Sarah Granby

(Sorry about these funky dates - this is really Aug 10, but I’m having some tech issues!)

I can’t write about the Rich Dad Poor Dad seminar with our talking about Alan, our wealthy, real estate investing expert, seminar leader (who wouldn’t share his last name).  I have to confess that at first, I was deeply turned off by this man. He was opinionated, cocky and made comments about women, immigration and Obama that didn’t sit well with me. Oh, and he talked about his kids, but he wasn’t wearing a ring and there’s nothing that bugs me more than those rich guys that keep trading in for younger wives. I thought I had him figured out, good ole Georgia boy that he appeared to be.  But he was funny and engaging…and I was going to be with him for three straight days so I thought I better figure out a way to deal with him.

He shared lots and lots of his expert knowledge. He shared stories about his life path and what had gotten him where he is. He shared the tragedies that he had experienced and how that had shaped him. And, oh yeah, he is married. Been married about 25 years to the same woman.  And while he was telling us the story of how his father had died young and made him  promise to care for his mother after he was gone, he had a picture of his three kids up on the screen.  Ok, this is one seriously wealthy family.  We’ve all seen examples of wealth corrupting kids - flashy clothes, plastic surgery, drugs etc.  but these kids radiated love, they oozed self-love, healthy self-confidence and happiness.  Alan was seriously winning me over and proving me wrong. (Actually I think it was the picture of the kids that won me over completely.)

Alan shared lots of stories of how he had been generous with his wealth- it wasn’t bragging at all - just sharing.  And these stories were hugely helpful for me to see how much more helpful you can be if you have more money. As he said, if you’re a jerk when you have no money, you’ll be a bigger jerk with more money. If you’re a generous person with not very much money, you’ll be able to be a much more generous person with more money.  Let’s see….there was saving his sister’s dream home when her husband got fired, making sure all her kids made it through college, tipping waiters $400 (!!!), helping at-risk youth, sharing his real estate knowledge with others, and of course teaching these Rich Dad seminars.

The final blow  for my negative beliefs about Alan came at the end of the second day. He was inspiring us (and yes, totally hard selling us!) to go for our dreams and he posted that famous Marianne Williamson quote!  Marianne Williamson!!! Now Alan from Georgia was gettin’ all “woo-woo” on me and seriously speaking my language!  He also talked about the next revolution being the empowerment of women. Everything in my woo-woo circles is all about the rise of the feminine.

Alan from Georgia had officially won me over. And I felt the Universe winking at me, a sweet little reminder that I shouldn’t be quite so judgmental next time.

Thanks for everything Alan from Georgia! Hope to see you again someday!

During past three months, I haven’t exactly been moving towards my quantum leap goal, but I have been very clear that I need to improve my financial health. About a month ago, I kept seeing an advertisement for a free Rich Dad, Poor Dad Seminar. Though I realized it would basically be “a sell” for another bigger seminar, I knew that if I got one tip out of the seminar that it would be worth it – and besides it would show the Universe how committed I am to improving my financial health.

So I went – and no surprise that I signed up for the three-day seminar! I have invested thousands of dollars into my spiritual growth, so why wouldn’t I take that same leap of faith for my financial health? With the economy as it is, the three-day seminar was actually priced low enough that I could afford it. I have been listening to the cds, and already I feel like they are worth their weight in gold, much less the price I paid for the seminar. And I get to bring a friend for free – DEFINITELY worth the price. It’s happening the first weekend of August – I promise to report back!

To be continued…

Woo-hoo! I am SO excited for August! I’ve been waiting for July to end for three months! And now I am ON FIRE and ready to go!!!

A girlfriend of mine and I have decided that we are going to crack this money thing. Why is it that everything else in my life is going fantastically well and I just can’t seem to figure the money thing out?

Here’s an AMAZING video she sent me with Tony Robbins and Frank Kern talking about achieving goals.

http://training.tonyrobbins.com/355/interview-with-frank-kern-and-john-reese-2/

So…what did you think? For me, I had the biggest aha moment of my life watching this video! The biggest aha was thinking about how I had consciously achieved two of my biggest goals. The first was scoring a 99^th percentile on the GMAT. Not an easy task. But looking back, I remember that every single day I would sit down and visualize myself taking the test. I believe there were 75 questions on each section. I would literally see myself taking the test reading the questions, click, submit and I would feel the feeling of “Yes! I got another one right!” I would go through the entire 150 questions “#1, click, submit, YES!, #2, click, submit, YES!”All the way to 150 questions! (or whatever it is – believe it or not I can’t remember exactly how many questions there are now!!!) Did it take a long time? Yes. Did I fall asleep a lot of times during this meditation? Yes. Was I relentless? Super hungry? Did I want this more than anything? Yes. Yes! And YES!!! And though it took a couple of tries I eventually got my “dream” score.

The other huge goal I achieved was attending Mama Gena’s Mastery class in New York City. I can’t tell you had badly I wanted to go to this class. I ached for it in a way I didn’t understand. In a way, it felt like my life depended on my going to this class. I had never just purely desired something so much in my entire life. I had been reading a lot of Abraham-Hicks at the time and they are all about “vibration.” So I would sit at my computer and listen to the testimonials on the website over and over and over and over. I would imagine myself there. I could literally feel myself as part of that community. And magic started to happen. I had $5 in my bank account when I signed up for the class, no money, but somehow managed to pay $4200, get to New York four different times and find a place to stay while I was there.

Looking back I can see that in both situations I got myself into the “state” of being there – just like Tony talks about in his video. Manifesting the Mama Gena Mastery experience in my life was SO profound – I had been wondering how I was able to conjure that experience in my life. Now, after watching this video by Tony and Frank I have a much better idea of how I did it and how I can use these two experiences to create more in my life! Future updates to follow, for sure!

Hi all! (Or should that be all three of you? ) Anyway, after a hiatus, I am back with a vengeance! You may have wondered what happened with my quantum leap goal. I personally was wondering what had happened to my quantum leap goal, too! On March 21^st I made a commitment to achieving my goal of making $250,000 per year. Quite a quantum leap for me for sure! Within a week I got a promotion a work that gave me a more traditional work schedule and I no longer had to work at nights! Woo-hoo! Within another month, my significant other and I had split up, releasing a relationship that was no longer supporting me in blossoming into my full expression and opening up a lot of time. As much as I wanted to move forward with this goal and my career projects, I kept hearing a voice inside my head saying “just wait til the end of July.” So now, come July 31^st, I am ON FIRE! I can’t wait to share with you all the journey as I move towards achieving my quantum leap goal!