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Today's is going to be the 1st of a 12-week series on the Prosperity Pillars. These are the 12 Principles for Success that I created from my experience with different thought leaders, experts, and individuals in the field of personal development and financial education.

My goal with this particular series is to help create a foundation for you in your life, and when applied, will support you in all your endeavors.  Jim Rohn, one of the fathers of personal development and one of my mentors, said “We all have two choices. We can make a living, or we can design a life."

We Can Make a Living or Design Our Lives

How powerful is that? I'll repeat it. We all have two choices. We can make a living, or we can design of life.

How many of us are just going through life on a day-to-day basis, living our life, making a living, doing all these things... without consciously designing or creating your life? That's why I've created Principle number 1: I Create My Life.

Which one are you doing? Think about that for a minute. Are you just making a living, getting by? Or are you designing and creating the life that you were meant to live? Because, let's be honest, your focus will determine the results that you're going to get.

Are You Consciously Creating Your Life?

Do you ever wake up after weeks and weeks of work and just think, "Man, where did the time go by?"

The principle around success that is one of the most recognized throughout time is the principal (or let's call it the Secret) that my partner Robert talks about a lot…

Your thoughts create your life.

And if your thoughts create your life, you have to be asking yourself how you are consciously you're directing those thoughts.

If you're consciously designing a life, then you'll have thoughts that take you towards creating your life.

You have to remember that your thoughts will create feelings. Your feelings will result in your actions. Those actions create experiences which will reinforce beliefs that you have in your life.

So, you have to be conscious of your thoughts every single day.

Every. Single. Day. Create your life now…Don’t Wait!

CAUTION:  Make no mistake, whether you're consciously creating your life or you're just living your life, something's being created.

I prefer to have a conscious effort creating my life and I think you do too.

Here are some Steps For “Creating Your Life”

1-First of all, you have to believe you can do it. Now a mentor of mine, Les Brown, says, "Greatness is within you." Every one of us has the power and the greatness inside of us to create the life that we were meant to live. We have the ability to do this. You have to BELIEVE that.

If you have trouble with that belief right now, you can do a lot of different things to change that. We'll talk about those in a minute. But first and foremost, you have to believe that you can do it.

2-Second, you have to create daily activities which will empower you towards designing and creating your life. For example:

• daily rituals
• motivation
• inspiration
• meditation
• affirmation
• activities
• learning
• growing
• Anything that you can do that will continue to keep your focus on creating your life through your daily activities.

These will all ultimately help you create daily habits for success. This will help you to be able to create the life you're meant to live.

Remember, energy is key. You have to be able to create some energy TOO. You can do that through physical exercise and creating a state of mental awareness that will give you the energy you need.

So once again ... first you have to believe you can do it, and second you have to create daily activities that will help you design your life.

Affirmations are a Success Practice

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