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Day 10 Learn The Secrets of Your Disguise

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Working on a new TranceFormation Tune from last week… It’s working title is “Be Somebody” but it’s soon going to be called, “The Secrets of Your Disguise” because some new ideas came in a few hours ago…

After the song I give you some free conversational hypnosis to help you smoothly glide your way through your day a little bit easier… Enjoy!

Your assignment today (should you choose to accept it) is to take exquisite care of yourself today.

BTW What do you think of this format:

“TranceFormation Tune” first and THEN “The Daily Mind Mastery?” together in one less than 10 minute video. Or should I make two shorter videos and post them separately? Drop me a line and let me know what you think. Thanks!

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Sweet!

– Mark

p.s. My brand new “Fear of Heights Phobia Solution” is in the works. If you’ve ever experienced that weird terror in the pit of your stomach when you were some place high up and it’s beginning to cost you more in pain than you’re willing to pay, watch your email inbox closely for news about it’s release.

If you are ready and would like to go deeper with me… here’s how

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The Monday “Trance”

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506-oh-my-beloved-origThe Hypnosis of Monday

Now that you made it through that exhausting, arduous weekend of fun and frivolity, what is “Monday” for? Let’s Transform Mondays ok?

I mean really? Do you ever get much done on a Monday? Ever try calling anyone on a Monday morning? Chances are it goes right to voicemail :o)

I call it the “Monday Trance”…

Monday has become a “transition” day for a lot of folks between the weekend and the week. Notice the root of “Transition” has the word “Trance” built right in :o)

A little over ten years ago I started meeting every Monday with my friend Michael Guerin. We were both struggling with our businesses at the time. Mostly because we were “solo entrepreneurs”. I was trying to build my NLP and Hypnosis practice, workshops and trainings and he was building his as a financial planner and merchant account advisor.

And while we both enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of being “one man shops,” in the long term, solitary businesses don’t last.

After all, business is all about people. People working together to serve other people with our ideas, products and services…

Interesting dilemma for a couple of introverts.

so we chose to change our Monday Trance… Instead of being boring old “Monday” that everybody dreads, we made Mondays into…

MASTERMIND MONDAYS…

And what we focused on is still what we focus on every week: Helping each other to Market, Manage, Motivate, Merchandise and Man-Up…

These days we usually talk on Saturday because by Monday we are already putting into action what we agreed with each other to do… But for me, Monday’s are just the best day of the week. It’s quiet. It’s usually the time I have to seriously consider and map out what my action steps for the week are.

And when I’ve been traveling and working on weekends, Monday is the day I catch my breath and recharge my batteries.

If Monday is a day you’ve been dreading lately… Let’s see if there is any way you can “reframe” it or shift it into something that automatically lights a fire in your heart to take your adventure to the next level.

If Monday messes with your mood… take a moment to ask what’s really going on?

  • Are you unhappy in your work?
  • Are you using work to escape something that happens on the weekends?
  • Are you on your path with heart?
  • How’s your body doing?
  • Is this going to be another week of not moving it?
  • or not feeding it the proper fuel for it to thrive and be strong?

Some folks like to check in with themselves and their goals for the week on Sunday evening.
I prefer Monday Mornings…

Either way, you might want to consider giving a little bit of conscious, creative reflection to today. Imagine totally CRUSHING IT this week as you look ahead and imagine where you would like to be by Friday…

Of course that is ONLY if you CHOOSE to accept the assignment.

Maybe you just want to chill out with a cool song that supports the assignment without actually doing the assignment. That’s fine too. Totally up to you.

Here’s your song for the day:

Now have an amazingly wonderful rest of your Masterful Monday! Or your “restful” Monday. Or your kick ass Monday… Or whatever kind of Monday you decide to have…

– Mark

p.s. So if YOU would like to be less alone in your pursuit of your big dream, your path with heart and would like to explore what it’s like to be in a “MasterMind” that is all about serving you and helping get you to where you want to be in your life and work, please contact me and let me know that you’re interested. There is no obligation, I’m just checking to see if we have enough interest for me to make the next 90 day challenge something that benefits more than just myself and my team… so let me know ok? cool. Use this link: Contact Me! 

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Best Day of Your Life?

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6292161_mlToday being April Fool’s Day, I thought it might be appropriate not to gently suggest that you might want to seriously consider if you are living the life you actually want to be living because…

Well… You never know when your time might run out…

But if I did gently suggest to you that you might want to seriously consider if you are living the life you actually want to be living because…  You might want to pay attention because…

It actually could be your last day. Mine too.

Today.

Really. This could be it.

It might just end today.

Boom.

Done.

Game over.

It probably won’t. But it could. And the question is, are you ready for that? Have you really lived? Have you really loved? have you really explored this amazing and fabulous world of ours?

Just saying’… you um… might want to…  soon. Like, you know, ah…

Today.

Make sure you listen to your “humorous” Transformation Tune all the way to the end… cuz it has sort of a happy ending…

Your Mind Mastery Assignment (although you probably won’t choose to accept it) is to do SOMETHING today that you’ve been WANTING to do but PUTTING OFF. Just haul off and DO IT! Yes You. YOU! Go! NOW!

The really important thing is just to be fully aware that you can realize the change you’re looking for…

And here’s how

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The Shift

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463 Paying Attention 2The Shift!

Paying Attention to the small changes that lead to big changes.

Hey There Transformation Tribe!

I know I’ve been a bit scarce around these here parts lately….

The reason? I’ve been DEEP in the integration process I call “The Shift”…

Not sure if you’ve noticed but you and I are not MACHINES! When we do deep healing work sometimes we have to be patient as the “new form” begins to replace the “old form”.

Sometimes it is a sudden, clear, concise shift “like the day that Saul of Tarsus was struck down blind but joyful on the road”…

Other times, the change slips in like mist or ground fog, does it’s thing and then leaves you feeling like something has mysteriously and inexplicably shifted but you may not even notice it for a while or be able to “figure it out”.

FYI I am working on my own personal transformation just as much as you are. We are in this TOGETHER.

Back in the beginning of February I had the good fortune to experience the full “Transformational Gate” of Dr. Donnie Epstein… Needless to say it was a mind-blowing, energy enhancing, deep change inducing experience.

As a result, I’ve made a ton of new videos and written a bunch of new songs that have simply been pouring through me as a result of that “Shift”. So much has come in, so fast, I just haven’t yet edited, uploaded and shared them with you…

I’ve also been working with my comrade in communication, Michael Guerin to more precisely “hone” my message and focus… So a lot of new content is about to be EXPRESSED!

Starting TODAY, there will be a Mind Mastery Tip as well as a Transformation Tune in my “regular” blog posts and email broadcasts. (BTW if you aren’t getting the emails you can sign up for them right here).

The bottom line is that my songs in and of themselves ARE Hypnosis.
“Wide Awake Hypnosis” to be sure, but totally and completely congruent and useful as tools to REPLACE the normal toxic, negative self talk that we all engage in. And it’s that negative self talk that is the actual “hypnosis” most of the humans on this planet do everyday. And then, add to that negative self hypnosis, the barrage of main stream media messages telling you, “you’re not pretty enough, rich enough, skinny enough, strong enough, popular enough etc”, and you have billions of people hypnotized to be miserable and to seek relief by buying stuff, eating stuff, drinking stuff that isn’t necessarily good for them.

When you fill your mind instead with music containing the specific language patterns I build into my songs, it can literally support YOU in transforming YOUR life.

And THAT’S what these emails are all about. YOU. Transforming. Your LIFE.

A story to illustrate: At Donnie Epstein’s “Transformational Gate” event, a woman came up to me and excitedly told me that she had begun playing my song, “Together We Can Change The World” for her elementary school class EVERY SINGLE DAY!

The other teachers in the school noticed that her class was noticeably happier, more productive, better students in general. So THEY DEMANDED that the entire school start the day with EVERYONE singing “Together We Can Change The World”. So somewhere there’s a school full of Elementary School kids singing “Change your mind and change your life, set aside the fear and strife…”

Every day. Every Single Day.

That is a “transformation tune” in action. Just keep in mind that the change created by a song is often a “Shift”. It can be subtle. It may need repetition. So the Mind Mastery Message for today is to Pay Attention to the subtle changes as well as the big changes. When you begin to pay attention you get more of what you focus on. It is an actual “law of the universe” kind of thing.

So today’s song is one I’ve been singing a lot lately with my friend Pete Furlong. We just recorded it together with his fabulous harmonies and Joe Mennonna’s amazing arranging talents.  I’ll send you the new version as soon as Joe is done mastering it. But in the meantime, here’s the solo acoustic version from my Home Across The Sea CD

Your assignment today, should you choose to accept it is to play this song softly in the background while you drive or work or go about your day or work out, or meditate. Let it percolate into your unconscious mind. And see if you can notice the “shift”. It might be subtle. after all, sometimes you have to “pay attention” to the still small voice that whispers to you of your sweet magnificence.

So that’s it for today!

I will see YOU on the INSIDE!

peace out.

– Mark

Sometimes

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Sometimes…

​the best Personal Mind Mastery Technique is simply…

Taking a damn nap on a drizzly afternoon.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Sweeeeeet!

YOUR “Take Away” Transformation Tip?

Self love and compassion sometimes add up to REST.

Try it. You’ll like it.

I Love you.

Peace out,

– Mark

P.S. If you’re local to Albany-ish New York check out Zelda Hotaling’s Winter Solstice Event with AMAZING, HUGE Dream Catchers…

Perfect for your next Nap!

Got questions? I have answers and I want you to have them, so…

Let’s talk

Burning The Boats

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25181353_sPlease Note: This song goes along with yesterday’s post. So if you haven’t read it yet, you might want to go there first: Moment of Truth

Is It Time? Are You Ready To Burn Your Boats?

This song may help you to get ready to get ready for your moment of truth…

There is a long, dramatic story behind this song which I won’t bore you with.

Suffice it to say it came out of a pretty intense personal conflict in a business relationship I was in that started out promising and then devolved into a massive exercise in ego… And it wasn’t just my business partner’s ego and attachment. I own my piece of the dysfunction.

But the the “moment of truth” here is that ultimately we don’t have time to waste on that crap!

We ALL have only a limited “engagement” here on the stage of life.

Military leaders have understood for thousands of years that warriors with their backs to the sea and no way to get back home other than fight to survive, WILL put absolutely EVERYTHING into the “task at hand”.

The real question is “What can YOU do today in YOUR life that you’ve been putting off because it’s too big, too crazy, too ‘this’ or ‘that?'” What escape routes do you need to close so you will do today what you’ve been putting off?

What if you just did one little thing towards your big dream today?

Sharing this song with you is my little step today. What’s yours? Of course it could be listening to this song! LOL

Go GET ’em Tiger! :o)

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Boats Are Burning

Song #403 | 10/25/09   |  CD: TBD

I wish that I could tell you what you wanted to hear
I wish I could tell you that there’s nothing to fear
But I don’t have time to argue any more
Because the boats are burning on the shore
You can choose to think the thoughts you’ve always thought to think
You can medicate the pain with something strong to drink
But it won’t drown out the wolves howling at your door
Because the boats are burning on the shore

Refrain:
The boats are burning There is no turning back
The boats are burning on the shore
Your life is calling, stop stalling and attack
The boats are burning on the shore

Sometimes you have to do what no one else has done
Sometimes you have to walk when you would much rather run
You can see your self as rich or see your self as poor
But the boats are burning on the shore
Our backs are to the sea and there’s no where else to flee
So we must move forward ever more fiercely
There’s no time for you to add up what you’re due
The boats are burning on the shore

Refrain:

I don’t have time to explain it all to you
Or to take classes in your school of fools
I’m playing by a brand new set of rules
Cause the boats are burning on the shore
This is not a drill It’s either kill or be killed
We’ll either stand or fall but there’s no-one left to call
So lead or follow or get the hell out of the way
Cause the boats are burning on the shore

Refrain:

Look away if you want to or stare into the flames
Focus on your anger or focus on your pain
Either way you may not live to see another day
Cause the boats are burning on the shore
I rather go down fighting knowing that I’d done my best
If I take a bullet I’d prefer it in the chest
Than hiding in a cubicle or clinging to a desk
The boats are burning on the shore

copyright 2009-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
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