Paradise Mindset Blog

We talked about passive income streams in the last couple of posts.  They are vitally important to your Paradise Mindset Lifestyle.  Here is an example of a great simple income stream we like.  It really helps others … And it is a sizzling hot money making niche:

http://www.GasRebateBusiness.com

… Or, check out our Squidoo Lens to see one of the ways we promote one of our online businesses:

http://www.Squidoo.com/Free-Gas-Business

But let’s talk about the real problem most people face when taking the first step to “Living their Dream”.  It is ALL about BELIEF … or actually the lack of belief.  They won’t let themselves believe they can succeed on their own terms. 

Time for a dose of honesty here.  Does that sound like you, too?  Don’t be shy or deceive yourself.  Your first action step to change is to admit to yourself that you have personal “mindset” work to do.  Most people mistakenly believe they can keep doing the (unproductive) things they did in the past and get better results.

That’s nonsense.  Your brain is a high level computer.  All experts agree on that.  Here’s a simplistic example that proves you can’t do the same thing over and over and get a new result.  Imagine you type your email address into your computer and leave out a letter.  Your computer will ALWAYS reject it!  If you type jsmith-gmail .com instead of jsmith @ gmail .com   It will never work.

I know you may say that human behavior is different … but a vast number of studies proves that assumption wrong.  You must change your thinking and start building new positive habits to dramatically change your odds of success.

Your first assignment is reprogramming your sucess mindset.  VISUALIZE (with no negative thoughts allowed) YOU as a success.  Imagine where you will be, what you will do and how you will feel when you are financially FREE!  Breathe deeply, relax and program your POSITIVE thoughts to dominate your new success mindset. 

Some of you will think this is “hocus-pocus” nonsense, but trust me and take a “leap of faith”.  You may feel stupid when you start, but your first mini-success will help you soar to success heights you can’t imagine.

For now, start the “new” Paradise Mindset “Belief system” going and check out one possible income stream you may want to add to your financial arsenal:

http://GasRebateBusiness.com

or our Squidoo Lens:

http://www.Squidoo.com/Free-Gas-Business

We have not posted recently … Too busy with island living! 

Today I want you to begin setting your sights on establishing Passive Income Streams.  That is the key to living your version of Paradise.  It’s all about “Freedom” … your freedom. 

And you already know you can’t have true freedom to live the way you want without money.  Unfortunately for virtually all of us … It is all about the money.  The exciting reality is this new “Internet world” makes it easier than ever before to make living your paradise lifestyle a likelihood rather than a pipedream.

Recently, we talked about adopting the right mindset.  The ideal mindset is truly believing you can live your dream … ASAP.  Your real goal should be to start living your dream today. 

If that is not possible, due to current job and/or lack of money, you must begin putting the foundation of your residual income plan in place.  Now, don’t get me wrong.  I am not suggesting it’s easy to set up a few income streams without a lot of planning and work.  But there are realistic ways of “super-charging” your efforts.

I will be adding a number of key strategies to this blog that will help you get on track.  These will be posted after we cover the basics.  But this post is still part of the mindset foundation. 

Absolute passionate BELIEF is the most valuable commodity in your success arsenal.  The challenge I have is helping those of you who don’t believe belief is an essential part of doing the “impossible”.

We’ll talk more about the almost unbelievable power of belief in the next post … Till then start planning … and taking stock of your belief quotient.

The Right “mindset” … is vital to achieving your version of paradise. 

Today, we continue exploring some of the basics you need to master to get where you want to go.

You may agree that Attitude with a capital “A” is essential to any kind of success.  The attitude lesson has been repeated so often it is definitely considered a cliche by many people.  That’s both good and bad news.

The good news is you have definitely heard about Attitude so many times before, the concept is easier for your subconscious mind to accept.  Your brain needs repetitive reinforcement before a never-heard concept begins to sink in. 

The bad news is you have heard about Attitude so often, you may have unconsciously blocked out anything related to Attitude changing behavior.  Very few people work hard enough to master the Attitude changing steps they will need for major breakthroughs.

You may be a positive person.  That’s great.  But that’s only the first step.  The goal here is to learn to focus on the life changing attitude basics and master the keys to your success.  You should set your sights on becoming an attitude expert.  You must learn to believe, often when there is little proof there will be a positive outcome.

The key to this mindset change is called taking a “Leap of Faith”.  The noted psychologist and author, Rollo May, wrote extensively about learning to take that critically important, but necessary “Leap of Faith”, before you could see measurable, positive results.

When you are willing to take that leap … the one where you KNOW with absolute certainty … that you will achieve your dream of living your Paradise Lifestyle … You will be ready to take the next step.

The next step is planning your action steps … and we’ll talk about those next time.

“There’s no way I can do that!” 

“You’ve got to be kidding!  I won’t be living anywhere near paradise until … ”

Those two comments are typical of most people who hear we chose to live our dream when we were only in our 20’s.  We heard the excuses before we took the leap.  We heard them in the early days of our new lifestyle … and we still hear them today, 30 years after we opted out of the typical middle class existence.

We wanted to give you a blueprint to help you launch your dream.  This post is devoted to the first part of the first step.  That first step is adopting the right mindset.  It is all about belief.  The many negative comments, excuses and wistful sighs we’ve heard over the years led us to the “mindset” focus that is so important to actually making a life change.

Attitude is everything.  Specifically, the right attitude.  You need to believe you can find a way to live an extraordinary life.  This is especially true if you are deep in debt … and seemingly “down and out”.  Confidence and creativity are the two most important keys to the mindset puzzle.  We will talk more about these keys in the next blog post.  Today we will focus on the right mindset.

You may question why we believe your mindset is so critical to your “dream” lifestyle success.  Also, why do we call it a puzzle?  Clearly, the right mindset and attitude are essential to any kind of success.  But the puzzle aspect is less obvious. 

We believe many gurus understate how complex the attitude/mindset component is for most people.  There are so many ways to achieve success and so many stumbling blocks, it is truly a puzzle that you need to solve before breaking through.  You need to create a “mindset” plan and keep it as simple as possible.  For example:

1. Set goals.  This should include big, mind blowing goals … but more important shorter term goals.
2. Plan the action steps you will need to take to achieve each of your goals.
3. Research the action steps for your goals.  Thinking, visualizing and imagining are important, but getting data, facts and solid information will clarify your vision.
4. Organize the information you gather.
5. Stay positive, despite any setbacks.  Perseverance is vital to your success.
6. Find a motivational person or mentor to help you achieve your goals.
7. Don’t give up your dream, no matter what challenges you may face.

The key to mastering the mindset puzzle is knowing, with absolute certainty, that you can succeed. Imagine yourself (and significant other, if that applies to you) living in your new lifestyle as frequently as you can. 

The more you reinforce your belief with a touch of reality, the easier the transition will be.  Pictures, trips or vacations to your dream lifestyle location will definitely help.  You should also read books, articles or other info about your vision of “Paradise”.

More next time about mindset.

This blog is all about changing your mindset.  We did it … and it was hard, but really worth it. 

The question is … Do you want to live in Paradise NOW?  Or, more realistically, you may want to make the break as soon as you can change the way you earn … so you can afford it.

The tropical paradise that we live in looks a little like this photo.  But that’s our vision of paradise.  You may dream of a mountain hide-away or some other personally appealing lifestyle you can’t wait to achieve.

This blog will give you a little insight about how we made the break … and plenty of details for you to plan your “Paradise Lifestyle”.  We did not escape from the “ratrace” yesterday.  We made the break almost 30 years ago, long before “Living your dream” was more common.  And most important, we did not have enough money saved to retire forever. 

We chose a novel path back then.  The late 1970’s was still a time when most people joined a company and worked for that elusive “gold watch” retirement after 30 years.  My wife’s and my parents were horrified we were dropping out of the “real world”. 

In fact, I was accused of taking my young wife and second grade child to a pirate infested tropical disaster area.  We did the unthinkable.  We sold our house, left the upscale life we had built … to live on a boat!  Worse yet, from their viewpoint, we sailed away on a sail boat to live in the Caribbean.

Looking back, this was the most wonderful adventure we could have ever undertaken and we have no regrets.  There were all sorts of adjustments we had to make … and the small matter of earning enough money to keep living our dreams.

We will bring you some of the unique ways we monetized our dream back then … and more important give you a continuing stream of ideas about how you can change your life today and learn the “Paradise Mindset” for you and your loved ones.

More details in the next installment. 

Imagine your life if you could stop working & retire now. 

Stop!  Change your Mindset.  Most people hate retirement. 

Fact:  There are only so many times you can play golf, or shop or take up full-time hobbies.  At least that’s the way most people feel AFTER they’ve retired.  Most of us need to be needed.  We need purpose in our lives … and we need goals.

So, what’s the solution?  You desperately need to change your mindset and find a way to change your life NOW!.  It’s all about the right mindset … We like to call it the “Paradise Mindset”. 

You may be wondering what exactly is the Paradise Mindset.  There are two key ingredients to this remarkable mindset.  The first key is finding a way to live your dream today.  Choose your absolute “to die for” exotic paradise location where you want to live (when you have oodles of money) and figure out a way to live there today. 

The second key is finding out what you love to do.  You must be “over the top” passionate about whatever you decide to do … and make it your new career or business.

 There are a bunch of other things you will need to do or learn to become a Paradise Mindset success story … and that’s the purpose of this blog.  Your Paradise Mindset blogmasters, Bev & Roger Nevard “escaped” the humdrum ratrace almost 30 years ago.  We love to share our lifestyle mindset and we love to mentor others who want to create their own exciting mindset adventures. 

Stay tuned for ideas, tips, money making opportunities, lifestyle resources and much more.  Welcome to paradise … please start shaping your own dream lifestyle.