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Effective tips to select a legitimate debt settlement company

Economic conditions across the globe are not in a good shape. There are daily reports of large corporations and billionaires filing bankruptcy, throwing even erstwhile robust financial markets into disarray. Millions of consumers are unable to repay their credit card bills. The financial health of the consumers deteriorates when they default on their credit card bill payments. These debtors are seeking the help of mushrooming debt settlement services to wriggle out of debt. The Federal Trade Commission has formulated few guidelines which the debt settlement companies or the service providers are required to follow. If you’re in debt and looking for a legitimate settlement company, then check if it is legitimate. Otherwise, you may lose your precious money and get into debt problems.

The essential points that should be kept in mind when testing a legitimate debt settlement company are:

The company: Debt settlement is not everybody’s cup of tea. A reliable and established company will inform this to its prospective customers. This sort of company will ask for all your past financial documents to assess your financial health and then they’ll suggest you accordingly. They’ll verify all the information before taking you as their client.

There are many non-profit debt settlement companies you can take advantage of. These companies charge nominal fees or no fees at all. Opt for these companies only when they can prove their non-profit status.

Its associations & accreditations: You must look for the company’s membership to either the United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alternatives (USOBA) or the Association of Settlement Companies (TASC). It is in best interest of the consumer that the settlement company is a member of both, as these regulatory bodies have very stringent rules to accept any company as their member.

Its privacy policy: Go through the privacy policy of the company cautiously to make yourself doubly assured that your confidential details are in safe hands and there are no chances of misuse by anyone in that company.

Its fees: No debt settlement company can charge you any sort of fees without settling any of your debts. They can’t even force or threaten you to do so. Generally, a legitimate company will not charge an exorbitant fee from you. If you feel that the price tag is too much for you, you are free to move onto another company of your choice.

Its refund policy: An honest and legitimate company will have such a policy in their business statute. If you feel that the company has not kept its promises made to you when signing up for their service, then you have the full right to ask for a refund. A debt settlement services provider will return all the fees paid by you without any harassment.

Their others services if any: A legitimate settlement company has several other benefits to offer their clients. Sometimes, other services like debt counseling are offered to the clients on a complementary basis.

Smart consumers have the habit to do some research before purchasing any products or using any services. You should get quotes from different debt settlement services providers. This shopping technique will help you to choose the best debt settlement program for yourself, amongst the heap of programs floating in the market.

Three devious blocks that push away money and how to release them

Hi Money Magnet,

Ever wondered why you are working so hard, but not getting nearly enough results as you would like to? Maybe you see others who get what they want much easier?

In this article I’ll share with you some very important information that you should absolutely be aware of if you want to become successful when it comes to making money.

You see, since money is associated to our most basic survival, it’s directly attached to our emotions. Money dictates our emotions. For example if you have been raised in an environment where money is scarce, you will have a lot of fear attached to money (or the lack of it). And this will influence your actions and the way you deal with money.
But there is also the other direction, where our emotions dictate our financial situation and our actions around money.
There has been an experiment where a group of very high caliber stockbrokers were “tested”. They all claimed that they made their decisions when to buy and sell stocks based on purely their logical reasoning. HOWEVER, when the brain activity was measured it turned out that the moment right before they made the decision, they were purely making it on an emotional level.

This topic is vast and can’t be explained in just one article (in fact this whole site is about this topic), but here I will address three specific killers of financial abundance that one should be completely aware of and know how to deal with. Once you have this awareness you will know what action to take when faced with those issues.

1. Block: Fear

To me, fear is the easiest one to recognize because it’s one of the most basic emotions. Fear creates constriction and this pushes away abundance.

If you know how the stock market works, you will realize that in times of global fear, the stock go down in price. In fact, one of the biggest problems in a trading room, is the mass effect. You see, emotions are very easily transferred. So when the group of traders all sense a fear during a certain movement of the stock, the fear completely affects the decisions in a negative way (which can be clearly seen on the curve).

Fear is completely damaging if you are dealing with money. Although fear is an emotion that comes from your own beliefs and past experiences, I am a fan of reducing the fear by adjusting the external circumstances (for example having a job, while starting your own business and only leaving it once the business takes off), but what really matters is knowing yourself and expectation management (that is knowing what situations not to put yourself in so that you will be overwhelmed by fear). At the end, following your intuition is what really matters (more on that in other articles).

2. Block: anger

Well, this one is a biggie! Being angry at people in your life, or even yourself can be devastating to your abundance (and other areas of your life). In fact, Buddha one said:

Being angry at some one is like drinking poison and wishing that the other person dies

Now, when you are angry at some one (or something) and clearly know that you are, it’s ok to express it in a non-violent way (for example using Marshall B. Rosenberg’s Non-Violent Communication). In fact there are ways to turn your anger into gold (just scroll down to video #24 after following the link). But here I’d like to tell you about the most dangerous and vicious form of anger: repressed anger.

This is truly one of the most devious blocks to abundance. Because it’s so hidden from us. In this article I will give you some way how you can recognize it and work on releasing it. This is a very important piece of information since this can make a difference between poverty or riches!

There is a concept defined by Carl Jung called “the shadow”. Our shadow are all our emotions, habits and traits that we don’t want to accept. In fact, some of them we don’t see, others we completely deny. Repressed anger is one of them.

Maybe as a child we were shamed or punished when we expressed anger. Maybe we were rewarded when we were “nice boy/girl”. This made us be ashamed and afraid of our anger. For some of us it’s so bad, that we don’t even want to acknowledge that we could be angry sometimes. Yet exactly this fact creates a destructive force around us that will kill our successes, our relationships, our friendships. And yes, also our abundance.

So, how do we recognize repressed anger? The only way to do that is to look around us and our reactions to what is there. A Course in Miracles says: “the world is a spotless mirror”. Everything that happens around us is a reflection of what’s going on inside of us. So, when you see a lot of people getting angry and cranky around you, that’s it: you have an anger problem.

Another way to see whether you are angry is to notice your inner dialogue when you are around people. If you have a lot of judgmental thoughts, yet a tendency to “be nice” to people, you have repressed anger. The only problem is that people can feel it and will walk away from you slowly despite of you being nice to them. The same happens with money.

With your anger, you will not only push people away, but also opportunities to make more money. So it is crucial to start releasing your anger!

Ways to release your anger

Of course the first part to this process is to become aware and recognize that you have an anger problem. This can be very hard, because by the nature of repressed emotions and the concept of shadow we don’t want to accept those parts. So, if you have faced your anger you are already a big step ahead of most people with the same issue.

One of the best ways to become aware of it is to notice your reaction to other people, the thoughts you have about them etc. (and not all people will trigger those reactions from you, but it’s the tendency that matters).

Once way to release the anger is to actually “push it outwards” by expressing it either to yourself, or with the other person (this requires a lot of caution, because there’s a big danger of blaming here).

Another way is of course our favorite EFT/Tapping method. If you want to find out more about how to use it, book a coaching session with me. If you really recognize where the anger comes from you can very efficiently deal with it using EFT (the tricky bit here is the recognition).

There are other ways of releasing anger which I won’t go into here. But it is important to be aware of this emotions and the patterns associated with it.

3. Block: guilt

This one can be very devious as well. There are a lot of feelings of guilt associated to money in our society. There are common beliefs such as “money is the root of all evil” or “rich people are greedy” etc. These are all triggers for guilt around money.

But oftentimes guilt can be much more complicated and not directly related to money. For example, a person who has been abused as a child, might feel guilty about him/herself all the time, because the pain inflicted by abuse is  associated to punishment and guilt. These are however more complicated issues.

Some of us have been through guilt trips during our childhood. Many of us have been repeatedly criticized and punished by our parents. These are all reasons why guilt is present in our current energy system.

Since guilt is directed at oneself, it is associated with feelings of unworthiness and being non deserving. And guess what: do you think you will have money if you think you don’t deserve it? Of course not!

Guilt, just as anger pushes away abundance (although in different ways). So it is crucial to get rid of guilt.

So, how do you recognize guilt? Well, one indicator is if you repeatedly think that you are wrong in various situations, or you’re afraid you’re gonna “mess it up” again.  If you have guilt issues, you constantly make yourself small and try to avoid confrontations with others, to spare them from “your bad self”.

Another great way to find out if you are suffering from guilt around money is to pay attention to your thoughts when hearing sales pitches. If you really get triggered by them and even thing that some one is trying to rip you off, it means that you will also feel guilty for asking people for money when offering them your services. Again, your thoughts are a reflection of your shadow!

Guilt can be caused by certain experiences in the past. This is where EFT really comes in handy. By knowing what you feel guilty about, you can locate experiences in the past where you felt the same and “tap them away”. My advice is to always start in the present (what you are feeling now) and go backwards in time by peeling off layers of emotions and beliefs.

Especially feelings of guilt around experiences with money are crucial for your financial abundance. A person who has a lot of guilt issues, oftentimes has a lot of debt. This is because he/she constantly punishes himself/herself by depriving oneself of money. In fact if you want to get rid of debt, the first thing you should do is to tap way any guilt around it.

So, these were three of the most important blocks to abundance and some ways how to release them. If you are interested in fining out more, feel free to book a session with me.

At a last tip I will leave you with this: it is VERY important to be aware of your negative emotions which are blocking your abundance and to work on releasing them. However, once this process has started, one of the best ways to create abundance is to focus on compassion! Look at people around you and ask yourself: how can I help! How can I make this person’s life better? In fact, Dr. Wayne Dyer in his book “Excuses Begone: how to change life-long self-defeating thinking patterns” explains that one of the most important principles is to know that the person next to you is the most important person in your life, no matter who it is. Now of course, if you want to attract abundance, you need to get rid of any feelings of guilt around money, but that I already discussed earlier.

Please leave your comments below and share this post!

Ivan

The truth behind the hype of internet marketing

Hi,

After reading a critical post from an esteemed internet marketer on a certain product, I decided to write one of my own. Although some of the points here might sound negative, this post is intended to portray the truth, rather than trying to bash on something.

As of now, I have been in the internet marketing world for over 18 months and I have experienced possibilities to make money online (some successful and others not). This post is intended for people who are thinking about starting their own blog or website and create a business out of it. This is intended to give you a REALISTIC view on what you’re about to start,  as opposed to the hype that the guru marketers are presenting you with (no offense to them, people need a good reason to buy a product, but sometimes this means that the “dark side” is left out).

Getting rich on the internet, is it really possible?

The short answer to this question is: YES. Although there is a lot of hype around this topic, it IS possible to make a very good income from IM. Although as of this time, I haven’t made it to my greatest success, I have already seen some amazing results, which demonstrate that it is actually possible to make money online (of course “rich” depends on how you define it).

But the real question you’ve got to ask is: “what does it take?”

You see, when I started out in the IM world, I was sold on it by a very respected company. Their marketing message was a long the lines of “make lots of money by working only a very short time a day”. Where as this can be true, there is something they didn’t mention. Like in any business making it in the internet takes discipline, determination, persistence, dealing with a LOT of frustration along the way, and especially spending time alone with your computer isolated from the real wold.

Since I’m a social person and I love spending time with people, that last bit was the hardest to endure! On the other hand, some one who has a family, is surrounded by people who give him/her love and comfort and support, this factor becomes less stringent.

So, here are some pro’s and “cons” that I have encountered with IM summed up:

Internet marketing pros

1. If you are surrounded by the right people, or like to be isolated from the outer world spending countless hours in front of your computer, the potential rewards are GREAT
2. One of the greatest pros that have convinced me to start my online business was the FREEDOM. You are indeed free to move where ever you want, when ever you want and STILL make money. The only device that you need to have is your computer and maybe some recording equipment. If you have a family IM is one of the best ways to spend more time with them and still make money!
3. IM gives you an opportunity to create a real CASH MAKING MACHINE out of your computer (or for that matter your smart phone !).
4. One of the cool little benefits I discovered is that you can literally make money while you sleep. Of course this does not mean that you don’t have to work for your money. On the contrary, building an internet business can be a very time-consuming activity. Yet, I really love the feeling to wake up, check my emails and see  “payment received’ notifications in my inbox .
5. One of the greatest benefits is that IM gives you a possibility to create a (semi)passive income stream long term. This is one of the main motivations that keeps me going, since creating passive income streams gives you a huge advantage in your wealth building strategy.

These were some benefits to starting your internet business. As you see it’s definitely a great revenue stream.

Internet marketing warnings

Ok, here’s the critical bit. I specifically refrained from using the word “cons” here, because this is a highly personal matter and the aspects that are cons to me, might not be for some one else.

1. The danger of the hype. Internet marketing has a very appealing aspect to it. Many people are fed up with working their jobs, going to work every day, obeying their bosses etc. Yet for some one who has little or no experience with business or marketing, there is a danger of falling in the trap of wanting to make money fast and easy. This was one of the traps I fell for when starting an internet business (which was another website). I was so tempted by the fact that I could work a few hours a day and make s**tlaods of money. And unfortunately THIS TRAP HAS LEAD ME TO MAKE CERTAIN STEPS CREATED A MESS IN MY LIFE. By the way, I’m not blaming anyone here. Blaming is part of victim mindset and only brings more pain. But have I known the truth of what was to come my way, I would’ve chosen a different strategy (and done some proper risk management). Then again, if I hadn’t made this mistake, I probably wouldn’t have learned as much as I have in the previous 18 months. My advice to you, before you get into the IM world is to inform yourself about potential “risks” that you’re taking and create a plan for your life. Having said all this, I will end this point with the most effective strategy:
   At the end, the art is not in finding the right plan or strategy, but in listening to your gut/heart/intuition and not allowing yourself to be distracted by other people’s opinions (not even mine for that matter) and taking the lunge into the cold water when the time is right.
   
2. The reality behind the process. Another aspect that I was sold on when I started this, was that I could only work a bit and for the rest of the time have fun and enjoy life. I started this from a wrong place, which I am luckily aware of by now. The matter of fact is that the most important condition for creating a lasting business (or anything) is to fully love and enjoy the process. If you enjoy writing blogs, spending hours commenting on other people’s blogs and forums, fully throwing yourself into facebook and social media, creating sales pages, ad campaigns, shooting videos, spending many hours on learning everything starting from SEO to how to persuade people, and having most of your contacts in the cyber space (unless you already have a team of people who work with you on your business present in your vicinity), IM is definitely a good potential business for you.
3. Easy vs. effective. When starting any business, it’s very important to be aware of the fact that you are investing your time and money into your future. As Dr. John Demartini said: “instant gratification costs, vision brings and pays”. And from my experience I can only confirm this. Every time I focused my mind on instant gratification, I have lost time and money. I’ll add to that that it took me time to actually distinguish between the two, and learn how to deal with this difference. My advice to you: once you have decided that you will proceed with this business, be prepared to face some hardcore challenges and obstacles, but always have in mind that the rewards are amazing if you truly have a vision for your business. Another aspect that I had a huge difficulty with (and am still having) is not to be seduced by “new shiny objects”. There are a LOT of products and opportunities out there which you will be bombarded with constantly and the temptation is big to keep keep trying to make fast money from yet another gig. This is the part where vision pays and helps. Stay on course, stay focused is the message here!
4. The emotional aspect. This of course holds for any business or another long term project. For me personally this has been the hardest part to deal with. I’m a very emotional being and since I am deeply into music, I have developed a way to express my emotions in an artistic manner rather than a focus profit making way. I was faced with this reality for the first time during my PhD. After having had no results or even hints at results for two years, I was about to get desperate, until I became flexible and made some correct choices, which lead me to succeed. I feel like now I’m at the same point in my business. But along the journey I had to face tremendous emotional challenges, fighting off depression and desperation (and I’m VERY grateful for having the amazing EFT method under my belt that has helped me to get out of these destructive states). What matters the most in this journey is FAITH in yourself and in the process.

Some skills that you need in order to create a successful business

Again speaking from my own experience, I definitely wasn’t prepared for what was about to come. Again I was sold on the fact that all you need to do is to write a blog about your passion and the money will flow in. What a delusion! That’s why I’m about to make a list of some of the skills that you will need in order to succeed in this business (most of which you can actually learn):

1. Creating websites. For me personally, this wasn’t a big deal, cause I’m quite technically gifted. If you are technically challenged and think that you can escape this by hiring a web designer, you’re (probably without being aware of it)  making your life miserable. The matter of fact is that you need to be able to modify your website at any time, and this requires at least some knowledge of a content management system like WordPress. Luckily nowadays there are some awesome Themes that will save you tons of work and effort and will make it easier for you to have a fully functional website. The theme I used for this blog is one of the best ones I’ve come across. It’s called Profits theme.
2. Massive sales and persuasion skills. Again, if you think you’re going to survive without being able to confidently persuade people of your services and products, think again. This was probably the toughest part for me. I’ve had some very profound conditioning from my background and it has taken TREMENDOUS efforts on my part to surpass it. In fact I now offer coaching where I will help you erase your past conditioning for EVER in a relatively short time. The trick here is to eliminate all guilt around offering something to people in exchange of money AND to adapt a win/win oriented mindset. The process itself, is mostly based on emphasizing the benefits that the customer gets when busing from you. This mean you need to believe in your product 100%. Also, although they definitely influence each other, there are big differences between verbal and written persuasion skills (one is called sales, the other copy writing). I believe that both are needed on the internet!
3. Reading and “feeling” people. This is one of the most important skills that is related to the previous point.  In order to successfully persuade people to buy from you, you need to be able to discover people’s needs and fill them with your offer. Again, although this skills can be difficult for some people, it’s definitely possible to learn it!
4. Other marketing skills like video marketing, article marketing and social media and email marketing. Although you don’t have to use all of them at once, having mastered at least two is very important.
5. A VERY pragmatic way of thinking (as opposed to a philosophical one). One of the big mistakes I see out there in the internet land, is that people write about their passion and their interests without considering the interests and needs of their target market and then complaining that they are not making any sales. This was also one of my problems, since I came from a very theoretical background. That means that if you see that something is not working you take a critical look at it and change your approach, rather than create theories and excuses as to why it’s not working but not do anything about it. The latter issue comes amongst other from being in victim mindset rather than a winner mentality. Luckily there are great ways to eradicate this and in my coaching I can help you get rid of your victim thoughts and install some great winner habits.
6. Emotional mastery. Although these are not really “hard skills” to me they are part of this list, and it’s probably the most important one! If you don’t have it, you will probably never make it in this business (or any business). This is a topic on its own and also the focus of my coaching.

These were some of the skills that are needed if you want to create a successful business on the internet. If you are determined to make it, but don’t think you don’t have all of those skills, don’t worry as they can be learned. Although if you don’t possess any of those skills, I suggest you think very well before going into this business.

Conclusion

At the end, building a business can be one of the most rewarding experiences. I have learned more in the past 18 month more than in all my life before that! It has made me more of a man, and I can now teach this to other people as well. I can see the big picture now, and I sense the big success. I can see my dreams coming true. But this hasn’t always been the way and I hope that this article has made it clear for you that if you want to start an internet business, you need to be prepared to face the challenges as well and not only successes.

If you have questions about how to deal with the emotional obstacles and to get rid of them, thus clearing the path to more fluent process, please contact me or book a coaching session with me.

Also, SHARE this post as much as you can, since the truth needs to get out there and prevent people from falling into the trap of getting something for nothing and paying for it later. I honestly wish that every one can fulfill their dreams of freedom and wealth and internet marketing is definitely one of the ways to secure a great source of income.

To your highest success,

Ivan

How this exercise will change your life in only 5 minutes

Hey Friend,

This will be probably THE most important post you will ever read.

I hope your day has been as sunny as mine. OK, I’ll be honest with you, this is an experiment that I’m carrying out here. Let me tell you the background story. First of all I want to ask you for a favor: read this post till the end! This is VERY important for you and me.

Part of fulfilling your dreams is to set a clear intentions and put all the energy and focus you can into attracting a very specific goal/dream. A lot of what I do in my coaching, is to get rid of all the unconscious blocks that are in the way of this intention. And believe me when I say that. If you REALLY wanted to solve something and had no inner conflicts about it whatsoever, it would’ve been salved already. This is why it’s so important to clear these blockages.

One of the greatest tools that I use is the power of commitment and public announcement: the more you commit to something the faster you will get it. The magic here is that publicly announcing your commitment will SOLIDIFY it like nothing else does!

A few months ago I have publicly committed myself to making $42,000 per MONTH starting July 7 2012 (my birthday). Now it seems that I will achieve this commitment even earlier! The impact of my public sharing was SO powerful (especially since I had a lot of commotion and comments around it, as it triggered a lot of limiting beliefs in people), that the message that the universe got was very clear.

Now I want you to do this with me. How committed are you to changing your life? How committed are you to achieving that dream of yours? How committed are you to becoming your best self?

By doing this exercise with me, I PROMISE you, that you will make a huge leap towards fulfilling your commitment (and hence your dream).

With this experiment I want to create a massive wave of energy sent into the universe about our positive intentions. If we all do it by ourselves, the impact will be minimal. However, if we do it all together the power of the message will be exponentially stronger!

So, what I want you to do is to SHARE this post with as many people as you can (using Facebook, Twitter and so on) and publicly announce YOUR own commitment. Be as specific as you can.

Also, by sharing this post with your contacts you will increase YOUR chances of success, since this is all part of the same intention.

Ok, now comes the critical moment . I bet your mind is now telling you: “omg this is scary, every one will find out about this and no one will believe me”. This is perfectly normal, and this is EXACTLY why you should take this plunge into the unknown and trust my advice on this. This is one of THE most powerful exercises you can do to achieve what you want (and hence might be a bit scary). It can be anything, it can be attracting the perfect relationship, an amount of money, a dream house or anything else.

Ok, I will be the one to start this by announcing my commitment. *drumroll*

I COMMIT TO ATTRACTING 100,000 EURO BY JULY 7 2011

ufff, I did it . Honestly, although I’ve done this before it still feels scary to me. It’s not a small sum and it’s definitely outside my comfort zone. Now of course this will be a great birthday present, since July 7 will be my birthday. Btw. sharing this will be the best birthday present you can give me (unless you can give me the 100K of course, which would be even better ) .

Ok, now go and take ACTION. Write your commitment on your wall, or Twitter feed or any other social media platform that you use and share this post simultaneously.

To your success!

Ivan.

P.S. still hesitating? Well, if you are really serious about your goal, you will do this exercise with me. I have done it before and know that it’s VERY powerful. So go ahead and share this post and write your commitment.

P.P.S and yeah, obviously by you sharing it my website gets more exposure. But that’s a great thing. This is my mission and I KNOW that I can help many people in this world. I would be harming the world by not trying to get more exposure for this website. By sharing this post you will help me create a better life for many people and for myself (which in turn gives me more energy to help more people), while at the same time having a huge benefit from the information you got out of this post and the exercise.

When you see the finish line

Dear reader,

Finally another blog post from me. I’ve been quiet for the past few weeks because I’ve been really focused on a very important project that will put me to a next level of success and wealth. It’s obviously an important time for me and I’m doing everything I can to create a powerful focus on the end result (that is already in sight).

And this blog post is meant for all of you who want to achieve REAL lasting success. You see, many people don’t achieve it and then go about complaining that all these methods out there don’t work and that they were ripped off (ok, I agree that there’s some marketing hype out there, but again it’s important to not give away power and blame them for it). Unfortunately they forget one little but CRUCIAL aspect of getting a real breakthrough:

You have to be FULLY committed and DEVOTED to your success and want to get there WHAT EVER IT TAKES.

You need to take full responsibility for your success, by stopping to blame external sources and circumstances (like the marketing guys), and hoping that some one will save you. It’s Ok to use others’ help as long as you take the full responsibility.

And guess when that principle get really useful? That’s right, when you actually SEE the breakthrough in ahead of you. This is the most dangerous and possible misleading time and you need to use everything you learned and your full awareness in this period. It’s exactly when you see the finish line, you tend to slow down because you think you have already reached it. The only problem is, if you slow down you WILL lose! This is the time to SPRINT like you have never sprinted before!

Now let’s get to the deeper workings of this principle. You see, we have a protection mechanism built into our system. In principle a human mind and be described as a highly complex MACHINE that is running according to certain laws. It was built to protect us from getting extinct and it has a VERY powerful mechanism for that. The safest possible way to keep us safe is to follow learned behaviors that it already knows are not gonna put us in potentially life threatening situations. The only problem is that there is NO distinction between what is REALLY life threatening or potentially harmless. To our protection machine there is no difference between approaching a stranger to ask for time (if you have never done that before) and go up to a lion and pet him. It’s all potentially life threatening.

Now if you are following the logic, you see that a breakthrough is a HIGHLY life threatening situation for our unconscious mind (or its protection mechanism), because by it’s very definition, what come after the breakthrough is a completely NEW reality.

So, here’s the key awareness you need to have: what actually happens when we see the finish line is NOT that we get lazy and think that our job is done, but in reality

our ego is playing a trick on us, by making us lazy, so that we wouldn’t get to the finish line on time.

This is one of the most sneaky and deceiving ways of the ego. It actually comes up with excuses that sound SO true that if we don’t have a raiser sharp awareness we immediately fall into it.

You might also begin to feel demotivated to get there and almost believe that it’s not worth it. Again, ego games. This is what is also called psychological reversal and this might consist of reasons that your ego comes up with as to why it is BETTER to stay where you are right now.

Some of the most common reasons are being afraid to “betray” our tribe (family) by being different. Or being afraid of having to deal with the downside of success. My coaching is very effective to treat those types of reversal because I use very powerful techniques to eliminate it in a most efficient way.

So next time when you are about to achieve an extraordinary breakthrough and see the “finish line” in sight, keep in mind that your ego will probably try to sabotage you and might come up with (possibly) VERY sneaky excuses for you.

It’s you job to GO FOR IT ANYWAY.

I wish you all the best in all your endeavors, and don’t be a stranger

Ivan

The wonderous ways of the universe and why “you need do nothing”!

After looking back at my life and reviewing all that had lead me to doing what I do now, I had an absolutely amazing revelation!

I sat down and sketched a graph of my most significant relationships and actions that had lead me to where I am now. I was amazed, because I found connections between seemingly absolutely unrelated and, as I thought before, insignificant events and connections.

I even found a connection between a conversation I had with a math professor from Yale, back when I even haven’t started my PhD and wasn’t even aware of personal development and my current career as a success coach! I won’t go into details, but to me these events were at first sight completely unrelated. The first one was related to me applying for a PhD position at Max-Planck-Institute for mathematics. However, that has lead me to meeting certain people who pointed me into the direction of personal development (at that time I was more concerned about the area of relationships and dating).

The fact that I could travel so much during my PhD, has allowed me to meet people all over the world. For example, had I not gotten a post doctoral position which allowed me to live in Toronto, Canada, I would’ve probably not have met my last mentor (Erika Awakening), whom I met through a friend (who lives in Toronto), who in turn I met through another teacher (with whom I attended my first workshop in NYC).

Even the fact that I got to know T Harv Eker and his millionaire mindset teachings, came from receiving his book as a gift from a friend whom I also met through the teacher (with the NYC workshop) I mentioned above.

So, for example, even if math was not my life’s purpose, the very fact that I have studied it on such a high level, lead me to finding my current path and the people without whom I wouldn’t be able to be where I am now (not to mention it gave the the amazing analytical and organizational power and perseverance).

By the way, the same applies to investing money. Before I transitioned into the entrepreneurial world, I had to make a decision: save money for the case that my business won’t bring me enough income (play it safe), or invest ALL my money into very powerful coaching and have faith that it will give me enough skills and power to transcend the “struggling phase” and end up right away in the abundance realm. It wasn’t a logical decision. Had I followed my logic, I would’ve probably still been stuck, and probably would be working some where in a bank now (which I really really didn’t want to). Instead I invested ALL my money (and even more) into training and coaching and it was the best decision I could’ve made at that time!

This is why everything that you do, especially if it is following your intuition, plays an important role on your journey to your life’s purpose! Every person you meet, every seemingly “wrong” decision you make (that for example did not given you the results you expected, which lead you to judge it a “wrong”) will in some way contribute to your success!

Looking at it from a different perspective, leads me to a quotation from one of the greatest spiritual works of all time, A Course in Miracles:

“You need do nothing!”

Which means that as opposed to following a plan that you think will lead you to where you want to be, and doing what you think you “should” or “need” to do in order to get there,  it is much better sit back, relax and connect to your intuition that will help you to take INSPIRED action.

Sometimes it is better to do nothing at all, have no plan at all, and welcome whatever comes into your life. This totally eliminates the notion of “hard work” to get good results. Yes, the work that you do might be quite big, but you will do it so effortlessly that you won’t even notice it. In fact, in some cases doing only the RIGHT work will bring you more results than working 14 hours a day hoping that it will finally give you the desired results. And that even (and ESPECIALLY) when you are in financially critical situation. And how do you know what “right” means? That’s right, by doing nothing, sitting still, meditating and connecting to your intuition!

Comments and question are welcome!

To your success,

Ivan

P.S. All you need to do is to eliminate your inner conflicts and your reality will change and miracles will happen. In my coaching I use a VERY effective method to eliminate your inner conflicts and help YOU to make the right decision that will attract miracles in your life. Book an intro session now and see for yourself!

Tagged As: millionaire mind, money magnet guy

Why you NEED to invest in info/coaching products

Hi,

Are you searching on the internet for information? You read a post or an article with very valuable information, but suddenly you arrive at an offer made by the author of the blog. What do you do? You really want to find out more, but this time you have to PAY for it. Then hesitation and doubts come in. At the end you probably leave the page and look for more information elsewhere. I agree that there is an overflow of information out there. So many people have an online business and want to sell their knowledge. However, in this post I will argue that it is VERY important to INVEST in education and information.

Let me tell you a story. About a year ago, I was one year away from the end of my contract with the university I was working at at that time. I knew that I didn’t want to pursue an academic career, but I had no idea what to do next. I though about what kind of jobs I wanted to do. My view at that time was quite limited, since all my life I’ve been at universities and have never actually had a “real” job (people in the academia often make jokes about how they never had a “real job”). I knew what I was interested in, but my mindset was that I had to study for many many years before I could do something professionally.

One day a friend of mine recommended me a product. It was about how you can leave your job and become an entrepreneur. Mind you, at that time I had NO thoughts what so every about becoming one. I though I had to find a job and live a comfortable life. But I was curious (as I was looking for new opportunities) and decided to give it a try. I have never spent that much money on an online product before, so it was a stretch for me. What happened next was about to change my life…

After listening to the second part (where they introduced different techniques for online marketing) I was BLOWN AWAY. A flash ran through my mind and I had an epiphany. THIS is what I wanted to do. Full freedom of working for yourself and infinite possibilities (as opposed to the job situation). I was sold. Although I ended up no even finishing to listen to the product, buying it was the action that opened a completely new reality for me.

Of course, I believe that one shouldn’t spend all money on products and education. As T Harv Eker in his Millionaire Mind teachings says: “all the rich people manage their money” and that 10% of your income goes to education (I’d even make it higher though).

Education is a VERY important part of your personal and business development and attracting abundance and happiness. As Derek Bok once said: “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance”. Indeed, if you don’t educate yourself you WILL be miserable and broke. This is why I created this website. To provide you with valuable information and guidance to your prosperity.

As you might know, my main focus in on attracting abundance and more money, by eliminating our limiting beliefs. The method that I use in my coaching, is the so called Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).

One of the pioneers of EFT is Dr. Carol Look. Especially in the area of abundance, she has made a name for herself. If you REALLY want to create the life of your dreams I suggest you get to know this powerful tool of EFT and Carol is probably the best source to go to for basic abundance with EFT. I HIGHLY recommend to check out her book “attracting abundance with EFT” which is PRACTICAL and guides you through the process of basic EFT. It contains many great exercises. Click the image below to go to Carol’s website:

I truly hope with all my heart that you will get this book because this might be the beginning of your new life!

To your success,

Ivan

Tagged As: attracting abundance, law of attraction, money magnet guy

Time to start thinking big!

Enough is enough! Enough of mediocrity! Enough small thinking! Enough of living in the comfort zone! It’s time to start thinking big!

What is your current situation? Are you happy with your life? Are you having the best adventures, joy and happiness that you can have? If not, it’s time to change that. No more accepting mediocrity!

It’s your life and YOU are responsible for living it as good as you can. This is not only good for yourself but also for the people around you. Happiness is contagious.

So this is my honest question for you: are you living the life of your dreams? And if not, WHY not? Tell me all your excuses and reasons in the comments below and I will answer all of them. Share this post with every one you know so I can help them too! I want to help you and every one you know…and by that, I’m helping myself!

Now time to take some action

Ivan

Become a millionaire by being silly!

Hi,

I just got this video on my FB wall. It’s from Alex Mandossian, who I’ve already mentioned in one of my recent posts. He talks about how to be silly and become a millionaire. By silly he means doing something that other people (including you) might condemn as stupid or impossible.

But it doesn’t have to go that far. You can also just do things that are uncomfortable and get more money. In fact I have a rule that says:

if you want to make more money fast, you HAVE to do something that feels uncomfortable

This has proven to be effective over and over again. Every time I have expanded my financial scope, was when I expanded my comfort zone. T Harv Eker (another teacher I mention a lot on this blog) says:

Your financial zone is in direct proportion to your comfort zone

So, next time you think about expanding your financial zone, do something that feels uncomfortable (and that would bring money obviously).

To give you an example. When I created my Ultimate Breakthrough Experience 15 week program I did it because I realized that I needed to boost my income. At that time I was only offering my five session packages. I had a client who I was supposed to have a session with. I thought: how can I create more value for him and more income for me? I started applying EFT and immediately got an epiphany. I had to create a 15 week program that would give people a real breakthrough. I quickly wrote up a page about this program (on my other website) and half an hour later our session started. At the end I offered him this program. I felt REALLY uncomfortable, since I haven’t even thought of the contend of it, let alone started to prepare it. The next day I got a message from him that he decided to sign up for it! Did it feel uncomfortable for me? YES. Did it feel silly to offer something that I haven’t created yet? YES. Did it expand my financial zone? ABSOLUTELY!

By the way, I’m happy to say that this client has had some amazing breakthroughs during this program and that it turned out to be a great idea to offer it to him.

So, remember: stay silly

To your success,

Ivan.

P.S. If you want to find out more about how I work and my coaching, you can get a $5 half an hour consultation with me, by signing up on the sidebar.—->

Quote of the Day: from Deepak Chopra

Hi,

I just did my daily Twitter energy exchange and stumbled upon a very interesting quote by Deepak Chopra. Actually, the reason I call it energy exchange because Twitter is an amazing tool for contributing to other people’s energy and getting some back (but getting more followers, traffic to website, etc.) I highly recommend every one to try out this strategy if you haven’t done so yet. You can follow me on Twitter at MoneyMagnetGuy.

Anyway, back to the quote. It said:

“Anything short of infinity is poverty consciousness” – Deepak Chopra

There is SO much wisdom in this quote. When you think of it: every time you reach a certain goal (either financially or in any other area) and think that there is nothing beyond that, due to reasons such as:” this is not possible”, “I’m not smart enough”, “no one I know has done this” etc, you are unconsciously blocking your energy of manifestation. Life is a constant progression and concluding that there is a limit, is not only counterproductive, but even ignorant. Who are you to know what’s possible or not? Who are you to know that you have reached the full potential of your power? If you become aware of this, you will begin to realize that the only person who can limit you is yourself.

Think about this and leave your comments below!

All the best,

Ivan

P.S. unfortunately some of those limits are highly unconscious and you might not know WHAT limits you. This is why it can be extremely helpful to get coaching from some one who can help you find those “blind spots”. You can now get a $5 30 min. consultation with me—>