“Independence” can refer to so many things. When we talk about our prosperity, what do we want to be independent of? From what must we declare our freedom?

Here’s a big one: independence from limitations of opinions of others. Many of us feel conscious or unconscious need to live up – or down – to expectations of others.

We’re playing roles in our families that we’re reluctant to break out of. Maybe our parents set parameters for our lives – big ones or small ones – and we’re afraid to burst through those boundaries and “disappoint” them.

We’re uncomfortable if we rise above our current peer group. That’s not just because we want to fit in, but also because our peers make us feel uncomfortable if we don’t. Many of people who are in same situation we are don’t want us to break out of it. If we do, it reminds them that they could too, if they wanted to. But they haven’t made decision to do what it would take, and that’s not a good feeling. Even if they don’t actively hold us back, they don’t encourage us to break mold.

"But what do I DO if I let go?" is question I get most. "If I let go, don't I just sit there?"

What I didn't fully explain in book is that you usually still have to do something to achieve your dreams. That something might be as little as answering phone. Or making a call. Or buying a book. Or joining an association. Or answering an email. I have no idea what that action will be for you regarding achieving your dream. But you usually have to do something, however small or large a step.

But magic answer to question of what action to do next is this:

You want to take what I call "Inspired Action."

Inspired Action is any action you take based on an inside nudge.

In other words, an Inspired Action is when you suddenly get a desire to drive to store. You may have no idea why you need to go to store right now. But something within you is urging you out door. Follow that hunch. It may lead you to your goal. At store, you may meet right person. Or find right product. Or pick up right magazine that will lead you to completing your dream.

For example, in "Spiritual Marketing" I talk about how I managed to get into Nightingale-Conant with my own tapeset, called "The Power of Outrageous Marketing." I had tried to get Nightingale-Conant to pay attention to me for over ten years. (Ten years!) Nothing I did would ever work out. Yet I was doing all "right things" people said I should do---make calls, send letters, follow a plan of action, etc.

Nope. None of that ever worked.

So I stopped all that planned action. I didn't stop wanting my goal of being in famous Nightingale-Conant catalog, of course, but I did stop struggling to make it happen. I, in short, let go. I waited for divine inspiration to tell me what to do next.