The Best Years of Your Life… Now!

Why do some people achieve transformation in their lives?

How is it they become something much greater than the person they were when they started the journey into the life of their dreams?

The reason is real personal transformation is ultimately a two-step process

Step one: Begins with personal reasons to do something. It can be anything from making a few extra dollars a month - getting out of debt - changing jobs - or wanting to make your dreams come true.

Step two: As a direct result of the “Why” that gets you to make the decision to move your life in a new direction - you will inevitably reach a much more profound - transformational place and decision:

The true purpose for your life

This is where your “why” becomes transformed into something you never expected. In fact this much larger purpose makes your “why” seem trivial in comparison.

Your purpose is when you “tap into” something greater than yourself which empowers you to become something much larger than the limitations of your initial “why”.

True purpose is the difference between those who’s success enlightens them and those who’s success destroys them.

Failure to surrender to your greater purpose - as you become aware of it during your “success” journey - means you will have a series of false starts.

The irony is that no matter which direction you choose to take with your “why” - you will always come face to face with the true purpose for your life.

If you continue to live your life only from your “why” - your life will always be at the “starting line” - and result in a series of dead-end trips - as you continue to try to “find yourself”.

You will be forced to live a life of never ending emotional highs and devastating lows.- and always know in the deepest part of yourself

- that something is missing in your life.

-Bob Baran

Having a vision is not enough - it is nothing more than a fantasy unless you marry it to action.

I often run into people who tell me their “great story” of what they are going to achieve one day. Then, when I ask them what their plan is - you know, how they are going to get from here to there - they get real uneasy - sometimes they get defensive - (I even had a person accuse me of trying to crush their dreams because I asked them how they were going to make it happen)

More often than not - the bigger the “story” the quicker they “get lost” when I start asking questions.

I learned a powerful lesson many years ago about keeping your “dreams” close to your chest - the lesson was this: Keep repeating the story and pretty soon your sub-conscious mind will accept the story as if you already experienced it.

When that happens - all the energy - drive - determination and resolve dissipates - because your sub conscious believes you already experienced it - even though you never really did.

Have you ever heard the old saying: Tell a lie often enough and you’ll believe it’s true - That’s what I’m talking about here.

Don’t confuse what I’m talking about with positive affirmations

I’m a big believer in the power of self-talk - but self-talk isn’t telling “your story” to everyone that comes within three feet of you.

I’m talking about those unfortunate souls who don’t understand that they are wasting precious life energy every time they “tell their story” and never back it up with action.

A vision without action is nothing more than a fantasy

On the other hand, a vision with action is a dream coming true.

-Bob Baran

“Not Interested”? …Or Are You Depressed?

I have a friend in the Seattle area who lost his job a few weeks ago. He’s put in several applications for similar jobs but has been turned down - the economy is the excuse he’s given…

So like too many people he just “going through the motions” of looking for another job. The problem is the job he’s looking for will more than likely never “come back”. It’s been consolidated or eliminated altogether. Only the very best - brightest and frankly lowest paid are going to “qualify” for the few jobs left in his “field”.

Which brings me to the point of this blog:

I told him about an opportunity that would allow him to “cash-in” on his years of experience and profit from what he already knows - in a manner that would bring him a substantial increase in income over any possible job he could find.

The irony is that he could surpass the starting pay of the type of job he’s been trying to find in the next two to three months - within a year or two - several hundred thousands of dollars a year. And yes he knows it’s possible because he’s familiar with the type of opportunity I was telling him about.

He knows it’s possible - he’s not making any progress finding a job -

And now he’s not returning my phone calls or emails…

It’s not like I was “bugging” him. I had one conversation with him where he was very open - then no response.

I don’t think the reason is he’s “not interested” - I think he’s depressed!

I actually think he’s afraid of his own passion. It’s easier to just go through the motions and hold back on hope - then allow himself to dream again.

This is why the world is in a recession

Too many people are afraid to dream…