The comfort zone…

 

“The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.”

Peter McWilliams

 

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All who have…

 

 

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”

Orison Swett Marden

 

 

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Kurek Ashley: tragedy to triumph

Kurek Ashley doesn’t really consider himself a motivational speaker or a life coach, he considers himself a success coach. Kurek helps people and companies in harnessing their full potential for peak performance in all areas of their life. From their finances to their spirituality. He believes success can be achieved everywhere.

Like all of us, Kurek has experienced very difficult events that would break most people. And in the beginning such circumstances were breaking Kurek, emotionally, physically, and financially.

Before Mr. Ashley assisted others in achieving success, he was achieving it for himself in Hollywood. Kurek worked on over 38 film and television projects, alongside actors such as John Travolta, Sylvester Stallone, and Chuck Norris.

While filming a movie with Chuck Norris, tragedy struck Kurek’s life. A helicopter used for the movie crashed killing five people. All were his friends. This event lead Kurek down a path of depression and self-destruction. He resorted to drugs to relieve his pain and was very close to committing suicide on more than a few occasions.

After two years of this reckless behavior Kurek started to transform his life. He discovered that through love and passion you can not only change your life but you can also change the world. From this moment of discovery, Mr. Ashley has been unstoppable. He wanted to demonstrate to people that they can do anything as long as they take action and have focus. To do so, Kurek walked 266 feet across 600 degree coals to break the world record for the longest firewalk.

Besides achieving records and success for himself, Kurek has helped celebrities and athletes such as volleyball player Kerri Ann Pottharst. Kerri was part of the Australia Women’s Olympic beach volleyball team. With Kurek’s help the team took home a gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Today, Kurek resides in Queensland, Australia and is the CEO of Kurek Ashley Success International Pty Ltd. Through this company, he is able to touch the lives of over 10,000 people each year through his seminars and teachings.

But Mr. Ashley isn’t stopping there. He has just released his book “How Would Love Respond?” and hopes to touch the lives of millions more around the world. “How Would Love Respond?” helps readers achieve greater happiness, success, and love. It was released on April 1st and has already hit numerous best-seller lists, including:

- Number 1 on Amazon’s Mover and Shaker list
- Number 4 on Barnes & Noble Self Improvement list
- Number 7 on Bestseller Barnes and Noble list
- Number 8 on Amazon’s Hot New Release list

I highly recommend you purchase Kurek’s book. It’ll not only change your life, but can help you change to world around you. “How Would Love Respond?” can be purchased from Amazon as well as from Barnes & Noble.

I also recommend you visit the “How Would Love Respond?” website here and Kurek’s main site here to learn more.

Get yourself fired up to accomplish a goal

Who do you think is the best person to get you motivated? Think about it for a moment… The answer’s is quite simple. It’s YOU. Getting yourself to stop dreaming and start achieving ultimately comes down to you. Other people can give you advice, encouragement, and motivation but none of that will matter until you change yourself and take that first step towards a goal.

There are many ways you can get yourself fired up to accomplish a goal. Most are very simple and easy things that you can do every day. Each will feed your desire until it grows into a monster that can’t be tamed.

Read your list of goals

You probably have written a list of goals that you want to accomplish or perhaps a bucket list. You should go through it every morning and each night, or at least once a week. As you do so, visualize what it’ll be like when you achieve each goal. If one of your goals is to vacation on a tropical island, imagine yourself sitting in the sand with the turquoise water splashing in front of you and the sun warming your face.

View pictures and watch videos

If your imagination isn’t that good, look through old photos from your favorite vacations or search online for images of the things you desire. You can also go to YouTube or other video sites and look up videos that relate to your dreams. Use these images to create slide shows or to use the images as your computer background.

Think of what you dislike about yourself

Perhaps you don’t like how you’re shy or always stressed out. Each of us has something about ourselves that we want to change. Think of what yours is and turn it into something you want to tackle.

Get jealous

This may seem strange but a great way to motivate yourself is to be jealous. Look to successful people that you know or don’t personally know. Then ask yourself, “why not me?” Jealousy can force people to perform terrible actions but it can also lead people to great accomplishments.

Think of the naysayers

Think back to your past and perhaps think about your present. Remember the naysayers and what they said about your aspirations. Morph those words into motivation for yourself to achieve and prove them wrong.

Remember why

Think of why you want to accomplish your goals. Is it because you can’t afford a car or a house or is it because you can’t stand another day at your workplace.

All these simple strategies will keep you from getting comfortable with mediocrity. If we get too comfortable with where we currently are, there will seem to be no reason to change.

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One of the…

 

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon–instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

Dale Carnegie

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