How to Create Wealth and Success - Committing to a Creative Approach

On a recent "Wake-Up" call, CarbonCopy Pro's Vice President of Leadership Development, Mr. John Jackson made a statement that really got my attention. He was relaying a very personal and powerful story, and shared an insight he had as a result of his experience. He observed, "Clarity comes from contrast."

As a photographer, what immediately came to mind were the contrasts of light and shadow; and how having those aspects present in a photograph can bring heightened clarity to an image. Things can be brought into sharp relief when they are compared and contrasted in such a way that the difference between them is markedly enhanced.

This same clarity through contrast came to mind as I was reading, and re-reading, "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles. Often referred to simply as "the little green book," it contains the most powerful and exacting elements of what is required to create wealth and effectively conduct successful business transactions. Based on the immutable laws of the universe, this small volume is absolutely stunning. Addressing its topic with the exactitude of science, it outlines the mental attitude and approach one must have; and explains that building wealth or acquiring riches does not come about by doing certain things; rather it comes about by doing things in a certain way.

One of the key elements of the teaching highlights the existence of, and need to employ, those higher faculties with which we as individuals have been endowed. Found only in human beings, these unique qualities are: Perception, Reason, Will, Memory, Imagination and Intuition. They are to be utilized in a highly focused way to help us obtain our heart's desire. What is fascinating is the way Waddles compares and contrasts competition and creation.

Waddles emphatically states, "You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created." He is clear that one can effectively do this by employing our higher faculties. While acknowledging that many individuals have acquired riches by purely competitive means, Waddles is firm that this is not the ideal way; and that riches thus gained are never truly satisfying or lasting. People who are competitive view supply as limited. Those who understand that there is no scarcity, only abundance, can readily embrace the creative approach.

The very foundation of this approach is predicated upon the understanding that we live in a limitless universe and that all of life is striving for greater expression. This means that there is a pervasive life force which is always seeking increase. Waddles says, "We are subject to the urge of life. In seeking expression for this urge, we are impelled to know more, to do more, and to be more." It is a marvelous understanding which extends to all of life, including intelligence, consciousness and knowledge itself. All of life, by virtue of its existence, is always extending itself toward increase. "Life, by living, multiplies itself."

This understanding is very exciting. It stands in stark contrast to a view of scarcity, competition and lack. The sense of what is possible is ever-expanding, along with one's awareness. It knows the universe to be limitless.

When this is translated into our business transactions, the approach is to always rise from the competitive to the creative plane. This is done by giving increased value. As Waddles puts it, we are to always give people more in "use value" than we ask for, or take from them, in terms of "cash value." Essentially, what this means is that by so doing, we are adding to life. We are operating in harmony with the natural, universal law of increase. This creates more, compared to a competitive approach whereby we try to beat someone out of something; or we take more than we give which diminishes rather than enhances life. It is a powerful concept. And the beautiful part is that this is highly effective; and it is good business.

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As a successful, mid-life Internet marketer and mentor, Linda is committed to helping others avoid going from Baby Boomer to Bust. Despite today's rocky economy, there are viable options and exciting opportunities. You may personally ask her about them by visiting her websites and using the contact information.
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