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Having one of those days… Again. Personal Growth and Development

Having one of those days… Again.   Personal Growth and Development Day 49

I thought I was over having days like this.  It’s about 1:00, and I just realized that I’m not “feeling it” today.  I’m not feeling motivated, excited, quite frankly, I just want to go home and do nothing.

Yet, if I did that, I would feel even worse.  I love the feeling of being productive; I love the feeling of accomplishing something.

This is what I don’t understand about personal growth and development, sometimes I wish I could walk around, numb to life, with no desire to grow and improve.

While we have big wins this week (we hit page one of Google for one of our sites!), we had a lot of change, and not everything went as planned (when does it ever?)

So I called one of my coaches, Gary Ryan Blair, and asked him what he does during these days, he says, “Phil, business is a matter of managing the ups and downs of your emotions.”

So… since business is part of our every day life, I’m going to substitute the word “business” for “life,” and say this:

“Life is a game, and he who manages the ups and downs better, wins.”

What do you think of this?  Agreed?  Disagree?  Please share below.

I choose to manage this down…. I’m choosing that now.

Having one of those days… Again.   Personal Growth and Development Day 49

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I feel sick – Personal Growth and Development

I feel sick…  Personal Growth and Development

I just reread my past blog posts for the past 37 days… uck!  I feel sick.

It’s amazing to me to see how my mindset has changed over 37 days.  It hasn’t happened by accident… as at a minimum I’m spending 30 minutes per day doing something that feeds my mind positive thoughts.

If you are on this path of Personal Growth and Development with me… and you are not doing this, start now!

For me, that means being at Mass, sometimes reading the scrolls (Og Mandino), or simply talking to people that GIVE ME ENERGY.  And NEVER, being around people that suck my energy or partaking in draining conversations.  I have taken complete control of my environment.  It’s SO FREEING!

I’m at Starbucks typing this message and one of my closest friends just came to visit me.  He said, “tell me about your goal of $500K in 90 days” are you on track?”  I said, “not at all!” in a very relaxed manner.  He seemed shocked that I wasn’t stressed (that’s the old Phil!)…. and honestly, I’m not stressed at all.

See, for myself, when I’m in “doubting and second guessing” mode, deep down, I’m always worried.  This stops me from believing!  When I’m not believing, it stops me from believing in the miracles that are coming my way.

My mindset is so positive right now, I’m completely expecting a MIRACLE!  I’m READY.  Of course, I’ll report it when it happens.

In fact, I’m expecting a mini-miracle in the next 9 days.  I need to bring in $45,000 in the next 9 days to make payroll so that I don’t have to take money out of my savings account.  Do I know where this is coming from?  NO WAY!  I have many irons in the first, and any one of them could hit, but right now, I don’t know and I’m not stressed.

See – I’m ready for a Quantum Leap, a bypass, from the normal, incremental growth.  I’m tired of living my life the way I’m “suppose” to live, I’m tired of being “realistic” with my goals.   I’m ready for some excitement!

One of my coaches, Gary Ryan Blair, is really helping me with this… he’s telling me to expect the leap!  Be open to it… believe it in, and whatever I do, don’t stress about it!

When I was younger, I used to live my life this way and miracles always happened, this is exactly how I met Mother Theresa of Calcutta when I was not suppose to!  This is exactly how I won a car in a raffle and I knew I was going to win, this is exactly how I end up on Mexican Television performing magic tricks when I spoke with a “Gringo” accent and just started with magic a month prior…. my life is magical when I exect it to be!

I EXPECT IT.  DO YOU?

Going through this personally, I have a lot of time to reflect.  For whatever reason, it’s easier (less work) for me to live a life of doubt, despair, frustration.  This is why I have been doing it the past 4-5 years…

The problem is, I hate those feelings.  So I have a choice – change my mindset, or feel those feelings.

I’m choosing the former.

What do you think?  I really don’t want this to be a monologue… I want this to be an interaction between you and me.

What goes through your mind when you read this?

Are you up for miracles?

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Our 100 Day Guide – Personal Growth and Development – Day 16-18

Our 100 Day Guide – Personal Growth and Development – Day 16-18

Here is how we are going to have the best 100 Days of our life, thanks to amazing personal growth and development. This comes courtesy of Gary Ryan Blair, The Goals Guy.

Let me begin my saying… don’t try to get this right, just get the first draft down and posted on the site as soon as possible! As you will see, even with my plan, there are some things that need to be added. As my coach Dan Sullivan says, “Get the first draft 80% complete and move on!”

The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Plan

Here it is plain and simple… list the:

5 “Must Do’s”
4 Things You Must Stop Doing
3 Things You Must Delegate
2 People to Hold You Accountable
1 Big BANG (Bold Audacious Noble Goal)!

Let me review each of these….

5 “Must Do’s” for the next 100 days.
Knowing what you want to accomplish over the next 100 days, what are the five things that you ABSOLUTLY must accomplish? Think of it this way, if you didn’t do these five things, there is no way you would accomplish it.

4 Things You Must Stop Doing for the next 100 Days
What are four things you are currently doing that does not support your Big BANG? Write those down as it is time to stop doing them (at least of the next 100 days!). It’s time that you honor yourself! Doesn’t that just feel right?

Warren Buffet says it best, “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no almost all the time.” See, many people are addicted to the “yes.” YES, I will join this, YES, I will do that for you, YES, I will take on that project. Well, for the next 100 days, only say YES to the things that will contribute to your Big BANG!

3 Things You Must Delegate for the next 100 Days
Some of you may be thinking… Delegate? I don’t have any employees! The good news is that you don’t need employees to delegate. At the very minimum, you need people who are excited and committed to your goals! Who might that be? Your children? Your significant other? Your spouse? Your business partner?

Let’s face it; there are certain things that make sense for you to spend your time doing, and certain things that don’t make sense. We all only have 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day… that is it! You are going to need to MAXIMIZE your efficiency to hit your BIG BANG!

So whether you are going to delegate to people in your life or your employees, you need to list three things that you are not going to do for 100 days (not forever, just 100 days!)..

2 People to Hold You Accountable
THIS IS CRITICAL!!!! You need two people in your life to hold you accountable to your personal growth and development. Anytime you are going to accomplish a BIG BANG Goal, you need people in your life that you talk to on a daily or every other day basis that is going to lift you up when you are down, AND, you will do the same for them! Do not choose people who are going to say that your goal is “not realistic, impossible, improbable” those type of people will guarantee one thing – that you won’t achieve your goal

You have two choices:

1) Invite two people in your life (friends, family, co-workers) to join our group, participate like you are and be your partner!
2) Ask for a partner from our group and you can do that by asking them to be your partner directly! You can post a reply to one of their posts and simply ask them if they would like to be your accountability partner.

1 Big BOLD Audacious Noble Goal (BANG)!
This is the fun part. When you do the “5 Must Do’s,” and Stop doing the “4 Things,” and delegate “3 Things” and have two great people hold you accountable… what is the Big BOLD Audacious Noble Goal that will be possible?

DECLARE IT!!!!

Here is mine:

5 MUST DO’S for the next 100 Days

1) Work the X Factor. Identify it and implement it.
a. How to I get 7-10x more people enroll into our program?
b. Easy ways to make $500K in 90 days
c. How to get You Tube videos to have 1.0 million views?

2) 1/1 Numbers Training (Accounting) – This is the weakest part of my business
a. I will know my numbers well enough to be able to explain in to my wife

3) Be mentored by Gary Ryan Blair

4) Identify all the contradictions in my life, and change ten of them of them. My current contradictions are below:

- Emailing my clients over an over to the same event
- Emailing my clients about someone else that I REALLY don’t know that well!.
- Being “salesy” in any way
- When I’m not being myself b/c I don’t want to upset my wife
- When I’m thinking of people are real people with real problems
- When all I do is think about the marketing… not the message
- When I’m not focused on the quality… just the quantity (SEO, Video)
- When I’m only worried about making money, not touching lives
- Not trusting my intuition with my staff, letting my brain guide me, not my gut
- Saying “Yes” because I think I can, not because I REALLY want to do something
- Saying “Yes” to much…
- Doing anything that feels like a FORCE
- Auto Loan Advantage – Trying to motivate people that really aren’t motivated
- Traveling because I think I need to
- Doing project because I think I need to
- Hiring consultants that don’t know what to do….

5) Say no to all new projects and activities for the next 100 Days

4 Things to Stop Doing

1) Stop Checking my email first thing in AM

2) Stop eating in a manner that doesn’t support my health
a. PLAN: Eat 70% of time on Zone Diet and three week (15 days) of Raw Food with Fish

3) Stop failing to honor my wife
a. PLAN: Have Lily rate me as a husband on a scale of 1-10 every day, if it’s not a 10, ask her why..

4) TO BE ADDED….

3 Thing to Delegate

1) Building initial relationships with other bloggers

2) Reaching out to other bloggers

3) TO BE ADDED

2 People that will hold me Accountable
1) Sean Stephenson
2) Mark Tarbell

1 BANG Goal – Big BOLD, Ambitious, Noble Goal

1) $500,000 in Gross Income in the next 90 Days and give $50,000 to charity

Lastly, for the next 100 days you need to protect your confidence and you can do that by not worrying, not feeling shameful, not feeling bad about what has happened in your past. Now is the time for you stand tall among all men! This is your moment!

If you have made it this far… email me and say, “Send me the book!” and I’m going to send you a book that I read every day that protects my confidence, keeps me going on the path of personal growth and development, and out of the rut of life’s thoughts!

BE BOLD, ACT NOW…. Post your plan below ASAP!!!

P.S. Please comment on the other people plans. This will only work if all of us, as a team contribute to each other. So, if someone inspires you, tell them!

Our 100 Day Guide – Personal Growth and Development – Day 16-18

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Personal Growth and Development – Day 2 – I’m Thinking Differently

Personal Growth and Development – Day 2 – I’m Thinking Differently

Excitement Level: 7

Well, I can tell you, I’m thinking differently and the public declaration for my personal growth and development has my mind spinning.  I find myself not thinking how I can make $10,000… I’m thinking how I can make $500,000 in 90 days.  Game on!

I admit, I find I’m getting caught up with life’s thoughts…. “can this be real?”  “Phil, you are setting yourself up for failure.”

Yet, I’m not going to go there.  I’m not going to put myself in a place of scarcity or disbelief.  Who I am, and who I have been my entire life is one that believes in miracles.    I know they happen, in fact, they have happened to me my entire life.  Why should this be any different?

On the retreat, one of the speakers was Patrick Gentempo.  He talked about the conflict one feels when their personal life and business life are not aligned.  Where there is conflict, and the lack of alignment, thing just don’t work out.

I believe that is why 7 Steps has not grown like I feel it should.  I’ve always asked myself, why isn’t this the hottest topic around?  80% of American’s have an error on their credit report.  25% of the errors are so bad, that if a person applied for credit today, they would be denied.  With these statistics, doesn’t it seem like everyone would want to learn?  I thought so.

Today I’m ridding myself of all that conflict and I’m starting with how I handle my teleseminars.  Right now people come to a teleseminar for free, and on the call we give them a chance to buy a $700-1000 package.  I often ask myself – what if people cannot afford that?  This just doesn’t feel right.

So today, I’m going BOLD and NOBLE…. I’m going to let anyone on the teleseminar to name their price for the program.  I don’t want ANYONE that wants it to not get it because of money.  This makes me feel warm… this makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing.  I’ve shared this with a handful of people, and overwhelmingly, the response has been negative.  I think that is a good sign.

I hear all the time “how confident you are Phil.” Yet, that is not how I feel right now.  My commitment is to verbalize all my feelings and not make things “sound rosy.”  My commitment with this writing is to be real.

At this moment, I’m declaring to the world, to the universe, that miracles can happen and will happen, as long as there is a plan, a team, and belief behind them.  I am open to receiving the miracles.

Another speaker at the retreat was Gary Ryan Blair, The Goals Guy.  He rolled out his 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Goal Model which I’m completely embracing:

5 – Things to get done in the next 90 days

4 – Things to stop doing

3- Things to delegate

2- People to hold you accountable

1 – BIG BANG (Bold, Ambitious, Noble, Goal)

Personal Growth…. Personal Development… Making this the best 90 Days of my life…. Game on!!!!!

Personal Growth and Development – Day 2 – I’m Thinking Differently

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