Shelly Gore and Christina Gage are prosperous entrepreneurs, successful stock market and real estate investors, and sought-after business development coaches. They are also founders of MillionaireWomen.com, a community where they provide the solutions that women need to become self-made millionaires. They offer revolutionary seminars, personalized mentoring programs, and step-by-step entrepreneurial and investing products, created by women for women. Check out the following articles written by Shelly and Christina:
- Women are the Newest Millionaires: Secrets to Riches the Women's Way
- 8 Reason Every Person Can and Should Be Wealthy
- The Self-Made Millionaire Mindset

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Do affirmations work? My personal experience has shown to me that it absolutely does. But you have to do more than just mindlessly repeat your statements like a parrot. In order for affirmations to work, you have to pick the right statements that 'agree' with you, do them often enough with the proper emotion and visualization, and express sincere gratitude that they've already been accomplished. The whole purpose of doing affirmations is to replace the old counterproductive beliefs that have been 'hardwired' through your neural connections over the years. Most likely these old patterns of thinking were themselves imprinted by repetition and/or strong emotional response. The more strongly entrenched these old habits are, the more work you have to do. But it's absolutely doable.

Jeff Staniforth has thoroughly studied the subject and created a system that takes affirmations to a whole new level. Jeff developed a powerful software called Sculptor 3. This highly acclaimed program combines 7 technologies that amplify and accelerate the manifestation of your dreams and desires: affirmation, visualization, brainwave technology, subliminals, sentence completion, goal-setting and whole brain synchronization. You can find out more info about this highly effective tool here.

We have added a new Article category focused primarily on the subject of Affirmations. Jeff has contributed some articles that you will surely find very helpful. Check out our Affirmations Articles now.

You attract into your life that which is in accordance with your thoughts. This is how the deliberate creation school of thought acknowledges the relationship between your consciousness and your environment. It's firmly based on the law of attraction or "creating from the inside out." This includes not only your life experiences, but literally also the concrete manifest form of objects, including your living space.

Feng Shui also sees this relationship, but also goes on to say that you can manipulate that environment in order to create change in your consciousness. Consciousness, as we know, defines life experience. The state of harmony or disharmony in the space around you, in the relationships among objects and energies seen or unseen, gets reflected in the state of harmony or disharmony in your life experience.

This relationship may seem like cause-and-effect, but it's actually more like a mirror. A change in one is reflected in the other: a change in your thinking (conscious and subconscious) will show in your environment, and vice versa.

Feng shui practice through the centuries has dissected this intimate connection. It has learned to see and create the relationship patterns in a space that are beneficial to the inhabitant. Feng shui has determined that certain areas of your space correspond to certain areas of your life: wealth, love, family, health, etc.. It is all about aesthetics but taken to a deeper level: it takes into account not only visual harmony but energetic harmony as well.

It is an art, and various schools of feng shui have developed over the years. Some are esoteric and traditional and demand a great deal of study, others are more intuitive and common sense, while yet others combine methods as appropriate. Some applications are universal--such as maintaining a clutter-free space--and others are specific and personal--such as what your lucky and unlucky directions are based on your date of birth.

Is feng shui necessary if you already are cultivating the right consciousness? Isn't that enough? Well, feng shui consultants have often been surprised at how some people whom they consider to be developed in awareness have instinctively created living spaces that are in harmony according to feng shui. So if you change your mind, ultimately your surroundings change with you. Ever notice how most wealthy people have such clean, well-kept living spaces? And if you check their wealth area you may find that they have the right elements in place, even if they don't know feng shui from chop suey.

Inversely, strict feng shui adherents claim there is no need to change your intention or your thinking in order for feng shui to work. All you need to do is apply the feng shui treatments and things in your life would shift accordingly.

But why not do both? They are not mutually exclusive, as mentioned, but rather reflections of one another. Change your mindset AND tweak your space, and see how much faster you manifest harmony in your finance, relationships, career, etc.

Feng shui applications for attracting wealth is one of the most explored and most in demand, for obvious reasons. Feng shui is definitely one of the tools you would want to add in your toolbox for a comprehensive and integral approach to creating wealth and abundance in your life. For this purpose, we have started a Feng Shui for Wealth category in our Articles section as starting points. Begin exploring now.

James Martell runs a home-based business that earns his family over $30,000 a month. Twelve million other Americans work full time from home, with over 3 million of them earning over $100,000 a year. No wonder everyone wants to do it. Working from home and being your own boss is everyone's dream: flexible schedule, ready availability to family, tax advantages, no commute stress, etc. James has written a series of articles on the glories as well as some of the pitfalls you need to watch out for before you tell your boss to _____. Check out our work-at-home articles now.

You've heard the expression, "it is possible to change your life around if you put your mind to it." So many times in fact that you gloss over it when you hear it again and say, yeah, yeah, until you come across s story of someone who has done it--and in such a remarkable way--that you can't help but pay attention.

Mike Brescia is the founder of one of the top personal development companies and was at one point the highest paid sales executive in the WORLD in three separate industries. But he did not start out so well.

In fact, for years he was homeless, living in a van, and kept getting fired from $5-an-hour jobs. It's not that he wasn't trying to better himself. He was reading popular books on selling and motivation. Yet he kept failing. Until one day he had a eureka moment and developed his own system that was so powerful it catapulted him into unimaginable heights of sales success.

But we're getting ahead of the story. Read Mike's inspiring story of a remarkable turn around that proved the immense power of your thoughts: From the Bench to the Playing Field

We've all heard of the Golden Rule: "Treat others the way you want to be treated." It's the foundation of any moral code (or karmic code, as some would say). But what about Platinum Rule? "Treat others the way THEY want to be treated." It's a switch in perspective. The Platinum Rule doesn't assume that others have the same inclinations or preferences as you do. It's a way of actually stepping into another's shoes and seeing the world from their view. Once you understand where they're coming from, once you understand how it is to be like them, then you'd understand what they like and how they want to be treated.

The term 'Platinum Rule' was coined by Dr. Tony Alessandra, one of the foremost motivational speakers in the country. Dr. Alessandra identified four Behavioral Styles that most people fit in: the Director, Socializer, Thinker and Relater. We all have these qualities to certain degrees, but we all have a dominant style. The point is, if you can identify what another person's dominant style is, you can adapt accordingly and relate to them in a way that wins them over. This is perfect for any kind of business or personal relationship. It's a surefire way of diffusing conflict and establishing rapport, a way of knowing the other person's needs and meeting them. It's a win-win way of motivating someone into action.

What is your Behaviroal Style? Are you a Director, Socializer, Thinker or Relater? What is your boss's style? Or your employee's? What about your wife or son? Read this fascinating article by Dr. Alessandra, The Platinum Rule, and then take the FREE Behavioral Style Assessment to identify your personality style. This is a valuable tool to charge up your emotional intelligence.

After all, it's the EQ (Emotional Intelligence), not IQ, that determines success in the real world, remember? (Hmm, wait a second. Did a Relater come up with that notion? Or a Thinker? Anyway, read on.)

According to the 2004 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS), 24% of American workers surveyed are Very Confident about having enough money to live comfortably in retirement, 44% are Somewhat Confident, 18% are Not Too Confident, and 13% are Not At All Confident.

About 68% of the workers reported have saved money for retirement, and 58% are currently saving for retirement. More than half of all workers report less than $50,000 in savings and investments (excluding their home), with 29% of those in age 55+ having less than $25,000. However, 13% of people in the same age group mentioned (55+) have saved over $250,000.

Those who are currently not saving for retirement but feel confident that they will have a comfortable retirement cite the following reasons for their confidence:
- they will get money from an employer (34%)
- Social Security will be enough (9%)
- have other money/property (7%)
- will save later (11%)
- trust in God/faith (7%)
- inheritance (3%)
- other reasons (17%)

You can download the full 2004 RCS report here (To download this PDF file, RIGHT-CLICK on the link and then choose 'Save Target As' to save into your computer.)

How well do you measure up? Are you financially on track for a comfortable retirement? Or do you feel uncomfortable whenver this subject is brought up? Well, Lewis Schiff has written an article based on this topic and invites you to take The Armchair Millionaire's Quiz: Are You Financially on Track? He also offers helpful tips on how to make progress with your savings goals. Read this very important article now: How Do You Measure Up Financially? and get a firmer handle on your financial future.