Joyanne Sloan's Podcast

 

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I ‘d like to begin this episode with a warm welcome to all of my new listeners.  Something wonderful is happening with my server logs and my audience is growing by leaps and bounds; thanks in part to each and every one of you that's shared the Peace of Prosperity podcast with your family and friends.

 

This week's question is "How much do you want from life?"  And, of course, there are an infinite number of ways to fill in that blank, but I'm going to venture to say that, for a great many of you, what you actually want is simply more than you already have.  You want less chaos and more time, more quality of life.  Am I right?

 

For you to achieve any variation or combination of those outcomes, requires an essential step on your part.  I mean that when you're asking yourself "How much do I want from life?"  You must realize that the MUCH, or the quantity, is directly impacted by the HOW, or the strategy.

 

What I'm offering you is another perspective on achieving prosperity.  The typical approach is to simply ask "How much" as though quantifying your answer was all that was necessary.  But from this new approach, you'll focus on the "How?"  Of how much and begin to qualify the ways in which success may come to be your life.

 

Quantifying success is the mindset by which what you want exists largely in the external realm.  In other words, it's out there and you have to go after it, get it, secure it or, worst of all, sit around and wait for it; steeped in the fear that success may never come at all.

 

But today I'm offering you a new way.  So grab a pen and paper because I'm about to give you the big take away... ready?  Here’s what you write: "I do not have to get, I only have to let."  It's true, you don't have to get your highest good, but you do have to learn how to let it be with you, without forcing it or pushing it away or otherwise sabotaging what does try to find its way into your life.

 

"Getting" is part of the language of scarcity because it's based on two big, ugly, wart-covered lies.  The first is that there's some magical "thing" out there that's going to make you happy.  The second untruth is that getting means there's a thing to get; that it’s tangible and therefore a limited commodity.  Actually, real success is infinite, not exclusive.  It's not a matter of whether or not there's enough for you or whether or not you're enough to have success.

 

Getting is also misconstrued with taking which engenders a whole array of nasty reactions from greed to guilt to shame.  So let’s put the word "get" out of your vocabulary for the foreseeable future.  Instead we’ll focus on the verb "to let".

 

Letting isn't about taking anything away from anyone.  Letting is about allowing.  And allowing is the all-important, yet invisible step, that precedes RECEIVING.  So, if you take an honest look at your life right now and you recognize that you're not receiving your highest and best, that it's time to consider how the power of allowing can begin to transform your reality.

 

The practice of allowing means that you're actively cultivating a habit of saying "Yes!" to the unseen parts of you that pester and nag at you in an effort to finally be in the world.  Getting to "Yes!" is critical because it empowers the HOW of "How much?"  For when you give an UN-qualified yes, more strategies to success will begin to emerge through the synergistic force of Providence. 

 

It's a practice of giving yourself permission to receive in the present, rather than making a future promise.  That's what it means to practice prosperity and, until you do that, the Peace of Prosperity will appear unattainable; and object or objective, caught up in duality, seemingly separate from you and your experience.

 

Indeed, the goal here is to reconnect you again and again to the experience of success and the life-giving energy that comes from feeling prosperous; a unifying process of bonding what is undeniably right to your body, mind and soul, this day and always.

 

In the words of German novelist and philosopher Goethe…

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.â€? 

 

Here's my 7-day challenge for you:

Let's start off by acknowledging that your good will come to you by way of others and that receiving what they have to offer depends upon you NOT blocking or controlling their attempts to assist in bringing about all that's rightfully yours.  How do you block?  Perhaps by being the last on your list, or by giving yourself so little time and effort that the opening through which your blessings try to enter is not a doorway, but a crack.  That crack represents the small self who's so overworked and overwhelmed that you couldn't possibly handle the gifts in store for you.  So say "Yes!" instead.  Say yes to those that want to contribute to you and you'll begin to widen that small crack in your "I can't do it all" armor, until you're wide open; standing fully in the sunshine of the beautiful blessings that were there all along.

 

Please join me next time when I ask "How do you go from surviving to thriving?"

 

Until then, I leave you with abundant peace.

 

 

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Hello and welcome back!

I hope you enjoyed last week's episode on allowing your inherent genius to express itself fully.  If you have an idea for an upcoming podcast, please let me know so that I can feature your question in an future episode. You can call me directly with your suggestions on my toll-free line 1.866.374.8539

Today I'm going to be answering the question "Is that all there is?"  But before I do, I'd like to remind my listeners in the Seattle area that I'll be offering a workshop called The 4 Most Important Words To Success on July 11th and again on July 15^th. For details, please go to my web site: www.peaceofprosperity.com

So, our question this week is one that probably everyone asks themselves sooner or later. The scenario goes like this: you've been working hard, making progress, and perhaps you've got something to show for your efforts.

And still, the feeling of having really "made it" never comes.  Eventually, you find yourself asking "Is that all there is?"  and  wondering whether or not you're doomed to keep working forever without ever feeling like you arrived.       

If you can identify with that situation, then you know that the real question comes down to finding what "IT" is for you. And if it makes you feel any better, just know that people everywhere struggle with how to answer that question. But why? Because the "it" that brings satisfaction changes as often as you do. While your desires and ambitions evolve along with you, it is possible to find a sense of achievement and serenity about how far you've come and how far you'd like to go from here.

The status quo definition of "making it" really comes down to getting rich. And yet money by itself fails to provide an internal experience of abundance. The result of that is the more syndrome that drives consumption and materialism at unprecedented rates. It's not really a matter of having enough, but of being enough. And sadly, people by the billions pursue material wealth as if it somehow holds the power to remedy the internal experience of scarcity and lack.  Of course, it doesn't and yet the very temporary relief that consumerism provides continues the confusion between purchasing power and personal power.  

So, if you're finally ready to experience a sense of "enough" and beyond enough, then I invite you to take my

Self-Wealth Quiz... please answer True of False to the following statements

1. "There is a disconnect between the results I desire and the results I have."

If you answered true, then start by defining the difference between intention and attention. Your intention speaks to your desire whereas your attention indicates the direction in which you take action. Insanity has been described as the repetition of old behavior with the expectation of a different outcome. Simply put, your results will change when you do.

2. "Having money alone is not enough. I also want the time and energy to enjoy life."

Time, Money and Health are the essential ingredients in your personal recipe for success. Achieving a balance of all three is the key that opens the door to 3-Dimensional Wealth^SM. Unfortunately, building net worth alone is often achieved by sacrificing your time and health in the process. That approach results in both imbalance and the very feelings of scarcity that drives you to want more in the first place. In the end, striking a balance requires attention to each dimension beginning with your health; for health is wealth and without a vital and vibrant body, no amount of money can replace the life energy that's so essential to really, truly making it.

3. "I don't know what feels satisfying or how much it will take."

Are you one of countless people who waste months or years pursuing something that you don't even truly want? Or has the chase become so habitual that you are unable to recognize when you've reached the place of "enough"? Now is the time to get honest about what really motivates you. This is about meeting yourself at the deepest level; not about trying to fulfill what others want you to be or have. Perhaps what you really want is not even tangible. The yearnings of your soul likely have little to do with titles or status. Instead, consider the state of being or experience that resonates with your deepest values and beliefs then begin to explore the possibilities.

4.  "I work harder at sustaining my life than my life works at sustaining me."

If this statement is true for you, it's a good indication that what you've achieved is status. The lifestyle of status requires tremendous amounts of energy to maintain because possessions, by nature, are in constant process of entropy. On the other hand, when you've achieved state rather than status, you have the tools and the ability to create the experience of fulfillment on a personal, internal level.  From that place, even though the nature of what feels satisfying to you may change, it's easy to recreate that state of being because the skills that it requires remain the same.

5. "When I finally achieve the things I thought would make me happy, I'm often disappointed."

In order to cultivate the balance and self-wealth you desire, you must first learn to plant the right seeds. What seeds are you sowing today and will the fruit of your present efforts be fulfilling in the future? Listen carefully to yourself as what doesn't feel good can prove to be of greater impact than what does feel good. What methods are you using; which work and which do not? Why? Does the final result, when you ultimately get there, feel like you thought it would? This exercise will be instrumental to learning where the sweet spot is for you. Like most exercises, the more often you do it, the better the results will be.

Here's my 7-day challenge for you:

When you wake up tomorrow morning, no matter how hard you worked today and no matter how much money you've saved, there will be twenty fours hours that you will never, ever get back. Time is the fortune of everyone. Therefore, it's impossible to borrow from tomorrow what is yours today. Only you have the power to make choices that either support or sabotage your ability to enjoy fully the priceless riches of this exquisite, passing moment.

Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present"  - Unknown

Please join me next time when I ask "Where can you find the energy to succeed?"

Until then, I leave you with abundant peace.