In this episode of Max Mind Set, I talk about the importance of recognizing when you’re contributing to the inartistic graffiti in your head through negative self talk whether it’s before a workout, business meeting or engaging in a relationship.

There are two simple words can make the difference between success and failure.

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When you train your whole life to become the best at a particular sport or any endeavor for that matter you are bound to run into opposition.

That opposition can take many forms.

It can show up as an ill timed injury, bad coaching, a losing strategy, or even some of your own limiting beliefs. But many times that opposition has a name and a face.

It’s that one athlete or group of players standing on the other side of the field planning to run your ass over and keep you from your objective.

How would you define that opponent for you?

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You could run from it, avoid it, dismiss it, even hide from it. Or you could walk right through it.

In this video I share how a group of courageous people use the fear of being burned to break through what’s been holding them back and in the process have an opportunity to transform their lives.

This one is so good for those of us who are fooling ourselves about the impact of our daily practices… when in actuality all we are doing is repeating the same unchallenging routines.

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“What do you believe is the number one most important component in the entire fitness puzzle?”

Here are your choices:

1.  Nutrition
2.  Exercise
3.  Mindset

I surveyed a group of 500 fitness/exercise enthusiasts who had illustrated their commitment to improving their health, stamina and over all physical appearance – that very question.

Almost unanimously they agreed that mindset was far and away the most important factor in fitness success. 

And yet… admittedly only 12% of the group was actively investing any real time, energy and resources towards improvement in that area.

We’ve all seen super star athletes crumble under the pleasure or literally talk themselves out of victory when it was already in the palm of their hand.

Why?

When it comes to taking your knowledge and experience and making it shine in the real world, on stage or in your business as a winner… confidence and how you handle stress will always be mitigating factors.  Meaning… those things will either help you rise above the competition or f__k you up bad.

The truth is the only thing holding you back from being a champion in your own life… is you!

And yet we can’t eliminate you from the equation… can we? So you have no choice but to improve you – from the inside out.

Improve what’s going on inside and you will massively improve the results you achieve on the outside.

So, if “Mindset” is indeed the #1 most important factor in your success… how much, if any time, energy and resources are you investing in that area?  

If, for example your overall commitment to your fitness success requires a minimum of 8 hrs a day (24 hrs – 8 sleep – 8 work = 8 hrs remaining) and 2½ of those hrs are devoted to training and another 2½ to meal prep and eating… shouldn’t, at minimum, the remaining time 2½ hrs be devoted to learning and developing the mental strategies and the psychology of a championship mindset?

Most would-be-champions would rather invest that time in partying.

The choice is yours… winner or loser?

Here are three tips for investing your time for a Max Mind Set return on investment:

1. Read at least one hour a day on the subject of mind set, confidence, success strategies or inspiring stories of success.
2. One hour a day to listening to or watching training programs about overcoming fear, finding motivation, relaxation techniques, and strategies for success.
3. Practice visualization techniques NOW so that you can learn to relax and feel confident when you are on stage instead of stressed and overwhelmed.

Here is a great program to get you started and it’s free!

See you in the winner’s circle!

Accountability…Who Needs It?

We surveyed 32 random people regarding the importance or unimportance of accountability in the achievement of a goal or objective.

The results clearly indicate that the vast majority of people surveyed either have experienced positive results with, or believe that having someone (mentor, coach, partner) keep them accountable to what they say they are going to do or achieve will or has helped them achieve the desired or stated outcome.

This runs counter to much of the anecdotal and empirical evidence suggesting that sharing your goal with someone else can, as a result of the immediate gratification of sharing the goal, actuality reduce motivation and the likelihood of achieving it.

Below are the actual Survey questions and results

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The truth is accountability and especially accountability partners can be a HUGE pain in the ass. But truthfully I know of very few of us including the greatest athletes in the world who have the discipline, presence of mind and sheer will power to keep themselves on track and accountable all the time – especially to those big audacious commitments.

We all slip now and then… but to keep us from slipping too far or repeating the same mistake twice we may need someone to call us on our shit when it shows up.

In this episode of Max Mind Set I address the issue of accountability and how without it we can easily fall off the commitment wagon.

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Then come back and take my Accountability Survey

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Here are the Survey results

Ready to rock… then check it out.

Get Audacious in 2012

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How BIG a game did you play in 2011

Chances are, like your neighbors up the street and millions of other people, you were directed less by a sense of desire and ambition and more by a need for survival.  As a collective we contracted last year like we have for the past 3 years and as a result we experienced very little GROWTH… personally or collectively.

Can you even remember  the goals or “resolutions”  you set for yourself last year… more importantly did you achieve them?

Perhaps you did. Maybe you stopped smoking, gave up the booze, started a diet, asked your boss for a raise or read a book a month. If so – bravo. But the odds are you either didn’t set any goals or don’t even remember your goals.

And there’s an even greater likelihood  that if you did set some goals, like the ones I mentioned above, you didn’t come close to achieving them.

WHY?

It’s simple,  those objectives aren’t ambitious enough to invoke even the slightest bit of excitement much less passion…

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