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Failure Into Feedback

Replace “Perfection” with “Practice”

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309 be patientHuh? OH!

Well HELLO there my beloved Transformation Nation!

Yesterday’s live test of the Transformation Nation Broadcasting Network on ConcertWindow.com went pretty well.
The sound even seemed to work…

(some of the time LOL)

I was able to download a video this morning of the entire show but the audio on the video disappears before the last chorus of my first song!

So the lesson is: Set up camera #2 to record the broadcast for the archives!

The turn out was small (which was perfect since it was a “test”) but I was able to definitely check out the Concert Window system. Merrill from Colorado sent me a message in the “chat” window and someone even sent me a “Tip”…

(ok it was my dad! Thanks dad!).

So we are all set for next week’s OFFICIAL kick off of my Transformation Tuesday Series.

Whew! Thanks for letting me share that. I “get” why most TV shows are pre-recorded. “Live” has a certain weird PRESSURE to it. But I used my Transformation Tools and grounded myself and just leaped.

COWABUNGAH! Ah Who AHHH! etc.

So today, being Wednesday, I wanted to give you some MASSIVELY useful VALUE to help you dance through your day…

So here it is. Are you Ready?

Practice.

It’s ALL practice.

EVERYTHING is practice.

There is no “Perfect”.

Ever hear someone describe themselves or someone else as a “perfectionist”?

The truth is those people are NOT “perfectionists” they are “Imperfectionists” they are always focused on what isn’t perfect. And NO! I’m not talking about YOU. You don’t do that do you? This is just a REMINDER of what you already know right? :o)

We all have the ability to think critically (in the best sense of that word) and to be able to constantly improve our performance in any area of our lives, that’s good. What’s not so good is the habit of tearing ourselves down or getting upset if things don’t work out right away the way we think they “should” (BTW “shoulds” and “have to’s” often need to be challenged).

That’s where the practice of PRACTICE comes in.

It’s all practice.

I am a “Certified NLP Master Practitioner” Not a “Certified NLP Master Know It All”. In fact the reason I continue to teach and certify other practitioners in NLP and Hypnosis is that by teaching it I continue to LEARN it. Better and better. But still not perfect.

And that’s…. Perfect.

I make mistakes all the time while I’m playing music. I screw up my own damn songs sometimes. Wrong chords. Mix up the verses. Not remember words. Forget to tune my guitar… Say something that I might wish I hadn’t said. Not said something I “Should” have…. blah, blah, blah.

In the past I would spend a huge amount of energy “beating myself up” for the mistakes.

The transformation in my own thinking is that now it AMUSEs me when I am not “perfect”.

That took practice.

Keep making those “mistakes” eventually you’ll get the art of turning “failure into feedback”.

After all, What if THIS is perfect? Ask yourself THAT question throughout your day and notice the difference.

So. Your assignment today (should you choose to accept it) is to Ask that question about EVERYTHING.

“What if THIS is perfect?”

Seriously ask it All day. Be assured, you won’t get it right the first couple of hundred times… but eventually you will start to deeply enjoy your humanity and the PROCESS of learning, growing and improving as much as you can with the time, talent and resources you bring to your life.

BOOM! ding!

Of course I could have probably said all that better but it’s time to move on to the Transformation Tune of the day. :o)

Song # 309 “Be Patient With Your Drumming”

Have a FABULOUS day!

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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Coming Home To Yourself

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Today’s Mind Mastery Daily, my beloved Transformation Tribe is about the journey.

Coming Home To Yourself

No matter what your circumstances of birth, your childhood, your teen years, your current situation as an adult, you are in a PROCESS. You are on a JOURNEY.

Life is filled with challenges and opportunities. Some say they are actually one and the same thing.

It is only our INTERPRETATION of events that make them “problems” or “solutions”.

To illustrate this today I want to share a song that has evolved over the years.

The original version this song, #175, was about the work I was doing in the late 80’s and 90’s healing my life. I was struggling on many fronts.

Physically, I was exhausted and seemed to be unable to digest my food properly.

Emotionally I was full of anger, sadness, fear, shame…you name it I was getting clobbered by it.

I could not for the life of me seem to be able to do anything significant with my music. Couldn’t perform it or sell it or market it or anything other than write song, after song, after song, after song…(that seemed destined to never be heard).

On the positive side of things, it was around this time that I began to add drumming and storytelling to the mix of music that was pouring through me.

Somewhat out of desperation, I began to study energy healing with a woman named Mearah Marqua who was one of physicist and energy healer Barbara Brennon’s first students. I studied with her and a group of other people seeking to heal their lives one weekend a month for about 5 years. Slowly things began to change.

But just so you know, first things fell apart even more!

First I had to lose the 4 houses I’d bought for “nothing down” and sell the Title Insurance business that was killing me…

Bankruptcy and foreclosure. “Failure” some might call it.

Looking back? “MIRACLES”, “GIFTS”, “RELEASE”!

Eventually, step by step (always taking way longer than I wanted :o) the healing began and the thriving and joy followed.

Then as I continued on my own healing journey, it became apparent as I dove into Ericksonian Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistics (NLP) in the early 2000’s, that a slight update was required linguistically to pre-suppose that the healing had already taken place…

You Mind Mastery TIP, is to begin to play with referring to your “problems” in the PAST TENSE.

So today’s Mind Mastery assignment, (should you choose to accept it) is to acknowledge today how far you’ve actually come on your own healing journey. Give yourself a little credit for all the work you’ve done on healing yourself, your work, your relationships, your body, your life.

And then share this song and post with anyone you know who may need some healing support.

None of us are alone in this process of healing even though sometimes it feels that way.

Today, imagine me, surrounding YOU with light, love, support, encouragement and the idea that you are making progress!

Because you are!

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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Track Your Progress

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How Can You Tell You’re Making Progress?
The quick answer is…

…By Keeping Track.

For example. I weigh myself every morning when I first get up.

But body weight doesn’t always tell the whole story.

So I took the leap and invested $25 bucks in a scale that also has Body Fat, Water, Muscle and Bone percentage measurements. All of which I write down. Pretty much almost every day.

The other day I hit a new low weight wise, (which was a new high progress wise!) and all the other numbers moved in the direction I’ve been working towards as well.

My body fat went down. My muscle went up. etc.
So I wrote it down. I made a note of it. And set my intention and self hypnosis for the next small goal in this area of my life.

I can look back at October 12, 2014 which was the day I got SERIOUS about creating a life long SUSTAINABLE fitness program for my body and look at the numbers:

October 12, 2014

  • Weight: 228
  • Body Fat %: 20.4
  • Total Body Water: 62.5
  • Muscle Mass: 34
  • Bone: 8.2
  • Waist measurement: 40″

and compare it with Today’s

March 18, 2016

  • Weight: 208.6
  • Body Fat %: 17.6
  • Total Body Water: 65.1
  • Muscle Mass: 35.1
  • Bone: 7.4
  • Waist Measurement: 35″

Now also understand that this cheapo scale is not the most accurate measuring device for some of this stuff. For example, I’m probably not losing bone density. But I am staying more hydrated, and my body fat is going down and my muscle is going up. It doesn’t have to be perfect to still keep you on track.

So we don’t just weigh ourselves on the scale and use that one single metric to gauge all our progress.

Measure enough to get as accurate a picture as you can.

It feels good to make measurable progress. It reinforces what is working.

We ARE animals after all. We move TOWARDS Pleasure and AWAY from pain.

And to celebrate and reinforce my progress even more, I also bought a new pair of pants with a 34″ waist.

And… I can actually… button them!
(admittedly they are a little snug).

However,

A little over a year ago, I was wearing 38″ waist size (but with those stretchy things in them for “comfort”. so truthfully I was more like a 40″)

BTW if you would like to join me on the health and fitness quest, check out my program, “It’s Not Just About The Food”

It is simply the exact program I follow in my own life and that I developed over 15years of working with weight loss hypnosis clients… It combines leading edge research with self hypnosis sessions and NLP Mind Mastery Tools to make getting fit and healthy not only easier, faster and better but more SUSTAINABLE.

So the mind mastery tools, plus the food choices I’ve been making, the intermittent fasting I’ve been doing combined with a “feast” day once a week, getting rid of my chair and using a standing desk as well as the Slow Burn fitness techniques that take only a few minutes every other day or so, are working.

And NOW I WANT MORE! Don’t YOU?

Do you see how it works?

If you don’t keep track, how will you actually know if you’re making progress?

If you are keeping track and NOT improving then you can intelligently explore different approaches and ideas until you DO see progress.

Does that make sense?

It’s also why businesses track expenses as well as income. The mantra of many millionaires is, “You can’t improve what you can’t measure”.  And I think there is something to that.

It’s why peak performance athletes keep track of their workouts and times, personal bests in practice and in competitions etc.

So how are you doing? Have you been noticing improvements in your life?
Or do you just keep track of the failures, the disappointments and the struggles?

Remember one of the immutable laws of the universe is:

“We get more of what we focus on.”

Your Daily Mind Mastery Challenge today (should you choose to accept it) is to pick a single area of your life and begin to keep track of your progress on a daily basis.
We get more of what we focus on, so focus in on what IS working.

  • Are you better at practicing self love?
  • Are you making progress in your health and fitness?
  • Are your relationship skills and communication skills improving?
  • Are you practicing your Anxiety Crushers on a regular basis?
  • Are you cutting back on junk food and eating more veggies?
  • Are you practicing meditation daily?
  • Are you writing out WDIWOBTICPI? And making a note of how things actually turn out?

I mean, after all, What’s good in your life? Do you even know?

Make a note of it. Write it down. Keep track of your good days. Keep track of your successes.

Forget about the “failures” for now.

And if you look at things with the appreciation that even the “Failures” are part of your ultimate success, you can surely find SOMETHING to track that will give you hope and encouragement so you can take another step and another step and another step towards becoming even more fabulous than you already are…

And I am NOT suggesting that you measure EVERYTHING… Just track the stuff that’s IMPORTANT to you. And do it INTELLIGENTLY so you are fairly sure you aren’t fooling yourself like the person who wants to lose weight and starts working out and building muscle getting discouraged by their increasing weight. They don’t want to lose WEIGHT. What they really want is to Lose FAT and BUILD MUSCLE! And they very well could be succeeding but not measuring it correctly!

So give “keeping track of your successes” a shot!

Your Transformational Soundtrack to support your assignment (should you choose to accept it) is….

Song # 337 “Walk Through Roses” (It’s all about focus)

Enjoy!

Have an awesome, fabulous, groovy, love filled day!

– Mark

p.s. I will see YOU on the INSIDE!

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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There Are No Mistakes?

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Hey guys, I have to “fess” up today. I really screwed up on something… Just plain old made an old fashioned “mistake.”

In the past I would be crazy mad and angry, FURIOUS, at myself right now.

But I’m not.

I learned a valuable lesson that I will remember for the rest of my life. And sometimes that is worth an infinite amount… Yes. It’s “Another opportunity to LEARN”. So in keeping with the previous post about anger management, we have to stop being angry at ourselves so much. A lot of us find it easier to forgive someone else for their human frailties than we can forgive ourselves.

My Cowabungah Key today is that I STILL had a great day DESPITE totally screwing something up. And I know tomorrow it will all work out…

Better than I can possibly imagine.

Here’s the video.

Let me know what you think.

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Moneyball Review by Michael Lewis

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Cowabungah Book Review: “Moneyball” by Michael Lewis

This is short and focused. With a powerful take-away for your own success.

Begin thinking less about your past and what you didn’t do “right” and focus more on what you want, the kind of man you want to be, the life you want to live… You get what you focus on…

Who do you really want to be? Flood your consciousness with the kind of thinking that pulls up up to higher levels of personal mastery.

Cowabungah!

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