Sue McDaniel Interview

I’m bringing you another interview with someone you should know! Sue McDaniel has a love of animals, music, books, nature, gardening, writing and art. She has co-authored Learning, Changing and Leading: Keys to Success in the 21st Century, with Chet Dixon. I.M. Heart is her first solo self-publication. Sue’s professional experience includes: teaching, development, state agency governance, speaking nationally and internationally, and research. A teacher at heart, Sue wants to make a difference in the lives of people. You can find her on her web site, http://www.imheart.net/

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The Law of Attraction Can Work For You

A lot of people tell me, “Matthew, the law of attraction doesn’t seem to work anymore for me.” I know that there are a lot of things happening that make people think it’s not working.

The first factor is the economy. A few years back, when the economy was absolutely on fire, and everything was easy and just flowing, you could easily make money. You could take on new projects, make things happen. I mean, the optimism was off the charts. The ability to make things happen was spectacular. That was also a perfect time for that movie, “The Secret,” to come out because it really gave the illusion that you could be anyone and produce results through your thinking.

Conversely, now we’re in a time where people are a lot more skeptical. There’s a lot more fear that is in our environment, and you need to take care of your inner world in order to produce the results that you want. Things don’t come as easily now. The law of attraction still works, absolutely.

You didn’t really need to have your other emotions perfectly in line when the economy was amazing, but now you do. You need to get yourself into a place of optimism, joy, and enthusiasm. You have to. And so, I request that you watch some of my videos, and read some of my other blog posts, and learn some of the techniques and tactics that I give you to get your emotions in the right place. Once you get your emotions into a place where you feel great, then good stuff happens, regardless of what’s going on in the economy.

The law of attraction absolutely can work for you. In a down economy, in an up economy, no matter what’s happening, but you must be able to control you emotional state, and stay in a positive and powerful place, or it’s not going to work.

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Janet Schiesl Interview

Could you use some tips to help stay a little more organized? Janet Schiesl started Basic Organization in 2005 to provide professional organizing services to busy families, home-based business owners, down-sizing seniors and the chronically disorganized in the Washington DC Metro area. Janet is the Co-Author of the new book Get Organized Today, a collaboration of many professionals providing inspiration that affirms the power and importance of getting organized. You can find Janet on her web site, http://www.basicorganization.com/

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Focus on the Little Things

Spending money on other people will make you happier than spending money on yourself. Isn’t that interesting? I was reading an article put out by the University of British Columbia, and Harvard Business school. And they did a study and found out that spending money can make you happy, if you spend it on other people.

I was reading another study that said that spending money can make you happy if you spend money on things that are experiential. So rather than buying that big car, you keep the same car that you have, and you spend your money on little experiences that will make you happy in that moment. Buy little tiny experiences, but tons of them. Focusing on the experience of life, rather than focusing on acquisition, status, and getting somewhere.

So I began to experiment with this myself because I am someone who practices a technique for internal harmony and happiness. Those are the things that I teach, the skills and ideas to be happy, no matter what. You could be in jail and be happy. But I was also saying, “Hmm, well, maybe there’s something to this. Let’s practice something outside to see what it does.”

So I started just focusing on taking my kids to the store, to the park, going out on bike rides, riding skateboards. I used to go to concerts and buy the best possible tickets. But to do that, I could only go to one or two concerts a year because of the high price.So I decided, I’m going to stop doing that, and instead, I’m going to go to a bunch of concerts, but I’m going to spend very little on those, and see what happens. And I noticed that, immediately. I was experiencing more happiness in those moments.

There was this constant flow of excitement. It was all these little, tiny things to look forward to that have a positive impact on my happiness. But you know what doubled it? You know what made it even better?

Getting to share it with other people, and buying these lesser-priced tickets for other people as well to come with me so that I could share the experiences. Giving tickets to them as a gift was an even greater gift to me, seeing them experience the positivity of these events was a greater gift to me.

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You Are Not a Psychic

If you want to be happy, then you need to stop pretending that you’re psychic. You need to quit pretending that you can look at the outside of people and see who they are. You can’t. You have no idea who people are. You look at someone and you think, “Oh, that’s what that person is.” And then, they do something different, it breaks your expectations.

When your expectations get broken, you feel anxiety, and stress, and you may even feel anger and hostility. It messes with your emotions. You need to quit pretending that you’re psychic. You’re not psychic. You can’t tell who people are. You also can’t tell what the future is.

And yet, so often, you are thinking, “Well, the future’s going to be like this.” And then, when it’s not like that, you’re depressed, disappointed, upset, and angry. You’re not psychic. You don’t know how the future is going to be. However the world turns out is how it turns out.

And your opinion about it isn’t going to change it. All your opinion will cause you is suffering. If you want to begin to experience more happiness, more joy, more peace in your life, consider giving up that you know how it’s all going to turn out. Consider giving up that you know how people are supposed to be. You don’t.

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Interview With Trevor Emdon

I had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Emdon and I’m featuring this fantastic interview on my blog! Trevor’s web site is http://www.stopworryingandgrowrich.com/, and he has made a lifetime study of how to live from your heart and follow your dreams.

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By the way, I’ll be posting more interesting interviews a few times a week. Stay tuned! :)

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