Many of you will know that I have spent my last 2 Christmases in a Lebanese restaurant – alone… anyway – I wanted to make sure it’s not the same this year and I booked me and my girlfriend in with my friends James and Licia in Bath… I actually came down a few days earlier and we did some very useful review and planning… on Christmas Day we did a little walk around the Royal Crescent area and recorded this little video for you.
I would really ask you to spend a bit of time to do that yourself. Review your 2009 and a little plan for 2010. I don’t want to do that in a heavy way, but just checking what you didn’t like about it 2009 and how to not repeat it in 2010. So if you want 2010 to be different and want to grow as a person – just let yourself know… once you have a little plan – it will be a lot easier to achieve your goals.
as Jim Rohn used to say – ‘Have your own plan or you will become part of someone else’s plan…’
On my journey’s to explore meaning and purpose and enjoy the journey I wanted to escape the cold weather for a bit and went to Cyprus.
James and I wanted to meet Mark V, creator of the incredible system and hang out strategising and talking 2010…
What I loved about it so far: weather, food, making recurring passive income, working in the sunshine…. having some cool dinner conversations and meeting great IM guys….
Back in a few days… question: could you live like this…. I start thinking I could. – To be explored.
James and I both talked a lot about having taken the leap of faith and quitting day jobs to live this amazing new life of choice and freedom! bring it on!
I still owe you a update on my birthday and an apology for not doing the birthday boat party for the children’s foundation…
With the launch of Yibbies and the two 3 day workshops coming up I just felt I couldn’t do it justice….
So instead I decided to take my first in many working breaks abroad, embracing the internet lifestyle. I am here with my business partner James and both our partners….
check out the video below and please note: this is NOT a watch me I am so cool I am a millionaire BS…. it’s a concept I would love many more people to try and see how it feels for them…. for me? it feels great!
Btw, the video was done with the new ipod nano… love it… check it out in an apple store near you!
as always, please let me have your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below….
2nd September, me talking to 1000 people in London – people loving it, people signing up, friends supporting me, my children being there for me, tears of joy and tears of laughter, stories of life and memories of sadness… and as the success and emotion moves my heart and warms my soul – there it is… the little nagging niggly voice…. there was one person that said you could have done one thing differently…. ????? and the self flagellation starts…
maybe you have the same ‘problem’ – aah – challenge…. I call it the black-spot-syndrom. you have this whole canvas of pure white and there is a tiny black spot – and you obsess about it. you walk into a room with 1000 ceiling lights – and 1 is broken – and you can’t stop seeing it. you do a great job and get 99 things right – yet your ‘little voice’ keeps pointing out the ‘1 thing that you could have done better’. thank you very much!
Sounds familiar? then you need little voice management like I do. It will not go away, but there are a few ways to efficiently learn to deal with it…. I have learned different techniques from different people – from Tony Robbins to Harv Eker to Blair Singer to my spirtual guru of my yoga days…. one thing they all say – you can’t fight it. you got to deal with it. Tony says ‘dance with your fear’, Harv says ‘thank you for sharing’ and Blair has written a whole book with simple strategies to deal with our little voice.
Don’t focus on it, forgive yourself, put it into perspective, talk to others about it, but under no circumstances – take it too seriously.
talk soon – please put 9th October in your diary… I will tell you why very soon
Daniel
PS: When I was in the US a few weeks ago, we learned a great technique: ” ‘name of friend’, I love and respect you and don’t give a d**n what you think about me”
It’s important we don’t make our mood or actions dependent on what others think….
when I jumped into the rowing boat at Cliveden (beautiful National Trust property in Bucks) I realised that it was EXACTLY like life…. and how you do one thing is how you do anything. First of all I learned there is the ’stroke’ and then the ‘recovery’. And they say that the best rowers spend more time in recovery and less ‘in the water’… another thing that is obvious is that using the oar is using leverage… (try using your hands instead and see how you go . Next is that you actually have the back towards where you are going so you need a team or partner to look out for you…. and help you enjoy the journey .
Gorgeous day, enjoy the 2 and a bit minute long video. Please let me know your thoughts and comment below….
it’s been a while. and a lot has changed. life moves at such a pace – it’s only 7 months ago I started MyInternetMarketingTutor.com! I have recorded a 6 minute video this morning with some insights about life, business and myself which is just right from the heart.
I am actually getting tired of some of what happens in my industry. so much hype and BS… I sometimes don’t even want to go on stage – but then I think if I don’t go on then there is no chance I can work with people and teach them and they will most likely buy someone else’s course who cares less and buggers off to somewhere far away after the event….
anyway. went to the gym this morning and learned a few lessons of life. Affirm the truth if you want to make progress. Success is subjective and then later on – being stupid is not a problem (as long as you are not being stupid all the time)…
Watch the video below, give me feedback or comments please.
I don’t know if you can relate, and maybe it’s just me, but I had for so many years (39 and a half to be precise) a whole list of great ‘reasons’ (or excuses) why I couldn’t do well in life. being austrian (I still am of course, but I don’t see that as a reason anymore… thanks Arnie), being in a religious group, my relationships…and so on.
Now that they are gone I am faced with the freedom that means no more excuses… what am I to do? settle for what? any advice accepted
now, just some food for thought. If you are burning the candle on both ends but are in your flame, would you be using your wax? mmh. anyway, what I am trying to say is that you can live as intensely as you like, if you do what is your flow, it will not cause you too much of a strain or take away your natural energy.
I have been experimenting (not on purpose, more like a moth to the flame kind of thing) with this and if you do anything you want, just checking your ‘inner compass from time to time, life has an amazing amount of colour, vibrancy, flavour and richness! this can only be experienced if you audaciaously throw away the fear of rejection, play full out, don’t worry about the future or the past and literally pretend that the ageing process has only affected your body…
Enough of my February musings… I have a few weekend speaking gigs ahead and looking forward to some more buzz on stage…. check out my events page here…
speak soon, keep tweeting, life is for living and living is…. you got it
oh, did I mention I finally went full time into being who I am? (given up my job after it being just ridiculous)
Daniel
PS: thanks to the following human beings for their light and flavour . Acronym fun for all to share: LDW, AGM, (they are easy you double surname individuals…), GP, JR, MO….
In the same spirit I thought ‘why not cleanse myself, don’t eat for 21 days and share the results with you’… Ok, first let me say: don’t do this at home. I had a doctor checking me and the diet is actually something that is established in proven.It is mainly done in Austria and Germany. (http://www.fxmayr.com).
So in essence: I lost 18 pounds! Cool. My eyes are clear again. I saved some money on food and washing up liquid. So all good. Below you see some video evidence…. Btw, before you ask…
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