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Do You Have A Someday

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Monday, September 6th, 2010

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Since words are previews of things to come, I got to thinking the other day about the importance of words.

I was sitting on the porch of my apartment in Newport Beach, California, and glancing out on some beautiful surroundings. There are so many trees in my complex that the greenery creates a unique level of peacefulness.

Sometimes there are no words to describe the peacefulness that I feel here.

And, speaking about words, there is one word that all of us use, and I’ve been as guilty as anyone in the past of using this one word too much, and it doesn’t really help us.

The one word I’m talking about is SOMEDAY. We use it too much.

In my apartment complex there is a beautiful hiking trail. “Someday I’ll go take a hike on that trail.”

A couple of buildings over there is a exercise room. “Someday I will go over there and exercise regularly.”

“Someday I’ll get a hold of my finances and I’ll pay in cash and I’ll save some money. Someday I’ll pay off my debts.”

In my office, there is a calendar. I checked and I did not see a day of the week on that calendar called “Someday.” There is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There is no “Someday.”

So, when we use the word “Someday,” the signal to the subconscious mind is that there is no commitment. Since there is no day of the week called “Someday,” there is no need for a commitment to a goal. Thus, there probably won’t be any achievement of an important goal.

May I suggest that we change from using the word “Someday” to using specific words like Today, This Week, This Month, and This Year.

So, instead of saying, “Someday I’ll take a hike down that trail in my complex,” how about “I’ll take a hike right after I finish writing this newsletter.”

And “Tomorrow morning, first thing, I’m going to go over to the exercise room in my complex and I’m going to exercise for 30 minutes on the treadmill.”

And “This week I will set a monthly budget that I will work toward so I can spend less than I earn.”

And “This month I will begin to pay off my debts.”

And “This year I will lose 20 pounds.”

The mind responds to specific words: Today, This Week, This Month, This Year. So, I encourage you, for things that you have wanted to change about you, to start using the words Today, This Week, This Month, This Year instead of Someday.

I believe that you’ll be amazed how much more productive you will be.

So, before I go off on my hike down the trail, which I’ve committed to you to do, let’s declare together that we no longer have a Someday on our calendar.

You are special. You are unique. You are destined for greatness. I see it in you – you are a Champion! Have a powerful day!

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What if your child could learn how to set productive goals and get things done?

My new daily CD for children, The “30 Day Can Do Program for Kids,” is a very powerful, productive and positive way for kids, 4 to 12 years of age, to learn that and many other important concepts.

As a bonus to the CD, you will get the “Can Do Workbook”, a great e-book supplementary teaching tool to the daily 2-minute audio messages.

The “Can Do Program for Kids” CD is available, with the bonus e-book, for just $29, at the Boaz Power Store on my web site: Boazpower.com.

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An Action Affirmation
I use words that declare affirmations about Today, This Week, This Month, This Year and I’m accomplishing great things.
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How Do You Focus A Kayak

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Sunday, August 1st, 2010

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The last time I experienced being a kayak was in Israel, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, when I was 8 years old.

Louise, a good friend of mine who lives right on Newport Harbor, in Newport Beach, California, re-introduced me recently to the great fun of kayaking.

There is a lesson about how one should row a kayak because it correlates to us setting goals in life.

When Louise and I took her two kayaks across Newport Harbor, she told me the following: “Kayaking is like life. You need a strong core. You need your belly button pointed toward the front of the kayak. That way you stay on balance all the time. Because, if you don’t, and you turn, it’s a fast lesson. You’re in the water. You’re wet.”

Isn’t that the same thing about life. When people take their eye off the goal, they can suddenly tip over and figuratively they can go under water.

Louise has been kayaking a long time and, since she keeps her belly button aimed toward the front of the kayak, she keeps going and she does it safely.

She has never fallen into Newport Harbor. She stated: “If you fall into Newport Harbor, the seals come after you.”

Again, just like life, there are sometimes figurative sharks that can come after us if we fall in the water.

So, this message is all about you setting goals and identifying exactly what you want.

During the current economic challenges, too many people are concerned about the “HOW”. If you’ve been a reader of this column for any length of time, you realize that I want you to focus on the “WHY” – a reward – a reason for you to do better.

If it’s a weekend trip away, or whatever you want to reward yourself with when you go to the next level, get a picture of it. Look at it the first thing every morning and the last thing every night.

That’s figuratively like you having your belly button pointed toward the front of the kayak. If you don’t, you could topple over. And, whenever you have a difficult moment, I would suggest that you get that picture out and just look at it. Refocus. “That’s why I’m working hard.”

I want you to achieve greatness. It’s not rocket science. You just simply have to identify something you can get excited about, get a picture of it, and look at it every day.

Don’t worry about the HOW. When the WHY is big enough, the HOW doesn’t matter.

You are special. You are unique. You are destined for greatness. Keep your belly button pointed forward and you’ll achieve great things.   Have a powerful week!

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Response has been terrific to my new daily CD for children: The “30 Day Can Do Program for Kids.”

This is a great self-image-building program for children 4 to 12 years of age. Each of the 2-minute daily messages is uplifting, encouraging, and the results are very positive.

As a bonus to the CD, you will get the “Can Do Workbook”, a great e-book supplementary teaching tool to the audio messages.

The “Can Do Program for Kids” CD is available, with the bonus e-book, for just $29, at the Boaz Power Store on my web site: Boazpower.com.

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A Kayak Affirmation
I have identified a personal reward, have a picture of it, and I’m keeping my focus on my goals.
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Is It Time For You To Do Something New

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Sunday, July 25th, 2010

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On a recent trip to Sacramento, California, after conducting a seminar, I visited Old Sacramento. Just west of the downtown area, this is a wonderful rendition of what an Old West town must have looked like a long time ago.

There is a statue in Old Sacramento that depicts the beginning point of the Pony Express – a cowboy on a horse with pouches of mail.

It was at 2:45 in the morning on April 4, 1860, when a rider named Sam Hamilton took off to the east in a blinding rainstorm for the 1,966 mile trek to St. Joseph, Missouri.

Now I don’t know about you, but I thought that the Pony Express was around for a long time. But it only existed for 19 months, until October of 1861. And, during that time, they carried 35,000 pieces of mail as it connected the western part of the U.S. with the eastern part.

In that short period of time the Pony Express literally created a western legend.

So, I’m here to talk about the Pony Express because of the following fact: It was a great idea at the time. But, 19 months later, the telegraph and the railroads all took the place of the Pony Express.

Sometimes in life we get too caught up in ideas that are old, that worked during that time, but aren’t necessarily the ideas that are going to carry us to the next level in life.

So, there comes a time when we need to change and look at new ideas and decide, “OK. Whatever I’ve been doing is no longer working. I need to create some new ideas.”

That’s the problem. Here’s the solution:

You write an affirmation that states: I am very creative. I am creating lucrative new ideas.

When you say that affirmation the first thing each morning and the last thing every night, doing so for at least 30 days, I believe you will find after a couple of weeks that your mind will open up. “Well, maybe I can.”

And, within 30 days, I believe you will believe every word of it. Before you know it, you’ll open your eyes, you’ll see new things, and you’ll create new avenues that take your life to the next level.

That’s all it takes – re-programming the most powerful computer in the world – your brain.

So, I want you to be able to get on your horse and ride in a great new direction. That’s what this message is all about.

You are special. You are unique. You are destined for greatness. And I believe that you are trailblazing a whole new lucrative direction in your life. Have a powerful day!

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Here is what one 7-year-old told me the other day about his experiences with the new “30 Day Can Do Program for Kids” CD: “It makes me feel good every morning.”

This upbeat, positive program, with 2-minute messages for every day of the year, is recommended for children 4 to 12. As a bonus to the CD, you will get the “Can Do Workbook”, a great e-book supplementary teaching tool to the audio messages.

The “Can Do Program for Kids” CD is available, with the e-book bonus, for just $29, at the Boaz Power Store on my web site: Boazpower.com.

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A New Direction Affirmation
I am very creative. I am creating lucrative new ideas.
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Taking The Trash Out Of Your Mind

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Monday, July 19th, 2010

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After a recent seminar in Calabasas, California, I stopped at a beautiful park right off Highway 101.

Calabasas is about 15 miles west of the San Fernando Valley and northwest of Los Angeles.

There was a road next to the park which led up a hill. Over that hill was the Calabasas Landfill. In the greater Los Angeles area there are about a dozen landfills where some 16,000 tons of non-hazardous waste is disposed of every day of the year.

My message here is the correlation between the landfill over that hill in Calabasas and the negative thoughts that we allow to come into our minds in the form of mental garbage.

It’s simply amazing. I read a statistic that kids, by the time they’re four or five, have heard the word “No” thousands of times. And that has been imbedded in their subconscious minds.

So, if things don’t work well for us, we imbed that thought in our subconscious mind. When we think negative thoughts, we’re imbedding those thoughts in the form of garbage into our subconscious mind.

I’m thinking maybe it’s time to clear out the garbage from our brains. Because, the more trash and the more garbage and the more negative thoughts we have in our brains, the less we’re going to accomplish what we want to accomplish.

That is the problem. Now let me give you the solution.

In order to get rid of some of the garbage in the brain, it’s like a computer. What you put in is what you get out. Maybe you’ve heard the term: GIGO – garbage in, garbage out.

So, if you’ve got a bunch of garbage in the form of negative thoughts in your brain, then here’s what we need to do. We need to write down some positive affirmations that can override, just like a computer program, some of that negative garbage that you’ve got in your brain.

So, here are some positive affirmations: If you don’t have much confidence, then write down the following affirmation: I am a confident person.

Whether you believe it or not is immaterial. Just put it on the bed stand and read it out loud the first thing every morning and the last thing every night.

If you don’t believe that you’re a good manager with money, if you’ve gotten into debt over your head, then write an affirmation that says: I am a great money manager.

Read that the first thing every morning and the last thing every night, for at least 90 days, and you will be amazed how that will help to clear out some of the negative garbage that’s in your mind.

Isn’t it time that we took some of that mental garbage out and got rid of it and perhaps buried it for a long time to come.

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A Garbage Out Affirmation
I am replacing negative thoughts with powerful, positive affirmations that are improving my life.
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How You Can Create a Brand New Idea

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Monday, June 28th, 2010

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I was in Irvine, California a few weeks ago to conduct a seminar for a great group of CEO’s.

It was at that meeting that I met Ken LaCroix. His company is called Moveri. It is a fairly new company and therein is the message for this newsletter.

A couple of years ago Ken was the Chief Financial Officer for a company in the Irvine area. He then had the bright idea of creating his own company where he would offer his services as a CFO for hire, on a temporary basis.

As I have often discussed in this column, all of us have the ability to literally re-invent ourselves. We can find new directions for our careers; we can create new jobs; we can create new companies.

Ken, thinking outside the box, decided to use his extensive experience to help many different companies by coming in and working as a temporary CFO. He basically had the guts to listen to his inner voice and he changed his life for the better.

Ken, backed by his 20 years of experience working as a CFO for different companies, quit his job and started the Moveri Company.

He started calling on local companies in the Irvine area and proposed that he would work for them as a CFO not just for an entire month, but for one or two days at a time.

As Ken relates, “That resonated with those CEO’s who had the need for a Chief Financial Officer but couldn’t afford a full-time one. As I talked to more and more CEO’s, I found that there was a true need for this type of service.”

Ken is a great example of looking around, finding a need, and filling it. We all have the ability to be very creative. Some people open up their minds and they come up with great new ideas.

As Ken exemplifies, it’s not what the economy is doing; it’s not what the government is doing; it’s not what the weather is doing that’s important. What’s important is what’s going on in our minds.

When it comes to the current economic challenges, Ken further related, “I’m convinced that I couldn’t do what I’m doing today if it was two or three years ago.

People then would have said that everything is fine, sounds like a great concept, but I don’t need it. Now, everyone I meet relates that they know they need to get better at their business and they need what I have.”

There is no big secret as to why Ken’s new company has become successful. He told me that he talked to a lot of people about his concept. He talked to a lot of people. What a simple idea.

You can learn more about Ken and his services by going to his web site: Moverigroup.com.

As I relate to my audiences nationwide, we all have more power in our brains than any computer man could ever create. Isn’t it time that we opened up our minds to great possibilities?

- – A Creative Affirmation – -
I create great ideas, great new businesses, and a great future
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How You Can Get the Taste of Sweet Success

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Monday, June 21st, 2010

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On a recent trip to do a seminar in Bend, Oregon, I learned why one local company there is continuing to have great success, no matter what the economy is doing.

The company is American Licorice and they seem to know how to get the taste of sweet success.

It was at their corporate headquarters in Bend that I interviewed Sue Jones. She is the company’s Director of Human Relations. Their licorice, in the famous large red jar, is sold nationwide along with many other sweet products.

She related that the company was founded in Chicago in 1914. Corporate headquarters was eventually moved to Bend. The company, with about 400 employees, has manufacturing facilities in Indiana and in California.

The Red Vines Licorice, in that distinctive red jar, is one of the company’s national brands. There’s also their tasty Sour Punch product and there’s a new product called Natural Vines, an all-natural licorice.

I asked Sue why the company has continued to be so successful, despite the current economy. Her answer was simple: “We’re really focusing on our consumer. We’re in the business of providing happy consumer experiences.”

She further related that the company had spent the past few years developing their business strategy, focusing on building up their consumer strategy, learning who their consumers are, and what they’re looking for from the company’s products.

This concept, of putting themselves in the customer’s shoes, has helped American Licorice to continue to succeed. That’s exactly what Dale Carnegie, in the book “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, suggested. He said, “Put yourself in the other persons shoes and look at things from their perspective.”

“We have a very passionate and loyal following,” related Sue, “and we’re actually in the process of doing a national drawing contest by our consumers. They really love our product.” Numerous drawings from that contest were up in the hallways of the company’s headquarters.

So, there you have it. It’s not a big secret as to why some businesses struggle while others prosper.

At American Licorice they’re constantly getting involved with the ultimate customer, wanting to make sure that they have a happy consumer experience.

What can you and I do today to put ourselves in other people’s shoes and look at things from their perspective.

Perhaps we, too, could get more of the taste of sweet success.

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A Sweet Success Affirmation
I put myself in other people’s shoes and look at things from their perspective.
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How to Bring Peace to Our Finances

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Monday, May 31st, 2010

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I recently traveled to San Diego to conduct a seminar. On my way south, since I had a little extra time, I stopped by the Self-Realization Fellowship center in Encinitas, California.

There, right on the Coast Highway, you will find some of the most peaceful and beautiful meditation gardens in the country. Situated on a bluff, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this is an amazing place to come, to meditate, to find peace.

However, if there is great turmoil in our lives, a visit to such an incredible place can only be a momentary respite from the stress that one would feel when getting back to reality.

One area of life that seems to be causing a lot of stress for many people is money. Used properly, it can be a very productive tool to give us peace, security, and a special lifestyle.

However, when mismanaged, the lack of money can cause stress, anxiety, fear and great heartaches.

I’ve made my share of mistakes with money in the past and, in order to find peace in this aspect of my life, I had to make some changes. Here are some of the changes I made in my own life concerning money…

I started living below my means. Where did we get misdirected when many of us thought that we had to live in fancy houses, drive fancy cars, and live a fancy life? Many were going broke trying to live beyond their means.

Thus, I lowered my expenses and that helped me to be able to sleep better at night.

I also stopped charging. I stopped using my credit card as if it was an open checkbook. It’s so easy to use credit cards. However, when the bills come in, it can be so hard to pay back those debts.

If I couldn’t afford something, I simply decided to save until I could pay in cash. Buying in cash is very empowering. Doing so meant that I was being much more responsible with my money.

My next step was to start paying off my debts. There is great power in being debt free. I started by paying off the smallest debt first. That gave me confidence and it felt good. Then I attacked the next largest debt and so on.

Being debt free is like “supercharging” a motor and it suddenly takes a vehicle in a great new direction with a lot of power.

I then started saving money. This is another way to gain great power. When you have a sizeable amount of cash in the bank, no one can threaten your security. You have created your own security.

People worry about their credit scores. I decided that I’d rather be a lender than a borrower. I also decided that cash is king and that it allows me to basically set my own credit score. Making purchases with cash now gives me great leverage when it comes to negotiating better prices.

So, those were the steps that I took to bring peace to the financial side of my life.

What about you? If you need to make some changes in your finances, why not follow the steps I’ve listed? Let’s take the feeling from the Meditation Gardens in Encinitas and spread it throughout each day of your life.

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A Peaceful Affirmation
I am taking control of my finances by living below my means, paying in cash, becoming debt free, and saving money.
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How to Create Strong and Productive Habits

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Monday, May 3rd, 2010

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When faced by difficulties, many people figuratively bend and break under the pressure. A few people seem to dig in their heals, hang on tight, find ways to resolve their problems, and they survive. Some ever thrive in the midst of difficulties.

Whenever I have flow out of the Burbank, California, airport for speaking engagements across the country, I’ve always driven by a certain park on the way to that airport.

There is something very unique about that park. I would always notice that many of the trees were bent over as if strong winds, over time, kept pushing them over.

However, in looking around the park, I didn’t notice any tree stumps. Apparently the trees in this particular park, had developed strong and deep roots, the type that would serve them well in the face of strong winds.

The other day I make it a point to go to that park and take a walk around.

The name of the park is Griffith Park, named either after or before the world-famous Griffith Observatory, which is on the top of the hill to the south.

The park is large and welcoming. There are equestrian trails where, on many occasions, people on horseback can be seen along its trails. There are also people having picnics, people walking their dogs, and others just enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.

Nearby, in the Burbank area, are some of the major television and radio studios of the country. Among them are Warner Brothers, Disney, ABC, and NBC.

But the main point that strikes me about Griffith Park is all of the leaning trees. There is a correlation between them and the goals and habits of our lives.

If we follow bad or destructive habits, we will never create strong roots that will help us in difficult times. Being overweight and not eating healthy foods, can figuratively cause our lives to fall down at some point. Just like a tree in a strong wind without deep roots.

Not being wise with our money, overspending, and not having a monthly budget can do the same thing.

Perpetuating habits such as smoking and drinking to excess can do the same thing. My sister, who smoked all her life, died from Emphysema and heart failure.

Not letting the people we love the most know how much we love them on a regular basis, can also put stress on the branches of our relationships.

May I suggest, if you do not have strong, positive roots in these directions, that you take a hit from the trees in Griffith Park. Write down three habits that you would like to improve and then write positive affirmations as if they were already achieved.

Read those affirmations the first thing each morning and the last thing each night, for at least 30 days, and watch what happens. I believe you will then get to the “root” of your great future success.

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An Affirmation of Positive Habits
I am identifying the positive habits that I need in my life and affirming them every day.
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How to Become a Social Media Expert

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Monday, April 26th, 2010

On a recent speaking trip to Dallas, I had the opportunity to spend some time with a good friend who is also a social media expert.

Dave Nelsen, who lives in Pittsburgh, is a business executive, entrepreneur, and he seems to understand how to harness the power of social media.

Dave was born in the Silicone Valley area of California and is a Stanford graduate who moved to Pittsburgh in 1995 to work with a start-up company. He has two sons, 19 and 16, who are his friends on Facebook and help him connect to social media.

Most of what he learned about social media was through is role as the CEO of TalkShoe, a company that let people produce their own podcasts. He used social media tools to build that company.

Dave now does seminars worldwide, teaching business people how to use social media to build their businesses.

I asked Dave why it is important for people to learn about social media to promote their businesses or their companies.

He related that social media allow us to actually connect with clients and customers on a one-to-one basis and that accelerates learning on both sides.

“When we’re actually in such a conversation,” said Dave, “we learn. We build a relationship. We build trust. And that trust is part of how we sell. That’s what I love about social media.”

Just so you’ll know, Dave has been my mentor in social media for a number of months. He helped me see the great value of creating and placing videos on YouTube and has encouraged me to become active on Twitter. Before I started working with Dave, I knew nothing about social media.

Dave said that the whole concept of social media, with all its intricacies, can become confusing to the average person. Thus, he recommends focusing on one aspect at a time and getting to know that process. He said, “Pick one and just do it! Focus on it, master it, and then move on.”

That’s why, with his guidance, I simply focused on YouTube at first. Now I have my own YouTube channel (YouTube.com/user/BoazPowerTV) and have over 60 videos already posted on that channel.

Dave related that these social media services are free and all we have to do is figure out how to use them. Part of the power, Dave told me, comes from people looking for something that people post on social media and then they can be found.

“The key,” Dave said, “is to create value for viewers in a target audience. You want to create value for them in order to build a relationship that will ultimately return to you. It’s the same concept as in the movie Pay It Forward.”

If you wish to contact Dave about his work in social media, he can be reached at Dave@WeSocialize.biz.

He has helped me to begin to understand the power of social media and has a wonderful way of explaining something complex in a way that I can understand.

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A Social Media Affirmation
I am learning, one step at a time, how to use the power of social media.
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