Unleash Real Success and Fulfillment in Your Life through “The Achievement Habit” Approach

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — 2 Comments
Bernard Roth, author of "The Achievement Habit" and Tom Marcoux, author of "Droids to Magic: Fantastic Tales"

Bernard Roth, author of “The Achievement Habit” and Tom Marcoux, author of “Droids to Magic: Fantastic Tales”

Tonight, I learned from author Bernard Roth as he gave a speech on his book, The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing and Take Command of Your Life. Bernie is the Rodney H. Adams Professor of Engineering and the academic director the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school) at Stanford University.

While Bernie gave his presentation, I wrote down a lot of notes.

On page 71 of his book, Bernie writes: “Reframing a problem is essentially a change of POV [point of view]. At the d.school we’ve had several instances where reframing led to spectacular results.” Further, Bernie notes: “If you want to find something new, it is important to start with a problem and not with a solution. Once you introduce solutions prematurely, you shut down the discovery process.”

In his talk, Bernie emphasized that we often think we are focused on a true problem. But he noted that we often mislead ourselves. He mentioned how at his presentation at Microsoft, one woman said that her problem was to “find a good man.” Bernie asked about what that would get her, and she replied, “Companionship.” In his talk, Bernie noted that she could get companionship in many ways: with a cat, with friends, or attend a class.

It is possible that “find a good man” might not be the real problem. Perhaps, “fill some emptiness” might be a particular problem.

Bernie also emphasized the difference between “trying” and “doing.” He mentioned a time when he dropped off a family member who tried to get a ticket to a movie at the Roxie Theater, San Francisco. (I related to that because I had met actor Danny Glover at a special event at that unique movie theater.)

After parking the car, Bernie walked up to his family member who said that the tickets were sold out.

Bernie said, “I was going to see this movie. . . It didn’t take that long. I got a ticket at the box office when someone requested their money back for a ticket. Then, I walked along the line and bought a ticket from someone who had a friend who couldn’t make it to the movie.”

When I talked with Bernie, I mentioned that I had written 29 books. Then I had the idea to take a photo [attached to this article] with both Bernie’s book and my 29th book Droids to Magic: Fantastic Tales of Science Fiction and Wonder. With this book, I celebrate my doing and not just trying.

On page 243 of his book The Achievement Habit, Bernie writes: “Prototype Your Way to Success. A prototype is a sample or model created to show or test a concept—something to be learned from. In solving problems, an excellent way to move forward is to incorporate prototyping into your process. . . . Prototypes can be in any form that gives information. They do not need to look like or work like the final solution, and they certainly do not need to do both.”

In conversation, I mentioned to Bernie, that my book Droids to Magic celebrates my doing of one particular story, Living.

Here I’ll share my process of doing—and prototyping:

What I DID with the story Living:

1) I wrote a screenplay (that got me into the US film industry and gained cooperation from the California Motion Picture Commissioner who secured, for free, the San Luis Obispo Airport and an American Eagle airplane—for a feature film I subsequently directed.)
2) I filmed a version of Living.
3) I completed a two-hour audio novel version of Living.
4) I completed a novella (contained in Droids to Magic) of this story.

The best version of the story is the novella. I prototyped Living in the above ways.

I’ll share this in few words. When you want to get unstuck and really accomplish something aligned with your dreams, you’ll get a copy of Bernie’s book, The Achievement Habit. (See much of the book when you CLICK HERE )

Warmly,
Tom

P.S. Learn to unleash success by taking the Right Risk and being skillful about risk-taking. Learn from Disney – and Observations by Tom Marcoux in this 44 second video:

Tom Marcoux
CEO (leading teams in United Kingdom, India and USA)

Speaker-author of 29 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
Author of Create Your Best Life: Unleash Your Charisma and Confidence to Change the World (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE)

 

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Learn the Secret to Unleash Real Prosperity — “The Power of 50”

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — 3 Comments
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Keep to Your Dreams! – – Tom Marcoux ‘s character “Jack AngelSword” soon to appear in his novel “Jenalee Storm: Magic Rises”

“I’m exhausted,” my new client Cheryl said.

“I hear you,” I replied, “Based on what you do for your business, it’s no wonder.”

Cheryl, like many of us who own a business, is working seven days a week. She wonders will she ever be able to have more personal time?

One of my mentors gave me the real solution. He said, “Ideally, you need to shift from concentrating 98% of your attention on just current cash flow.”

He was talking about an important point. Many entrepreneurs are so caught up with working IN their business that they are not working ON their business. When this happens you don’t have a business, “you just bought yourself a job.” By this I mean, you have situation in which you only trade your time for money.

The Solution is:

  1. Build your business so you don’t always have to be there.
  2. Build real business assets.

Here’s an example.

As an Executive Coach – Spoken Word Strategist, I need to be right there with my client. In this manner, I’m in the business of helping people transform their lives!

Still, every week, I schedule time for:

  1. I’m writing — toward my next books (I don’t have to be there as the books sell in 15 countries)
  2. Work on my franchise Jenalee Storm (which features Jack AngelSword).

For example, the first time Jenalee Storm and Jack AngelSword appeared was in my book Droids to Magic: Fantastic Tales of Science Fiction and Wonder  (See the book when you CLICK HERE )

Droids to Magic features characters from two of my franchises: Jack AngelSword and Jenalee Storm. These franchises will ultimately include graphic novels, feature films and action figures!

The Power of Exceptional Focus

Do you spend time each week, actually building your business? Or are you—what I called myself years ago—“a little fire truck putting out fires?”

Improve your life. How? Use what I call the “Power of 50.” The ideal ratio of working on current cash flow and working on building your business is 50%-50%. Or what I call the Power of 50.

It’s true that your percentages of working on current cash flow and working on future cash flow will vary week to week.

Still, it helps to keep that idea of 50%-50% in mind.

Ultimately, I want my franchises (Jack AngelSword, Jenalee Storm, TimePulse, Crystal Pegasus) to serve so many people that Disney wants to buy my company near the end of my lifespan. I want my work to continue to inspire and entertain people beyond my lifespan.

When you want to make something Big Happen:

View this video for powerful Success Strategies that Walt Disney used:

What do you really want to contribute?

And what are you doing so that you don’t have to work so many long hours as your life goes along?

Remember:

  1. Build your business so you don’t always have to be there.
  2. Build real business assets.

Warmly,

Tom

Tom Marcoux

Tom Marcoux
Spoken Word Strategist – Executive Coach
Speaker-Author, over 40 books
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Unleash Your Real Power through “Emotion-Motion Life Hacks”

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — 2 Comments
Unleash your real power through Tom Marcoux 's Emotion-Motion Life Hacks.

Unleash your real power through Tom Marcoux ‘s Emotion-Motion Life Hacks.

Feel exhausted? Or is procrastination killing your dream?

Similarly, my client, Helen, said, “I’m just too exhausted at the end of the day to do any writing.”

“I hear you,” I replied. “Would you like to explore some options?”

She said yes, and we began a process that I call “Emotion-Motion Life Hacks.”

Authors/researchers have described a “life hack” as any shortcut or tactic that improves one’s productivity or efficiency.

I do not talk from theory. As the author of 28 books, I’ve learned to get a lot done for my dreams—even when my schedule is filled with travel, speaking, and logistics.

The process is about “moving your emotion.”

The idea is the you ARE flowing at your best—through the day.

A – arrange some hope!
R – reorganize by energy
E – energize by principles

  1. Arrange some hope!

Get something done for you and your dream on a daily basis. Even devoting just 15 minutes a day to painting a picture or writing a book can fill you with some hope! This will move your feelings and you’ll discover that you feel more personal energy.

And keep a Progress Log. I log the number of words I write each day. Researchers note that seeing progress (and checking something off one’s list) often results in rise in dopamine in your body. You literally feel better!

Now it’s your turn.

How can you devote just 10 minutes today to something that inspires hope in you?

  1. Reorganize by energy

My client Helen does not feel energized when she walks in the door after a hectic time at her “job to pay the rent.”

It’s better for her to use her lunch hour well.

She has a bite to eat and writes for 30 minutes during her lunch hour.

The food and time away from work helps her.

She has more energy in the middle of the day than in the evening.

Now she reorganizes her life not by vague ideas. Instead, she monitors her energy levels. Then she reorganizes her schedule related to her energy levels.

Now it’s your turn.

How can you do something that brightens your day when you’re feeling more energetic?

  1. Energize by principles

The essence of “Emotion-Motion Life Hacks” is using principles that help your function at your best.

Here are examples:

  • Keep Score and Achieve More  . . . [Use a Progress Log.]
  • Courage is easier when you’re prepared . . . [Rehearse before a meeting, speech or job interview.]
  • Better than Zero*

*Better Than Zero . . . This principle is based on the idea that doing a little bit of some action is better than doing nothing. For example, I have a family member who is in the process of dropping excess weight. I walk with her two times a day. The walks are brief, but her body is getting used to more exercise . . . everyday!

When you use the above principles you have more energy, you get more done, and you feel better about your life. Your emotion moves in a positive flow.

In essence, you move yourself out of a disempowering low mood into an empowering mood. As an Executive Coach – Spoken Word Strategist, I help clients identify what works for them on a consistent basis.

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When you want to rise to higher levels of success and happiness, consider Emotion-Motion Life Hacks. Learn to move your emotion to a more empowering state of being.

You’ll get more done, and you’ll feel better doing it.

Warmly,

Tom

Tom Marcoux

CEO
Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
Author of 10 Seconds to Wealth: Master the Moment Using Your Divine Gifts (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE)
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Remove Blocks so Prosperity Fills Your Life

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — Leave a comment
Make a bridge to New Prosperity for Your Life.

Make a bridge to New Prosperity for Your Life.

“What can remove the blocks so prosperity increases in my life?” my client, Allen, asked.
“Fear is the big block for many people. I’ll help you quiet down fear and leap forward,” I replied.

To open up the floodgates for prosperity, I help my clients take action in 4 critical areas, and I use the label “R.I.S.E.” to make the process memorable. Making a great plan that includes the R.I.S.E. elements can quiet down your fear and help you take effective action. Additionally, the R.I.S.E. elements lift you to higher levels of abundance and happiness.

R – risk well
I – intuit
S – start Creating
E – energize a team and tracking

As an Executive Coach – Spoken Word Strategist, I work with my clients in-depth to develop their customized plan and implement it.

Here I’ll give a brief overview.

1. Risk well

Many of us miss out on bringing in real prosperity to our life because of fear—fear that taking a risk will destroy what we have. The answer is to develop the skills to “Risk Well” (my phrase).

Use these questions to build your plan for identifying appropriate risks:

  • Will I grow?
  • Will I learn?
  • Will I make new alliances?
  • Can I avoid “losing the store”?
  • Can I make money all the while?
  • Does my heartfelt intuition call me to go forth in this direction?

Now it’s your turn.

How can you be careful with budgets and resources so you don’t hurt yourself when you take an appropriate risk?

2. Intuit

The top successful people I’ve interviewed demonstrate that they often use intuition. Intuition is like a muscle: If you don’t use it, you lose it.

You need to both make space for your intuition, and you need to take action upon your intuition. Intuition is like a friend who says, “You don’t listen to me anyway; I’ll just shut up.”

Instead, honor your intuition.

First, identify which internal voice you’re listening to:

Voice of Fear: contract, hide, don’t take appropriate risks.

Voice of Intuition: expand, experiment, grow, take appropriate risks

Second, find a way to take some steps forward. Monitor your results. Check in with your intuition again and again along the way.

The thing about intuition is: Intuition gives you Steps 1, 2, 3. You cannot see Steps 18, 19, 20 yet. Still, at Step #3, you can see the next steps of 4, 5, 6. Your perspective has shifted. It’s like you’ve reached the peak of a small mountain, and you can now see other mountain peaks. Intuition will give you the next steps to take.

Keep stepping forward.

Now it’s your turn.

How can you make time to get quiet and get access to your intuition? How will you take action?

3. Start Creating

To bring more income in, you need to create something. You could create a product, a new speech or something else.

Or you could “Create a Great New Impression of You.”

You can show how you have enhanced skills, more experience – and you have created new results. When you create such an impression (also known as your Enhanced Personal Brand), you can gain a promotion or a raise. [Your personal brand is the answer to: “What are you best known for?”]

Now it’s your turn.

What can you create (product, Enhanced Personal Brand) to bring in more income?

4. Energize a Team and Tracking

My phrase is “Use Alliances for Advances.”

Collaboration and kindness can create powerful leaps forward.

On many occasions I’ve helped someone, and soon they will give me vital information or referrals.

Here are what I call “The 3 Magic Words of Networking”: Help Them First.

Find ways to help others.

Send them a link to a useful article.

Connect people. I often connect someone who needs a service (for example, editing) with someone I trust.

Both people benefit.

Now it’s your turn.

How can you help others?
How can you build relationships of trust?
How might you pull people together into a team and get something big done?

Energize Tracking

One of my phrases is: “Keep Score and Achieve More.”

“Tom, how did you write and publish 28 books?” a number of audience members ask me.

I reply that I keep a number of Progress Logs going. I note how many words I write per day. Seeing my progress builds up my personal energy. I get more done.

An old phrase is: If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. To unleash real prosperity, you do not need only more activity. Instead, you need to track your activities and see what real results are coming in. If something does not work, modify it or replace it.

To know what to do, get the data. Track your results.

Now it’s your turn.

How can you track your actions and what results they’re bringing in?

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When you develop your prosperity plan to include the 4 Elements of R.I.S.E., you’ll bring in more financial abundance and joyful moments.

Remember:

R – risk well
I – intuit
S – start creating
E – energize a team and tracking

(You can release blocks on making your life better and even increasing your financial abundance! — In just a few days, on Oct 14, 2015, learn more about releasing blocks to financial abundance and excellent health and well-being at the YourBodySoulandProsperity.com Experiential Workshop in North Hollywood, CA. **Bonus: Co-speaker Qigong Master Chris Shelton works with notables like Channing Tatum**

See this 1.7 min. Video:

To Register – CLICK HERE

Warmly,

Tom

Tom Marcoux

CEO
Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
Author of 10 Seconds to Wealth: Master the Moment Using Your Divine Gifts (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE)

 

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Rescue Your Personal Energy and Get More Done!

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — Leave a comment
Ignite new warmth and better opportunities in your life!

Ignite new warmth and better opportunities in your life!

“Tom, when did you get surprised and learn something profound?” my friend, Andie, asked.

In reply, I told her about my experience with a friend, “George.” I didn’t use his real name.

Something that I learned is:

When you accept something, it does not mean that you agree; it means that you’ve stopped resisting and losing energy!

Over a span of years, I did a lot of listening to George. I wanted to be supportive of my friend. He had some extreme views, and listening to them would suck the life out of me.

Ever the good friend, I called George to see how he was doing. I’d ask, “What are you looking forward to?” And he’d take that as an insult. He was not looking forward to anything.

I was asked by my sweetheart, “Why don’t you free yourself of George?” She knew that I was losing time and personal energy.

I said, “I’m a loyal friend.”

Then one day, after other rough times, George said in a phone conversation, “Our conversation was largely useless.”

My intuition kicked in. I replied, “I don’t do useless things. I’m not going to be calling you, George. If you have an emergency, you can call me. I do care about you.”

After a few more words back and forth, that was the end of it. The phone call ended, and George left my life.

And wow! What a blessing.

I had such a savings in my personal energy.

Over the next years, I wrote eight books and accomplished other things, too.

I invite you to remember this idea:

When you accept something, it does not mean that you agree; it means that you’ve stopped resisting and losing energy!

I did not want to agree to the idea that my loyal listening to George had no real effect or value to him.

I learned to accept that I would not have a life-long friendship with George. It was time to let go. It was time for me to stop losing energy to resisting the parting of ways with George.

I invite you to take a look and see what you are resisting.

I’ve talked with clients and audience members who said:

  • I’m resisting the truth that my sister simply does not really care about me and my life.
  • I’m resisting the reality that I cannot put up with my current job. I need to find something that engages my creativity.
  • I’m resisting that I must learn how to be a salesperson or my own company will go bankrupt.
  • I’m resisting that for a time I’ll need to do two jobs: one to earn rent money and the other which is my “creative-life job”
  • I’m resisting that I need to limit my contact with a bitter relative.

When you stop resisting, often you stop trying to change someone else or even get that person to listen to you.

(You often release blocks on making your life better and even increasing your financial abundance! — In just a few days, on Oct 14, 2015, learn more about releasing blocks to financial abundance and excellent health and well-being at the YourBodySoulandProsperity.com Experiential Workshop in North Hollywood, CA. **Bonus: Co-speaker Qigong Master Chris Shelton works with notables like Channing Tatum**

See this 1.7 min. Video:


To Register – CLICK HERE

This is an AND-universe.

You can be good to yourself AND find people who will celebrate who you really are.

You can be strong and face what you’re resisting AND create more ease in your life.

Many blessings on your journey,

Tom

Tom Marcoux

CEO
Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
Author of 10 Seconds to Wealth: Master the Moment Using Your Divine Gifts (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE)
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Unleash Real Prosperity; Learn about Real Power

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — 1 Comment
Expand Your Awareness and Increase Your Prosperity!

Expand Your Awareness and Increase Your Prosperity! Enjoy the book 10 Seconds to Wealth.

Where does big prosperity come from? Learn how to make excellent choices and take the Right Risks. This is a source of Real Power.

Some people know that Walt Disney’s first company Laugh-O-Gram Studio went bankrupt. It must have hurt an extra amount because Walt had seen his father fail at a number of business ventures, too.

Disneyland was a huge risk. More that that, everyone was against it: Walt’s wife Lillian, his brother/business partner Roy O. Disney and the board of directors. Walt cashed in his life insurance to pay for the first designs of Disneyland.

These details inspired me to think about how we might choose well when a risky choice arises.

My intuition gave me a number of questions to help me ascertain if something is what I call the “Right Risk.”

  • Will I grow?
  • Will I learn?
  • Will I make new alliances?
  • Can I avoid “losing the store”?
  • Can I make money all the while?
  • Does my heartfelt intuition call me to go forth in this direction?

Now, I’ll talk a bit about each question and add some wise council from Walt Disney.

  • Will I grow? Will I learn?

I’ve written over 2 million words. Over the years, I have been working to improve in the craft of writing—both nonfiction and fiction. I don’t get stuck like I did several years ago. I’ve learned how to jump in and get writing even when I don’t feel like. Writing has become like dancing to me: You stretch, you learn the steps and then you have moments of real grace.

Many of us writers learn to revise and revise.

“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” – Walt Disney

  • Will I make new alliances?

Many times we make the biggest strides forward when we team up or at least get some coaching. This is one of the reasons why I find so much meaning as an Executive Coach – Spoken Word Strategist. I help my clients learn things faster, get unstuck and streamline their process to reach higher levels of success and fulfillment.

My phrase is: Alliances make advances.

I’ve hired more than ten editors. I’ve learned from each one. Often, we go farther faster when we team up with effective people.

For example: In the early years, Ub Iwerks drew Mickey Mouse for the first animated Disney films. Without Ub’s contribution, Mickey would not have looked nor moved the way he did. This is an example of the power of alliances: Walt Disney’s story sense and Ub’s design/animation sense.

Later, Ub left the Disney Company to head his own studio. This bothered Walt a lot. Still, it’s said that of all the telegrams that arrived to celebrate the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt kept only one telegram—the one from Ub.

Years later, Ub returned to call upon Walt. Ub wanted a job, and Walt gave him the facilities so Ub could experiment with some technical processes. One of Ub’s advances made it possible to efficiently make 101 Dalmatians.

Walt had a habit: He would ask the team members to “plus” [add to/improve] each scene of a film.

Now it’s your turn.

How can you team up with effective people?
What gaps in your knowledge or resources do you need shored up by working with others?
Write down notes about how you can gain team members or collaborate with others.

  • Can I avoid “losing the store”?

“Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.” – Walt Disney

My point is: Build in a buffer zone so you avoid “losing the store.” By this I mean, be careful about a budget and the use of resources. If possible, avoid spending too much on a project.

Some people note that in the same year James Cameron spent $200 million on Titanic, Steven Spielberg spent $63 million on Jurassic Park.

We realize that Titanic called for more expenditures. They built a replica of the great ship, for example.

Still, Steven Spielberg is a master of choosing what to place in a movie and what to leave out.

For example, a river scene with attacking Pterodactyls was dropped from Jurassic Park (considered too expensive) and only revived for Jurassic Park III.

“The difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting.” – Walt Disney

In order to not quit, it can be helpful to retain some money to keep going.

Be careful of budgets of time, money and other resources.

  • Can I make money all the while?

When the Walt Disney Company opens a new theme park they start with a few rides. Then over the years they add more attractions.

“Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don’t  like, I’m not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.” – Walt Disney

At the Disneyland Resort, when California Adventure Park opened a number of things didn’t go as planned. In the first year 2001, only 5 million visitors attended. To give perspective to that, in that same year Disneyland saw 12.3 million visitors. In response, the Disney team lowered ticket prices.

How bad were things? The park only had about 5,000 to 9,000 visitors on weekdays although it was built to have a capacity of 33,000.

Okay. That was a rocky start. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced a multi-year revision of the park. It had cost $600 million to build California Adventure Park. The Disney team would further invest $1.1 billion to revise and remodel the park. Let’s remember the idea “make money all the while.” California Adventure has been open and earning income across the years.

One detail that captures my interest is that the entrance area was changed to a representation of Los Angeles as it appeared when Walt Disney moved there in the 1920s. What a great idea! This brings in the element of magical, nostalgia energy similar to Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A.

Find ways to bring something to the marketplace and keep improving the product in subsequent versions.

  • Does my heartfelt intuition call me to go forth in this direction?

“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.  And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.” – Walt Disney

A number of people have asked me, “How did you write 28 books, Tom?”
I reply, “I was called to each one. I wanted to go on the journey of writing each particular book.”

“You reach a point where you don’t work for money.” – Walt Disney

Walt Disney emphasized: “Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”

Walt had been called to create Disneyland:

“Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always ‘Daddy’s Day’ and I would take them to the merry-go-round and sit on a bench eating peanuts, while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt that something should be built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.” – Walt Disney

So my friend, I now invite you to pause and ask yourself: “Does my heartfelt intuition call me to go forth in this direction?

My heart has called me to direct feature films, create graphic novels, write and sing songs as part of a band, teach MBA students at Stanford University, write 28 books—and more.

I’ve answered the call again and again.

What does your heart call you to do?

Yes – there may be years in which you do a “rent job” to support yourself and race home and do your heartfelt work.

We, who adopt the plan of “Whatever it takes,” step forward without regrets.

Just imagine what you might do if you quieted down fear, and took some good steps forward.

 

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Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of 10 Seconds to Wealth: Master the Moment Using Your Divine Gifts (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE)
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
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Use a Cure for Feeling Down – Power Up Your Courage and Happiness

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — Leave a comment
Tom Marcoux lands jet ski in feature film scene.

Tom Marcoux lands jet ski in feature film scene.

Many years ago, I took my first tentative steps to become a professional speaker. One day, I was listening to an audio recording of the most successful speaker of the time. “What’s the use?” I thought. I was nothing like this guy. He was tall, Caucasian and loud. I was average height, Asian, and … well … What was I?

I was afraid.

What was the source of my fear? — I was comparing myself to Mr. Top Speaker.

Then I had a thought: “He can’t be everywhere.”

That was a thought that countered my comparing myself to him and thinking that I could not compete with Mr. Top Speaker.

Yes, he could not be everywhere, and besides in the beginning,  I would be speaking where he would not want to present, anyway. I took small steps forward . . . and more opportunities arrived. (I’ve been a professional member of the National Speakers Association for more than 14 years.)

“Mr. Top Speaker” wasn’t in the classroom teaching Stanford University MBA students – I was.

He wasn’t teaching a college level online Comparative Religion course (that I wrote) . . . I was.

He wasn’t writing the 28 books that I wrote.

My point is: You can quickly make yourself scared and actually put yourself into a dis-empowered mood by comparing yourself to someone further along than you are.

On the other hand . . .

It you’re feeling down, focus on this point:

Don’t compare. DO Create.

By the way, comparing does not work because no one else can be You At Your Best.

To this day, there are plenty of people who still do not like Mr. Top Speaker. And there are a significant number of people who come up to me and express how they really relate to my speaking style and what I said in my speech.

Further, I’ll share a secret. You do NOT need to create by yourself.

I’ve learned so much from mentors, books, colleagues and my graduate students – and my experiences with my clients.

The Cure for Feeling Down is: Create something.

Create something artistic.
Create a moment when someone smiles. You can simply say: “Hey, Susan, one thing I appreciate about you is . . .” And then offer the person a sincere compliment.

Use the Power of G.A.G.

As a feature film director, actor and former stuntman, I know that a stunt is called a “gag”—in the film industry. I did a number of gags—including hanging on by my fingertips to the hood of a cherry-red 50’s Chevy truck going 57 miles an hour. [I do not recommend this!].

I’m talking about the “gag” because I want you to remember a special G.A.G.

Do you feel low? Remember G.A.G.: “Gratitude, Action, Giving.”

  • Gratitude – Ask yourself what am I grateful for? Write it down.
  • Action – Identify some simple, small action you can take to create progress for your dream.
  • Giving – Identify something you can do to help someone feel better. Then do it or at least get it into your day planner or calendar.

Let’s say I go through some tough moments with a bitter, elderly relative. I find that my spirits go up when I help someone during my next phone call. Maybe I’m just listening intently. People appreciate being listened to. (I even wrote a book about this process titled, Be Heard and Be Trusted – Free chapter when you CLICK HERE.) When you help someone else, you feel better.

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The point is: When you are feeling grateful, this focus crowds out feeling down or inadequate.

As an Executive Coach, I help my clients identify the next actions to help them move toward their dream. My clients discover that taking action lifts their spirits in this present moment.

Remember: Don’t compare: DO Create.

Warmly,

Tom

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in North Hollywood, California
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Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
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Discover the Power Method to Prosperity

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — Leave a comment
Love yourself to abundance -- a cat knows.

Love yourself to abundance — a cat knows.

“Damn! I just lost one of my two part-time jobs. Now, I’m in trouble about money,” my friend Fred said.

Because he asked, I introduced Fred to the “Power Method to Prosperity.” To say it briefly, “Ask Yourself an Empowering Question.”

Why does this help? To make more money, you need two things: Clarity and Action.

Let’s look at Empowering Questions:

For someone looking for a job:

* How can I design my resume to express something that will make me stand out – and will demonstrate that I will lighten the prospective employer’s burden?

For a business owner:

* What can I do today that will secure more long-term customers?

As an Executive Coach – Spoken Word Strategist, I help a number of my clients build a brand from “zero to Extraordinary.” I ask a number of questions and listen carefully to my clients’ responses. We also test the ideas in number of ways.

One of the tough things for new business owners is to clearly and quickly express what they do and how clients benefit. As I ask questions, I get the client to fill in the blanks of my formula:

Tom Marcoux’s Branding Formula:

I help people _______
to achieve _________
They feel _________
My clients say ______

Here’s another way to view this:

I help people __(verb)__
to achieve __(results)__
They feel __(successful, relieved, happy about, more effective)___
My clients say: Joe is so trustworthy and smart about marketing that my sales went up 37%. [an example]

Here is an Empowering Question:

What do I do that’s easy for me, hard for others and people want to pay for?

This question can help you and me (and yes, Fred!) to consider new ways to bring in income. Think of this: Steve Jobs had the idea that people would pay $0.99 for a song that they could grab for free on the Internet. His idea was new and he had to use his charm and tactics to get music companies to go along. In fact, the Beatles held out for a long time but eventually joined the iTunes fold. People have gained more than 25 Billion downloads of songs from iTunes! I’m participating, too: I have two audiobooks on iTunes myself: Be Heard and Be Trusted and Darkest Secrets of Persuasion and Seduction Masters: How to Protect Yourself and Turn the Power to Good — hear a portion when you CLICK HERE.

Here’s another hint:

One of my mentors said, “If you want clients, you need to talk to them.” I used this idea as a springboard: I can talk to prospective clients through 1.6 min. videos on YouTube. Each video works as a 24/7 ambassador.

Here’s how I demonstrate how my directing a feature film that went to the Cannes Film market helps me to support clients in Building Their Brand . . . Here is a 1.7 min. video example:

The truth is: a prospective client wants to know you and to feel that you’re trustworthy and credible. That’s a significant part of the value of a video.

Here’s another example (1.5 min. video):

In summary, here are other Empowering Questions:

  • How can you talk with your clients/prospective clients through videos?
  • How can you use testimonials to demonstrate you are both trustworthy and quite capable?

To increase your prosperity focus on Empowering Questions, your own Clarity – and that you take action.

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in North Hollywood, California
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Tom

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Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
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Stop Holding Yourself Back – The Hidden Truth for You to Rise to Big Success!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — Leave a comment
Let happiness and abundance flow well!

Let happiness and abundance flow well!

“No, I can’t get myself to get excited about a possible, positive thing,” my friend Eldon said.

“I’m just curious. When did you last really look forward to something?” I asked.

“I don’t know. Maybe sometime when I was a kid,” he replied.

In working with hundreds of clients, graduate/college students and audience members, I’ve seen something insidious that causes big problems.

It centers on something connected to this question: Why do you hold back from affirming the positive?

Have you seen yourself afraid to hope?!

I have a vital question for you: ‘Do you hold back from hoping for something because you hold some idea that you can NOT endure a big disappointment?

Here’s the truth: Even if  you hide and try to play small, disappointments come into our lives, anyway!

My solution is: Until I know differently, I AM affirming the positive.

Think about it: What if things do go your way, then you would have wasted your time keeping yourself stuck in a negative spiral of thoughts.

The successful people I have interviewed have faced lots of disappointing outcomes and even rejection every week. How? They’re always stretching and putting themselves out into the world.

Have you ever heard a friend say this: “Ahhh, what’s the use? That kind of good thing never happens to me.” And then the person does NOTHING. Beware of this terrible pattern of doing nothing.

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” – Benjamin Franklin

Let’s look at this evidence.

For many of us:

  • There was the day when we could not ride a bicycle . . . and then we did.
  • There was the day that we had no job . . . and then we had a first job.
  • There was the day when we could not swim . . . and then we could swim.

The truth is:  The past does not equal the future. – Tony Robbins

However, if you do not hold a positive picture of your future, you are likely to do NOTHING! That’s a big problem. And that is NOT for you.

So I invite you to consider using my method: Until I know differently, I AM affirming the positive.

As an Executive Coach – Spoken Word Strategist, I support my clients in boldly holding a positive picture of their future and taking consistent action.

Let’s say you want to improve your skills and rise up the ladder and increase your hourly rate.

I know people who worked over years to improve their skills and to get excellent experience. They started at $5.00 per hour and now earn over $400 per hour.

This is doable when a person deeply wants to improve—and is willing to train hard.

“If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself, you’ll make a fortune” – Jim Rohn

One of my favorite sayings is: “Replace worry with action” – Steve Chandler.

Do NOT fall into the rut (or stay there) of those people who say that their lives are: “Same old, same old.”

Do something new. Replace worry with action. Get some new learning. Learn from people who know things that you do not know.

And as you do new things, keep up your own morale (and the morale of people near you).
How?

Until you know differently, Affirm the positive.

  • Yes – you’re learning.
  • Yes – you’re making progress for more abundance in your life.
  • Yes – you have a bright future—with advancements you do not even know about at the moment.
  • Yes – the project you’re working on will have great outcomes (some of which you do not even know right now).

And here is the Hidden Truth: If you do meet a setback or a big disappointment, you CAN endure, bounce back and leap higher than before.

Why? Because by taking action you’ve learned so much more than others who do nothing, risk nothing and stay locked “in their shell”—or comfort zone.

Joy and success are outside your comfort zone.

Take action today.

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Tom

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Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
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How to Keep Your Heart Full and Keep Moving Forward

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Tom Marcoux — Leave a comment
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“Damn! He did it again,” my friend Nadine said. Her husband had promised to pick up the dry cleaning but had failed to do so.

I know at times, we need to rely on others. But sometimes, we’ll get significantly disappointed.

Recently I wrote: “Collaboration, friendliness and kindness combine as a terrific form of power.” So I’m aware of the how great things can go when people come together. I’m currently leading teams in the United Kingdom, India and the United States of America—so teams mean a lot to me.

Still, my question is: How do you keep your heart full?

And that’s related to this vital question: Where is your hope coming from?

Find some way to take personal action so that’s the springboard for your hope.

If you’re relying only on a human being to bring you hope, that may be a significant problem.

Human beings make errors, get distracted and put themselves first (at times) before others. Human beings, at times, break promises.

How about keeping a promise to yourself—to keep growing, discovering and learning?

I call this “self-generating hope.”

There’s another type of hope: “Self-generating hope.” That’s referencing your Higher Self.

Think of your Higher Self as that part of you that connected with the Divine and with all the good in the universe. When you act from your Higher Self, you act with courage, and you’re divinely guided.

The opposite is to act from your ego—that part of you that’s made of fear.

We can tie this into “Where is your hope coming from?”

Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.” ― Jim Rohn

A powerful and healthy way to approach life is: My hope arises from my Higher Self and from my taking action–positively and consistently.

We can call this a proactive hope—a courageous hope.

The opposite would be a “wishy-washy hope.” But that is NOT for you.

My friend, step forward. Keep nurturing  yourself. Take action and exercise your Courageous Hope.

That’s how you keep your heart full and you keep moving forward.

 

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Tom

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CEO
Speaker-author of 28 books (with free chapters on Amazon.com )
Executive Coach
Spoken Word Strategist
Author of Your Power Path to Freedom, Success and Happiness (Free Chapter when you CLICK HERE )
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