Business Strategy | Business Plans: Steven J. Fogel: My Mind Is Not Always My Friend

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Principal and Co-founder of Westwood Financial Corp., motivational thought leader, and author of the inspirational and life changing book My Mind Is Not Always My Friend: A Guide For How Not To Get In Your Own Way, Steven J. Fogel set a goal of becoming a millionaire by age 30. He achieved that goal but still found something missing in his life. He never felt truly happy. He set about searching for answers to the psychological and spiritual mysteries of life. He sought his life's purpose. For Steve, it was sharing his self-transformational techniques to help others to relieve unnecessary pain and to get out of their self imposed straitjackets.

Steven J. Fogel is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 18, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Principal and Co-founder of Westwood Financial Corp., motivational thought leader, and author of the inspirational and life changing book My Mind Is Not Always My Friend: A Guide For How Not To Get In Your Own Way, Steven J. Fogel set a goal of becoming a millionaire by age 30. He achieved that goal but still found something missing in his life. You will learn:

* Why your mind may be sabotaging your life and dreams

* How your mind operates as machinery that can be repaired

* How to develop new guiding principles for your life

* How to recognize you can't control events but only how you respond

Steven J. Fogel (photo left) set a goal of becoming a millionaire by the time he was 30. He achieved his objective and was proud of his success, living the lifestyle he’d always dreamed of. He had a talent for making and keeping money.

But his happiness was fleeting. He soon found that the old line “Money can’t buy happiness” was true—and the joke was on him!

At 26, he had a lovely home, a wife and, soon, kids. At 36, he came home every night to a Hollywood mansion, a picture-perfect family and all the things he’d thought he was supposed to have. He was outgoing, good at telling jokes and stories, and usually had a smile on his face.

But no matter how much he accomplished—how much he had—he never felt truly happy for long.

For the past 35 years, he’s been searching for answers to the psychological and spiritual mysteries of life. He engaged in every method for self-transformation that came across his path, hoping to find the antidote to his emotional pain. He became a painter and a writer; took up music, acting and standup comedy; and produced independent films, in addition to running his company.

What was missing was a sense of purpose to his life.

Then, after many years of searching for it, his purpose came to him: to share the self-transformation techniques he’d learned on his search in order to help others relieve their unnecessary pain and get out of their self-imposed straitjackets.

Steve Fogel is a principal and cofounder of Westwood Financial Corp., one of the largest owner-operators of retail properties in the United States with a portfolio of over 93 shopping centers in 23 metropolitan markets worth over one billion dollars. He is a licensed real estate broker and past chairman of the California Arts Council.

He is the author of My Mind Is Not Always My Friend: A Guide For How Not To Get In Your Own Way (Peppertree Press, 2010) and The Yes-I-Can Guide to Mastering Real Estate (Times Books-Random House).

My book review of My Mind Is Not Always My Friend: A Guide For How Not To Get In Your Own Way by Steven J. Fogel.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

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Let's talk with Principal and Co-founder of Westwood Financial Corp., motivational thought leader, and author of the inspirational and life changing book My Mind Is Not Always My Friend: A Guide For How Not To Get In Your Own Way, Steven J. Fogel who set a goal of becoming a millionaire by age 30. He achieved that goal but still found something missing in his life. He never felt truly happy. He set about searching for answers to the psychological and spiritual mysteries of life. He sought his life's purpose. Foe Steve, it was sharing his self-transformational techniques to help others to relieve unnecessary pain and to get out of their self imposed straitjackets on Blog Business Success Radio.