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Think and Grow Rich
Chapter 14 The 6th Sense

This is the second time that I have read and written about this chapter, the first since I have been back with mentoring for free.

The first time through this chapter I related everything about the 6th sense to my work as a police officer. I use it all the time at work.

For those that do not know I joined the mentoring for free community one year ago this month. It happened very quickly after my coaching call with Michael. I just felt at home after struggling so much out there on my own. I was off and running, following the recipe and working the system as it was mentored to me. I was doing quite well, both Angela and I worked together and we were having a great time…..but then it happened.

I started to look at some of those affiliate programs that Michael spoke against. Reading about that fast dollar, how exciting those “get rich quick” sales pages can be. Wow, get paid for all those leads I generate, even if they don’t join my business….I could do that!

All the while my 6th sense was telling me no, warning me. I knew that was not what I wanted to do. But I began anyway….slowly changing my advertising, lead capture pages, videos. I began to preach to the world that it was ok to create multiple streams of income. It was ok to make money on the backs of my leads (notice I didn’t say people)…pictures of fancy cars, big homes and piles of cash.

All the while….my subconscious mind was screaming at me. Why was I not listening?

Why was I not taking the advice from those that cared about me the most? Why?

Misery loves company and I would preach my negative to anyone that would listen. No bashing, but clearly dis-respecting those that took the time to help us. Those that spent hours on the phone, drove hundreds of miles, sat in my living room…those that broke bread with me late in the night, sharing their wisdom. My extended family, my new friends.

What was I thinking? Did I need to prove something to myself or what? Sure, it was easy for me to listen to my 6th sense at work. Waiting that extra second or 2 for my back up…watch out around that next dark corner. Yes, I would listen to that all day long, but how could I ignore it other times?

The worst part of the whole deal was I let my wife down. It was all the proof she needed that this whole MLM deal is a bunch of crap and it will only be a matter of time before I quit this and move on the next deal….or give up altogether. She was done.

As I write this today I am not sure what it was that grabbed me and said, “Todd, Wake the F*** up.”

But it happened in a moment, in an instant. I did not dwell or think about it for hours or days….it was quick as lightning. I woke back up and after almost 6 months I made the decision that I needed to come home….if I am still welcomed.

I called a good friend and business partner of mine and told him. It was almost as if we were thinking about the something…at the same time. We laughed, telling ourselves to chalk it up as a lesson learned. I needed a band aid and humor worked well for that.

I was not even going to pick Hills book up this week, but about an hour ago I decided to read the chapter.

WOW, it has never been more clear then right now the importance of self development. The importance of listening and learning from those that care about me the most…that care about Angela and I the most…that give the most.

The 6th sense? Daily affirmations? Self development? Believing in us until we believe in ourselves….

Yes, I believe….I believe now I am at a point in my life that I can start a new beginning of understanding why I am here.

My good friend said I could borrow this until I got my own…

“Angela and I are having fun building the largest, most profitable, highest retention organization ever built in the history of network marketing, easily and consistently through education and teamwork.”

Todd Bobal
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The Mental Cleanse

I am not sure if any of you have ever heard of the 30 Day Mental Cleanse. It means not watching TV., reading newspapers, internet, listening to negative people, talking negative about anyone.etc Basically, “stop the negative chatter in your mind.” You know some of that Self Help Stuff.

My husband, who is a police officer, started it about 4 months ago. I am only just finishing up month one. What took me so long to join my husband you may wonder? Well…..to put it simply, I was in total denial.

I did not need Any Self Help! I have always felt I was a pretty positive person. I was convinced I didn’t need to stop watching TV or reading the newspaper to prove that. ( This from someone who reads the obituaries in the paper first…how uplifting…lol) I LOVED watching T.V. Now, I work from home so I never have time to watch T.V during the day. However…I was very much addicted to the wonderful invention called the DVR. As soon as things were settled at night I could not wait to cuddle up and watch T.V. I loved reality T.V. too. After all, it was the most dramatic.

I mean how fun watching other peoples negativity and drama , right? Oh…and did I mention that every morning I checked the news headlines on the internet…..yes, very positive indeed…NOT. I was convinced I could do all those above listed things and still be a truly positive person. Lets not EVEN get started about the listening to negative people. IT AMAZES ME THAT THE MOST NEGATIVE PEOPLE I KNOW CLAIM THEY CAN”T STAND NEGATIVE PEOPLE.

Power of Positive Thinking After watching my husband, who is a police officer totally evolve as a person in the last four months. I decided that in fact there may be something to this Mental Cleanse stuff. As many of you know, being a police officer is a thankless job. You are basically seeing other human beings at their worst. They are underpaid and underappreciated. These factors can make even the most positive person, negative. On top of all that, many of the guys my husband works with LOVE to sit around and talk about the injustices of the pay and lack of appreciation.

So, my husband went to his negative job, came home and watched the negative news, read the negative headlines, listened to negative co-workers…you get the point. He decided enough was enough. He started a new business and joined Mentoring for Free and joined the mental cleanse. It has been amazing watching his transformation. I am so proud of him. So, you could say that he was my inspiration for finally doing it for myself. Wow, the power of positive thinking!

The first week I started it was pretty difficult. I was kind of consumed with the fact that I was not supposed to watch T.V. It was all I could think about. I started reading THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill. This book is also part of the Mental Cleanse, you read a chapter a week, write a lesson plan and then get on the phone with others doing the same thing once a week and talk about it. More about that later……The book is a hard read but amazing. So, I changed from watching T.V. at night to reading books about the power of positive thinking. Eat, Pray, Love and the Go-Giver were two of my favorites.

Also during this process I became more aware of who the heck I was surrounding myself with. I could not believe how my eyes were opened to the fact that there were many people in my life who did nothing but spew negativity. I guess I never realized it, before. What was worse….I kind of liked all that drama…oh no…..maybe I wasn’t as positive as I thought…Maybe I did need some of this self help! I would get on the phone or get together with a friend for coffee and I was all too happy to engage in some negative, judgmental talk about someone else.

This cleanse has made me realized that I enjoyed that gossip and negativity a little too much. We have a joke down here in the south that the we may say some pretty mean things but if we follow it up with “But bless their heart,”it somehow lessons the blow.

In the weeks that followed it got easier. I was so inspired by a chapter in Think and Grow Rich that I wrote a lesson plan that was picked from hundreds to be read by me on the weekly Mental Cleanse call. The people on the call that day had some pretty incredible feedback on my lesson plan. That has only inspired me further to continue this Mental Cleanse, to dig deep and really look at myself.

As one of my favorite authors says” Small minded people talk about people. Brilliant people talk about thoughts.”

I still struggle with that from time to time. I am far from perfect. I am learning as I go. In the beginning of this cleanse, I was doubtful. Now, I am excited for each next step!

Angela Bobal

Learn all about the mental cleanse by reading the ebook, Success in 10 Steps.

The Greatest Dishonest Love Story Ever Told

When I awoke this morning, I caught a glimpse of a breaking story in the news.
As it turns out the “greatest love story ever told”, was a lie.

Herman Rosenblat admitted that he had made up the love story that was featured on Oprah, and written about in the book , Angel At The Fence.

I was disappointed. I was among the millions of Americans who sat riveted to the screen as Mr. Rosenblat described his days in a concentration camp, when he was a teenager. He stated that a 9 year old girl visited him everyday for 7 months and threw him food over the fence, keeping him alive.
The story gets even more intriguing as he tells of how miraculously they were reunited years later as adults on a blind date that friends set up after they had resettled to America.

I admit. I was totally taken in when watching the episode on Oprah. I mean, who doesn’t like a good love story? Especially one that had all the makings of a phenomenal one. Listening him to describe it all…..they would exchange adoring glances throughout the entire episode. It made you just feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

How disappointing to find out it was mostly fantasy. Although Mr. Rosenblat does say that the parts about the concentration camp are true…..the love story is not. He states,:”I wanted to bring happiness to people. I brought hope to a lot of people. My motivation was to make good in this world.”

I am sure that is the case. However, there are more honest ways to do this. To sit on the Oprah show and fabricate a tale of that caliber?? Well….it’s sad.

When every time you turn on the TV and there is nothing but negative headlines, this story did warm the hearts of so many Americans, myself included. Now, this story too has taken a negative turn. It is unfortunate and disheartening. Instead of this great love story filling me with wonder and hope, like it did when I first watched it on Oprah. This morning it just makes me feel sad that a man felt he had to totally fabricate a love story to get his message across.

Angela Bobal
www.MLMNetFormula.com

“Most people laugh when they hear that the secret to success is GIVING…..Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.” Bob Burg and David Mann-authors of The Go-Giver.

This book changed the way I thought about success. The Five Laws that are explained in this book are simple. They are also highly motivational and and deeply inspiring.

I am sure you have all heard the old proverb ” Give and you shall receive.” I wonder how many of us REALLY believe that.

Lets start out by talking about The Five Laws of Stratospheric Success that are described in this amazing book:

The Law Of Value- Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.
Exceed people’s expectations. You give, give give. It’s not a strategy, it’s a way of life.

The Law of Compensation-Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.
You determine your level of compensation. If you want more success, find a way to serve more people. There are no limitations on what you can earn, because you can always find more people to serve.
In the Go- Giver it explains the three universal reasons for working. SURVIVE- to meet your basic needs. SAVE-to go beyond your basic needs and expand your life. SERVE- to make a contribution to the world around you.
Most people spend their lives focusing on the first. However, genuinly successful people in ALL aspects of their lives- keep their focus on the third.

The Law Of Influence-Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first. If you place other people’s interests first, your interests will always be taken care of. Watch out for what other people need, with the faith that when you do, you will get what you need. Giver’s attract.

The Law of Authenticity-The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself. This law is an easy one: BE REAL. Dynamic people talk to you , not AT you. It says in the book that if you want people skills, then BE a person.

The Law of Receptivity-The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving. Receiving is the natural result of giving. Every giving can only happen because it is also receiving. The Go-Giver says that all the giving in the world won’t bring you success, won’t create the results you want, unless you make yourselfwilling and able to receive in like measure.

I have never thought that TRUE success was how much money you make, clout, how many autographs you sign, how many people you know. I have always believed that TRUE success goes along with TRUE happiness. If you can look in the mirror and like who you see. If you can find the best in yourself and others. If you can give back to this world and leave it a little better. If you laugh and love to your full capacity…….this to me is success.

Live the life you WANT……
Angela Bobal
www.MLMNetFormula.com

The Master Mind

My husband started this mental cleanse almost three months prior to me. He asked me to do it with him and I refused at first. He spoke about joining a network marketing company and it made me cringe.

For three months, my husband was out there doing the mental cleanse and building a network marketing business……without me. This was not normal for us. In life, we MASTER MIND together. Yet, here I was, unwilling to participate. Unwilling to believe. Even becoming jealous that he was on the computer all the time. Jealous that he would not sit and watch TV with me. How silly this all sounds now. Here was this man, who had helped me with my own business for ten years. A man willing to constantly sacrifice for his family. A man who was only guilty of trying to make a better life for his family. And there I was….stubborn, unsupportive and quite honestly, selfish. THANK GOODNESS I GOT OVER MYSELF.

I am writing all this to say that guys, we do need each other. Your spouse needs you. Like Napolean HIll says in the book. ” When a group of individual brains is coordinated and functions in harmony, the increased energy created through the alliance becomes available to every individual brain in the group.” We are all feeding off each others energy. If I am a spouse who is not supporting her husband, what kind of energy am I feeding him?

In a marriage , is harmony not crucial? With harmony comes peace. If we are not harboring, protecting and supporting our spouses dreams…..how will a marriage survive in the long run? How will there be peace in a marriage where two people are “doing their own thing,” and not MASTERMINDING together, sharing ideas, and feeding off each others energy?
Working together will only get us to our goals that much sooner. We will be that much more powerful because we feed off each others “phenomenal energy.” I am talking about all of us on this call. We motivate each other to succeed. We inspire each other as we go, listening to and reading each others lessons plans. Giving words of encouragement. We surround ourselves with people who are working towards the same goal. We MASTERMIND together on these calls. We all realize, that we CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL ALONE.

It took me longer then it should have. The Mental Cleanse is one of the best things I have ever done for myself. It has made me really look at myself and think about what exactly I want out of my life and out of my marriage. Chapter 10 hammered it home. I will never get those three months back, where my husband was out there without me. However, I will make sure that from now on that I am his “phenomenal energy.” After all, when we take those vows are we not promising to MASTERMIND through this life together?
Angela Bobal
www.MLMNetFormula.com

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