I said, "who do you write for?"
;我說,"你為哪家雜誌寫稿?"
"I m a freelance, but I sell most of my stuff to the National Enquirer."
;"我是一個自由作家,但我大部分稿件賣給 國民諮詢."
You know, I had this little theme from "Twilight Zone" go off in my head.
;你看,當時我的頭腦中好像響起了"Twilight Zone"中的樂曲("Twilight Zone"是80年代CBS電視臺播放的系列劇參見http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone/)
Wow, this stuff s really working. So, that article came out and our book sale started to take off,
;哇!這個方法確實管用!;採訪我的文章登出後,我的書的銷量開始攀升,
but the point I wanna make is that
;但我想要說的是
I was attracting into my life all these different events, including this person
;我吸引了這些事情(包括這個人)到我的生活中,
and to make a long story short, I did not make $100,000 that year, we made $92.327
;長話短說,;那年我沒有掙到10萬元,我掙了9萬2千327元
but do you think we were like depressed and going, "this doesn t work"?
;你想我會很沮喪並說,"這個方法不管用?"
No, we were going, "wow, this is amazing!" And so, my wife said to me,
;當然不會.我們說,"哇!太讓人驚奇了!";於是,我的妻子給我說,
"wow, if it works for $100,000 do you think it would work for a million?"
"哇!如果這個方法對10萬元管用的話, 你想它會不會對100萬也管用?"
And I said, "I don t know, I think so, let s try it" My publisher actually wrote me a check,
;我說,"我不知道,不過我想是管用的,我們試試吧.";我的出版商後來真地給我寫了一張支票,
as a royalty check for our first "Chicken Soup For The Soul" book
;作為首本"心靈雞湯"書的版稅的支票
and he actually put a smiley face in the signature
;他還在簽名的後面畫了一個笑臉符號
cause it was the first million dollar check he d ever written. And so, I know from my own experience,
;因為這是他首次簽發的百萬美元的支票.;因此,從我自身的經驗,我知道...
because I wanted to test it does this secret really work, and we put it to the test and it absolutely worked.
;因為我想要測試一下這個秘密是否管用,;我們測試了,它確實管用.
And now I live my life from there every single day.
;從那時起,我每天都過著我(現在這樣)的生活.
Well I can just imagine what a lot of people that are watching this are thinking,
;我可以想像,看到這裏,很多人都會想,
and that is - how can I attract more money into my life? How can I get more of the green stuff?
;我怎麼才能吸引更多的錢到我的生活裏來呢?;我怎樣才能得到更多的這種綠花花的東西?
How can I get more of wealth and prosperity?
;我怎樣才能更富有,更富裕?
How can I, when I love my job, deal with the credit card debt that I have
;我怎樣才能, 既喜歡自己的工作,又要應付信用卡上的賬務,
and the realization that maybe there s a ceiling on the money that can come in,
;還要實現這樣一個夢想:或許錢上有一個天花板,(錢)可以從那裏流出來,
cause it s coming to me through my job, how can I bring in more? Intend it.
;畢竟,通過工作,錢才會來到我這裏.;我怎樣才能得到更多?;有意的去"求"啊!
This goes back to one of the things we ve been talking about throughout the whole secret:
;這又回到了我們一直討論的問題;在整個的秘密中
your job is to declare what you would Like to have from the catalogue of the Universe.
;你的任務就是要從宇宙的目錄中宣佈你想要擁有的東西.
Well, if cash is one of them, say how much you would like to have.
;那麼,如果金錢是你想要的東西只要,那就明說,你想要多少.
I would like to have $25.000 unexpected income within the next 30 days,
;我想要2萬5千元的意外收入,在30天內,
or whatever it happens to be. It should be believable for you. Most people have a goal of getting out of debt.
;或者,隨便多長時間.這對你來說應該是可能的.;很多人的目標時"還清債務".
That ll keep you in debt forever. Whatever you re thinking about, you will attract.
;這種想法會讓你永遠處在債務之中.;不管你想的是什麼,你都會吸引它.
You say, "but it s get out of debt" I don t care if it s "get out" or "get in",
;你說,"但我說的是還清債務". ;不管你說的是"還清"還是"欠下"
if you re thinking debt you re attracting debt.
;只要你想的是"債",你就會吸引"債".
Set up an automatic debt repayment programme and then start to focus on prosperity.
;設好一個自動還賬計畫,然後就將心力集中到"富足"上.
So many times people say to me, "well, I d like to double my income in next year."
;很多時間人們問我,;"唔,我想下一年的收入翻倍."
But then you look at their actions and they re not doing the things that are going to make that happen.
;但然後呢,你看他們的行動;他們並沒有做那些會讓這件事發生的事情.
And they turn around and around and go, "well, I can t afford that."
;他們翻來覆去地說,"我買不起這個."
OK, guess what - your wish is my command. As you are fussing about not having enough money,
;好,猜猜會發生什麼? - 你的願望就是我的命令.;當你在抱怨你沒有足夠的錢,
as you are talking to your friend about not having enough money,
;當你對你的朋友說你沒有錢,
as you are feeling unhappy about not having enough money,
;當你應為缺錢而感覺很不好的時候,
you re actually activating within yourself or continuing the activation of the thought
;你實際上是啟動了或者說保持了這樣一種思想
that is very different from the desire that you have launched. What it just comes down to is
;這種思想和你所發出的期望非常的不同.;總結一句話就是
you just can t want more money and focus upon not enough.
;你不可能既想要更多的金錢,又總是想著"沒錢".
When I first understood the secret I was getting bills every day,
;當我剛開始理解這個秘密的時候,那時我每天都會收到帳單,
I would get a bunch of bills in the mail. And I thought, "this is...how do I turn this around"
;郵箱裏總是寄來帳單.;我就想,"這...我怎樣才能改變這種狀況呢"
The Law of Attraction states that what you focus on, you ll get.
;吸引力定律告訴我們,你的心力在什麼事情上,你就會得到什麼.
So, I got a bank statement, I whited out the title
;因此,我拿出一個銀行存款支付報告書,抹掉標題
and I put a new title in there, I put exactly how much I want to see in the bank.
;然後寫了一個新標題,;我寫上我想要的存款數目.
So, what if I just visualize checks coming in the mail?
;現在,如果我只觀想我的郵箱裏會寄來這樣的支票,怎麼樣呢?
So, I just visualize a bunch of checks coming in the mail.
;因此,我就觀想一遝子支票寄到郵箱.
Within just one month, things started to change. And it is amazing.
;僅僅的幾個月功夫,事情就開始變化.;這簡直太奇妙了.
Today I just get checks in the mail. I get a few bills, but I get more checks than bills.
;現在,我會在郵箱裏收到支票.;當然也會有幾張帳單,但我的支票要多於帳單.
I grew up on "you have to work hard for money", "you have to work hard for money"
;我從小生長於這樣的信念中:"你必須努力工作才能掙錢","你必須努力工作才能掙錢"
And so, I replace that with "money comes easily and frequently"
;因此,我將這個信條替換成"錢來的又容易又快"
Now, in the beginning it feels like a lie.
;開始的時候,這給人的感覺就像是一句謊話.
Right? There is a part of your brain that will say, "no you liar, it s hard"
;對吧?你的頭腦中的某個部分會對你說,"不對!你這個騙子,掙錢很辛苦"
So, you have to know it s this little tennis match that will go on for a while.
;你必須知道,這種"網球拉鋸賽"會在你的頭腦中持續一段時間的.
When it comes to creating wealth, wealth is a mind set. It s all about how you think.
;當我們討論到"創造財富"的時候,財富實際上是一種思維狀態.;最重要的是你的思維.
I d say 80% of my coaching that I do in one-on-one with folks
;我要說,在我一對一的輔導中,有80%的時間
is about the psychology and the way they think.
;都是在討論心理和他們的思維方式.
And I know people who are listening will say, "oh you can do it and I can t"
;我知道有些聽眾會說,"唔,你可以做到,我做不到"
Every person has the capability to change the way, their inner relationship and conversation with money.
;每個人都有能力改變;他們與金錢內在的聯繫和對話的方式.
I find so many people who maybe make a tremendous amount of money,
;我發現有如此多的人它們掙的錢非常多,
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