Dressing For Success

By
Jill Koenig
Author, Coach,
Motivational
Speaker

Here's a quick little tip you can use to quickly transform yourself and the intensity of your energy in mere seconds. This can be adjusted to apply to any business presentation, athletic event, hot date, or virtually any situation. Here's one example:

This past Sunday we celebrated my nephew's birthday. Miles counted down the days until he turned 5 years old. In America, that's a milestone age because it means you will soon enter kindergarten. It's a rite of passage into the next phase of becoming a big kid.

As I arrived at the party, Miles saw me walk in and a huge, warm glowing smile overtook his face. It seemed every cell in his little body was smiling. You could just feel his happiness. I melted in his glow. His smile radiated pure joy and he lit up every time someone walked in the door because he knew it was his special celebration and his special day. Throughout the day, that smile never left his face and I thought, THIS is what every person should feel on their birthday. Miles is a sensitive sweetheart of a boy, very gentle and very affectionate. He is also quite a cuddler.


Miles reveled in his party and went crazy every time he opened another gift. He loved and was grateful for everything he received. I have to credit my sister with hitting the jackpot in the favorite gift department. She got Miles a Spiderman outfit that was bold and sleek and came equipped with built in bulging muscles! We played with his toys one by one and finally we put him in his Spiderman costume. I was in awe how his energy instantly changed the very second he put the Spiderman costume on. He suddenly became strong, fierce and intensely confident. His posture transformed, his chest stuck out and he held his head high. He walked with a slow menacing pace. He was silent and his body language did all the talking for him. It seemed like the piercing look in his eyes alone could overtake any foe. He literally became a superhero right before our eyes.

The fact is that anytime we want, we can transform ourselves in the same manner. Not necessarily with a Spiderman costume, (although if that's your thing then go for it), but with our best suit for a big presentation or a sassy party dress for the big ball. I have my own rituals that I utilize to get myself into a focused state of mind. Before I workout, I stretch and visualize my outcome and I have a bandanna that I put on to keep my long hair out of my face when I run. That's the ritual and tool I use to program myself to attack my workout and achieve my goal in a champion's state of mind. My rituals leave me feeling ten feet tall and bullet-proof. I know I can do anything. That is the mindset you want to be in when you invest time and energy into a goal or activity. You will achieve far greater results.

Every great athlete has a ritual they perform before they begin. Michael Jordan put on his college shorts underneath his NBA uniform throughout his entire career. Tiger Woods won 37 golf tournaments wearing the same red Nike golf polo shirt. Many professional athletes listen to a certain song to get pumped up while they're putting on their uniform. Remember that it is sometimes one or two little things that make the biggest difference between doing merely ok or experiencing a totally rocking kick butt SUCCESS!

If you don't already have one, come up with a ritual, something that will help you ignite a certain hyper-focused state of mind. Whatever you do, have fun with it and use this approach to achieve your desired outcome by dressing for success in every key activity!

Happy Birthday Spiderman.

Live Your Dreams,

Jill Koenig

http://www.GoalGuru.com

Write It Down

By Jill Koenig
Author, Coach, Motivational Speaker

There is great power in writing your goals on paper. Here is a real life story about one man who put his pen to paper at the most trying times in his life. His written words got him through the tough times and laid the groundwork for a phenomenal future.

In 1992, inspired after hearing Oprah Winfrey say to write things down, a young man wrote a series of letters to himself in an effort to find catharses for his own childhood pain. You see, as a boy his father was verbally and physically abusive towards him. The boy found refuge in his writing, which infuriated his father. His father even tried to beat that joy out of him.

When this young man was in his 20's, a friend read his writing and thought it was incredible and encouraged him to do somthing with it. His first play was titled "I Know I've Been Changed." At first the play bombed and the young man even became homeless for a time. However, he persisted and the next play he presented sold out and was a huge success! The man's name is Tyler Perry and he is now a very successful playwright, director, producer and actor. He has written and starred in 10 major screenplays and several movies. His works break box office records all over America and his plays have grossed more than $100 million and counting. Seven years ago he was homeless. He is now a multi-millionaire at only 35 years old.


Here is what Tyler Perry says about writing through his challenges:



"I had all of this negativity coming at me, and I learned that a positive word is MUCH more powerful than a negative word."



Tyler Perry went from abused youth to homeless to multimillionaire because he had the determination to follow through and write his own future.

Write YOUR own future. Your written goals become your blueprint for your life. Become the author of your own story, creator of your destiny.

Write your goals on paper. Let your written words speak to the possibility of what your life can be when you believe.


Jill Koenig

http://www.GoalGuru.com

Jay Abraham Product Review

By Jill Koenig
Author, Coach, Motivational Speaker

I have studied the most successful business strategists in the world. I have learned a great deal over the years and I paid a small fortune to obtain this information so that I could apply it to my own endeavors and utilize it in working with my coaching clients.

In my library, I have almost an entire bookcase of material from Jay Abraham that didn't come cheap. I refer to it all the time, as his formulas are truly timeless. They are some of highest priced works on the market today on the subject of building a successful business and frankly, much of his products are exclusive, available only to those who pay $5,000+ to attend one of his seminars and spend thousands more in travel and lodging.

I know I have a lot of readers who are starting or growing a business so I wanted to recommend this because no business library is complete without the best works of Jay Abraham. I just learned that for the first time he is offering the best of his best works for pennies on the dollar. I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself.

If you are a serious business builder, check it out at:

http://www.MillionaireBootcamp.com

I have never seen his materials at this kind of bargain price.

It comes with my highest recommendation.

Jill

http://www.GoalGuru.com

Are You Committed ?

By Jill Koenig
Author, Coach, Motivational Speaker

I am surrounded by entrepreneurs. I meet people everyday with big ideas. However, not everyone is committed to their own brainchild and to bringing those ideas to life.

Let's begin by looking at the word commit.


Definition:

Commit: to bind, as by a promise: pledge: entrust, consign, perform


Too often people use the word "committed" rather loosely when they are referring to their goals. Frequently a person will use the word committed when the reality is they are merely "interested." The difference in the meanings between the two words is enormous.



Committed does not mean "interested."


Committed does not mean to "try."



To commit means to do and to keep doing, and to keep doing, and to keep doing until completed.

The larger your goal is, the longer it is going to take to reach your outcome and the greater the commitment it will require. The longer it is going to take to achieve the goal, the more time and opportunities there are for things to happen that invite you to veer off course from your goal.

You must learn to sustain your drive and focus on your goal throughout everything.

You cannot be ambiguous about your dreams. Nothing magical ever happens without your commitment.

Greatness happens when you are truly committed to something or someone. People around you can feel it. Your burning desire is contagious. Determination is infectious. Not only do peers become inspired to help you and support you, but they also feel more inspired to go after their own dreams. The collective effect of that type of synergy can move mountains.

The number one reason people don't reach their goals is because they never really committed to them in the first place. Committed people don't quit.

The best planning cannot predict every obstacle. Sure you can foresee the possibility of bumps in the road when things don't go as planned, but are you COMMITTED to find the ways around them when those pesky problems arise? If you're not committed, then you will likely not find the solutions or alternative approach to your ultimate destination. You cannot find the answers to a problem and move forward when you are also looking at the exit door. Your mind can only focus on one thing at a time. Focus on the solution. Become a solution oriented person. The human will is one of the most powerful forces in the world. And where there's a will, there's a way. If you don't have the will, the commitment, the perseverance or the determination, you will never find the way.



There are millions of ideas and inventions that are sitting on a shelf or in someone's attic or even worse, in a grave somewhere because someone gave up. Maybe they were one more action, one more day or one person away from success, but they quit instead. The world will be forever deprived of that thing, that gift that was placed in them that only they could bring… perhaps it was a song, a book, a movie, a painting, a company or something that might have changed the world for the better. We look at the Bill Gates' and the Thomas Edisons and the Oprahs of the world and we think they had a higher intelligence about this or that. What they were/are is COMMITTED. They had gifts, ideas and talents and persisted. While en route to their vision, they attracted and teamed up with other great minds, people who could help propel that vision forward. When something didn't go as planned, they never considered quitting, ever. When the hours were long and the money was short, their passion and drive sustained them through every adversity.

Did you know Thomas Edison tested over 10,000 inventions that DID NOT work before he found the one that DID work? All of his brilliance would have been wasted without commitment, without perseverance. What if he quit after 5,000 "failures?" We wouldn't even be talking about him, we would be talking about the person who persisted with his ideas and theories after he quit.



In what areas of your life did you take a stab at something before you quit? Some people are constant quitters. That's why they're not the Thomas Edison or the Bill Gates of their industry or genre. The greats of the world are so clear and committed about what they want to accomplish, they cannot even fathom quitting. They are masters at setting and pursuing goals.


The harder you work, the luckier you get.



Sometimes when two people have the same goal, it is the one who is more committed who will win. Lance Armstrong continued to ride his bike in the off season after every Tour De France while his competitors took it easy, decreased and even dropped their bike training. They went back to their off season junk food diets. That is why Lance Armstrong is a Champion. He was committed.

When these successful people tried 10 ways that didn't work, they found 10 more and when those didn't work they found 10 more. When you get stuck...Andd you will, if your dream is worth having, and if you are committed, you will find 10 more ways. You will also build your own belief in yourself.

If you set a goal that you estimate will take many weeks, months or even years, there are going to be hundreds, if not thousands of moments during that time where you are going to have to work through a challenge, and the strength to accomplish this originates primarily from your own commitment. Your promise to yourself and your promise to others are internally driven. You must commit to rise above all circumstance and bring out the best in yourself. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to.

Your greatest adversities are your greatest teachers. If you quit on your dreams, you'll never learn the lesson. If you keep avoiding the lessons by quitting at the first sign of struggle, you will keep experiencing the same thing over and over with each new thing you "try." If all you ever do is that which is easy, what kind of growth do you think you will experience? Inner strength is something you build inside yourself by committing, by continually improving yourself, and by standing up with courage in the face of obstacles. Learn to do what is difficult even when you don't want to. Learn to take the next step even when you are afraid. Every challenge is followed by a victory for those who persist.

A dream without a plan is only a wish. A plan without a commitment is fantasy.

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.

Commit to and pursue your goals and dreams with everything you've got. I'll see you at the top.


Live Your Dreams!

Jill Koenig

http://www.GoalGuru.com