The Secret to Expressing Yourself

If you recognize in yourself a special skill, talent, ability, or even a unique way of thinking, begin to express that quality in your daily life beginning NOW!

You do have greatness within you. Most people secretly yearn for the "opportunity" to express their great qualities. They are forever waiting for some grand moment to come along and welcome them, as if they need someone's permission to genuinely express themselves.

This is backwards thinking; in expressing your greatness now, YOU create that welcoming experience the moment you touch another soul. An idea in the mind is an unfocused idea, and so long as it remains only in the mind, it will remain unfocused.

You must begin the act of expression for the process of focus to come into play. It is in the ACT that your focus will become defined, even if your expression is simply words on the paper.

In fact, this is the standard procedure every writer knows only too well. A book is not written the first time, and what you the reader sees in reading a good book is but a fraction of what was originally written.

So if you have an idea but are not clear about it (especially the how), I suggest you grab a notebook and begin writing your idea out. What you first write may be the worst words you can imagine being written, but that does not matter at this point. What matters is that you are actually engaged in the process of expression.

Just continue to write without going back and editing what you have already written. There will be time for that soon enough. This is a process in which magic so often happens, but it needs a little time and patience. The more you are focused on the act of trying to express yourself on paper, the sooner your mind will connect with a deeper source within you, and clarity of thought will be the eventual result.

You will not ever get to this point without taking that first vital step, so get going.

Another point to make is that if your goal of expressing yourself has nothing to do with writing, you still might consider the above process just to inspire greater focus in your idea.

If your dream is of an oral nature, to be a speaker for example, then begin making a conscious effort to speak with others about what it is you are passionate about. Don't be shy, and begin to take note how people react when your passion genuinely comes through your voice.

Don't discuss your dreams as "if only...". Rather speak of what you enjoy most about expressing yourself through the spoken word, and just how much you are enjoying the path you are now on in doing so. Make your every expression show that you are now living on the path to greatness, whatever that means to you personally.

If your thing is art or craft, begin by showing your creations in your own home, or make gifts of your work to family, friends, and coworkers. Word will spread and you will be thrilled when that first "request" comes in that someone actually wants you to create something for them or to gift to someone else.

This will be a moment worth celebrating for sure!

Whatever it is about you that you wish the world to know, begin right now to express yourself, and be proud in doing so. This is what it means to begin living your dreams, and when you are living your dreams, everybody wins.

Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way

I would like to give a special Thank You to my good friend Michelle Colon Johnson who has been a great inspiration to me and who did specifically inspire this post. Michelle, you are the best!!!

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The Aim of Personal Growth

In a recent conversation with a good friend of mine, Keshav Kuthiala, he mentioned that "personal growth that is aimed at improving our vibration is the most effective."


Wow! This is very profound. When you consider the whole process, you see that the whole purpose of personal growth should be on improving your vibration. When you improve your vibration you begin attracting the ideas and situations that are more in alignment with your reaching your goals.


What is important to understand however is that the personal growth you seek is just that. Personal. It is about changing you, not necessarily your circumstances. But it is your circumstances that you truly wish to change, is it not?


For what purpose do people begin seeking personal growth? I would say because they are suffering in some form. This suffering may be in the spiritual sense, intellectually, emotionally, physically, or financially. It really doesn't matter what kind of suffering sparks your desire to grow personally.


All change begins from the inside out. This may be commonly known, but not really understood. In changing you, the process for improving your life begins, but the circle is not complete. It is common for those on the journey of personal growth to fall back into the same patterns that inspired them to begin their search to improve.


When your vibration improves to the point you begin attracting better things, you must learn how to first recognize, and then take advantage of those opportunities. This is where many falter in their quest. They seem to be expecting some grand life changing event to come their way where they will somehow rocket to success, whatever that means to them. And when they don't find this, they give up.

People often forget that the small, seemingly mundane decisions are what truly determine the quality of our lives.

What this means is that rather than wait for some stellar opportunity to come along that will catapult you into stratospheric success, begin to notice the seemingly insignificant things you can do right now and daily that will have a cumulative effect over time.


By taking advantage of these seemingly insignificant opportunities, you are sending the message to the world that you are ready for even greater opportunities down the road. If your desire to have more money, think of ways to better manage the little money you do have now rather than wait and hope to win big in the lottery or whatever.


You might really be surprised how much you are spending on the most trivial things. How many times do you eat out each week? How many sodas or munchies do you buy from the vending machine at work? I don't know your personal circumstances but I am willing to bet that if money concerns you, you likely could find numerous ways to cut back without ending up living on the street.


You may not agree with me, just as I didn't agree with this when I first heard it, but experience now tells me that you may not be looking at the relevance of the "small" unnecessary costs in your life. They really do tend to add up quickly.


And as I said earlier, when you begin living your life more responsibly with what resources you now have, more resources will come your way. This is the secret of the universe. As more resources become available to you, take bold action with confidence and you will be doing your part. Have fun with the journey and know you are on your way.



I want YOU to succeed!!

Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way


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Dissatisfaction

Many people come to a point in life when they feel dissatisfied with their current circumstances. When this happens, it is common to feel depressed. Understand that dissatisfaction is no reason to become depressed. The dissatisfaction is simply a loving message from your higher self, your real self.


The message is telling you that you are something more than you are currently expressing. This is a beautiful thing. Just imagine for a moment; life is telling you that you are ready to grow further, to become more than you are at present. You are being given a gift, but you must first understand how to open this gift.


And this, my friend, is what I would like to share with you. I want to show you how to open that gift and receive the blessing that is yours. At Christmas time, when you receive a gift, you don't sit there with your gift in front of you and wait for someone else to come along and open it for you , do you?


Often times the Truth is hidden in the most obvious place, a place no one would ever think to look for it. This is definitely the case with dissatisfaction. You see, everything you are currently experiencing is a result of what you have brought unto yourself. You can look outward and blame other people, circumstances, or whatever you want. But in doing so, you are only continuing to live in this dissatisfaction, and it will become even stronger.


You assure the continuing dissatisfaction because you have not yet learned that it is you who draws to you the circumstances you must confront each and every day. By believing that others are at fault, you must by default believe that others must do something to make your own life better. The Truth of the matter is, you must make that change yourself.


If you do already know this much, you may be asking "how do I GET this change?"


You don't GET the change, you must BE the change. Mahatma Gandhi said it well when he told us we must BE the change we want to see in the world. The same holds true with your personal self. You must BE the change you want to see in yourself.


If you want a changed life, you must change the way YOU are living. This sounds simple enough, and it is. Why is it that so many people know and understand this, yet they fail to do something differently?


Some people will try something different, and if it fails to bring the desired change they seek, they give up. Does a child give up trying to learn to walk, to talk, to ride a bicycle?


The child still lives in you, and this child knows what is needed to get you what you desire. Take the lesson in. How does a child go about learning something new? He does it without fear or reserve. Does the child master the new task without meeting failure?


Of course not. He will fail over and over again, until he gets it right. Failure is not a concern until we learn to be concerned with it. Just begin doing what it is you want to do in the best way you know how to do it. Pay attention to what works and what doesn't. With time and practice, you will begin getting it right.


It doesn't matter if you don't yet have all of the resources you need to do it as you might like to do it either. If you really do need more resources, they will become available to you as you become ready for them. You must begin to act with what you have at hand, before more will come to you.


Here again, look to the lessons that can be learned from a child. They are incredibly attuned to their possibilities and how to use their imaginations. They don't give up on what they want simply because they don't have all of the necessary resources at hand. They get creative! You can too!


The more you can begin to look at the process of going after your goals as a game, it will not only become more enjoyable for you, but you will also begin to make more headway than you ever had before. There is a method to this madness. and it all begins with a certain dissatisfaction with our current circumstances.


I want YOU to succeed!!



Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way and Manifest By Design Now.


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Child's Play

You make a decision to better your life in some way, any way. It could be in your health, finances, learning a new skill, changing your personality, anything. This decision is made in your conscious mind, your thinking mind.


Immediately you begin consciously searching for the how. This seems so natural, doesn't it? Why do you concern yourself with how? Because this is what you were taught for as long as you can remember. You were taught this by others who were also taught this by others who were taught this by still others, etc.

Stop!

I'm asking you to forget about trying to think of how. Seriously! You've got an imagination, correct? Rather than trying to figure out how to bring this change into your life, simply imagine your life as if this change were already real for you. Really imagine it with absolutely no, no, no limitations. Make this change as vivd as you possibly can in your imagination.


Step two: begin feeling it, and acting it out the best you can. Physically impossible you say? Have you seen a young child pretending to be something they obviously are not? They do a pretty good job of it, don't they? Yes? Do the same.


Immerse yourself in this image you have created in your imagination, and live it the best you can. Have no qualms about telling others what you are going to have, do, or become. You've surely heard a child do this. Do the same.


If you do this, and continue to do this, you will achieve what it is you desire. You have doubts? Why? Consider a child learning to walk with absolutely NO INSTRUCTION on how. Does this child learn to walk? Yes.


Consider a child learning to speak a language with absolutely NO INSTRUCTION on how. Does this child learn a language? Yes. Some children learn two or three or even more languages simultaneously! And they don't confuse the languages.


Don't tell me you don't know how to accomplish something. You have a mind, and that is all you need. What you really must do is go back to using your mind the way it was intended to be used. The way a child naturally uses their mind, until they "learn" that the way to learning is through consciously looking for the how.


Before they learn this concept of "how," they simply went ahead and did what they intended to do. When they were learning to walk, they fell down, perhaps countless times. When they were learning to talk, they made countless errors.


None of this even phased the idea of learning in their tiny little uneducated minds. They simply continued, and in the most natural manner, they made their course corrections through observation and repetition until they were successful. They did this without missing a beat!


You can do the same.


Everything you are today, your personality, your position at work, your standing in the community, your health, is the result of your subconscious programming, your thoughts. You don't need to worry about how to continue being the way you are. It's in your programming.


If you want change, don't worry about how. Simply begin being the change in the best way you can, living it fully in your mind and your body will follow.


As an adult, you have resources to help you make this change in ways that a child cannot. This is good, and you should take advantage of these resources. However, don't discard the methods a child uses as if they were useless and trivial.


Remember, that child managed to learn far more naturally than adults generally do. Use their methods without hesitation. Use them in conjunction with whatever other tools you have at your disposal. Expand your consciousness about the ways you may learn something new.


You see, adults tend to depend only on their conscious will for getting things in their life. The conscious will is only a part of you. Use your will to guide your imagination to experience that which you seek to be, do or have before the fact.


 When you guide your imagination in this way, you will conjure up emotions. Encourage the positive emotions and consciously make the decision to let the others go on their way. This is the key to getting your image (desired result) planted into the subconscious mind. If you persist in this way, it will become quickly become habit to see yourself in this new way.


Habit is what will bring your results to you, and they do so without conscious effort. This becomes your new programming. When you learn to grow in this way, life becomes exciting again. You regain that spark of youth that you left behind perhaps long ago.


You were never meant to struggle as you have learned to do. You were meant to continue growing and seeking still more growth. This is child's play, and it is something you may use no matter your age. Turn your struggles into challenging adventures. Enjoy the task at hand. I believe in you.



I want YOU to succeed!!



Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way and Manifest by design Now.




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The Process

Imagine Waking up to the sound of a semi-truck in front of your home and a whole lot of noise. You get up and look out the window to see what is going on and you find your front yard is filled to overflowing with building materials.



You quickly get dressed and go outside to find out exactly what is going on only to find the people are gone and the truck is already driving away.


You look around at the abundance of materials, and you find a note. The note has your name on it and it simply states "Here is everything you need in material and tools to build your dream home. Enjoy!"


You notice there is a bit of fine print at the bottom of the page which reads "The one requirement is that you must begin building the moment you find this note. Immediately! Any hesitation on your part, and you will lose all these materials."

Strange

Well, tell me, would you be able to build your dream house? Unless you knew how to use the tools and materials, you would probably not be able to build your home as you would like it to be. This would require many skills and much knowledge that most people just don't have.


Even with all the materials and tools, you are still missing one very important component: the mind to accomplish this task.


Of course for all I know you might already have the skills necessary to build a house if you were provided all of the tools and materials. Perhaps you do this for a living. But generally, most people would not have a clue as to where to begin.


The point I am trying to make here is that this is the way it is for most people when it comes to accomplishing their dreams. They may have a very good idea of what they want, but until they buckle down and get things right in their mind, they will accomplish very little.


How do you get things right in your mind to accomplish a dream, any dream? There is a process, and this process is simple, although not always easy. It could be that because it is so simple people tend to discredit it. It's true that many actually believe that accomplishing a big dream does have to be a complicated affair.


First of all, ask yourself who is saying this. It seems the people who have never accomplished anything great in their lives are the ones who are most outspoken about what it takes to do so! Be careful where you seek advice, if you are serious about going after a dream that is important to you.


Find the ones who have been there. You will find, although they are more than willing to share their advice, they are not about to try and shove it down the throats of others who are trying to get there. they are confident , but seem to know not everybody is truly "ready" for this information.


They know what it takes because they have been there. They are generally not so outspoken because they were humbled by the experience of their own struggles to get there. They are willing to help a serious student, because they are human, and they understand what a difficult journey it can be without proper guidance.


What you will learn, if you listen with an open mind, is that most of the work is mental, not physical. Living on the more common plane, we grew up experiencing life more on a physical level. Our mental lives have been a nice distraction, but we were never taught the key to living well is based on thinking well.


I can hear the argument for getting a college degree as refutable proof that what I say is not true, but I'm not referring to the kind of education we receive in our traditional school or university system. The type of education needed to discover, go after, and attain your goals in life is largely ignored in our current educational system, which is focused more on conformity than unique expression.


There are sources of the type of education I am talking about, however. You will find this information in books, CDs, DVDs, seminars, and in the booming Life Success coaching business. It would be hard to not have noticed this explosion in the past few years.


As I said above, there is a process, and this process is simple; however, it is not easy. I believe it is not always easy because the thinking involved goes in almost total contradiction to the mass mentality we experience. And if you think about it, this actually makes sense.


Only about three to five percent of the population use this manner of thinking on a consistent basis. This very same three to five percent just happen to be some of the most successful individuals in the population as well. Chew on that.

The process:

1. Clarity:

Know with detail exactly what it is you want and why. Write it out in detail as if you had already accomplished it, and use words loaded with positive emotion (how it feels to have achieved this goal).



3. Visualize:

Spend as much time as you can vividly imagining yourself experiencing this goal already accomplished using ALL of your senses.



4. Clear

Avoid any thought not in harmony with the achievement of your goal. When conflicting thoughts do enter your mind, simply acknowledge them and allow them to leave as you consciously shift your awareness to more harmonious thoughts and feelings.



5. Awareness:

Expect results to come to you in whatever form they may come. Maintain an open mind to receiving whether it be ideas, contacts, opportunities, resources, intuitive nudges, etc. You never know how the Universe (or higher power) will help you in getting what you desire.



6. Action:

Be prepared to act on any idea, or intuitive nudge you do receive without hesitation. Do not concern yourself with what the outcome of this action may be. If you are inspired to take a specific action, there will certainly be a benefit attached, even if it does not bring the completed goal to you. It may bring you something you need to then receive.



7. Faith:

Faith is something you must live and express throughout this entire process. Faith is something that may not come naturally to you. This is why I say this process, although simple, may not always be easy. Faith is something you can learn to acquire through working with this process. Actually, this may be the first part of your goal-seeking if it is something you need help with.


 The best way I know to build your faith is through educating yourself in these principles through multiple sources and actually putting the process to the test. In any case, you will want to learn as much as you can about this process to get yourself to the point you can internalize it. This is when it becomes fun to see what you can do with it.


There are several laws that make up the foundation of this process, and I encourage you to look into these laws. The more you know about this process and the underlying laws, the more you will have confidence in it.


This blog is filled with very relevant information to this process. Please take the time to look through the archives and see for yourself what resonates with you.



I want YOU to succeed!!



Jeffrey Brandt

Author of Close Your Eyes to Find Your Way.




All writings here are copyrighted by Jeffrey Brandt. You may not use them without written permission but you may link to the posts or give out a link to the posts. If you enjoy the content of this blog, you can find more by Jeffrey Brandt by visiting My Website.