I am pleased to say that my first official foray into the personal development world, at least on a conscious, chosen level, was when I read Napoleon Hill’s classic bible on success: Think and Grow Rich.
I have spent countless hours over the past three decades since then absorbing everything I can to expand my own horizons but rarely have encountered anything with the awesome raw power and message of success than Dr. Hill’s work.
Recently, I came across a video piece of Dr. Hill discussing his initial conversations with Andrew Carnegie, the insightful steel magnate (and the world’s first billionaire) who put the young Hill to task in studying the most successful men of the day and determine their common threads for creating that success. The resulting work changed the lives of millions of people around the world.
One of my favorite variations on Think and Grow Rich was the Nightingale Contant recordings called The Science of Personal Achievement. I was particularly moved by this because it includes so much of the original recordings done by Dr. Hill himself. This may not seem like much to us today but it is important to note that Hill first published Think and Grow Rich in 1937. The recordings from The Science of Personal Achievement were from old radio interviews, recordings made on 78 speed records and were really the first serious work in audio recordings. It was cutting-edge stuff at the time…the information still is and now, the piece is (finally) available on CD. I had two different cassette version of the piece; one for me and one that I always circulated through my network, and always passed along from one person to another with a letter telling the next one in line how the work had affected his or her life.
I tell this story today to share with you that some concepts are universal and remain true throughout the generations. Think and Grow Rich and it’s related material is just such a work. If you haven’t read it (or listened to it if that’s your preferred medium), I strongly encourage you to do so.
For now, have a quick taste of Dr. Hill himself laying the foundation for what is a very similar idea to what I now teach in my Law of Attraction programs.
I’ve been talking about making your own movies to assist with the visualization process for a long time now. I even include some training on how to do it in my Law of Attraction ACTION PACK multimedia home study program. I call them MasterMind Movies and they’re a great way to personalize your own visualization process for attracting your Ultimate Dream Life.
Some friends “down unda” have taken this concept to a whole new level. Ryan and the gang down at Mind Movies have just released a new series that really gets into the details about how to make the most effective movies possible.
Just follow this link to learn more about the program. There is a special launch happening for the next 8 days and you get some outrageous bonuses in the process, over $2300 worth if I have my numbers straight, including a special one from me.
I’m doing a new custom movie right now but here’s one that I included in my Law of Attraction ACTION PACK that you may find helpful. I also composed special MasterMind Enhancement Music designed to connect you directly to the “source” of the LOA. Enjoy it and check out the Mind Movies program too. It’s really cool!
Life is challenging enough without having to create and achieve your goals all on your own. The truth is that very few people, if any, can actually do that.
Throughout history, the most successful people of all time have surrounded themselves with teams of people who support their vision and mission.
What is your vision and mission? Are you clear? Are you focused? Are you on your way and doing great? Are you passionate about your life and what you’re doing with it?
Who is on your team? Are you a typical entrepreneur trying to juggle all the balls at once? Are you an entrepreneur who simply “owns” your job? Are you feeling like a hamster running on a wheel?
In order to create anything great and substantial, it is vital for us to create a team and most small business people find a lot of ways to stay “busy” all the time and try to do everything on our own.
A business and/or life coach can help you to bring clarity to your goals, then keep you on the path toward reaching them. Everyone needs a great coach to keep them on track! I’m a coach and I use coaches and mentors to assist me all the time. Why? Because I KNOW that I can’t do it all on my own. I know where my skills are effective and where they are lacking. I know that I can’t create my big dream without a team.
Some of the greatest business minds of all time have chimed in on the subject of coaching. The media is talking about coaching. The concept isn’t going away.
Here are a few quotes that I’ve gathered up for you on the subject of coaching.
“Coaching can certainly help you strengthen your sense of self-worth, focus on your goals — and get there, fast.” – The London Daily Telegraph
“I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum potential.” – Bob Nardelli CEO, Home Depot
“…a personal coach is better than a best friend.” – Sausalito.net
“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.” – Timothy Gallwey
“People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won’t get promoted.” – Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric
“A coach maybe the guardian angel you need to rev up your career.” – Money
“Part therapist, part consultant, part motivational expert, part professional organizer, part friend, part nag — the personal coach seeks to do for your life what a personal trainer does for your body.” – Kim Palmer, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune
“Coaching simply speeds up a process of change that would most likely occur anyway if an individual had enough time. Without a coaching program that forces a client to focus and make time, people sometimes miss the real issues they need to focus on.” – The Ivy Business Journal, September-October 2000
“No matter how strong a person mentally is, without proper mental nourishment he or she will crumble. Personal coaching is one of the best ways to help you get that nourishment and to keep you stay focused.” – BeingLive.com
“If you want to build your business and at the same time have a rewarding personal life, you call a coach.” – Robert Schwab, ‘Businesses Hire Coaches to Build Winning Teams,’ Denver Post
“When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living.” – Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric from ‘Jack: Straight from the Gut’
“The hottest thing in management is the executive coach…Coaches are everywhere these days…Corporate coaches are in such demand that they can charge from $600 to $2,000 a month for three or four 30- to 60-minute phone conversations.” — Fortune
“Our chief want in life is someone who will make us do what we can.” – Emerson
“To get the most out of yourself you need to tune yourself regularly, just like a musical instrument needs regular tuning. Personal coaching is one of the best ways to help you improve yourself and stay focused.” – BeingLive.com
“A coach can play any number of roles –mentor, consultant, motivator, but one thing she [or he] is not is a therapist. Coaching deals with the “how”: how you can move on from where you are and make change. It’s action-oriented, and concerned with the present and future, not the past.” – Shape Magazine
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Now it’s been about a week since I posted…and now I’m starting to get emails asking if I fell off the planet…
Truly ironic considering how I’m always telling people that you really need to blog a MINIMUM of a couple of times a week, 3-4 days is better and you should REALLY post every day to capitalize on all the benefits of blogging around your business and your passion (which hopefully are more or less the same thing!).
Here’s the truth…I have no excuses…never really make them actually, because I believe in 100% personal responsibility. The REASON I’ve been a little scarce over the past few days is simple: FOCUS.
Yes, I coach people how to automate and delegate to take the time management issues out of their lives. Yes, I mentor people to pass off ANYTHING that isn’t right in the bullseye of your skillset. And YES, I teach people how to avoid getting consumed the "tasks" of their businesses and focus on the expansion. And there’s more…but you get the idea….
So, in this case…the FOCUS for me in the past week has been to do the VERY BEST work that I can do with two new products I’m releasing in the next few days.
I’m involved in every aspect. Preparing the content, recording my own content for the program (recording in my skillset, my presence absolutely required), composing new MasterMind Enhancement Music (BULLSEYE smack in the middle of my skillset, my true passion), interviewing the experts for the program (wouldn’t happen with me in this case, design work for the covers and CD labels (OK, honestly, in my skillset but maybe I should have passed that one along…it was a timing thing…need the product manufactured by my speaking appearance at Speak Your Way to Wealth next weekend)…
What this all boils down to is that I really needed to be immersed in this project, so it can be the best it can be, not for me (although I get great satisfaction from this) but FOR YOU.
I’m going to announce the new products in a few days…two new products (perhaps the last two) in the "Attraction" line called Attraction Mastery and Attraction Marketing, but that’s all I’m telling right now. And wait until you see what happens next…
For now, that’s all I can give up…I realy want to tell you but both time and timing dictate that I have to wait.
I look forward to sharing more. Thanks for your personal notes of concern about my apparent disappearance…no worries, I’m here and I’m fine…in fact, I’m better than ever!
I’ll post again soon…
Peace,
Jeff
P.S. — If you don’t know about the MasterMind Enhancement Music process yet…get a taste on this video I created for the Law of Attraction ACTION PACK…it’s up on YouTube…but here it is below….
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