Power In a Half Hour

Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things that don't really end, anyway, they just begin again in a new way. Ends are not bad and many ends aren't really an ending; some things are never-ending." -C. JoyBell C. After almost 5 years, we are going to close this chapter of the book called Power in A Half Hour so that we can open a new chapter. It has been 5 amazing years of learning and growth. Now its time that we take what we have learned over the past 5 years, and apply it to the next chapter of our lives. This week I will look at some of the important lessons that Ive learned over the past few years.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman   Our dreams are so important. They are the fuel that helps to propel us through life. This week we will learn why our dreams are important & learn some techniques to dream bigger and how we can execute on these dreams.

Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it.” George Bernard Shaw When great opportunities come around, we cant just sit on our hands and hope they will be there when we are ready to make our move. We have to seize them because we don't know when they will come back again. This week we will look at some strategies for taking advantage of opportunities.   

A moment in patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret.    Being able to control your anger is one of the most important skills you can develop to ensure your success. This week we will look at a few techniques that you can use to make sure that anger doesn't control you. 

There's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you will never be successful.  - Shia LaBeouf  A lot of people confuse movement with progress. There is a huge difference between being productive versus being busy. Busy people rarely get things done. They usually just run around in circles. This week we will look at the difference and learn a few ways to make us as productive as possible.

Most people fail not because of a lack of desire but because of a lack of commitment - Vince Lombardi   Most everyone wants the end results of being successful but not everyone wants to do what it takes to get those end results. If this sounds like it may be you, the real question is are you dedicated to your success? This week we will look at what it takes to be dedicated to success, and a few strategies we can use to turn up that dedication. 

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realize that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives. - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam   It's not whether or not we will experience obstacle, because we all certainly will. But what do we do when we are faced with these obstacles is the real question. This week we will learn a few tips that will help us to become more RESILIENT in the face of whatever life throws at us.

We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world. – Stephen R. Covey You can have 2 people that go thru the exact same circumstances and the first person will allow the situation to build them up, and the second person will allow it to tear them down. Its all about perspective. This week we will learn how to have a new perspective.

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”  —Les Brown Many of us have these big dreams of the things that we want to have and accomplish but they wont just pop out of nowhere. We have to put in the work to accomplish them, yet many of us lack the motivation to get done what we need to get done. This week we will look at a few techniques that will help to keep us motivated while we are working on accomplishing our dreams.

Power In A Half Hour - Episode 242: Ask Better Questions   If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper questions to ask. - Albert Einstein   One of the easiest way to improve your life is by asking yourself better questions. When you ask yourself these questions, you will naturally start to seek answers. This week we will look at the best questions to ask yourself for a fulfilling life.

The secret to wealth is simple: Find a way to do more for others than anyone else does. Become more valuable. Do more. Give more. Be more. Serve more. ―Tony Robbins,   Once you understand how many works, you can obtain as much of it as you desire. Their are secrets to wealth that the rich know that help them to obtain and keep massive wealth This week we will examine the money secrets that help the rich to get richer. 

“Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” – Michael Landon There are so many things that we all want to do, but many of us plan to wait until tomorrow to get started. Tomorrow ends up becoming tomorrow but Tomorrow is not guaranteed to any of us. This week we look at some strategies that will help us to stop procrastinating and to take massive action.

Episode 239: Stop Complaining - Start Appreciating Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have. One of the worst things we can do to ourselves i complain all the time. Some of us complain, and we don't even realize that we are doing it. This week we will look at the effects of complaining and discover some strategies to help to get us to stop.

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~ Chinese Proverb One of the most important skills that we can discover in life is patience. When I look at many of the self created issues that i have experienced in life, they generally come from a situation that could have been prevented if i would have had a little more patience. This week we will learn the benefits of having patience and some techniques that we can use to learn this important skill.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. - Mother Teresa   Many times when we look to make changes in our lives, we usually look towards changing the major areas in our lives. The reality is that we can make huge shifts in our lives by changing the small thing first. This week we will look at how we can make some changes in our lives that can bring about huge results.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Muhammad Ali Every person in life that has accomplished anything great has taken risk. If you take no risk, you can't expect to get any reward. This week we will look at why it is important to take risk and some strategies that will help us to take better risk.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought again. Our thoughts have power and can be our most powerful ally or foe. This week we will look at a few different aspects of thinking negative as well as some common forms of negative thinking. Then we will look at few ways that we can overcome Negative thoughts.

Haters, like parrots, talk much but cannot fly. Dreamers, like eagles, say nothing but conquer the skies.  The doubters & haters will always have something to say. Usually, they are the ones that are not progressing in life. Don't allow their words to distract you. If they do, then you have allowed them to win. 

Think back 5 years ago. Think of where you’re at today. Think ahead 5 years and what you want to accomplish. Be unstoppable. - Dwayne Johnson When you look into the future, 5 years from now, where do you see yourself? You will never go past where you see yourself. This week we learn some techniques that will help us to create our vision of the future.

The moment you give up all thought of retreat or surrender you become an unstoppable force - Tommy Newberry   Once you make up your mind that nothing or no-one will stop you, that is when you become unstoppable. This week we will discuss the strategies that will make you unstoppable in everything that you do.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.  - Napoleon Hill This week we are going to look at the fundamentals of success by studying the father of Success & Personal Development Napoleon Hill, the author of Think & Grow Rich. We are going to go over Mr. Hills 16 laws of success and how we can still apply those principles to our lives today almost 100 years later.  

Success is like a snowball. You gotta get it moving and the more you roll in the right direction the greater it gets. - Steve Ferrante In order to really get moving, you need to gain some momentum. This week, we will look at a few strategies for gaining massive momentum to make 2019 your greatest year yet.

Episode 229: STOP BAD HABITS   Chains of habit are too light to be felt, until they are too heavy to be broken – Warren Buffett – The thing that usually holds us back from accomplishing what we want to in life is our bad habits, But how do we get rid of them? This week we will learn some techniques on how we get rid of bad habits and replace them with good ones.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. The biggest thing that holds most people back is FEAR. Fear of failure, fear of messing up, fear of how others perceive you, fear of success, and tons of other fears. Once we learn to get rid of these fears, we can finally live the life that we are destined to live.

Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated. This week we will look at what it really means to be obsessed with success, and then we will go over some success hacks

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. - Alexander Graham Bell We are one month into 2019, and we gotta get serious about this year. We gotta start taking action if we haven't been yet, or this year will just pass us by. This week we will discuss some techniques and strategies that will give us the right mindset to take action..

Never Let Your Emotions Overpower Your Intelligence.   We've all had situations where our emotions have gotten the best of us. Often its because by the time we realized what was going on, it was usually too late. This week we will look at a few techniques that will help us to first identify these emotions, and then take control of them.

The Victory of Success is half won when one sets the habit of setting and achieving GOALS - OG Mandino Setting GOALS is probably the single most important think that we can do while we are on the path of accomplishing everything we desire out of life. This week we will look at a few strategies that will help us to accomplish our GOALS in 2019. 

The Best Is Yet To Come What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our life hasn't happened yet. Yesssssss. Are you ready for 2019 to be your best year. This week we will take a look at how we can make 2019 the best year ever.....

The time is right now. Stop waiting & start doing.  Happy New Year. This is the year. The year that we stop making excuses and we take everything we learned over our entire life and apply it to make this year our greatest yet. This week we will go over some tips that we can apply to our life to make 2019 the best ever. 

“Risk, then, is not just part of life. It is life. The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place. It’s the high-anxiety zone, but it’s also where you discover who you are.” — Nick Vujicic   There is absolutely no way that you can become as successful as you are destined to be if you are afraid to take risk. This week we will look at some of the advantages of taking risk as look at some ways that we can learn to take strategic risk

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge – both poverty and riches are offspring of thought.”   Napoleon Hill   The reason why most people stay stuck in the same position financially is because the have a poverty mindset. This week, we will work on changing our consciousness from poverty to a wealthy mindset.

Episode 219: A Look Back on 2018 -- We do not learn from experience.. We learn from looking back on experience... - John Dewey We are going to look at the benefits of self reflection and go over some of the best techniques that we can use to analyze this past year so we can make sure that next year is even better.

Your Decisions Determine Your Destiny - Episode #218 of Coach Mark’s Power In A Half Hour!!! This is a free call with Coach Mark sharing the Success Secrets of the Rich & Super Successful. "Everything you do in life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice". Once we are ready to change our lives, the first thing we need to do is make a decision, and then change the decisions that we make. All of the decisions that we've made in the past has gotten us right where we are. If we want to go in a different direction, we just need to start making better decisions. This week we will go over some tips that will help us to make better decisions.

This is part 2 on our series on toxic people. If you havent heard part 1, go back and listen to last week. This week will be just as good as we go over 5 more types of toxic personalities. Come learn with us this Monday night -

“Toxic people will pollute everything around them, Don't hesitate. Fumigate.” ―Mandy Hale It's getting close to the end of the year and their are probably some people that prevented us from being as great as we could this year. Its time to get rid of them. This week we will talk about the signs we need to look out for to determine if someone is toxic and how we can get rid of them.

When asked if my cup is half-full or half empty, my only response is that I am thankful that I have a cup – One of the most powerful tools for being able to get more is to be thankful for what you already have. Having gratitude cost us nothing but in return gives us so much. This week we will learn about the benefits of being grateful for everything in your life.

“You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights.” ―Brian Tracy One of the main obstacles that prevent people to rising to the highest levels are their own negative belief patterns. This week, we will look at some of the belief patterns that prevent people from going to the next level and a few techniques that will help us to permanently break these belief patterns.

Willpower isn't something that gets handed out to some and not to others. It is a skill you can develop through understanding and practice. - Gillian Riley One of the biggest indicators of success is the amount of will power that you have. Long are the days when we look at willpower as either something you have or don't. We now know that there is a finite amount of it, but we can build our willpower muscle. This week we will look at a few techniques to help build our willpower. 

One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle class struggle in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home and not at school - Robert Kiyosaki   The rich just keep getting richer. It has always been that way, and most likely will continue to always be like that. The only thing we can do is either cry and complain about that, or figure out how they do what they do and then do the same things. This week we will look at some of the tactics that the rich use to keep getting richer. 

“You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts.” - Brian Tracy  The biggest block to people living an abundant life is their own thinking. This week will look some of the ways that our thinking can hold us back, and discover some techniques that will allow us to remove this blockages and CREATE ABUNDANCE. When your change your way of thinking, you will change your life.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. - John F Kennedy   In life, we never get what we deserve, but we will always get what we negotiate. Negotiating is a powerful skill that most people lack. This week we will learn some of the key strategies that will help us negotiate to win. 

The question isn't who is going to let; it's who is going to stop me!! - Ayn Rand Once you make up your mind that you can't be stopped, no one or nothing will stop you. This week we will discover some techniques to develop that belief that we can't be stopped.

Those who do not think outside the box are easily contained - Nicolas Manetta The reason why most people stay stuck where they are at is because they are using the same level of thinking that got them in the problem to get out of the problem. That same thinking will keep you exactly where you are. To excel you have got to think outside the box. This week we look at some strategies that will help us to start thinking at a bigger level than the level are problems are at.

 Confidence is something you create within yourself by believing in who you are.....   The amount of belief we have in our ability to attain our dreams is one of the biggest factors that will determine whether or not we accomplish them. This week we will learn how to build the belief that we have in ourselves because Self Belief is Everything!!!

A great leaders courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. - John C Maxwell Until you find your life's purpose, life can seem meaningless. This week we will look at a few techniques that can help us to determine what our life purpose is.

Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching - C.S. Lewis --- One of the most important traits that anyone can possess is Integrity. Its not only important to do whats right when everyone is watching. It's equally important to do the right thing when no one is watching. This week we will break down what it means to walk in Integrity, as well as learn a few ways that we can use to walk in Integrity.

Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. - Jeff Bezos Most billionaires started out right where we are at, not a billionaire, and most likely not even a millionaire. They aren't more special than us, they just think a little different than us. If we can study and emulate how they think, we can get some of the same results that they have. This week we will study the thoughts of some of the most successful billionaires. 

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety. - Abraham Maslow You can do all the planning in the world, but until you take ACTION, nothing gets done. This week we will learn a few techniques that will help move us from talking about it, to being about it.

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood." - Voltaire It's unfortunate how many people allow others to disturb their peace. We are in total control of our happiness and our moods. This week we will discuss some techniques that will help us to get in and stay in a great mood.

You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you - Dave Ramsey --- Why is it that the attaining and maintaining of money is so hard for most people? Attaining great wealth is not hard once you understand and apply the laws that govern of money. Yes there are laws that govern money, and if you understand them, you will be able to become a money magnet and attract all the money you want in your life. If not, you will always repel money.