W is for Write it down
E is for Envision your dreams
A is for Affirm your desires

Today is L, for “LISTEN to your inner voice.”

Some people are very good at listening to that little voice inside your head that whispers things you should or shouldn’t be doing. We all have it, but some people listen to it more than others. You can completely ignore it if you choose to. Many people do.

It’s not easy to follow your inner voice – but it can become easy. Sometimes I’m told people can’t hear it. I’m not talking about listening to fear – that’s not your inner voice. Your inner voice is the flash that goes by in your h ead like a quiet whisper that you almost miss unless you’re paying close attention. It’s easier in the shower or when we’re driving, then it seems to be heard easier.

Tuning into your inner voice is part of “tuning into” wealth. It’s like it’s on a different radio frequency. It will guide you to the things you should be doing if you let it. If you don’t pay attention, you likely are presented with the lesson or guidance over and over, and sometimes you get sick if you don’t pay attention. Are YOU paying attention to your inner voice? It’s trying to give you what you’ve asked for, including prosperity.

My friend (I’ll call her Susie) was an entrepreneur who found herself slightly famous but with out much income. Each month she was praying for just enough to pay the bills. She always got what she needed.

One day I asked her why she was only asking for the minimum? If it works as well as it appears to, why aren’t you asking for more? After that she started to see how SHE was the reason she didn’t have as much money. I told her she had only as much money as she believed she could have. That hit her like a ton of bricks. She started working on her beliefs and now she has a major sponsor who pays her a lot of money to write a blog and make keynote speeches she’s getting paid handsomely for.

I believe we create our lives by our thoughts. If we have fearful thoughts of bad things happening
like running out of money, bad health, or whatever it is, we are causing it to happen. Recently, I was shocked to read an article about the placebo effect and how it’s even true with surgery. That’s right, people who thought they had knee surgery but were just opened and sewn shut, had the same progress as those who didn’t have surgery. I couldn’t believe it either. That’s how powerful our beliefs are.

The article is here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=study-suggests-common-kne

The place to start, to get out of bad thinking, is to think of the things you are grateful for. Make a list of 100 things and see if your thinking doesn’t change from fear to gratitude. From there, you can have positive thoughts and visualizations that will create what you want.

A good tip is to think into the future about 10 or 20 years (the younger you are, the less far out). Imagine how you would like your life to be. Create vision boards to express it by cutting out magazine pictures and posting them, or better yet try the online vision board website called Pinterest. You can see my boards here: http://pinterest.com/lindapjonesAWM. Create your own vision board by gathering photos online. If you want an invitation to join Pinterest, simply email me at lpjhome@gmail.com and I’ll get you invited (it’s by invitation only, but it’s free). If you want to re-pin my pictures on to your boards, feel free!

Visualize yourself in the future and how you’d like it to be. Keep seeing that vision in your mind and focus on it as often as possible. From there, your inner voice will tell you what o do next. Once you start living this way, it will show you the power you have to create your life.

Think what you want, BELIEVE it’s yours, listen to your inner voice for what to do next.

To listen to your inner voice, try these easy steps:

• Decide you’re going to listen to your inner voice.
• Ask yourself questions you want an answer to (and maybe can’t decide in your rational brain). Wait and listen for the answer. If you don’t hear it right away, sleep on it.
• Pay attention to your inner dialogue when you are driving, exercising, and showering. See if you can’t pick up thoughts that flash by that you didn’t even realize you were thinking.
• Ignore any negative or fearful statements like “I’m afraid…, or that won’t happen, or nothing ever…”
• Act on the information you hear. Put it into practice. Soon listening to your inner voice will be easy peasy.

If investing was easy, everyone would be rich.

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Just know that pa tience is golden. Silver and gold have been trending sideways for several months. The good news is cycles are about to turn up for precious metals, so the plane has left the gate and is headed to the runway. Hold tight and know that long-term, you have the only true currency that will maintain its value.

E is for Envision

A is for Affirm your desires

Affirmations are a tried and true way I have found to change subconscious beliefs. The problem is, our subconscious minds are programmed by television, advertising, media, movies, religion, our upbringing, our parents’ experience, and our life experiences. Advertisers bombard us with negative information in order to make us think we need their product, we’re not good enough, or we need to change.

EVERYONE has been programmed.

What we need to do to clear out the programming is first decide what you WANT to have programmed in your subconscious. After all, your subconscious goes after making your beliefs come true like a heat-seeking missile. Whatever you believe to be true is what you will experience.

But here’s the truth: the brain can’t distinguish reality from your imagination.

What you are creating in your life, is what you believe. Here at the 4 minute mark of this video of “What the Bleep to We Know?” an experiment with water and words shows words actually change the structure of the water crystals.

We have the power to create what we believe we can have.

You only have as much money as you believe you can have right now.

Let me say that again. You only have as much money as you believe you can have right now.
To begin to increase your money, you must first increase your faith or belief, and affirmations are the answer. They allow you to re-program your subconscious and increase your faith all at the same time.

I recommend you use “already true” statements in between each affirmation. This will allow you to trick your subconscious that what you want to come true is already true, so you don’t begin to argue with yourself! Insert your information in between the brackets (x).

Here are some affirmations to try. Read them twice a day or more:

The Universe provides everything I want and believe I can have.

My name is (Linda).

Day by day in every way I’m accumulating wealth.

I live on (Colgate Drive).

Money flows to me easily and effortlessly.

My dogs are (Penny and Bailey).

My bills are paid every month with money left over.

I am (5’5″) tall.

My sales are increasing exponentially.

And, of course, stay in an attitude of gratitude because fear and gratitude cannot exist in the mind at the same time!

Saying affirmations, or what I call “gratitude grace” is what will build the faith you want to have and strengthen your ability to create your life with your thoughts.

Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” I say, whether you think you can become wealthy or think you can’t, you’re right!

Rather than coming from a place of fear, it’s best to come from gratitude, because gratitude allows you to think what’s possible, to “hear” new ideas, and to keep an open mind so you can move forward. Living in fear just keeps you stuck there.

Having a wealthy mindset today is crucial if you’re going to create more wealth. If you see how fortunate you already are, how much you already have, and how blessed your life is, you can create more of it.

Recently while I was on the cruise, I had the opportunity to shop.

Instead of feeling like I wanted more, I reflected on all the jewelry, art, and clothes I already had. I have so much, I should probably be giving some of it away! It changed my perspective and took away my desire to buy more. I wasn’t trying to not to spend, but it worked out that way because I already felt abundant.

Last edition you learned the “W” in the WEALTHY mindset system is for “write it down.”

The “E” is for ENVISION the END.

Envision what your end goal is. If it’s living a certain lifestyle or having a certain career or the perfect home, envision what you want – and do it often.

Think about it before you sleep and upon awakening. Create a picture book, a vision board, and a journal. Take the vision in your mind and put it on paper in front of you, so you can look at it, in addition to imagining it.

Now ask yourself WHY you want it. Is it for more relaxation? More time with family and friends? Less stress? Asking the why behind your vision is important to get in touch with what’s actually driving your desire.

If you know that, then you can propel your dreams into reality much more quickly by addressing what it is you really want.

Perhaps you’ve been craving a tropical vacation, and now you realize you just want less stress.

How about adding something to your life now to accomplish the same end goal?

Perhaps getting a massage once a month is a luxury you could add now that will help you feel wealthier while you’re still working on your ultimate goal. That way you have the abundance and gratitude now that will also make you feel wealthier now, and that will definitely improve your wealthy mindset!

Not surprisingly (at least not to me), Carlos owns a silver mine (hmmm, where have we heard that before?). He owns junior mines in Mexico which mine silver, gold, and copper.

I don’t think it’s just luck or a coincidence he is investing in commodities, do you?

Although mining stocks have been underperforming, gold and silver bullion the last year, what will change that is a sustained uptrend in gold and silver prices or any increased bout with inflation. I think we’ll likely see both this year.

If you want to participate in junior miners like Carlos is, the easiest way is to buy GDXJ, the junior mining ETF that invests in a basket of about 72 small mining companies.

One of my favorites, Minefinders (MFN) was just acquired by another one of my favorites Silver Standard (SSRI) and increased 23% last Monday when the takeover was announced. The junior miners are sooooo undervalued right now, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see more acquisitions soon.

Maybe Carlos will be the buyer?

His latest project is to form a new internet TV network called Ora.TV (in English that means “Speak.TV”). Here’s what he said about his new venture:

“What I can tell you in general is that our work is to be the carrier that gives connection and access to our customers. At the beginning in telephony, you connected [people] to talk to each other. ….Now [it's] video. There are so many applications and content coming that our focus is to try to support and … give our customers what they like whenever they like it, in the best … quality and price. That’s our focus.”

Obviously Carlos sees opportunity to create more wealth by creating an internet TV network. Anyone can start an internet TV show for free on websites like Livestream. Video online is the next big thing. Got an expertise you can teach online? If so, perhaps you will be the next online media mogul?

Beyond the investments, I wanted to share with you another aspect of wealth building. That is, you have a lot more control over how much wealth you have or don’t have, than you think you do. A lo t of the wealth you have or don’t have is directly related to how you think and getting rid of fear.

Long ago I discovered wealth building was not all about numbers, spreadsheets, and looking in the past  to find the future best places to grow money. I realized there was a component to wealth building that was in your control and if you expected to have wealth you did, but if you didn’t believe you could have it, you likely didn’t! That’s when I realized wealth building was really:

Belief + Knowledge = Wealth

Notice I didn’t put money in the equation. That’s because while I believe you do need a nest egg to start with, it doesn’t have to be a lot of money. Belief that you can have money, in my opinion, is more important than having money. As Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” It was said the way he discovered the Theory of Relativity was to imagine himself on the end of a light beam!

You may have heard me tell my stories of how I bought a painting for a second home, and then a few months later it all came together and I received the money to buy it and found the perfect place! Or when I bought a prize at Tiffany’s to give away at my first live event, when I had no idea how it was going to happen and then last year it came true! Many of us have had the experience of writing down a financial goal and later seeing it happen when we had no idea how to accomplish it. That’s happened to me many times.

This goes beyond the law of attraction. Scientists are finding out the research behind why these things happen. There’s an energy that is actually sent out when you express your desires clearly and specifically and expect them to happen.

The WEALTHY system is about creating a wealthy mindset (which helps you believe). The WEALTHY system will help create the belief in your subconscious, but only YOU can choose to believe it or not.

Yes, this works. It’s not hocus pocus. It’s the same system that worked for Helene Hadsell. She won every contest she ever entered, including trips, a home, a car, and lots of prizes!

Today we will start with the “W” in WEALTHY.

“W” stands for “write it down.”  Write down what the OUTCOME is you want. Think about the end result and how you would like things to be.

For example, picture yourself 20 years into the future. Where are you living? Who are you with? What kind of lifestyle is it? How many homes do you have? How do you travel? What things are around you?

You must see it first in your mind and then write it down. I recommend having a Wealth Journal. I offer them at the Global Institute of Wealth for Women and my private mentoring, so they are an integral part of what I teach.

A written statement is much more powerful than one that’s not written. There’s something about getting it out of your head and being able to see it on paper that makes it powerful.

You can see it.

You can think about it easier.

You can remember it.

You read it the same way each time.

It’s simple!

It also starts the ball rolling…and begins to create what you’re imagining. According to Napoleon Hill, “thoughts become things.” This is straight from Think and Grow Rich and the 50 wealthiest people in their day.

It’s not that it will appear immediately, it takes time.

“There is no failure, only a delay in results.” – Helene Hadsell

Time to get started or update your vision of your future self and life.

P.S. Right now is a great time to see where exactly you can build wealth and I’m offering a complimentary Wealth Building Strategy Session to help you do this. Please click here to download the application.  Upon receiving your application, my assistant will be in touch with you within 24 hours to set an appointment for us to talk, so we can strategize your investing and wealth building needs.

Times are scary now because the world is changing quickly. Old systems are going by the wayside and new opportunities are replacing them. Personally, you may feel like you’re net worth has declined a whole bunch, especially if you owned mostly real estate in your portfolio or your residence made up the largest part of your net worth. Perhaps you’re deep in credit card debt or you’ve even lost a job.

Rather than get stuck in fear, you need to move out of it because the first step to creating more wealth for yourself is to get rid of fear. This is crucial.

Here are some easy steps to help you do that (and I strongly recommend you do this before it works, no matter how simple it seems to you!):

1. Watch less TV – the ads are aimed at disturbing your subconscious so you will buy their products. Advertisers are masterful at manipulating your feelings. NEVER go to sleep by listening to the TV because that is directly speaking to your subconscious and programming you!

2. Make a list of 50 to 100 things you are grateful for. Think about all that you have, not what you don’t have. In a typical day, you have a nice bed, luxurious shower, hot beverage, and access to gourmet meals that most of the world doesn’t enjoy. Think about how the typical person lives in Ghana and how much more you have! Feel your wealth.

3. Focus on your blessings. See the glass half full not half empty. Realize every day is a gift.

4. Understand that fear is an illusion. It’s not real. It won’t happen, at least not most of the time, so stop acting like it will.

5. Think about what you DO want, not what you don’t want. Picture it, project it, and claim it as yours. See it as already completed.

6. Create vision boards or write yourself notes and place them where you can see them on the bathroom mirror, refrigerator, on your desk.

7. Write affirmations that you want to already be true, like “Avalanches of abundance are flowing to me.” Remember, the Universe or God will bring to you whatever you believe you can have. Faith is key here.

8. Hold the vision you want and keep visualizing it first thing in the morning and last thing before sleeping. You are in control of creating your life, but imagining what you want. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

9. Realize that there is more opportunity to create wealth now than before. Seventy two percent of all wealth has been created in the last 12 years! Look to incorporate technology into what you do – either your business or even for personal endeavors. Use Craig’s List, Ebay, and Facebook to advertise for what you need.

10. Open your mind to what’s possible now. By not staying in a fearful state, you will be able to see more possibility. Also, listen to your inner voice and to what other people tell you. If you keep hearing people telling you the same thing, pay attention and take action. There’s a message for you, so listen to it.

Start living your life as a “guided” adventure and watch your wealth begin to grow again!

Next time I’ll tell you my WEALTHY system for shifting to a wealthy mindset.

P.S. Right now is a great time to see where exactly you can build wealth and I’m offering a complimentary Wealth Building Strategy Session to help you do this. Please click here to download the application.  Upon receiving your application, my assistant will be in touch with you within 24 hours to set an appointment for us to talk, so we can strategize your investing and wealth building needs.

The way I teach people to invest is by first identifying the cycle we’re in. Cycle refers to repeating patterns with investments that occur at regular time intervals. There are two main cycles: stocks and commodities. Each cycle lasts roughly 15 – 20 years. Currently, we are in the commodity cycle which began in 2001. We can see this is true, because commodities have led in performance for the last 11 years. Gold has appreciated about 17% per year and silver about 24% per year (except last year, silver was slightly negative due to a normal pullback, not the end of the trend).

So we know we’re in the commodity cycle and roughly 11 years into a 15 or 20 year trend.
There is still plenty of time to build wealth. Cycles end when it becomes obvious to everyone, even the non-investor, that this is a good place to build wealth. Then seemingly everyone jumps to invest, or go “all in”, and we see tremendous appreciation at the very end of the cycle, usually climaxing in a “bubble.” By definition, bubbles are invisible while they are building, and only can be recognized by everyone in hindsight.

Since this bubble has not only to do with commodities, but also gold and silver being treated as currencies (yes, it’s happening. Countries are now paying for oil with gold, the Comex is accepting gold for payment, and so is the State of Utah). It’s just the beginning. Gold and silver will gain more acceptance as currency as the Dollar, Euro, and other paper currencies continue to lose value over time.

This will cause demand for gold and silver to back paper currencies (like the Swiss Franc is proposing now to be backed with 20% gold). The bubble will likely be worldwide as Central Banks purchase the metal at any price to back their failing paper currencies.

All of this is why silver is a great investment now. Silver is not only in the commodity cycle and also is a currency, it is used also as an industrial metal in new energy inventions and technology. Don’t let the fact it’s only $34 an ounce fool you. It is very rare and in low supply. High demand and low supply = a great investment opportunity! You can buy it from a coin dealer, like an American Eagle coin for about $5 over the spot price, or about $39 today. You can also invest in billionaire Eric Sprott’s silver ETF, symbol PSLV (I prefer this and do NOT recommend the more popular, SLV).  PSLV is at $14.55 a share today. Remember, you’re actually buying the physical silver, not mining company shares.

This is the best opportunity for very little money, to participate in the next bubble, IMHO. P.S. Right now is a great time to see where and how else you can build wealth and I’m offering a complimentary Wealth Building Strategy Session. Please click here to download the application.  Upon receiving your application, my assistant will be in touch with you within 24 hours to set an appointment for us to talk, so we can strategize your investing and wealth building needs.

I believe we are coming into a special age and the end of a cycle, not the end of the world. In this coming time, many things will change – eventually I believe even our currency will change.

Less and less control is being had by the people in the ivory towers, government, and businesses. More people are becoming entrepreneurs, living their life’s purpose, and using their own gifts and talents to make the world a better place. Everything is becoming transparent, even more so since we are all connected by the internet.

Some things we might see this year could include: the Euro falling apart (which may make the dollar stronger), the dollar and precious metals moving up at the same time (like the first week of this year), oil prices being volatile due to relations with Iran, and more. No doubt, it will be an exciting year!

Last year precious metals had an extremely volatile year. Silver moved up and down 100% intra-year! Gold added another approximately 20% gain, similar to the last 10 years, making it 11 years of gains in a row! The gold and silver mining stocks were a disappointment, down 18%, but look to be a fantastic buy here. The sentiment is the worst it’s been in years, which of course, is positive for the mining stocks to go up!

This is the perfect time to scoop up as many silver Eagles as you can. At only $35 a coin, I think they are a bargain. Last year silver almost reached $50 an ounce, so you’re getting a great buying opportunity here.

One thing I know. Paper money like the US dollar is being printed into oblivion. We’ve done nothing to clear our debts, we’ve just taken on more debt. In the meantime, gold and silver will be the store of value that maintains purchasing power while the paper money is trashed.

Many of the major banks/brokerages have predicted gold at $2,000 an ounce or more by the end of 2012: Morgan Stanley, UBS,  Goldman Sachs, Barclays and others. With China opening it’s own gold exchange, demand for gold should grow. Tensions with Iran can cause a flight to gold. Silver could break through $50 this year. Billionaire Eric Sprott considers silver to possibly be the investment of the decade! Volatility is the toughest thing to wait out. However, I believe this is the year your patience and foresight in owning precious metals will be rewarded.

This is the time to find out what’s really going on with money. Intuitively, you may know things have changed, but it’s hard to put all the puzzle pieces together and see the real truth. I’ve put it together into a clear picture.

To get your 2012 off to the right start, I’m offering the DVD of my 3-day live “Be Wealthy & Smart” event where I give all the details of this cycle, what could be the next financial bubble to create wealth, and easy ways to invest.

In celebration of the New Year, you can save 30% on the DVD’s until January 31st by entering this code at checkout: WEALTHY2012. More details about everything you will learn are here: http://www.lindapjones.com/dvd/

Here’s to 2012 being your best yet!

Here’s a few things you can do to get yourself into the mood and turn your thinking from grinch-like to giver…

1. Make a list of 10 things you’re grateful for, no matter how small. It might be for a cup of hot cocoa or a home baked cookie. Focus on the things you have, appreciate, or love to do.

2. Give yourself some belief change statements to focus on. Your brain might be on the channel, “what I can’t do”, instead of what you can. How about a few like:

- I am beautiful and happy just as I am.

- I have everything I need to live a joyful life.

- This is the best holiday season ever.

- I am filled with happiness and gratitude for all my blessings.

Watch how changing your thinking can actually make them come true.

3. Do something for yourself. We often do everything for others, even when they don’t appreciate it. Do something YOU will appreciate, whether it’s getting a holiday latte’, a chocolate dipped strawberry, or a 10 minute neck mas sage, give yourself a little treat. You deserve it!

4. Do something unexpected for someone else – a random act of kindness. Carry someones packages to their car, pay for a stranger’s latte’, help someone find something in a store or reach a top shelf. Go out of your way to do one thing on purpose for a stranger.

5. Buy yourself a little gift for Christmas or Hannukah. You buy gifts for everyone else, this one is just for you. If you don’t have much money, it can be small an symbolic of a future intention, like a child’s plastic diamond ring. Go to Tiffany’s and spend $75 on a business card holder or scarf. Buy a box of Godiva chocolates. Indulge yourself in a little way you normally wouldn’t do.

Now, doesn’t that feel better? If you still aren’t in the spirit, put on some holiday music and sing along.

Remember, just like putting on an oxygen mask first, you need to take care of yourself. This is the perfect time of year to make the gesture and start fresh.

Have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones. You’re surrounded in bright light, so keep smiling!