In today’s work force we need flexibility of skills. Chances are you are not doing the same job you did even a decade ago. There has been real progression and for many factories, automation in the world. So I ask myself, why do we still teach the way we did 200 years ago. Honestly our system while it has modernized it’s deliver method with advanced audio, video, and computer learning the message is still the same. You need to be a brick in society to be usable, hence, my reference to Pink Floyd earlier.

How do we change the system? I submit to you that the change has to come at the leadership level. Leaders must become master stone masons. When I say that think about a wall. Bricks are made uniformly and stacked neatly in rows. They are easily handled and quickly assembled.

Stones on the other hand are not uniform. They require more skill to build with and pose several other problems that bricks don’t.

So why would I want to build with stone as opposed to bricks? Stones are individual. I don’t have to have someone mold them I just have to fit them together. It also takes fewer stones than bricks to form a structure.

In conclusion, when people are trained to be bricks in a wall you only see a small part of the person and you only get limited use of that person. Most people feel underutilized at their job and I think we all can remember issues in school we had as the teachers tried to form us all into the same mold.

If we treat people like stones, individually yet working together you are going to find happier people and you will get more work done with fewer people this way. As a leader all you really have to do is take some time to find each person’s motivational point and tie it to your goals. Then be smart enough to step back and watch the magic!

What I find interesting is I have not heard of this book from any main stream sources which is unusual because I am an Amazon Affiliate Online seller and NH books and audios are one of the main items I push. I heard about this through Marshall Sylver, the hypnotist that runs Get Rich Radio.

This book is definitely different than any other NH book I have read. If you have read Think and Grow Rich you may recall that NH formed an imaginary council in his mind and communed with them daily. He studied each member of his council and over time they all started to take on their own characteristics in his mind.  He states in his book that they became so real to him it scared him and he discontinued meeting with them.

It appears that NH applied this technique to the Devil.

NH starts the book with a story about his life leading up to the penning of the manuscript. NH’s bank had gone under during the great depression and he lost his house and basically all his money. While trying to rebuild he encounter other problems that made him question his years of teaching. NH then has a turning point in his thinking and his “Other Self” emerges. This is the point where his life turned around and he truly started living what he taught.

It is this “Other Self” that is able to look the Devil in the eye and demand truthful answer. So at this point the book changes from a story format to an interview format. I found this to be very refreshing. It made for a quick read.

Right off the bat it is clear to see where the controversy for publishing comes from. NH asks the Devil who he is and to describe himself and God. What follows is the most unique explanation I have ever heard or read. The answer is a theology meets quantum physics explanation and it just spun the thinking around in my head as only really new and different ideas can.

Now this is over 200 pages so I can’t give a critique of everything but I will give you a few points that stuck in my mind:

• The process the Devil uses to capture 98% of everyone in the world.
• The only way the 2% escape him.
• Why most churches and schools are actually aiding his cause.
• The trick you need to know to keep from being recaptured once you escape.

In the Neothink™ Society our main tool is integrated thinking.  As a member, it was a real joy to fit NH’s new book into the context of the Neothink™ literature, which has been evolving for decades after NH’s death. This in a way is a form of educational archaeology.

I recommend everyone read this book. I warn you that there are times you are going to be offended, based on your beliefs. If you have an open mind you will get a lot out of this book.  If you have a closed mind you are going to hate this book. If you are wise, you are going to follow the suggestions in this book whether you liked the book or hated it. 

Finally if you are not a member of the Neothink™ society and you are debating on joining then read “Outwitting the Devil” and if you find yourself wiser in so doing then joining the Neothink™ society is really your next logical step!

He said “Once the dog gets the sent, it makes a wide arc. Unfortunately, the farther away from the source the dog is the more it smells other sents. So, the dog is smelling how far it can go before it looses the sent. Once it looses the sent it moves back to the direction it could smell it. The dog then continues in a zig zag pattern based on strength of the sent. That is why you see dogs sniff from side to side. The closer they are to the target the easier it is for them to determine a strong or weak sent” 

As people, we have to do the same thing. We all want to be successful in life so we start looking for success in a broad sweeping manner. The reason dogs are very successful is they stay focused on the one sent they are searching for. Most people unfortunately continually change their goal depending on what sent seems strongest.

The big problem for people who do that is the target is rarely stationary. Before long the second sent goes weak and a third sent becomes stronger and once again people change their goal and shoot for the strongest sent. 

This is why many people feel they are wandering through life. They’re not even sure what their goals are because they have changed them so often.  With this analogy you can easily see why some people are said to be, “Chasing the wind” or “Going in whatever direction the wind blows.” 

In conclusion, we should all survey the area to be familiar with all the oppurtunitties that are around us but we need to be like the blood hound that knows its final goal and bases its movements on the strengths and weaknesses of the sent. We too must base our movements in life as to wheather these actions are strong or weak in aiding us in acheiving our goals.

There were three things that I incorporated into my life style and I started them at slightly different times so I don’t know if any one was the real cause in drop or if the synergy from all three was the trick. None of these are earth shattering or difficult. Actually the changes were so easy that I didn’t realize I was even loosing weight.

Change 1. I switched from eating homemade sandwiches to organic soup. I got this tip from the Hugh Downs Medical Breakthrough book I bought when it first came out. I did switch to organic soup a few months ago because the regular soups didn’t sit well in my stomach. I had been taking soups a couple of days a week before. The last month it was just more convenient to take the soup everyday. NOTE I do take a half hour walk on my lunch hour before eating but I have done that for 5 years now. Also I rarely drink soda, instead I make a sweet tea with fruit juices instead of sugar.

Change 2. I added a teaspoon of psyllium seeds to my morning glass of orange juice. I knew I wasn’t getting enough fiber and high fiber bread was a little rough. I knew about this stuff and my wife had  actually taken  this in pill form for a while. I found that it was cheaper in bulk form at my local health food store. NOTE if you take this in its seed form by mixing with a drink make it a cold drink and drink it right away. I put it in a big jug of water thinking I could sip it for a while and it turned into jello! A quick stir broke them apart but that first sip after it had been sitting half an hour was a bit of a surprise.

Change 3. I switched from Black Tea to Ginseng Tea. I was listening to an audio recording on the Global Information Network website by Mr Peter Ragnar. He has spent his life studying martial arts and herbal cures. His number one herbal recommendation for longevity is Ginseng Tea and several other herbs but Ginseng was the most important. So as I was walking through my health food store I found some Ginseng Tea by Yogi. Several other ingredients were also recommended by Mr. Ragnar that were included in the ingredients. So I drink two cups of this tea a day.

That’s it! I switched two things I was already doing sandwich to soup, and regular tea to ginseng tea. Then I added a teaspoon of fiber to my morning juice with a little stir and off I go for the day! As I do the Special K pinch (I know I am showing my age) I can tell that I am still loosing fat so I expect to see another drop in weight next month and since this is so easy I believe anyone can benefit!

My wife is from the Philippines and she has a subscription to the Filipno channel online. Saturday night she was at our computer, which is right next to our TV, watching her soap operas. My son and I were channel surfacing and finally settled on a funny but scary show (I will explain later). So we all sat in the living room and I would glance at what my wife was watching (She uses headphones so I couldn’t hear it) and she would glance at what we were watching.

Sunday morning arrives as usual after Saturday night and while we were drinking coffee she started telling me about a dream she just had. It seems we were back to our old residents and our son was young again. We were in a bar and a couple of girls kept stareing at me and one finally came over and started playing with my hair (Obviously a while back since I have been bald for a while). Well she said she smacked the girls hand and the girl got up and left. My wife was now mad at me and so she got up and went out to the car.

Now it gets weird. Still mad about the incident inside, she decided to drive around. While she was driving she got lost. After finally stopping to ask for directions she was pointed in the right direction to get back to pick us up but that the road to get there was dangerous. So she started driving down the road and out of no where a dinosaur started to run at her car! She tried backing up but the dinosaur was very fast and started banging on her car. Then a truck behind her saw she was in trouble and started to honk. This got the dinosaurs attention and she sped away.

She made it back to the bar and my son and I were now mad but when we saw how frightened she was and the damage to the car we forgot all about the bar incident. End of dream

I told my wife that she couldn’t watch TV anymore. She looked at me funny and said why. Here is why. The girls on your shows are always fighting for some boy so that explains the bar seen. “What were we watching on TV last night?” I asked. “I am not sure” she replyed. “We were watching Americas Worst Driver on the Travel channel and guess where they were? Seattle. ” Our home where are son was born and the drivers are given all kinds of things to do and points are deducted every time they brake a law or get lost. So these people are driving around downtown lost and you were seeing sites that are familiar.

Finally I said do you know what they do to the loser of that show? She shook her head no. They demolition the losers car so they can’t drive. Did you notice how they did that last night? No again with the head shake. Robosaurous! a 40 ft robot dinosaur came over to the last two cars and grabbed the losers car and picked it up into the air. Breathed a little fire on it and then put it in it’s mouth and literally cut it in half with it’s huge metal jaws.

So lets recap.
Bar scene = Philippine Soap Opera
Driving lost in Seattle = Driving lost in Seattle
Dinosaur Chase = Robosaurus devouring loser

You can’t tell me that TV doesn’t influence our subconscious after that!

As I have traveled the world I have seen the grand casinos in Monaco and the extreme poverty in Kenya. As I look at the devistation in Haiti I am reminded of the Philippines and hurrican Katrina. I lived in the Philippines for 3 years and the building construction looks almost identical to the ruins in Haiti. I lost a rental house in Katrina that was a few blocks away from my daughters house. The devastation in St Bernard Parish and the 9th ward affected all the buildings.

My point is that these disaster hit all of the folks in that area regardless of economic status. My daughter and her husband drove away before the hurricane hit. I had enough wealth that I was able to give them a safe place to live until things could work out (which was several months). Also because of my wealth I was up to date on my insurance payments and so even though my renter lost almost everything when I finally got reimbursed I was able to clear all debts on the property and give my rentor a check to cover most of the losses.

Now seeing the devastation in Haiti I say it is important to share your wealth regularly. I don’t run around handing out hundred dollar bills although I know there is a group of entrepeneurs that are. I donate to homeless shelters and foodbanks typically when they are low on supplies. Most people donate a few cans of food around Thanksgiving but ask yourself, “Don’t these people need food in July too?” The answer is of course yes!

Getting to Haiti. I am very happy to know that the Friday before the earthquake I donated blood. While I don’t know if my blood actually went to Haiti I take great comfort in that it was there and could easily have been one of the first pints on the scene. I will also donate money for the rebuilding process.

My final point is this, there is a two part thought to achieve the magic.

1. To help others in times of trouble makes you feel wonderful!
2. To know that you can do this without being a burden on others because of your financial status is truly one of the keys to being wealthy and successful!

My first comment is that in a country of 330 Million you will find a few hard luck stories that are the exception to my thought however this is being written to the masses!

Let me start off by dispelling a myth that certain people portray to make you feel bad. There are only a few wealthy people in America and they don’t pay their fair share. There are a few people in America who are super wealthy. Some are very public figures like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Donald Trump to name a few. Notice I called these folks super wealthy. Let’s be honest the amount of taxes they pay in a year are more than most of us will make in a lifetime!

So let’s get to you and me. Have you ever really thought about what constitutes a wealthy person? Now I mentor a lot of people and I haven’t really come across anyone that can define wealth, until I heard a rich man’s seminar recently. Simply defined the crossover point from poor to wealthy occurs when your assets are larger than your debts. That’s it!

So to find out if you are wealthy or not, simply look at eveything you own or are in the process of paying off. I suggest you start figuring out your debt first.

What are the balances on your credit cards, loans, and mortgage(s). Total them up and this is what you owe. Next step is to figure out your Net Assets. Total up the value of your bank accounts, your house (if you have one), your retirement funds (IRA’s, CD’s, 401K’s), and any other items you could resell (vehicles, precious medals, art etc…).

Now comes the best part subtract the debt from the Net assets and you will know where you stand!

1. If you are worth more than you owe, congratulations, you are wealthy!
2. If you owe more than you are worth, congratulations, you now know how much you need to become wealthy!

Once again the magic happens when you are one dollar over in worth versus debt.

In the next segment I will talk more about the magic!

Sat Dec. 5th at 2:10

or

Sat Dec 12th at 5:00

Both on channel 19!!