Rob Moshe

Thought I would try something different in this post.
Usually I try to share an idea (could be read as “opinion) that I have been thinking about.  The struggle that I have had with this in the past two years is, as a Coach I don’t give advice, or tell my clients what to do.  What I do is facilitate my clients own learning. I help them draw from the vast storehouse of knowledge that dwells in their Mind/Heart/Soul.  I ask questions that get them thinking and get them to go deeper.

So how can I balance my blogger idea sharing personal with my coaching persona?

What I want to try in this post is just to share my personal learning that I had today. It is a lesson for me. If it resonates with you great. If not that is perfectly fine. We are all unique.

Now about the Fiber:

Today I had an interesting Squash game.  For the past month I have been making a solid effort to eat healthier and exercise more.  I had expected that I would see drastic improvements in my Squash game but it didn’t seem to be happening just yet. I thought that my current exercise regime might be a bit taxing on my muscles and as a result effecting my swing.  But today I decided to stop focusing on what was not working and instead try to get more positive. I decided to Believe in my ability to win.  And you know what…. I lost the next four games.

Positive Mental Attitude = NADA

My lesson to self from the previous day was Get Centered. So I took a moment to center myself and thought a bit about my approach.  Then a thought popped into my head.  Don’t just believe it in my head, believe it in every fiber of my being.

Positive Mental Attitude In Every Fiber Of My Being = WOW

The next couple of games I was on fire. I went from being clobbered by my opponent to vaporizing him.

The experience was amazing. I could literally feel the energy in every part of my body. Mentally I was insanely alert. My body just flowed and my skin tingled in this incredibly focused state.

As I walked off the court I reflected on the impact of applying this to other areas of my life. The possibilities were endless.

If you have had a similar experience I would love to hear about it.

Does this sound like you?

Listen to motivational Tapes.  ~  Read motivational Books. ~ Go to motivational Seminars.

Call in to motivational teleconferences. ~ Watch motivational Webcasts.

Buy Motivational Software. ~ Walls full of motivational pictures and sayings.

Your Accomplishments and Success = Minimal

You might be a motivation junkie.

Drug Junkie

A junkie takes drugs to get a high. To feel good. To feel confident.  But after the drug leaves his system, he is back to his low self, in fact he is even lower than he was before.  To remedy the situation he chases after the false high.  This cycle continues to the point where he spends the majority of his waking hours in this illusion.

If you find that you spend excessive amounts of time and money each year on motivational products, but by the end of the year you are no better off,  you might be a junkie as well.

No Need To Panic or Despair There Is A Simple Solution

Unlike the drug junkie who gained nothing from his life choices, you on the other hand have spent a incredible amount of time store vast amounts of powerful life changing information in your brain. Unfortunately it seems you are not sure which drive the information is stored on and what program to use to benefit from it.

To access the information you need to change the way you think. You can no longer function on autopilot and external motivation. You need to be present and create motivational energy from within.  By doing so you will begin to access the vast storehouse of knowledge, creativity and resourcefulness that lies within you.  Once accessed you with have the ability to choose to take action.

Now you might be a little slack jawed right now wondering where the simple part is?

I said simple. I didn’t say easy.

Change the way you think, access your knowledge and take action. Could you get any simpler?

Where To Begin?

Start with a question. ~ Take out a piece of paper (optimal) or open up a word program and write out the question.

What are the lessons I have learned that will move me towards my personal greatness?

Keep on asking yourself this question until you have a list of 50 plus responses.
This might take a few days but it will be life changing.

When you have made your list choose the top three responses that resonate the most with you. Then take action on them in the next 24 hours.

The Result

By going through the process of thinking-action you will begin to shift from the false high of external motivation to the gratifying high of internal self motivation.

Or this could just be another motivational post that you read.

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goal post

1. (sports) Either of the pair of vertical supports limiting the goal in various ballgames, such as soccer, rugby and American football.

Imagine being invited to play a game of soccer. It is your first time playing, you have never seen a soccer field, and you don’t know the rules. You come on to a big field and the only noticeable marking is a big white rectangle on the grass.

You are separated into two teams and you are told kick the ball around and try to score a goal on the other team.

What would your primary question be?

Where Is The Goal?

So often we step on to the field of life and we never define the goal.

What are your Goal Posts?

The more clearly you can define your goals the more likely your chance of scoring.

Here are six questions to reflect on when clearly defining your goal.

1. What is your desired outcome? – Focus on positive outcome, what you want to be, have or do.

2. What will accomplishing the goal do for you? – What will the benefits be, how will you feel when you accomplish?

3. What is its end point? – This is critical. Set your time frame for the completion of your goal.

4. What are the steps required? – Break it down into a manageable process.

5. What is your first action?  – From question #4 choose your first step and decide when you will do it.

6. What is your reward? – Set a reward that will really help motivate you.

After you have gone through this process feel free to share your goal here. When you share your goal with others it also helps hold you accountable.

We resolve. We forget. We resolve. We forget.

For as long as people have been celebrating new years, they have been following this same pattern. They make large goals for the year ahead, and then as the exhaustion and hangover dissipate on the morning of January 2nd, the frenetic pace of life returns and, the resolutions of the week before are long forgotten.

If your journey is to the east and you travel south, you will never arrive at your destination.

We talk about goals of eating better, exercise, deep relationships, and overall discipline, and then we start are year with excessive eating and inebriation, meaningless kisses, and excessive sleeping and time wasting. Then as a result of our less than stellar choices, we reinforce the negative and make the possibility of achieving our goals all the more challenging.

As you live your moments, so you live your days, week, months, years and LIFE.

Making massive changes in you year and life can be overwhelming, intimidating and debilitating. To change a moment is manageable almost easy. Taking control of those moments will lead to massive life change.

Setting the stage for tomorrows performance.

You have some goals for this year. What is the goal that you want to work on? What is the process, the steps involved to reach that goal. When the stage crew sets the stage for a performance they put one piece, work on one detail at a time. Each piece/detail is not the set, the set is a result and combination of all the pieces.
A goal is not some thing we do, it is something we achieve, and we achieve it through taking the proper steps (one at a time) and the combination of those steps will result in the achievement of your goals.

A new way to enter 2010

Don’t repeat the same process that you have been doing all these years and expect different results.  For tonight just enjoy yourself (responsibly).

Tomorrow can be the beginning of your finest year. To achieve that you must begin with thinking.  Nothing heavy mind you. Partying all night and deep thought don’t really go hand in hand.

For starters just take some time on January 1st to ask your self some thoughtful questions.

What was great about me in 2009?

What strengths did I see in my self?

How did these great moments enhance my life?

What could I do different in 2010 to make my life even better? (answer in the positive)

How would it improve my life?

You’ll know that all these questions focus on the positive.  Positive Focus. Positive State of Mind. Positive Outcomes.

Sun Set. Sun Rise

A year will end and a new year will arrive, you have no controll over this. How you step into the year is in the sphere of your control.
Step forward, step with purpose, step with strength. Be Great.

Enjoy Your Success In 2010

Rob