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Your Experience When You Go Out is Based on What You Focus on

This is something that I recently learned that really made sense to me.

When you go out, say to a nightclub, a party, or whatever it may be — your entire experience of that event is 100% based upon what you focus on.

There are only so many things we can consciously focus on at once.

For example, right now you’re probably not focusing on your heart beat, or the many sounds in the room that you’re in, or perhaps certain pain your body may be in (just recently had my wisdom teeth removed ;).  There are literally THOUSANDS of things you can focus on right now, besides reading this article on your computer (different objects in your environment, feelings, sounds, etc…).

In the same way, when you go out to a night club, there are thousands of things to focus on as well.

If you begin focusing on everyone sitting around, being bored, not having fun, the fact the club is empty, etc… then you’re going to leave that place and your experience of it was going to be “boring”.  

If you begin focusing on how much fun people are having, how great the music is, how there are so many cool things going on at once, how much fun you’re having, etc… then you’re going to leave that place and your experience may be “fun”.

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Deepak Chopra in Vancouver Review

Last night, my partner Jason and I, attended Deepak Chopra in Vancouver.  We were supporters of the event, helping out with Seed Productions.

Now, to be perfectly honest with you, I haven’t heard any of Deepak’s stuff or read any of his books.  I know of him and heard of him through Anthony Robbins.  I’ve lately been slowly emerging myself into spirituality the last year.  

To date, I’ve attended Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, had a radical Ayahuasca experience, been involved with a bit of WarriorSage’s stuff, read Eckhart Tolle, etc…  

The evening with Deepak Chopra was fantastic.  It was held at the Orpheum Theatre and was a packed audience.  In comparison with Wayne Dyer, who presented a few months earlier, I’m not sure who I favor more.  

Deepak’s presentation was easier to comprehend and understand (a rarity amongst spiritual teachers).  He spoke of the consciousness, and how everything (our entire experience of existence) is seen through the consciousness.  Nothing is necessarily real… it’s entirely based on what our consciousness is creating for us.

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Knowledge is not enough… Action is the Ultimate Power

This is something that took me a long time to understand.

I used to spend countless hours learning and gaining knowledge.   I thought more knowledge and information would make me more successful and happier.  Not the case.  Unfortunately, this is how most of society operates.

If this was the case, then everybody with a PHD would be successful.

What separates the most successful from the rest, is not that they’re more intelligent or smarter… it’s because they stepped up and took action!

Our ability to make decisions and take action is something that everyone is capable of.  You don’t need resources or money or more time than anyone else… all you need to do are take the actions necessary to get to where you want to be.

People think that you need to learn as much as possible about a subject before you take action on it — WRONG!  This is not the case… however, knowing a lot about it can help, it is also hindering you from achieving the success that you want.

Men think that learning as much as possible about meeting women and relationships is going to make them successful in this area… WRONG!  I can’t tell you how many guys I know that know so much about meeting women and all the theory and tactics… but still suck at it and can’t get a girlfriend if they wanted to.

We are not short of information.  The information is there and always will be.  We live in an information age.  What is lacking, is our ability to make decisions and take action towards our goals.  

Forget learning more… you know enough!  Don’t get caught up in the trap of constantly going to seminars, reading books, going to classes, etc… as long as it’s not holding you from acting on what you need to do.

Yes, I still see a ton of value in learning and reading and all that jazz.  In fact, I do that constantly.  However, it’s your ability to take what you learn and practice and apply it that will make you successful and achieve the goals that you want.

Ask yourself… what actions can you take today that will make you closer to achieving what you want?

It isn’t learning more about health and fitness… it’s going to the gym!

It isn’t learning more about meeting women and dating… it’s going out and approaching 12 women!

Hopefully this post will call some people to action!

Stefan
Executive Coach
Lifestyle Transformations 

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Forget Meeting Women… Go Out and Have Fun!

This is an extremely counter-intuitive concept.

Most men when they go out, their focus is to go out and to meet women.  It’s pretty obvious.  They just attended an Introductory Seminar, Transformations Bootcamp or Live Workshop, and their all pumped up on their new skillset and new tools that they learned.  They call up their buddies from the event or meet them on the forum (http://forum.lifestyletransformations.com) and they’re good to go.

Maybe they do okay at first, but eventually things start to suck after a while of going out.  The results aren’t there anymore.

Many struggle between meeting women and having fun.  What’s the reason most people give you when they go out after an event?  To meet women.  It’s the focus of their attention.

Instead, this is the wrong way to go about it.  The moment you make your outcome to go out and meet women (or to “sarge” as some weird people like to call it), it’s over.  If you’re going out and you’re talking about how to meet women or these new ideas or concepts you learned on the internet, then the chances of you meeting women and having fun are slim to none. 

The only thing that talking about meeting women does is put you more and more inside of your head.  It makes you logical, attached a specific outcome (meeting a woman), and women can sense it. 

When this is your outcome and you drive home at the end of the night and are frustrated… it’s only because your outcome was to meet women and you didn’t reach that outcome.

Instead, if your outcome is just to have fun, you can drive home happy because you met that outcome.   You didn’t get any phone #’s or anything… but did you have fun?  Yes!  Then that was an awesome night.

NEVER should your expectation of having fun be directly related to whether or not you got results with women.  You don’t need anything external such as success with women to dictate how much fun you have… YOU decide and create how much fun you want to have in any given moment.

If you environment you go to sucks… then that should have nothing to do with the quality of how much fun you’re having in any given night.  The same goes if there are ZERO women around, if you’re out by yourself, or if you get blown out 100 times in an evening.

The way you can always tell when someone is focused on meeting women is when they’re out and they’re looking around for the next woman to approach, because they’re worried they will let one walk by.  This is being overly-attached to the idea of meeting women and is making you outcome dependent. 

Instead, when you’re out, focus on dancing, laughing, high fiving your buddy, talking to EVERYONE, doing silly and playful things, and entertaining and amusing yourself.  When you’re in this incredible state and you’re having fun and an attractive woman walks by… then by all means go and meet her!  But, it’s only when you’re having fun and enjoying yourself that you can create a fun vibe in someone else’s group.

It all starts with you.  Go out and have fun.  Make that your focus the entire night.  You may approach and meet less women in the process, but I can guarantee the quality of your interactions will skyrocket. 

Oh, and if you can’t go out and have fun without feeling the “need” to approach women, then there is something massively wrong.  As an experiment, I’d go out for a few nights and make a decision not to approach ANY women… but to instead just focus on having fun on your own or with friends for a few nights.  Once you have this down, add in approaching and meeting women into your night and watch what happens.

Stefan
Executive Coach
Lifestyle Transformations

P.S.  I know we haven’t posted here in a while.  That is hopefully about to change!  I just had my wisdom teeth removed and this has been a great opportunity for me to do some writing.

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