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10 Things You Would Do If You Weren’t Afraid by Steve Chandler 

From the book “Reinventing Yourself” by Steve Chandler:

“Go off by yourself somewhere and sit down with a spiral notebook. (Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino says the spiral notebook is the most high-tech invention of our lifetime because you can take it anywhere, you don’t need an electrical outlet or batteries, and you can write anything into it.) 

Write down 10 things you would do in your life if you had absolutely no fear. Then pick one of them to do. 

The thing you’ve picked to do might make you afraid just thinking about it, but that’s okay. Don’t think about it. Thinking about it is what is making you afraid. Just get started doing it. Without thought. 

All courageous people have fear. They just do things anyway, hollering with a combination of joy and fear, like Butch and Sundance jumping off the high cliff into the water below. 

You will find, as you descend toward the water, there is a joyful rush. You’re feeling your fear while you are in action conquering it. And as you continue in action, the fear dissolves, like a fist full of salt in the river. What remains for you is pure joy. It’s the joy of being someone you were not. That’s reinvention. 

You reinvent by doing things “you” wouldn’t do, and in so doing you realize there is no fixed and permanent “you” at all.”

“Reinventing Yourself” book on Amazon👇

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Your Top 10 by Dr. Nate Zinsser 

From the book “The Confident Mind” by Dr. Nate Zinsser:

“Get out a blank piece of paper, put “My Top Ten” at the top of the page, and write out a list of ten accomplishments in your chosen field. If you’re a competitive athlete write down the ten best moments playing your sport—games or races won, goals scored, and so on. If you’re a musician, write down the most beautiful or memorable pieces you’ve ever performed, whether they took place on a large stage in front of a big audience or privately in your practice space. If you’re a “white-collar athlete,” one of the zillions of people who work daily to turn the wheels of the economy, compose a list of the projects you’ve completed, the clients you’ve served well, the contributions you’ve made to your organization’s success. If you’re a student, put down the papers you’ve gotten your best grades on, the compliments you’ve received from teachers, the exciting ideas or concepts you’ve learned.

Your list need not be awe-inspiring or jaw-dropping to serve as valuable deposits into your mental bank account. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t won a world championship or a Nobel Prize, or even your local tennis club’s annual Fourth of July tournament. 

Whatever you accomplished in your own life qualifies. Every stay-at-home mom or dad who takes care of a preschool child and keeps the house clean has tons to be proud of, like teaching that toddler to say “please” and how to share her toys with the other kids at the local playground. 

Every law student, med student, art student, and auto mechanics student got to where they are now because they did some things, made some things, and mastered some knowledge that qualified them for more advanced study. 

Constructing this Top Ten list is the first exercise of many that you will be doing to develop the valuable skill of selective thinking. Once your list is made, attach a photo to it, either of you in action doing what you love or one of a meaningful accomplishment you are striving for.

Put your Top Ten poster up on a wall where you’ll see it often and be reminded of your accomplishments and progress. 

I’ve had some clients balk initially at creating a Top Ten list because they think their past experiences don’t mean anything in their present situation. These clients are often the ones who first declare to me how good they used to be in their chosen field and in the next breath tell me how they’ve lost all their confidence.”

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Is This Thought Helping Me Or Hurting Me? by Jack Canfield 

“You want to be constantly asking yourself:  “Is this thought helping me or hurting me?  Is it getting me closer to where I want to go, or is it taking me farther away?  Is it motivating me to action, or is it blocking me with fear and self-doubt?”.  

You have to learn to challenge and talk back to the thoughts that are not serving you and creating greater success and happiness.  

-Jack Canfield

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Speak Impeccably: All My Words Are Intended To Uplift Myself And The People Around Me by Jack Canfield 

“Speak impeccably. 

This is a concept I got from Did Miguel Ruiz and The Four Agreements book. Speaking impeccably means that you don’t put yourself down for starters. You don’t put anyone else down. You don’t gossip. You don’t spread rumors. You’re not sarcastic, sarcasm is failed anger. 

It is speaking from a place of integrity and love, and all my words are intended to uplift myself for starters, so no negative self talk and replace that with positive self talk, and then to uplift the environment. 

Say positive things to people around me. 

You want to be in a place where everything you say and do is contributing to the upliftment of everyone.”

-Jack Canfield 

https://jackcanfield.com/

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$20 Million Dollar Thinking: If Someone Offered Me $20 Million Dollars To Do X, How Would I Act? by Gary Marshall

“Imagine you’re at a social gathering and someone said to you, “I’ll give you $20 million if you go and introduce yourself to that person and start a conversation with them”. Assume this person is a Billionaire and is dead serious. Assume they are trying to demonstrate the power of the mind to you, and are happy to spend the money to do this.

It would be a no-brainer wouldn’t it? You’d pretty much walk over there without even thinking about it and strike up a conversation with them. “I’m sorry, we haven’t met, I’m…” you’d probably say.

Of course this is a fictitious scenario because it’s highly unlikely anyone will offer you that kind of money, but the idea of this simple game is to tap into the power of your mind, as well as your full potential.”

The Charisma Rules book

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Imagine You Were Fired Today As The CEO Of Your Life And The Best In The World Was Brought In To Take Over by Brian Cain

“There is a simple formula for success: do more of what works and less of what doesn’t.  Tom Brady‘s advice:  find out what’s good and do more good and less bad and you’ll have a great career.  

The most successful athletes, coaches, CEOs that I’ve been around, they ruthlessly analyze what’s working and what isn’t.  

I want you to imagine that you were fired today as the CEO of your life. And someone exceptional, the best in the world was brought in to take over.  The best version of you. 

What would they do differently? What would they see as getting in the way of your future success that they would mitigate or eliminate? What would they do more of? What would they do less of? 

Then do that.”

-Brian Cain

https://briancain.com/

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The Rampage of Appreciation by Jack Canfield

“The Rampage of Appreciation is something I learned from Esther and Jerry Hicks.  

You take 5 minutes walking around your house, your hotel room, wherever you might be and just start appreciating everything.  

The people who made the television, the flowers, a roof over your head, fresh water, clothes on, food to eat, indoor plumbing, electricity.  Look at everything and have a rampage of appreciation.”

-Jack Canfield

https://jackcanfield.com/

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Imagine There Was A Film Crew That Followed You Around All Day Every Day by Brian Cain

“Imagine there was a film crew that followed you around all day every day.  Documenting where your time goes. Documenting what you eliminate. Documenting what you said yes and what you say no to. Documenting how you show up in your energy, your work, and your love.  

Would you want that film to be released? Would that film be an inspirational blockbuster? Or would it be one that nobody would ever want to watch? 

One of the keys for you to dominate  is for you to emulate the actions of people who achieve success. Success leaves clues.  Unfortunately, so does disaster.  

If there was a film crew following you all day documenting your success, you would obviously do all the things that someone who is successful does. You would adopt the mindset of someone who achieves success.  You would adopt behaviors, the routines, the attitudes.  And you would be accomplishing the objectives and the goals you set out for yourself.  

You wouldn’t be endlessly scrolling on social media. You wouldn’t be hammering alcohol or overeating desserts.  You wouldn’t be sitting there watching TV for three or four hours a day. You wouldn’t be sleeping in.  You would be dominating the day. 

Today I want you to consider what actions you would want a film crew to document, which ones you prefer they don’t see. Then to make sure we do more good, less bad and set ourselves up for a great day today.”

-Brian Cain

https://briancain.com/

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Relentless Solution Focus by Dr. Jason Selk

Relentless Solution Focus (RSF) is simply defined as within 60 seconds, replacing all negative thoughts with solution-focused thinking.

The RSF Billion Dollar Question:  “What is one thing you can do right now to make this better?”

“Keep moving forward. When you have problems, keep moving forward. Stay in the fight. Don’t ever let those problems win. Because there is always a solution. Always.” -Dr. Jason Selk

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Chief Erich Becker—Leadership and Life Lessons From The Chief of Ocean City Beach Patrol

One of the best interviews from almost 200 episodes of the show!

Key Takeaways 

-Start your day with an attitude of gratitude 

-Set clear expectations and standards with all of your team

-Always listen to people first 

-If you’re going to do it, do it right or don’t do it all 

Erich Becker is the Chief of Operations and responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations for the Ocean City Beach Patrol, one of the largest seasonal lifeguard organizations in the country. He was promoted to Chief of Operations in 2023 and leads more than 190 staff, including lifeguards, EMTs, and administrative personnel.  

Chief Becker began his Ocean City Beach Patrol career in 1983, serving for three summers before pursuing a successful career in the private sector as an owner of Becker’s School Supplies, employing 150 people. 

In 2013, he returned to the Beach Patrol, bringing decades of leadership and management experience that continue to guide the organization today.  

A lifelong connection to Ocean City has shaped Becker’s service. He spent all of his childhood in town with his 12 siblings and is a graduate of Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, NJ. Married with four children, he is committed to building a safe, professional, and community-focused Beach Patrol while honoring the legacy and traditions of OCBP.

https://www.ocnj.us/ocbp

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