Are you ready for your next 48 hours to be GREAT?
Yes or YES?
Great.
Onward.
Thousands of years ago, a GREAT piece of advice was shared.
It's crucial you 'get' this piece of advice if you wish to
live YOUR BEST LIFE.
Very crucial.
Too many people around the globe are struggling today
unnecessarily.
Here's one of the BIGGEST reasons why.
Years ago, probably without their conscious knowing, GARBAGE
was dumped into their mind. Garbage.
Lack of confidence.
Self sabotage.
Weakness.
Indecisiveness.
Negative mental attitude.
Negative self talk.
And there's more.
Plenty.
Most of us digested mentally thoughts and beliefs that later
on in life now hold us back.
"Mike, how do I get past the mental junk I ingested years
ago?"
Great question amigo.
Let's look back thousands of years for the advice we need.
It was from the famous philosopher Socrates, here's what he
said.
"An unexamined life isn't worth living."
Read this again.
"An unexamined life isn't worth living'"
Most people live on automatic. They say, "Oh, this is just
the way I am."
No. No. No.
They believe the garbage they bought into is THEM.
It's NOT.
Society is great at teaching you how to live barely above
broke and have a LOSER'S IMAGE.
That's not the real you.
YOU must examine your recurring thoughts you have.
YOU must examine the self image you bought into years ago.
YOU must examine your beliefs about money.
YOU must examine your relationships and people you spend time
with.
You MUST have the courage to look at yourself, the areas that
aren't so pretty, and make changes.
You were born to be POWERFUL. Society will work to get you to
conform.
You were born to win. Society will lead you down the loser's
path.
Examine your attitude.
Examine your thoughts.
Examine your beliefs.
You have no idea how close you are to a MAJOR breakthrough.
Don't give up. You're too important to somebody. Many people.
Love Ya! You're The Best!
Your Coach,
Michael
Mike,
Great article. A lot of people don't know that thoughts are things and all of what we are today is a result of what we thought yesterday. And we can change all of the negative input with good input by changing our thoughts.
Thanks Mike....this was like manna from heaven.....I was just terminated from a sales position because the boss was intimidated by my success. I had poured my heart and soul into this position as it had huge upside potential. Just when I was getting traction and with no warning I was let go.... I was devastated. I was ready to throw in the towel....but the works "You have now idea how close to a MAJOR breakthrough" you are... this gave me the strength to regroup and move on.......
This is true as we live our lives out of our belief
system. As a man thinketh in his heart so is the man.
Wonderful message: “An unexamined life isn’t worth living.â€
Thanks Mike!
Happy Mother's Day
Never give up.
I love it.
thanks
Michael,
Amen brother!
The presupposition in his statement is that Your life is Worthy of being examined!! Not only is the universe a wonderful place but it's here for Your enjoyment!
Great premise. It should be taught in schools. I homeschooled my son so he wouldn't be exposed to such negativity. He built his own house by himself at age 16, including the carpentry, plumbing and electrical.
I should have such confidence. I can talk the talk but it is more difficult to break old habits and walk the talk. I believe it ... but still trying to practice it.
I believe that make our future by our thoughts. We need to examine then carefully
Donna
Michael, it's so true in what you have to say here. Thank you for your insight.
Donika Wimalaratne
donik01_wimal@hotmail.com
(613) 680-1553
Powerful!
I agree with you 100%!
Another useful tip I share with my coaching clients who are taking action to change their lives, is to consciously examine their FEELINGS regularly throughout the day... and NOTICE the subtle changes that are taking place.
Often, people miss the subtlety of major change... too busy waiting for it to bite them on the ass!
Lee D.
Great post (as always)...Life needs regular check ups...And this leads us to discover where we are and what we are and make changes that will help us lead a wholesome life.
Hi Mike,
Good, concise, down-to-earth, common-sense advice with no waffling or ra-ra warm fuzzies which is usually expected of network marketing people.
Socrates secret should be daily, first thing in the morning reading.
Hi Mike, I'm glad you're here for us with words of wisdom. Thanks much. It is difficult and can also be painful to examine one's life with any degree of honesty. It is absolutely necessary to do so in order to move forward and, yet, so easy to fall back into habitual thinking. In the beginning very small steps are the only things that can keep us going. Small steps add up, though, and your words help back me up when things get rough. Keep on keeping on.
Linda
Wow, what Truth!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing,
Sonny Brown
You're so right, Mike. We weren't born with a manual on how to be successful. We must continually search for positive messages that move us forward and avoid the negative ones that stop us in our tracks.
Thanks Mike!! It has been one of those days and your message was right on time. Thank you for doing what you do!! You are touching lives in such a positive way. Thanks for not giving up. You’re too important to your readers.
Thanks for another powerful post Mike! Most people choose not to examine their own lives to avoid taking responsibility for their past and future decisions. It's easier to abdicate that charge to someone else. Another great teacher, Sallust, wrote “Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.â€
Thanks for expecting more from us!
Brad
i don`t have a personal website i know i need one maybe you can give me an ideal i love helping peoples also i am a nurse aide and a network marketing with the comapny Xango but i have not gotten it off the ground
TQ... I know it is not easy to live in a negative world. But I am a winner and winners strive in whatevr climatic condition, be it emotional, workplace, family and the like. Yup, the harder I run the greater the resitance...but it is the law of physics. For every action there is a reaction....
Good day
Dr. Bee
Hey Mike,
With most of us surrounded by "normal", it's great to see "M.L." in the inbox!
Many thanks,
Michael
Program Director
http://www.planetnerve8.com
Mike,
Personal growth is so important and should be something a person does their entire life. That is one of the things that I love about the wealth and self courses that are a part of my home based business. There is so much that has to change for a person to become successful, it is not just about the money. It is about what goes on inside your head, like you said about having a "loser's image." Do the work on yourself and your life will change! If you are doing everything right and still struggling, look inside your head and heart and see what needs to be changed there!
Kathy
http://www.MoreTimeandMoney.biz
Mike,
Missed your blogs recently - sort of lapsed a bit. Socrates defined the key as you say - look at you, look at your life because both are the RESULTS of what your beliefs. Want to change anything? Define the belief, examine it, change it to WHAT YOU (not you Mom, your Dad or 'they') WANT by establishing a new thought and belief connection associated with it. Repeat. It works. John
Dear Mike: thank you for positive input that has wisdom, sage advise.Can you send specific avenues of course, that has a quick course of action that can be implemented for direct use. - you know a practice for a particular outcome..Alway's be careful, listen to your inner voice- it is the rock of the ages. Warm regards in your marketing. Danny.
Absolutely, to often we go round and around. Wishing things would change. UNTIL you decide, take action and stop the madness you will continue to get what you get! Wake Up
Fight! Inch by Inch its a cinch.
Dear Michael,
Thanks so much for that help. I'll use it everyday to the best of my ability.
Right on Mike....watch the evening news much?..more garbage, and especially during this election year..politicians telling us how BAD things are..It needs to stop and we can stop it from penetrating into our brain, just as you have said.
It's a great thought, but how do I jump across the abyss that says, "Well, those are great words, but guess what...that's not for you." I want to be better, I have great affirmations, but I just can't seem to get to the other side!
Hi Mike...
Socrates was one very wise man!
Totally agree with you that all too often we don't evaluate our thoughts, beliefs and attitudes and we plod on day in day out thinking we are doing our best. But do we really know what our best is... or is our best things that we do automatically without stretching out of our comfort zone... which includes not changing our thoughts, beliefs and attitudes. Hmmmmmm.
Jeanne
http://www.goalsnaspirations.com
Coach, you are the best. you always write about something that i am dealing with in the moment! I feel connected.. you are the best.
Great Advice!
Thanks
Michael,
My favorite philosopher from the ancient Greece, is Aristotle. Please read my post, Annual Blog Report IV on May 25.
Best Premises,
Martin Lindeskog - American in Spirit.
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hi Mike!
You are abolutely right and very detailed in your examples. One of the most important things you have taught me is to daily do something toward my goal. This one thing has made such a difference. Thanks for sharing this new nugget of wisdom; it is being applied to my life now.
"Choose Love. It looks good on you."(tm)
Nikki Jourdan
Mike, I agree whole heartedly. People are so willing to be sheep and never look beyond the ground in front of them and certainly never look inside themselves. I believe that thoughts become things and if you find the best things to think about and believe then you will rise above the crowd. Just as cream rises to the top!
Thanks for the insight, Mike. It is another jewel in my collection.
Angela Bartlett
Mike,
Right on the Money Again.
One of my streams of income puts me in areas where I get to watch people where they make buying decisions and it is amazing how long it takes some people to make a decision.
Some people are afraid to make mistakes.
But I also like to watch people who make decisions fast. I often ask these people what they do and most of them are very successful in the business that they are in.
Keep up the great work.
Here's to Your LifetoSuccess,
John Clark
http://www.lifetosuccess.com
http://www,habitbustingsystem.com
GREAT!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!keep up these great emails they are really inspiring...........
Socrates is saying, "Live as if it were impossible to fail", "Embrace rejection knowing that just means you next time you will suceed". Throw away the trash; the majority of the population embrace mediocrity. The fact is they hope you do fail So let all the insecurities created by society go. Be different.
Thanks Mike, this piece was right on time for me.
Thanks Mike
We all need a reminder to take time to examine where we are in relation to our potential.
Good onya mate!
Keep on keeping on!!
Asoki
Brisbane, Australia
Mike,
Wonderful my friend, I read that quotation but did not gave much effort to really understand that powerful philosophy. Thanks so much! this time I got it. Your a powerful mentor. Hope you could visit me the Philippines. MORE GOOD KARMA TO YOU!
Mike you don't know how much I needed this today!
thank you...thank you...thank you!!!
Integrity Demands that we do whats right
Even if its unpleasent or unpopular
Dear Mike,
Great quote by Socrates but also great work by you. Keep up the great positive inspiring motivating work.
Your a positive winner.
Best regards,
Dimitri.
the best is the best whhen the rightthing has been done at the righttime.
all can lost if we don't put it in the righthands so we look to those we give work to.
Hi Mike
Our lives are the sum of all our thoughts, actions and inactions thanks for reminding me
Regards Rod
You're right! It wasn't only until 7 years ago when I realized all the garbage bestowed upon me and from people I thought I could trust.
You really have to make time to ponder and search for the truth, and to know where you stand... yeah, "wish I knew then what I know now"... "wish I knew then the difference between inferior and superior minds,"... wish, wish wish doesn't change a thing, but to choose the correct path!
I'm learning and growing now and seek to regain back my integrity before coming here. Being ignorant, innocent and naive does not acquit you!
OK, ok, Mike!
Nice concept as usual - the only issue I used to have is making these suggestions reality in my life.
Thank you and God bless.
Olufemi
Lagos, Nigeria
Mike,
I really enjoy your messages!
Far too many people fail to examine what they are doing everyday.
This is especially true for people in their sales career.
Jim Rohn suggests people practice the art of reflection.
Re-running their performance in their mind to look for strengths and weaknesses.
When you examine everything ... what's working and what's not ... improvement happens when people take positive action.
Keep the encouragement coming.
Thanks,
Jerrell
Mike,
Thank you for sharing this gem of wisdom. It is so true. It wasn't until I started examining my thoughts and developed an awareness of myself that I began making positive progress in my life.
Thanks,
Don
thank you Mike,
how true, and then add wisdom from Disraeli
"The Secret of Success is
Consistency of Purpose"
Mike, this mother's day, to me, you're a mother...err brother...err this mother's day , a mother.
Thanks Mike. It is so true. So much crap is put into our heads. But that is not who we are. We have to realize that. It can be very difficult to do, but it is so true.
As always Mike, your message is right on. It's that negative self-talk that always gets people in trouble. When we turn that around and examine our thoughts and beliefs, that is when we become truly powerful.
Thanks again.
Tom
http://www.FreedomObsession.com
Hi mike
What a great quote from socrates. Many people don't even realize they are caught up in this way thinking from passed experiences. The media of negativity has done a fine job to warp and steal no strip the confidence of dreamers to be.( who are who trying to be financially free during a recession,they say).
Thanks for your dedication to truly helping people get out the the mental prisons of their own makings and showing us how to demolish it with cranes of knownledge.
My daughter sent me the message below. I hope you will be blessed by it as well.
Paulette
This Morning, I was asking myself, what are some of the secrets of success in life? I found the answers right there, in my very room. The fan said: be cool. The roof said: aim high. The window said: see the world. The clock said: every minute is precious. The mirror said: reflect before you act. The calendar said: be updated. The light said: shine as bright as you can. The wall said: stand firm. The door said: push as hard as u can for your goals. So always apply these techniques for a better life...have a nice day!! God has seen u strugglin and he says its over. A blessing is coming ur way...i wish u d very best.
Phoebe
Hi Mike,
Bill from Ohio here.
I'm with you man!
For sure,
there's a lot of "Baggage" that we carry around.
I just wanted to share something with your readers:
I met a woman,
Denise Adams,
on the internet a few days ago.
She is very sincere about changing peoples negative thoughts into
positive,
productive
and peaceful affirmations.
She challenges people to examine their attitudes,
their thoughts,
and their beliefs,
by offering a series of subliminal tapes, CD's, MP3's,
to awaken, stimulate and rejuvinate your subconscious mind.
You can visit her website at:
http://www.subliminal-tapes-self-improvement.com
Again,
I would like to say,
Thank for all your help and encouragement,
Bill
http://www.gathergreatness.wordpress.com
Mike,
You are absolutely right .Wonderful words of wisdom!
It will make profund changes in one's lives if we can fly above the negativities.
So true,Mike. We should always be aware of society's negative programming in our lives.
Mike,
Thank you for sharing ancient wisdom of Socrates,it is so powerful.Another great mind of Edison said:Our greatest need is to teach people how to think-not what,but HOW?
Ivan
http://www.mindstudio.com/greatness.htm
Excellent! Another reminder that "What we feed grows - be it thoughts, words or actions".
Dear Mike,
A great message. Personaaly as a Christian, the Bible encourages us to "...bring every thought into captivity." 2 Corinthians 10:5, and that is exactly what I do. I know negative thoughts or feelings are not from God so I REJECT them. I know the plans my CRETAOR has for me, "..plans to prosper you and not to harm you..." Jeremiah 29:11, so I embrace such thoughts,and that is why I have a "I can do all things through Christ who strnghthens me" Phillipian 4:13, mentality. Works every single day!
Hi Mike,
I've been busy producing/hosting Radio Talk Shows for Business and Industry. However, this e-mail is and was a constant reminder that "what we put our attention on tends to expand in our lives"...We aren't what we think we are, WE ARE WHAT WE THINK!"
My daily mantra..."We live in mind and it can only return to us WHAT WE THINK INTO IT!"
Once I learned to deal with my fears and insecurities, I was ready to show the WORLD how capable and courageous I TRULY AM.....WITH YOUR HELP!!!
Thanks Mike, Love Ya, You're the best
Cathi Watson
Radio Talk Show Host/Producer
This is an excellent article.We must be aware of everything that has become unconscious and automalic in us.We feel that we are thinking, but actually we don´t know what we are thinking.We say things without really knowing what we are saying.Usually we are compelled to say what we say.Jesus said:Father, forgive them;for they don´t know what they are doing.
Tks fr those word of wisdom Mike...You made a lot of sense there....Will talk with you soon...
Mike, u're a great and selfless guy...Those are very profound words....I often try to practice them, but sometimes get sidetracked...I even encourage my wife to adopt that PMA (positive mental attitude)....
U know Mike, recently I got this job in a management position...the thing is, I was shortlisted from a list of other persons whom I know to be more qualified than I was...but I kept telling my wife that I jus knew I was gonna get that position...Well after some months passed...my phone rang...today happens to be my first day innthat position...Positive thoughts are REAL...
Be blessed Mike
This is quite under the mark, Mike!
Mike, I agree 1000% that many are suffering unnecessarily because of the things they put into their minds. Mind is the builder. I wish in your next blog, you can suggest "do-able" things to overcome negative thinking to benefit many of your readers who are struggling to get out of their predicament. Thank you and more power to you.
This is quite revealing. Keep up the work of liberation for the souls of mankind.
thanks coach, i really adore you and respecte you.
a kiss from moroccoo
You have very inspiring words. I really like what you have to say about life and how to evaluate and live it!
Sincerely,
William
life is what you want it to be but when for many year you had pain fear anger i can go on and on but all that can go away stay true to your dreams your hopes and you will sey a beter day