Secret to Prosperity

Self Confidence – Developing a Self Image for Confident Leadership

“It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.”

~ Elvis Presley

Often life gives us what we ask, and that isn’t really what we want. When the struggle of who you are becomes too much to carry, you may stumble and fall, but there’s an answer, greater than yourself, for those moments. You are created, unique, one of a kind, with the God given right to exist in the life that belongs exclusively to you. Claim the right to be yourself.

- An imperfect image

People often presume to reinvent us as we allow them to influence our “package” and tell us how we should be. But their image is imperfect, flawed and incorrect, since they don’t have the whole perception of our lives. Don’t allow the presumption of others to take away your ability to exist comfortably in the skin you were created to live within.

- Permission to be

When we allow others to guide us, as if we’re asking their permission to be ourselves, we open ourselves up to burdens we weren’t meant to carry. Unload your pack and stop worrying about how to please others. Learn to guide your own life with the principles and concepts of your own desires.

- Choose your path

Own the vehicle in which you travel. We’re all travelers along the road of life, but we don’t have to be passengers in a vehicle driven by others. We can drive our own lives, where we choose to go. The left fork or the right fork, choose for yourself, and take ownership of that choice. You can choose to do for others, but own that choice.

- Dare to be unique

Use the gifts you’re given and be the person you’re meant to be. When you stop pleasing others and start looking for your inner core strengths and desires, you often find the source of life there. You were born with gifts that grow and expand throughout your lifetime, gasp them and hold them close. Use them well.

- Understand what makes you happy

Some people are bubbly and exuberant, joyfully abandoning protocol to express their enthusiasm for life, others express themselves in quiet organized fashion. Allowing yourself to be comfortable within the self expression of your choice makes you feel happiest. Accept yourself and understand the ways you feel happiness.

- Turn off the control buttons

Others push your buttons and you react? Stop giving them control of your life. Choose to act instead of react and you’ll have greater control over what you do and who you associate with. The process is similar to a thermostat – set your own and maintain your own temperature, rather than acting as a thermometer and acknowledging every cold wind that blows.

- Choose to stand out

Have an opinion and be comfortable stating it. Even if it isn’t politically correct, you have a right to your own opinions. You have a unique voice and deserve to be heard. It’s okay not to agree with every concept that comes down the trail. You can acknowledge the opinions of others and still state what you believe too. It’s okay to disagree.

By acknowledging yourself and being authentic in your own skin, you allow others to choose their own direction and have convictions of their own. It’s okay to be different, to disagree and to stand up for what you believe. Nations were built on foundations such as this. Explore your source and express yourself.

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© 2009 – http://janverhoeff.com

When I think of mass prosperity, I imagine the rain.

Living in southeastern Colorado where rain fall is infrequent at best, I don’t see as much rain as I’d like, but when it comes, I feel invigorated and vivacious. Life flows in abundance. There are those who see gray clouds on the horizon as a curse. I see them as a blessing. They come to administer moisture, enliven my space and brighten my source of existence. Rain is a blessing.

Much the same as the Secret of Prosperity. Abundance flows over our lives in a form of wealth that taps out the music of life, richly blessing us and sharing the moments of pleasant intrepidity. Our lives flow with synchronicity that interrelates all those connected. The connection is our basis.

Joy comes in a wealth of abundance. Our color flows out from us issuing a brand name identity and ushering in the abundant benefits of essential compensation. How do you know if you’ve got deep abiding joy in your heart? You’ll feel the satisfaction. No matter where you are, there will be a sense of self comprehension and understanding that you’re comfortable in your skin. That’s the joy of the Lord filling up your soul with His abiding love. You cannot deny a God that surrounds you.

Nature’s possession brings you serenity. The comfort in knowing nature, understanding the greater depth of translation and the intimate emotional relationship with a sunrise, a sunset, or the romance of a starlit night, come gently - bringing the wealth of knowledge and God. There’s no escaping the brilliance of God’s grip on your soul. You can dance…

The ultimate secret of prosperity comes with the ability to dance in the rain. You know, when you step out into the rolling thunder, bask in the sprinkling showers of water droplets and watch the show of lightening cracking the skies the vast benefit of the dance. Time stands still, all the forces of the universe open up and pour out upon you wealth, love and pleasure. Your destiny becomes one with time and the passing of each glorious moment derives greater joy.

You’re in the pink. Dashing, daring, dancing the rhythm of wonder as rain drops splatter around you. Don’t hold back. Take the time to learn how to dance in the rain.

When I think of abundance there’s a feeling that washes over me of love and gratitude. No matter where I am or what I’m doing, I see this grand image of joy and energy that sweeps me away. That’s the kind of abundant joy that God provides once we understand the concept of faith. Until we understand how much faith applies to our lives, we can’t fully comprehend abundance. Faith so small as a mustard seed brings us all the greatness and grandeur of Heaven where the streets are paved with gold. What more could we attain if our faith was even greater?

Visit Jan Verhoeff and enjoy more abundance and faith. Leave a comment and remember, God’s in charge of your miracle, all you have to do is ask.

Just seven steps reveal the secret of prosperity

1. Set your heart on the desire.

This one is important, because once you know what you want you can begin to visualize your hope. Your plan will come together when you understand what it is you truly desire.

2. Begin to visualize.

Close your eyes and allow the vision to surround you. Acknowledge your vision and see yourself wrapped up in whatever it is you want.

3. Feel the gratitude.

Once you acknowledge your desires, you should begin to feel the gratitude of acceptance. Let the gratitude wash over you as you acknowledge each portion coming to you.

4. Give out of abundance.

Begin to give generously of yourself to others, whether it be time or money, give. Be gracious in all giving and allow the gifts of your generosity to overcome you and fill you up.

5. Celebrate your achievements.

As if you’ve already fulfilled your desire, begin to celebrate the achievement. Acknowledge, celebrate, and show gratitude for all that you’ve accomplished.

6. Feel the energy.

As you feel the gratitude, give back, and celebrate your achievements, you’ll begin to feel the energy of your success and prosperity within yourself as it escapes and fills up the atmosphere.

7. Share the prosperity.

This is the part where you’ve got it in hand, you’re saving some for the future and you’re sharing what you have with others, because that’s what you do with prosperity. You share it.

Tell a friend, share the wealth of prosperity and reveal the secret to others. This is a good thing, share it.

Like ripples in the ocean, love has no bounds. Those who understand the imprint of their choices on life, begin early to comprehend the value of saying what they truly want to happen.

What you speak out of your mouth will happen.

Speak only truth and good into existence. Positive encouragement should be spoken and will result in positive encouragement. The distance between what you speak and what you become is your faith and belief.

Those who speak power and positive assurance, live the reality of their dream. Positive constructive thought and action implant the reality into their joy of living and their reality grows into a positive existence for those around them.

Can you visualize what you say? When you see it, you create it. The power of positive constructive thought reveals the reality of the ripples as they do exist.

Just as a ripple in the ocean is unending, so is your thought and voice. Speak positive power into reality with the ripples of attraction drawing them back to you and break the prosperity ceiling.

More information about the law of attraction and how you can Break the Prosperity Ceiling will soon be posted right here… Stay tuned!

Everybody wants to know what a leader does, and that’s easy. He, or she, leads WELL!

When I awakened this morning, I did what I do every morning, checked my email on the way to the bathroom. (Yes, I’m adicted.) It’s as automatic as checking my voicemail and my text messages. My daughter go home from work last night (okay, I’ll admit, I got that text before I went to sleep) safe. I had three voice mails from yesterday that hadn’t showed up yet when I went to bed - do they have voice mail lag? And I had a tweet from Jeff Herring (who went to bed AFTER I did last night) who was awake a whole hour before me in a different time zone. SHEESH JEFF!!!

He’s a leader. Of course, he has a life. But he makes the time to lead his troop of article marketers in their drive to provide quality content. What’s he doing? He’s writing - of course.

I had four other really important emails. Two from motivators who schedule their email messages to be delivered early in the morning, so their readers receive motivation early in the morning - they’re leaders too. Two from readers of my messages who wanted more information about last night’s motivational email message.

Are you looking for motivation? Visit a leader… Motivation comes with the territory.

Jan Verhoeff

It seems some complain about the lights of celebration, but should they?

During the fall, we listen to weekly Friday night football games in the community stadium with the frequent BOOM of the cannon whenever we get a touch down, not to mention the BLAZING lights of the stadium while the game is going on and on into the night while the cleanup crew work to prevent people’s trash from being blown through the neighborhood. Not complaining, just a comparison.

During all seasons we listen to boom-boom base rapping up and down the streets from the hoodlam’s boomboxes slung over their shoulders or strapped into their cars with all the windows down.

Sports tournaments take over all the local radio stations and disrupt traffic through a small town where their sporty parades fill up mainstreet three or four days out of the year. Life stops here if we go to state, the majority of the businesses close down and people call off work so they can attend the state championships.

These are NOT complaints. I wouldn’t change a single event. I love them all.

But… Christmas lights, even blinking ones that run all night, Christmas Carols and music in the neighbors yard is simply a method of people sharing their holiday. What’s wrong with a little Christmas spirit in these days of economic stress? If you’re jealous, ask for some help to decorate  your yard. If you prefer to celebrate a different holiday, go for it!

It’s called freedom.

Don’t put bleach in the peanut butter unless it’s your sandwich. Everyone has their own means of celebration and we should seriously celebrate life rather than torturing each other with mean spirited picky behavior.

The funnies thing is, those who are quickest to condemn the Christmas Light Celebration probably sport a Tolerance Bumper Sticker on their car… Yeah, that works.

A long discussion about life can mean a lot of different things, or it can mean absolutely nothing. Most generally, it means I’m going to learn something.

People who leave your life, come into your life for a reason or a season. Some simply come into your life to show you that the cross you bear is light, compared to the ones in the other room. Today I experienced a cross bearing moment and realized how totally wonderful and awesome my children can be.

I’ve always believed that when the Master tunes the fiddle, it doesn’t matter who is playing the tune, it’s going to sound good. Today’s events proved once again that the Master is still in control and He knows how to tune the fiddle perfectly.

My son recently took up playing the fiddle and has learned a few choice notes along with the right way to stroke the horsehair on the strings. He rarely squeels, and his notes are fairly well drawn. I’m definitely not complaining about the way he plays.

As a lover of fine music, I must say the joy that comes as I listen to my children play various instruments runs deep into my soul. When the song happens to be one of my favorite (another child recently learned to play “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”) I’m just happier ‘n a fly on a hot summer day!

The lesson I learned today had little to do with playing music and everything to do with learning about life and growing up.

People who come into your life for a season limp along, teaching you little bits of something, often hanging onto your coat tails and lingering for what they can get from you. They often don’t offer you much in the way of gratitude and on those rare occasions that you do get something back from them, it’s tedious and costly effort that allows you to accept their gift. The season most generally ends on a sour note, costing you vivid anguish and great pain before they slip off into the sunset never to be heard from again. Or they meander in and out of your life, painfully reminding you that once up on a time they meant something to you, and  you should still feel something for them… Even if the feeling was never mutual.

On the other hand, those who linger in your life for a reason, show you something in the earliest period of life that you need to learn and proceed in one manner or another to teach you that lesson from that point forward. Perhaps not in a dedicated manner, but rather passively, allowing you to learn by way of mutual existence. In many cases, this person teaches you life lessons through a third party, with whom he has left all his wisdom.

Rarely is the third person aware he’s being used in such a way, and almost never is the lesson a great credit to the teacher. Rather the third person fulfills the instruction in a way that leaves the teacher visible and exposed.

Today’s lesson reminds me of a proverb, “Once burned, no longer plays with fire.” Which brought to mind another proverb about “she who drinketh too much wine, delivers spoiled fruit.”

“While I labored to provide for the heir of the vineyard the grapes rotted on the vine.”

~Annonymous

As a writer, I often write from personal experience. Though I seldom actually name my inspiration, there are those who recognize themselves among the words. There are others, less knowledgable about my craft who imagine themselves to be a greater inspiration than they truly are, and miss connect their lives with articles that had nothing to do with them specifically. Those people ocassionally recognize their own characteristics among the slackards and drunkards who become antagonists in my work. Little do they know, I wasn’t writing about them personally, but rather about low-quality characters of ill repute of which they remind themselves.

Those who believe themselves greater than they truly are often recognize dispicable characteristics they’d rather others didn’t know. In-laws and out-laws are among these.

Jan Verhoeff

SECRET Tips & Strategies for Marketing Ads & Affiliate Products on Your Website

First off… Let’s get this straight! It ain’t a SECRET!

Whew! There, I said it. There isn’t ONE SINGLE Secret that will make your business successful on the Internet. Internet Gurus all over the world (yea, me included) want you to think there’s some big hairy secret that only they know, that prevents you from making money on the Internet.

The honest-to-goodness fact is, there is NOT one secret that will make you money on the internet, there are several. Unless you’re willing to use the strategies and tips you get online, mix up what works for you and let the rest go, you’re NEVER going to make money online. And, that, my friend is the reality.

So what does work?

The following tips and strategies work well. Some gurus use all of them, others use part of them, and some aficionados of independence have struck out on their own to create their own methods. You’ll have to determine for yourself (with the help of a kindly and wonderful marketing guide) which tips and strategies will work for you.

Get a website. For goodness sakes, take some cash out of your Starbucks fund and buy a domain. Set up a hosting plan and do what you have to do to get a professionally designed website that YOU can add to and increase the content, for better marketing genius.

Get the word out. Your website isn’t a secret. Tell your friends, put a message on all your email signatures, referring people to your site, send out a press release. Put up a Bill Board in New York City, but get the word out.

Get content in there. Add some impressive, unique, and information providing content to that website so readers have a reason to stick around. Give them something to do while they’re there. Put some quality on the site and build some context that will bring them back.

Get some traffic flowing. Put up a few ads, write some articles for marketing, and send out some feelers on the Internet that will drive traffic to your website. You can’t get anywhere if you’re not on Main Street. Get there, with CONTENT, Keywords, and MARKETING.

Get serious about sales. You know, everyone wants to do something that requires NO SALES. Okay, but where is the money if you’re NOT SELLING? Give me a break. Somebody has to SELL something before money changes hands. SELL something!

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© 2008 – Jan Verhoeff