When you know within yourself that there's something
you want to do and i believe that all of us were born with a purpose
that all of us have something that we are supposed to do
that all of us have some goodness within us and that goodness gives us a
responsibility to manifest our greatness and when you
know that you can feel it in your guts and you know that you're deliberately
operating below your potential you've gotten comfortable
you stop expanding you stop stretching you stop challenging yourself let me
share something else with you not only is it possible for you
to have your dream but it's necessary it's
necessary that you have it that you work on it
that you develop yourself that you go for what is yours
in the universe i was in my comfort zone i was doing just enough to get by
working on a job they paid me just enough to keep me from quitting
and i worked just hard enough to keep from getting fired
when you were in your 20s money made you feel good
it expanded you it energized you chasing the money
that was the game that was your passion that was your
there's nothing wrong with that nothing wrong with that and i particularly want
to say that to the women that are watching
yeah because it is socialized into women not to chase success like that not to go
after the money and so if what energizes you is amassing wealth
go for it but what hap and and the reason why i say that is because people
talk about the word passion yeah or purpose right
and the truth is it's not a person place or a thing
it's not it is the feeling of being expanded
and energized right if you're pursuing your passion
it means that you wake up every day and are energized
so instead of trying to think what's my purpose what's my passion what's my
purpose what's my passion
instead of thinking like that i want you instead to ask yourself
what's what could i do today that would energize me what energizes me
if it's making money figure out how to make money
right if it is making a difference figure out how to make a difference it
could be in any single shape or form but if it energizes
you that's what you need to follow and what
happens is that passion also because it's energy
it dissipates over time because when you first start making money
it's fucking thrilling yeah but what happens is once you learn how to do
something once you can do it over and over again and so
it starts to become routine yeah which means it's no longer
energizing right which is why every entrepreneur out there goes
through the mode of chasing the money and then you hit
the money that you need to make then you're like i'm not fulfilled
yeah i went through that you finally you know i did
yeah and it's because you were energized by the money
and now you're not yeah now you've got to be energized
by the next thing yeah and for you it's clearly service it's clearly making a
difference it's empowering others and so when i look back on my trajectory yeah
the thing that energizes me is making people feel like they matter
oh yeah it's that simple it is giving people hope in a situation where
they don't have it it is shining a light on the path
forward when somebody feels stuck in darkness
and now that i know that those moments are
the things that make me get up out of bed and energize me
there's an area where you want real results what i'm doing is not just about
inspiration certainly we need to be inspired we need to find our passion but
it's also about strategy right now i really want to just give you
an idea of how we can get your results in the areas of your life
that really matter to you most and maybe some areas where
you made a change but the change didn't last and maybe show you why it didn't
last and how we can get lasting results why people who go through our programs
you often use the phrase life was never the same again after they
experienced this here's the challenge people talk about
change all the time and what i tell people is
change is automatic you don't have to work on change
whether you want to or not your body's going to change over the years your
relationships are going to change the economy clearly is going to continually
change businesses are going to change so
everything's in constant flux we like to pretend it's not but it's happening
automatically so you don't have to work on change
change is automatic but progress is not if you want to make progress you need a
plan a simple strategy and some ongoing simple habits to get
the result you want and you got to measure yourself so you make the
progress and end up where you really want to be
so let me make this process really simple to give you an idea of what we do
in all of our programs i don't care what area life you want to take on
we start with the end in mind we ask you the very simple question of
what do you really want today most of us are so busy in our lives today reacting
to our environment with the stresses of our businesses and our families and
trying to take care of our bodies and everything else and constantly we're
interrupted today you know you don't just have
meetings and phone calls you've got you know constant emails and texts and
people in a conversation they don't even talk to you they're looking at their
little phone while you're having a speaking experience with
yourself basically so today with all these demands all this
stimulus most of us don't take the time to stop
and ask ourselves what do i want today what matters most to me today what's
going to make me feel filled up so there's more of me to give
to everybody else that i love and care about that i want to serve
because if we don't take care of this part the level of stress that
most people live in makes them act and behave and do things that they regret in
their lives and life's short we all know in a
heartbeat you know time goes by and 10 years from now you're going to
arrive someplace the question is where and if you don't
decide now where that's going to be and if you don't take control of it you'll
just be swept up with the energy of the moment and you're probably not going to
arrive where you really want to be so think about it today you know if i
asked you today what would an extraordinary life look
like for you today what do you want now because what you
wanted at 16 is different than 25 or 35 or
40 or 50 or whatever stage of life you're in right now
and a lot of times we just get caught up in this old story of living the life
that got designed by somebody many years ago not by you today
and here's what's really true if you looked at your life today and said life
on my terms this is what would look like what were the elements that would create
an extraordinary life for you there'd be an element of
physical energy wouldn't there be a feeling of vitality strength being proud
of your body having the power to get things done
that's one of the seven areas that we focus on
there'd be the area of your life that's quality called your emotions
i mean where do you live emotionally are you in a position where you wake up
every day just excited about the day not some phony
pumped up excitement that's not what we teach here
you'll never have me teach you to go to your garden enchant there's no weeds
there's no weeds there's no weeds we're not into that positive thinking bs
you may think so because i have a lot of passion and i do believe
in inspiration but i also believe in intelligence i believe in seeing things
as they are and then not making it worse than it is so you don't have to try
and then seeing it better than it is so you have a vision to go after and then
figuring a way to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be
and making it happen so if you looked at your life and you
said the areas that matter my body my emotions do i have the passion that i
want for my work for my relationship do i do i feel
a sense of meaning in my life or have i allowed myself to get caught
up in making a living and not actually design my life that's
what we change and it doesn't take much it doesn't take
a lot of time we do it in a way that's total immersion and fun
what's another area of your life that really matters clearly the way in which
you deal with your relationships you know most people today have settled
in this area as well because in the beginning they had this passion
and this love and now it's a friendship at best
and people think oh only certain people are lucky enough to have that but there
are certain strategies and skills that make that difference
and when you apply them you can change your relationship you can transform by
transforming yourself and then they'll have an impact on your
partner an area life that matters clearly to all of us
is time and most people have very little mastery of this i don't mean checking
things off your list i mean squeezing out of your life what matters
to you most really shifting the way you deal with
time your career where is it now your work or hopefully it's your mission
and where are you financially compared to where you want to be and
especially with some of the changes that have happened in the economies around
the world and then finally where are you and your
level of sense of meaning of contribution and your sense of
celebration in life these the areas that really matter most
and we help you to sit down and define what this looks like for you today
and invariably what we find out is almost everybody has some gaps
gaps between where you are and where you want to be if we're honest
and even if you've done incredibly well i mean i deal with some of the most
successful people in the world they're usually still happy in their
life because they're hungry they haven't lost that drive that says
look what makes me feel alive is to know i'm
growing you know if my life's gonna get better i gotta get better i can't just
hope it if my life is gonna be rich emotionally
it's gotta be expanding and they know that so here's the
tendency for most of us if you work your tail off at work to
take care of your family and be the best at what you can do
your career is going really well usually you don't have enough time with your
kids and if there's a part of you that's
affected by that or if you're really close to your kids then your intimate
relationship is probably suffering or if your intimate relationship's
really supported your finances are probably out of whack
or if your finances are going great i'm sure you've not taken care of your body
isn't that the nature of human beings we tend to focus on things we feel
confident in we know what to do in and the other stuff we kind of hope it all
comes together and try not to think about it too much but it all affects us
whatever you want to make happen in your life you can make it happen
but whatever you want you got to master it don't be a dabbler
don't try a thing or two and say it didn't work just commit to something
with all of your focus and go and find a way if it doesn't work
change your approach that doesn't work change your punch don't give up you'll
get there if you also save yourself time by learning
through other people's experiences he taught me a phrase i'll never forget
he said success leaves clues his name was jim rohn he said tony think
of it this way successful people are not successful
because they're lucky they're doing something if they got
successful one time maybe they're lucky but if they keep doing something they're
doing really well physically they're doing something if they've got a
great relationship they're not lucky you can say they're lucky but they're doing
things differently than other people if the person is really happy they're
doing something different than the person who makes themself depressed all
the time success leaves clues and i never forgot
that so he said study what it is you want to master you want to be happy
study happiness you want to be healthy study health you
want to be in a position where you're financially successful
study people that are wealthy find out what they do he said also
study poor people he said oh me just poor emotionally and psychologically
spiritually financially all levels find out what poor people read he said
and don't read it he said because that's what they're
feeding their mind you've got to feed your mind the tools the philosophy and
the strategy that allows you to master something he
philosophically shaped me to this day now think about this
if you know exactly what you want and you've got the tools that really work
you're not running east looking for a sunset you got something that's proven
now the secret is why wouldn't you apply it i mean some people know what they
want they even know what they should do but they still don't do it because the
thing that holds people back in the end is inner conflicts
conflicting emotions desires double agendas
right you want to make everybody happy and be true to yourself
you want to be totally successful in all sense including financial terms
and have no one judge you you want to sleep till noon
and make a billion dollars whatever those inner conflicts are you
have something you really desire but you also have this conflict of afraid that
you can't get it and you don't want to be disappointed
those inner conflicts make us take two steps forward and three steps back
those inner conflicts if they're not solved nothing else changes and this is
my deepest experience this is my deepest
expertise this is why i get the phone call from the athlete burning down
or the kid that i got to help turn around or the person who's suicidal
or the businessman is doing well wants to go the next level or the company that
needs turn around now because you know there's no financing left
there's no cash and they've got to shift things i've gotten those calls for
30 plus years and how to produce results right now the way i do it is
get them focused get in the strategies that work
find the conflicts between people or within themselves
resolve that and all your energy moves you forward and you may still have ups
and downs but you're going to make progress you're
going to get from where you are to where you really want to be
it happens to everybody here's the other thing is you look at your goals and look
at your dreams when you're going through some stuff
repeat out to be pleased when things go wrong
don't go with them yes write that down when things go wrong don't go with them
when you're working on a business deal you're counting on some money someone
said you will get the loan and it falls through you have an event
and the people that you thought would be there and support you they don't come
through or someone turns against you or you get
ripped off it's going to happen to you happen to me
someone stole all my products my database
over a hundred and eighty thousand names and
addresses it's not personal it's gonna happen to
everybody it does eight out of ten millionaires have been financially
bankrupt walt disney had seven he profiled
bankruptcy seven times and had two nervous breakdowns it's called life
but i got a saying when life knocks you down try and land on your back because
if you can look up you can get up you've got the power in
you to do that you've got something special you've got
comeback power
here's the other thing let us say together it's possible
it's necessary it's me yes write that down it's me take
ownership for your life nobody can live your dream for you but
you nobody's going to take care of your business like you
stop coming up with excuses don't give yourself permission to continue to live
a small life you can't fit a big dream into a small
life give yourself permission to go for it to
test yourself to challenge yourself to live full
i like to sing always strive to get on top in life because it's the bottom
that's overcrowded
the reason you're here is because there's something
in you that says i can do more this just can't be it there's something
in you there's a calling on your life there's something in your heart that
costs you to get dressed and and spend the money to go to the seminar
after seminar and listen to message after message and speaker after speaker
because there's something in you that tells you
this is not it for you you have not peaked here
there's more in you that you're expressing i eyes not
seen ear is not her nose entered a man heart of mankind
what's in store for you if you challenge yourself
if you persist and persevere if you take ownership for your life
george bernard shaw said the people that make it in this life they look around
for the circumstances that they want and if they can't find them they create
them create what you want you have the power
you to do the more than you can ever begin to imagine
to control your destiny to make a difference in our children
to make a difference on the planet to make an impact
let us say together it's me let us say together it's hard
if you ever make a mistake hold your head up
if you ever do something and everything goes wrong
life catch you on the blind side hold your head up
it's not over girder says that which does not kill you will make
you stronger hold your head up shut
someone's hand on your right and left and say
hold your head up here's something else ladies and
gentlemen repeat after me please you got to be hungry everybody together
you got to be hungry
i'll never forget mr washington said mr brown yes sir what do you want to do
with your life young man i said sir i want to be a disc jock he
said mr brown i said yes sir he said you got to be hungry i said what
do you mean by that he said people that are hungry are
willing to do the things the day others won't do in order to have the
things tomorrow others won't have people that are hungry
are willing to invest in themselves people that are hungry will go to
seminars and workshops people that are hungry always
searching always seeking higher ground so how do you want to make it i said i
want to be a disc jockey that's good here's what to do he said i want you to
read 10 to 15 pages of something positive every day
he said you don't get in life what you want you get in life what you are
you must program yourself to success he said won't you listen to earl
nightingale and zig ziglar listen faith comes by hearing and
hearing and hearing he said i want you to change your
relationships and i don't want you to ever lose your hunger
i said what do you mean by that he said people that are hungry
unstoppable people that are hungry no matter what people they make it happen
no matter what he said i want you to listen to paul
harvey who is he he's the world's greatest communicator
success leads clues young man always listen
and follow people who are doing what it is you want to do at the level you want
to do it and learn from them write this down
impact drives income that's why you're here
because the training the seminars been making a difference in your life
if there did not have impact two or three hundred people will be here
if that amount impact drives income so i became the erin board for
the disc jockeys i would go get their lunch and their
dinner and i would bring it to them in the control room
and watch them working the control boards knowing
my time will come write this down i expect to reach my goal
yes you want to operate with a spirit of expectation
i expect to reach my goal so i started preparing for the next
position never forget one quote that i heard
as you look at your life look at your goals and dreams
it's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one
then have an opportunity and not be prepared
if you expect to reach your goal prepare yourself
now