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Here is this week's question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life“. The individual who sent in this question wished to remain anonymous.

Question:

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be financially?

Answer:

The answer to this question is actually quite simple. How do you get anywhere that you want to go? You get there by taking one step at a time.

Let me give you an example.

Have you ever driven anywhere at night? I’m going assume that all of you have done some traveling at night. So, how did you get from where you were to where you were going when you can only see 7 feet in front of your car? You could only see as far as your headlights would shine, but yet, you kept going, always knowing that you’d get there.

This works the same way in life.

Many people want to know all the “hows”, and see the entire path laid out for them BEFORE they take the first step toward getting where they are going. However, that’s not how the Universe works.

You see, the first step is to make a decision and then take action on that decision. As soon as you begin to take action, another opportunity or action will appear. The difficult part of this is that sometimes the opportunity may come disguised as a hardship or unfortunate circumstance. It appears that way, because it will challenge a fear that you have. Maybe it will come as an opportunity that will require you to be seen, speak up for yourself, make a financial commitment, or be otherwise uncomfortable. It will force you to change, adapt and grow. If you resist this process, you will feel as if you’re stuck. If you step into the fear and see the opportunity for the gift that it is, the next opportunity will appear, and the process will continue.

It really all boils down to a matter of how willing you are to take a risk and trust the Laws. If you’re not getting where you want to go, stop, take inventory of what’s going on around you, and ask yourself “What am I not willing to do to move forward?”

What is behind the fear that’s holding you back? Because chances are, all you’d need to do is look that fear in the face, step into it, and you’d be back on track again.

It’s as simple as driving in the dark. You may not be able to see the entire path, but you have faith that no matter what, you’re going to reach your final destination.

For a more detailed description of this process, I’ve created a free teaching audio that you can listen to or download. Just visit www.howtomakeadecision.com. I know it will help!

“Just Believe”,

P.S: The Neagle Code: DIRECTIONS for LIFE is a weekly no-cost program that is open to everyone! Each week, I’ll select and personally respond to one question received via the “The Neagle Code” page that I feel in my heart will help the most people. (You may choose to remain anonymous if you wish, with our full support.) It is my deep, heartfelt intention that ~ in answering your questions ~ I may provide you with the Universal Truths that in committed application, will set you free. Simply submit YOUR burning question at: www.TheNeagleCode.com to participate.

P.P.S.: May I ask you to help me spread the word about this program? Is there someone you care for who is stuck, or struggling, or lost, or unhappy? Because if so, I would very much like to help. No matter their question, no matter their predicament, no matter if they've never heard of me before … if they would like to ask for help via www.TheNeagleCode.com, my Team and I will do our very best to provide that help.

This week's question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life“ comes from Kristiani, Life Purpose Coach …

Question:

How do I overcome my tendency to play small and fear success? I know that I have a huge life purpose and could be of service to many if I could only get out of my own way!

Answer:

Great question, Kristiani, and one that I know many of my students can relate to.

Let’s start with truth.

We know that we create our own reality, and we can’t have a desire without the way to fulfill that desire already present. So, my question to you is…how is it serving you to stay small? Now, before you react, take a moment and really think about it.

What would happen if you really stepped into your purpose and became the huge success you know you would be?

Would it mean that your relationship with your friends or family would change?

Would it mean that you’d need to let go of something that you weren’t so sure you could let go of?

Would it mean that others may judge you?

You’re staying small for a reason, and it’s been a choice of yours to do so. The key to getting out of your own way is to become aware of what you are resisting. What are you not willing to do what’s keeping you stuck?

Once you become aware of your fears, you must reframe it.

You also have to understand that if you continue to stay small, you are doing a disservice to those people who are looking for your help. Remember, if you have the desire, the way to fulfill it is waiting for you.

It just starts with a decision to get very honest with yourself about why you are choosing to play small.

“Just Believe”,

P.S: The Neagle Code: DIRECTIONS for LIFE is a weekly no-cost program that is open to everyone! Each week, I’ll select and personally respond to one question received via the “The Neagle Code” page that I feel in my heart will help the most people. (You may choose to remain anonymous if you wish, with our full support.) It is my deep, heartfelt intention that ~ in answering your questions ~ I may provide you with the Universal Truths that in committed application, will set you free. Simply submit YOUR burning question at: www.TheNeagleCode.com to participate.

P.P.S.: May I ask you to help me spread the word about this program? Is there someone you care for who is stuck, or struggling, or lost, or unhappy? Because if so, I would very much like to help. No matter their question, no matter their predicament, no matter if they've never heard of me before … if they would like to ask for help via www.TheNeagleCode.com, my Team and I will do our very best to provide that help.

Here is this week’s question from my portal “The Neagle Code: Directions for Life“.  The person who sent in the question wished to remain anonymous.

Question:

Despite all my efforts at helping others through my publications and coaching services, I am not receiving any compensation (money) back, except in small 2- and 3-figure amounts, and then only occasionally. What am I doing wrong? Help!

Answer:

Great question! But let me ask you a few things first…

How do you feel about sales? Are you comfortable ASKING for compensation and SELLING your services? It’s one thing to ask the Universe for something, it’s another thing entirely to ask another human being. Chances are, if you’re helping people, and you’re not happy with what they are paying you, the problem lies within your own self worth and ability to ask for what you want. What is your emotional response when a prospective client tells you, “No.”? Do you feel it personally or do you learn from the experience and get back on the phone, knowing that their response, either yes or no, has nothing to do with you?

Most people with this problem have some sort of underlying belief about sales. The truth is, we were born salespeople. If you have children, you’ll know what I am talking about. They are some of the best salespeople on the planet. It’s just that most people have inherited their parents’ beliefs about money and have tied it to their own self worth. Therefore, they don’t make the sales they need, because they have connected the word “no” with personal rejection, and rejection is not a good feeling.

You see, Katie, there’s not one simple answer to this question, but if you start taking a good honest look at what you’re doing, and what emotions you are experiencing, you’ll become more aware of what’s causing the problems.

Here are some TRUTHS to help push you past this roadblock:

1. If the need for money is there, the money must be there also.

2. Sales is not something you do TO someone, it’s something you do FOR someone.

3. Spirit is your source, but the money must flow THROUGH people to get to you. What are you resisting doing that is keeping the money from coming to you?

And when in doubt, ask for help from someone who is more successful than you are. Very few things are more beneficial than a mentor.

“Just Believe”,

P.S: The Neagle Code: DIRECTIONS for LIFE is a weekly no-cost program that is open to everyone! Each week, I’ll select and personally respond to one question received via the “The Neagle Code” page that I feel in my heart will help the most people. (You may choose to remain anonymous if you wish, with our full support.) It is my deep, heartfelt intention that ~ in answering your questions ~ I may provide you with the Universal Truths that in committed application, will set you free. Simply submit YOUR burning question at: www.TheNeagleCode.com to participate.

P.P.S.: May I ask you to help me spread the word about this program? Is there someone you care for who is stuck, or struggling, or lost, or unhappy? Because if so, I would very much like to help. No matter their question, no matter their predicament, no matter if they've never heard of me before … if they would like to ask for help via www.TheNeagleCode.com, my Team and I will do our very best to provide that help.

For a while, I’ve been challenging you to make a quantum leap in your business. Now, many of you have leapt, and you're experiencing the success you’ve always longed for.

But others are trapped in a mindset imprisoned by doubt and skepticism. The idea of jumping from your present level of achievement to one that is several stages higher in one bold stroke is hard to imagine.

It’s understandable if you’re having trouble; you haven’t been trained to think in those terms. An exponential leap, particularly one that takes less effort and happens much faster, is an alien idea.

And, yet, it is possible.

Think about this: experts generally agree that people typically use only about 10% of their true potential. If we accept that argument, and even if there were no other resources outside of yourself, you still could do 10 times better than you’ve been doing.

So how do you break out of your self-imposed jail?

You surrender.

You give up some of your old beliefs and sacrifice some of those thinking patterns you've considered “sensible.”

Practice Uncommon Sense
As Price Pritchett states in You2, you practice uncommon sense. Common sense puts a ceiling upon how high you can reach. It keeps you thinking small. Uncommon sense allows you to become extraordinary.

The first step to uncommon sense is to suspend disbelief.

You don’t have to be convinced, yet, that you can make a quantum leap, but don’t keep believing those old ideas about your personal limit.

Hold off for a while on believing anything. Just act as though you have complete faith. Do what you would do if you just knew you were going to succeed.

Don’t give doubt any mental space, because doubt and worry will shackle your mind if you let them. After that, fear sets in and you'll be stopped dead in your tracks.

If you must be skeptical, challenge the thoughts and beliefs that argue against your quantum leap. Put those old, inhibiting ideas to the test by going for what you want with every ounce of focus and determination that you have.

Trick Your Doubt
If you still find that doubt is gripping you, try this little mental trick: instead of holding back because you don’t have proof that you can make a quantum leap, look for evidence proving that you can’t succeed. This is a little mind bending, but stay with me because the maneuver causes you to start doubting your doubts.

So, tell yourself, okay, I’m going to leap and prove that I can’t achieve my dream. And then leap. In that moment, you just knocked the legs out from under doubt. The effect is similar to the release you feel when you go toward what you fear. Now, free of doubt’s inhibition, just act as though your success is guaranteed.

What Happens after Doubt’s Demise?
After you leap, what happens next? Legendary field commander General Patton put it best in a journal entry to his wife during World War II. He wrote, “I believe that one’s spirit enlarges with responsibility…. When this job is done, I presume I will be pointed to the next step in the ladder of destiny. If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.”

You envision a big future for yourself. Perhaps that vision includes a big task like Patton had. You may want to establish a school or a foundation or a new business, and you may be afraid that you can’t handle it. But what Patton said is true. You don’t have to worry about whether you can handle it because, with every new responsibility that is placed upon you, your spirit will grow to match it. Your capacity will enlarge. Your abilities improve.

That is what following your divine purpose is all about. It’s about stepping out and allowing yourself to grow within the sphere of what you’re doing.

It’s about becoming the person you are meant to be, one giant leap at a time.

Part Two of Two, now continued …

… Most people think wealth and poverty are entirely separate, and this misconception is part of the reason we are experiencing an economic crisis. But the truth is that, wealth and poverty are merely the physical evidence of one singular Universal Law being rightly or wrongly used.

So many people inaccurately believe that our source of money and “things” is other people, when actually other people are nothing more than the effect. Our Source is the Universe, and when we abide by the Laws of the Universe to add to life, we experience “more life” (read: abundance) ourselves.

Conversely, when we disregard these great Laws, or attempt to manipulate them, we experience a very different outcome … we drive down a very different road. That road is filled with lack and limitation. And we perpetuate the negative experience because we believe it's the only reality there is.

We then succumb to living a life of “needing” to “get”, and all our “getting” becomes difficult, because we have disconnected from our true Source, which is the Universe.

What does that leave us to do?

It leaves us to: struggle, push, manipulate, fail.

Because whatever we create that does not add to life will eventually come down.

Our economic model did not add to “more life” according to the Laws of the Universe, and now we're seeing it come down.

So, what you can do right now, given these effects?

This is the perfect time for you to evaluate how you are running your life. What do you believe is your Source? Have you been practicing communicating with Spirit … turning over your desires and intentions to the Universe … and giving acknowledgement and gratitude when it arrives?

If you’re not sure where to begin, I would like to provide you with another complimentary resource. My downloadable “Art of Success” 4-part audio program is the perfect starting point for seekers wanting to learn more about Universal Law.

May it be a turning point for you, as this teaching was for me.

What I’m about to write may be very difficult for you to accept and embrace.

For my part, I want you to know, that’s okay.

All I ask is that you sit with it.

If you disagree, that is your right to do so. I will not be offended, and I will continue to respect you and your opinions. It is my hope that we will continue to exchange ideas (and differences in opinions) for many years to come.

That being said, I believe this information is in large part what initially caused me to begin to grow, and to transform my life into the abundance and freedom that I enjoy today.

And if this information can help you to do the same, then my risk today of sharing this with you, will have been worth it!

So, with all the love in my heart, I ask you to consider this:

* * * * *

Truth: Everything we experience in our physical world is first created in our spiritual world.

Spirit is the unseen power that manifests in the physical realm of life as “reality”.

This is important because whatever we are experiencing on the physical plane of life is an “effect” and NOT a “cause”. The causes of all that we experience are all beyond our physical senses.

“Wealth” and “poverty” are “effects” experienced by individuals as a result of how they use their minds, and how they operate within the Universal Laws that govern all.

So it's not that we're the victims of widespread economic crisis … it's that we, as a people, are experiencing the effects of a widespread spiritual crisis. And, until we understand that we cannot manipulate Universal Laws to suit our individual purposes … we will continue to experience effects that we dislike.

Most people think wealth and poverty are entirely separate, and this misconception is part of the reason we are experiencing an economic crisis. But the truth is that wealth and poverty are merely the physical evidence of one singular Universal Law being rightly or wrongly used.

To be continued …

I’m writing this to you on Saturday, when I have just 90 minutes between my youngest daughter’s softball game, and the arrival of my middle daughter’s “sleepover posse”.

But I’ve got something on my mind that can’t wait …

There was a common theme running through my private, one-on-one coaching calls this past week that was more prevalent & intense & “about-to-be-extremely-destructive” than I’ve experienced in quite some time.

And it popped up too many times this past week for these to be isolated cases …

So I want to address it immediately & head-on with all of my subscribers & students, because here’s what I’m hearing:

You’re feeling small.

You’re feeling insignificant and inconsequential.

You’re feeling like a … fraud.

You’re feeling like you’re never going to reach your goals and live your dreams, because you’re just not …

• special enough,
• compelling enough,
• inspiring enough
• beautiful enough

… for any more than a handful of people to pay attention, and listen to you, and care what you have to say.

Add to that, you don’t feel any serious, accomplished business owners will want to JV with you because …

• your list is too small
• your business is too new
• you haven’t mastered online marketing
• you don’t know enough of the “right” people
• you’re not making enough money in your business
• you don’t have a proven sales record

… and the list of negatives goes on!

Look everyone, I started from & with nothing! And if I can make millions & reach thousands with my message, so can you and I will help you!!

* * * * * * * *

So right now, I want you to follow my lead, and do this:

1) Reach behind your head, grab the back of your collar and pull yourself up straight and tall! You ARE divine & powerful & amazing, so start believing it and acting like it!

2) Now repeat after me: “I am ONE with the Universe, and nothing is beyond my reach or unavailable to me! And I am WILLING to fulfill the great purpose that Spirit intends directly and especially for me!”

3) Find a pen & paper, and write this down:

Date: Wednesday May 5, 2010

Time: 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific

Conference Line: 818-742-0029

Private Pin Number: 383688#

And in case the phone lines are jammed, save this webcast link:

http://attendthisevent.com/?eventID=12602046

and

4) Make a commitment to yourself (and to me) right now that at the above date and time, you WILL join me for at least 60 minutes (we may go longer) on my private conference line so I can work with you to get your head straight about just how brilliant and powerful and needed you are!

* * * * * * * *

Here’s what I want to teach you on this call:

1. The 5 sources of POWER that already exist in your business, that you can activate and put to work for you immediately.
2. The #1 best way you can immediately start showing up in your business (and in the world) as the brilliant, POWERHOUSE expert that you are … even if you don’t feel that way right now.
3. What it means to truly adopt, once and for all, the mindset of a 7-figure+ business owner! (There’s a certain way all 7-figures earners had to think BEFORE they crossed the million-dollar-mark! But it’s a decision to think this way, and you’ve got to understand it to make it work for you!)
4. The 2 absolutes you must understand immediately to CLOSE your sales conversations faster, and feel great doing so! (Look: you deserve the experience of accepting more money, more often, more easily!)
5. What your marketing says about you … and how you can shift it to immediately come from a place of POWER, and never desperation!

Sound good?

You’ve got the number & the webcast link.

You’ve got the date and time.

There’s not a single hoop for you to jump through.

All you have to do now is SHOW UP LIVE for a boost of your spirits & your business acumen … and I’ll meet you there!

Ok! I’ve got to get back to my Saturday, but I really wanted to address this today … It breaks my heart that you’ll feeling so small, and I really want to give you some tools to uplift and inspire you … and remind you of how truly amazing you really are!

Wishing you an awesome day!

“Just Believe”,

P.S. Yes, you are more than welcome to share this invitation. I’m going to have this posted on my blog at www.davidneagle.com/blog before the end of the day on Monday too. (Actually, if you like, leave me a comment on my blog and let me know you’ll be there!)

P.P.S. I have no way of knowing how many people will show up for this call (because I’m not requiring that you register in advance) … so if the phone lines are jammed, please join me on the webcast at:  http://attendthisevent.com/?eventID=12602046

I’ve been sharing with you some of the wisdom from Price Pritchett’s book, You². Last time, I said that when you want to make a quantum leap, you have to quit trying harder.

More effort is not the answer.

If you want to completely change your outcome, you have to change your approach to the outcome. You have to shift gears, follow new patterns of thought and action.

Pritchett offers several strategies to help you make your own quantum leap. Here are three:

1. Ignore Conventional Approaches

Pritchett writes that we achieve conventional growth because we think along conventional lines. We make modest improvements because we’re not looking for anything more than that.

Quantum leaps require you to abandon the status quo, to ignore the usual.

I’ll be the first to admit that bucking convention is easier said than done. Unconventional approaches are going to bring to the surface any emotional issues or pain you may have around being unusual.

For example, you may fear being embarrassed or being considered “weird.” Perhaps, in addition, “big shots” were ridiculed in your family and neighborhood, so you fear losing love if you excel.

To counteract those fears, you have to recognize them when they come up for you, and then move through them. Take the action regardless of the fear. After you do that a couple of times, you’ll realize that your subconscious can scare you, but it doesn’t have to stop you.

You also have to become more solid in who you are. That way, your results won’t derail you either. If you fail, it’s okay. You’re not devastated by the failure because it doesn’t define you. And if you succeed, that’s okay too.

2. Get Ruthless About Doing Something Different

Pritchett writes that the you-squared approach requires an abrupt change in behavior. You have to get ruthless about trying something different. Look for a paradoxical move. Be illogical. Use finesse instead of effort.

For example, unlike the fly I told you about, if you’re banging your head against the glass, stop and look for an open door. If you’re pushing against the river, try going with the flow.

It’s crucial that you do something new. Faith in the familiar blinds you to better pathways. You may not know what that better pathway is yet, but as long as you rely upon what you’ve always done, you’re not going to find it.

However, if you break out of your rut, second-guess your routines, overcome the reliance upon your old methodologies, you will open yourself up to receive new, inspired ideas. And with those new ideas and actions can come the solution for your quantum leap.

3. Seek the Elegant Solution

While you’re experimenting, keep in mind that you’re seeking an elegant solution, an approach that is simple, precise, efficient and neat, less demanding of your energies and emotions. As Pritchett writes, it will be a deft move or a path of less resistance.

You really can accomplish more by doing less. But in order to do that, you have to think beyond what common sense would allow.

Do you recall my exercise from last time? I wanted you to ask yourself how you could accomplish ten times more in your business by doing less. What ideas did you come up with? Did you get discouraged because they seemed unrealistic? Or, did you trust, like I said, that if you have the idea, the way to do it will show up as well?

Go find your list and keep those ideas alive. Allow brilliance to strike. It may not come in the way that you expect, but it will come.

Solutions exist all around you. Open up your mind, experiment in your actions and let yourself leap.

© Copyright 2010 – David Neagle’s Life Is Now Inc., All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

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In You², Price Pritchett tells the story of a fly’s frenzied attempt to leave a room, “burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a futile attempt to fly through the glass of a window pane.”

The fly’s strategy is to try harder, but it’s not working. And if the fly keeps at it, as it surely will, it will not survive.

“Ironically, the struggle is part of a trap,” Pritchett writes. “It is impossible for the fly to try hard enough to succeed at breaking through the glass. Nevertheless, this little insect has staked its life on reaching its goal through raw effort and determination.”

Sound familiar? I bet it does. If you’re like most people, when your business starts to slip or when you wish to become more prosperous, you work harder, believing that greater effort is the surest path to success.

No amount of effort will help the fly, however, which will die on the windowsill, while only steps away, a door stands open.

With only 10 seconds of flying ~ a fraction of the effort the fly is now wasting ~ the insect could be free. Its breakthrough possibility is right there.

Quit Trying Harder
Pritchett goes on to write that trying harder isn’t necessarily the solution to achieving more, and sometimes, like with the fly, it can be your doom.

Here’s why: Sooner or later, you're going to reach a point where you cannot try any harder. It may be that your spirit flags or your physical and mental resources are stretched to the limit. But often, well before that, you reach the point of diminishing returns.

Trying harder and harder starts producing less and less. In fact, sometimes intensifying your efforts produces nothing except bigger problems and 10 times more work. If you’re seeking a quantum leap, you’re not looking for 10 times more work. You’re looking for bigger gains. As I’ve said before, you need to work smarter, not harder.

And if you want to change your outcome, you have to change your approach to the outcome. You have to follow new patterns of thought and action.

That fly could have turned away from the window and followed the path of least resistance to the open door. Ten seconds of effortless flight would have produced total success. That’s a quantum leap to freedom.

An Exercise for Your Own Leap
I want you to start looking into your own business to find your quantum leap to freedom. Where have you been beating your wings against the glass? And where is that open door? The following exercise can help you discover both and get you thinking ~ and acting ~ in new ways.

Look into your business and everything that you’re doing and ask yourself, “How can I accomplish 10 times more and do less?” I’m serious. Ten times more. Do the exercise and see what happens.

When you come up with your ideas ~ and I want you to stay with this exercise until you come up with at least one idea ~ don’t get stuck on precisely how you’re going to put the ideas into place. In my business, we don’t worry about that. We know that once the idea shows up, the way to do it has to show up as well. And the result is that we accomplish in hours, days or weeks what takes others years to do.

By the way, these exercises I’ve been giving you and this whole You² process is working on you. You may not yet realize the change that is occurring within your subconscious, but it is happening.

So stay engaged with me and take a good look at your business. See what could be done differently than it’s ever been done before.

© Copyright 2010 – David Neagle’s Life Is Now Inc., All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR EZINE OR WEB SITE? You may, as long as you commit to leave all of the links active, do not edit the article in any way, and include the following byline: David Neagle, Million Dollar Income Acceleration Coach, mentors entrepreneurs to quantum leap their current businesses past the 7-Figure income level in just 12 months. David invites you to download—as his GIFT to you—his legendary “Art of Success” 4-hour audio program. This audio series is a tremendously compelling and comprehensive program that demonstrates—once and for all—that Success has nothing to do with “getting” or “achieving”, and everything to do with WHO we must BE to manifest our hearts’ true desires. For an additional bonus, Join our Text for Success mobile messaging program! Simply Text: success to the number: 85800