motivational tools

Listen To Motivational CDs

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84. Listen to motivational CDs.

This is maybe the easiest Tool to use in the box. There are no instructions needed. Let me start by asking you a question, how much garbage do you listen to each day? News, gossip, reality TV, etc.? And you wonder why you are a negative person? Or do you at least wonder why you aren’t reaching new levels of success? This is one of the most obvious. The funniest thing is all these media outlets tell you how bad things are and how depressed you should be. Then the biggest joke is you get tons of commercials telling you how to fix all the problems you have with just a pill. If you truly want to reprogram the way your brain has been wired, then think of this Tool as antivirus software.

Many spend a good portion of their day commuting to work. We all connect commuting with something bad, something negative, something we hate and wish we could avoid. Why not use that time for personal growth? What I hear a lot is, “I don’t have time to listen to CDs or read these helpful books.” Hello, it’s not that you don’t have the time; it’s what you are doing with your time. If you commute an hour a day…well, you do the math. Another great time to listen to these motivational gems is during your workouts. If you are the type who likes to multitask, then here is a perfect opportunity. Think of the opportunities you have that you could replace with listening to positive CDs or the possibilities to do two things at once. Does anyone here garden or do lawn work?

When it comes to people who don’t utilize motivational CDs, I believe they either never have listened to them or maybe have dabbled a bit and quit because they didn’t work. Well, if you’ve never listened to them, then you have no excuse not to try this time tested Tool. For those of you who have and think that it didn’t do much for you, I may have a theory as to why. A Tool can only build if you have the plan of what to build. This is why I have you fill out a blueprint so you have a plan and a direction. I think many believe they can just pop in a tape and everything should be better and when it’s not, they simply say the audio “self-help” stuff doesn’t work for me. If this is the case for you, give it another try as it applies to the S.A.N.E. system.

When you listen to these motivational programs and think about what you have written down on your sheet, they are much more effective because you are directly correlating their advice to the goals you have listed on your blueprint. I have found when I have some goals written down and fresh in my mind for the next 21 days, the CDs have a much more profound effect. Selecting the speakers that are right for you is like picking a hammer that fits just right. Chances are you’ll find a few.

Make A Superhero

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93. Make a superhero.

Ever since we were kids we have been fascinated with superheroes. As children, we marveled at the abilities they possessed. Their superpowers enabled them to be in situations that seemed impossible and under the direst of circumstances. We were so enamored with these mystical powers we did our best to pretend what it would be like to have them ourselves.

Their influence on us was so profound it could even persuade us to eat spinach. As we became older, we lost our fascination with their superhuman characteristics and started to become more “realistic” that these abilities were farfetched and few and in-between. This Tool will try to convince you that these strengths can become real, if you want them to.

To truly understand the power of superheroes, we must understand the message they were conveying to all of us. Things such as truth, justice and rising to any given challenge. Having the ability to tackle the most desperate situations when the odds are stacked against us. The understanding that doing the right thing is always better than doing what is wrong. And maybe most importantly, there is a lesson to be learned from every situation. The truth is that there are modern day superheroes all around us and their powers have been chosen and developed over time with determination, focus and effort.

So the moral of the story is…..you can be a superhero. What I am trying to tell you is that you can choose the superpowers you would like to possess. Now I must be honest, at this time I can’t in good conscience tell you that you can fly around the world. I however do believe a person can achieve anything they set their mind to. For now, let’s just try to determine some abilities that we would like to develop.

Simply stated, what would you look like if you were a superhero? It might be the ability to never procrastinate. It might be the strength to avoid confrontation in a single bound. You may decide to have superhuman ears that provide you the ability to listen more than you speak. Or maybe you decide to become Hammer Man and share this book with all who could use its assistance. (Just thought I would try and plant that seed.) I think the key is to draw up the type of person you want to be and identify what that person would look like. That is the definition of a modern day superhero. One that determines how they can be the best they can be while helping others.

Keep in mind all superheroes have their kryptonite, just as we all have our own pitfalls and distractions. Never fear, because knowing what your kryptonite is helps you become stronger. It lets you know what areas to avoid and which people may possess these power draining devices. By defining your superhero (see your mission statement) you are more likely to save the day in the end.

You Have To Be There Mentally Before You Are There Physically

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41. You have to be there mentally before you are there physically.

Your mind cannot tell the difference between an actual experience and a mental one. This fact is mentioned a number of times throughout this book. The reason I believe it comes up again and again is because it is important for you to understand the role your mind plays in determining success. The key to this Tool is to start to think about what you want and where you want to be. This is obviously why we write our goals down in our S.A.N.E. section.

The reason we need to use this application is to expedite the probability of reaching our destination. So how we can help that occur is to start thinking about being there before we get there. If your goal is to win a swimming meet, you want to visualize in your mind what the water feels like. What it feels like to win the race. How it feels when you’re holding the trophy at the end. By going through this process over and over in your head, your body will start to feel the event happening before it actually does.

This can be applied to other areas besides just athletics. If you are trying to build a successful business, what are the things you would see in your mind that a successful business would have? You would see happy customers buying your product. You would see them sending their friends and family to your business. You would see employees making the extra effort to build the business of your dreams. As you continue to run through this exercise, you will start to program your brain to feel what this feels like long before you ever get there. Hence, you will start doing the things that make this success begin to feel real and then translate it into reality.

If your goal is to get into shape, what do you think it would feel like to be fit? What do you think you would be doing if you were in the best shape you could be? You would be active and fitting into better clothes. You would be getting compliments from your friends and coworkers. Your confidence would be the highest it had been in some time, maybe ever. When you keep thinking about it mentally, you start to feel what it would be like.

When you start by training brain pathways before you get to the actual event, you will plow a way for these goals to actually occur. You can go in many directions with this Tool. You might pretend to walk like the most successful lawyer in town would walk. You may fantasize that when you get in your car, you are driving that dream car you have always wanted. It works on so many levels. It keeps you focused on what you want, it trains your brain to get used to the feeling of the ultimate destination, and in a weird way you essentially enjoy the prize a little before you actually get there. You get your mind more prepared to accept wins.

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