10 Things I Learned to Live Abundantly

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As you probably know, I’ve been working on a new course on prosperity and abundance, and it’s impossible to do that work without reflecting on my own journey from severe poverty to abundance. In today’s episode, I share my personal story so that you can understand where I’ve been, how much I’ve had to overcome to get to where I am today, and that the tools that I teach, preach, and live by really do work. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My story is one of dirt walls and a dirt floor...no indoor plumbing...feeling abandoned by my dad when he left my mom...feeling abandoned by my mom when she left Mexico to seek a better life for herself, my little brother, and I...delivering freshly cleaned laundry, on foot, through the streets of Tijuana with my grandmother...eating discarded bread scraps from a local restaurant that previously fed them to their dogs...immigrating to America as a preteen...culture shock...eating disorders...a failed marriage…</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My rough background left me with a lot of hurt and a lot of limiting beliefs. But I had a few things going for me. I come from a line of feisty women -- my mom is strongly independent, and my grandmother taught herself to read, and she fed a bunch of kids largely on her own. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As you’ll hear, my life began to really pivot when I started being self-disciplined, consistently working towards goals. Finally I was able to build and maintain momentum by embracing and living by the following 10 things:</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s critical that I manage my state. This helps me operate from a place of logic rather than emotion.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Think before I speak. I ask “For what purpose do I want to share this?” and make sure it’s for my and everyone else’s benefit before I say it.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span sty