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Born in Scotland in 1835, he and his parents moved to the States and is best known as a industrialist, businessman, and a major philanthropist.

He gave away most of his money to establish libraries, schools, and universities in the U.S., the U.K., and in other countries.

And even though he was rich, he wasn't an arrogant elitist. No, in fact he was and still is an inspiration to millions.

So if you're looking for success coupled with happiness, then check out these 4 tips by Andrew Carnegie.

If you have any other quotes or tips from Andrew Carnegie please share them with us.

Andrew Carnegie’s Top 4 Tips for Massive Success

By Henrik Edberg from PositivityBlog.com

“Aim for the highest.”

“You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.”

In the late 1800s there lived a very rich man. In fact, he was so rich that he is now considered the second richest man in history. And, at least as I remember it, he became an inspiration for Scrooge McDuck.

His name was Andrew Carnegie. You may have heard this name before if you have read the classic personal development book “Think and Grow Rich”. It was Carnegie that gave the author Napoleon Hill the assignment to interview hundreds of wealthy people about success. And those interviews became the foundation for the book.

Here are four of Carnegie’s own top tips for massive success.

1. Pay attention to the more important things.

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”

This is one of my favourite quotes at the moment. And I have to agree, I pay less and less attention to what people say. Because in the end, what someone does is the most important thing. Talking is easy, but walking your talk is harder. And walking it consistently even though you fall, slip back into old habits and make mistakes is a huge part of success.

Now, talking and discussing what you want to do can be very helpful. But at some point you also follow that up and take action.

And this not just a good way to see people in a clear way. It’s also a good way to look at yourself more clearly. Because you can tell yourself and others all kinds of things all day. But what you are actually getting done shows a lot about who you are right now and how you future will look.

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There's no easy way to say this, but I will be speaking from the same stage as Richard Branson, Sean Stephenson, and even the Dalai Lama.

I couldn't believe it at first. I am literally bursting with happiness and feel so uplifted to be even considered to speak at the same event as these giants.

And as one of our 230,000 FinerMinds readers I'm hoping you might get a chance to attend.

Alright so these are the details. The event (some of you already know this) is called Engage Today. It's happening September 30th to October 3rd, this year and it'll be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

This isn't any ol' conference. It comes with intent and the purpose to affect change on a global scale. What's even more amazing is that you're a part of this change too. The whole goal of the conference is to bring together world geniuses under one roof to create a catalyst for economic, social, and environmental change.

And here's where you come in. This conference is a place for individuals to learn how to adjust their methods of thinking for a new world. This is where you'll learn to use your passion to make a difference.

If that wasn't enough, check out some of the people speaking at this event.

The Visionaries Speaking At Engage Today

• Richard Branson - this entrepreneurial genius will be sharing his insights on combining business and power to address some of the biggest problems of the world today
• His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama - he'll be speaking about the true meaning of "prosperity" and how you can use it to make global change.
• Bill Harris - the founder and director of Centerpointe Research Institute and star of The Secret. We featured Bill on FinerMinds a few months back and almost 2140 of you rushed to his site to receive his free meditation CDs.
• Sean Stephenson - will be talking about finding your unique voice despite any personal or physical limitation and why the only thing that can hold you back is yourself.
• Dr. Stephen R. Covey -  author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Covey will give you what it takes to be a leader to change the world and yourself as well.
• President F.W. deKlerk - this former president of South Africa will be sharing his courageous story of ending apartheid and releasing Nelson Mandela after 27 years of imprisonment.
• Janet Attwood - co-author of The Passion Test, Janet will help you rediscover your passions.

Not to mention a special evening concert with Bryan Adams and K.D. Lang.

So you know how I feel about this whole event. Now I want to know how you feel about it. Who would you want to meet the most and why. For me it was always Richard Branson. His stance on social entrepreneurship and all of his efforts to help the environment and society are immense but now I can't wait to meet the His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. So what I want from you is this:

If you could meet one of these amazing global leaders,

WHO would it be and why?

Drop a comment below and share your thoughts.  Just imagine the conversation and what you could learn from them.

Cheers,

Vishen Lakhiani

P.S. We've got an amazing interview coming up with Greg Habstritt, the founder of Engage Today.  So stay tuned for it.

P.P.S. Soon I'll also be sharing with you how you can join us at Engage Today, and will reveal to you the amazing surprises waiting for all the early-birds. Looking forward to see you at this very special event!

Richard Branson and me

I recently experienced one of the highlights of my life.

If any of you know me at all, then you'll know that meeting Richard Branson has been one of my biggest dreams. He's been a true source of inspiration to me and it's all because of how he defines business and entrepreneurship.

It used to be that the only things that defined success were money and the number of people working under you. Well, with Branson, that's not it at all. For him the definition of business means being ethical in all that you do, treating your employees right, and mostly -- having fun. Lots of it.

So how did I end up on his private island?

Alright, so back to my dream of meeting Richard Branson. I honestly thought it would take me 5 or even 10 years to do this. You know, to build up credibility and success as an entrepreneur, the typical way to meet anybody famous and wildly successful.

But things were about to go into high speed (little did I know). A while ago, I was at an event for speakers and authors in Vegas and fellow internet entrepreneur, Joe Polish, announced he was organizing a trip to Branson's private island, Necker Island for 20 entrepreneurs to meet and hang out with Branson. The purpose of the trip was to raise money for Branson's charity, Virgin Unite. To attend we had to make a substantial donation to Virgin Unite. I had already set aside a sum of money to donate to charity via my foundation, the MindValley Foundation, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I would donate to a good cause AND get to hang out with Branson and several other brilliant entrepreneurs on Necker Island.

So, I shot an email to my business partner Mike and asked him what he thought of the idea. He replied using the title of

Branson's most famous book. Mike's one-line email simply said, "Screw it, let's do it!"

Richard Branson with my business partner, Mike Reining and me

And so in May, we found ourselves on Necker Island hanging out and partying with Richard Branson. Out of the total 4.5 days on the island, we spent 2 and half days with him from early morning breakfasts to late night celebrations.

A typical day would include breakfast with Branson and 20 other entrepreneurs on the veranda overlooking the sea. This would be followed by a brainstorming session or Q&A with Branson on a variety of topics from entrepreneurship to philanthropy. Lunches were held on the beach. And then it was time for speedboat racing, water sports or snorkeling. Dinners would revolve around a theme, pirate night, 70s party, Casino Night and would end in a wonderful party by the sea.

Hanging out with Branson blew our minds. While most people have their 3-5 year goals, Branson was thinking bigger. I'm talking about space travel and world peace. He's already working with Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Yunus and other world leaders on a project called "the Elders" to help guide countries and societies towards peaceful resolution of their differences.

Playing pirates with Richard Branson

Now the Elders is an independent group of highly influential global leaders. It came about with the leadership of Nelson Mandela and together the Elders offer their influence and experience to support peace building and diminish human suffering.

And as for space travel? Why not take a comfy seat aboard Virgin Galactic. It's the first of its kind, providing non-astronauts with the ability to go into space. Now that's a huge goal. But what's even better is that with Branson's vision, this may be affordable to everyone in the future so that people like us can get a chance to experience the Universe from a different perspective.

But beyond his ambition and vision what really struck me about Richard Branson was his attitude towards people. We tend to assume that the rich and successful have a certain sense of arrogance or distance to them. Not so with Branson. He's the kind of guy that talks to everyone, makes the effort to make you feel welcome and treats you almost like family. It was actually quite amazing to watch him. He was almost saintly in his approach to life and people. The way he treated his staff, the children on the island, and the visiting guest entrepreneurs, was with the utmost kindness and grace. The biggest thing I noticed about Branson was his generosity and humility.

The trip was unquestionably one of the most amazing things to have happened to me. It was literally a dream come true. After having hung out with Branson, I'm absolutely going to reevaluate my goals and make them just a little bigger. If Branson can bring about world peace and affordable space travel, I'm pretty sure we can all reach for the moon too.

In a future post I'll share more on what I learned from my experience on Necker Island.

In the meanwhile, here's a video I put together of the trip from the footage on my Flipcam.

And some photo highlights.

Sunrise from my room balconey. At 5:30 am in the morning.

Morning breakfast at the long table.

Brainstorming with Branson and other entrepreneurs

With the money we raised for Virgin Unite

View of Necker Island

Playing Pirates with Richard Branson

Cheers,

Vishen Lakhiani

P.S. What if you could meet Richard Branson? Can you imagine what he would say to you or better yet, what would you say to him? Drop a comment. I'd love to hear your thoughts on one of my role models.

P.P.S. The thought of meeting Richard Branson isn't completely loony. Stay tuned and I'll let you know what I mean.

Mike Reining and Vishen Lakhiani with Sean Stephenson

A couple weeks ago, FinerMinds' parent company, MindValley, went on a company retreat. Now before you picture convention rooms and bad lighting, let me tell you where we went.

Bali, Indonesia.

If you think we're crazy for going all the way to Bali, we're not (well, maybe just a little bit). Because we're based out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia it only cost $10,000 for 46 people to stay in Bali for 3 beautiful, starry nights.

At MindValley, we're not just any boring company. When I said 46 people, what I really wanted to say was 43 people from 17 different countries and 3 amazing kids.

All the amazing interviews we've had on FinerMinds, the exclusive content, the growth of the FinerMinds community is credited to the employees of MindValley who continually strive for personal growth for themselves and for you, the readers, and the world we live in.

This is our 5th year of doing this annual retreat and this one was the biggest and best by far. We had three amazing speakers, Sean Stephenson, author of Get Off Your 'But', Brian Johnson of PhilosophersNotes.com, and Brian Wong of Quanlife.com.

Mike Reining with Sean Stephenson

We learned so much from these guys, I can't even fit everything into one blog post so stay tuned for 3 upcoming posts on the amazing insights we gained from them.

We discussed personal goals, values, what our self-limited beliefs were and how we can empower each of us. We focused on gratitude, spirituality, and the definition of success.

It was a transformational weekend for the company and for each of the individuals. I hate to sound like a cliche of a movie review, but we laughed, we cried, we hugged (a lot), and our lives will never be the same again.

Okay, maybe an overstatement but it was a breakthrough event for many of the people at this retreat. The level of self-awareness had gone up ten-fold and I can see it everyday at work.

Now some of you might be thinking, "Wait, isn't this a company retreat and not a self-help seminar?" Yes and no.

While it was entirely a company retreat with the end goal of furthering MindValley's growth, I know that nothing amazing can be accomplished without the growth of myself, my business partner, Mike Reining, and all the employees who are always working to find new ways to spread enlightened ideas.

The point I'm trying to drive across is this:

You can't grow your business without growing yourself and your employees.

It's as simple as that. I'm hoping in the next few years, this will be common knowledge and that the MindValley way can be replicated across the globe. I sound a little like human resources right now, but your employees are your greatest assets and resources. So why wouldn't you want to invest in them?

With spiritual, educational, and personal development, your company will continue to break through the glass ceiling.

Listening intently on a personal growth session.

Saying our daily affirmations for success.

Mike Reining swears by his affirmations with hand on heart.

A little friendly competition within the MindValley family.

Brian Johnson with his girlfriend.

Brian Wong showing his son something surely spectacular.

We're just like one big happy family.

Sean Stephenson performs hypnotism on one of our Project Managers to help her quit smoking.

The end result of the hypnotism. You can't see her, but one of FinerMinds' writers, Gabrielle, is stuck in there somewhere.

Sean Stephenson and Mike Reining share an in depth discussion on personal transformation.

Sean Stephenson with his parents.

And yes, we have musical talent too.

Brian Wong and his son.

David Wood with FinerMinds Co-Founder, Vishen Lakhiani

Ever been coached, thought about coaching, or are a coach? Well, coach guru David Wood, after countless rave reviews and requests for him to come back to FinerMinds, finally gave us an exclusive teleseminar where he delves into the art of coaching and how you can get the best out of your practice and make a profitable income at the same time.

If you haven't done his quick 7-question quiz to determine if you're a hidden coach, then click here to watch the video and discover your Coaching Score »

For those who missed the teleseminar, don't worry. It's been recorded and is ready for your ears and mind. Click here for the replay »

Thousands of you have gone through David Wood's teleseminar and quiz and the insight gained and shared has been amazing. We'd like to thank all the people that commented and left their honest opinions and coaching revelations.

We've compiled the best comments and want to share them with you because they may just affect your perspective of coaching and ultimately affect your clients' lives.

You can't MAKE someone do anything. You CAN, however, show them a different perspective. I've found it quite useful to determine the symbolism behind the situation. That is, what does the situation really represent to the person? What do their choices represent? For instance, if they're worried about the cost of something, versus an issue that may arise if they don't have that something, what that may boil down to is:
Is their peace of mind (the something) worth the cost?

- Corey

It's easier to market yourself and find "your people" if you have a target market. "Everyone" is not a target. Who can you have the most impact with?

- Toby on niche markets

Know what it is you are going to be talking about inside and out. Know as much as you can about your topic, that way you have more confidence in what you are saying. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY. and you can talk to hundreds, as long as you know your subject.

- Wuaneta Strobel on overcoming shyness

I share your challenge! I am a "fixer" by nature which is antithetical to coaching, where clients come to their own solutions. Take notes to jot down your ideas and AFTER client has emptied out all thoughts, you can say "I have a couple of suggestions/ideas. Are you open to hearing them?" If they say yes, then you can share. But only do this afterwards. do not interrupt. Taking notes will help you save your ideas till the appropriate time

- Lisa

Absolutely Yes! you can do coaching in different countries. I do coaching and Energetic work by phone and it's wonderful. Skype is a great, inexpensive way to connect around the world, and it is a free product you can download from the internet. It works great!

- Teresa

So the question is not what should I charge.. the question you could ask yourself is what is my personal worth and value? What do I believe in my own personal value.. what number is that? How can I show up and in my time with my client reflect that value onto my customers... believing, that what I have to offer is of TREMENDOUS value.. What is your time and energy worth? not what is out there. And what is everybody else offering.. ultimately there is no competition.. only that which you place upon yourself.

- Kiki

Your thoughts are extremely appreciated so, before you leave, it would be great if you could drop us a comment to share your insights with the community:

1. What was the biggest thing you learnt from David's teleseminar and quiz?
2. What would your #1 advice be for aspiring coaches?

David Wood with FinerMinds Co-Founder, Vishen Lakhiani

David Wood is back by popular demand. His video blog post entitled "Are You An Undercover Coach? Take The 1 Min Test" still holds the record for the #1 most commented blog post on FinerMinds with over 185 comments.

This time however, he's not back with another video blog post.

He's back with a teleseminar and given his popularity at FinerMinds, it's sure to be a major hit.

If you took David's quiz already, and scored at least 4 out of 7, click on the big link below immediately, and register for his upcoming teleseminar with Brian Wong of QuanLife.

This live broadcast will give you answers you'll need to know to start your own coaching practice from scratch.

For those of you who didn't take David's fun and quick video quiz, do so now.

You might discover that you have some hidden coaching qualities that you could take advantage of to improve the lives of others and boost your own self-awareness.

Watch the video below, leave your quiz results and then register for the teleseminar if you scored 4 or higher.

Hope you scored at least 4 out of 7. If that's the case, then see you at the teleseminar!

It will be held on Thursday June 25th, 9pm US Eastern Time. The lines fill up fast so register early!

Get Your FREE Access to the Exclusive David Wood Teleseminar With Brian Wong NOW >>

So for those working in the field of marketing or even for someone starting up their own business, how do you sell without selling out your customers? Well maybe there is a way, so long as you keep your customers' needs in your intentions.

I want to introduce you to Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski, PhD. Here is a message from them that bridges the gap between spirituality and the fast-paced world of marketing.

Your Online Money Making Marketing Voice

Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski, PhD

Making money on the Internet and marketing go hand in hand. But how do you create your online money without savaging your integrity? That’s the question most service providers and care-givers ask us.

And in answer to that question, there is a growing need, especially for the vast and growing number of service providers coming online, to understand selling as a spiritual service and the spiritual value of soft sell marketing.

Because in the face of so much rampant hard sell, combat-driven marketing online, that’s the only way you can be comfortable and proud selling your services, growing your business, and spreading the word about what you do – which we call “extending the prayer”. And it’s the only way you’ll be able to feel proud of the money you make doing so.

As fellow service providers, coming from our background as psychotherapists, we are deeply invested in wanting you to be successful making money on the Internet and offline as well. And when you create your own soft sell marketing mindset then you can stand proud behind your new marketing voice and your resulting online profits.

Now, no matter what you hear about marketing, even from us---remember that only you can really know the true value of what you do---and why you do it. Only you can create the specific marketing voice that comes from your heart and from your love for what you do.

And the heart of that knowing is the key to your best and most heart-felt marketing voice.

So:
Use Your Heart...
Use Your Love...
Use Your Soft Sell Marketing Voice...

To speak to your prospective customers so they can recognize that they are at home with you.

And when you do you extend the value, the deep spiritual prayer of what you do further out into the world! Because you will have found your own online money making marketing voice!

To build your success by expanding how you think about selling and marketing, be sure to get our new book The Heart of Marketing—Love Your Customers and They Will Love You Back (Morgan James Publishing, May 2009) and take advantage of their Amazon Book Launch sponsor Gifts still available when you go to http://TheHeartOfMarketing.com

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The word multitask comes up all the time.  They talk about in school, employers list it as a requirement, and we all put so much emphasis on the ability to multitask that we sometimes forget to ask, "Is multitasking really helping me?"

Well the truth is that there is no such thing as multitasking. What really happens is that we end up switchtasking. Our mind just switches from one task to another giving the appearance of multitasking. This is why people shouldn't use their cell phones when they're driving. If people could truly do two things simultaneously, then there would be no accidents arising from a cell phone/driving combo.

What marketing guru Alex Mandossian suggests instead is stacking.

Here are some of his examples of what stacking is:

• Eating dinner while watching TV
• Jogging while listening to your iPod
• Driving while listening to the radio
• Writing email while printing a letter

Well, you get the idea. These activities when combined do not compete for the same attention from your brain. Instead, only one of those tasks requires mental exertion.

If you're looking for spiritual development or personal growth, you will have to think about what is the best way to get on track to achieving your goal. When you think about how to get to that goal, you will invariably think that you can multitask. Newsflash: just as you can't medidate and watch the news at the same time, you cannot read Arjuna Ardagh while listening to a Tony Robbins seminar.

So stay focused and you will hit a personal development growth spurt.

"Why Multitasking Destroys Your Productivity

Most entrepreneurs I know are proud of their “multitasking” ability.

According to Wikipedia, “Human multitasking is the performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time.” The keyword that multitasking a myth is: “appearing.”

The term originated with computer multitasking - a CPU solves problems by scheduling tasks and switching from task to task until each task gets its turn.

The activity of switching back-and-forth may be a computer-friendly activity, but it’s anything but human-friendly when it comes to an entrepreneur’s personal productivity in the office or home!

Dave Crenshaw wrote my favorite book on the topic and I recommend it to any entrepreneur who still thinks and feels that multitasking is cool.

On page 29 in The Myth of Multitasking, Dave writes:

“Around the end of the twentieth century, some wordsmith saw the connection between our increasingly hectic world and the world of the computer. A catchword was born.

Newspapers began peppering their articles with the word. Talk shows hosts began using it with frequency. Magazines began publishing articles about how to multitask more effectively.

Multitasking quickly became as popular and accepted as the automobile and the hamburger.”

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But all that aside, the internet has indeed changed our lives for the better.

Thanks to it, you can:

1. Easily and effortlessly stay in touch with loved ones.
2. Have access to powerful information and knowledge at your fingertips at rocket-speed.
3. Quickly locate and network with like-minded people.
4. Purchase beneficial products and services from the comfort of your home.
5. And of course, last but not least, you can also read FinerMinds.

There are many websites available on the internet which help you do the above. Lately however, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding this thing you may have heard of called Twitter... and rightly so.

You see, a couple of weeks ago Oprah joined it during her show in front of millions of people. Within days she had hundreds of thousands of fans "following" her.

As I write this, she now has 1,087,979. These are people who love and watch her show. They are people who care about personal growth and are deeply passionate about it.

Many of them chat on Twitter about fun stuff everyday. Others are busy networking with like-minded people on similar missions in life just like theirs.

A few are even having direct one-to-one conversations with many big names in the personal development industry like:

• Tony Robbins
• John Assaraf
• Arjuna Ardagh
• Chris Attwood
• And many, many more

So what does all of this have to do with you?

Well, if you're looking for a great community of people passionate about personal growth, amazing networking opportunities with lots of brilliant people who can help you manifest your dreams, or you want to ask your favorite experts important questions, you need to join Twitter today.

It's a great, fun and a very easy to use tool. Millions are already successfully using it on a daily basis as a solution for all kinds of issues.

And while Vishen and Mike have been on it for a long time now, FinerMinds recently joined, and invites you to do so as well.

To register on Twitter, head over to the main page right here, and follow the instructions.

See you there!