It’s Day 2 of Unleash the Power Within and a picture is circulating all over Facebook and within the Tony Robbins community- and now within another community – the Oprah community.  A picture of Oprah walking on Fire last night.

For people who have had the experience it is exciting and exhilerating to have one of the worlds most successful women and role models now share in this incredible life changing experience.  I know, myself, standing there last night watching the whole thing I was in awe, watching her go through the fear and hesitation,  and then pulling it together, and GOING FOR IT!  Wow!

Going home last night I thought of all the people who told me they were too busy to come to the event, or they are not sure they needed it,  or simply, “I’ll do it next time”

Ah yes, “next time”

The interesting thing about next time, is that it will never be like THIS TIME.  THIS TIME, you needed to learn to increase your confidence so you could make more money in your business, THIS TIME, you needed to break through your fear of talking to the opposite sex so when you run into that girl again at the gym you actually say something, THIS TIME, you needed to learn how to create health and vital energy so you could share it with a friend who just got some bad news about their health. THIS TIME, Oprah was there.

I ran into a client today and when I chatted with her I found she left the event early last night. She didn’t follow through and prepare for ,nor do, the Firewalk.  I had “things to take care of.” she said.

I said, “Gosh that’s too bad, Oprah was with us last night at the Firewalk. It was Amazing!”

“??? OPRAH!!” She exclaimed! “You’re kidding!!”

“No she really was. She was at the event participating all day” I said.

I saw a look of disbelief on her face, “Seeing Oprah is on my dream board…..” she said.

I wonder how long that has been on her dream board? How long she has been waiting for it to show up? How she imagined that moment would take place? The thing is though, life doesn’t show up HOW you expect it to show up. It shows up for THOSE who show up. Putting it on our dreamboard is not enough. Visualizing, affirming, meditating, dreamboarding is one part of the equation. Committing, keeping your word, following through, faith, and doing something when there seems like there is nothing in it for you except to contribute to the greater good, is the another part of the equation.

Have you ever considered that all the things you have been asking for, praying for, working for, are coming together and when you pass on opportunity you miss the opportunity to set off a chain reaction of success and good things coming your way? A literal waterfall of dreams manifested to bathe in?

Thomas Edison said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it shows up in overalls and looks like work”

You ask for things, opportunity shows up.  The thing is most people choose the “opportunities” that look just like the ones from yesterday. Things that are familiar, safe, and predictable.

THIS TIME

NEXT TIME

I wonder if you exchanged the words TIME with LIFE how different the decision making process would be?

THIS LIFE?

NEXT LIFE?

It’s not a dress rehearsal, I know which one I choose.

Have you ever heard someone say something Untrue and thought, “Huh??” What are they thinking??? That is so obviously not true!”

Now, have you ever said something about yourself, to yourself, that really was not true? Have you said these things on more than one occasion? Daily?

What happens when these 2 dynamics play out in someone’s life?

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“I didn’t know if he was gonna see it, I didn’t know if he was gonna see it girl…..”

When it comes to ourselves, the obvious is not obvious. We must go with that burning desire in us because for good or bad it is meant to take us somewhere. Perhaps that desire, that vision, will not actually fabricate BUT in the pursuit of it, we prepare ourselves. We prepare ourselves for the greater thing that is meant for us. The unseen. There is a reason ridiculously successful people say, “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine….”  You aren’t supposed to see all of it, you are just supposed to know that, that burning desire is meant to take you somewhere, somewhere that when you are pursuing it and really reveling in it you will know. The 2nd guessing will fade to the back and the, I could do this ALL day, will come to the front.  A path will clear for you as bright and shiny as the yellow brick road and the curtain will be pulled on the lies. You will know the truth.

So.  What lies is it time to discard? What opinions is it time to dismiss? What about yourself are you ready to acknowledge because there is one, only one person who can bring it into reality and I think you know who that is.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!

How?? How?? So yesterday on day TWO of the 5 am Challenge I woke up at 5:00 am puttered about the house,  got some water, sat on the coach and……….WHAT time IS IT???!!! I jumped up wild eyed to see that it was just after 8:00am

NOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOO!!!!  Whhhyyyyyy??? ………………….how embarrassing………..

………..ok, so my ego has recovered and I picked myself up and got back on the wagon. Today I realized something, just like every other area of my life that has worked,  a plan is necessary. I guess I thought I was just going to magically leap out of bed every morning.  If I am going to break out of an old habit and create a new one I need some guidelines.   Specific things I can do every morning to get addicted to.

So I have set out a plan for the morning.   From drinking a full glass of water the moment I get out of bed and doing 15 minutes of fulfillment,  to specific projects I am going to work on with the extra 90 minutes I have on the mornings I am not working out.

I realized this is not going to be as cut and dry as I thought  It was important for me thought to be authentic with your guys. Excited about those of you who have joined me, Karen, Lisa, Sebastian and others!

Looking forward to learning a lot from this. This is NOT going to get the best of me.

Night Night!

Ok, so I have always had this major fantasy that if I were to get up in the morning at 5:00am, 5 days a week, my life would miraculously catapult into the stratosphere. Now, some of you who know me, are probably thinking, “You don’t already get up at 5:00am?” That would be a No. lol! Not consistently.

I am a total night owl.Early morning rising is something I do with GREAT effort and GREAT discipline. So I will go through periods of early morning rising and then periods of waking up at 7:00am or some other hour reserved for sane people.

I have hit a bit of a plateau in the last 4 weeks so I have decided that there is certainly no better time to explore this fantasy of experiencing untold amounts of productivity and fulfillment than now. I mean, HOW much could this really alter my life? Will that extra 10ish hours a week make THAT much of a difference?

So for the next 60 days I will be waking up at 5:00am Mon-Fri. Now, of course my brain wants to make exceptions. I mean, I am going to Vegas in a couple of weeks and then on a cruise in the middle of October and who the heck wants to get up at 5:00 when they are on vacation??

You know though, the fact is, there is NEVER going to be “right” time free of vacations and such so why the heck not? I mean, hey, the deck of the ship at 5:00am could be WAY cool. One of two things could happen, I am either going to see a gorgeous sunrise, or I’ll accidentally fall of the ship in my early morning fog…. either way, it’ll be an experience. Not to mention, there are some things I desperately want to accomplish and breakthrough by the end of the year….  and there is some saying out there about what successful people do and …. you know what I’m talkin’ about it….

I’ll be sharing the progress with you along the way. This way, I have some major leverage to get me out of bed in the morning and hopefully it’ll be a learning experience for both of us.

Comment, tips and questions welcome…

See you in the Morning!

I was sitting down about to eat the other day and decided to take a moment to give thanks and be present before I ate. I gave thought and thanks to be able to simply afford a meal out, and then thanks to hands that prepared it, and then there were also the people who delivered the food to the restaurant and well then, come to think of it, there was the restaurant owner, and then I found myself drifting out giving thanks to to all the people, places and things that went into this meal sitting before me…….

HOLY COW! ( no not the meal, I’m a veggie)

It was unending! From the farmers who planted the veggies to the people who built the farmers house, to the tractor salesman, to the people who make the parts to the tractor to the engineers and designers who designed the thing in the first place….. you catch my drift.

It was really profound and as I opened my eyes and picked up my fork, I smiled to myself thinking about how silly this idea of, “Doing it myself” really is and how truly nothing is achieved without the help of others.

This is why I would like to use my first blog post as an opportunity to say thank you to my friend Russell Yermal and my dear brother Rockwell, for without them this site really and truly would not have happened in the year 2011. Really.

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Thank you Russell and Rock for sharing your gifts and making this happen.

We all have a gift and the beauty of life is reveling in our gift and seeing how we can add to one another’s lives with it. We can’t be the restaurant owner, chef, farmer, and customer all at the same time. We must indulge in our gift so that we can share it meaningfully

At a recent seminar I heard Tony Robbins say, “Everyone has a Team in life, you better identify yours.”

Not a day goes by that I don’t realize how fortunate I am to be part of such an incredible team and if you are reading this, then you too are part of that because without you, there would be no point to this.

So thank you to the incredible people who touch my life everyday. The smiles you share, the stories you tell, and the challenges you bring before me. Thank you for being part of my team and allowing me to be a part of yours.