Sometimes we work so hard toward making a better life for ourselves and family that we forget what it’s all for. We create our goals, we work our plan and we progress; usually not as fast as we like, but still we make progress, which is good. I’m as guilty of not doing, yet now suggesting we live our dream life today by imaging it in our mind, possibly as much as you, because I haven’t done it much yet myself. Take 2 minutes or 2 hours to imagine in your mind what it feels like when you reach the success you desire. Do it today, do it now. Do it regularly.

You may think to yourself that you don’t have the time or don’t want to take the time to do so, but I suggest that you do take the time because it is what I believe is a critical piece to ultimately obtaining that which you desire.

And here’s the thing. If you’re anything like I am, then you didn’t just start doing everything that you should be doing in order to accelerate your path to success. I added new success principles into my life one by one such that once I mastered and created a habit of utilizing one, then I worked on another. For example, I became very passionate about finding the best way to write my goals down. I studied it for a very long time and ended up using Raymond Aaron’s teachings and have been using them regularly for a while now.

There was a time when I stopped writing down my goals, however I re-committed myself to doing it because I know it’s the right thing to do and because I want the results of what writing goals down provides. I’m also being an example to my family and that makes me very happy. The point here is if you start and stop you can always pick it back up again.

Now that I feel comfortable about writing my goals down and am getting great results in that area of my life, I’m ready to get even better by adding the success principle of imaging in my mind what it feels like and all other aspects once I achieve the success I’m working towards. I’m actually looking forward to it.

And one thing I’ve learned by having written my monthly goals is that I’m so happy after having done so because it makes me feel good to have them done and I’m excited about living the life that having achieved those goals will provide me. You can feel good about your life too. My challenge to you is to incorporate a new success principle habit into your life and then enjoy the results you create for yourself. Imagine and live the life you want today and every day, even if it’s for just 2 minutes.

Have a great week,

Kevin

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Hello Dear Friend,

I was fortunate to be in the presence of a very knowledgeable friend and Taekwondo Grandmaster (8th degree) recently and we were talking about what Napoleon Hill said in his “Think and Grow Rich” book. He said something to the affect that if you want to succeed, you need to have a “Burning Desire.” Then my friend said, “How do you define a burning desire?” I didn’t have an automatic knee jerking response to that question, which led me to think that it’s worth more pondering.

Have you ever had a “Burning Desire?” To me, it’s almost unexplainable, but it gets me right down to the core of my existence. When I have a burning desire, I feel it completely through me from top to bottom and it resonates in my mind and gut in a way that nothing else does. I feel energized just thinking about the words “Burning Desire” because of what the meaning of those two words stirs up inside me.

A burning desire causes me to do things I might not do otherwise. In fact, it can often be triggered by an un-comfortableness that stems from some external event(s), like a person who shows a lack of appreciation for what you’ve done to help them or an internal feeling, like wanting your life to change in some way. I’m placed into a mood and focus that no other scenario puts me into. It’s like focusing or harnessing the light from the sun through a magnifying glass until it catches an old dead leaf on fire. I’m unstoppable at that point and nothing can stand between my achieving that which I desire because of a decision I’ve made with a strong emotional anchoring attached to the attainment of that goal or desire.

Here is my best attempt at defining what a “Burning Desire” is… “A desire that requires a defined and definite action regardless if known or not that results in total completeness of a purpose upon its attainment.” In other words, there is no other option than to achieve the burning desire and enjoy or realize its full attainment. Now, this said, you may have a burning desire and then at some point that same burning desire loses its appeal or strength and is no longer a burning desire, but when it is a true burning desire, the definition I described above applies completely.

Have a great week,

Kevin

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Is it self-esteem? Sometimes I wonder what in the heck is taking so long for success to come pounding at my door and take me away like water breaking through a dam that has been broken. I mean I’ve had a lot of success in my life, don’t get me wrong, and I’m not ungrateful for it either. However I’m really aspiring to reach the level of success that Jim Rohn talks about that can help so many people and change the world.

Does anyone feel like I do? I’ve been working at doing the best I can, giving life everything I can; enjoying and living 100% in everything I do and yet still… still… still no joy in the extraordinary goals. I’m persistent in that I’ll never give up, but could there be a problem with my self esteem? I kind of doubt it, but I’m not about to rule out anything because I believe that once I find the key that unlocks the door, I’ll live the life that is spoke about by Napoleon Hill when he says something to the effect of “Riches will come to you so fast and furiously that you’ll wonder where they’ve been hiding for so long.” I can’t wait to be in that kind of situation, but I’m also using Zig Ziglar’s approach of helping enough other people get what they want, and I’ll get what I want. Or Vic Johnson’s saying that you serve others to become successful. The reality is I haven’t served enough other people yet.

Ok, enough with the long dissertation. The fact is, and it’s a good one that 85% of the population struggle with self esteem that holds them back from living the life they want. We are fortunate to have the expert of self esteem, Dr. Joe Rubino help us through this possible road block so we can catapult ourselves to success. And I’m not talking about the success that allows us to take the trash out on Monday nights. I’m talking about the kind that changes lives permanently, especially yours. Dr. Joe Rubino and I are here to help you, check out this Thursday’s call with him. And ask your biggest question because we plan on answering it during our call.

Click Here to get registered for the “Ask Mister Self Help” Tele-seminar series that Dr. Rubino will be our guest speaker for this week

Email has many different labels
like, helpful, useful, convenient,
a pain, hard to keep under control
and so on…

I remember when we first started
using it and heard the all too
familiar sounds of “You’ve got
mail!” and how great it was.

Like tele-phone answering machines
things have changed. When we first
got answering machines, people
would leave messages and ask if
you didn’t have one yourself. Now
we experience a recorded message
and many times don’t leave a
message.

So what happened to email? Why are
we getting hundreds of messages a
day? Why are people sometimes
ignoring our email messages? What
get’s lost in an email that voice
mail and direct communication
provides?

Our guest speaker for this week’s
“Ask Mister Self Help” tele-
seminar series is none other than
Randall Dean who has made email a
major focus in his life so we can
learn from him how to “Tame the
Email Beast.”

You won’t want to miss the call
as it will surely be a very
interesting, informative and
lively discussion that will help
you to accelerate reaching
your goals and dreams!

Get registered now and we’ll see
you this Thursday evening at
5:00pm PST

Success usually doesn’t come easy. And I’m no exception to that concept. I’ve pretty much done things on my own throughout my life and prided myself in doing so. One important success principle I learned to accelerate my success is to work together with others. Here are three great ways to accomplish and use this success principle in your own life:

• Find someone at the level of success you want to be at and do what they have done

• Find mentors or coaches to guide and help you get where you want to go

• Utilize a mastermind group of like minded individuals (high desire to succeed in life) who provide synergistic collaboration of thoughts and ideas

Here’s a short story on how I met our next incredible featured speaker (Chris Cade) of the free “Ask Mister Self Help” tele-seminar series as it relates to finding a mentor. I sent out invitations to my highly successful “Belief Equals Possibility” giveaway looking for participants for my first significant online project. Chris responded and gave me feedback that was really useful on how to make improvements. We created a friendship over time and his mentoring hasn’t stopped. I really appreciate the help he has provided me and I pass it along to others as I can and through my participation in “The List Building Club” as a spokesperson and ambassador for that program.

Keep in mind that a mentor is someone you want to find and someone you want to become to others. It’s all about making the law of attraction work for you!

Get registered for the free blockbuster “Ask Mister Self Help” tele-seminar series right now to learn more powerful self improvement concepts and tools to help shortcut your journey to success.

Have a great week,

Kevin

Whether you have ever met or heard Vic Johnson speak or not, you can’t help but become engrossed in his teachings. Or maybe it’s just me because Vic’s story is a little like mine and he shares without holding anything back. Perhaps it’s the genuineness and transparency, the passion he has to help others. I’m not sure, and it really doesn’t matter, the main thing is Vic relates to people through his inspiring story.

You can tell he cares about you as he communicates his struggles from having very little to achieving enormous abundance. Everyone enjoys a great rag to riches true story because they want that so much for themselves. We all have a place in our hearts to hear stories like Vic’s.

Discover this week on the “Ask Mister Self Help” tele-seminar what must be done for you to find the level of success you deserve and desire as Vic Johnson gives his all to answer your questions. He even has a holiday treat for you that is available through registering at http://AskMisterSelfHelp.com and then reviewing the “accesspass” page.

There is no shortage of success available to you in your life. You just need the knowledge to catch it and the perseverance to never give up on the required action that will take you there. You’ll also learn tons about how the power of belief works in your favor.

Won’t you join us on the beginning of your journey to reaching everything that you desire? Click below to get registered and to obtain the call details:

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Kevin (Mister Self Help)

Stephanie Frank has a background similar to mine in that she has embraced technology to create a fortune (me a livelihood) from that industry. As great as that is, we aren’t here to talk about that. We are here to talk about what I believe is far more powerful and serving and is what her focus has been for that past 10 years.

Similarly to improving performance in the computer world, she has been helping people improve their personal performance and she’s got rock solid and sound principles. We’re talking about peak personal performance in business, relationships and in life. I also share her passion to bring out the best in others so that they may live an extraordinary life realizing all their potential and as a result being happier.

I’ve found that just living every day, day to day, with little or no enthusiasm in what you do is just a waste of your life. Because the bottom line is you can do, have, and become anything you desire. And doing anything less than what you truly want to do is living a compromising life. G-d didn’t put you on this planet having beaten out all odds to be here to just live a mediocre life and not make a difference to your family, your community, and the world. Your Higher Power placed you hear for great things, for incredible things. Stephanie Frank has the unique ability to bring out what it is that you are here for and accelerate your moving to that destination.

You’ll be glad to know that this week’s speaker on the FREE “Ask Mister Self Help” Tele-seminar series is Stephanie Frank. Get registered now so you don’t miss this or any of the incredible line-up of speakers scheduled to give you what will be the most valuable personal improvement information ever created and put together into a single package.

Have a great week and as always, Believe Yourself To Success Because Belief Equals Possibility

Kevin (Mister Self Help)

Hello Folks,

It’s easiest to say “No” to that question because to my knowledge, nobody wants to think of themselves as having fear of anything. However, according to Lisa Jimenez, M. Ed. this week’s featured speaker for the free “Ask Mister Self Help” tele-seminar series, everyone has fear. That’s a good thing as far as I’m concerned because that way I know I’m not the only one or in a subset of people who do. Over the years I’ve done a better job of controlling my fear by working on myself through self improvement.

One example of this happened to me late last week as I attended my first Toastmasters meeting after having heard many self help experts recommend doing so because of the skills you acquire and the people with whom you surround yourself with. That is, like minded people who are looking to better themselves and aspire to live an extraordinary life with purpose and passion. Self help experts will tell you that the person you will become is a factor of the books you read, audios you listen to, and the people you associate with, so Toastmasters is a good place to go for the right kind of association.

At the Toastmasters meeting as a guest, I requested to be able to speak. They were delighted and allowed me speak. I gave a description of who I am, what I am looking to accomplish and why I was there. It went great and I had a lot of confidence as I delivered my 6 minute speech. I did feel a slight level of fear as I waited for my turn to speak, but it was fairly minimal, or in other words, not too uncomfortable.

I’ve heard a lot about fear over my years working within self improvement and here are three things in dealing with fear (Lisa is going to give a bunch more information as it relates to fear):

1) Feel the fear and do it anyway (book title by Susan Jeffers)
2) Create massive action and the death of fear is certain
3) Fear is an absence of confidence and confidence comes from knowledge

I had a great time doing the speech and what I found out is that I felt good about having done it because I’m growing and getting better. My goal is to speak before large and small audiences on the topic of self improvement to help empower them to move on with their lives and to live up to their potential. Toastmasters will help me achieve that goal. As one of the members said escorting me to the meeting, you aren’t born with speaking skills, they are learned. And I’m in the right environment to do just that.

Have a great week,

Kevin

Hello Everyone,

This just in from Jim Rohn International. Jim has been a mentor of mine for years and I can’t express the admiration I have for him. He will be missed but not forgotten. I highly recommend his teachings, so I encourage you to check them out here.

Warm wishes,

Kevin

The Passing of a Legend

With great sadness we share that Jim Rohn, our mentor and friend, left us December 5, 2009 for a better place.

Over the past 18 months, in his battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis, Jim assured us with a smile that all is good, that he would fight until the last breath, yet he had no fear as to what would be next. Jim’s faith was as much a part of his life as his desire to inspire and challenge us all to be the best we could be and to live our dreams.

Jim’s courage in his final months and days were a testament to his message that we should all fight the good fight. He never gave up and never gave in.

Jim Rohn touched millions of lives over the past 46 years through his seminars, books, articles and CDs. He always stayed long after an event t o shake hands, take pictures and sign autographs. He loved making a difference in people’s lives, that was his passion and inspiration. Yet he was also a private man who kept a small, loyal and caring inner circle. He was a tremendous friend to those who knew him.

Harold Dyke, long time close friend of Jim’s for over 55 years said it best, “As Jim is ending one life he is simultaneously being birthed into a new life. One that he has talked about over the years and anticipated with great joy in his last remaining days.”

Kyle Wilson, long time colleague and friend of Jim had this to say about his mentor, “Jim Rohn was a great human being. Jim had the rare ability to take any concept or idea and then frame it in such a way that the rest of us could see it more clearly. His wisdom and insights positively affected everyone he touched on some level and to so many of us it was in an extraordinary way. But even more impressive was Jim Rohn the man. He possessed style and charisma, yet was humble, kind and understated to all who knew him. I find myself every day reflecting, benefiting and passing on the wisdom and ideas that are rooted in Jim’s message and wisdom. Jim is irreplaceable on every level. I will miss him beyond words, but am comforted as I know he was, that his message and legacy will live on and positively change millions of lives over the years to come!”

Someone once said “when you are born you enter the world crying while everyone else is rejoicing and when you die hopefully you have lived such a life that everyone will be crying while you are rejoicing”. Jim Rohn lived such a life.

Jim’s family asked us to thank all of you for your concern, prayers and love toward their father and grandfather, which has been so evident during the past 18 months.

Darren Hardy, dedicated student and Jim Rohn protégé for more than 15 years, said of Jim, “He was the most influential man in my life, second only to my father. Jim cemented my philosophical foundation and nourished my mind with ideas and ambitions never before imagined. He chiseled my character seminar by seminar, tape by tape, book by book, then CD by CD, hour by hour. Jim emboldened my belief, in me and in my most daring dreams. When I fell and was bloodied, he was there with encouraging words to help me get back up. When I didn’t think I could go on, Jim convinced me I was stronger than I imagined. When I wanted a shortcut, he reminded me there aren’t any. Even when I got too caught up in trying to achieve and succeed, Jim compelled me to leave room to live, to laugh and to love.”

Stuart Johnson, business associate and long-time admirer, said, “I was first introduced to the philosophies and teachings of Jim Rohn almost 25 years ago. And he made an immediate impression on me. I was amazed by how this modest and unassuming man could communicate such an extraordinarily powerful message in simple and straightforward terms. In person, one-on-one, he was as humble and down-to-earth as he was in front of an audience of thousands. I will treasure my personal memories of Jim and know that I will forever benefit from the wisdom of this remarkable man.”

There will be a private funeral held in the coming days. Plans and details are also being arranged for a Public Memorial Service to be held in the Los Angeles area in the coming weeks. Details will be announced upon final confirmation at the Jim Rohn Tribute Site.

We know Mr. Rohn is looking down on us at this very moment with a smile saying I did it, I gave it my all, I went for it, now it’s your turn. Go for it. Make your life a life worth living well!

View a special tribute to Jim at the Jim Rohn Tribute Site produced earlier this year and debuted at the March 2009 SUCCESS Symposium. You are also encouraged to post your thoughts and remembrances of Jim on the Memorial Wall.

Jim fondly closed his programs with the following sentiments: “I go with you in all the experience that we’ve had. But I promise you this as we leave here: I will not leave you behind. I’ll take you with me in my thoughts and in my heart.”

Hi Everyone,

This week’s featured speaker for the Ask Mister Self Help Tele-seminar series is Cornelis Boertjens. Cornelis has designed an incredible software self help program that utilizes the power of dream boards through his company OrangePeel Systems, LTD. Just in case you didn’t know, dream boards and vision boards are used interchangeably.

I remember being introduced to dream boards when I first was introduced to self improvement over 18 years ago as a result of being involved in multi-level-marketing at the time. I since have moved on from endorsing a products based program to now a learning home based business opportunity, but that’s another story.

During my training I was told about vision boards and that I needed to find pictures that represented what I wanted and place them on cardboard to be placed in frequently visited areas of the home like in the bathroom and on my refrigerator and so on. This way I will see them over and over throughout the day to reinforce my dreams whereby accelerating my goal reaching.

I also remember a business associate having dream boards in her planner and tucked under her car visor. Can you image where these dream boards might have been stashed? The answer is limitless.

Well, that was then, the early nineties and this is almost 2010 and even though most of the principles are the same as they were back then, we have technology help explode our success and improve upon what we had.

That’s exactly what Cornelis’s company OrangePeel has done and this thing puts our old way of doing dream boards on steroids. Check it out and hear our free call this Thursday with Cornelis Boertjens as he provides more wisdom to help you reach your goals and dreams as efficiently as possible.

Have a great week,

Kevin