The first part of any adventure, project, or rebuilding of one self is Conceive It.  Conceive It is simply setting goals, determining how one is going to reach those goals, and setting a time line for those goals.  Sounds simple, but we have all done these many times, sometimes with success, sometimes without.  What makes the difference between being successful and not?  Taking the right approach.

Starting off on the right foot is never given enough credit.  Probably because too many people use it as a cliché.  The true meaning of Conceive It is getting your ideas in order, reflecting or meditating on it, and setting up a process that cannot fail.  We can all do this, and this is how:

Setting Goals:  This will soon be another post on the subject, but we can set up some standards here.  Goals should be set in two ways.  Always set goals in a positive manner.  Never be anti something, never be against something.  Always set goals in a way that achieves something.  This can be a little tricky at first but it gets easier as you get the hang of it.  Always set goals in the now.  By setting goals in the now we begin to act as if we already have it, or have done it.  Setting goals in the now also makes you review constantly to see if you have achieved that goal.  Quick example:

Bad Goal:  I will lose 20 lbs by next year.
Reason Why:

1. It is negative.  Lose is a negative word.  We don’t want to see negative words all the time.  What fun is trying to get something that is negative.
2. It is in the future.  If I have not lost 20 lbs then that is ok because I have not failed in my goal.  I still want to lose 20 lbs, so I still have that goal.
3. Not a firm deadline.  Next year is vague.  What happens in 2008?  Well if I have not lost 20 lbs then I still can in 2009.  No goal reached, no goal to reach.

Good Goal:  I weight 170 lbs on January 24th of 2008.
Reason Why:

1. It is in the positive.  I weigh.  Nothing negative about that.
2. It is as if I already weigh 170 lbs.  At the time of writing this I have just come off of a 6 month season of constant coaching.  Unfortunately this also means stress.  When I get stressed I drink soda, coffee, and I eat sugar.  I currently weight almost 190 lbs.  I have a small frame so that is big for me.  Saying I weigh 170 lbs and seeing that goal all the time gives me something to work towards.  It is a constant reminder that this is where I need to be at.
3. It has a definite time line.  I gave myself until the 24th.  That is just before the Superbowl.  This will give me time to get through the holidays, and a few extra weeks for watching the rest of the football season.

Learning:  Part of the Conceive it part is learning just what it takes to get what you want.  As you are setting goals you are learning.  You are learning from yourself just what it is that you want.  As you are learning you are adjusting your goals to make them realistic and to narrow them into what you want.  It is human nature to change.  As you learn about what you are trying to Achieve you are narrowing in on the final result.  This is part of the Conceive process.  You are forming and reforming your ideas, and your goals.

Doing:  Once the goals are refined, and the research into what you really want is done, it is time to start doing.  This is the ending of the Conceive stage.  Initially as you begin there will be adjustments and refinements to goals and to what you want as your end result.  It is ok to make mistakes, as long as you learn from these mistakes.  Edison said he did not fail 10,000 times before he made the light bulb work.  He just found 10,000 ways that it does not work.  It is part of the Conceive stage.  Action always beats inaction.  Standing still never got anyone anywhere.  If you are making mistakes then that is one less that you have to make on your way to success.  If you are standing still you still have to go through all those mistakes before success anyway.  So move forward.  Get going.  Get doing.

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Coach Kip

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I have found, and I now teach to my students, players, and clients, that all processes can be broken down into three easy parts.  You can handle three things right?  Of course, we all can.  So if we break everything down into just three parts then it makes everything just a little easier.

What I have found is that the key to true life happiness is Healthy – Wealthy – Wise.  Further explained: Healthy; take care of your body, Wealthy; not just rich but having time and money, Wise; always learning, always growing.

In my own education I found that every part of the three step process can be broken down even further.  Then each individual step can be broken down even further and so fourth.   Healthy – Wealthy – Wise can be broken into Conceive It - Believe It - Achieve It.  That can be broken down into Define – Learn – Do and so on.

For example lets say that we want to work on our Health.  Here is how it would work:

Step 1 Conceive It – The first step would be to decide what your goals are going to be, what your time line is, and just what it is that you want to gain with your health. You Define what you want.
Next you figure out just how you are going to do it.  You need to do the research and Learn how it is done.  Finally you just Do it.

Step 2 Believe It – Nothing comes easy, and absolutely nothing comes without belief.  You must know for sure that you are going to get what you want.  You must Define that belief.  How are you going to trust yourself that you will achieve what you want.  You then need to Learn how to get that belief deep seeded not just in your mind, but in your body and soul.  Finally you just have to Do it.  It may seem like you are faking it at first, but eventually you will become that.  You will Believe.

Step 3 Achieve It – Now you are beginning to get to your goals.  You have to be ready to Achieve what you want.  If you are not ready the slightest misstep can change your results.  You must Define exactly what it is to have reached your goal.  You them must Learn about how to make that happen.  Learning is a continuous process.  Keep Doing.  That is the final part.  As you get close do not quit.  Keep going, keep trying, keep Achieving.

It may be kind of vague but this post is just a bridge to get to where we want to go.  To get to defining the Conceive It – Believe It – Achieve It.

More to come

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As most of you know I frequently sign my posts with Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It. It begs the question; so what is it? It is a mantra or a motto that I learned way back in high school, I just did not understand it until recently. Now that I know what it is and how to use it, it is something that I repeat frequently, hence signing at the end of my posts.

Let me give a little history of how it came to be. My first big mentor was my High School Football Coach Jim Ooley. He was at the time of his retirement the greatest high school football coach in Michigan. Anyone who followed high school football in Michigan from the early 1970’s to the early 1990’s knew of Jim Ooley and Traverse City Football. I played for him during his final year. Err, I was on the team. I did not play much at all my Senior year compared to my Junior year. Maybe it was due to some nagging minor injuries or maybe it was because I was 145 pounds trying to play for the biggest school in Michigan and the #1 ranked team in the State.

I can’t recall how many times I heard Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It, while I was playing for him. I did not completely understand it then. At the time I knew that the reason we were told that is because we were small, slow, and weak. We were frequently over matched athletically on the football field, but we rarely lost. Actually we only lost three games my entire Junior and Senior years, two in the semi finals, and one to our rival where we completely overlooked them. I knew that we needed to play as a team, and we needed to believe that we could win. I don’t remember a time that we did not think that we could win, and except for that one game. At the same time there was no time that we thought we could just walk in and beat anyone with ease. We knew we would win if we played as a team and played as close to mistake free as possible.

We simply had great coaching, and an undying belief that we could do it. It was not the X’s and O’s as we football coaches call it. In laymen terms it was not due to the plays that we won. It was how we were coached. I understood that part. What I did not understand was the rest.

While my wife and I were transforming our lives we kept running into things that were grouped in threes.

Be – Do – Have
Define - Learn - Do
Healthy – Wealthy – Wise
Ask – Believe – Receive
Conceive It – Believe It – Achieve It

and many more. It was then that suddenly I knew exactly what it was. It is a process for life.

Everything that you ever want to do, ever want to have, ever want to achieve can be broken down into a three step process. All those steps can be broken down even further, and further, and so on.

So what is next? First I will break down the different steps and what exactly they mean, then I will give some examples of how they can be used.

Until Then

Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It

Coach Kip

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Ok so I am going to tease you a little bit here. Instead of having you go back and piece it all together again, or for me to write another article about it, I have put it in a free ebook. No charge, no thanks neccessary. Ok if you really want to you can thank me profusely by telling all your freinds about it.

The message is simple. You are the most important person. If you don’t like you, how can others. Once you get yourself taken care of then you can have all the relationships, all the love, all the fun that you ever dreamed of. So how bad do you want it?

Successful people use Personal Aspirations. They may have their own name for it, but they have them. They say them out loud with passion and purpose. That is what I would like you to do. I would also like you to share yours with me. It may be a great and interesting experiment.

Now get the ebook. Here it is

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Personal Aspirations

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All you ever needed to know about SEO and it takes less than two minutes.I should be careful maybe my students will want me to start rapping.

Enjoy

Coach Kip

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When I began the challenge I really didn’t think that it would be that hard. I had learned a lot and it was just time to put some things into action. Now I feel like I have learned even more. I think that I will be giving that information in separate posts. It is quite long and extensive, but I think that it will be very interesting for you.

Here are the stats as they are now. Not too good. I felt like I got out of the gates really quickly and looked good, but the affiliate marketing has dried up a little bit. I was doing well with golf related stuff, but now it is not really golf season so I am a little down now.

I have been working really hard on my sites and have narrowed it down to just a few. EZ Playbook is in a huge redesign, so we apologizes for no real good content. Professor Moolah has been in the editing mode for ever. It has taken a lot longer than expected. We also have a redesign for this site and the blog is now at http://www.profmoolah.com/blog. We have to work on the colors a little bit but it is getting there. I am reformulating Good Putting and trying to get that off the ground again. I will be working a lot on that over Christmas break and be picking it up quickly after New Years.

Here are the stats for now.

9/9/2007 Begin $0.00
10/19/2007 Previous $360.02
11/16/2007 Gross $124.35
11/16/2007 Expenses ($139.20)
11/16/2007 Net $345.17

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We have learned that a Personal Aspiration needs to be yours, it needs to be something that is for you, by you, and read aloud often for you. We have learned that it could be a commercial, a mission statement, a set of goals, a list of things that you like about yourself, that you want to change, and objectives of where you want your life to go.

So how about some examples?

A personal commercial:

Tom Staley, meet Tom Staley – an important, a really important person. Tom, you’re a big thinker, so think big. Think big about Everything. You’ve got plenty of ability to do a first-class job, so do a first-class job.
Tom you believe in Happiness, Progress, and Prosperity.
So: talk only Happiness,
talk only progress,
talk only prosperity.
You have lots of drive, Tom, lots of drive.
So put that drive to work. Nothing can stop you, Tom, nothing.
Tom, you’re enthusiastic. Let you enthusiasm show through.
You look good, Tom, and you feel good. Stay that way.
Tom Staley, you were a great fellow yesterday, and you’re going to be an even greater fellow today. Now go to it, Tom. Go forward.

A personal mission statement:

I am a dynamic, energetic, positive leader. I live my life knowing that all good things will come to me as a result of my positive actions and thoughts. Money rains down upon me. Money comes to me effortlessly. I coach, mentor, and teach in a positive and effective manner always. Relationships are the backbone of my life and I welcome them. I keep in touch with old friends, and find new ones all the time. I am positive and magnetic. I am learning, growing and getting better every day in every way.

A personal list

Aspiration Type Sample Item
Personal Growth I will have insight into why I do the things I do.
Affiliation I will have a committed, intimate relationship.
Community Feeling I will help the world become a better place.
Financial Success I will have many expensive possessions.
Image I will achieve the “look” I’ve been after.
Popularity I will be admired by many people.

There really is no one way to make a personal aspiration statement. It simply needs to work for you.

Next we will give you an action plan on how to make your own personal aspiration statement.

Conceive It, Believe It, Achieve It.

Coach Kip

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I am having a really hard time with all the US bashing going on. This is a great country. I just saw an article on Digg that the headline really bothered me.

More than half of Americans—56 percent—say they’re not proud of the country

Well fortunately the headline was not true. What really it was about was the fact that they were not happy with the leaders of this country. I agree.

I don’t want to sound like an old man, but what happened to the good old days. The days where it was ok for The President to get up and say this is a great country. We are the best country. This country was meant for great things, for prosperity, and for wealth.

We again need a strong leader. We do many good things. The press does not like to report this, but it happens every day. What would happen if we simply pulled our support for causes around the world? Many countries would fall quickly into civil war and unrest. Many countries would starve through famine and drought.

To me the United States has always been a place where people could prosper through hard work and perseverance. It still is, but we now have people who want to destroy that. I have to sit in my classroom and watch good kid after good kid be destroyed by gangs. And they don’t even know why they get involved anymore.

Times are changing, but we still are a good nation. We are still a caring and giving nation. We still are the greatest society ever built. We need good leaders. We need better leaders. Please someone step forward and bring us back up. Put us back in front of the world.

We are Americans. We are the best.

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Personal update

Well it is playoff time. I wrote on my blog on EZ Playbook how great it is to still be playing in November. For those of you who are new subscribers to fill you in, I am a coach. A real coach, I currently coach High School football in Tennessee. And since it is playoff time I really am limited in my time to do much else. That and since I have to be a teacher in order to be a coach I have to do some teaching things too. This week we have to give out progress reports. Basically I would love to devote more time to you, but for the next 4-5 weeks I will be limited.

A few updates of my plans. I will be developing a coaching and teaching system through Professor Moolah. The ebook that we have been working on is ready to do, we just need to finish some marketing and we will be off and running. It is a book that helps professionals get online and shows them how blogging can help their business by increased exposure. It should be very helpful and really anyone can do it.

Back to the coaching and teaching plans. I of course am the coaching part and teaching part of Professor Moolah. I am developing two courses. One with Professor Moolah that will use webinars and group teaching to help professionals with their business online. The second is to do some personal coaching and life development though this site. I have found that I have become an expert in personal development, and getting the most out of people. I do not necessarily know all the X’s and O’s of football, but I know how to get my players to do what I need them to do, and what the team needs them to do. Through the suggestion of friends and family I have decided to do some limited one-on-one coaching and teaching.

I will specialize in Youth and College aged people and developing new thinking in the Information Age, but I will also accept adults who are interested in progressing their thought patterns and personal change with the new technology and new developments in making money. Translated that means there is a lot of opportunity for people who are willing to learn and change their thought patterns just a little bit to catch up with the changes in technology and availability of information.

Lastly I think that we have found our boat. It is an old Navy Cruiser converted into a live aboard vessel. It is very exciting for us but we don’t want to yet revel any details. One of the things that we have talked about in living on our boat is the fact that we will need to reduce, live simply, and live green. I would love to convert the diesel engine of our boat to include Bio-Fuel and see how cleanly we can travel.

Part 3 of Personal Aspirations will be coming soon. Stay tuned

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I don’t like to write articles about other products just to try to sell you something, so how about writing about something that is FREE? I like free.

A resource that has helped me tremendously is the free ebook by Yaro Starak entitled Blog Profit Blueprints. If you are a blogger either just beginning or have been blogging for a while this is helpful. The best part is that he includes for free an MP3 version of the book. I have included many links inside this article, and an icon over there on the top of the right column. Again it is free to take advantage of it. I am not part of his Blog Mastermind Group, but from what I hear it is very successful.

MP3 books are the best thing that I use in my daily personal development. Putting the right information in is a key to getting what you want out of yourself. There is a lot of negative information going around, especially on TV. I know I am a TV junkie. It is just too easy to turn on the idiots lantern and not think of much else. Getting the right information from books, MP3 audio files, or even ebooks from Audible.com.

Be proactive in your development, be the one in control of your input, and your output will be much greater.

Coach Kip

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