It seems like everyone this time of year is talking about resolutions. A new year is a great time to reevaluate how things are going in your personal and business life, but I think most people go about it the wrong way. That’s why they end up having the same resolutions year after year.

Most people say every year that they want to lose weight or exercise more. But they abandon these resolutions early on in the year because they don’t have a lot of motivation or they think they have to be perfect. One day of bad eating or skipping the morning run and they feel like the year is ruined.

It is much better to set goals for yourself instead. Spend some time thinking about where you are in your business and your personal life.
Picture yourself at the beginning of 2009. Where would you like to be? How much money would you like to be making? How much would you like to weigh?

Get as clear a picture as you can of where you want to be.

Once you have this picture in your mind you can set real goals for yourself based on where you want to go. Remember that the most powerful goals are specific, measurable, attainable, results oriented and time bound. Don’t just say you want to make more money, say you want to increase your income by $5,000 a month within the next nine months.
Goals set in this way are much better than wishy-washy resolutions because they drive you to action. They’re a lot more exciting and empowering than a mere statement of what you’d like to do.

When you set goals instead of resolutions, each day gives you a new opportunity to take a step to reach that goal. Yes, you will have days where it’s hard, where you’ll make no progress, but with consistent effort throughout the year you’ll find yourself reaching your goals and having a lot more fun doing it.

Yours in success,

Shawn Casey

Hi! It’s Shawn Casey! I want to talk about the Law Of Attraction today. The Law Of Attraction is a law that says you’re going to attract what you think about, focus on, desire, send out to the universe; that’s what you’re gonna get back.

Now, many people don’t understand the Law Of Attraction. First of all, they don’t think it works and I can absolutely, unequivocably tell you that it definitely does work. Whether you’re intending for it to work or not, and so one of the things we should talk about first of all is the unintended consequences of Law Of Attraction.

You’ve probably heard the term that nature abhors a vacuum. Well the universe abhors a vacuum as well. In other words, if you’re not focused on what you would like to be, where you wanna go, what you wanna achieve, what you want out of life, you may not be consciously doing that but unconsciously something is going on all the time because you are where you are for a reason and you pretty much have to put yourself there whether you want to admit that or not.

So, when we look at the Law Of Attraction, we have to think about what is it that we want to attract into our live. Now, using the word ‘want’ is a dangerous thing here, because many people will say I want, I want, I want, I want.

Well, what are you immediately setting up? Forget the ‘I’ word, what’s left; the ‘want’ word. You’re setting up a whole bunch of ‘I wants.’ I want a big house, I want a big car, I want a new girlfriend, I want a new husband, I want a baby; these are all ‘wants.’ See, when you set up wants, then you get a life full of want which leads to a life full of lack and you feel unfulfilled, unsatisfied. You can’t be talking about I want, I want, I want. What you need to be focused on is; I am, I have, I am doing, I am achieving, this is what’s happening for me.

See, we need to change our language. It’s very important as you think and as you speak you need to think about what it is you’re saying. Go back and analyze what you said, how you thought, and when you do that you will realize that whatever it is your most saying and thinking, that is what actually is happening in your life. If you think, I am poor, I am poor, I am poor; guess what, you are, and if you’re not you will be when you’re done. If you say that long enough and focus on that.

The two key words in here; the ones you wanna really focus on, the ones that are the words ‘I am.’ ‘I am are very, very powerful words throughout history, the words ‘I am.’ You say ‘I am great, I am powerful, I am healthy,’ then you feel that way. In fact, I can feel the energy flow through my body as I focus on what I am saying I am. I could likewise depress myself by saying, you know, ‘I am sick, I am unhealthy, I am poor, I am in position of a miserable life,’ I can feel my energy drain away.

So, you can raise your energy, raise what’s actually your vibrational level, everything is energy vibrating at a frequency including every cell of your human body, and you can raise that level simply by, you know, ‘I am great, I am powerful, I am wonderful, I am achieving so many wonderful things, I am living in such a wonderful area, I live such a wonderful life.’ It feels different, it feels great. You can feel the energy flow through you, and of course, if you feel that way, then you approach it from a very positive I-am, I-have standpoint, then you’re going to see miraculous things happen in your life…it will seem like miracles as these things come to you and you enjoy so many great things in life.

So, watch your language. Think carefully about what it is you’re doing and saying, those are the things you’re going to attract. The Law Of Attraction is working whether you’re working or not.

Coming up soon, make sure you catch the Oprah show that’s gonna be on very soon after I’ve recorded this message, and it’s gonna in fact feature Lisa Nichols and Michael Beckwith, you’re gonna love to hear from these folks about the Law Of Attraction, about The Secret, and so make sure you stay tuned and catch Michael Beckwith and Lisa Nichols on the Oprah Show.

With that, folks the Law Of Attraction is working. Make sure it’s gonna work for you, for your benefit.

Wish you all the success,

This is Shawn Casey.