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In love and life,

Paul

Paul Harris
Founder & Writer
Real Success
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  • Real Newsletter Issue 4
  • "Do You Chase the Snake?" - The story of Bill and Ben who discover the danger of chasing the snake that bites you.
  • Real Newsletter Issue 3
  • "Inch by Inch" - The story of Terry and Harry - and how success is often achieved authentically.
  • Real Newsletter Issue 2
  • "Surfing the Wave" - The challenges of life are like surfing - we just need to ride the wave.
  • Real Newsletter Issue 1
  • "The Leap of Faith" - Taking action based on our beliefs or intuition can be a challenging time...
  • KSN Newsletter 41
  • "Who are you?" - A strange conversation with an old man in a store...
    "Who's road are you on?" - a poem called the Road not Taken by Robert Frost
    "Do you walk the talk?" - a short video from Simple Truths
  • KSN Newsletter 40
  • "Who are you accountable to?" - the story of Tim's encounter with his mirror.
    "The Face in the Glass" - a poem by Dale Wimbrow
    "The Dash" - a short video poem about the importance of making the most of life
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch
  • KSN Newsletter 39
  • "Seven simple steps to a life that's Real" - 7 lessons in life.
    "Books that Inspire me" - "Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold.
    "Music that Moves me" - "Look Around" by Orson
  • KSN Newsletter 38
  • "Synchronicity in business - myth or truth?" - if we go with the flow, business happens at the right time.
    "Music that Moves me" - "Proud" by M People
    "Life is Just a Game of Tennis" - how tennis is like lilfe!
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "Like the Dlowing River" by Paulo Coelho
    "Mystical Moments" - the luck from a money plant?
  • KSN Newsletter 37
  • "The Sand Dune" - lessons from fun on the dunes.
    "Music that Moves me" - intro the new feature
    "Real progress - is it inches or yards" - the difference between inner progress and outer progress
    "Mystical Moments" - sudden arrival of some life saving money
  • KSN Newsletter 36
  • "The Greatest Gift" - how the gift of time is the greatest gift we can give.
    "Get Results" - loving what you do is the key to success.
    "Music the Moves Me" - "High" by the Lighthouse Family.
    "Get Real" - tips to help you in life.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - The E Myth by Michael Gerber
    "Mystical Moments" - a chance meeting after 3 years.
  • KSN Newsletter 35
  • "What is changing?" - Introduction to changes coming in the Real Success newsletter.
    "Are you a pioneer or settler?" - The challenge to be a Pioneer when you are trying to be Real.
    "Are you at work or play?" - if work is a grind, it will grind you down.
    "Goals - do we need them?" - The importance of having goals
    "Mystical Moments" - are sequential conversations just a coincidence?
  • KSN Newsletter 34
  • "The Golden Link" - The importance of acceptance in the process of giving and receiving.
    "I'm Here Somewhere" - a song writtten about trying to find ourselves whilst still noticing the wonder of the universe.
    "Mystical Moments" - a chance visit to a charity shop and a book that was purchased.
  • KSN Newsletter 33
  • "Floating like a Cork" - a reminder that whatever happens - we always return to the surface of our lives.
    "Perfection - the enemy of progress" - how being too obsessed with getting things right can prevent you making progress.
    "Mystical Moments" - a fruitless search for a car - was this intercepted by the universe?
  • KSN Newsletter 32
  • "Unauthentic Optimism" - the dilemma and effects of being outwardly positive and inwardly negative.
    "The Frost" - scraping away at our problems is often harder than washing them away.
    "Reader Contribution" - a prose offered by a reader.
    "Mystical Moments" - the powerful synchronicity in a meeting that nearly didn't happen.
  • KSN Newsletter 31
  • "The Abyss" - how love can keep us moving forward, even when all seems lost.
    "The Road Back to Courage" - a poetic look at the journey from Stupidity to Courage
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus"
    "Mystical Moments" - Moments from a family break in the Lake District
  • KSN Newsletter 30
  • "Changing the world" - how major changes start with us.
    "The Starfish Story" - making a difference can be achieved through small actions.
    "Two Wolves" - A cherokee parable about the two personalities that live within each of us.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The Present" by Spencer Johnson
    "Mystical Moments" - The speed that the universe can respond
  • KSN Newsletter 29
  • "Lessons from the Snow" - how belief and momentum are essential for our success.
    "Kayaking Upstream" - the story of how trusting in the flow of life can get us more quickly to our goals.
    "Affirmations and the Bucket" - the displacement theory that suggests constant affirmations can replace negativity.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - The Jelly Effect
    "Mystical Moments" - a chance meeting with a friend that turned out to be an old school friend.
  • KSN Newsletter 28
  • "Honour" - The example of how honour is an essential element in our success.
    "Being a Kindred Spirit in 2010" - an explanation of plans for 2010.
    "See the belssings in Disguise" - look for the posiive in every difficulty.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The five people you meet in Heaven"
    "Mystical Moments" - the appearance of the right information just at the point it was needed.
  • KSN Newsletter 27
  • "The Torch" - how just seeing a few steps in front can be enough to light our way towards our goals
    "Stepping Stones" - finding the way across our challenges can be more obvious than we think.
    "Take One Step" - a single step can be enough to get us started
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The Achemist by Paulo Coelho
    "Mystical Moments" - how they can occur when we least expect them
  • KSN Newsletter 26
  • "The Push" - The powerful story of the mother eagle that pushes her babies out of the nest.
    "Ready to Fly" - based around a song and video from Richard Marx, it shows us that we all have all that we need to succeed - but we often only discover this when we need to.
    "Act on your Inspiration" - how doing what is authentic for us, inspires us.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The Compass" by Tammy Kling and John Spenver Ellis
    "Mystical Moments" - how the Kindred Spirit network meeting was mystical.
  • KSN Newsletter 25
  • "Why am I here?" - the importance of finding your true pupose in life.
    "What is faith?" a definition of faith that is based around the universe knowing what is best for us.
    "It doesn't matter" - an inspiring poem written by a Red Inidian Elder.
    "Be Engaged in the Now" - how to live in the present rather than the past or the future.
    "Books that inspire me" - The Deeper Secret by Annemarie Postma.
    "Mystical Moments" - Two angel cards that appeared in a meeting of two Kindred Spirits.
  • KSN Newsletter 24
  • "The Power of Intuition" - The analogy of the radio as a way of connecting our thoughts and goals with others.
    "The blind man" - how we can give others hope, even when we are feeling down.
    "Act Upon Your Inner Impulses" - following your intuition to avoid saying "what if".
    "Books that inspire me" - "Swan Song" by Robert McCammon.
    "Mystical Moments" - Another CD moment that confirmed an action being taken.
  • KSN Newsletter 23
  • "Swimming" - The importance of keeping going against all obstacles and how the support of friends and associates can help.
    "Feeling sorry for ourselves" - how this is normal but the lesson that there is always someone else having greater challenges.
    "Become a Being of Sharing" - how giving leads to receiving.
    "Books that inspire me" - "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
    "Mystical Moments" - how listening to a CD lead to synchronistic confirmations of previous discussions.
  • KSN Newsletter 22
  • "The Lost Generation" - a poem that when read in reverse has a very different meaning.
    "Spiritual Growth"- how we all accept physical growth stops but spiritual growth is eternal.
    "Connect with the Universe" - the importance of getting away from the hussle and bussle of life.
    "Books that inspire me" - "Flow of Life" by Phil Murray
    "Mystical Moments" - a chance meeting that produced real progress.
  • KSN Newsletter 21
  • "Open the shutters!" - the importance of keeping an open mind.
    "Knowing" - are events completely random or is there some sort of "all knowing" guiding force?
    "Associate with the Inspired and the Inspiring" - the benefit of mixing with uplifting people.
    "Books that inspire me" - "The Spellbinders Gift" by Og Mandino
    "Mystical Moments" - a meeting organised for a friend that turned out to be very beneficial.
  • KSN Newsletter 20
  • "What's important?" The importance of giving love over material gifts.
    "Time is no barrier" - how time as strangers is no barrier to helping each other.
    "Inner Peace" - how being at peace with yourself helps others.
    "Books that inspire me" - "Pay it Forward" by Catherine Ryan Hyde
  • KSN Newsletter 19
  • "The Clouds of Doubt" - the doubts that rise when we are making progress and how to believe in your own inner voice.
    "Letting it go" - the story of two travelling monks and how by holding onto anger we hurt ourselves and forgiveness actually helps us more.
    "Have Faith" - the universe only sends us what we are capable of handling.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "Eat, Pray, Love" - by Elizabeth Gilbert
    "Mystical Moments" - a call from a friend that was on his way to Lourdes.
  • KSN Newsletter 18
  • "What's the worst thing that could happen?" - how an overreaction to a set back can cuase us to miss the hidden opportunity.
    "Being the Best" - striving to be the best you can be rather than comparing yourself to others.
    "Be Inspired" - how being inspired lifts you to better performance.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield.
    "Mystical Moments" - thinking about someone and then the phone rings....
  • KSN Newsletter 17
  • "Being Authentic" - how our talents can frighten us whether we use them or not.
    "Qualifications v Intuition" - how education and qualifications can be a barrier to intuition.
    Note from the editor - introduction to Paul Harris - writer and creator of the KSN.
  • KSN Newsletter 16
  • "That's the way to do it!" - how we must find our own way in life after listening to the well meaning advice of others.
    "The Flow of life" - a quote from the book by Phil Murray.
    "Is a smile really that important?" - a suggestion that we make better decisions when we are happy.
    "The Smiling Poem" - a famous poem about a smile that infects the earth.
  • KSN Newsletter 15
  • "The missing piece" - if we wait to long for everything to be perfect, we might miss the beauty of each day.
    "Go with the flow" - accepting the changes that always occur in our lives.
  • KSN Newsletter 14
  • "Building the muscle of authenticity" - the importance of discovering our unique gifts and following our own path in life.
    "Spiritual indigestion" - how we feel if we have something important to say to someone, but we don't say the words.
  • KSN Newsletter 13
  • "The universal trampoline" - sometimes we learn more by falling over, enabling us to bounce back up stronger and wiser.
    "Synchronicity or just coincidence?" - a mention of a friend that appeared out of the blue.
    "Bobby Robson" - being successful by being a nice guy
  • KSN Newsletter 12
  • "The fences are all in your mind" - based on the Chicken Run - how we build fences in our minds that create barriers to our progress and success.
    "Denzels wisdom" - an inspiring quote taken from Denzel's TV appearance
  • KSN Newsletter 11
  • "The bird that knows where to go" - how faith, coupled with action can direct us towards our destiny.
    "Synchronicity Post It Notes" - when thoughts or people "stick" in our minds - is the universe trying to tell us something?
  • KSN Newsletter 10
  • "Which way round are your binoculars?" - looking at our dreams and goals from a different perspective.
    "Are you running on empty?" - how to fill up our energy tanks through the guidance of friends and colleagues.
  • KSN Newsletter 9
  • "Like a river, let it flow" - life ebbs and flows like a river and is often filled up with tears before the exhileration of a waterfall.
    "Dreams" - recalling a dream from a Kindred Spirit that guides us to continue to work together.
  • KSN Newsletter 8
  • "Are you on the right track?" - how we can move through life smoothly by recognising the "points" that can change our direction.
    "When you find the silent space"- how finding some quiet time helps us find better answers.
  • KSN Newsletter 7
  • "Life is a Game of Chess" - a view on life that suggests we are playing a game with the universe - and it knows when to put us into "check".
  • KSN Newsletter 6
  • "The Battle between Dark & Light" - how we can experience major obstacles just before we make progress.
    "Books that Inspire Me" - "The Shack" by WM Paul Young
  • KSN Newsletter 5
  • "Life is a Rollercoaster" - recognising that we have to have tough times to also experience the good times.
    "When you feel it's right" - accessing the higher self that knows us best
  • KSN Newsletter 4
  • "The Energy of The Sun" - remembering that the sun is always there, even when it's cloudy.
    "Slow Down" - when we slow down and listen to others problems, we heal our own
  • KSN Newsletter 3
  • "Surf the Wave" - learning to ride the wave of universal energy.
    "First meeting date!" - confirmation of date for firrst meeting
  • KSN Newsletter 2
  • "Synchronicity" - is it fact, fiction or just a coincidence?
    "Location, Location, Location" - details of the first meeting
  • KSN Newsletter 1
  • "The universe conspires to help us..." - confirmation that the KSN is formed
  • KSN Newsletter Introduction
  • Introduction to how the Kindred Spirit Network was formed
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