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Goal Achievement: My Gift to YOU!
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Tuesday, 3rd August 2010

I received a birthday wish today “Make it your best birthday ever Shelley!” …So I am gifting you a present!

Access my birthday gift here now and the opportunity to be 1 of only 49 people in the draw to win a 3 month coaching program - 1on1 with Shelley Taylor-Smith.

Why? …. as I want YOU too to enjoy the riches that life provides, act yourself into a right way of thinking and achieve the dreams that you so deserve. I want you to stand up, step up, and simply start walking. Be the Champion that you were born to BE! … the secret to my increased energy, focus and income is yours if you want it.

The most important thing to me is not how many people like me … it’s not whether you think I’m good at what I do or not … or how much you want to bitch about me when I coach you because I ask questions directly … The important thing to me is that I fulfil the mission I was put on this Earth to achieve in a way in which I can be proud of myself. Today I know I am living my life ON PURPOSE and I am very grateful to have the opportunity to do that on a daily basis.

Dreaming of the person you would like to be, is time spent wasting the person you are. Don’t do it for money; pride; to please anyone else; or if it doesn’t feel right. Do it for love. Do it for you. Being who you were meant to be and who you are is far more important than being what everyone else expects you to be.

Access my birthday gift to you …order now.

Scenario One:
Let’s face it; these days we’re bombarded with information. It appears there is a new GURU self-help / personal development book, cd, course, teleseminar or blog, each with their own take on things and vewpoints.

You’re getting hit left and right with so many techniques that it’s hard to tell what to do or where to go next. It gets to the stage where you get angry, unfocused, maybe a little fearful and definitely overwhelmed.

Having coached hundreds, I know firsthand what happens when people get overwhelmed: NOTHING!

That’s right; you get that worked up, your brain turns to mash and you cannot work out what to do next. End result is nothing at all gets done. You procrastinate. And everything just gets put off…and for some again! If that’s you in any way, then relax, all it means is you are human. We’ve all had our ups and downs, and it’s so easy to be overwhelmed and confused about what to do next.

MY ADVICE? Simply you need to forget what everybody else is doing and just get clear on what YOU want and where YOU are going. This could be YOUR day, YOUR moment, YOUR time to shine!

Scenario Two:
We’ve all experienced it. A special day, a special moment, a special time that changed our lives. A time when everything fell into place. A time when you knew, really knew, that this was it and you were never going back to how it was before. Many of my clients who I have coached, delegates who heard me present a motivational keynote or students who attended a workshop have told me that WAS that time.

It was THE place where everything fell together; where everything became crystal clear and they knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that this WAS it!

So what is the difference between these 2 scenarios?
The clarity to “just do it”
Nike said it simply yet this is easier said than done, isn’t it?
So how do we just do it? The best plan is to just get into action, even if you have to act as if you believe that everything is okay.

If you are currently facing a motivational block or an emotional career hurdle the answer is to just do it. “There are no secrets. You’re not going to chant your way, or hope your way through it. Action is the dynamic key. It is much easier to act yourself into a right way of thinking, than it is to think yourself into a right way of acting. So stand up, step up, and simply start walking.” Simply said by Michael Tate.

Being who you were meant to be and who you are is far more important than being what everyone else expects you to be. There is nothing more fulfilling than being true to yourself. The meaning of your life …is to give your life meaning.

>> Are you actually LIVING what you value most in life?

>> Are you STRUGGLING with the heartbreak of failed hopes and dreams?

>> Are you praying for an ANSWER to the challenges you face… financial… relationships… career?

>> Do you want to take your SUCCESS up to the next level and beyond?

“What on Earth Am I Here For”

However, once you know the answer to this question—once you understand the reason for your existence — there’s an even bigger question to be answered…

“How in the world am I going to make this happen?!”

Just HOW can I live a life of passion and purpose?

What, exactly, am I expected to do?

You may have struggled with purpose and direction for your entire life. By the time you access my Birthday Gift to YOU and take the Live On Purpose Challenge, this will no longer be an issue.

You will discover your Natural Born Champion Mission in life.

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

Right now if you’re a highly successful man or woman you may …
• Want real happiness, satisfaction and the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you are the absolute BEST at what you do?
• Want to make your life a living legacy… full of significance and meaning?
• Would you like to add passion and purpose to everything you do?
• Do you feel like you are falling further behind each day, unfulfilled and burned out by life?

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

Get ready for an Exciting New Moment In Your Life: The Moment of Realisation, Reinvention & Recreation.

So today I am gifting to you how I became the Champion of my own world and how I Champion my clients in the Champion Mindset Coaching program and students in the Champion Mindset workshops.


Access MY GIFT TO YOU…
>>> Purchase the Create Your Own Champion Mindset & Be Totally Happy Being You 7CD set at my birthday special rate of $149 (normally $595)
>>> Includes 90 page Ultimate step-by-step Manual
>>> Bonus 8th CD for creating your future goals, clearing the mind noise and clutter, how to live in the moment and revisiting your childhood, teenage and adulthood dreams
>>> Available to only 49 people!
>>> Go in the draw to win a 3-month Champion Mindset Coaching Program and be coached 1on1 with Shelley Taylor-Smith, valued at $3,000
>>> This Birthday Sale is open til midnight Tuesday 9th August AEST or until all 49 cd sets are purchased, whichever happens first.

I look forward to helping you Create Your Own Champion Mindset and enjoy the riches that life provides, act yourself into a right way of thinking and achieve the dreams that you so deserve. I want you to stand up, step up, and simply start walking. Be the Champion that you were born to BE! … the secret to my increased energy, focus and income is yours if you want it.

CD 1: In this 60 minutes you will (RE)Discover Your Passion
• How to find your true PASSION – how to motivate yourself and persevere to the finish line with gusto long after others have quit

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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CD 2: In this 60 minutes you learn to Unleash Your Self Belief
• How to have absolute certainty and self -belief about what you want to achieve with a clear and committed vision

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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CD 3: In this 60 minutes you learn to Live and enjoy the PRESENT MOMENTS NOW
• How to seize the opportunity now, no longer fearing your past or worried about the future.

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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CD 4: In this 60 minutes you will GOAL SET FOR SUCCESS
• How to set goals, emotionally connect with them and track your progress

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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CD 5: In this 60 minutes you will learn to achieve FOCUS
• So you know what matters most to achieve your highest priorities
• Realign your priorities without going into overwhelm with emails and to-do lists
• Not to react to other people’s emergencies which divert your attention to what is important

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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CD 6: In this 60 minutes you will learn to PERSEVERE AND PERSIST
• Define what is your Champion Attitude and Character
• Bounce back when fast when you hit a hurdle or challenge
• Remain optimistic despite rejection, failure or setbacks
• Prevent burnout from not knowing when it is time to stop, rest and recover

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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CD 7: In this 60 minutes you will learn to set OUTCOMES AND ACTIONS
• Get rid of all the excuses, ifs and buts that are your biggest cop-outs blocking your success
• Define your life mission
• Eradicate procrastination

How, you ask? Accept my GIFT TO YOU today and Take The Live On Purpose Challenge! at my birthday special rate of $149.
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Accept My GIFT and Take the Live On Purpose Challenge!
Cheers Shelley Taylor-Smith

Filed under: Goal Achievement, Success Tips, Updates and Announcements, open water swimming — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Shelley Taylor-Smith @ 9:36 am
I can only imagine
Saturday, April 10th, 2010

I give it 100%. Inspire. Motivate. Educate my clients to be the best they can be through the presentations, trainings, workshops and coaching in Champion Mindset Consulting. Lend a hand to those in need. Provide assistance to charitable organisations who conduct amazing services to those less fortunate in our society.

But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Today I watched this video and said to myself: “Shelley imagine what more you will achieve!”

Eighty-five times Dick Hoyt pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars–all in the same day.

Dick’s also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?

And what has Rick done for his father? Not much–except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.

“He’ll be a vegetable the rest of his life;” Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. “Put him in an Institution.”

But the Hoyts weren’t buying it. They noticed the way Rick’s eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. “No way,” Dick says he was told. “There’s nothing going on in his brain.”

“Tell him a joke,” Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? “Go Bruins!” And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, “Dad, I want To do that.”

Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described “porker” who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. “Then it was me who was handicapped,” Dick says. “I was sore For two weeks.”

That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,” he typed, “when we were running, It felt like I wasn’t disabled anymore!”

And that sentence changed Dick’s life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.

“No way,” Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren’t quite a Single runner, and they weren’t quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year.

Then somebody said, “Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?”

How’s a guy who never learned to swim and hadn’t ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried.

Now they’ve done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don’t you Think?

Hey, Dick, why not see how you’d do on your own? “No way,” he says. Dick does it purely for “the awesome feeling” he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.

This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992–only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don’t keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time.

“No question about it,” Rick types. “My dad is the Father of the Century.”

And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. “If you hadn’t been in such great shape,” One doctor told him, “you probably would’ve died 15 years ago.” So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other’s life.

Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including Father’s Day.

That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy.

“The thing I’d most like,” Rick types, “is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.”

I can only imagine. So ask yourself today: “What will you do to get up and push yourself out of your chair?”

Filed under: Champions in Spotlight, Inspirational Stuff, open water swimming — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Shelley Taylor-Smith @ 2:33 pm