The Simplest Secret in Life

Love the world around you! Go out and be the caring heart, the listening ear, the surprise in someones day, love others as you would want to be loved, and love because you can!  Take time to remove yourself from the distractions and pray for the happiness of others! When you have truly found happiness within yourself, you will be the light in other peoples lives!
Go out and love on someone today


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Listen to yourself goof off

You already know what you are suppose to be doing. It is a matter of if you are willing to do it.  Tonight while learning more about vocalization and better techniques. One of the best techniques was to goof off. For the next two week practice goofing off my wonderful teacher said.  No problem.  The reason being is that you are more relaxed and not analyzing what you are suppose to be doing. You are simple having fun. Listen to yourself when you are reminded to just have fun. A majority of the time you will do your best work and be happier doing it.

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Be Marvelous

To be extraordinary! To cause great wonder! To be Extremely Good!  Are all the ways you can be Marvelous!

Every day your are given an opportunity to go above and beyond your abilities. Every day that chance is made in less than a second.  That chance or opportunity is going to be marvelous the second you dive into it. The only deciding factor is how much your going to enjoy that time!   So today where ever you are and what ever you are doing! Be Marvelous in the best you know possible :) 

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Eating is more fun in moderation

Eating is more fun in moderation

Eating is more fun in moderation. On a day to day basis when I am meeting with new clients and friends about how to be more awesome from the inside out. How to eat becomes a big part of the conversation.  Over time these are the three most common choices that I encounter: Not enough, Just right, and Too much. Here are a few examples of what they sound like from people.

Not enough.
My clients will share I dont eat enough because :  I only eat one time a day, I dont like breakfast, I dont want to gain weight, I just dont want to, I never have,  I dont have enough time and so on.

Just right
My clients will share I eat just right because: I eat till i feel full, i drink more water while I am eating, I like the feeling, I eat throughout the day, I like to graze, I am eating to optimize the way I fuel my body, I feel better, my body works better this way and so on

Too Much
My clients will share I eat way to much for breakfast or lunch or dinner, I have to take a nap, I feel tired, I am to fat, I have to wait 30 minutes before going in the water (one of my favorite comments LOL), it is a holiday, sometimes I have to give my self a day to do it and so on.

Which of the following best described you?  and how do you justify your actions.

To conclude eating is more fun in moderation. When you dont enough your body begins to crave, find fatigue easier, higher amounts of stress, more anxiety and more. When you eat to much you are over powering your bodies ability to compensate the break down. along with eating to much it is often coupled with not enough enough. because people dont eat enough and than eat to much or vise versea.

When we choose moderation On a day to day basis when we can find consistency to feed our bodies and fuel our body throughout the day we are more productive. When we are nurturing our body, mind, and spirit we will have a better day. As a result we are able to improve our life styles, make better choices for our lives, and be more awesome from the inside out.

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March showers bring April flower?

March showers bring April flower?

I don't believe anyone could be unhappy with the outcome of this years early summer. A simple solar flare gives us an early summer vacation from the usual cold weather. And for those of us who love snow dearly can take a trip to the mountains this year for winter play time.  Today the weather is throwing us some march showers and flowers and trees are blooming, birds are singing and rejuvenation of our lives well under way.  Take this time today as the rain falls and waters the earth as a way to reflect on your own life. The seeds you have planted, the dreams you have, and the growth you are wanting to see. March showers bring April Flowers! and your life will grow so long as you are willing too.

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Fitness for fun! What being active means and finding what activity you enjoy?

Fitness for fun! What being active means and finding what activity you enjoy?

Recently with a large number of my clients and friends are wanting to be more fit for summer time. With March already giving us summer time weather this is only natural. Especially in the midwest where a majority of the population is either coming out of hibernation or being active because of the nice weather. Regardless of where you are at the excitement happens when you find the fun in what you are doing.  Fitness is a glorified word for being active. Being active is doing something other than being motionless or not moving.  Still this fascinated me that people were asking what was the right way to be active. So i began conducting a research study to better understand what being active means.

The primary method to better understand what activities you enjoy are the ones you remember doing as a kid? Some of the answers were, running around the play ground, swinging, running, exploring, bike riding, going for a walk, the jungle gym, four square, backyard sports, and a wide range of others. Culturally this demographic was very diverse and yielded some unique experiences. As a result each agreed that during their younger years they enjoyed so many different activities and in some cases still do today.

Fitness is as fun as you make it. If you enjoy running, triathlons, iron mans competitions, walking, biking, swinging, contact sports, baseball, basketball, softball, kick ball, weight training, power lifting, rugby, track and field, cricket, roller derby mountain biking, hiking, gardening, working out, running around wildly, swimming, rock climbing and a wide range of others we could list.   approach being active with excitement and the ability to enjoy.  The time is now to make fitness fun!

What are you favorite activities?


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Have an Awesome Day!

Have an Awesome Day

Just in case you needed a reminder!

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Your objective is to be objective

Your objective is to be objective

The world that is influenced by the passing storms is no different than shallow trees that wash away in floods. Being objective about life and what is happening will separate those that see the world with their hearts and those that are influenced by anything. I am sure everyone has good intentions when trying to help people but how many people actually ask why they are going to be apart of something.  Every day we have a chance to make a difference. That chance is a choice to be objective or question why you are doing something. When you have the answers of why you are doing what you do. There will be nothing that can stop you. However if you are merely just doing it because everyone else is than you will have to answer for those actions regardless if you are successful or not. At the end of the day you will be held accountable for anything you represent.  So no matter what your objective is to be objective to make sure what you are doing is right for you. As a result when there is a passing storm your roots will be strong and grounded in what makes you strong.

Take a minute to be thankful for your life, take minute to pray for those in need, and be objective about your life so that you are grounded no matter what storm may come your way. God be with you all :)

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There was a enough green, gold, and rainbows to make anyone happy

There was a enough green, gold, and rainbows to make anyone happy!

I dont know about you but every year keeps getting more and more amazing! This past weekend was St.Patrick's day and what an exciting celebration! Especially when you have friends all over the world. The social connectivity of technology these day has allowed me to travel in and out of my friends lives more than I could ever imagine. Even though I might not be physically there I am catching pictures of everyone shaped up in green, gold, and rainbows of some shape, color, and accessory in a wide open celebration.    How amazing!!   The outfits were hilarious leprechaun shoes to too toos to funny hats and celtic tats. Green beer everywhere and people dancing in the streets like they just dont care.  Never could I be every where at once but when you build fun relationships the possibilities are endless.

 At the end of the day whether they were school teacher, lawyer, college students or graduates, red heads or not, people were out and about and just enjoying the day colored from head to toe in green gold and rainbows!
Take the momentum from this weekend and enjoy the rest of your week!!   If you dont know what your doing in life!? Today is a good day to figure it out or to make something up!

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Motivation to be Motivated!

Motivation to be Motivated!

How good are you at talking yourself out of anything that is actually going to benefit you. You know that time when you were going to go be able to have the chance of life and you talked yourself out of it because you did not think you deserved it. Remember that time you decided what you were doing was not going to work so you stopped. Remember that time when you wanted to go have fun exercising and you did not because it was easier not too. Remember all the other times that you did not do something and it turned into a perpetual guilt that built up even more to make you even less motivated to do more awesomeness.  Remember when you read this blog and you read the following:

You are a champion! What you use to remember is only as good as what you learned from the experience. Your ability to grow, improve, and become even better is far more important today than thousands of times you did not do anything at all.  Your motivation is motivated by your ability to do what you can do today. Where you are! What you are doing! Where you can go!! These dreams, ideas, thoughts are as possible as you make them! Today Be motivated to do what you love to do and conquer your world with all your amazing gifts and talents! It make take some time but everything worth doing does!
God bless you all
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Fitness makes you fun and exciting

Fitness makes you fun and exciting

You might be asking how can my life be more fun and exciting?

We as humans are a naturally active creature with the ability to do as many different activities as we want based on our body types, who we are, what we do, and what we are interested in. Being fit is another word for being active. This level of activity has endless list of possibilities some ideas, some of these are walking, running, biking, climbing, hiking, swimming, sports, weight training, and so on. In a study on active life styles I found the following results : that when the body is being active it is promoting stronger bones and muscles, keeping vital organs strong and active, and the mind is given a high level of clarity and focus.   As a result the body is able to think clearer, less stress, improved reaction time, a brighter outlook on the day, and over all life is more fun and exciting.

As a result when looking for something to make your life more fun and exciting. Any form of fitness will give you the rewarding ability to enjoy more of your life. As a result when you are having fun and enjoying your life you are going to have a better out look on the world around you and will be much more aware of how awesome you are. This wil leave you to the fun and excitement you are looking for.
Keep it simple! Have fun with your fitness and be the excitement you want to be!

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Work! Grind! Hustle! Go Go Go!! You make the decisions..

Work! Grind! Hustle! Go Go Go!! You make the decisions...

Pick a word that describes how you pursue what you love the most! There is nothing that will stop you from getting to where you want to go! No one can halt you in your pursuit! No one will ever get in your way!! You make the decisions to make it all happen!  These decisions sometimes leave our the importance of who you are. While you were working for 10 hours or more straight you forgot something... You.

You are going to work it, grind it, hustle your way there!  However the only person that will stop you is you! Not enough energy, not enough stamina, not enough food, not enough sleep, not enough exercise, to much of one and to much of another! Lack of balance as you move faster and faster and closer and closer!  Be mindful of how you are balancing your life. Every movement of when to eat, when to sleep, when to rise, and where you want to go will be decisions that will determine the outcome! Make what you do more effective through fueling your body the right way!

Fueling your body the right way takes less than 30 seconds to grab some kind of fruit, less than 30 seconds to grab a granola bar, and so on! It takes 15 minutes to make a good lunch, 15 minutes to make a simple dinner, and preparing your food for a week makes it even faster. Take time to sleep will leave you rested for a new day. 15 minutes to exercise is better than none. Do you need guidance send me an awesome email need an energy drink use 24k (offer code mr24k) whatever you want to do you make a decision to be the best you can be!  

Whatever you do! Make the decision you!
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Your Inner Sunshine

Your Inner Sunshine

This inner sunshine is how we are able to live and enjoy our days. This glowing radiant sensation is a place in our hearts or inside of ourselves that is a mirror to both who we are and how we treat others.  If you are toxic to the people around you than you are also toxic yourself. If you are loving to the people around you than you are also loving to yourself.  The inner sunshine is a reflection of the kind of life we both live and enjoy.  So ask yourself are you very loving or are we very toxic? Every day you have an opportunity to shine brighter and better than before.  You be the first to break the overcasting clouds around you and inspire others to shine :) no matter where you are or who you are let your inner sunshine shine!

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A simple secret to escape your own traps fear

How to escape your own trap

A trap is set when we do anything that does not make us smile, have confidence in our work, or dont feel absolutely amazing.  This trap creates fear, anger, doubt, and a wide range of words that mean that.  These traps are set when you are not taking a realistic view of what it takes to nurture what you love doing.  The only person that will ever make what you are doing better is you. The only way you will attain a better anything is by surrounding self a better environment that helps you grow as a person.

Having an environment that nurtures what you love doing is directly related to how to escape your own traps. Being a socially active creature you require good nutrition, exercising, and social relationships to power yourself.  By having these elements it helps you unlock your own traps. Needless to say if you are not believing your trapped than you wont be. Some helpful suggestions are to eat better,  exercise, and meet new friends.   When you eat better your mind is feed and your body is powered which creates better everything. When you are stressed or doubtful take a break and go for a walk.   When you are fearful spend time with friends and have fun it will wash way the nonsense and get you ready for more fun.  I am sure you will have many interest suggestions as well. Regardless of how the secret and best way to escape a trap is to simply stop thinking that you are trapped.

You are only as trapped as you believe you are.

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Strong foundations for lasting relationships

Strong foundations for lasting relationships

Every relationship has a foundation some are built on clouds, some are built above the ground, and other are built into the ground.  Each of which will be effective by the weather. As you can imagine the one in the clouds will blow away with the season, the one above ground will only be there as long as the weather is good, and the one built into the ground is strong and will be a lasting relationship.  Like anything each takes time to build and enjoy.

Simple and fun enjoy your relationships no matter what kind they are
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Solving mysteries of sadness through kindness

Solving mysteries of sadness through kindness

A sad face

A quiet voice

A weight of a hundred worlds the shoulders

A walk in an endless desert

A climb that walks you backwards

Digging a hole deeper than a hole can go

Lost 

Dark

Scared

Fearful

You will never be challenges with more than you can handles. God has blessed you with talents beyond your wildest imagination and you can over come anything that holds you down. If you see one of your fellow brothers or sisters trying to solve a mystery of sadness give them kindness.

give them

A smile

A caring voice

A shoulder to hold onto

A hand to walk with

A climbing partner

A Extra shovel to dig to the otherside

Hope

Light

Laughter

Love

God gives us the talents we must use them. Be the kindness in the lives around you

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Finding your laughter through your tears

A better day starts with a better way

One day while with a friend,
A list as long as you are tall of what was going wrong, troubles, trials, tribulations and so on showed up during a conversations.  As we proceeded further tears started to form and we had full tropical rain storm on our hands. If this wasn't embraced we would have been washed away by the tears. I grabbed on with a big hug  and listening further the waterfall of tears came pouring out even harder with snot sniffles, more tears, and than laughing.  hahahaa yes laughing! We found laughter through the tears  and that day went from dark to light in a matter of moments. It was like the sunshine coming through a big storm cloud.  Little by little more laughter more smiles and soon identifying all the troubles that were causing the tears. What seemed without hope, had hope, and a  better day began with a better way.

The better way was deciding on what was needed to have a better day. Each of the overwhelming parts that lead up to the big storm are key elements to growing. This growth would be through overcoming fears, mental blocks, and most certainly finding a better way.  Having a better day can happen now as you find better ways to all that you are doing. The only part of this whole story is you, if you do not want to you wont, and if you want to you will. You will be the one that has to choose a better way to make your day awesome!  It may take finding your laughter through your tears but you can use those tears to grow your garden of excitement!   Make the kind of life you want and live it! A better day starts with a better way.

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Enhance your conversations and have more fun

Enhance your conversations and have more fun

I believe that if we share what we love with others the world will know more about what we want and we can do more of what we love to do. The most extreme example is sharing what we do with a stranger. This conversation revolves around the : what's new in life? question. This scenario has two new people whom are going to have a conversation for less than 30 seconds.

Typical conversation:
me: What's new in life?
person:Nothing, same old same old.
me: Really? Do you have anything you enjoy doing?  like exercising, washing dishes, grenade throwing, trying to fly, ya know fun stuff?
person: they laugh and tend to share something interesting going on in there life or what they love to do.

The conversation break down:

The typical response
The response "nothing same old same old" is a deflection response or a simple curtesy response to the questionnaire. The reason for this is culturally we respond in such a way due to our fast pace lives. Depending on the size city you live in, this response can be anywhere from no response at all to full day worth the laughter.  To enhance this conversation so that it is more fun. A fun response must be used.

The way to get a fun response
For the sake of this example a follow up question was used to enhance the conversation: "Really? Do you have anything you enjoy doing?  like exercising, washing dishes, grenade throwing, trying to fly, ya know fun stuff?" by making a list of real and fun things. Peoples minds are than stimulated to have a different response. Laughter or a smile will start the response and than soon follow a short or long answer.  As a result you can determine at this point where the conversation will go. In most cases we will see the person respond with there own kind of question that you will have to answer. As a result a fun conversation can happen in some cases in less than 30 seconds.

Over all remember to enhance the social scenarios around you by improving your conversations with something fun in your follow up question.  In the example above this conversation is less than 30 seconds and creates a more genuine interest in a persons life.  As we share what we love with others the world will know more about what we want and we can do more of what we love to do.  As a result we will have one more reason to smile in our day and enjoy our lives.  So be sure to enjoy the people around you and have as much fun as possible. You never know who your going to meet.

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Breaking through a wall built by mental blocks

Breaking through a wall built by mental blocks

Simply break through it.
Is it really that simple?  Ultimately we are the ones who control our lives, our decisions we make, and what it is we are going to do on our path to success. The choices we are making directly reflect what we believe and do not believe.  If you believe you can break through that wall than you will. If you do not believe you will break through that wall you will not. Take little steps in the beginning and as you move forward so will everything you want to do. :) See all it took was moving forward and simply breaking through the mental blocks. As a result the mental blocks become stepping stone on your path to success. Be well, have fun, and Be you!!

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Force fields, Conversations with strangers, and Tree Hugger Sandwiches

Force fields, Conversations with strangers, and Tree Hugger Sandwiches

Preface

Today I have been in and out of meetings with friends helping them to become as awesome as they can be. Conversations in fitness, eating, and reliv nutrition. Where moment after moment we tweeked there lifestyles to enjoy what it is they are doing.  Being able to help friends and people is what I love the most in life.  So as morning appointments finished up and lunch rapidly approached I had to find something. In observance of lent, I don't eat meat on friday's so vegetarian is on my list. What better of a place to find such good food than at Founder's Brewery I thought. 

I gave a call and as they answered I greeted them with "Hello Champion of Founders!" 

On the other side the voice went into a great deal of laughter relaying what I announced  through the phone. As he came back to the phone laughing. 

I followed up with "do you have anything vegetarian on your menu?"   

He replied most certainly! See you soon I said. 

What will you be wearing so I can help you when you get here?

I replied a bright electric yellow jacket and red tie.  5 minutes later I arrived! 

As I walked into this large lunch atmosphere of people enjoying micro brewed beer, delicious food, and the people they were with, I was greeted with a menu and the recommendation of The Tree Hugger.  Awesome sign me up! Although I was going to be leaving soon he insisted I sit at bar between his favorite clients which were two gentleman.  Sound great.

Theory of forcefields before a conversation can begin:

When sitting down there are always massive force fields that go up like in star trek they put up deflector shields to protect their star ships. Well in this case we do the same thing when we are around people the only difference is, no one actually wants to have force fields up. We as creatures are social creatures, its our instinct that gives us our awareness of any situation. In the case with strangers, we must be realistic about our environment, the atmosphere, who we are with, what we are doing, and so. In this case I am in the middle of a big brewery between an old man and a young man. That to my knowledge is the hosts favorite customers. Regardless we an either have force fields up or force fields down. 

The Conversations with Strangers the old man and young man:

As I saddled into my seat shoulder to shoulder I said, with a big smile good afternoon gentleman how are we all doing today!?  No response. No response? Don't worry their force fields were up. So as I sat down I turned to the young man and said how was your morning? His reply, Very good thank you. silent pause. I turned to the old man how was your morning? He starts laughing, its been good I have been here. The bar tender came over to get my to go order for the Tree Hugger Sandwich.  Again more silence. I turned to the young man and said , so what have you been up to this fine day. His reply with force fields lowering, I was at hop cat brewery and now here. Fantastic I replied. and as the silence would soon happen the old man said how was your morning? hahaha fantastic conversation begins! I went on to laugh sharing that I had helped my friends this morning in fitness and health and had a blast. I proceeded to share that I was getting lunch and off to my next meeting. The old man smiled proceeded to share with me how he loved playing tennis and how he gets tennis elbow when he plays with his daughter, the young man smiled as he listened. More and more conversation with laughter and as my food arrived it was time for me to go. I wished them an amazing day and off I went eating the most amazing vegetarian sandwich I have ever eaten called the Tree Hugger from Founder's Brewery.  

As I walked in the rain eating, I kept laughing as life is absolutely beautiful when you take time to enjoy what ever it is your doing and the people in it.

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How do you do what you Love to do?

A question I received the other day was "how do you do what you love to do?" They went on to explained they find themselves "Overwhelmed and Ready to Go all at the same time" The biggest challenge was overcoming getting started because it was one of the scariest parts to begin.  how do you begin than?   Some simple solutions to a common issue like this is the following

• Know why you are doing what you love to do.

When you have the reason why you are doing what you love. The rest of the world including yourself will have answer when they ask.  By knowing why you are doing something it will become an inextinguishable fire inside of you that just keeps burning.

• Do it! Begin doing what you love to do.

You have to just start doing what you love to do. The rest will fall into place. Just like anything it is scary at first but from there you will have the ability to grow and develop what you love doing.

• Be determined so that you adjust accordingly to the rise and fall of your journey   

 Your determination will make or break what you love to do. Remember being determined is working through the process. If your determination is very high you will have higher results and if it is the opposite so will be your results. Know what you are able to handle and do a little more.

• Surround yourself in a positive environment

By surrounding yourself in a positive environment you will  be encouraged in what you are doing and be reinforced why you love what you do.  Positivity will always win just to let you know.

These are some of my experiences over the years and only a few of many suggestion that will help encourage you to do what you love to do.   Even though you may be overwhelmed and ready to go.  You are really ready to go and will want to start doing as soon as possible.  No matter what you choose always enjoy every bit of the excitement!!

What do you love to do?

Do what you love to do
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