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5 keys to wealth - Tony Robbins

I was listening to a Tony Robbins audio and really resonated with these 5 keys to wealth:

  1. Learn how to handle frustration
  2. Learn how to handle rejection
  3. Learn how to handle financial pressure
  4. Learn how to handle complacency
  5. Give more than you receive

I think I’ve developed in all these areas over the last few months although there’s always room for more development. It was just good to see that what I was experiencing is common for those who choose my path.

You can get the full audio here: 5 keys to wealth and happiness

Neural associations - Day 3

Three associations that have negatively affected my life:

  1. Work is bad and should be avoided
  2. Marriage or commitment means a lack of freedom
  3. I should be willing to help people without being paid for it

Three associations that have positively affected my life:

  1. Having a business leads to financial freedom
  2. Drinking alcohol wastes money and makes you fat
  3. Learning and developing myself is fun

Pain and pleasure - PP Day 2

Four actions to take:

1. Make course modules better

Pain associated of doing in the past - Have to do work/put in effort, clients may not like
Pleasure from not following through - Avoid rejection, do other “more fun” work

Pain of not doing it - Course won’t convert well, I won’t make money, eventually I’ll have to give up and get a job
Pleasure of doing right now - Will have a higher conversion rate and better business, I’ll make money, my business will take off, retirement is one step closer, attract more clients

2. Write article for AYL

Pain associated of doing in the past - Have to do work/put in effort, can’t be bothered
Pleasure from not following through - Doing other busy work, can dream it has potential without testing it

Pain of not doing it - Won’t get traffic to website, no sales, no money from website, waste of all my effort
Pleasure of doing right now - Will get more traffic to website, one step closer, I know it’ll lead to sales and money, I’ll revive the business and sell more stuff to past clients/subscribers

3. Eat more and bulk up

Pain associated of doing in the past - Be a muscle head, failure to change my body
Pleasure from not following through - No commitment to a result, can muck around with other things

Pain of not doing it - Will get kicked around at BB, won’t have the body I want and can have, won’t be fit and healthy
Pleasure of doing right now - Will be ready for BB, will be more attractive, will start a habit of health and fitness

4. Launch GHL affiliate website

Pain associated of doing in the past - Getting distracted, not following through, another crazy scheme
Pleasure from not following through - Don’t have to test my idea, can’t fail

Pain of not doing it - Another money making opportunity not completed, another dream no followed through, won’t make money, stuck on same cycle
Pleasure of doing right now - Will have quick success, easy to implement, positive boost from making sales and money, prove my marketing and systems work

My personal journey - Day 1

Ok so this blog is sitting around from one of my other unfinished projects so I’ve decided to put it to some use.

This will be my personal journal to success… day by day. I just started listening to Tony Robbins Personal Power 2 again today and thought why not make the exercises public plus I can look back at my development after the program and beyond.

My Starting Point

I’ve been studying personal development and business since I was 20 and am still not financially free or even have my finances at a decent level. I have the knowledge and skills to do this but haven’t been able to get myself to push through to that magic point yet. So this is my big goal… to be financially free.

To put a figure on this for now we’ll start low (I think I have a problem with aiming too high and getting frustrated) so we’ll go with making $4000 per month which is $48000 a year.

My start point is about $1000 per month on average (I had a rather good month last month and will have to work out exact figures later). I also have $10000 in credit card debt which I’m trying hard to pay off and about $6000 in student loans that I don’t really worry about but will need attention one day.

I have my own business which I’ve run for 2 years and have been living off the proceeds. I’ve just never gotten it to a level where it makes a comfortable income. There’s a fear of success lurking here somewhere and I continuously self sabotage.

But of course that changes today!

Personal Power Day 1

My two actions to take are:

  1. Write my blog post for my business and to market it
  2. Get another website live that I’ve put off for the last week

See you tomorrow…

Laughter is still the best medicine?

I stumbled upon this article and thought you might be interested. It’s all about laughing, what it is, what causes it, and how it’s good for us.

Check it out here.

Personally, I prefer to watch funny TV shows or movies just for the release it gives me. There’s nothing like laughing your ass off for a few hours to relax.

Enjoy the article.

How big is your pile?

If you’re a dedicated self improvement junkie like I was you probably have a pile of books, courses, audios, and videos lying around your house.

So how many of them have you actually completed?

I know buying new products is a thrill but you have to watch out or that thrill will replace needing to actually take action on the stuff you’ve learnt. I was that was for a very long time and it’s only recently that I was able to pull myself out of junkie status (unfortunately there’s no 12 step program for us!).

So stop buying lots of products and just focus on one at a time. Get a book, read it, implement it, then go back and read it again. When you’ve made significant progress then move on the next thing.

If you must multi-task (like me), try to keep to one product per area of your life. It’s no good running out and getting everything on a particular subject. Pick the person you resonate most with and just stick with them.

Sure, it never hurts to branch out a little down the track but start yourself off with a solid base.

The moral of the post… less learning, more action!

Looking back at the last year

Yesterday was my birthday and with it being so close to new year’s I take this time to look back over the last year and see what I’ve actually accomplished and what I want to do in the coming year.

Turns out I’ve gotten a lot done and made significant dents in the 3 main life changing areas:

  • Health
  • Wealth
  • Relationships

But of course it’s never time to stop improving so I’m really looking forward to 2009 and all it’s going to bring me.

So how do you feel about the past year? Are you excited about 2009 and have tons you want to achieve? Are you ready to get off your butt and do it?

Because there are 2 types of people in this world. The first dream and watch the world go by. The second dream up their incredible life and then go out and make it happen.

Unfortunately, the second group is only about 5% of the population… the other 95% drift along aimlessly and have faith they’ll win lotto one day.

The good news is, you can choose your group…

Here’s to a great 2009… and the rest of your life!

Why new years resolutions never work

Ever had a new years resolution that you didn’t quite complete?

Perhaps you swore you’d get in shape, quit smoking, or earn more money.

There’s a reason gym memberships lock you in for an entire year. They know you won’t be there in 2 months time. If you took a gym and filled it with all it’s paying members it’d be like stuffing clowns in a mini.

We already know your resolution didn’t happen… let’s face it… most people make the same resolutions year after year but never follow through.

Well 2009 is you’re chance to break the cycle and actually do something. So how do we do this?

First, get clear on what you want to achieve. Saying you want to lose weight is a loser’s goal. You need to know exactly how much weight you’ll lose and how you’ll look afterwards. Get this picture in your mind and keep it there. Also write it down and put it in a place you’ll see it every day.

Alright, now it’s time to get off the beaten track in real Idiot Proof Your Life style. As my good man Tony Robbins says, the reason you don’t change is because you don’t associate enough pain to how you are now and enough pleasure to the goal you want.

So staying with the weight loss example I want you to strip off to your underwear and go look in the mirror… don’t worry, I won’t look. It’s time to realise just how out of shape you are… How fat you’ve gotten… And how you’ve been ignoring it for so long.

When you’re fat everything suffers from your health to your sex life. Healthy people just have better lives than you do… full stop.

At this point you should be feeling ‘a little’ pain… so use it. Take a picture of yourself and stick it next to your goal. Vow to yourself you’ll never look like this ever again and you’ll do whatever it takes to reach your goal.

Finally, you need your reasons to change. 65% is the pain you feel about how you are now and 35% is the pleasure you’ll feel when you reach you’re goal.

So shut your eyes and dream of walking down the beach in your new body. Everyone is staring at you… but not because they think you’re a beached whale that needs rescuing. Now they’re actually staring because you’re hot.

Yes… guys and girls are actually finding you attractive… who could imagine such a thing?

And you should do this visualisation for all the reasons you want to lose weight. Maybe it’s so your partner wants to have sex with you again. Maybe it’s because you want to watch your kids grow up rather than have a massive heart attack at 50. Do it for every reason you have.

Now snap back to reality… you’re still a fat bastard. So what are you going to do about it?

Since we’re doing weight loss, here are the best products I’ve seen for men and women. Only one downside… you actually have to do stuff… that was a joke fatty ;P

These products will actually tell you the exercise and diet steps to follow that are proven to work with people just like you. And don’t worry, you don’t have to give up your life completely to get the body you want. Learn the truth the diet industry doesn’t want you to know…

Men click here.

Women click here.

To summarise:

  1. Get absolutely clear on your goal
  2. Realise how much pain you have if you don’t change
  3. Discover how much pleasure you’ll receive if you do change
  4. Put reminders of you goal, the pain, and the pleasure on your wall
  5. Just do the work and stop being such a lazy shit

Rocky movies kick the llamas ass

I love all the Rocky movies because of one simple fact:

Rocky just keeps getting back up.

It doesn’t matter how many times he gets hit. It doesn’t matter if they steal all his money. It doesn’t matter if his wife dies…

Rocky just keeps getting back up.

This is one of the most important lessons you’ll ever learn in your life… If you want to be successful just keep getting back up until you win.

Why a lot of stupid people complained about Rocky 6… I still loved it… I’m a diehard Rocky fan and just ignore the whiners in this world. One of the best moments in any Rocky film is the dialogue below which just sums up all the movies (and life) perfectly.

This is Rocky talking to his son:

Rocky Balboa: You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here.
[taps on the inside of his hand]
Rocky Balboa: I’d hold you up to say to your mother, “this kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew.” And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige.

Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you’re no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow.

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.

But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!

Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!

I’m always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You’re my son and you’re my blood. You’re the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain’t gonna have a life.

To repeat…

“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”

So quit whining and go do it…

Something for the ladies

After my post about men attracting women… my female friends complained that they wanted the reverse for how they can attract (and keep) men.

So since they asked nicely, here it is.

Christian Carter’s excellent ebook titled “Catch Him and Keep Him” is the resource you’re looking for ladies. It explains why us strange man creatures are the way we are… and more importantly, how you can “keep us happy” so we never wander.

There’s another best-selling book called “The Rules” that gives you all these rules to follow if you want to attract a man. Things like “Don’t see him more than once or twice a week” and “Don’t accept a Saturday night date after Wednesday.”

Personally, I think blindly following rules like this is stupid. What isn’t stupid is understanding the psychology behind why these rules work. That’s what “Catch Him and Keep Him” is all about.

It’ll explain the male psyche in a way that will just make you sit up and yell “A-HA!” a lot. Then you can actually understand why guidelines like the rules exist, but also when you can bend them.

Again, I believe “Catch Him and Keep Him” is a must-read for all females, regardless if you’re in a relationship or not. It’ll lead to a man who actually values you and your relationship… yes… it is possible!

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