Mark Victor Hansen's Rich Results (former) Newsletter

Entire contents reprinted from May 20, 2005 Rich Results Newsletter by Mark Victor Hansen (no longer in publication):

Visualizing your future is key to achieving phenomenal wealth and success. Since your thoughts determine what you receive in life, it is important to remain focused on the positive things you want and not on the negative things you don’t want. Once focused on the positive, you act as a magnet, to attract those things you hold in your mind. Although I have spoken to hundreds of thousands of people over the past 25 years, there is a one problem I have seen time and time again: When it comes to visualizing the future, people tend to only focus on their careers or business, believing that their financial and personal lives with take care of themselves. This is not true. In order to live abundantly we need to visualize abundance in EVERY area of our lives. THIS WEEK’S LESSON: Visualize A Balanced Life For Phenomenal Success And Happiness In order to attain balance, there are many other areas that need to be treated with respect and paid attention to. I’m going to give you the different areas of life you need to pay attention to. Then in “This Week’s Action Step,” you’ll be deciding on specific goals in EACH area and visualizing yourself living your dreams. Seven Areas of Life: 1. Financial – this is the area that includes your total income, money you want to invest, money you want to save and debts you want to pay off. 2. Business/Career – this area deals with businesses you want to create, careers you want to have and people you want to work with. 3. Personal – this category is strictly based on you - skills you want to master, material things you want to buy, vacations you want to take and places you want to see. 4. Health and Fitness – here you will consider physical fitness, spiritual fitness and mental fitness. Consider subjects such as exercise, nutritional habits, spiritual development, learning new ways of thinking and overall awareness. 5. Fun – yes, fun! We all need to have fun in our lives. I want you to think of things that bring you joy – I don’t care if it’s playing golf, painting ceramics, fishing, dancing or riding roller coasters. Whatever makes you laugh and smile, make time to do it. 6. Relationships – this is the area where you concentrate on the people in your life, whether they are members of your family, clients, a mentor, co-workers or employees. 7. Contribution – these are the entities you want to give back to society. You can contribute your money, your time or your talents. Now that you understand what each of the seven areas of life are, it’s time to decide what you want in each area and to begin visualizing achieving your goals. (Go to “This Week’s Action Step” below).

" If you don’t have an outstanding plan set for yourself in writing, you will live working for somebody else who does, and is, using you to manifest it."

THIS WEEK’S ACTION STEP In closing this week, I'd like to offer an exercise to complete in the week ahead: Knowing the seven areas of life and deciding what you want in each is a huge step in attaining your dreams. Now it’s time to stake your claim to the life you want. Below are the seven areas listed again, only now there are questions I want you to ask yourself and answer (write them down in a journal or notebook) to get crystal clear on your true desires. 1. Financial – How much money to do you want to make each month? How much do you want to invest? Save? What are the debts you want to pay off? 2. Business/Career – What businesses do you want to create or be involved in? What do you really want to be doing every day of your life (career wise)? Who do you want to work with? 3. Personal – What material things do you want to buy for yourself? What skills (dancing, playing a musical instrument, learning to swim, etc.) do you want to master? What countries or famous places do you want to visit? Where do you want to go on your yearly, monthly, vacations and what do you want to do? 4. Health and Fitness – If you could have the physique you wanted, what would you look like? What exercise have you always wanted to try, but never have? Are you satisfied with your current eating habits, or would you like to eat healthier? What religion or spiritual practice would you like to study? How would that practice enhance your spiritual life? What mental habits do you need to work on? Do you need to develop a better attitude towards yourself and the Universe? 5. Fun – What activity do you look forward to? What activity makes you feel like a kid again? Is there something you enjoy doing, but don’t make time to do? 6. Relationships – Who needs you to spend more time with them? At home? At work? Who do YOU need to spend more time with? Is it a mentor? A spiritual guide? 7. Contribution – What charity or community project do you want to contribute to? Do you want to give your money? Your time? Do you possess talents that could benefit that charity of project? Once you have answered these questions, write out your goals for each area. Now, for each area, and each goal, I want you to visualize three action steps that will help you attain each of your goals, then write them down. Every day visualize - first, taking action, then, accomplishing your goals, one by one. Visualizing helps you to create a convinced mind – a mind that is convinced that EVERYTHING you want is not only possible, but that it is ALEADY happening! I want you to do at least one action step for one goal every day until that one goal is accomplished. Then, move onto another goal until every goal becomes a reality. See you next week! Mark Victor Hansen