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@John

"There was a DISTINCT moment when it changed for me."

Here's my take. The guy who went Hmmpphh was your catalyst to:

"I needed to measure my progress only against myself, not others."

otherwise you wouldn't have changed your body language and attitude. He was ONLY a catalyst. Nothing more nothing less.

YOU knew you could do better and the catalyst bolted your inner self to prove you right to yourself. No more powerful motivator than yourself. All the external stuff is simply that, external.

And, if you are telling us the truth about what happened thereafter, look at the results. End of theory and corroboration lecture...

Tom

P.S. Another way to say it is, you knew you were a winner from the get-go, you just needed to prove it to yourself. The catalyst poked you in the ass to do exactly that.

Good insight fellas! Thanks for sharing.

Even the "eagles" know this ("Life in the fastlane...") lol- JK

Im passionately, and Expeeeediently taking care of all my free obligations today- So I can go back to making some money.

Different peoples business models work on different principles, mine has alot to do with "giving", and so half of my week at this time is usually doing free stuff...

That requires alot of trust in the universal laws, but they NEVER fail.

Much like telemarketing, eventually, after some seasons have passed and, you have watched them, and they may pass in days or weeks- it depends on you..., THEN the WORK isnt as hard, you let the laws do most of it, once you have seen them work enough to trust them.

@John Durham:

"Go on brother Tom, teach us about coming to our moment...and the catalyst....and what it means to compare yourself to yourself and the benefits. Let it out man, I know its dying to come out and help us....there is a passionate message in there. Im getting it, hope others do too."

I wonder if I should be wearing a reverend frock or a professor's board or a psychiatrists look of disinterest when I teach. Hmmm, have to work that out.

When you think about it, who else do you have to compare yourself with? I mean absolutely nobody. Take sports and pick a figure.

Can you be a Ray Lewis? No

Can you be a Derek Jeter? No

Can you be a Lebron James? No

Why?

Because they already exist. But you can see how many tackles they made, how many hits they have, how many points they've scored (assuming you are in their sport) and go after that number. Then you say if I can go after that number, I can beat it.

Here's a real life example. Everyday I go to the gym cuz the doc said I had to exercise or die. I could have disregarded the advice and sat back and shriveled up. My choice not the doctor's. He merely gave me options. I ain't competing w/him, I'm competing w/me.

OK, now that I'm at the gym what do I do? I could stand there and BS with half the people since I know them or I can work out and try to make sure the heart muscle gets the work the doc said it needs.

I also could have done the easiest possible exercises known to man. But, to me, that is a Pee poor excuse. So, I looked up the hardest exercises one could do and started doing them.

First day, pathetic. Second day, one less than pathetic. Third day, getting better. Today, I can do them all.

I'll give you one to give you an idea. Pushups but w/a twist. Instead of your normal palms under shoulders stance put your palms out about two inches past your shoulder point. Now put a 25 lb weight on your back and do 5 sets of 20 reps.

I am not bragging I'm explaining my point. I don't compete w/the strongest guy there. He can out benchpress me by 300 pounds. He curls what I weigh. No use competing w/that genormous dude.

So who is left? Little ole me. By the end of the year if I compete against myself correctly I should have raised the number of sets to 7.

I usually use a 4 step thinking process to set my competition up to my specs. The first step is to let me (silently I don't want the others to hear me cry) gnash my teeth about how hard the exercise will be. Gotta get that out of the way.

I then make an assessment. Is it an exercise I will like to do? Is it an exercise I even want to attempt? Will I benefit?

My third step is to see what I have to do to learn to do it correctly. After all, why cripple my dumb ass over a bit of ego or a momentary lapse in judgment?

My last step is to begin doing it. I don't care if I only accomplish two pushups w/the 25 lb weight on my back the first time I try it. I know that tomorrow I'll be able to do 3 or 4 and the day after the count will be 8 or 10.

As you already know I'm up to 20 and I do it 5 times each day. You now also know how I did it. I didn't compete against anyone but myself. Everyday I put myself on the floor, put the weight on my back and start pushing up until I do 20.

It was my conscious choice to quit at 20 cuz I didn't want to burn myself out. I actually like this silly little exercise. Makes all the girls go WOW

I realize you can interpret my story in a dozen and a half different ways. But tell me, isn't my exercise routine the same as what you are facing or are about to attempt to do? I made my pushups hard on purpose.

Any idiot can get on the floor and push himself up once or twice. Well, I take that back cuz I know people who say pushups are too hard. Geesh, these are the same people who say cold calling is too hard or is dead.

I wanted to be the idiot who could do a pushup w/a 25 lb weight on his back cuz it would be harder and the self styled accolades I'd give myself would 1) be well earned and deserved and 2) remind me the only problem I face is me. The so called problems out there are nothing but hollow empty external gnats attempting to be a 25 lb weight.

As I write this I've changed my goal. Instead of a 25 lb weight and going for 7 sets, I will ratchet it up by 10 lbs and start doing pushups w/a 35 lb weight on my back. Now that should completely eliminate any problem or excuse that comes my way.

Glad I wrote this post.

When I'm ready, I'll release the name of the site I'm building that will address this issue and more. In fact, it'll be the catalyst to make more millionaires than any other program in the world. How about that for competing?

Good luck...

Tom

Back when I was a telemarketer and still to this day I have those little notes everywhere.... Even on my Walls at home... It helps. It looks strange to some, but then those people arent as high of a performer as you are either, so you must be doing something right, right?

People use to tell me "I dont need that Tony Robbins crap".

and I would think "You do if you want to beat ME". lol

Sorry for the smack talk, got that ole time feeling for a minute.

That Tony Robbins crap made me their GM later.

Positive affirmations can help you generate that "powerhouse" energy.

Garbage in Garbage out.

This is an important thing to remember at the Warrior forum, even online you have to do what winners do, and what they do is strange to losers...

You cant be like everyone else and still be exceptional at what you do, thus- "Exceptional".

You can be "good" but you cant be phenomenal without feeding your mind above average food.

Ps. Once you have felt that powerhouse energy moving in your work, its not as hard to generate from then on, because you WANT to feel it again.

People can work without it, if all they want is money... I have always wanted more than that...The Wife got all my money anyway! lol