Think Out Loud Masterminds

Click the PLAY button at the right for my Video Entry from the Top of the Mountain.

TRANSCRIPT:

Well, I am up on the top of the Tucson Mountain range – through Gate’s Pass.  I parked at the little parking stop there.  And climbed!  You know, I learned an amazing life lesson – several actually.  (Sorry if my hands are shaking, I’ve exerted myself and I’m holding this camera.)

I wanted to get to the top of the mountain.  I wanted to sit right where I am right now.  And as I got out of the car and I began making my way, I did it with great gusto.  Obviously, it was a well-worn path and so it was fairly easy to make my way up, but very shortly thereafter I found myself running out of breath.

I was going up a 30-45% incline; and so I had to stop a while; and I had to catch my breath; and then as I continued up I really just kind of kept my eyes on the ground.  It was starting to get a little hectic, a little dangerous (maybe J), and I got wrapped up so much in where I was and what I was doing and the ground I was standing on that I didn’t even realize that I was heading down a path that was – it didn’t go anywhere.

It ended in to nothing.  It just kind of just dropped off the face of the cliff.  I had to end up back tracking.  So, as I stood there at the “Y” that I had turned the wrong way before I realized another thing:  I took the easy path.  There’s a text that says, “the way to destruction is wide and easy, but the path to salvation is narrow.”

And as we know, Universal Law applies not only to your eternal state, but your present state.  And so, it got me to thinking.  “I automatically took the easy path.”  “It was as if the decision was already made for me.”  I had to stand there at the crossroads and try to decide, “Which way am I going to go?”.

As I stood there, and followed the path up and around with my eyes, I got to realize where the path that was going to take me to the top was and so I kind of took off that way and I ran into the side of the mountain and I kind of saw that there was a little path leading up so I went that way and it started getting steeper and more treacherous and I had to pause a couple of times because my breath was gone and I had to catch it and it got me to thinking again, “Wow, this is a lot like success!  Again!”

You really have to keep your eye on the goal and if you move too fast, you’ll wear yourself out and you’ll have to stop.  And sometimes that’s what it feels like.  We think that because we’re stopping we’ve failed, but we haven’t failed because I could see it in front of me.  Obviously, in the physical you can see the path in front of you, but in the non-physical (when you’re heading toward success) it’s just not that easy.

So, I took a little break and as I stood up, there was a guy walking across the path way up there.  And I said, “Morning, how are ya’?”  And he said, “I’m good.”  And he passed along and I went another couple of steps and I saw his wife right behind him.  Now the reason it’s funny is because I’m a fairly health thirty-three-year-old guy.  In fact, I’m a very healthy thirty-three-year-old guy.  These people couldn’t have been less than sixty-five.  And there was just strolling along a path that was already up there.

And it got me to thinking again: you really think you’re trailblazing, when you’re doing these things that are amazing and you’re heading toward success, you’re heading toward your goal.  My goal is – here, I’ll turn the camera around – my goal is right here.  You know – sitting on top of this mountain.

And it got me to realize: they found a way, too.  In fact, they found a way they were coming down from.  They had been successful in their journey, and they found an easy path down.  So, what did I do?  Here is a key: I walked their path up.  There’s nothing wrong with taking advice.  I heard from… Bob Proctor… “Advice is nothing more than condensed experience. Take it when you can get it.”  …and I followed their path.

Now, I’ve got to tell you, the path that somebody else had trailblazed for me was not nearly as difficult as the path that I had chosen for myself.  Now, when I finally came to this peak, there was no…  This is solid rock.  It’s just a rock jutting out of the ground.  There was really nothing – no path – up to here.  It’s rain-worn and it’s vertical.  Now I have a little experience in vertical climbing.

(I’m sorry if you don’t see my whole head or if this is poor quality, but I’m just holding my camera – my phone, actually.)

At the end, it is you, and it is only you.  It’s you that’s going to have to make the climb.  It’s you that’s going to have to ascend to the top.  And it’s your vision that’s going to take you there.  And when you get there, there’s nothing like it.

So, wait for the next newsletter.  I’ll get into this a little more because there’s also a similarity here between success and the way money works.  So, wait until my next news letter or two, because I’m going to talk about this more in-depth, since this is a short video.  And I’ll also talk about the spiritual side of money because a lot of us like to think of money as something that should be respected/loved and it’s not.  We should use money and love people.  And even beyond that, money has a spiritual side, so that’s really what I want to talk about.

So, I’m going to sign-off right now and I’m going to make my way down to my beautiful wife and my beautiful home and take these lessons that I’ve learned with me.  And hey, if you want to climb up here with me sometime, let’s do it.  Just email me.  We’ll see if we can make a time.  Alright?

Hold Your Vision.  Keep Persistent.  You’ll Make It To The Top!

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Tucson is getting a sneak peak at a new film, entitled People v. The State of Illusion, that will be released nationwide by a prominent national Hollywood film distributor in March.  The movie, written and produced by Austin Vickers, opened in Phoenix on September 9, 2011, where it played to sold out audiences and was the #1 Independent Film in Arizona for over 6 weeks.  Set in the notorious “Old Main Prison” of the New Mexico State Penitentiary, it tells the story of Aaron Roberts and explores the science and power of perception and imagination and documents the evidence that answers the central questions of this provocative film, “what is real?” and “can people really change?” Featured in the film are 8 leading thinkers in the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, psychology, and quantum physics. You can see the trailer for this film at http://youtu.be/CU-XoWezRww .  The film will be opening in Tucson at The Loft, and writer and producer Austin Vickers will be appearing for a Q&A following the early evening performances on February 3 and 4th, 2012.  Tickets are available now and can be purchased by going to:  http://www.loftcinema.com/node/2829.  But hurry, it will sell out!  You can learn more about the film by going to http://www.thestateofillusion.com.  You and the people you love and care about will be uplifted and inspired by seeing this movie!

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Marc Leviton’s Industria Studios’ big event, “Fire and Art”, on Saturday, January 22 from 5PM to 10PM was a great success.  I was there and we had LOTS of great entertainment; music; foundry, forge, and art demonstrations; and art show and sale, silent auction, raffles, giveaways, food, and drinks.  Here’s some pictures of the fun!

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You are invited to Industria Studios’ next big event, “Fire and Art”, on Saturday, January 22 from 5PM to 10PM. I will be there, so I’d love to meet you and shake your hand.  We will be having LOTS of great entertainment; music; foundry, forge, and art demonstrations; and art show and sale, silent auction, raffles, and giveaways. Food, beer, and wine will be for sale.

Industria Studios is are seeking artists to participate in the art show and sale and to donate the silent auction. All art mediums are welcome. There is no fee to participate in the show. 30% of any sale proceeds will go to Industria Studios. For more information, call Marc Leviton at 520-235-0797. Hope to see you there!

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I first want to thank John for the 10 week series that was conducted at our Win3 Realty office.
 
It was very informative and inspirational at the same time, John has mastered his presentation and you can tell that he really believes in what he is teaching and it shows. I believe that his series was very beneficial and right on target to get not only myself, but other real estate agents motivated to make positive, lifelong changes.
 
I also believe that this is a very valuable tool no matter what business you are in, if you sell shirts, build cars, or sell real estate, the information and the way it was presented was top notch.
 
I would HIGHLY recommend that anyone that wants to improve their, life, business or relationships takes John’s course.
 
Please feel free to contact me at any time to laud his efforts.

John Harings
Associate Broker, ABR
Win3 Realty
520-488-8363 cell
520-690-9463 office
520-844-6700 fax

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This may be one of the most important and vital coaching notes you ever read from me.  If you’re like me, you skip through the dozens of personal development emails you get throughout the week – especially long ones.  READ THIS ONE – it’s strictly coaching.  …and you know me – trust me on this.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve witnessed several events – many of which were in my own life – that, if allowed to, would emotionally cripple anyone.

How, then, can someone stay level-headed (even upbeat) while the world “falls down” around them?  More than that, how can someone move into success under these circumstances?

That’s what this coaching note is about.  …and the next one.  (The next email you receive from me will be an invitation to literally deconstruct unconscious attachments with the negative aspects of your life and reconstruct a positive, healthy self-image in a breakthrough two-day program that Mark from Industria, Inc. and I are pioneering.)

So back to today’s message…  Let me lay some ground work.   We must assume the following truths:
1. The Universe is created to be good and giving in its natural operation.
2. If left to its natural course, the Universe would ensure that your life continued to expand, express, and grow because your Spirit is inclined that way.
3. It’s only because of the limitations we’ve invented or accepted that we experience lack, limitation, and any other negativity in our lives.

If these three things are true – and they are – the only thing I really have to do to allow good into my life… is allow.

Yes.  Allow.

What about surrounding myself with positive influences?

What about visualizing?

These things (and things like them) are valid and necessary, but understand this: these activities can have the opposite effect if your current belief system (in lack) is too strong.  If there’s an undertone of doubt, sarcasm, or anything else along those lines, then all the good visualization energy in the world will not be very effective.

Let me come at this from another angle.  In physics we know that “energy attracts like energy”.  I even addressed this fact in an earlier email when I said the following:
“The Universe was created as a response mechanism for us.  …  It operates by Law.  …  One of these Laws is the Law of Attraction.  An easy way to state the Law of Attraction is: “energy attracts like energy”.  Not good energy, not bad energy, but like energy.  ..and that source, attracting energy to which the Universe responds is from our feelings.”

Remember, it’s your feelings (read: subconscious) which allow or disallow (read: action) in your life.  All the logic in the world isn’t very effective with feelings – in the assertive.  You know this to be true every time you try to “assert” yourself in an argument.  You believe one thing – the other person believes another – you assert yourself – …and how far do you get?

You see, when you were young, someone in authority simply had to suggest or assert something and you believed it.  However, after you began to reason, that function “turned off”.  Assertion was no longer good enough – you had to know “why”.

Why, why, why…  We hear that from children incessantly and for good reason – they’re beginning to reason.  How then are we influenced when we no longer “accept external programming” from assertions.  Simple – every good coach knows… ask questions!  Asking questions is the fastest, most effective, permanent way to deconstruct beliefs and let go in order to move on.

…and now we come to the magic.  The following four questions are literally able to pierce through whatever emotion you may be holding to (negative or positive) and allow you to release it.  This is only a small part of the Sedona Method ™, a trademarked process which I highly recommend and you can link straight to it in a hardcopy, Kindle edition, or audio program from HERE.  (It’s so effective, I’ve made it the core of my own practices.)

An emotion is an object, like a pen. In the same way you release a pen from you hand to the table, you can release emotions. The emotion still exists, but is no longer “held on to”.  If the emotion (blocking your “good” from coming to you) is now free from you, your ability to receive – even without consciously visualizing – is greatly magnified.

1. What am I holding on to right now?  (pain, jelousy, victimhood, anger, releif, happiness, worry)
2. Could I let this go?  (Yes. It’s an object after all.)
3. Would I let this go?  (Yes. It’s poisoning you after all and you’re not the type to just accept the worst in life.)
4. When would I let this go?  (Hopefully, now.)

The process your mind goes through to pull up the problem, address it, and let it go (now) quite literally dissipates the situation within you.  Like the pen on the table, the circumstance exists, but it’s no longer a part of you.  This allows you to move forward in growth and receivership.  I cannot stress enough the importance of what you will experience by going through these questions.  So just go through them.  Whether you believe they can be effective or not, just go through them.

Listen, your birthright is greatness, success, growth, advancement, and fulfillment.  The fact that you exist means you were meant to experience the best of life.

Go forward!  Claim your birthright!

Hold Your Vision,
John Fox
International LifeSuccess Consultant
Results Coach for Business and Life
www.JohnFox.LifeSuccessConsultants.com
www.TOLMasterMinds.com

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One of the Think Out Loud MasterMinds community members is Mark Ross, CEO of Prime Capital mortgage brokerage and President of the Congregation Or Chadash.  He gave a speech at Rosh Hashana services in September and then published it in an open letter to his congregation which he shared with me.  It’s so rich with good advise, that I wanted to share it with you.  So, with his permission, I am.

If you prefer to read this article on the Congregation Or Chadash website, just click HERE.  This message will only be on the Congregation Or Chadash website for the last part of September and the first part of October, which is why it’s posted here, too.

High Holy Day 2010 Speech – Think and Grow Rich, by Mark Ross, Congregation President.

   L’Shanah Tova. On behalf of Congregation Or Chadash, it’s my pleasure to welcome our congregants, their families and all of our guests here today. I want to thank Rabbi Louchheim, Cantor Cohen and all of our volunteers and professional staff for the numerous hours of work it took to prepare us for these High Holy days.L’Shana Tovah – may you all enjoy a healthy, safe, and happy new year.

   In the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams”, character Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, heard the voice of Shoeless Joe Jackson say, “if you build it, he will come”, which is often misquoted as, “if you build it, they will come”. But no matter how you interpret the words, the message is clear. Everything that has ever been built is a result of someone’s imagination, vision or idea.

   I recently completed a class that studied the 1937 Napoleon Hill book, “Think and Grow Rich”. For over 30 years, he analyzed hundreds of well-known individuals, some of the wealthiest and most successful and powerful people of that era; people like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, F.W. Woolworth, Alexander Graham Bell, several Presidents, and many others, to find what it was that made them successful. The book focuses on how to achieve more in life… to gain riches. Riches is used in the broadest sense to include not only material and financial success, but mental and spiritual as well. And the starting point of the path that leads to success… is desire.

   Once we acknowledge a desire for something, a number of events start to take place. First, we focus on the goal. What do we want? How do we achieve it? What has to happen for us to succeed? We start to imagine what succeeding in our goal will look and feel like, what benefits it will give us, and how it will bring value to our lives.

    The method by which desire is transmuted into reality consists of some definite actions:

   •   we fix in our mind the exact thing we desire
   •   we decide what we have to give up to achieve it – time, money, effort, etc.
   •   we pick a date by which we will achieve our goal
   •   we create a definite plan for carrying out the goal
   •   and, we write it all out in a clear, concise statement… the timetable, actions and sacrifices we have to make towards achieving our plan

   Determination kicks in as we start on the path and we gather our resources together towards achieving our goal. And though this process, we start to have faith that we’ll succeed. We build a vision of what it will be like when we achieve the goal. And, we start to believe it is attainable. Day by day, month by month, we start to foresee what we’ll have, how we’ll appreciate it when it’s here, and what a sense of satisfaction we’ll feel once we’ve achieved our goal.

   The more we restate our goal and its path to success, the more we convince ourselves that it’s realistic and possible… we use autosuggestion as the vehicle to continually repeat the goal to ourselves. And by communicating this to others, it reinforces our own commitment to success, as well as reinforcing in others this reality of our goal. Just as I am sharing these concepts with you today, I’m also reinforcing them in my own belief system.

   But before we’ve ever envisioned the goal, we had to have the imagination to see it in its final state. All successes, growth and advancement must come as a result of imagination. Imagination without action is… just a good idea.

   Once we have the imagination to envision what we want to see, we then make a DECISION, and persist with the vision. We show ourselves and others that definiteness of purpose can succeed.

   We know the steps that Napoleon Hill outlined ARE real… just consider those 12 families in 1995 that envisioned a new synagogue. And here we are 15 years later, a congregation of well over 340 families, a vibrant religious school and our own property.

   A group of dedicated congregants believed that building a religious school and sanctuary on our property was not only possible, but a realistic vision. They ignored those that were fearful, critical, overly-cautious, doubters or negative thinkers, and proceeded with a plan. With that image in mind, they started a campaign to build a permanent home on our campus that we could utilize for religious school activities, Shabbat services, B’nei Mitzvah’s, weddings, celebrations and more.

   Their desire, focus, imagination, decision, determination, and definiteness of purpose so eloquently expressed by Napoleon Hill is evidence that we CAN accomplish what we envision. And now, we’re taking steps towards furthering those goals through the efforts of several congregants that are committed to fulfilling that expectation. Through persistence over the last few months, this picture is starting to take shape, and we anticipate more successes in the near future.

   The Hebrew word for “intention” or “determination to pursue a purpose” is “Kavannah”. Literally, it means “direction”. Kavannah is what turns us inward to understand our desires and listen to them. It is what helps us to take the next step… to give up something to get something in return, or to learn a new skill. In order to achieve our goal, Kavannah is most often used in terms of turning our hearts towards God in prayer, but it also allows us to focus on those broader issues as well.

   So it seems we have a Hebrew word for those key elements that Napoleon Hill espoused. But how do we get from intention and Kavannah, to action? Faith or belief in ourselves, others, and in God, encourages us to take those steps in order to achieve our goal.

   One of the joys I have with this synagogue is the music. I imagined that adding the clarinet during a service may fulfill a desire I have to participate in a meaningful way. So, that’s what brought me into the fold and that’s what gives me the greatest joy while participating with great musicians and singers. For me, it’s the music that makes my experience so spiritual here.

   Look inwardly and determine what drew YOU to Or Chadash. What is it that you love about our synagogue? Our Rabbi? Cantor?, the religious school?, educational opportunities?, life events?, celebrations? Or is it something else? But whatever your reason for being with us, it’s because of the vision that others had in the past that you are now able to experience those pleasures today.

   Can you build your own vision, or create an intention around what brought you to Or Chadash, and get more involved? The more you put in, the more you will get out, and the closer you’ll be to achieving YOUR vision of what our congregation should look like.

   May the vision you have of Congregation Or Chadash be fulfilled and may your message be heard.

–Mark Ross, President

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These words from Mark ring true.  Remember, take action – your faith depends on it!

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John is AWESOME!   His perspective and point of view is so mind opening and innovative!  I highly recommend working with him!

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I know that’s a weird subject line for a blog post from me, but it’s true… I’m not a huge fan of vitamins.  So, what do I do to supplement my (by all accounts) poor diet to maintain energy and mental clarity?  I trust my health consultant on that.  In my case, vitamins aren’t the answer for me, and I’m happy about that, which I’ll explain in a minute.

As it turns out, most everyone is deficient in one of two hormones: testosterone or seratonin.  The first keeps us active and awake during the day and the second ensures we sleep well at night.  Of course, if they’re imbalanced, we’ll hit a 2:00 wall and take energy drinks which keeps us awake until night, when we can’t sleep!  It’s a vicious cycle we’re all-too familiar with.

Well, I don’t have that problem anymore…  What’s was the answer for me?

The short of it:  Eleviv (natural “green” supplement)
 Go to http://www.yourfriendinhealth.com, click the Vigor Score button, call my personal health consultant, Erik Anderson, to see if Eleviv is appropriate for you.  He’s a specialist and very good at what he does.  I’ll arrange for his initial visit (to you) and all but $15 of your first week of Eleviv if he says it’s right for you.  He’s the best in all-natrual living including suppelements, vitamins (yes!), even “healthy” make-up.  Besides, if he leads you astray, he’ll have to hear from me.  His phone number is 520-907-9522.

The long of it:
Okay, so you remember me saying that I don’t hit my 2:00 wall anymore – actually, I’m never tired during the day and sleep when I’m supposed to – at night!  This normalcy has only been going for me since my health consultant, Erik Anderson, suggested my hormones may be a bit awry.  After pummeling him for thinking he was calling me “hormonal”, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt, so I took his suggestion and went to http://www.yourfriendinhealth.com and clicked on the first green button for the Vigor Score.  I called him and told him what my score was and he met me to furnish me with a week of Eleviv.

I’m not big into vitamins and minerals because I notice zero effect, but I know citrus, herbs, non-caffenated green tea, and amino acids are good for me.  So, even though I can’t really tell after a while if the Eleviv is working (because who wants to be unnaturally buzzed all the time?!?), I can tell when I stop for a day or two – and I’m miserable, comparatively – so it’s worth it.

Listen, I’m a personal coach.  I’m not going to suggest anything I don’t already do and believe in myself.  Trust me on this.

He’s also got an incredible (free) report you can get from him on the 13 leading stressors in life and how to eliminate them.  Just go to his website at http://www.erikshealthystuff.com/ and look at the green banner on the top.

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John,

I’m becoming an expert a using my mind to easily and effortlessly create the life I desire. The stuff I’ve learned in your classes literally work like magic.

Michael Tucker, CEO
Xtreme Business International
Leadership| Collaboration| Results
Tucson, AZ, 520-327-0168
michael@XtremeBusinessInternational.com
www.xtremebusinessinternational.com
www.facebook.com/xtremebusiness
Service-Disabled-Veteran-Owned Small Business

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