..

Karen & Salma

 
Unbounded Potential Empowerment Group Inc.

Powerful Thinking Powerful Results

It is estimated that each day we have more than 70,000 unique thoughts. So what is it that controls our thoughts? How does our mind select which thoughts to develop and which thoughts to ignore? How do the prominent thoughts become things?

In order for thoughts to develop into reality they must be permitted to develop in the mind.

As they develop they grow and are built upon. If the spark of thought continues to grow action can result. Action will then bring that thought into reality.

Many of the thoughts that develop in the mind do not become a reality. We have all had thoughts that began as a brilliant burst of inspiration. Perhaps these ideas even got you excited for a few minutes, maybe an hour, a day or even a week… Then they faded away.  Even though they started as powerful ideas they did not end up as a tangible reality in your life?

How could an idea so bright and exciting turn dim or disappear altogether.

Even more frustrating are the ideas that do not disappear. They anchor themselves in the back or your mind, they cling to you waiting for the day that you may act upon them. These are probably the most painful ideas. You know in your heart that if you did something with these kinds of ideas they would really make a difference in your life.

What is it that holds us back? What is it that keeps us from creating the reality we are thinking about?

One of the most significant factors that determines our reality are our expectations.

What we believe could happen is the line that all thoughts must pass in order to become action. Taking action on a thought is the way it is translated into reality.

Expectations can include what we believe a specific outcome will be, but also what we believe we are entitled to and how we believe we should act in certain situations.

As expectations can often be based on past experience or pre-determined values often our expectations will cause our thinking to follow a similar course to what we have done in the past.

Expectations of outcome often guide our thoughts and our behavior to conform our new experience with a past situation. Here is an example of where we have experienced this:

• We also see expectations at work in the movies. If I said Tom Hanks is in a movie what kind of movie do you think you’d be going to watch? What if I said Ben stiller? Would you envision a different kind of film? And when you went to see it how would you feel if it didn’t jive with your expectations? You’d be disappointed. In fact, Hollywood has seen a lot of movies over the years that didn’t make it simply because they changed the formula, or constructed a story with an actor contrary to your expectations.

Entitlement is also an overlooked element of expectations.  What you feel you are entitled to will dictate your thinking on certain matters.

There was a study conducted some years ago to determine the role that sacrifice or activity had on entitlement. The experiment involved two groups. One group was given a variety of tasks to complete and then after completing the work, was ushered into an empty room with a table and chair. On the table was an envelope with $50 bill and the words thank you written on the envelope.

The second group was simply ushered into the room. They had no work to do. The same envelope rested on the table.

The majority of people in the first group that had done the work felt that the envelope was left there for them and it was payment for their efforts. Most in the second group felt the envelope was meant for someone else and it was probably left there by mistake.

Work, sacrifice and effort give the mind a sense of entitlement.

Entitlement is a mysterious thing. I often encounter people who feel that they have not yet paid the price to have what they want, to be who the really feel they should be, or have the relationships they deserve because they have not sacrificed what is required. This is a victim mentality and it keeps many from acquiring the reality they truly desire.

The next expectations are expectations about how we believe we should act.

I have seen examples of this at numerous seminars and motivational events. This lesson is often used by the speaker to teach people to think differently and to consider that there are often more direct routes than those we initially consider to solve a problem.

This is how the scenario plays out, the speaker typically takes a prize (I’ve even seen it done with $100 bill) and simply holds it up and asks “Who would like to have this prize?” Naturally a number of hands raise within the group. He asks again, “Who wants this prize?” Still more hands are raised in the group and often people begin to get a little excited. At this point the speaker asks again with more intensity in his voice, “Who wants the prize?” By this time the audience usually gets it and an audience member actually leaves their set and comes to claim the prize. Again this is a great example of social expectation.

Why won’t we leave the seat instantly to claim the prize? We don’t leave our seat to get the prize because we question ourselves. Is it the right thing to do? What will others think of me? Is it proper?  We ask ourselves similar questions on a daily basis that and as a result we prevent ourselves from acting on the thoughts that will empower us most.

In a study of the most successful businesses and inventions of all time, you will find that the majority of these successes are innovations on existing ideas. I always get a smile when I hear that Thomas Edison is considered the greatest inventor of all time. It isn’t true. Every major invention that he produced from the light bulb, to the phonograph to the motion picture camera is an innovation on a earlier effort by someone else. You can be an innovator too.

You don’t have to think according to a set of imaginary rules.

Expectations are a great source of power as much as they can be a great obstacle to your success.

If we expect to fail we will not think in empowering ways. We do not dedicate action energy to created failing expectations a reality. That doesn’t mean we don’t dedicate thought to create negative expectations. we do that quite often. If we believe that expectation to be the coming reality, we will create it positive or negative.

If we want to create the life we really want we have got to expect it can happen. When we expect to succeed, our thoughts become like a magnet directing all our energies to supporting the expectation.

Just a few more thoughts on why expectation is important

The subconscious mind seeks to find solutions to challenges quickly and so it seeks for the most direct route to solutions in the thinking processes. The mind doesn’t really care if the solution is positive or negative. It just wants an answer. When we are on “automatic” pilot, so to speak, our expectations guide thinking almost entirely.

Because our mind is always looking for immediate solutions we think and act from a reactive position.   Essentially what our mind is doing is trying to protect us. It is constantly analyzing scenarios and situations to prevents us from experiencing harm or other things we may need to defend against.

So how can we build positive expectations?

Positive and empowering expectations must be build on purpose and ahead of time. They cannot be reactionary.

Why must they be planned ahead of time and how can that help? In order to explain why it is important to plan ahead of time what you to expect let me address an important characteristic of how our mind remembers.

Try to remember two things, notice which of the two things is easier.

1)What was the date that United States entered world War 2?

2)What did your first love look like?

If you are like most people you found the first question to be much harder than the second. Why is that? The first question dealt with the recall part of your memory. It was a cold hard fact your mind went searching for.

The second dealt with recognition. You probably also spent a lot more time thinking about the second question and you might even still be thinking about it now. emotion is attached more to recognition than recall. for those of you who are familiar with the 5 ways the brain learns this would be experiential learning versus factual learning.

This is the point: It is a lot easier for your brain to recognize something than it is to recall it.

Back to how this effects expectations.

If you build your positive expectations clearly, carefully, and emotionally you will have greater power to recognize these expectations and when you are thinking in harmony with them. Your mind will begin to bring your thinking into a supportive position to these expectations and look for evidence to support your new expectations.

Your mind also recognizes what is not in harmony with your expectations and discards those thoughts.

Expectation can be used in a positive way. Once we begin to expect things to occur in a way which is empowering to us our thoughts begin to direct our actions to follow that course.

What we expect, our thinking will support.

Expect good things and your thoughts will follow! If your thoughts follow you will begin to see the fruits of these expectations become a reality in your life.