Like me, you’ve probably made New Year’s Resolutions in the past that didn’t stick.  They were more like weak wishes than deep desires.  I’m not wishing this year, and I hope you won’t either. This year is going to be amazing.  Don’t get me wrong, this past year has been OK, but honestly, I could have done better.  What about you?  This upcoming year, it’s full throttle baby!  Life is way too short!!!  I hope you’ll join me and set out to make 2016 your best year ever!  Will you?

If so, let’s not wait until Jan 1, 2016 to start – we still have 1 week to get a jump on the New Year. You know what they say – If you’re on time you’re late.  If you’re early you’re on time! Let’s start now by getting to know ourselves better.  I mean, I need to know me better, and you need to know yourself better, if we really intend to blow the roof off 2016.  To start the process of “getting to know self” better, I’ve created a self-check that I’m calling my Personal Obstacles Inventory (POI).  It calls for some serious introspection – the toughest work there is.  This list is NO JOKE, which is all good for me since I’m not joking around in 2016 – the time for all that foolishness is over!  Time to get down to business, serious business!  (NOTE: I recommend that you first take the End-of-Year-Self-Analysis but it is not required.)

When you download the inventory, remember that the list and how you reply is for your eyes only.  So be completely honest, no one else has to know what you wrote but you.  If you’re not completely honest, you’ll only be lying to yourself and that’s a fast path to long-term failure.  Answer these truthfully for yourself, even if you don’t like what you see in yourself (at first).   The power will be that you WILL SEE what you don’t like, and because you can see it, you’ll be able to work on it. People who never look in can’t see what needs work, and therefore never change for the better.  Let’s use this inventory to take the necessary look at ourselves SO WE CAN SEE and get to work.

If you’re “seriously serious” about making 2016 your best year ever AND you’re ready to begin, go ahead and download the inventory to get a head start on the New Year.  You don’t want to start the New Year getting ready, you want to go into the New Year already ready.  Don’t procrastinate. Why prolong the pain of being less than your best, and why postpone your dream life that can only come true WHEN YOU COME TRUE?

Oh, here’s a quick suggestion/request: Share this with 1 or 2 of your friends or acquaintances who you feel are on the same page as you, as far as being serious about self-improvement and success.  Having others along who are as dedicated as you is a great way to stay focused and make progress, because you can feed off each other’s enthusiasm, support each other when you need a lift, and hold each other accountable until your goals are met.  I’m your accountability partner too, but it’s always good to have people close to you working with you on things that matter.

Another word of wisdom: Be selective in who you share this with, because you and I both know that everybody is not ready for personal growth and riches.  They might “say” they want the riches, and they might actually want them, but they aren’t willing to pay the price in terms of effort to GROW INTO RICHNESS.

Download the Personal Obstacles Inventory (POI).
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Note:  For the best results possible, use this tool in conjunction with The 12 Golden Goals of 2016, which I will roll out within the next week.  Hope you’ll join me and the rest of the community to make 2016 the best year ever!

Don’t stop until you reach the TOP!

SEE YOU THERE!
~ Damon

The above image illustrates a point that is tough enough — but if only it was that easy.  The picture below captures the essence of success much better.  I’ll explore in slight detail below…

If you are not as successful and happy as you want to be it is because you are not on the mental level you need to be.  To get what you want from life, first

1. You must to be willing to apply the mental effort necessary to climb the ladder to higher consciousness.  Once there,
2. Get a clear image of what you truly want in your mind.  As they say, be careful what you wish for. When you have done this, you have “placed your order” so-to-speak, it’s being prepared and is on its way already — this is true only when you are clear about what you want.  If someone asks you what you want from life, if you stumble and fumble your words, then you are not clear.  If you cannot say it in a concise and detailed way, you are not clear.  Meditate on this, and pray for clarity.  You do not want to place the wrong order by mistake. Next,
3. Take massive, enthusiastic action to get what you want.  This kind of action makes you ABLE to receive.  In the bottom image above, this is where you must “pull!” and keeping pulling (taking action) until you receive what you want. Don’t worry that you cannot physically see it, just keep pulling — it’s coming. The moment you stop pulling (giving effort), is the moment gravity will pull your order back to its point of origin — then you must start all over.  And enthusiasm is like gas that never runs out so you can keep going.  Finally,
4. Expect to get what you asked for!  This step is super important to understand, as this is the catalyst (or killer) of it all.  Unfortunately, there are people who have watched some shows or documentaries on The Law of Attraction and take away the idea that “all” you have to do is be clear on what you want and then express gratitude in advance as if you’ve already received it. For them, this step kills there dreams in the long run. While clarity and thankfulness are part of the equation, action is a requirement.  If you are not persistently applying #3 above, then deep down you will not expect to receive — and this deep belief, this faith, this expectation is truly the determining factor — somehow, your soul knows.  To believe otherwise is delusion.

A couple of other things to keep in mind: Have a well thought out PLAN and do periodic checks to REVIEW YOUR RESULTS.  If your original plan needs tweaking to yield better results, then TWEAK as needed.  Remember, the goal is to hit our target — success and happiness in all endeavors.  Planning, reviewing, and tweaking are a part of the “pull!” process.  And “pulling” is a force of “attraction” thus the Law of Attraction.
Here’s to your success!

Cheers & Harmony,
​Damon

...for real

We think we are many things.  We think we’re football players, taxi cab drivers, doctors, lawyers, gangsters, politicians, psychologists, journalists, presidents of countries, teachers, street hustlers, physical therapists, singers, thugs, business owners, rock stars, infantry, pilots, bloggers, victims, conquerors, employees, students, rappers, motivational speakers, firemen, mail clerks; we think we are the colonizer, and we think we are the oppressed, etc… 

We think we are a lot of things, and we identify with a lot of ideas we have in our minds when none of the labels we give ourselves or their descriptions is actually who we truly and essentially are (the same is true for the labels we put on others, they are not the labels we place on them either – this might be too deep for now :-)).  We are much more than names, labels and descriptions.  Those labels are just names we give ourselves when we are occupied with doing things that are associated with those titles (which are just words). We are infinitely more!  If you don’t know that already, you might want to start working on that puzzle (the sooner the better). 

You don’t want to look back at your life when you are nearing your end and be forced to admit to yourself that your life was all based on a mistake, a misunderstanding, or a plain old wrong idea.  That would be a sad realization at that late stage in life, especially since there are no redos.  If you are struggling with what your purpose is in life, learning who you truly are is a great place to start.

The part of you that is real is permanent and eternal.  Svadhyaya and find out :-)
Namaste

​Damon