Don't focus on what you cannot control, focus on what you can control.
Through my journey and my work I meet influential people that have made it their goal to improve the lives of others. I want to enable them to take their message to a larger group of people.
He's the founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, an investment firm with over $26 billion in assets as of September 2016.
He's ranked by Forbes as the 268th richest person in America.
He has an estimated net worth of $3 billion USD as of September 2016.
He's Robert F. Smith and here is my take on his Top 10 Rules for Success.
1. Develop your mind
He was born to two parents with PhDs, who were school teachers. 2. Trust yourself
He grew up in a mostly African American, middle class neighborhood in Denver, and attended a newly-integrated school. 3. Know your self worth
He trained as an engineer at Cornell University, earning his B.S. in Chemical Engineering. 4. Act on your intentions
After working at Kraft General Foods, where he earned two United States and two European patents, he attended Columbia Business School. 5. Dream big
From 1994-2000, he joined Goldman Sachs in tech investment banking, first in New York and then in Silicon Valley. 6. Be committed to your career
As Co-Head of Enterprise Systems and Storage, he executed and advised on over $50B in merger and acquisition activity. 7. Find your drive
He was the first person at Goldman Sachs to focus solely on Tech M&A and foreign countries. 8. Enjoy figuring things out
In 2000, Smith founded Vista Equity Partners, of which he is the Founder, Chairman and CEO. 9. Perfect your craft
In January 2015, based on its performance over the last 10 years, Vista Equity Partners was named the world’s #1 performing private equity firm. 10. Develop grit
He was named the Board Chairman of the 125-year-old Carnegie Hall; the first African American to hold that position.
Body and Mind Coach John McGrath talks to us about himself, his industry and the world in the future.
John has a proven method for unlocking greatness. Through sheer force and control of his mind he’s been able to perform feats deemed to be impossible, earning him the moniker - The Last Strongman of Africa. In that same vein he’s been able to coach and impact athletes and business people alike - demolishing self-confining mental boundaries, propelling clients out from lethargic mediocrity and onto claiming excellence for themselves.
He is available for speaking engagements, team building events as well as one-on-one coaching sessions. He can work with you to help you to achieve performance and business excellence, motivate your staff and customers, inspire you and change how you view yourself within a few minutes.
If you want to know more about John or book him for an event you can either contact us at shawn@intunecom.co.uk
Born the first of four sons, John was one of those boys who, during
that time, were often not able to receive positive, empowering input towards
their sense of self, life-skills, education and vocation. With the rise in unemployment
and poverty, thousands of Irish fled the country for the safety of the States
or the UK, leaving behind a bleak socio-economic vacuum, that was the Ireland
of the 80’s. John now looks back at his roots and sees how they shaped his
belief that challenges can either make or break a man; a powerful forge for
transformation. It is always a choice, he says, to rather see the obstacle as a
challenge to tackle with tenacity, persistence and discipline – instead of a
blocking, limiting problem. It was by this very mechanism of choice that John
turned his apparent ‘lack’ around into a relentless motivation to not only
overcome, but triumph.
At the age of 13, John discovered the sport of rowing which radically
transformed his life, seeding within him a strong conviction that he could not
just be good at something, but excellent. The key to unlocking this excellence
lay in making the choice to willingly submit to the intense transformational
forging of ruthless, goal-focused discipline to strengthen and sharpen both
body and mind, from the inside out.
The physical exertion and mental tenacity required by rowing proved to
be a powerful equalizer of status. John’s rowing peers pursued law, mathematics
or medicine at university, whilst he held down two humble and physically tough
jobs – one as a binman and the other as a sheet-metal worker. But as always,
determination outpaced dollars, and sweat washed away all status, leaving each
young man as equally deserving as the next of respect and opportunity. Sport literally
changed John’s identity, refining and redefining his values, goals and what it
was that set him apart as uniquely excellent.
At 23, John was selected for the Irish team where they competed in
Belgium, winning the International Open Championship’s gold – with his rowing
career taking him around the world to Mexico, Spain and Germany. Winning a
sports scholarship from the Waterford Institute of Technology allowed John to
study Sport Management & Science where he could extend his sport knowledge
with academic theory.
Suddenly, mid-race, he was struck with excruciating pain, his lower
back betraying him with a bulging, leaking disc. Again, John made a choice: to
transform the agony of his disappointment into a challenge to conquer – despite
doctors and surgeons announcing his sports career over. Refusing to accept
their opinion as fact, he returned to his earlier interest in the martial arts
as a means to increase his mobility and strength. While his physical condition
improved dramatically, he was unable to sufficiently rehabilitate himself and
return to rowing.
When one door closes, another opens. John’s journey led him to new
heights in his career, where he travelled between the East and West in a sort
of pilgrimage, studying self-mastery and the potent power of the mind, learning
how to harness the mind to push the body through the most extreme physical
barriers.
Under the master tutelage of DoJuNim Ji (Bruce Lee’s teacher), John
earned his black belt in Hapkido – as well as in four other styles of martial
arts: Karate, Kombatan, Kung Fu and kickboxing. At 39, John fought for Ireland
in the European Kickboxing Champions in Macedonia, making the semi-finals.
Whilst martial arts can be classified as a ‘sport’ due to its
competitive physicality, it is intrinsically an art. Based on an ageless,
universal philosophy teaching respect, discipline, hard work, sacrifice,
patience and humility, this art – as with all art – requires relentless
discipline, deep study, heart and dedication. Art means the application of
techniques and skills – and not specifically the end product. Process is prized
more than product. The beauty is in the journey itself – and not the
destination, with self-discovery emerging along its path.
John’s work with organisations and individuals involves the application
of these principles, with the ongoing goal of continuing improvement. One of a
series of success tools John uses is goal-setting which he bases on the belting
system of martial arts where the ultimate goal is divided into smaller,
realistically achievable goals. Another martial arts concept John demonstrates
through the ‘breaking arts’ is the breaking of barriers – particularly the
fear-based, self-limiting beliefs that hold us back from achieving our
authentic potential.
John Kehoe, #1 best-selling author teaches the 6 laws of the mind. These laws are integral to learn and understand when you begin to work with the powers of the mind. Robin Banks is the only other person that has been approved to train John's Mind Power courses. he has recently run his first completely online course and if busy preparing for another course. As soon as I get more detail I will post them on the Facebook page. 1 – Thoughts Are Real Forces - The first law of the mind: thoughts are real forces. Every thought we think is a force, an energy, and is having an effect in our life.
2 – The Law of Transmission - the second law is the law of transmission. The law of transmission states that the mind is a sending and receiving station of thought. You see, the thoughts that we think don’t remain within our mind. Actually, energetically they’re traveling through the energy grid system of all reality, creating causes and having effects.
3 – The Law of Attraction - Law number three is the law of attraction. And that states that thoughts that are emotionalized, thoughts that are thought with emotion, act like a magnet attracting similar and like thoughts.
4 – The law of control - The fourth law is the law of control. The law of control states that we are forever thinking thoughts – but we have the power and the ability to either entertain them or dismiss them.
5 – The law of insertion - The fifth law is the law of insertion. It states that we have the power and the ability to insert any thought of any type into our mind. Every day I think thoughts of happiness and inner peace.
6 – The law of connection - The final law is the law of connection. The law of connection states that the inner and outer worlds are connected. The inner world is the world of our thoughts. The outer world is the world of the circumstances and situations that happen to us.
Lira is a graduate of Robin Bank's Mind Power course. she went from someone that thought that she will be a world class and world renowned singer to actually believing that she will be a world class and world renowned singer.
Through Mind Power and belief she reprogrammed her neural pathways and turned a dream into a reality.
All of the world's top achievers visualise their success and make it happen.
2 Key ingredients to achieving your goals.
Seeding
Always think with the feelings as if you have already achieved. - Don't think that you are going to achieve or that you will maybe achieve. You need to think that you have already achieved your goals.
Seed regularity. everyday. - Seed your goals everyday. if you do it only once in a while then you do not convince yourself that it can or will be done so you will not reprogram your neural pathways, you will not achieve your goals
Visualisation
Always visualise your goal as if it is happening now or has happened and you are benefiting from the goal. - Never visualise it in the future because it remains a goal and does not convert to an achievement
Visualise daily, Power in repetition. - Create an inner movie where you are in complete control, influence your imagination.
Below is the book Mind Power by John Kehoe, Robin is the only certified person by John Kehoe that can teach Mind Power. I will notify you when he is speaking again.
If you want to find out more and if you want be become more
positive around the current situation you can click on the link below to get a
special on the course.
This will not only help you during the crisis but it will
help you, your business, your job in the workplace etc… when the virus is long
forgotten.
How many of these thoughts are creative,
productive or consciously inserted by us? How many are unconscious,
destructive and based on outdated beliefs from past experiences?
The student of Mind Power learns to
study and observe the conscious and subconscious minds. They know
that “ Thoughts are Real Forces”; that nothing is happening to us, but all
things are created by us. There can be no victims or villains,
only outcomes of our thoughts.
Science has proven that everything
in the universe is made up of energy and that the differences between the
matter we experience is simply the result of energy vibrating at different
frequencies.
You are also made up of energy and
the energy with which you vibrate determines the circumstances
and situations which happen to you. It just so happens that the most
basic form of energy we can mould and create with is our power to think
thoughts. Your thoughts therefore literally create your reality and
this has direct implications on your finances, success, health and
general well being.
Your mind wants leadership. It
needs direction and it wants to be told what to focus on and think about.
It will thrive and prosper when it has discipline & routine, a
master who is an athlete of the mind, mentally fit, focused and ready to
lead.
The Mind Power course has been
designed by internationally renowned best-selling author John Kehoe,
to awaken the powers of the mind. It will provide you with the tools and
techniques to train your mind and master your powers of concentration.
By consciously choosing your thoughts, you consciously create you
life. If you want to take control and make changes in your life, you must
look to the cause.
