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The Parable of Talents
By: Brian Tracy

The Parable of the Talents is the primary reason for wealth or poverty throughout history.

Reasons For Rich or Poor
Why do some people retire rich and most people retire poor? This subject has fascinated philosophers, thinkers, mystics and teachers throughout the ages. There have been so many cases of hundreds or thousands and even millions of men and women who have started with nothing and become financially independent that people are naturally curious to know why it happened and what are the common rules or principles that others can apply to become wealthy as well.

Why People Become Rich
One illustration of this key principle is called the parable of the talents. In the Bible, it says, "To him that hath, shall more be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away."

Accumulation Leads to More Accumulation
What does it mean? In the modern world, we say "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." The fact is that people who accumulate money tend to accumulate more and more. People who don't accumulate money seem to lose even that little bit of money which they have.

Why should this happen? The great success principle, the single idea that explains human destiny is simple. It says that, "you become what you think about, most of the time."

Control Your Thoughts
And whatever you dwell upon, grows in your reality. You create your entire world by the things you choose to think about and how you choose to think about them.

It just so happens that wealthy, successful people fill their minds with thoughts, words, pictures and images of wealth, affluence, success, productivity and solutions to problems in the marketplace, most of the time. These thoughts trigger the reticular activating cortex, the part of the brain that makes you more alert and sensitive to things that you have decided are important to you.

Activate Your Reticular Cortex
For example, if you decide to invest in a mutual fund, you will start to see news and information about mutual funds everywhere. Mentions in newspapers and magazines will jump out at you. These notices have always been there but now you have sensitized your brain to pick them up and draw them to your attention with far greater frequency and vividness. This is the function and power of your reticular cortex.

Avoid Poverty Thinking
On the other hand, what do poor people think about most of the time? Unfortunately, poor people fill their minds with thoughts of scarcity, lack, poverty, being unable to afford things. They are always thinking and talking about how little money they have, how much things cost and how they wish things could be better financially. What they think about most of the time is how little money they have.

Think Like Wealthy People Think
Wealthy people from an early age think about how much they have, how much they want and all the different things they can do to acquire and earn the money and things they desire.

Find Out How Rich People Think
Here's a rule for you. If you want to become successful, find out what failures do and don't do it. If you want to be wealthy, find out what poor people think about, and avoid thinking in those ways. Instead, find out how wealthy people think. Find out what they read. Find out how they spend their time. Study their lives, read their stories and autobiographies and listen to their words when they are interviewed and on tape. The more you find out what financially successful people think and talk about most of the time, and do the same things, the more rapidly you will enjoy the same rewards that they do.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do to put this parable of the talents into action:

First, make a decision today that from now on you will think and talk only about the financial success that you desire. At the same time, you will refuse to talk about or dwell upon your financial problems.

Second, instead of saying, "I can't afford it," instead ask the question, "How can I afford it?" When you think of something that you want or need that you don't have the money for at the time, the only question you ask is, "How?" How can you get it? What can you do to achieve it? What are your options? How can you get from where you are to where you want to go? This type of attitude will change your life.

My business trip was canceled. Boss man had a death in the family and will be busy with grieving etc for a while. I'm a little bummed since I was kind of excited to get out of the Atlanta area for a few days, but things happen that are out of our control at times. I will be traveling to Naples, FL for another business trip in April which is a much better location=)

Since I wasn't able to go to Memphis, TN as planned, I have been just relaxing at home while puppy snoozes away in my lap. I don't have to venture back to work until noon Friday. The husband will be home in an hour or so from work. He'll be wanting to log onto the internet to play Gears of War on the Xbox 360 with his gaming buddies. I so need to get our wireless network all figured out so we both can enjoy our individual internet activities once again. We usually hit the local Barnes & Noble to buy me a few books to keep myself occupied while he ventures into his gaming world. I guess I'll soak myself in a nice relaxing tub full of bath salts, bubbles, etc  while listening to random music on the laptop to drown out his screams of joy or disgust as he is all enthralled into his game. Then I guess I'll read more of the latest book I am reading which is the 2nd book in the Eragon book set. I saw the movie 1st, but love the books so much better. Too much was changed around when the movie was made. I hate when they do that, too.

I have no idea what I have planned for tomorrow. There aren't any decent "girly" movies currently out at the movie theatre. I haven't been in a shopping mood lately, either. I have too many clothes as it is anyways. I have so much that my husband's clothes were removed from our walk in closet a while back so that my own could be all categorized by type and color. Damn it, they needed room to well... breathe!!!

Blah... now I'm bored and I'm half watching some Chinese with English subtitled movie on tv while listening to Missy Elliot. The pup is randomly wandering around the apartment and probably getting into some mischief. Oh wait, he just toddled back into the living room. He is now standing on the back of our couch poking his head through the blinds of our sliding glass door which leads to our balcony and I guess he is "monitoring" the outside. Sniff, Sniff, Sniff... toddling the length of the couch, crawling underneath the covers of where I am reclining to go back to snoozing in his Mama's lap. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we had such a big storm this past Sunday that we had more water leak from the ceiling which resulted into this:

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I'll be really busy for this upcoming week starting today & even that's an understatement. I'm pulling 12 hr shifts at work for the next 3 days and then I'm going on a business trip to Memphis, TN for Tues - Thurs. Hotel acommendations, meals, and transportation have all been taken care of by my boss. Afterwards, I'll have 9 more hrs of work left for me to end the work week on the following Friday. I told the husband that I hope that he and the puppy don't miss me too much. I'm sure that they'll manage on their own while I'm out of town. I guess I'll bring the digi cam along since I've never been to Memphis before and want to try to capture some interesting landmarks, etc in my free time. I'm off to bed now since 7:30am is going to get here too quick for me... ick.

No one online can truly say that they know the REAL me. Can anyone really say that they know the whole trueness of anyone that they do not interact with on a day to day "away from the internet" basis? People can create a whole different persona of themselves when they submerge into the wonders of the 'Net. You could perhaps have an "inkling" of how I am, but until you spend time with me far away from the computer... you have only the info of the pics I choose to submit & the words I choose to type to base your judgement on what kind of person I actually am.

 Who am I, you might ask? My name is Angela. I am a 27 year old married woman who is trying to find her place in this world. I try to take one day at a time and embrace all the moments that I have with my husband, puppy, family, & friends. I feel like I should be younger than what my birth date dictates to me. I don't feel my age at all. I feel like time is slipping away from me. Years are going much too fast to me. It seems like only just yesterday, I graduated from high school. Where did all the time go? How did I get here so fast? I don't want to settle into the boringness of a typical adult like my parents where everything must be serious, etc all the time. I want to have FUN!!! I want to have water fights, jump through water sprinklers, buy ice cream from the neighborhood Ice Cream Person, etc.

Well, I am trying to get into new things. I am hoping to go to Dragon*Con this upcoming Labor Day weekend. I want to get into cosplay. I just think it could be a lot of fun. I have 2 other people who would be attending with me so much fun should be had. Eeeeee, I just wish time would speed up to when a soon to be close friend of mine will be living in this area. She's awesome from what her brother, Jase, tells me and I need some major AWESOMENESS in my life right about now.

Our recent weather this past week hasn't reflected this winter holiday season. During the day, it's in the mid 70s. At night, the temp does drop to the lower 50s. I am really loving this sudden "heat wave," but it's pretty hard to get into the full Christmas spirit when you're riding around with the window rolled down and wearing summer clothing. I really don't think we'll be seeing any snow this year. Oh wait... we haven't had snow in time for Christmas for a few years now. Personally, I would love it if our weather stayed nice and warm all year round. As you can tell, I do not enjoy cold winds, etc. That's when I tend to be always wanting to "hibernate" and become recluse when I am not required to leave my residence for work or other tiresome activies like food shopping etc... well anything that will be forcing me to brave that dreaded winter temps when I just want to be all cuddled up under the blankets next to my husband and puppy. Spring & Summer are my favorite seasons and I just love to embrace them as much as I can whenever its the time for them.

So... Bring on this odd "heat wave" for as long as it lasts and stuff

but he really needs it. Bonzai is all set up for an extensive grooming appointment at our local PetSmart for tomorrow to have his manly puppy self all fresh & clean. He will get a shampoo & condition, blow dried, a doggie massage, his ears cleaned out, nails clipped, his teeth thoroughly brushed, and finished off by having a bandana draped on. While Mr Puppy Head is being pampered (more like "Mama... why did you leave me with these cleaning people?"), John & I will be busy running a few errands. John will be getting his hair cut & I might get a trim to bring in some bounce back to my own hair. Then we'll be heading over to the mall so that I can spend my $75 gift card at PacSun's that his mother sent me as a Xmas gift. If we have enough time, we'll make a dash to Best Buy so that John can spend his $75 gift card that he recieved from his mother. After picking up the freshly cleaned from head to toe Puppster, we'll deposit him at home to rest from the "tramua of being beautified" and then John will be taking the Jeep to get it washed while I will be next door getting the oil changed on the Blazer. Later on that day, I think we have plans to meet up with our friends before they get busy with their own family holidays. On Sunday, John & I just plan to sleep in for as long as we can, do a bit of grocery shopping, and then we have my company's Xmas party to attend later on that night. I really hate busy weekends...

As of today, I am back to being a PRACTICING Dental Assistant. I had to put my skills on the backburner for awhile since no dentist was interested in hiring me, but that is no longer the case. I had a working interview yesterday and impressed the dear Dentist so much with my friendly demeanor & eagerness to want to learn more that I was hired a fulltime position to work for him in his practice. No longer will I be expected to work on weekends or holidays anymore. I’ll still get paid for those holidays, too. My new working hours shall be 10am - 6pm from Mon - Fri. I get to go back to wearing my super comfy scrubs all day long with a cheerful smile on my face as I escort each of our patients to the dental chair and assist the lovable DR to rip their teeth from the sockets while blood is just spurting all over. I get a natural high from it all and am bubbling over with extreme joy for finally being able to jumpstart my promising lifetime career as a DENTAL Assistant.

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I got bored with the other so I bought a new one today. What else did I do today...? Oh yeah! I bought my supervisor his Christmas gifts, bought some extras to slip in with those Christmas cards that I have NOT started on yet, bought a cute snowman kitchen timer, some Jiffy Popcorn that you pop over the stove as well as one of those classic popcorn holders to munch that tasty popcorn out of once its all well popped, some connectors so I can finally set my laptop up to watch tv on it, an orange bucket hat, and I think that's it. Yeah... that's it. I might have some REALLY good news in a week, but don't want to share it until I find out for sure.

I just put up our tiny tree. We don't have much room to get a full sized one since we're still living in apartments. Once  we get a house, all shall change. We shall do those animatronics deer, etc and putting nice lights on the house, & well etc. I been trying to help myself to get more into the "Holiday Spirit" by listening to our local radio station that starts playing 24/7 Christmas music from day 1 of the month of December. I guess tomorrow I shall start cranking the tunes of my Jessica Simpson Christmas cd on our stereo & start doing my Christmas cards so that they can be mailed out. I have really procrastinated on those, too. I am a part of a worldwide Christmas card exchange with quite a bit of young ladies and I am afraid that "yes" they will be getting to each respectable overseas lady a little bit AFTER Christmas. Hehe, oops. Sorry, ladies. I have just been so bogged down with work and we are all working quite a bit of overtime (40+ hours) to make up for a former coworker no longer wishing to be employed with us. She just HAD to quit right before the Christmas season. Stupid Whore!!! Well I guess my paychecks will be a little more heftyier for the time being... I am trying to decide what John & I are going to eat in regards to Christmas Day Dinner. I'm thinking a nice, succulent ham from the Honey Baked Ham store like we had last year. Can we say ORGASMIC???