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There’s Always Time for Candy

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I’m at my publishing office in Dallas this week helping close out the upcoming April issue of SUCCESS (Starbuck’s returning white knight CEO Howard Shultz on the cover – fantastic issue!).
Anyway, the Super Bowl fever here is at an almost hysterical pitch. Reminds me of one of the favorite Super Bowl stories…
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the Joe Montana/Bill Walsh 49ers dynasty years. There is a famous story about Joe Montana who earned the name ‘Joe Cool’ that I love and in it lies a fantastic success lesson.
It was Super Bowl XXIII. The San Francisco 49ers are playing the Cincinnati Bengals. The 49ers are down 16-13. They have only one possession left. They have to drive 92 yards if they hope to win. At the start of this crucial drive Joe exclaims to tackle Harris Brown, “Hey, check it out, in the stands, near the exit ramp, there’s John Candy”. Harris grabs the tight end John Frank and points out Candy to him too, “Hey, John. There’s John Candy”. Fifteen seconds later Joe claps his hands in the huddle and says, “You guys want it? Let’s go.” 11 plays and 92 yards later, Joe Cool leads his team to a touchdown with only 34 seconds left, winning Super Bowl XXIII 49ers 20, Bengals 16.
During crucial and critical times, that is when you need to be most cool. If you are going to lead people, YOU have to be the eye of the storm. You have to bring calm to the situation, you have to be cool… Joe Cool. So the next time you get into a crucial moment, take some time to look around, you just might see John Candy.

Enjoy the Super Bowl. Who are you rooting for? CLICK HERE GIVE YOUR SHOUT OUT IN THE COMMENTS

Darren’s Ketch-up Post: 02-11-11

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Don’t miss a thing! Here’s is a little digest to help you ketch-up (catch-up that is) on the best-of-the-best shared, discussed and past along over the past couple of weeks…
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Darren Hardy Morning Motivation: “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LINK
Darren Hardy Morning Motivation:”When you know clearly what you want, you’ll wake up every morning excited about life.” -Mark Victor Hansen *Did you wake up EXCITED about your life today? LINK
Darren Hardy Don’t buy into the genie in a lamp, sit on your couch & wait to attract the checks in your mailbox, rub crystals, channel a 2000-year-old guru, chant affirmations, ad nauseam “secret” to success. That is hocus-pocus commercialism appealing to your weaknesses, particularly laziness, entitlement, something-for-nothing & lottery mentality. That’s not the way it works. Here is what it takes to be successful: HARD WORK. LINK
Darren Hardy What you give your attention to becomes the reality of your world. Give your attention to scandals, murders, war, fear & brutality & that will program your creative computer & your world around you. Instead, focus your attention on ideas, information & knowledge that can help you grow, prosper, create & contribute to making a positive difference. Turn OFF the rest… it will change your world & your life! LINK
Darren Hardy There is nothing more damaging to your future potential than spending your present dwelling on the past. Whatever has happened is over. Glory or defeat, once the clock struck midnight, the day was done. You are reborn each morning & who you are each day is defined by what you do that day & that day only. You are not your past. You are only your present & your present actions will determine your future. LINK
Darren Hardy Morning Motivation: “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar *Who will you help today? LINK
Darren Hardy I asked Richard Branson if he felt luck played a part in his success. He said, “Yes, of course, we are all lucky. If you live in a free society, you are lucky. Luck surrounds us every day; we are constantly having lucky things happen to us, whether you recognize it or not. I have not been any more lucky or unlucky than anyone else. The difference is when luck came my way, I took advantage of it.” Do you? LINK
Darren Hardy Morning Motivation: “Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” -Peter Marshall *What will you make happen today? LINK

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@DARRENHARDY: Are you getting in the way of your success? Learn strategies to defeat the 9 Self-Sabotaging Behaviors of Sales: http://budurl.com/mt7b

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Every comment shared on this blog, facebook or twitter is cherished – thank you. We picked out a batch that are particularly heart warming. This gives me a great opportunity to organize your glowing comments for all the people who work so hard on SUCCESS and supporting my efforts. Thank YOU again.
@Mojovator Excited about listening to #TheCompoundEffect by @DarrenHardy that just arrived today!!!
@PetraRolander Lstening to The Compound Effect & work on my goals for this year. Power & Results! Thank you!
@AnneDovel Just finished listening to Success Summaries CD. Should have gone to bed, but couldn’t shut it off!
@ControlTemp Listened to the @successmagazine CD twice this weekend. Great selling tips. Keep up the good work.
@lisakoehler kevin hall was AMAZING on the #success audio! Left me w goosebumps and ready to shout ollin!!!!
@MSoregaroli Great article in Jan 2011 #SuccessMagazine on 8 #Resolutions. I read ur mag every month & recommend to clients too.
@jonathanbowen Reading Compound Effect. Incredible. Section on Big Mo changed my life! I’m a steam locomotive!
@Q6Coaching just received my first copy of Success mag. Fantastic! Perfect! Just what I’ve been looking for. Thanks
@lorbaba Best quote fr Compound Effect “Learn less, but study more” The path to mastery. Needed this book yrs ago!
@angiepillars Listening to The Compound Effect while I work at the computer. Great stuff! Highly recommend it!
@letiyy My husband LOVES The Compound Effect. He’s inspired me to read it!
@RobertOlivan My wife is listening 2 Compound Effect! I’m excited for her! Taking step 2 improve her life! Thx a million!

Knocked on Your Tush (Part 1 of 4)

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If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I like to point your attention and creative imagination toward what’s positive and what’s possible in the world—to look for and see the abundance, potential and opportunities of life.
And that is a good thing… and a very necessary thing if we want to move our lives in a positive direction and toward that greater abundance.
BUT, what do you do when you get knocked down. And you will. This is LIFE we are talking about. It is not always blue skies, singing birds and pretty rainbows outside. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it even storms and sometimes it even comes with the added drama (and potential pain) of lightening and thunder. What do you do then, Mr. Sunshine?
That is what we are going to address in this four-part series: When you get knocked on your tush in life, how do you get back up so you are not knocked OUT?
The interesting thing is, during the times of strife, struggle and challenge that the true achievers are born. Never mind the analogy of the true birth experience, having to overcome the incredible obstacles involved in literally being born. But after that first trying experience—and the slap of the doctor and your first cry—it is during the other challenges and obstacles of life when achievers are born.
Martin Luther King Jr. put it this way: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge.” It is only when we are presented with those challenges that we get to separate ourselves from other men and women.

Imagine this: You are at the very top of your game. Let’s say that game is in one of the most competitive and rivaled fields in the entire world. After decades of painful discipline, sacrifice and relentless commitment, you finally rise to the top, the very top in fact, and then tragedy strikes….CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Get IN the Game

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Get IN Your Game

Now that the Super Bowl is over, it’s time to get out of the stands and into the game of YOUR life.
Now I’m all for the spirit, entertainment and release that goes along with cheering on a sports team. At the same time, I do find it odd that many people spend time following and studying the lives of other people more than they do their own.
Again, catching a sporting event when it is on is all good fun; I watched the Super Bowl too (cost me money – lost a bet with my ‘cheese head’ editor in chief). What I’m talking about is the investment some people give to the sports and careers other people are playing and living.

Think about it: What if the time you spend…

  • reading the sports page, you read a self-improvement book?
  • listening to sports talk radio, you listen to an instructional CD?
  • watching ESPN or Sports Center, you watch a seminar DVD or read a book?
  • talking about sports scores and players, you talk about your goals and plans to achieve them?
  • playing fantasy sports, you role-play your key skills training?

How would the trade of that time investment change your life scores and statistics? I’m certain it would make YOU victorious… and far happier.

Oh, and let’s not leave out the non-sports fans. What if the time you spend…

  • reading People magazine and other gossip rags, you read SUCCESS magazine?
  • watching E! Entertainment, TMZ or Access Hollywood, you watched a seminar DVD or read a book?
  • watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians, The Real Housewives, or Jersey Shore, you read a book about YOUR reality?
  • talking (or gossiping) about other people’s lives and foibles, you talked about your lessons learned in life and plans for growth?

How would the trade of that time investment change your life scores and statistics? I’m certain it would make you victorious, and far happier.

What’s the primary difference between the 5% who are wealthy and the rest of the 95% who are not? CLICK HERE TO READ


Knocked on Your Tush (Part 2 of 4)

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Continuing our series on what you do when you get knocked on your keister, let me lay out a four-point plan you can use to overcome any obstacle you will ever face in life—a plan to turn any tragedy or setback into triumph.

Here is No. 1: I interviewed Roger Crawford recently, who was born with a physical handicap that affected all four of his limbs from the elbows down and from the knees down, leaving him with two fingers on his left wrist on one on his right, a partially developed right leg with three toes, and his left leg from the knee down was amputated. But he became a world-class tennis player, recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the most accomplished athletes in history.
During our interview Roger made this very profound statement: “We are, often times, the one who creates our own handicaps.” Meaning, many times our obstacles are self-induced. Or, even real obstacles continue to have a hold on us because of these mental handicaps. I think we lose proper perspective. So true.
This might help you gain perspective…
A few nights ago my wife was feeling a bit stressed and down about a project that had not gone according to plan. She left the house in a bummed out mood and came back a transformed human being. I asked her what the heck happened and she told me the story of Jimmy…
Jimmy always has a big giant smile on his face. Jimmy cleans people’s fingernails and toenails for a living. Georgia, curious why this man is always so happy, asked how he grew up. Jimmy explained he was one of nine from a very large Vietnamese family. Jimmy’s father had been loyal to the American military during the Vietnam War. He was ordered to pay restitution, which was promised to be an imprisonment term of 2 1/2 weeks. Three and a half years later, weak, starving and brutalized in what turned out to be a labor camp, his father was released.

With his release, Jimmy’s father was determined to leave Vietnam and take his wife and nine children to the United States. To do so they had to… CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE STORY