Self Discovery: Releasing Your Inner Caveman

Posted December 19th, 2008 by Jeff

As I got to the office this morning I needed to fax some papers and found the fax machine in an extra finicky mood. It was too greedy; it kept trying to gobble up the entire stack of 9 pages at one time causing a paper jam.

And try as I might to solve the problem I found myself entertained with how the fax machine is just like one of my sons. Just a few nights ago my son came home from playing basketball with a few friends and was so hungry when he got home that he made himself a stack of peanut butter and honey sandwiches.

Now I have to tell you that when this son is having peanut butter and honey sandwiches it is more of a ritual than preparing a meal. He has traditionally had at least one peanut butter severing every day.

In fact we have teased him that when he is threw growing up he will look just like the planters peanut man with a hat and a cane. He has it on ice cream, on pancakes, in sandwiches and without fail daily.

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Tags: Self Discovery

The True Power of Intention

Posted December 10th, 2008 by Jeff

I don’t know about you but the warm weather this fall and the early part of winter is beginning to cause a concern. It makes me think about global warming or the other truth that the ocean floor is heating up. But it all being the same this winter is starting off as a warm and dry season.

I was a rancher back in the 80’s and it was a constant concern. Were the rains coming or was the frost going to kill the hay or was the price of cattle going to be up or down when we went to market.

Ranching was a continual gamble, it was one thing or another that always came in the way of prosperity. But I must say the largest thing that always got in the way of prosperity was attitude.

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Tags: Intention

Within The Darkness Your Fear Awaits Your Greatest Success

Posted December 9th, 2008 by Jeff

When coaching individuals about living life with purpose and passion the topic of fear commonly comes up. Fear in simple terms is the lack of knowing. It is the brain running programs or beliefs that stop your advance as aggressively as a solid concrete wall.

This false emotion appearing real is a fantasy played out in our minds, in fact most fear is simply a lesson waiting to be learned.

There is an ancient story about a small village that had a dragon living in the mote. Every night the dragon came out to find food to eat. At first the dragon would get in the garbage for food and make a small mess to clean up. But in time the dragon was growing and its appetite was also growing.

It started to get in the merchants food that was to be sold at the market. The dragon got so persistent that it started to even steal food when people were yelling at it.

Well the village finally got fed up and decided to lock the dragon out over night but found that this simply made the dragon become more persistent tearing down houses and granaries for food.

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Tags: Fear, life lessons

Following The Footsteps of Life: Where Have You Been?

Posted December 8th, 2008 by Jeff

Our first snow in Boise came today and as I walked up to the office door and looked back at the parking lot, I thought about the foot prints and how one can never really fake their life. The place our feet have walked tells more about who we are that any amount of words that could ever be used to describe our personality.

For example; there have been many devoted people in life but if you say Mother Teresa or Gandhi you get a whole new picture of devotion. The most beneficial approach to taking a look at where you have been is through the eyes of accountability. Through the eyes of a forgiving soul that is willing to look at the past a perfect method to learn your life lessons.

A phrase I use often in my classes is, “You never deserved all the negative things that came in your life but at some level you asked for it.”

I have a basic belief that the energy of the Universe that we live in was organized in a way that everything has a purpose. And I mean everything - because God is a God of Mistakes or Miracles.

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Tags: accountable, Intention, miracles, mistakes

Finding Your Life Purpose: Creating Passion In Life

Posted December 5th, 2008 by Jeff

As I was thinking about my first client of the day today I thought about how exciting it is to have someone find their life purpose and how they spend their life energy to accomplish their ultimate desire.

That inner peace that comes when a person finds that inner truth. That inner truth that helps them find their greatest joy and more importantly how to live life in a way that consistent passion comes out.

It truly is about the passion of life that creates success. But if the passion or love of life is dim then our effort will also be dim. Many people give an extra push to accomplish success but many times the effort is short lived because the passion dies out or becomes hopeless.

If you have tried your best to accomplish greatness and find yourself coming up short or wanting more then you received; you are not alone. In fact most research says the vast majority of people are not completely happy with their lives.

And then there are many people that haven’t even tried to accomplish greatness because of the fear that dwells deep inside like an unquenchable fire that is always consuming our ability to accomplish greatness.

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Tags: Life Purpose, Motivation, passion

Live To Your Potential And You Will Prosper

Posted December 4th, 2008 by Jeff

Economic fears got you in a Fight, Flight, or Freeze position?

As I was sitting in my office today a past client and dear friend came by. She came from across the country to do some business in town and felt she just needed to stop by to say hi.

Let me give you a little back ground on this wonderful woman. She is a power house in the world of media. She came with a word of encouragement and perseverance because of the national financial position we have found ourselves in.

She was talking about how the next 5 years the price of oil would become outrageous and jobs would become almost nonexistent. But her message was not doom and gloom it was one of positive change. (Boy did she take on her life strategy training)

In fact with her constant high energy, she was consistently giving ways to look at life through in a positive way. She was not falling into a free fall of despair of not knowing what is going to take place in the future.

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Tags: Fear, Potential, What You See Is What You Get

Overcoming Fear: Living Life With Passion

Posted December 2nd, 2008 by Jeff

Fear is one of the world’s greatest emotions to deal with. It is also one of the hardest to overcome. Fear is a tool that can keep us safe but also an emotion that can hold us back from success or happiness. Fear is commonly that emotion that causes us not to speak up or be heard, to not respond in a time of need, and more importantly to not take action on something that would ultimately benefit us.

I have been coaching people my whole life at one level or another and when I started helping people for an income my life started taking on a whole new meaning. I really started to see the inner workings of humanity. Those inner quirks that don’t seem to make sense at a conscious level but are still playing out in a way that are creating consistent challenging outcomes.

When fear is the dominate motivator the emotion of love or real passion can never run the show. And the feeling of passion is so powerful, like you love football, you love good music, or you love your children.

When passion is involved, as seen in loving something or someone, fear is very rarely present. In fact fear is the absence of love. When passion takes over the fear leaves.

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Tags: Fear, love, passion

Life Lessons: You Always Get What You Give

Posted December 1st, 2008 by Jeff

On this first day of December and after a great Thanksgiving Holiday I hope I can keep this peaceful feeling I am having throughout the rest of my life.

The reason I am in an extra sensitive mood is I just came back from my Aunt Jenny’s funeral. And what a wonderful 85 years she lived.

One of the greatest points of inspiration that came to me through the funeral service is how her 6 adult children felt that they were their “momma’s” favorite child.

And I must admit I feel like I am her favorite nephew. You see it was something like this; she would stop whatever she was doing, look you in the eye, listen closely, and then respond with some positive words about having more faith in yourself or in God. She always had a calming voice and a pleasant smile that would cause you to know you were the most important thing at that very moment.

As a youth, it was a common practice in my mother’s family to pass around the cousins in the summer months to get to know each other and to learn about life through others life experiences.

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Tags: life lessons, Potential

Are You A Victim Of Your Brain’s Eating Habits?

Posted November 20th, 2008 by Jeff

I am a research nut.

When it comes to understanding the mystery of the human being or anything related to having a better experience called life, I find myself spending hours and sometimes days lost in reading or talking to experts.

One of the truths that have become evident to me is that if you don’t feel good physically it is hard to do good mentally. I’m sure you have been there… You go on vacation, drive for days to get to the happiest place on earth and eat nothing but junk food.

You wake up with the desire to have the best day of your life. But then after a few minutes the dark cloud comes over your head and you become a total thunder cloud of ornery.

But in reality who is really driving the thought at that specific time, who is the person behind the eyes. And at that exact time you are loosing it, you can say the voices made me do it.

I’m sure you have heard the phrase “you are what you eat,” may I suggest that negative food is truly a body snatcher.

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Tags: Feeding The Brain, negative thoughts, nutrition, What You See Is What You Get

Life Without Fear: Living With Intention

Posted November 19th, 2008 by Jeff

Are you looming in the shadow of the economic fear? Or are you feeling a little or maybe even a lot panicked about the economy?

Is there a tightening in the chest or a lump in the throat? Is there a pain in the pit of your stomach?

Well if there is; join the crowd of fear motivated mindsets.

The Chicken Little syndrome of the sky is falling is one that consistently prevails in the twilight zone of the unknown.

Can you hear the music? …do DO do DO do DO do DO…

A definition of fear that I like to use is to be trying to understand or describe the unknown. For example, what is death, or what is war, or what is leaving, or what is tomorrow going to be really about.

And it is real easy to find yourself in the twilight zone wondering how that might be.

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Tags: Affirmations, Fear, goals, Intention, love, Motivation