Ray Higdon

So how the heck do you stay motivated in this market?

Yesterday I was in the Beacon Executive Suites Dropping off a check to the Boys and Girls Club of the Money we raised from the holiday party (thank you everyone) and I ran into some folks that were working on building a multi level marketing company. As most of you know, I fully believe in these companies being an engine for passive income if the product is good. They were asking me how I always stayed motivated. They seemed to really like and appreciate what I told them so I thought it would be worthwhile to share with you all.

"Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by those doing it" - James Arthur Baldwin

Isn't that a wonderful quote? All throughout my life people have been telling me I could not do something or wanting me to come down from my beliefs and agree with them how hard it is to do something or bad things are and I have just refused. In real estate, if someone told me no way to my offer, I would say no problem and move on, knowing that I didn't need that deal. Know that in business whatever project or client you are working on is not something you NEED. For example my friends in Network Marketing hear about a 7 to 1 no to yes ratio if they are decent. The good ones know it is just a numbers game and continue to stay motivated and plug away at getting the RIGHT people. The ones that will never ever make it in that type of business go home and cry to Mama after the 4th or 5th no.

Whatever you lack in skill, make up for in numbers

Staying motivated has nothing to do with anything on the outside of your mind and everything to do with the real estate between your ears. If you believe in your product, which is YOURSELF, then you know that if you stay upbeat, positive and moving toward (versus away) from your goals then you will succeed, period.

"There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

That quote is so true and tells us that if we can envision a goal or dream, just by the ability to envision it means we can accomplish it! I find it much easier to stay motivated when I know I am working toward something I want to accomplish. When you take the time to write down your goals and write them down everyday, throughout your day just think to yourself if what you are doing, thinking, or listening to is moving you toward your goals or not. If it is not then either accept it and recognize it or stop doing it and do something that will move you forward! This does not mean eliminate time with family or time doing the things you love to do because when you do the things you love to do, you are in harmony and good things will be attracted to you.

"Don't wish for things to be easier, wish for you to be better" - Jim Rohn

A couple years ago I bought plane tickets, hotel accommodations and spent $750 to attend a course in San Francisco called photo reading. I figured that I had become too busy to read as much as I used to, so, learning how to read faster made sense to me! This really helped me a lot and I can whip through books a lot faster now than I used to but this is the type of thinking you may consider to stay motivated and get ahead in this market. There are several programs out there that I have seen to increase your reading speed, one I just saw that looks pretty interesting is this one, and it concentrates on some of the same principles that my course did (but for much cheaper) EyeQ Speed Reading

I envision that 2009 will be 2-3 times better than any year I have ever had and not just financially. I feel that I have the greatest friends I have ever had, awesome business people around me and a great relationship with my family. I hope that you are able to say the same and if not, hope you put steps in place to reach toward your goals and above all else....Smile!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and in the immortal words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, "I'll make it to the Moon if I have to crawl"!

Let me ask you a question. Have they convinced you that you cannot succeed? Have they convinced you that this market is impossible? Have they convinced you that the market turning around is the only thing that can help you?
Well, I got good news and bad news. The bad news is shame on you for letting an outside force or entity to control your outcomes but the good news is…

IT IS VERY EASY TO STOP LISTENING TO THEM!

First of all, who are THEY? They can be the media, your friends, your family members, your parents…it may even be those from your childhood. Perhaps you saw your parents go through tough times and recall how tough that was and you are simply reliving those memories in your current life.

There are two quick things you can do RIGHT NOW to change, it will take some time and dedication but, they are FREE and what the heck is your alternative?

First things first, if the person giving you advice is struggling, not a millionaire, or does not live the type of life you wished that you lived, STOP LISTENING TO THEM. Take this one step further and learn how to only accept that advice that HELPS you toward your goals. Want some examples?
The statement that I hear over and over is “It is tough to make money in this market”. Well, if you read my past blog at http://theforeverwealthclub.com/blog/date/2008/11 you know that 2008 marked the year that more billionaires were created than ever before, so, just take that statement and throw it out the window or continue believing it and like James Ray says: Your wish is my command! You see, if you simply make statements like that or believe them, you force them to become true. And yes, I am talking about the law of attraction but it really goes deeper than that. In the bible when Moses and his people were in the desert, the people came to Moses and told them they didn’t have water. So what did he tell them to do? He told them to pray for rain. When he visited them and they cried about praying and praying but no rain showing up, he asked them where the ditches were. They looked puzzled and asked what he meant. He said, and this is so important to understand, where did you expect the rain to go if you didn’t dig ditches?

ARE YOU DIGGING THE DITCHES TO ACCEPT YOUR RAIN?

You need to have an invisible force field around you that protects you from all malignant statements. Negative statements about your future are cancerous and need to be quickly thrown away. Negative events also need to be used for what they are meant to be used for. Let me give you an example.

I got a massage the other day and I came out to my car and the car would not start. The battery was so dead that my door locks would not even work and I had an important meeting to get to. Did I sit there and moan and groan? Did I say how much it sucked and say woe is me? No, my very first thought, the one that came to me instantly was, I wonder who I am supposed to meet for this to happen. You see, everything happens for a reason. Every bad event in your life happens for a reason. They may happen because you do not currently hold the mental state to accomplish a goal you are focusing on. They may happen because had your life gone on as planned, you would have missed out on something wonderful. Heck, they may happen to save you from something even worse! So, back to my car not working…
After I called AAA, I grabbed some food and sat on a bench outside of an animal hospital. A lady came out about 2 minutes later, obviously distraught, and asked if she could sit down beside me. I said sure (and kind of laughed inside on how fast this one happened). She got on the phone and called someone, I assume her husband, and expressed her dismay at the health conditions of her dog. When she got off the phone I told her that I hoped her dog would get better soon. She spent the next 40 minutes telling me all about her dogs, how she rescues animals and how much she loves her pets. I sat there quietly and listened, contributing where I could but let her go on and on about her pets. After all this time, she got up, looked at me, told me I was a great guy, thanked me for listening and went about her day. She looked infinitely better than she did when she came out of that hospital. I don’t say this to impress you but to impress upon you that you can make a huge difference in someone’s life by just listening to them. Now, another interesting thing that happened is when the AAA driver arrived, I didn’t have cash to tip him so I looked in my trunk, found an unopened set of Audio CD’s for the secret, which, he had never heard of, and gave them to him. Hopefully he will get something out of them and change his life as I did when I first listened to them.

Now, ready to change your life? Ready to wipe those excuses out of existence? Then let’s do it RIGHT NOW! I told my good friend Tim Hart this step and he calls me every couple days to tell me that something else just happened from doing it.

Every single day, write down what you want to accomplish in the present tense.
If your immediate response is that you don’t have time, then I am here to tell you that you are full of crap and get over it. I write a page and a half every single day no matter what and it takes about 15 minutes to do. Here are some of my more generic ones that you can instantly use as examples:

I feel wonderful now that I only have fantastic things happen to me.
I am so happy that I have such wonderful personal and business relationships.
I feel so happy that I have so much money coming in from all kinds of avenues.

If you notice the pattern, I am stating them in the present tense, only using positive terms and saying them with emotion. Do not worry if you have a hard time believing your statements at first, with repetition and not listening to negative forces around you, they will start to stick. To start this process, pick one statement and focus on something you can measure shortly. The more you see results, the more you believe, the more they will start to work. If someone owes you money, then write a statement saying how grateful you are that you were paid from that person.

STILL CONVINCED YOU CANNOT SUCCEED?

The great Tony Robbins was in New York City and told his team that he wanted to go around and give bags of food to the homeless. He told them to rent a van so they could transport the food. Hours later he asked where the van was and they said there were no vans available as they had called all the rental places. Determined to get his way he went into traffic and started knocking on the windows of vans, stating what he wanted to accomplish and if they would let him use their van. After 30 minutes he knocked on the window of the head of the salvation army and accomplished his goal.

WOULD YOU KNOCK ON THE WINDOWS OF NEW YORK CARS TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS?

Ray

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Make it an Awesome Day!

Tonight is the Holiday Charity Party in Cape Coral. I am
always excited to party but more than that I am excited to
help
as many local boys and girls this holiday season.

There has never been a better time to give.

As we all know, the market has affected a lot of people.
Restaurants, title companies, real estate offices, almost
every type of industry in Lee County has been affected by
this
market. One unfortunate category of people that are
affected
by this market, are the kids. When the parents are making
less
and less money, there may be no money left for presents for
the
kids. Each year the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County
provide over 1,700 children within our community a positive
place to go and learn essential life skills after school.
87% of the children from these clubs have single parents
working everyday to provide for their family, thus the
children would be out on the streets without parental
guidance if not for the Boys & Girls Clubs.

You Find Out What People Are Made of During Tough Times.

Here's the history of this holiday party. I was asked to MC
a charity event a few months back to help raise money for
a child that had been in a terrible 4 wheeler accident and was
on life support. The parents of that child were surprised to
find out that their little girl was not going to be covered by
their insurance, so you can imagine what that could do to a
family financially. We had a charity auction there where I bid
on and won a certificate to some restaurant I had never heard
of for 100 people to enjoy unlimited drinks and food for 90
minutes. As of about a month ago, I had pretty much forgotten
about that certificate.

Fast forward a couple months...Here it was coming around to the
holiday season and I had not had time to plan a holiday event.
If you recall, last year we had a huge turnout at the Cape Coral
Yacht Club for our Vegas themed Holiday Party, had over 250
people there to benefit Guardian Ad Litem, Kiwanis Kids and
Voices for Kids, We Had a BLAST! But, last year I had a lot
of help from my now former fiancee as she was really good at
that sort of thing, of which was missed this year.

But then I remembered! What about that certificate? So,
Tonight, we are heading to the restaurant that in such a
trying time in our economy (especially for a restaurant in
Cape Coral) decided to donate such an incredible gift to such
an incredible cause. I am using a certificate I purchased at
a charity event, to hold a charity event, because that is the
way it was intended to be used.

Here is what I know. IF YOU ARE A GIVER YOU WILL BE REWARDED.
Some say that if you can picture your finances as a bucket, some
people will look to hold onto that bucket of money as tightly as
possible. I believe God looks at those people and thinks, OK,
this person has plenty of money, they do not need any more.
Other people choose to donate their time and money and give as
much money away as possible. I believe these people's buckets
are looked at as in need of more money and God works quickly
to ensure those people have more money.

Success Without Giving Is Not Success.

Let me ask you this. For those of us with kids...do you feel
and think better when your kids are happy? I know I sure do.
What do you think will happen to the parents of the kids we
help tonight? They will see their kids Happier and will feel
better. This is not JUST about needy kids, but also about needy
parents. This market is the opportunity to see what you are
really made of.

If you can make it tonight, that is wonderful. We are only asking
for a mere $10 donation but you can donate as much as you would
like. I do not believe that donating is losing money, I
believe donating is sending a wave of money back to you...
tenfold. If you cannot make it (heck, maybe you don't even
live in Lee County), but are blessed enough that you
can afford to give a mere $10 donation, please do so and we
thank you so much. You can donate at this page
http://www.TheForeverWealthClub.com/events.php

If You Are Blessed, Become a Blessing For Others.

Now, for those that have never been to the moorings. It is not
a super fancy place. Tonight is not a black tie event. The
Moorings is locally owned and operated and has been around for
over 20 years! They are known for having excellent service and
food but in these trying times, even places like the Moorings
are experiencing difficulty. This is another reason why it is
so darn cool that Mr Whalen of the Moorings chose to give that
certificate to the charity those months back. Every single penny
that comes in (not just profits) is going straight to the
Boys and Girls Club.

Now, are you blessed? Do you still have a roof over your head?
And while some of you may not eat as fancy as you used to, you
do get to eat right? Are you drinking clean water everyday?
Then You Are Blessed! Did you know across the world that
27,000 people per day die of dysentery due to not having clean
water? Trust me, whatever place you are in, whatever degree of
blessed you are, Know that it could be worse. Show your
support for Southwest Florida Tonight. Show your support for
the parents of Southwest Florida Tonight. Show your support for
the needy kids of Southwest Florida Tonight. And Finally, Show
your support for the local businesses of Southwest Florida Tonight.
Please donate if you can, please come if you can. Let's all
make a difference this holiday season.

Thank You So Much and I am so grateful to have you listen to
me and help me make a difference. Make it an Awesome Holiday Season!

Date: Wednesday, December 10th

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Cause: Raise money for Needy Children for the Holidays

Location: The Moorings

Address: 1326 SE 16th Pl., Cape Coral, FL

For More Info: http://www.theforeverwealthclub.com/events.php
Ray Higdon
Founder – http://www.TheForeverWealthClub.com

Happy Thanksgiving All, Have Gratitude Today and Everyday.

You know lately I always ask audiences I speak in front of
to tell me one thing about the year 2008. The common responses
I hear are that times are hard, work is tough, stock market
and real estate market stinks and on and on and on.

Your year is whatever you make of it. If you are a law of
attraction person, you know the more you dwell on the negative
the more negative items show up in your life. If you are a
numbers person, you need to understand the times we are in.

WE ARE IN THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
TO CREATE YOUR FORTUNE, WEALTH AND FINANCIAL DESTINY.

Don't believe me, read this article first:
http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Corporate/Welcome-to-Richistan.html

It tells you that more billionaires are being created than
ever before. Of course mainstream media will not share this
with you as the majority do not want to hear this.

DON'T BE THE MAJORITY

If you believe studying history helps predict the future,
study the moves of JP Morgan and Rockefeller during the 1929
crash.

So, what does this all mean to you?

Know that you do not have to struggle, know that if you take
the right actions right now, you can create your future.

How can you help others in this market? What is this market
making people need/want? Do you have that idea that you've had
for so long but never taken action on? Or, is now the time to
evaluate your business, decide if its the right business and
if so, learn to dominate in a time where your competition is
withering away to smoldering ashes?

ASK YOURSELF TWO QUESTIONS:
1) If you could choose any business, and be guaranteed $1
Million passive cashflow a year, what business would you choose?
2) If you had $10 Million in the bank, what would you do?
What would your day consist of? Who would you spend it with?
How would your life be different?

These questions will help you discover your passion.

Sprint toward your passion with the hunger of a thousand starving
lions.

"The moment the voices on the inside are louder and clearer
than the voices on the outside, you have mastered your life"

When you align your will, attitude, intelligence and have a
laser focus on your passion, the obstacles no longer exist.

Write that book, buy or create that company, do that new
monumental thing toward your existing clients that will
drive your future to the heights you deserve.

Those around you will call you crazy
Those around you will say it can't be done
Those around you will say the media tells them what to think
Those around you may never breathe the air of someone who
has been empowered with the knowledge that you are an
unlimited source of power.

Spend your time crying about the market and attract more things
to cry about.
Spend your time moaning and complaining about business and
attract more things to moan and complain about.
Spend your time focusing on your competition and attract
more competition.
Spend your time going through life in a zombie like,
uninspired state and attract more passion lacking zombies around you.

"Be fearful when others are greedy and Greedy when others are
fearful"
- Warren Buffet

Now is the time empires are created.
MORE MONEY WILL BE MADE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAN THE LAST
FIVE YEARS BUT IT WILL BE MADE BY FEWER PEOPLE.

Will you and your business be a corpse of the times?
Will you lose yourself in bad times never to reach your
potential?

Know that you are worthy.
Know that you have the same abilities as the richest and
most powerful people on the planet...and that is YOUR MIND.

I am gearing up for 2009. I know that money comes easily and
frequently. I know that I am magnetically attracting the right
people, assets, companies, resources to begin a new chapter
of wealth creation.

Follow your passion and give 10, 100, 1000 times more value
to your clients than you ever receive in cash and you will
not be a statistic.

Master your life now. Take massive action now. It's time to
put what you already know into practice and stop spending time
focusing on the media and what the un-empowered zombies of
America.

My main goal in 2009 is to lock arms with the right people,
the people that raise their hands to the sky and scream from the mountain
top that they are tired of all this BS about the market and
are ready to put a chokehold grip on their destiny. I want to
lock arms and continue to align myself with those that really,
truly want to dedicate 2009 to being the best year of their
lives financially, spiritually, and physically.

I fully realize that you are now prepared for me to sell you
something, or push you to some website where I make a commission
or tell you how much value I am providing to my latest
subscribers to my paid newsletter but I am not going to do that.

If You have already discovered your passion and got value
out of this writing, Great!
If I impact one life with this writing, I am happy and grateful
to have made a difference in someone's life that was ready
for a change. You need advice on how to approach your passion,
shoot me an email at rayhigdon@rayhigdon.com, I'll give you the best possible advice
I know how to give, or, if you just realize that those around me
and I are on a path of something big, something new, something
real and worth pursuing...raise your hand and tell me so.

As most of you know I am involved with many companies and
ALL OF THEM ARE THRIVING. I have more wonderful things
happening and coming to me than I have ever had before. With
or without me, know that you already have all it takes to be super
wealthy and happy.

I am so thankful to have the ability to write this email.
I am so thankful to be in a position to have someone on the
other side of this email to hear my rantings and ravings!
I am so thankful to have such wonderful personal and business
relationships.
I am so thankful to lack the fear of writing what I really
think to all those around me.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this but also
realize that reading, studying and knowledge is not power, but
only potential power. Action is true power.

Happy Thanksgiving to All of You, God Bless and Good Luck to
You Today and Everyday.

Also, look out for More details on Our Holiday Charity Party on
December 10th in Cape Coral, Florida.
This year we are helping the boys and girls club and
I hope to see those of you who are in SW Florida there.

Ray

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