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The Bob Proctor Experiment: Beginning

Ed Anderson — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:41:45 +0000

I recently started a project that I’m calling the Bob Proctor Experiment. The reason being that Bob Proctor made several statements in a recent video that started me on this project. Bob has recently started a membership site that he calls ‘Six Minutes to Success’. He put together several videos to explain the site that were excellent. I recommend that you see all of them.

In the videos he talked about the path he took to success. He went from very humble beginnings to making a good salary in a very short time. He credits this to the steps he took in training his subconscious in successful ideas. The method he used to get these thoughts into his subconscious was repetition. He started listening to a recording of ‘Think and Grow Rich’ daily and continued this for years. Once he started listening to the recording he started seeing life differently and recognizing opportunity where he had not before. This simple method radically changed his life. His membership site expands on this by offering inspirational videos every day. The plan being to listen to the six minute videos every morning or evening. This will implant the successful ideas in your subconscious and also change your life. It seems like a reasonable plan.

However it got me thinking. Is this idea of repeatedly playing a success classic still a valid way to make changes? My belief is that it is. So to test the idea I decided to choose a classic and live with it for an extended time. I made up my mind that I was going to play ‘The Science of Getting Rich’ by Wallace Waddles continuously in my car for the rest of the year. In the mean time I will observe my life and see what opportunities present themselves.

Unlike Bob, I chose ‘The Science of Getting Rich’ over ‘Think and Grow Rich’ for several reasons. The first was a practical one. I had a recorded version of TSOGR and didn’t have one of TAGR. This reduced the start up costs. The second was more personal. I like TSOGR much better than TAGR. I like it’s emphasis on growing into wealth from where you are now. I also feel that it has a more spiritual tone and that it’s focus is more in tune with creative endeavors. This book was one of the inspirations for the movie ‘The Secret’ and explains the movie’s ideas much better. TAGR always felt more focused on goal attainment and pushed a multitude of success rules. I wanted to try a softer direction.

I have now been listening to the recording for two months. I have to report that one major positive thing and many small ones have happened to me. My cell phone company went crazy and basically dumped me. Another company came in and offered me a plan that was remarkably better with an incredible phone for free. Small events seem to happen in my favor more often. I am becoming more positive that my goals will be reached.

So, good things are happening so far. I’ll keep you updated on my progress in doing things in the ‘certain way’ promoted by TSOGR.

NOTE: This experiment is named after Bob Proctor as a tribute to his many years of work and efforts mentoring to millions of success seekers. He has been a leader in the personal development field for years. Bob was a pivotal speaker in the movie The Secret. He does not endorse this experiment or stand behind it in any way. I am not an affiliate for any of his products. I do recommend you listen to his videos and recordings. It will be worth your time.

Bob Proctor’s Six Minutes To Success

Rebecca Fine’s Work on The Science Of Getting Rich

Quest On…

Thoughts on Success: Will Smith

Ed Anderson — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:56:22 +0000

Will Smith has had a life of incredible success. He has pursued a dream that many have but few achieve. His long string of roles in movies has defined box office success. In a Hollywood world of craziness and shattered lives Will has maintained a long term marriage and solid family. He found his dream and kept the things that make life worthwhile. There is much to admire and model in this man’s life. This is a series of clips from interviews where Will talks about the ideas that got him here. This is advice that anyone who follows a dream can use. Listen and learn.

It’s Your Choice.

Ed Anderson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:46:38 +0000

Where To?

What are you choosing today? Realize that everyday you make choices on a thousand different things. They may be good choices or bad choices. You may not be making an active choice. If not, you are choosing the default. Is that the right choice?

It may not matter to you. But the bigger question is ‘Should it?’. Many choices appear to have no consequences to you or anyone else. The problem with choices is that they add up to defining your life. Years of choosing not to exercise is going to affect your quality of life. Years of choosing to waste your free time is going to affect your wealth. Years of choosing to neglect your kids is going to affect their life. So, choices do matter.

Your choices steer your life. They define your direction. You may not have made the best choices in the past. You could be going in a direction you don’t really want. You don’t have to continue in that direction. You can make better choices starting at any time. Today could be your day.

So take a look at your choices. Make a choice that puts you in a positive direction. It doesn’t have to be hard. Eat an apple rather than a doughnut. Walk to the mail box rather than drive to it. Read something worthwhile rather than watch that reality show. It’s easy to start a new direction. Then tomorrow do the same thing again. Before long these positive choices become habits. Other positive choices become easier to make. You will find yourself on a new direction before you realize it.

Start the process of getting your life where you want it. Examine your choices and figure out where you are going. Then just start the process. Tony Robbins is famous for saying change takes place with a decision to do something different. You can make that decision too. Chose to be better, stronger, and happier.

Quest On…

Where’s that Goal hiding?

Ed Anderson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:23:42 +0000

Lost Goals

You’ve read the books and gotten fired up. You are going to hit those goals hard this year. You write out your top ten list of goals and put them where you can see them daily. But you look at that list and realize that these are the same goals you had last year and the year before that. They look good but they don’t seem any closer to being done this year than the last. Why is this? The reason is that these are not your passions. They are what you think you need to do for some reason you are not really sure of. They seem good but they don’t make you wake up at night with great ideas to meet them. On a deep level they don’t inspire you and they sure don’t fire you up. You need goals that ignite a hunger in your soul and a deep need in your heart.

Now wouldn’t you think that a desire with that kind of passion would be kicking you in the back of the head every day of your life? Well, it might or it might not. Minds can be quirky. Desires get hidden by any number of things. Fears and limiting beliefs can keep you from finding your true passions. Your beliefs can put up walls you never see. The scary thing about that is not that you think of those passions and decide not to pursue them. The scary thing is that you don’t think of them at all. You never get the opportunity to even consider them. Your subconscious just puts them out of your thoughts.

So, you may think of yourself as just having no idea what you really want to do. What’s really happening is that all the great things you could be doing are being hidden from your conscious mind. You secretly believe that you couldn’t be more than you are now and rather than even consider the possibility you just don’t think of other ideas. Your life becomes the same as it always was. What could you do if you tried? Greatness could be yours.

This is the greatest argument ever for pursuing a life long program of self development. Find those limits and look at them with a critical eye. Could you be the next great artist or athlete? Could you be a famous actor or director? No one knows but you. Work on those limits. See if they are real or just some belief that your fourth grade teacher told you. Where are your dreams leading you? Follow your muse a little. Even hidden passions and talents leave clues. Ask ‘why not’ rather than say ‘no way’. You may not want to go that path and that’s OK too. But you won’t know unless you look. So dream a little and follow that quest.

Quest On…

The Heroic Journey Continues.

Ed Anderson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:54 +0000

Welcome new and old friends. It is time again to explore the things that give life meaning. Yes, times are tough, but our dreams remain strong. We may have fewer options now. We may have to hunker down and just get through it. There’s no dishonor in that. Tough times do not last. We will. We continue the heroic journey. Together we will explore the ideas and beliefs that will allow us to build the life we desire. So welcome back. There’s work to be done.

Quest On…