Inspiring Will Smith Video – No Wonder He is So Amazingly Successful!

Here is an absolutely amazing Will Smith Video cut together from a bunch of his interviews on TV and from a few movies. What he says about success and achieving your dreams is spot on. Don’t be afraid to go get what you want, just know your goal, and work your ass of to get it. Don’t let people discourage you, if you want it, take the attitude that it’s already done, and now you’re just working your ass off to get there and show everybody that you were right.

This is a great video to visit if you start feeling discouraged. Keep your head up and remember, it’s already done, you just gotta work your butt off to get there and show everybody.

And never be worried about “dying on the treadmill.” Don’t be afraid to commit 100% to your goal and run full out faster, harder and longer than the other guy. The work will pay off.

What’s your Secret?
Ryan

11 Things You Should Do to Start The New Year Right

Here are 11 simple things you can do to get the new year started off with a bang. If you read this and come up with more, write them down, suggest them in the comments and by all means, do them yourself. 2010 has just begun, but it will be over before you know it, so why not make it your best year ever, and get it started the right way.

1. Clean House - Do you really need that old Tupperware? How many junk drawers do you have? clear them out and make them empty drawers, don’t fill them back up with more junk. If you have an empty drawer, let it be empty.

2. Follow a diet for 3 weeks – Even if you don’t struggle with your weight, follow a serious healthy eating plan for the next 3 weeks and then see how you feel. Chances are you’ll have more energy and be more productive and focused every day.

3. Follow an exercise plan for the next 3 weeks – Again, you may be fit or happy with your weight, but regular exercise can do more than just improve your looks, it can increase energy, mental functioning and increase overall happiness and contentment.

4. Write a list of all the goals you want to achieve this year – Create an action plan and post this where you will read it every day. Do just that. Read it every morning and night and stay focused.

5. Detox from Caffeine and other stimulants for at least 1 week – As many of you know, this is one of my favorite crutches. I love coffee, and I love to just sit and sip a cup at different times during the day. This is one of my greatest challenges, but I still detox for at least 7-10 days every year and see how I feel. Eventually I go back to drinking coffee because I love the taste.

6. Change Your Hair – You don’t have to opt for a new look if you don’t want to, but even getting a trim will give you the feeling of a new fresh start, and what better time to feel like a new you than the beginning of the new year.

7. Get rid of old clothes that you don’t wear – If you only wore them once last year, get rid of them.

8. Overcome One Fear – Last year I went in fresh water that I couldn’t see the bottom of. I am still terribly afraid of lakes and rivers, just the thought of being on a lake makes me sick to my stomach. I am a good swimmer, so this is just an irrational fear. I faced it by jumping into a pool in a stream. It was approximately 20 feet deep and scared me half to drowning. I breathed in more water than I should have, but I did it. Now I know I can. What fear will you face this year?

9. Go Somewhere New This Year - even if you just go somewhere new in your city, go there and enjoy the newness of it. If you have always dreamed of visiting France, make it happen this year .

10. Stop complaining for 21 days – This is a hard one. Keep a reminder and don’t complain, especially verbally about anything. If there is no action plan following the stating of a problem, then you are just whining. Quit being a baby and look for the good things in life, if you don’t like something, either accept it, or change it.

11. Start a Gratitude Experiment - For the Next 30 days, write down 3 things you are grateful for every night before bed. It may sound lame or silly, but the results will astound you.

These 11 things will help you get a fresh start and get focused for the new year. Some are simple and some are very very difficult (like no complaining) but following them and trying each one will break you out of old habits and get you started with new ones this year.

You will only live through 2010 once, why not make it your best year ever?

Happy New Year,

Ryan M Hall

These Guys are Pushing the limits…Are You?

Some people live life. They push the limits of what is possible and they push the limits of themselves. Allow me to introduce you to some of these guys.

The first is a quick video of Travis Pastrana, who will attempt a world record jump tonight, trying to jump his Subaru WRX rally car 200 feet onto a floating barge. Along with him are Robbie Maddison who set a world record in 2007, Rhys Millen, who set the record for doing a backflip in a truck, and Robbie Maddison again for jumping his motorcycle onto a building and then jumping it off of the building. These guys push the limits.

Here is another guy who pushes the limits. He has been featured around the world for his driving ability and attempted a jump in his car, eventually making 171 feet in the subaru.

Did you notice what Ken said in the video? He said, don’t think about it too much, when you over think things, you mess them up. Don’t get caught in the paralysis of analysis, just do what you’re going to do.

These guys are pushing the limits, are you pushing the limits of your life?

You don’t have to be a rally car driving adrenaline junkie to push the limits, but are you living to your full potential, or are you sitting back and watching life fly by while you talk about your big plans?

Don’t sit back and talk, commit to making your life great and do it, even if it’s just one little thing. You don’t have to jump your car to live your life more fully, just committing to your dreams and goals and doing them will suffice…the car jumping will come later

Take a lesson from these people, they push the limits and live their life, are you going to do that in the coming year? Why not start right now?

Push the Limits

Ryan M Hall

Why People Fail by Les Brown

Tired of feeling like you’re destined to fail?

Tired of feeling like you haven’t done what you could do?

Here’s a new way to look at things offered by Les Brown.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Ryan

What you see is What you…Think???

The Level of our Success is only Limited by our Imagination – Aesop

Everything you See is the Result of Your Thoughts, There is no exception to This Fact – A Course in Miracles

Quotes similar to these have been said by wise women and men throughout history, so what does it mean?

What you focus on you get.

That which you think, so shall you be.

Like attracts like.

It means that your thoughts can actually create your life.  Whether in a metaphysical sense, or a purely psychological sense, what you think opens or closes opportunity for you.  What you focus on can open doors and show you synchronicities that you may otherwise not have had available to you, and if you’re a believer in the law of attraction, what you think, your thoughts and feelings can even help to determine what people are around you in traffic and how they react.

So if your thoughts creat your life, what can you do to improve life?

Focus on things that truly bring you joy.  Not things that you think are supposed to make you happy, or things that kind of make you happy, but things (people, places and events) that actually bring a smile to your face or offer you some feeling of relief.

For me personally, I think of the people I love, my kids and family, I focus on playing with them, talking to them or just hanging out.  I also focus on my car, because I love my car.  It has been one of my dream cars for over 9 years, and I finally got it, and I drive it every day, if for no other reason than to go down the block and be in my car.  These are things that truly bring me joy.

What kinds of things bring you joy?  Focus on these things, not the problems with them, but the things you love about them.  Even if you think it’s all baloney, you will be in a much happier state for the time being, and isn’t happiness what we all crave so much?

If you really need a pep up, try to slip away to a private place, even if it’s just a public restroom, and take a few breaths and think about things that make you happy.

How can this change your life?

Well, happy and successful people tend to hang out with happy and successful people.  They all focus on things they love and enjoy, and do similar things.  Focusing on the negatives will only get you more negative people and experiences in life.  We all have bad things happen to us, it’s how you react that makes you who you are.

So try focusing more on things you love and less on things you don’t.  Do more things that are fun and less that aren’t.  It seems like simple advice, but if you walk into any office building, you will see that it’s much needed.

What you think shapes your life, your mood, and your focus.  Think Good thoughts, and focus on things  you want more of.  You will have more of them.

I hope this finds you well,

Ryan

I Have More Important Things to Do – The Gentle Art of Ignoring

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At the end of the day, most people who have big projects on their plates also have big to do lists on their desk. Each day, this to do list will have a few things crossed off, but more will be added for the next day, and then it the list is never actually done. So how do we remedy this? How can we get more done with the same amount of time we have each day? It’s often a matter of ignoring large chunks of our list.

Ignore my to do list?!? You must be insane!!!!!

Nope, not really, because I’m not talking about avoiding things, I’m talking about getting the big important things done first and ignoring that small easy stuff for a while. Think about it, if you get the big or scary stuff done right away, you will no longer dread doing it, and will be able to easily tackle the smaller, easier things that are filling up your list.

Below are a few simple tips you can use to get more important things done today and make leaps and bounds toward your goals.

Do the Worst First

As I mentioned previously, doing the worst, hardest, or most impactful thing on your to do list will free up your energy so that you can focus on easier things for the rest of the day. Renowned Author Brian Tracy says to wake up each day and “Eat That Frog,” do the hardest, worst list item first, and you will be ahead of 99% of the people who put it off indefinitely.

We all have at least one of these types of items on our list. It’s the one that makes us want to go watch TV or call a friend. The one we don’t look at because we’re “trying to get some of the quick stuff done first.” It’s always there though, and that’s the thing that separates people who get things done from those who don’t, the ability to swallow their fear and face those big list items head on.

If you have at least one of these things on your list, find it and face it. Do it now, or it will never get done. It should be your Only goal for the day, and until it is done, you can’t work on any other list items. Talk about putting a hold on your progress, if you want to get any of that other stuff done, and it may all be important, you need to finish that tough list item. You better get it done fast. In fact, you should get it done now, then finish reading this article, unless it involves calling someone and it’s 3 am. That might not be a great idea.

Ignore Interruptions for 1 Hour

Many of the highest achievers in the world use this technique, and it works wonders if you actually do it. It allows you to focus 100% of your energy on your target for a short period of time, and usually you will get more done during this time than any other time combined.

What you want to do is get rid of the opportunity for any interruptions. This means silencing the phone, turning off Youtube, shutting down facebook and the messengers, turning off the music if it has words that can distract you, and shutting your door so that it is just you and your goal.

When you do this and focus only on your goal, your entire mental capacity is spent only on that goal. Put a sign on the door and try to spend at least 1 hour achieving your goals. As long as you know what needs to be done, you can speed through your list and by the end of your hour, you will have done a full day worth of slow paced distracted work.

Some people call this an hour of power, but if you don’t have an hour, focus for 15 minutes. If you don’t have that, start with 5. After you have done this for a while, you will be unable to deny the power of focusing completely on your goal, and I am certain you will be able to find at least an hour in your day to tear through your to do list.

Set a Deadline

It has been proven by millions of college students that if you have a deadline, no matter how close it is, you can bust your ass and get what you need done. I know people who have had months to do a project and put it off only to finish it in two days and still get a good grade from the teacher. Since all of us have experienced this phenomenon in one way or another, why don’t we use it to our advantage?

I actually use this when I have to clean my house. I don’t enjoy cleaning, and because I have 3 kids here, plus me so realistically, 4 kids, the house get’s super cluttered very quick. So if I have to clean the kitchen, and it would normally take me about an hour, I set a goal to do it in 15 minutes. It is fun to see if I can do it, get’s the task done quickly, and is a nice challenge for me. By the way, I never go more than 5 minutes over my goal. I set a timer and I race the timer. It’s a great way to get the goal completed and off my list, and the house looks nice afterward.

This is another time when you are going to be forced to ignore all interruptions in order to meet your deadline. You must put the phone away and lock the door, you need this time to yourself. Doing this will allow you to have much more time to call back all the people who left you messages, and spend more time doing what you want.

Is there something on your list that is time consuming that you might be able to put on a deadline? Could you do it if you absolutely had to? If so, why aren’t you? It’s time to set a deadline and do it now.

The Art of Ignoring is something that the people around you will have to get used to. Some are going to be jealous because of your ability to achieve, and some are going to be hurt or annoyed that you ignored their call or can’t talk with them for a few minutes, but doing so will give you the chance to get more done than most of them will ever do in a single day.

Schedule a time today that you have at least 1 hour uninterrupted to achieve your goals, I guarantee that if you use the time properly, you won’t regret it.

I hope this finds you well,
Ryan

Get Less Done for a Better Life

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I know this title may seem ludicrous, but I’m not suggesting you stop doing, and I’m not suggesting you stop achieving.  What I am suggesting is that you take a break from all the stress of life and start to just enjoy your life just a little more.  Take more time with your kids, your lover, your friends and enjoy this life.  You only get this moment to do once, so use it wisely.  Get the most important things done first, then enjoy some time doing what you love, after all, that’s why most people want more money, more time, more things, to do and have what they love.

Start now.

It’s never too soon to start living, but one day it will be too late.

Find the Leaks in Your Day

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Ask anyone why they aren’t achieving their goals or spending their days doing what they love, and most people will tell you that they just don’t have the time. I know, I’ve always been one of these people. The problem is this just doesn’t make much sense.

If you take a moment to think about that phrase, I just don’t have time, it’s pretty obvious that we all have 24 hours in a day. The problem is that most of us don’t use those hours very effectively. Most of us waste our time messing around or if we are accomplishing, it’s usually low impact tasks.

Sure it might feel like you’ve gotten a lot done today, but have you actually taken a few moments and seen exactly where your time is going?

You can forget all the time management systems you see on the bookstore shelf and their promises of easily achieving 5 times as much as the next guy if you don’t even know where your time is going now. You may have some habits that just need to go out the window.

This is really a very simple exercise, but it can make such a huge difference in how much important stuff you get done each day and how much free time and energy you have at the end of the day. This will take relatively little work and can be as complicated or easy as you like it to be. You can use an excel sheet or fancy program, or just go with my favorite, a pen and paper.

Set up a log sheet, for me it’s a pen and paper I carry around during the day, and keep it with you everywhere you go. Now just log each time you work on something different, and each time you are interrupted or get on to check email or twitter or facebook. After just a few days, it’s very evident that most of us waste a lot of time checking social media or working on low impact tasks.

Now at the end of each day, make a list of all the high impact tasks you accomplished. These are things that are big, or make a big difference. The things you are usually avoiding with little tasks or time wasters. How many high impact tasks are there? It’s usually less than you thought.

When I first experimented with this in my own life, I was astounded. I found that no matter how hard I thought I worked, or how focused I thought I was, I was accomplishing only 1-2 high impact tasks per week! 1-2 per week! No wonder I never felt like I could make headway on my lists.

There were days when I felt like I had gotten a lot done and I figured I could relax the next day, but when I looked at the log, most of what I had gotten done was low impact menial tasks. Granted, low impact tasks often still need to be done, but getting them done would have been much more satisfying if I had already accomplished something big and important.

Since doing this time logging, I now try to start each day with 1 high impact task, I “eat that frog” as Brian Tracy says, and I am much more diligent about my time. I try to task any useless stuff for the end of the day when I am not as creative or energetic. Stuff like email, facebook, twitter, and other useless time wasters are all done at the end of the day. After all, these aren’t high impact tasks. Sure sometimes an email comes through that is high impact, but that isn’t often enough to warrant replying to all the low impact ones through out my day.

Think about it this way, if you were carrying 100 lbs and you had the opportunity to shed weight each day, which would you rather shed, 1 pound (email and other menial tasks) or 25-50 lbs. (bigger high impact tasks.) The answer should be obvious.

If it isn’t getting you closer to your goals or making a difference in you workload, why are you wasting so much time? It’s probably not your fault. You haven’t seen the leaks yet. Start logging your time and focus on working on more high impact tasks while cutting time wasters out of your life. It will make a huge difference in your productivity and your energy levels without much work.

Have a Fantasmagoric Day!

Ryan

Push Your Limits, Face Your Fears

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Ask some of your peers what they have done new and exciting lately, and most of them will say no, ask them when they faced a fear last, and they probably won’t know.  In fact, when was the last time you purposely broke up your routine, did something new, or pushed your own limits?

It seems we all get stuck into a routine and that’s the life we live until something shakes us up and we start to explore, but aren’t the people we admire most in this world the people who seek out adventure?  Aren’t they the Entrepreneurs who took a chance and stretched the limits?  If we admire people like this so much, why aren’t we stepping out and stretching our own limits?

Comfort

Let’s face it.  We’re all creatures of habit and doing anything outside of our normal routine is uncomfortable.  Especially if the activity is initially uncomfortable as well (Example: public speaking.)   Who in this world would naturally want to be uncomfortable?  Isn’t comfort part of happiness? Isn’t comfort what we all seek?

I would venture to say that the only way to find comfort in life is to actually seek out ways to be uncomfortable.  I’m not saying you should become a contortionist tomorrow, but push the limits of your comfort zone, physically, mentally and socially.  The most successful and happy people in this world step into discomfort regularly, it’s often how they became happy and successful.

Fear

Every one of us is scared of taking risks.  No matter what the risk, it is scary and we can only reduce that fear by facing it, defining it and pushing through it.  Let me give you a very personal example.

I have an illogical fear of lake water/ocean water that I can’t see the bottom of.  I don’t know why, maybe too many lake or ocean attack movies through my life, I don’t know, but when I get into a lake or on a boat or in the ocean, I panic.  Even the thought of jumping into water I can’t see the bottom of will send me hyperventilating.  That being said, several of my goals in life have to do with being in water.  I want to swim with sharks, get certified in scuba diving and become a master kayaker.  How can I do all that with a fear of water?  I can’t.   So this last week I decided to test myself.  I went to a little stream that has very deep pools underneath the waterfalls.  It’s a beautiful place, but the thought of getting into 20 foot deep water is terrifying.  So I stood on the edge and defined the fear.  I asked myself these questions:

What am I afraid of?

The unknown, giant shark men, swamp thing, who knows.

What are the chances that anything will happen?

Almost None.

So why am I letting this fear stop me?

Don’t know.

Could I move through this and just try it once?

Yes.

I’m not going to say I jumped right in.  I had to think and slow my breathing and heart rate because I was panicking at the edge of the water and I didn’t want to panic once I got in.  But after about 5 minutes of staring at the water, I eased myself off the rocks and took a short swim. After that I jumped in. after that I dove in and didn’t come back out.  It was a blast, and I am a lot less afraid of water now.  I will be going again tonight to face a much bigger lake.

I defined the fear and tried to logically break it down so that I could reduce my resistance to water.  I have now been kayaking and can say I’m actually excited to go again.  The fear is still there, but it’s getting less and less.  I pushed past my limits and am establishing new comfort zones.

This works the same for anything in life, whether it be fear of water, heights or something to do with your business or relationship.  Define the fear and push past it so you can establish a new comfort zone.  It may be scary, but it’s not as scary as not doing it, no matter what it is.

Push it

Choose something to do that is outside your comfort zone and do it.  Maybe you can sing at karaoke, talk to a stranger, ask that girl or guy on a date or face a fear.  Maybe you can just try a new hobby or meet a new friend.  It’s up to you to do it.  You have to make life an adventure, going to work and watching TV each night won’t do it for you.

Push past your comfort zones this week and you will start to enjoy life a lot more and realize that you have very few real limits in life.

I hope this finds you well.

Ryan

Do Something NEW!!!

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The past few weeks I’ve been having some fresh new experiences, and I have to tell you, it is so Exciting!

Doing new things is a great way to keep life fresh and exciting, meet new friends and add more hobby’s to your list of things you love.

Just this week I have –

-Swam in a freshwater stream
-Gone Fishing at midnight
-Gone Kayaking on a lake
-Written a short film
-Gone Hiking through one of the most beautiful canyons in the Black Hills

And I still have to go try racquetball and stream kayaking this week.

I didn’t set the week out trying to do something new, but I have been having more and more new experiences lately, and I’ve just been trying to enjoy them all.

Have you done anything new or exciting lately?  Or has it been the same old routine?

Why not do something new this week and start living your life and stretching your comfort zones?

Here are a few suggestions of things you might do that will break up your routine:

1.    Go Kayaking (this was a blast for me and I’m afraid of water)
2.    Go Hiking
3.    Visit a new place, park, store or coffee shop
4.    Study a second Language
5.    Read a book you wouldn’t normally pick up.
6.    Take a Dance Class
7.    Start a Martial Arts or Self Defense class
8.    Join a gym or go to the one you haven’t been to in a while.
9.    Book a cruise or cheap vacation
10.    Find a quiet spot and just relax or meditate
11.    picnic in a park instead of the drive thru
12.    Go to a mall or public place and people watch.

These are just a few suggestions, but hopefully they’ll get you thinking about something new that you can do to spice up your life and start enjoying it a bit more.

Just pick 1 thing to do this week, or even today and do it.  Don’t wait, Tomorrow will always be tomorrow, today is all you have.

I hope this finds you well,
Ryan