In his highly motivating book “Prosperity”, Charles Fillmore writes:

There is a great similarity in homes of nearly all people who have about same-sized incomes…But here and there are exceptions. Someone is expressing his or her individuality…This free, independent spirit has much in its favor in making a prosperity demonstration. The delusion that it is necessary to be just like other people are or to have as much as other people have causes a spirit of anxiety that hinders exercise of faith in demonstration.

We all know to fight tendency to envy what our neighbors have. Here we call it “keeping up with Joneses” – that feeling that if Jones family down street got a new big-screen television set, we should get one too. But what about urge to keep “down” with Joneses? Is your circle of acquaintances subtly keeping you from looking ahead and thinking bigger? Are you choosing to let them? That’s not to say you need to give up your friends. But you can be open to more than what they see.

We’re lucky enough to live in societies that allow us our choices. What a waste it would be to not give ourselves chance to exercise them.

I did. And after three weeks of email exchanges, this man finally wrote me an email that rocked my world. He said, "I appreciate all you've done for me. If you ever want your material considered by Nightingale-Conant, I am their senior marketing director. Just send your stuff to me."

I still get goosebumps when I think of that email. That miracle occurred not because of any planned action, but because of Inspired Action.

So here's how to make Inspired Action work for you:

Step One: As I explain in "Spiritual Marketing," set an intention. An intention is your declaration about your dream, or goal, that you want to be, do, or have. This is your request of your subconscious, unconscious and universe itself. The clearer your intention, better your results. One of my intentions was, "I intend to have a best-selling audiotape program with Nightingale-Conant." Another was, "I intend for my 'Spiritual Marketing' book to become a #1 best-seller at Amazon."

Step Two: Follow your hunches. Listen to your intuition. If you get a desire to make a plan of action, so be it. Do it. But if you get a desire to go for a walk, or to watch television, or to surf web, then do that. You never know where your Inspired Action will take you, but because you set an intention (step one), your intuition will find a short-cut to your dreams.

Inspired Action works because your ego can only see limited terrain while universe can see it all. Your ego might say, "Write a business plan." But your intuition might see that that won't work in your case and instead urge you to do something else, maybe even something strange. Trust it. Inspired Action comes from bigger picture, which you can't always see until you've taken actions you're being inspired to take.

Finally, more you can quiet your mind, still your thoughts, and relax your body, more you will hear inner voice nudging you in direction of your dreams.

When it speaks, move.

That's Inspired Action.

Do it and you'll find amazing new short-cuts direct to fulfillment of your stated desires. It's an easy path more fun, more relaxed, and usually more profitable, than planned action and constant struggle.

Try it and see.

Dr. Joe Vitale is the author of way too many books to list here. His latest title is "The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or anything else) From the Inside Out." Register for his monthly complimentary ezine at http://www.mrfire.com

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