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How to Make Seemingly Impossible Goals, Possible

Goal Setting

We all have dreams and desires of a better life – of goals of doing more.

Unfortunately, we often find ourselves struggling to achieve these goals. And instead, fall into the trap of overwhelming despair.

The bigger the goals, the easier it is to be overwhelmed.

Currently as I write this, it’s been happening to me. I occasionally find myself waking up to anxiety attacks fueled by overwhelmed thoughts and notions.

I guess it’s rightfully so…

Between operating a handful of businesses, launching an education company, building my professional speaking career, and starting the early stages of writing a book – all while being homeless – life is a little daunting right now, yikes!

But it’s still not acceptable. This is a product of my own doing and this constant struggle to achieve all my goals must change.

So I’ve been backtracking mentally into how I once was able to handle many projects and tasks simultaneously… I’ve been doing this business stuff for over a decade now, and I know it’s possible to accomplish anything when putting your mind to it.

And after much reflection, I’ve re-discovered my magic formula for achieving my goals:
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I Simply Want You to be Happy

I was chatting over the phone with one of my clients the other day and something profound happened. I truly realized why I’m on this planet:

I’m here to make YOU happy.

And no, not through flattery or other rah-rah bullshit you see from some of these self-help gurus.

My place is to help you create an extraordinary life. To imagine beyond your wildest dreams, what is achievable in the world. To break you out of your shell and explore the impossible.

From here on out, I am devoting my life to making You happy.

But how can I make someone happy? No person can make someone do anything without coercion. And according to tv crime dramas, that never ends well.

Alright, I should reword my passion:

Helping You Achieve Happiness

First, let’s explore what happiness is, or actually what happiness isn’t. A shit-eating grin is not happiness. Success is not happiness.

In reality, the preconceived notions of happiness are myths.
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The Art of Self-Control: Can You Wait for the Second Marshmallow?

Imagine you are guided into a bare room and abandoned with one marshmallow, which you can eat at anytime. But if you do not eat it until the facilitator returns, you will be given one more marshmallow. What would you do? Eat the one immediately? Or wait a few minutes for two?

This experiment has been conducted on countless squirming children. And hilarity usually ensues. The temptation for the yummy marshmallow is most times too overwhelming for the youngsters. As seen in this cute and often hilarious video:

The underlying concepts of the marshmallow experiment holds true for your life as well. Do you have a marshmallow you’re dying to eat? However, if you hold off, is there another one waiting?

The Moral of the Story

It is often very easy to accomplish a portion of your desires. But, in turn, blow it just as quickly. Knowing all too well that you should have reinvested your success back into your dreams.

Put in other words, we all have that inner child in us, begging for that marshmallow. However, our level of self-control will directly affect our ability to accomplish any goal. And earn that second tasty marshmallow.

One Word Can Change Your Life: The Importance Of When, Not If

NeuronsAn entrepreneur’s mindset is one of the most important factors in success. However, since the brain controls most thoughts and aspirations subconsciously it becomes very difficult to stay positive on the bumpy, uncertain road to early retirement. That is unless you consciously train your brain. While the topic of visualizations and affirmations is a complex and broad subject, there is a very simple method to begin the reshaping of your thought process. Replace the word If in your vocabulary with the term When or any synonym there of.

The Downfall Of If

What sounds better? “If I had this.” or “When I have this.” I’m guessing you picked the latter, since the former gives a negative connotation of something unattainable. In other words, the term If has always been associated with negative feelings as we grew [Read more...]