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A Little White Powder

POSITIVE THINKING TIP: Choose wisely the images, music, and movies that you allow into your mind, because they will inevitably influence the way you think… and therefore the life you live. What do...

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A Rare Kind of Faith

“There are two kinds of faith. One of them functions ordinarily in the life of every soul. It is the kind of faith born by experience; it gives us certainty that a new day will dawn, that spring will...

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The Plugphones Story and the Jackrabbit Factor

One of my readers recently shared a success story that I would like to share with you. She gives the background behind her husband’s experience as the founder of Plugfones (see image below). I’m...

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Specific Prayers Answered

by Guest Blogger Cristie Gardner For years, I have written my goals down: the characteristics I wanted to develop, the possessions I wanted to acquire, the projects and adventures I wanted to...

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Power, Strength, Endurance

I attended a meeting at church with my junior high/high school aged children on Sunday night and was inspired by the message they received. I’ve noticed that I can get weary easily. I run, run, run...

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Hope Like a Balloon

Positive Thinking Tip: buoyant thoughts do more than just help you feel good; they lift you above adversity like helium in a balloon. Do you remember how magical your first helium balloon was?  When...

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The Language of Faith

Positive Thinking Tip: Ask and ye shall receive – when you ask “right” “One Way” Learning to consciously apply success principles (such as the law of attraction) for a better life is just like learning...

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Finding Relief from Heavy Burdens

Last month I was asked to speak at my local church congregation's sacrament meeting. I hadn't planned on sharing my 'talk' publicly because my blog readership is made up of people from a wide variety...

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She walks into the car wash, and…

I received a fun message recently, reminding me of how simple it can be to apply the principles for truly immediate results. Check this out: Hi Leslie! I was thinking of you today. I had lost your book...

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What I Think of Dave Ramsey

For years I’ve been hearing about Dave Ramsey and I’m embarrassed to say that (without listening to him myself) I had him pegged as the guy who helps broke people manage their limited supply, while I...

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Things Undone

Positive Thinking Tip: Clear out the cobwebs of your life. it will be worth it. You’ll travel the rest of your journey much lighter, and you’ll definitely go much farther. We feel happiest when we are...

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"Perfectionism" and Prosperity

We live in a time when life comes at us faster than it ever has in the history of the world. We get stressed, overloaded, and overwhelmed. Under these pressures, it is hard to remain calm… the state of...

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When You Feel Confused and Don’t Know What To Do… Pick Your Picnic

"John, aren't you going to put on your seatbelt?" "Why, are we going to get into a crash?" "No, but seatbelts save lives..." John retorted, "Seatbelts don't save lives." "Of course they do!" His friend...

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Are You More Like a Radio or an IPOD?

Ugh. I used to be sooooo good at self-discipline before I got married and had kids. I could give myself a command and follow it – no problem. I even took great pride in my exemplary existence (cough,...

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Universe, or God?

I received an interesting email that posed a really great question. I’ll share Arlene’s question and my response below: Hi Leslie, My name is Arlene, I am 72, LDS, and I live in West Bountiful, Utah....

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Applying the principles with wisdom

Success principles (including the law of attraction), activate a power that allows us to CO-create with God. Co-creation (the power to cause things to happen with your faith) is similar to Pro-creation...

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The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Tried to Write

Warning – this is long. I’ve been pondering the following topic now for over a year, knowing that one day I would try to capture it in writing. But it’s a deep topic and I didn’t expect it to be an...

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Genius Bootcamp Ticket Winner Announced

First of all, let me start by saying that we want to see ALL of you attend Genius Bootcamp! Many thanks to each of you who expressed interest in attending December 3-5 this year. Before I announce the...

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Fake Optimism isn’t Necessary

When you begin to study the laws of success, it's natural to conclude that you have to think optimistically at all times... But constant optimism isn't necessary - it actually isn't really even...

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How Rude I Was (Or Was I?)

Prosperity is built on faith. It requires thinking truth in spite of appearances and making decisions based on the images of one’s dreams, over and above the state of perceived reality. The truth is...

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