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Dealing with Change

Dealing With Change

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A pic from my Monday Canoeing adventure…

AHHHHH… The Change of Seasons…

Here in the Northeast, we deal with change every three months or so… and in many ways it keeps things fresh. It keeps us on our toes. I reminds us that CHANGE is the one constant thing in this adventure we call “our lives”.

There’s a saying around here, “Hey if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.”

Speaking of change, I got a new camera yesterday and as I unpacked it and attempted to figure out how to use it (without looking at the manual)… I realized… well… this may be a bit embarrassing to admit….

BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE DAMN MANUAL….

Oh but NO ONE GIVES US A “MANUAL” for LIVING OUR LIVES!

And I’m sure someone could say, “well, that’s what the Bible or the Bagadvad Gita or the Koran is.” And yes perhaps. However, we are dealing with change in our lives right now at an unprecedented rate in all of human history. Please understand I appreciate all of our ancient books of wisdom. This is not a criticsm, just a reflection on the fact that they were mostly written thousands of years ago. And we actually have a map of how our neurology responds to change and processes the information in our external world but because everybody is so overwhelmed with the daily task of just living in the midst of information overload, it seems like very few people actually have any conscious clue about how to deal with it.

That’s what I’m intending this website and my courses addressing. And what I love about all of this is that teaching people how to master their own minds for a change, gently forces ME to really learn it myself and practice it EVERY single day…

So here I was with this new camera, it took me 15 minutes just to figure out how to attach the little string that keeps the lens cap from disappearing!

Eventually I figured things out enough to make you a fresh  “test drive” video this morning.

What came up in the process was how challenging even small changes can be. :o)

Here’s the short video I made with a helpful Mind Mastery Daily Tip for you…

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to take a moment to learn something new on some gizmo like a phone or a camera or a remote control or whatever. That’s it. Take a deep breath and learn something new. LOL

or just learn something new about ANYTHING. Or heck, REMEMBER something new you learned yesterday or last week and practice doing it better.

Now on to other new things!

– Mark

P.S. A Long Distance Transformation Nation shout out to Ian from the UK! As well as all of you who I hear from regularly. BTW have I mentioned lately that I LOVE to hear from you? I don’t need approval or praise. I DO LOVE to hear how you are all using these ideas and sharing them with your loved ones, I LOVE answering your questions. AND… as a result of several of you asking me questions about various challenges I am focusing my new course development on what you actually need and want. THAT feels deeply congruent and on target for me. so THANK YOU!!!

Here’s how to contact me

photo credit: “Starsky” L.

How To Get Out Of Your Mom’s Basement

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24568777_sOr Your Girlfriend’s Apartment

Or the shitty room you rent

Or the job you hate…

Today’s rant is all about the vital differences between a fucked up guy living in his mom’s basement and a guy who is on his way to becoming an awesome badass in every area of your life.

And if you are no longer living in your basement, please consider that there may be some other area in your life where you are just coasting or avoiding taking action.

  • You may need to man up and break up with the woman who you are no longer in love with.
  • You may need to get your resume updated and out circulating.
  • You may just need to clean off your desk so you can think straight.

Your assignment for today?

Take some simple, small, “do-able” action step towards your MASSIVE throbbing purpose. Pay attention to how good that feels.

  • Affirm it.
  • Reinforce it.
  • Do a little more. Just a little bit each day.
  • One thing. One promise to yourself that you keep today.

If you re living in your parents basement it might be to start looking for an apartment… or a room to rent.

If you don’t have a job, it could be to start looking.

If you are not happy in your relationship either start talking about it with her and working on it, or start putting your plan together to get out.

Take some action that you CAN DO today

Don’t get all sweaty and overwhelmed by all the possible actions.

Just take ONE SINGLE SIMPLE ACTION in the DIRECTION you want to go in. Start somewhere today.

MOMENTUM Baby! We are gonna build us up some MOMENTUM!

Some GO GET ‘EM!

Cowabungah!

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Why You Won’t Change

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WARNING: I am on FIRE this morning. I call it like I see it in this video today.

You might be offended.

The original title of this post was “Why You Won’t Change Even Though You SAY you want to change”…

The bottom line is that if you are not changing in any self help or self improvement project in your life, be it anxiety, weight loss, or relationships or financial success, the only one truly stopping you from achieving your goal is you.

Yeah I said it!

  • Do you really want to know why you won’t change even though you swear up and down on a stack of Holy Bibles that you want to change?
  • Do you want to know why you start so many weight loss programs and then fail to follow through?
  • Do you really want to know why you are grinding your life down with constant worry and anxiety?
  • Do you really want to know why you have all those great ideas that you never actually end up putting out into the world?
  • Do you REALLY want to know why you still experience all the same frustration and dead ends in your life that you set out so many months, years, lifetimes ago to change?

WATCH THE DAMN VIDEO! Take notes. And then DO the stuff I suggest you do at the end (which you probably won’t do cuz you probably won’t even watch the video to the end).

(BTW Whatever you do don’t even THINK ABOUT opting-in for FRESH Cowabungah every day unless you are serious about transforming your life. If you insist on subscribing, and it’s not too much effort for you you can scroll up and use the handy form at the right hand side of your screen…)

Reading this because you skipped the video? Figures.
Well here’s the summary (lazy ass ;o).

Why you won’t change even though you say you want to (and what to do about it):

  1. You aren’t willing to obsessively and compulsively PRACTICE the new mind sets that will actually get you the results you say you want. How To Fix It: FLOOD your mind and neurology with Why and How Questions that presuppose the change or end result you want. Example: “Why Does It Work Out Better Than I Can Possibly Imagine?”
  2. You give up too damn soon. How To Fix It: Brush yourself off and re0interpret your result as a Learning Opportunity instead of as “failure” and get back in to the game.
  3. You poison your efforts with toxic self talk and thoughts of self doubt and recrimination. How to Fix this: write out 10 times every single day, empowering why or how questions like the Example in #1 above: “Why Does It Work Out Better Than I Can Possibly Imagine?”
  4. You want to have it easy. You want someone else to fix you without you having to experience any discomfort or uncertainty. Solution? Start questioning the “quick fix” start taking a long view. Start enjoying the process. Wouldn’t you be suspicious if your college course work was too easy for you? Wouldn’t you really rather have a challenge that is worth pushing past your comfort zone for? Seriously. Life today is easier than it has ever been in the history of humankind. Quit whining and get to work.
  5. You are living in a fantasy where thoughts of change don’t included TIME to actually allow the growth to take root in your mind and body. You are living in a fantasy where the actual PRACTICE of new ideas and behaviors is discounted and deleted from your awareness. The fix for this? TAKE SOME DAMN ACTION. Do it NOW.

No one said this is easy. But it can be remarkably simple.

And with the tools of NLP and Hypnosis it is way easier than without the tools.

Think about it: It is way easier to drive a nail with a hammer than with a rock. And it is even easier to drive nails with a nail gun. But you still have to have a plan. You still have to bend over and pick up the damn tool and apply it to two boards intelligently in order to fasten them together in the process of building a house. You have to actually put the time and effort in to build the house. It ain’t gonna just build itself.

Assignment: Get out a blank piece of paper and write each of these why and how questions out 10 times:

  • Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?
  • Why do I take specific concrete ACTION today towards my desired goal or towards fulfilling my life’s purpose?
  • Why is this perfect?  How can I use this?
  • Why is this perfect for my growth and learning? How can I benefit from this?

Now do that every single day for 30 days.  Dare you. Double Dog dare you. Heck, I TRIPLE DAWG DARE YOU!

The smart money is on you doing it for a couple of days and then quitting…. let me know if you actually go for it. If you can prove that you’ve faithfully done this assignment every day for 30 days, I will give you a free personal mastery coaching session. Use the handy form below to contact me.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a limited time offer and I reserve the right to cancel it whenever I feel like it.

Cowabungah!

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Adapt or Die!

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Adapt or Perish!

The old idea that you can succeed by becoming a “specialist” in some narrow field is being challenged by the increasing rate of change in the world today. One Trick Pony thinking will keep you from being able to respond resourcefully to the rapid change in every field of endeavor…

Watch the video below!

We have to be able to learn and apply what we’ve learned in new ways. Example: There is no longer a demand for wooden wagon wheels. What’s a wooden wagon wheel maker to do? Well, they make great chandeliers! or take the skills required to make wooden wagon wheels and see where else they can be applied.

Modern example: Mom and Pop video stores used to populate every corner. Then Blockbuster and Hollywood Video came in and wiped them out. Then Netflix and online streaming came in and wiped out Blockbuster. Now Netflix is actually creating it’s own original programming…

The message? Adapt or Die! You HAVE to become a modern day Renaissance man or woman.

Cowabungah!

P.S. If you have any thoughts or questions or subjects you would like me to reflect upon in future videos, click the button below and contact me today.

Let’s talk…