Right now… someone has their head in their hands saying to themselves: “What did I achieve today? I did not get through even half of my to-do list! What happened?”

Sound familiar?

Question: How do I achieve what I want in any given day?
Answer: Focus ONLY on what’s MOST important each day…

Are You Ready To Design Your Day?

To achieve your dreams… to maintain balance in the heat of the battle… to know that you have done the best you could given the circumstances you faced… requires you to focus on the important, and not be consumed by the urgent. This is a major driver of success, both personally and professionally. It is not hard to focus, if you know what’s important to you, and what’s not.

For any task to be a priority, it must have more importance than something else. Importance comes from your values, goals and commitments.

Design your day around achieving your primary goals.

Here are 3 questions to get you focused and in the zone of designing your day right now…

1. What has been the focal point of your day so far?
2. Check your schedule today. Which tasks are designed to get you closer to your goals?
3. Tomorrow, when you schedule and prioritise your tasks, which task will you put in your most productive time slot?

Without question, the Results you actually GET in the TIME you have… will determine your ultimate success or failure.

Peace of mind comes from knowing you have done your very best. If you have, day-by-day, achieved the best that is in you, what more is there?

That’s right, nothing.

However, you owe it to your life to actually give your best—consistently.

You owe it to yourself, and everyone around you, to make absolutely certain that you are operating at peak performance… putting your God-given Champion gifts and talents to their highest and best use.

If you want to produce better results this week, you can.

Focus On The Important… Not The Urgent…

To achieve your dreams…

to maintain balance in the heat of the battle…

to know that you have done the best you could given the circumstances you faced…

requires you to focus on the important, and not be consumed by the urgent.

This is a major driver of success, both personally and professionally. It is not hard to focus, if you know what’s important to you, and what’s not.

Doing Your Champion Best Means… Focusing on First Things First.

Champion Action Time:
1. Set aside 30 minutes in your diary and title the task: DOING MY BEST FIRST!

2. Write out what you hope to accomplish next year. What will make you feel GREAT next year at this time, when you look back on the year that was?

3. Now set aside 30 minutes in your diary for tomorrow or a day that you can complete the following task: WHY DOING MY BEST IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME! I want you to explain to yourself WHY this is so IMPORTANT to you.

(i) My Hopes For 2012…FAMILY is Important because……………..
(ii) My Hopes for 2012 …FRIENDS is Important because…………..
(iii) My Hopes for 2012 …MYSELF is Important because……….

Look closely at what you have written down.

How are you going to move these hopes off this page and into your life?

The simple answer: By constantly remaining focused on the important, and not permit life’s urgencies to wear you down and wear you out.
Right now your list is only a list. It is a reflection of what you HOPE you will achieve.

The simple fact is, when you prioritise your life, you determine where your time will produce the most rewarding and satisfying results; based on your priorities on your personal list of values, goals and commitments.

Urgency is a quality given to something requiring immediate attention

…regardless of its relative value. You can spend years chasing down one urgency after another.

Or, you can focus on top priorities and ensure that what’s most important to you actually shows up in your life.

By choosing priorities over urgencies, you stop reacting to circumstances and start creating a life of power, passion and purpose.

Cheers to designing your day and year 2012
Head Coach Shelley

PS: Can’t get your head around focusing on you? Neglecting yourself Can’t put your best self first? You just need someone to get you focused on the things that matter.

Email Head Coach Shelley at champion@championmindset.com.au (or Tough Love Coach as her clients call her) and let her help you develop a clear plan to get your business, your career, your life… on track and keep it that way. And you’ll be kept accountable to ensure you stick to the plan and realise your business or objectives. (Sounds like a smart investment to me.)

When was the last time you did something truly vulnerable and shared it with your clients and prospects; even your family and friends?

I hope it was within the last week. You may think I’m crazy for saying this (or you may think it’s a no-brainer), but –

By being YOU is the perfect place to show a bit of your humanity… to let them in on some of your mistakes, as well as how you overcame them.

Yes it is a a risk. But it’s also good practice. Practice being vulnerable, that is. There is a connection between vulnerability, approachability and profitability. When you open yourself to the world, the world will opens its wallet to you. But only if you’re willing to strip away the superficialities and occupy your vulnerability.

There are two BIG reasons why you want to be vulnerable:
1. Showing that you’re vulnerable builds trust and understanding. People will like you better and want to connect if they get a sense of who you are under all that “expertise” or skill.
2. Being real is more fun and… well, more real!

Shelley with fellow FINA TOWSC member, Steven Munatones (USA) Director www.OpenWaterSource.com

And last week I did just that! I “stuffed-up” in my role as Technical Official at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China. I was told it is unacceptable to take photos whilst officiating on the feeding pontoon. Forget the fact that the photos were taken at a time when the race was happening 200m away and other officials were also violating this protocol, I had to “cop it on the chin” in front of forty-five international officials.

When I started writing the Champion Mindset Motivation ezine back in 2001, I had this idea that I needed to know more, seem perfect and be the “wise one” having achieved amazing feats as a 7-time World Champion with a proven track record of success.

Now in the Champion Mindset workshops and Mental Toughness coaching programs, I admit I have “stuffed-up” many times, even failed and then bounced back to go on and achieve higher heights due to my inner resilience; which has shown more of myself and relates to my clients.

So when I hear team managers, coaches and even small business owners say they don’t know enough to serve their niche market, it reminds me of me back then. But that’s just a lie we tell ourselves.

Of course, showing your vulnerability at 1on1 meetings educates your clients, colleagues and team mates. Some managers/team leaders/coaches will correct mistakes or take them step-by-step through how to do something. But your tips will land more deeply if you also share how you got there — which is almost always about fumbling into competency, right?

When I launched my Think Like A Champion blog in 2008, I started following some pro bloggers like Peter Godfrey, and I witnessed in his blog posts a kind of take-me-as-I-am transparency that really appealed to me. I noticed his posts attracted lots of comments.

So I shifted my approach by determining my target audience and developing strategies whilst redefining my own Champion Brand (the Business of Me) and as a result my motivational presentations and personal branding workshops are receiving rave reviews. I delivered the Champion Brand Promise and unleashed my inner winner sharing; “I’m comfortable in my own skin… and all its wobbly bits!” And it’s paying off.

Who knew? (You might be saying “Well duh, Shelley” but really, I’m not the only one this is a new paradigm for.)

This is the age of social networking. This is a time when having more fun and being more real is good business. The goal is to show more of who you are — just a regular Joe Blow or Jane Doe — while you also show your unique style, your extraordinary qualities and know how.

Believe me; you have a great story to tell. Everyone does. And stories rock! These stories are your Champion Brand Signature Style and knowing how to identify and present yourself by getting them into your marketing, your networking, your team meetings… everywhere where you connect with your people is the key to turning your know-how into profit or promotion.

Tell me what you think about this whole vulnerability thing and your brand signature style in the COMMENTS below. When you stuff-up what do you do and focus on to bounce back? If you’re hip to it, thanks for leading the way. If it’s new to you, I double dare you to share your vulnerability with your team/colleagues/family once a week!

And thanks for your loyalty with me through all the ways I keep learning to help you to get comfortable in your own skin, define, design and deliver your Champion Brand to dominate your marketplace / niche industry and achieve your goals better.

Cheers to you becoming the Champion of your own world!
Shelley Taylor-Smith

PS: following being reprimanded for my stuff-up in Shanghai, many officials offered their support saying they too have made errors and to not sweat the small stuff! Also I was reminded that I created history becoming the first female Chief Referee in a Men’s Open Water Swimming FINA World Championship event. (NB: achieved first for female Chief Referee in FINA World OWS Championships Roberval 2010) [read more...]

The BOMShell is happening around Australia! The Business of Me with Shelley Taylor-Smith: How to Use the Power of Personal Branding to Create Your Own Champion Brand workshops in Perth on Thursday, 11th August 2011. Sydney & Melbourne TBA September 2011.

The One Thing You MUST Do Before Planning Next Year

And that thing is… To review this year!

Sounds obvious, but have you done it yet?

We get so caught up with going from one thing to the next we forget to savour what we have already achieved.

So it’s time for some reflection, and some pat-on-the-back action.

Here are some good journal questions to guide you:

* What was the theme of the year? What was the overall flavour of the year?

* Identify your Kodak moments - those times that were fabulous, brilliant and you’d like to capture forever.

* Record your successes in your journal. These could be anything from hitting record sales, to meeting your fitness goals, to feeling fantastic, to spending quality time with your kids. whatever it is, make sure you write it down.

* Highlights/lowlights. What was your highest high and your lowest low? Also what I refer to as your bounce back factor and resilience meter. Everything is energy, and everything fluctuates - including the energy of your life, creating peaks and troughs. The good news is that once you make note of these, you’ll learn how to move through the lows much more easily, knowing that another peak is to be expected.

* What did you learn this year? Life is about growth - what did you learn about yourself, others, technical skills, professional skills, your family?

* Who did you meet? This is a fun one! You probably met more people than you realise! Make note of these.

* Did you meet your goals – why or why not?

* What are you most proud of?

With these notes in hand you can put 2010 to bed, wish it goodnight, and prepare to welcome the dawn of the New Year 2011.

Cheers to you achieving your gold in 2011.
Shelley Taylor-Smith

Founder & Director Champion Mindset
Based in Perth, Western Australia
www.championmindset.com.au

About Shelley Taylor-Smith

Shelley Taylor-Smith is Australia’s No.1 Mental Toughness Coach: by looking at how they spend their time and energy – and where they focus their attention – Shelley helps people transform their Champion potential into performance. An energetic and inspirational speaker, international bestselling author and corporate educator, Shelley demonstrates how harnessing the power of your mind and boosting your self belief can help you achieve your goals. With her passionate commitment to being relatable, Shelley delivers a powerful lesson in mental toughness. Find out more and subscribe to Shelley’s fortnightly Champion Motivations newsletters

The Bleedingly Obvious New Years Resolution!

I don’t know about you but I feel like New Year Resolutions have been done to death the past week and I wanted to put a different twist on 2011 (paradigm shift) and ask you for your one word or phrase that describes your “intention” for 2011!

So here is a “Champion Tip”, which comes to you from Dan Robey of Positive Habits.

By reading today’s blog you’ll discover how to decide your best INTENTION for 2011or New Year’s Resolution Ever! Dan Robey highlights the bleedingly obvious but like most things in our hectic, chaotic, everyday life where we are living it jam-packed to the max….I am not surprised that you may have overlooked the bleedingly obvious.

So enjoy this read!!!

“Here is the best New Years Resolution ever!! Count Your Blessings

That’s right…I said count your blessings.

Make it a habit this new year to take inventory of the good things you have been blessed with on a regular basis.

What do I mean by that? Here is an example. Quite often I get emails from people who are depressed. For health reasons, or relationship reasons, financial reasons, or something else, they feel miserable and very unhappy.

But, when they take stock of what they actually have they quickly realize that they are fortunate and blessed in many ways.

There is a great quote from Eddie Rickenbacker, a fighter pilot in WWII who had to ditch his plane in the ocean. Eddie and his crew floated on a raft for 3 weeks in the ocean without food, or fresh water. When they were finally rescued, Eddie said, “for the rest of my life, if I have a roof over my head and food, I will never complain about anything.”

Your Champion Action Today (…tomorrow and for the future):
Here is an exercise you should do on a regular basis, make it a new Champion habit. This is a kind of personal inventory of your blessings…keep it private and close for reference.

Make a list on a notepad, call it your “blessings list.” Place a “Yes” next to each question about your life that is good and a “No” next to an area of your life you feel is bad right now.

>> Do you have a spouse? Is your spouse supportive?
>> Do you have a family? Is your family supportive?
>> Do you have children? Are your children supportive?
>> Do you have a home? Do you have a job? Do you like your job?
>> Can you read and write?
>> Do you have access to a computer?
>> Do you go to a church? Is your church supportive? Do you have faith in God?
>> Do you live in a country where it is possible to increase your education and get a good job?
>> Do you have a positive attitude?
>> Do you have access to books that can teach you how to improve your attitude?
>> Are you motivated?
>> Do you have access to books that can teach you how to be more motivated?
>> Is your health good?
>> Do you have access to books that can help you maintain your health?

Do you see now how this is going? Even for the areas where you indicated “No” there is probably a “Yes” next to the question asking you if there is a knowledge source or support group that can help you change that “No” to a “Yes.”

It is amazing how often we take for granted the blessings that we have. This exercise can help anyone who is down and depressed about life. Pass it on to others who you think may need it.”

And today remember how to think of yourself as you go about your day, your week, your month, your year: Hello, my name is GRATITUDE!

Go for your gold in 2011!
Cheers Shelley Taylor-Smith

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For many of you it is your first real day back in the office….

The past 10 days since the New Year rang in… I have been planning and preparing the Champion Mindset goals for 2011.

But before I created the Champion Mindset goals I created my personal goals first.

So let me share with you, what has now become a top priority in the first week of January that I learned from Keith Abraham

Take a moment and review this simple 10 question checklist to get you started and place you in the right directio in 2011n:

>> Have you got 3 personal goals you want to achieve in 2011?
>> Have you got 3 business or career goals you want to achieve in 2011?
>> Have you shared your goals with your life partner, a great friend or a mentor?
>> Have you got a clear idea of how you are going to pursue your passion this year?
>> Do you know what you need to ignite in your life, in order to become the person capable of achieving your personal and professional goals?
>> Do you know what you need to cease in your life, in order to become the person capable of achieving your personal and professional goals?
>> Do you know what you need to do more of in your life, in order to become the person capable of achieving your personal and professional goals?
>> Do you know what you need to do less of in your life, in order to become the person capable of achieving your personal and professional goals?
>> Have you got a clearly defined focused for the next 30 days?
>> Do you know what you need to do to recharge your batteries, in order to be energised to face challenges and take advantage of opportunities?

If 2011 was going to be the best year of your life, so far, what do you need to do?

Still stuck and uncertain what you need to do… then join me next week in the Teleconference “Forget New Year Resolutions - How to have the Resolve, Resolution and Determination to Make 2011 Your Year”…on Wednesday 19th January 2011 at 8pm Eastern Standard Time (Sydney, Melbourne) // 5pm Perth Time. Register here now… Complimentary to you for taking action!

Go for your gold in 2011!
Cheers Shelley Taylor-Smith

Friday, 6th August 2010

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

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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.

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.

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• Define what is your Champion Attitude and Character
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Habits often have a bad reputation

…but some habits can be helpful and healthy. Stop and think about your talents for a moment.

Like mine right now is “I am officially on vacation for 2 weeks!” and believe me this is a habit that I am not a Champion at.

What are you not doing that would help you enjoy your Champion talents more, get more done or be more effective?

It might be a practice that worked well for you in the past but that you stopped doing for some reason…or it could be a new activity that you’d like to try. It’s possible to turn helpful or healthy practices into new habits….and actually stick!

Here’s a step by step guide:

1. Identify a practice that you’d like to become an automatic part of your life.
Perhaps you want to spend regular time honing your craft. Maybe you want to complete a particular amount of creative work each week. Or meditate regularly. Participate in a regular weekly gym, aerobic, yoga or pilates classes. Complete an open water/marathon swim or an ironman or Olympic distance triathlon. What practices would you like to turn into habits? Select one of these habits as your target habit. (It’s helpful to focus on one at a time).

2. Be specific and concrete.
Instead of saying ’swim more’, ‘eat less’, ’smoke less’, run/gym more’; identify exactly how much you want to swim/eat/smoke/gym/run/bike. “I want to swim one workout a day, at least three days a week, every week.” OR “I want to spend at least an hour a day writing/planning/preparing/ at least three days a week, every week.” The more specific the practice, the likelier it will become a habit.

3. Ask yourself: why?
Identify the benefits of starting this habit. For example, if I practice my piano/guitar at least an hour a day, I’ll become a better musician; I’ll increase my repertoire; I’ll do better in auditions; I’ll feel so much better. If I participate in gym/yoga/swim workouts at least an hour a day, I’ll become a better husband/wife, increase my fitness levels, decrease my stress levels, increase my productivity in my work day, be a better person to live with and increase desire to eat healthier foods.

Write down as many reasons as possible to start your new habits and practices and keep them handy. Review your list at least daily.

4. Breakdown your intended habit into reasonable, bite-size douable baby steps.
If your target habit is to compose a new song every day, for example, then you might begin the process by committing to write a song a week (assuming that sounds realistic for you). After that becomes second nature, aim for two songs a week. When, eventually, that practice seems like old hat, go for three a week…until eventually you are writing a song every day.

5. Start small.
Your beginning practice should be so easy it’s laughable. Guarantee your success. Returning to the last example, if writing a song a week is easy as pie, that’s a great place to start. If, however, the notion of writing a song a week puts you in a sweat, then choose something smaller and easier. Aim for a viable chorus or verse instead. Still shaking? Aim for a musical idea or a cool phrase that might become a lyric someday.

Rest assured, wherever you start is fine. AVOID JUDGING yourself or being too hard on yourself. Pick a practice that’s really, truly easy.

For example, let’s say your target habit is to paint for at least an hour a day. You might start with the practice of painting for at least five minutes a day, at least four days a week. “Five minutes? I can’t get anything done in five minutes,” you are apt to wail. Yes you can. You can gesso a canvas. You can sketch out a figure. You can apply paint.
“But five minutes a day isn’t going to accomplish anything!” You’d be surprised what you can get done in five focused, undistracted minutes, dedicated to a specific task.

Another example, let’s say your goal is to swim the English Channel or a solo Rottnest Channel Swim or completing a triathlon. And you are not a competent swimmer … that is you were not in a squad/club/collegiate team at school then you might start by getting stroke correction with a coach and then practice swimming for at least ten minutes a day, at least four days a week. Fifteen minutes? Once again you may think you can’t get anything done in ten minutes. You will be surprised how much your brain will hurt from focusing on a particular stroke drill. Yes you can achieve a lot in just ten minutes.

The truth is, if you aim for minutes, you may well do more. What matters is that you do AT LEAST five/ten minutes, at least four times a week.

Let me repeat that: The important thing here is to ESTABLISH THE HABIT. The amount of time doesn’t matter. What you’re actually doing doesn’t matter. What you get done doesn’t matter. As long as you are taking steps towards your intended target habit, you are on track. That’s why it’s helpful to start with easy practices. The easier the initial practice, the more likely you’ll cultivate the new habit you desire.

At the beginning of the Rottnest Channel swim squad season I spend alot of time at least half of the time in the water for the first month focusing on technique. Once a habit, good or bad, is set, it is hard to break! especially once you get into the building endurance and up the mileage.

6. Set yourself up for success.
Start your new, easy practice when you’re really ready. Put in place the support or resources you need — be it information, a teacher/mentor/coach or a trusted “progress buddy” (like a diet buddy to keep you on track).
If you’re the kind of person that needs to make a public commitment to get yourself to do something, then email your friends and tell them your intentions. Ask them to hold you accountable to your new practice. In contrast, if you suspect your ‘friends’ might be jealous or competitive or might unknowingly undermine your efforts, then it doesn’t serve you to tell them what you’re up to.

Very important: If you are quitting smoking or going on a diet and this is not the first time be very careful who you share your new habit. Some people will remind you that you have not been able to succeed in the past and these are not the type of supporters you want in your cheer squad.

7. Monitor your progress.
Every day, make note of what you did, related to your target habit.
I keep a journal of all my new habits and strategies to ensure I am on track just as I did keep a log book of my swimming workouts, what I ate, how much I weighed, my morning heart rate, mileage swam… and handed in every week to my coach to write a report giving me feedback.

8. Remind yourself why you’re doing this.
Until your target habit becomes like breathing for you, make it a daily practice to review your ‘benefits’ list (from step 3). This only takes a few seconds and can really help.

9. Praise yourself.
This is non-negotiable. It’ll feel pretty darned good to do what you set out to do…yet it’s important to acknowledge you successes in some tangible way. Give yourself bonus points for every day that you carry out your intended new practice. You can mark ‘X’s on a calendar. You can give yourself gold stars. You can email your creativity buddy at the end of the week to say ‘I did it!’ Yes you can email me as I am on your Champion team in the balcony cheering you on to success. And while you are at it why not WOO HOO!!! in the mirror.

10. Be kind and gentle with yourself.
If you happen to not do what you intend, avoid beating yourself up. Simply record what did (or didn’t) happen. I’m human and therefore fallible. It’s no big deal. Let’s move on. Tomorrow is another day. Look at the bigger picture: okay, I missed yesterday, but I did my new practice eight times in the past two weeks. That’s eight days I did great. Overall, I can see I’m establishing this new target habit — I’m making this practice an automatic part of my life, most days.

11. If you find yourself consistently missing your intentions, then it’s time to dig deeper. What’s going on? Do you really want to establish this new target habit? If no, then review your list of habits from step #1, pick a habit you DO want to establish and start over with that. If yes, then perhaps you’re trying to do too much too fast. Try breaking your daily/weekly practices into smaller, easier increments. Or are you trying to start too many new habits at once? If so, pick one to focus on and leave the other target habits for now.

12. When you find yourself meeting your initial baby bite-size do-able step practices regularly and consistently, up the ante a bit.
Aim to do a little bit more. Repeat the process (steps 6 - 11) as you gradually work up to performing your target habit regularly and consistently. Build momentum, slowly but surely.

13. Be patient.
Slow and steady progress is better than short-term maniacal enthusiasm followed by sudden burnout or abandonment of your intentions. Avoid thinking about what’s to come — just focus on what you need to do today. Depending on what it is you’re trying to do, it can take 21 — 30 days — or more — to establish a new habit.

14. When you’ve successfully established your new habit, be sure to reward yourself for that milestone.
Give yourself a healthy, happy treat — you deserve it. After your first target habit is well established and ingrained, you can return to your list of habits from step #1, select a new habit and go through the process again. You’ll find that each time you go through the process, you’ll get faster and faster at establishing your new target habits.
Activity: Select a healthy, helpful habit you’d like to start. Follow steps 1 -14.

Would love to receive your comments below or email champion@championmindset.com.au and let me know of your progress as I would love to cheer you on as one of your supporters.

This is just a taste of the easy to techniques I teach in my program “Create Your Own Champion Mindset” — With the quickstart program, you can achieving the habits you desire right away…and at this ridiculous price of $149… get it quick… cause there are only 49 CDsets available til 9th August… or whichever runs out first.

Cheers Shelley Taylor-Smith

PS: If you are still struggling with too many talents, skills, ideas? Pick Shelley’s Brain for 10 minutes for fr.Ee Email Shelley at champion@championmindset.com.au and let me know what day and time of week suits your schedule.

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.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

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.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

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.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

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.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

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.
Click here to learn everything you want to know in more detailed information

Accept My GIFT and Take the Live On Purpose Challenge!
Cheers Shelley Taylor-Smith