Creating a Better Life

Link Love Gratitude #4

Here are the sites (that I know about) that linked to Creating a Better Life over the past week or so:

Karen was kind enough to express her gratitude (and encourage others to do the same) in her Joy Links - Appreciation Project. Thanks again for that, Karen!

(Did you know that Karen offers a free copy of The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy on her site? If you’ve never read it, I’d highly suggest that you pick up a copy from Live the Power today.)

Lorraine included Creating a Better Life in her Gratitude and Love Links. Thank you, Lorraine!

(If you didn’t happen to catch it, be sure to check out my thoughts on Lorraine’s Transform Your Fear Into Power program.)

Ellie linked back here after reading Pointers To Resources For Your Better Life #7 in her Here’s an Appreciation Boost… post. Thanks, Ellie!

(Don’t forget to check out Ellie’s two ebooks - Out With the Old… In With the New! and 4 Steps to Creating the Life You Desire.)

Finally, thanks to Kilroy from Fear And Loathing - The Gonzo Papers for the plug in Do I Owe You An Email Or A Link?

(Kilroy is one of five bloggers participating in the progressive Soup to Nuts blog carnival.)

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Thank you again for pointing your readers to Creating a Better Life. I appreciate all of you.

[ Data pulled from trackbacks and pingbacks, Technorati, Google Blog Search, and notifications from my beautiful readers. If I missed your link, please don’t be shy… let me know and I’ll add it! ]

Pointers To Resources For Your Better Life #7

Creating a Mission Statement

Have you wanted to create a mission statement for your life? Nightingale-Conant has a neat little framework that you can use to set one up - see Resolve to Create Your Mission

Gratitude All Over the Place

There are two new gratitude related blog posts I want to point people to:

The first is over at Gratitude Magic (great name for a blog!), and is called The Gratitude Project - Akemi is asking people to write about both the things they’d like to improve and the things they are grateful for in the here and now… and to come back to what they’ve written to see how things have changed. I’ve done this, and the simple act of sitting down and listing the things you are grateful for right now is a powerful activity. Be sure to check out this post for the full instructions.

The second is a neat idea from Karen of Live the Power. She’s also calling it a Gratitude Project, but this one is a little different. Usually, when bloggers and website owners leave comments on blogs, we leave the web address of our own blog or site along with our comment. But Karen is asking people to do something a little different. She’d like us to leave a comment about a blog or individual we are grateful for, and to leave a link to their blog instead of our own. It may sound simple, but it was so different to do… it really felt great! The neat thing is that, looking back over the comments that have been left so far, you can’t always tell who left what - it’s just a page full of “Thank You”s. I really encourage you to check it out and participate.

Two New Ebooks

This week, there were two new additions to my collection of ebooks, both from Ellie Walsh of Living the Law of Attraction. Both 4 Steps to Creating the Life You Desire and Out With the Old… In With the New! are available when you subscribe to Ellie’s LOA Tips & News

Personal Development Partners Update

My favorite online forum, Personal Development Partners, is up to 17 electronic product downloads from it’s Senior Thought Leaders, and now includes the Manifestation Mastery Videos that I posted about last year. At $20 for a 6 month membership (about 11 cents a day), it really is one of the best values out there. Remember… these electronic product downloads are not redone “free bonuses” that you can get anywhere - they are all 100% original products that can either only be gotten from Personal Development Partners, or that you can purchase from other sources at a much higher price if you bought all 17.

One of the major changes that Aaron has made to the site this year is the elimination of the free memberships, which ensures that when you join, you’ll be interacting with others who are truly interested in creating their better lives. Success is never achieved in a vacuum… your partner is waiting for you!

*Update* Be sure to read this update on the Personal Development Partners site.

The Six Components of the Certain Way to Getting Rich

“Your experience is not important… it’s really the presence you bring to your experience.” — Gil Fronsdale, Introduction to Meditation Week 4 (Winter, 2003), 16:31

One of the reasons that I listen to great audio programs and read great books more than once is because of the number of ideas that I miss the first time around.

I just finished “retaking” the Introduction to Meditation course offered by the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. One of the things that jumped out at me was the above idea from Gil Fronsdale.

While Gil is talking about meditation practice in particular, the similarities to this and The Certain Way that Wallace Wattles describes in “The Science of Getting Rich” [pdf] [audio] really struck me.

In his book, Wattles tells us that it isn’t so much what we do, but how we do it that matters.

He says that it’s not your environment, not your talent, not your ability to save, and not even your specific actions, that determine whether or not you’ll get rich - we can get rich if we do things in a Certain Way. Your location, your thrift, your talent and what you do can have an effect on your riches, but they aren’t the things to focus on.

For those who haven’t read the book, here are the components that make up living in the Certain Way:

Doing Everything With Gratitude

Maintaining a Clear Mental Image of What You Desire

Make Every Action a Success

Do More Than Is Expected of You

Do All That You Can Each Day, But No More

Give More in Use Value Than You Take In Cash Value

“The men and women who practice the foregoing instructions will certainly get rich; and the riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.” — Wallace Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich, Chapter 17

Am I rich yet? Not by a long shot.

Are these six things easy to do? Nope.

But the more we focus on developing them, the more habitual (and therefore easier) they become.

I know from experience that when I practice them, my life gets better.

Every Time.

I also know that the things that I desire are coming to me… and I’m full of gratitude for that fact.

Are you?

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Pointers To Resources For Your Better Life

Ebooks

James Allen is best known for his book As a Man Thinketh. This week, Bradley Woods introduced me to another of his works - The Way of Peace.

Another great collection of ebooks is on Personal Development Books.

I’ve added each of these to my list of free ebooks.

No More Complaining

Get Your Complaint Free Bracelets from A Complaint Free World:

Your thoughts create your world and your words indicate your thoughts. When you eliminate complaining from your life will you enjoy happier relationships, better health and greater prosperity. This simple program helps you set a trap for your own negativity and redirect your mind towards a more positive and rewarding life.

I’ve requested mine… now we’ll see if I’ve got the courage to wear a purple bracelet.

Being an Introvert in an Extroverted World

8 Reasons Why Introvert is OK! - If you’re an introvert, this article will help you understand that you’re, well, OK. If you aren’t, it may help you understand those of us who are.

Do It Now!

7 Tricks You Need to Fight Procrastination - I know that I can always use all of the tricks that I can get!

Gratitude

Vickie from Contemplate This shared a beautiful video from Gratefulness.org, which describes itself as “a non-profit organization dedicated to gratefulness, a universal principle that serves as the core inspiration for personal healing, cross-cultural understanding, interfaith dialogue, intergenerational respect, and ecological sustainability.”

Have fun making it a great week!

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Making It Great Times 125

Phil Gerbyshak of “Make it Great!” posted a gratitude list of of 125+ blogs that have touched him.

I’m honored that Creating a Better Life was on the list, and want to thank him by helping to propagate the link love.

In Phil’s words:

It’s my hope that by sharing this list with you, that you will find someone new to connect with. I challenge you to look through this list and see if there’s at least 2 new people you can add to your daily/weekly/monthly reads that can make your life better.

While I know some of these bloggers, there are quite a few I don’t. I’m looking forward to meeting you all.

Thanks, Phil, for introducing us. I’ll echo your hope to my own readers that they find something that will help them to take that better life they are creating… and Make it Great!

http://www.angelamaiers.com/

http://aprilgroves.com/beautifulchaos/

http://aprilgroves.com/makinglifeworkforyou/

http://ateegarden.typepad.com/empowerment4life/

http://badgerblogger.com/

http://baileyworkplay.com/

http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/

http://blog.bretttrout.com/

http://blog.buzzoodle.com/

http://blog.doyouq.com/

http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/

http://blog.talk-to-strangers.com/

http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/

http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/

http://bren.pintglass.org/

http://bsetc.ca/blog

http://carpefactum.typepad.com/my_weblog/

http://chrisbrogan.com/

http://christinekane.com/

http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/

http://creatingabetterlife.net/ <—- You Are Here

http://customersarealways.com/

http://cuberules.com/

http://customersrock.wordpress.com/

http://daveolson.ca/

http://www.davidsfinch.com

http://deb_inside.typepad.com/deb_inside/

http://dmiracle.com/

http://drewsmarketingminute.com

http://edbrenegar.typepad.com/

http://elementaltruths.com/

http://eloquentauthor.wordpress.com

http://essentialkeystrokes.com

http://everydotconnects.com

http://fishcreekhouse.blogspot.com/

http://galmorale.typepad.com/galmorale/

http://getmotivation.com/new.html

http://hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com/

http://ipopin.typepad.com/think_positive/

http://www.ismckenzie.com/

http://jeroen.typepad.com/jeroen/

http://jibberjobber.com/blog

http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/

http://kimandjason.com/blog

http://kitchener-waterloo-real-estate-investments.com/

http://learningvoyager.blogspot.com/

http://lenski.com/

http://makingadifference.typepad.com/making_a_difference/

http://managementcraft.typepad.com/

http://managementcraft.typepad.com/2weeks2abreakthrough/

http://mapmaker.curtrosengren.com/

http://middlezonemusings.com/

http://monkatwork.com/

http://movingspirit.typepad.com/spirit_in_gear/

http://officiallifebydesign.com/

http://passionmeetspurpose.com/blog

http://perfectlypetersen.com

http://positivesharing.com/

http://qlog.typepad.com/the_qlog/

http://rasterweb.net/raster/

http://remarkableleadership.wordpress.com/

http://rohitrohila.com

http://www.rohdesign.com

http://servantleadershipblog.com/servant-leadership/blog/index.htm

http://sharecompassion.blogspot.com/

http://shinsato.com/

http://simplicityitk.blogspot.com/

http://sixdisciplines.blogspot.com/

http://stevefarber.com

http://steves2cents.blogspot.com

http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress

http://successcreeations.com/

http://successfromthenest.com/

http://syntaxandsoul.com/

http://talkitup.typepad.com/weblog/

http://theconfidentials.blogspot.com/

http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/

http://www.thekissbusiness.co.uk/

http://thenonbillablehour.typepad.com/nonbillable_hour/

http://thesimplestthing.typepad.com/erikas_blog/

http://thoughtsphilosophies.com/

http://thriftynaturalist.wordpress.com/

http://troyworman.com/wordpress

http://tshalffull.blogspot.com/

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/

http://workfromwithin.typepad.com/weblog/

http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/

http://www.alexshalman.com/blog

http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/

http://www.bawldguy.com/

http://www.becausepeoplematter.com

http://www.bloggingforbusinessbook.com

http://www.bobtheking.com/index.php

http://www.bootsandsabers.com/

http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/

http://www.converstations.com

http://www.daverothacker.com/rothacker_reviews/

http://www.davidzinger.com/

http://www.directortom.com/director-tom/

http://www.emomsathome.com/blog

http://www.genuinecuriosity.com

http://www.getfreshminds.com/

http://www.ggci.com/blog/index.htm

http://www.goodwordediting.com/

http://www.idea-sandbox.com/blog/

http://www.intrinsiclifedesign.com/scaffolding/

http://www.instigatorblog.com/

http://www.jorydesjardins.com/pause/

http://www.kevineikenberry.com/blogs/index.asp

http://www.kimandjason.com/jennasblog

http://www.kirkweisler.com/t4d

http://www.lipsticking.com/

http://www.manager-tools.com/

http://www.maryschmidt.com/

http://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/blogger.html

http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/

http://www.networkmarketingjourney.com/

http://www.nickschweitzer.net/

http://www.ownyourbrand.com

http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/

http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/

http://www.personal-growth-with-corinne-edwards.com/

http://www.petsgardenblog.com/

http://www.positivityblog.com/

http://www.priscillapalmer.com

http://www.purplewren.com/

http://www.qaqna.com/

http://ravenyoung.spaces.live.com/

http://www.ribriot.com/

http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/

http://www.sayleadershipcoaching.com/mwacoaching/

http://www.sbannister.com/blog

http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog

http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/

http://www.simplerich.com/blog

http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/

http://www.smallbusinesstransitions.com/

http://www.spinningsilk.com/

http://www.successful-blog.com

http://www.theideadude.com/

http://www.tonymorganlive.com/

http://www.virtualosophy.com/

http://www.wealth-prosperity.info/

http://youalreadyknowthisstuff.blogspot.com/

http://zenchillcom.blogspot.com/

http://walkingmyownwalk.com/

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