The Energy of Words: Use the Vibration of Language to Manifest the Life You Desire (18 page)

to the child because the child holds no feeling or thought

power behind the word. Likewise, if you have no knowledge

of Mandarin, Spanish, or Portuguese, these languages will

have very little if any energetic influence on you.

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If you speak more than one language, it is necessary for

you to explore your vocabulary from an energetic standpoint

in all languages in order to gain a complete understanding of

what you are creating in your life through the words you use.

Even if you don’t speak another language, it can be fun to ex-

plore other languages as a means of better understanding the

perspective of our global community. English, Chinese, Ger-

man, Spanish, and African countries vary greatly in cultural

experience. Could the different languages and the vibrational

influences they have be a factor in our global diversity? As

English gains in popularity throughout many cultures, will

we see a shift toward a more unified view via the vibration

of language?

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Star-Studded Word Power

What separates us from the rich and famous? Is it just luck,

fate, chance, or is there an element that we could all tap into in order to access that same level of abundance and success?

The celebrity lives we glimpse on TV, with their ever-flowing

abundance, seem a million miles away from our own reali-

ties. What’s their secret?

Based on my experience of working with many success-

ful business owners, celebrities, and other elite professionals, their secret isn’t a secret at all. The magic happens from the perception they create of themselves through the words they

choose to use. Take Donald Trump, for example; despite his

outdated appearance, his presence demands respect and ad-

miration from those around him. Have you ever noticed that

wealthy people have no trouble asking to be compensated for

what they feel they’re worth?

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This chapter illustrates that successful people have per-

fected the skill of manifesting abundance in their lives, but also shows that it wasn’t always this way for them. Most

often, they’ve had to change the negative patterns in their

thoughts and actions just like the rest of us, suggesting that there really isn’t such a thing as an overnight success. You get what you put into life, and that includes putting effort into

your vocabulary. Words are our primary means of communi-

cating with others; what we think, speak, or write can in-

stantly change our connection with someone or even the

trajectory of our life, as these stories vividly highlight.

Celebrity Stylist, Carrie White

With a posh Beverly Hills salon, having styled the likes of

Elvis Presley, Brad Pitt, and Sandra Bullock (to name a few),

Carrie White is manifesting abundance into her life. On the

day I first met Carrie White, she was exactly who I envi-

sioned a Hollywood hairstylist to be: beautiful, elegant, and

classy. She seemed to have it together in every way, but at the end of our session, she handed a copy of her book,
Upper
Cut
, to me, and my vision of her was forever changed. I fully expected to find a book filled with superficial stories of Hollywood parties and celebrity secrets, but what I found within

those pages was downright shocking.

Carrie had a dark backstory tainted with sexual abuse,

abandonment, alcoholism, drug addiction, and attempted re-

coveries. She had lived the equivalent of three lifetimes in

one, and much of it wasn’t the glitz and glam you’d expect in

a Hollywood stylist’s life portfolio. She had climbed to suc-

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cess, came crashing down to rock bottom, and then climbed

back up again. What saved her and brought her back from

the brink of failure and tragedy? Fate, luck, sheer determina-

tion, or was there something more at work?

Many things in Carrie’s memoir stood out for me that

confirmed she was a fighter and a trailblazer, but one of the

key phrases she used often throughout those years was, “Of

course! That’s my specialty.” That phrase, if viewed from the

surface, seemed insignificant and actually more of a little

white lie; however, it was actually a powerful manifestation

tool that opened doors for her. Even when she knew nothing

about what she was about to do for a client, she would confi-

dently announce this phrase. These words were pivotal in

gaining respect and admiration from clients and colleagues

and eventually gaining the self-respect she needed to own her

gifts and talents and achieve lasting success:

It was a magical phrase that set me up for confidence

with a moment to pause and think things through, be-

cause after I said it, there were no more probing ques-

tions. People just become quiet and say “Oh!”—kinda

stunned, and let me have the upper hand on the subject.

The next great thing for me is that this was an exer-

cise of pushing my envelope to improve, be better, and

make an expert out of myself, forcing me to do an ex-

cellent job without excuses, because of course I had to.

“It” was my specialty, so I better be good, and I razzled

and dazzled and made it happen. It has been a psycho-

logical plus for all concerned.

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Carrie’s story is a “fake it ‘til you make it” scenario. You

might feel as though you don’t know where to begin because

the positive words you’ve chosen for your new Top-Ten

Power Words list just don’t fit your reality—yet. Like Carrie

did, you can fake it until they DO fit. By using that phrase,

Carrie helped shape the vision of the stylist she truly was but had yet to fully blossom into.

In Carrie’s star-studded word-power example, the key

phrase is “of course.” This phrase from a dictionary stand-

point is infused with a matter-of-fact, confident, and assertive undertone. Energetically, “of course” is the number of imagination, inspiration, and unity. The optimistic, the-sky’s-the-limit, imaginative power of the 3 and its unifying,

connect-the-dots kind of energy allowed Carrie to erase any

doubts and wholeheartedly believe that she could do it.

Steve Allen, Founder and Owner

of Steve Allen Media

I first met Steve Allen at a cafe in Los Angeles. A mutual

friend had previously introduced us, and as I walked toward

his table, he looked the part of a publicist (with a tailored suit and all). When I sat down across from him, I saw a spark in

his eyes that I’ll never forget. After I got to know Steve, I understood what that spark was all about. He’s not a typical

publicist; he is such an out-of-the-box thinker that his ideas can seem outrageous at first, but I’m convinced he’s a creative genius. He uses words like “talkaboutable” and “get

eyeballed,” and is one of the most enthusiastic and inspira-

tional people I’ve met.

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Steve started out as an actor in the Big Apple with a vari-

ety of roles, including having played the “father of the ugly baby” on
Seinfeld
. After getting married, he moved to Los Angeles and decided to dabble in public relations to support his growing family. His new business venture grew, but it wasn’t

until his wife came up with the tagline “PR with a con-

science” that the magic began to happen. The words “PR”

and “conscience” aren’t normally used together in the same

sentence, but for Steve, it’s a perfect fit. He’s real in every way, and the monetary rewards are secondary to a job well

done.

Steve now owns one of the most successful PR agencies

in the US with bicoastal offices in both Los Angeles and New

York. His success is obviously attributed in part to his

hard-working and inventive outlook, but there’s no denying

that his tagline, “PR with a conscience,” is a powerful ener-

getic representation of what Steve Allen is all about. It isn’t just a catchy tagline; he lives and breathes it every day:

It’s funny; you own and run a company, and because

of that you know you have a responsibility to your

employees and company clients to express a feeling,

or statement, or expression, something besides your

company name, something to clearly express to oth-

ers what your company is all about. Anyway, I toyed

with creating a tagline after our company name for

numerous months. I needed something to put on our

website, letterhead, news releases, etcetera—some-

thing that hollered the essence of Steve Allen Media.

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One night, during dinner, my wife looked at me and

said, “How’s this for a tagline after Steve Allen Media:

‘PR with a conscience.’” That was it; the search was

over, and the team all voted. It was unanimous. Every-

one felt it. Our company had been defined. We lived

by that tagline, we cared, we told the truth, and we

wanted clients who wanted to make a difference in

our world. That happened over five years ago, and the

tagline is still the way we all operate at Steve Allen

Media. Life is good.

Steve’s business name was an instant hit for him, even on an

unseen level. The keywords in his business name are “PR”

and “conscience.” These are the words most often remem-

bered when someone speaks or reads his company’s name,

and therefore they have the most energetic power. “PR” is a

7, the deep, philosophical, and truth-seeking energy. “Con-

science” is a 9, the ambitious, idealistic, responsible, humanitarian number. Together these words have a profound

energetic effect on someone by saying his PR firm is a

truth-centered humanitarian-based company.

Ricky Powell, NBC Director

and The Happiness Guy

Ricky Powell has been in the entertainment industry for

most of his life. He began as a child star in commercials and

in guest appearances on shows like
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
.

He moved on to work for the media giant, NBC. A mutual

friend connected us, and when we met for the first time, I

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didn’t expect to find such a smiling, happy-go-lucky guy sit-

ting at the restaurant table. Most of the media people I’ve

met were anything but happy people, but instead typically

tended to be hardened by the negative nature of the industry.

Ricky Powell wasn’t anything like that. I was skeptical at first that his “happiness” was just a part of his platform to brand himself as “the Happiness Guy,” but throughout our conversation that day, I realized he truly was happy because he
chose
to be happy. Instead of viewing his situation as hopeless and

helpless, working in a career that could leave him ultimately

feeling empty inside, he decided to create his own happiness

by changing his perspective on his life through the power of

words:

Words have made quite an amazing difference in my

life. Although it has been said that words account for

only a small percentage of your overall message when

communicating with others, while your tone of voice

and body language account for the vast majority, I

strongly believe this is only part of the equation.

What I believe is even more important than the

words you use to convey your message with the out-

side world is the inner power words have on you as

your words directly affect your mind, thoughts, ac-

tions, and your life.

In our culture, we are bombarded with so many

negative messages every day with our different forms

of media—plus what we see and hear right in our

daily lives—not to mention the quiet but sometimes

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destructive little inner voice serving as our own worst

critic.

As Earl Nightingale once said, “You become what

you think about,” most of the time. Until I became a

student and then a teacher of happiness, I was one of

those people who wasn’t happy because I didn’t think

about happy things, especially due to the fact that I

had devoted my entire life to media and the entertain-

ment industry.

Once I learned how impactful our thoughts and

our words can be, I made a conscious effort to rear-

range my patterns and began specifically using words

that would empower my life rather than derail it.

Words like “abundance,” “achieve,” “affirm,”

“beauty,” “bliss,” “bountiful,” “considerate,” “cooper-

ate,” “courageous,” and of course the list goes on and

on. You get the idea. The secret is not only in the

words we use with others, but in the words we use in-

side our minds and our hearts.

Make sure you are building yourself up with your

words, allowing your mind to create the exact reality

you are dreaming about. You can do it easily and sys-

tematically; you just need to decide you won’t settle

for anything less.

The driving words behind Ricky’s catchphrase he created for

himself are “happiness” and “guy.” What does it truly mean

to be “the Happiness Guy”? Energetically, this title is raw and real. It holds the frequency of 7, like the word “hate” (see