What Does Prosperity Mean to You?

Well, what does prosperity mean to you?

Does it mean having thousands of dollars in the bank? Millions? Billions?

Each of us has our own definition of prosperity. For one person, it might mean having just enough to meet one's needs and living simply. For another, it might mean having millions of dollars in liquid assets, with all the opulence that kind of money allows.

There is no right or wrong definition. There is only the one that is right for you.
If having millions of dollars doesn't turn you on, no amount of motivation will get you moving toward that goal. And that's okay, because all that matters is that you live your life in a manner that excites you, inspires you and lets you feel the joy of fulfilling your purpose.

You may feel deliriously happy and prosperous with only your basic needs being met. If that works for you, don't let anyone tell you that you've got it all wrong.

On the other hand, if you desire wealth with it's accompanying luxury and opportunity, don't let anyone tell you it is out of your reach.

Your life is your creation. You get to decide how you want to live it.

But how do I get from here to prosperity? you might ask. That's what this blog is all about. We want to show you how others have done it, so that you can see the possibilities that exist.

Then it's up to you to choose the path that will get you there, and to set out on that path. It's up to you to remain on that path until you reach your desired destination. You may need to make course corrections along the way. But the important thing is to get started. Do what you can now. Don't try to wait until you have it all figured out. I daresay the greatest minds that have ever shared their wisdom were still figuring things out when they left their earthly bodies.

To quote a famous shoe manufacturer, "Just do it!"

3 Powerful Tips for Eliminating Competition from Your Life

I recently came across this article by Tony Mase commenting
on one of the principles of prosperity taught by Wallace D
Wattles, my favorite author on the subject of prosperity.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. --- Rasheed

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In the book for which he's best known, his classic
masterpiece "The Science of Getting Rich", Wallace D.
Wattles wrote:

"... the desire of Substance is for all, and its movements
must be for more life to all; it cannot be made to work for
less life to any, because it is equally in all, seeking
riches and life."

"Intelligent Substance will make things for you, but it
will not take things away from some one else and give them
to you."

"You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are
to create, not to compete for what is already created."

"You do not have to take anything away from any one."

"You do not have to drive sharp bargains."

"You do not have to cheat, or to take advantage. You do
not need to let any man work for you for less than he
earns."

"You do not have to covet the property of others, or to
look at it with wishful eyes; no man has anything of which
you cannot have the like, and that without taking what he
has away from him."

"You are to become a creator, not a competitor..."

Now...

Although this concept of creation vs. competition is
certainly simple enough, it's a consistent source of
confusion to many.

I frequently receive questions that usually begin with...

"I'm a __________..."

Indicating what they do for a living...

Followed by something like...

"How can I possibly be successful at what I do without
competing?"

Good question. :-)

And...

The answer is simple...

Do *exactly* as Wallace D. Wattles said to do...

Become a creator, not a competitor!

How do you do that?

Here are three powerful tips that'll help you become a
creator...

And thus...

Totally eliminate competition from your life...

Powerful Tip #1 - Don't start out by setting yourself up
in advance to compete.

People frequently tell me things like...

"I want to be the #1 __________"...

Or...

"I want to be the best __________"...

Or...

"I want to be the greatest __________"....

Or...

"I want to be the richest __________".

Anytime you make a statement similar to any of these,
essentially making your getting what you want contingent on
"beating" someone else, you immediately open the door to
conscious or unconscious acts, however unintentional they
might be, that will prevent someone else from getting what
they want or, even worse, take something away from someone
else that rightfully belongs to them, thereby immediately
inhibiting your creative power and throwing yourself
directly into the open arena of competition.

Powerful Tip #2 - Focus on what you're doing, *not* on
what everyone else is doing.

If your focus is on what everyone else is doing...

Guess what?

You'll end up copying what everyone else is doing...

And place yourself right in the midst of competition.

On the other hand...

If you totally ignore what everyone else is doing and put
your entire focus on looking for new and innovative ways of
doing what you do, you'll open the door to the realm of
creation.

In his book "The Personal Power Course", Wallace D.
Wattles wrote:

"There are ten thousand times ten thousand different ways
of doing everything; and nothing is being so well done but
that there is a better way of doing it yet undiscovered."

Now...

Ten thousand times ten thousand different ways is a whole
heck of a lot of different ways, isn't it?

Sure is!

However...

You'll never even find just one of them if you're focused
on what everyone else is doing instead of on what you're
doing.

Powerful Tip #3 - Put *YOU* into every single little thing
that you do.

You know what...

There's *only* one special, unique *you* and when you put
your special uniqueness into every single little thing that
you do, you instantly set yourself apart from everyone else.

I can easily think of dozens of examples of those who've
done just this, that I could share with you, however
there's one who *really* stands out in my mind...

The late, great Steve Irwin...

Best known as the infamous "Crocodile Hunter".

Steve Irwin was a perfect example of someone who put his
own special uniqueness into every single little thing that
he did.

After the shocking news of his untimely passing, one of
the most frequent comments I heard from the so-called
"expert" commentators on various news programs was that
Steve Irwin was the "real deal", referring to all the
others who'd come since as "wannabes".

Hmmm...

Do you want to be known as the "real deal"...

Or...

Just another "wannabe"?

The choice is yours...

Choose to become a creator, not a competitor!

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Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D.
Wattles and the publisher of the "The Personal Power Course:
Ten Lessons in Constructive Science, Teaching You How to Use
Your Own Subconscious Energies for Health, Prosperity and
Personal Achievement" ebook by Wallace D. Wattles...

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"The Personal Power Course" by Wallace D. Wattles Ten
lessons in constructive science, teaching you how to use
your own subconscious energies for health, prosperity and
personal achievement. Click here

Can You Handle It?

Do you really want to be wealthy? Do you think you can handle it?

We have all heard stories of people who have accumulated millions of dollars and yet their lives are in ruin. Would you call them wealthy? Prosperous? Fortunate? I know I wouldn't.

It's almost enough (and for many people it is enough), to send us scurrying back in the direction of just getting by, where we're safe from the big, bad spectre of money (or so we think). After all, if money can do such damage to other people's lives, we don't want any part of it, right?

Wait a minute. Is money really to blame for their misery? If money did all that damage, how was it done? Have you ever seen money do anything of it's own volition? Of course not, because money has no volition. It is neither good nor bad. It is neutral. It is merely a tool that can be used for positive purposes or for damaging ones, depending on what resides in the heart of the person using that tool, just as a hammer can be used to build a house or to smash someone's skull. It is the person wielding the tool, and not the tool itself, that holds the intentions, good or bad, and that takes action according to those intentions.

Having money only brings out and magnifies what already exists in a person. So, a person that is choosing to be mean and stingy just has more to be mean and stingy with. And a person who has decided to be loving and kind has greater opportunities to express that love and kindness with the accumulation of wealth.

Of course, having a lot of money does present us with greater responsibility, and this is another reason so many of us avoid it.

One of the things that becomes necessary in order for us to allow ourselves to prosper, is to allow ourselves to grow bigger than the problems that may present themselves as we grow wealthy.

I remember when I was managing a hotel. I noticed the growth that occurred that allowed me to move up from a line employee to a general manager. I looked up the corporate ladder and saw the growth that would be required to make it all the way to the top. And I realized I could do it, if I wanted to. Mentally, I had already overcome the challenges that would be required to climb that corporate ladder. But I realized something else important. For me, the ladder was propped against the wrong building. Even if I made it all the way to CEO, I would still be a corporate employee, and I would still have to do it according to someone else's blueprint.

But the point is, I realized that what separated the CEOs from every other corporate employee was the way they looked at things and the size of the problems they were able to handle.

First of all, CEOs don't think out of the box. They never see a box. In place of the box seen by most, they see a vision of what can be and what can be better.

Second of all, they are able to handle a great amount of responsibility , which also leaves them open to the potential for huge mistakes and problems.

So, I concluded that the ability to run a company (or even a country) is based on the ability to grow larger than the enormous problems that may present themselves and the knowledge that one can recover from a mistake of any size. Once you know you can handle anything, you can take on the job with confidence.

It is the same with money. You will not allow yourself to take on the job of being a steward of large amounts of money (I say "steward" because we are not truly the owner of anything. We can't take it with us.), until you have convinced yourself that you can deal with whatever "problems" may arise from having money.

And what makes you think that you can't? Just because you have not done a thing in the past doesn't mean it is outside the limits of your capability. The only thing holding you back from trying is the fear that it is beyond your limits. And that fear is nothing more than a mental image you have created in your thoughts. It is no harder to create a mental image of succeeding than it is to create a mental image of difficulty.

You may be familiar with lack and struggle. It may be what you have always known. Hey, you know you can handle that, because you have already done so for years.

But where is the growth in doing what you have always done? Within our comfort zones, we don't grow. And when we are not growing, we are deteriorating.

So, what's it going to be for you, growth or atrophy?

The decision is yours. Grow into it.

A Place Called Prosperity

How would you like to live in Prosperity? No, I mean literally, live in Prosperity. You can do just that in a little town in Pennsylvania. The population is 2,090. Average temperatures range from 85 degrees in July to 22 degrees in January.

Not a fan of cold weather? Right here in Texas, you can find a town named Prosper. It’s a small town, as well, consisting of approximately 6,000 souls. LeAnn Rimes is a resident, as well as former Dallas Cowboys football players Bill Bates and Deion Sanders.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be reminded of prosperity every time you write your return address on an envelope or fill it in on a form?

Prosperity, SC, is another option, with a population of 1,116. There is also Prosperity, AR; Prosperity, FL; Prosperity, IN; Prosperity, MO; Prosperity, TN and Prosperity, WV. Prosperity is everywhere. Wouldn’t you just love to go there?

There’s Goodrich, TX, and Goodrich, MI. And you know it feels good to be rich. You can do a lot of good with riches, and many people have, as evidenced by their names emblazoned on everything from hospitals and public parks to libraries and school buildings.

Money, MS, sounds like an appealing place to live. And I was intrigued to discover an unincorporated area called Wealthy in Leon County, TX.

There are cities and unincorporated areas called Cash in AR, MS, VA, MI, KY, MO, GA, TX and SC. And Fortune, AR sounds absolutely captivating.

For a double dose of prosperity in your address, Bountiful, UT comes complete with a Bountiful Blvd., and Greenback, TN includes a Greenback Road.

There are plenty of street names with a prosperous vibration about them, as well. There are Prosperity Streets in Jackson, MS; El Campo, TX; Carterville, IL; Chauvin, LA; and Carnegie, OK.

And streets named Prosper abound in Palatka, FL; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Malden, MA; Sacramento, CA; New Brunswick, NJ; Makoti, ND; De Pere, WI; Providence, RI and Polk, TX.

Money Street in Gladewater, TX has an alluring ring to it, as does Fortune Road in Salt Lake City, UT. And one of my personal favorites is Dinero, TX.

Getting an address that sounds prosperous is one way to remind yourself that prosperity is all around you. Or if you don’t want to change your address, why not consider a change of name? For a couple hundred bucks, less than the cost of a major move, you could march right down to the courthouse and leave with a new autonym. Wouldn’t it be exhilarating to be called Ms. Money or Mr. Fortune? Don’t forget to change your driver’s license, social security card…on second thought, maybe it’s easier to move.

Of course, there are simpler ways to remind yourself that prosperity is growing in your life and all around you. Developing a habit of gratefulness helps us to see how much there is to be grateful for. And the more we focus on the wealth and abundance that is all around, the more wealth and abundance we will see. Rejoicing in other people’s good fortune lets the energy of good fortune know that it is welcome in our lives, as well.

Maybe I’ll move to Prosper Street AND change my name. How does Cathy Fortune sound? Uh huh. Oh, yeah! That’s what I’m talking about.

What about you? What’s your plan for reminding yourself to prosper now? I mean right now।