Lose Weight and Eat More Often!
Nov 3rd
Having recently discovered the joy of taking regular exercise and thinking about what I eat, I wanted to share a video with you.
I haven’t done any real exercise since I left school and although I understood the theory and the potential health benefits, I’ve always managed to find a good reason why I couldn’t find the time, energy, money or motivation to start let alone stick at anything.
About 2 months ago, I got a text inviting me to a week’s trial at Milton Keynes Fit Body Bootcamp, so I thought I’d add that to my list of ‘tried that but it didn’t work for me’. Except that, I decided to really do it rather than just try this time and see once and for all if I could actually ‘do’ exercise.
I like to think about things, a lot, and whilst I may be guilty of over analysing on occasion, sometimes it pays me back with a light bulb moment. You know, those thoughts that pop into your head and suddenly something deeply buried makes sense and associated things fall into place. Well, I had a few of those!
I realised I have never been thin and happy at the same time. I have been really thin, too thin actually, and I have been ecstatically happy, but not simultaneously. This led onto a realisation that somewhere deep in my unconscious I have cultivated a very powerful limiting belief that I cannot be thin and happy. Tosh! Once I’d admitted this to myself I was able to set about creating a more empowering belief to replace it with.
I won’t go into my journey here, because the point of this post is to share with you, just one of the really useful tools I’ve enjoyed at bootcamp. The most joyous discovery that you dont’ have to deprive yourself and eat nothing, or calorie count or do any of those weird fad diets to look good – believe me I’ve tried them all – Cabbage soup, Atkins, colour coded days, Mao clinic and too many to even remember – and this video explains why I can eat snacks and meals all day long and still burn fat!
Check out this video and if you like it, there’s lot’s more info on the web site Major-Fitness.co.uk including nutritional plans, exercise hints and lots, lots more.
Over to the inspirational Helen Colby who will explain much better than I could. I can tell you that it works though 
Blog On Kindle
Oct 20th
I just wanted to share a great post I’ve read this morning about how you can get your blog on Kindle.
It was shared on Facebook by my FB friend Lilach Bullock, who is always sharing great info on how to do Internet Marketing with integrity, and written by another lady called Sarah Arrow.
If you have a blog, particularly a niche blog which is not as saturated as wider niches such as Internet Marketing, then this might be a great way to get your content out to a bigger audience.
Here’s the link to the article on how to Blog on Kindle!
Happy blogging
Turn Your PC or Phone Into a Kindle – Free!
Sep 24th
Did you know that you can now download a FREE Kindle App so that you can read Kindle books on your Phone, device or computer?
Kindle are now outselling conventional books and there are millions of titles readily available to read in under a minute, often significantly cheaper than the paperback versions, for instance, Damaged Goods is £9.97 in Paperback and only £3.42 on Kindle!
You can even read the same book on two different devices and it will always know where you got to, even if you swap devices!
Just click on the link above to go through to the Kindle page, where you can download the appropriate free App for your device and find answers to all your Kindle related questions.
If you do want to buy a Kindle and have the real thing though, you can get the all new Kindle 3G Wireless, which works globally and costs around £150 by clicking on the image below
Or, if you have wireless broadband at home and don’t need to be able to download on the move, then the cheaper version is just perfect for you at only £111
In either case you can store around 3500 books and the battery lasts up to two months, so there is enough for even the most avid holiday reader!
The Self Help Bible and Damaged Goods Go Live!
Jul 21st
It’s been a busy few weeks for Julian and I. Finally, after a lot of tapping on the computer – and even more procrastinating on my part – we have both published our books. Actually, Julian released Damaged Goods a few weeks ago and has already had his first royalty cheque!
It’s a funny thing to accomplish a goal, particularly one you have held for so long (and if I’m honest so vaguely!) I think it’s been more of a belief for me that one day I would write a book, rather than a goal. It certainly hasn’t been a well formed NLP type goal anyway!
I was very excited yesterday to see that my first book The Self Help Bible – Volume 1 – About Self Esteem and How to be Confident (volume 1 – that pretty much obliges me to write some more now doesn’t it!) had gone live on Kindle, that started the day well.
Then, Julian sent me a picture of the paperback in his hand, the proof copy of which arrived while I was out, and my excitement increased. So, by the time I got a copy in my hands last night, I was well and truly ‘hyper’ as Julian says! It was a real buzz!
I have built it a website, introduced it to Twitter and Facebook, announced it to Google and everything else I could think of, so now my little book has to make it’s own way in the world, and much like a proud parent, I have to just wait and see if I’ve done a good enough job for it to survive in the real world.
I’m pretty good at seeing the good bits in life, so, I can say truthfully that today is my best sales day to date. It’s day one perhaps, but I have sold a couple, so I remain hopeful! I have the next 4 volumes part written and all planned, volume 1 has gone off to be reviewed and a couple of people have asked for a signed copy – how cool is that!
The books are very simple, like me – to the point, yep, also like me, and fun – I hope that’s like me too! It is my hope, that they will bring hope to others by showing how easy it can be to change your life, with a little guidance and some will.
As it says at the top of our blog, we firmly believe that with the right System and Mindset, if you are willing to put in some Activity (consistent Action) then success will be yours!
Watch this space!
Focus – Proof That it Works!
Mar 17th
In the online world, we hear a lot about how focussing on things, having clear goals and taking action, will allow us to achieve whatever we want.
Listening to motivational speakers and discussing these things is all very well and I can talk for England, when the mood takes me, but I wanted to see if I really could walk the talk and prove to myself that it all works in real life.
Seven weeks ago, I sat down and decided to write my second book. I knew that I could do it, as writing is one thing I have always been good at, it was just the unquantified amount of work and precise direction of my efforts that I couldn’t quite see.
I sat and planned for a week, deciding what form my writing would take and in which direction it would go and then I started to write, believing that with focus and the clear, precise goal of the end product, my unconscious mind would steer me to the finish. It did.
I worked non stop, until 1 or 2 in the morning sometimes, waking up in the night to scribble thoughts on a pad by torchlight and after six weeks, 62,163 words and 491 pages, it was done.
The book has now been approved for publishing and I am only waiting to read the proof copy, before it goes on sale.
Bearing in mind that my first book, written 5 years ago, took me more than six months to complete, this to me, is real physical proof that we can indeed achieve anything, if we put our minds to it, have belief in ourselves and take constructive, deliberate action.
The book ‘Damaged Goods’ is an auto biographical story, about adoption, music, people and choices and will be available soon, as a paperback, kindle and ebook, both from Amazon and all other booksellers.
If you’re interested in having a look, you can get the latest news and see all the pictures that go with it, including some of the famous people from the world of Rock Music that I have met, you can have a look at http://facebook.com/damagedgoodsbook
How to Be Successful
Feb 12th
We posted a blog post here some weeks ago telling you why we felt the formula for success is Activity x Mindset + System and there is an article on Ezine which explains it in more detail.
We understand that you might not want to take our word for it, so how about Joseph McClendon III, one of Tony Robbins closest friends and peak performance coaches? As humans we’re programmed to trust people we know and figures of authority and they don’t come with much more authority than Joseph McClendon. So here is a great interview conducted by my friend and successful PR coach Maritza Duncan.
Enjoy!
7 Essential Email Marketing Strategies
Feb 2nd
Email marketing, or e-marketing, is one of the easiest and most efficient ways of marketing online, if it is done correctly. Effective email campaigns will attract your reader’s attention and with an eye catching subject line, sustain it, with interesting, well written text, leading them to follow your call to action. By using a few simple email marketing strategies and effective email management, you can save yourself time and effort and ensure that more of your emails will be opened, read and responded to.
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Success Guaranteed!
Jan 31st
I have just spent an amazing weekend at ‘The Next Step’, a personal development seminar run by Joseph McClendon III in London. It’s the second time I’ve been and uses many of the principles I’ve learned during my studies of neuro sciences over the past few years, so I wasn’t sure if I’d get that much out of it this time.
One thing I do believe, is that you will only ever get out what you put in, so I went along with an open mind, ready to learn and as Joseph says ‘Play Full Out’.
In one weekend I have moved more, remembered more and learned more than in the last year. I smashed a wooden board with my bear hands on Saturday, which you can see below and have set myself the most amazing targets to achieve this year. AND most importantly of all I have the mindset and the system I need to get them and I am ready to put in the activity I need to. With these three things in place I cannot fail but to find SUCCESS!
The weekend has given me loads of inspiration for the Personal Development Programme Julian and I are creating at the moment which we will tell you more about soon…..
Do you believe you can achieve what you want with the right mindset?
Success = Activity (Mindset + System)
Jan 24th
Success is that elusive thing that we all search for, in one form or another, at some point in our lives. Early on, we might measure success in terms of being popular in the playground, or top of the class. Later, we might have a hobby or sport we want to excel at. We might think we are successful if we have an attractive partner or lots of friends, material possessions or money in the bank. We might measure our own success through the results of others, like our children for example, or people that we help, teach and interact with.
However we measure success, the point is that we do all measure it and we strive to be successful in at least one area of our lives. You could even argue the point that people who really mess up in some way are actually successful. If you consider success to be the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted, as defined in some dictionaries and they set out to fail, then in doing so they are successful – almost like anti-success!
So how can you ensure success, or at least give yourself the very best chance? After much study and deliberation, I would like to offer you a three step formula for success, giving you the three key elements you need to create your own success.
Mindset
The first thing you need in order to be successful is the right mindset…
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