Tuesday, September 29, 2009
How to burn more fat in less time
How To Burn More Fat In Less Time
Are you exercising for long periods of time to try to burn fat?
If you’re like most people you probably are, but this week I want to share with you a far better technique to use. It’s called “high intensity interval training” (HIIT) and lately it's started to become pretty famous for its obvious health benefits.
--So What Exactly Are The Benefits?
1. Major Increase in Fat Loss. In a recent study two groups were assigned different training regimens. Group A performed the regular moderate intensity cardio (like jogging or bicycling) for 20 weeks and Group B performed a HIIT routine for 15 weeks. In the end the results of each group were recorded. Group B lost 9x more fat than Group A and in 5 weeks less!
2. Increased Lactic Acid Threshold. Lactic acid is that burning sensation you feel when you work a muscle really hard. You’re lactic acid threshold is how fast your body can remove the lactic acid in your muscles. The higher the lactic acid threshold, the harder you can work your muscles before they get tired.
3. Increased peak power, or the maximum amount of energy available for a sustained period of time.
4. Increased VO2 peak or ability to utilize oxygen.
5. Shorter Workouts. I don’t know about you, but would you rather spend 30 minutes to an hour jogging along the road, or crank it up a notch and just spend 4-8 minutes performing sprints?
--So Why Does This Burn more Fat than just Jogging?
Although HIIT is much shorter than a normal “run for 30 minutes” workout, it burns more fat. To put it simply, after your HIIT training session is over with your metabolism explodes and tons of calories are being burned. So essentially with HIIT training, you burn most of the fat after your training session.
--So How Exactly Do I Perform This?
Simply put, HIIT is based around this concept: Go fast then go slow. Repeat.
You can perform HIIT routines on pretty much any machine you want ... like a treadmill, elliptical machine, cycling machine, or apply it to almost any sport (swimming, cycling, running). Try to keep the bursts of speed at around 90%-100% of max effort.
Here is a sample HIIT routine:
Sprint 20 Seconds
Rest 10 Seconds
Repeat 4-8 Times
Or
Sprint 15 Seconds
Rest 5 Seconds
Repeat 4-6 Times
These are just samples, you can change it however you want (you could even use distance instead of time), but remember, HIIT is based around the concept of fast bursts of work.
Also, to continually challenge yourself you should add to how many times you repeat the cycle. Say for instance, day one you repeat the sprint/rest cycle 8 times, well the next week you should shoot for 9 times. Also remember the amount of time you sprint, rest, and the amount of times you repeat the cycle should depend upon your athletic ability.
If you haven't trained at a high intensity since your high school gym days, take it slow at first. If you have to start at 80% intensity and perform less cycles that’s O.K. too. Everyone has to start somewhere.
You may also want to check with your doctor before performing a routine like this as it is very physically demanding.
Sabotage Defence
It never ceases to amaze me that the people in our lives we think would be the most supportive of our health and fitness goals sometimes are the ones that sabotage us the most.
You know who I'm talking about. Those family members and friends that tell you:
"Oh, just have one piece."
"Oh come on, you only live once."
"Are you really not going to eat any of this?"
We all have these "bad food" villains in our lives and if losing weight wasn't hard enough, this does not make the situation any easier. (I know you can agree with me on that one.)
Trust me, I've heard it all. In all the years that I have been eating healthy, I don't care to repeat some of the ridiculous statements that have been said to me by my family and friends (I still love them all anyway).
Here are some ways you can deal with these "bad food" villains... I mean loving family and friends while still maintaining your cool and achieving all of your health goals.
1.) Remember most of the people who are trying to sabotage your new healthy eating plan are just jealous or upset that they do not have enough determination, will power and commitment to do it themselves. Please be compassionate. If we want people to be compassionate with us, we must show compassion towards them (yup, now we're back in kindergarten). Respond to them with statements that only describe you, not them. You do not want to offend anyone or hurt anyone's feelings (or at least I hope you don't). Try statements like:
"I really feel great eating this way. It's made such a difference in my life already."
Or
"I know I am doing something great for my health and I feel awesome about it."
Or
"I really want to be a good role model for my family and my children. I want to show them all healthy habits."
Who can say anything negative to that? (I know... I'm sure you've got at least one person). What you have done however, is not attacked them at all and you have kept it positive. No sense in resorting to childish antics like "Nani Nani Poopoo, I'm healthy and you're not." Come on, nobody wants to hear that.
2.) Next are those situations where you are in someone's home and you do not want to offend them. If this is a dinner party, just do the best you can. I promise you, you will not be sabotaging all of your good efforts by eating one meal that is not part of your plan. It might actually be a good break from your routine. Here's where most people go wrong. They think if they had one bad thing now need to throw in the towel all together. One meal is NOT enough reason to give up on your health goals. Make your grandma happy by eating her lasagna (or whatever the meal may be) and don't go overboard. One piece is enough and you have not offended anyone. Wake up the next day and move forward with your healthy food, like nothing ever happened (Lasagna? What Lasagna? I didn't see any Lasagna.) Don't torture yourself, or reflect on the meal. Telling yourself you have failed and then harping about it is actually worse than eating the bad food. No more beating yourself up!
3.) If you find that there are just some people who are super negative about what you are doing no matter what you try, don't talk to them about your eating. I would love to tell you to avoid these people, but sometimes they are people who are the closest to us. Show them the wonderful side effects of healthy eating just by your actions alone. Your results will speak for themselves. I gave up on trying to convince certain people of the true benefits of healthy nutrition a long time ago. It was just too exhausting and I'm pretty sure they are now well aware of all the wonderful benefits just by my own results and actions.
Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do anything, especially reach the health and weight goals that you want. Show them what you've got by your amazing results and that will be enough to keep most people from trying to knock you down.
Are you ready to take your weight loss and your health to the next level? I know you want to take the incredible principles you have already learned and apply them for a lifetime. That is why my Supporting Eating 101 cds can guide you in much more detail than I can in this posting. Order your copy of Supportive Eating 101 Program today to see your unwanted weight continue to drop off and stay on track with this incredible health journey.
You know who I'm talking about. Those family members and friends that tell you:
"Oh, just have one piece."
"Oh come on, you only live once."
"Are you really not going to eat any of this?"
We all have these "bad food" villains in our lives and if losing weight wasn't hard enough, this does not make the situation any easier. (I know you can agree with me on that one.)
Trust me, I've heard it all. In all the years that I have been eating healthy, I don't care to repeat some of the ridiculous statements that have been said to me by my family and friends (I still love them all anyway).
Here are some ways you can deal with these "bad food" villains... I mean loving family and friends while still maintaining your cool and achieving all of your health goals.
1.) Remember most of the people who are trying to sabotage your new healthy eating plan are just jealous or upset that they do not have enough determination, will power and commitment to do it themselves. Please be compassionate. If we want people to be compassionate with us, we must show compassion towards them (yup, now we're back in kindergarten). Respond to them with statements that only describe you, not them. You do not want to offend anyone or hurt anyone's feelings (or at least I hope you don't). Try statements like:
"I really feel great eating this way. It's made such a difference in my life already."
Or
"I know I am doing something great for my health and I feel awesome about it."
Or
"I really want to be a good role model for my family and my children. I want to show them all healthy habits."
Who can say anything negative to that? (I know... I'm sure you've got at least one person). What you have done however, is not attacked them at all and you have kept it positive. No sense in resorting to childish antics like "Nani Nani Poopoo, I'm healthy and you're not." Come on, nobody wants to hear that.
2.) Next are those situations where you are in someone's home and you do not want to offend them. If this is a dinner party, just do the best you can. I promise you, you will not be sabotaging all of your good efforts by eating one meal that is not part of your plan. It might actually be a good break from your routine. Here's where most people go wrong. They think if they had one bad thing now need to throw in the towel all together. One meal is NOT enough reason to give up on your health goals. Make your grandma happy by eating her lasagna (or whatever the meal may be) and don't go overboard. One piece is enough and you have not offended anyone. Wake up the next day and move forward with your healthy food, like nothing ever happened (Lasagna? What Lasagna? I didn't see any Lasagna.) Don't torture yourself, or reflect on the meal. Telling yourself you have failed and then harping about it is actually worse than eating the bad food. No more beating yourself up!
3.) If you find that there are just some people who are super negative about what you are doing no matter what you try, don't talk to them about your eating. I would love to tell you to avoid these people, but sometimes they are people who are the closest to us. Show them the wonderful side effects of healthy eating just by your actions alone. Your results will speak for themselves. I gave up on trying to convince certain people of the true benefits of healthy nutrition a long time ago. It was just too exhausting and I'm pretty sure they are now well aware of all the wonderful benefits just by my own results and actions.
Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do anything, especially reach the health and weight goals that you want. Show them what you've got by your amazing results and that will be enough to keep most people from trying to knock you down.
Are you ready to take your weight loss and your health to the next level? I know you want to take the incredible principles you have already learned and apply them for a lifetime. That is why my Supporting Eating 101 cds can guide you in much more detail than I can in this posting. Order your copy of Supportive Eating 101 Program today to see your unwanted weight continue to drop off and stay on track with this incredible health journey.
Friday, August 7, 2009
The Importance of Staying Hydrated
It has been a while since my last post and I apologise for that,however we have had the busiest summer ever and many new and exciting expansions of our proven, guaranteed, result orientated training system. Hopefully, we will be more active on the blog to continue to give you invaluable tips on how to live in your dream body.
It's time to get back to basics and forget everything you were ever taught about drinking water.
This week we're going to talk about how to use water specifically to help you look and feel younger - now!!!
Specifically, for longevity and looking and feeling younger, healthier and firmer and more lean, you really need to consume eight ounces of plain, fresh, preferably distilled water for every 14 to 20 pounds of body weight you now carry.
If you're very active or under a lot of stress or you eat poorly or you're exposed to toxins throughout the day, than you're probably going to want to be closer to eight ounces for every 14 pounds of body weight.
But if you live a really healthy lifestyle, drinking vegetable juices on a regular basis, if you eat fresh, raw organic vegetables two or three times a day and you avoid pesticides and preservatives as much as you can, then feel free to drink just eight ounces for every 20 pounds of body weight.
The easiest way to get water in that I have found and that we found with our clients at Pro-Fitness, is simply to have a jug by you at all times.
A gallon water jug or a half a gallon water jug is best. Keep it at your desk during the day. Carry it with you in the car. Keep it right next to your bed at night so that when you wake up in the morning you immediately begin drinking it.
If you sip on water all day long, you'd be surprised how very much water you get in by the end of the day.
Water is your body's number one ally to promote lucid, clear-looking, supple skin.
Each one of these techniques that we're covering in this excerpt from the,creates a different effect on your skin or on the anti-aging process.
Water, specifically, helps give you lucid, clean-looking, supple skin.
Plus it helps keep every cell in your body well hydrated and maintained.
I know everybody reading this knows all the benefits of water so I'm not going to go drilling them into you again....
...But you need to know that without consuming ample amounts of fresh, plain, preferably distilled, water, you can never look and feel your best, let alone look and feel young and healthy.
So it's vital that you begin drinking clean, fresh water today.
Each day, begin just when you wake up in the morning, because after hours and hours of sleeping, your body becomes dehydrated and it needs immediate relief when you wake up.
So there you have it - water is the next step in your anti-aging regimen.
Next week I'm going to share with you the name of a very inexpensive nutrient that's going to help you even out your skin color, increase the radiance of your skin, and add elasticity to all your dry areas.
Plus it'll reduce inflammation whether you put it on your skin topically or you ingest it internally. It's an amazing nutrient; it has a myriad of benefits and I can't wait to share it with you (by the way, you probably already have this nutrient in the kitchen cupboard).
It's time to get back to basics and forget everything you were ever taught about drinking water.
This week we're going to talk about how to use water specifically to help you look and feel younger - now!!!
Specifically, for longevity and looking and feeling younger, healthier and firmer and more lean, you really need to consume eight ounces of plain, fresh, preferably distilled water for every 14 to 20 pounds of body weight you now carry.
If you're very active or under a lot of stress or you eat poorly or you're exposed to toxins throughout the day, than you're probably going to want to be closer to eight ounces for every 14 pounds of body weight.
But if you live a really healthy lifestyle, drinking vegetable juices on a regular basis, if you eat fresh, raw organic vegetables two or three times a day and you avoid pesticides and preservatives as much as you can, then feel free to drink just eight ounces for every 20 pounds of body weight.
The easiest way to get water in that I have found and that we found with our clients at Pro-Fitness, is simply to have a jug by you at all times.
A gallon water jug or a half a gallon water jug is best. Keep it at your desk during the day. Carry it with you in the car. Keep it right next to your bed at night so that when you wake up in the morning you immediately begin drinking it.
If you sip on water all day long, you'd be surprised how very much water you get in by the end of the day.
Water is your body's number one ally to promote lucid, clear-looking, supple skin.
Each one of these techniques that we're covering in this excerpt from the,creates a different effect on your skin or on the anti-aging process.
Water, specifically, helps give you lucid, clean-looking, supple skin.
Plus it helps keep every cell in your body well hydrated and maintained.
I know everybody reading this knows all the benefits of water so I'm not going to go drilling them into you again....
...But you need to know that without consuming ample amounts of fresh, plain, preferably distilled, water, you can never look and feel your best, let alone look and feel young and healthy.
So it's vital that you begin drinking clean, fresh water today.
Each day, begin just when you wake up in the morning, because after hours and hours of sleeping, your body becomes dehydrated and it needs immediate relief when you wake up.
So there you have it - water is the next step in your anti-aging regimen.
Next week I'm going to share with you the name of a very inexpensive nutrient that's going to help you even out your skin color, increase the radiance of your skin, and add elasticity to all your dry areas.
Plus it'll reduce inflammation whether you put it on your skin topically or you ingest it internally. It's an amazing nutrient; it has a myriad of benefits and I can't wait to share it with you (by the way, you probably already have this nutrient in the kitchen cupboard).
Friday, July 3, 2009
Tips on becoming more productive
3 businesses.
Tons of travel.
More projects than I can count.
So I, like you have a LOT going on. Here are some tips on how I get stuff done.
Plan your day the evening before. This has been the foundation of my time management system for 25 years.
Do the most important thing first. Nothing sets the tone for a productive day like knocking out a big task early.
Don’t leave email sitting in your in box. Once you decide to open an email, act on it. Either delete, reply or read. You don’t want to ‘touch’ the same email 3-4 times.
Admit multi tasking is bad. Focus on something and finish it.
Know when you work best. For me early mornings, late evenings and Sundays are best for writing.
Make it easy to get started. Prep the night before, keep what you need handy and eliminate distractions.
Organize your To-Do List every day. Your To-Do is your productivity road map for the day. Treat it accordingly.
Dare to be slow. Don’t mistake activity for achievement. Only go as quickly as you can while still delivering quality work.
Set and respect deadlines. If you don’t have deadlines you don’t get things done. Period.
Goal set. Why bother doing something if you don’t have a goal for the outcome of that activity?
Allocate your time. Know how much time something should take and plan accordingly.
Use your time wisely. We all have the same 24 hours each day, so why is there such a disparity in what high achievers accomplish versus what they average person does? How they use those hours. Use yours wisely.
Avoid disruptions. If you’re working on something, don’t let other stuff interfere. You’ll lose your momentum and reduce your productivity.
Time Block. You’d be amazed at what you can get done with one uninterrupted 30-50 minute block of time. Have a couple of those each day to work on your business or projects and watch your productivity and income soar.
Get a kitchen timer. Use it to time block.
Delegation. 20% of your stuff needs to get 80% of your attention. Delegate as much of the rest as you can.
Outsource wisely. This means outsourcing the right things and setting whoever you’re outsourcing to up for success.
Effective scheduling. Group phone calls or training sessions together. Look for ways to minimize wasted time.
Prioritize ruthlessly. Focus your time on high ROI activities. This doesn’t happen by accident. Track the return on the things you spend time on and prioritize accordingly.
Stop doing research. I could’ve said stop reading crap on the Internet instead, because that’s what most people do when they say they’re doing research.
Say NO more often. Refuse low ROI projects or activities. Not everything merits your time or attention.
Neglect stuff. Some things can sort themselves out without you spending time on them. Hard to believe, but sometimes people can figure things out for themselves.
Beat Procrastination. Just start. All you have to do is get going and more often than not you’ll get on a roll and accomplish a lot.
Avoid being a perfectionist. It will never be perfect. Never. Good enough is good enough.
Keep a notebook/PDA with you and write down your thoughts. I use a small Moleskin I keep in my pocket all day.
Google Calendar. Simple. Can be shared with colleagues and VA’s. Free.
Google Docs. Can be accessed anywhere and shared just like Google Calendar.
One Email Account. Have all of your emails funneled to one account.
I could’ve gone on for days, but the keys to productivity are Getting Started and Getting Done.
So this should get you started getting more done!
Don"t be Lazy....Be Lean! Brian
Tons of travel.
More projects than I can count.
So I, like you have a LOT going on. Here are some tips on how I get stuff done.
Plan your day the evening before. This has been the foundation of my time management system for 25 years.
Do the most important thing first. Nothing sets the tone for a productive day like knocking out a big task early.
Don’t leave email sitting in your in box. Once you decide to open an email, act on it. Either delete, reply or read. You don’t want to ‘touch’ the same email 3-4 times.
Admit multi tasking is bad. Focus on something and finish it.
Know when you work best. For me early mornings, late evenings and Sundays are best for writing.
Make it easy to get started. Prep the night before, keep what you need handy and eliminate distractions.
Organize your To-Do List every day. Your To-Do is your productivity road map for the day. Treat it accordingly.
Dare to be slow. Don’t mistake activity for achievement. Only go as quickly as you can while still delivering quality work.
Set and respect deadlines. If you don’t have deadlines you don’t get things done. Period.
Goal set. Why bother doing something if you don’t have a goal for the outcome of that activity?
Allocate your time. Know how much time something should take and plan accordingly.
Use your time wisely. We all have the same 24 hours each day, so why is there such a disparity in what high achievers accomplish versus what they average person does? How they use those hours. Use yours wisely.
Avoid disruptions. If you’re working on something, don’t let other stuff interfere. You’ll lose your momentum and reduce your productivity.
Time Block. You’d be amazed at what you can get done with one uninterrupted 30-50 minute block of time. Have a couple of those each day to work on your business or projects and watch your productivity and income soar.
Get a kitchen timer. Use it to time block.
Delegation. 20% of your stuff needs to get 80% of your attention. Delegate as much of the rest as you can.
Outsource wisely. This means outsourcing the right things and setting whoever you’re outsourcing to up for success.
Effective scheduling. Group phone calls or training sessions together. Look for ways to minimize wasted time.
Prioritize ruthlessly. Focus your time on high ROI activities. This doesn’t happen by accident. Track the return on the things you spend time on and prioritize accordingly.
Stop doing research. I could’ve said stop reading crap on the Internet instead, because that’s what most people do when they say they’re doing research.
Say NO more often. Refuse low ROI projects or activities. Not everything merits your time or attention.
Neglect stuff. Some things can sort themselves out without you spending time on them. Hard to believe, but sometimes people can figure things out for themselves.
Beat Procrastination. Just start. All you have to do is get going and more often than not you’ll get on a roll and accomplish a lot.
Avoid being a perfectionist. It will never be perfect. Never. Good enough is good enough.
Keep a notebook/PDA with you and write down your thoughts. I use a small Moleskin I keep in my pocket all day.
Google Calendar. Simple. Can be shared with colleagues and VA’s. Free.
Google Docs. Can be accessed anywhere and shared just like Google Calendar.
One Email Account. Have all of your emails funneled to one account.
I could’ve gone on for days, but the keys to productivity are Getting Started and Getting Done.
So this should get you started getting more done!
Don"t be Lazy....Be Lean! Brian
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Cellulite Solution?
Got Cellulite?
I get this question all the time: What do
I do about cellulite?
I almost feel guilty. As a man, I have far
less experience with it. Cellulite can
affect men, but it's almost an exclusively
female thing.
But here's something that I've seen help.
Aside from a healthy low-insulin diet and a solid weight
training program (both are musts) you
should do this: Train with interval cardio
for 30 minutes 5 days a week. 3 minutes at
85% intensity; 5 minutes at 65% intensity,
then repeat three times. Warm up and cool
down takes the rest of your time.
But the trick is this: Part of your lower
intervals involve tensing the muscles where
you have cellulite. Obviously this will
demand you stepping off the treadmill or
stopping your walk/jog, but tense for 10
seconds per muscle 3 times, then continue.
Then after your workout tense and stretch
for 10-15 minutes.
Focus your mind on the areas of cellulite
the entire time. Picture them receding into
your skin. I know this sounds a bit "odd",
but this combo has worked for quite a few
women. They have either eliminated the
cellulite or radically reduced it.
Bear in mind: Until you get your dietplan
under control and get rid of the obvious
bodyfat, cellulite may not budge. But keep
going -- and keep building the muscle in
the area of the cellulite in the process.
You'll be happy with the results.
I get this question all the time: What do
I do about cellulite?
I almost feel guilty. As a man, I have far
less experience with it. Cellulite can
affect men, but it's almost an exclusively
female thing.
But here's something that I've seen help.
Aside from a healthy low-insulin diet and a solid weight
training program (both are musts) you
should do this: Train with interval cardio
for 30 minutes 5 days a week. 3 minutes at
85% intensity; 5 minutes at 65% intensity,
then repeat three times. Warm up and cool
down takes the rest of your time.
But the trick is this: Part of your lower
intervals involve tensing the muscles where
you have cellulite. Obviously this will
demand you stepping off the treadmill or
stopping your walk/jog, but tense for 10
seconds per muscle 3 times, then continue.
Then after your workout tense and stretch
for 10-15 minutes.
Focus your mind on the areas of cellulite
the entire time. Picture them receding into
your skin. I know this sounds a bit "odd",
but this combo has worked for quite a few
women. They have either eliminated the
cellulite or radically reduced it.
Bear in mind: Until you get your dietplan
under control and get rid of the obvious
bodyfat, cellulite may not budge. But keep
going -- and keep building the muscle in
the area of the cellulite in the process.
You'll be happy with the results.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
61 Universal Success Tips
61 Universal Success Tips For a Better Life and Business
I don't know how you define success, but for me, it's being able to do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want…
and if I could add just one more tiny little thing to my definition of success - it would be to have positively affected humanity in one way or another, no matter how small, before I kick the can.
That’s me, what about you?
Today I just started jotting down ideas as quickly as they came to me. When I was done I ended up with this list of 61 success tips for a better life, business, and general world domination stuff.
Here they are… in no particular order…I hope you like them. And these came from many different sources over many years of experience and hundreds of books, cd’s, seminars, private coaching sessions, you name it, from many different people to numerous to name.
1. Serve a starving crowd. Don't be everything to everyone. Find your niche, the things you're passionate about, and the people you like working with. Life's too short to just "get by".
2. Create multiple income streams. Gone are the days of linear income. Today the most successful have multiple income streams. If you want reliability, REAL security and stability in your business… think multiple income streams.
3. Leverage time, technology, and others, and by that I mean VALUE your time and do the things that move you forward and outsource everything else.
4. Create recurring income streams because who wants to only be as good as their last sale?
5. Thank your parents. Seriously. I'm thankful to my parents for bring me to this awesome country at such a young age. The opportunities I have here are ENDLESS. When was the last time you thanked your parents?
6. Pay it forward. It just flat out feels good. And when you do, without expecting anything in return, the universe somehow pays you back in spades.
7. Be thankful for what you have. No one is entitled.
8. Build, nurture, and cultivate your list. The list is king. Always has been… and always will be. Abuse or neglect your list and pay the price.
9. Never give up - you don't know if you are just one more step away from success.
10. Focus on the critical 5% because these are the things that leap frog you forward in life and business. Outsource the other 95%.
11. Don't major on minor things.
12. Always up sell, because if you have a decent product or service then you have an ethical obligation to give your clients the best you have.
13. Charge what you're worth. Never undervalue yourself. Don't compete on price. Raise your rates NOW and increase value. It's really a simple formula.
14. The money's in the backend. If you don't or won't sell your clients more of what they want - they'll give your money to someone else.
15. Solve a problem. It's really that simple. Be the solution to a specific program.
16. Never lie, cheat, or steal. Its short sighted, gets you nowhere fast, and once again the universe will pay you back in spades if you do.
17. Get a little bit of money from a lot of people. This advice was the biggest "ah ha" moment of my life.
18. Guarantee everything. People are skeptical these days and rightfully so, there's so much crap out there. Do you believe in your product or service? Put your money where your mouth is and guarantee it.
19. Keep your word. ALWAYS
20. Live in abundance. It's a state of mind and a way if life. There's enough for everyone.
21. Avoid crabs and vampires. You know who they are in your life. The folks that are like kryptonite when they come around you. AVOID THEM AT ALL COST.
22. Read two books a month.
23. Blog about it. It's your platform to your market and followers. But don't
deliver bad content unless you want to create a MASSIVE disconnect.
24. Buy speed. Specialized information has never been as easy to get as it is today. All you got to do is invest in the stuff and you'll buy yourself years of speed.
25. Ready - shoot - aim. NOT Ready, aim, shoot.
26. Study Direct response marketing because unlike 'traditional brand marketing" it delivers results that you can track.
27. Master crafting killer sales copy if you want to sell a shit pile of stuff.
28. Action trumps knowledge - period. It's a lie… knowledge is not power. Knowledge APPLIED is.
29. Don't wait for perfect. Perfect will never happen.
30. Learn to sell. This is the single most HIGH DEMAND skill ever. Nothing happens until a sale is made.
31. Model success, studies others, and learns from those who have already done it right.
32. Take time off to decompress, bring back down to neutral once in a while.
33. Try new things.
34. Network often. It's not WHAT you know; it's WHO you know, and how THEY feel about you.
35. Ask for help. No man (or woman) is an island.
36. Look for mentors, people you can learn from, people you look up to, people who are already where you want to be.
37. Less talk more action. Just get it done… anyone can talk big.
38. Make it new and improved. If you want more sales, reinvent yourself and your products. Look at what happened to Coke when they introduced the fridge pack or Trident gum when they repackaged their product - both products increased sales virtually overnight. People want new and improved… so give it to them.
39. Exercise you body. Some of the best business ideas I get come to me while I'm working out. It's proven that workouts release "happy hormones" into your bloodstream and working out alters your state-of-mind and makes you more creative.
40. Exercise your mind. Challenge yourself. Take in new information, thoughts, ideas, and concepts. Expand your mind.
41. Publish a book - become an instant authority.
42. Success happens in chaos, a line from Dan Kennedy. And it's true.
43. Catch the big fish. You're going to work just as hard to get the big fish as you do with getting the small ones. The bigger fish are way more profitable and require much less maintenance.
44. Repel riff-raff’s. Inevitably you'll attract riff raffs, tire kickers, people who can't (or won't) afford what you're selling. Learn to spot them quickly and set up systems to repel them. Let them go to your competitors.
45. Come with a giving hand. Zig Ziglar says "when you help enough people get what they want… you'll get what you want." Eben Pagan says be a value ADDER to other people's lives and not a value EXTRACTOR.
46. It's about what you KEEP not what you EARN. Manage your business, your profits, and your expenses.
47. Fail forward. I'd rather reach for 10,000,000 and only hit 5,000,000 than reach for 100,000 and make it.
48. Protect your time. You only have so much of it and there are way too many vampires trying to take it.
49. Listen. Don't "wait to speak"… actually listen.
50. Have unreasonable expectations. Dream big… no matter how stupid it seems to others.
51. Be humble.
52. Know what you want. Forget about keeping up with the Jones'. What do YOU want?
53. Know your numbers. You can tell me anything you want about your business, but nothing will tell a more truthful story than the actual numbers.
54. Be unique and original.
55. Make it irresistible. Give them a compelling reason to BUY IT now.
56. Pre-sell. Don't wait for the doors to open or for the site to be up. See it now.
57. Cross-sell. What else can you sell them? What else do they WANT?
58. Think high profit low risk.
59. Strike while the iron's hot. Don't think about, kick it around, or get to it later. If you have a good idea… there's no better time than NOW to get on it.
60. Understand how money moves… because it's always moving… to… or away from you.
61. Enjoy life. This is not a trial run.
I don't know how you define success, but for me, it's being able to do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want…
and if I could add just one more tiny little thing to my definition of success - it would be to have positively affected humanity in one way or another, no matter how small, before I kick the can.
That’s me, what about you?
Today I just started jotting down ideas as quickly as they came to me. When I was done I ended up with this list of 61 success tips for a better life, business, and general world domination stuff.
Here they are… in no particular order…I hope you like them. And these came from many different sources over many years of experience and hundreds of books, cd’s, seminars, private coaching sessions, you name it, from many different people to numerous to name.
1. Serve a starving crowd. Don't be everything to everyone. Find your niche, the things you're passionate about, and the people you like working with. Life's too short to just "get by".
2. Create multiple income streams. Gone are the days of linear income. Today the most successful have multiple income streams. If you want reliability, REAL security and stability in your business… think multiple income streams.
3. Leverage time, technology, and others, and by that I mean VALUE your time and do the things that move you forward and outsource everything else.
4. Create recurring income streams because who wants to only be as good as their last sale?
5. Thank your parents. Seriously. I'm thankful to my parents for bring me to this awesome country at such a young age. The opportunities I have here are ENDLESS. When was the last time you thanked your parents?
6. Pay it forward. It just flat out feels good. And when you do, without expecting anything in return, the universe somehow pays you back in spades.
7. Be thankful for what you have. No one is entitled.
8. Build, nurture, and cultivate your list. The list is king. Always has been… and always will be. Abuse or neglect your list and pay the price.
9. Never give up - you don't know if you are just one more step away from success.
10. Focus on the critical 5% because these are the things that leap frog you forward in life and business. Outsource the other 95%.
11. Don't major on minor things.
12. Always up sell, because if you have a decent product or service then you have an ethical obligation to give your clients the best you have.
13. Charge what you're worth. Never undervalue yourself. Don't compete on price. Raise your rates NOW and increase value. It's really a simple formula.
14. The money's in the backend. If you don't or won't sell your clients more of what they want - they'll give your money to someone else.
15. Solve a problem. It's really that simple. Be the solution to a specific program.
16. Never lie, cheat, or steal. Its short sighted, gets you nowhere fast, and once again the universe will pay you back in spades if you do.
17. Get a little bit of money from a lot of people. This advice was the biggest "ah ha" moment of my life.
18. Guarantee everything. People are skeptical these days and rightfully so, there's so much crap out there. Do you believe in your product or service? Put your money where your mouth is and guarantee it.
19. Keep your word. ALWAYS
20. Live in abundance. It's a state of mind and a way if life. There's enough for everyone.
21. Avoid crabs and vampires. You know who they are in your life. The folks that are like kryptonite when they come around you. AVOID THEM AT ALL COST.
22. Read two books a month.
23. Blog about it. It's your platform to your market and followers. But don't
deliver bad content unless you want to create a MASSIVE disconnect.
24. Buy speed. Specialized information has never been as easy to get as it is today. All you got to do is invest in the stuff and you'll buy yourself years of speed.
25. Ready - shoot - aim. NOT Ready, aim, shoot.
26. Study Direct response marketing because unlike 'traditional brand marketing" it delivers results that you can track.
27. Master crafting killer sales copy if you want to sell a shit pile of stuff.
28. Action trumps knowledge - period. It's a lie… knowledge is not power. Knowledge APPLIED is.
29. Don't wait for perfect. Perfect will never happen.
30. Learn to sell. This is the single most HIGH DEMAND skill ever. Nothing happens until a sale is made.
31. Model success, studies others, and learns from those who have already done it right.
32. Take time off to decompress, bring back down to neutral once in a while.
33. Try new things.
34. Network often. It's not WHAT you know; it's WHO you know, and how THEY feel about you.
35. Ask for help. No man (or woman) is an island.
36. Look for mentors, people you can learn from, people you look up to, people who are already where you want to be.
37. Less talk more action. Just get it done… anyone can talk big.
38. Make it new and improved. If you want more sales, reinvent yourself and your products. Look at what happened to Coke when they introduced the fridge pack or Trident gum when they repackaged their product - both products increased sales virtually overnight. People want new and improved… so give it to them.
39. Exercise you body. Some of the best business ideas I get come to me while I'm working out. It's proven that workouts release "happy hormones" into your bloodstream and working out alters your state-of-mind and makes you more creative.
40. Exercise your mind. Challenge yourself. Take in new information, thoughts, ideas, and concepts. Expand your mind.
41. Publish a book - become an instant authority.
42. Success happens in chaos, a line from Dan Kennedy. And it's true.
43. Catch the big fish. You're going to work just as hard to get the big fish as you do with getting the small ones. The bigger fish are way more profitable and require much less maintenance.
44. Repel riff-raff’s. Inevitably you'll attract riff raffs, tire kickers, people who can't (or won't) afford what you're selling. Learn to spot them quickly and set up systems to repel them. Let them go to your competitors.
45. Come with a giving hand. Zig Ziglar says "when you help enough people get what they want… you'll get what you want." Eben Pagan says be a value ADDER to other people's lives and not a value EXTRACTOR.
46. It's about what you KEEP not what you EARN. Manage your business, your profits, and your expenses.
47. Fail forward. I'd rather reach for 10,000,000 and only hit 5,000,000 than reach for 100,000 and make it.
48. Protect your time. You only have so much of it and there are way too many vampires trying to take it.
49. Listen. Don't "wait to speak"… actually listen.
50. Have unreasonable expectations. Dream big… no matter how stupid it seems to others.
51. Be humble.
52. Know what you want. Forget about keeping up with the Jones'. What do YOU want?
53. Know your numbers. You can tell me anything you want about your business, but nothing will tell a more truthful story than the actual numbers.
54. Be unique and original.
55. Make it irresistible. Give them a compelling reason to BUY IT now.
56. Pre-sell. Don't wait for the doors to open or for the site to be up. See it now.
57. Cross-sell. What else can you sell them? What else do they WANT?
58. Think high profit low risk.
59. Strike while the iron's hot. Don't think about, kick it around, or get to it later. If you have a good idea… there's no better time than NOW to get on it.
60. Understand how money moves… because it's always moving… to… or away from you.
61. Enjoy life. This is not a trial run.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Secret to have anyhting in life you want.
The secret to have anything in life you want!
I was asked the other day while on my flight to Boston by a fellow passenger.....”It is so hard to get in shape, how do you create the body and health you want when you have tried, and tried, only to fail time and time again?” Great question! Really made me think as to what to say to this very over weight guy. First thing I thought was why I opened my big mouth. I really just wanted to sleep!
I thought for a moment and replied, you have got to stop figuring out how you will get in shape.
My guy looked very confused. He then asked, “What do you mean?” I’m sure he thought I was out of my mind.
I have been training people for the better part of my life and seriously now for 10 years. In a nutshell it takes three things to get your best body and health....MIND, MUSCLE, and MEALS. Mind is the most important, as this is where the battle wages and why so many people are always starting and stopping in their efforts to get in shape. Gyms have learned to cash in on this reality with yearly fees that they know people will never use. Gyms with 2,000 to 5,000 members! Can you imagine if they all used the facility consistently!
Here is the key I said, “If you try and figure out how you will do it, you will limit yourself to what your ego can see and do.” Set a goal and then turn it over to your subconscious mind, which is connected to the spirit of everything and everyone, and let it bring the goal to you and you to your goal. Just follow your inner promptings, and act on the opportunities that come your way, and you will get there.”
Now I’m sure my friend was totally confused as he choked on his peanuts.
I said, “If you would like, I will help you. I will give you a proven system to follow, and all you have to do is realise that the secret to all of this, the secret to getting anything in your life including your health and dream body is:
1. Know what you don’t want
2. Decide what you do want
3. Clear all negative and limiting beliefs
4. Feel what it will be like to be in great shape
5. Let go as you act and follow my system, and allow the results to manifest.
That’s it!
In reality you can’t manufacture your outcomes, you just participate in them. And you participate best when you let your auto pilot take over....your sub-conscious mind.
I then recommemened that he read Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz and go to my online training site www.myhitechtrainer.com/herosian and sign up! While on the Cape, two days later my friend sent me an e-mail and had signed up for my 12 week program and said he has never been more motivated to get started.
I was asked the other day while on my flight to Boston by a fellow passenger.....”It is so hard to get in shape, how do you create the body and health you want when you have tried, and tried, only to fail time and time again?” Great question! Really made me think as to what to say to this very over weight guy. First thing I thought was why I opened my big mouth. I really just wanted to sleep!
I thought for a moment and replied, you have got to stop figuring out how you will get in shape.
My guy looked very confused. He then asked, “What do you mean?” I’m sure he thought I was out of my mind.
I have been training people for the better part of my life and seriously now for 10 years. In a nutshell it takes three things to get your best body and health....MIND, MUSCLE, and MEALS. Mind is the most important, as this is where the battle wages and why so many people are always starting and stopping in their efforts to get in shape. Gyms have learned to cash in on this reality with yearly fees that they know people will never use. Gyms with 2,000 to 5,000 members! Can you imagine if they all used the facility consistently!
Here is the key I said, “If you try and figure out how you will do it, you will limit yourself to what your ego can see and do.” Set a goal and then turn it over to your subconscious mind, which is connected to the spirit of everything and everyone, and let it bring the goal to you and you to your goal. Just follow your inner promptings, and act on the opportunities that come your way, and you will get there.”
Now I’m sure my friend was totally confused as he choked on his peanuts.
I said, “If you would like, I will help you. I will give you a proven system to follow, and all you have to do is realise that the secret to all of this, the secret to getting anything in your life including your health and dream body is:
1. Know what you don’t want
2. Decide what you do want
3. Clear all negative and limiting beliefs
4. Feel what it will be like to be in great shape
5. Let go as you act and follow my system, and allow the results to manifest.
That’s it!
In reality you can’t manufacture your outcomes, you just participate in them. And you participate best when you let your auto pilot take over....your sub-conscious mind.
I then recommemened that he read Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz and go to my online training site www.myhitechtrainer.com/herosian and sign up! While on the Cape, two days later my friend sent me an e-mail and had signed up for my 12 week program and said he has never been more motivated to get started.
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