Hey There,
Last year, our family participated in the Homestay program where USA high school kids come and stay with you for two nights as part of their 21-day journey in Australia. This time we housed two girls from New Mexico and exposed them to drop bears, vegemite and straight bananas. Our boys had great fun entertaining them and I got to repeat all my bad jokes. (They really enjoyed the one about what the name “Randy” really means in Australia.)
It’s moments like these when you are sharing your values and culture with others, that you realize the richness in your life is measured in what you prioritize. It’s very confronting to write down your priorities and then write down what you spend your time on. The gap between these two lists are often bigger than the Grand Canyon. I promise you the actions and behaviour you show today are more powerful than any strategic plan, goal setting exercise or dream chart because everyone can do something each day. It’s time to focus on your priorities…
The richness in your relationships is built on time and moments in time, whereas you build emotional equity when you give time and service which magnifies the lives of others. Think about that for a moment. If you are in the personal development or wealth creation game, you genuinely want to impact lives. So, ask yourself, what lives are you magnifying? I was watching a clip of Will Smith on Oprah and he said the best actors effectively communicate and translate the power of the human spirit.
So as leaders, it’s important to communicate the value of what you do and translate it into a language your customers understand. Here’s a quick exercise if you want extra credit points. Bill yourself for an hours consultation with yourself and donate the funds to charity. I really mean this. The first time I did this, I didn’t understand the significance of it. It took about the third time to realize that most of us dispense great advice when working on other people’s businesses or opportunities but find it too confronting to look in our own backyards. The acres of diamonds are closer than you think if you are prepared to dig…schedule your day sooner than later.
There’s a constant battle between your conscious mind and your subconscious mind. While the conscious mind is governed by choice, the subconscious mind is automatic. Listen, there’s many people out there teaching you how to bridge this gap, so I wanted to do something a little different and maybe give you a different perspective. Remember, your life always follows your dominant thoughts so it’s important to guard your mind against values, beliefs and stories that don’t serve you anymore.
By reprogramming your mind, you will create a whole new stream of consciousness that will flow into your river of dreams. And what I’ve found is when one dream dies, another dream is automatically formed whether you are conscious or not. For me, it was Tony Robbins. I listened to Tony Robbins everyday for 60 days. I would put one CD on and listen and I found over time, he helped me transform my beliefs about myself and my abilities. Who is speaking to you about your strengths and abilities?
It’s important to expand your mind of what’s possible. Breaking the barriers of the past and limiting beliefs will allow you to sow seeds into your vacuum for a brighter future. A new start. Developing a healthy self-image of yourself is the foundations of creating a magnet that will attract wealth and prosperity into your life. How you see yourself and what you say to yourself when you are by yourself is one of the most powerful impacts you can introduce to your life. Why? Because it’s been shown time and time again that you can never grow beyond the image you have of yourself in your own mind. It’s the self-imposed glass ceiling.
Most things taught at seminars are tactics, bright shiny objects that distract you from what you are suppose to do. I remember going to one of the first big internet events to see if they could actually pull off the challenge and was impressed with what they did. It was only years later when I discovered that the whole “process” was engineered and most people couldn’t achieve those results. And I’ve found there’s people out there that have built their whole business on a lie, in an artificial environment that serves no one in the long term. That’s why speakers and seminar promoters come and go. The only guy that has outlasted everyone is Tony Robbins who has been doing it successful for over 32 years. Tony will be coming back again to Australia so keep a lookout if you have never experienced him before.
When the internet first started, you had to have a website to succeed. Then you HAD to run Google Adwords, then E-zines, followed by your Blog. As I write today, it’s social media and video marketing that are the must do tactics and I’m sure next year there will be more new tactics where people smarter than Google have worked it out for the rest of us. Really…
I remember one of my mentors said to me, 99% of life is opinions and only 1% is facts. And I also know businesses that continue to thrive despite the internet and all it’s advances.
Having said that, it’s been fun watching the birth and maturity of this industry. The problem with internet education is that it’s changing so fast and there’s so many opinions out there. In fact, if you listened to every internet expert, you would end up more confused than ever. And the difficult thing is there’s no real clear path or leader at the moment because the industry is still so new. It’s also interesting to note that some of the leaders in internet marketing are getting out to establish “real” businesses.
I mean at the moment, I’m after affiliate managers and social media managers for clients but there’s no university certified course for these professions. And any course that gets certified would almost be irrelevant given the process it has to go through. So what do you do? I recommend following a handful of people only. Choose the people that resonate with you and what you are trying to do. There’s many ways to be right and if you are one of those people that have to know everything before you get started, then you may be disappointed going down this path. Sometimes, the best way to start is a working model and then build up from there.
I hope you have enjoyed this issue. Remember to leave your feedback as this helps me determine the direction and growth of this publication. As “things are a changin”, I look forward to updating you more later. There will be no member calls this week as I will be on the road with my boys for the first week of the school holidays. I will be starting my book which is an exciting project for me and will be refining the mastermind program that many of you have requested.
Nothing is missing…your ideas have currency to impact the world.
Simplify Life,
CHEN TAY
P.S Remember, http://www.tedxbyronbay.com is on July 31st. This is one of my projects with the highest priority at the moment and it’s been great to see so many people are joining us. If you haven’t yet, I encourage you so take time out and meet great people and share ideas that are shaping this new world…
