Institute for Self-Achievement

FREE 'Take Control' Webinar

2012-01-20T09:45:00.000-08:00

This FREE WEBINAR is dedicated to helping you learn the hush-hush secrets to true SELF-DICIPLINE and how to TAKE CONTROL of your toughest challenges. You will learn a virtually unknown technique that will BLOW YOUR MIND!

Domenic is a master at self-discipline. He teaches secrets he learned by direct instruction from a master.

Why do we quit on ourselves even though we feel inspired, motivated and committed? Simple because we are more committed to our comfort than we are to our happiness!!

Have you noticed, humans are still evolving..we are in a continuance that has been going on for billions of years. Hellooooooooo!! We haven’t stopped evolving emotionally, spiritually or technologically. We are still in the midst of that same evolutionary process and have reached the level of having choice to evolve or not. 10,000 years ago, we weren’t asked if we wanted to evolve, we were organically included. Today we have a choice!

You will get the tough love and gentle support that is needed for you to take the next step in your personal evolutionary process.

This is free...YES…FREE....my purpose is to improve to world for all of us and I invite you to join us.

Date: February 24
Time: 7:30 CST USA
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Happy YOU Year!

2011-12-19T19:10:00.000-08:00

If you are reading this, you're still alive which means you get yet another opportunity to create another Amazing New Year! Congratulate yourself...WooooHoooo! You ROCK!!

You have new ideas, new resolutions, you're gonna let go of the past and blow 2012 up like never before! Oh yeah baby, let’s do it, let’s make it happen!

Hold on a second wild child...before you start climbing your 2112 mountain, have a look at whose mountain you’re climbing. Many people are told by their company, significant other, children or even their mom and dad what their goals are going to be. Ask yourself, are they important goals for them or are they the goals that I want to achieve for me?

Did you know:

only 3-5% of our population globally actually writes down their specific personal goals?
just by writing something down you increase the percentage of achievement by 50%?
most people have a “To Do” list and when they don’t write something down, half the time it’s forgotten?
when you choose a goal, write it down, break it down, set a completion deadline and remind yourself each day of your goal, the percentage of achievement goes up to 100%?

Carefully setting and achieving personal goals is the ultimate recipe for happiness and time management is the answer. When you manage your time, you manage your life. And remember that a goal does not qualify as a REAL GOAL until it is written down, broken out, prioritized and inserted into your calendar. Otherwise, what you think is a goal is merely a thought, a wish, a hope, A DREAM!

The truth is that humans (THIS INCLUDES YOU) have more natural potential than they could possibly use if they could live a thousand lifetimes. YOU have INFINITE POTENTIAL and this is easily proven by observing all the amazing things that are invented and built, places that are traveled to and unbelievable personal accomplishments reached every day all over the world.

Common sense says "YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST." Soooooooo, WHAT DO YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME THINKING ABOUT?????

I hear a lot of people say “as soon as I get focused, THEN I will go for it” or “when I get the confidence, THEN I will go after my goal” I say "CHOOSE YOUR GOAL FIRST, FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO and YOU WILL BE FOCUSED AND YOU WILL CREATE CONFIDENCE!!"

Here are 3 EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS to get your butt on track, and to guarantee that 2012 will in fact be the best year of your life.

Read this first then GO STAND IN FRONT OF A MIRROR AND LOOK INTO YOUR EYES. First, notice the content of the conversation in you brain as you look into your eyes (without breaking eye contact) and reflect back (take your time) on the past year. This is your opportunity to forgive yourself for everything that you did or didn't do that DID NOT WORK last year. Next, say out loud with some passion and enthusiasm "I'M STARTING MY LIFE OVER RIGHT NOW, I DID WHAT I DID, 2011 IS OVER AND I'M STARTING OVER RIGHT NOW!" Everyone knows that at any moment they can start over and now this moment is yours to take responsibility. Next, say out loud "STARTING NOW, I WILL STOP BLAMING CIRCUMSTANCES AND PEOPLE, I WILL STOP BEING UPSET, I WILL BE HAPPY, I WILL DECIDE WHAT I WANT, I WILL PLAN MY LIFE AND I WILL TAKE ACTION EVERY DAY!" You already know that when you take 100% responsibility, you will realize that you got yourself into every situation and entered into every relationship you are in. You made the choices so shut yourself up and take a stand. The starting point is to accept where you are and where you are not. Accept everything for the way it is and the way that it isn't. LET IT GO, BECAUSE TODAY YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD. Now, set a reminder in your phone to look in the mirror every morning at a specific time and say out loud with gusto, what you are going to accomplish that day..no matter what.
Take your calendar out right now and schedule 1 hour of uninterrupted time. Give yourself permission to concentrate and then write down what you ideally want this year in the important areas of your life. Your greatest responsibility to yourself is to invest whatever time is required to become absolutely clear about exactly what you want.
Start feeding your brain HIGH QUALITY INFORMATION EVERY DAY in the form of books, motivational and informational CD’s, skill development workshops or any on-line program. I know that you already know that YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE YOUR ACTIONS AND BEHAVIOR. Your ACTIONS AND BEHAVIOR CREATES RESULTS. If you want to change your results, first change your thoughts. Consistent, high quality information is like continuous software upgrades for the mind. When you feel your mind slowing down, run a new piece of software that cleans out the crap and aligns your thoughts back to your desire and goals. Safeguard your thoughts by feeding them reminders that will point you back to the path you want to be on.

Happy YOU Year!

Passion

2011-10-17T10:32:00.000-07:00

“One of the things that may get in the wayof people being lifelong learners is that they’re not in touch with theirpassion. If you’re passionate about what it is you do, then you’re going to belooking for everything you can to get better at it.” - Jack Canfield

Webster’s defines passion as ”capable of,affected by, or expressing intense feeling.” In other words, we have theability to be alive and enthusiastic any time we want, even when we don’t feellike it.

For several years I have been curious abouthow to get people to be passionate about their work, their relationships andwhere they are going in life. I've devoted much of the last 22 years of my lifeto studying, researching and uncovering all the wonderful ways to turn on, thenturn up, my "life's passion."

At first glance, getting passionate andmoving forward may not be YOUR idea of fun yet I can tell you from personal,first-hand experience, passion is the driving force behind all of life'sachievements and creations. Every human being has a longing to be passionate.

I have given hundreds of workshops andseminars across the United States and from personal observation; I haveconcluded that the biggest share of people are not very passionate. They aren'tpassionate about who they are (low self esteem), they aren't passionate abouttheir job (boredom), they aren't passionate about their relationships(complacency), they aren't passionate about their future (no written goals).Have you ever encountered someone who is passionate, enthusiastic and alive?It’s like a breath of fresh air. Being around them is so refreshing.

Passion is the fuel for life and living. Ithink that many people are waiting to be passionate before they go for it inlife. I think that many people are waiting for a better job or a heatedrelationship and they think when the right opportunity comes along, they willinstantly become passionate.

If you are one of those who are waiting forsome miracle to happen, my advice to you is to stop now. You already have thepower to choose to become passionate about everything in your life right herein the moment. The only thing stopping you is your own thoughts so you might aswell start practicing right now. Being passionate feels great too!

If you think it’s going to get easierlater, you are only fooling yourself. It only gets later. So start today andpractice taking yourself to the next level of excitement and passion. Allowyourself to feel alive and enthusiastic even if it’s embarrassing. Giveyourself permission to break out of your emotional comfort zone and bepassionate!

“To have passion, to have a dream, is to havea purpose in life. And there are three components to that purpose, one is tofind out who you really are, to discover God, the second is to serve otherhuman beings, because we are here to do that and the third is to express yourunique talents and when you are expressing your unique talents you lose trackof time.” - Deepak Chopra

Participation in Life

2011-09-12T07:05:00.000-07:00

You say that you go for it in life yet, you know that you always don’t. You know that there is so much more that you can do if you reallyset your mind to it. If you were to admit it, the truth is that you don’treally live life. You pretend to live life and you make it look as though youare having a great time. You buy new toys and show them off to make it look asif you are successful and having a great time. You also talk to yourself (youmay call it thinking) and you say “yes I do live life to the fullest” but deep down,you are not really happy. The real truth is that you don’t participate in lifein the way that you ideally wish that you did. Yes, sometimes you push yourselfto accomplish something and mostly, you don’t really challenge yourself in away that you feel that you are making significant progress.

For most people to admit that they don’t really go for it inlife would be like admitting one of their faults. It would be too embarrassing.People may have bad thoughts about you and their opinion would change frompositive to negative. Very few people will admit this to anyone and will alsodismiss any thought to this fact.

When you begin learning to look at yourself objectively and tobegin to tell the truth, you begin the journey of life and you begin to live. On the other side of you telling the truth about youand your thoughts, feelings and life circumstances, you will begin to createmore ideal conditions for yourself. It is out of you being willing to seriouslylook inward that will initiate change.

'AHA' Moments that Changed My Life

2011-07-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

When I got out of college I was very excited about my future and when I landed my first job as a junior laboratory assistant with a national manufacturer, I was even more excited. Everything seemed to be going great until about a year later, the conditions in my life took a negative turn. I suddenly felt bogged down, tired, dissatisfied and not in love with my life or anyone around me. Soon after, I completely lost my motivation and became confused and very unproductive.

I couldn’t figure out why this was happening. I had fallen into the trap of living day-to-day in the routine of life. Waking up, driving to work, working, driving home, watching TV, going to sleep..then doing it all over again the next day and the next and the next. It was like the movie “Groundhog Day” and what made it worse was that it was happening to me not Bill Murray. I lived for the weekends and usually went out dancing with my friends or to a backyard house party with the stereo playing in the background. It was fun but even though there was all this weekend fun going on, deep down I was secretly only pretending to have fun while the truth is that I was worried a whole lot about my future and had started regretting much of my past.

One day, one of my little brothers and his girlfriend had the gall to suggest I get help and attend a personal growth seminar that I noticed had really helped them. They handed me a brochure, I glanced over the bold words that promised an amazing life of riches and unlimited happiness beyond my wildest dreams. I quickly rejected the idea and said “I don’t need anyone to tell me what to do or how to change my life.” The truth was that when I saw the price tag I almost choked and was too embarrassed to admit that I was too cheap and didn’t want to spend the money.

So, I changed jobs thinking that things would get better, they didn’t. I got divorced thinking that things would get better, they didn’t. I moved to the big exciting city of Chicago thinking that things would get better, they didn’t. Two years went by and things didn’t get better, they actually got worse. Then one day, I remembered my brothers suggestion to attend that personal growth seminar that I was too cheap to invest in my own life. Now, two grueling years later, out of desperation, I called my brother, asked him for the phone number and enrolled myself in a personal growth seminar that I was certain was not going to work for me. The killer was that the price had increased a couple hundred dollars and I was now two years behind schedule.

Two weeks later, after 4 days of intense reflection and a ton of mental and emotional resistance, something amazing happened to me..I had several of the biggest ‘AHA’s’ of my life! With every cell in my body I knew these were no normal short lived inspiring moments. These were insights so intense that to this day, I thankfully haven’t recuperated.

Upon leaving the seminar, I quickly realized that all of the unwanted conditions in my life were exactly the same as when I went into the seminar but with one major difference. All my ‘AHA’s were aligned and securely attached to my mind, body and soul. I felt like the luckiest person in the world to have created the amazing opportunity to turn it all around. Those first ‘AHA’s have allowed me to live my life from a position of control, purpose and clarity. My life is more amazing, happy and rich than anything I ever imagined it would.

After volunteering for years in that same personal growth organization, I created my own ‘personal growth’ seminar and when people tell me how their life is not all that it could be, I have the gall to suggest that they get some help and attend a personal growth seminar. Guess what they say? Life sure is interesting! :)

Unexpected Change

2011-06-07T03:47:00.000-07:00

Even though many of my students have created a solid initial life plan, everyone knows that a plan has to be revised over and over and developing a solid back-up plan is also part of life. Why? Unexpected change. Restructuring, mergers, recession, relocation, political uprisings, social unrest, health issues, death, natural disasters. The list is endless.

It’s interesting to notice that 95% of the people I meet don’t have a strategic life plan. There is no one to blame. People are either very busy with college, dealing with their current life choices or they’re stuck mulling over their sorted past. The result is that the same 95% don’t have a clue what they want to be doing in 2-3 years, let alone 10 years. And, with all of the global uncertainty in today’s world, it’s no wonder people are struggling. So this has become the norm. It doesn’t have to be that way though. Until I got desperately serious about creating my plans, I did exactly the same thing. I used to think that as soon as I get my current situation handled or when I clean-up my past, then I’ll make a plan. Let me tell you, I wasted so many years of my life, it’s embarrassing to admit.

Even a solid short term plan would be an excellent starting strategy and those who actually take the time to write out even a basic plan become noticeably more confident and worry a great deal less about their future. I’m now recommending to everyone that a backup plan is mandatory. If you read the news or watch TV you know there is no protection from change. There is nothing that can protect you from losing your job or from some catastrophic, live altering natural event. The proof is happening every day on every continent on this planet.

What our parents used to call a secure job, is now extinct. Changes are so dramatic and if you get to the level of owning or operating a small business, you soon realize how fragile your business is against economic, social, political or legal changes that can suddenly throw you into bankruptcy. Life simply doesn’t come with guarantees.

This amazing guy named Alvin Toffler, wrote a book titled “Future Shock” that was published way back in 1971. He predicted massive global changes that at that time were revolutionary and considered by some ridiculous. Many of the changes he predicted arrived so fast that he published a second book titled “The Third Wave” to catch up on the unexpected change that had already happened. Toffler did an exceptional job describing the huge changes occurring around the world and most people were completely unaware of how those changes would affect their lives and very few people took his predictions seriously. Looking beyond external changes, now looking inward, there are unexpected changes within you and you may reach a point where your life goal or your career is no longer challenging or personally fulfilling.

Now is the time to reflect. Now is the time to make an accounting, take action and get some solid plans on the table. Otherwise, life will pull you in any direction it pleases.

Is unexpected change pulling your life? How is it impacting your future, your family? Are you ready? What’s your “Unexpected Change” plan? Do you want one? Do you need one? What are you doing about it? What will you do about it? When?

Goals Must Me Motivating

2011-05-20T05:56:00.000-07:00

It may be a cool thing to think that your life goal is totally worthy and contributes to serving humanity but if you’re not leaping out of bed every morning to go out and fulfill it each day, you might want to rethink what you thought your life purpose or your true intention really is. No other person can define a life goal for you or impose one on you. Your goal must come from inside you and the choice is yours alone. Most of all, I recommend that you have one that you can use to 'make' you motivated about your life.

Some goals, such as accumulating personal wealth or achieving a powerful job position are considered by many to be only self serving. That’s true if your ego is in charge of your life or you are working only for your survival. If you are accumulating personal wealth or want to achieve a powerful job position that is in service to life on our planet, then my opinion is that you are headed in the right direction.

For many years, I worked in jobs that I knew were only satisfying my survival needs and in the beginning, it wasn’t very motivating. The thing that really helped me was that in addition to having a survival job, I had learned that a self-actualized person intentionally chose a life purpose that was in service to humanity and my goal was to have the characteristics of a self-actualizing human being. The purpose I chose was “to improve our world for all of us.” Now, having a life purpose in service to humanity forced me to really look for ways that my survival job was about service.

For example, before I started my own Audio Visual company, I worked for one of the largest A/V companies in Chicago. Since I like to talk a lot, I was an above average sales person. My intention was to make a lot of sales, charge the maximum amount of money and reap the biggest commission. Surprisingly, it worked and this impressed the management so much that I was given awards and recognition at our monthly and annual sales meetings. But deep inside, I felt nervously out of alignment with my life purpose. So I started to look for ways that got me to see how my products were benefiting and serving my customers. In less than a year, my sales almost doubled. Why? Because my whole way of communicating to my clients changed. My words, my enthusiasm and body language was about serving. The cool thing was that I earned higher commissions and was now highly motivated by my life purpose.

Why You Need a Back-Up Plan?

2011-05-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

People say it all the time..”I have a back-up plan” yet do they really have a solid, well thought out and most of all written back-up plan? If you personally have a solid, well thought out and written plan about what you want to create for your life, having a back-up plan makes total sense because it will protect you from getting trapped if your current plan falls apart. Let’s say your present job gets eliminated or you start feeling that it’s not fulfilling your purpose in life, then you can quickly and more efficiently transition to your back-up plan.

A Back-up Plan:

Helps you to feel confident and in control
Gives you many more options
Prevents you from staying in a job that is taking you in the wrong direction, or in no direction at all
Forces you to keep up with life changes
Protects you and your family from unpredictable change
Improves your attitude
And much more…

How many times have you heard this, “When I was younger, my father talked to me about always having a back-up plan, and of course, I didn’t listen to him.” To me, a back-up was something to keep in the back of my mind in case I lost my job.

How many times has it happened to you that as soon as you are unprotected, something unexpected happens? You lose your dental insurance and your tooth starts to hurt! You don’t replace the balding tires on your car and you drive over a nail. Life somehow has a funny way of keeping us on track.

Why do you need a solid, well thought out and written back-up plan? To protect your future and responsibly manage life’s unpredictable risks.

Your Life Purpose

2011-05-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

Choosing and having a life goal or life purpose is amazingly powerful. It is always expressed as totally personal and something that is beyond money or the normal framework of your job or career. The ideal purpose should provide you with heroic value for your life. It should be a daily inspiration that ignites your attitude. A life purpose will make challenges (like working extra hours, working without pay or dealing with difficult people) easier to achieve. When you are 100% certain about your purpose in life, it gives you tireless spirit, depth of character, determined courage and clear direction in your daily living. And when circumstances get difficult, you will not only sustain longer, you will walk tall with certainty. A life purpose provides you with a consistent way to greatly contribute to society, a way to use your life in daily service to people, animals, the environment or the planet.

Bringing Your Life Into Focus

If you invest a little time thinking and asking yourself a few simple questions, you will find it easy to come up with a purpose for your life. This is because you probably already have one secretly hidden within you just waiting to be put to good use. To help you determine your purpose in life, ask yourself this question.

What do I want to do with my life that will give me a sense of daily and lasting personal fulfillment?

Another approach is to shoot yourself into the future and imagine you are looking back at your life. Then ask yourself:

What would have given my life even more meaning?

Exercise-Write Your Own Life Purpose

Using paper and pen, brainstorm and write down a random list of one or several things that you ideally want to dedicate your life to. Look over your list and narrow down your ideas to one single thing that resonates deep inside you. Choose one thing that when you think about it feel the most real for you. Then, write your life purpose in a simple concise statement like this.

My purpose in life is to….

Read it over and over and as you read it..notice how you feel. Continue to read and change the wording until you feel in harmony with your new self-chosen life purpose.

Aim High, Think Service

2011-05-11T00:30:00.000-07:00

When I got out of college I was very excited about my future and when I landed my first job as a junior laboratory assistant with a national manufacturer, I became even more enthusiastic. One year later, conditions in my life took a turn for the worse. I suddenly felt bogged down and dissatisfied. Soon I lost my self-motivation and became confused and very ineffective.

Why did this happen? Without knowing it, I had lost sight of my future. However, with the encouragement of my brother and his close friend Margaret, I turned my life around by attending a personal growth seminar to reevaluate my dreams and focus on my life goal. Result? I developed a bigger life perspective and regained my self-motivation. Not only did I get my confidence back, everything I did became very directed, and the improved quality of my actions were noticed by everyone around me. Why? Because I shifted my thinking from taking to giving.

Please don't get the idea that you have to develop a highly selfless, euphoric life goal so you get results like me. Very few people ever make a major scientific discovery or win a Nobel prize. Your major goals will most likely be very practical things like:

raising a healthy and happy family
designing and building a dream home
travel around the earth and visit amazing cultures
live in the country that your ancestors came from

Anyone can develop an inspiring life goal, and it is very important that you accept the idea that life goals are different from other major goals. For example, choosing a well paying career or designing a dream home is a significant accomplishment. However, these are not life goals. Buying a home is a worthy goal, and it is not, for most people, a life goal.

Tie Your Current Career to a Bigger Purpose

2011-05-09T12:54:00.000-07:00

In all my years of working-on-myself, I’ve observed that the #1 reason people lose motivation to succeed in their chosen careers is because they do not tie their efforts to a life goal. Without the advantage of a bigger picture, they become stuck in an attitude best expressed by the old saying, “another day another dollar.” They become slowed down and feel boxed in. Instead of viewing work as a journey that will lead them to achievement, they often see it as something to tolerate. Soon they are blaming their organization or their superiors for their own lack of motivation.

Of course, when it comes to determining your life goal, it is easier said than done. Still, it doesn’t have to be a frustrating, painful or long process. In fact, with a little concentration, you can start the process right now.

A good way to begin is to stop looking at your current job or position as just a regular paycheck (with certain benefits) and view it instead as the vehicle that can take you in the direction you want to go in life. At first this may seem overwhelming, and all it really means is that you need to change the focus of your present thinking from “this is a job” to “I am here to serve.” In other words, you can open and expand your mind and think bigger! Once you begin to think in terms of serving others and having a life goal, insights into what you can do to enhance your present career will improve and your motivation to succeed will be stronger and easier to maintain on a day to day basis.