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My Success Journal!
Submitted by: Heather A.
Toronto, CanadaI am an entrepreneur, mother of 3 grown children and grandmother to 1 grandson and another grandchild in the making!
I am so grateful for this site, the Teachings of The Secret and the wonderful stories I have read. They have been so inspiring I have decided to share my own.
Like many, I have been facing some unique economic challenges recently and as an entrepreneur I needed to stay focussed. I knew my mortgage was due at the end of the week and I was going to be short. Inspired by a new business idea, I began putting it into play immediately. It was inspired action. I really loved the formula of ask, believe and receive and decided to take a notebook and organize my next day by writing in my journal the night before.
I divided the journal spread into four sections. The first became a “I am so grateful for…”, the second section was titled “Ask”, the third section was called “Believe” and my fourth section was “Steps”; basically a to-do list of things I needed to focus on the next day.
The gratitute section was easy to fill out. I make it a habit to think of 10 things I am grateful for before even getting out of bed. I chose the number ten because I have ten fingers and it is easy to know if I’ve reached my goal when I’ve run out of fingers!
Then, in the “ask” section I wrote down 4 things I wanted the next day. These were my immediate and very specific requests. Here are actual samples from my journal:
Receive at least one sale for my new business
Receive at least one order worth over 1K for my old business
Receive at least one payment in the mail
I ask that my cat keeps her medication down today
These may seem insignificant to anyone else, but they were all very important to me. My cat had developed a stone in her bladder and I was giving her medication that didn’t agree with her. Then, in the “Believe” section I wrote how it feels to have these requests met right now. Importantly, I would then write down 10 – 14 things I needed to do the next day so I could focus on what I wanted.
And, guess what happened the first day? My cat didn’t throw up her medication, I received a new sale for my new business, obtained a 1.5k order for my old business and received a payment in the mail. Each and every request was fulfilled and then some.
When a request was fulfilled, I would check it off. I had 20 requests that first week, and 18 of the requests were met the very next day after asking for them! I believe the other 2 requests will be met as well, but might require another day or so to be fulfilled. That is a 90% success rate–soon will be 100%. How incredible is that?
In addition, I received enough payments through my businesses to make my mortgage payment. At the beginning of the week I was tempted to cash in my savings in order to make the mortgage payment but realized that doing so would show lack of belief. Instead, I stood strong, focussed and worked hard so I could achieve my goals!
Now, it is even easier to complete my grateful section of the journal because all I have to do to have a full and happy heart is to look back at all the checked off requests in the previous days! One can’t help but be amazed at the miracles when you record and focus on them daily!
If you are ever discouraged, I suggest keeping a written record of all the wonderful blessings, large or small that come into your life. I have found this a great tool to focus on what I really want.
Blessings and Light.