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iMindShift with Steve Chandler

Welcome to the ultimate personal transformation blog that will knock your mental limitations to the stars!

Around the pure loving energyNovember 17

     When the mind is open, it will shift. 

     When the mind is closed, it won't. 

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"Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself makes you fearless."

                               ~Lao Tzu

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     So, first of all, let's picture James Dean's sports car.  Let's say you are just learning how to drive, and you're driving the sports car and James Dean is sitting next to you and you're down there in second gear and the car is kind of whining and complaining because you won't shift----you don't know how to shift---and the James is saying, "Just shift ... please, it's time to shift" because James knows the engine is

When the going gets weirdNovember 17

    "When the going gets weird,
          the weird turn pro."

        ~Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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       I understand that people now believe that things are difficult in the world of business. I decided to form a group that will take a different approach to that widespread belief.

       This group will focus on the true source of our financial security: our own effort ... and our own creative work. The sole purpose and focus of this group will be client acquisition.

     We will work with each other to dramatically increase our number of clients, and the quality of clients using our services.

     After having filled two successful mastermind groups of twenty people each, and having successfully filled two coaching schools of nine coaches each, we will now combine the very best and most effective practices and processes in those groups to help each member of this new mastermind get clients.

     The Client Acquisition Mastermind group will have just ten members and will begin on January 10th in Tempe, Arizona, from 8am to 11:30

WHAT IF YOU LOVED EXERCISE?November 10

    Here's one of my heroes, Jack LaLanne, in his 90s, loving exercise. What if you loved exercise? How would life be different? Can you choose to love something you do not think you love?

    I have been invited to be the "motivational" speaker at a very exciting event in Scottsdale, Arizona Saturday, November 8. It's called, "What If You Loved Exercise?" The event is from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center. This is part of an amazing program they have developed for cancer survivors called, The NEXT Step: Power and Healing through Exercise.

     Please come to this event. Many of you have sent me emails over the past years asking if I do any public speaking engagements that you can attend. Normally I do not. Except for this one!

     This is a "comprehensive approach to integrating physical activity into your life." Their invitation says, "Wear loose, comfortable clothing and get ready to begin your active life!"

    You'll also enjoy the Cancer Patient Panel: Cancer survivors will discuss how exercise has impacted their lives and recovery. The event is being held at the Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Conference Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd, RSVP today! Space is limited.

Do not hide your own lightNovember 8

 
"Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one's courage"

        - ANAIS NIN

   We have reached a time around this planet that calls on our individual courage and creativity more
than ever before.

    Having some group or government help you make it through the dark night may be a successful political sales pitch, but it will be  Y O U R   O W N   L I G H T  that leads the way for you.

   Many people think that courage is an outdated concept that now only applies to the military or sports or the terminally ill. Others vilify the idea that the individual human being  personally creates success or failure.

   I have decided to form a group of people, a network, or a club, if you will ... a circle of individuals who stand for individual freedom.  Freedom from what? Freedom from self-victimization. Freedom from the inner Velcro of thought clusters that coagulate into belief systems that have that individual use his or her precious mind for nothing but worrying about the anxious future. Freedom from  being a constant victim

GOALS CAN FREAK YOU OUTNovember 1

             "Make each day your masterpiece."
                                          ---John Wooden

   Here is a photo of our little Pineapple Princess (see earlier blog post) in a pumpkin patch enjoying life as it comes. She had no expectations prior to arriving at the patch. She just showed up and enjoyed life. No goals for her.

   Goals are great when used in their proper and highly limited way. But they can only do so much. And if you focus too much on the OUTCOME goal you want to achieve, that goal can turn on you ... like a former beloved house pet who has become a vicious, rabid dog.

    Soon the optimistic prospect of hitting that goal turns to fear ... fear of not achieving it. Soon the very sight of the goal becomes a downer---it reminds you that you are a failure, because you're so far away from achieving what you really want.

     And fear is not a good place to come from. I wrote a book about that recently, a book about how people can actually become fearless. But there is nothing in that book about doing it through the setting of huge outcome goals.

     Fear shuts down all playful, creative activity. In