Planning, Manifesting, and Hard Work

[Acting Like Godot]

Planning is useful. Planning is a kind of visualisation actually. For example, if you have a 6-month project, your plan could be that by Month 6, the desired outcome is like this, and by Month 5, you should have at least achieved X, and by Month 3, the five things which you must have done are A, B, C, D and E ....

All of this is visualisation too, you see, and therefore creative in nature.

Action is also useful. Action is a powerful form of thought. Every action you take is in fact an expression of some thought, some intention, some aspect of your consciousness.

But then there is no need to confine yourself to action. It is only one powerful form of thought. There are others. Why limit yourself.

[jacare]

Originally Posted by ssandra

LOL... we have a new business here that I feel very strongly and positively about. I have been wanting to have a few clients, and my father in law as well before the end of the year

We have NO marketing plan. Our website isn't build yet. We have no business plan except what is in our head...

Yet 2 clients already called US! One for a price quote and the other for a demonstration....

Ok, no sales yet, and yes I have to go and do the sales speech, but I didn't do antything for those clients to come to us

First of all, congratulations, and I wish you all the success.

I have about 5000 customers in 70 countries for my software product including name brand Fortune 500 companies and government entities. Again, I'm not talking about small stuff, I'm talking about 1 Million dollars or more per year. And that is net profits or gross margins above 50%.

It's about the offer and the demand dynamics of your business. You can have a great product, and a lousy attitude and still get rich. You can have a great attitude and a lousy product, and you will not get rich.

[jacare]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Planning is useful. Planning is a kind of visualisation actually. For example, if you have a 6-month project, your plan could be that by Month 6, the desired outcome is like this, and by Month 5, you should have at least achieved X, and by Month 3, the five things which you must have done are A, B, C, D and E ....

All of this is visualisation too, you see, and therefore creative in nature.

Action is also useful. Action is a powerful form of thought. Every action you take is in fact an expression of some thought, some intention, some aspect of your consciousness.

But then there is no need to confine yourself to action. It is only one powerful form of thought. There are others. Why limit yourself.

I agree with what you say, and that is my philosophy also. Plus there are a lot of other types of understanding that go with learning about LOA, IM ,etc. that ensures you will be happy with or without the money. So many people manifest money, but it does not necessarily make them "happy".

[dazzle]

Personally I feel it's more important to be passionate about what you are doing before making a business plan.

When you are passionate about something the plans unfold naturally and you go with the flow. When it comes to starting a business the most common driving force is the desire for money which comes from a place of lack.

jacare, are you passionate about your business or is it just a route to a comfortable luxury lifestyle?

[Daffy Duck]

Sounds like Jacare is already quite successful too. Congrats!

Jacare, have you tried combining LoA techniques along with your business planning? I know you know about them (based on your conversation with your brother), but have you spent any time visualizing and so on? It might be an interesting thing to try for 30 days and see what happens, if anything.

ALG, if one were to do this, what technique would you recommend they try for 30 days? I'd guess the Sedona Method is a good way for anyone to start experimenting with LoA.

[jacare]

Originally Posted by
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Jacare[/B], have you tried combining LoA techniques along with your business planning? I know you know about them (based on your conversation with your brother), but have you spent any time visualizing and so on? It might be an interesting thing to try for 30 days and see what happens, if anything.

I do a lot of things, visualization, affirmations, writing goals, recording goals, reading, listening to motivational audio.

Actually, this was why I wrote this post here in the first place. What I've found is that my positive/negative feelings are purely fluctuating with sales each month. Good month, I feel good. Bad month, I feel abyssmal (sp?). I get frustrated because I want to be able to better control sales, but I don't see much of a correlation between my sales and the activities I do. Either they show up or they don't. My building processes is an attempt on my part to create a correlation between activity and sales.

Also, in the sofware business, you get some positive feedback, the most positive, of course, is people sending you money. But you also get a lot of negative feedback, technical support issues, prospects, frustrated non technical users. So you are constantly overcoming the negative feedback that pours in. I notice very successful people don't take this personally, or have it instill doubt in the core of the business. Still working on that one.

So my bugaboo is doubt about the viability of the core business itself. And nobody really knows the answer. But to get to the answer, I need to organize and execute a good business plan. Positive thinking helps, but the only real measure is the P/L. And I think that is a function of the market/product/execution which, (and I'm putting this out there for argument), is outside the realm of mental science, i.e. sending out positive waves from your brain does not change the demand dynamics of the marketplace.

[shasah]

Originally you wanted examples and while mine does not involve $1M personally, it probably saved the company I work for that much.

A customer that uses a special metal for their parts ordered parts early and in higher quantities than forecast. As Purchasing Manager, I had been looking for this material in many different areas. We were approaching shutting down not only our customers but one of the Japanese car makers. It was about this time that I started getting into LOA/IM. I practiced some of the methods I've read about and the next day I went to work, called a company that I had already called numerous times and asked them to physically check their inventory again to see if some material listed was actually black instead of gray as they had listed. They found 4 coils of black material which got us through until the next shipment arrived from overseas.

LOA/IM seems to work for me in business situations, but I haven't been as successful with it in my personal life. Working on it and I still have a lot to learn!! The above situation proved to me that it does work and that I just need to retrain my subconscious mind and quit limiting my possibilities.

[Wax Frog]

OT - If I may ask, is that Young Godot or Godot Jr.?

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

OT - If I may ask, is that Young Godot or Godot Jr.?

Godot Junior, one of my most significant creations.

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by jacare

And I think that is a function of the market/product/execution which, (and I'm putting this out there for argument), is outside the realm of mental science, i.e. sending out positive waves from your brain does not change the demand dynamics of the marketplace.

Well, it does change the demand dynamics of the job market.

I say this, because I send out positive waves from my brain, and then employers pop out of the blue offering me higher and higher salaries to join them.

I'm paid quite a bit more than most of my peers (of same age; similar qualifications and experience). I know this for a fact, because headhunters tell me the market figures (and headhunters know lots of people's detailed backgrounds + salaries).

Also, it does change the demand dynamics of the property market. I gave you one example already (how I sold my apartment at a record price, pretty much without planning to).

What I didn't mention to you in this thread was that earlier this year (March) I also bought an enormously big new house (still under construction) at a ridiculously low price. I wrote about in previous posts, earlier this year, and also described some of my manifestation sessions around this matter.

Now in the space of 10 months, to sell one apartment at a record high and to buy one house at a truly, truly low price (mind you, both properties are in the same neighbourhood) ....... well, that might give you some food for thought about how LOA users can possibly bend markets.

[jacare]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Now in the space of 10 months, to sell one apartment at a record high and to buy one house at a truly, truly low price (mind you, both properties are in the same neighbourhood) ....... well, that might give you some food for thought about how LOA users can possibly bend markets.

I'm open to it. I must have some blocks around selling my own house. It is truly a nice property, 1 wooded acre with a lake. The house itself, well, my wife and I have a lot of negative energy around it. We want a bigger house, and we are very anxious to move on. But it seems like the more we want to leave, the more the house keeps it's stranglehold on us. My wife truly hates the house (although many people tell me it's a nice house).

The price is fair, the property is certainly attractive, and in a desirable community. But we are still here....

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by jacare

It is truly a nice property, 1 wooded acre with a lake.

Sounds very nice.

My new place is like this. Unfortunately no lake or woods.

However it is near the kids' schools and also a serene, majestic Buddhist temple which I'll probably go to visit & meditate now and then.

[cylon]

I live next to a Taco Bell and a Jack in the Box, and a bunch of strip malls. No Buddhist Temple as far as I can recall.

But I'm close to the beach, so I can't complain.

[moonrambler]

Originally Posted by jacare

I'm open to it. I must have some blocks around selling my own house. It is truly a nice property, 1 wooded acre with a lake. The house itself, well, my wife and I have a lot of negative energy around it. We want a bigger house, and we are very anxious to move on. But it seems like the more we want to leave, the more the house keeps it's stranglehold on us. My wife truly hates the house (although many people tell me it's a nice house).

The price is fair, the property is certainly attractive, and in a desirable community. But we are still here....

Maybe you guys need to try loving the house. Maybe potential buyers pick up on the negative feelings.