Tony Robbins - Tiny Changes Mean Huge Results

To change yourself all you have to do is to change your attitude, and to do that you only have to change your posture, your body language, and your focus. Train yourself to feel like a successful person, and be a successful person.

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Change your posture and your mental attitude now and have a more motivated day. And remember to comeback to this post whenever you need.

Zig Ziglar - Don't Get Cooked In The Squat

Zig shares that individuals don't have to be great to start but you have to start to be great.

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Have a wonderful day,
R.

Improve your self confidence in 15 minutes

I used to be frighteningly under confident in social situations. And although people who know me now would never believe I used to doubt myself so much I literally had to learn confidence until it became a natural part of me. I can tell you relaxed optimistic confidence is just, well so much more fun.

Here I'll tell you about the things that made the most difference to my confidence levels...

Some people have naturally high levels of confidence but everybody can learn to be more confident

Firstly, it's important to get a clear idea of what self confidence really means, otherwise you won't know when you've got it! So, self confidence means:

1) Being calm. For every situation in life you need to run on the appropriate level of emotion. Too much emotional 'leakage' into a experience can spoil the experience. You make great strides towards confidence when you begin to relax in a greater range of situations.

2) Being cool. The second part of self confidence is about being able to relax with uncertainty. To be 'cool' in a situation really means relaxing with not knowing how things will pan out. If you truly tolerate uncertainty, you can do pretty much anything.

3) Not being too concerned with what others think of you. You know when you imagine what some place is going to be like before you go there but when you get there it is totally different to your imagination? That's how reliable your imagination is! Stop trusting your imagination so much. I've long since stopped bothering to imagine what others think of me because so often I've turned out to be wrong.

4) Being specific - where do you want confidence? 'Confidence' is meaningless until you tie it to something specific. You are already confident that you can read these words or can switch a light on and off. So you don't need more confidence everywhere. To get what you want in life you have to establish exactly what you do want. Where do you want confidence in your life? Think about the specific situations now and write them down. You beginning to steer your brain towards confidence.

5) Understanding that what you expect is what you get. Your brain is an organ that needs clear goals to work towards. When a task has been set in your brain it will do everything it can do to bring about the completion of that task. If you've tried to recall someone's name but can't, hours later you'll often find their name pops into your head.
The 'trying to recall' experience set the task or blueprint for your brain's future subconscious behaviour which eventually produced the name for you - when you weren't thinking about it consciously. You can use this natural mechanism to start feeling more confident. But, to ensure you set the right task for your subconscious mind, the next point is vital.

6) Don't task your mind with negatives. Instead of: 'I don't want to screw up' (which sets the task of 'screwing up' for your brain), set the blueprint for what you do want! Your brain doesn't work towards what to do by being told what not to do. And nature has given you a wonderful natural tool to set the right task blueprints with.

7) Use nature's goal-setter: Now you understand how vital it is to set the right task for you brain, you need to know how to do this reliably. Good hypnosis will strongly 'program' the right blueprint in your mind through the use of your imagination. If you powerfully imagine feeling confident and relaxed while in a relaxed hypnotic state it will be hard for your unconscious mind to do anything else. The blueprint for relaxation has been set firmly into your subconscious mind.

3 simple strategies to get you feeling confident quickly:
1) Think specifically of the time/place/situation you want to feel confident in. Remember 'confidence' doesn't mean anything until you attach it to something specific.

2) Focus on words in your mind right now that describe how you do want to be in that time and place. Maybe words such as 'calm', 'relaxed' or 'focused'. Remember your brain works on clear positive instructions.

3) Close your eyes for as long as you like and think about how those words feel. Then, imagine the situation itself and rehearse it in your mind feeling confident and relaxed. This way you set the right blueprint or 'task' for your unconscious mind.

You can repeat this often to make it more effective and use it with as many areas of your life as you need to. If you listen to a hypnotic cd or download that can make the benefits even more powerful (see my profile below). So if you feel like you'd be blessed with less confidence than some other people you can start redressing the balance by using your mind in the right way right now.

It took me years to learn how to be more confident - now you can do it in a fraction of the time. Good luck!

Boost your confidence now at HypnosisDownloads.com

Credits:
Article by Mark Tyrrell of Hypnosis Downloads.com.
Photography from Flickr by intag1io

Pepsi Commercial - "I can"

I love this commercial because it reminds me that when I should follow my dreams, and as Richard St. John says,  persist through:
C - Criticism
R - Rejection
A - Assholes
P - Pressure

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Anthony Robbins: The Power Of Clarity And Purpose

In this video Anthony Robbins explains that life will pay whatever you ask of it. But you have to ask intelligently:

1. Be specific. Ask exactly for what you want.
2. Know why you want this. What's the purpose?
3. Know what you need to do to make it happen, and take massive action.
4. Correct your path along the way. Remember there are no failures, only outcomes. If your approach does not work, try something different, and keep trying until you get the result you expected. 

Watch the video and leave a comment  to let me know what you think of it.

Thank You,
R.

John Wooden on true success

With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father's wisdom.

The Story of Cap & Trade

I found this video on the InSpiro Blog, and I decided to share it with you because I think it is something we should be aware of.

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill.

Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what's really required to tackle the climate crisis.

If you've heard about Cap & Trade, but aren't sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

Please watch the film and leave a comment letting us know what you think of it.

Brian Tracy, You Are What You Think

Brian Tracy, author of the book Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time explains why you are what you think.

Please watch the video and leave a comment letting us know what you think.


Thank You,
R.

Zig Ziglar - Prime the Pump

Zig Ziglar explains success in life using the analogy of a water pump. You must prime the pump before you start getting water. In other words, you must put something in, before you get something out.

This video is from Ziglar Inspire Podcast which I highly recommend you visit. Go here for more info: http://zigziglar.libsyn.com

After watching the video leave a comment and let us know what you think of this video.

Thank You,
R.

Gabrielle Bouliane (Austin Poetry Slam)

The lovely and amazing performance poet Gabrielle Bouliane performs for the audience at the Austin Poetry Slam.

This would be her last public performance.

Gabrielle was diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer shortly before this video was filmed. Our dear sister fought hard, but she ended her fight January 29, 2010. She was surrounded by family and friends, and her passing was in a very quiet, peaceful room full of love and affection. She was so brave.

Please share this video with everyone you know. I am sure it would tickle her to no end to have this video get as viral as a video can be. Tell the world.

Bunny up!

Online Motivator: Gabrielle Bouliane - Austin Poetry Slam from Online Motivator on Vimeo.

Tony Robbins - Breakthrough Relationship

Anthony Robbins talks about the importance of emotional intelligence for you to achieve your goals. He gives you 3 advices:

1. See things as they are, not worse than they are
2. Have a vision, aka see it better than it is
3. Make it, the way we see it

Watch the video and leave a comment letting me know what you think.

Thank you,
R.

The Quality of Your Communication is The Quality of Your Life

As Anthony Robins says, the quality of your communication is the quality of your life. First you communicate with yourself, then you communicate with others.

Watch this video from PositiveAtmosphere.com, and leave a comment letting me know what you think.

The Princess and the Frog, The Walt Disney Movie

If you have not seen it yet, I highly recommend that you go and see the last The Princess and the Frog. This movie will remember you, and teach your children, the importance of following your dreams, have faith, imagination, a plan, persistence, friends, and a little bit of luck. I particularly like the music from Mama Odie.
See the clips and leave a comment letting me know what you think of the movie.

The Princess & the Frog - "Disneys Newest Princess" Featurette from Ricardo Patrocínio on Vimeo.

The Princess & The Frog "Almost There" Film Clip from Ricardo Patrocínio on Vimeo.

The Princess and the Frog "Mama Odie" song from Ricardo Patrocínio on Vimeo.

The Major Attributes of Leadership, by Napoleon Hill

 

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The following are important factors of leadership:

1. UNWAVERING COURAGE based upon knowledge of self, and of one’s occupation. No follower wishes to be dominated by a leader who lacks self-confidence and courage. No intelligent follower will be dominated by such a leader very long.

2. SELF-CONTROL. The man who cannot control himself, can never control others. Self-control sets a mighty example for one’s followers, which the more intelligent will emulate.

3. A KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE. Without a sense of fairness and justice, no leader can command and retain the respect of his followers.

4. DEFINITENESS OF DECISION. The man who wavers in his decisions, shows that he is not sure of himself. He cannot lead others successfully.

5. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. The successful leader must plan his work, and work his plan. A leader who moves by guesswork, without practical, definite plans, is comparable to a ship without a rudder. Sooner or later he will land on the rocks.

6. THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN PAID FOR. One of the penalties of leadership is the necessity of willingness, upon the part of the leader, to do more than he requires of his followers.

7. A PLEASING PERSONALITY. No slovenly, careless person can become a successful leader. Leadership calls for respect. Followers will not respect a leader who does not grade high on all of the factors of a Pleasing Personality.

8. SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. The successful leader must be in sympathy with his followers. Moreover, he must understand them and their problems.


9. MASTERY OF DETAIL. Successful leadership calls for mastery of details of the leader’s position.


10. WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY. The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers. If he tries to shift this responsibility, he will not remain the leader. If one of his followers makes a mistake, and shows himself incompetent, the leader must consider that it is he who failed.


11. COOPERATION. The successful leader must understand, and apply the principle of cooperative effort and be able to induce his followers to do the same. Leadership calls for POWER, and power calls for COOPERATION.

Source:
Think and Grow Rich, March 1937

Clintons Opinion of Tony Robbins

See how Bill Clinton talks about Anthony Robbins and how he explains that we have choices every day and how we can make a difference in the world.

Procrastination

An investigative and exploratory hands-on gloves-off study into the practice of putting things 'off'. Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.


Procrastination from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

FATHER FORGETS W. Livingston Larned

Taken from "How To Win Friends And Influence People", By  Dale Carnegie  this is one of those texts written in a moment of sincerity, and that helps us remember that children are only kids.

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. "To know all is to forgive all."

Estimated time to read: 3,5 min.

FATHER FORGET

Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone. Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I came to your bedside.

There are the things I was thinking, son: I had been cross to you. I scolded you as you were dressing for school because you gave your face merely a dab with a towel. I took you to task for not cleaning your shoes. I called out angrily when you threw some of your things on the floor.

At breakfast I found fault, too. You spilled things. You gulped down your food. You put your elbows on the table. You spread butter too thick on your bread. And as you started off to play and I made for my train, you turned and waved a hand and called, "Goodbye, Daddy!" and I frowned, and said in reply, "Hold your  shoulders back!"

Then it began all over again in the late afternoon. As I came up the road I spied you, down on your knees,  playing marbles. There were holes in your stockings. I humiliated you before your boyfriends by marching you ahead of me to the house. Stockings were expensive - and if you had to buy them you would be more careful! Imagine that, son, from a father!

Do you remember, later, when I was reading in the library, how you came in timidly, with a sort of hurt look in your eyes? When I glanced up over my paper, impatient at the interruption, you hesitated at the door. "What is it you want?" I snapped.

You said nothing, but ran across in one tempestuous plunge, and threw your arms around my neck and kissed me, and your small arms tightened with an affection that God had set blooming in your heart and which even  neglect could not wither. And then you were gone, pattering up the stairs.

Well, son, it was shortly afterwards that my paper slipped from my hands and a terrible sickening fear came over me. What has habit been doing to me? The habit of finding fault, of reprimanding - this was my reward to you for being a boy. It was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was  measuring you by the yardstick of my own years.

And there was so much that was good and fine and true in your character. The little heart of you was as big as the dawn itself over the wide hills. This was shown by your spontaneous impulse to rush in and kiss me good night. Nothing else matters tonight, son. I have come to your bed-side in the darkness, and I have knelt there, ashamed!

It is a feeble atonement; I know you would not understand these things if I told them to you during your waking hours. But tomorrow I will be a real daddy! I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient words come. I will keep saying as if it were a ritual: "He is nothing but a boy - a little boy!"

I am afraid I have visualized you as a man. Yet as I see you now, son, crumpled and weary in your cot, I see that you are still a baby. Yesterday you were in your mother's arms, your head on her shoulder. I have asked too much, too much.

- Livingston Larned

Quote of the day

"Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic."
- Dale Carnegie

This is a simple and very powerfull advice form Dale Carnegie.

Normally when I go home from work, despite the look of the other drivers, I force myself to sing and dance the songs that are passing in the radio. This way I change my mind set from work and get very energised and enthusiastic. This works wonders, because when I go to the kindergarten to pick-up my 3 years old Daugherty, she also gets enthusiastic, and this passes out to my wife and we all can enjoy a wonderful end of day.

This is also true when I have to make a speech or be the Toastmaster of the day in my Toastmasters Club (see more about Toastmasters here: www.toastmasters.org), it gives me the necessary energy to carry out my task with ease and enthusiasm.

What other techniques do you use to get enthusiastic and energized? Leave a comment.