Wow... this is going to be much more challenging than I thought. Luckily, I am always up for a challenge!
I managed to kick-butt throughout the weekend (even after watching Team Canada literally trip over themselves and lose to the US) and started Monday off well..... but then an old pattern crept in late in the day Monday and WHAMMO.... negative thoughts/emotions and a major focus on the problem.
Unfortunately I woke up this morning in the same funk, so today is actually Day zero. Part of me was VERY tempted to fully write-off today and use it to just chill out. Now, it is not to say that some time, what we need is to take a quick break, but this is where being honest with yourself is KEY.
In this case, 'Chilling out' was just a euphemism for avoiding the problem... and more importantly... avoiding the SOLUTION. So when I asked myself the higher quality question of what would make feel better in the next 24 hours (rather than what would make me feel better now), the answer was quite different.
Back in January I gave you a cure for Procrastination - http://coachbryce.blogspot.com/2010/01/cure-to-procrastination.html. As a reminder, Hesitation kills dreams. NOW is the only time we have.
Decide once and for all how you will start to live your life now (not tomorrow or at the beginning of March, etc....)... NOW! And then take immediate action into making this a reality (this is a crucial step). Even if it is small, like calling the gym to make an appointment for a tour or committing to a friend as to when you will have your career plan in place. ANY small step towards making it a reality breathes life into this thought.
And on this note, I am off to start living my life the way I am committed to living NOW.
Life's a trip. Give'r!
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Problems are a sign of life - Important video link included
Hi everyone!
It took a second try, (i.e.: I had to repeat Day 1), but I am now officially on day 2 of the 10 day challenge!
The positive thoughts/emotions are useful, but what is making a profound difference in my world is the focus on solutions.
How often do we analyze, dwell, and even move on only to revisit our problems? This is not to say you should ignore problems, but once you know a problem exists and what it is, get solution focused. What I have personally noticed over the last couple of days is by focussing on the solution I am naturally pulled in the direction to take action and soon the problem is gone.
To quote Norman Vincent Peale, the father of positive thinking, “Problems are a sign of life, and if you don’t have problems you had better start to worry because the only people that don’t have problems are in the grave!”
Accept problems as a challenge, as an opportunity to learn and grow. And most important, acknowledge that your problems are QUALITY problems.
Please watch the following video and as you do, ask yourself, 'How would my life be different if I adopted some of his positive beliefs?'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg
Dream your life. Live your Dreams.
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
It took a second try, (i.e.: I had to repeat Day 1), but I am now officially on day 2 of the 10 day challenge!
The positive thoughts/emotions are useful, but what is making a profound difference in my world is the focus on solutions.
How often do we analyze, dwell, and even move on only to revisit our problems? This is not to say you should ignore problems, but once you know a problem exists and what it is, get solution focused. What I have personally noticed over the last couple of days is by focussing on the solution I am naturally pulled in the direction to take action and soon the problem is gone.
To quote Norman Vincent Peale, the father of positive thinking, “Problems are a sign of life, and if you don’t have problems you had better start to worry because the only people that don’t have problems are in the grave!”
Accept problems as a challenge, as an opportunity to learn and grow. And most important, acknowledge that your problems are QUALITY problems.
Please watch the following video and as you do, ask yourself, 'How would my life be different if I adopted some of his positive beliefs?'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg
Dream your life. Live your Dreams.
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Ten Day Challenge! - Day 1
Hi everyone:
Yesterday my coach (yes, even coaches have coaches... everybody can benefit from a coach) invited me to take Tony Robbins' 10 day challenge. For those of you that have his book "Awaken the Giant Within", it starts on page 309. For those that don't have it.... buy a copy now. This book will change your life.
The essence of the challenge is this: For the next 10 consecutive days, refuse to dwell on any unresourceful (negative) thoughts or feeling.Or to state this in the positive: Focus only on resourceful throughts or emotions.
To be clear, this doesn't mean you aren't allowed to temporarily experience a negative thought as let's face it, they will happen. The purpose here is to not DWELL on them. As described in the challenge, when you realize you are experiencing a negative thought or emotion, you have 1 minute to break the pattern.
If you dwell longer than 1 minute, you restart your 10 days.
Again, my coach extended me this challenge and I have excepted. In turn, I am extending the challenge to all of you! Are you up for it??? Come on... I triple dog dare you.. no stampsies or erasies.
This is day 1 for me... and so far so good! I will do my best to blog each day so you can follow along. Furthermore, I encourage all you who are brave enough to accept the challenge to post your comments as to your progress.
And as if a challenge isn't enough to motivate you. For all of those who do decide they are man/woman enough to do this.... contact me through my website (http://www.brycehealey.com/) and I will give you a FREE coaching session in which I will give you a few tools of exactly how to break your negative state.
The first step in creating a breakthrough in your life is awareness, which this exercise will give you plenty of.
Life's a trip. Give'r!
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
PS - FREE is good, and the next best thing is an amazing deal and my new coaching packages are just that! Check them out at http://www.brycehealey.com/Get_Started_Now.html.
Yesterday my coach (yes, even coaches have coaches... everybody can benefit from a coach) invited me to take Tony Robbins' 10 day challenge. For those of you that have his book "Awaken the Giant Within", it starts on page 309. For those that don't have it.... buy a copy now. This book will change your life.
The essence of the challenge is this: For the next 10 consecutive days, refuse to dwell on any unresourceful (negative) thoughts or feeling.Or to state this in the positive: Focus only on resourceful throughts or emotions.
To be clear, this doesn't mean you aren't allowed to temporarily experience a negative thought as let's face it, they will happen. The purpose here is to not DWELL on them. As described in the challenge, when you realize you are experiencing a negative thought or emotion, you have 1 minute to break the pattern.
If you dwell longer than 1 minute, you restart your 10 days.
Again, my coach extended me this challenge and I have excepted. In turn, I am extending the challenge to all of you! Are you up for it??? Come on... I triple dog dare you.. no stampsies or erasies.
This is day 1 for me... and so far so good! I will do my best to blog each day so you can follow along. Furthermore, I encourage all you who are brave enough to accept the challenge to post your comments as to your progress.
And as if a challenge isn't enough to motivate you. For all of those who do decide they are man/woman enough to do this.... contact me through my website (http://www.brycehealey.com/) and I will give you a FREE coaching session in which I will give you a few tools of exactly how to break your negative state.
The first step in creating a breakthrough in your life is awareness, which this exercise will give you plenty of.
Life's a trip. Give'r!
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
PS - FREE is good, and the next best thing is an amazing deal and my new coaching packages are just that! Check them out at http://www.brycehealey.com/Get_Started_Now.html.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Who's Getting Rich off Rich Dad?
Hi everyone!
I just watched/was distracted with a very interesting report which aired in January on CBC's Marketplace.
http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2010/road_to_rich_dad/main.html
It reminded me of my Knowlege is Potential Power posting from back in 2009.
I went to the $500 course and bought the next level courses ($20K) with a friend (hi Vanessa!).
Yes, I do agree that they talk the $500 course up WAY too much in the free session, as it is mostly a teaser and a way to get the next round of people in for 3-day upsell. Their pressure sales techniques are definitely suspect (both during the seminar and POST seminar).
Questionable sales techniques does not mean there is no value. The next level courses are crammed with information. And the instructors know their stuff. And WOO HOO… no more upselling!
Unfortunately, fear of failure cripples most people from making that next crucial step (and I don’t mean signing up for the advanced programs). As with most things in life it is 20% mechanics and 80% psychology.
Regardless of how much or little you pay for a course, if you never take that information and act on it, you will never see a return on your investment.
Life's a trip. Give'r!
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
http://www.brycehealey.com/
PS - Here are some of my favourite comments on the video.
"How did my wife and I become mortgage-free millionaires in our 30s? We read books that are available from the library and bookstore. That's it. Paying $500 for less information that can be found in a free library book is just silly." - Jim
[Excellent point Jim! Certainly a dose of medicine I could take. And just today I was about to buy a bunch of books, when I thought to check the library (free!) and sure enough, 9 of my top 14 are there!]
--
"To quote a VERY rich man, Jay-Z: "Men lie, women lie, numbers don't". From 2003-2007 (4 years), I went from a broke student (-$10k owing in loans), to over $1.5M net worth, solely using Kiyosaki's strategies for wealth building after I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", back in '03. ... The interesting thing here is that Erica Johnson is forgetting the cardinal rule of good Journalism; to give an unbiased, impartial and objective view of the topic. Poor form Erica!" - Bob
--
"Ive been a fan of Rich dad for a few years now. Read the books, Took a couple of the courses, also got a coach. The best 4-5000 dollars I have ever spent! None of our courses told us we would get rich quick or it would be easy! This broadcast was very entertaining, even for me ( a rich dad fan)! Probably because the hard work story would be boring. It was very one sided. I am a success story in the making, have two properties that cashflow 1000 dollars combined, and got them leveraging money..." - Jeff
"There once was a town on a seldom travelled road. A group of people approached a man standing on the road to the town, and asked him what the people in the town were like.
The man asked the group "what were the people like in the town you just came from"? Oh, they answered, "They were mean spirited, petty, greedy, and selfish". The guide said to them, "I'm afraid you will find the people in the town up ahead are also mean spirited, petty, greedy and selfish". They glumy headed down the road.
Soon another group approached the lone figure, and likewise asked him to describe the character of the citizens in the town ahead. He again asked "what were the folks like in the town you just came from."? Oh, they were kind, and considerate, friendly, and hated to see us leave."
Well the lone guide told them, you'll be pleased to know the people in the town ahead are exactly like that." - Don
I just watched/was distracted with a very interesting report which aired in January on CBC's Marketplace.
http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2010/road_to_rich_dad/main.html
It reminded me of my Knowlege is Potential Power posting from back in 2009.
I went to the $500 course and bought the next level courses ($20K) with a friend (hi Vanessa!).
Yes, I do agree that they talk the $500 course up WAY too much in the free session, as it is mostly a teaser and a way to get the next round of people in for 3-day upsell. Their pressure sales techniques are definitely suspect (both during the seminar and POST seminar).
Questionable sales techniques does not mean there is no value. The next level courses are crammed with information. And the instructors know their stuff. And WOO HOO… no more upselling!
Unfortunately, fear of failure cripples most people from making that next crucial step (and I don’t mean signing up for the advanced programs). As with most things in life it is 20% mechanics and 80% psychology.
Regardless of how much or little you pay for a course, if you never take that information and act on it, you will never see a return on your investment.
Life's a trip. Give'r!
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
http://www.brycehealey.com/
PS - Here are some of my favourite comments on the video.
"How did my wife and I become mortgage-free millionaires in our 30s? We read books that are available from the library and bookstore. That's it. Paying $500 for less information that can be found in a free library book is just silly." - Jim
[Excellent point Jim! Certainly a dose of medicine I could take. And just today I was about to buy a bunch of books, when I thought to check the library (free!) and sure enough, 9 of my top 14 are there!]
--
"To quote a VERY rich man, Jay-Z: "Men lie, women lie, numbers don't". From 2003-2007 (4 years), I went from a broke student (-$10k owing in loans), to over $1.5M net worth, solely using Kiyosaki's strategies for wealth building after I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", back in '03. ... The interesting thing here is that Erica Johnson is forgetting the cardinal rule of good Journalism; to give an unbiased, impartial and objective view of the topic. Poor form Erica!" - Bob
--
"Ive been a fan of Rich dad for a few years now. Read the books, Took a couple of the courses, also got a coach. The best 4-5000 dollars I have ever spent! None of our courses told us we would get rich quick or it would be easy! This broadcast was very entertaining, even for me ( a rich dad fan)! Probably because the hard work story would be boring. It was very one sided. I am a success story in the making, have two properties that cashflow 1000 dollars combined, and got them leveraging money..." - Jeff
"There once was a town on a seldom travelled road. A group of people approached a man standing on the road to the town, and asked him what the people in the town were like.
The man asked the group "what were the people like in the town you just came from"? Oh, they answered, "They were mean spirited, petty, greedy, and selfish". The guide said to them, "I'm afraid you will find the people in the town up ahead are also mean spirited, petty, greedy and selfish". They glumy headed down the road.
Soon another group approached the lone figure, and likewise asked him to describe the character of the citizens in the town ahead. He again asked "what were the folks like in the town you just came from."? Oh, they were kind, and considerate, friendly, and hated to see us leave."
Well the lone guide told them, you'll be pleased to know the people in the town ahead are exactly like that." - Don
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A Quick Math Lesson in Success
You have probably heard the expression: ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day.’ Well, neither is your life.
The path to success is walked with consistent daily action towards our goals. Would you go to the gym once, lift immense weight, and then expect to be fit the rest of your life? Of course not. But how often do we use that approach in aspects of our careers, relationships, or life?
What would an improvement as small as 0.5% a day give you within a year? Simple math would have you believe 182.5%, which in itself is impressive, but isn’t the right answer because learning is like compound interest. 0.5% improvement a day for a year equals a total improvement of approx 614%!!
Think about it....
Dream you life. Live your dream.
Your friend and coach,
Bryce
The path to success is walked with consistent daily action towards our goals. Would you go to the gym once, lift immense weight, and then expect to be fit the rest of your life? Of course not. But how often do we use that approach in aspects of our careers, relationships, or life?
What would an improvement as small as 0.5% a day give you within a year? Simple math would have you believe 182.5%, which in itself is impressive, but isn’t the right answer because learning is like compound interest. 0.5% improvement a day for a year equals a total improvement of approx 614%!!
Think about it....
Dream you life. Live your dream.
Your friend and coach,
Bryce
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