I got to be honest I really had a hard time with this post. I know I promised to have this to you yesterday, I wrote, I re-wrote, I edited, I put it down, I came back, I just couldn’t find the right rhythm for this particular post.

Why?

Because what I’m about to tell you…well it sounds a little “hokey”. There, I said it and I can now move on.

Thanks everybody! Have a great day!

Actually, what I’m about to tell you is the very thing that helped me overcome this fear that I had about telling you in the first place.

Not only am I someone who is open to new opportunities, ideas, and thinking, I revel in always learning and growing as a human being. I’m always, reading, listening, taking seminars, trainings; I even hired a Success Coach at one point, who I’ll have to tell you about one of these days.

I told you that I was rereading Joe Vitale’s “The Key” a week or so ago.
For those who don’t know “Mr. Fire” he’s one of the teachers in the hit movie “The Secret” and I LOVE the way Joe writes. (This by the way is no accident.)

I picked up “The Key” because I wanted to try some new techniques for clearing out some of the limiting beliefs I was reading about on one of those “other blogs” and while I was doing my best to logically maneuver my way through all the negativity there, I knew some had to have rubbed off. It’s like my 4 year old son and dirt. There’s just no way the two can avoid each other.

Here’s the thing. I told myself I was going to let this all go. I told YOU I was going to let this all go. But the reality of the situation was John Frenaye and this blog of his was still swirling around in my head. It’s like a bad allergy or something, I just couldn’t shake it and I didn’t know why.

Logically, I knew it didn’t really matter. Logically, I knew that his views spoke more about him than it did about me. Logically, I knew that giving this negativity “energy” wasn’t the way to go. And finally, logically I knew there wasn’t a blessed thing I could really do about changing this mans limiting beliefs about our fine company and business model.

So why did it still matter?

I hate to break it to you, but I’ve been programmed to think a certain way.

Everything you and I believe has been taught to us by someone, or something else. There have been an excess of sources that have been working on our thoughts, emotions, and views our whole life. Parents, teachers, neighbors, bosses, even the media have been at work telling us how we should think and feel.

Let me give you an example.

I’m a “P.K.” AKA: Preachers Kid, which I also refer to as “T.O.” or Theological Offspring. (And yes, what you’ve heard about Preachers Kids, it’s all true. ;-P)

Growing up money was spiritual in nature. We would only have just enough to be comfortable. We never lacked for anything but we lived modestly, often in Parsonages or homes the church would supply for our family. I was taught not to be greedy but at the same time, I shouldn’t be fearful that we wouldn’t have enough to take care of ourselves and our needs.

Tithing was also very big, and even if we had to sacrifice something right now, the 10% given away will continue the promise of being able to have it returned.

I was also taught that money does not buy happiness. (That “love of money” thing we see in the Bible that I hear so much about these days.) Rich people are greedy and also for the most part very unhappy. I have a very wealthy Uncle who I was told was very unhappy. (Although, he never appeared that way to me.)

Two years ago most (not all) of my beliefs were blown right out of the water by a guy named T. Harv Ecker. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ve heard that name before. He’s the first person who started me on the right path that your outer world is simply a reflection of your inner world. (The Secret was another big turning point for me as well.)

I had heard a lot of this before, from books and tapes that I’ve had for years. My copy of “Think and Grow Rich” for example must be at least 20 years old. However, we’ve all heard this “Kool-aid” line before…

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

I never really “listened” until I attended the Millionaire Mind Intensive two years ago when Harv taught me that a lot of the way I view this world, especially about money, were, well…just plain wrong. These views or beliefs were keeping me from becoming successful. One of the things it helped me with was reprogramming my views and beliefs so that I could become successful.

Lack of money isn’t a problem, it’s a symptom. A symptom of limiting, false beliefs we have about how to make it and how to keep it. I had tremendous breakthroughs over that weekend.

But that was just a weekend. Sure I was given tools and homework to do for the next 90 days, which helped tremendously, but what about other problems, other issues that have come up since then? Namely the John’s of the world who try to bring me back to a way of life and a though process that I tried once before, didn’t want any longer, and knew didn’t hold value. (Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.)

Frankly, that type of thinking and mentality stinks.

Sure, I could sign up for another one of Harv’s programs, and I probably will this summer, but I wanted to do something about it now, and the tried and true tools that I had at my disposal didn’t seem to offer any relief or answers until I picked up and looked at a few of Joe Vitale’s clearing methods in his new book.

There was one in particualar that I was finally willing to try, and it just so happens that it’s that “hokey one” I told you about at the beginning of all this.

Joe had introduced me once again to a very inspiring and fun guy by the name of rget="_blank">Brad Yates. I met Brad once before through an EFT Master named Carol Look about a year ago. I had listened to some of the teleseminars, read some articles, and thought all this was very nice, but at the time really wasn’t willing to try it because life was going very well and I thought I had all the tools I needed.

EFT is based on the ancient Chinese technique of Acupuncture, and EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique. Now, I’ve never tried Acupuncture because needles and I really don’t get along. (One of those fears that EFT could probably help with?) But I loosely understood that Acupuncture has neurological properties of meridians and acupuncture points to help alleviate many different symptoms.

EFT however is used to help clear out some of the limiting beliefs and baggage that is blocking me from moving forward.

This post for example.

I know that some will view this as nothing but a hoax, something silly, and I’m crazy for even promoting such an idea. I also know that some have a problem with people promoting things, no matter how much value it holds for them or others. I can’t deny that I’m feeling much better however, I’m less stressed, and the tennis match that had been playing in my head concerning letting our Traditionalist go have been reduced to almost nothing. I can now go to John’s blog, read it, and not have any emotional attachment either way about what this man or others think. I don’t own their problems or limiting beliefs.

They are free to think that YTB will eventually collapse because we will run out of people. Yet I know there hasn’t been one example of that ever happening, so why own it?

I know they think the $226 Million are “fees” and not “Travel Sales” and yet Travel Weekly wouldn’t even consider “fees”, so why own it?

I know that they have a huge problem with all the posts on Craig’s Lists, yet I’m willing to bet that none of them even advertise there, so why own it?

I know that they think Coach, Scott and Kim will eventually leave us with the Millions they have made off our backs. Yet they’ve been with two companies in close to 30 years, and the only reason Coach left AL Williams is because he wanted to retire. So why own it?

Fear is nothing more than False Evidence Appearing Real, and you can eliminate the emotional charge of this false evidence by using EFT.

If your gut is telling you that this is right for you, like it is for me, the tennis match that is playing in your head is keeping you from achieving your goals. You need to clear it in order to move forward. It may not be EFT for you, but it’s been doing wonders for me.

I recently bought a program from both Brad and Joe called Money Beyond Belief that has me really stoked. I’ve been listening to some of the calls that came with this and it’s not only very comical, but it’s amazing how I’ve felt just after using EFT. I can’t describe it, but it’s an amazing feeling of relief, calm, and inner peace that I just can’t put into words. It also gives quite a buzz, or tingling over my entire body. You literally feel the energy.

By the way, you’re free to write this off as nothing more than some hokey program. EFT helped me with letting that go too. You’re free to call pr post with someone who cares about your own limiting beliefs.

I’ve got to go have an amazing day now…

Thanks for stopping by, and remember, if you’re reading this right now, there are no accidents in this universe of ours.

Think about it and if you feel lead to, go buy the program.

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I don’t know about you, but I had a REALLY good weekend. Part of it of course was the season and having my kids home an extra day to enjoy. My wife also cooked up a really nice Sunday dinner which in turn provided for a really good afternoon nap. (I never nap, but maybe once or twice a year, so that is a special treat for me.)

Part of this “feel good” mentality I’ve been experiencing lately is what I’ve been feeding my mind. Now that I’ve decided to let the Traditionalists argue among themselves over whom, (Kim, Scott or Coach) goes to the bathroom more, life is a lot less stressful. I just haven’t had any desire to discuss such issues.

Don’t get me wrong. There was a huge issue for Traditionalist totally unrelated to our industry they warned me to be fearful of, which was responded to by hitting the “delete” button on the computer.

I’ve been able to allow them to live the way they choose, without feeling any need to force my beliefs on them.

It’s all about choice.

So why is it that I can let this all go, while others seem to have a tremendous amount of difficulty?

-Writing affirmations down on notecards?
-Thinking “positive” thoughts?
-Trying to “want it” more?
-Setting goal… after goal… after goal… after goal…?
-Assuming that “massive action” will solve everything?
-Working harder?

None of the above really. (Although, some are viable tools.) I simply let go of their beliefs.

If I told you that you had purple skin, you’d look at me like I’m nuts right? You’d look at your skin and think to yourself, “Where did you come up with that? Everyone knows my skin isn’t purple!”

It’s such a ridiculous notion that it’s really not worth arguing about is it? Nor would you take any ownership in such an outrageous claim. You can see with your own two eyes and can confirm any time you wanted what color your skin is.

So why do we in YTB want to take ownership of some of the mud being thrown up? Come on, you know what I’m talking about, I know you do. I’ve done it. You’ve done it. We’ve all done it at one point or another.

I remember when I first heard this myth that our $226 Million in Travel Weekly were “fees” and not “travel sales”. To be honest, I was livid. I mean it REALLY upset me. Here was our first chance to have a viable third party confirm that YTB does sell Travel, and I see this spin about numbers being “fees”.

How dare they!

You look at the Travel Weekly publication, you look at all the documentation provided from many different sources, and yet it pushed a button for me. Why?

Because the emotion is deeper than that, they’ve been living below the surface. You’re inner world creates your outer world. Just like the roots of all the trees that are starting to bud right now. Where did you think that nourishment came from?

Below the surface.

What’s been shoved down our throats by some is that Network Marketing is bad. We’re supposed to be crooks who take advantage of people, and we have this unattainable dream that we can actually make money doing this. It goes against the conventional, the traditional, and we are changing the way things have always been done. These beliefs are being promoted by those who have no or very little experience in Network Marketing themselves while my experience has been completely the opposite.

You can argue all you want. You can read publication after publication, book after book, listen to tape after tape, call after call of “feel good” stuff, but it won’t amount to much until you remove the underlying limiting beliefs you have inside that head of yours.

I’m going to ask a question, that only you can answer, and you’re free to keep this a secret if you’d like.

All this negative attention YTB has been getting bothers you right? What kind of feelings does it bring up for you? Frustration, anger, resentment, limited self worth, doubt, FEAR.

The good news is, that’s what it’s designed to do. All this comes from “ego” and “ego” is designed to protect us, to help us feel safe and secure.

I’m not going to give you the answer just yet. I want you to think about this for a while. I want you to sit with these emotions, and I also want to give you permission to feel any way you care to about all this.

It’s neither right, or wrong at this point, they are yours, but I want you to think about how you feel about all this. Sit with it for just a day.

Write it all down if you’d like. Write down all the things you don’t like, how awful this all feels.

Just do me two favors.

One, don’t take this out on anyone and two come back tomorrow to see how you can start letting this all go.

The answer will surprise you, but it’s also based on a very old technique that’s been around for centuries.

What’s even cooler is that this technique can be used for any limiting belief or problem. I even saw a television show last night on it on TLC. But I’ll fill you in on that tomorrow.

For now, on a scale of 1-10 how would you rate how you feel about all this? One being nothing, and Ten being extremely charged about all these issues.

The higher the number, the more reason to check back tomorrow.

If you have enjoyed this blog and are a member of YTB, please feel free to subscribe to our weekly Newsletter!

Doug & Ronda Bauknight
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Phone: 678.458.5812

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