Dear Dolphins,
 | ChellieCampbell,
Professional Speaker and Author of The Wealthy Spirit and Zero to Zillionaire has been teaching Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops since 1990. The Wealthy Spirit was a book-of-the-week on the Doctor Laura Schlessinger radio show and a GlobalNet book-of-the-month selection. She has been quoted in Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Woman's World, and Essence, and more than 30 popular books. |
So I go on vacation and what happens? The stock market collapses, we have the biggest one-day drop ever, the Asian and European markets follow America into a bear market, bunches of companies on the verge of bankruptcy are bought out, and Congress finally passes a massive bail-out package. Whew!
Ah, we are now living under that ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times.” But also remember that the Chinese character that stands for “crisis” also stands for “opportunity.” There are many opportunities coming your way now – what will you choose? Do you really believe in the Law of Attraction? What does that mean to you now? Does your behavior match your belief? What do you need to know now to make smart financial decisions and turn the bear market bullish for you?
Read this month’s article “Financial Panic and the Law of Attraction” for how to stay up when the chips are down!
Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops Expand Across the Nation
We have an amazing team of Financial Stress Reduction® Coaches who can help you survive the storms and take advantage of the new opportunities surrounding you right now. It is so exciting to work with these amazing individuals as we expand the Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops in the world. Be sure to check the listings below to find the next workshop in your area. Don’t see your city? Become a certified Financial Stress Reduction® Coach at our next training in March, 2009 at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, CA. We’d love to have you join us! Email me at Chellie@chellie.com or go to www.chellie.com for details.
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Have a wonderful week!
Cheers,
Chellie
Financial Panic or the Law of Attraction?
“Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye—and deny it.”—Garrison Keillor.
The vast majority of people pay much too much attention to reality. The current reality, that is; what’s happening in the news right now. So when the housing market heated up, people flocked to sign up with liar loans for mortgages they couldn’t afford for houses priced out of their ability to pay for them. Then, when those adjustable rates adjusted, and people started defaulting when their monthly payments went up, the financial institutions reeled with the realization that everybody had bet the farm but there was no one who could afford the farm any more.
Then when companies failed, housing prices fell, and stocks lost their value, people felt the fear, gulped, and tried to bail out, which only served to make more companies fail, housing prices collapse, and the stock market lose more in one day than it’s done in most of our lifetimes.
So are you doing your affirmations or your desperations?
Relaxxxx. Breathe. Stay centered. Stay focused on what you want and not what you don’t want. This is the Law of Attraction and the hardest time to remember it is when you most need to remember it. This too shall pass, and the good times will come again. You only lose if you panic. Hold on!
Here are six facts to help dispel the fear – these were sent to me by Harrison Lazarus, President of Harrison Lazarus Advisors, Inc., www.HarrisonLazarus.com:
6 Facts to Help Dispel the Fear
- In January of 1970, a bear market started that lasted until May of that year. The market during that time fell 35.4%. In May, a bull market began that lasted until January 1973 and brought a 124% gain in stock values.
- In April 1981, another bear market commenced that lasted nearly a year and brought a 24.7% decline. Then, in March of 1982, the market began to rise and continued doing so until June 1983, bringing an overall gain of 71.7%.
- July 1990 brought a downward market that lasted three months, until October 1990, at which point equity prices had fallen 22.4%. Then, in the same month, a new, now legendary, bull market took hold and lasted nearly eight years, until July 1998, delivering a 330.7% gain for the market.
- Dating back to 1975, 8 of the last 15 bull markets have started in the autumn months of September, October, and November.
- Since 1957 there have been 15 bear markets, as measured from peak to trough, and on average they have lasted 10 months and brought an average decline of 29.4%.
- The duration and degree of these bear markets were significantly less than the duration and magnitude of bull markets. During the same period, there were also 15 bull markets, which lasted, on average, 30 months and brought average gains of 112.5%.
There, doesn’t that make you feel better? It did me. Right after I got that the stock market roared back 400 points. We all need good sources of information and coaching to remember the positive during trying times so we can take the long view instead of panicking over the short one. Someone told me once that I should never make a permanent decision while in a temporary state of mind. That’s good advice!
Below, I’ve added my own list of things you can do right now.
Chellie’s List of 6 Actions to Help You Be Rich and Happy:
- Double up on your affirmations. When you think positive, you look positive, and people are drawn to those who are happy and successful even during stressful situations. Here are a few of my favorites:
“I am a successful money manager and always make smart financial decisions.”
“I invest wisely and well and all my investments pay me handsome rewards.”
“I am a winner. I win often and I win big!”
- Network! Support your fellow business owners and buy their goods and services. And then there will be people who can buy from you, too. Money has to circulate to keep an economy thriving. What goes around, comes around.
- When stock prices are low, it’s a buying opportunity.
- When real estate prices are low, it’s a buying opportunity.
- Buy low and sell high – remember? Most people don’t, though. They buy when prices are high because they’re afraid they’ll be priced out of the market, then they sell when prices are low because they’re afraid they’re going to lose their investment. Don’t make fear-based decisions – make smart investment decisions.
- Invest in learning and growing. Take a class, get a coach, get support. Get solid professional advice from people you trust who have been through the up-and-down cycles in the economy before. Then follow it. Below, you can find a Financial Stress Reduction® Workshop near you.
Read Day 32 from “The Wealthy Spirit” – it can calm your spirit and remind you of the fullness of life:
Winter
“unshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”—John Ruskin
Perhaps it is winter now for you. Winter, when the trees have shed the last of their clothes and chill is in the air whether or not snow is on the ground. If the frost has reached in and touched your heart—and your pocketbook—and left you frozen with grief and helplessness, there is comfort to be found in the continuum of the seasons. Spring will come again. The snows will melt from around your heart, your frozen assets will thaw, the seedlings of the money tree will sprout new leaves of green cash.
Winter is a time of quiet hibernation, a drawing within, harboring your inner resources. Take time to breathe and relax. Meditate. Pray. But stay away from desperate, needy entreaties! Remember that they’re affirmations, not desperations. Make your prayers ones of gratitude for whatever warmth remains in your life. Thank God for the gifts of fortitude, endurance, patience, persistence, and faith. Remember with assurance that spring will arrive—and on time—again. Focus on the abundance that is coming, rather than on the cold hearth of the present. Beneath the surface of the barren ground, vibrant life is waiting for its rebirth in spring. Brilliant diamonds lie hidden in the heart of coal, and golden threads of a new dawning are just around the corner from the stars and moonbeams of the night. The sun will warm the earth again, the grass will grow, your heart will lighten. Love and money will renew their acquaintance with you, tipping their hats and nodding good day.
Excerpt from “The Wealthy Spirit” by Chellie Campbell (Sourcebooks, 2002). Click here to sign up for the first “30 Days to a Wealthy Spirit” delivered as a daily inspirational email www.chellie.com/30-day-signup.html.
Keep the faith, and remember – “People love to give you money!”
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 The Financial Stress Reduction® Workshop Certification Program is about to begin! Having created the 8-week Financial Stress Reduction® Workshop in 1990 and taught it for the past 18 years, I have been delighted and amazed at the transformations participants have realized in their lives. People have doubled their incomes in the course, opened successful businesses, paid off debts, gotten married, and left unfulfilling jobs or relationships behind them. Here are a few of the testimonials about the course:
“I have tripled my income and finally got that saving program going. Do not miss this workshop. Give Chellie 8 weeks, do what there is to do in the workshop and you will get huge benefits.”
---Mimi Donaldson, Co-author, Negotiating for Dummies and Bless Your Stress
310-577-0229, www.mimispeaks.com
“When I first took Chellie’s class I was worried that I could not pay my rent. After Chellie’s class, using her principles and my new career direction I doubled my income in the first 6 months and with in two years was a million dollar producer in my industry. The following year I bought my first home that is now worth over 1 million. That’s a long way from the apartment that I didn’t have the rent for. Warning…Only take Chellie class if you want to be financially successful.”
—Gaye Kruger-Ribble, The Company Image, Inc.
818-906-9894, www.TCI4Me.com
“The tenets of Chellie’s The Wealthy Spirit and the Financial Stress Reduction Workshop are absolutely the backbone of my business. Fortunately, I took the class right as I was opening my private practice, and it saved me a lot of the “first-year-in-business-in-the-red blues.” Smartest money I ever paid. My peers are shocked and amazed at how fast I grew my business and how much money I made in thank you for the stand that you are for financial abundance for us all.” Update July, 2006: ”Our sales in 2005 went to $2M and we're on track to do the same in 2006!! Thank you so-o-o much for your brilliant ideas and your ongoing support. You're THE BEST!”
—Charlene Apel, President, Second Opinion Software, LLC
(310) 538-2800 , www.2opinion.com
As the years went by, I wrote two best-selling books published by Sourcebooks - The Wealthy Spirit and Zero to Zillionaire I have received thousands of emails from all over the world declaring that its message helped them with life and money mastery, and many asked how they could participate in a workshop, since they couldn’t come to Los Angeles for 8 weeks. It became clear that I needed to train other people to teach the workshop and now the time is here! Now you can become a Certified Dolphin Leader of the Financial Stress Reduction® Workshop at our first training March 26-30, 2008 at the spectacular Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club in Redondo Beach, CA.
I am so excited to expand the reach and vision of the work and join with you in helping many more people to be happy, successful, and rich! Contact me at Chellie@Chellie.com or 310-476-1622 and I will be happy to help you!
Love and blessings,
Chellie
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Now You Can Find a Financial Stress Reduction® Workshop in Your Area!
Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops will soon begin in the following areas:
Burbank, California
Cheryl Crossland – 818-841-1377 cherylcbutler@hotmail.com
Two 8-week classes beginning: October 20 & 22; January 5 & 7
Carlsbad (San Diego area), California
Lana Antione – 805-218-6132 comptrn1@pacbell.net
New Classes TBA
Corona, California
Kausar Ahmad, KNAECO International, Inc. – 951-852-7677 Knaconsultants@aol.com
New Class beginning: October 6
Hermosa Beach, California
Anutza Bellissimo, The Sami Group – 310-372-3765 thesamigroup1@verizon.net
New Classes TBA
Manhattan Beach, California
Linda Pollick, Zestful Living – 310-71-2485 lgpollick@aol.com
New Classes TBA
Irvine, California
Brett Baughman, The Winners Circle – 323-841-2440 iempoweryou@gmail.com
Two 8-week classes beginning: November 2 & November 3.
Sacramento, California
Barbara Thompson, Mojo Marketing – 916-687-0606 Barbara@Mojo-Marketing.net
Two 8-week classes beginning: October 8 & 9
Sherman Oaks, California
Dave Ribble, The Company Image - 818-906-9894 dr@geiger.com
Three 8-week classes beginning: November 2 & November 3.
Torrance, California
Kausar Ahmad, KNAECO International, Inc. – 951-852-7677 Knaconsultants@aol.com
New Class beginning: October 1
Superior, Colorado
Ryn Deitz – 307-707-1655 writersroost@gmx.com
Two 8-week classes beginning: February 25 - March 1, 2009
Hartford, Connecticut
Kate Houlihan, Alikat Consulting - 860-983-6858 kfhoulihan@yahoo.com
Three 8-week classes beginning: October 27, 28 & 29; February 2, 3, & 4.
Melbourne, Florida
Marie Benoit, Ph.D. – 703-267-5650 marie@drmariebenoit.com
Two 8-week classes beginning: February 5 & 6
St. Louis, Missouri
Jan Scott, St. Louis Women on the Move – 314-727-6876 jan@STLouisWomenOnTheMove.com
Two 8-week classes beginning: October 2 & 8
Burlington, North Carolina
Amanda Kirk, Full Circle – 336-684-6206 amanda@fullcirclehq.com
New Classes TBA
Washington, D.C.
Marie Benoit, Ph.D. - 703-267-5650 marie@drmariebenoit.com
Two 8-week classes beginning: September 25 & 26
Green River, Wyoming
Ryn Deitz – 307-707-1655 writersroost@gmx.com
New 8-week class beginning: October 20
For more information on all Financial Stress Reduction® Coaches and upcoming workshops, go to www.chellie.com and check the listings for under “Preferred Vendors” for “Financial Stress Reduction® Coaches”.
CHELLIE’S UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
Television:
January, 2008 – Chellie was featured on two episodes of Making
It! on January 6th and January 20th on KTLA Channel 5 in
the Los Angeles area, and was available nationwide on different
stations, cable, and DirectTV. She has two one-minute spots in their Secrets of Success series that
can be viewed at www.makingit.com.
Defining how to “think positive about your money” and how to “send out
ships”, both are uplifting and fun!
Radio,
Internet and Teleclasses:
Radio: Interview with David Brown, host of www.latalkradio.com Mondays, 6-7 pm (PT). Air date to be arranged. He is doing a special 24 hours with 24 successful women and I am delighted to be a part of this fabulous group!
Podcast: Monday, October 13th 10:00 am (PT). Interview with bestselling author Sheila Ellison for her podcast at www.singlemomstalk.com on financial stress. For details, contact at Sheila.ellison@yahoo.com.
Radio: Thursday, October 30th 3-4 pm (PT). Interview with Miss Young, host of “Wealth is Health” on www.blogtalkradio.com.
Audio: Chellie Interviewed by John Assaraf, author of The Answer and featured teacher in The Secret – audio now posted at Here. John and I had a great conversation about money, business, and success – at the end of it, he said, “You're a breath of fresh air! I love your attitude and the wisdom you've imparted around the world."
Audio: Chellie appeared with host Carol Allen,
author of Love is in the Stars on her radio show. You can listen to the podcast at www.karmaair.com.
For more information, visit www.karmaair.com or contact Carol at carol@carolallenastrology.com.
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The Dolphin Club News:
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A LITTLE ABOUT CHELLIE . . .
Chellie Campbell is the creator of the popular Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops, and the author of The Wealthy Spirit and Zero to Zillionaire, both published by Sourcebooks, Inc. She is one of Marci Shimoff's “Happy 100” and 1 of 18 who wrote a story for Marci’s current NYT bestseller Happy for No Reason . Chellie contributed stories to Jack Canfield’s recent books You’ve Got to Read This Book! and Life Lessons from Chicken Soup for the Soul , and is featured in How to Run Your Business Like a Girl by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin and Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle. She is prominently quoted as a financial expert in The Los Angeles Times, Pink, Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Essence, Woman’s World and more than 35 popular books. For more information, visit her web site www.Chellie.com or email her at Chellie@Chellie.com.
CONTACT CHELLIE!
Chellie can be reached at chellie@chellie.com or call 310-476-1622.
Chellie Campbell
Campbell Consulting Company
409 Bonhill Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Author, "The Wealthy Spirit" (Sourcebooks, 2002)
and "Zero to Zillionaire" (Sourcebooks, 2006)
Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops
www.chellie.com
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