Many of us are on a journey to unleash our true potential and try out different techniques and step-by-step formulas to become that person we're truly dreaming to be. Yet you might have heard that an average person is using only 3% of his brain potential. This leads to a question - what would happen if you could use your brains full potential?

Stephan Schwartz is someone who asked this question from himself -- and ended up with some astonishing achievements that some people would consider from the world of science fiction.

His story is so compelling that it couldn't be covered in this blog posting. We even had troubles finding a title for him -- adventurer, scientist, speaker and writer -- and many more that would be all accurate. He has produced numerous television documentaries, lead governmental expeditions that uncovered ancient treasures and had thousands of "normal" people making accurate future predictions, something they nor anybody else believed they could do.

His journey towards advanced personal development started as a young man, when he came across the concept of Remote Viewing. He became curious, and wanted to see what his mind was truly capable of and started to practice specific mental techniques to expand his non-conscious awareness.

Results were amazing. He became a recognized expert by the government, who not only revealed the location of the palace of Cleopatra, remains of one of Christopher Columbus’ caravels from his fourth voyage and many other long-searched ancient wonders, but he was also running breakthrough scientific research about the hidden powers of human consciousness. He was doing better than ever in his relationships and career and was even able to predict certain future events.

Yet he felt that something was missing, but couldn't quite point out what it was. The problem was that sometimes things came together with an amazing accuracy, but then again -- sometimes it just didn't seem to work with the same accuracy.

He asked himself: "If it sometimes works and I'm able -- just by using my mind -- to predict future events, could it work 100% of the time?"

On that day 8 years ago, he decided to find out what's the maximum a human mind could reach in crossing the borders of the known human consciousness. In his determination to find out all there is to discover about Remote Viewing he started to interview the most well known experts in the field: Hal Puthoff, Russell Targ, Ingo Swann, James Spottiswood and Paul Smith, to name a few.

He asked probing questions, took down countless notes, and spent hundreds of sleepless nights compiling his findings. This journey took him straight down the rabbit hole and opened a whole new universe of opportunities.

As a result he not only became one of the most famous remote viewers of our time, having his methods taught at the University of Michigan and Esalen Institute on the Big Sur Coast of California, the world's most prestigious personal growth center. But above all his results with Remote Viewing shot through the roof. The accuracy, detail and consistency he demonstrated when predicting the future events and revealing information not visible through the eyes amazed even the most experienced remote viewers.

It's all about learning to focus

In his quest to expand the borders of reality as we know it, Stephan Schwartz discovered some astonishing truths that challenge the way most people are used to look at the world. Most people, when meeting with extraordinary people doing extraordinary things, automatically assume that those people were born with some extra-talents, so they don't even try to find out what's really going on.

What Schwartz discovered challenges this assumption to the core. He considers himself a very normal, a rather scientist type of a person. And after working with hundreds of "normal" people he soon saw a strong pattern, occurring over and over again -- most of the people participating in his workshops started to amaze themselves and others around them with some unbelievable abilities which they never knew they had. Schwartz is confident that most of the people can -- with proper training -- predict the future, sense what other people are doing on the other side of the world and many other things that are normally considered as more of a sci-fi movies thing.

Now what is truly astonishing is the simplicity of the whole technique -- in the core of unleashing your hidden mental powers lies such a simple technique that it's almost unbelievable that not everyone is using it. The key to unlock your potential -- now pay attention -- is simply to learn how to FOCUS. Stephan Schwartz says that Remote Viewing could be called a sort of mental martial art -- and like any martial art it's all about the right focus. Our mind is like a muscle -- the more you train it, the stronger it becomes. By training our focus and directing it to specific things we can soon "see" information that would stay hidden otherwise.

He brings a simple example of reading an interesting book -- many people have experienced a feeling of being so carried away with the story that you're experiencing a whole new world, in a completely other aspect of your consciousness. Remote Viewing is simply learning how to focus on this new aspect -- and use it in new practical ways.

If you've feel drawn to uncover your own hidden mental powers, listen to the exclusive FinerMinds interview that Vishen recently made with him. He's sharing some of the breakthrough experiments he made when working for the government and some astonishing discoveries with a group of students who had never practiced Remote Viewing before in their life.

PS: Stephan Schwartz expands in his interview the understanding of human abilities and the borders of our consciousness. Listen to the interview here

When was the last time you saw your mailbox EMPTY? Seriously - end your day without having a single e-mail waiting for you and being able to start fresh the coming day?

A trivial question, some would say, doesn't matter if you have 1000 or 0 e-mails in your mailbox, you can always only read the ones that matter to you and ignore the rest, right?

Well, according to psychologists your over-flooded inbox might actually be the number one reason for your decreased productivity. Nothing wrong in being informed, but the amount of information that is being bombed at you every day simply exceeds your brains capacity to process it. Much too often we become paralyzed by knowing too much and not being able to decide anymore what is truly important for us.

When you think about it then checking your e-mail is the single most common habit that your parents didn't have -- yet for you logging in into your mailbox and browsing your e-mails has become so automatic and frequent that you rarely even ask WHY or consider seriously HOW you're going to process the information that you find.

If you're like most of the people then you almost never end your day with having 0 e-mails in your inbox. Most likely you have some e-mails that you've read, a whole bunch you haven't read and don't intend to either, some that you've actually written a reply to -- and some you just don't know what to do with (you probably decide to read them in the future -- which almost never happens).

It's a mess! And it's cutting down your productivity more than anything else.

Fortunately there's a way how to turn this disguised energy vampire into a well-tamed pet of yours, in other words: how to create a simple system that reduces significantly the time your spend in your inbox and gives the control over the information you consume right back to you.

It's called the 0-inbox system.

A productivity expert Merlin Mann explains the system in his highly insightful presentation. According to Mann the 2 most valuable resources that you have are your attention and time. You have a limited number of hours and minutes every day and no matter how much you'd like you can't add anything extra to it.

So Mann asks a question: "What is most important to you?" No matter what's your answer -- your family, project you're working on right now, your cat -- your mailbox actually reflects your priorities. If someone would check what has been going on in your mailbox in the past couple of weeks that person could tell a lot about where your actual priorities lie.

This is how crucial it is to actually have your inbox under YOUR control -- not in the hands of all those people who are mailing you every day.

If you still feel that having 0 e-mails -- and yet having all the important things done -- is rather daydreaming, you might find Mann's ideas sort of revolutionary. However as with most of the good things in life -- they're rather simple and obvious.

What do you want to do with your life? Where do you see yourself in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years from now? When was the last time you asked this from yourself?

Time to figure out some answers--research shows that people who set goals are considerably more successful than the ones who don't. Your red alarm light should go on if you already knew that, but still don't know what you want from this year.

No excuses--if you don't know what you want, how can you ever achieve? The best part really is that you don't need more than some paper and a pencil--heck, you can just open a new Word document right now--to make sure your 2009 will take your breath away in the most positive sense. We're gonna share a kick-ass exercise with you that is so simple, yet so powerful that you can have instant results the next day.

If you can dream it, you can do it

If you have read this far I assume you are determined to make the 2009 the best so far. Yes, that's right--there's no need to set goals that don't make you stretch. You want to be proud of yourself at the end of the year--and how can you really be that if you just did what you already knew you could do?

I would call it being afraid of your own potential, because as the saying goes--if you can dream it, you can do it. And people normally don't dream about reading one book in half a year or losing 5 pounds. That's not bad--it brings some improvement, true, but it's not nearly what you're capable of.

So to set goals you need to know what you want--and deep down we all do. Think about it--you don't have to ask twice from a child what he wants. Dreaming is one of the most natural parts of human nature, but we somehow tend to lose it in the process of growing up.

So before proceeding to the exercise keep in mind that you actually already have your goal. You already know what you need. You also know what you're capable of. You might not believe it and you might get confused in the process, doubting if it's the RIGHT way to do it, it's all normal, but really, just remember--you actually KNOW everything you need to know to succeed big time.

Question that can change your life

Ready to get started?

Nice, that's the only way to succeed. So here's an exercise that has changed lives (yes, literally changed lives) of many people, including the world-famous internet marketing expert Frank Kern who shares his experiences about it in his exclusive course. It's as simple as it gets and probably doesn't take you more than a few hours to figure out.

Here comes the most powerful question to start your year with--it sure was my own AHA-moment when I made the exercise. I have a 28-year old friend who answered this question a couple of years ago while working for an NGO--he wrote down things he really wants to do, achieve and how he wants to spend his days. He is now running 8 different businesses, travels the world and is close to declare himself being financially free.

So you might take it as another good advice you received from FinerMinds--and make no changes after reading it. But if you really take time and figure out the answer for yourself you're guaranteed to get some results that might surprise everybody, including yourself.

So here's the question to build the basis of a absolutely awesome 2009:

What would your ideal day look like if you had no limitations?

That's it.

Write it down, no limitations--financial, geographical, coming from relationships. What do you want?

Just imagine yourself living this ideal day from morning to evening--what would you be thinking after waking up? What would you have for the breakfast? How would your house look like? What would your business be? Who would your clients be? What would you talk with your kids about? How would you feel with your spouse? What would you do in the evening? With whom would you spend it? What would you discuss? What would you be thinking before falling asleep?

Now don't get stuck with looking for a perfect answer--it's your life, just let your thoughts flow.

If you know the perfect vision of your perfect day you are much closer to knowing what you really want from your life. To make it your reality you need to move to the next level and find out HOW you're going to do it this year. Good help for this can be found from one of the leading goal-setting expert Gary Ryan Blair.

Have fun with it and make it the best year of your life (seriously, why not?).

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

- Michelangelo

Do you remember that first spark of hope you felt when you watched The Secret? I clearly remember the desire that filled my heart, knowing that... Yes, I can make my dreams come true -- FINALLY!

But how many of you soon saw that hope dwindle into frustration? How many of you (and be honest now) started muttering things like:

• "It seems to work for other people, but I just can't get it right."
• "I'm frustrated that sometimes I can get it to work, but sometimes I can't. What's the trick?"
• "Why am I having so much trouble?"
• "I think the Universe is against me."
• "I'm trying very, VERY hard but still nothing is happening!"

Don't worry, you're not alone. About 97% of people also couldn't make the Law of Attraction work for them the first time round. Think about it, just like anything else, you have to practice many times before you see success. A child doesn't learn to walk without falling over a couple of times, right?

But in practice, everything is easier said than done. When you're frustrated, it's hard to stay positive. And it's especially harder to stay positive when the evidence all around you screams negativity, like the unstable economy or senseless acts of violence such as those recently seen in Mumbai.

And do you know what happens when you fail to stay positive? That's right! You start attracting negative things in to your life.

So how can you make the Law of Attraction work for you -- without getting frustrated? How do those who successfully implement the Law of Attraction do it with such confidence and finesse?

Well, here's three quick tips so you will never feel frustrated or tired of begging from the Universe, because you know how to start manifesting like a pro.

1. Allow yourself to receive

Just like a lost child who approaches a police officer and asks, "Excuse me sir, can you tell me how to go to the post office? Can you? Can you? Can you? Can you? Can you?" Well, if the child goes on and on asking, the police officer can't even give an answer, right?

Well, it's the same thing with your mind. If the only thing your mind is doing is transmit, transmit, transmit, the Universe--which is trying to respond--can't give you a single thing because you're not allowing yourself to receive!

So, have the confidence in yourself and stop exhausting yourself by running around person to person begging for riches, and then wondering why nobody is dropping a penny in your cup. (Hint: It's because you're running away too fast for them before they can even reach for their wallets).

Just think of your desires and leave it out there, go away, and trust that your cup will be filled with gold coins (or whatever it is you asked for) when the time is right.

2. Be patient with yourself

Receiving takes time.

Sadly, many people give up just a couple of steps before the finish line because they've decided that if it's not working by now, it's never going to work at all. Worse still are those who throw in more and more energy because they think that with more resources, the results will come faster.

This is as ridiculous as expecting 9 mothers to conceive and deliver a baby in 1 month. You also can't expect to bake perfect cookies in half the time by doubling the temperature. You'll incinerate those cookies to ashes!

In simple terms: Everything in this world has a natural development time, and this fact will not change no matter what resources you throw at it.

So relax and be patient. Remember that you too, as part of the Universe, are also governed by the laws of the Universe, and you cannot change the natural development time.

If you remember this, you will less likely work yourself up into frustration, or worse, push yourself into a downward negative spiral.

3. Support and educate yourself

Like the child who is learning how to walk, you need support. You also need guidance on how to do it, and the role models to look up to.

Many people give up because they think that "The Secret" is the "be all and end all" solution. Well, it's NOT. "The Secret" is just a small portion. It was never intended, and has never been, the whole answer.

Coming to the conclusion that the Law of Attraction doesn't work when all you ever did to educate yourself was watch "The Secret" 19 times (without looking at changing the habits of other areas of your life) is like coming to the conclusion that exercising is not an effective way to lose weight because all you did is run on the treadmill for 2 hours a day (but you're still stuffing yourself with fried foods and cheesecakes).

So seek and be hungry for new knowledge. Also, make an effort to be amongst people or communities where you can support each other, learn from each other, and also share new knowledge that you have found.

While the Law of Attraction is not an overnight delivery service, it will indeed deliver, if you do your part too!

PS: If you want to know more about how you can do your part to make the Law of Attraction work for you, check out The 11 Forgotten Laws.

It is intended to help those who are struggling with the Law of Attraction by exposing all 11 Universal laws that The Secret did not cover. Click here to learn more.

Gerald O'Donnell, who coined the term "Remote Influencing," is a former remote viewer for several European Intelligence agencies. Gerald now lives in Florida where he writes, meditates and shares his knowledge with the world. Gerald claims that we live in an "illusion" and that we all have the ability to influence this "illusion." He teaches people how to deepen their awareness and manifest their dreams.

When Gerald does an interview, it's always a hit. His last two interviews had over 11,000 listeners online. Very soon we'll be sharing an interview with Gerald. But until then, we wanted to give you a taste of what he teaches.

In this article, Gerald shares three techniques to get you started on your path towards greater happiness. He believes that these techniques should be an integral part of our daily lives, for they dissolve many old, pre-programmed patterns of thought that fail to serve us.

Techniques to Help You Enter the Gateway to Happiness

By Gerald O'Donnell

The next three exercises are intended to be done on a regular basis. They will open up a new level of awareness and prepare you for advanced personal and spiritual development.

Exercise 1: A New Way of Being

This first exercise is a pleasurable and powerful life-changing tool. The effects of daily stress associated with materialistic obsession (and its by-products: anxiety, isolation, frustration, fear, anger and depression) can be dissolved by this technique. It is, at the same time, simple and profound. It increases greatly the vibratory rate of your non-physical Higher Self. Its premise is “smile at the world and the world will smile back at you.”

As you go about your daily activities, from the moment you get up in the morning up to the the time that you go back to sleep, constantly imagine that you are smiling inwardly at your outer reality as you go about your daily activities. Imagine that you are smiling from the deepest recesses of your mind and chambers of your heart, and that you are projecting this happiness and smile outward through your eyes and expression. No matter what the circumstances are, you will increasingly find that your eyes will be smiling and so will your mouth.

At the same time, imagine that your heart constantly expresses a great inward smile filled with pure joy of being alive.

After two weeks or so, you will notice significant changes. Not only in the way you interact with the ‘outside’ world, but also in how the world acts and projects its reality toward you. Your fears will begin to abate and an inner feeling of peace and love will emerge. Notice how people seek your presence and ‘Inner Love'.

Exercise 2: The Witness

Set aside 5 minutes and close your eyes. Turn your attention inward. Move from being a 'thinking' human being to viewing your thoughts as an independent observer in a detached remote manner. Treat your thoughts as if they are 'things' or a spectacle to watch. Notice the train of your thoughts and images, the succession of often unrelated thoughts that appear to you. Don’t analyze anything.

Learn to switch from the state of being 'in' your thoughts to withdrawing from them and becoming the detached, totally passive observer of them. Get the feeling for the mental shift that occurs when doing so. Go within the thoughts and then withdraw to a more detached level. After a while of repeating this exercise you will notice that your thoughts become more isolated and that your inner mind starts taking a break.

For this exercise, keep increasing by 2-3 minutes every other day until you reach 20 minutes.

Here is the next part of the exercise: As you observe your train of thoughts, pick up one particular thought that you find interesting and “plunge into it” with full concentration. Remain focused on that thought to the exclusion of the others for as long as possible. If other thoughts interfere, do not push them away, but watch them pass by as if they were foreign ‘things’ in your consciousness. At first, you might only be able to do this for maybe 1 minute or less. Slowly increase it up to 7 minutes.

The last part of the exercise consists of blanking your thoughts out. This is done by deciding to concentrate on perceptual dark nothingness. If a thought comes in, imagine throwing white light on it. Imagine that the light dissolves that thought and that the screen then goes back to nothingness. Try to maintain that state up to 5 minutes. Start with 1-2 minutes.

Exercise 3: The Movies

This exercise is the “going in and out of movies” exercise. The first step is to choose a film and go and watch it, preferably on a big screen. Allow yourself to get immersed in the captivating story (make sure you choose a film that you can 'get into').

As you forget about your identity and start going ‘into’ the plot, suddenly withdraw your awareness from the big screen and become the observer of reality again. Now slowly reconnect to the plot, but this time allow yourself to remain with the awareness of being yourself watching, as a spectator (observer). Keep this dual awareness for a moment and then let go and plunge within the movie, forgetting your real inner self again. And then repeat the exercise over and over.

Keep on doing this exercise of mental withdrawal and then plunging in again, until you get to know intimately the feeling of diving into the movie and withdrawing into reality. Easy isn’t it? This simple technique is very powerful.

As you get the knack of it try the same system as you go about your daily life. Use the same 'mental trick' when engaged in your daily activities, especially the ones that cause you fear and stress. Soon you will become aware at all times of being the ‘observer’ (inner self) observing the observed (reality and outer self). This exercise will deepen your awareness and allow you to become more calm and relaxed.

P.S. Gerald O'Donnell will soon be giving a Free Teleseminar about the positive trends in the world that are going to impact everyone. An excellent complement these exercises. We will keep you posted!

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Over the past couple of weeks on FinerMinds we’ve introduced you to a remarkable woman: Helene Hadsell. She’s the 83-year-old “Winning Sage” from Alvarado, Texas who literally wins everything she wants in life through contests. Helene is the Law of Attraction in action, and she’s been doing it for 50 years.

In our last piece about Helene we guided you through her life-long winning streak. Today, we want to share with you the story of Carolyn Wilman, “The Contest Queen”, who has learned a tremendous amount from Helene Hadsell.

Carolyn’s approach to entering contests changed radically after she met Helene, and so did her ability to win! Right now Carolyn just got back from enjoying a romantic trip in London with her husband (which she won in a contest, of course!).

Here is Carolyn Wilman’s story, in her own words, of meeting Helene and the how this meeting changed her life:

Hi,

I have studied many motivational, inspirational and spiritual teachers over the past 20 years. I first read about Helene Hadsell, author of The Name It & Claim It Game on Joe Vitale’s blog in the summer of 2007. He talked about how she used her mind to focus her energy and win every contest she ever entered. WOW! As a fellow contest hobbyist and author of You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter, I wanted to know exactly how she did that. I win a lot, but not every promotion I enter. I began writing an email to her, but for some reason it sat in my Drafts folder for months. While cleaning out my email in June of 2008 I finally completed it and sent that email to Helene. She immediately wrote me back and included her phone number. I rang her. We spoke for over an hour. I felt as if I had met a kindred soul.

During our conversation Helene agreed to be a guest on my online radio show. She was my guest on the August 4th 2008 edition of “From the Contest Queen.” (I include the date as it shows how fast you can manifest your goals, dreams, desires, and wishes into your life if you focus enough energy on them.)
During the show we talked about her entry method versus mine. She would select a prize, find a contest giving away that prize, enter, focus on it, and win. I focused on winning, but entered hundreds of contests on a daily basis. I asked her why I had not yet won a car yet. Helene said, “Dear, why do you disperse your energy over so many contests? Focus on what you really want to win and you will.”

The next day I created a new vision board, wrote up 3x5s with my new goals that I could focus on (I even hung one on the shower door) and changed my entire contest entering system.

The things I decided I wanted most in my life were:

• To own a very profitable business
• To be a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show
• To win a new car
• To win a week long romantic trip for two to London UK
• To win a week long family trip for four to Walt Disney World
• To win a home makeover
• To win a backyard makeover
• To win an big screen LCD HDTV
• To win a Wii
• To win a BlackBerry

I focused on each of these goals several times a day for a few weeks.  For the month of September, I still won my usual 5-15 prizes that month (apparently, I cannot, not win), but they were very small prizes in both size and dollar value. Where were the big prizes that Helene spoke of?  Little Miss Impatient (me) gave up. I missed entering heaps of contests. The hobby wasn’t as fun for me anymore. So I went back to entering heaps of contests every day. I began to have fun again. At the same time, I reassessed my goals. I was entering a lot of contests that offered trips as prizes, so I changed my goal of a trip to London to a romantic trip anywhere. I figured if the Universe saw fit to send me to the Caribbean, who am I to argue? I also stopped focusing on my goals every day.

On November 7th, almost three months to the day of setting my goals, I was notified I was the Grand Prize winner of the Smart Set “Meet Duffy in London” Contest!!  I was ecstatic.

The prize included:

• A chance to meet Duffy and two tickets to her show
• $500 spending money
• Roundtrip airfare for two
• 4 nights hotel accommodation
• $500 Smart Set gift card
• A copy of Duffy’s Rockferry CD

Two thoughts also went through my head: 1) WOW! This stuff really works and 2) Oh My Gosh, all the other goals I set for myself are on their way!

Hold on! Didn’t I ask for a weeklong trip? This was only 4 nights/5 days. I thought, “Close enough!”, and merrily made travel plans. Well, while making all the travel arrangements with the contest sponsors, Universal Music and Transat Holidays, I was informed we would be flying out December 4th and returning on December 11th. Wait, wasn’t that 6 nights/7 days? Yes. They chose to extend the trip by 2 days. So I got my week after all. I was amazed how well Helene’s SPEC Method (Select it, Project it, Expect it, and Collect it) actually worked! (Also, did you notice? I asked the Universe for what I wanted and it arrived via Universal. COOL!)

The adventure isn’t over yet!

As the information for the trip went back and forth, I realized we were not flying into Heathrow airport, but into Gatwick. (If you have never been to London, Heathrow is close to the city connected by the Underground. Gatwick is fairly far and one must take the train into the city, then changing to the Underground.) I thought OH NO! Not that I minded flying to an airport further out of the city, or even having to take the train, but our luggage is old (I bought it in 1990) and it wouldn’t be very easy to haul on and off trains. I said to my husband, we need new luggage. He started to shop around. In the meantime, I got the final travel documents. I realized Transat Holidays had included transfers to and from the airport to our hotel by car. I told my husband, since we are being chauffeured and with Christmas just around the corner, I thought we could manage another trip with our old luggage and purchase a new set in the New Year. He agreed.

Then on November 30th I got a call from Zellers. I had entered a contest way back in May and I had won. Could I come down to the store today and pick-up my brand new set of luggage? They apologized for taking so long to call me, but they had to wait for the two smaller pieces of luggage to arrive from the other contest sponsor. Incredible! That goal wasn’t even on the original list. The wish for new luggage was an afterthought and it manifested almost immediately.

I have since begun focusing on all the other goals again several times a day. Now, I wonder when my new car will arrive.
As you can well imagine, I highly recommend Helene’s book The Name It & Claim It Game to anyone who is interested in achieving their goals quickly and easily. Although the subject of the book may be based on contests, Helene’s techniques can be applied to any goal you may have: health, wealth, love, etc.

Enjoy!

Carolyn Wilman

NOW YOU CAN ACCESS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNING SAGE, HELENE HADSELL.

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Update: Helene Hadsell's Book and DVD have now Launched. Please visit TheWinningSage.com

Update: Helene Hadsell's Book and DVD have now Launched. Please visit TheWinningSage.com

Helene Hadsell doesn’t believe in luck, chance or accidents. What is it about this very normal woman from Alvarado, Texas that bridges the gap between the power of manifestation and everyday reality? Helene’s uncanny ability to win anything she desires has been covered by newspapers and magazines, and today we're going to share some of these astonishing stories with you.

Last week we published an article on Helene Hadsell and the response was overwhelming - from healthy skepticism to downright amazement. Helene is enjoying your comments and feedback from her home in Texas and looks forward to answering your questions in the future. At 83-years-old, all Helene wants is to share her knowledge with the world and support you in achieving all that you desire. She wants you to believe.

Now we'd like to share with you some media stories on Helene's incredible, life-long winning streak.

A family of winners

Helene Hadsell's family doesn't pay for vacations, cars, furniture, bicycles or even houses. They just win them. What is the secret behind all this winning? It started with a book that Helene read 50 years ago.

Back in 1958 Helene was a 33-year-old housewife with three bright children and an engineer husband. They lived in a modest home in Grand Prairie, Texas. They existed comfortably, but not much was leftover for luxuries or extras. Sound familiar?

One day Helene started reading the book The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. She got one simple message from this book: you can have anything you want, provided you know what you want! This straightforward idea changed her life.

Helene's son Chris wins a family trip to Disneyland

Helene wasn't the only one interested in contesting - her whole family got involved by participating in most of the contests. They worked as a team and each of them contributed their positive energy, creative ideas and active visioning. Her three children learned very quickly how to manifest and win whatever they wanted. They were soon on their way to achieving their own dreams.

For Helene, manifesting isn't something 'magical' - it's a skill that anyone can learn, something you practice and become better and better at. And there is NO failure, there is only a delay in results.

Helene's son Chris was so excited about the fact that he could manifest his desires that he started to enter contests for teenagers or students. Here is Chris with his family after winning a family trip to Disneyland.

Winning the house of her dreams

Over the years, Helene has won so many prizes in contests, from refrigerators to trips to Europe. But one of the most incredible wins, according to Helene, was the brand new dream home she won at the World's Fair. She was randomly picked from 2 million entries.

Here is Helene with the family on the patio of her new dream home.

Helene's story is amazing. Actually, it's pretty darn unbelievable. BUT IT'S TRUE. The Law of Attraction is on everyone's lips these days. Does it work? Is it real? Well, I think Helene's story proves there is definitely something to it.

She's even come up with her own four-step 'winning' formula called SPEC: 1) Select It; 2) Project It; 3) Expect It; and 4) Collect It.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REMARKABLE HELENE HADSELL:

1. DOWNLOAD THIS PDF TO READ MORE NEWS STORIES ON HELENE'S INCREDIBLE WINNING JOURNEY.

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2. HERE YOU CAN ACCESS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNING SAGE, HELENE HADSELL.

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Update: Helene Hadsell's Book and DVD have now Launched. Please visit TheWinningSage.com

When was the last time you felt grateful for something?

Ok, and the last time you actually expressed your gratitude for something?

Scientific studies show that expressing gratitude on a daily basis literally makes people happier. Gratitude research by McCullough and Emmons revealed that only a small daily dose of gratitude makes you more alert, enthusiastic, determined, optimistic and energetic. Additionally - a grateful person feels less depression and stress, is likely to help others, exercises more regularly and makes more progress toward personal goals. And above all - grateful people are more likely to be loved.

And this ain't some new age mumbo jumbo folks - this is from scientific studies!

Enter the Gratidudes...

Two guys that call themselves the GratiDudes have taken the whole concept to a higher level. They're aiming to change the world by helping people to become more grateful with a funny Gratitude Dance. The video has already gained huge popularity in YouTube. The idea is simple - all you need to do is to write down the things you are grateful for, turn on the video and do the dance!

You have to watch it yourself, smiling and laughing is guaranteed! Showing your gratitude can be a lot of fun - and having fun is one of the ingredients of happyness!

Don't forget to let us know how it worked (and what funny situations you ended up in)!

PS - that's not all, the guys behind FinerMinds will be launching a new website soon that will give everyone a unique way to express gratitude to the world and to loved one. Check out GratitudeLog.com. It's launching in a few days and this is the first public hint of it on the Internet. Remember, you heard it first on FinerMinds!