Yesterday's Oprah show had some amazing examples of intuition in action, which got me to thinking... Intuition is one of those things that many of us take for granted. It's always there, but most of the time we choose to ignore it. That can be trouble!

Learning to listen to your intuition is an integral part of the manifesting process. You have to become aligned with your inner self and learn to listen to your self! In order to begin achieving success you have to begin at the core of your being.

The biggest problem most people experience when they begin trying to make changes in their lives is that they try to change the outward things first. They try to change their jobs or their friends or their image, and those things will change, but only after you begin to work on the inside first.

All change begins internally. It starts with our self talk. What are you saying to yourself everyday about your goals? The inner conversation that we hold with ourselves can reveal much about our future success.

At first you must begin to overcome all the negative self talk, by injecting good, positive thoughts and beliefs. It takes effort and many people give up at this stage of the game. Your mind is often seen as the enemy - putting up roadblocks at every turn, blocking your progress anyway it can. But as your mind quickly becomes trained to your new way of thinking it can become your friend. Now your mind will offer up thoughts and ideas that relate to your goals and dreams. Now your mind is working with you and not against you.

Unfortunately, many people continue to treat their mind as the enemy and ignore the signs and signals that it sends to you. Learning to recognize ideas and thoughts that are actually helpful can be difficult, especially since you just spent all that time battling your mind and training it to your new way of thinking.

Everyone has intuition and listening to yours can be rewarding. Your intuition can be the key that moves you to the next step in the manifesting process. Spend some time today noticing the impressions and thoughts that bubble up in your mind - then act on them if they feel good!

Learn to use and appreciate your intuition.

I'd like to take a moment to honor the passing of a truly unique individual.

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, whose 'last lecture' on achieving childhood dreams took the internet by storm, died Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer.

Randy's 'last lecture' was videotaped and put up on YouTube.com where it quickly became a sensation.

If you haven't already done so, I encourage you to watch it today.

It is truly a moving experience and is an outstanding example of grace, courage, and love shining through adversity.

My only hope is that I can exhibit such grace and courage when faced with my own death.

Thank you, Randy, for reminding us all of what it really means to be a human being.

And thank you to Randy's family for sharing him with us at a time when you probably wanted to keep him all to yourself. I, for one appreciated it greatly.

Peace,

Bob