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Meditation with The Mantra OM

Coach Erwin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:48:03 +0000

I know that is may sound a little, or a lot, different that things I normally talk about, but really it is in the same field.

I have been talking about meditation as a tool that cam help you to achieve the success and happiness in your life. For some people it is an effective way to connect with themselves. Meditation, in my opinion, is a tool that helps you to connect again with yourself. Being in connection with yourself is fundamental to grow and develop.

Now, the reason that I am talking about this, is that I have encountered a DVD in which the 'OM', the sound that is used in the eastern religions, is explained in much more detailed and how it can help you to connect with yourself. I really have the DVD at home, and it is really interesting to watch and apply what is explained.

To get your hands on the DVD, just click here and you'll be taken to amazon.com where you can buy it:

I hope that you enjoy it. If you decide to buy it, please let me now your comments.

Have a great day.

Coach Erwin

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Coaching is IN the mainstream (Very FUNNY…)

Coach Erwin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:42:12 +0000

Hi,

Just came across this video from The Daily Show on US TV. It's really funny and it's about coaching. Watch it here:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

Trendspotting – Life Coaching

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show
Full Episodes

Political Humor

Health Care Crisis

And what is your score?

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You can learn from this guy…

Coach Erwin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:02:29 +0000

This is an excellent video with Will Smith. I really do respect him and you can learn from him.

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Coach Erwin dances as a HipHop Elf!

Coach Erwin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:44:32 +0000

Hi dear friend,

We are not only reaching the end of 2009 but also the end of the first decade of the 21st century. I hope that it has been a wonderful and successful 2009 and decade.

To celebrate this, I have decided to make a video for Christmas, and the result may be seen. I am dancing as a HipHop elf. It’s quite funny.

I hope that you have liked it.

I want to take the opportunity to offer you support and help in not only getting great New Year wishes, but also in helping and supporting you realising your New Year wishes. If you’re interested, send me an email at propositos2010@xxx-coaching.com.

Enjoy Christmas with your Loved Ones.

Coach Erwin

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Brain Exercises

Coach Erwin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:00:46 +0000

Some brain exercises can be as simple as an intelligent conversation or reading something new. Others can be more involved, like doing crossword puzzles or solving lateral thinking puzzles. Here are some general brain exercises you can do anywhere, followed by a few ideas for exercising specific areas of brain function.

Some Simple Brain Exercises

An entertaining brain exercise is to invent things in your mind. You can use many techniques for doing this. It can be as simple as looking at things and asking "How could this be better?" Consider a clock, for example, and you might wonder if it would be better if you didn’t have to look at it. Maybe a clock that periodically announced the time and even reminded you of appointments might be useful.

Other brain exercises involve puzzle solving. These can range from crossword puzzles to difficult lateral thinking puzzles, but a simpler, fun version of the latter, is the basic riddle. For example, "Why wasn’t Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?" Because she was a hurricane. Whether riddles are easy or difficult, they get your mind thinking in new directions, and this is good for getting your mind out of it’s "ruts.".

Inventing jokes is one of the more difficult brain exercises, especially if you haven’t done it before. Just take a topic or a word at random, and find a way to make a joke with it. The word "Justice," for example, could become "What’s the one place in the world you can find justice?" In the dictionary! If you draw a blank after five or ten minutes, move on to the next word or topic.

Brain Exercises For Specific Areas

You may want to work on a particular area of your brainpower. Some of us have trouble with visual imagination, for example. To be architects, we would want to improve that. This can be done by concentrating on scenes in one’s mind. Imagine walking through your home, for example, and repeat the process until you can easily "see" everything in each room.

For better concentration, practice identifying "mind" irritations. Anything that’s going on just below the surface is sapping your ability to concentrate. Become aware of these things, and you can put them on a list or otherwise dismiss them. More formal meditation practices can help with this, but simple mindfulness exercises may be enough to let your natural powers of concentration function.

Simple brain exercises to strengthen your memory can be the repetitive use of any memory techniques. For example, mentally placing a list of items to be remembered at predetermined locations in your house, and seeing them there in an unusual way (think cucumbers dancing in the microwave), is one such technique. Just imagining where you’ll see a person next, and calling to them by name in your imagination is a good way to remember names.

get a little wild to develop your creativity. See things and imagine something absurd, like flying lights. For more than just an exercise in imagination, though, you have to create some sense of the image. For this example, I’m thinking there might be a market for little lights on helium balloons. With a more or less neutral buoyancy for the balloons, a party could be full of colorful, floating, moving lights.

Recent research makes it clear that exercising your brain makes it work better. A more active brain has even been shown to postpone or reduce the incidence of age-related decline of mental function. So why not start today with some simple brain exercises?

Ultimate Brain Power – Beyond The Secret!

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Achieving Impossible Goals

Coach Erwin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0000

"If the world were to blow itself up the last thing you would hear would be the voice of an expert saying it can’t be done." –Peter Ustinov

Don’t pay too much attention to the experts. They told the Beatles that the time for a guitar group had passed! At least one of them, Paul McCartney, is still going strong.He played at half-time at the Superbowl in 2005. Not bad for someone whose time had passed.

Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21. He was given two years to live. He went on to get married and have three children and became one of the greatest theoretical physicists that the world has ever known.

He is now Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge – the position once held by Sir Isaac Newton. At least 40 years have passed since he was supposed to have died.

Recently in the UK some mothers have been released from jail. They had spent years of sheer hell in prison for allegedly killing their own children.

The evidence against them provided by a leading ‘expert’ has been shown to be faulty. They are now free but their lives have probably been destroyed irreparably.

The expert has not even been sacked from his job.

The experts probably told Sir Ranulph Fiennes that running 7 marathons in 7 days soon after a massive heart attack was not a good idea. He did it anyway.

Sir Ranulph, who was described as the world’s greatest explorer in 1984 in the Guinness book of records, has the self-confidence to ignore the experts.

Sir Ranulph now plans to climb Everest by the difficult route. The experts are probably not bothering to tell him that a man with a heart condition should not try to pass the ‘death zone’ on Everest where oxygen is in short supply.

Sir Ranulph is not too concerned. He believes that, If you plan meticulously and take the right person and the best kit and accept the fact that luck is an element, you will do alright.

Recently Anthony Smith, a 78 year old UK pensioner, has asked for three volunteers over the age of 65, to accompany him on a raft made of gas pipes across the Atlantic.

Two of the gas pipes will be sealed full of air to provide buoyancy and the others will be filled with water for drinking and washing.

A woman of 24 volunteered for the voyage, despite the request for male applicants over 65. Her application was reluctantly rejected.

Anthony may or may not succeed but he has probably already had a boat load of experts telling him not to set sail. I have a feeling they may be right in this case!

I, for one, will not be volunteering to accompany him. Like Nelson, I suffer badly from sea sickness and can’t swim too well!

An expert told me, many years ago, that I was making a fuss after I had a minor operation on my toe. I was in severe pain for two or three days. My mother did not believe the expert’s assessment and eventually removed the bandage. My toe was black with gangrene.

The bandage, put on by another ‘expert’, had been too tight. I could have lost both my leg and my life if my mother had paid too much respect to the experts.

Frank Garon, the internet guru and philosopher, makes the key point that there are more than enough experts and critics to go around. We don’t need to become our own critic.

"The rest of the world will do the job, of trying to shoot you down, for you. You don’t need to do it yourself. You have to be your own cheerleader and your own biggest fan. Not your biggest enemy, and my fear is that maybe you don’t cheer yourself on enough or give yourself enough credit or enough of a chance."

Obviously one should at least listen to the experts. Many of them do know what they are doing and could save your life or your money.

After all, an expert, Dr. Mike Stroud, accompanied Ranulph Fiennes on his marathon runs and great polar expeditions.

However, we should not automatically assume that experts are always right. Some of them are spectacularly wrong.

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Creating Positive Changes in Your Life

Coach Erwin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:20:47 +0000

Contrary to a widely held belief that people do not change, I submit to you that people do change and often in dramatic, life-altering ways. I say this with full confidence as I have witnessed it happen time and time again. Creating positive change in your life is totally possible. You can change yourself and thereby your life.

When you are fully committed to making changes in your life, it will happen. That commitment, based on a deep desire for growth, is half the journey. Once you have made that choice, one made with total awareness and a honesty of your present reality, you are free to move forward towards a better or even new you.

The one constant in this universe is change. Everything that exists is in a state of change. Ask any quantum physicist. As part of the universe, we are part of that cycle of change. The experiences you have today will impact you in such a way that you will awaken tomorrow changed in some way. Once you have hit your forties or fifties, the kid you were in your twenties is pretty much gone and a wiser you is standing.

Change is desired on a number of levels. In business we might be looking to be a more effective leader or manager in order to increase productivity. That might entail changing how we deal with people by improving our motivation and communication skills. Change might mean a new career, lifestyle or relationship. It might mean building more confidence and self-esteem or learning how to be less aggressive.

Change involves inner work before the outer work can begin. That is always the case. As Albert Einstein said, " The significant problems we face cannot be solved on the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Steven Covey, in his critically acclaimed book, ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’, stresses the concept of inner work before outer work or change:

"The inside-out approach to change means to start first with self; even more fundamental, to start with the most inside part of self – with your paradigms, your character and your motives."

So, if change is to happen and if it is to last, we need to acknowledge that we must take a look at who we are now and who we want to be in the future. We will have to be honest with ourselves and recognize reality as it exists and not as we think it should or could be. We need to develop a high level of awareness and clarity about everything that we do as all too often, our subconscious tends to run the show and not us. Most importantly, we need to take full responsibility for our lives and not place the blame elsewhere. That also involves giving up the need to control things…except of course, yourself. Until you are willing to do this kind of work, change will not occur, at least not enduring change.

Where are you feeling dissatisfied? Where are you noticing dissonance in your life? Where are you feeling stuck? Identify the issues. Now, recognize exactly where you are and then consider where you would like to be in the future if everything were running smoothly? If for instance, your sales team is not performing up to budget and you are having a difficult time motivating them towards success, consider what a sales team that is highly motivated and successful would look like. Consider what your role would be in achieving that goal? Who would you be? How would you function? How would you feel? The gap between where you are now and where you want to be is where the work will be done.

In Life Coaching we find that your ability to succeed at your job is highly dependent on whether your values and passions are in alignment with your job and it’s requirements. After some serious inquiry, you might discover the things that are called for in motivating your sales team. Say it will consist of more patience, more enthusiasm, more nurturing and more of a team atmosphere. Are these the kind of things that hold value for you? If not, you will be unable to be effective.

Do the important inner work of discovering who you are now, what matters to you, what you are passionate about and what you place value on. Are these things showing up for you in your everyday life? If not, there is sure to be dissonance.

If being successful in your work is of great value to you then what are you willing to do and not to do in order to be a success? Are you willing to make the necessary changes in how you are being? Are you willing to try something different? Are the things you need to do aligned with your values and passions? What are you willing to say yes to and even more important, what are you willing to say no to?

Awareness, as mentioned is of utmost concern when effecting change. When we are living our lives in a state of true awareness wherein we are truly conscious of our actions, we can free ourselves from reactive, self-defeating behavior and realize our personal best. Unfortunately, although we may think that we make conscious decisions, in reality our unconscious mind often impacts our behavior and when it does our actions are not truly under our control. We can learn to recognize the unconscious, that part of our mind that has great power over much of our actions without us even being aware of its existence. In doing so, we can diminish its power over us.

As an example, try simply noticing that voice inside your head that gets very chatty whenever you are about to make a decision, especially an important one that could result in change. Is it telling you that you’re nuts to consider what you are thinking of doing? Does it say that you failed once before and will probably do so again? We fail to understand that the voice is out to sabotage us. Just by noticing it you will realize that this inner saboteur is at work. In the act of noticing you begin to empower yourself to make truly conscious decisions that will result in positive and lasting changes in your life.

I have mentioned how changing reactive, self-defeating behavior is key to realizing our personal best. What is reactive behavior versus proactive behavior? When you are reacting to life and it’s circumstances you are on the defensive. You are not in control. Life’s circumstances are dictating your behavior and actions versus your being proactive and in control of your actions. There is a good chance that you are being activated unconsciously as well. Example: Your boss gives you what you consider to be a harsh criticism of your latest report. Your adrenaline rushes and a wave of angry indignation rolls over you. In that emotional state, you are unable to actually hear what he or she has to say because you are already defending yourself. Your response to him is defensive and somewhat irrational.

You cannot control what he/she had to say but you can control how you handle yourself. Therein lies the key to non-reactive behavior: your ability to handle situations in ways that prove productive versus destructive. Stop and think. Pause. Get your heart rate back to the normal range. Without taking anything personally, was there anything in what he had to say that had merit? Is there some sort of deep learning to be had, either from him or you? Could the perceived harshness perhaps have been amplified by your defensiveness?

" Being proactive means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen."

‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’, Stephen Covey

Life will always be throwing things our way, much of it unpleasant and challenging. That’s life. We cannot control life but we can control how we handle it. If we are really aware and in tune with what is happening, we can learn not to add meaning to reality where there is no additional meaning needed. For example, in the above incident, you may have reacted because you assumed your boss thought you were in the wrong and therefore not up to snuff. But that was just what you thought he meant. What you think he meant and what he said are often two very different entities. Perhaps all he meant was that your work could have been better and he wanted to steer you in the right direction.

Often, adding meaning where there is none harkens back to childhood. Your Father

was always highly critical and you came to believe that this meant that you were a loser

and wouldn’t amount to anything. That is the type of meaning a child creates in response

to an unpleasant situation. What really happened is that you had a highly critical father. Period. The most unfortunate part is that this type of reaction to criticism will often be carried into adult hood and anytime criticism is leveled at you, you respond with your childhood reaction: I am a loser. The ability to control reactive behavior and see things for just what they are can make a world of difference in your life.

Finally, a word about perspective or attitude. How we view the world or any given situation will dictate our effectiveness and our state of mind. Change your attitude and you not only change the way you see things, you will change your reality. If you approach your work/life as being tough, that perspective will trickle down into everything you do. Try a new perspective on, one that will work in accordance with your goals and desires.

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." - William James/US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist

Inner work means that we are laying the foundation for a mindset that allows us to make lasting changes that will create a more meaningful, productive and happy life. Once the inner work is done, the outer changes will compound like bank interest. Your authenticity will shine and people will be drawn to this new you. You will view everything that happens as an opportunity for growth and grow and change you will. The work you do and its subsequent benefits will spread into all areas of your life, not just the ones that you may have originally pinpointed. The vision you held of the will become your reality now.

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How did THEY get so freakin’ lucky?

Coach Erwin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:59:29 +0000

Hey dear friend,

Has that thought ever crossed your mind?

You meet someone who seems to have it all in their business and their personal life… success, wealth, freedom, notoriety, and great relationships with their family.

Yes, everything they touch seems to turn to gold.

Meanwhile- you’re working your tail off to make ends meet, you’re struggling to get your business off the ground…yet always taking one step forward, two steps back.

Sound familiar?

Well, I’ve got news for you. Truth is, those other entrepreneurs DO have a significant amount of luck working in their lives.

But it’s not by chance–it’s by CHOICE. And this eye-opening video will reveal exactly how you can get it too.

Watch Video Now…

That’s Tom McCarthy, a world-renowned business consultant, motivational speaker and success coach…

Tom’s spent the last 21 years helping Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Marriott, Disney and scores of others (like Tony Robbins) boot their profits and achieve bigger success.

And along the way, Tom discovered that there’s an actual SCIENCE to increasing your luck and reaching your income and personal goals faster and easier.

Now, Tom’s ready to reveal his secret formula to the world that will allow you to systematically create opportunities that lead to the success you want. And you can get a glimpse–FREE–inside this video.

Watch Video Now…

I urge you to take action immediately and watch this short video…

Because let’s face it–we could all use a lot more "luck" in our lives.

Right?

Watch Video Now…

See you inside,

‘Coach Erwin’ de Grave

P.S. You’ll want to listen closely to Tom’s story, especially in the first few minutes…

Here’s a kid who grew up fatherless, virtually penniless, and without much hope of succeeding in anything–let alone business.

But with a few lucky breaks (there’s that word again), Tom clawed his way to the top.

Now he lives the life of his dreams in an exclusive Southern California neighborhood, enjoying the fruits of his labor and watching his net worth skyrocket as his luck continues to grow. You GOTTA hear this guy…

P.P.S. Oh, and one last thing: This is NOT what you think it is. It’s NOT the "touchy feely", new age mumbo jumbo of "thinking positive." Tom’s the real deal. And just the four steps he gives you today could easily help you reach your businesses goals-
Plus BOOST your income faster than you ever thought possible!

Watch Video Now…

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Rich Schefren Answers Your Questions–LIVE AND UN-CUT…

Coach Erwin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:42:14 +0000

Hey dear friend,

Have you ever wanted to ask a guru a direct question about your business?

And not just a general inquiry–but a very specific, highly detailed questions that pertains to YOUR situation at that very moment?

Well, get ready. Because on Thursday, Rich Schefren is going to take YOUR questions.

LIVE

https://schefren.infusionsoft.com/go/livereg/erwindg/

Last fall, Rich did a live Q and A web broadcast that broke virtually every record in the book…

About 27000 people were watching–even in the dead of night–drinking in every word of wisdom he spilled.

It was the number one broadcast on Ustream and was beating out John McCain in the heat of his campaign.

And the content he delivered? PHENOMENAL. It was like having a personal coaching session with the "guru to the gurus"–without paying a cent.

And on Thursday from 12 noon to 4 PM EDT, you can have that same opportunity one more time…

https://schefren.infusionsoft.com/go/livereg/erwindg/

Check that out right now, and make sure you take advantage of the FREE VIP access…

Because VIP members will be eligible for prizes worth TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars.

We’re talking giveaways of some of Rich’s most popular programs (including one he did recently with Jay Abraham) as well as a day in the office with Rich and Mike Filsaime valued at over $10,000.

Rich will be handing these out throughout the broadcast, but you can’t win if you’re not registered.

So go here NOW and grab your VIP seat.

https://schefren.infusionsoft.com/go/livereg/erwindg/

I’ll see you there…

Coach Erwin

P.S. Oh, I almost forgot…

Hundreds (if not thousands) of people will be clamoring for a moment of Rich’s time during this broadcast…

But as a VIP member, you won’t have to. Because your questions will go directly to the top of the stack.

That’s right–VIP members will have the opportunity to submit their questions in advance, and make sure that they’re answered FIRST–before anyone else’s.

How cool is that?

https://schefren.infusionsoft.com/go/livereg/erwindg/

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This could be the laaast tiiiiime…

Coach Erwin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:11:52 +0000

Hey dear friend,

Got Mick and the Stones rolling through my head here, because this could really BE the last time something of this magnitude is offered.

Let me explain…

2 years ago, Rich Schefren personally coached a few lucky individuals to multi-million dollar success…

The program demanded MAJOR commitment and was so intense, several students couldn’t handle it and dropped out.

But those who stayed in reaped MAJOR rewards, and continue to do so to this very day.

However, the demanding structure of the program virtually sapped every drop of energy from Rich,
and it was a long while before we heard anything from him.

And he swore up and down that he would never again offer a coaching program like that.

EVER.

Then things started to change in the marketplace…

More and more people began struggling with the same issues…the same constraints…and the same
roadblocks that kept them from achieving the success they so rightly deserved.

People were screaming for solutions, yet there were none to be found.

Meanwhile, Rich had spent an entire year uncovering a breakthrough system for crushing those barriers and skyrocketing business success.

So when the roar got to be too loud, there was only one thing left to do.

Yep–back to the salt mines.

GPS 2.0 – Check it out…

The Guided Profits System is your GPS to success, helping you to finally overcome those profit-blocking constraints and move your business to the next level…

Rich is doing it again, with an in-depth coaching program that blows away anything else on the market today.

Just like the first time, only a lucky few will take advantage of the ultra-powerful, ultra-intense masterplan Rich has in store for them. And a handful will undoubtedly succumb to the pressure.

I’m sure you’re not one of them….are you?

GPS 2.0 – Check it out…

This is an EXTREMELY rare opportunity to have Rich personally rework your business from the inside
out.

And if anyone knows how to do it, he does. After all, this is the guy who:

Wrote a Manifesto that changed the way we do business…
Followed that with a series of groundbreaking reports that were downloaded hundreds of thousands of times and shook the internet marketing world to the core…
Coached dozens of high-profile gurus to success, including Mike Filsaime, Joel Comm, Michel Cheney, Tellman Knudson, and more…
Pulled off a record breaking teleseminar with more all-star marketers–and more listeners–than any other…
Went 26 hours straight on an unprecedented web broadcast as more than 27,000 viewers watched with fascination…

And there’s more where that came from.

Needless to say, that’s quite a resume. And now he’s offering you a chance to work with him personally?

Talk about a slam-dunk to business success.

GPS 2.0 – Check it out…

Do yourself a favor–take a look at what Rich is offering.

Take a GOOD, LONG look. Because who knows when we’ll see this again.

Like Mick says, "Maaay beee the laaaast tiiime, I dooon’t know…"

GPS 2.0 – Check it out…

See you there,

Coach Erwin

P.S. If you’re thinking "that sounds expensive", think again…

Because Rich is making it as easy as possible for anyone–ANYONE–to get inside the GPS program.

There’s discounts, payment plans, and bonuses up the wazoo. And that’s only scratching the surface.

The guy’s ingenious how he set this up. Go look for yourself and you’ll see what I mean.

GPS 2.0 – Check it out…

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