On the fourth of July I was celebrating with my family at our cabin. Early in the morning while most were still asleep I woke my brother-in-law Bobby up to go biking with me. I am participating in a sprint triathlon on July 14th at Echo Reservoir. This was an impossible game that I announced on the radio several weeks ago. The reason it was an impossible game for me- I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. Well, I didn’t own a road bike either.
With the right team and the right mindset I was able to complete the bike and run that morning with my personal best for time on both. It felt great and was a great start to my Producer Power Hour.
Just two weeks ago I bought a road bike with Aaron (a radio listener). Now I have all the gear- from tight shorts and awkward shirts, to the shoes that clip into the pedals. It has become fun and a real adventure for me. Not only is it great for the exercise portion of the Physical aspect of my Producer Power Hour, but it has stretched my mind and expanded possibilities for me mentally.
Overcoming the fear of swimming has forever changed my threshold for fear and even pain. I was willing to be uncomfortable and forget how I looked the first time in the pool in order to overcome most of my fears around swimming. It is amazing how facing a fear can actually increase it initially, but then in confronting the fear it creates a new sense of confidence through experience. Initially, I couldn’t swim but a few meters before I started to choke and have a sense of anxiety. Now, I will be swimming a half a mile without rest. It really is one thing to know of something and another to experience it. I knew something about swimming before I jumped in, but now I have a new perspective through experience. This new perspective is exciting and empowering. One of the best ways I have found to build confidence and excitement it to create the type of games that I am not sure how to accomplish at first glance. This triathlon was just that type of game.
The triathlon didn’t really become a real game until I was willing to step on the court. I had talked about an interest in doing a triathlon with friends and colleagues, but until I declared it with specific language on the radio, I was merely a spectator viewing something. When I have wanted to accomplish something I have always told many people that were in the abundance paradigm or that were what I would call a “Producer”. This allows a structure of accountability and an access to ideas and resources. Actually, one time I decided I wouldn’t cut my hair until I had reached a certain body fat percentage. When I would end up speaking in front of groups I found using the story as a place for humor and plus I wanted to have some credibility so I had to tell everyone why I was sporting a mullet. In doing this, a seminar participant told me of a health institute by the name of “Sanoviv“. Within a month I had planned a trip to “Sanoviv” and had accomplished in three months what I had been trying for 7 months before.
Using declaration is a key to progress and accountability, but only when declaring to the right people. Consumers and those in the scarcity mentality too often discourage people from doing anything extraordinary for fear of failure or that it might hold them to a higher standard. I have found that anything extraordinary is beyond the familiar and for many they would rather have life be predictable even if that is a life of misery (at least it is predictable misery).
Back to the biking and running. As I was on the last mile of my run, I noticed my mind started to become noisy with reasons and excuses why I didn’t have to endure the pain I was in. It was amazing once I began visualizing that each step become easier, it actually became easy. The realization I had was that my mind was more apt to fatigue before my body. When I am able to push myself physically I have noticed that it expands my mind in that moment, but also in all areas of my life.
My commitment to all that read this is that I am a free man. I live a life of excellence in all areas of my human life value- financially, spiritually, physically, mentally and socially.
If you would like to spend some time with any organizations that I am involved with here are some options: each Thursday night we have Producer Forums. You must have a sponser to attend, but there is no charge for the first hour. We have webcasting for the audio currently and we are closing in on video casting these. If you would like to find out more please contact Bradon Allen at ballen@freedomfasttrack.com. Ron Zeller will be speaking at the forum this next Thursday. He is an amazing example of bringing the impossible to possible. Ron has coached over 250,000 people and is coaching some of the most high-level producers I know as well as the largest corporations in the United States. Find out more by joining us next week. He is my co-host on Thursdays for the Mental FastTrack- a breakthrough in productivity through Quantuum Business Continuums (sound confusing? don’t worry, its not just listen from 9-10am on freedomfasttrack.com or on AM 630 if you live along the Wasatch Front.
I know this has been a bit long, but I want this web-site to be insight to what I am up to and the lessons I learn. As you read through the web-site and my posts, I hope you notice the authenticity of this site. For me to be completely at peace and have the happiness I want, transparency is critical. So…..as I have insights and breakthroughs in the 5 pillars of my Human Life Value know I will share them in this blog.