How can it be a happy and joyful thing to work non-stop, hoard your holidays for when? I wonder if there ever comes a time that it is sweet to take those holidays.

Australians are also able to cash out all of their annual leave except two weeks, leaving little opportunity for a happy holiday. So now it is possible to work constantly and receive cash instead of the lovely break of the good old days.  Remember that time when families met up at the beach every year, year after year, to experience life in all of it’s glory.

I am here today to make it easy for you to dip into your pool of accumulated leave and join the “take leave, live life” group. Use the think, talk, act plan – the energy of thoughts, build the picture with words and take action.

That is, create your holiday and here are 4 easy steps to help you get your annual break organised:-

1. Think about having a holiday, where you would like to go and what you would like to do
2. Talk to people about doing it, who is coming with you and so on
3. Take action, book your leave, book your holiday
4. Then relax, enjoy the anticipation and get into the holiday attitude.

A final word to entice you away from your desk; people who spend some money on experiences rather than possessions are happier!!  And is that not what life is about.

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.

That means the giving of smiles, greetings and love to other’s regardless of race, culture or religious beliefs. So I wish you every happiness for whatever you are doing over the next few days, weeks, months and years.  I send you warm greetings and love to nurture your mind, body and soul and I wish you prosperity in every way in the coming year.

Above all, I send out positive and loving thoughts to the thought pool of the world and universe and I trust that as the present custodians we will find a way to live in peace with each other and harmony with our environment.

Have fun over the coming holidays and stay well and safe.

Fortunately I have a great group of people to whom I can turn for masterminding and that is what I did. I am even lucky enough that that circle is wide and allows me to choose those who have had the exact same life experience.  So lesson number two was to be sure that you have the network to mastermind with and go for help quickly.  There have been times in my life when I have tried to do everything for myself, including solving problems.  These days I know that masterminding is much smarter and I even have one network deliberately put together to support my new home business in personal development.  Collective wisdom is an old practice used for many years to find the most exciting and innovative solutions.

The outcome is that I have stopped looking back, or even seeing myself in the present moment and I am tapping into my imagination to put myself into the future when the problem is solved and I have achieved success with that particular matter. Guess what – things are changing, I can see a way through and I am seeing opportunities to resolve this problem everywhere I look.  I am receiving unsolicited help and all up it is just like magic.  Just the way it is meant to be.  Oh and the other thing I did – relaxed and enjoyed the journey.  The trip is just as much fun as the arrival.  It’s funny how life works!

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!!

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The domino effect is now in action with the NSW Government making a decision to stop buying bottled water. What is the next effect?

Someone must have set this ball rolling, maybe after a discussion with like minded people, the thought energy started to flow and more like minded people became involved. This action serves as a timely reminder that anyone can start a great idea, especially if there is a bit of public outrage around at the time.  Hopefully more and more people will see this as an opportunity and do what they can to support this action and also to see that one person or one community can make a difference.  Fantastic leadership that the townsfolk of Bundanoon are showing and their decision has hit the networks all over the world.

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!

Napoleon Hill, writing in the early 1900’s, identified that it is possible to transmit thoughts and energy. This is now a well respected concept with many people applying the transmission of thought energy on a daily basis.  Have you ever had a time when you have been thinking constantly about someone and – boom – they ring you?  Same thing, happens all of the time.

So if ever there was a time to send some loving, supportive and compassionate thought energy, it is now.  Just thinking about the situation in a positive way, putting positivity generously out there for our fellow Australians affected by the floods and swine flu will help.  And the good thing about generosity is that under the Law of Reciprocity is is returned, usually multiplied.  So go right ahead, send that love and faith via your thoughts, help someone to feel more positive, focus your attention positively on recovery and enjoy the great feeling that you will have.

Congratulations, you have just added to the positive energy of the Universe and our fellow Australians in this time of adversity.