From: Brendon Burchard
Date: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Transformation Truth #1 (from Brendon)
To: Joseph Peck

Hi Joseph,

Welcome to my Transformation Truths Coaching Program!

Once a week for the next 8 weeks, I’ll coach you by asking you to consider eight blunt statements about your current life experience. These statements will guide you, in straightforward terms, to take a direct look at how your life is going. I call these statements “transformation truths” because, if internalized, they are powerful enough to change your life. I ask that you consider the truths in these short newsletters with complete candor. As President James A. Garfield said, “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” So please know that while these Truths may force you to address a few things that need to change in your life they will also set you on a path to creating a life and career that matters.

Your first Truth is below. Enjoy!

– Brendon
Author, Life’s Golden Ticket

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Transformation Truth #1: Either You’re Moving Forward, or Not

 
By Brendon Burchard
Founder, Experts Academy, and author of Life’s Golden Ticket

“Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.” – Thomas Carlyle

We were all born to move forward. That’s how our bodies were designed: to crawl, to walk, to run forward at a high speed. We were meant to stretch and grow and push ourselves toward our destinies and dreams.

Unfortunately, many of us have forgotten this and have gotten trapped in our current lives because of it. We’ve let our responsibilities and the need for safety weigh us down. We’ve stopped taking the leaps and bounds and chances needed to get us closer to the life we desire. Tragically, we’ve settled into jobs that lead nowhere, relationships that sink our spirits, and habits that hold us back. It’s not difficult to understand why so many people have anxiety attacks or undergo midlife crises—you would, too, if you woke up one morning and realized you were nowhere near the life you always dreamed of living.

I want to help you consciously conduct a progress check on your life—right now, today.

I want you to look at your life and ask these simple questions:

? Am I closer to the life of my dreams this year than I was last year?

? Have I been charging ahead in life, standing still, or falling behind?

? Am I truly moving forward toward my dreams, or am I simply conning myself into believing that I’m just “waiting for the right time to make my move”?

I emphasize the word “truly” in the last question, and in all eight of the transformation truths, because it doesn’t allow you much wiggle room. If I simply asked you, “Are you moving forward in life?” you might be able to con yourself and say, “Well, I’m sort of moving forward.” But the word “truly” means you have to be a little more honest and straightforward with yourself. I do this because there can be no “sort-of’s” if you hope to take an accurate, honest inventory of your life. Deep down, you know it’s a cop-out to say, “I’m sort of advancing toward my dreams.” That’s like saying, “I am moving forward, but I’m just taking baby steps right now.”

Alert: Baby steps may be okay for starting out, but just taking baby steps without bold steps and big risks ensures that your life will forever be stuck in its infancy.

Read this truth again: Either you are truly moving forward, or you are not. How do you feel when you read that? If you feel a sense of strength and pride because you know you’re giving your all to achieve your dreams, good for you.

If, however, you wince a little at this truth, then you know it’s time to transform your life. You should interpret that small “uh-oh” in the back of your mind as a clarion call to stop and do some serious stocktaking and figure out why you’ve gotten stuck in life, and what you need to do to get moving again.

Isn’t it true that no matter how successful you are right now, you could be making more and faster progress towards your dreams?

Isn’t it true that you’ve been holding back a little bit, that there’s more “you” that could be showing up each day, vibrantly and passionately?

Isn’t it true you already know what you have to stop doing and start doing to move forward right now?

At this point, a lot of people who hire me as a life coach or attend my events say, “I don’t know why I’m stuck in life, and I don’t know how to get going again.”

To these people I gently reply, “Yes, the fact is, you do know. All the answers lie within you.”

Then, in order to prove this to them, I often give them a sentence-completion activity. I write the start of a sentence and I let them finish it. For example, I’ll give them a statement that says, “To move forward in my life again, the first thing I have to do is…” It’s amazing how fast they can complete the sentence. They’ll immediately say, “Finally ask for a promotion,” or “Stop beating myself up over the past,” or “Ask for some help,” or “Stand my ground rather than get steamrollered.”

Most clients are surprised at how immediately they know exactly how to finish the sentence. They feel a renewed sense of confidence and competence when they know that they have all the answers within them.

I’m going to give you similar sentence-completion activities throughout these 8 weeks of coaching, which I call transformational turning points. I’d rather do these live with you, but I think you’ll still discover this newsletter series empowering by itself. When you complete these simple yet profound statements, your life will turn the corner and you will begin to move closer to your dreams. Below are the turning points for this truth. So stop, grab your journal, write down each statement, and finish it as honestly and thoroughly as you can.

Transformational Turning Points:

? The main reason I am where I am in life right now is because I chose to…

? The main areas of my life where I seem to be spinning my wheels are…

? The weight that I’ve been carrying around on my shoulders that has prevented me from moving forward is…

? The dream that I absolutely must start moving toward once again is…

? The first step I’m committed to taking right now is…
Next week’s Transformation Truth will likely disturb you. (It’s about your career:). Stay tuned. Until then, stay focused on taking action on this week’s Truth.

As you move forward, may the gates to possibility always swing wide open for you.

In friendship,

– Brendon

ps. Have you heard me talk about life’s last three questions? If not, you can see the video at http://www.brendonburchard.com/videos
About Brendon
Brendon Burchard is the author of Life’s Golden Ticket and a highly-acclaimed life strategist, leadership speaker and business consultant.

Meet Brendon at http://www.BrendonBurchard.com.

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When preparing your presentation, make sure you have specific answers to these seven critical teleseminar interview questions.

1) WHY is [TOPIC] so important for our listeners to achieve greater success?

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4) WHAT IF any of our listeners got started today with [TOPIC] – what would their life look like in say, 30 days? 90 days? 1 year? How about 3 years?

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You have the WHY learner, the WHAT learner, the HOW learner, and the What IF learner. Be sure to ask and answer these questions in this order.

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Mt 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (NAS) Teach them all I commanded you.

Did you know that Jesus gave us 50 commandments to take to the nations?

The 50 commandments of Christ will change a nation. Notice how Jesus commands us to both preach repentance and TEACH THEM TO “OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I COMMANDED YOU”. We tend to focus on getting people saved, or born again. That is certainly the start. This however is called the “Gospel of Salvation.”

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There are in fact seven mountains or world kingdoms that make up the matrix in which the culture of every nation exists. These mountains are also called “mind molders”, because the person who controls the tops of these mountains has leverage over the minds and lives of those beneath in every other mountain. The church has a message for each of these mountains. We need to both demonstrate the power of God and recover our confidence in the practical, life changing dynamic that is unleashed when society is built on non optional universal life principles- the commandments of Christ! It is the absence of this moral foundation that explains why it is easier to liberate a country from dictatorship than it is to bring it into order and prosperity once the dictator is out of power.

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Yesterday I had one of the most bizarre days of my life, in a good sense.

Then this morning, I had a very powerful and humbling 2-way dialog with the LORD. In follow up to that, I posted a new message at Journal777 titled “You’re being a know-it-all is what’s getting in your way!”

For the past few years I’ve wanted to record the audio for my written Life Story, sharing what my life was like before I met Jesus, how I met Jesus, and what my life has been like since.

As a result of my 2-way journaling time this morning, I finally did that. And then I posted my Testimony (written and audio) on all my major blogs.

If interested in listening to or downloading my audio testimony, please see
http://yourdailyblessing.com/welcome/testimony/

Blessings to BE transparent and share your own life story!

Randy Peck, M.D.
“Blessed to be a blessing”
THE CONNECTOR and The Journal Guy

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