The Shift - Two Options

I have felt for a long time that man was entering a "new" age, and many others have expressed the same belief. There's no denying that we are at a pivotal point on our planet. Wars are waging. Diseases are spreading. Climates are changing. We have advanced more technologically in the last 200 years than we have in the previous 2000! Yet we still wage war, pollute our planet, and live in states of fear, anger, and depression. So while we've figured out how to split an atom and map the brain, we still can't seem to get along with one another on a global scale. We can't even get along with "that idiot" in front of us while we're driving. Well, I think that's about to change.

World peace will be realized only if the consciousness of the world elevates to the point that the majority of people realize that we are one. We must realize that we are all one. There is no separation. The thought that we are separate from one another is all in our mind! Our egos have established identities with our labels of ourselves and others. For example, I am a good person. If you believe that you are a person that is good and someone accuses you of being bad, your ego recoils in the thought that someone does not recognize that you are a good person. "You can't accuse me of being bad! I'm a good person! How dare you!" Substitute "good-bad" with "wise-dumb", "rich-poor", "righteous-evil", etc. Anytime someone accuses you of being something that you do not believe yourself to be it causes severe bruising to your ego and you will want to retaliate. This is one of the leading causes for most of the strife we experience in this world. It all comes down to the thought that we are separate and as such we must define what we are and are not. Then we condemn that which we are not. For example, a Democrat will condemn a Republican, a Christian will condemn a Muslim, a Red Sox fan will condemn a Yankees fan. This need for identity through separation is a most peculiar one. I have struggled for a while to understand it and it's purpose and have come to the conclusion while this paradigm serves a unique purpose it is one which has run its course and is about to be replaced by a new paradigm.

If you had asked me a few months ago if this was even possible I would have said bullocks! However, after contemplating this subject for a while and looking back at where we've come from and realizing where we are headed if we don't change course, I now see the logic of it all. I am going to attempt to convey to you my big-picture theory here so fasten you seat-belt.
One of the biggest questions I have held without answer for a long time has been, "Why is conflict necessary, and why do people seem to thrive on creating these dramas and conflicts in their life?" We all have experienced this irrational behavior both unto us and by us. And we love it! Think about it. Without drama and conflict our lives would be pretty boring, no wars, no divorce, no Jerry Springer. Hey wait, that actually sounds like a good thing, and indeed it would be. However, there are always unseen consequences. Let's look at the root of what causes these conflicts to begin with.
Every great conflict begins with someone feeling that they have been wronged in some way. This can take many forms and ranges from one feeling a lack of respect to having a loved one killed. These ego-created conflicts can last for generations as neither side will ever admit that they were wrong and in some way can justify their actions. The ego will never admit that it is in the wrong. That is part of its function. The ego is the part of our mind that separates us from each other by way of judgments. It's the part of us that says, "I am this, but I am not that." Ego likes definitions and relies on others to confirm these. This is why we have clicks, clubs, churches, and countries. We love to be defined. Why is this? Why is it necessary for us to see ourselves as separate from one another, and why must we condemn those we find in opposition to what we have defined ourselves as? Well, here's my theory.
Einstein proved that the physical reality that we all know is one of relativity. If you have a hard time understanding this one, think of it this way. In order to have the concept of temperature you must not only know what heat is but what cold is as well. If all there was was white, we would have no concept of black or any of the gradations in-between. So if we follow this logic we realize that far cannot exist without near and good can not exist without bad. This is the great polarity of our universe and is present in almost every aspect of it. From the magnetic poles, to gender, to matter itself. (Oh yeah, scientists recently proved that such a thing as anti-matter does exist.) So if this is the nature of reality how could there ever be world peace? We just established the fact that in order for us to know what peace is we must also know what war is. So how could a level of global peace ever be achieved within the current paradigm of reality that we currently exist within? It can't! But what if the paradigm changed?
Changing the paradigm of our entire species would require one of two things. (Or both) The first would be a global cataclysm. Something on the order of a meteor strike or severe climate change. This would force many to realize that what we have here is precious and fragile and should be handled with care and love. The sense of global community would be strengthened only after emerging from such an event, as preceding and during a so called Armageddon the world would be in absolute chaos and panic. Those who are unable to coexist with others in a civil manner would find themselves ostracized from the new close-knit communities and will either starve to death or find the business end of a shotgun. This would truly be a time of chaos and pain. However, true growth usually requires pain, and as we emerged from such an event, a renewed spirit of connection and peace would begin to take hold as man reconciled his differences in light of the fact that we are all stuck on this big rock together and need to learn how to get along. This has happened before. It will happen again.
The second option for a global paradigm shift is one of less gloom and doom and the one I would personally like to see. Are you ready for this one... Extra Terrestrials! Imagine if they decided to show up one day. What would our reaction be? Naturally, there would be those of us who out of fear would immediately try shooting them down. However, if a species has evolved to the point of interplanetary travel, don't you think their consciousness has evolved as well? This is the point I had a hard time answering. My first thoughts were of our own culture and the fact that as an American I am living on land that was conquered by a technologically advanced race, and Nazi Germany was the technologically superior country until the end of WWII. So what would make me believe that if a race of beings from another planet have developed the technology to travel the stars why would they not be malevolent in character? Because we're talking about a species that have had over a million years to evolve. Let's look at our own time-line for a minute. We have only 6,000 years of recorded history. This is a blink of an eye in cosmic terms as our planet is believed to be billions of years old and our species is actually a relatively new one at only 200,000 years. Our current boom in technology is only 200 years old and one can only imagine what we'll come up with in the future if we can manage not to blow ourselves up. Man has become much more civilized than his predecessors though, and although corruption and plunder still plague our politics and murder and rape still plague our streets, it's not as bad as it once was. We do still act more like parasites than symbiotic creatures, but we are gradually improving. We are slowly evolving, and each succeeding generation seems to slowly be grasping the concepts of coexistence and unity. We are however at a fork in the road in our time-line, and the direction we take will depend on the state of our collective consciousness. This is why I believe that the introduction into the Universal community would help us to realize that we will not only identify ourselves as Americans, Mexicans, Asians, etc, but as Humans and as Earthlings (or Earthians, which I prefer). Think about it. What if you could actually stand face to face with a being from a planet halfway across our galaxy. How would that change your perception of reality? Would you view your place in the universe differently? Now imagine everyone elevating their concepts of existence to a higher level. This would truly spark another age of enlightenment! The technology exchange alone would be incredibly powerful. Imagine finally gaining access to free energy and gravitational amplification. This is the holy-grail of transportation and energy production. This would eliminate several of the issues and perils man-kind faces today. And although a convenient visit from ET would be nice, I fear we are going to be responsible for cleaning up our own mess. Nature has a thing for learning the hard way. Survival of the fittest exists because it works. If we are to survive we must become more fit, mentally, physically, and especially spiritually. No alien is ever gonna ask us to come out and play if we can't figure out how to get along amongst ourselves.
So begin to affect the change you want to see. Practice random acts of kindness. Hold the door for one another. Help when you can and thankfully accept help when it is given. Don't get upset if you don't get your way! Grow Up! We're an advanced species and we need to start acting like it!

Alternative Energy - Weening Ourselves Off Of Oil

What you're about to read may upset you and I'll probably get a lot of grief for this entry but it's something I feel very strongly about, so here goes.

If you read my previous entry about the power of anger then you will understand why I am writing this entry. I'm angry at state of the world today. I'm angry at the politics of my country. I'm angry at the state of our economy and I'm angry at how much I have to pay for gas!

If you've filled up your vehicle within the last year then you're aware of the price we're paying for petroleum. At an average $3.50 a gallon we are paying more than 150% for fuel than we were only 10 years ago. While there are many theories as to the cause of this dramatic increase (including some pretty convincing conspiracies), the short of it is the fact that demand is rising and supply is shrinking. This is a fact! It took the earth millions of years to create it's oil (it isn't called "fossil fuel" for nothing) and it's taking us a few hundred to use it (a blink of an eye when you consider Earth's history). We are addicted to cheap and abundant energy. Just think about all of the appliances in your home and your automobile. Could you live without your car, washing machine, lights, or television, what about your computer? We love to use energy, after all, it allows us to leverage our time in order to be more productive. However, this has had a profound impact on our environment. If you do not believe this then you are either blind or brainwashed (as I myself was). Environmental impact aside, cheap oil and the energy it produces has allowed the world (primarily the west) to grow economically and technologically at an amazingly compounded rate for the last one hundred years or so. The impact of which is just now fully being realized by the masses.

Now that the price at the pump has grabbed your attention (money, or the lack thereof, always gets our attention), are you willing to do a little research to find out why we are where we are, and what we can do about it? Stop and think for a moment about how far we have come technologically in the last 100 years. Computers used to occupy entire rooms and were less powerful than our modern laptops. Think about how far the automobile has come in a hundred years, and the airplane. However, they still use petroleum fuel for their power and they haven't relay become much more efficient. So if we can figure out how to send a robot to mars, why haven't we come up with a new energy source? ...We haven't had to! Until now. Now we are being forced (by economics) to explore new alternatives.

If you're wondering why oil prices are getting so high and what it means to our economy and politics I recommend doing a Google Video search for "Peak Oil" and "The Long Emergency".

So what the hell can we do? What is the solution to pending energy crisis? My answer is the same answer that has made our country so great. Personal Freedom!

We must learn to produce our own energy!

Sounds great James, but how the heck do I produce my own energy?

Great question, and one that's easily answered but not easily implemented. We have several methods now available to produce electricity, heat, and power. These include solar, wind, hydro-dynamic, wave-energy, nuclear, geothermal, hydrogen, and cavitation. As you can see there is no shortage of alternatives to fossil fuels. The caveat lies in the efficiency, cost, and total power output of these alternatives. However, as technology advances and efficiency increases these choices for power production will gradually phase out the use of fossil fuels.

Instead of focusing on all of these choices at once, I'm going to write a few separate entries about each. The first will be on the the most common and abundant source of energy - our sun. Until then enjoy this video showing Roy McAlister demonstrating a Sterling Engine. Be Well!

The Power of Anger

I have spent the greater part of my life believing that anger was a "bad" thing and should be suppressed. For example, if I felt anger toward an action someone took toward me I would simply become aloof and allow that anger to pass without saying anything to that person for fear that an argument or fight would result. The same logic held true for my finances. If I realized that there wasn't going to be enough money at the end of the month an anger would begin to swell, therefore I would turn that anger into depression for fear that my anger would hurt myself or the others that were around me. I now realize that this logic was extremely flawed.
Fear is the root emotion of anger. When we are in fear that we might not be able to have something we might need, that emotion turns into anger. Anger suppressed turns into depression, and depression is extremely self-destructive. So the trick is to learn to harness the power of your anger and use it's energy to drive you into positive change. This is much easier said than done of course.
In studying some of the world's most powerful leaders and businessmen I realized that aside from several other common characteristics was the ability to transform their anger towards something into positive change. Take Martin Luther King for example. His anger over equality created a drive within him to create massive change. Another good one would be the the founding fathers of our country who were fed up with the taxation and religious oppression they had experienced in England. As I began to see that anger could actually be a positive emotion, I began to take account of the instances in my own life in which I had not channelled my anger properly. I have battled depression for a long time and until recently never understood the source of that depression. Realizing that I was turning my anger into depression in order to either prevent confrontation or prevent action which I held some fear of.
Anger is supposed to be used in conjunction with courage and wisdom in order to help you overcome your fears and create the change you desire. So anger is a good thing? Yes, it can be. It can also be used improperly as it often is. So there is a fine line there in which you must harness that inner fire generated by your anger without letting it control you. When you establish that you are the master of your emotions you will begin to see that all emotions serve a useful purpose. Emotional mastery is perhaps the one character trait all the great luminaries throughout time were able to achieve. Most people allow their emotions to control them instead of controlling their emotions. This creates a plethora of issues within their psyche, and leads to the dysfunction of the ego. However, if you are able to tame your anger and use that powerful energy to create a positive change you will begin to move toward the solution of the problem which caused that anger to begin with.

So the next time you get angry because your bills are stacking up and your paychecks aren't enough to cover them, GET MAD! I mean it! Get really angry! Tell yourself that you aren't going to take it any more! Scream and shout! Find something to punch (preferably something that won't break your hand and definitely not someone)! Then sit down, quiet your mind, and ask yourself how you could use this energy produced by your anger to make changes in your life. Use this new found energy to overcome the fear that has been holding you back for so long. I used this tactic to quit smoking. I got really pissed that some big corporation had control over my mind, so I used that energy to prove to myself that I was in control of my mind and body. Now I have begun to focus on the anger of my financial situation. I'm absolutely sick and tired of having to stretch every dollar just to make ends meet. I'm furious that I have not yet developed the kind of income I feel that I am worth. So, I am developing new strategies and techniques for producing money and wealth. The first thing I had to do was actually learn how to properly manage what little money I currently make. This was very difficult as this revealed to me just how deep in the hole I really was, which just made me even more angry! But this was a good thing as before I would have just become depressed and quit about halfway into the project. Now that I actually know where I stand, I can actually plan out where I need to go. You can't get directions to a destination if you don't know where you are now!
So use your emotions to feed your desires. I guarantee a renewed sense of courage and optimism. Also remember to be here now! There is nothing that you can not overcome right now! Concentrate on the one step you are taking in this moment instead of the distance you are traveling. We must have goals, but once they are set we must focus on the task at hand. Living within the current moment will give you clarity and strength to overcome any obstacle that presents itself along the journey.

Peace and Love - James Hastings Reece

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Applying The Secret - What Now?

So you've begun to practice the law of attraction, or at least understand it, but have yet to see any true results in your life. I know how you feel. It often takes many months for real fruits to begin manifesting on your new tree of thought and belief. So let's take a look at what is truly necessary for you to truly begin receiving the benefits of the law of attraction.

First, I want to look at the law of attraction itself and how it works. The law of attraction is very simple in concept, just as gravity is a simple concept. Both, however, are incredibly complex at the level of quantum understanding. In fact, scientists still can't explain why gravity does what it does. It just does! So for all of you deep thinkers out there, I want you to stop trying to figure out how it works for a moment and just assume that it does. (We'll get into the "how" later.) Like energy attracts like energy, and our minds have the capability of producing pure energy in the form of thoughts and more specifically emotions. Think of emotions as your energy in motion. If you have a thing that you are particularly passionate about, you have emotions toward that thing. The Universe doesn't parse words or differentiate between weather you actually want that thing or don't want it. The Universe only recognizes that this emotion you are holding is powerful and must comply by giving you more of what it is that you are thinking about. If you feel great joy and gratitude when you receive money then you will receive more money. However, if when you receive money there is a fear that you will now have to manage that money, and protect it from others, and figure out how to spend it, and so on. The Universe recognizes that you are not in alignment with receiving money. The same is true for relationships. If after you start a relationship with someone you begin to fear the loss of love, you will bring that into your life. This is why the study of our fears is so important. If we fear a thing in any way, we are pulling that which we fear toward us instead of the actual thing we want.

So make sure your emotions surrounding that which you want are pure and free of any kind of fear! You should have a positive passion and love for that which you desire.

Another thing to be careful of is attracting opposites, which happens quite frequently, especially in romantic relationships. This happens according to the law of attraction, but we need to understand why. Let's say you've expressed to the Universe that you are a loving soul. The Universe will then send you another soul that is in need of love. If you are a giving person you will find someone who takes. This happens because we must affirm who we are to the universe. If I state that I am a loving and giving person but have no one to demonstrate that to then my being giving and loving are only thoughts. Thoughts must become experiences in order to know ourselves! So welcome these people and events into your life for this is your moment to shine! Prove to us that you are all that you say you are. For it is through the experience of giving your love, and enjoying it, that will bring you more. It is the experience of giving money, and enjoying it, that will bring you more. It is the experience that makes it real.

Now when you have aligned yourself mentally to that which you desire and have eliminated all your fears surrounding that which you desire, you will begin to find that your actions are effortless in taking you toward that goal. Our actions are guided by our emotions. Our emotions are guided by our thoughts. Our thoughts are guided by our beliefs.

Therefore if your beliefs about something are in conflict with you receiving it, then you can not have it. For example; money is the root of all evil, I'm not intelligent enough, nobody likes me, others think I'm ugly, etc. These are what we call limiting beliefs. Eliminate them from your life as fast as you can. This is easier said than done and requires a great deal of effort and patience. The rewards, however, are greater than you could imagine! I'll go over changing your core beliefs in my next article so be sure to subscribe! Until then Be Well!

-James Hastings Reece

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Beyond The Secret - Overcoming Fear

A strange thing happens when you begin to practice the law of attraction. As you begin to open the paths necessary to receive that which you desire, the ugly dragon we call fear rears it's head in an attempt to hold us back. We now see the path clearly and the universe is now making the resources available to us,however it frightens us to think about the amount of growth, self-discipline, and responsibility required to accomplish the tasks. Our fears tell us that we're too weak, too dumb, too unlucky, too ugly, too shy, too poor, too lazy and too cowardly to accomplish the goals we desire. Fear is the opposite of Love. Love is that which tells us we are strong, intelligent, lucky, outgoing, wealthy, energetic and brave! Love is the emotion which destroys fear. If there is an obstacle of fear on your path to success, you must face it head on, holding your deepest love for yourself and others in mind. If you actually face most of your fears you will find that the thing that you fear happening is usually an illusion. Fear is the belief that we might not be able to have something we need. We need air so we fear drowning. We need love so we fear rejection. We need to pay our bills so we fear the lack of money. Here's the kicker. That which you fear, you attract toward you! This is the basic principle in the law of attraction. That which you hold as your dominant thoughts and feelings becomes you reality. Therefore if you are holding the fear of not having enough money in your mind, then that is what will manifest in your reality. If, however, you replace the fear of not having enough money with an absolute love and passion for your personal finances and wealth, you will begin to manifest that which you are in alignment with. You must create a vivid image in your mind of who you wish to become! If you were already wealthy how would you act? What kind of habits would you have if you were wealthy? What would you wear? What kind of car would you drive? What does your house look like? How do you treat you friends and family? Are you confident? Are you intelligent? Are you willing to give people more than they expect from you? Go deep within yourself and define who you are! Do not wait for some great revelation to tell you what your purpose is. It is your responsibility to decide what your calling is. What brings you joy. What about you brings joy to others. Wealth is simply a reflection of the value we bring to a given market. You may be able to provide more value than you realize in forms you had not previously thought about. To do what one loves to do and get payed to do it, seems to be somehow unattainable to most of us. However if you truly desire a specific experience and apply the law of attraction, you will begin to be compensated for doing what you love to do!

Remember, our biography is not our destiny. What is happening in our lives now is the result of what we have been thinking and being up to this point in time. And make no mistake about it, you have created the the reality you are currently in, and until you take responsibility for this you can not begin to make the changes necessary for becoming the new higher image of your self. All of the greatest people in our history have had the courage necessary to be themselves! They overcame the fear of what others might think about them. They overcame the fear of possible failure. They overcame the fear responsibility. They understood that in order to become the image of themselves that new to be true in their minds, they simply had to believe that they already were that image. When you believe that you already are what you are becoming, you will find the courage to overtake any obstacle, for you know that it has already been overcome by the future you! So simply act your part and read your lines. Hold fast to the thought of who you have defined as the next grandest version of the greatest vision you have ever held about who you are. If you do not decide who you are, the world will decide for you, and that is slavery. In order to enjoy true freedom, we must be free in body, mind and spirit. It does us no good to be wealthy if we are miserable emotionally. In fact, true wealth does not come unless we are healthy emotionally. Emotion is energy in motion. This is how the law of attraction works. Your emotions are very powerful thoughts which radiate out from you and the universe responds to that by attracting to you more of that type of energy. This is why those who live in fear actually draw what they fear toward them. If however you shape your current reality into a state of abundance and love, you will begin to attract more abundance and love.

So overcoming fear is simply a matter of getting clear on exactly what it is that we want, developing strong positive emotions around that goal and allowing those emotions to drive our actions while facing down our fears. Our fears are usually over-exaggerated by our imaginations anyway. How many times have you dreaded a certain task however upon completion realized that it wasn't so bad. Kind of like the shot at the doctor's office, the fear of the shot is much more painful than the shot itself. I used to have a great fear of managing my finances because of the fear that there wouldn't be enough money there if I actually kept accurate track of it. This was an insane and completely irrational fear and lead to my complete failure financially. However, once I face my fears surrounding money, I realized that it was my fear of taking responsibility of my money that was preventing me from receiving more of it. I decided that in order to become wealthy I had to replace my fear of organization with a love for it! Once I began to organize my finances and actually learn to love balancing my checkbook and living within a budget, I allowed for the receiving of even more money because my mind was now capable of handling it. I was now sending out the emotion of enjoying money instead of dreading it. This principle can apply to all areas of your life, including your health, relationships, intelligence, spirituality, and personal well-being.

Look deep within yourself and see how many of your beliefs are actually based in fear, I bet you'll be surprised. Start small and work your way up. Make a list of any area of your life which you are not completely happy with. Try to define that area as detailed as possible. Then write what you wish to replace that part of your life with and determine what fear has held you in the current state for so long. This is not an easy process, and we are not as honest with ourselves as we should be. We like to believe that we are already perfect. This is called self-righteousness. Do not allow your ego to stop you from improving your ego. Remember, there is only now. You are in a constant state of creation and constantly defining who you are in the face of that creation. Every moment is an affirmation of who you are. So hold fast to the image of your highest self and believe that you already are that which you desire to become. Re-create yourself in that image in every moment. Show the universe that you really are the special person you know yourself to be!

-James H. Reece

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The Secret Science of Getting Rich

What Happens When 3 Extraordinary Teachers from "the Secret" Come Together to Teach the Science of Getting Rich?

The Science of Getting Rich is a timeless classic written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. It is a bold title for a book and suggests that getting rich is a predictable outcome if one can master the principles outlined in the book. Here is how Wallace D. Wattles puts it in his own words, "The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich. Those who do not do things in this certain way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich."

Certainly, this book is well referenced by many of the great teachers today and it is the same book that inspired Rhonda Byrne to produce that runaway success "the Secret". Here is what Rhonda Byrne said on her introductory note to the book, "I can honestly say that, since that first night when a tattered printed manuscript found its way to me (thanks to one of my daughters), my life has never been the same. Once you read it for yourself, you will understand why". Rhonda went on to produce the movie "the Secret" and the best-selling book of the same title which has sold millions of copies worldwide.

However, learning how to do things in that "certain way" as described by Wallace D. Wattles may be more challenging for some as the book was written nearly 100 years ago. Some of the language is a little dated and much of its wisdom lost from a modern day perspective.
Fortunately, a new training seminar for the Science of Getting Rich has brought the wisdom of this timeless classic back to life for modern readers. Called "the Science of Getting Rich", this program is the most comprehensive training system for mastering Wallace D. Wattles wealth creation philosophies and principles since its creation. It comprises written, audio and live seminar formats for learning, applying and mastering the Science of Getting Rich
A unique "twist" to the program is the fact that it has an in-built vehicle for creating substantial financial wealth through its affiliate program. This is truly a unique wealth eduction and wealth building program designed to empower any individual with the resources to get rich. It is a program whose time has come. The program would not be possible without the original text from Wallace D. Wattles, the skills of leading teachers of our time, the phenomenal success of "the Secret" and the Internet as a learning and distribution tool.

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The Science of Getting Rich Teachers:

Bob Proctor Bob Proctor is an author, lecturer, counselor, business consultant, entrepreneur, and teacher preaching the gospel of positive thinking, self-motivation and maximizing human potential. In that endeavor, he follows in the footsteps of such motivational giants as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale and Wallace D. Wattles.
His extraordinary teaching ability has won Proctor acclaim around the globe and has carried the Canadian-born motivator to the far reaches of the earth. He is as well known in Australia and Malaysia as he is in Alberta and Mississippi.
Born in a little town in northern Ontario, Canada with the low self-esteem that often befalls a family's middle child, he performed poorly in school, dropped out and did a hitch in the navy. Afterward he drifted from one dead-end job to another until a friend introduced Bob to the concept of self-development through Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich.
With the spark generated by Hill's words, Proctor found the initiative to start an office cleaning business which he grew to international scope in his first year of operation. From that experience - after seeing what he had been able to accomplish with just a rudimentary knowledge of personal motivation and goal-setting - he hungered for more information.
His quest took him to the Nightingale-Conant organization to study under his mentor, Earl Nightingale. Once on board, he rose swiftly through the ranks. Eventually, while the Nightingale-Conant organization assumed the forefront in wide-scale distribution of personal development programs, Bob felt the need to take his ideas and methods directly to the individual, to the one-on-one level which had proved so successful for himself.
In the mid 1970's, Proctor established his own seminar company and secured a contract to work with a few hundred agents of Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America in Chicago. During his first seminar Bob made the suggestion that any agent present could write $5 million in business that year if the agent made a decision to do so.
The fact that the seminar took place in July with the year half over and that no agent in that region had ever written so much business in the 100-year history of the company made Bob's suggestion appear to be outrageous. However, when the performance level of the entire division increased substantially with more than one agent actually accomplishing the deed, Bob's reputation as a motivator was established.
Over the ensuing years, Proctor has shared his special message and expertise with hundreds of business entities worldwide and, through a program of live seminars, with thousands of people of all ages in all walks of life.
Meanwhile, in addition to his international best-seller You Were Born Rich, he found time to author other works as well, including Mission in Commission, The Winner's Image, The Goal Achiever, The Success Series, The Success Puzzle, The Recruiting Puzzle, and Being Your Very Best.

Jack Canfield
Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker, trainer and author. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of The New York Times No. 1 best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 65 titles and 80 million copies in print in over 37 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
With a BA from Harvard University, a Masters from University of Massachusetts, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Santa Monica, Canfield has been a high school and university teacher, a workshop facilitator, a psychotherapist, and for the past 30 years, a leading authority in the area of self-esteem and personal development.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. Self Esteem Seminars trains entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees on how to accelerate the achievement of their personal and professional goals, while The Foundation for Self Esteem provides self-esteem resources and trainings to social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals. Canfield is also the President of Souperspeakers.com, a speaking resource service that provides inspirational speakers for event planners worldwide.
Canfield has traveled to over 21 countries, delivering hundreds of keynote speeches, workshops and trainings each year. As part of his presentation style, he always uses inspirational, motivational and uplifting stories to help his audiences discover, experience and retain key concepts and approaches. After each session, audiences everywhere had encouraged him to put his stories into a single book.
In 1990, while on an airplane home, he felt that it was time. He shared his idea with author Mark Victor Hansen during breakfast one day. Hansen liked the idea, and so began the Chicken Soup for the Soul phenomenon. But with their busy schedules, translating what worked on the podium onto the written page proved more challenging than either of them had anticipated. After three long years, the two had compiled just sixty-eight stories — a far cry from the 101 they believed was the magic number for a successful book. Nonetheless, their successful partnership has spawned many other titles that have made them enormously famous.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN’s Talk Back Live, PBS and the BBC. Today, he speaks shares his success strategies with companies and associations worldwide.
The most recent book Canfield has written was the 2005 publication of The Success Principles. In it Canfield shares 64 principles that he and other people have utilized to achieve great levels of success.