We’ll take big steps closer to your dream this month. You’ll learn how to take physical actions that lead straight to your dream! You cannot think your way into right action, but you can act your way into right thinking.

Now that you’ve been consciously working on changing your perception and becoming more counterintuitive since last month, let me ask you what these letters spell:

Your perception and, therefore, your life is changing and making a turn toward your dream.

How much time do you invest in your dream, thinking about and doing whatever it is you love to do? Very little. So what do you give most of your time and attention to? Orange cones, that’s what.

I learned a profound, life-changing psychological lesson at, of all places, the Skip Barber Racing School at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, Calif. This single experience was the missing link I needed to effectively teach The Ultimate Technique for Success: how to recover from and control your vehicle through a spin.

I was sitting at the edge of the skid pad — essentially a very large, wet, asphalt parking lot — in a big, bright-red, Dodge Ram pickup truck, with four bald tires. And way off in the distance sat one orange traffic cone.

My instructor said: “Now, I want you to accelerate to 40 miles per hour, aim for the orange cone, put the truck in a spin, recover from the spin, and don’t hit the orange cone.”

Well that sounds simple, doesn’t it? It’s not! Over and over, with all that vast space, I hit the orange cone every time. (The complete story takes longer to tell than the limited space I’m allotted here; you can see/hear it at: http://www.utsclub.com/utsclub.php?ref=personalliberty)

Summary: A vehicle (and your life) goes only where you look. But our brains are wired to focus upon where we don’t want to go; in this case, toward the orange cone. It’s physically difficult to not look at it. You must practice, practice, practice to learn how not to focus upon where you don’t want to go! It’s counterintuitive.

And this explains why your dreams haven’t come true: You spend most of your time obsessed with the orange cones in your life and not with your dream.

“That which I feared the most came to pass, and what I dread befalls me.” — Job.

“Resist not evil.” — The Bible

“What you resist persists.” — Carl Jung

Rewiring your brain requires action — physical action — combined with your intention focused upon your dream. So begin now to make what you love to do, rather than orange cones, a significant part of your life.

“If you dedicate yourself to learning about your subject [your Dream; what you love to do] for 15 minutes a day, in a year’s time you’ll be an expert. In five years, you’ll be a national expert. The only hard part is choosing your subject.” — Albert Einstein

Why would choosing your subject be the hard part? Because our brains are wired to focus upon Orange Cones.

Here’s how to imbue your dream with action and intention:

1. Visit a toy store by yourself, walk every aisle and buy a toy just for you, one that inspires you and relates to your dream. Keep it out and available at your home or office and play with it often.

“That’s the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don’t remember what it’s like to be twelve years old.” — Walt Disney

2. Whenever possible, get in the longest line and think about your dream while you’re waiting. (This includes waiting at red lights and sitting in traffic too.)

“The best cure for a sluggish mind is to disturb its routine.” — William H. Danforth

Now you’re putting all-important action behind your dream. It’s esoteric, but this “primes the pump” whereupon the universe responds abundantly. Try it.

Onward & Upward!

Copyright 2011 by Ken Roberts. All Rights Reserved.

It took 32 years to finally discover how to earn a living doing what I love (writing and teaching).

And all the while (probably just like you do, too), I devoured every self-help book I could get my hands on (holding my breath, hoping the bookstore clerk wouldn’t call for credit card authorization as they did in those days). I attended more self-improvement seminars than I care to remember, and even went to career counselors asking what I was supposed to do with my life. (It’s still uncomfortable admitting all this.)

So for now, let me just say that success is not about goals, plans, resolutions, positive thinking, affirmations or will power. Oh, the years and money I wasted on all that. The truth is that all those are born out of resistance; resistance is fear; and fear repels your dream and success.

What I finally learned the long, hard way had me not only living my dream, but also earning more money than I ever imagined and ever would have dared to set as a "goal." I would have cheated myself with a self-concocted goal. (So far, I’ve paid more than $55 million in personal income taxes alone.)

Then, it took another 11 years to learn how to accelerate this technique and teach it to others. I titled it The Ultimate Technique for Success — A Step of Faith That Makes Any Dream Come True.

What is "The Ultimate Technique for Success”?

How many times have you thrown up your hands in discouragement, even desperation, and asked: What do I do now? When this happens, you’re on the right track; you just need to go farther than you ever knew to go before. This is why success is so elusive. You cannot think your way into right action, but you can act your way into right thinking.

It takes action — physical action — to literally rewire your brain for success. (Scientists can actually plot this now.)

You need to take specific, deliberate actions, inspired by your dream-energized intention. This changes your perception. And what you perceive is what you receive. What does that mean? I’ll show you:

To illustrate this principle, please read this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Counting only once, how many times does the letter “F” appear above?"

Did you count three F’s? Most people see only three F’s because our minds read the word "of" as "ov." Thus, to see all six F’s, you must be consciously counterintuitive and actually override your own mind to obtain the correct result.

Given the very same circumstances, experiences and events of your life, many individuals became millionaires doing what they love to do. Right off the bat, you can easily think of others who became rich and famous doing the very same thing you love to do, too.

So what’s the difference? Perception, that’s all. Using our metaphor, they have a toolbox with four, five or six F’s to work with; whereas you still erroneously believe you have only three F’s in your toolbox at your disposal.

So become more counterintuitive this month. Begin changing your perception right now.

Consciously override your mind, question your habitual reactions and begin asking: What is it I’m not seeing here? And rather than ask "why is this happening to me?" as you instinctively do now, begin wondering "why is this happening for me?" instead.

I’ll see the newer you here next month with another dramatic demonstration and more specific, inspired actions that demonstrably change your perception — fast.

Onward & Upward!

Copyright 2011 by Ken Roberts. All Rights Reserved.