“True learning only occurs when you assimilate and apply new information – when there is a change in your behaviour.”

For the last 3 nights, before going to sleep, I’ve been listening to a 20 minute meditation with Bob Proctor. I’ve also been listening to it in the morning. It’s on youtube. I love it. [Here’s the link if you’re interested in checking it out: ]

The whole concept behind the Success Principles is that if you want to achieve success, all you have to do is emulate what other successful people are doing. But it’s more than just emulation. It’s taking what has worked – is working -for other people, and applying it to yourself in a way that makes sense.

“If half the world’s wealth is controlled by 1% of the population (source), who should we be learning from? The 99% or the 1%?” I asked one of my friends during a coffee date.

“If only the 1% shared their secrets” my friend responded.

But they totally do! That’s exactly what books like this are. Only you have to believe that these principles can work for you. That’s the thing! The believing part.

I’m not advocating greed, and I know that there are other things at work here… and yet I can’t deny any longer that the hourly, ‘wait for someone else to give you a promotion’ method of making an income just doesn’t make sense. I realize that there are probably some illegitimate ways this 1% have made money, but I think there is something to be learned from their mindset and the way they think about money and success. I don’t they’re living in a place of lack.

So I’m trying to take the doubt away from my emulation efforts. I’m doing what I’m told by the teachers I respect. I’m meditating, journalling, practicing gratitude, setting intentions for each day, and (most recently) adjusting how I speak to myself.

“Give up your victim stories… you have always had the power to make it different, to get it right, to produce the desired result.”

I feel mousy when my hair is tied up tightly in a ponytail. Mousy – like someone who needs to squeak really loudly to get heard. That doesn’t really work for me. After a meditation session about two weeks ago, I started brainstorming other animals I could replace mouse with. When I’m feeling small, could I use the animal work I’ve learned in acting on myself. I chose a mixture of two animals: a deer and a wolf. I’ve decided that changing my self talk doesn’t have to be hard. It can be fun.

Learning is fun. I love learning, but the applying part – in my experience – can feel scary. What if it doesn’t work out?

Well screw it. Screw you fear. I’ll never know if I don’t at least try.