Hello my friends!
It seems like an eternity since I last wrote….. on my own blog!
I was thinking the other day, I am supposedly an online marketer, a person who people come to for advise and opportunities online, and I haven’t even kept an up to date blog.
It’s actually rather embarrassing and totally unacceptable, and so in 2010 I commit to my readers to write on a regular basis!
I haven’t been sitting down twiddling my thumbs though. Lots has happened since my last post from UPW.
Here are some of the highlights since last post:
I attended Tony’s bigger, more detailed seminar “Date with Destiny”, over 6 days and nights at the Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast. This was even more powerful than UPW, and allowed me to examine my rules for life and my rules for certain emotions. Tony’s endurance and energy was not human. It was supposedly his last trip ever to Australia, so I had to capitalise. It was worth every $ I spent (I bought a front row ticket).
I’ve travelled. ALOT. Saw parts of the world that gave me a different perspective on life. I visited France, Vietnam, Scotland, Ireland, London, Indonesia and Malaysia. Each country was so different from the last.
I’ve been attending lots of events. Although lately I’ve gotten super picky which events I attend. Mainly events with a marketing/internet or business focus, or an event I know there’ll be some quality people there. My days of learning will never end, however rather than stay a serial learner, I transitioning to a serial DOER. Feels great.
I’ve forged some great relationships and met some fantastic people along the way. People who are doing big things, and doing them well. Really well. However, its no good being a contact people know and respect, if you can’t find a way to monetise those relationships (mutually beneficial of course).
Social Networking has come a long way since we last spoke. Facebook and Twitter have continued to grow exponentially, and used more and more creatively by everyone and anyone. I’ve been quite active there, often too much so. But I have built a solid profile and all my ‘friends’ know who I am and get a little peek into my private life. This may be invaluable later on as I move forward with my projects.
I’ve continued to consume great products to improve the mind - reading, listening, watching. There are some genius brains on this planet and its a pleasure to be able to access some of their wisdom when my body is occupied but my mind is free (namely, when I’m cooking/driving/working out or showering!)
Its been a crazy journey but this year I have managed to laser my focus down to 3 projects, a far cry from the past where I regularly had 10+ things on the go. Learning to say NO was the best thing that ever happened to me, and you should adopt it too. You’ll hear more from me about my ventures through this blog (good thing this is one of them!!)
Thanks for dropping by again, and I look forward to providing you with many more entertaining, informative, inspiring, educational and value-adding posts this year!
Recently, I attended Tony Robbins last UPW event in sydney.
I wanted to share with you all the amazing lessons and reflections learnt from the event. It was truly life-changing!
Enjoy!
I’m totally pumped as I’ve just experienced Tony Robbins live. Don’t get me wrong - I don’t see Tony as a ‘motivator’ - he has helped me improve all aspects of my life ever since I started to listening to him on audio a few years ago. It became a life goal of mine to go see him live, and when an opportunity came up I bit the dust and threw a few thousand $$ on the table for a front row seat.
The first day included the FIREWALK. But here’s the thing - it’s not really about the firewalk. The firewalk is irrelevant. It represents a metaphor - getting into such a peak state that any obstacle in front of you doesn’t exist. If you’ve ever played sport at a high level or done anything where you’ve been totally in the zone, this would compare to the state Tony helps put you in before the walk. As we stormed out clapping in unison, chanting ‘YES, YES’ the whole crowd bonded and there was an atmosphere that I’ll never forget. Most of us had been totally starved for the whole day by now (Tony hadn’t given any breaks for 8 hours straight) dehydrated, emotionally smashed and beat up and many still coming to terms
with potential ending up with severe burns on their feet…. but everyone was so revved up and the collective energy was a rare occurence that I might only have felt on the most memorable of New Years celebrations when the clock struck midnight. By my calculations by nights end over 99% of the 5000 had done the walk, many 2 or 3 times. I saw elderly women aged 70+ do it and I also saw 10 and 11 year olds choose to conquer their inner demons. It was a liberating experience. Hell, after walking on fire, making a few bucks online doesn’t seem so daunting anymore.
So I just wanted to summarise the major things I got out of the workshop over the next few days. If you’ve listened to any of Tony’s programs before, the content would not be new. I had, but hearing Tony live is truly something I believe every human being who even has a moderate interest in improving themselves must experience. I believe he is one of the rare human beings who has even come close to realising his potential and fulfilled his calling here on earth.
I won’t regurgitate the content of the seminar as such - get any of Tony’s products and you can get a taste for how powerful the information is if you apply it. But I would like to comment on a few other things of note:
- I went to the seminar to create some powerful anchors and neuro associations to help me snap into a peak state when I need to. The trouble was, when i was trying to do this at home, I would always be worried about making too much noise or looking like an idiot to not only others but myself. There’s something about an immersive experience that cuts all those ties and lets you play the game full out. i create 5 POWER anchors - unique movements or gestures that i’ve linked to certain emotions. Trying them out this week, it was quite
freaky. For example when i squeeze my right hand into a fist my breathing rate increases automatically and I get a rush of adrenaline that just shoots me into state.
- I also went to gain better control of my emotions, and experience a richer interpretation of certain positive emotions. It’s quite sad that most people (including myself) go through life - surpressing certain emotions or only feeling small doses of emotions. think about it - life lived to its fullest shouldn’t be toned down, should it? It didn’t disappoint. I laughed until I cried, I jumped up and down in pure joy, I cried and at one point I almost threw up I felt so sick (this was on purpose - Tony made us associate massive pain to limiting beliefs we had).
Try and imagine what 5000 people going through the same process feels like. Powerful stuff.
- Another massive aha moment was this. People work their entire lives dedicated to making money. They sacrifice family, leisure time and their health just to make money. Why do people want money? To buy things, for freedom, to give to other people. Why do people want these things? Because of the FEELING or EMOTION they’ll get after achieving it NOT FOR THE THING ITSELF. People don’t really want pieces of paper with deceased notables on it. They want the feeling they can get by trading those pieces of paper. Now get this -
those feelings you desire ALREADY EXIST inside of you. All you need to do - is transport yourself back to a time when you felt that and re-live the emotion all over again. How about going into the future and experiencing, VIVIDLY that you had already attained what you desire. Feel like you would feel, move like you’d love, breathe like you’d breath - make it vivid enough and you WILL experience the emotions….without spending another cent! How cool is that!
- Finally, on health day, Tony shed some really interesting facts which has led to some positive lifestyle changes for me. He was talking about disease, and also gaining exponentially more energy to power through your day. I had heard conflicting reports about Tony’s philosophies, but in all seriousness the proof in the pudding is Tony’s own energy levels. ANYONE who can go from 9 in the morning till 1am on stage and not lose an iota of energy has more than enough credibility - that alone made me all ears. I speak on stage myself and after about two hours I find I am emotionally and physically starting to wain.
People’s bodies and lifestyles are generally way too acidic. Acid producing foods consume us and it leads to lethargy, disease and a shortened life. What we need is to ALKALISE the body more regularly. Major acidic foods include dairy and meats. Toxins like alcohol,caffeine, sugar, drugs and smoking are obviously highly poisonous and put the body in a distressed state. Major alkalising foods include fruits and vegetables, wheat grass, lemon in water and foods that have high water content. We also need to supplement with omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids as our cell walls are made of fats and most are deficient. Two more key things I implemented was to purchase a rebounder (mini trampoline) - and spend 5 minutes a day to stimulate the circulation of our lymphatic system which for most people is drastically understimulated, and finally retraining myself for deep, lower lung diaphragmatic breathing instead of chest and shoulder breaths like almost everybody does. The way to do this is make sure your belly really distends instead of your shoulder and chest rising. this ensures oxygen gets to your WHOLE lung and not just the top 1/3rd!!! Oxygen is THE most important requirement for your body, a few minutes without it and you’re dead. Don’t deprive yourself.
So there you have it, my major learnings and reflections.
I hope you can take away at least one learning and pply it onto your life!
Cheers to your wealth and health!
West
Ps I’ll leave you with a video I shot of Tony getting 5000 people into a powerful, energetic state! Enjoy!
Is there a reason for your current circumstances?
Everything happens for a reason. Despite how it seems, coincidences simply do not exist. Each seeming coincidence has within it a seed of reason. Consequences come attached to the actions that cause them . There are no coincidences. .What you reap is what you sow!
If you’re not getting what you expected from life, ask yourself what it is you need to do better, or different, to achieve what you want. Do you follow through on your promises? Are you honest? Do you show a true interest in people, especially those you are working with? Do you treat others, as you would like them to treat you? Have you secretly given up hope, simply because you failed once before?
Are you afraid to begin your new assignment, doubtful you will be successful? Do you focus on people’s faults, telling them what bothers you about them, when in fact you are jealous and wish you were more like them? In addition and most important . are you honest with you? Do you think of yourself the way you think about others? Do you love yourself like you love others? Do you feel you are worthy
of everything you desire?
There is another way to explain the mutual and symbiotic connection between your conscious and subconscious mind.
What grows in the latter (subconscious) comes from the seed the former (conscious mind) plants. If you plant weeds, you can’t expect beautiful flowers to grow. What you sow is what you harvest. The fertile soil of your subconscious doesn’t decide if what you are planting is right or wrong, good or bad, it just makes sure the seeds you plant bear fruit. Thoughts fall, like rain, into the fertile soil of your subconscious garden.
Like a real garden, you must pull out the weeds and remove the thorns that are sure to grow. Remember, if you don’t pull up the whole root, the weed will grow back!
When Athletes and Artists Achieve Their Top Results
Top athletes and artists know the state that helps them achieve top results. Psychologists call it a state of great enthusiasm or a state of altered consciousness. Athletes call it the zone..
It happens during the moments of your greatest pleasure; when you forget everything around you and allow yourself to go with the flow, get into the zone, contact your higher self, etc. Your conscious mind rests in the background and doesn’t give any instructions. It is interesting that champions have defined this state of ecstasy as the greatest reward, over glory, prestige or medals.
Looking at when such perfect performances happen, you will discover that they only happen when you.re not burdened with how you will perform. The routine of your experience carry you through. This heightened state will remain as long as you don’t think about the results. It happens all the time in sports someone who is not in the top ranking defeats everyone above them and wins the competition.
They continued anyway, knowing they had no chance to win, and thus freed their mind of all fears of defeat and delivered the best performance of their career.
I attended Tony’s bigger, more detailed seminar “Date with Destiny”, over 6 days and nights at the Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast. This was even more powerful than UPW, and allowed me to examine my rules for life and my rules for certain emotions. Tony’s endurance and energy was not human. It was supposedly his last trip ever to Australia, so I had to capitalise. It was worth every $ I spent (I bought a front row ticket).
