About Me!

by Christine Couch

My name is Christine and this page is about me and my web site ‘success and financial freedom’ ...

So who am I? A millionaires? A wealthy woman?

No not yet ... I am a student of those that lead a life of abundance, those that have made it!

I am on a journey to leading a life of purpose ... like any journey there are many twists and turns, mountains to climb and deep valleys to crawl out of ... but my ultimate destination becomes clearer every day. That’s why I invite you on my first page to join me on this journey and take lessons from millionaires.

I first started my journey into self development rather late; I was in my mid 30’s to 40’s, going through a divorce with 3 daughters in their early teens and proving to be quite a handful.

I was on welfare and just surviving!

Taking on a career for the first time in my life and studying at night for my Real Estate license, my head was all over the place, I had no idea about purpose or what direction my life should take.

At that time ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill was introduced to me. Wow ... what an impact it had ... learning about the power of the mind blew me away.

Making millions was some thing that I was not ready to entertain, but about me living comfortably, driving a better car, helping my daughters to full fill their dreams of cars and holidays was something I could do ... and did!

I became addicted to self development books, tapes and videos (in that day ... now CD’s and DVD’s) I devoured books like ‘You were Born Rich’ by Bob Proctor , ‘Release the Giant Within’ by Anthony Robbins . I have all Anthony Robbins ‘Personal Power’ CD’s and work books. I tried to put into practice all that they taught, goal setting, visualization and so many other things and over the last 20 years have had some amazing success stories.

I have achieved so many things in my life and KNOW without a shadow of doubt that I can continue to achieve through goal setting and visualization, learning more and this is about me taking massive action.

I bought a yacht through setting goals and sailed solo through visualizing the whole process of sailing every night. I visualized sailing from New Zealand to Australia, up the east coast of Australia to the Whitsundays Islands and sailing that awesome part of the world ... and did it!

I put a book together of quotes of the sea and married them to some world class images, ‘Dare to Dream ... Live Your Dream’ and I saw every page, and turned them in my mind every night long before it went to print. I could see my self selling it at the Airlie Beach markets ... and I did!

I experienced what Bob Proctor wrote in 'You Were Born Rich.' "You must reach the stage in your mental development where you don't just beleive that your image of material wealth will manefest in form, but you actually know it will!

It is at that point you will begin to expect to receive the physical expression ot your image of wealth. No one and no thing will be able to cause you to see in your mind anything but that!"

I had more than a belief, I had an absolute knowledge that I would make some amazing money when I went to Airlie, I had absolutely no doubt about it and tossed in my job on the Gold Coast and burnt all bridges.

It took 6 months of very little money ... but I never once doubted that some big money was coming, it didn’t come in the way I thought ... but it did come!

I was over the moon ... winning awards for top sales in the real estate company I worked for and I started buying and doing things I’d dreamt of ...then the doubt crept in, I listened to ones suffering from the ‘tall poppy’ syndrome putting me down and I started self sabotaging.

I tried so hard to get my mind in the right space but my yacht and I’d been living high and bills started to pour in ... fear started to take over.

Alarm alerts were going off in my head ... you're off track ... take a new compass reading, check the charts!! When I'm off sailing and I have 'waypoints' in my GPS, goals of a place I want to reach, I have to keep my eye on it as the wind and tides can push me off course so easily ... when this happens an alarm will go off and I have to get back on track. In life it takes me a bit longer for that alarm to go off .... peep, peep, peep you're off track do something about it now!!

It was all about me not giving up on reading and listening to all my favorite motivators, coach’s and mentors. I wrote my vision out for the future and laminated it.

I started taking the steps needed to achieve my vision, my purpose, not having a clue about the ‘HOW’ I was going to achieve it ... Being pretty broke at the time.

Since then some amazing things have started to happen and I don’t just think ... I don’t just believe ... I KNOW I am on my way to achieving my life purpose.

One thing that has happened that I have had in writing for 3 years now is I am going to India with a computer to give to my World Vision child Simran ... that has been a goal I have worked towards.

The second part about me is on my laminated vision statement which says I will go on a train trip through India with Simran and her family ... 18 months after putting this vision in print I was invited to go on a pilgrimage via train through India with the family ... they did not know of my written vision ... wow ... to me mind blowing! I leave in a couple of weeks, December 2010!

I also had a personal vision written down of having my beloved yacht Levitation brought up to her former glory .. ‘her paint work on her hull glossy white so I could see my reflection in her, her name and stripes painted navy,’ but the truth about me is I had run out of money!

I saw her in my mind looking beautiful but never knew ... The how!!

Early this year 2010 a cyclone whipped through the harbour she was moored in with 200k winds ... she was in the eye of it, about 70 boats around her were lost or destroyed ... she was miraculously spared and insurance paid for a huge renewal of her including her glossy white hull and navy name and stripes!!!

Was that the HOW??? Things like that totally blow me away!

One of my concerns about me ... and I’m working on overcoming it... unfortunately I have lapses in consistency especially in the belief that I could be wealthy ... really wealthy so that I can pursue my vision of helping young women and girls out in India and 3rd world countries ... empowering them to live a life of plenty!

And when you learn about me you know sailing is my passion so I would love to spend time sailing without having to participate in the 9 to 5 grind in a job I tolerate. Through this web site, the research I am doing the courage to apply it I am on a journey to not only believe but to absolutely know that I can live a life of abundance in every way!! And yes I can ‘see’ the destination!

I have asked myself ... ‘what was I doing different when I was really ‘in the zone’ ... when I more that just believed ... I KNEW and EXPECTED the amazing results that materialized?’

On reflection ... all of what we are taught by millionaires!

• TOTAL IMMERSION ... I almost 24/7 read books, (even at work I was able too) watched DVD’s, listened to CD’s especially while driving, and followed workbooks to the latter. My two top ‘coaches’ at that time where so different and yet complimentary Justin Herald and Anthony Robbins were my constant companions through all of the above.

• Vision Boards and visualization ... I ‘saw and felt with real emotion’ my outcome.

• Gratitude ... I had an amazing box style calendar and every day I wrote down what I was grateful for starting with ... ‘I am so happy and grateful now that ... ‘

• I was giving a portion of all I earned from my book sales to a very worthy cause.

• I made a ‘space’ ... a vacuum for the good I was about to receive.

• I took massive action and was willing to take a risk and followed all that I studied.

This is what I need to build up to again and be consistent and persistent!

So that is who I am ... would you like to join me on this journey and take lessons from the super successful and financially free ... the millionaires living a life of abundance empowering others to do the same?

What’s your story, we all have an 'about me' story what is yours? What have your experiences been? We can learn from one another!

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