I took one day of this course to get into something a bit woo-woo and psychological. Was it too much for you?
The power of my thoughts is what drives my actions. Anything I do starts with an idea, followed by belief, followed by step one.
For my first juggling show I got paid a piece of cake and a scoop of ice cream. I have made millions of dollars from doing what I love and it all started with a belief.
Do you ever hear the voices of doubt, tell them to get lost, and go onto achievement?
I do it all the time.
Tell me what you believe. How does it affect your life?
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12 responses so far ↓
1 Corporate Juggler
Yeah, I kind of chant in my head “Don’t be flakey.” Every time I want to put even the littlest thing on the back burner for an hour, I just do it. The 2 minute rule from Getting Things Done helps a lot.
2 admin
Absolutely! Great things happen one step at a time.
There is some sort of sicko undercurrent I hear about and see in people more often these days… It goes something like this:
“Oh, I’ll get to that one day when I have a few hours”
“I never learned to play guitar but I really want to”
“I haven’t written new marketing emails because I need a few hours to do it”
What is that all about?
What in life did ever learn in one sitting? Who ever went from 0 to 10 in one session of anything?
Taking steps… just like we all did to get to the place we are with our show. It’s the same with building the business of your show. Take the steps and watch the results. Dream about waking up at a zero with one element and going to sleep a one! It’s a rush way bigger than simply putting it off until you have time!
CJ talks about David Allen’s 2-minute rule and it is completely the key to achievement. I have modified it a bit but, yep, it’s the key. Finding a time segment where you can accomplish something right now instead of putting it off.
Pick up Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
3 Corporate Juggler
Thanks a lot for th 7 day tour. I’m going to continue with the teaching once I’ve done some homework. Working on a new promo video right now.
4 Tom
Barry,
The seven days gave a lot of great info. Interested to see where things progress.
Thanks,
Tom
5 Barry
Thanks Tom…
Glad to hear that you got a lot from the 7-day course.
Be on the conference call this Sunday, 1/4/09 at 5:00 PM PT (8:00 PM ET). Call in number will be emailed on Friday. Going to answer a bunch of the questions that have been submitted and we’ll talk about what to do if you want to progress further.
6 johny fox
Great to see and host the family and play Apples to Apples. Zed is just amazing, and so and inspiring to see his inquisitive nature.
It’s great to see parents bring kids into N.Y.C. I believe Manhattan has a great deal to teach us in marketing to corporate America.
7 Barry
How did you know that’s really why I spent 2 weeks in NYC? Yeah, that city is successful because there are benefits everywhere. No little shop can survive unless they offer customers more benefits than the other thousand shops in walking distance.
And you showing my 6-year old your two-headed turtle… that really made the trip worthwhile.
8 Niels Duinker
I am now fully back listening audio books and courses on my ipod all the time while traveling. Recently I was talking to a high school marketing student and than I realized how amazing it is how much knowledge you actually pick up in otherwise wasted time!
9 Barry
Amen, brother! Good call. I couldn’t agree more. And while not everyone is the same, it wouldn’t hurt to listen to people speaking about success, marketing, or anything else that teaches us how to be more fully present in our lives.
What you said is powerful, Niels. Own it! Use “I” in that last sentence instead of “you”.
I’ve quit saying ‘you’ in conversation when I mean “I”, because “I” is really all I know. Owning our beliefs and convictions make them very real – and this world is in desperate need of ‘real’.
My 2 cents.
10 Niels Duinker
Sometimes I am kinda expressing myself carefully. Here in the Netherlands the mentality is different from the mentality in the USA. When you behave really confident many people here confuse it with self centered and cocky and it kinda damages your reputation. Of course partially it is just jealousy from other people but also partially it is a culture difference here. I heard Hans Klok (the illusionist who worked with Pamela Anderson in his show in Las Vegas last year) expressing it very well. In the US many people say I am the best, here we say more I do my best. But you are right. I only can speak for myself and so many people talk a lot without saying a thing! So I will keep this in my mind!
(Just got a very good letter of recommendation in my mail box after using the Raspyni strategy)
11 Barry
You’re the best
12 Gabriel Q
Barry,
this has been a great week. I’ve wanted to move out from the familiar and repetitive work I’ve been doing and I’ve learned a lot about who my new audience can be and how to market to what their needs are. Also, when I am home, I’m away from entertainment people and really have valued hearing your and others stories and feeling connected. That helps me stay serious about persuing this work.
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