Watertown Crowds Cheer Police After The

Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Captured!

As America‘s eyes were locked onto the live broadcast of the events being aired from Watertown, Massachusetts yesterday, I could not control the overwhelming desire to share what the Boston Marathon bombing demonstrated to me. My passion to share what I was feeling started on Wednesday, when I received a recent letter from a woman that I know from Nikolaev, Ukraine, which I have been corresponding with for 3 years now. In that letter as you will see, she wanted to share her condolences for the people of America that were affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy, and what follows was my response to her today.

Hello my Lena, I am glad I can talk to you this morning, and happy that you and I both can take something away from what went on here yesterday. Today, I am grateful to God that the crisis after the Boston Marathon bombing is over. It is a glorious day to be alive, and thankful for the love America has for each other, the resounding spirit that the people showed all week long in support of their fellow citizens, friends, neighbors, loved ones, and their cooperation with all the local state, and federal agencies involved with the manhunt of the surviving Boston Marathon bomber.

Last night, the drama that had been unfolding in Watertown, Massachusetts all day was finally resolved. It is now known that the two Brothers that perpetrated this crime, detonating the bombs that killed and maimed almost 200 people at the Boston Marathon, were originally from Chechnya, and had immigrated to this country over 10 years ago. The older Brother was killed in a gun battle with police, while the younger Brother was taken into custody after he was located hiding in a boat parked behind someone’s personal residence.

The conversation you and I had online last year while I was on business in Boston, was from a hotel that is only a few miles away from where the post marathon manhunt took place yesterday. As I watched all of this play out on my television screen, my thoughts kept turning to you. Maybe it was the fact that they have a connection to your part of the world, I do not know. The only thing I remember thinking vividly, was what could I do if something like this were to happen near you, I could not protect you and Marina, and that breaks my heart.

As part of that ongoing coverage, certain things came to light about these brothers, and their family, all of whom are in my country, or Canada with the exception of the Father who went back to live in Dagestan. Many of the family members, especially their Father, their Mother that still lives here, and an Aunt that lives in Canada, are in complete denial that these men could have committed this terrible act at the Boston Marathon, and have stated they were framed.

It has been hard for me to comprehend how these men could have done these things in a country that opened their door to them as refugees, giving them a home, citizenship, and a place where they could live in peace, and freedom away from the war torn region that they left behind. America may have many faults like most countries do, but we have led the world away from the tyrannical ways of the past, and still remain committed to spreading freedom and personal liberties around the globe. Why would they do this Lena? Why would anyone, anywhere want to harm innocent people especially children?

Now, I am sure you are wondering what connection you and I have to the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, and what this all has to do with us, or the future we dream about building, right? My answer is; Everything! When things like this have happened in the past, like the terror of 9/11/2001, I realize how precious, fragile, and short life really is for us all. My dream of building a life with you continues everyday, and actually started the day we first wrote one another. But, there is much left to accomplish in a short amount of time that we will never get back, and you and I must to support one another, if we are to realize this dream.

Two days ago, I got a call from the Executive Producer of Spotlight Radio Talk Show in New York City! It seems that my article publications are gaining national, and in some cases international notoriety. He called me to set up an interview for sometime in June, or July of this year that will be broadcast live from their station, and aired from many of their affiliate stations around the country in cities like Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Houston to name a few.

The online business I began after leaving my corporate career behind, started out originally promoting other peoples products. It has afforded me a comfortable lifestyle working from home from home for 3 years now. Everything I have done, has all revolved around writing my articles to promote these products. But, at some point during this marathon, I had to question why I was promoting these products that I did not really believe would make me wealthy, and had to question what I really wanted to accomplish in life.

Three things kept come coming up over and over again as if they were shouting at me to see what was right in front of my nose; my writing, my ability to build businesses, and personal development. Every book, or publication I have ever read written by anyone who has ever created wealth, attribute their success to having a product to sell, branding their name, or company, and doing whatever it takes to get to where they know they belong. Case in point; my blog, Empire Wealth Builders, and my name are my brand, doing whatever it takes is personal development, and my product is the book that I am writing. In the wake of the Boston Marathon, and everything that transpired there this week was a monumental reminder of how short life really is, and has motivated me in ways I could not possibly explain.

In my mind I have already achieved the wealth that I know I am creating, and it is just a matter of time before my bank account reflects this fact. But, as the lessons from a tragedy like the Boston Marathon reminds us all, we need to live everyday as if it were our last day on earth! You, Marina, my family here, and I are all interconnected, and are the focal point of my life’s story. It’s my journey, it’s our journey, it’s a journey that can not be reversed, merely altered and shaped into all that we see is possible my Lena. Since you are a large part of my journey, and my inspiration to keep walking the miles that separate us, our dream, our love, and our struggle will be the focal point of the book.

Just like I got to the point that I no longer believed in the products I was selling for other people, you must also get straight what you truly believe in my love. In many of your recent letters, I have noticed that you are focused are everything you do not have right now, or with the distractions from around the world instead of being focused on our dreams. For instance, in your last letter you stated: “I have been watching the news about terrible situation that happened at Boston Marathon, and it brakes my heart. I hope people all over America support each other, and know that countries like mine stand with you as well!”

The pride I feel for the love that you have sent to the people of my country grieving over the lost, and injured loved ones as a result of the Boston Marathon bombing makes me very happy. But, we must use this as a personal lesson that life must go on in this ever changing world for good, or bad, using what we have learned to support our fellow citizens of the world in a way that we may leave this place in a better light than when we came. Some may call me a romantic daydreamer, but I believe it all begins, and ends with one person that resonates a collective voice.

We all have times of doubt my love, but you must have the courage to believe in something when everything else tells you are wrong. Thoughts become things my Lena, and I know deep in your soul you believe there is another life that you so richly deserve. But, how will you live that life, if you do not believe in it yourself? What the Boston Marathon bombing demonstrated to me was the resiliency of the human spirit under the most extreme, and tragic circumstances have the ability to elevate one another to reach a common goal. So, my Lena, use this as a life lesson to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep moving forward honey, because the world of your dreams awaits those that believe the most!

All My Love And Gratitude Goes Out To Elena, Marina, My Family, And My Fellow Citizens Of The USA

Douglas Guy~Empire Wealth Builders Network~

Online Business Marketing Mentor & Success Coach

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You Will Not Be The Same After Watching

The Most Motivating Video For Success!

The post that I have for you today is the most motivating video for success I have seen in quite awhile. It is short in duration, but powerful in message. I am straying from my what is normal for me to bring you this motivating video, and will allow the content contained therein speak for itself.

For those of you that follow my blog, you know that I have been on personal development journey that will be part of my upcoming book, and that I write about personal development all the time. It is my belief that it is absolutely essential to achieving success, and was key for the individuals in this motivating video.

There are those rare occasions when I am at a loss to add the kind of follow up that a motivating video of this caliber deserves, which this certainly qualifies as one of those infrequent moments. 

Once you have watched the most motivating video for success I certain you will concur with my assessment leaving you with much to think about, and may experience the lack of words that I fail to offer you after watching this motivating video.

May Your Success Grow After Watching This Motivating Video,

Douglas Guy~Empire Wealth Builders Network~

Online Business Marketing Mentor & Success Coach

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How Trailblazing Outside Of

My Comfort Zone Can Help You!

My exercise for today is trailblazing outside my comfort zone. To do this correctly, I would have to venture outside what is comfortable for me into what is uncomfortable. Since most of my time these days is spent here in my home office, or volunteering for the Office for Aging, there are not many opportunities that present themselves for me to accomplish this.

Let’s examine what would qualify the criteria for stepping out of my comfort zone.

Over the years, I have often said that I would like to try skydiving, and know that it would be very uncomfortable at first, yet liberating once I jump from the plane. If, you think about it, jumping from a plane is the ultimate leap of faith, and is a great representation of stepping outside of your comfort zone.

Can facing the fear of the unknown prove to be a wise decision where it concerns your comfort zone?

Earlier in my life, I had once been quite the daredevil doing anything just to get an adrenaline rush. I did things that most of the other kids in the neighborhood wouldn’t dream of doing, that definitely did not fit their comfort zone.

Jumping from tree top to tree top to see how far I could go before reaching the point that I could go no further. Pedaling bicycle down the the biggest jump ramp to see how high I could sore, then graduating to motorcycles when I got older to conquer even greater heights. Spelunking into the deepest darkest limestone caves I could find near my home, and sometimes exploring the Adirondacks to find the most challenging rock climbing around in the same trip. Cliff diving in many of the local gorges just to make the biggest splash, constantly pushing life to the edge and back again just to cure the need for the next high all fell within my comfort zone.

Then, if that were not enough for me, I discovered an even bigger playground after joining the United States Navy. By the time I was 23 years old, I had seen, and done more things than most people would do in a lifetime.

Not long after my return from the Navy, I met the woman that I would marry, and have two children with. It was time for me to push the envelope into another direction stepping out of my comfort zone, yet again, and settle into being the best Father I could be.

When I was 10 years old, I was ripped from my little mountain home in a community where everyone knew each other, and nearly half of the residents were my relatives. My parents had just gone through a divorce, and my Mom moved us 27 miles south into a farming community to be near her parents.

Having no conception of distance at that age, leaving the mountain woodlands to live in a farming community seemed like we had moved half a world away and was certainly outside my comfort zone. For the most part, I figured that was why my Dad never came to see us.

For the first 18 months, I looked out my bedroom window every night waiting to see my Dad come down the road to take me back home, but he never came. When he did finally show up, it was only once a week for Tuesday night dinner, and he came more to see my Mom, than to spend time with his children.

He was always quick to hand out promises that I would come to understand were more of an appeasement, rather than something that was within his comfort zone stating he would take us for a weekend next time, or that he would come to my ball games next week, but that time never came.

The summer I turned 12, Dad finally brought me with him for a weekend just after school had let out for the summer. We were enjoying a round of golf when he asked me if I wanted to spend the rest of my summer with him? Would I, you bet I would, I exclaimed!

That summer was magical, because I was home at last being back in the only true comfort zone I had ever known. It was nice just to be a kid again instead of the man around the house that had to take care of my younger Brother and Sisters.

Now that I was a Father of two beautiful children, I vowed that I would never put my kids through the same tumultuous emotions I had to deal with early on in life, and that I would always be there for them.

After reflecting on how good it felt that summer long ago, and how important it is for a child to have the security of a comfort zone that will nurture their self esteem, I decided I would do everything within my power to give them that gift.

This was an easy role for me to fall into, because I was still a kid at heart, and believed even then, that you should never let the little boy, or girl inside you to die. The challenging aspect for me was not the kids, but the relationship I had with my wife that was outside my comfort zone.

During my married years, I chose to support my family on what I could make versus what I could make working for someone else. For me, settling for what someone was willing to pay, rather than making what I thought I was worth, was a step outside of my comfort zone trying to accept selling myself short.

Since my wife’s family had a more institutional approach to making money, the mere mention that I wanted to be in business for myself was way out of their comfort zone. They viewed me as a dreamer, and I had to constantly live with a barrage of comments indicating I should get a “real job” forgetting the foolishness of working my own  business.

After awhile, I folded under the pressure thinking that would please my wife and her family, but it only made things worse in the long run, because I had sacrificed my comfort zone for theirs. Then one day, I took a good look at the man staring back at me in the mirror, and I did not recognize that “Guy” as anyone I knew.

As our comfort zone shrinks, we begin to question is this as good as life gets, and except it as reality!

Life sometimes gets in our way of realizing a comfort zone that will lead us to passion and purpose!

For me, I had to go back in time to understand that my comfort zone has been dramatically reduced to a much smaller circle than what was once an enjoyable playground for me where anything was possible.

The only thing that has a familiar tone between then and now, between what I have yet to accomplish, and what I could have easily achieved back then, is a comfort zone. The act of stepping back through time to remember that person has validated my belief that I can still achieve anything I set out to do.

On my bucket list, the one thing stands out above all the rest that is public speaking. Although, I have been told throughout my life I’ve missed my calling, that I should have been either a preacher, or bartender, the thought of getting stepping out of my comfort zone to accomplish that feat scares me to death.

Ironically, I am picking this up this article after having been interrupted by a phone call from the Executive Producer of Spotlight Radio Talk Show New York, which they want to feature me on their show in either June, or July. As part of the interview that I’ve just concluded, the gentleman who’s name I will reserve for the moment, asked me how I felt about public speaking. My short response was that this very topic was not only the focal point of this blog, but far and away the most important thing I could do to step out of my comfort zone period!

The moral of this story my friends is simply this; “Thoughts become things’, and what just happened to me, is my Universe manifesting my desire to live my passion and purpose by trailblazing outside my comfort zone!

Hopefully Trailblazing Outside My Comfort Zone Has Helped You,

Douglas Guy~Empire Wealth Builders Network~

Online Business Marketing Mentor & Success Coach

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Were We Prepared For The Boston Marathon?

Tell Us What You Think?

Last night I was talking with an old friend of mine on Facebook when the bombing of the Boston Marathon came up, which started a rather spirited debate between us. The question, (Were we prepared for the Boston Marathon?), begs to be answered, and we were wondering what you think.

The following is the conversation about the bombing at the Boston Marathon is exactly as it was, with the exception of deleting an explicative, or two that some readers may have found to be offensive.

JR: All these people clowning around when our country is under attack kills me. This is why we as Americans are in a bad way straight up!

Doug: Who’s clowning around? You’re referring to what happened at the Boston Marathon right?

JR: I’m talking about everyone in the nation! We have seen video, we have heard the audio, and now most of us will forget, because it is yesterday’s news. I’ll bet 35 to 40 percent of the people in this country have already decided to forget about the attack at the Boston Marathon, and have gone back to living life as if nothing happened; business as usual!

Doug: You may be right, but dwelling on what happened at the Boston Marathon will not solve anything Bro. They’ll catch those that are responsible and justice will be served. You can’t go on living if you are looking over your shoulder all the time, or go backwards even if it was only yesterday. Those of us that survive these attacks must forge ahead, and leave things better than when we came here, you understand?

JR: Yes, but how can we as citizens just wait for the next tragedy to happen? It seems we are always reacting to things after the fact instead of being more proactive in preventing these kinds of things from happening to begin with. That’s this country’s problem, we sit around and wait for someone to attack us like we did yesterday at the Boston Marathon!

Doug: If, the sick, demented, angry people in this world want to kill somebody they are going to do it, and no one can stop them! Hell, America has been relatively sheltered from this kind of thing for a long time. I have been to many other countries in the world, and seen this kind of thing happen with my own eyes. It’s has been going on for hundreds of years in some places.

JR: I know, it’s in our back yard now, hello wake up, the Boston Marathon!!!

Doug: It’s been in our backyard even before 9/11, and you talk like that is some sort of news flash! You know what JR? That’s the problem with the world today, there are to many people dwelling on the negative things in life.

JR: Yes I know, but I don’t think we can depend on our government to help us, so I think we’d all better prepare to defend ourselves.

Doug: If, you want more of the same kind of thing to happen like the Boston Marathon, just think about it some more, and it will cone true. I’ve got 3 words for you, twice, that will describe what I mean: Thoughts become things, and, like attracts like!

JR: The American people have far to much faith in our government without taking any action of their own is all I am trying to say!

Doug: When I was in the Navy I saw the best and the worst the world has to offer, and would still rather call America my home than anywhere else. We have it good compared to most people in the world, and we’ll get the bastards that bombed the Boston Marathon one way, or another! It took us awhile, but we finally got Bin Laden!

JR: You don’t have to be an extremist to know this is not a joke, and recognize that we are at war and it does involve you, and all the rest of America too!

Doug: We severed the head from Al Qaeda, and we will do it again when needed!

JR: Well, there are more that need cutting like the ones that touched off these bombs at the Boston Marathon!

Doug: Tell me JR, worrying about the things you cannot control will do what? Are you going to stop living?

JR: Nothing! Just knowing I am not as stupid as the rest of the nation makes me feel better!

Doug: Awesome

JR: Dumb Asses!

Doug: There are not as many stupid people in this country as many would like to think, just different points of view. That’s what makes this country great. We have certain basic freedoms like the freedom of speech!

JR: Wake up people, the bombing at the Boston Marathon is not a damn joke, and is a sign of things to come!

Doug: Okay, you better take a chill pill Bro, your head is going to pop like a ripe melon, if you get anymore upset. I’m sorry that all you see is the bad in people, because all I see is the good, when I look beyond all that! I’ve been like that all my life my Brother!

JR: I’m okay, I just wish more people could see clearer that’s all. For the most part I’ve been that way too, but this whole thing that happened at the Boston Marathon has got me mad!

Doug: That’s awesome. Now, you sound more like that funny bastard from Columbus, Ohio I know and admire

JR: Okay my Brother, going to bed now, Big Love!

Doug: Okay JR, have good night!

It is my hope that this article can answer were we prepared for the Boston Marathon? There needs to be a national dialogue started that will raise our level of awareness when at a public event like the Boston Marathon. Sadly, we have enemies both foreign and domestic, and my friend JR has a point, this is not a joke! We need to get pissed off, and look out for each other at all times, because we are each others first line of defense! Take care everybody.

With Infinite Love And Gratitude God Bless America,

Douglas Guy~Empire Wealth Builders Network~

Online Business Marketing Mentor & Success Coach

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Can The Power Of Transcendental

Meditation Help You?

Almost a century ago, French novelist, Marcel Proust said: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”  The power of transcendental meditation will get you to look at life in a whole new way, and will help you embark on a voyage to discover your destiny.

Meditation has always had different labels depending on who is talking about the topic. Some have called it concentration, while others call it introspection. The label has no bearing on the positive outcome it can have on your life, so call it what you will.

Today I decided to step out of my busy schedule through meditation, and go within myself for a few moments suspending all thought, all energy, just to focus, just to be! It was a little exercise I have not done for quite some time, and it was liberating to the least.

Meditation is not the daunting process that many people expect it to be, and is really easy to get the hang of. All you need to do is find a quiet spot where you will not be interrupted by anyone, turn off your cell phone ringer, and find a comfortable position to settle into.

Your first exercise in meditation will be to simply take 5 minutes to breathe and relax in quiet. Let’s call it effortless meditation. It’s Fun. In fact, I would be willing to wager meditation will become the most favorite part of your daily routine.

To start your meditation process, lean your head back, relax your limbs, and imagine the following. The previous evening you had arrived at a beautiful Swiss chalet, but it was too dark to see anything when you got into your room, so you went to bed.

As you wake the next morning, the first thing you notice was the sunshine peeking through the curtains. Getting out of bed, you walk over to the window, and pull back the drapes. Pushing open the big glass doors, you notice you have big balcony with a magnificent view of the Matterhorn.

The air is crisp, clean, and you pull several deep breaths to fill your lungs with the fresh air. Now, focus only on your breathing, and let yourself go wherever you wish to travel, you are now in full transcendental meditation!

Remember, until you become completely comfortable with your daily meditation, you’re trying to turn your attention inward and focus only on your breathing for now. During this process, if you start to see images of what your ideal life would look like to you, jot them down for later use.

When you first begin the process of daily meditation, you might want to set your phone to vibrate after 5 minutes, because it may make you so relaxed, that you might teeter on the brink of sleep, or it makes you feel like you are not in control. Either way, it will ease you into the development of your meditation skills, thus having a greater personal benefit in the long run.

Are you wondering what meditation will accomplish for you? 

Or, how meditation will fit into the grander scheme of things?

For starters, reducing the amount of stress you have in your life, through the process of meditation, will not only help you to live longer, but will rid you of any fear, or anxiety you might be experiencing about walking your journey alone.

Secondly, do you remember those images I just mentioned that you might see during your meditation time? Well, they represent a larger picture of you when you have achieved all that you’ve set out to accomplish. In other words, they will be the result of fulfilling your Destiny, and should be recorded in way that will define your “Big Why”!

As you finish each meditation period, and you have seen specific images that really light you fire, qualify them through injection into the following sentence: My life is ideal; I am… (Example): My life is ideal; I am traveling and meeting new friends!

The biggest lie, and most self-defeating advice I hear being passed around all the time is, that life is not within our control! That statement is nothing more than a massive pile of elephant dung, and oddly enough, it’s handed out by people that cannot even advise themselves!

Meditation as a regular part of your personal development diet will expand your conscious mind every direction imaginable, and when you are living your Destiny, the world will conspire to help you not tear you down.

True to what I always aspire to achieve in bringing you my message, I hope through learning the power of transcendental meditation will help guide you along your timeless, life transforming, and magical voyage to discovering your destiny.

May Your Journey To Destiny Be Guided By Meditation,

Douglas Guy~Empire Wealth Builders Network~

Online Business Marketing Mentor & Success Coach

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