Friday, May 15, 2009

How Ready Are You to be a Law of Attraction Master?

1. You may feel your anointment or appointment, but you may not be ready yet.

I heard a version of this statement the other day and really liked it. It reminded me that there is an order to all things. The more significant or valuable, the more time is usually involved.

Many who want mastery of the Law of Attraction believe that if they read one or more books, watch one or more films, or buy one or more programs, some osmosis will occur or some switch will flip, and they’ll be successful masters.

We kind of wish that about a lot of things. Understandable as we live in a society that emphasizes speed and instant gratification.

Why isn’t it LOA mastery this simple? Think about a surgeon.

Someone who decides to become a successful surgeon has to start at the beginning of that training, observe others, and apply themselves through action until their ability to perform is a fact. The person has to allow for a learning curve, time for experiences involved to build knowledge of how the smaller bits fit into the bigger picture, and opportunities to practice and fine-tune their skills. Application Is Imperative! You don’t want a surgeon adept at wishful thinking and affirmations only. I know I don’t.

There’s more to learn than just how to perform a specific surgery.

Compare this paralleled multi-faceted process to learning about and using Law of Attraction.

Some of the struggle many people have with LOA is a result of resistance to any experiential learning curve. It’s understandable since many are trying to end some form of pain, turmoil, or discomfort – as quickly as possible. And they believe LOA is the instant gratification solution.

Key Point: Do not allow yourself or anyone else to use comparisons to gauge how you’re doing – unless you’re comparing how you are today to how you were yesterday, or last week, or last year. (Note: Other people’s opinions have nothing to do with your reality.)

What are your thoughts, experiences, or beliefs about being a willing participant in this process?

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Are You Too Busy Trying Not to Lose

Are You Too Busy Trying Not to Lose
in Life and Business to Learn How to Win?


“From this moment on, I refuse to settle for
less than what I want!”

Do you relate to this?

Do you know what to do to make it happen?

Please read this brief letter in its entirety to
see if the information resonates for you.

Initially, I didn’t know how to do this.
Actually, I partially knew what to do.

And I was frustrated.

I knew lots of “proven” ways to get ahead.
I was active, but not necessarily productive—
meaning I seemed to move forward, but only so far.

I also believed in and used Law of Attraction.
There was just one problem . . .

I attracted some remarkable material things, people,
and resources into my life effortlessly, but was
blocked about attracting bigger outcomes.

Has this been your experience too?

I knew there had to be a way or ways to shift this.
I was committed to learning how and committed to
sharing it with others who felt the same.

Maybe like me, you were told life works only one way
and that way is that it’s hard, that hard work pays off.

If you’ve worked hard in your life, has it really paid off?

Have you ever known inside that something was
wrong about that belief?

If you believe you have to work more to have more,
you’re working in reverse . . . you’re trying
not to lose instead of planning to win.

And, a lot of what you’re doing probably
involves inner and outer struggle and frustration
as you keep trying to figure out the missing piece.

Maybe some or many of your choices and actions
are made from fear, worry, second-guessing yourself;
and you think unless you DO something—a lot of
somethings, it’ll never get better.

You spend so much time doing, you spend very
little time enjoying being.

Maybe you don’t know how to merge doing and being,
or the power and potential of this action.

If you feel like you’re spinning your wheels,
and feel frustrated and tired . . .

It’s because more of your energy goes towards
what you don’t want (trying not to lose) than
what you do want (planning to win).

Can planning to win really be as simple as
aligning your energy with what you want,
in specific ways, before you take action?

If it was this simple, how would being able to
do this make a difference in your life?

How would you feel if you could do this?

If life feels like a struggle, it’s because
you’ve been conditioned to focus on what
you don’t want instead of on what you do want.

You’ve been conditioned to resist receiving
and attracting/creating what you really want.

You can shift this.

I’m Joyce Shafer, LEC (Life Empowerment Coach)
and author of I Don’t Want to be Your Guru, but I
Have Something to Say and a few other books —
and I’ve taken what I’ve experienced — you might even
call them success formulas — and offer them as an
8-week online coaching program called

Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in
Life and Business.

You can visit my Web site for more information at
http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance
[If the link doesn’t open when you click on it,
press Ctrl and click your mouse on the link to go to the site.]

[Email me at jls1422@yahoo.com
if the link acts odd.
My server recently tweaked the site . . . or maybe we’re
supposed to connect to address any questions sooner than later.]

You’d like your top question answered, right?
What does it cost?

You decide. I mean it.

Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less
In Life and Business combines practical methods
(outer approaches) with Law of Attraction (inner
approaches) to help you achieve results.

You don’t have to believe in LOA for the methods to work,
but you’ll enjoy how using it enhances your experience and results.

[FYI: You already use LOA by default (quantum mechanics).
You might as well use it deliberately.]

During the 8-week online program, you
Learn how to manage your energy and emotions
(Shift towards getting more of what you’d rather experience
instead of what you have been.)

Create and energetically activate desired outcomes
(Learn how to shift your inner vibration to create
desired outer experiences.)

Create your magnetic vision for your life or business
(Get clear about what you want in a way you’ve probably
never done before.)

Feel like a magnet for who and what you want to attract
into your life personally and professionally (This is about
alignment, about genuine connection, not manipulation.)

Identify what’s unique about you and what you do
(Increase your self-confidence and self-worth, and the
value of what you offer to others; and watch how this
ramps up your energy and makes you magnetic to
ideal people, clients, partners, staff, resources, and
opportunities, etc.)

Shift your focus about what you do and how you do it
in life and business (Create a process for yourself that lets
you feel comfortable and confident when you talk or write
about yourself, your service, or product.)

Learn how to seemingly get into the thoughts of others
(Learn how to listen and communicate from a place that
creates genuine connection that establishes
relationship and trust.)

Create your plan-of-action that lets you plan to
win over and over in your life or business

Increase your creativity—become a conscious,
confident creative

Increase your income and success

Experience inspired ideas, next actions, and opportunities
flowing into your life more effortlessly and consistently

Shift from trying not to lose to planning to win to
serving through significance

The methods in this 8-week program self-empower you to
do these and more.

You won’t have to guess at what helps you achieve results.
The methods are provided to you.
You just have to use them.

And you use them any time you need a solution or resolution,
or want to enhance or expand any part of your life or business.

If you’re familiar with Law of Attraction, you may
wonder why I use the word want when you’ve been told not to.
Here’s my explanation from Implement 1:

First a word about the word want: You may have heard or read that you should never, ever use this word. No word has more power than your intended meaning when you use it. Law of Attraction responds to feelings not words. Feel what you mean when you use this or any word. If your feeling is needy or fear-based, use this Implement to shift it to mean on purpose and empowered . . . intentional.

My vision and intention is to help as many people as I can who
are ready to self-empower themselves with this blend of practical
and inner methods to create real, lasting shifts in their lives.

This is why you consider the potential value of this
8-week online coaching program and your budget then
decide what you’re comfortable paying to participate.

There are three options for how you can participate.

What everyone in the program gets:
1. Each Friday during the 8 weeks, an Implement is
e-mailed to you (Tool implies work. These
methods involve effort on your part, but they inspire you.
That’s not something you usually say about work.)

2. You have unlimited e-mail access to me.

Here are the options:
Option 1: You sign up for one 30-minute coaching call
each week during the program (8 calls)**

Option 2: You sign up for one 30-minute coaching call
every other week during the program (4 calls)**

Option 3: All online — No coaching calls, but you have
unlimited e-mail access to me.

**Realistically, there is a limit to the number of people
I can personally coach effectively during a program.
This number is 20. But, any number of people can
participate in Option 3. The Implements are thorough and
you will see results if you use them whether you do
coaching calls or not. And, I will respond to your
e-mailed questions. You won’t be left alone to figure
anything out.

The next program start date is February 13, 2009
(Ends April 3, 2009)

Pre-Register Today!

What you do is
Decide if you’re committed to learn how to
win instead of just not lose in life and business.
Consider the long-term potential
value of this program to you, as well as your budget.
Agree to Feel Good about whatever amount
you believe is appropriate for you to pay (see note below).
E-mail me at jls1422@yahoo.com with questions or
I’m Ready to Learn How to Win in the subject line.
We confirm which option you want and which
ones are still available (once 20 people sign up for calls,
whether they choose Option 1 or 2, only Option 3 will be available).
Once we confirm your Option, I’ll give you instructions to
make payment in the amount of your choice at my PayPal account
(you don’t need a PayPal account to do this, just a debit or credit card).
I’ll say Thank You and add your name and email address
to my list, and you get started on February 13.

And, I invite you to share this opportunity with anyone
you believe it would benefit.

Note: I’ve bridged the cost-gap for you by letting
you decide what amount to exchange to participate.

If this makes you pause, ask yourself if there are other
areas of your life where you resist receiving.

How does this show up for you in your life or business?

The methods I share with you help you bridge this
resistance-to-receiving gap.

If you still feel you need to think about this, here’s a
method to help you get clear about your decision:
Make a list of what you don’t want to settle less for anymore.
Make a list of what you no longer want to feel.
List what you do want.
List what you do want to feel.
Write a letter to the Universe or to your inner guidance
and state what you want and want to feel. Ask for a clear
sign of guidance and state when you want to receive this sign by.
Allow this sign to appear to you in expected or unexpected ways.

I look forward to assisting you to release trying not to lose
and learn how to plan to win.

Joyce Shafer, LEC and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers an 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in Life and Business coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate. See program details, sign up for her free newsletter, and get her $9-for-3+1 free e-book special at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance. Or, email her for more information. Books/e-books reviews available at www.lulu.com.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Reinventing Your Self and Your Business Is a Process


Previously, many of us considered it a luxury to choose to reinvent ourselves or our businesses. At present, many find themselves thrust into this position by the economy.

Last year, before effects of the economy really kicked in, I had my moment where I decided to reinvent particular aspects of how I experience my life and business. Like an ever-expanding number of people around the globe (and since ancient times), I chose to even more consciously use Law of Attraction which I’m now, more than ever, inclined to call Law of Vibration or even Law of Vibration Equals Matching (LOV EM).

I’m not about to tell you this path is one big rosy picture or that I never address challenges; but there have been some spectacular inner and outer results. Any of you who deliberately use LOV may have discovered that, though it seems simple based on what you read or hear, it’s not always easy. I’m not saying it has to be difficult; but . . .

We’re told the key is to ask for what we want and then allow what we want to come to us, shift our beliefs, remove doubt, expect. I also write about these in my articles because they’re all valid. So, why isn’t it always easy? In a word: resistance. If you’ve ever thought you have no problem attracting small stuff into your life, but the big stuff seems impossible, you subconsciously resist bigger stuff. You wouldn’t do this unless you’ve been conditioned to. We stand between Limitless Thinking and Conditioned Thinking. We just have to decide which one we prefer to move towards more.

A lot of thought has been going on in my mind about resistance over the last several days. A parallel came to mind: weight loss. Anyone who’s ever wanted to lose weight has to start wherever they are; has to use a program, and discovers a program they’re aligned with is easier to follow; discovers some days it’s easier to stay intentional and other days they experience triggers that make them want to quit. But, if their Why is strong enough, they get back on the path if they detour or stop.

Those unwanted pounds are like unwanted (most often, unrecognized) beliefs or areas of resistance. The more of each that need to be shifted, the more energy you need to plan to direct towards this. You will have days you falter; but as you stick with it, you’ll experience successes. Your outcome and how you choose to experience getting to the outcome is called your ROE (Return on Energy).

We sometimes forget to recognize that a small success is still a success. Sometimes we want to get to the finish line before we run every step of the race. We forget steps are involved (a process), usually because we want to feel better as soon as possible. Every step has the opportunity and fact of ROE.

Individuals and the overall economy, depending on how much “weight” they gained before the shake-up and the weight of their beliefs, have to reassess how they plan and intend to move forward and what their intended short- and long-term outcomes are. The “negative” outer aspects of the economy are a direct result of something at the inner level being out of alignment in everyone involved. If we want to create a better, stronger economy, present, and future, this will be done more easily and quickly if more people get aligned at the inner level so their actions at the outer level are motivated differently.

This is the primary reason I decided to offer my Reinvent Yourself coaching program to people where they decide what they pay to participate. Just as in other parts of the world where a reasonable fee charged in the States might be a six-month income or more, people here impacted by current events who really want to empower themselves and their vision of the future, shouldn’t have to choose between groceries or learning ways to accomplish this, if this method is a fit for them. A pep talk might be helpful to some, but I believe methods that empower at the inner and outer levels are more useful. My decision to do this is not to affirm lack, but to endorse and facilitate increase. It’s saying I understand many have had their foundations rattled or crumbled; how can I help.

My hope is that anyone who can contributes their energy to this rebuilding phase through creative and innovative ways imbued with integrity. If we resist this, we risk returning to how we’ve always done things or how things have been done, ways that didn’t work out.

Inventions take time. So do reinventions. And, both involve a process. Once you get that life is a process, that you are in process all the time, and you align with this, you’ll find your ability to return to inner balance when you get rattled is easier. The Law of Vibration (quantum mechanics) matches your vibration (deepest anticipated outcome energized by emotions) all the time. Become a conscious, deliberate director of your inner and outer life.

I wish you a wonderful day and a day filled with wonders.


Joyce Shafer, LEC, Your Inspire Success Coach and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers an 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Choose to Thrive in Life and Business online coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate (next program start date: Feb. 6, 2009—Pre-register Now). Email her for program details, to sign up for her free newsletter, or to get her $9-for-3+1 free e-book special. Books/e-books reviews available at www.lulu.com.