What Would It Take To Be Super Successful?

Have you ever felt dissatisfied and wished your life could be different? That’s inevitable because life is always calling us to advance. “Every living thing must continually seek for the enlargement of its life, because life, in the mere act of living, must increase itself.” The Science of Getting Rich  by Wallace D. Wattles Within every seed is a blueprint for growth on its journey from an atomic structure to maturity. Likewise, within you is planted your blueprint for increase — your success. Curious about your blueprint of success? Everyone’s idea of success is different. For some, success is financial freedom to do whatever they want when they want. It could be to achieve a specific net worth in business or work. For others, it’s a harmonious family, a companion or wonderful health. After a life of being plagued by negative people or drama, the greatest success might not only be about enjoying physical things. It could include feeling peace and reveling in personal empowerment, to master one’s destiny, regardless of what’s happening in the world. Your Soulgoals is an expression of your deepest, heartfelt desires. It’s unique to you, and it doesn’t matter if it fits anyone else’s image of success. To birth success into reality, the first step is to gain clarity. Take a few deep breaths and shift your focus to within. Set an intention that ideas will come to you – now or later. Ask what success means to you. Be open to receive insights. Write your answers because it’s more powerful than just thinking about them! Let’s take this another step. What does Super Successful look like to you? Once you allow yourself to see a bigger picture, here are other questions you can ask yourself: What would it take for you to be Super Successful? What’s holding you back? What are steps you can take to be Super Successful? Use your answers as a springboard to continue onto greater success, one step at a time. Begin. The rest is easy. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”   Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, who coined the word mastermind – accessing the energy created when two or more gather in harmony. Your future holds limitless possibilities. Success can be yours. Why not? Why not you? You deserve it! Have fun. Think big.   I work with people, at any age, who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or would benefit from new tools or support. I help them be richly compensated doing what they love by aligning with their Soul’s goals. Copyright © 2017 Resolved for Results, All rights reserved.

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Are Crazy People Taking Over Your Life?

 

 

One afternoon, while on Broadway in midtown Manhattan, New York City, I walked a few people behind a man who was having an animated argument with someone. Speaking in a loud voice with gesticulating hands, I wondered who was the recipient of such a tirade. It was just him battling with himself. Someone and something really got to this guy, and he allowed it to drive him to act crazy. Throughout your life, some people have done you wrong, and some may have gotten to you. In the past (or maybe present), you’ve been: abused, misused, ignored, rejected, undermined, betrayed, robbed, disappointed, manipulated, misunderstood, humiliated, put down or the focal point of someone’s greedy, crazy, unconscious, demeaning, insecure, unfair or malevolent intent. Often the perpetrators have been those most trusted and least expected to turn on you, such as: close friends, family, significant others, church members, neighbors, co-workers, clients, bosses or business associates. The results may have left you feeling that you’ve lost: hope, your confidence, your spark of life, your capacity to find joy, your ability to ever succeed again or even care about it, your connection to the universe or your faith in God. “The most important question you can ever ask is if the world is a friendly place.”  Einstein It’s a big question to ponder. Your answer determines if you’re going to let the crazies, past and present, or less-than-favorable circumstances get to you, and consequently, impede your ability to be open to the success and enjoyment you richly deserve. Are you letting undesirable memories occupy your attention so much that you won’t allow yourself to see that the world is a friendly place? Often we’re attached to how we expect people and things are supposed to be. When they go haywire, our ego/ brain loves to binge watch reruns of movies about our sad stories over and over again. Instead, change the channel and focus on something in your life that works. Relitigating your past by vacillating between trying to prove how you’re right and “how dare they” doesn’t help. Have you noticed? You won’t end up feeling better, and feeling good is important as it’s a key to attract success. Personally, instead of letting go of my faith in life and humanity, I (eventually) learned to have greater discernment. As Kenny Rogers sang in “The Gambler:” You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run. Some people in my life who appeared to be helpful, trustworthy, supportive, emotionally healthy, well-meaning and even spiritually awake… I came to realize were toxic. I could grumble about them incessantly, which I’ve done. I found it more useful, though, to see them as my teachers: learn my lessons, chalk it off to another life experience and move on. It took me a while to see people for who they are, not for who I thought they were or wanted them to be.    Here’s an interesting twist. Underneath this crazymaking, there’s a whole lot of disapproval going on. Sometimes the other person starts it, and we respond back with disapproval and judgment, or vice versa. When we enmesh ourselves in disapproval energy, we give others the power to control our happiness — from complete strangers whose driving we don’t like to annoying people in our day-to-day lives. When we expect others to behave or show up in a certain way so we can feel good about ourselves, in essence we’re saying: You need to change so I don’t have to change. My caring about you is conditional. It’s dependent on you acting the way I think you should. Otherwise, I might feel that I’ve lost control. When the awareness comes that we alone have control of our attitude, then we don’t need others to be different so we can feel good. Of course, do what’s wise to take care of yourself, but you get to choose your attitude. Energy changes when practicing this. The crazies start to evaporate from your life like the morning fog when the sun comes up. Do you allow others to affect your psyche, your joy of living, your success, your ability to pick yourself up and start again regardless of whoever or whatever happened or is happening to you? It’s your choice. With gratitude, Virginia I work with people, at any age, who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or would benefit from new tools or support. I help them be richly compensated doing what they love by aligning with their Soul’s goals.   Copyright © 2017 Resolved for Results, All rights reserved.

Hurricane Irma & Know You Are A Force of Nature, Too

Aerial view of the Bastrop County Complex Fire —
Doesn’t it look like a claw of a beast with sharp nails?

Friend, The day before Hurricane Irma arrived in Florida, I had a long talk with a friend who was on its projected path but decided to ride it out. I shared with her empowering stories, found below, of people who were in the eye of hurricanes or surrounded by fire and created a different experience than others. Irma thrashed her city with very intense wind and rain for 28 hours. However, the eye of Irma’s original path shifted to the west of her, the tornadoes were north, and she was in an area with the lowest amount of anticipated storm surge than anywhere on either coast. She texted me to say she got through it unscathed with the exception of losing two palm trees and power. As everyone in Florida felt Irma’s force and destruction, please take a moment now to send your positive energy, blessings and prayers. The South of the U.S. has had its share of natural disasters with hurricanes and fire. There were Hurricanes Katrina, Ike and Rita, amongst many others. On September 4, 2011, three separate fires ignited as a result of powerful winds from Tropical Storm Lee. These individual fires joined forces to create one massive blaze in September and October 2011. The Bastrop County Complex fire, located in Central Texas about 45 minutes east of Austin, became the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. Especially with hurricane and fires careening across America, here’s a reprint of a Soulgoals’ blog post that show how some people helped to protect themselves from disaster. With gratitude, Virginia   September 26, 2011 —  Reposting from Soulgoals’ Blog: If disasters scare you or you’re inspired by people making empowered choices, then read these astounding stories. Learning from them may, one day, save you from harm. You, too, can overcome ANY challenge in your life. You Are a Force of Nature A friend who survived Hurricanes Rita and Katrina told me: “Recognize you are a vortex of power and have as much energy to create in your life as a tornado or hurricane. You are a force of nature. Don’t put yourself as a lesser being that can be jostled about. “Where I’m living and standing is sacred and remains that way. If there are earth changes taking place, that’s one thing. But my choices of what I experience are different.” Instead of fear she chose: Safety for her family and their property To feel calm and peaceful (the opposite of a raging hurricane) instead of fearful To ask for divine protection and trust it. Results: The only damage she incurred from being in the eye of Hurricane Katrina was that part of a gutter was knocked down. While devastation rained on the community and most roofs needed repair, including a nearby house that was split in two by a fallen tree, my friend’s and her neighbors’ homes were safe. Trees fell but missed their houses and vehicles. A shingle flew off and broke someone’s window pane without breaking the window. How Can This Happen? All Life Is Energy. Energy reacts to energy. Hurricanes react to swirling emotions. Raging and confused fires react to rage and confusion. Both also react to thoughts of peace, calm and love.  My friend’s experience isn’t an isolated incident. She had two other properties that remained untouched, including a dock where everyone’s shingles blew off their roofs but hers. A friend told me about a little girl in Houston who hugged her favorite tree and told it to be safe before Hurricane Ike struck. That tree was the only one in the yard that survived. I was at a restaurant with friends when they learned that fires broke out next to their home. We all remained calm, ordered and ate dinner as we asked for divine intervention and focused on prayers of protection. They received phone updates that the fire burned over a mile of trees including their next door neighbor’s home, but it stopped at the edge of their property only scorching some tree branches and grass. How One Woman Avoided the Raging Texas Wildfires I received a request to send positive energy to Sheera Rexroad, a phenomenal body worker I’ve used for many years, and her farm near Bastrop, TX, where over 1300 homes were destroyed.  Later, I received the results of her focused intention and trust in a force far greater than the fires. Most people would go into fear and survival and hope things would work out while being filled with terror and doubt. Sheera made different decisions with miraculous results. Fascinated with Sheera’s story, I’ve communicated with her through several phone conversations and emails. I’ve chronicled her experience, and now you can read it in her own words: I saw the fire’s magnitude and told my brother we had to pray for protection.  Smoke filled the not too distant area.  I called a neighbor who answered and, over the roar of his bulldozer cutting firebreaks, he told us these fires were bad and to warn all of our neighbors to pack and prepare. At that moment, I knew that informing others and seeing to the safety of livestock were more important than immediately going home to pack. I called people with positive strength and awareness asking for their help. I asked that they join me in visualizing the bubble of protection, the impenetrable force field, that the property, houses and animals of One Girl Farm and Ranch de Kris are safe. That I was not being selfish, that we needed a safe and secure base to serve from.  That we had much to do to help humanity. We stopped and shared the message along our road and called the rest of the neighbors. My only fear was that I might pick the wrong stuff to take with me or I’d take too long and wouldn’t make it to my brother. I told the cows to have no fear – that if we have fear, they win. Others have fear; don’t give in to their fears. Their fears are not ours. The Ravenous, Hungry Fire-Beast We could clearly see the massive flames in front of us to the west.  They were large, like the flames of an oil derrick when it blows. Torches of orange were leaping into the early evening sky already heavy with smoke.  White smoke, yellow smoke, black smoke. The sirens of fire engines, sheriff and emergency vehicles competed with the blasting walkie-talkies, the moos of cattle and the roar of bulldozers ripping at the earth.  My senses were full. My heart was full as well. I knew, I just knew that my immediate world was safe and secure. Once we were off of the land and on ‘safely higher ground’ I was able to access my vision of the fire. This is what I saw: This fire is a ravenous, hungry beast with a huge desire to indiscriminately consume mass amounts.  It raced thru the countryside gobbling up all in its path. It charged at the north boundary fence of One Girl Farm. The hot-flamed tongue of the fire-beast attempted to chomp thru the fence – it stopped. It shook its mouth and spat out what it thought it had desired like a toddler that bites something yucky. The NO BURN ZONE that we were holding solid with our requests, our prayers, our positive thoughts did not taste good. In Part 2, you’ll find out what happened to the fire as it traveled along her western fence, what she said to create the NO BURN ZONE and the power of group thought and prayer. Click here to read her fascinating story: https://soulgoals.wordpress.com/2011/10/ By the way, know someone who might like to read this? Please forward. I work with people, at any age, who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or would benefit from new tools or support. I help them be richly compensated doing what they love by aligning with their Soul’s goals.     Copyright © 2017 Resolved for Results, All rights reserved.

My Personal Experience During a Flood plus a Labor Day of Love with Hurricane Harvey

A little over two years ago, a friend and I enjoyed dinner in a nearby town and casually talked after in the parking lot.

The weather had been unusually beautiful for weeks, and living in a safe community, I even left the back door open to my screened back porch when I was gone.

On my way home that night, the unexpected happened. I turned the corner onto Ranch Road 12 in San Marcos, Texas, and in an instant started driving through forty minutes of treacherous, torrential rain, the likes I had never seen.

I knew if I stopped, the low-water crossings would be flooded, and I might not be able to get back home.

Focus. Focus. Breathe. Relax. Pull over when driving got ridiculously so bad that I couldn’t see a thing. But I couldn’t pause for long; another car might hit me if blinded by rain while on that hilly, winding, country road.

I tapped into the energy of my client John, who likes storm chasing, so I would stop white knuckling the steering wheel.

Arriving home safely, I later learned that neighbors pitched in during the middle of the storm to create a protective barricade. A deluge of water surged from across the street attempting to enter a home two houses away from mine.

The next morning, I awoke with my chest wheezing heavily, gasping for air and sounding like a zombie when I spoke. At first, I thought it was bronchitis.

Even so, I assumed the worse was over. After all, no water had entered my house.

However a few days later, I wondered why my furniture suddenly had a wide swath of green that looked like someone had painted a nearly foot-wide stripe – – and then I found the same streaks across my kitchen cabinets and bathroom. I soon discovered that it got inside my drywall, furniture, kitchen cupboard and on most of the items in my living room, too.

The ferocious, pounding rain and wind hit the ground with such force that it dislodged mold and sent it flying through my open, back door and into my home. When the heat rose to a certain temperature, the mold bloomed.

It took me many months to remove mold from my drywall and home as well as recover from the mental stupor, lack of energy and ill health that mold creates. Add to that the financial impact of not having been able to work beyond taking care of my clients.

It definitely was one of the most challenging times of my entire life. But I got off way easy!!

Twenty miles away on the Blanco River of that Memorial Day weekend, a log jam was created from felled trees and branches… until they let loose. Within three hours, the river rose 33′, cresting at 40′.

People, including a family, were washed away.

Riverside homes, even those out of the flood zone, were ripped apart from their foundations when the force and volume of rising water overwhelmed them. When the flood carried those houses away, and they bobbed down the river, their roofs were knocked off by trees. With nothing to hold the structures together, the houses just fell apart and became rubble.

Overflowing great distances beyond its banks, the rushing water damaged bridges, countless homes and businesses. The landscape changed as huge trees that previously had lined streets no longer existed. FEMA took residence in my small community for months.

• I was so incapacitated from the mold that I didn’t have the energy to drive a quarter mile out of the way, during my trip to town, to look at where some of the worst disaster hit, let alone help others. The effects of the mold sometimes made it challenging to speak or have the mental clarity to respond during conversations or get out of bed to eat. For a while, with the mold inhabiting my body and mind, I was zoned out as if I was on an opiate drug and couldn’t think or care about anything. It was a rude and frightening awakening when I was able to swim out of my daze. I felt like I’d been under water and had to push myself to the surface and to breathe air again, only to witness the catastrophe that was happening around me in my home, health, personal and financial life.

Years ago, I heard that natural disasters are life’s way of creating a personal growth program. There are gains to be made amidst the crisis.

As bad as it was at the time for me, it was a blessing in disguise.

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I can attest that, out of necessity, my harrowing experience forced me to let go of both beliefs that I considered sacrosanct as well as people who I discovered were out for themselves, not for me.

When I did release them, my life became better than ever because some of what I thought were “good and positive” ways of showing up in the world were the very things that had held me back.

When drowning, a survival instinct kicks in. I had to take care of myself or go under. I had no energy to babysit others’ issues or their unconscious, self-serving ways.

Part of my Resolved for Results Mastermind Principle #6 states, “I choose to use my personal empowerment on my behalf, which allows me to serve life more fully.” 

Instead of taking years to understand lessons like this more deeply, I condensed my learning curve into months… including the necessity of letting go of worry and fear.

As life reflects back the energy of our thoughts and feelings, why did I create this? I had been deeply concerned about a business challenge, so I created something else to worry about instead.

And, yes, because I had no energy to hold onto the original issue, the solution manifested during my months-long experience.

“Soulutions” came when I let go of the worry and fear that bound me, making room to be open to answers for which I’d been asking.

Another lesson, ask for breakthroughs with grace and ease.

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My community recovered as it pulled together in new ways, too. Strong. Compassionate. Having received help from others.

Now during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, while remembering that help, individuals, businesses and the local police are returning the goodwill of love to help those in need who are a few hours down the road.

Everyone who’s experienced Harvey will have their own story to tell, what they (had to) let go of, what they learned.

Labor Day is a celebration dedicated to the strength and prosperity of American workers.

On this national holiday of Labor Day, in my part of the world, are demonstrations of labors of love.

How will you celebrate your labors?

With gratitude, Virginia

P.S. Know someone who might enjoy reading this? Please forward.

I work with people, at any age, who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how, feel stuck or would benefit from new tools or support.

I help them be richly compensated doing what they love by aligning with their Soul’s goals.
Copyright © 2017 Resolved for Results, All rights reserved