People often tell me that when they hear the words "prosperity" or "abundance," they think of a spiritual movement or that it's something religious. The idea that it is spiritual or religious often scares people away from a true understanding of what the words mean.

For those of you that think that way, how does the following sound to you?

"they run a prosperous company"

"they live in a prosperous area"

"they live a rich, abundant, prosperous life"

"the employees retirement plan prospered this year"

"the crops are abundant this year"

After reading these statements how do you feel?

Spend a few hours or a day, looking at the abundance all around us in nature. Look at all the acorns that one oak tree produces. Look at the seeds in one tomato. Look at the wild flowers that "just come up" year after year. Go to the beach and look at all the shells that wash up each and every day. This can go on and on.

Learning and understanding what it takes to appreciate an abundant and prosperous life starts with gratitude for all that we have created in our lives up to this point. It also requires a practice, a discipline, to understand that certain laws are at work, at all times, in the Universe around us.

Living a prosperous and abundant life means that you could feel a "connection" to what is all around us in this miracle called life. It does not mean that you can just sit around, meditate, and "prosperity" will appear. You have to be in action, the right action, if applied correctly, leverages the Universal Laws.  The laws that apply to every being, and in fact, every thing in the universe.

What if I said that with proper training, a whole company could approach their business with a fresh new outlook that would help them prosper? What if I said that with proper coaching and training, any individual could do the same? It doesn't happen over night because one must first discover what their own particular blocks to prospering are.

Perhaps feeling like the words "prosperity" or "abundance" are "religious" or "woo - woo spiritual" signal you have a block. Growth comes when we move toward what makes us uncomfortable. A very successful business woman said to me today that "people who start to work on themselves first and then their business, see their business really take off."

If you have felt some resistance in yourself to the words "abundance" or "prosperity," maybe it signals that it's time to begin to work on yourself or your employees or both. Call me, I can help. The initial consultation is free.

Go back up to the questions I posed earlier in this newsletter and put your name or your companies name in front of each of them. Say them out loud. How does that sound to you? How does it feel?

It doesn't sound so woo - woo now, does it?

Thanks, Steve