What Makes a True Champion?

Lessons we can learn from a horse named Zenyatta

by guest author Allison Maslan

Allow me to talk with you about a very grand race horse named Zenyatta.

Have you heard of her? Zenyatta is an undefeated American Thoroughbred racehorse that has defied the odds to win her last 18 races straight. She will most likely go down in history as one of the greatest and most loved race horses of all time.

What do you think makes Zenyatta a champion? What makes everyone who has the honor to watch Zenyatta in action cheer her to the finish line as they wipe tears of joy from their eyes?

Is it her speed? Is it her elegant poise? Is it the way she intentionally works the crowd with her signature prance and playful strut after every victory?

Yes. She is all of these things. And more…

The black beauty, Zenyatta, miraculously glides by the other horses as if she has magical wings. She knows just the right time to work her strategy, move out of the pack, and soar to the finish line. And she does it with grace and style.

But what really makes Zenyatta a true champion is that she wants to do nothing less than win.  Zenyatta knows she is a champion. She knows she has the win inside of her, and she never settles for less.

Why am I talking to you about this extraordinary horse?

Zenyatta is the perfect example of what it takes to be victorious and live your true purpose in your life and work. She reaches for the pinnacle every time her hoofs hit the track.

As life and business strategist, my greatest passion has been coaching thousands to success in all levels of life. I have developed a proven formula that creates winners and takes these winners to The Pinnacle—the very highest point on your life and business journey.

And that’s why I’d like to share with you 10 of my secrets from that very formula in a FR*EE 2-part event:

10 Steps to Reach YOUR Pinnacle

Wednesday Nov. 3 and Thursday Nov. 4

5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern

Register FR*EE at http://tinyurl.com/YourPinnacle

(audio available for download for a limited time after the event)

At that event, I’ll be joined by Lynn Serafinn, author, transformation coach and mind-body-spirit book promotion guru (in fact she was the person who designed the campaign that got my book Blast Off! to become a #1 bestseller). Together, we’ll be taking you through 10 steps to reaching your pinnacle not only in your professional life, but also in all areas of your personal life and ultimate fulfillment.

Also, when you register, you will receive 20 short daily tips from me delivered directly to your inbox. They take just a minute to read, so you can start your day off by thinking like a champion.

I look forward to seeing you on October 26th and 27th, so I can share my 10 Steps to Reach YOUR Pinnacle with you, and help bring you one step closer to your “personal gold”, whatever that might be.

To your joy and success;

Allison Maslan, HHP, CCH

Allison Maslan International/CEO

Blast Off Coaching

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Today I have the great pleasure of being the host on Day 11 of the Virtual Blog Tour for Memory in the Cells by author Luis Angel Diaz.

Newly translated from the popular Spanish edition, author Luis Diaz describes his book Memory in the Cells as “where Eckhart Tolle meets What the Bleep Do We Know, but taking you on a much more practical journey.” He says Memory in the Cells teaches “emotional education” and shows the reader how to transform the “pain body” into the “joy body”, helping to heal all aspects of their lives.

Yesterday, Luis visited Geoff Laughton at www.spiritedmusings.com. For today’s stop on the tour, I decided to ask Luis some questions about the link between the body, beliefs and emotions.

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Glenn: Why is the body the key to overcoming the ego?

Luis: In my experience, we don´t need to overcome anything. We just need to integrate what we already are and embrace everything we are, just as we are.

The ego is not a problem as long as we are conscious of it as a creation of the mind to feel safe and protected. The ego is a problem when we let it run the show. Since it is our mind’s creation, it’s the result of our perception, and our perception is the result of the programming we have. As civilized human beings, this programming supports and generates inner fragmentation in us.

We are not just rational beings as we’ve been told. We are multidimensional beings. That means we are and live in different dimensions at the same time.

We are physical in that we need and have physical bodies in order to have a human experience. But we are also mental in that our minds are continually creating thoughts and opinions. Therefore, we generate endless streams of beliefs about ourselves and others. And lastly, we are also emotional beings, as we generate feelings and emotional reactions as a result of the thoughts and beliefs we have.

We cannot say we are complete as long as we are unable to live consciously from those three dimensions, by consciously integrating and including these dimensions within us.

Glenn: If we have so many beliefs keeping us from realizing who we truly are, what is the most effective way of dealing with them?
Luis: The best way I found to deal with these beliefs, is to bring consciousness to our body. Leaving the body empty from our presence allows the mind to run wild and generate endless opinions and ideas. The more we inhabit our bodies, the fewer thoughts we generate. 

Glenn: Is it necessary to go through a major trauma in life to “wake up” spiritually?

Luis: Fortunately, there are no rules on this matter. I’ve seen that deep shock usually leads to loss. And loss creates an empty space in the fabric of life that gives us the chance to “see through the hole” and wake up to the next level.

But, I’ve also heard about the same process happening to people without any shock or trauma. So, it’s a wonderful mystery!

Glenn: Do we need to be supported by people around us to raise our consciousness?

Luis: Community, sharing, support and mutuality are needs we all have as human beings. I strongly advise you to create or find your own. We need to be organized in this matter. Unconsciousness is a “very well organized corporation” as we all can see!

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I hope you enjoyed this interview with Luis Angel Diaz and that you’ll check out his new book Memory in the Cells, which is coming to Amazon on Tuesday October 5, 2010. You can receive a complete library of beautiful personal development gifts when you buy the book on the day of its launch, including one from me: a 55-minute MP3 audio recording on the topic of Unconditional Love.

In addition, Luis is hosted a very special FREE telesummit entitled “Healing at a Cellular Level” on September 27^th, 28^th and 29^th with a distinguished panel of some of today’s most inspiring authors and speakers on the topic of emotional healing and holistic wellbeing. If you’d like to have access to the recordings, buy the book on Oct 5 through the website below an you can download the audio at your convenience.

To find out how to buy Luis’s book and receive these gifts,
including the FREE audios from the 3-day online telesummit, go to

http://www.memoryinthecells.com

AND you can read all about the telesummit guests at http://tinyurl.com/cmr-telesummit

Be sure to follow Luis tomorrow when the next stop on his Virtual Blog Tour is Stuart Rosen´s blog at http://gurustumuse.blogspot.com/

As usual, please do feel free to share your comments and thoughts below. I love reading your feedback.

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Deep inside we all know we have a soul purpose for this life, even though a lot of times we struggle to identifying it. The power and joy that comes from knowing what you’re here for cannot be contained, described or underestimated.

Many people spend the better part of two decades studying what it takes to know one’s purpose and often step off the path to that purpose never to reach their final destination.

I myself have spent 30 years in getting to know my soul purpose and have determined that there is one way of finding out your soul purpose that kicks butt compared to others.

I have dedicated a page to explain to you how this system can easily identify your soul purpose as well as what gets in the way of you living your life on purpose.

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Enjoy this recent video explaining the changes we are all going through these days.

A Good State of Doing

Spring is finally in the air.

This is the time of year for new beginnings. It’s the perfect time to explore new things, and to embark on a journey of personal awakening and expansion. One way I’ve been getting into this theme of reawakening is by reading excerpts from a brand new book by author Patrick Ryan called “Awakened Wisdom – A Guide to Reclaiming Your Brilliance.”

Today, I wanted to share something about that book with you, and to tell you about how I, along with dozens of others, am celebrating the release of this very special book on April 20th.

Just to tell you a bit of background, I first was introduced to Patrick through Lynn Serafinn and then found out that Patrick was one of my wife’s instructors when she took her coaching training. She liked him and I felt very good about his message.

Over the past three decades, Patrick, an executive coach and a former Buddhist monk, has been on a spiritual quest that eventually led him to devise a system of teachings he calls “Awakened Wisdom Experiences” (AWE). For years he taught this system worldwide at his workshops of the same name. Now, at long last, he has consolidated the teachings of Awakened Wisdom Experiences into a book, appropriately entitled, “Awakened Wisdom – A Guide to Reclaiming Your Brilliance.” This means his unique spiritual teachings can now reach a much wider audience around the globe. You can read more about the book here:

http://www.awakenedwisdom.com/Public/Amazon/booklaunch/index.cfm

The book Awakened Wisdom is written in two sections. The first is a deeply spiritual exploration on what it means to be human. The second section explores what Patrick calls “Eight States of an Awakened Life”. These eight states help you tap into your divine wisdom to create more of the life you want. Here are the eight states from Patrick’s book:

1) A Good State of Understanding

2) A Good State of Intention

3) A Good State of Words

4) A Good State of Being

5) A Good State of Purpose

6) A Good State of Effort

7) A Good State of Practice

A Good State of Doing

Patrick explains each of these eight states in great detail, and gives you examples of how to apply them in your life, from reflective affirmations, to practical exercises, to learning how to converse with your “Divine Essence”.

What is so nice about this book is that is both inspirational and practical. Most books on the market succeed in being one or the other, but rarely do you find one that is balanced in both respects.

“Awakened Wisdom – A Guide to Reclaiming Your Brilliance” comes out on Amazon on April 20th, 2010. To expand the giving and receiving of this wisdom I am giving away a Free 7 day Ecourse called Panic Attack Elimination Made Easy, where you will learn the causes and corrections for anxiety, to everyone who buys Patrick’s wonderful book within the first 24 hours of its release.

AND… In addition to my gift, there are over 40 other wonderful gifts being offered by mind-body-spirit teachers, authors, coaches and healers from around the planet when you purchase Awakened Wisdom – A Guide to Reclaiming Your Brilliance on April 20th. All of these gifts were selected to help you on your journey of reawakening this spring. Gifts include e-courses, eBooks, audio meditations, audio books, photo-journals, videos, free telecourses, and too many other things to mention. Have a look at the gift page HERE and you can read all about them.

AND… Patrick is giving away an EXTRA special gift of his own:

An Awakened Wisdom VIRTUAL Experience!

When you buy the book, you will be given free admission to this special 2-day live “virtual” event, taking place on May 5th and 6th, 2010. On that event, Patrick will personally guide you through the Eight States of an Awakened Life. If you cannot make the live event, it will be recorded, but it will be available only to those who buy the book on April 20th.

The AWAKENED WISDOM VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE is a NEVER before offered event. Imagine being able to learn the wisdom and teachings of a book like this directly from the author, while you follow along in your own copy of the book. If you’re on the live call, you will even be given the opportunity to ask Patrick your own questions.

To find out how you can buy this book on April 20th,

claim your free admission to the Awakened Wisdom Virtual Experience,

and receive over 40 other gifts, just go to:

http://www.awakenedwisdom.com/Public/Amazon/booklaunch/index.cfm

When you go to that page, be sure you enter your email address in the form, and Patrick will send you a “launch reminder” to make sure you don’t miss the April 20th date. That way you can ensure you will be able to take advantage of all those great gifts AND enjoy Patrick’s great new book, Awakened Wisdom – A Guide To Reclaiming Your Brilliance.

To me, it looks like a whole package that can help you reawaken your brilliant Self this spring! I hope you’ll be joining me in the journey.

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Have you gained a few pounds over the Holidays? Subliminal Weight Loss is the way to train the unconscious part of your mind to maintain the factors necessary for you to maintain a healthy body weight. It does not matter if you have been overweight your whole life or you just want to shed those extra pounds from the holiday excesses. Subliminal Weight Loss will program your mind to direct your body to be healthy.

It is important for you to understand that the unconscious part of your mind controls 90% of the processes in your body. Now when I say unconscious I mean that your conscious thoughts and desires do not have a hope of coming to reality unless your unconscious thoughts support your conscious ones. When it comes to losing weight, subliminal weight loss programming aligns your unconscious with your conscious mind and that makes you extremely powerful.

Science has determined that the main function of the brain is to eliminate sensory input. If your whole consciousness was aware of everything that your brain was perceiving you would go insane immediately. The problem is that there are a whole lot of subconscious (or unconscious) processes that control your body and to change them you have to become consciously aware of them. Wait though, subliminal weight loss can be used to alter the control factors without  you needing to take the time to explore your consciousness.

Now, I am not saying that it is not a worthwhile pursuit to endeavor to explore one’s consciousness, as this is at the root of most spiritual practices. If you think about it. There are not too many overweight spiritual gurus out there in the world. I suspect they have consciously reprogrammed their mind through many years of spiritual discipline. If you are tired of being overweight and do not want to spend many years of soul searching i believe that subliminal weight loss is worth checking out.

In order to lose weight your body has to burn more calories than you consume, so let’s look at a few factors that could affect your success.

• You know you need to exercise (burns calories) but you would rather lay on the couch. Subliminal weight loss helps with motivation.
• Your metabolism has slowed down as you aged (burns less calories). Subliminal weight loss can help speed your metabolism up again.
• You have an addiction to sugary, fatty foods. Subliminal weight loss will program you mind to direct your body to healthy food.

According to a meta-analysis published in The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, subjects using hypnosis lost over 146% more weight POST-TREATMENT, than the groups not using hypnosis.

Your mind controls your body and for you to gain control over your weight all you need to do is to control your mind. Most of the time that is easier said than done because your conscious mind does not like to give up the control it has demanded. The beauty of subliminal programming of the mind is that the unconscious is not even aware that it is happening because all it hears is a soundtrack of soothing ocean sounds.

As I said earlier, when your conscious and subconscious mind are aligned in effort, then watch out world because you can do anything  you desire. You will need to listen to the subliminal soundtracks everyday for them to have an effect but when you use the subliminal weight loss program the results you will get will astound  you.

Thanks go to Maarten De Vries for inspiring me to place this video:

Peace lies within awaiting your return

I am grateful to all who visit this site.

Blessings

Quite often people throw themselves into personal growth without first practicing self healing. This is very much like building a house without first putting down a firm foundation to build upon.

Self healing means to become aware of all the intricacies of your personal self, physically, mentally, and spiritually and balance those aspects of yourself before you go on with personal growth.

If you reverse the order and practice personal growth before you do self healing then you will be a ship without a rudder, spending lots of money and going nowhere.  Can a plant grow without putting down roots first? The bamboo plant spends 3 years spreading its roots before it begins to grow.

So what are the ways to practice self healing? It can be as complicated or as simple as you wish to make it. You do have to consider the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of your being which may seem daunting at first. The good thing is you have a wisdom deep within you that knows how to heal you.

Meditation is the key to accessing that inner wisdom that will lead you to self healing and finally your personal growth.