Actually your goals probably need more polish because clearly they say to me that you haven't got them.

What you've done is build castles in the sky; pretty hard to get to from here.

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1. I have a succesful career trading stocks & commoditites with only my own funds. i.e., no customers or bosses

Adding rules makes the affirmation/intention "delusional" state clearly what you want give nothing to your mind to think about that you 'don't want.

Why not say..
I allow myself to create my own personal wealth from trading stocks and commoditites myself.

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2. I have a home somewhere with a view of the ocean.

This one is a big problem You could wind up living in the middle of the desert with a nice wall painting of the ocean.

Some where is no where - and if you don't know where you are going how will you know when you get there? You might already have a home with a view of the ocean, so you're not going to sense any major movement for this goal

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3. I have a very special & beautiful woman to share this with.

Define special [to you]
Make a list of qualites that you would like to have in the person you want to share this with.

While the affirmation may not need changing, you need to set the boundries in your mind. List what makes up a special woman, does she cook? love to bake is that even important, does she like to travel do you?

Once your goals are clear in your mind it becomes easier to take tangible action towards your goal even if you think this woman is right for you, someone else my step in before you.

Don't put rules on the universe that you're only going to do the steps in that particular order. True that selling the family business appears to be the easiest way to start with your own money. But taking action putting some money aside so that you can start trading with a modest amount is demonstrating the intention. The woman that you email may not be the one for you but she may be the one that knows someone who knows the person that will buy your family business.

So take the time to polish your goals one of the reasons that you are placing rules on the universe is that you haven't really made goals you've made wishes. If opportunity knocked that allows you to reach any of your goals you won't be so coy about checking it out.

If you want to quickly draw up your most personal and personally correct goals consider doing the online e-learning course Clear Mind Bright Future. In about 3 hours you will have written down your 3 most important goals for the year, taking intoconsideration where you want to be 3 5 and even a lifetime down the track. It sure beats sitting down for weeks on end figuring out which is your most important goal since Paul takes you though the all important self check to see if this is what you want and if you've stated it clearly enough.

Alex