The eleventh secret to guarantee your success in 2007 and beyond is forget "how". There is also an even bigger reason to stay out of goals and that is that we get hung up on "how" and this will likely limit or cut off the right brain dream state of mind. Let's look at a common goal setting process to prove a point: Remember the "SMART" Goal setting strategy:



S - Specific M - Measurable A - Action-Oriented R - Realistic T - Time-focused

A soon as we get into this model there is the chance that You or even worse yet, your dysfunctional ego mind will start to judge.

My dysfunctional ego is no different than anyone else's ... if I let it. And just for fun ... Hah! Who are you kidding? You speaking at the most significant Financial Advisor Public Speaking Event in the USA in 2007. Cancel that thought. Cancel that thought. Cancel that thought. Again, all you want to do right now is create a vision for all areas of your life and I recommend that you write down your visions in the following format in your journal:

* I am so happy and grateful that we continue to speak at sponsored association and company events throughout the world and therefore I feel appreciation, fulfillment, happiness, joy, satisfaction and wonderful.

Do you see the difference between the two? Here is the goal that I wrote on December 4, 2006

* Prospect Speaking to associations and companies via Folios, E-Mails & Postcards to Speak at 35 sponsored Financial Advisor association and company events in Canada and the USA in 2007

Do you see that by writing the goal I was limiting my vision by getting into the "How" and too much detail.

The twelfth secret is trust your vision. All you need to know is the first step and you don't have to see the whole staircase. Again, forget how and using the metaphor of driving from Vancouver, BC to St. John's, NL by night, you can only see 100 feet in front of you and you continue to drive and trust that you will be able to see the next hundred feet, then the next hundred feet then the next ... and eventually you will get to the destination. Well you could say "I don't have time to drive!" Well then fly! Looking back I counted 33 separate flights on my speaking schedule between September and November of 2006 ... believe me I trust.

The thirteenth secret is to forget about time. Worrying about time hooks you back into the unmet need of safety and security and if there is an unmet need then there are limiting beliefs such as "I don't have enough time" and this triggers limiting emotions that would include anxiety. These limiting beliefs and limiting emotions destroy your creative energy.

Take the metaphor of building a clock in relationship to building your vision. Build a clock that will tell the time for a lifetime versus building a clock that will tell the time for a day.

The fourteenth secret is get out of the way. Whatever your creed ... God, the universe, your higher self, your soul knows the shortest, quickest and fastest way to your vision and will create those serendipitous events where the right people, resources and events all harmoniously fall into place to manifest your vision.

Just get out of the way, write your vision, stay awake, step into the harmonious flow of your destiny and let it unfold in harmony versus pushing and pushing!

The fifteenth secret to your success as a Financial Advisor is to write the vision in the now.

Notice that I write the vision in the now given that it is already happening.

* I am so happy and grateful that we continue to speak at sponsored association and company events throughout the world and therefore I feel appreciation, fulfillment, happiness, joy, satisfaction and wonderful.

The sixteenth secret is to write your vision with feelings.

Notice that I write the vision in the now given that it is already happening and therefore I feel appreciation, fulfillment, happiness, joy, satisfaction and wonderful.

* I am so happy and grateful that we are writing and publishing books and therefore I feel appreciation, fulfillment, happiness, joy, satisfaction and wonderful.

The seventeenth secret is write visions for all areas of your business and personal lives.

Personal - spirituality, yourself, spouse, health, family, charity, friends, auto, clothing, finance, home, intellectual, travel, etc.

Business - spirituality, team, customer service, product development, product quality, communication, sales, finance, systems, marketing, environment, web presence, etc.

The eighteenth secret is understand that wealth is not all about money and that is why it is important to create visions for all areas of your business and personal lives to create balance.

The nineteenth secret is ask in the positive. Do not, do not do not ask in the negative. If your vision is "get out of debt", that is all you will experience is debt. Better that you affirm that "money comes to me easily and effortlessly".

The twentieth secret to success in 2007 and beyond is to believe that your vision is already yours and through your compounded values, positive feelings and positive beliefs you will build up unwavering faith that you will attract everything that you desire.

Again, instead of thinking about death, debt and taxes commit to positive beliefs. Money comes easily and frequently. There are an abundant amount of happy and generous high net worth clients that wish to work with me. An abundant amount of time is available for the things that I am committed to doing. All the resources that I require are available to fulfill my vision. Many, many people will be attracted and spread my message.