The 6 Tangible Results of Being Your Self

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The 6 Tangible Results of Being Your Self
1. Builds confidence.
2. More real and authentic relationships with others.
3. More joy.
4. Clarity of thought.
5. Better opportunites flow in.
6. The opportunity to inspire others to do the same.

Being,

+Baker

3 Very Easy Steps To Becoming Amazing

1. Look in the mirror. Say that you are amazing. Don’t think about anything else than what you are saying. Say this with joy and utter amazement. Don’t leave the mirror without really believing that you are amazing.

2. Live in this manner. Be amazing by being you. Don’t try to hard with this stay in alignment with this amazing feeling within yourself. Be yourself. Carry your amazing energy with you.

3. Treat others amazing. As you align with all your amazingness. Begin to treat others the way you feel inside. Do this and watch you amazingness soar.

Living Amazing,

Awesome Living

Awesome Living
“It’s the simple things that make life awesome.” +Baker

Awesome living, it’s something we all want. I know that I live an aweome life. I am living an awesome life, and that is not egotistical. It’s just the way it is. People that live aweome lives like me are shining from within. I don’t concern myself with the good or the bad that people are doing in life. It is not my mission to save the world. My mission is to spread light and be the authentic me that lives an awesome life.

Do I have bad days? Yes. There are times when things seem very challenging in life. But, even at that I find the awesomeness. But, I continue to live an awesome life because I focus on awesome.
For example, I had a salad this morning, it had my favorite salad dressing: blue cheese. Some people might not like blue cheese as a salad dressing, heck some people may not even like salad. But I do, and I think it is awesome that I get to eat healthy food with dressing that I think is delicious. That is a small example of how awesome I am living. It is very simple to some, but that’s the secret. It’s the simple things that make life awesome.

What is My Point?
Maybe in life there really doesn’t need to be a point to anything. Maybe I’m just typing here expressing my gratitude for a couple of people to read this, and maybe they can find something simple in this writing that sparks some kind of creative juice within them to make them happy. The intent of this post is not to blow you away. Although, I am blown away daily by how simple my life is and how awesome it is at the same time. I’m acknowledging the basics here. These basics lay the foundation for the beyond successful life that I lead. I had a salad, I enjoyed it in the present moment, I am writing to you now fully present enjoying it. Later on the day, I may go for a sunset run by the lake. I might even have another blue cheese salad for lunch and a delicious mouth watering fish burrito, who knows. All I know is that life is awesome and I’m enjoying the very simple things in the moment that allow that awesomeness to flow in. You can do the same if you want, it’s your choice.

Awesome living,

Being Present

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
-Buddah

This past week I’ve made an honest effort to stay more in the present moment. What I have found is that the longer I stay out of the present moment awareness, the more challenging it is to get back into it. In other words, the reason I chose to make a real effort to be in the present moment at the start of this week, is because the week prior I’ve been a little scattered and misplacing my energies into too many activities.
So I began this week trying to get into the present moment more. However, the interesting thing about “trying” to get into the present moment simply doesn’t work for me. It’s not something I can’t try to do. It seems the more I try to be present, what I’m seeking moves further away from me.
What I’ve done instead of trying to be more present, was to just accept whatever is in front of me that I must work with at the moment. Its more of being aware of what I’m doing at the exact moment, and accepting whatever comes to me in that exact time. I have found that if I keep my mind in awareness and acceptance of what is, I can go pass this whole idea of “trying to be present.”

Letting It Go

I have found that this week things tend to go so much more smooth and easier when I just let go and detach myself from trying to “get to” a certain outcome. For example, I wanted my Arizona video to be perfect. I wanted it to resemble a sense of inspiration and empowerment to my viewers. However, if I continued to think about perfection the whole way through the process of making the video, the video itself would never be released because I would be always constantly try to make changes on it and never really feel it is getting to where I want it to go. So I actually spent several weeks trying hard to put a video together that resembled the infant stages of my Arizona trip and blend it in nicely with quotes that I’ve used in this blog for optimal effect. I was trying to piece this video together, and just kept running into a wall. It just wasn’t working out trying to do it myself.

The Solution

So, I paid my wonderful, highly organized, and talented sister to do the video for me. Now this type of video creation comes very easy and naturally for her. In fact she loves doing this. So thank you Kimbundance for making this video for me, it came out just the way I wanted it and more so. So I am grateful for the successful collaboration.
The combination of detachment and letting things go, and being aware in the present moment has been a truly amazing experience for me. I hope this real life example has demonstrated for my readers the positive results of being present and detached in what you are aiming to accomplish. If not, that’s fine too I really don’t care either way.

Being Present,

+Baker

Baker's Simple Recipe for Making an Awesome Project

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
-Michael Jordan

Hello all.

I thought it would be really fun and exciting to share with you my simple recipe for making an Awesome Project. Below is the Baker’s Simple recipe for making an awesome project.

1. One full scoop of excitement mixed into your project.

2. A dash of optimism gradually mixed into the project.

3. 2 full scoops of persistence and commitment

4. Half a scoop of your original creativity

5. Put in oven and enjoy!!!

6. Served best with Gratitude during entire process and Celebration after completion!!!

+Baker

Baker’s Recipe Special: 3 Easy Steps on How To Be Amazing!!!

“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can be amazing!!!” +Baker

Step 1

First, You need to find a way to be yourself, and be fine with your strengths. Write a list of all the good qualities about yourself. List them and say them out loud with feeling and emotion. Read them over and over until you feel as though this is you. When you are fine with being you and accepting the present moment you are one step closer to being amazing.

Step 2

Secondly, start acting as if you are what you have just said. Act in a manner that exudes your true self. When you are yourself and you are feeling good about this, move forward in a positive manner. The inner self will shine. Be the great person that you are, walk, talk, and think like this person. Be comfortable in your talents and strengths. Give yourself permission to be amazing by being you.

Step 3

Thirdly, when you meet and greet people, treat them like they are as amazing as you are. When you treat people the way you want to be treated, you become amazing. Being amazing will put people in awe of how great you feel about yourself, and it will show. Be amazing, by constantly working on your inner self and just having fun with the entire process of self discovery and being you! “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing!!!” The truth is when you be more of yourself, you will seem very amazing to others. Express your new found wisdom today.

With Gratitude,

You Don't Need Permission To Soar

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Hello all.
Many times in life we look for others to give us permission to soar above and beyond our goals. You need to stop thinking that there is one absolute answer to everything. When choosing to follow your dreams or do what everyone else is doing is to realize that you don’t need permission to soar. You have been socially conditioned to believe that there are limits to what you can accomplish. In reality there aren’t any limits to what you can be, do, or have. You set the limits and you create what you want to experience.
When you are met with challenges in pursuit of your dreams, realize that these are just small tests along the way to see if you are certain on your course of action.
The only real permission that matters is the permission you give yourself. Take some time out of your day to reflect on what you really want out of life. Write down the action steps you believe will get you to where you want to go. Seek advice from those that actually have gone the same route you intend to experience.

This post has nothing to do with what other people want you to become, and everything to do with what you want to become. When you live your life in other people’s eyes, there will always be something in the back of your mind that says, “What if?”

What if I decided to follow my dreams?
What if I did decide to follow my heart? etc.

Living your life through what others want from you makes you a victim. If you constantly do what others want from you, then you are subject to blame those same people in the future, if later you find yourself unhappy with the outcome.

You would rather fail at something you feel is right and be content with the decision, then succeed at something that someone else feels was right for you, and be unhappy.

What I’ve come to learn is that there is no one person at the end that says: “Yes you can.” There really is no such thing as a hero. You are the hero. This is your story. If you choose to be.

Give yourself the permission to soar.

How the Current Economy Presents Tremendous Opportunity for You: The Spiritual Revolution

“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.”
- Ram Dass

Hello all.
We are in the midst of a great collapse of the U.S economy. This is an exciting time to be living. The reason it is exciting, because if you see the opportunities that are present during these current times, and seize them you will be a very accomplished individual 5 years from now.

The opportunities that are presented are becoming more visible to those that are living consciously. Those that are seeing what is missing in the world today will reap great rewards in the future. The amazing thing about this all is that we are headed towards the very basics again.
The idea of unity, peace, and compassion for ourselves and others is making a major comeback. What I see that is happening now, is that old systems are failing. The old ideas of corporate ladder climbing is crumbling. The government is starting to
fail because the original intent came from a dark place. This may have been through greed, pride, and other selfish motives. The industrial age thinking is starting to really collapse because a new era is emerging. This goes beyond the Information age era. What we are entering as collective human beings is a spiritual revolution.

The Spiritual Revolution

The spritual revolution is being felt by many people that are tuned into their intuition. You can see it in the eyes of children, they know what is happening, but most don’t have the ability to communicate it effectively.
The tables are turning, those that live consciously and work from their soul will be the new leaders of this nation. Those fixated on their ego desires will slowly diminish.

The current economy will allow you to really take a look inside yourself and see what the world is in need of. The answers are going to be felt and inspire you to move in the right direction. The tremendous opportunities are already here, you just need to be open to them and accept the changing world that you are currently in.

These are the times to follow your heart, and watch in amazement at how this simple habitual act will take you to places beyond your wildest dreams. The current economy presents tremendous opportunity for you because the spiritual revolution is here.

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers! The world is advancing. Advance with it!
-Mazzini

+Baker

An Empowering Blog-And Creatively Accomplishing Goals.

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Hello all.
This blog post is empowering. This blog post is because I “choose” it to be, but also it is highly empowering because, I wrote as one of my goals to accomplish for today, was to write an empowering blog.

Every night before I go to bed I write down a goals that need to be accomplished the next day. The goal listed for today was to write an Empowering Blog. I am currently accomplishing this goal as I type.

This small example is just a way for the readers to see that whatever goal you set out however large or small, if you find a creative way to accomplish it, it still can be accomplished. This blog post is a form of “Thinking Outside the Box.” Creative ways of accomplishing a goal is a lot more fun and exciting. Sometimes doing something creative in order to accomplish your goal, may even have a better result v.s accomplishing the goal the “regular way.”
There are several ways to accomplish your goals, you can go at it hard, or simply \ be creative with it. Either way the goal is accomplished, if you put in the work necessary.

This has been an Empowering Blog.

+Baker

Abraham-Hicks (Create from the inside out..)

Abraham Hicks video on Creating from the inside out. I realize these ideas presented here are highly advanced and not easily accepted for the average person, but I wanted to posted for those that were ready for these concepts.

Nick Hall - Familiar Patterns

Excellent short and to the point by Nick Hall on Familiar Patterns.
"I know what I have to do, but why don't I do it?"

Enthusiasm & Joy!!!

Hello all.
Many people try to overcomplicated things. I believe that at the core of everything you take on, if there isn’t enough enthusiasm or joy, the chances of you going in the wrong direction is very high. Now a lot of people do things because they feel the “have to.” I don’t believe you “have to” do anything. You were put here to express enthusiasm and joy in all that you do, and allowing others to be blessed by this. It always goes back to your personal belief systems. Something is only as important to you because you believe it to be.

“Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.”
-Tony Robbins

HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR ENTHUSIASM & JOY ON A REGULAR BASIS?

Now a lot of people ask me, but how do you keep your enthusiasm and joy when everything around me isn’t working? I say, your view on life is all based on your own perspective. Yes, maybe things didn’t go your way when you wanted it to, but how you deal with it or how you resolve it is always and will always be your choice. Does it get difficult sometimes? Yes. It does get difficult to realize that you are fully responsible for the way you react towards challenges that come your way. But does this make you a stronger and better person? Yes. I believe it does. When you begin to realize that all the reactions that you have deep within you are just your own feelings towards a certain outcome, than you really get an honest look at who you are. If you are willing to change this, remember that it is just a matter of internally changing the way you look at your situation.

ENTHUSIASM & JOY IS A CONSCIOUS DECISION INDIVIDUALS MAKE FOR THEMSELVES

The people living with a sense of enthusiasm and joy everyday I believe make this consious decision for themselves. It really is a choice of the individual to live in this manner. Just as it is a choice for an individual to live in sorrow, or fear. Is it easier to live in sorrow and fear in this society? Yes. It is easier because it seems like the more comfortable choice. It takes a lot more out of a person to bring enthusiasm and joy to the table, especially in these current times we live in. I believe everyone has this ability to shift their focus on what they truly want to bring about in their lives. So although living a life filled with enthusiasm and joy may sound very appealing to many people, the reality is that if you really wanted to be at this level, you would have to make the conscious choice to do so. It all begins with your choice.

“Joy comes from using your potential.”
-Will Schultz

BEGIN NOW!
If you want to start living with enthusiasm and joy and have all these positive experiences come your way, you certainly can! It’s all a choice. Nobody can take this away from you. You were given this power, all you really need to do is start utilizing this power on a daily basis. Seek out things that empower you, and make you feel good! As you seek out these things, begin to focus on the joy it brings you and stay on that course.

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

At Your Own Pace, There Is No Race.

Hello all.
When you go about your projects at your own pace, you realize there is no race.
Some individuals like to take their time and thoroughly think things through and this is where they feel most comfortable. Some individuals are more effective when they rush through things, and move fast. The interesting thing about being in the pursuit of your goals, is that the more you stay at your own pace, fast or slow, the better it feels, and the results seem much better at the end.

However, I want to remind my readers that the “process” alone is where the success and juice of life resides. When you are focused on the present moment, fully aware of your action steps you are operating at your own pace, you begin to realize that there really is no “race.” One step at a time is all it takes to stay at your comfortable pace.
When you happily and steadily go about your projects you will find an inner sense of accomplishment as you are moving along. The end result is minimized, and the present moment becomes maximized.
There is nothing wrong with thinking you are racing against someone or trying to beat someone, but the reality is that you set the pace. Enjoy the race, be comfortable with it, after all, it was what you created.

At Your Own Pace, There is No Race.

+Baker

Where Amazing Really Happens

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Hello all.
Amazing really happens wherever you are at. You don’t really need to search outside of yourself to find amazing. Amazing is in everything you do and the value you provide for many people. Amazing happens as soon as you get up in the morning ready to create and provide value to people that are eagerly waiting to hear from you.

“Where Amazing Happens”
-National Basketball Association Playoffs Slogan

You may have those times in life where things aren’t moving along and you feel stuck, these are times when you are not recognizing the amazing inside of you. The moment you begin to recognize the amazing in you, acknowledge it and continue forward on your life’s mission. Although I can’t tell you exactly what your life’s mission is, I know that this amazing quality that is inside of you is what will push you forward to be, do, and have what you want in life.

Begin now to develop a service oriented approach to life, focus on providing positive value to others in whatever way you can. We live in a society that believes in high achievement and success. Generally speaking, this society conditions people to find amazing outside of themselves. However, I believe that in order to reach what I call Beyond Success, you must find the amazing inside of you first. When you are highly creative, and moving along at your pace and making moves in this world, you are acknowledging the Amazing in your spirit, and sharing it with others.

Amazing really happens with you.

+Baker

The People That Didn't Believe "The Box" Ever Existed.

I want to say thank you for the individuals that dreamed big and never Believe “The Box” ever existed.
This “box” can come in many forms. It can come in the form of a 9-5 job that people despise. It can be in the form of conforming to a long held condition belief about something that you never even believed in. This box entraps the mind.

Thank you to those that continue to follow their dreams and are not inside “The Box” because they never even believed the box existed.

This blog is dedicated for the dreamers that make their dreams happen, and inspire others to do the same.

Gratitude,

+Baker

I Keep Writing

Hello All.
The secret to being good at something is to make a habit of it. I recognize I am not the best writer in the world. (yet) lol But I enjoy it, and keep at it. I don’t do Baker Blog for all the external factors such as fame or recognition. I just do it because I feel like it something that makes sense for me at this time. Baker Blog is how I can provide positive lasting value to people. This is highly fulfilling for me and my readers. I keep writing.This is why I’m so happy with life. I don’t worry too much what others are doing, I focus on what brings me joy, and this allows others to do the same.

I follow my joys so that others follow theirs. I Just ask that you be insightful on how I do my thing. Pay attention on how I’m building my own personal brand. Notice how I stay focused when others are loosing faith. It’s a natural process for me. How I get into my “flow” is not necessarily a talent, it’s just something I tap into. I tap into this as I choose.

Stay glued on here. As we embark on 2009 I intend that these blogs continue to enrich and inspire countless individuals. Continue to join me as I embark on my own personal journey of Beyond Success!

I keep writing.

+Baker

Why Doing What You Love, Never Fails.

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Doing what you love never fails. First of all, if you are doing what you love, then you are in an energy of joy. The energy of joy is a great natural feeling. We were made to all experience this type of joy. This energy of joy cannot let you down.

If you did what you loved and didn’t make money, it still never failed you because the action was already in itself a representation of taking action on your joy.
Thus, doing what you Love never fails you. It is only the moment we try to rationalize what we are doing as being either productive or unproductive that makes it so.

So let’s say someone does what she loves for a living. As an example let’s say this lady loves to paint. However her painting all day long doesn’t pay her rent. Keep in mind, (painting is what brings her joy). However, if she says to herself “What I really love doing” is not paying the rent, I have to quit painting. Then she can easily mistake doing what she loves, as doing something wrong. She just associated the inability of paying her rent with the fact that she was getting joy out of what she loved.

She may unconsciously tell herself in her own head, “I love painting, but I have to make money, therefore my love for painting needs to stop, and I need to work for something I may not like, to make ends meet, how dare I try to do something I love, mother was right!”

This is dangerous. The mind game she is playing with in her head is highly dangerous. This can actually lead to more negative conditions in the future. For example if in the future, the opportunity to paint comes around, she may actually begin to despise it altogether. This is simply because she linked a negative association (not having enough money to pay rent) with painting.

The opposite is also true. If she continued to paint, and let’s say still did not make money from it, and said “That’s fine, I’ll continue painting because it brings me joy, I just need to find a creative way to make money from this.” Then at that point she is proving to herself and the universe that what she does for a living will not only pay her rent, but more importantly allow her even more positive associations with doing what she loves.

The fact here is this, Do what you love regardless if it pays you or not, because it will be rewarding for you personally, and if you stay doing it, eventually you will gain confidence that doing what you love, never fails. The only real failure is in telling yourself that doing what you love is wrong.

Always Optimistic,
+Baker

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A Cool Head.

Hello All.
Beyond Success is about keeping a cool head at all times. When things go wrong, being the cool headed nonchalant person in the room is essential. A cool headed person is relaxed, easygoing, and not overly concerned with the petty things that get in the way of beyond success. A cool head means that you are comfortable in your own state of being. A cool headed person has an inner knowing that regardless of the outcome in any situation, all is well, because he or she chose that to be so.

A cool head is confidence, it’s knowing what to do and when to do it. There are no actions steps that are unnecessary. When you have a cool head, all action steps taken are natural and effortless. Keep a cool head, and let it flow. You will be amazed by the cool results.

+Baker

What The World Is Begining To Understand & The Upside of The Economic Collapse (Beyond Success)

Hello all.

The world is beginning to understand many valuable things in these current economic times. When we start to look at all the real life devastation that is happening in the current economy, we start to understand that there is a major upside to this. The upside of the current economic collapse is that we have a shot at regaining our freedom back. This freedom is the same freedom, that was taken away once we depended on our egos and dependent on ideas like the idea of “security.”

“The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.”
-H. L. Mencken

The moment someone says something is “secure,” the more they are lying to you because the truth is, there is no such thing as “security” In life you are either moving toward freedom or illusion. Illusion is in trying hard to find security. The truth is that change is the only thing that is constant. The world is constantly changing in these times, “appearing” secure is not the best thing to do right now. It’s better in these times to not know what to do, but focus on freedom, then appear to know what to do and copy what everyone else is doing and cling to security. There are many types of security that are an illusion. Job security is one good example, of an illusion. Job security is an illusion that was an idea that was bought up by the masses that agreed to trust their ego mind. When you begin to trust your ego mind you will fade of in directions that mainstream America has sold you into. This is why what the world is beginning to understand is that job-security really is job-insecurity. If you think about this, when did being secure have to do with hating what you did everyday, being told how much you are getting paid, what time to eat, and answering to a boss that you probably don’t even agree with? That sounds like insecurity to me. The more secure you think you are, the less freedom you actually have. The more you chase after this false sense of security the more freedom you are loosing. After many years of study I have found that you can find truth in freedom. In security you will find a bunch of bent up misleading information.

What the world is really beginning to understand, aside from jobs and career, is that there is only very little that really matters in the world. When you are connected to your inner being and operating at a vibrational level that is truly you, the concepts above don’t really matter much. When you operate out of your real self, not what some boss told you to operate out of, you have a great chance at freedom. By freedom I am talking about freedom of time, money, creativity, thought, speech, resources etc. The concepts that begin to matter when you operate from this higher level, then become about things like the value you are providing to people, or how much are you contributing to society. The upside of the economic collapse is that when it’s all said and done one thing is for sure. As a collective consiousness we will all learn a valuable lesson. This lesson will come in come in many different forms. The lesson of focusing on freedom instead of security will be a major lesson learned.

“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.”
-James Baldwin

For me personally, the way I’m approaching what is ahead is by continually focusing on building my own personal development so I can assist and guide others, in their own personal development. I am constantly learning, growing, and expanding my mind everyday. I do this because I am focused on freedom. My life mission surpasses what mainstream society tries desperately to put me in. God will lead me. The idea of inspiring and empowering countless individuals is not some distant fantasy that I thought of one day and will leave alone, this is my life mission. When people begin to realize the real wisdom that is passed on these blogs, you will wake up to the reality that I live in. This is the reality of Being free.
What the world is beginning to understand that freedom is closer than they may think. They need to change their old way of thinking to change their lives. The upside of the Economic collapse is that it presents you with the time to do so now.

+Baker

My 2nd Blogtalkradio Interview-Speaking About My Book Beyond-Baker Style

Hello all.

I had the really amazing privilege for being on Escape the Matrix Radio Show for a second time. This time I go into some details from my personal development book entitled Beyond Success-Baker Style. I hope you guys enjoy this interview.

Below is the link to the 2nd Interview I did on Escape the Matrix Radio Show:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freeyourself/2009/11/17/baker-speaks-about-his-book-beyond-success–baker-

Enjoy !!!

+Baker