Google's At It Again

So I was reading thru my blog list and I was at Micheal Hyatt's blog and he had this posted and I was completely blown away again by Google and the level of creative thinking that is funneled out of that place. They are always inspiring. You need only to watch the first 20 min to get an idea that they are about to bring another WAVE of change for us all. I love Google

Ironman Update #2

So I have come to the end of week two and man I will tell you I am proud or myself. I am in pain and recovery seems to be slow with my legs hurting to the point of not being able walk without pain. I logged close to 55 miles this week between running and biking. I learned why the the run is the equalizer of the event and I have one simple thing that I am going to help improve my odds of finishing my goal I am committing to and that is. Simply running during the entire marathon. If I can do that it will give me a competitive advantage. This little distinction can make a big difference. Why because my research shows that most people walk more of the marathon than anticipated and most Ironman newbies almost never run the full thing. It is basic and simple but that is a part of success doing the simple things well. Training Lesson-Winning is determined by the fundamentals. It is the little things we do that make all the biggest differences. Doing the basics over and over until your disgusted then doing them again is one of the greatest keys to success and I had always heard this yesterday I experienced just how much it works. So if your at a place where your looking to be greater than you are now just look at the fundamentals and focus there you will be very amazed by the results you can get by getting better at the basics. One parting thought remember the Leborn James game winning shot from the playoffs recently ? While every one was wowed did you notice he really wasn't I believe it was because of this principle for him that was probably the 5000th time that he has made such a shot.Only this time everyone was watching. Repetition is the Mother of Perfection. God Bless Amen

Mean What You Say Say What You Mean

I never asked to be a teacher I just kind of became one thru life experience and I am still learning how to deal with the responsibility, I mean I just liked learning a lot which has afforded me the ability to see things differently than most. So I took it as my response ability to share because it is not enough to just know. Everyone knows that since our youth we were told to say what we mean and me what we say yet. I know people and I am sure you do to that say what they think people want to hear and have no intention of taking what they say with importance.

What is the real impact of this behavior? Well that will depend a couple factors

The value of the relationship because if you don't value of the relationship then u won't value the words in it either.

Do you have the courage to face fact when u look in the mirror and realize that the words your are hearing might be true?

What are your values about what other people say and listening to what they have to say ?

So my real question is why bother dealing with the individuals who you do not have the common courtesy to say thanks but no thanks to insights ?

From personal experience I am different in the sense I do listen to everything everyone has to say and it is clear that I may or may not use there insights and I still have productive relationships with them. It is unfair to the person who cares about you to just agree to agree and choose a different action it that makes what they have to say seem worthless and unvalued.

That is coming from someone who cares. I think that is the hardest part of teaching is seeing more in someone than they do. I wrote this so people could know what it feels like from the other side of the picture so often we are inside our own heads battling it out dealing with and living in situations that are really much simpler than we make them. So when we here things that question our overly complex assessment of the situation then we blow it off. Well if the person teaching you cares about you.

You blow them off as well

God Bless Amen

Happy Memorial Day

I wanted to first start off by saying thank you to men,women,and families that serve and protect our county,and unless you have gone thru it or been a part of it your sacrifice can not be known. None the less it is respected and on this day We Salute You. As for the rest of us we can look at the memory of our fallen heroes and truely honor them by doing one thing and one thing only. Living Your Life To It's Fullest For some us that is exactly what we do we take everything that comes across our plate and use it to make positive, forward movement. Then there are others that take a different approach and do not find,choose not to look, or just ignore there potential. Until they reach a point so bad that they choose to give up or they have a break thru and allow themselves to take advantage of all the benefits that exist because of the people who laid there lives down before them just so they could have the freedom to choose and decide. Like everything else there is no wrong or right I am simply saying if your going to use your freedom to choose use it wisely and make better choices. It is our responsability to honor that daily and when you do that you send a real message to the familys who have scarficed the people they love. You let them know that it was worth it and that people care. They say actions speak a thousand words well if you feel you might not be living to your fullest potiental take a moment and ask your self some of the sample questions below to get leverage and start being the person you know you could be,should be, or would be if you just let yourself . To me that is how you truely can do your part to honor our fallen hereos and to honor youself. Are you living to your full potiential? If not what are the consequences of not doing this? (List at least 5) If you are what can be done today to increase your impact? (List at least 5) How much better would you feel when you succeed? What kind of message would living your life send to the people you love? How would living your live this way increase your significance? Be a hero to your heros and take 5 min to answer the questions it could change your life ? God Bless Amen

10 Things You Never Learned

So I was going thru my bookmarks and found something I felt needed to be re posted. Below you will find the answer to the title and the link that explains each in detail but I will tell you this is something good to have handy as a reminder to be better or know that maybe you don't know what you don't know. 1. How to predict consequences 2. How to read 3. How to distinguish truth from fiction 4. How to empathize 5. How to be creative 6. How to communicate clearly 7. How to Learn 8. How to stay healthy 9. How to value yourself 10. How to live meaningfully There you have simple but effective when expanded on continue reading here I know one question was left with which was why doesn't these subjects be honestly addressed by educational system? I don't expect that answered just to provoke thought.

Ironman Update #1

So I am a week into my training for next years Ironman triathlon and in all honesty I am not as nearly as exhausted so that was not a surprise. I will tell you that I burned a ton of calories (4040 to be exact).I will also tell you that this race really is not for the faint of heart I looked at this weeks training and I think that it has increased dramatically which is good. I love the challenge of the whole event. I think that is key to anything you do with passion and excitement. I mean look at your own life and think of the times when you felt most alive and some form of passion will be linked to that. I read the best quote I have read in a long time today and I want to share it with you all. "Live as if u were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Gandhi That is how I try to live my life give it a shot you might find yourself surprisingly satasfied. God Bless Amen

B.H.A.G

Big Hairy Audacious Goals is the topic of choice today and while this term may sound strange at first it simply means something big and out of this world. An example is - I want to have 150 million by years end. Something so far reaching that it seems impossible By the way it is only impossible till someone makes it possible. Now there are many benefits to these types of goals and I listed a few below. -You will grow -You might fail which if u follow me know that is a good thing it is the opposite side of success -You could hit your goal That's just a few and if you ideas I am open to hear them. Now one thing to keep in mind is your B.H.A.G should not replace ur normal goals it should add to them I have a B.H.A.G that has been on my focus for the year and that is running an IRONMAN triathlon. I have decided to post about my experience here as a means to motivate others to chase the impossible sometimes it pays just to do that. I mean we only get one shot at this thing so we might as well make it worth it. Remember you can do whatever u don't limit yourself too. God Bless Amen

Fail To Succeed

In search of the latest information to bring you. I stumbled across this video and even though it is about an automotive company the message it sends is very simple. You must fail to succeed. The more failure you have the more likely your level of success. So when you watch this video I won't you to keep one thing in mind and this may sound awful however it can be a proven fact. It is thinking like the one this video displays that will help this company unlike it is competition who still use the same business model and wonder why they are having the trouble they are having. So on this wonderful Friday take a few minutes and really look at your life and ask yourself 2 questions. When was the last time I failed ? What 2 action items can I take right now today that might cause me to fail ? Remember success is on the other of discomfort and failure. God Bless Amen

I Don't Know

Today I had an interesting revelation regarding the power of the words " I Don't Know". Now I know most people use those words really don't know and that is fine but you need to realize this word is a crutch word in our language. That means it is used as an excuse to not challenge,change,or face issues within our lives. Here is an example from a conversation "Hey when are you going back to school" I don't know. Ok well what are you waiting for "I don't know". When will you know. I don't know. We have all seen or been threw this behavior @ some point and if you look at the conversation broken down it amounts to the person having to think and make a decision all of these add up to your overall destiny which I discussed in my last post. So now that you know the consequences of misusing that word you can really start to know how to use it to push or take it out so it is no longer a hinder. So in the end I challenge you to realize the moments you say I don't know and mean it versus using it to stall your life. Remember we must get out of own way to be successful. God Bless Amen

Decisions & The Paths We Take Because Of Them.

Recently I read some information that explained what I consider to be the best way to look at decisions and how they help to form our destiny. When you hear the word DESTINY I cringe and I imagine you do to because when you think of it means the rest of your life literally and that is a big pill to swallow. Here is the thing you do things everyday that drive you towards that scary word whether you know it or not. So why is this word so scary I will tell you the main reason is because you don't know what your DESTINY is and as long as you don't you fear the unknown or ignore. it. The most amazing news is this it can be changed and their are a few key things to help start that change. 1. Everything we think or do is a cause set in motion. 2.Every one of our thoughts and actions is going to have an effect or result in our lives. 3. Our results begin to stack up to take our lives in a particular direction. 4. For every direction there is an ultimate destination or destiny. Destiny is not as far away as you think you could be doing something that shapes it right now. God Bless Amen P.S. For more info on destiny click here.

Living The Dream

This is a great video about a Gary Vaynerchuk who decided to just live the dream. I have to say that this is the best explanation of how to use the web to take your life and your business to the next level. His perspective is innovative and motivating.He is really the next big thing and seems like a nice guy to boot. So the question I leave you with is what can you start today to change the world,your life, and what's holding you back. If not today when ?

I Can So Can You

Remember no matter what you can do things you didn't even think possible. Remember just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean that you can't do it.

Take A Step Already

So I wanted to share with you the details of my personal goal of finishing a triathlon. Not just any triathlon I want to finish Ironman. So at the beginning of the year I decided that I wanted to complete a triathlon just to get me started before I tired Ironman wanted. I had a few hurdles to my goal though. .

Hurdle #1. I couldn't swim not even a little at all.
Hurdle#2. I didn't have a bike nor the money to buy one.
Hurdle#3. I didn't have a plan or a way to execute one even if I had one.
Hurdle#4. Self Doubt I mean Ironman really I have never done a tri nor could I swim talk about overwhelming.

This was in January folks it is funny how all the self help books I have read all say the same thing. Get started I have to agree just start and things will work themselves out here is an example of how

I decided to start so I knew two things to begin I need a plan and place to train so I hopped online and found a free beginners tri plan (not what I wanted but it was better than nothing. Then I got a gym membership. I then followed the plan and did what it said. As I continued to work out I enjoyed it and learned to perfect my efforts and then I learned about heart rate training and drastically changed my training.

This change literally made me fall in love with what I was doing and I could not get enough this was critical because this is the point when you start deciding on how to keep this feeling. You get passionate about wanting more of the feeling u and work on creating that. Over the course of the last few months this has occurred for me.

Then the accident occurred I was rear ended and as a result my car was totaled I was lucky for two things a great bill of health and good insurance. Fast forward a month later once my claim was settled and u will find that I purchased my bike for my triathlon. Now with a bike a plan and more heart than anything you have ever seen. I have committed to taking on Kona I have a long way to go for that but needless to say I did what the morale of this post is.

I took the first step

Good Bless Amen

The Moments In Between

I have come to the conclusion that the moments in between activities really are wasted by the majority of people. I had to wait today for a group of people (roughly around 30 or so) and as I looked around while we waited (20 min or so) I found no one doing anything than mingling with one another. Now this is a normal occurrence from grocery stores to shopping malls countless hours of your time is being lost.

What if you could gain back some of it back? or get more things accomplished with the time you do have.

You can and I am gonna give you a few tips on how to maximize your time.

Read a book or magazine that helps to move you towards your goal. This accomplished by either bringing one with you or reading one at the location.

With the onslaught of technology you can use your phone to or pda to update your calendar,plan out your week,google search your research project,etc.

Write a book as the previous step mentioned pdas with QWERTY keyboards for typing abilities and backing up information you can easily crank out a few chapters of a novel.

Write and update a blog (Where do u think this is being written)

Make a friend by talking to a stranger and getting to know them.

The list goes on with what you can do with your in between time the point is do something with those hours don't just sit there doing nothing wasting those hours (added up over a lifetime) it is a loss for you and no one else.

How do you use your in between time? Post in the comment section I would love to hear the ideas out there

God Bless

Power Of Positive Thought

I have determined that we live in a world where looking at things from a positive prespective is almost taboo. Why would that be wrong honestly? When is a positive outlook considered wrong? I mean I believe after my research on the subject that things are nothing more than the meaning we give them so I decided to change how I see things and take everything from a level of positive instead of negative and I seem to get a hard time from some of my peers which I understand why they would do what they do. However why not stay positive and keep making the most out of everything. I will tell the main reason why this doesn't happen is because it removes EXCUSES which is what usually people love to hide behind. If you have to find a lesson in the events of your life then maybe you have to admit you could have done something to change a previous event. Having tough conversations is never easy but thats what makes them great is that the answers that come from them is where the jewels of knowledge lie. I challenge you to a week of doing the following two things

• Take every event that comes to you as a lesson to learn from.
• View your life with only a postive outlook.

Then post your responses here I would love to see what impacts something as simple as this could really make our quality of lifes much more enjoyable. Which is what it is all about God Bless

The Power Of 5 Minutes

What would you say if I told you that 5 minutes can change your life? I know what I said the first time I heard that.

That is not possible (well not in those exact words)

Once I realized that is was possible I realized that makes us all more powerful than we could ever imagine. One of the times u may have experienced this is when a death occurs and someone says that thing that sticks with u and becomes a belief or another example is when u have a person who feels unhappy because of how they look and what others think. Realizing this you say something that makes them feel different and it sticks long after your gone.

The wonderful thing about this knowledge is that you can capitalize on it by making your 5 minutes with people matter here's how.

Be aware of what you say because it may last a long time after your gone.

Listen to listen not to respond.

Try to say or do things that will be a benefit to the person you are talking to.

So I hope the examples help to make this something tangible I am interested to know what other examples of how 5 minutes can change u or the world.

God Bless

When Is Optimism Wrong

So I had a discussion about this topic and it got me thinking about when is it a bad time to be optimistic I mean honestly how often have u found situations in which being optimistic is not warranted ?

Respond to this post with your examples I would love to hear them

I will tell u there are times when I am in a situation that feels impossible and in hindsight I see the benefits. The key is there are still benefits and the sooner we can tap into them the better results we can create. And in the end isn't that what optimism means finding the value in things even when there is no immediate value to be found.

If you ask me there is always time for that

Thank. May God Bless You

What's With The Name ?

So what's up with this crazy name? Well after carefull consideration I thought it would be worth my time to let my readers know why. So here is the story after careful thought about what to call my little slice of the universe I determined that in our lives we are all looking for direction,a sense of purpose,and we sometimes wonder aimlessly well into the days until we except we are lost then what is the first thing we say ?

I wish I had GPS or where's my GPS when I needed it ?

Well this is the same concept as the name implies we are aimless wondering around in our lives without knowing what is guiding us and one day (usually close to the end) we wake up and realize that the course of action we have been taking is not anywhere near the destination we wanted to be at or we arrive at the destination and still feel lost. I want this blog to be a wakeup call to help us all find our path sooner than later. A place where hope and inspriation lives and where we can all find our GPS  so if needed we can course correct. So when it is all said and done you can know that  your destination was reached. Below are some questions to use as a guide to start your thought process.

Questions to ask yourself

• What do I truely want and am I on track to reach this goal?
• What possible pitfall or obstacles are ahead?
• Will have company on the journey that is life?

Take a few moments and answer the questions if nothing more than for fun and plus a little fun never hurt. 

God Bless You 

A Change Is Gonna Come

I guess Sam Cook must have known something the rest of us did not because he is right change is our only constant and it is always around the corner. I was thinking about this in relation to current world events.

It is my belief and hope that people will view our world differently once all of this blows over (as it has in the past), and realize the power they have to create the life and future of their dreams. Look at the countless jobs that were lost as of recently and think " I trusted someone else to my livelihood and they let me down." I know I felt this way but then I decided to think differently about the situation and I changed my actions to become more resourceful and I will be the first to say.

What if there was a better way a better option a means of true freedom,happiness,and most of all control over your future. Well I am here to tell u that there is an option and it is right within you. It is your power of choice and the endless resource between your ears called your brain. When you place those items in sync the doors of possibility spring forth and you can truly experience freedom.

It is simple in theory however now is the time to really invest in yourself and take back your life. I feel that more people are starting to realize this and we will see people stand up and take back their destiny. Because when it is all said and done your life belongs to only one person.

YOU

To Believe or Not Believe

I  have come to the conclusion that the root cause of the main reason we do or don't do something is rooted in our belief about being able to do it and that alone is the only reason things do or don't get done. 

That statement alone is simple common sense remember when we were kids one of the first things we were taught "You have to believe in yourself in order to succeed"

I know from my own personal experience the true power of belief due to my upbringing and challenging circumstances one of the only things I ever had was the belief that I could make it better my mother drilled this into my head with a certain level of intensity and it worked well.

So one of the quickest ways you can motivate yourself and get results is identify your true beliefs about a situation and making sure that your belief supports the goal if it does then the rest falls into place if it doesn't then you will struggle during the process. Not to say that achieving your goal would be impossible but it sure would be difficult and why work harder than you need to?

So how do you tap into this resource and maximize it ? By using your internal dialogue to ask the right questions that is how. You have to start asking your self the right questions that either confirm or show how your belief is not congruent. That's it sounds simple well it is not I challenge you to do it for a day and see the results you will be amazed. 

Some of the questions you can start with are 

• If you can't afford something becomes "How can I create resources to get what I want"
• I can't do that becomes "What challenges have I overcome in the past that says I can"
• Bad things always happen to me becomes "How can I use this to make me successful in the future"

The list goes one I posted a link here for more information to start you out. 

Are you ready to start your journey to a better understand of you and how you can be the driver of your life well then I suggest you start your engine. 

 

Driver or Passenger

I asked myself this question recently and I realized a big difference with people and wanted to share my observation. So when u look @ life there is 2 ways of viewing it.

You are making things happen or things are happening to you.

That to me translate to who is driving your destiny,future,finances,relationships. This is a question you should truly know the answer to if u want to make strides in your life because u can't know where your going unless. you know how to get there.

One of life's constants is you everything around you may change how but u are the one thing that stays the same in every situation and how u react (or don't) will help drive your success in life. If you focus on the changes you can make in situations then u can maintain control of your life to some degree. Most people default to what is easy and say "what can I do it just happened to me" I swear that is one of the most damaging statements in the human language. It limits creativity and growth look back @ your life recently and in hindsight and see what things you could have influenced by focusing on what you could have done instead of going to the default answer.

So are you a driver or a passenger ?

Writing This Blog

So I decided that I needed a blog to help get some of the thoughts I have out of my head and into the world previously I devoted the site to the discussion of sex and how to be better at it because I am in the process of writing a book about that. However that is not at all I am about I am a guy who is working to live his life the way it should be lived. So I will be updating regularly on my projects,relationships,thoughts,and anything else. I know this much I open looking forward to hearing peoples thoughts as I am always open to discussion.