Will Bowen Audio

I’ve mentioned before that my daughter Starr is the most popular person I know.

I’m not bragging--I had nothing to do with it; I just love sitting back and seeing how she magnetically draws people to her.

The other day, she again demonstrated superpowers for me, and she didn’t even realize it.

Today, I’m going to share with you what I learned from watching her and how you can apply it to your own life to make BIG changes and STRONGER connections with others.

Many people like to play the game where they ask, “If your house were about to be destroyed and you could take out only one thing, what would you keep?“

Perhaps it’s a good idea to play that same game with our responsibilities.

Let’s say your life is about to change dramatically – – a loss, an illness, or perhaps something else pretty serious is just about to happen. What responsibilities that are currently weighing you down would you take with you to the other side of that change?

In other words, what can you let go?

I recently read that one of the reasons Elvis took drugs was to manage the stress of having to pay salaries and give lavish gifts to hundreds of unnecessary people languishing on his payroll.

If the members of the Memphis Mafia truly were Elvis‘s friends, they wouldn’t need to be paid.

So, what responsibilities can you shed?

Today, let’s weed out some of the things that are making life more of a struggle and less of a joy so you can feel lighter and happier.

What if someone else took over your body for 30 days?

How would you then look, dress, move, feel at the end of that 30 days?

Your life is like a ship and you are the captain of your ship -- you direct its course.

Another captain might take the same ship to richer and brighter lands than you’d ever dreamed. Yet another captain might sink the same ship years before it had fulfilled its purpose.

Here’s a life success tip: become a zombie.

Let your life be overtaken by someone you admire.

If there is someone you admire, imagine that person taking over your body and your life – – see how this person might act, react, exercise, eat, work, and relax as you.

The next time you journal, play the zombie game and discover how freeing and inspiring it can be.

Have you noticed this about heroes?

They don’t do a lot of complaining.

When something goes wrong--as it always must--a hero accepts what has happened and, more importantly, accepts responsibility for fixing the problem.

We could learn a lot from our movie, literary, and even religious heroes when it comes to complaining vs taking responsibility.

When you take responsibility, you become “able to respond.”

That’s what makes you a hero.

So, put on your cape and let’s find that superhero inside of you.

From the time you could walk, you have been enclosed.

You were enclosed in a playpen, a home, a neighborhood, a schoolroom.

And nowhere have you been more enclosed than in your own mind.

In your mind, you have created fences around what you “can” and “cannot” do.

Today, imagine those self-imposed barriers to be like the fences in Jurassic Park.

You are a velociraptor.

You don’t accept those barriers.

You lunge at them and test them -- looking for a weak spot.

Today, let’s play velociraptor and see if we can find a hole in your self-limiting fences.

For most people, saying “I don’t know how… I don’t know how… I don’t know how…” is a closed loop that keeps them stuck.

Whenever you need to do something and you don’t know how, there’s a very simple process:

1. Google it 2. Get started 3. Don’t stop

If you’re struggling, it’s because you’re not doing one of these three things.

There’s an old saying, “Not every problem that is addressed can become solved. However, no problem can be resolved until it is addressed.“

In modern terminology, “Google it and Get On it!”

Break out of your “I don’t know how” loop and change your life.

Having been on both sides of selling and buying many products and services over the years, I’ve noticed a common mistake business people make that limits their success.

And because this mistake is so prevalent, if you begin to correct it you will receive a disproportionate amount of market share.

In other words, you will make a lot more money!

Today, let me share this mistake and how to correct it.

The other day I was sitting on our deck, and I could hear our neighbors on either side enjoying the beautiful weather on their decks as well.

In my mind I thought, “I love our neighbors.“

Now, some of you may know that has not always been the case.

In fact, we had very problematic neighbors against whom we actually had to get a restraining order.

During the time that we were struggling with the neighbors, I wrote down hundreds of times, “We love our neighbors.“

Even though that was not my reality at the time, I was claiming it as a present-day truth.

Today, let’s challenge that belief that “bad things are here to stay” so we can focus our creative energy on making things better.

Have you ever wondered why it’s not healthy to envy other people?

Envy sends out a vibration into the universe that YOU’RE not OK, that YOU’RE not enough, causing you to receive less and enjoy what you do receive even less.

Being generous is not just about giving things away, it’s about being generous in our mind knowing that as we celebrate the successes of others we celebrate our own accomplishments because there is only one human spirit.

Today, let’s talk about being generous in our minds so the universe will be generous to us.

I’ve noticed a common difference between people who succeed compared to those who do not.

Unsuccessful people are invariably waiting to feel like doing what it is they know they should do.

Unsuccessful people wait until they feel like exercising to exercise, feel like dieting before they diet, feel like meditating before they meditate -- you get the point.

Successful people know that all positive change requires active struggle and as a result, you’re never going to “feel like doing“ anything that’s good for you.

Nike has the answer -- “Just do it.”

Today, we’ll talk about how we get ourselves to do what’s good for us.