I told her the truth, which is that she’s a Hottie even with a few extra pounds.

If you don’t see yourself as a Hottie right now, no matter how much extra weight you’re carrying around, you won’t see yourself as beautiful, sexy and someone who is SUPPOSED to be trim and healthy.

But if you do, the weight loss is inevitable.

So, I’ll be the first to say it…You’re a Hottie!!!

RECEIVE, BABY!

Not just with the money you spend, but in the potential embarrassment and disappointment if it doesn’t work…or if you don’t give yourself fully to the effort.

And of course the bigger risk is holding still, allowing opportunities and abundance to pass you by…because you were paralyzed by fear, bad habits, or not enough self-worth to jump on board.

Look at HOW TO RECEIVE.

Start with the ebook.

Next teleclass starts in May. It may be your time!

As Diane and I were heading out of Dodge (also known as driving to New York to visit relatives) I thought it would be smart to make sure all her tires were inflated.

(And by the way, this is kinda sorta gonna be about marketing, but even if you aren’t a marketer, you can plug this into any part of your life you’d like.)

Now in the almost 14 years we’ve been living in Bristol, Connecticut, I’ve always gone to the same gas station to inflate my tires. Not only is it free, they even have a built in tire gauge on the air hose. You can make sure you’re getting the right amount of PSI, and not have to worry about whether your gauge is in that little pocket on your door.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that it’s also the gas station I most frequently fill up at. You bring me in with free air, not to mention convenience and a couple of cents less than most of the other stations, and I’m yours.

So when I drove in a few weeks ago and the air compressor had a hand-written “Out of Order” sign on it, it was no big deal. I still gassed up there, but drove to another station that I noticed had an air compressor…also free.

Good thing too. The front passenger tire was pretty low.

About three weeks went by and the “Out of Order” sign was still there. Actually it was replaced by a different hand written sign.

This time I went to the other station and filled up the tires.

Then I filled up the tank.

That kinda sorta turned into my station of choice.

Not every time.

But it achieved what the professionals call Market Penetration.

It got a piece of the action.

What it did was inject an emotional connection.

I began to associate this station with convenience, safety and – for lack of a better term – giving a gosh darn about its facilities.

No, I didn’t say gosh darn.

Bring it back around, Baby!

Whether you’re marketing, seeking out a lover, looking to run with a different crowd, lose weight…anything….

What you put out to the world, and the people in it, determines the EMOTIONAL CONNECTION they have with you.

And that in turn determines who you attract, what you attract, who you run with.

Looking to suck up every morsel from every sale?

You’re a greedy *^#$!…whether it’s true or not.

(And if you’re charging for something the rest of the world takes for granted, it’s probably true.)

Looking to give and give and give, and not worry about receiving?

You’re a patsy. People will take from you. And it won’t be the people you want to hang with.

It’ll be the people who take without giving as a way of life.

Looking to give to others, with enough self-respect and confidence to expect a fair exchange in return?

You’re in the ZONE!

Now you’re safe.  You’re also competent, attractive and open for business.

Give it away…within reason.

Your Pal,
Larry

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Crazy 77% off sale on HOW TO RECEIVE ends on Saturday.  $9.97 through 11:59 pm Saturday.  After that, we’re at the regular price of $47.00.

CLICK HERE to rev up your attraction motor!

Five minutes of intensity.

Strength builds on Strength.

Not on weakness or desperation.

And not on well-meaning but vague and toothless “good intentions.”

Strength.

Get some in 2012.

Start now.

Much Love (The Tough Kind if need be),
Larry

HOW TO RECEIVE starts in three hours and 31 minutes.  Rock on, Baby!

A collection of stuff recently published.

A lot of our “take-aways” – the things we use to guide how we think and what we do – come from those little nuggets we discover here and there.

Maybe you’ll find one or two here!

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When someone doesn’t keep their word with us, we become conditioned to stop believing them.  It’s only natural. Same thing works within ourselves. So what say you start making little promises to yourself that you actually keep…and then build from there?

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People will do more for someone else than they will for themselves.  So…act as if that someone you’re doing for is your best self you haven’t met yet…and DO for them!!!

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If you haven’t stayed up all night at least five times working on your dream, it’s not important enough to you for it to come true.

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Everyone is someone’s child.

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When you stop giving a $%#! about what others think of you, weak people will run away.  And you will become very attractive to strong, rich, powerful, sexy, happy people.

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Confidence is usually quiet.  But it sure does know how to party. (I turned that into one of my signature quotes.)

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You can have doubt, and fear and suspicion.  You can be shy about taking a risk.  You can question the motives of those who market to you, offer their help and expect an exchange of energy.  You can do anything you want.

When you’re done with the skepticism, go someplace quiet and ask yourself if that hesitation, that lack of trust and commitment is a big part of what’s held you back from the happiness and success you crave.  (What a powerful word….CRAVE!)

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You understand that lifting people up – genuinely – especially on the Internet makes you irresistible, right?

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You won’t get anything you “need.” The energy of lack creates more of the same.

Now DESIRE….that’s another story.

No, not really. In the first place, I rarely swear.

In the second place, it’s only a small part of the way to get more good stuff in your life.

But it is a part of it.

It’s what holds people back from taking risks.

It’s what holds people back from facing their fears and smashing through them.

Because for many of us, our biggest fear is the disapproval of other people.

It’s why the Number One fear out there is public speaking…

We don’t want to be laughed at.

I get it. I don’t enjoy being laughed at either.

Then again, I really don’t worry about it.

I am secure in my own skin…and in my own sense of worthiness.

It’s what allows me to take risks.

It’s what allows me to get in people’s faces and say what they need to hear.

It’s what lets me give them the tough but unconditional love they really need.

It’s what lets me tell them to give me their money in exchange for something good that I have.

And it lets me have a hell of a good time!

Check out this video for an example. The guy holding the camera was maybe the worst waiter I ever had at a restaurant.

I had the cajones to say it about him while he was videotaping me say it.

Not bad for a guy who grew up desperately wanting to be liked…and willing to sell his soul to make it happen.

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So short version…

The way not to give a *#%! about what other people think of you is to feel REALLY good about yourself.

And having that high self esteem is a great start.

And having the good stuff in life – the love, the money, the hot bod and laughing face – is an expression of that self-esteem, plus some really good habits.

I boiled it down to a science.

Step by step.

Twenty years of counseling and coaching experience.

Lots of mistakes.

And lots of successes.

HOW TO RECEIVE.

Come play!

Your Pal,
Larry

And here’s a secret…

When you stop giving a *#%! about what other people think of you…

Weak people will run away.

And you will become VERY attractive to strong, rich, powerful, sexy, happy people.

And you’ll start living like they live.

And you’ll start getting the things they have.

It’s Step Three in the process of HOW TO RECEIVE.

It’s how one of my students became a multimillionaire.

And how a bunch of them got rid of energy vampires and replaced them with best friends, lovers and great partners of all kinds.

Still think you’re gonna sit in that little space of worrying about what other people think, and break through to what you want?

You know better.

Step up.

Value YOUR opinion of you.

Put away the need for approval from anyone else.

Receive, Baby!!!

She and another guy who had joined the conversation were interested in why I had learned in the first place.

After all, it’s not something that’s in the mainstream.

So I told them the truth…

I learned when I was twenty years old and had zero self-confidence.

A guy I knew, who was confident and popular was doing it. My twenty year old brain made the connection…

“If I could learn to juggle, I will be popular and confident like Stu.”

So Stu taught me. I ran with it, and developed it into the training and development program I use to this day.

And of course I wrote a book about what happens when people find ways to discover their own playfulness and confidence that same way.

I told Karen the story, and the reply was interesting…

“Larry, I can’t picture you without confidence.”

Now I’ve gotten used to the idea of being confident. For the past seven years or so I’ve become one of the most self-confident people I know.

It’s a great feeling, knowing the force of your personality is something that gets people’s attention.

And it’s even better knowing I use that personal confidence to make a positive difference in the world around me.

It is different from how I grew up! If I ever needed more proof of that, it came from a high school girlfriend.

We connected on Facebook a few months ago. She told me she was amazed at how powerful and self-confident I seemed to be.

Again, fun to read. It reminded me how far I’ve come.

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Whatever success you’re chasing… business, career, relationships, health – any of them – you wind up attracting that success by the CONFIDENCE you bring to the playing field.

And that confidence doesn’t have to be in a big, loud personality.

It certainly doesn’t have to come from knowing how to juggle – though I highly recommend it.

The confidence comes from KNOWING you are worthy of living a good life.

A life filled with love, money, and peace.

Get the difference between KNOWING and BELIEVING. Two different things altogether.

Belief leaves room for doubt.

Knowing is eternal, permanent, safe.

Even if you don’t have what you want, you know you’re capable of achieving it.

And you feel safe enough to want more.

Get it?

People with that kind of confidence don’t have to know all the answers.

They know a way will show up.

And they know they’re capable of playing along with whatever life puts in their path.

Some mistake that kind of confidence for ARROGANCE.

And of course, that’s insecurity. That’s the ego taking on a big, loud personality to hide its own fear.

Confidence.

It’s sexy.

It’s loving.

It’s truthful.

And it’s something you can learn.

HOW TO RECEIVE is where I teach you to be confident.

I developed the techniques over a twenty year counseling career, and as a professional trainer and entertainer.

(Yeah, there’s that juggling thing again.)

I developed the techniques by watching what worked with my students and clients.

Some were in their teens, some were in their 70′s.

What worked for all of them was getting that CONFIDENCE, no matter what was going on in their lives that moment.

They started feeling better.

They started feeling sexy.

They started feeling the desire for more…

And they started feeling like they were capable of getting it.

I’m taking on students for HOW TO RECEIVE right now.

People who want more…

But aren’t so far gone that they feel hopeless.

People who are willing to play along, meet me on the dance floor of life, and are willing to invest in themselves.

Take a look at HOW TO RECEIVE.

2012 is going to be a big year for a lot of people.

Doesn’t matter how good or bad your 2011 is.

It just matters that you’re willing to become CONFIDENT.

And attractive.

And an open vessel to receiving.

Your Confident Friend,
Larry

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If you ever thought you were too far gone…

If you ever thought confidence was only for people who had it since they were little…

If you ever thought confidence and being attractive was something you either had
or you didn’t…

Then you should have seen me as a kid.

And even as a young adult.

Small, scared, frail. Getting old before my time.

I see the pictures of me, even in my early thirties.

Quiet desperation.

I could help others, but had a hard time helping myself.

Then I made a deal with my fear.

I set it aside while I learned to think, feel and act differently.

And by the time I was done, there was no need for the fear in my life.

Or the worry, which is just another form of fear.

So they just left on their own.

Is it time to replace fear with confidence?

Is it time to replace disappointment with confidence?

Is it time to replace anger with confidence?

HOW TO RECEIVE

Meet me on the dance floor.

Let’s do it together.

I have a good number of female friends and coaching clients. At some point in our friendship/professional relationship I refer to nearly all of them as something similar to the title of this article.

There are two main reasons for my use of that statement..

1. I mean it every time I say it. I find the beauty in each person I hang out with. There’s always something. A smile, long flowing hair, a lilt in the voice. In everyone who crosses my universe there’s something that’s adorable. Even if it’s not their defining characteristic, it’s there. I’ve done this with women age 14 to 70, and sometimes with my fellow males.

2. When I point out the gorgeousness of the person I’m hanging out with it tends to elicit more of the same. I try to be careful in the way I put it out there…always respectful and playful. Usually flirty. If someone’s not open to my brand of coaching and/or friendship I probably wouldn’t attract them into my life.

If they are in alignment with me they appreciate the positive attention. It’s absolutely amazing how people (not just talking women here) need to hear good things said about them. Most of us crave it, though we’ve been socialized not to own up to that fact.

I’ve seen people absolutely conflicted in their lives…twisted up like a pretzel. They’re scared, lonely, sometimes desperate and working on what they think is a challenge of their intellect.

Then they get reintroduced to their own beauty…in a loving and playful way. And a flood of emotions come forth. Profound stuff happens. Pain they’ve been hanging onto forever comes to the surface, then gets washed away.

Energy that’s been tied up in self doubt and regret is now free to go exploring. And those seemingly impossible life problems get solved in the most amazing of ways.

Know anyone who can use some loving kindness on your part? Try giving some away.

See what happens. Most likely both of you will start feeling your inner and outer beauty…

and your POWER.

CLICK HERE to listen.

There is ABSOLUTELY a level of perception, communication and understanding that transcends what we permit ourselves to experience.

It’s a matter of tuning into a frequency we don’t normally access…because we’re just too used to doing/perceiving/responding with our old habits.

You can use it to figure out what song comes on next.

Or you can use it get rich, provide love and comfort to others and create blessings everywhere you go.

Slow down, listen up and tune in.  It’s awesome!

Your Pal,
Larry