I have often wondered if it is possible to experience leaps of personal growth while highly engaged with a job or other activity. Yet now, after 18 months of very intense personal development and having the time to put to that, I have taken over a business and am once again immersed in things other than concentrating being the highest being that I can be.  Is it possible to do both?

Yes and yes. Delightfully, excitingly and energetically I now believe that anything is possible.  I can have my business and personal development too.

This is a pleasing concept for me as I came to my new life 18 months ago after many years of demanding work during which I rarely had time to sleep let alone read Deepak Chopra or watch The Secret. For years the joy of such pastimes slipped right be my.  Sure I was aware of the brouhaha surrounding The Secret and somewhere in the depths of my memory I recalled something about thought control and The Silva Method.  But to actively pursue such concepts was beyond me at the time.

Now, though, it is the nectar of life to me. It is that which is the source of my energy and personal strength.  I found that you simply take the time for what you want.  If you want it enough you will choose to find the time.  And I choose to extend my spiritual growth, every minute of every day.  To create my path and to reach for my higher self.

And now for the tip, link up with like minded people, source the connections around you so that you place yourself with others who will support, encourage and nurture you. And enjoy the path to a life that you have made for yourself because the journey is not about the destination.  It is about all of the fun along the way.  And here is an online community that will do all of the things that I have just mentioned - iamconnected.com – go ahead and take a look.  It just might be the community of support that you are looking for.

Late last year I heard about a plan by Gary Douglas and Dain Heer, the founders of Access Consciousness, who intend to take 300 people out into the Ocean off California and use their collective mind power to solve the problem of the floating garbage dump. If you have not heard about this problem, let me tell you about it.  We have created what is thought to be the world’s largest garbage dump out in the middle of the ocean, stretching from California to Japan and in some places it is nine metres deep.  Some refer to it as the plastic continent since it is largely made of PLASTIC!!  Washed out into the ocean from where it has been dropped on land.  Plastic bottles, bags, lids, chairs – anything at all.

Everyone of us needs to know more about this alarming problem and I invite you to go take a look on You Tube and further your education on this huge plastic garbage dump in the Pacific Ocean.

I then invite you to get excited, just as I have done, by the project that Gary and Dain have got up called Ocean 300. Anyone can be involved in a variety of ways so I encourage you to take personal action on this and exercise your personal development muscle by working on behalf of our wonderful planet.  Support Gary and Dain and give this project every chance of success.

If a person who is a quadriplegic can do what Scott Burrows is doing by using his mind power, then surely our collective mind power from across the whole planet can solve this problem that scientists say is unsolvable. Give up?  I say never.

Oh, and by the way, my sincere thanks to Scott for his vision and grit and for the inspiration that he is.

The second resource that is available is the Internet and a search of entrepreneur or entrepreneurs will yield a host of information and from my reading, much of it excellent. Entrepreneurship is becoming a key platform for educators of all kinds which is hardly surprising given the number of people who are no longer prepared to spend their entire life in a job; know by some as Just Over Broke.  Questacon have a lovely page called What is an Entrepreneur to which you could go as a starting point.  Entrepreneur has some fantastic resources and even has this page to help you with ideas – it is a great site, just persevere with the advertising.  And on Becoming an Entrepreneur you will find lots of practical advice.  Give this a try and it might help you to start your entrepreneurial journey.

My favourite ever resource however, is Polaris Media Group, which covers the personal development aspect of being an entrepreneur like magic. These programs are simply the best that you will find and have helped countless people get started on the journey of a lifetime.

You know how you can get a great idea – you just know that it is perfect for you. It feels right, looks right, sounds right and your intuition is telling you that it is right.  So you set to work to make it happen and before you know where you are, it is harder than Ben Hur!  Well, idea is right but the execution might not be.  Is there an easier way?  Is the timing right? Are you in the right space yourself to see the idea through?  Maybe you are going against the flow – the natural flow of life and that is why it is so hard.  If you are going with the flow, in the right moment and the idea is coming alive easy – fantastic.  That is how it is meant to be.

So how do you get yourself into the flow? I have found that first you have to see that it is hard going.  All too often people just get caught up in the “I’ll make it happen” which is a great attitude, but what if a small change in yourself might get it happening easier?  Once you can see that it is hard, you can start to think about how it might be easier and guess what – you can think it easy.  That’s right, you can think it easy!  Use your mind power.

Once you decide to think it easy, get your creative juices flowing, new ways are likely to become apparent to you. You could also talk this over with others, what would they do and how would they do it?  Idea hasn’t changed but maybe you are.  In essence, look for the easy ways to appear, they might be right before your eyes and you can not see for looking.  However if you can see, it is much easier to go with the flow of life.

Hill says that the mastermind is “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people for the attainment of a definite purpose”. So here in Hawaii, I am surrounded by people who are generous in their advice, counsel and personal cooperation so that every one of us has the very best opportunity to prosper in all ways.  I always have this opportunity, however here it is laid on in exceptional amounts.  Imagine if you will, at any moment being able to talk with like minded people and have access to the magic of collective wisdom – a mastermind.  All of those very positive, lateral thinking people giving me assistance, sharing their mind power.  Now seriously, that is some personal development program.  And it is right here, in Hawaii, supporting me in my personal development home business.

And you can have it too!!  Prosper your mind. Oh and Hawaii and all of the fun of the holiday and travel is ok too.  Shoe shopping, dining out at a fabulous Chinese Restaurant, lounging by the pool – ahh it is hard to take!!

The book takes you through the 13 steps necessary to overcome all obstacles and achieve all of your ambitions and remember, it was written in the early 1900’s. It is an amazing book, a guiding light and a basic text for any student of personal development.   These days, as expected, you can become a member of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and enjoy all of the benefits that the Internet has to offer.  I can only imagine their lives if these men had access to the technologies that we have.  However the book allows a glimpse of personal development 1928 style.

One of the key principals that Hill outlines is the mastermind which is the capacity to join up with a group of people who have harmonious minds and share your thoughts, thought energy and intelligence for their good and your own. This bringing together of thought energy creates a great bank of energy that is then used towards a specific purpose.  According to Hill, this form of cooperative alliance has been the basis of nearly every great fortune.  The message is simple, surround yourself with like minds in a harmonious environment, give generously to the mastermind yourself and receive the full benefits.   To success and happiness!

When you do turn off the media, you actually find many hours of the week available to you to do other more exciting things like researching your new venture, your home business or work from home opportunity or any of the other things that you might be passionate about.  And passion and following your passion is one of the important keys to success.  So give up media in all forms, TV, newspapers, magazines and you will have time for your passion.

I hear so many people saying that they want more time in their day for the things they want to do. Well, here is one way to gift yourself time.  Time to exercise, time to play with your kids or dog, time to expand your mind, grow your mind power or time to read inspiring books or articles.

In the words of Nelson Mandela, “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to be the same”. Wonderful man, wonderful book.  Well I am off to expand my mind, have some personal development and read a bit more of Nelson Mandela’s life story.  And have a bit of fun with one of my passions; books.