So give it a read, share it, re-post it on your blog (be sure to use her author box at the bottom) or print it out and tack it to your fridge.

Read it as often as possible and relate it to how you live and how you behave in your day to day life.

How to Be Rich Now (When You Wanna Get Rich Quick)
by Christine Kane

Here’s a question to ask yourself at random times:
Am I getting? Or am I being?

When it comes to new paradigms and big dreams, think about this:

Getting somewhere is not an option. There is no there to get to.

You gotta just be there. Experience the feelings and the sheer knowingness of that thing you want.

When it comes to wealth, people often struggle because they spend their lives trying to get rich.

When you’re successful, you’re successful now. Artists know this principle well. You don’t wait to get creative before you create. You just create. And that is what makes you creative.

The same is true with prosperity.

Sound like a load of hooey?

I understand. All I can say is that it worked (and works!) for me. Here are nine simple ways you can BE rich starting right now…

1 – Get on a schedule.

If you have debt, or regular payments of any kind – then automate it, or put it on a schedule. Paying a tiny amount regularly is better than waiting for the big pay-day to arrive.

That’s because waiting for rescue drains your creative energy. It’s a stance of lack. When you schedule things, you eliminate reactivity. This liberates you.

2 – Fill your gas tank.

I was quite poor when I began my career as a songwriter. One of my poor-person habits was to put only five dollars in the tank when I went to the gas station.

One day, I decided to fill up my tank. A seemingly trivial decision, yes. But I felt so rich that I’ve never considered not filling up my tank since then. Try it! It does wonders for your well-being!

3 – Count Leaves.

Whoever created this Universe didn’t fret about abundance. There was no nail-biting and wondering whether all the trees should get leaves. “Maybe I should only put leaves on a few trees. Otherwise we might run out.”

It sounds ridiculous. But that’s how most of us spend our mental energy.

Count the leaves as they pop out all over this Spring! Observe sand on the beach. Watch a river for a few hours. It just keeps coming! You’re a part of this flow. Remember that.

4 – Give.

The world would be quite a wild place if everyone gave constantly. Tithing is the most outrageous act of courage I know. It says, “Thank you. This isn’t mine anyway, so have some of it.”

Giving creates space. And space gets filled up again. If you feel poor, try giving a little away.

5 – Eliminate nail biting and other nervous habits.

Think dignity. Think Princess Grace or Katharine Hepburn. Would these women of stature and wealth ever stand in the grocery aisle biting their nails because the price of organic oat groats had gone up?

Nervous habits are acts of lack. (I call them Lactions.) Lack of trust. Lack of abundance. Begin letting go by taking a deep breath and remembering trust.

6 – Start a Gratitude Journal.

If you have the “not enoughs,” then every night, write down 5 things for which you are grateful.

Remember this: Energy flows where attention goes. Put your attention on joy, beauty, wealth. Celebrate even the smallest shifts. I remember counting every dollar in my tip jar when I first performed in coffeehouses. I’d think: “That’s one more dollar I made while not sitting in a cubicle! Yay me!”

7 – Get a million-dollar bill.

I got my first million-dollar bill from a gumball machine. I put it in my wallet. It’s so much fun to see whenever I pay for something. I can’t give you proof-positive about any subsequent million-dollar-deal I made, but I like seeing it. That’s all. It reminds me to be aware of abundance.

8 – Happily pay for services.

One night, after my performance, the promoter handed me a substantial check for my fee. With a smile he said, “This is not nearly enough to pay you for this night.”

Ah, to be paid like that all the time!

I try to have his attitude every time I write a check. I make sure to acknowledge the value of that service or product. The attitude with which you pay for things (the outflow) creates the manner of the in-flow. It’s one big cycle.

9 – Uplevel your language.

Stop announcing: “I can’t afford that.”

Tell yourself instead: “I’m choosing not to do that right now.”

Stop saying: “I’m broke.”

Start saying: “My bank account hasn’t caught up with my seven-figure business yet!”

Remember this: Your language is your creativity. It is one of the simplest places to start being rich.

Performer, songwriter, and creativity consultant Christine Kane publishes her ‘LiveCreative’ weekly ezine with more than 11,000 subscribers. If you want to be the artist of your life and create authentic and lasting success, you can sign up for a FREE subscription to LiveCreative at http://www.christinekane.com/.

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things that I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

(WARNING: This is the R-rated version. If you are afraid of having to get your eyeballs washed out with soap, try this G-rated link: F-word Free Version)

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

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Gruss Gott wrote:

No child anywhere in the World will doubt that with hard work they can be President; if only they have democracy like America.

America has just peacefully overthrown its existing President and replaced him with a black dude with an arabic sounding name.

Let there be no doubt that America is the greatest idea in government that the World has ever seen and that the people of America have tonight fulfilled its founders genius and shouted it to World.

Congratulations America!

Now we must earn the opportunity we’ve given ourselves.

Tim uses Best Buy as a corporate example and I was amazed to read how they implemented a strategy based upon the experiences of a new 24-year-old hire instead of a old, grizzled and wizened CEO.

What Best Buy implemented is called ROWE or Results-Only Work Environment, developed by Carl Ressler and co-developer Jody Thompson. Carl and Judy now have a consulting group called CultureRx.

In a ROWE employees are paid and rewarded for their results, rather than just the number of hours that are worked. In other words, there is no concrete set schedule of say 9 – 5. Instead, if there is work to be done then it simply must be done by a set deadline. Whether or not that work occurs at 10 in the morning or 2 in the morning makes no difference.

An excerpt from Tim’s interview:

In a ROWE, each person is free to do whatever they want, whenever they want, as long as the work gets done. Currently, there are two authentic ROWE Fortune 100 retailer Best Buy Co, Inc. and J. A. Counter & Associates, a small brokerage firm in New Richmond, WI. At both organizations, the old rules that govern a traditional work environment core hours, face time, pointless meetings, etc. have been replaced by one rule: focus only on results.

…productivity has gone through the roof…

and

On the personal side, ROWE has transformed people’s lives. We’ve heard stories about ROWE saving marriages, allowing people to be better parents (and opened the door for some to actually be parents), get in shape and give back to their community.

That’s pretty powerful stuff. I would think that adopting this way of running a business probably pads the bottom line too with saving money on training rehires and the fact that work will actually get done as opposed to “pretending” it’s getting done.

For the full text of Tim’s entry, click here.

The F-Word

What word in the English language scares us the most?

Death? – No
Cancer? – No
Terrorism? – No
The word we fear the most is: failure.

WHY ARE WE SO SCARED OF FAILURE?
Because failure means rejection. It means weakling. It means second class. It means useless person. Right? WRONG! Failure doesn’t mean any of these stupid things.

THE TRUTH IS: FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL.
Without failure, very few scientists would achieve anything. Without failure, most of our famous actors or pop stars would be nobodies. Without failure, many of our richest entrepreneurs would be broke. For example, according to a recent survey, more than 50% of the richest businessmen in Europe & America were failures at school. And almost 30% have suffered bankruptcy on their way to the top!

WHY IS FAILURE SO VALUABLE?
Because failure is the No 1 learning method. We fail. We learn. We do better. For example, if you watch a child doing a jigsaw puzzle, you won’t see him slot everything in correctly, first time, will you? Of course not. He’ll make mistakes. He’ll try this piece, then that piece, then another and another, until he gets it right. Well it’s the same for us adults when we do something. We need to make mistakes before getting it right. See what I mean? Failure isn’t a bad thing: on the contrary, providing we learn from it, it’s actually very beneficial.

FEAR OF FAILURE MAKES US FAIL AGAIN AND AGAIN
Fear of failure stops us from succeeding. Why? Because it paralyzes us! We become afraid to take risks. We become afraid to commit ourselves. But unless we take the occasional risk – unless we commit ourselves to something – we will never succeed at ANYTHING!

CONCLUSION
Failure is not the terrible thing we think it is. In fact, by helping us to learn, it can be extremely beneficial. But fear of failure paralyzes us and stops us achieving anything.

In other words: QUIT WORRYING ABOUT FAILING!!