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San Carlos Mexico, June 2024by Dawn Norton as told by Steven (a true story) It was a nearly perfect day of scuba diving. The water had turned choppy, though, and the boat was navigating increasing swells. After one peaceful, beautiful dive near a small island, the group decided to skip a second ...

"Peace be unto you" Hi Friend, Christ lives. That’s the message of the Gospel: that He was born to save us from sin and that we can rely on His merits to help us return to the Father. We strive to comprehend this gift and power in our lives, and then we do our best to teach our children how t...

Quick Update! Surprise! Just one day after my last update, I finally received the long-awaited results from my ctDNA test—the one that detects whether cancer cells are sloughing off into the bloodstream. This test is known for being 95% accurate in spotting early signs of spreading. On Tuesday,...

How to Prosper Despite Economic Crises Hi Reader, With gas prices and the housing market doing things we've never seen before, some people are gripped with fear about what is going to happen to them and their families financially. If this describes you, it's important to take a deep breath a...

Reader Rant and Principles of Faith for Prosperity Hi Reader, Years ago I received some feedback from someone I’ll call Tim. While my first reaction is “Ugh… someone isn’t happy with me,” the second reaction is “Oooh – what good can come from this?” because I know that there is contained wit...

One Master Hi Reader, I started a journal entry nearly four years ago and finally finished it this morning. How was I going to explain that I almost quit this work again, after I had already taken a really long sabbatical? If you're being pulled in too many directions and think YOU might sna...

and a FREE class tomorrow About Self Doubt... Hi Reader, New Honors Graduate Leslie Williams writes: "I have been 'picturing what I want' as far as the life I desire to live ... I've been holding onto these things for a while... [but] ... "One day I was reading a goal-setting book that tal...

A TRUE Portal to Genius Story (reader submitted) Hi Reader, What do you do if the mindset principles just don't cut it anymore? That was my (Leslie's) question in 2009, when we found ourselves at the end of our resources, with about $200 in the bank, credit maxed, seven kids to feed, a portf...

this was unexpected Hi Reader, Back when this whole Genius Bootcamp thing started, I never expected to say what I'm about to tell you now... Remember when my husband and I generated 43k with only about $200 in the bank, maxed out credit cards, and no paycheck in sight? It was one, quiet GENIU...

  I was asked to give this presentation on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Oasis of the Seas during the Worth It! Female Mastermind Conference. This is an excerpt from my presentation that I've been given permission to share on my podcast. You'll discover: Two foundational elements for business su...

Meet Jacob Gibson. Jacob is a marriage and family therapist by profession, and while I've known and loved Jacob's wife for a long time, one of my first encounters with Jacob himself was when he joined our Mindset Mastery group and shared the following video (which told me that not only does he h...

By Dawn Norton “Opposites attract” “For it must needs be that there is an opposition in all things” (2 Nephi 2:2) “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” Polar opposites. The world is full of opposing forces. In fact, opposition isn’t just a part of life—it’s divine law. The...

By Dawn Norton “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare Humans are curious, often contradictory creatures. We struggle to feel content. We fixate on our circumstances. We compare ourselves to friends, neighbors, and strangers—and somewhere along the...

By Dawn Norton The Law of Gestation might sound pretty straightforward. When most of us hear “gestation,” we immediately think of the time it takes for a fetus to develop from conception to birth—whether it’s a human, an animal, or even a plant. There’s a natural space of time that must pass bef...

By Dawn Norton The scientific definition of vibration, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, is: Vibration, periodic back-and-forth motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium, commonly resulting when almost any physical system is displaced from its equilibrium condition and allo...

By Dawn Norton In my article on the Law of Vibration, I talked about the back-and-forth, up-and-down motion of particles. That same idea carries into the Law of Rhythm. Rhythm is movement, fluctuation, or variation marked by the regular recurrence or natural flow of related elements. And it’s t...

By Dawn Norton The Law of Cause and Effect is a pretty straightforward principle. For every effect, there is a cause—and for every cause, there’s an effect. It’s obvious in everyday life. If you step off a cliff, you’re going to fall. If you punch your brother, odds are he’ll punch you back—mayb...

By Dawn Norton Life is never static. It simply can’t be—because everything around us is always in motion, always changing. It’s either coming into form or going out of form. From the moment we arrive on Earth, our bodies are both building something new and gradually unraveling from what they onc...

By Dawn Norton Sometimes I catch myself believing that if I just take the right course, read the right book, or power through the right challenge, I’ll suddenly—POOF!—become perfect. Then reality hits: while I may have grown—sometimes a little, sometimes a lot—I’m still just a human… being human...

By Dawn Norton It’s with deep satisfaction that I sit reflecting on the value of my Mindset Mastery education and Mentor Training. I’ve spent the last few hours reading through my journal and old forum entries. In one way, it’s tempting to feel disappointed that it took me so long to finish what...