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90 Day Challenge Kickoff!

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And here we ARE! The 2017 1st 1/4 90 day Transformation Challenge HAS COMMENCED!

Sam is ready to switch jobs and wants to create a higher income and more job satisfaction…
Ulla is working on a new career as a corporate consultant…
Cal is working on feeling comfortable and confident conversing and even flirting with women…
Cathy wants to raiser her fees and expand her career as a professional speaker…
Samantha is learning how to speak up and ask for what she wants in her relationships…
Sue is working on creating healthy boundaries with her children (and her mother)…
Ed is working on clearing a fear of heights at his new job
Steve is working on losing 40 pounds…
Sean is exploring several new ways to increase his income from his online businesses…

You might say they are all seeking success in some form or another…

And the only thing that is stopping them is…

  1. doing it all alone…
  2. not having a safe place to run ideas by other people like them who won’t laugh or belittle their dreams or be that damned “Devils Advocate” at the inappropriate time…
  3. not having the coaching or the tools and techniques to master their minds for a change in order to get what they want, with whom they want, when they want and how they want, easier, faster, better.

And that’s where the 90 day challenge comes in.

You are no longer alone.

Here’s today’s Trance-Formation Tune to support and inspire you!

Tawk to me people. I’m listening.
– Mark

P.S. What do YOU need help with? Drop me a line. Let me know what you want to work on during the next 90 day challenge. If it is something that other people might want to work on as well, I will create a specific hypnosis session for that and add it to my course and program catalog…. If I use YOUR idea, I will gift it to you as my thank you for your participation and engagement!

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! 

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

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Transformation Tuesday Begins!

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trans tues big2Hey Everybody!

Today IS Transformation Tuesday!

Yup. I just checked. In fact, it’s Transformation Tuesday all day long and into the night!

How cool is that?

COWABUNGAH!

In case you don’t “religiously” read every single email from me…

TONIGHT we kick off the first  weekly Transformation Tuesday.

What IS “Transformation Tuesday”?

Good question little grasshopper!

Think of it as a

“Music & Meditation Sanctuary for the Spiritual But Not Religious”

or think of it as a

“Personal Mastery and Motivation Meet-Up with Music”

Yes there WILL be Music! – My absolute FAVORITE Spiritual but Not Religious Singer/Songwriter will be there with the “Transformation Tunes” you’ve been clamoring for. Word has it on the “street” that people listen to these songs and literally “change their BRAINS” (in a good way) ;o)

Oh! here’s one of his FABULOUS “Transformation Tunes” now:

(Holy Guacamole he’s GOOOD! ;o)

YES! There will be a Personal Mastery Message to Motivate, Inspire and IGNITE the groovyness within you and support you in mastering your mind for a change.

YES! There will be meditation, aka guided visualization, aka, Ericksonian Conversational Hypnosis... (Be assured it’s totally safe, requires no special equipment and feels FABULOUS!)… to help us FOCUS and “master our minds for a change” in a powerfully positive way for the rest of the week….

YES! There will be gentle “tai chi” like movement that you won’t have to “remember” cuz we make it up on the spot! and it feels soooooooo good and is safe for everyone to try even if you are normally a couch potato!

And Yes! We will have some time to hang out a bit and “Meet UP!” as members of the “Transformation Nation”.

Where?  Unity Church, 21 King Ave, Albany NY
When? Tuesdays 7:00 – 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Cost? A suggested $20 donation
(I’m renting the space from Unity so your support is deeply appreciated to cover costs)

or
“Tune in” online for the live streaming version on Concert Window
(which hopefully will actually work, your patience is much appreciated since I’m about as “technical” as… as… as… a…  guy who can’t quite think of an appropriate analogy at the moment…)

Here’s the link for the online streaming:
https://www.concertwindow.com/markshepard

I hope to see you there tonight!

– Mark

p.s. BTW the 1st 10 people to show up tonight in person will get something very special to commemorate your AWESOMENESS! And I’m working on some bonuses for you folks out there in cyber-land as well.

Got questions? Contact me!

The Master Mind Effect

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mark mccoy 700xI was away last week in Toronto for a very cool “Immersion Master Mind” for Thought leaders. It was MONUMENTAL.

Seriously. MONUMENTAL

I thought I would be able to keep posting my Mind Mastery Daily and Transformation Tunes for you while I was away… but IMMERSION is IMMERSION.

So I accepted that some “routines” were going to be “interrupted” and I embraced FOCUSING on soaking up some powerful and transformative ideas and strategies for doing what I do, BETTER.

And YOU will benefit from that in the days and weeks to come.
Now back to today.

mmmmmmmmmm MONDAY!
One of my absolute FAVORITE days of the week!

Here we go:

Monday’s Mind Mastery Message:
The Power of the Master Mind!
I’m kind of on the “M” kick today. As well as a MASTERY kick…

One of the great “take aways” from my learning adventure in Toronto last week was the absolute POWER of hanging out with people who are pursuing their passionate purpose in life.

Study after study has shown that people tend to match the income and achievement levels of the people they hang out with the most.

Napoleon Hill in his MASTERFUL book “Think and Grow Rich” mapped out the idea of the “master mind”.

And my favorite songwriter said, “Together we can change the world”…

And of course there was a dude back in “0” AD who said to his 12 buddies, “Where two or more are gathered amazing stuff can happen…”

So last week, not only did I get to experience the inspirational company of some amazing peak performers who like myself are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work on themselves, their lives, and bringing their talents and gifts to the task of making a positive difference in the world,

I got to rub elbows a bit with Olympic Gold Medalist, Mark McKoy.

Not only is he the only Canadian to bring home an Olympic Gold medal in the last 30 years, but he did it at age 30 in an event that considers a 25 year old… OLD.

For a 2 minute jolt of joy, inspiration and grooviness watch this video and see Mark McKoy WIN the Olypmic Gold Medal AGAINST ALL ODDS!

I LOVE the part where the STUNNED CBC broadcasters literally didn’t know what to say other than, “Unbelievable!” (Luckily HE believed in himself because THEY surely didn’t).

One of the key strategies he employed in his 16 year quest was to find and work with the best coaches in the world as well as to surround himself with the company of his BEST competitors.  The Master Mind Effect.

The guy who won Silver was his best friend who he lived and trained with. They pushed each other and caused each other to be better.

One of the greatest challenges with anyone who seeks to transform his or her life is to seek the company of other people who have the effect of PULLING YOU UP. Sometimes this requires letting go of some relationships that do not PULL YOU UP.

I found this to be incredibly true over the years as a hypnotherapist working with people who wanted to stop smoking (or other habits and addictions) if you quit smoking and then go hang out with a bunch of smokers, it’s going to be a lot harder than if you go hang out with a bunch of non smokers. Does that make sense?

Same deal with food issues. If you are attempting to transform your eating and exercise habits, it’s a lot more helpful to hang out with folks who are exercising and nourishing their bodies intelligently than your old gang of couch potato fast food fans.

Whatever you want to achieve in life, you might want to consider finding some other people who have done that or are deep in the process of doing it, and go hang out with them.

Make sense? Engage the master mind effect.

So your assignment today (should you choose to accept it) is to take a loving, compassionate look at the company you keep.
Is it supporting you becoming a better person? Or is it pulling you back to being someone you “used” to be? (And BTW my new weekly Music, Message, Meditation, Movement Meet-Up called “Transformation Tuesday” will be a place where you’ll be able to meet other people like yourself who are seeking the source of their own healing, success, strengths, talents and magnificence. ) The Master Mind Effect.

If you’re local to Albany NY I hope you’ll join us. If you are not, please watch this space for info on our live streaming broadcasts and replays.

And Now for Today’s Transformation Tune:
Song # 320 “Field of Dreams”

That’s it for now!

COWABUNGAH BABY!

Ahhhh Who Ahhh!

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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P.S. Jump onto the Transformation Nation email list and watch your inbox for your live streaming of Transformation. Tuesday.