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The Key to Prosperity
By Katharine C. Giovanni
I've been reading a lot of books lately. Not because I have a lot of time to kill (I
wish!), but more because I finally decided that if I wanted to
be
prosperous then perhaps it was time to
think
prosperous. So I've been reading books by Mark Victor Hansen and Jay Conrad
Levinson to name a few. Both of them teach that you have to stop thinking
negatively. Knowing that you can be prosperous and that you deserve it is the
first step to success.
Now
knowing and doing are two very different things. I can know that I want to be
prosperous, but actually doing it is harder.
I know
with me I had to change my thinking around if I wanted to attain any prosperity
at all. So after a little soul searching I discovered that deep down I didn't
think I deserved to be prosperous. Wow!
That was a revelation! I also
discovered that I didn't like money. I had the misguided thought that money was
the root of all evil and would turn you into a Frankenstein consumed with greed
if you had too much of it. Hmmm, sounds like a bad movie.
The
good news is that eventually I decided that it was time to get rid of those
nasty little thoughts and change my ideas on the subject. How did I do it? I
started visualizing my perfect life. I daydreamed about my books being
successful, I visualized my company being successful, I saw myself speaking to
large groups of people and I imagined that all my bills were paid with money
left over in the bank. Then I wrote down goals to get me there. Miraculously at
some point along the way my entire paradigm changed and the old thoughts slipped
away forever.
What
I've learned from this is that fear is a life-changing thought that can propel
you into a direction that you don't want to go. It's like a runaway train that
you are incapable of stopping and can't jump off. It consumes you until you
can't think of anything else. In my case it was fear of both having money and
not having it. It was crazy!! It was the fear of bankruptcy, fear of losing my
house and the fear of losing everything I hold dear. On the other hand, it was
also the unreasonable fear that actually having money would turn me into a
horrible ego-filled greedy person. This irrational fear controlled my thoughts
and my actions and propelled me onto a path that was as far from prosperity that
you could get. It was all I could think about and I worried about it constantly.
In fact, it was my entire focus for years. I was indeed on a runaway train and I
didn't think there was any way to stop it, but there was, and with God's help
I eventually did jump off the train and I started walking down a new road. I am
now embracing prosperity instead of rejecting it and know that not only will my
goals and dreams come true, but I'll now be able to pass it forward.
You too
can jump off your train. You can change your life and reach your dream.
Just have faith and you can do anything!!
In
closing, please remember that prosperity doesn't necessarily mean having as much
money as possible. For me, prosperity is having the means to help as many people
as possible, and still be able to pay my bills. Prosperity means being able to
give it away.
What is
the true meaning of prosperity? Having the means to be able to pass it forward
and help someone else attain their dream.
About the Author: Katharine has been a meeting/event planner and concierge for over 20 years and has set up
several successful businesses
including
Triangle Concierge,
and
NewRoad Publishing.
She is Triangle Concierge's senior trainer and speaker
and is co-author of their best-selling book
The Concierge Manual as well
as the author of the In-House Concierge Manual. A dynamic public
speaker, Katharine has been a speaker at seminars and conferences around the
country, and has appeared on both radio and television. She is also the author
of the acclaimed inspirational book
God, is that you? She can be reached
through her websites at
www.triangleconcierge.com
www.katharinegiovanni.com
Copyright © 2005 by Katharine C. Giovanni
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