Wayne Dyer in London June 2011

If you read self help or personal development books you would have to have been on another planet over the last 20 or so years to have missed Dr Wayne Dyer’s books! And this June, the much loved and respected author of classics such as Your Erroneous Zones, You’ll See It When You Believe It and There is a Spiritual solution to Every Problem is coming to London for an evening workshop all about manifesting.

‘Mastering the Art of Manifestation – An Evening with Dr Wayne Dyer’ will be hosted by Hay House Publishing at the Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HT on Monday 13 June from 7.15pm – 10.00pm

This evening is for you if you feel you have limits in your life that prevent you from making changes or achieving your highest goals. Dr Dyer will explore the ancient principle of manifesting through the timeless art of meditation.

You will learn the process of meditation as a means to streamline your thoughts, desires and goals. This will help you bring what you most desire into your life, overcoming any built-in societal barriers that obstruct your inner potential.

Dr Dyer will take you through the nine spiritual principles of manifesting, from becoming aware of your highest self to meditating to the sound of creation, clearing away what constricts you and illuminating a new path to realizing your truest goals.

So if you want to learn from one of the world’s best self development teachers, do not miss this opportunity.

Doors open at 6.30 pm. Tickets are priced at a very reasonable £34.99 and available from:

http://www.hayhouse.co.uk/events/209/mastering-art-manifestation#buyTickets

Millionaire mentoring with James Caan

If changing your life means changing direction and starting or growing a business in 2011, then help is at hand from a team of millionaire mentors at the Entrepreneurs Business Academy (EBA).

Established by entrepreneur and Dragon’s Den star James Caan, the EBA runs one day seminars throughout the year at which a variety of successful self made business people share their secrets and provide advice and guidance on a range of useful subjects.

The next seminar is on 29 January at Devere West One, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR. In addition to sales and marketing techniques from James Caan himself, the EBA’s first event in 2011 features:

• Nic Rixon on business vision and strategy
• Steve Clarke on the formula which took his business to a £31m turnover
• Peter Thompson on goal setting
• Guy Levine on web domination

Tickets for the day are a reasonable £87 + VAT, with registration at 9.30am for a 10am start, 5.30pm finish.

Or, for priority seating and lunch with the EBA mentors, then the upgrade at £167+VAT will also secure you a bag full of goodies to take away. If the budget allows then this upgrade will provide you with the opportunity to chat face to face with millionaire business developers and owners who have achieved what you are looking to replicate.  Well worth a punt I’d say.

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Want to be & feel wealthier?

In his free webinar series from 1-4 February, Taoist Wu Wei manifestation expert Barefoot Doctor, Stephen Russell, explores what wealth is and how we can create more of it in our life.

Interviewing experts in different fields of wealth creation, the Doc investigates definitions of wealth, how our mindset and values affect our ability to create wealth and the practical and rather more esoteric steps we can take to manifest more of what we want.

Nicola Cairncross
Founder of The Money Gym and internet marketing mentor Nicola Cairncross will provide practical guidance in different ways you can create more wealth – without necessarily having to leave the day job.

Nick Williams
Author of The Work You Were Born to Do Nick Williams explores how, by following your passion, you can earn money and live a fulfilled life.

Rachel Elnaugh
Business guru and former ‘dragon’ from Dragon’s Den Rachel Elnaugh will discuss energy and the entrepreneur – do entrepreneurs have a special kind of energy that drives them to create and grow businesses?

Judith Morgan
And for those contemplating such a move, accountant and financial intuitive Judith Morgan takes you through some fundamental considerations about your dream life and business, so that you can create a business to love, not a nightmare that enslaves you.

Claire Westwood
For those who would rather be employed but want to feel wealthier in the work they do, chief Happy Nurse Claire Westwood provides guidance on how to feel happier at work by being yourself.

Steve Nobel
Alternatives Director, coach & entrepreneur Steve Nobel had a breakdown by following the corporate career route and doing what his family expected of him in striving for monetary wealth. He talks candidly about his experiences and how you can overcome fear around money, failure & success.

Davina Mackail
And Dream Whisperer Davina Mackail gives you some tips on how you can use the ancient power of feng shui & dreams to help create more wealth in your life.

The webinars series is complete free to attend.

For $67 you can also gain:
•      unlimited access to all the webinar recordings
•    an additional interview about how your values determine your wealth with human behaviour specialist and participant in The Secret, Dr John Demartini
•    plus a wealth of bonuses, including e-books, videos, internet mentoring, meditation and guided visualisations and more from Barefoot Doctor and all his guests.

And if you have a particular wealth creation challenge, you can get all the above, plus half price coaching from The Doc for just $237.

For full details and to register for the webinars visit
www.lifechangesecrets.com/wealth

Breakthrough with Dr John Demartini

Dr John Demartini’s Breakthrough Experience is not for wimps! It’s intense, long hours, hard work and not cheap either – but it can be life changing.

All participants are taken through the Demartini Method, a trademarked process for transformation which helps you reach a breakthrough in every area of your life – relationships, money, wellbeing and most of all, mindset.  It will alter how you relate to others, help you achieve goals and assist you to make significant and lasting change.

Demanding

The two day course at London’s Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington begins at 8am prompt on Saturday 20 November and goes on until 8pm on Sunday 21 November. Expect the Saturday session to last until the early hours of Sunday morning – it really is that demanding!

The Experience will take you through to new levels of awareness, inspiration, creativity, and performance. You work with your own specific issues and concerns, following Dr Demartini’s tried and trusted process. It promises to give you a new perspective and paradigm in thinking and feeling.

Passion

John Demartini is highly educated and experienced and absolutely passionate about what he teaches. He flies in some of his most experienced coaches to assist you to achieve your own personal breakthrough.

As indicated, it’s really not for the faint hearted – and be forewarned, take warm clothing, however warm it is outside when you start. They turn up the air conditioning to keep you awake in the evening and I found it got extremely chilly as the night progressed.

My companion was however too absorbed in the process to notice. It takes you “to the heart of your true being” enabling you to “uncover what your highest values are, and examine your false personalities.”

Resistance

Going through the questions and actions to “neutralize your emotional charges and preconditioned responses” can feel strange – expect your own resistance to kick in as you tussle with your issues – mine did.

If you stick with it you will achieve your breakthrough. And, once you’ve learned the techniques, you can apply them to every area of your life. You go home with a chunky workbook to assist you to do so.

For business and life

Dr John is the business – and if you’re in business he talks a huge amount of sense – about aligning your values to your goals, managing your finances sensibly to build wealth, following your passion and focusing on your strengths, dealing with staff and customers and handling the ups and downs of business life.

If you’re contemplating the course for personal rather than professional empowerment, you won’t be disappointed. The same principles apply as much if not more so in life as in business whether you’re looking to improve your relationships, grow your wealth or maintain your health.

World leading authority

Dr John Demartini came to popular notice after his appearance in the Law of Attraction film, The Secret. He is now widely acknowledged as a world leading authority on personal development and human behaviour.

His Breakthrough Experience and Demartini Method are the culmination of more than 36 years of his research and studies in disciplines as diverse as physics, philosophy, theology, metaphysics, psychology, astronomy, mathematics, neurology and physiology.

Inspirational

He is, quite simply, one of the most inspirational people you will ever have the opportunity to learn from so I highly recommend the course. I speak from experience of the Experience when I say it can change your life – the direction you take and the way you view both people and situations.

Investment

If the price seems like an investment rather than an issue, put your money down and go for it. The VIP tickets are worth the extra for the front table seats and close working with Dr Demartini – but they’re already sold out at £1295 each!

Standard tickets are available at £897 single, or £1500 for couples. If you are repeating the Breakthrough Experience you pay £595. All tickets incur a £6.50 booking charge.

There are some concessions available, so its worth checking the full details at
http://demartini.eventbrite.com/

To find out more about Dr Demartini and his other events and courses, visit www.drdemartini.com

How to create a business to love

Want to change your life by setting up in business or becoming self-employed? Then Judith Morgan’s workshop ‘Creating a Business to Love’ will help you think through important questions which are fundamental to your success.

This is not an ordinary ‘setting up in business’ workshop – it is an extraordinary chance to understand not only how to profit from the work you do, but how to structure what you do so you can live the life of your dreams.

Love, business & profit

The workshop is hosted by Alternatives at the Rembrant Hotel, Kensington from 10.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday 6 November. It’s aimed at anyone starting out on their own or looking to improve an existing small business.

Judith will help you find the business model that works for you and to examine and break through any limiting beliefs you have around money and success. She believes that love, business and profits do not have to be mutually exclusive and will ensure you leave the workshop equipped with tools to help you and your business to thrive.

Financial intuitive

Judith Morgan has been working with entrepreneurs for 30 years, firstly as an accountant and financial director and more recently as a financial intuitive, business and wealth coach. She knows that all too often, working for yourself is viewed as a panacea, but simply becomes another job at best or, at worst, comes to feel like enslavement, leading to resentment and lack of freedom rather than the reverse.

This workshop aims to help you avoid the pitfalls so you can be an effortless business owner or successfully self employed. And with more and more people looking to leave the nine to five due to redundancy, parenting, lifestyle choice or simply loathing their day job, it couldn’t come at a better time.

Money making magic

Judith is a wonderful teacher – direct but friendly; combining business and financial acumen and laser-like intelligence with a love of “woo woo” alternative approaches. Her ‘money making magic’ is a gift for numbers that will ensure you understand how you can make money from your new venture.

The workshop is very reasonably priced at £65/£40 concessions. For further information or to book go to http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/EventDescription.aspx?EventID=823

For more information about Judith, visit www.judithmorgan.com

Dr John Demartini on relationships, business & health

If you only go to hear one personal development teacher speak this year, make it Dr John Demartini. He’s one of the world’s leading authorities on human behaviour and his talks entertain, inspire and are always a sell out.

Whether you’re wanting to improve your relationships, make more money or tackle a health and wellbeing issue, Dr Demartini has some sound advice.

He is hosting three evening talks this autumn at City University, Northampton Square, London from 7.00pm to 10.00pm

• Monday 25 October – Insights Into The True Nature of Relationships
• Tuesday 26 October – Business & Finance in Times of Crisis
• Wednesday 27 October – Insights into Longevity, Healing & Well Being

You may know Dr Demartini from his appearance in the film The Secret. You may not know that he’s a consummate scholar who has made it his mission over almost 40 years to learn all he can from every available ‘ology’ and branch of science, as well as from the great spiritual traditions.

He spends over 300 days a year travelling the world sharing his findings and inspiring people to live a magnificent life. With a diary as busy as that – make time in yours this autumn to attend one or all of his talks.

There’s often a lot of hype around speakers, but I can heartily recommend Dr Demartini – he knows his stuff inside out, whether he’s explaining Planck’s theory or suggesting that being in business is just as spiritual as spending your time in prayer and meditation.

For more information about Dr Demartini and full details of his London talks visit www.drdemartini.com/events

Could you live without money?

How would you survive if you had to get by without money? Impossible in this day and age? It certainly proved a stretch even for the affable and adaptable part time vicar and TV presenter Reverend Peter Owen Jones.

Having left the rich rewards of a central London advertising agency some years ago for a simpler life, he now ministers to three parishes in Sussex, from where his interest in the teachings of Saint Francis of Assisi lead him to investigate an even simpler way of life.

Intriguing questions

In the three part BBC series How to Live a Simple Life, we see Jones buying a last round the pub before handing over his wallet and cheque book to the accompanying TV crew for safekeeping – his challenge, to live without money for as long as possible.

This extremely enjoyable series raised some intriguing questions. Most tellingly in episode two, Jones muses with a Franciscan monk on the role ego plays in our dealings with money and with each other. We think how much money defines us – our status in society, our desire for independence, our need to contribute and be rewarded for it.

Seeing Jones wrestle with these issues, albeit in a rather contrived way, made for interesting viewing.

In the first episode he explores self sufficiency – growing his own veg, keeping chickens, helping on the farm and in the pub, gardening and labouring for whomever needs a hand in exchange for food and ale.

Home ground is not enough to test the concept sufficiently however, so Jones decides to travel west covering the 200 miles cross country from his home to Devon without money for food, shelter or transport.

Begging is illegal

Begging is illegal in the UK as Jones reminds us – yet he must ask for what he needs, overcoming his own embarrassment and resistance, as well as dealing with others’ reactions.

Now lets be honest – after two television series, Peter Owen Jones is not exactly an unknown face. It wasn’t entirely surprising therefore that relatively wealthy Waitrose customers four miles from his home were quick to supply him with the cheese and bananas he requested for a simple meal. It nonetheless made me squirm as I sensed him squirm when having to actually ask the question.

Support tribe

Continuing on foot, Jones needs a place to stay for the night and his attempts to gain accommodation on less familiar ground, sees him pulling out his mobile phone (not very St Francis!) to secure a sleep in a church on his first night away.

Deciding not to rely on his ‘tribe’ for support during the remainder of his trip, we follow him as he is filmed asking to sleep in sheds, outhouses and caravans with little luck. And I ask myself, what would I do if a slightly scruffy though kindly faced chap pitched up at my door in sturdy boots, jeans and fleece, with long black cassock belted over the top, a rucksack, travelling hat and walking stick?

Nation in fear

What would I say? I’d like to think I’d help, but would I? We are a nation in fear. Conmen (and women), yobs, terrorists and tricksters, asylum seekers, gypsies, rogue traders, addicts who’ll say anything to get cash for a fix– we’ve read all those stories in the popular press and we have become afraid. Very afraid. And its sad to see.

So as we now watch a weary Jones who has walked all day and needs to find a place to lay his head before night falls, we cringe in the knowledge that it could have been us making the decision and explaining, terribly nicely or somewhat more bluntly why, no, sorry, we could not assist. Or would we?

To be fair, Jones didn’t wear his dog collar so if you hadn’t seen the his programmes Around the world in 80 Faiths or Extreme Pilgrim, you would be unlikely to know he was a man of the cloth and a jolly nice chap to boot, rather than a cunningly concealed ruffian out to rob you.

Pleasures of giving

To hold the viewers interest, Jones’ journey is interspersed with a visit to an alternative community, a stay with a Muslim family and a meeting with a fan who hears of his trip and offers him a place to stay in return for prayer and spiritual succour. Tired but triumphant the Reverend, of course, reaches his destination.

In the last episode we see him back on home turf, exploring the pleasures of giving and being humbled by the outpourings of kindness from his parishioners as they fill his car with fuel and leave food on his doorstep, accustomed now to meeting his needs.

Scuppered

In the end its the car that scuppers the social experiment – or rather the car insurance – not something you can trade for a few hours graft or some not quite set home made grape jelly. The cheque book is returned and life returns to normal, almost.

You sense that the experience has been a humbling one for Jones. He benefits from great kindness and, as an able individual, has had enough of relying on that kindness.

The programme’s central message is that there’s a balance to be struck between the all consuming consumerism we were in danger of being consumed by and the austerity of a truly simple life.

Jones has a desire to earn an honest living and in turn takes pleasure in visiting a favourite antique shop or record store on occasion. You can’t fault that. His experiment gives us an insight into our society’s fears. His own lesson, if lesson he needed, is maybe that giving of itself without need for recompense brings rich rewards.

If you’re quick you’ll catch the series on BBC iPlayer.

Rich Dad Poor Dad author in London

Fans of the best selling personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad will be delighted to hear that its author Robert Kiyosaki is in London with his wife Kim, author of Rich Woman, for the National Achievers Congress 2010.

Billed as ‘the most lifechanging event you will ever attend’, the event aims to help you ‘flip the switch’ so that achieving success is easier than you ever thought possible.

Marketing hype aside, the Kiyosakis have sold millions of books, have thousands of devotees to their Cashflow game and are lauded for their methods by people whose business judgement I respect.

If you can afford the £650 investment, the event is at the Excel Centre from 8.30 am – 9.00 pm 11-13 June, with the Kiyosakis live on the first two days. Full details here:   http://www.nationalachieverscongress.com/london/#about

Be quick – Brian Tracy 3 day business event just £47

If you’re looking to start a business or need to make change to grow an existing venture, then three days with one of the world’s most renowned coaches and motivators could be just the boost you need.

Psychology of Achievement author Brian Tracy is hosting his’ This is It!’ event at Earl’s Court in London on 24-26 May – and you can see him for the rather incredible price of just £47 or VIP tickets at £97.

World renowned

The best selling author and world renowned business coach and motivator has helped over four million people achieve their business and personal goals. This event will focus on helping you to generate more sales, providing cutting edge advice on how to lead your team more effectively and giving you strategies to help you grow your business.

He’ll be joined by other well known names from the UK business scene including first lady of football Karen Brady, who will be sharing anecdotes and “giving you a unique insight into what exactly has helped her to achieve such astronomical levels of success”.

Be warned

This is likely to be three days of great fun and excellent networking opportunities with hundreds of attendees, as well as some sound, sensible, practical advice from extremely successful business people.

As a veteran of these kinds of events however, I offer a word of warning that, due to the very modest entrance price, you can expect a sales pitch from all the speakers for other training or events.

Rah Rah

If you can live with that, take lots of business cards and enjoy yourself. These events tend to be very motivational, but as with all ‘rah rah’ events, it’s easy to get caught up in the feel good factor only to worry about the bank balance later! So, keep a firm budget in mind and only buy something when you’ve really thought through whether the benefits outweigh the investment.

Tickets and full details at http://bit.ly/d5dEuN

Stop dicking around!

@bradburton’s just been Twittering about the new, top of the range, Range Rover he’s just bought. Why should you care? Well that depends on whether you’re serious about making positive change in your work or business life.

Not very long ago, Brad was a less than proud owner of “the M-reg Omega with the rust on the front driver’s side wing”.  Now he’s just moved into a “castle” and he’s driving the kind of wheels he used to lust over whilst he and his wife and kids were tucking into recovered fish fish fingers in value white bread.

Inspiration

So if you’re just starting out in business and looking for some inspiration (as I am), or you’re stuck in a rut in a day job you loathe, dreaming of the day you resign (as I was), then get straight on over to www.getoffyourarse.biz and buy Brad Burton’s book (complete with exclusive, cut out and keep bookmark featuring a ponderous bald bloke!) It could be the best £12.99 you’ve spent.

Highly recommended for those not easily offended, Get Off Your Arse, as you would imagine by the title, pulls no punches.

It’s a hard-hitting, right rollicking good read (for a business book) – a rough and ready guide to the realities of starting your own business with a central message – “stop looking for perfection and take action” or in Brad’s words “perfection paralysis is a variation of dicking about”.

Pizzas

I get the feeling that people either love or hate Brad. Me, I love him. Anyone who has the balls to slam the door on a well paid job, keep the roof over his family’s head by selling pizzas and turn an idea laughed at by the conventional business community into a phenomenal success within three years gets my vote in the ‘people you should listen to if you’re serious about being in business’ stakes.

So who is Brad Burton?  He tells us: “Born Manchester, adversity, flashes of brilliance, adversity, heroic failure, dole, dotcom e-brand leader, marketing genius, more heroic failure, adversity, pizza delivery man, MD of largest joined up business breakfast network in the UK!”

Exclamation mark indeed!

Gems of wisdom

Not your conventional suited and booted business type, Brad says it like it is.  Gems of wisdom include: “Private number plates and fish tanks don’t make for a successful business”, successful business is based on “meet, like, know and TRUST”, ‘cufflinking’ – “things you find yourself doing or saying just to conform when in a business environment”.

You get the picture.

This is not the book for you if you’re looking for a step by step guide to writing a business plan or putting systems in place.  And it’s not a book for you if you don’t want to hear that there’s bound to be lots of brown stuff to go through when you’ve set that business up.

Make it happen

It is a book for you if you think you have a great idea and you’re willing to stop “dicking around” and make it happen.

It’s a book for you if when you ask the question – would you swap your friends, family or health for a brand new Ferrari (or top of the range Range Rover)? – you come to the same answer as Brad did.  When he looked at the long hours, stress and pressure of running a business, he “found the very thing I was really doing it for was waiting right back at home” – and not in the garage.

GOYA is inspiring, there are some great tips and, by the end of the few hours it will take you to read it, you’ll be feeling more confident that you can do it, whatever it is, and logging on to Brad’s site to find out where your nearest 4N networking group is.

And that’s precisely where I’m going now once I’ve pinned up the pic of the rather lovely Grandcabrio Maserati I’ve got my eye on to replace my 12 year old Prelude with the rust round every key hole and the strange clunking sound.

Sue Okell

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