Shane's Daily Motivator

Start Lying to Yourself

2013-12-11T20:10:00.002-05:00

My friend Murphy

A little under year ago my life took a turn towards something very negative. This negativity seemed to happen when my life was at an all time high. Murphy's Law came knocking at my door, when all seems right something is sure to go wrong.
I have to admit I'm 100% guilty of welcoming my friend Murphy to my door, with everything going right I would constantly tell myself each and every single day that what could go wrong with my situation was probably about to happen, and slowly but surely it did.

Why did this happen?

You see your actions in life follow your beliefs. What your doing right now you are probably doing because you've told yourself time and time again that that is exactly what you should be doing or worse, not doing. Slowly but surely whatever you truly believe you will start to do. With me, I believed negativity was about to strike at any moment and my mind pretty much seeked out anything that would reassure me of my belief.

What did I do?

After my life seemed to fall apart, I knew for a fact I couldn't accept my negative beliefs anymore. I needed a new set of beliefs to follow and I did what I have done hundreds of time before, I grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and started writing down my NEW beliefs. I basically wrote down a bunch of lies. I call them lies because in that moment I didn't believe I could ever believe what I was writing down. It was a bunch things I would think about myself and things I was going to do. Everyday for almost a year I have read these lies and written down them over and over again.

Why did I do that?

I did it because I needed to tell myself a new story, a new direction n which my life was about to go. Sometimes we get all caught up in negative lies we tell ourselves and with that we often live out negative feelings and actions we don't like.

Why do I call them lies?

Positive or negative, our thoughts are lies, there are no truths to them. I say this because everyone has their own version of why they think what they think. And if you explain to anyone why you think what you think someone is always sure to have advice for you why you shouldn't think the thoughts you think.

What am I suggesting for you?

I suggest if you don't like your life right now, rewrite it. It's simple, a piece of paper and a pen and start writing:

-A day by day fake journal of what you want
-Affirmations
-What your ideal career looks like
-How you want to feel
-What you want
-Goals
-etc...(no rules, just dream)

It doesn't matter what you write just write down positive stuff and read it often you'll start to believe it. And once you start to believe it you will eventually act in a way that matches exactly the thoughts (lies) you tell yourself. And it all started with a pen and a piece of paper.

Your life is the story you tell yourself.

Stay healthy and stay motivated
Shane Chartrand

Bedtime Thought Blast!!!!

2013-04-24T09:27:00.001-04:00

Bedtime Thought Blast!!!!

Every book, every seminar and every audio I have ever listen to has explained the importance of visualization to achieve what you want in life. It took me quit a bit of practice but once mastered I have achieved some pretty amazing things. My last visualization has helped me move across the country and put me on a journey I won't soon forget.

Visualizing what you want in life is pretty easy, I'm not going to deny this but what is difficult is when life hands you things you don't want to deal with. Negativity, anger and frustration this come in all kinds of forms each and everyday. When these little annoyances take over your mind it can

seem absolutely hopeless to get back on track to your big goals and dreams. I recently started using a new little trick that helps me sleep at night and gets me to realize that tomorrow is a brand new day.

At bedtime, it seems like hundred little things run through our mind that have annoyed us through out the day. It could be your boss or something that happened in traffic our mind just can't let go. Before falling asleep we tend to run the scenario in our head over and over and it affects our sleep and can't get us to relax.

What I want you to do right before falling asleep is take every single annoyance from the day and put them in an imaginary box in your head. And picture yourself walking away from the box and hiding behind a safety glass abut 20 feet away from the box. Why are you hiding? Because there is a detonator for the dynamite inside the box that holds your negative thoughts from the day.

Push down on the handle and watch the box and your negative thoughts completely explode and disappear allowing you to get to sleep thought free. This concept may seem a little silly but believe me when your mind is filled with annoying thoughts of negativity visualizing the pulverization of them is quite therapeutic.

Your goal of doing this activity is to teach you that at bedtime you are preparing for a brand new day and a world of possibilities brought on by the sunrise that is only a sleep away. Are you ready for a better life and a better sleep? If so blow up those thoughts at the end of each and everyday.

Stay motivated
Shane Chartrand

Secret To Success!

2013-04-21T13:58:00.002-04:00

Secret To Success!

The secret to success is something that people would pay huge amounts of money for. People looking for the key to riches, whether I money, happiness or freedom. I've studied success and personal development and even psychology for many years. These are things I am highly passionate about. I am by no means a certified expert with diplomas hanging on the wall, I'm just a guy who knows a lot on these subjects. Through my studies and life experience I have found the keys to success that keep coming up time and time again in the subjects I have learned. Here are some of the keys to success:

FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS

We all have things we are extremely good at doing. Ask yourself what are you good at doing? Is it cooking, inspiring or even telling jokes. Whatever it may be that you are good at, you became good by doing it over and over again you have experience in doing these things so why not capitalize on them?
Myself, I've always been good in the art of entertainment. I have perused speaking and writing, am I the best at what I do? Not yet, but I will develop into one of the top in my field through practice.

GIVE IT TIME

It is said an overnight success is built over 10-20 years so I'm sorry to break the news to you but there is no such thing as an overnight success. Sure there are things that happen to people that make them rich overnight and puts them in the spotlight so fast it turns heads but there is always a catch. The catch is the quicker things come to you the quicker they can disappear.
You must develop into a person who can handle the success you are given through the right self image. Seeing yourself, thinking of yourself and acting the way a successful person should think. If you fail to do so you will lose it all resorting back to the way you've always acted, thought and seen yourself, which have brought you to where you are right now.
Think of people who win the lottery and within a year or two lose everything. Why does this happen? The right habits an mindset have not been developed to handle the fame and fortune handed to them.

DEVELOP BETTER HABITS

Your daily routines have turned you into who you are today. You have made decisions to either do things or not do things and this is why you are exactly where you are right now at this time of reading this blog.
Ask yourself what is it you really want to do with your life? Now that you have the answer ask yourself would someone at the level of life you are seeking doing exactly what you are doing with your days?
I know you probably said no and the excuses flooded your mind as to why you can't do the routines it would take to excel to a level of success you are seeking. This is completely normal to think this way. Let me put it into prospective for you, everyday you allow yourself to put off a constructive habit is one day closer to you complaining that things haven't gone your way in life.
Start with one or two habits you want to substitute for destructive habits you are presently doing that are holding you back.

There are so many secrets to success in life the problem is these secrets are not things that we want to do. That is the secret, it takes self discipline, motivation and the will to carry on when you are beat down and nothing seems like it is going right. Work through it and keep your goal ahead of you. You must reach and stretch yourself out to limits you won't enjoy doing but the pay off is huge in the end.

This is the secret to success

Stay motivated
Shane Chartrand

Excited!

2013-02-01T09:35:00.002-05:00

Excitement!

The good thing about getting excited is it gives you an amazing burst of energy. It's like nothing you have ever felt before and it helps you accomplish more than you have ever accomplished before.
A feeling of excitement also give you a clear mind to think of all the possibilities why and how you can do anything to achieve your dreams in life.

This morning I woke up extremely excited to start the day and the weekend! I don't have any plans but I know my mind is clear enough to plan the rest of my month out. And this my friends is a great feeling. My feeling of excitement has come over me because all the hard work I have been doing is finally paying off. It is so easy to complain about doing all the day-to-day activities that get us ahead of the game while the rest of our friends are sitting around whining and being lazy but it's days like today (for me) that I realize how good I've got it.

Here is a simple list of things you can do that will get you ahead of the crowd and get you excited knowing you have accomplished them in your life while the rest are sitting around being lazy.

- Drink more water

-Eat better foods
-Exercise 3-4 days per week
-Work from a list so you get your tasks done
-Read 5 days per week related to your field of work (minimum 15 minutes per day)
-Prepare at night for the next day

Once you can get these activities in your life, our world gets exciting knowing you are getting ahead. Slowly you will have accomplished your goals doing all the simple things in life that the majority of people have been putting off, and that is EXCITITNG!!!!

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Thankful for?

2013-01-21T09:05:00.000-05:00

One day you will wake up with a huge smile on your face because of the realization you are starting something great. This morning I wake up to the opportunity of starting a new job after making a decision to leave a position I took in December. When I opened my eyes this morning I felt a feeling of "new start" written all over the day and this my friends is something that feels fantastic!

Morning gives us the opportunity to open our eyes and be thankful for the little things. We often forget what we should be grateful for. A simple kiss, a bank account with money or something as small as having two feet to get us to where we need to go. We have many things to be grateful for.

Why not take the time to sit down and jot down a list of 10 things you are grateful for this morning so you can realize how great this day and all the days ahead of you will be. Learn to appreciate the things that you once thought to be great that you simply forgot how amazing they actually where. Today is a new day be thankful for what you've got!

Stay motivated
Shane C.

What are your beliefs?

2013-01-15T11:06:00.001-05:00

If you look back on your life there will be many things you can laugh at now that you once thought were a disaster. I want to cover beliefs, we all learn over the course of our lives that the beliefs we had about things or even ourselves have proved to be completely false. Once the beliefs were changed a new version of you blossomed that was hidden behind a simple false belief.

Changing your beliefs have either come through challenging yourself or someone challenging your beliefs and over a bit of time you developed a whole new set of beliefs. I want you to think of where you are right now as you read this and the version of yourself ten yeas ago. How have your beliefs changed?

The reason I bring up changing your beliefs is because it is so important in developing yourself into a person of growth as oppose to a person who is held back by something false. If you are going through life with the belief that you can never accomplish anything more or you believe that you could never overcome a fear you probably won't get to far and you may live with regret. Start to challenge your beliefs one at a time. Take a bit of time for this is not an easy process to question yourself, in the end the pay off will be huge.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

FEAR IS OLY THERE TO SCARE US!

2013-01-11T10:22:00.001-05:00

Our fears aren't always something that will harm us but simply a feeling inside that will either make us step back or move ahead. The truly successful know to push through the fear and move on to the next level of their lives.

A couple of days ago I had to make a decision to push through my fear and make a decision to change something in my life. Making this decision was not an easy on but I had to weight out my pros and cons. I can tell you one thing for sure the cons far outweighed the pros.

If you ever get fearful of making a decision, please I beg of you weight out the pros and cons. Even if you are unsure what the pros and cons may be look at the regret you may need to live with by not pushing though that fear. Because there is nothing worse than living and saying the words:
"I really should have, when I had the chance!"

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Forget plan B

2013-01-10T09:16:00.000-05:00

How is the new year's resolution going?

Did you start off with gusto, a plan and dream to become a new you? Like the majority, you probably said yes but I wonder how it's going to be in about two weeks. Life's little stresses may set in, things may not go as planned and your old habits will start to creep back into your life.

When all this happens I want you to breath, take moment and write out your plan. You see it's not about having a plan B, it's about not giving up when things get a little hectic. Try again and again, don't be afraid to start over I promise you won't look like a fool. To me a fool is someone who quits at the first sign of defeat.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

What's your reason?

2013-01-09T09:07:00.001-05:00

As I woke up this morning my first thought was the mountain of work I needed to do when I arrived at my job and it made me a little anxious. The thought of non stop busy work is not an attractive thought first thing before getting out of bed. A moment or two passed and I slowly shifted my thoughts to writing this blog, some video work I'm planning on working on and my bank account growing and it literally got me right out of bed.

We have two types of thoughts, ones that make us happy and ones that make us sad. A great practice first thing in the morning is to practice gratitude and thinking of reasons why and how to make a difference in this world. Is it an easy task....NO!...but you still need to reach inside of your mind and use the happy thoughts that make you eager to succeed.

Being happy is not something you can be 24 hours a day 7 days a week but as long as you try on a daily basis to make yourself happy and excited you are well on your way to living a life of success.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

A new you

2013-01-08T09:40:00.001-05:00

Today I want to talk about one of the worst times you can experience because it's one of the best times you can experience.

I want to discuss all lows that we all seem to experience from time to time through our lives. It could be minor like going to buy something a realize the store is sold out or it could be something a little bit more serious like loss of a loved one or a financial crisis.

When we hit these lows it can be very difficult to rationalize with ourselves that things will one day get better, yet things always do seem to get better. Myself, over the last couple of years I've gone through some heartache and some difficult times but I've learned one thing though it all. Once I got through the hurt and grieving I knew it was time to improve myself. It was time to pick myself up and dust myself off and get back to work on myself.

Once you get to an all time low you have a choice you can give up and feel worse or one morning you can wake up and become someone that you have been waiting to become, all you need to do is try. However long it takes you to come out of your hurt know that on the other side there is a version of you that is stronger, better and eager to succeed. Once you find that person inside you and trust in them your whole world will change for the better.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Doors can open

2013-01-07T10:01:00.001-05:00

I want to begin but letting you know that I believe in destiny. I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason whether good or bad. Since I'm an optimism I prefer to see why things happen for the better than trying to understand why things go sour in life.

Some of you may know that I have recently uprooted my life and move across the country started a new relationship and got a new job many thing have change in my life. The series of events over the last 6 months have been a little unreal to say the least. People I have run into, opportunities that have opened up to me and even lessons I have learned extremely quickly have helped me understand that when you open yourself up to change and let go of your negative beliefs great things can happen to you.

In August, while at a conference I met an amazing individual and it seems the second we met I knew something amazing was meant to be. An energy came over me and I took out a pen and paper as I often do and simply started writing out my future. And slowly but surely what I wrote started to come true. I've come to realize the things we achieve in life have a direct connection to how much we believe in ourselves and how much we want something.
I'm not quite sure if you have made a New Years resolution this year yet I know you can achieve whatever you go after as long as you want and believe you can do it.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Are you pleasant?

2012-10-29T16:13:00.001-04:00

Many times in our life we try and be people we're not. We label ourselves as our activities, our jobs and our personalities. Then out of nowhere when we lose something that we believe defined us and we forget who we actually are. This can be devastating because somewhere along the way we forgot who we actually were.
I recently come across a list called THE PLEASANT PERSON ACT, this is a list of things we should all be doing that help label us as a pleasant person as oppose to the people we may not actually be. It's a long list but here are the top ten things (in my opinion) we should all do to be labeled as pleasant.

1. Listen more than you talk
2. Use no more words than are necessary
3. Make eye contact without staring
4. Don't brag
5. Don't force a smile
6. Keep agreements
7. Don't interrupt people
8. Don't every be phony with people
9. Cover your mouth when you cough
10. Don't talk badly behind people's back

This small easy list is often forgotten or we procrastinate thinking we can change our ways tomorrow yet people really notice when we break these simple life rules. The more you follow these 10 simple rules the more pleasant you look to others and the more you can make a great name for yourself in this world of unpleasant people.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Taming those thoughts

2012-10-25T00:08:00.001-04:00

How often do you talk yourself into a panic or even convince yourself you can't do something even though you know you are fully prepared to do it? For me, I have days of full out confidence were I feel I can take on the world and nothing can stop me. Then there are other days I can convince myself I can't do the very thing I told myself I was ready to do just days before. These are the days I feel defeated and unworthy of success in my life, I'm sure you've also felt this way many times through life.

I'm reading a book called TAMING YOUR INNER GREMLIN by Rick Carson, the author describes our inner conflict as our Gremlin. It's sole job is to make you feel bad by making you wallow in the past and making you over analyze relationships between people and the different things in your life. These little Gremlins make you live in a land of fantasy filling your head with all kinds of scary scenarios that often prove to be completely fake. Your inner conflict or your GREMLIN and Rick calls it is a totally imaginary thing made up by your mind that actually controls you because you tend to believe the talk and images you develop in your mind. The key to defeating this little Gremlin is very simple, all you need to do is be aware and listen to what is going on.

When we stop and we are aware of what is going on without reacting to negative feedback we become a master of our thoughts. To often we get suckered into listening to our imagination and give into negative self talk. Here is the most effective way for dealing with your inner GREMLINS.

1. Stop and be aware by simply listening to your thoughts.
2. Know you have the choice to not give into negative thinking.

This process takes a bit of practice so don't give up in the beginning, just be aware of the thoughts and know you do not need to act on them. Before you know it you will become a true master of acting upon all the right thoughts that fill your mind.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

What I overcame

2012-10-15T09:59:00.003-04:00

When I meet people and we start to discuss making changes in life I explain that I am a totally shy, quiet person by nature. People seem very shocked becuse after speaking with me you would have no idea I am that person what so ever, yet deep down that shy person who rarely wants to talk is always inside of me. A couple of years ago I made a concious decision to become more extroverted, I would speak more, become more outgoing and be much more charasmatic. This challenge to myself did not come easily, I worked on it daily but it took me awhile to break free of my old quiet ways. It wasn't until I changed my beliefs about myself that I was able to make the change.

Everything we do in life steems from our beliefs, we act a certain way because we believe that it's exactly how we should act. We tend to make choices based upon feelings we have without questioning whether or not we can challenge our feelings or even our beliefs. We often believe we can't break free, for me I felt people would think my opinions or my conversations were boring, I felt I had nothing interesting to contribute in conversations so I had no problem remaining quiet and shy, this was my belief and I was sticking with it. Then when I made that decision to change I challenged myself by telling myself I could do it, I could speak up and I could become a more outgoing person. I didn't always succeed in challenging myself but slowly over time I would overcome a tiny self challenge getting me one step closer to the person I wanted to become and next thing I knew I was actually becoming more and more confident in speaking to people and keeping up conversations.

No matter who you want to become or what you want to accomplish you must tell yourself that you are changing and becoming better. You will learn over time to get over those feelings that always pull you back down to the same old routines and same old habits that leave you feeling unaccomplished with your life. When you wake up repeat to yourself that you are getting better and repeat to yourself that you can do anything. There are days you won't feel like you are getting anywhere but the constant repeatition that you are getting better and that you can do anything trick your mind into believing the affirmations you've been repeating to yourself. If I can change myself from a shy, quiet, unconfident person into a more outgoing person I'm sure you can change yourself into whatever you would like, this world is yours now get working on yourself.

Stay motivated
Shane C

Develop yourself

2012-10-10T00:48:00.001-04:00

It seems over the last few months people around me have been complementing me more on my attitude, physical appearance and also in the work I have been doing. It's extremely flattering to get the compliments and I do truly appreciate them. Over the last year I've been working on myself, physically and mentally as a way to reach a new set of goals that require a bit more of my focus and energy than I had been putting in over the last few years. Although there was a time when I never even thought I could achieve half of what I'm on my way to achieving.

It's the same old story we were all born with the same things, a brain, a body and a blank slate that has allowed us to do absolutely anything we want in life. Then somewhere along the way we developed a set of beliefs passed down to us by people who manipulated us to believe in their beliefs of weakness and inabilities to accomplish the "so called" impossible.
We tend to forget we have abilities and even beauty because we get so caught up in our negative thinking and it truly is a shame that we lose so many years not tapping into our potential.
In my line of work I often meet people who have lost incredible amounts of weight some losing over 100lbs and when they do they feel amazing about themselves. It's not that they are completely different people, it's just their beliefs about their own abilities were clouded because they believed they were ugly because society has taught them a totally false belief about their appearance. Once they worked on themselves to develop a newer, better version of themselves they fell amazing and they accomplish great things in life, yet in reality they could have accomplished anything at any stage in their lives.

What I hope you take away today is you have these amazing possibilities in your life and you simply need a little time and effort to develop yourself. You can do it because you can do absolutely anything you want to do. Allow yourself to believe in the possibility of doing anything you please.

Here are the rules
1. Know you can do it
2. Time and preparation is key
3. When the time comes you will know as long as you follow step 1 & 2

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Changing your outside look on life

2012-10-05T09:55:00.002-04:00

There was about a year that I suffered with a bad case of red itch skin on my hands and wrists, it was embarrassing and very uncomfortable. I finally got to go see a naturapth and she informed me it was caused from a food allergy. We needed to eliminate any foods that would cause negative reactions and fill my body with better foods and great nutritional supplements to help the condition get better. I did want she told me and what I battled for 1 year started to heal in less than a week.

Today's blog is not a medical one but an example of how your inside world creates your outside world. As long as what you put in your mind (thoughts, emotions, and the words you speak) are positive and geared towards growth, your outside world will appear as a world of opportunity and one filled with positive experiences. Now just like the condition I was suffering from, the more I put in my body that was aggravating it the worse my condition got. Your thoughts and how you talk to yourself do the same, the more negative you put in the worse your outside world will appear.

Make sure to feed your mind and life with better people, better self talk and better thoughts. Negativity is all around you and it is very easy to get caught up with all the talk. My skin condition was caused from things that aggravated it so it didn't look healthy. Maybe just maybe if your world doesn't look as happy as you would like it to look, it could be you are feeding your mind some thoughts that are aggravating it. Do a thought detox and watch your world change in just a matter of days.

Stay motivated
Shane C

BOLD MOVES

2012-10-03T09:27:00.001-04:00

I came to a point in my life not long ago where I made the decision things needed to change in my life. I wasn't sure what to do and then I figured it out, I needed to start to make really BOLD MOVES to leap ahead of my present self. If something scared me I decided just dive into it.

In your life there are basic things that I know terrify you and they are probably very simple things. Something as simple as striking up a conversation with a total stranger or even taking on a project at work that you have no faith in yourself in the beginning. Take a small risk and reap the rewards. It doesn't matter if you know how to do something you will adapt each and everyday to mold yourself into someone who knows how to figure out how to do the scary things in life.

The day you start facing your little fears by preforming BOLD MOVES is the day you grow, it's almost like having a breakthrough in life. You break free of the negative thinking that has been holding you back from becoming the better version of yourself. Today I want you to preform a BOLD MOVE it's the most rewarding thing you will ever do for your future.

Stay motivated
Shane C

Figure yourself out

2012-09-27T17:11:00.000-04:00

Have you ever met someone in life who just can't seem to succeed at what they have been doing for quite some time? Maybe this person is you, is there something you just can't seem to get right, like a hobby, business or some aspect of your personal life?

It's happened to me and not because I didn't give it my all but because it wasn't the right "thing" for me. I can remember trying to become an expert at computers, I wanted to learn how they worked and all the ins and outs. After trying to figure them out it didn't matter how hard I tried I kept losing interest and I wasn't progressing in the field I was perusing. A year or two went by and I started to experiment with social media and blogging and it turned out I had a knack for it. I was approached by a few people to do work for them and that was my stepping stone.
I have a creative mind and I hate tradition rules and this is one reason I wasn't very good at getting to learn computers. The whole step by step process and needing to do the same thing really bored me. The day I discovered I could use computers in an entirely different way I found my strength and dropped my weakness and have been working at it ever since.

I've discovered three different types of personalities we can be strong in look at the following and take inventory of yourself to find out which you may be the strongest at:
1. TALENT- (Creative, different, artistic)
2. LEADER- (Dominant, influential, authoritative)
3. ENTREPRENEUR (Risk taker, motivated, focused)

We all have aspects of each of these but there is one in which we shine. We must embrace our strengths and work with it.

Ask yourself what is it I'm perusing in life? And is it matching with your strength? If after careful consideration you decided it isn't you may need to look at what you are doing in a whole new light. I'm not saying immediately drop your chosen path but it may help you to understand your struggle in which you have been suffering from for some time.
Just because you think you should be doing something does not always mean you should.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Secret to success

2012-09-15T07:31:00.000-04:00

Last night I was reviewing on of my favorite seminars by Jim Rohn (The man who taught Anthony Robbins) and he explained the secret to success. It isn't a difficult process, it doesn't even take meditation or affirmations. It's very simple, it's doing the right things over and over again.

Success is all about taking the tiny steps every single day and continuing with them day in and day out. Failure is also very easy to attain, it's neglecting the the right things day after after day, it's a simple formula. The simple things in life often get neglected because they are so simple that we expect success to be a journey filled with complex routines.

I was recently at a company dinner and the president's wife stood to speak about the first store in the company and how her mother made it a success. Her mother spoke to customers, took time to listen and even baked snacks for customers and it was a successful store! That's it, no bells. no whistles, no fancy sales trainers or psychological re-wiring.

I know if your reading a blog on success you must be intelligent, am I right? If you answered yes (hoping you did) it's time to take responsibility for your own neglect and accept it. Today is a new day and all you need to do is start with little steps to get you closer to success, starting with right now!

Stay motivated
Shane C

Never settle or else....

2012-09-11T08:33:00.001-04:00

Last night I competed in my first public speaking contest and I placed in the top 3. I will admit my competitive personality would have wanted #1 but I'm defiantly not bitter about it. When it was all said and done my mind got to work and all I wanted to do was get better. I could have decided to give up and say to myself that it wasn't worth it but it truly was worth the experience.

Sometimes in life when we work very hard at something and we don't get exactly what we want, we tend to shut down and accept that this is the best we will ever do and we will never amount to anything more. This is simply a lie we tell ourselves. The day we accept defeat against ourselves is the day we take two steps back in life. Grieving a loss is perfectly normal but challenging yourself to do better is helps your grow.

Ask yourself:
"What is it I really want?"
When you truly find the answer make sure no matter what the outside world puts in your way to always go after it with full force. Know that becoming one of the best at what you do gives you the biggest sense of satisfaction because not only will you be helping yourself but you will inspire others to follow in your footsteps.

Stay motivated
Shane C

Best confidence builder

2012-09-10T08:00:00.001-04:00

Brand new week means a brand new start! Hope you're ready :-)

I wanted to let you in on the best confidence booster I've ever tried! I'm a huge follower of Brian Tracy and his principles, if you don't know who the man is he is by far one of the most successful personal development gurus of our time. I heard about his technique and attempted it over the years yet never gave it a fair chance till about 3 weeks ago.

Your subconscious mind believes what ever you tell it whether real or not. Without even realizing it, you repeat statements about non worth and negativity daily so it's no wonder you haven't been trying the simple things to get you ahead in life. This brings me to the technique, it's simply repeating the words: I CAN DO IT and I LIKE MYSELF on a daily basis. It doesn't matter how you feel about yourself today, if you repeat those words often to yourself everyday you will see an improvement in as little as a few days.

I had attempted this by repeating the words for 2 days then giving up, but 3 weeks ago I made a promise to myself to do it daily. I do it when I wake up, when I go to sleep and when I'm bored during the day. Over the last two weeks I've attempted some things I never would have had confidence to do before. It's very personal stuff yet it's boosting my level of success at an incredible rate.

I ask you to start this immediately, simply repeat 10 times each statement, I LIKE MYSELF and I CAN DO IT and watch how things will change for you very rapidly.

Stay motivated
Shane C

How do you talk to yourself?

2012-09-06T08:17:00.000-04:00

The way we speak about our success is vitally important to our well being and how quickly we achieve what we are going after. We must talk to ourselves very confidently and know with certainty that we are going to achieve what we are going after. I will let you in on the three common mistakes we make when talking to ourselves that get us looking at our success in a negative light. This goes for anything from career right up to relationships.

Talking about the hard road ahead
We talk about the difficulties in using up our time and effort in order to get what we want. A great example is telling yourself a new relationship takes months to develop, the difficulties that lie ahead and even all the cornerstones you will need to develop along the way.
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Focus on how great the journey will be the skills and experiences you will develop. Think of your time as an investment instead of a burden.

Talking about how things will change
We talk about how things can't remain the same. I understand preparing for the difficult times, yet we often refuse to even make any progress for we think it will all be taken from us in a frightening way. A good example is in business we always like to think of the successful fruitful times yet fear the bad times like running out of clients, economy and staffing.
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Know things never remain the same, yet why not look at the positive strides you will make along your journey. And if you put in a great work ethic from the beginning you will always be a success.

Talking about what people will think
We talk about how our loved ones will be jealous of our success, how we will need to isolate ourselves because people will only talk negatively towards us. We tend to do this when thinking about making more money.
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Think about the supportive people that will be in your life. The people in your life who truly are behind you do support your every move in you achieving greatness.

Sometimes it can really help to write out your negative views on paper and review them a day or two later. Read them aloud because hearing how ridiculous your negativity is towards your own self you may come to realize you are simply feeling sorry for yourself. Follow up your negative statements with a more positive empowering statement. Right now at this moment ask yourself what have you been talking yourself out of doing? And use my 3 examples to steer yourself into the right direction.

Stay motivated
Shane C

One step at a time

2012-09-04T08:16:00.003-04:00

I love the drive back to my hometown late at night while the world is sleeping. It's about a nine hour drive from where I live here in Windsor Ontario. I follow a long highway all night long and there isn't much to see, all I have is music and the headlights. There is one thing that gets me through that long drive other than coffee and that's the mile markers every few miles. For each marker I pass, I anxiously await the next one and this goes on for the next few hours. Doing this makes the long drive more exciting knowing each goal is only from one marker to the next, because a 9 hour drive can seem a little daunting.

When we think about our goals in life they can seem a little far away and impossible to reach. We must break down our goals into tiny goals, just like the markers on the highway. Each time you achieve something on the way to your larger goal you can celebrate knowing you have achieved a small victory on your way to your big goal. Goals are a collection of tiny efforts made over a period of time. It takes preparation and effort on your part to get what you want to achieve.

No matter how big your goal is, a business, a relationship, a new body, career, family trip, set your small milestones to achieve each day on your way to your large goal. It's easier to celebrate each small step than always playing the waiting game in achieving your ultimate goal.

Stay motivated
Shane C.

Reaching your vision faster

2012-09-03T07:59:00.001-04:00

A few years ago I won a sales contest that seemed 100% unattainable. I was fairly new to my industry and not familiar with my product, and in sales knowing your product and having confidence are the cornerstone of being the best. However the prize (A trip to Jamaica) was all I needed to hear to get my creative juices flowing.
I wanted this vacation so badly I was willing to use every technique to win. I employed the art of visualization everyday, seeing myself on the beaches, getting off the plane and enjoying the night life. After 3 months I had not only won the contest but doubled the sales of what second place had achieved. I 100% give credit to visualization.

Visualization is such an important tool if you ever want to reach your dreams. Seeing yourself in the situation you want gets you there without you even knowing it. Close your eyes or simply use your imagination and daydream of being right where you want to be.

THE KEY TO VISUALIZATION
Often times we daydream about what we want and don't seem to achieve what we want on our own timeline. The key to speeding up this process is mixing emotion with the vision you want. Excitement, happiness and joy truly accelerate the process of getting you what you want.
What if you can't feel that much emotion? This is simply where time plays a factor, if you stick with the process long enough you get what you want by implanting the exact things in your mind you want and that way it's easier to spot them in your everyday life. Mixing in intense emotion only speeds up the process.

Now ask yourself what is it I want more than anything in my life right now? When you have the answers start your visualization program, you can do it in as little as 5 minutes first thing in the morning or as long as 2 hours a day in split sessions. It's your imagination now use it to it's full potential because it's not only a fun tool but a very effective tool in achieving anything you want in life.

Stay motivated
Shane C

Obstacles are only one part

2012-09-01T08:20:00.001-04:00

Yesterday afternoon I was speaking with someone who told me they want to go to school to begin a career that could potentially change their life. I seen her face light up as she spoke about her dreams until she suddenly gave up because she had the excuse:

"But I don't have the money"
And just like that her dream was gone. All to often we look at obstacles first and dreams last. We are all guilty of this I often do it with time. I often worry months in advance if something will interfere with a schedule I may have 3 months down the road. The fact is when you truly want something your actions will get you there.

We miss out on our dreams by not even taking the first step towards something and that leaves us standing still in life. As the years go by we often regret not going after what we wanted, because in the future it's much easier to see all the possibilities we have missed. By looking only at our obstacles we forget about all the little things we could be doing to get us towards are dream like sharpening our skills, networking and simply just gaining as much knowledge as possible getting us towards what we want to do.

Whether your dreams are to improve your career, relationship, finances, etc.....Know there are obstacles but there are also possibilities and ways to get ahead that get you over obstacles. It's a matter of trying, sometimes failing but getting better day by day on your way to success.

Stay motivated
Shane C