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Well, there are more than 130 individuals, including 40 members of the Think and Grow Rich! MasterMind Table MeetUp Group, and YOU are an intregal part of this community across the nation, many of whom have been enriched by my class on Think and Grow Rich!
Recently, I’ve had numerous requests to get together. Now, usually I have a BBQ at my house, but the likelihood of more than 20 attending is pretty high, so I’ve booked the Old Pueblo Grill for a non-Table meetup for all our members to mingle – those who have been a student, and those who haven’t yet. And, as usual, I’ll probably do a quick presentation on manifesting results in life. (I am a coach after all!)
For those of you who aren’t aware, this Meetup is dedicated to learning, then applying the principles from the book Think and Grow Rich! I’ve had the humble honor to witness the manifest change that takes place in peoples’ lives who are willing to shed the trappings of common thought and take on the power within which has been so long repressed.
Over a ten-week period, a group of like-minded, advancing people come together to form a “Table”. The membership of the tables has ranged from as small as two to as many as twenty-four. Each table has ONE purpose. To apply the principles from the book (and other sources in agreement with it) to make advancement in life and business, and to garner true support from others in a new micro-environment of growth. In short: to learn how to naturally do more, have more, and be more.
This meetup is NOT a 10-week table. It IS a great opportunity to catch up on fellow graduates’ progress in their stated goals; to meet new people in order to give and receive with a now-larger support network; to help those who may have plateaued in breaking forth in freedom; but most of all, it’s a great opportunity to join your energy with others’.
So, join us for our early bi-annual Think Out Loud MasterMinds Get-Together and Free Your Mind to Free Your Life. The Grill will have a menu available for our group, so come hungry and stay late!
Check out the Testimonials (among other things) at http://www.tolmasterminds.com/?cat=5.
Hold Your Vision,
John Fox
International LifeSuccess Consultant
Results Coach for Life and Business
You know, there are many times when I hear the following statements:
“Money is the root of all evil and you shouldn’t persue it.” “You have to watch out for being materialistic.”You’ve probably heard plenty of these and more. You may have even these yourself a few times.
Well, let’s talk about this real quick… …about why some say that you should’t want money or posessions at all because the desire for these things is materialistic and not Spiritual.
If you’re not in to Biblical discussions, skip this part: 1 Timonthy 6:10 says, “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” Not money itself, but the love of money. The author of Hebrews states in 13:5, “Keep your lives free from the love of money…”. Earlier in Timothy (3:3) he mentions the evil it is to “love money” twice. Luke, in 16:14, talks about the “Pharasees, who loved money…”. Do you see a pattern?
Let me point out another pattern. In the Bible, what happened to every person or group who operated by God’s Law? EVERY one of them prospered (in material and monetary wealth), but only after they understood the Law and operated within it. Abraham, Issaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Essau, Lot, Job, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, the Children of Ishmael, the Children of Israel (who were given massive wealth from the Egyptians), and the list goes on all the way to Jesus and beyond. Every one, every single one, prospered after they understood and operated within the Law.
OKAY – Bible-only discussion over. Let’s take a look at things from a common sense point of view. Remember one thing and remember it well: you are here in this very physical world where Spirit is materialized. You cannot separate yourself from your Spiritual side. So, for the same reason, while you are in a physical body, you cannot separate yourself from that which is physical (or material).
All things of a physical nature that surround you are Spiritual in nature, inluding money. (I wrote a blog on that too.) To deny yourself of the best in life is to deny the very reason you exist – to attract, receive, and experience the best Life has to offer.
Wallace Wattles put it beautifully in his superb book “The Science of Getting Rich”:
“It is the natural and inherent impulse of life to seek to live more; it is the nature of intelligence to enlarge itself, and of consciousness to seek to extend its boundaries and find fuller expression. The universe of forms has been made by formless living substance throwing itself into form in order to express itself more fully.”
Oh, the poetry of those words which speak directly to the heart and mind! That statement is worth reading a second time, and a third, and a fourth!
I can tell you this, also. If you’re not experiencing the best health in your life… if you’re not experienceing the best wealth in your life… your spirit is not fully prospering. It is an accepted fact that your spirit is that part of you which knows no time or limit. In the science community it is called the sub-conscious and it will force you to live the life you believe is right or possible, even if that’s opposite from the life you want.
Remember, what you want is intellectual. It is you desire, put in to description. In other words, you wants are in the conscious part of your mind. Your SUB-conscious mind, however, is where action takes place and it will live out the self-image you really have of yourself: what you feel you deserve, what you feel you’re worthy of, what you believe is possible, etc.
The good news is that your sub-conscious has developed its sense of what’s possible through your life-long repetitive self-talk and it the same technique by which you will change the course of your life and transform your existence from ashes to beauty. Here’s why. Your sub-conscious guides your every feeling, step, action, and thus result. …and you’ll do what you feel or believe should be done – even if you don’t know why.
So, it’s only after you hear the importance of prospering materially (that it’s a sign of prospering spiritually), that you can begin to believe that good living is right living. When you understand this and believe it, your actions will reflect this. In these new actions you will be naturally obeying Natural Law or Universal Law (same thing). It is then, and only then, that you can truely do, have, and be more. Things won’t come to you because you’ve fought for them, but instead they’ll come to you because they’re not able to stay away from you.
Catherine Ponder said “People are ‘down’ on what they are not ‘up’ on.” I don’t expect everyone to accept and understand this lesson, or even ascertain it’s importance. It probably goes directly against much of what their upbringing has always said. It won’t be until enough time and concentration is placed upon one’s mind regarding this subject that a true understanding of its importance will be realized. Then, as Catherine continued to say, “A [right-thinking] and [Law]-revering people are a healthy and prosperous people. Loyalty to [Law] would bring inevitable prosperity.”
Hold Your Vision,
John Fox
International LifeSuccess Consultant
Results Coach for Life and Business
facilitated by
John Fox, Results Coach“I am absolutely convinced that, regardless of the business you’re in – regardless of your position in the business…even if you don’t own a business, and your business is being a single mom or a single dad, or a stay-at-home mom or dad…I am just absolutely convinced that, what matters most…I mean what really matters most, is our results: THE NAME OF THE GAME IS RESULTS. — John Fox
During this dynamic, NO-cost, 10-week study, you will learn how to apply – to your life or business – the foundational principles of Napoleon Hill’s number one selling book, “Think and Grow Rich!” What’s more, it will cost you nothing except one hour a week and the cost of the book which you can find from any book seller or you can purchase HERE for just $19.95. Make sure you get the right version of book – we refer to it by page and paragraph.
Study what hundreds and thousands of the most successful and wealthy people on earth today directly attribute their success to: the ideas and practices laid out in “Think and Grow Rich!”
Together with others in your MasterMind Table, you will learn how to achieve your goals through the practices and principles of desire, faith, autosuggestion, imagination, decision, persistence, the subconscious mind, and the seven basic fears, just to name a few.
John Fox, a partner of Bob Proctor, certified as an International LifeSuccess Consultant, will facilitate and lead you through this dynamic, structured study for absolute, whole-life success. The results will astound you as you watch the lives and business of your MasterMind Table improve from one week to the next.
Meetings In Progress… Thank you…Contact me at info@tolmasterminds.com for more information.
I’m looking foward to meeting you.
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Hold Your Vision,
John Fox
International LifeSuccess Consultant
Results Coach for Life and Business
This evening, May 14, 2010, at 5:30p, I was the Keynote Speaker for the Business Planning Class at the Microbusiness Advancement Center of Southern Arizona, or MAC Center for short.
If you’d like to hear what I had to say, just click HERE.
(It’s in a ZIP file, so it doesn’t take 15 minutes loading up in your browser.)
I’m honored to call myself “friend” to the Programs Director, Lillian Perez, and the English Studies Training Manager, Jerone Davis. Having attended the the Orientation to this course and invited to be an expert guest teacher for a class on Business Psychology and the Entrepreneurial Mindset, I can tell you this:
If you want to learn about the business you think you already know;
If you want to streamline your business for growth-orientation;
If you want to position your business and make it attractive for lenders and funders;
ATTEND THIS COURSE. Click HERE – the next one starts July 8.

The MAC Center is a 501(c)(3) and operates off of three major federal grants. It’s partially funded by the low-cost, accredited business courses it offers. To find out more about the MAC Center, click HERE. The MAC Center is also closely connected with SCORE and the SBDC.
Hold Your Vision,
John Fox
International LifeSuccess Consultant
Results Coach for Business and Life
www.JohnFox.LifeSuccessConsultants.com
www.TOLMasterMinds.com
ORGIZATIONAL CHANGES AT TUCSON-BASED D’MENTION SYSTEMS
D’Mention Systems, LLC announces an organizational change as part of its ongoing strategy to be the leading competitive force in web branding, web communication, web video, specialty software, and business development services, positioning the company to maximize growth beyond the Tucson-metro market:
Think Out Loud Masterminds, LLC will join the D’Mention Systems family of companies under the leadership of Think Out Loud Masterminds’ current CEO, John Fox. The new joint-management structure will be led by the following persons:
Mike Liskow – Chief Executive Officer (Principal) Andrew Hollamon – Chief Technology Officer (Principal) John Fox – Chief Operations Officer (Remaining CEO of Think Out Loud MasterMinds) Dave Liskow – Chief Financial OfficerAs part of these changes John Fox will be joining the company after 14 years of service and leadership in corporate management, as well as personal and executive coaching. Mr. Fox will direct his focus at the corporate level as Chief Operations Officer. the majority of his responsibilities will be to establish growth-oriented procedures for the D’Mention Systems family of companies and contract management.
Mr. Fox will remain Tucson’s leading results coach for life and business as well as continuing to place private funding to B2B and B2G businesses. Folding these services into D’Mention Systems’ current offerings completes D’Mention Systems’ array of business development services.
“The new organizational structure is largely based on development processes, quality and cost controls, and agility. This will enhance and sharpen focus to better enable D’Mention Systems to meet customer expectations. Our purpose, as always, is to create value for our customers by delivering and servicing outstanding products.” said Mr. Fox.
Media Contact Information: D’Mention Systems – Zing Media Network – Think Out Loud MasterMinds 1690 N Stone Ave, Ste 212 Tucson, AZ 85705 P: 520-229-8730 F: 520-623-3879 info@dmentionsystems.com www.dmentionsystems.com www.zingvideocenter.com www.cityzing.biz www.thinkoutloud.name www.tolmasterminds.comToday is called Good Friday all around the planet. Have you ever wondered why, though? It’s a day that represents and honors (to a degree) the vicious beating, wanton violence, humiliating and agonizing crusifixion, and ultimate death of Jesus of Nazareth. Why in the world is it called “Good Friday”?
To answer that question, let’s set some perspective. No, really. We need to understand what perspective really is to understand this one fully. So, put aside your beliefs about religion (pro or con) and consider this.
As a Results Coach, it’s imparative that my clients and students understand the reality of Natural or Universal Law – a law that applies to you whether you want it to or not… whether you even believe in it or not. One of the most well-understood, yet misused Universal Laws is the Law of Polarity. (Well-understood because everyone wants everyone and everything positive in their lives, but misused because no one thinks it applies to them!)
I usually explain the Law of Polarity in simple terms. I say, “Because of the Law of Polarity, everything must have an opposite. So, each bad or negative must have a good or positive opposite.” (For this reason alone, fear can never be used as a reason to quit, because fear’s polar opposite is faith which provides a reason to succeed.)
Anyway – back to the Law of Polarity. Let me share with you the scientific definition of the Law of Polarity. It’s phrased kind of like a mathematical theorum and it goes like this:
“The Law of Polarity states that 1) anything can be split into two wholly opposite characteristics and 2) each of these polar elements contains the potentiality of the other within its essence.”In other words, every thing has an opposite and every thing’s opposite is made possible by the very existence of the thing.
Okay… Let’s put this in our perfect memory and recall it after introducing one more important point. Then we’ll tie all this together. Everyone knows I coach on results-getting and goal achievement. Without typing the equivalent of a 12-hour course on goal achieving, let me just say the only way to achieve a goal is to start by having one – a clear one.
Recently, I wrote an article on climbing a mountain. Okay it was more of a transcript of a talk I recorded from the top of the mountain. In this talk I made the point that the climb to the top was made difficult, and potentially impossible, but not keeping my eye on the peak every so often. Several times I found myself focused so intently on my current location and I lost sight not only of the goal (the mountain top), but even what was 50 feet ahead of me (a dead end!).
Focusing on my present circumstances was very frustrating for two reasons. First, I kept having to back track, loosing ground and being forced to move away from the top just to find the path again. Second, and more importantly, I just felt plain stuck.
Now we’ll tie this all together and get some perspective, maybe a new perspective.
Christian Theosophy explains that Jesus had a single purpose: to represent mankind in death. That was Jesus’ goal. If you take the Bible’s word for it, everything Jesus did lead to that goal. He, it seems, never took His eye off the goal, even when performing the “miracles” we read and hear about and just living His life. His walk was always forward-moving because He always knew the goal to which He was heading.
The good news of this Friday, then, doesn’t come from the terrible treatment or betrayal Jesus experienced, but His perspective of it all.
Listen, you may be going through difficulties, maybe plenty of them. Do I really need to make a list? Finances, relatioships, career decisions, job issues, personal discovery, etc. Each of the circumstances in our lives brings with it the element of problems, plenty of problems, consuming problems! Problems that keep you focused on the circumstances of your present, negative situation, which serves to get you stuck.
The good news is that we have the gift of Perspective, which operates perfectly due to the Law of Polarity. So, your problem-filled circumstances are also filled with opportunity! Keep an eye solidly on the goals and purpose you’ve chosen for your life and choose to move forward in faith, hope, and love. This is truly the only way to success.
So… Have a Good Friday!
Hold Your Vision,
John Fox
International LifeSuccess Consultant
Results Coach for Business and Life
www.JohnFox.LifeSuccessConsultants.com
www.TOLMasterMinds.com
Here’s a question which came in response to my offer “You’ve got questions, I’ve got Answers”. It’s from a member of the Think Out Loud MasterMind community. If you’ve got a question to ask, let me know at john@johnmfoxjr.com.
Greetings,
Here goes, I have a 19 year old daughter who is currently living with her boyfriend and his parents, she is pregnant and due in late August. She was 12 when her mother and I divorced, and this is a child that is used to getting her way and is rather spoiled (but she can also be very sweet, loving and caring.
Example: she wanted a golf cart when she was 11 because her friends had one and we lived out in the desert and there were places the kids could ride, NO was our answer as soon as we divorced my Ex bought her a golf cart which she hardly used. I also have a 16 year old daughter who isn’t as spoiled.
When my 19 YO turned 16 she pretty much stopped talking to me, no reason given. I do get mono syllabic answers when I see her in person which is about twice a year. I have tried calling, texting, writing and mail letters and emails to no avail. This year she gave my Ex a reason for this behavior but I find no truth to her reason and it doesn’t warrant the behavior.
I had called her boyfriends parents when I found out about the baby so I could meet them, they agreed and then canceled because my daughter wasn’t comfortable with us meeting. My daughter can be as sweet as can be when she wants but if you tell her ” no” too many times she’ll react. My 16 YO and I talk about everything and have a wonderful relationship, I had a very fine relationship with the 19 YO too in the past.
Any advice big boy?
Sincerely, <Anonymous>
Advice? Me? Well, yes… But not advice from just me. Some of the greatest coaches out there have addressed similar circumstances, so I’ll contribute to that vein.
Now stick with me here: Norman Vincent Peale recalls a situation in which a spouse discovered that she and her husband had grown apart for no apparent reason after years of happy marriage. She sought answers from a coach and was instructed to create an image of herself which was different than that of her current circumstances.
He advised her to persistently hold a positive image of herself and of her husband, as things used to be “in the good old days”; of once again being in harmony and companionship together. She was to hold to this picture tenaciously and with faith (read: gratitude), that what once was, could be again, simply by virtue of its previous existence.
Soon after this, it got worse. Her husband informed her that he wanted a divorce. Because of her confidence-building new self-image, she received this request with calmness and asked that he consider holding off for 90 days. He agreed, so during this time she made her imaging even clearer and filled with believability. She pictured him sitting in his chair, reading. She pictured them playing golf together and taking hikes, like they used to. She pictured him painting and fixing things as he used to. She pictured and projected all the things she wanted as a definite result for her own life.
Before she knew it, there he sat, in his chair, reading. She had to look twice to make sure it was reality she was seeing, and not her creative imagination. Her “picturization” had become reality. After that night he still did his own thing occasionally, but more and more frequently he sat in his chair. Then the days began to go by pleasantly. And at the 90th day, she asked him about settling “that divorce matter” to which he responded, “Don’t be silly! I couldn’t possibly get along without you”.
When the New Testament says, “the Kingdom of God is within you”, it is informing us that the Universe has been provided to respond to your co-creative abilities. You see, you have the powerful and unique gift to create not only new and lasting things, but the ability to repair those things which are important to you. This is truly unlimited potential!
If you have absolute faith that a healed relationship with your daughter can be yours, then it certainly will be. Now, a part of the story is missing: the part about her reason for pulling away from you, but in reality, that’s immaterial. The only reason I mention it is because you brought it up – because you’re still holding on to it. You know it to be false, but it has made an impression on you.
This is where you have the opportunity to use the Intellectual Faculty of your Will to hold on to the image/vision/picture of a relationship-made-whole (to the exclusion of contrarian and suspect reasons). Those reasons don’t matter. They are further darkness in an already dark situation. What this situation needs is not more darkness (focusing on what’s gone before), but light (focused concentration on what will come to pass) – which will cast out all darkness if applied persistently and tenaciously.
Focus on what you want. Make a visual picture of it. You and I have talked and you mentioned you used to cook together. Picture that. Do that. Make a “space” for her presence to fill. In this way, the Vacuum Law will come into action in conjunction with the Law of Attraction. Being persistent, and according to the Law of Gender, must result in the fulfillment of your goal.
Another point: People don’t interact with each other based on words or even action. People respond and react to each other based on how others feel toward them, or how they perceive others feel toward them.
An example of this truth is how two people who love each other may say the words “I love you”, but feel anger toward each other during an argument. The Intellectual Faculty of the Intuition picks up on what is being felt, not what’s being said. The lack of love in that situation is obvious. You can feel it.
I don’t know enough about your story to know if you feel anything negative about your daughter or her situation when you initiate contact, but if that is the case, you’ll get a response based on that truth: people respond to feelings, not to words or actions.
The reason for this is because it is the subconscious mind through which we are all connected – this is our spiritual side. The father/daughter relationship is a very close one because her spirit, her very being, is part of yours. This also provides you with a distinct advantage because she will be more intuitively receptive to your feelings of love which are untainted by memories or thoughts of the former days of hard feelings.
I’m avoiding commenting on the observation you made that your daughter is “spoiled” in light of what I just said – that people respond to feelings, not words or actions. Plenty of people have everything and are not spoiled, because being spoiled is an attitude, not a collection of things. I’ve seen many a person who is spoiled and has nothing.
Something else that you may want to consider is her level of self-awareness. If your daughter is reactionary – if she believes the problems in her life are someone else’s fault or if she just follows the crowd – then she may not have developed an understanding of her individuality. Her self-image may be dependent on her circumstances or on the opinion of others. If this is the case, a change in direction toward a closer relationship with you may be terrifying to her – not because of you, but because of change.
A Canadian neurosurgeon revealed some amazing truths about the intensity of fear when people undergo change. He conducted some experiments which proved that when a person is forced to change a basic belief or a viewpoint, the brain undergoes a series of nervous sensations equivalent to the most agonizing torture. This is further proof that the mind desperately clings to its beliefs and changing them is not easy.
Finally, and you know this, your daughter is a free-willed individual and has the natural right of choice. This, combined with the fact that she is a pregnant teenager and likely confused with “who she is”, may present external “proof” (or an appearance) that things aren’t going the way you’re envisioning. Hold Your Vision in faith (read: gratitude) and this mountain will move.
Woo-Hoo! Man what a great time at the Think Out Loud MasterMinds Semi-Annual BBQ Party. We had good food, great company, interesting conversation, and I even did some impromptu group coaching.
We discussed the Think Out Loud Feeling Scale and consciously choosing a better thought. We also learned about the Option Method for finding limiting beliefs which keep us stuck – most of the time we don’t even know we have these limiting beliefs. Lastely we ran through The Optimist’s Creed – a nice little paragraph which helps keep things in persepctive. I’ll release a recording of this for all to enjoy in a few days.
Hope to see you all (and more) at the next BBQ party later this year!
–John Fox
Woo-Hoo! Think Out Loud MasterMinds is having it’s Semi-Annual BBQ Party – EVERYONE is invited and bring your loved-ones and friends. (It may not be appropriate for little ones due to likely alcohol consumption, but you decide.)
It will be at the “Fox’s Den” starting at 11:30a on Saturday, April 10, 2010 and ending at 4:00p. The address is *****.
I’ll fire up the smoker (grill-style) and make some spicy turkey burgers. They’re better than beef, if I do say so myself, so have a taste and make me prove it! Just RSVP using the form below and choose what you’ll bring to the shindig: hotdogs, chips, sodas, or something else. Feel free to bring your favorite “adult beverage” if you want – but make sure to bring yourself.
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John Fox, International LifeSuccess Consultant and founder of Think Out Loud MasterMinds, will be giving a FREE presentation hosted by Xtreme Business International on Goal Achievement for Social Entrepreneurs (and Individuals). It will be at 6:30p this Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Old Pueblo Grille on Alvernon. You AND guests are invited! This is a 1-hour mini-seminar on Goal Achievement. Food from the Old Pueblo Grill will be available at normal rates if you choose to have dinner during the presentation. This will be a dinner presentation. Show up just a little early. Stop Setting Goals and Start Achieving them! Learn the Art of increasing your Awareness in order to effortlessly achieve your goals. Learn: - How to identify what stops you from creating results in your life or organization an annihilate it