I am so x-cited for today & for 2009. I know that it is going to be our best year ever. And I have some awesome ideas on how to keep myself and anyone & everyone reading this “Reach Your True Potential” newsletter on target.
You see; I absolutely know that everything that you and I need to be totally fulfilled in every area of our life: Fitness, / Health, Money / Finances, & Relationships (God, Self, Family, Peers, and even Strangers) is right around us.
If we are not living our dream life, it’s not for a lack of re-sources, it’s for a lack of re-source fullness. So the tools that I have in store for you in 09 are powerful.
They have the ability to open up your eyes, to see and use what is readily available to you.
Please click on the short (1 minute) video below to be reminded on how “Just because we do not see something at any one point in time; does not mean that it is not there.
www.FatLossLifeStyle.com/blog
So, DO NOT LISTEN TO THE NEWS, THE NEIGHBORS, THE STOCK MARKET, THE POLITICIANS; OR ANY ONE FOR THAT MATTER WHO IS NOT LIVING A DREAM LIFE.
Find someone who you want to be like, and follow them and learn.
A good question to revisit whenever you are being overwhelmed: am I having a Breakdown or BreakThrough? Stick with me this year and you will have more BREAKTHROUGHS than Breakdowns.
IS THERE REALLY TONS OF OPPORTUNITY AROUND US IN 2009?
One guy I follow; Tim Ferris (author of The Four Hour Work Week) had one of the guys he has followed (mentor) for 10 years e-mail him today.
While many are wringing their hands, I recall the 1970s when we were suffering from an oil shock causing long lines at gas stations, rationing, and 55 MPH speed limits on Federal highways, a recession, very little venture capital ($50 million per year into VC firms), and, what President Jimmy Carter (wearing a sweater while addressing the Nation on TV because he had turned down the heat in the White House) called a “malaise”. It was during those times that two kids without any real college education, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, started companies that did pretty well. Opportunities abound in bad times as well as good times. In fact, the opportunities are often greater when the conventional wisdom is that everything is going into the toilet.
SO, IT IS UP TO YOU; WHAT DO YOU SEE? DO YOU SEE A CUP THAT IS 1/2 FULL? OR IS YOURS 1/2 EMPTY? IT IS UP TO YOU?
I am in shock. I just found out that someone that I respected, looked up to, worked next to every day for 8 years; and really liked committed suicide. He was an acquaintance / friend. Here is what I am taking out of it.
Every day that we wake up; we have a decision to make. Are we going to have a good attitude, a lukewarm attitude, or a positive/great/excited attitude? ARE WE GONNA SEE THE GLASS AS 1/2 FULL, OR HALF EMPTY?
You see; our attitude is the only thing in this world that we have direct control over. Every thing else comes at us; FAST AND FURIOUS. We must be aware of where our attitude is; and make adjustments when necessary. We need to build a support team around us.
- Stand Guard over your mind, be careful who you hang around, what you read, what you listen to, what you watch
- Because the above will influence your thoughts; Garbage in, garbage out
- Your thoughts will become words
- Your words become actions
- Your actions become habits
- Your habits become character
- Your character becomes your destiny
Do not fall into the trap of listening to the news, to your neighbors, to co-workers at the copy machine or the water cooler. Cause the message out in the world is doom and gloom. It hard times; it is lack, it is fear. Trust me, you will bring into your life that what you focus on.
I understand that we need to see it as it is. And you might say, “Yeah, Darin, it’s easy for you to have a positive attitude cause you are fit, positive, happily married, and have three successful business’s that are exploding in growth.”
“But I got laid off, money is tight, and I am not sleeping at night, I don’t have the energy to work out, I am drinking/eating to dull the pain; and I am depressed.”
Trust me, I can totally relate. And there is an epidemic out there right now of millions of people who are in the same shoes. I know that it may be hard to believe, but I have been there in the past.
Many of my clients and/or their spouses are entrepreneurs. I hear their story every day. I believe that with the fast paced ness of today’s information age, the keep up with the Jones’ mentality, and lack of physical movement, and the “doom and gloom” mindset that the media is shoving down our throat that this is the most challenging time in the history of the world to be healthy, fit, energetic and happy.
I absolutely know that 2009 is going to be the best year of my and my family’s lives. And I’ll bet that it will be the best years of my one on one client’s lives. And if you stick with me, stay open minded, and build a support team up around you, it will be the best year of your life as well.
Things that help me and my clients have a positive mindset (and they will help you as well);
- Do not answer e-mails until after noon; do not go on the internet to check out the news about your industry, or any news. Do something for yourself. Exercise, deep breath, pray, meditate (think of nothing) I have many techniques in my book that work great.
- Tivo your evening programs on tv (or watch less tv) and watch them some other time and go to bed a 1/2 hour earlier than normal.
- Listen to motivational speakers; Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Tom Venuto, Joel O’Steen, etc. Load your i-pod up, use your lap top and force this stuff in your ear.
- Hire a coach, a trainer, etc. Be careful about friends or family. I am not saying a friend will not work, I am simply saying that do not get someone who will let you cry on their shoulder. You need someone that is going to be brutally honest with you.
- Stand up tall with great posture and say “I am going to have a great day today; I am going to have a great attitude today”. There is power in the spoken word. Faith it until you make it. There where plenty of things that materialized in my life that I did not really believe deep down in my core. But I faithed them out loud. Sometimes for years until they materialized. Do not give up on your dreams. You can still have it all; a fulfilled, energetic, happy fit life.
- I do not care what age you are (I am 43), what condition you are, where your finances are; etc.
Everyone knows that we are supposed to have a great attitude. But why don’t we. If you could go to the Vitamin Store and purchase a “Have a Great Attitude” pill, we would. But of course, it’s never that easy.
The best way to have a great attitude is to have a positive expectation of your outcome. Do you think your best days are in front of you, or are your best days behind you? I am here to tell you that which ever one is your predominant thought is your reality.
Cause if you know that your best days are behind you; YOU ARE TOAST!
But if you can have a little faith and start to train yourself to think, speak, and act like your best days are in front of you; then it will be much easier to wake up every day with a killer, positive attitude. In fact, you will begin to wake up excited with tons of real energy.
I do not care how old you are and feel now. We have clients that are feeling younger after our FatLoss LifeStyle 12 Week Body Transformation System than they have in decades. Some of it is the physical part of the program (about 3-4 hours of exercise per week); and some of it is what they are putting in their mouth (nutrition); but the biggest part of the system is what they are putting in their head (mindset).
So, now the choice is up to you; are you going to have a great 2009, or are you going to keep doing what you’ve been doing? Just remember, pain is not really bad. It is telling us something. Look at the pain for what it is; a signal. It’s a great thing to get a warning. So now you can do something about it. It is not nearly as difficult as you may think.
Your Healthy, LifeStyle Coach,
Darin Steen (aka “The Chicago Kid”)
I. The Thoughts That We Think
http://fatlosslifestyle.com/blog/10-year-old-client-accomplishs-feat-heard-around-the-world/
II. The Exercise That We Get
http://fatlosslifestyle.com/blog/fat-burning-recipe-of-the-month/
III. The Foods That We Eat
http://fatlosslifestyle.com/blog/fat-burning-exercise-of-the-month/
About The Author:
Darin Steen is an internationally recognized personal trainer / healthy lifestyle coach certified through A.C.E. & N.A.S.M. He has personally coached over 500 graduates through his 12 Week Body Transformation System in his private training studio in Chicago, Il. To learn more about him and his system go to http://www.FatLossLifeStyle.com
More can be learned about Al Sears at http://alsearsmd.com
